Some of the Cardinals' broadcasters now are making their way back on the road after being confined to calling all the team's games last season and so far this year off video feeds while in St. Louis.
And the benefits to being on hand can be monumental, as Post-Dispatch Cardinals beat reporter Derrick Goold knows. He has been traveling with the club throughout the now-subsiding coronavirus pandemic and there is no comparison, from his standpoint, to being physically present.
"I hope that it is noticeable how being there has improved the coverage," he said.