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By Chris Ruddick Oct 28, 2006, 16:20 GMT
Congratulations to the Cardinals
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Though living in Las Vegas for the last 25 years, as a Cardinal fan, born in Troy, Mo., and raised on St. Louis baseball, I ADMIT A CERTAIN INBRED BIAS towards the St. Louis Cardnals. Over the years it's been more difficult for one team to dominate the NL Championship, but the Cardinals and Dodgers have written larger part of the NL World Series History Book.
As you mention in your very gracious article, the Cardinal talent was recognized quite prolifically prior to the season. Why then, only 83 wins? Well, perhaps because most of the year one or two key players were always injured and out of the line-up. Over all, that helped the team. Though injured, they are also resting and getting hungrier to play, while the backups are getting regular experience and the playing time to stay just a little bit sharper. Some unexpected hero alwways seemed to step forward to keep them in the race.
The final result was a healthy and even more talented team at season's end.......a hungry team with guys ready to step it up a notch when Pujols cooled off.
That's all it took.
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