On the day before reporting to Busch Stadium for the first official team event in almost four months, one of the Cardinals made a joke that sounded like so many other commuters who had worked from home since their offices closed in March.
“I’ll have to put on my pants,” he said.
In their official red spring training jerseys and official home white pants — sans the shorts they usually wear for informal workouts — the Cardinals took the field Friday at their home ballpark in shifts for the start of what Major League Baseball has dubbed “summer camp.