Found on a Schnucks door over the weekend:
Schnucks Door Fail
PUNCHING KITTY: 2009 - 2013
Punching Kitty was a writing project for the city of St. Louis to have a little fun and try to get everyone to stop taking themselves so seriously…and hopefully highlight some critical issues along the way. Not everyone liked it (it turns out people don’t love being made fun of) but we converted a lot of people and I take pride that the site was truly well read. From the local media, to area police departments, Punching Kitty truly became a source for news and entertainment for St. Louis.
We had a lot of fun, but all good things need an ending and ours was on March 13th, 2013. When we closed up shop the news made local radio, TV, and even the front page of STLToday (The St. Louis Post Dispatch’s website) where we were the top story over a new pope being named. Wild stuff.
While we will no longer actively write, the site will stay up as an archive for St. Louis.
- The Editor
A Holliday Weekend in St. Louis
Just a few links on the news of the Cardinals trade for Matt Holiday:
MLBTradeRumors.com: Cardinals Acquire Matt Holliday
Cardinals Daspora: BREAKING: Matt Holliday Traded To Cardinals!
ESPN.com: Sources: Holliday deal is done
Viva El Birdos: Cardinals Acquire Matt Holliday in exchange for Brett Wallace, Clay Mortensen, Shane Peterson
MLBlogs: Cardinals Acquire Holliday
If I’m missing some, add it in the comments!
[Read More]KSDK vs St. Louis’ Finest: Its On Now!
A little while back we told you about the brewing war between St. Louis’ NBC affiliate KSDK and St. Louis Cops.
It appears channel 5’s reporter Leisa Zigman didn’t feel reportery enough so she got out her fedora, tucked her press pass in the band and went off to uncover a scandal! Long story short, she didn’t find one. Instead, Zigman decided to do a “report” on St. Louis police officers parking in no-parking spaces throughout the city, including in front of their own station! [Editor’s Note: Dun dun daaaaaaaaa!]
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Oh Foursquare, Why Do You Hate St. Louis?
There are 2 things that are up pretty high on the cool list these days: 1. Mobile apps (in particular the iPhone) and 2. location apps. The problem? Foursquare, the “cool kid” in the mobile location game space is still, at this time, not available for St. Louis! Why Foursquare?! Why!
What is Foursquare? From their site:
We’re all about helping you find new ways to explore the city.
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Cardinals + Creed + Awesome Effect = Videogasm
If you aren’t pumped about the Cardinals, you are gonna be after you want this!
What’s better than low-res photos of Cardinals cut together over a Creed song? Nothing. Well except for a half-and-half from Simone.
The question now becomes, is this guy going to recut this with Lugo in place of Duncan?
STLToday Takes Annoying Ads to the Next Level
Hi STLToday.com, thanks for coming over, have a seat.
You know that show on A&E where these people confront someone that is doing drugs or whatever and thus is in desperate need of money so sometimes they start whoring themselves out to anyone that will give them a buck even if what they want to do to them is totally messed up?
Today we are doing that for you.
No no no! Sit down! You need to hear this.
[Read More]Chris Duncan: A Retrospective
Chris Duncan is now being packed in bubble-wrap and being shipped to Boston, who then won’t even open the package, but instead ship him to their AAA club in Pawtucket. Duncan’s tenure in St. Louis has been one the most rollercoaster-esque rides we have seen a player be on in a long time. The fans cheered, the fans grumbled, then cheered, then grumbled again, then cheered again, then booed, then went freaking crazy and then he was gone.
[Read More]We Have An Official Tip Line! 314-266-TIPS
The brand new awesome Punching Kitty.com Tip Line is here! 314-266-TIPS
Gone is the old “calling widget” where you had to be at your computer and by a phone. Now you jot down our number, or just remember it since its pretty easy, and call us when something crazy goes down any time, any place!
This line is for anything: breaking news, a hot tip, complaints, compliments, comments on a story, anything!
[Read More]Has Chris Duncan Been Traded? Yes! (Updated x 4)
Update #4: Trade talk: MLBTradeRumors.com , STLToday.com, Boston Herald.com
Update #3: Trade back on! In a tweet from Bernie Miklasz: “Cardinals trade C. Duncan for J Lugo …. Cardinals won’t be responsible for Lugo’s big salary;” Viva El Birdos was right all along! Nice scoop guys!
Update #2: The optioning of Duncan has been further confirmed by Joe Strauss over Twitter and by insidestl.com
Update #1: Bernie Miklasz said on 101 ESPN at 11:49pm that Chris Duncan will be optioned to Memphis, saying all player moves are “internal” meaning Julio Lugo is not involved.
[Read More]We Fell Asleep On Our Desk
The posts are pretty light today…sorry. We will be back on our schedule tomorrow!
[Photo Credit: Cute Overload]