Mike Schildt is now the interim manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and AAA Memphis hitting coach, Mark Budaska, has been promoted to the new hitting coach for the major league club. Also, George Greer, the Cardinals minor league hitting coordinator, has been promoted to be the assistant hitting coach.
When I went to bed on Saturday night at 10 pm, I didn’t know about the firing of Mike Matheny and John Mabry until 6 am Sunday morning over my first cup of coffee. At Redbird Rants, we have a Twitter direct message line where we communicate with each other.