In the Cardinals' opener at Milwaukee, the shortstop glided his body toward groundballs, time and again, coolly corralling the baseballs. Even amid chaos.
A day later, it's kind of a forgotten play from Thursday's eighth inning, because of what happened in the ninth – outfielder Lorzeno Cain stealing a Jose Martinez homer to win the game for the Brewers. But here was the smooth DeJong in the bottom of the eighth, with Milwaukee leading 5-4. Reigning MVP Christian Yelich was on second base -- Yelich was walked by John Gant, and then Yelich advanced to second on a Ryan Braun hit to left field (could Marcell Ozuna have caught that liner?