Earlier this week I detailed a bit of what happened at the Memphis Redbirds stop of the 2019 Cardinals Caravan. Aside from the news of the team being named the host city/ballpark for the Triple A National Championship in 2019, the Redbirds and Cardinals officially announced news we had known a bit about since November.
Former major-leaguer, Ben Johnson would be taking over as manager of the Redbirds from the newly-promoted Stubby Clapp. Johnson, as I described back in Novemeber, has several connections to the organization, whether as a player or when he was a scout in Arizona.