HIGH
HIGH FLY
HIGH FLY BALL DEEP LEFT FIELD TAKE A GOOD LOOK. I CAN TELL YOU LIKE THE LAST
WEEK OR SO I KEEP FEELING
NAUSEOUS LIKE IT JUST FELT LIKE
SOMETHING WAS GOING TO GO WRONG
.
THIS IS IN A WAY A PERFECT
STORM SHOW.
OH THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY WE
COULDN'T PASS OFF AND IT'S
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CARDINAL
FANS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE
CLUB AGAIN NO ONE ARENADO WE'LL
GIVE YOU A REASON TO DRIVE
FIFTY MINUTES ROUND TRIP AND
SPEND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
BUCKS TO WATCH CARDINAL
BASEBALL.
HE IS A SUPERSTAR AND HE'S
TONIGHT'S CARDINAL BUICK SUNDAY
CONVERSATION.
WELL LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
TIMING OF THE DEAL.
THIS IS A DEAL THAT'S BEEN
DISCUSSED FOR A LONG TIME.
WHEN DID YOU START TO HEAR THAT
THIS THING HAS LEGS AGAIN
PROBABLY ENDED DECEMBER OR
JANUARY.
I HEARD THAT I HAD DECENT MY
LEGS AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY
GOT ME PRETTY EXCITED BUT YOU
KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THESE
ALL WORK OUT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU HEAR
ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, THIS DEAL WAS
EXTREMELY COMPLICATED AND MOST
BY TISL YOU OR MY AGENT OR THE
ROCKIES ALSO I MEAN IT WAS A IT
WAS A COMPLICATED DEAL SO I
DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GOING TO
GET FIGURED OUT.
BUT I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT HOW
LONG HAVE YOU HAD THIS ON YOUR
MIND?
WELL, I'VE LOVED ST. LOUIS.
YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED
THEM FROM AFAR SO YOU KNOW, I
ALWAYS RESPECTED THEM.
I LOVE THEIR UNIS OBVIOUSLY
HOLIDAYS MY HOLIDAY IS A GOOD
FRIEND OF MINE AND JUST TALKING
ABOUT THE TEAM.
AND SO WITHIN THE LAST YEAR,
YOU KNOW, THE WITHIN THE LAST
YEAR AND ONCE THEY GOT
GOLDSCHMID AND YOU KNOW YOU SEE
FLAHERTY ON THE MOUND AND
WAINWRIGHT IGATI YOU KNOW, IT'S
JUST A GOOD TEAM.
YOU KNOW THEY'RE YOUR TEAM AND
I FELT LIKE I COULD FIT IN
THERE.
WELL I LIKE HOW LOW KEY IT IS
AND I LOVE THAT THEY CARE ABOUT
BASEBALL.
BASEBALL'S A BIG THING TO THAT
TOWN THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY
EXCITING.
NOT THAT YOU NEEDED TO BE
RECRUITED BUT MATT HOLLIDAY
REALLY WAS A GOOD RECRUITER FOR
THE CARDINALS, WASN'T YEAH.
YOU KNOW THAT HE'S A GREAT GUY
AND ONCE I TOLD HIM IT WAS KIND
OF GETTING CLOSE TO KIND
OF SERIOUS, HE REALLY HELPED
GUIDE ME AND HELP ME OUT AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU KNOW,
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE.
I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, ME AND MATTY WE BOTH
GOT A LOT OF LOVE FOR COLORADO
BECAUSE WE BOTH PLAYED THERE.
SO YOU NEVER WANTED TO PUSH ME
OUT OF THERE.
HE JUST JUST ONCE I TOLD HIM
THAT ST. LOUIS COULD BE A
POSSIBILITY.
HE REALLY THOUGHT THAT IT'D BE
A GREAT YOU KNOW, THE
SIMILARITIES GOING WITH YOU AND
SCOTT ROLEN ARE ENDLESS POWER
HITTERS, GOLD GLOVERS, ULTIMATE
COMPETITORS.
I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, ROLE
IN IT ALL.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M ON A PERSONAL LEVEL BUT I
GOT TO MEET THEM IN TWENTY
NINETEEN WHEN HE GOT HIS YOU
GOT HIS RED COAT YOU KNOW I'M
INTO THE CARDINALS HALL THING
AND IT WAS AGAINST US THAT
SERIES SO I GOT THE MEDIA UP
THE PICTURE WITH HIM AND I
WATCH A LOT OF VIDEO ON HIM AND
YOU KNOW HE'S JUST A GREAT
PLAYER.
