ST. LOUIS • A short drive from where Yadier Molina grew up in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, and into the Mavilla neighborhood, the Cardinals catcher stood atop a blacktop road surrounded by stripped-clean and snapped trees and covered with a message that gave words to the reason he came home.
“AYUDA,” it listed. “AGUA. ALIMENTO.”
Translated it asked for “help,” “water,” and “food.”
Written atop, “SOS.”
No translation needed.
The road and the request scrawled along it are clear in a photo that Molina posted last week on his Instagram page. In it, Molina, wearing a St.