My immediate reaction to the news that some important folks are working together to bring a Major League Soccer expansion franchise to St. Louis?

It says a lot about the Cardinals and the Blues.

Of the nine names that make up the MLS2STL group, these two jumped out:

Bill DeWitt III, Cardinals president

Chris Zimmerman, St. Louis Blues CEO

Remember, if you will, the 29-page relocation application the Los-Angeles-bound St. Louis Rams sent to the NFL a little more than a month ago. Among the many points — some valid, some laughable — that attempted to depict the city as an untenable place for the NFL, a section on page 23, titled "St. Louis Is Not a Three Professional Team Market", quoted a sports economist named John Vrooman, who once said:

“It might be time to realize that St. Louis may, in fact, be a two-team market and the best economic outcome for St. Louis is to let the Rams bolt for Los Angeles and then concentrate the corporate fan base on the Blues and the beloved Cardinals."