In 2019, the Blues snapped a 52-year wait for their first Stanley Cup.

On Sunday, the Chiefs snapped their 50-year Super Bowl championship drought.

In 2015, the Royals snapped their 30-year wait for second World Series championship.

The Cardinals, believe it or not, just became the new owners of the state’s longest wait for its next professional sports championship.

They have been sitting on that National League leading 11 titles since 2011.

This is either a massive problem, or a made-up one. It depends on your perspective. But when you sell championship expectations, as the Cardinals do, you don’t want to be on the bottom of the list in the Show-Me state. (That’s Missouri, Mr. President.)

Put it this way.

Babies born around the time Yadier Molina jumped into Jason Motte’s arms now are in the third grade.

The closest to a championship the Cardinals have come since 2011 was the 2013 World Series loss to the Red Sox, a series that ended in three consecutive losses. The Cardinals have not made it past the National League Championship Series since then, and they are a combined 1-8 in those two NLCS appearances (in 2014 and 2019).