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C70 At The Bat — It's not the Winter Meetings, but it's as close as you get this time of year.  The Cardinals and the rest of baseball will be spending some time in the Hotel California (OK, really the St. Regis) doing some foundation work.  Joe Strauss has it covered over at the PD. ...

Cardinals' Offseason Plans
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch explains the Cardinals' offseason plans.  The areas of concern: middle infield, lefthanded relief, and perhaps the rotation (maybe a swingman type pitcher).  The Cards would also like an impact bat to protect Albert Pujols, but that is of lower priority. ...

Second Base: Right Now, It’s Luis Castillo
MetsBlog.com — ... By the way, speaking of second base, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Cardinals 2B Adam Kennedy requested a trade in late August of last season. ...

Could Renteria Return to St. Louis?
Bless You Boys — It remains to be seen whether or not the Detroit Tigers might be interested in bringing Edgar Renteria back at a lesser salary to be their shortstop in 2009.  But another former team of Renteria's might be interested in a reunion, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. From Joe Strauss's story in today's edition: Interest exists in returning Edgar Renteria after the Detroit Tigers last week declined to pick up his option for 2009, making Renteria a free agent.  The Cardinals would probably have interest in a ...

Election Day Notes
Viva El Birdos — ... Why is Matt Holliday still getting play as a possible Cardinals target? (Link goes to Strauss's article from yesterday.) Did I miss a week in which the Cardinals traded off all their outfield depth for middle infielders? Holliday is a great hitter, road stats be damned, but on a team where Colby Rasmus isn't guaranteed a job out of Spring Training but Adam Kennedy might be there's no urgent need to bring in another outfielder. An "impact bat", as the P-D sidebar terms it, would be fantastic, but they just don't come at the ...

Around the horn: Holliday and his mystery splits
Fungoes — ... live radio show on BlogTalkRadio this Wednesday starting at 9pm Central.. Be sure to tune in and/or give us a call. You can also listen to the inaugural radio show from 10/27. The oozing blisters on his hand should be gone by Opening Day St. Louis Cardinals Yadier Molina reacts to Gold Glove — Post-Dispatch headline Breaking news from Sept. 23 St. Louis Cardinals make offseason plans — Post-Dispatch headline He’s only 170 pounds as it is Yankees ...