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    Holliday finished at .353 with 13 homers and 55 RBIs in 63 games. "I'm going to enjoy myself and try to help this team get to the playoffs and World Series ... I'll work every day I can to be the best player I can be and go out and do things to help this team win -- and leave it there." The Cardinals went 32-11 after dealing for Holliday, but they weren't finished. Full Article at Belleville News-Democrat
    I'm going to enjoy myself and try to help this team get to the playoffs and World Series ... I'll work every day I can to be the best player I can be and go out and do things to help this team win -- and leave it there.
    Matt Holliday – Matt Holliday SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 months ago
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Cardinals' 2009 season full of surprises
  1. We were a little over .500 ... We got thinner and thinner. We took a lot of blows. Now we're a deeper and better team. We've still got the same attitude, so you crank out more wins. The attitude was here, and the guys we added ... are quality-character types.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 months ago
  2. We believe we have something special in this clubhouse ... I don't think anybody is ready to go home. It's a lot of fun to come to the field and come to the clubhouse and hang out with these guys because they're all good guys. We expect to win. We have guys who can win. The front office has done a great...
    Skip Schumaker – Skip Schumaker SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 months ago
  3. I've had nothing but respect as a visitor here (in St. Louis) ... The fans, this whole organization, what they've done, what Tony has done. I bleed hard for the team that I'm wearing a uniform for.
    John Smoltz – John Smoltz SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 months ago
  4. That's what kept us alive for four months -- a terrific, competitive, consistent attitude ... That's why we survived.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 months ago
  5. Ability and willingness to go out there and compete every day
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 months ago
  6. Whether you get the win or your team gets the win, it doesn't matter.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 months ago
  7. No doubt about it ... He was great in the Atlanta organization, Texas, Chicago. He's a known guy and I would have been shocked if he was anything less than all the compliments he had been receiving and earning. He's really, really good. He's into competing.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 months ago
  8. It's the least of my concerns ... I've won one before (2005). It's super-awesome and fun and nice, but I'd much rather get to the playoffs and pitch in the World Series.
    – Cy Young SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 months ago
  9. There are other guys out there like these ... But there wasn't anybody who joined us who all of a sudden had to change his stripes.
    SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat 2 months ago

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