Mike Shannon's Pheasant Pie

For this year's 2nd edition of Hot Stove Cooking with the Cardinals, we have the hands-down best recipe from this year's crop: Mike Shannon's Pheasant Pie.

I can't imagine I have to tell anyone reading this St. Louis Cardinals Sports Blog who Mike Shannon is. A St. Louis native, 2x World Series Champion, longtime broadcaster and Cardinals Hall of Famer... it's hard to get much more "St. Louis" than Mike Shannon.

But on top of all of that, Shannon was the longtime proprietor of Mike Shannon's Steaks and Seafood downtown, and continues to be associated with other restaurant locations and retail food products. So I felt like, if you're the name behind a small restaurant empire, any recipe you…