Thursday, June 24th, 2021.
That was the date that Tommy Edman (perhaps not so) innocently took the podium for a post-game press conference and threw the coaching staff, his teammates, and himself under the proverbial bus.
The team had just come home from a painfully lackluster 1-6 road trip through Atlanta and Detroit. They followed that with an 8-2 loss to the punchless Pirates. The frustration from the team was palpable. When asked about the atmosphere in the clubhouse by The Athletic’s Cardinals reporter Katie Woo, Edman revealed that the team had held a closed-door meeting earlier that day where they aired their frustrations and identified some necessary adjustments to recover their season.