The Cardinals and general manager Walt Jocketty have "parted ways," a source told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Assistant general manager John Mozeliak has been named interim GM. It sounds like Jocketty was fired with one year left on his contract, even if it's not going to be termed that way. There are no obvious fits for him right now, but Jocketty won't be out of work for long unless he wants the year off. If anything, this would seem to make it less likely that Tony La Russa will be back in 2008.