Derrick Goold's Blog, page 125
May 22, 2012
142/366 My colleague Chris Lee, one of the finest photogs in the...

142/366 My colleague Chris Lee, one of the finest photogs in the biz, crams into a corner to get just the right angle for my story in tomorrow’s paper about Jeff Suppan. You can read that here. (Taken with instagram)
May 21, 2012
141/366 Busch Stadium at night, when we almost have the ballpark...

141/366 Busch Stadium at night, when we almost have the ballpark to ourselves after a Padres-Cardinals game. (Taken with instagram)
140/366 A semi-annual trip to make sure the columns are...

140/366A semi-annual trip to make sure the columns are still standing so the boy wonder can climb up on them. (Taken with instagram)
May 19, 2012
139/366 At the cages with the boy wonder — for three hours...

139/366 At the cages with the boy wonder — for three hours today! — where we created our own shorthand for good swings. No backscratchers. A “u” loop in your swing means it was ugly. You want an “I” for Ian — a direct path to the ball. Best. Day. Ever. (Taken with instagram)
138/366 How the design guru at The Post-Dispatch dressed up the...

138/366 How the design guru at The Post-Dispatch dressed up the story the “Cardinal Way” handbook, complete with the teams’s longtime coach George Kissell, who was called the Keeper of the Cardinal Way. (Taken with instagram)
May 18, 2012
137/366 Page 3 of the Cardinals’ organizational handbook,...

137/366 Page 3 of the Cardinals’ organizational handbook, a book written for internal use that aims to define and capture “The Cardinal Way.” This book and the history behind it was the subject of my story for tomorrow’s paper. You can read it here. (Taken with instagram)
May 17, 2012
136/366 Before the late ballgame, the boy wonder reads from our...

136/366 Before the late ballgame, the boy wonder reads from our new favorite book. Love his expression. (Taken with instagram)
May 16, 2012
135/366 Teaching the boy wonder how to rack ‘em and crack...

135/366 Teaching the boy wonder how to rack ‘em and crack ‘em at our neighborhood haunt. (Taken with instagram)
May 15, 2012
134/366 Behind the cage as Mark McGwire and John Mabry share a...

134/366 Behind the cage as Mark McGwire and John Mabry share a laught before a game against the Cubs. (Taken with instagram)
133/366 Giveaway weekend ends with a David Freese bobblehead....

133/366 Giveaway weekend ends with a David Freese bobblehead. There we lines snaking around Busch more than four hours before first pitch. (Taken with instagram)