He's got a history of playing the game the right way and he's gonna mean as much to us in our clubhouse as he does on the field. He had a chance to earn a spot on the big-league club. It didn't work out and we're glad to have him.

If our guys aren't enjoying this, they are not human. Although it will be even more exciting when they have on that actual Cardinals uniform on to play baseball for St. Louis. Ultimately, this is the goal, to get here.

This builds character. It's easy when it's going good.

The results are there in St. Louis. We're not gonna light up Baseball America, but if we continue sending St. Louis our players, then we're successful.

When Mike goes up now, the scouting report is he's a good defensive catcher and you don't run on him. My opinion is there's a future for him. When you go to the big leagues and perform, you're back on the map.

We saw about 200,000 homes that need to be bulldozed. It's ridiculous. We saw houses with cars still on top of them. We saw a two-story house with a tractor-trailer upside-down on top of it.

When you spend so much time in the minor leagues, and you've been successful, you wonder if it's ever going to happen. He got a chance to go up there for an extended period and had some success, was on the playoff roster, which most people will never be. He came back with a new vigor.

We're very young, which is good and bad. This is the least experienced Triple-A team I've been a part of.

I think he's gonna have some success in Triple-A, but I really don't know what to expect defensively. I don't know if we're looking for 20 home runs again. We'll try to look for a spot in the order where get can get some pitches.

Some of the guys have never stepped foot in a big-league stadium. It's an exhibition game and more of a test for everybody involved in Busch Stadium, so it serves a purpose in both ways.