Cardinals Hall of Famer Ted Simmons is a catch for St. Louis Art Museum

Early in his professional baseball career, Ted Simmons realized his love for contemporary art.

“I'd be playing a game in Philadelphia that night, for instance, and I'd get on the train at 30 Street Station in Philadelphia — and 45 minutes later, I was in Wilmington, Delaware at the Winterthur museum,” the former Cardinals catcher and Baseball Hall of Famer told St. Louis on the Air. “Baseball gave me the luxury of going [to museums] in the day and playing in the night."