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For the first time in 16 years, the St. Louis Cardinals finished the Major League Baseball season with a losing record.

In his latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson offers a letter to Cardinal fans on how to deal with their team’s struggles.

Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard “Pete” Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and editor of the St. Louis Baseball Reader.