Mike Shildt and Brian Snitker, with the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves respectively, will be facing each other in the NLDS starting Thursday at Suntrust Park in Atlanta, GA. Both managers will be managing teams that contrast each other in offense, defense, pitching, and speed.
However, the 51-year-old Shildt and the 63-year-old Snitker are similar in more ways than their respective teams. They are both organizational men who rose from scouting to coaching to managing in the minor leagues before becoming managers at the major league level.
It was a long road for both men, but they are now near the pentacle of baseball.