But during the pandemic and quarantines of 2020, McCarver couldn’t be around his two grandchildren, Leigh and Beau, for months and months and months. By phone that May, McCarver said, “It’s torturing. It’s torture. ... Family means so much to me — I don’t know how to put that into words. … My grandson was on the baseball team. Nobody was hurt more than he was when the season was called. ... He hates it that he can’t play. Hates it. It’s tough on him, like it is tough on every grandchild, every child in the country. It’s crushing.
Hochman: Remembering Cardinals great Tim McCarver, who cherished being a grandpa
