JJ Wetherholt was always destined to be an MLB player -- and he had a big supporter during that journey.
When Wetherholt made his MLB debut earlier this season, a picture circulated of a young Wetherholt in which his fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Ingoldsby, had prompted the class to write down what they wanted to be when they grew up. The sign for Wetherholt read: MLB player.
On Tuesday, Wetherholt invited Mrs. Ingoldsby to Busch Stadium for the Cardinals’ Teachers Appreciation Night. Mrs. Ingoldsby threw the first pitch to her former student in something of a full-circle moment for the teacher and student. It was a wonderful moment in a story that continues to add new chapters.