Before he became a Red, he was raised on red: the birds on the bat, October, Schoendienst.
Sam LeCure grew up in Cardinal country – Jefferson City – but went on to pitch for Cincinnati, where he was teammates with Mike Leake.
“You got to watch him pitch. I think the Cardinal fans will really appreciate him, how he goes about it, how he competes,” LeCure told me by phone Tuesday, after the Cardinals’ inkling for Leake turned into the Cardinals’ inking of Leake. “He’s going to fit in with that mold they have over there — everybody calls it ‘The Cardinal Way’ — just whatever their team chemistry is, it’s great and they have guys buying into it.