Whether St. Louis is “boring,” as Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant once said, or whether the Cardinals represent “the right side of the rivalry,” as former Cubs shortstop Ryan Theriot once said, the Cubs-Cards rivalry is still going strong almost 140 years after the first game between the teams.
What does that mean for those who have worn both uniforms and sworn both allegiances — not to mention the fans of those teams and players?
“It’s like, ‘Who do you love more, your mom or your dad,’ “ Theriot said of playing for both teams when confronted by media before his first game at Wrigley Field in a Cardinals uniform.
In other words, it’s complicated.
Here are the stories of seven of the most significant players who played for both the Cubs and Cardinals and somehow survived the rivalry to tell their tales.
