\u201cCardinal Nation\u201d is the way that fans of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team collectively describe themselves. The group seems to be so closely-knit and loyal that not only have they succeeded in creating a community for themselves, but also disdain from different quarters of the land where people are not necessarily Cardinal fans.<\/p>\n
The team is one that plays \u201chead\u2019s up\u201d baseball. The players clearly get along, and the pitchers in particular are exceptional in helping one another out. That doesn\u2019t always happen on professional sports teams.<\/p>\n
However, there was a time before the term \u201cCardinal Nation\u201d was invented when the Cardinals were more than a sports franchise. The team was an agent of social change; reflective of how America could bind together with people of different colors, races, and nationalities.<\/p>\n