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Cards appear built for deep playoff run

Baseball’s two seasons present dramatically different tests for a team. The six-month, every-day regular-season push reveals a club’s depth, requiring clubs to get something from all 25 roster spots. The playoffs, meanwhile, reward something different entirely. The first 10-15 places on the roster become magnified: the front of the rotation, the everyday lineup and the back of the bullpen.

La Russa, like many, tends to look at starting pitching first when assessing his ballclub or another. In that area, no team in the National League is stronger than St. Louis, and the advantage becomes even more pronounced in a short series. The Cardinals rank second in the NL in starters’ ERA, and that likely does the team a disservice, since it did without Chris Carpenter for a stretch early in the year and without Kyle Lohse for two stints.

Click here to read the full article – By Matthew Leach of MLB.com

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September 11, 2009 - Posted by GameSetMatch | Cardinals Stuff | Baseball, Cardinals, cardinals baseball, cardinals hat, MLB, St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Cardinals Hats | No Comments Yet