Great article by Adam McCalvy of MLB.com about one of the greatest catchers in Cardinal history:
Every day for two years in the early 1980s, the Brewers' starting
catcher would sit with his backup to talk baseball. Ted Simmons often
presented a test for young Ned Yost, which is why Yost had to smile
earlier this spring when the Brewers' current catcher walked into the
manager's office with a puzzled look on his face.
Simmons, now 58 and joining the coaching ranks after nearly 20 years
out of uniform, had presented catcher Jason Kendall with a puzzle: Say
you have a baserunner in a rundown and you run him back to the base,
only there's another baserunner already occupying it. One of the
runners is out, but Simmons told Kendall there is a way to get a double
play out of the scenario.
Then Simmons turned around and walked away.....
Click HERE to read the full Ted Simmons article