Each week, we'll present 5 questions with a sports newsmaker. This week, it's Cards general manager John Mozeliak.

Five questions with Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak:

Question: When you're around friends or fans, do many of them offer up suggestions as to how you can better your team?

Answer: "My closest friends tend to almost never talk baseball with me. They look at it in a more sterile point of view and they understand it's a business. For the most part, they're never giving me advice on who to trade for or how to really make the team better. There are times when I'm out in the general public where I absolutely hear it, whether I'm walking to my car or in a grocery store. You can think back to the years when the team was in desperate need in a certain area. Then I heard it all the time. 'Go get a closer. Go sign this or do that.' I laugh about it and smile and I'm gracious because part of me thinks that at least they care. This is a city that certainly appreciates quality baseball and when you have more than three million fans come through here, of course, you're going to have opinions."

Question: Why have the Cardinals been so good for so long and do you feel that tradition every time you walk into this building?