Allow Dexter Fowler’s adorable family ease your troubled soul - A Hunt and Peck

The world can be a dark and dreary place at times. Life is tough and messy. But it is comforting to know that when we feel lost or hopeless, or just not our best, there is always goodness somewhere. A perfect example of this is Naya Fowler’s - daughter of the St. Louis Cardinals centerfielder, Dexter Fowler - InstaGram account. The account is just plain adorable and if it does not warm your heart just even a tiny bit, then I am not sure what will.

what else is going on in baseball...

• Red Sox Dustin Pedroia injures left leg | MLB.com
• Madison Bumgarner on DL with shoulder injury | MLB.com
• Madison Bumgarner sprains shoulder, bruises ribs in dirt bike accident | SBNation.com
• Madison Bumgarner Crashes His Bike and Playoff Hopes | FanGraphs Baseball
• The Giants Shouldn’t Punt Just Yet | FanGraphs Baseball
• Favorites to sign Cuban outfielder Luis Robert | MLB.com
• Adam Rosales just broke his own record for the fastest home run 'trot' | MLB.com
• Paul Goldschmidt met the Little Leaguer who hit the first home run at Paul Goldschmidt Field | MLB.com
• The New Generation of Ballparks Is Pushing Us Away | FanGraphs Baseball
• A First-Hand Look at MLB’s Trailblazer Series | FanGraphs Baseball
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• The Nationals have won 7 straight. The Mets have ... not. | SBNation.com
• Miguel Sano throws a punch in Twins-Tigers melee | SBNation.com
• Yasiel Puig was determined to give this young Dodgers fan a free baseball | SBNation.com

what the cardinals are up to...

• Cards' Adam Wainwright has four RBIs vs. Crew | MLB.com
• Wainwright Does It All, Definitively Proves DH Rule Is Stupid | Viva El Birdos
• Aledmys Diaz hits pinch HR as Cards edge Crew | MLB.com
• Game 18 Recap: Cards Top Brewers 4-1 | Viva El Birdos
• Cards' minor league report: Flaherty off to strong start in Springfield | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com
• Goold: Cardinals seek edge at baseball's newest frontier — training | St. Louis Cardinals | stltoday.com
• Leake coasts as Cardinals outlast Brewers 4.23.17 | Viva El Birdos

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the nl central

• Cubs' Anthony Rizzo hits 3-run homer in win | MLB.com
• David Ross has acquired new duties in his Bryzzo internship, but he's still struggling | MLB.com
• Addison Russell is trying to get every MLB player to sign his Pokémon card collection | SBNation.com
• 'Pokémon?' Cubs' Addison Russell has an unusual autograph collection | Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN
• Monday Night Baseball -- Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates | ESPN
• The Most Impossible Task of the Summer | FanGraphs Baseball
• Reds roast ‘bandwagon’ Cubs fans in the ballpark via scoreboard | SBNation.com