Sunday night’s ESPN telecast of the St. Louis Cardinals’ matchup with the Atlanta Braves was delayed about an hour due to rough weather around Busch Stadium. But credit to ESPN: They turned the delay into some incredible television with the help of Adam Wainwright.
Once the tarp was finally cleared and the game was nearing first pitch, a mic’d-up Wainwright went to the bullpen give a live interview as he was going through his regular pregame routine. The challenge of a rain day impacting a pitcher’s routine came up in the conversation, and that was when Wainwright offered some great insight while continuing his warmup pitches.
