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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1797653" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/at-magical-season-s-end-cardinals-pursue-one-last-trick-a-12th-world-series-title/article_679f41c0-0a67-56eb-9cba-f5b97439c0f2.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p></p><p>As his team waited, some thumbs poised against cork and others still gripping and shaking the Champagne for maximum spritz, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol stood recently in the middle of a clubhouse and chronicled a season highlighted by individual achievements.</p><p>During the team’s second-half surge to earn a celebration as National League Central champion, the box scores overflowed with signature numbers, the games soaked in milestones. Albert Pujols hit his 699th and 700th career home runs in back-to-back at-bats, and that came not too long after Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina set an all-time record with their 325th start together as a battery. Paul Goldschmidt led the NL with a .981 OPS. He and Nolan Arenado had matching 100-RBI seasons and strong statistical bids for what would be either infielder’s first MVP award. Marmol, the youngest manager at 36 to win a division title, had notable numbers of his own, specifically Year One in the role.</p><p>Before letting loose the bubbles and suds to commemorate a playoff berth, Marmol noted that not once did the swirl of individual feats cloud the team goal. Now that the postseason has arrived, all the history made is history, those numbers, no matter how big and gaudy, are replaced by the one that matters most.</p><p></p><p>Twelve.</p><p>A 12th World Series title.</p><p>“That’s a championship,” Marmol said, “and here we are.”</p><p>The Cardinals resume pursuit of their 12th World Series pennant Friday afternoon at Busch Stadium in the wild-card round of Major League Baseball’s new, expanded playoffs. The spoils of a division title without a top-two record is home-field advantage for all games in the best-of-three opening series.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1797653, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/at-magical-season-s-end-cardinals-pursue-one-last-trick-a-12th-world-series-title/article_679f41c0-0a67-56eb-9cba-f5b97439c0f2.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] As his team waited, some thumbs poised against cork and others still gripping and shaking the Champagne for maximum spritz, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol stood recently in the middle of a clubhouse and chronicled a season highlighted by individual achievements. During the team’s second-half surge to earn a celebration as National League Central champion, the box scores overflowed with signature numbers, the games soaked in milestones. Albert Pujols hit his 699th and 700th career home runs in back-to-back at-bats, and that came not too long after Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina set an all-time record with their 325th start together as a battery. Paul Goldschmidt led the NL with a .981 OPS. He and Nolan Arenado had matching 100-RBI seasons and strong statistical bids for what would be either infielder’s first MVP award. Marmol, the youngest manager at 36 to win a division title, had notable numbers of his own, specifically Year One in the role. Before letting loose the bubbles and suds to commemorate a playoff berth, Marmol noted that not once did the swirl of individual feats cloud the team goal. Now that the postseason has arrived, all the history made is history, those numbers, no matter how big and gaudy, are replaced by the one that matters most. Twelve. A 12th World Series title. “That’s a championship,” Marmol said, “and here we are.” The Cardinals resume pursuit of their 12th World Series pennant Friday afternoon at Busch Stadium in the wild-card round of Major League Baseball’s new, expanded playoffs. The spoils of a division title without a top-two record is home-field advantage for all games in the best-of-three opening series. [/QUOTE]
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