ST. LOUIS • One of the finer athletes in his league and a highly decorated center fielder at the California University of Pennsylvania, Mick Fennell has already won the hearts and minds of Cardinals Nation before even signs a contract with the club.
He's an 80 on the Ozzie Smith back flip scale.
Fennell, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's player of the year, does a cartwheel and a back flip when taking the field for every home game. And it's high quality. He's a plus flipper, with upside. (See it here.) In an article about his feats for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Vulcan's coach Mike Conte called him "the quintessential baseball player.