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See, the key to baseball is to plan like the dickens … and then plan to adapt.

We often look at previous entire seasons in halcyon ways, as if a certain team was just built for greatness and then delivered, ho-hum. But the best teams, even the best teams that wore birds on a bat, have had to adapt to surprises, adapt to curveballs (figuratively and literally) and adapt to trends in the game. In this wild-card generation, some of the best teams have had warts — but their front office found ways to become instant dermatologists.

The St. Louis Cardinals will remain haunted by underachievement, unless something is done.

It’s made for a rocky journey.

But here’s wondering if they have a little “Rocky” in them?

Freed Roger wrote:http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ ... dd88d.html

See, the key to baseball is to plan like the dickens … and then plan to adapt.

We often look at previous entire seasons in halcyon ways, as if a certain team was just built for greatness and then delivered, ho-hum. But the best teams, even the best teams that wore birds on a bat, have had to adapt to surprises, adapt to curveballs (figuratively and literally) and adapt to trends in the game. In this wild-card generation, some of the best teams have had warts — but their front office found ways to become instant dermatologists.

The St. Louis Cardinals will remain haunted by underachievement, unless something is done.

It’s made for a rocky journey.

But here’s wondering if they have a little “Rocky” in them?

Freed Roger wrote:

The St. Louis Cardinals will remain haunted by underachievement, unless something is done.

It’s made for a rocky journey.

But here’s wondering if they have a little “Rocky” in them?

sighyoung wrote:
It's like the worst of sports radio, only in print. He seems to start with an outline with two simple, obvious points to make, and uses word play and rhetorical questions to pad the intellectual laziness into the length of a conventional column.

Friday’s victory at Chicago — featuring the greatest Cards inning since the 11th in Game 6 — resuscitated St. Louis.

Which means, of course, that “Thursday afternoon feeling” should return to your life. Soon.

You can’t trust this team in long stretches.

The defense and bullpen catch up to them.

The lack of an offensive fulcrum catches up to them.

Throw in some bad baserunning and untimely injuries and a tough upcoming schedule? These can be some maddening men.

Freed Roger wrote:ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh