The Cardinals are ready.
They will ask for unity by exemplifying it.
Their message will be one message. They are asking us to listen. Will you?
I’m talking to those of you who rolled your eyes when you saw the “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt Jack Flaherty wore during the national anthem that was played before Wednesday’s exhibition game against the Royals, to those of you who have pledged to boycott the season if the Cardinals follow through with the “Black Lives Matter” message Flaherty hopes to see placed on the Busch Stadium mound, to those of you who begin to melt down every time America’s pastime dares to take a stand against America’s systemic racism.