In the span of four days, two major news events greeted the Cardinals and will shape them for years to come. One by addition, the other by subtraction. St. Louis Post-Dispatch writers Derrick Goold and Ben Frederickson, a clutch BPIB pinch hitter, detail the week that was, from Major League Baseball's commissioner imposing unprecedented fines on the Cardinals for a former executive's illegal hacking of Houston internal database to the team signing Carlos Martinez to record $51-million extension. The penalty will sap the Cardinals of two picks in the upcoming draft and limit their access to amateur talent for a year. The promise to Martinez could keep him with the team for seven years, counting on him to blossom in the ace. The true impact of both events won't be clear for several years, but one thing is: For the Cardinals to overcome the bruise of the hacking scandal they must, as Mizzou basketball player Kim English once said, 'reconcile by winning.' That starts now. Spring training is nigh.