St. Louis Cardinals Gameday – June 2018

24 CARDINALS MAGAZINE

Toughest class:

Introduction to Aeronautics and

Astronautics (at Stanford). It was very,

very complicated, especially for an intro

class. A lot of math, a lot of memorization

of formulas. I took it my junior year

after I had switched my major from

Management of Science and Engineering

(to Atmosphere and Energy Engineering).

• Stephen Piscotty, Issue 6, 2015

A baseball stat that should go away:
Can we add a stat? I think a batter deserves a sacrifice if he
moves a runner over from second to third – by hitting behind
the runner or if you fly out – and the runner ends up scoring.

• David Freese, Issue 2, 2011

Favorite player growing up:
Roberto Alomar. It was really cool when I played in Toronto,
because he saw an interview where I was asked about my
favorite player. A day or so later, a signed jersey was at my
locker that said, “Keep up the good work,” and it was signed
“Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar.” I don’t have a lot of signed
stuff – that one is pretty special.

• Carlos Villanueva, Issue 3, 2015

I never say no to:

Dessert. I like to think I’m a wiry, strong guy, but

others might say skinny, so skipping dessert is a

bad thing.

• Luke Weaver, Issue 5, 2016

A hug. In spring training, Adam Wainwright asked me,

“Are you a hugger?” I said, “Absolutely.” So he came

over and gave me a big hug. I give out hugs, too.

• Bud Norris, Issue 2, 2018

EXPANDING THE ZONE

Best of

What puts you to sleep:

Hockey (Sorry, Blues fans.) – Adam Wainwright, Issue 2, 2009

Most influential teammate:
Edgar Renteria, by far. He took me under his wing at Atlanta and taught me how to handle myself on and off the field. He would take me to dinner and I would
say thank you. “Don’t thank me,” he’d say. “The way you’re going to thank me is to do this for somebody else.” So every time I take guys out, after dinner
I say, “Thank Edgar Renteria.” – Brayan Pena, Issue 1, 2016

One thing I’m terrible at:

I’m pretty good at everything. Seriously

though, I’d say cutting my hair. Last year

I was trying to learn how to give myself

a haircut because that’s how Kyle Lohse

learned. He was the team barber and

gave a mean haircut. I wanted to do the

same thing, but I was terrible. I ended up

cutting my finger.

• Trevor Rosenthal, Issue 3, 2013

I’m still starstruck by:
Mark DeRosa – Matt Holliday, Issue 5, 2009

Best hair in baseball:

Besides me? When Manny Ramirez played, his

hair was the best.

• Carlos Martinez, Issue 3, 2017

Most treasured possession:

My wife. I’d better say her, instead of my puppy dog.

• Kyle McClellan, Issue 2, 2010

My guilty pleasure:

I had a root beer float last night and I forgot how

good they really were. People should drink more

of them – it would bring more joy to the world.

• Brendan Ryan, Issue 5, 2010

Luke Weaver Trevor

Rosenthal

Stephen Piscotty

Carlos

Martinez