St. Louis Cardinals Where Have You Gone? ─ Vince Coleman, Ernie Broglio, John Tudor, and Other Cardinals Greats

The St. Louis Cardinals are a team steeped in history and a winning tradition. For proof look no further than the epic 2011 World Series! The secret to their success? It's those special players who have been lucky enough to don the Birds at Bat. But whatever happened to those players once the bright stadium lights were dimmed and the cleats were hung up for good?

St. Louis Cardinals: Where Have You Gone? provides the fascinating answer as the authors catch up with more than 35 former Redbirds in this one-of-a-kind volume. Fans will delight in hearing about the post-baseball careers of stars from every era. Dick Groat shares his return to the sport closest to his heart: basketball; Bob Tewksbury hits the books and learns to write papers again as he completes his master's degree in sport psychology; and Vince Coleman shares his playing skills with a new generation as a minor league coach and celebrity golfer. Life after baseball can be an unforeseen business venture, a few rounds of charity golf, 788 acres of seclusion, a minor league dugout, a PhD, or a blessing in disguise?whatever the outcome, it's always an adventure any true Cardinals fan would love to share.

Rob Rains has been writing about sports in St. Louis and nationally for more than 35 years. He runs a website covering all St. Louis sports, STLSportsPage.com. He has written 33 books, most of which have been about the Cardinals. Rains is a former Cardinals beat writer for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and was one of the founding writers of USA Today Baseball Weekly (now Sports Weekly). A lifetime member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, Rains also is an adjunct professor at Webster University. He and his wife Sally have two grown sons, B.J. and Mike.

Keith Schildroth worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for more than 30 years, first starting as a copy boy at the age of 15 and eventually working in the sports department covering soccer, golf, bowling, and professional wrestling and writing sports obituaries. He covered the 1985 and 1987 National League Championship series and World Series for Reuters and was a longtime correspondent for Soccer America Magazine. Schildroth is an avid Cardinals historian and has covered the Cardinals for Reuters of Canada and ESPNNewYork.com. He is currently a freelance writer and is a member of the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame.