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ECHOES OF MATON

LOS ANGELES — Cardinals reliever Kyle Leahy spotted veteran Phil Maton early this season peering at video clips on a computer in a room adjacent to the team’s clubhouse and asked if he could pull up a chair and learn what he was doing.

“I watched how he thinks about a hitter,” Leahy said. “He knows what he does extreme

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