Benjamin Hochman St. Louis Post-dispatch

“Sometimes people don't understand — he gave up everything,” Curt Flood’s wife, Judy Pace, said in the documentary. “He gave it all up for the principle of — I own me. No one else can own me.”

"After every at-bat, after the game, they sit there and talk," Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. "As soon as they get here, they eat together and they're talking baseball."

The pitcher with exclamation-point stuff is one big question mark.

“He's a left-handed hitting shortstop, he can run, and he can help win in a lot of different ways,” Matt Holliday said of his 18-year-old son.

The loss of Jack Buck was anticipated but still gut-wrenching; the loss of Darryl Kile was a sucker punch to the gut—a pain from which many haven’t fully recovered.

As we head into the 70th game of the Cardinals' season, here’s thinking the DH in the NL has really improved the game-viewing experience.

“He’s staying consistent with his work and is having complete confidence in himself,” Gorman said. “He’s sticking with what he knows is best for him.”

“He's a guy that you know at the end of the day, his jersey is going to be dirty," Adam Wainwright said.

The 6-foot-5 guard finished the season with the rare percentage trio: 50.4% overall shooting, 42.7% for 3 and 90.2% from the foul line.

"It's this sacred time. … When we get together, we're like a bunch of little teenagers."