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Maintaining a playoff-caliber pitching staff is one of the great management challenges in sports, right up there with developing Pro Bowl quarterbacks and securing clutch playoff goaltending. The Cardinals know this very, very well. In 2006, Chris Carpenter reigned as their staff ace, Adam Wainwright finished out as the closer and Jeff Suppan posted a 0.60 earned-run average in two NLCS starts. Youngsters Josh Kinney and Tyler Johnson were key postseason relievers. Josh Hancock worked the middle innings all season. Jeff Weaver and Anthony Reyes won World Series games. Carpenter has just come back from shoulder surgery. Wainwright is still recovering from a hand injury, hoping to rejoin the team ASAP as a reliever. Suppan is a Milwaukee Brewer, having left as a free agent. Hancock is dead, the victim of a drunk-driving... [read full story]
