Baseball is a sport of aggression. It involves men with bats hitting balls that are thrown as hard as humanly possible as far as humanly possible. It involves testosterone enough for players to field their position and outperform their competition. The St. Louis Cardinals have shown this grit since the replacement of Mike Matheny.
Luckily, in that time, the pendulum of outcomes has swung in favor of the St. Louis Cardinals in winning ways such that the players are really enjoying themselves. So are the coaches. It appears that everyone is having a great time playing this sport right now in St.