The Cardinals escaped the room! - A Hunt and Peck

On Thursday a cloud of mystery surrounded the Cardinals as the team was whisked away on a mysterious bus to a mysterious location. Brilliant minds prognosticated on the whereabouts of our favorite baseball team, but with no real leads, the investigation reached a standstill. Until...

An escape the room, of course! Apparently the trip was a "team-building" exercise. Whether it achieved its desired effect or not remains to be seen, but the players seemed to have fun and maybe that is all that matters!

Wainwright: 'Great time' at team-building event | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com

Matheny explains Cardinals' team-building exercise | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com

Cardinals visit escape room | MLB.com

Escape-room challenge continues Cardinals' 'testament to change' spring | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com

what else is going on in baseball...

• Bryce Harper and Jayson Werth recreated the 'Step Brothers' poster at Nats Photo Day | MLB.com
• Braves sign football player Sanders Commings | MLB.com
• An Astros fan made Dallas Keuchel his phone's lockscreen, so Keuchel returned the favor | MLB.com
• You might hear David Ortiz in the broadcast booth this season | MLB.com
• MLB stars who are still making history in 2017. | Sports on Earth
• Five baseball movies you probably haven't seen that (mostly) deserve watching | MLB.com
• What Teams Are Stuck In Between? | FanGraphs Baseball
• Charlie Blackmon and Chris Denorfia on Launch Angles | FanGraphs Baseball
• How Dellin Betances Lost $10 Million | FanGraphs Baseball
• An Exploration of the Longest Home Run of 2016 | FanGraphs Baseball
• Baseball’s Unusually Top-Heavy Landscape | FanGraphs Baseball
• Here Is What You Think of Our Team Projections | FanGraphs Baseball
• Ranking what we’ll miss the most about intentional walks | SBNation.com
• Spring training schedule 2017: Real, live MLB baseball games start Friday | SBNation.com
• Holes that need fixing for all 30 MLB teams | ESPN
• Which spring training stats actually matter? | SweetSpot | ESPN
• Here Is How MLB Can Fix Their Problems and Grow Their Fanbase | 101Sports.com

what the cardinals are up to...

• BenFred: Introducing the NL Central's X-factors | Ben Frederickson | stltoday.com
• Gonzales keeping 'tunnel vision' as his rehab speeds ahead | Derrick Goold: Bird Land | stltoday.com
• Gonzales keeping 'tunnel vision' as his rehab speeds ahead | Derrick Goold: Bird Land | stltoday.com
• Bernie Bits: My Cardinals "Watch List" For The 2017 Exhibition Games | 101Sports.com

KNOW THINE ENEMY...

the nl central

• Kyle Schwarber could bat leadoff for Cubs | MLB.com
• Photo of the Day: The Cubs brought their championship hardware to Arizona | MLB.com
• Before looking forward, Chicago Cubs relive World Series run | ESPN
• Tony Cingrani Needs a New Pitch, Is Working on It | FanGraphs Baseball

viva el stuff...

• Viva El Birdos Community Projections 2017 | Viva El Birdos
• Viva El Birdos Podcast: Episode 72 | Viva El Birdos
• FANPOSTS:
  CryingBirds_Asks, Ep3: El Maquino | Viva El Birdos
  2017 Cardinals’ Fifth Starter Spot | Viva El Birdos
  Take Part In A Realistic Way to Play Fantasy Baseball | Viva El Birdos

other things...

• Vladimir Tarasenko makes a little girl’s birthday | St. Louis Game Time