Aftershocks: Barton’s arm, Rasmus’ start

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Future Redbirds found this 4/19/2008 on www.stltoday.com [flag]
TOWER GROVE — While we check around the house to see if anything has been shaken loose, shaken up or shaken down, here are some riffs from the ballpark: *** When David Eckstein became a Cardinal, the team discussed with him a way to increase his arm strength. The shortstop who had a “playable” arm — manager Tony La Russa’s word — and a max-effort ... [link]

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