Photos: Cardinals fans brave cold for last day of Winter Warm-Up
From the Cardinals Winter Warm-up shows team setting goals for upcoming season series
Cardinals fans gathered at Busch Stadium and Ballpark Village for the final day of Cardinals Winter Warm-up on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The fan festival included autograph sessions, collectible items and other activities to get fans excited for the upcoming season.
Photos by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Tony La Russa, the winningest manager in St. Louis Cardinals history, holds up his World Series rings at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Cubs fan Tom Steindler waits in line with a Willson Contreras bobblehead Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at Cardinals Winter Warm-up at Ballpark Village. Steindler's goal is to get all his Cubs World Series bobbleheads signed, which is why he came to the Cardinals fan festival.
Bill Johnson and his son, Tommy, 8, finish up lunch at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Bally Sports Live! in Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. They are big Cardinals fans.
Cardinals fans watch team manager Oliver Marmol take fan questions at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up from the upper level of Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III, left, and Chairman and CEO Bill DeWitt Jr., are interviewed by Scott Watermann on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, during the Cardinals Winter Warm-up at Ballpark Village.
Dylan Featherly wears a coat of his own design at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The Featherlies come to about 40 Cardinals games a year. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol is interviewed by Tom Ackerman at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
World Series trophies are on display as people wait to get autographs at Cardinals Winter Warm-up on Monday, Jan. 16, 2024, at Ballpark Village.
Will Easterling, 9, of Quincy, Illinois, receives his signed baseball from Willson Contreras at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Willson Contreras, Cardinals catcher, addresses members of the press at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Busch Stadium in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Dylan Carlson signs a helmet and some baseball cards for Lua Brown, 10, at left, and her brother Finn, 12, while their parents Patrick and Cathy watch and take photos at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Carlson said he hasn't seen the cards they brought for him to sign before. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Drew Finnerty, 2, sits on the bar beside his mom, Rachel, of O'Fallon, Illinois, at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Fans get wristbands after going through security at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The final day of the fan festival was well below freezing, and felt like below zero temperatures due to windchill. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Leslie Hodges has lunch on the floor of the club level with her son Henry, 8, at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol is interviewed by Tom Ackerman at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Tony La Russa, the winningest manager in St. Louis Cardinals history, gives Dylan Jerome, 9, back his signed photo beside his sister Olivia, 7, at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Rob Trombly takes a photo of his sons, Liam, 14, and Lukas, 9, with Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at Winter Warm-up at Ballpark Village. The Tromblys are longtime Cardinals fans and season ticket holders. "Baseball is kind of our life," Rob Trombly said.
Bill DeWitt Jr., right, Cardinals team chairman, and Bill DeWitt III, team president, are interviewed by Scott Watermann at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Dan Rich and his son, Dan Rich, scan over Cardinals memorabilia and collectibles at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Busch Stadium in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Bengie Molina signs autographs and meets fans at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Willson Contreras, Cardinals catcher, signs a bobble head for Joshua Myatt, 12, at right, and Caleb, 9, at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
Keith Truitt, a Cardinals stadium tour guide, poses for a photo at Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Busch Stadium in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The final day of the fan festival was well below freezing, and felt like below zero temperatures due to windchill. Photo by Vanessa Abbitt, vabbitt@post-dispatch.com
In this Series
Cardinals Winter Warm-up shows team setting goals for upcoming season
Coming off a year that included league-high in home runs allowed, Cardinals starter Lance Lynn eyes a comeback year in a reunion with the club that he debuted with.
Daniel Descalso is aiming for familiarization with team as his priority over the winter ahead of his first year as a bench coach.
Lynn is the last remaining guy playoff participant from the 2011 World Series champions, the last Cardinals team to win the title. A rookie in 2011, Lynn also played on the 2013 team that won the pennant (and lost to the Red Sox).
Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt Jr. and president Bill DeWitt III held their annual state of the club news conference during Winter Warm-up.
"You want that pressure. You want the expectation. You want the accountability."
The switch-hitting center fielder has not been cleared to hit and will begin spring camp with a "slow progression" in the cage and an arbitration hearing in the future.
I hope the Cardinals understand that the problem wasn’t just one year. Yes, of course, last year was a 71-91 disaster. But it’s been most of the past nine years — five total playoff wins (games, not series!).
Cardinals Willson Contreras and Lance Lynn respect each other's knack for getting under their opponent's skin.Â
The Cardinals' third-year manager touched on a range of topics, including his final 2023 reflection and his current contract outlook, during his media rounds on the final day of Winter Warm-up
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