At the official website Matthew Leach has big news about Tony La Russa and the St. Louis Cardinals, courtesy of his own unnamed source.
↵↵↵A club source said Friday that talks between the club and its longtime manager are going quite well.
↵Things are "going in a good direction," the source said, and the parties are "comfortable with the way things are going."
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It's news! Finally this is the current offseason bottleneck for the Cardinals — once La Russa and the team finally come together they can address the next bottleneck: Albert Pujols's long-term future with the team. This one is going to be a little more difficult.