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KMOV: Carpenter draws thunderous ovation from Busch Stadium crowd

By Brenden Schaeffer

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ST. LOUIS (KMOV) - From the moment St. Louis selected Matt Carpenter in the 13th round of the 2009 MLB Draft, all the way up to the conclusion of the 2021 season, the lanky native Texan was a Cardinal.

His entire professional career was spent as a member of the organization that took a chance on him when he was a redshirt senior out of TCU. His signing bonus was a thousand bucks—almost incomprehensibly low compared to the gaudy dollars that get thrown around to players selected in the early rounds of the draft these days.

As the dozen years since those humble beginnings would show, Matt Carpenter just needed a chance. The Cardinals provided one.

Read more at https://www.kmov.com/2022/08/06/fir...draws-thunderous-ovation-busch-stadium-crowd/
 
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