Cardinals hope long-shot Gonzalez pays off

[Jack Daniels]

JUPITER, Fla. -- Manager Tony La Russa pointed to a side field in the Cardinals' complex, smiled and said, "One of the great ironies of spring training -- Juan Gonzalez's first official offensive responsibility of the spring: sacrifice bunting. I asked him if he had ever done that. He said, 'Three times. The manager got fired.'"

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2008/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=3253943&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab3pos2

[Greenmachine]

Lets hope he show that he wants to be in the Big Leagues. His last few years he was just going through the motions.

[moedrabowsky]

Lets hope he show that he wants to be in the Big Leagues. His last few years he was just going through the motions.

I hope he keeps going through the motions so he's not in the Birds on the Bat on Opening Day.

[RedBirdBrain]

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-RBB