Rivalry Preview: Cardinals-Astros

The Astros are typically like the Cardinals in that they seldom go into a dedicated rebuilding mode. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Houston was a near-perennial contender in the NL Central. But with the departure of their competitive core over the last few years — Craig Biggio, Roy Oswalt and Lance Berkman — the’ve fallen into a prolonged rebulding program. The Cardinals, of course, continue to reload, and are the superior team again for 2011.

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