His was only one of the many lines to emerge from the day of games on the back fields Saturday. The Cardinals' minor-league affiliates had four games on the back fields, and their beginning means it's time for that rite of spring: The Vuch Reports. Except, they're not the Vuch Reports anymore. John Vuch, the Cardinals' front-office official, has collected the stats from the back fields for the PD for years, dating back to 2005. Other media outlets piggybacked on the idea and continued to call them Vuch Reports, as we did here at StlToday.com.

The information Vuch helped provide fed what's become this increasing interest in the minor-league system. The news from the back fields was a harbinger of the self-reliant structure the Cardinals wanted to build.

And the readers here devoured the updates.

This year, the stats will again be collected and relayed here when possible at Bird Land. Vuch has handed the reins over to Tony Ferreira as part of his new, expanded role within the front office. So, now we have the Tony Reports. Or the TF Reports. Or the Back Field Report.

Well, we'll work on the title.