As John Mozeliak enters his 10th season as the Cardinals general manager, he and his team are preparing to do something they have never done: Chase the World Series champion Cubs.
St. Louis' chief rival from Chicago snapped its legendary 108-year championship drought last fall, hardly the ending to the season the Cardinals -- who missed the playoffs for the first time since 2010, and only the third time in Mozeliak's first nine years as GM -- had envisioned when they gathered in Jupiter, Fla., a year ago.
Mozeliak sat down in his office at Roger Dean Stadium to discuss his path to the GM's office, drafting Albert Pujols (and subsequently watching him leave St.