Throughout his baseball career, Tate Matheny has been asked a lot of questions about his father, St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny. That’s starting to change, however. Lately, all the focus is on Tate’s own performances on the diamond.
Tate is a 6-foot, 185-pound junior outfielder at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo., which is also the home of the Cardinals’ Double-A affiliate. Despite the obvious connections, Tate says that those connections weren’t the reason for choosing MSU.
“That didn’t really play into it too much. I enjoy the coaching staff and I felt like this was home.