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St. Louis Cardinals Are Getting Hot at the Right Time, but Will it Be Enough?

SI's Tom Verducci gives us a window into an interesting St. Louis Cardinals team as we near postseason.
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It's possible the St. Louis Cardinals make it to the postseason while being outscored. The team is getting things done just enough to get by. Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci shares what the Cardinals are doing right to eke by and make the MLB postseason. 

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TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.

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