JUPITER, Fla. • Yadier Molina walked into a Cardinals’ spring training clubhouse for the 15th consecutive February on Tuesday. “Time flies, huh?’ he mused.
No Cardinal other than Stanley Frank Musial and Robert (no middle name) Gibson have played longer with the Cardinals without having played for another team. Starting a three-year contract this season, Molina figures to make it 17 straight seasons in a Cardinals uniform. At 14 seasons, he is third now behind Musial (22) and Gibson (17), with the top five being rounded out by Pepper Martin (13) and, surprisingly, Tom Pagnozzi (12).