I was excited about Barton last year, even more excited knowing he’ll get a bit more of a chance to shine this year. Looking forward to seeing what he can do with more time on the big team.

What you should have asked though is how he gets his helmet to stay on with that massive crop of hair he’s got!

an intelligent ballplayer that isn’t interested in “the bling” or wearing some gangsta wannabe do-rag or spouting f-bombs and Ebonics. Refreshing. Hope he hits .335 and 10 HRs as he earns full-time status.

Very good article about Barton. Nice to see a player from the U making a name for himself and proving that not all players from the U are gangsta’s. Not sure if he will make the team but with his speed I think he would be a good bench player. Best of luck BB and GO CARDS!

I would like to see Barton in the lineup again. Do you think his injuries would limit his future growth?

Doesn’t watch much TV? Notice how much Barton looks like Crabman from “My Name Is Earl”.

I’d like to see BB make the club. We need a speed demension to this team and he is our best option. Imagine him coming in to pinch run in the 9th of any given game. We haven’t had good speed options for much of the last decade.

I like the idea of a platoon with CD, too. Maybe it will light a fire under Chris to know that there’s a hungry guy waiting to take more AB’s.

And this is news why? I sware the Post and the Cardinals have this weird love relationship that is borderline crazy. Why not just change the name of the paper to the “Cardinals Post-Dispatch.”

When I was young I adopted Willie McGee as my favorite Cardinal. He was a great player but he obviously wasn’t a Superstar. He was humble and decdicated to the sport. He was fantastic.

Last year I quietly adopted Brian as my new favorite Cardinal, my new Willie McGee. He obviously has a lot of talent, a lot to show. But he’s such an intelligent guy too. I hope we get to see more of him this year than Memphis does.

And as a funny coincidence - Supermans my favorite hero too. Go show em Brian!

lahti…um, you know the Cards are beloved in St. Louis, right? You know that the fans eat this stuff up, right? What would you prefer the sports section report on more to replace the Cardinals’ stuff?

Barton seems like my type of guy…travel, except that Superman is frightening and Rookie of the Year is nowhere near as good as the Natural, *61 or Bull Durham.

The guy was a rocket science major and everyone is surprised that he’s intelligent. That’s funny to me.

ExistentialHumanist, I get what you are saying, we all love the Cardinals, but the amount of time the paper devotes ONLY to the Cardinals is a little suspect.
When did the Post ever do this kind of research on a Blues player and put it on the front of the website……enough said.

I understand and sympathize with you, but the Blues just aren’t as popular as the Birds…and like it or not, the Post has got to sell ad space. The best way to do that is to show how many hits a website gets.

Now, this may be an assumption, but I’d think the Cards’ coverage garners the most hits and, therefore, they concentrate on/saturate the paper with it.

I love the Blues as well and Billiken soccer and prep sports, but the Cards draw 3mil fans and, again I’m assuming, hundreds of thousands of hits on the site. Is it a bit absurd that even in November/December they can have as many articles written about the boys of summer as they do about the Rams, sure, but…

It’s a capitalist society in which we live…you go with what brings in the $$$. If it were a socialist paper (as many claim) we’d give equal coverage to all sports.

he drives a corvette? that is awesome! must be the engineer in him… wow, you guys are proud he isn’t wearing a “gangsta do-rag”, “dropping f-bombs” or “spitting ebonics”? so how long have you been a racist?

I hope Brian makes it to “the show” full time this year. He plays hard everyday. 100 percent on every at bat - and every trip to the field. To me, he’s what a major leaguer is all about. He’s not looking to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He plays baseball and looks to be having the time of his life. The highlight of my trip to Spring Training last year was watching Brian interact with the fans as he signed autogrpahs and posed for photos until everyone was taken care of - not when he just felt like walking away. I always pull for the underdog - and that’s why I’m pulling for Brian Barton - he is the perfect role model of who a St. Louis Cardinal really is, and who a St. Louis Cardinal should really be.

It’s awesome to see Barton getting some press. My wife and I cheered him on extra hard when he came up to bat. It’s refreshing to see a player run so hard his helmet falls of nearly every time. He plays his heart out and it’s a lot of fun to watch!

What a refreshing young man! He won me over when he said he doesn’t have an i-Pod and doesn’t watch TV. I would love to see this guy get at least 300 AB’s this season.

Lahti,

Can’t wait to read about another murder or STD or the economy? Thank God the PD writes some decent articles about decent human beings. Brian Barton would be a terrific add to this team - the only problem is that the outfield is crowded. Nonetheless I hope he makes it. BTW DG, did you notice the pumps on this guy? In the pictures Mr. Lee has taken of him he looks like he has added some size to those pipes. Nothing wrong with a few more dingers.

Lahti, are you still mad at the Cardinals for putting you in that “bullpen by committee” thing in the 80s? Dude, if it’s you, let bygones be bygones. Otherwise, for us sports fans who are huge into the Cardinals and don’t get that worked up about the NBA this time of year, yes this is good reading. If you don’t like it, click to the next story.

Good kid but he needs a haircut!!!

Man..I never got a teddy ruxpin.

But looking back it was kind of creepy.