ST. LOUIS -- One of the classic postseason games in Cardinals history - Game 7 of the 2006 National League Championship Series -- may still be best summed up by its moments: The catch. The homer. The curve.
There was also Jeff Suppan.
Perhaps too often cast as an afterthought in one of the more thrilling postseason elimination games in recent memory, Suppan's impact that night in New York and throughout the rest of the Cardinals' 2006 championship run remains the indelible mark from his time in St. Louis.
"I think when you look back at the success he had in the postseason of '06, clearly, we aren't where we are without him," said St.