Red & A.J.
I tell you what, if this picture doesn't warm your baseball loving heart on a cold winters day, you have no soul.
Yup, that's Red Schoendist sitting and talking baseball with little 6 year old A.J. Pujols. I saw that on the cover of the St Louis Post Dispatch yesterday and was immediately taken aback. What a cool photo. Looks like it could be a
Norman Rockwell painting.
Wow! Apparently I'm not the only one who sees the significance of this picture.
Brian Burwell wrote a whole story on it.
From the article...
"Red was decked out in his Cardinal uniform, and A.J. wore shorts, sneakers and a T-shirt. The kid was pounding his glove and smiling. The old man seemed to be smiling, too. They seemed lost in a delightful baseball conversation, the Hall of Fame baseball elder and the wide-eyed son of new baseball royalty.
A little boy dreaming, and an old man reminiscing.
I smiled because suddenly I felt like a little boy, too."Labels: baseball, cardinals, sports