Article: HE'S USING ALL OF HIS TOOLS CARDINALS' CARPENTER READY FOR COMPETITION

Chris Carpenter spent some of his career busting through a wall known as mediocrity. Once he crashed through, there was no looking back. After going 49-50 in Toronto from 1997-2002, he won 15 games for the Cardinals in 2004. Last year, he went 21-5 and won the NL Cy Young award. He is 39-12 since joining St. Louis, including 3- 2 this year. Staying on top can be tough, though, so every day Carpenter sifts through scouting reports, video, you name it, to keep his edge. It is that hard work that convinces Carpenter that neither he nor his team will succumb to stiffer competition in the National League this season. "No doubt, a lot of teams have gotten better," said ...

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