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Video by Allie Schallert, [email protected] Cardinals right fielder Lars Nootbaar (21) points his fingers to the sky in celebration after hitting an RBI single in the fifth inning of a ...

In the span of only a week or so since he landed in his mother’s native land, Lars Nootbaar already has the home crowd chanting his Japanese name. The 25-year-old St. Louis Cardinals right ...