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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1784132" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-nolan-arenado-epitomizes-cardinals-defensive-excellence-yet-again/article_e3ececa9-dda8-5cac-a6bc-9e865f132555.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>The gloves in St. Louis are glazed with gold.</p><p>Heck, you could make a sensible argument that the greatest defender to ever play shortstop, third base, catcher and first base all were Cardinals — Ozzie Smith, Nolan Arenado, Yadier Molina and Keith Hernandez. And then consider that St. Louis also fielded the likes of Jim Edmonds and Curt Flood, Scott Rolen and Ken Boyer, Red Schoendienst and Kolten Wong.</p><p>It’s expected excellence. For some players, “The Cardinal Way” can weigh, but the 2022 club is living up this — and they’re stealing outs and because of it, this leather-laced larceny. In August alone, we’ve seen two game-saving plays in right field by Lars Nootbaar, an implausible backward “basket” grab by Arenado (and perfect throw to keep the runner from advancing) and, while writing this column Wednesday at Busch Stadium, a galloping grab by Dylan Carlson in center.</p><p></p><p>We talk often about offense. But sometimes, it’s defense that determines the difference in the final score — trajectory-altering plays that keep the divide between the two-run totals.</p><p>“It’s unbelievable — we just talked about it in our meeting, as far as the level of defense that we’ve been playing is truly darn good,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said Wednesday afternoon. “There is just solid defense all the way around. And we have to remind ourselves with that because we get used to it here. But then you see some other clubs and the way they play defense — and there’s a big difference.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1784132, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-nolan-arenado-epitomizes-cardinals-defensive-excellence-yet-again/article_e3ececa9-dda8-5cac-a6bc-9e865f132555.html[/URL] The gloves in St. Louis are glazed with gold. Heck, you could make a sensible argument that the greatest defender to ever play shortstop, third base, catcher and first base all were Cardinals — Ozzie Smith, Nolan Arenado, Yadier Molina and Keith Hernandez. And then consider that St. Louis also fielded the likes of Jim Edmonds and Curt Flood, Scott Rolen and Ken Boyer, Red Schoendienst and Kolten Wong. It’s expected excellence. For some players, “The Cardinal Way” can weigh, but the 2022 club is living up this — and they’re stealing outs and because of it, this leather-laced larceny. In August alone, we’ve seen two game-saving plays in right field by Lars Nootbaar, an implausible backward “basket” grab by Arenado (and perfect throw to keep the runner from advancing) and, while writing this column Wednesday at Busch Stadium, a galloping grab by Dylan Carlson in center. We talk often about offense. But sometimes, it’s defense that determines the difference in the final score — trajectory-altering plays that keep the divide between the two-run totals. “It’s unbelievable — we just talked about it in our meeting, as far as the level of defense that we’ve been playing is truly darn good,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said Wednesday afternoon. “There is just solid defense all the way around. And we have to remind ourselves with that because we get used to it here. But then you see some other clubs and the way they play defense — and there’s a big difference.” [/QUOTE]
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