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LaRussa Returning to Cardinals/ McGwire to be Hitting Coach

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Mark McGwire is rumored to be the front-runner for the position of Cardinals hitting coach. Incoming baseball columnist hurricane.

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Mark David McGwire. He of 583 home runs, 1,414 runs batted in and 1 painfully unwatchable testimony before Congress is coming back to the Cardinals? The Cardinals off-season just became roughly 34,000 times more interesting. Joe Strauss of the Post-Dispatch is reporting that Tony LaRussa will be returning as the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2010 and that he will, barring a last minute change of heart, be bringing Mr. McGwire on board as the Cardinals hitting coach, replacing? Hal McRae, whose co

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After Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa has reportedly signed a multi-year contract to return as the Cardinals skipper next year, St. Louis’s front-office decided not to bring back hitting coach, Hal McRae.

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The Cardinals didn’t have many needs as the season ended although they probably could use one more veteran starting pitcher to go with RHPs Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright and Kyle Lohse

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–RHP John Smoltz, who struck out five men in a row in the final playoff game, is mulling whether to return

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The Cardinals went much further than almost anyone expected this spring but then not nearly as far as almost everyone expected once they got to October.

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Tony La Russa was expected to return as the Cardinals’ skipper, but he could have a new hitting coach in slugger Mark McGwire.

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