Kerry Robinson

Though Robinson was known for running in his play style, it started to wane on him near the end of his career. “It wears you down,” he said. “I’ve been a speed guy since I was four or five years old and there’s been some wear and tear there. I’m at ease with not playing.”

When it came to the “Three Nights in August”, where his supposedly marred relationship with then manager Tony La Russa was publicized, he wanted to clear the air. “(In regards to) the whole misconception of me and the falling out with Tony, we never had a falling out, to be honest,” Robinson said. “One of the things that frustrates me about that perception is everyone thinks we did have a falling out. He was my manager and my boss. I did what he told me to do. If you look back to that time and see the articles, it was lop-sided. If there was problems he had with me, I didn’t know about them.”

“All the time I have people come up to me and say they enjoyed watching me play but I don’t think this city got a complete chance to see what I could do,” he said. “I guess that’ll be my only regret. That’s frustrating too, because I am pretty content with my career and now it’s over. Life goes on after baseball.”

Kerry Robinson's contributions to the baseball hasn't stopped with him playing, coaching, or scouting. In November 2018 the St. Louis Cardinals announced the comeback of the powder “victory” blue jerseys. This was Robinson's brain child and he played an integral role in convincing Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III.

As of 2015, Robinson is listed as a professional scout for the Cardinals, based in Ballwin, Missouri.

He did admit that helping Parker was not part of a bigger plan to one day become a coach. This did come to fruition when he became a scout for the Cardinals the following year in November 2010 and is still scouting for them presently.

In 2009, though he was given an opportunity by a local Frontier League team based out of O’Fallon, MO, the River City Rascals. Robinson had gone on to say that he wasn't ready to be back in baseball full-time, but had agreed to help as a part-time coach to help new manager Chad Parker with his philosophy of tireless aggressive base running. Robinson, while a player, was best known as having “good wheels.”

Robinson was originally drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1995. His professional playing career lasted 12 years between the big leagues and minors. Throughout his time in the minor leagues Robinson was able to tally up 322 stolen bases. His playing career ended in 2007 when he retired to Wildwood, MO and initially became a financial advisor.

Having grown up in the St. Louis area Robinson had gotten to see these jerseys regularly during the 1980s. Be it McGee roaming center field or watching “the Wizard” Ozzie Smith doing flips in blue and also seeing the Cardinals winning it all in the 1982 World Series wearing the blue. Robinson along with others had wondered why the jersey had been dismissed to “throwback” days.

Kerry Keith Robinson (born October 3, 1973) is an American former professional baseball player. Robinson started at an early age playing baseball for N.Y.A. (National Youth Association) in St. Louis MO. Robinson graduated from Hazelwood East High School and was a three sport star, and holds the highest career batting average (.517) in school history, and also for goals scored (29) on the ice hockey team. He went on to attend Southeast Missouri State University. In 1996, he led the Midwest League with a .359 batting average and 50 stolen bases (a tie) and was second in the league in hits, triples, and runs while playing for Single-A Peoria.