or dislocate anything and didn’t want to return home on crutches.    with a complete physical exam and blood workup.  aorta to rule out any lurking heart problems. 


   in a smaller size as inspiration nine months before Camp began, and   Or maybe prolonged it?


"If you get an


And that extends to the former Cardi- nals players who rotate in and out of the  cherished friendships with the likes of Ozzie Smith, Willie McGee and Vince Coleman that extend beyond baseball now. “You’re part of that. And that’s the way they make you feel. And that’s what sep-


arates them from anybody else because at the end of the day,  Camp experiences.  soring a version of Ozzie’s charitable St. Louis PGA Reach golf tour-   


   challenge to overcome.      or taxing.  out” for teams. (Note: Everyone “makes the team!”) 


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opportunity to do something like this, don't hold back because it's a


chance of a l fet me."


Wearing Cards’ tee-shirts, along with our sons’ college colors, to my workouts has become my inspiration to continue! Though you don’t have to go to those lengths to take part in a Fantasy Camp.


The ages of the Campers in Florida ranged from the late 20s to the  Thompson, asked a table-full of my teammates at lunch one day what they’d done to prepare for Camp, all except me said they’d done nothing. But many of them still play in adult baseball or softball leagues,


           ics, which regulates professional boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and mixed martial arts events in the state.  part,” he says of playing at Fantasy Camp. “The biggest challenge is   two terms and is now mounting a campaign for a Republican state senate nomination in next year’s August primary, played with a bro-  back home before making the trip south.


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