Cubs-Cardinals Rivalry Is Hopping, Extending All The Way To Videoboards Now
(CBS) The Cubs-Cardinals rivalry has been reinvigorated after a playoff clash last season and Chicago's offseason signing of a pair of former key St. Louis players in Jason Heyward and John Lackey.
Now, we find out the gamesmanship doesn't just have to do with the players, games and fans. It also extends to the stadium experience.
The Cardinals are installing a pair of new videoboards at Busch Stadium this offseason, and a team executive readily admitted it was a project that gained momentum after seeing the Cubs add a pair of state-of-the-art videoboards at Wrigley Field prior to the 2015 season. The Cardinals' new HD LED main videoboard will be nearly three times bigger than their old one, according to MLB.com, with twice the resolution and brightness.
"We'll be right up there with the best of them now," vice president of stadium operations Joe Abernathy told MLB.com. "It's amazing how technology has evolved in 10 short years. Technology has progressed considerably since we put this in back in April 2006.
"But we did get upset actually when the Cubs had a better videoboard than us. Especially with how it ended (in the NLDS) and all they're doing now, we don't want to be sitting behind the Cubs in anything."
The Cubs defeated the Cardinals in four games in the NLDS after St. Louis won the division. After their big offseason, the Cubs are regarded as a World Series favorite.