http://www.sbnation.com/users/stlhulsey Posts made by stlhulsey on SB Nation http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2009/6/29/929688/cardinals-season-rides-on stlhulsey Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:40:51 -0000 <h3><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ben_reiter/06/29/chris.carpenter/index.html">Cardinal's Season Rides on Carpenter's&nbsp;Arm</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>Via SI.com. Ben Reiter takes a look at how important Carp is to our shot at the playoffs. </p> <p><a href="">As important as Pujols is to the Cardinals -- and there is clearly no player in Major League Baseball who is more integral to his team's success -- he knows that even he can't carry St. Louis to the postseason by himself. His extraordinary and mechanically consistent production might make the Cardinals a winning ballclub (they have finished below .500 just once during his nine-year career), but to reach October they will need an equally regular contribution from, at the least, their second-most important player -- and, in recent years, that player has again and again fallen victim to frailties that are all too human.</a></p> <p></p></div>