Strange – I scheduled this post at the end of May so I could fill out the site for each Monday I was gone. This was the final day. Now he’s somewhere else; listed as released from his Cardinal affiliate…
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There’s something about the clods of dirt spinning in the air, and the bottom of shoes, and the clacking sound you hear when players jog up and down the dugout steps. In preseason, they run up and down the concrete…
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…
Just a few more games left with these Bears, then I’m off to Alaska to hang out with a different sort of bear for the summer. I’ll be rooting MSU on to Omaha from Gates of the Arctic National Park,…
Missouri State and Kansas, in which a KU player climbed into the stands, apparently to defend a parent from the taunts of frat boys. The player and the parent stayed in the park, but the frat boys did not. Someone…
Stressed by my grad school workload, I measured my available hours for the Bears home opener and came up with … as much as I could stand. By the time I got there I didn’t want to leave. I’m feeling…
St. Louis Cardinal outfielder Randal Grichuk made a brief stop at Double-A Springfield on July 19. He tied the game with a 3-run home run en route to an 8-4 win. Then he signed autographs and posed for pictures. Seems…
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
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…
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…