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Fly high, lil Birds, fly high

Posted by olabner on June 17, 2019August 3, 2019 in Minors, Photos, Springfield Cardinals

Just some Baby Birds preparing the fly, fly away to St. Louis: the city with basepaths paved with gold and per diems that can pay for sushi instead of burgers. You can have it all … by

Winning, and then some

Posted by olabner on May 12, 2019 in Minors, Springfield Cardinals

Such a game when your team falls behind 5-1 into the 9th. I wondered what I might do later that night, still overly caffeinated from several days of updating my website in the hopes of drawing eyes and wallets. Next…

Losing and then some

Posted by olabner on May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 in Minors, Photos, Springfield Cardinals

Sometimes your side gets picked off twice in one game, losing baserunners when you’re struggling to give them a base to begin with. Then you’re smiling like you don’t mean it. Then it happens again: (The other pix made it…

Luke Dykstra (Cards)

Posted by olabner on October 1, 2018October 9, 2018 in Minors, Photos, Springfield Cardinals

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…

Conner Greene, pitcher (Cards)

Posted by olabner on September 24, 2018October 9, 2018 in Minors, Springfield Cardinals

Conner Greene was sent up to Triple-A Memphis, and won the AAA National Championship with the Redbirds. Now he’s playing in the prestigious Arizona Fall League, still throwing as hard as he can, as he once told me, breathlessly, after…

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…

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

One night only? Randal Grichuk in Springfield on rehab assignment (photo gallery)

Posted by olabner on July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 in Photos, Springfield Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals

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…

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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