Matheny’s Tenure Should Be A Staple For The Cardinals.

It is very easy now, nearly seven years later and in the wake of the Cardinals dismissing their manager for the first time in more than 23 years, to forget that Mike Matheny made a ton of sense for the team back in November 2011.

Matheny had never managed at any level above Little League when the Cardinals hired him.

Matheny was well-liked as a Cardinals player and a mentor for Yadier Molina – who, other than Albert Pujols , was the most important Cardinal in 2011.

While giddy Cardinals fans, still loopy in the wake of that World Series win, probably would have cheered the hiring of a random barnyard animal as the teams manager, there was little backlash to Mathenys hiring – and reasonably so.