To be honest I’d never interviewed a major league player before, at least not while he was up in the big leagues. Cousin Jerry played for the Yanks, of course, but he was a prince of a man, and baseball…
Category: Springfield Cardinals
Pictured: me trying to think of baseball topics to write about while the world is falling apart … (No, no, it’s the lovely Irving Lopez.) But seriously … The Cards are trying to make up time lost to covid and…
Best pals and 2018 MLB draft picks Justin Toerner and Albee Weiss were both in minor league camp when Covid-19 shut down baseball in March 2020. Toerner, a Cardinals right fielder, was in Jupiter, Florida, while Albee, a left fielder…
Shortstop Kramer Robertson was doing well. He began the 2019 season at AA-Springfield and was promoted to Triple-A Memphis in early May, splitting the season between both cities. Then, he earned an invite to major league spring training in early…
Like many Cardinal farmhands, first baseman John Nogowski was in Jupiter, Florida, for spring training. Unlike many of his former teammates, he was playing for the major league club. He appeared in 14 games for the Cards this spring and…
Jupiter St. Louis Cardinals’ pitching prospect Austin Warner, who split last season between AA-Springfield and AAA-Memphis, was playing at minor league camp in Jupiter, Florida, when spring training was shut down. He wasn’t totally surprised. March Madness was supposed to…
I have been remiss in posting for a few reasons, so pardon me and enjoy some of my favorite pix of the year … share on social if you like and please credit @OlAbnerBaseball or @MaryEllenChiles on Instagram. xoxoxoxo …
These uniforms. I just can’t. It’s the belts. The stocking caps on the birds. The candy cane bats. The lights! Here are some non-Carpenter pix from Xmas in July. by
Matt Carpenter visited Springfield to play third base for the Baby Birds and gather his wings to fly back to St. Louis. He went 0-21 in five games. Next – to Memphis (AAA)! A slideshow from July 26 – night…
Just a few kids trying to make it big … by