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Cardinals’ latest training technique: chess
- Updated: May 5, 2016
2:02 PM ET
ST. LOUIS — When the St. Louis Cardinals finally reached their home clubhouse after six weeks in Florida for spring training and a week on the road, there was a new piece of furniture in the room: a chess table.
It was given to the team by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, an organization founded by manager Mike Matheny’s friend, local philanthropist and political activist Rex Sinquefield. Matheny said he picked up chess when he researched how to combat …
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