Chris Carpenter
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"Christopher John Carpenter" is an Americans/American special assistant to the St. Louis Cardinals General manager (baseball)/general manager and a retired professional baseball starting pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Cardinals from 1997 to 2012. The 2005 National League Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series List of World Series champions/champion, he was also a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star selection. In addition, he was twice named the Sporting News National League The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award/Pitcher of the Year, and voted for a number of Comeback Player of the Year awards for surmounting injury.

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It's the biggest hit I've ever seen.

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If it wasn't for (Mackowiak), it would have been an all-right game.

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That's why I was getting all those ground balls. It's tough to elevate.

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I really felt that there was more in there, ... When I came back last year, I knew I wasn't going to take anything for granted. ... Mentally, I grew up a lot.

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We've got to forget about tonight. We didn't win it tonight, we just won one game.

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I'm sitting watching, thinking that they've got the best closer in the game on the mound and we have the best hitter in the game at the plate. It was an unbelievable feeling.

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I can't believe I won. Two years ago, I didn't know if I was ever going to pitch again.

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I think everybody is ready to go and we're excited about this series.

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I made a good, quality pitch down and away and he hit it into the seats. I was confident in the pitch, I was confident in the location and the result wasn't what I wanted.

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