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Cardinals fans aren’t as patient as their reputation suggests, and team president of baseball operations John Mozeliak admitted to me last winter he was feeling more pressure than in past years. The Cardinals didn’t meet that demand in the first half of 2018, and after Saturday’s loss to the Reds left them one game over .500, Mozeliak finally made the decision to pull the plug on manager Mike Matheny and two of his coaches. Matheny, hitting coach John Mabry and assistant hitting coach Bill Mueller were canned in a late-night sacking that shook the baseball world. Bench coach Mike Shildt replaced Matheny, who took over with departing manager Tony La Russa’s blessing in 2011 and took the Cardinals to four consecutive postseasons — though none since 2015.
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