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WestCoastbirdWatcher: <a href="http://thecardinalnationblog.com/2012/02/09/cardinals-where-are-they-now-%e2%80%93-lapoint-and-ryde/#comment-41402" title="on Cardinals where are they now? – LaPoint and Ryde"> &quot;The difference is in the ticke...&quot;
LarryBird: <a href="http://thecardinalnationblog.com/2012/02/09/cardinals-where-are-they-now-%e2%80%93-lapoint-and-ryde/#comment-41401" title="on Cardinals where are they now? – LaPoint and Ryde"> &quot;Ludwick is one of my all time ...&quot;
JumboShrimp: <a href="http://thecardinalnationblog.com/2012/02/09/cardinals-where-are-they-now-%e2%80%93-lapoint-and-ryde/#comment-41400" title="on Cardinals where are they now? – LaPoint and Ryde"> &quot;Ludwick is a good sign for Unc...&quot;
Brian Walton: <a href="http://thecardinalnationblog.com/2012/02/09/cardinals-where-are-they-now-%e2%80%93-lapoint-and-ryde/#comment-41399" title="on Cardinals where are they now? – LaPoint and Ryde"> &quot;The Cards could afford a clear...&quot;
CariocaCardinal: <a href="http://thecardinalnationblog.com/2012/02/09/cardinals-where-are-they-now-%e2%80%93-lapoint-and-ryde/#comment-41398" title="on Cardinals where are they now? – LaPoint and Ryde"> &quot;I'd agree with you if the pric...&quot;
Brian Walton: <a href="http://thecardinalnationblog.com/2012/02/09/cardinals-where-are-they-now-%e2%80%93-lapoint-and-ryde/#comment-41397" title="on Cardinals where are they now? – LaPoint and Ryde"> &quot;Apples and oranges. Beltran is...&quot;

Still flipping out over Flip

The St. Louis Cardinals risked a small missed opportunity cost in releasing infielder Felipe Lopez in September. It looks like it didn’t matter.

Several of the Tampa Bay Rays are modeling hose in the Brendan Ryan, old-school St. Louis Cardinals look.