Bye Bye Walt Jocketty

per St. Louis Post-Dispatch...

"The Cardinals and general manager Walt Jocketty have "parted ways," according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. The Cardinals have scheduled a 4 p.m. news conference to discuss Jocketty'€™s departure after 13 seasons as GM.

Assistant general manager John Mozeliak has been named interim GM by Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. and is a candidate to succeed Jocketty on a full-time basis.

Jocketty's contract runs through 2008 and he apparently reached terms on a financial settlement with DeWitt in a meeting Wednesday morning. In the meeting, DeWitt informed Jocketty that the franchise was moving forward without him and thanked Jocketty for his service."

Does that mean TLR is gone too??

"How Jocketty'€™s departure will impact La Russa'€™s decision on whether to return as manager for 2008 is uncertain. La Russa'€™s contract expired after Sunday'€™s regular-season finale at Pittsburgh, and though DeWitt has asked La Russa to return, the manager returned home to Northern California to mull the decision."

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