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Wainwright just right

Posted by olabner on May 8, 2018May 30, 2018 in Minors, Springfield Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals

Got to take photos of Adam Wainwright in Springfield during a rehab assignment with the AA Cardinals. I’m still trying to figure out how to write about his presence. Photos, for now. Pictured with, as Wainwright called him, future superstar…

Hallelujah; I love it so

Posted by olabner on April 13, 2018April 17, 2018 in Fan, Minors, Springfield Cardinals, Uncategorized

Baseball is back. Swoon! Check out some photos I took during last night’s home opener between the Springfield Cardinals (AA-StL) and Midland Rockhounds (AA-OAK) at Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. Louie doing the hula. Minor league baseball. Onward and upward….

Jake.

Posted by olabner on February 26, 2018February 26, 2018 in AL, Chicago White Sox, Minors, Missouri State, MLB, Uncategorized

I was writing up an interview with Jeremy Eierman, a 21-year-old junior shortstop at Missouri State and highly touted MLB draft prospect. But then I read that Jake Burger had been carted off the field after suffering an Achilles injury….

Only visiting

Posted by olabner on August 1, 2017October 31, 2017 in Minors, Springfield Cardinals

Guests in town. I wonder what it’s like to be these ones. Maybe it’s worth trying things instead of wondering. I tend to think this way. by

Ryan Casteel, Arkansas Travs: Interview with a Ballplayer, Part 2 of 2

Posted by olabner on July 26, 2017July 16, 2019 in Arkansas Travelers, Interviews, Minors

If you missed it, check out part one. Ryan Casteel plays first base for the Double-A Arkansas Travelers, and a month ago we chatted. So, I asked. How do you deal with failure, anyway? “You can hit a ball on…

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Ryan Casteel, Arkansas Travs: Interview with a Ballplayer, part 1 of 2

Posted by olabner on July 24, 2017July 16, 2019 in Arkansas Travelers, Interviews, Minors, Springfield Cardinals

I took a photo of this ballplayer in June and I wondered how he got here. So I wrote this: “Can he hit a curveball? How many times has he taken cuts at batting cages attached to mini-golf courses? Maybe…

Portrait of a Ballplayer: a few days of summer

Posted by olabner on July 17, 2017July 19, 2017 in Minors, Photos

June and July at Hammons Field, Springfield, MO (Just a few of the thousands …) by

Photo gallery: Kolten Wong’s July rehab assignment in Springfield

Posted by olabner on July 12, 2017July 19, 2017 in Minors, Photos, Springfield Cardinals

Kolten Wong flew with the Baby Birds for a few days this month. Flap, flap. He chased popups at full-speed, and joked with his teammates. by

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Ballplayers in July (photo essay)

Posted by olabner on July 11, 2017July 11, 2017 in Minors, Photos, Springfield Cardinals

A few photos from the July 6 game between the Springfield Cardinals and the Midland Rockhounds, a game the Baby Birds won 2-1. Read about the infield triple before you leave. Midland RockHounds shortstop Richie Martin blows bubbles in the…

A baseball man grants the Baby Birds wishes, home runs.

Posted by olabner on July 8, 2017July 8, 2017 in Minors, Springfield Cardinals

Springfield played the Frisco RoughRiders, the Texas Rangers affiliate. Sometime – maybe during batting practice – a player split his bat into pieces and left them in the photo well. The Cardinals, meanwhile, splintered plenty of pitches as they took…

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