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Caden Williams is dressed like the big boys. It's a pine-tar sticky July day in St. Louis, but Caden, the 7-year-old son of Cardinals pitcher Woody Williams, doesn't mind. He's firing balls from his small black glove into the mitts of a couple of guys who hang out regularly with his dad: Edgar Renteria and Matt Morris. Caden's red practice jersey matches those of the players taking hacks in the batting cage, hours before a game against the Padres. His cleats are on, his pants baggy. It is his hat, though, that makes this scene more realism, less Norman Rockwell. Written in chalk on Caden's blue lid is the number that will define the 2002 Cardinals more than their victory ...