St. Louis Cardinals: What Dexter Fowler has been up to without baseball

Love him or hate him, St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder Dexter Fowler has been doing some great things outside of baseball. In a recent interview with Bleacher Report’s David Gardner, we get a look at how Fowler has quietly been doing a ton for his community.

Quarantine life is tough for many of us out there, but there are many of us who are giving back in a big way to the communities we live in. Everyone is encouraged to do something, no matter how small to give back, but there are a lot of players in the MLB who are doing a ton for their communities. Dexter Fowler isn’t the only St. Louis Cardinals player giving back, but he did get a chance to discuss it in a recent interview.

Fowler was a guest on David Gardner’s podcast, “How to Survive Without Sports.” Gardner is a staff writer at Bleacher Report and did a fantastic job with this interview with Fowler.

As some of you may know, Fowler lives in Las Vegas in the offseason, and just like the rest of the country, has been dealing with plenty of pandemic-related issues.

Gardner starts the interview having Fowler discuss a couple of his tweets he made that I believe deserve to be restated and read by as many people as possible.

I’m not sure if you’ve ever been the subject of as much hate as Dexter Fowler has in the past few seasons, but the ability he shows right here to step back and remind everyone what truly is important shows how grounded, humble, and how good of a person he is.

Even better, Fowler doesn’t just talk the talk, he follows through.

Fowler has partnered with Three Square, a Nevada based food bank, to raise money to feed those who can’t feed themselves at this time.

From Fowler, “We’ve been blessed to have an avenue and a way to help. So, I think that’s the least we can do.” With his fundraiser, Fowler was able to raise $22,000 in just 48 hours to help the food bank.

In response to people often telling players to “stick to sports,” Fowler laughed and said that he hopes people “realize your heart, and not just look at your batting average and all that.”

He knows everything people say about him, think about the person he is next time you’re writing an angry tweet to him.

With dealing with homeschooling his daughters, Fowler says he has learned some magic tricks and started cooking more, all to improve his “dad resume.” I’m sure there are many of you out there who have a new respect for teachers and the job they do every day.

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On the playing without fans, Fowler said, “it would definitely be crazy, but at the end of the day, we want to play.” Whether or not this is the view that every player has, any plan that involves baseball coming back is going to require buy-in from the players. The more players that buy in the better.

We know that depression has been an issue that Fowler has dealt with in the past and it’s something many people are dealing with right now given the condition of the world. To stay mentally tough in this time, Fowler said that he recommends people “find someone to communicate with” and that people just be honest with themselves.

Fowler has started a meditation habit that has helped him get through this as well. Fowler uses the Headspace app for meditation which I have experience with and find it extremely helpful as well.

This interview was a great reminder of the human side of baseball, something fans often forget. These are people just like us, and when looking at their character, Dexter Fowler has some of the best of any of them.

There was more that Fowler added that I left out so make sure you go check out the full 27-minute interview. Thanks again to David Gardner and I hope this interview was enlightening on the true character Dexter Fowler, and who he really is.