Pitchers and catchers officially report to the Cardinals’ camp in Jupiter, Fla., next Tuesday. But the unofficial start of spring training came on Wednesday at Busch Stadium. It was Truck Day.
But, before you ponder all the equipment being shuttled onto one of two 18-wheelers belonging to A-Mrazek Moving Systems, consider that the transference of goods for a baseball team is not quite the same as it used to be.
“It’s kind of a mixed bag," said Mark Walsh, a Cardinals clubhouse man for 30 years but who is in his first year as equipment manager.
“The main things everybody expects to be on there are already going there," said Walsh, who served as co-equipment manager the past three years with Ernie Moore, now the traveling secretary.