"James Christopher "Chris" Maloney" is the List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches/first-base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. A former minor league baseball/minor league first baseman and outfielder, he spent the season as the skipper of the Memphis Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League, his fifth consecutive season as manager (baseball)/manager of the Cardinals' Triple-A (baseball)/Triple-A farm system/farm club before his hiring, on November 16, 2011, to serve on the 2012 St. Louis Cardinals season/2012 staff of Cardinals' manager Mike Matheny.

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He could play up there, and he'll get the chance next year. I knew he had a chance to become a great hitter, and he's made some great strides this year to become a great hitter.

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Last season left a bad taste in his mouth, I'm sure. He's got a good taste now.

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The big ball hurt us.

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Both of those guys are really swinging a nice bat for us. They've really been locked in from the start.

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(Russ) made a couple of mistakes and they made him pay for it. He got under a few balls, I thought. But he's going to pitch good for us.

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I think we've got a good club. I think we're going to have a good offensive club. Potentially, we've got some really good starting pitching and good arms in the bullpen. It's a good-looking club.

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He's just got to keep getting better, keep improving. He's had a lot of RBIs, but I think he would be the first to tell you that he's missed some he should have gotten. Maybe he could be a little more consistent in that area, by picking up the cheapies with men on third and less than two outs.

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I thought he was thinking too much, trying to be too precise and just couldn't get it going.

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Both those guys earned the right to be there. They played well in spring training.

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