Six days ago, around 4 p.m. ET, St. Louis Cardinals fans had had just about enough of their team. I certainly had. Heading into this season, this looked like the most powerful Cardinals team since the 2004 juggernaut that won 105 games, had three MVP candidates (Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and Jim Edmonds) and seemed to be up 4-1 in the third inning of every game. General manager John Mozeliak had reinvested the money saved from letting Pujols go in an intelligent, efficient fashion, and he had a trove of prospects ready to take over and dominate the National League Central for years to come. The Cardinals were baseball's model organization, and, frankly, I figured they'd win that division by 10 games.
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