Not so long ago, the Twitterverse was abuzz with chatter about Busch Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals‘ home stadium ranked as one of the toughest places to hit in the major leagues. The Cardinals have one of the top pitching staffs in the league. That’s a good thing when you play in a pitcher’s park. The mediocre defense behind great pitching is a bad thing.
The backbone of a strong defense is shortstop, second base and center field, AKA “up the middle.” It seems like it has been a long time since the St.