The text messages on the group chat that started it all began the night before, buzzing back and forth with information about the time and who might show up.
They all knew the place.
“It’s like meeting at the sandlot,” Cardinals leadoff hitter Tommy Edman said. “Hey, we’re going to meet at the sandlot at 10 a.m. tomorrow.”
A year ago, with nowhere to go for workouts, several Cardinals infielders conjured their own summer camp at SLU to get together, take grounders, stay sharp, show off a bit, and wait for a season interrupted to resume.