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This is not an easy job to fill. Following Tony La Russa will not be easy for anyone following a team that won a world championship will not be easy for every anyone. But when you think about the positives that he brings to the table his interactions with our current players. We felt he'd be the most seamless transition of anybody we could consider. In the end he was the right person at the right time for this job. Preparation and hard work will continue to be a popular theme under his leadership. At this time. I'd like to welcome our new manager Mike Metheny.

It's not something that but I'll take lightly. Putting the birds on the -- in my -- is something. That I know. Is not to be taken lightly. And there's something that I will not take program for one day. For the players. On on this on this team and everybody involved in the Cardinals organization. Want to congratulate you is. 2011 world champions. The style of play in the never. Say die never give in never give up. Attitude and and and style of baseball something that I believe people all over the world. Fell in love with stole the hearts of baseball fans. Myself included. So. At this point and certain there are few questions that are gonna come out of this room. But one thing I'd like to be your first is. I loved to play the game of baseball. And I believe all the experience experience is that I've learned up up to this point. From the field and off the field. Has led me to this point right now. To be what I was made to be. And as I sit here as the manages St. Louis Cardinals. Have to tell you. But this is the greatest honor in my life.