LOUIS Mike Matheny gets a call every now and then from Cardinals manager Tony La Russa imploring him to come visit the home clubhouse at Busch Stadium. "He's been all over me about not coming in," Matheny said. "I tell him, 'Hey, I'm still a Giant.
' I'm not comfortable with that yet." The Giants greeted Matheny with a series of hugs and back slaps when the former Gold Glove catcher and his oldest son walked into the visiting clubhouse Sunday. Matheny wanted to see his former teammates, so he cut short the family's summer vacation at a lake house he purchased near Branson, Mo.
"Never had a summer vacation before," Matheny said. "Not since I was 10." Matheny, 36, was forced to retire because of post-concussion symptoms stemming from a series of foul tips to the mask in May of last season the second year of the three-year contract he signed after leaving St.
The symptoms would return with a vengeance whenever he was active, so he wore a heart rate monitor for several months to guard against the dizzy spells. While the symptoms have subsided, Matheny said he still felt a bit foggy two weeks ago, when he did some catching drills while filming an instructional video. LOUIS Mike Matheny gets a call every now and then from Cardinals manager Tony La Russa imploring him to come visit the home clubhouse at Busch Stadium.
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