If our guys aren't enjoying this, they are not human. Although it will be even more exciting when they have on that actual Cardinals uniform on to play baseball for St. Louis. Ultimately, this is the goal, to get here.

The results are there in St. Louis. We're not gonna light up Baseball America, but if we continue sending St. Louis our players, then we're successful.

We saw about 200,000 homes that need to be bulldozed. It's ridiculous. We saw houses with cars still on top of them. We saw a two-story house with a tractor-trailer upside-down on top of it.

Some of the guys have never stepped foot in a big-league stadium. It's an exhibition game and more of a test for everybody involved in Busch Stadium, so it serves a purpose in both ways.

This builds character. It's easy when it's going good.

I think he's gonna have some success in Triple-A, but I really don't know what to expect defensively. I don't know if we're looking for 20 home runs again. We'll try to look for a spot in the order where get can get some pitches.