DOWNTOWN — The locker next to St. Louis Cardinals infielder Brendan Ryan’s in the clubhouse is starting to look like a sports memorabilia shop — or a dry cleaner. There are jerseys from all corners of the major leagues hanging there, waiting for Ryan to find out a way to get them signed.

For someone who has signed a few autographs, he’s still working out how to ask for them.

The etiquette of the act is what he worries about. In New York, he had a David Wright No. 5 Mets jersey ready to be signed and he winced a bit when he discovered Wright signed the jersey after one of the games. He already has one signed by Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera, and the plan is to get all of the jerseys hanging in his locker signed this season. But it’s better to let him explain it. Let’s go to the tape.

The Post-Dispatch has armed me with a video doohickey thingamagig to test drive for awhile here and see how it operates in the wild of covering major-league baseball. Yesterday, was my first attempt at reviving that wannabe film-school student and channeling my inner-cinematographer. No Scorsese am I. I went 1-for-2 in my attempts to pull together a video interview. Ryan’s guided tour of his growing jersey collection — in its larval stage — was the one that worked.

Roll out the red carpet, here’s the premiere (after a brief commercial):

Be kind. But if this works we’ll have to come up with a new name for the feature. P-D TV? Bird Land Broadcasts? The B-Land Network? Heck, if it’s well-received can JSL!!@#%!! Live On Tape be far behind.

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