ST. LOUIS • Darren Oliver spent two of his 20 seasons in the majors with the Cardinals, and since he last threw a pitch for the team two U.S. presidents have come and gone and a third is on the way, Twitter was invented, and the Cubs and Red Sox have both ended their curses.
And, yet, soon, the Cardinals will do something they have since Oliver was around.
The Cardinals are taking a player to an arbitration hearing.
For the first time in 17 years, the Cardinals intend to have an arbiter decide the salary of a player, and they will have two hearings in the coming month.