Oliver Marmol, the 35-year-old manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, has the complicated task of steering three beloved stars, and this era in franchise history, into the sunset.
In many ways, including their presence, this is a classic Cardinals season, one played under immense local expectations and in a relatively weak division resulting in a winning record . In other ways, this is the most emotional St. Louis season in quite some time, the one Cardinals faithful refer to as “One Last Ride” around Busch Stadium because it is the last time this great core of Molina, Pujols and pitcher Adam Wainwright will play together.
“If you have turbulence and you look in and they’re putting the life jacket on, you’re like, ‘Oh, my God, what’s going on?’ ” Schumaker said. “But if it’s bumpy and you look and the guy is just drinking a Starbucks, you’re like, ‘Okay, I can chill out and keep reading my book.’ That’s what I take from him: In big leverage situations, he’s calm and stoic.”
The Cardinals pride themselves on stability. That’s why Pujols returning to St. Louis for his final season was a given instead of a pipe dream. Cardinals come home. Their president, John Mozeliak, has been running baseball operations in St. Louis for a decade and a half. Marmol is the team’s fourth manager since 1996. One of them is La Russa. The other three are homegrown Cardinals.
Schumaker, who won 2006 and 2011 World Series titles with Pujols, Wainwright and Molina, calls those three some of his closest friends. To the extent that Marmol’s regime needs credibility — and, given his history in the organization, no one suggests that it does — Schumaker offers it with the veterans who may not know him quite as well.
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