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- Fast Facts: On Friday, November 11th, Mike Matheny was notified that he was being hired as the manager of the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals, replacing Tony LaRussa, with one caveat. He could tell no one until his introductory press conference the following Monday.
Matheny's already broken one rule.
With his wife sitting next to him when the news came in, he had no choice but to text the mother of his five children(daughter Katie, and sons, Tate, Luke, Jacob and Blaise) with the news. Though on second thought, maybe texting someone didn't violate the rule handed down from GM John Mozeliak.
Mike and Kristin were varsity athletes at the University of Michigan, with Kristin playing field hockey. The couple was married in 1993. - Quote: Matheny's playing career ended in 2006 following post concussion related issues. Matheny, who was then with the Giants, spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle about his wife's guiding hand through his recovery.
"My wife is very concerned. She knows what I will play through more than anybody else. She knows the things I've been blessed enough to play through that I don't know if other people would play through or not. I think she's afraid I'm going to do that with this. She's being very smart to let me know we have to take this slow, and she's right, but every day it's harder for me because there have been things worse than this to play through."
7.8.2012
I was recently at cardinals game of which i always have enjoyed....the tickets we purchased were 160.00 for 2 and i was fine with that...what i am now very discouraged about is the grab bags that i purchased for 50.00/a piece and was told that they were signed by current players...i recieved Mark Mcquire and Kerry Robinson..im sorry but i was very mislead and my son and husband very disappointed by these purchases...if theres anything that can be done to get an authentically signed ball by a current player i would be forever grateful and my faith restored that America is still truly alive and well in baseball..thank you so much for your patience and anything that you can do Mrs. Matheny would be great..i will happily pay for another ball as long as it is a current player..please understand that i wouldve have rather had a ball in hand signed by player that i met but understood the heat was too much to expect them to stand outside.. so instead i donated 100.00 for the grab bags and was informed they were signed by whole team so i bought 2..then told by a gentleman than he was sorry but only one player on rouster signed but i bought anyways...im really hoping you can make this right for me...as i said i will gladly purchase another ball if need be but prefer current player...my home address is 1163 east jasper-dubouis road jasper indiana 47546... they may still have my credit card info because i just purchased yesterday...vicki matheis...thank you again for anything you can do...
2.5.2013
Kristen:
I am not really sure what this site is...but if this is you Kristen, I wanted to tell you how nice you and your husband and your daughter are. I had came to the conclusion that Mike was a very sincere, humble individual many years a go, but after meeting you guys last week and after how nice you all were to our family, I just think you guys are an ideal family. I pray for your family's well being. You all were an inspiration.
Thank You:
Paul
2.5.2013
Kritin:
Sorry for the misspelling of your name in previous e-mail. Hope we get the chance to meet all of you again. It was an experience of a life time for my family...
Thank You Again:
Paul