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Cardinals still eyeing playoffs despite arduous season

By Phil Rogers
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, September 10, 2007

Ho, hum. It was just another weekend for the St. Louis Cardinals, whose overly eventful defense of the 2006 World Series title makes it appear they won it in a cakewalk. When the Cardinals arrived in Arizona, long since missing their ace and half of their everyday lineup to season-ending injury and another beloved teammate to death, they were greeted by questions about the validity of their remarkable late-season hero and soon were dealing with more problems, both old and new. The reports link ...

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