Onlookers and teammates alike were drawn Saturday to Adam Wainwright, whooshing a new pitch with some flair, and then gleefully cheering like wrestler Ric Flair.
“He’d throw a pitch: ‘Wooooo!’ He’d make some sounds that he was fired up,” said Cardinals teammate Daniel Ponce de Leon, who was on the practice mound next to Wainwright during a bullpen session. “It was fun. I guess he was throwing some good sinkers in there. He was pretty pumped up about a couple pitches. He got the other guys involved. I like throwing ‘pens that way — you get excited and have some fun with it.