As he waited in St. Louis for the results of the tests that will determine whether he can join the workouts at Busch Stadium with his fellow Cardinals, John Nogowski saw the announcement scrolling through Instagram, where he kidded a reporter “you get all the news.”
He saw it on the Springfield Cardinals’ social media page, and then in a Class AAA Memphis photo, and as he read so did many others about how the inevitable became official Tuesday when for the first time in its 119-year history Minor League Baseball canceled a season.
“It is — for the lack of a better word — tough to fathom,” said Nogowski, who has played 512 games in the minors and will spend this summer with the Cardinals or on their extended, shortened-season roster.