Timing is everything and last night in St.Louis the Cardinals were hosting the San Diego Padres and the Cards were celebrating the career of legendary Ozzie Smith.
My Sister Sharon, a long time resident of the area and equally long time fan of the ball club. Sharon was at the game and managed to snag me one of the bobble heads. The natural pose for Ozzie was capturing him in the middle of one of his famous back flips.
Smith came to the Cardinals via a straight up trade for Gary Templeton. Tempy was one of a small number of baseball players that fall in the category of favorites for me. Sadly, Tempy ran into a drug problem before it became okay to have one and the greatest switch hitter since Mickey Mantle, leading to a trade out to San Diego.
Ozzie Smith was as popular of a ball player as Baseball ⚾️ has seen in half a century. Each year, Smith would head out to play short stop and along the way to his position Ozzie would slow down long enough to land a back flip.
Fast Forward now to the home opener for Carroll County High School Softball team in 2024-2025. It’s time to run our Lady Cavaliers 👩 out to their positions and our centerfielder pops out of the dugout and proceeds to land a perfect back flip. Holly Miller is a special young lady that plays the game with a level of zeal that few possess.
Sadly, there wasn’t a camera on the moment that day but it was a moment that will never be forgotten on my part.
Holly Miller is a second generation Cavalier Center Fielder as her Father, Hix Miller roamed the diamond 💎 on the other side of the Boulevard, Bill Worrell Field.
The link above is a story about Hix and Holly Miller.
I doubt that Holly Miller knows the history of Ozzie Smith and the back flip but last night in the STL , the Cardinals captured the Back Flipper in all of his glory.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 