JUPITER, Fla. — Just when the Cardinals probably felt free and clear from the Mike Shildt situation after MLB lockout theater and the Albert Pujols reunion, the Cardinals’ ex-manager said not so fast to his front-office friends turned foes.
Shildt, with an assist from Hall of Famer Tony La Russa, refreshed a bitter baseball breakup story Thursday with comments made to USA Today.
Shildt, opening up a vein during Padres spring training in Arizona, has a long list of new baseball duties. But he is still first and foremost a broken-hearted former Cardinals manager, still analyzing his surprise October ejection before the promotion of bench coach Oliver Marmol to his old job.