Yadier Molina refuses to let go of Kris Bryant's shot at St. Louis

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Oh boy.

Kris Bryant is never going to want to go on the Ryan Dempster late night show at Cubs Convention again.

After Bryant's tongue-in-cheek comment about how St. Louis is "boring" from the weekend, Cardinals nation responded passionately, including catcher and face of the franchise Yadier Molina, who indirectly called Bryant "stupid" in an Instagram post.

But considering Bryant was just pandering to a room packed with thousands of Cubs fans who love to hate on the Cardinals, the St. Louis players would certainly chill out upon learning the context and cooler heads would prevail, right?

Wrong. So very wrong.

Molina was asked about his passionate response Monday and doubled down, saying he will not forget Bryant's comments and "it will carry [into the season]. I can't wait to get on the field." 

"St. Louis is home," Molina told reporters, including MLB.com's Jennifer Langosch. "If anybody says something bad about my home, I'm going to be there for us. I said to the guys, 'We are like a family. We have to stick together. We have to defend ourselves and we have to defend our ground.' Whoever says something about us, we are going to be there to defend us."

So Bryant's half-serious comment said in passing is now not only bulletin board fodder for the Cardinals but actually a rallying cry for the team to unite and come together right before the 2019 season?

Alrighty then...

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