I don’t mention it in the ABOUT page, but I am a baseball fan. In particular, I have been a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals since I was an infant. It is the closest experience that I had with pedobaptism, except no water involved and nothing Christian about it. But my dad somehow inaugurated me into Cardinal nation. I liked them in preschool and I like them now. I  am a sinner redeemed by the grace of God in Jesus Christ. I am a Christian who currently lives in America… I like baseball, I like the Cardinals (I like to think that if baseball were back in Babylon that Daniel would have liked it, too).

With all that said, let me express some excitement for the upcoming 2010 season. No, I am not talking about Holliday. Nope, not our new hitting coach. Not even our beloved first basemen, Albert, who I admire as a person first and athlete second. I am happy about all of that, happy about Carp and Wainwright being the best 1-2 punch in the game, etc. Everyone else is happy about that, too.

But one thing that I’m most excited about (and perhaps has been the most unnoticed by Card fans) is the middle infield. I really like the double-play combo in Ryan and Schumaker. I really like that the first time since I can remember the Cards are keeping the same guys up the middle two years in a row. A solid, durable middle infield. Baseball has made that part of the game the most transient (Yankees are the exception, Bro. Riccardi). Most teams move guys in and out (Jeter is the last Ripken).

But the Cardinals are on to something that I hope is a mainstay. Let there be t-shirts with Ryan and Schumaker on the back.