"When he speaks, everybody is going to listen," Shildt said. "I appreciate it on a lot of levels. I support Yadi’s comments completely. I don’t know Kris that well. He’s a really good player. He’s clearly entitled to his opinion, and everybody has their opinion on what’s considered boring or not."

"I went to the Stan Musial Awards dinner and Stan seemed to find this to be a nice home for him and his family and has created a legacy with his award," Shildt started. "I saw Ozzie Smith, another local St. Louisan receive an award for doing some charitable work. About a week later I went to the Pujols Foundation gala, which they do wonderful charity work in the St. Louis area. Albert still feels inclined to come back. Matt Holliday will be at an event, Holliday’s Heroes, Monday night. So he finds it interesting to come back and support. I’ve always looked forward to bumping into Whitey around town, who still lives here. Lou Brock still is a proud St. Louisian. I had a wonderful, I felt like a wonderful, entertaining dinner last night with Paul and Amy Goldschmidt at Dominic’s and I was far from bored in a three-hour dinner that we enjoyed and had a nice meal and enjoyed some conversation. I’d like to think Paul enjoyed himself, and Amy as well.