When the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals was 25, he worked in the bakery department of a grocery store called The Fresh Market.
After playing for UNC Asheville, Shildt coached there for two years. But by spring of 1994, he was in the market for a new coaching job — and in the meantime, at the market.
Over at West Charlotte High School, baseball coach Gary Weart ran an organization called SAVE, but it had nothing to do with baseball. It was Students Against Violence Everywhere. Over the years, eight of Weart’s students died from gun violence.