CITY HALL — What flocks with Cardinals and chirps like a chicken? Try St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay.
Slay has rejected a bet with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over the National League playoff series between the Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, according to mayoral spokeswoman Kelley Quinn.
Slay maintains he has had a policy for years not to waste his staff's time arranging sports bets with other cities. He pointedly added two years ago: "Plus, it isn't fair to other mayors."
The St. Louis mayor has thus far left that bit of gamesmanship out of it this time, but Quinn said Friday that he had rejected to counter Emanuel's wager of a Lou Malnati's pizza, Harry Caray's chicken vesuvio, Eli's Cheesecake and tickets to the Willis Tower Skydeck.
Before Cub fans get too burned about that, however, they should sit down and read this: Fox TV reporter Dane Placko tweeted Friday afternoon:
Amazing. You can walk up to the kiosk at Busch Stadium and buy tix for tonight at face value. .#cubs @fox32news pic.twitter.com/llt6CgeWD2
— Dane Placko FOX 32 (@dsplacko) October 9, 2015Are St. Louis fans discounting the Cubs and waiting for the "real" playoffs to begin in the next round? If so, Chicago fans will bet your bottom dollar they soon regret it.
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