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…
Tag: photos
A few young players worth watching while you still can (for cheap – and at beautiful Hammons Field in Springfield, MO). Now they’re competing against a new group of classmates. Some have transferred. Some have graduated. Some have burned…
The player in the top photo, Brooks Zimmerman, just had surgery. I hope he comes back. He’s a senior, but maybe he can stretch his eligibility. The third player depicted, shortstop Robbie Merced, transferred to Fort Scott Community College, in…
Well. Nate the Great. No words needed; only his warmup song. The greatest, and way better than Jake Burger’s. by
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…