Adam Wainwright has been with the St. Louis Cardinals for over sixteen years. That is a long time to stay with a city and in the time St. Louis and Waino have gotten to know each other pretty well. Certainly we don’t know Waino personally, but his time spend in such prominence in our lives has granted us some familiarity that only that level of exposure can bring. We don’t know him, but due to his accessibility to us, we kinda do know him, ya know?
That is entirely because of Adam Wainwright, too. There are many athletes that do not allow fans into their lives the way Waino has.