ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina wasn't sure how a baseball stuck to his chest protector after a wild pitch by Brett Cecil in the seventh inning, but it wasn't as funny after Kyle ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina and most everyone else at Busch Stadium laughed at the bizarre sight - a ball somehow stuck to his chest protector , in plain view of everybody ...

He was a little too successful. The ball bounced off the dirt, hit Molina square in the chest protector and then just stuck there. Yadier Molina is just as surprised as the rest of us.

Here are some highlights. On the origin of the chest protector: "It was never a torn pec. It was a gimmick to make people mad at me. It was not my idea. In fact, when the idea was pushed to me ...

Silvis was concerned that a chest protector could give a false sense of security. "What you wouldn't want is someone who's wearing a chest protector to think, well I'm protected from this injury ...