Phillies’ HOFer Mike Schmidt recently expounded that Phillies OF Odubel Herrera may be unable to become a “team leader.” Herrera is Venezuelan and speaks little-or-no English. Schmidt proffered that language issues could hamper Herrera’s development as a leader. How does this question relate to our St. Louis Cardinals?
Let’s not deal with the reality that Millennials and Baby Boomers a.k.a. old white men – i.e. Mike Schmidt – also have “a language barrier.” We’ll pull the pin on that hand grenade another day.
ASIDE: I love certain peculiarities about baseball.