Group:

I posted a Congratulatory message to the Cardinals news group at
the end of the Padres - St. Louis series.

All the responses were classy. Here are the voices of the real
Cardinals fans:


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Back atcha, Hoover!

The Padres are a great organization and Bruce Bochy is one of my
all-time favorite baseball men.

The Pads always play the Cardinals tough. Fortunately for us, the
pitching got hot at just the right time.

I'm hoping we bring more baseball misery to NY in the next week. ;-)

If the Cardinals do beat the Mets, the WS possibilities are interesting.
If Oakland wins, Tony manages against his old team and if Detroit win,
Tony manages against one of his best friends and mentors in Jim Leyland.

Thanks again for the well wishes!

Go Cards,
Tom



Bruce Bochy did an incredible job with a nearly non-existant hitting team.
San Diego, along with the Dodgers and Houston, are the classiest team to
play.

It was a great series, and The Padres had great pitching.

/s/ T Deaton



Thanks Hoover! You can be proud of your team--they competed hard and
clean. As a Cardinals fan, I would have been disappointed if they'd
lost but still supportive of the Pads in the next round. This series
could have gone either way, and the Pads will be back in the mix in
2007.

Stratbat



Thanks. You have a good team there, but I didn't think anybody's offense
could make the Cardinals' pitching look good. Too much Carpenter, and the
Cards' bullpen pitched surprisingly well.

Is it true Bochy will be gone? I think that would be a mistake. On to the
Big Apple.

AJM

Well, that's good to see. Cause I'm really starting to hate the
Cardinals franchise after what just happened. Still, the Pads have no
one to blame but themselves.

The only real silver lining is that most the team is still young and
should only be better next season. Roberts, Piazza, and Giles are
getting up there in age, but I see no reason they won't return next
year. I just hope the whole team work's on their batting in the
off-season so they can back up this pretty darn good pitching crew we
have.