The Blues comeback reminds you what this city is all about
Look—everybody loves a good comeback story, right? We see them in movies, read about 'em in the papers. But here in St. Louis, we *live* 'em. We know what it means to be counted out, to be at the bottom, and then to claw your way back. Folks talk about Lisa Kudrow's show, "The Comeback," and that's fine, but around here, "the comeback" means something different. It means 2011, when the Cardinals were down to their last strike in Game 6 of the World Series and somehow, some way, David Freese sent it to extras and then walked it off. Or it means 2019, when the Blues were dead last in the whole dang NHL in January and then went on the greatest run in sports history, bringing the Stanley Cup home. You saw the rally at Enterprise Center, spilling out onto Market Street, all the way to Ballpark Village. People weeping, singing Gloria. That's the real comeback.
This city has been counted out so many times. The population loss, the national media always focusing on the crime and ignoring the good that happens every single day from Soulard to the Ville. But we always find a way to make a comeback. You see it in the volunteers building beds for kids in Green Park, the way Sababa is expanding, how folks are still packing Ted Drewes on Chippewa even when it's cold. We're a city that refuses to stay down. That's the Lou — we're still here and we're not leaving.
Marcus Jeffries, MiTL Sports Desk, St. Louis.
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