Former Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright knows a thing or two about the dog days of summer—this is a man, after all, who went 30-13 with a 2.89 ERA in July during his storied career.
However, Wainwright's retirement has given whole new meaning to the term for the 200-game winner.
At his retirement ceremony before St. Louis's 4-3 victory over the Reds in its season finale Oct. 1, the Cardinals presented Wainwright and his family with a Lagotto Romagnolo puppy. On Monday morning, Wainwright tweeted out his official retirement paperwork—which cited the puppy as his reason for walking away from the game.