HE'S SUCH A BIG DUDE AND TO
START YOU KNOW AND HE MOVES SO
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S RARE YOU
SEE GUYS MOVE THAT WELL AND BE
THAT TALL IN THAT BIG YOU KNOW,
HE WAS A GREAT PLAYER.
YOU KNOW, IF I'M HALF OF WHAT
HE WAS FOR ST. LOUIS I THINK
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PEOPLE ARE
PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT IT.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW,
STEP INTO THE SHOES JUST LIKE
YOU DID AND HELP THIS TEAM WIN
AS MUCH AS I CAN AND EVENTS
LIKE WAS A COACH WHEN YOU JUST
CAME INTO THE BIG LEAGUES AND
HE TOLD ME THIS WEEK THAT YOU
ACTUALLY CAME UP TO HIM AND YOU
KNEW ABOUT HIS CAREER.
ARE YOU A STUDENT OF THE
HISTORY OF BASEBALL?
YEAH.
YEAH.
YEAH. YEAH. I DO.
I LIKE TO PAY ATTENTION TO
LITTLE THINGS ON FORMER PLAYERS
EVENTS LIKE AND I REMEMBER WHEN
I FIRST GOT CALLED UP TO THE
BIG LEAGUES AND EVENTS LIKE SUN
WAS WITH THE DODGERS AND SO YOU
KNOW, MY DAD WAS TELLING ME
ABOUT HIS FANS LIKE DAD ANDY
AND SO I STARTED LOOKING THEM
UP AND FINDING OUT WHAT ABOUT
THEM, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE I LOVE LOOKING
FORMER PLAYERS AND HOW GOOD
THEY ARE AND STUFF LIKE THAT
AND YOU KNOW, I TRY TO COMPARE
IF I'M LIKE SOMEWHAT NEAR SOME
OF THOSE GOOD PLAYERS A LOT
OF TIMES THEM NOT BECAUSE
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD BUT YOU
KNOW, I TRY TO COMPARE AND SEE
HOW GOOD THEY WORK.
HOW ABOUT A REACTION FROM THE
CARDINAL PLAYERS?
HOW MANY HAVE YOU HEARD FROM IN
ANY OF THE TEXT OR PHONE CALLS
JUMP OUT AT YOU?
WELL, I OBVIOUSLY TALKING TO
ALL OF THEM HAS BEEN REALLY
GREAT.
YOU KNOW, ANDREW MILLER,
GOLDSCHMIDT CARPENTER
WAINWRIGHT THE HOTTIE BATUR I
MEAN A LOT OF THE GUYS AND THEY
ALL HIT ME UP.
THEY ALL SHOWED SOME RESPECT
AND THAT WAS I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
BUT I HEARD OZZIE SMITH TALKING
ABOUT ME TO THAT MEANT A LOT TO
TO HEAR ONE OF THE GIRLS TALK
ABOUT YOU TELL ME HOW SPECIAL
YOU THINK THE DEFENSE IS GOING
TO BE PARTICULARLY ON THE
INFIELD.
WELL, VERY SPECIAL.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT
GROUP.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE COLLGE FOR
SURGICAL GLOVES OR TOMMY EDMAN
WHO'S A GOOD FIELDER.
HE'S VERY GOOD AND YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY HOPEFULLY WE CAN YADI
BACK AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE A
VERY GOOD DEFENSE THAT'S YOU
KNOW, OUR PITCHERS WILL LOVE
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET A
GETTING AS GROUND BALL SO BUT
YOU KNOW I KNOW YOU SAID THE
INFIELD BUT THE OUTFIELD IS
EXTREMELY GOOD TO YOU GUYS GO
MAN.
THEY PLAY HARD.
SO I THINK PITCHING IN DEFENSE
IS HOW YOU GET FAR IN THIS GAME
AND THEN GOT TIMELY HITTING AND
I THINK WE HAVE THAT YOU'RE A
GREAT ATHLETE BUT I UNDERSTAND
THAT WIFFLE BALL MAY BE ONE
OF YOUR BEST SPORTS.
TELL ME ABOUT THAT LOVE.
YEAH, I'M LIKE A TWELVE TIME
MVP SO TWELVE TIMES SILVER
SLUGGER I'M THE GREATEST LEFT
HANDED FOOTBALL PLAYER THERE
EVER WAS.
FINALLY GIVE US YOUR MESSAGE TO
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS WHO WILL
BE WATCHING THIS INTERVIEW.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL
CARDINAL FANS?
WELL, I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW
EXCITING I'M TO PLAY FOR THEM