This past Saturday, Maynard, the beer-drinking goat from Silky O'Sullivan's, donned a tuxedo and was feted at a fancy crawfish boil called the Goatillion. This sideshow-cum-shindig also served as a coming-out party for Maynard's little brother, the "Panda Goat," named CaCA in honor of The Commercial Appeal's award-winning sportswriter Geoff Calkins. Funny that. We always thought caca was another name for poop.
These are sunny times for the Cardinals' triple-a franchise, as some of baseball's best prospects descend upon autozone park while making their flight north to St. Louis.