Cardinals no strangers to defying the critics
St Louis Cardinals Monday 2nd April, 2012
'); } JUPITER, Fla. -- Jason Motte admits that he never has been one to get caught up in all the chatter. Motte spent little of his offseason dissecting the discourse or activity of other National League Central teams and has paid only minimal attention since then. He, as some players do, prefers to keep his focus entirely internal. So it ...
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