Cardinal minor-league manager Patrick Anderson gives instruction to catcher Robin Heredia on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, during pickoff play drills at minor-league spring training at the training facility in Jupiter, Fla. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
Christian GoodenWhile on a Zoom call nearly 25 years after they first met inside the student recreation center at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, Patrick Anderson deferred to Larissa, his wife of 21 years, to let her tell the story of their first introduction.
“Here he is this really cute baseball coach who is coming to help out with the baseball team,” said Larissa, a softball player at the time.