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'Cardinals are in my heart,' says Tatis Jr., but shortstop found better offer, stardom elsewhere

SAN DIEGO — Considering the many times they scouted him, the many games he played as a teen for a team at their facility in the Dominican Republic, and how often he heard about the Cardinals from his father, no wonder Fernando Tatis Jr. smiled Monday when asked about his memories of the club he almost called home.

“That is a great story,” he said.

It did not have the great ending for the Cardinals.

“Obviously the Cardinals are in my heart,” the Padres rising-star shortstop added on the eve of his first playoff game, against the Cardinals.