Sure, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols may have more grand slams in his career than All-Star selections, but eight invitations to the midsummer classic in nine years is pretty good.
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It wasn’t difficult for anyone who spent time around the St. Louis Cardinals clubhouse to know how important winning a Gold Glove was to catcher Yadier Molina. Friends and pundits alike felt that he had deserved two before and had lost them because his bat wasn’t the equal to his peers’.
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In three years with the St. Louis Cardinals, righthander Ryan Franklin has had at least three different jobs. In spring training 2007, he came to the club as insurance, an option for the fifth starting spot or long relief, whichever role seemed to suit him best by the end of March. He wanted to start, felt he was best used as a starter and … quickly became Jason Isringhausen’s setup man.
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