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Ortiz: After a long winter, it's time for the Cardinals to Warm-Up

It has been a long winter around these parts. Too long, actually. Even when the weather has been mild, the winter has always been too long in this baseball town when the Cardinals missed the playoffs.

Nothing warms the heart and soul — if not the body — quite like the start of baseball season in St. Louis. The build-up to the Cardinals’ 2018 season officially starts this Friday when the club begins its annual Caravan that will eventually make stops in six states over three days.

Then, next Saturday Cardinals fans from throughout the Midwest will make their annual pilgrimages to St.