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Lars Nootbaar Player Props: Cardinals vs. Blue Jays
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WATCH: St. Louis Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar Details Playing with Shohei Ohtani - Fastball
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Lars Nootbaar - Baseball - USC Athletics
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Can You Believe This Right Now? by Lars Nootbaar
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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar happy to expand his baseball family with Samurai Japan - The Japan Times
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Lars Nootbaar Player Props: Cardinals vs. Nationals
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Cardinals Lars Nootbaar shares piece on baseball, family
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How Lars Nootbaar -- and his celebration -- became a sensation for Japan in 2023 World Baseball Classic
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