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Will Matt Carpenter Wear a Red Jacket?
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Hochman: If this is goodbye to the Cardinals' Matt Carpenter, St
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St. Louis Cardinals: Best Moments of Matt Holliday
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Six pitchers give Cardinals a 4-0 strong-arm shutout of Dodgers
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Projecting the Cardinals' Opening Day lineup and rotation … in
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St. Louis Cardinals: This team stinks and it starts from the head
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Matt Carpenter] I love you, St. Louis. Thank you for everything
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Harrison Bader leads Cards to 8th straight win
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The Big 50: St. Louis Cardinals by Benjamin Hochman, Tony La Russa
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Hochman: Matt Carpenter, 'always a Cardinal to us,' turns ex
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Would Cardinals have won World Series without home-field advantage
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Freese declines Cardinals Hall of Fame induction, cites meaning of
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Matt Carpenter saved the Cardinals' season because of salsa