Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. Join Daniel Shoptaw (@C70) and David Jones (@iPopEditor) as the go through the week that was for the Cards!
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"Meet me at Musial" is a trademark of St. Louis, where the Musial statue is a rallying point. Every week, two far-flung fans virtually "meet at Musial" to go over the latest in Cardinal news and discussion. Daniel Shoptaw (@C70, from Arkansas) and Allen Medlock (@amedlock1, Oklahoma) prove that great Cardinal talk can come anywhere in Cardinal Nation when you meet up to discuss your favorite team.
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Cardinal blogger Daniel Shoptaw interviews other bloggers and people involved with baseball, finding out about their past and their thoughts about the state of the game today. If you are looking for a back episode that is no longer hosted here, please email cardinal70 AT gmail DOT com.
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The only Cardinals podcast dumber than running on Yadi. A weekly podcast mostly about the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Open discussion on sports and Sports news with occasional guests Covering the Bi-state area of St Louis (Blues Battlehawks, Cardinals, and college sports), as well as regional and National coverage of; the NFL, PGA, NASCAR, MLB, NHL, and the NCAA. I always welcome feedback, You can contact the Show at tsotb.gcs@gmail.com or check out gatewaycitysports.com
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Radical Positivity (w/ Daniel Shoptaw)
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Ben is joined by the PodFather himself, Daniel Shoptaw while Nate is off galavanting in Bali. Ben and Daniel try to find something positive to talk about in the face of the Cardinals recent struggles and place in the standings. They discuss the recent roster churn as the Cardinals send Walker back to AAA and kick Cardinals Legend Brandon Crawford t…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. Waiting a day to record didn't really help Daniel (@C70) and David's (@iPopEditor) mood or patience with this current incarnation of the Redbirds. How frustrating are moral victories at this time? Will the club finish over .…
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Nate & Ben discuss the thrilling conclusion of the summer race, Matt Carpenter's "injury" and his future, the return of Jordan Walker and whether that's a good idea or not, the return of ROB and the loss of Robertson, Goldy and Arenado starting to heat up?, how the Cardinals return to relevancy, winning the central, and much much more! Have a quest…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. After a week on the IL, David (@iPopEditor) is back to join Daniel (@C70) to talk about a club that seems to be just spinning its wheels. What are the real chances for October baseball? What should the club do with Jordan Wa…
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Nate & Ben discuss their upcoming race, lake meat, shorts, more about shorts, just a lot of shorts talk, Siani's injury and the impact, the return of VS2, Lance Lynn and the future of the rotation, Fedde, Armstrong, Matz(?), ROB (Riley O'Brien), and much, much, more!By Nate Heininger & Ben Simorka
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Nate & Ben discuss visiting a ren fair, playing D&D, the anti-climactic trade deadline (league-wide), the huge deal Mo' pulled off, loving Tommy Edman, being excited about Fedde, the return! of Tommy Pham, how the trade deadline went for the rest of the NL Central and the teams competing for the Wild Card, and how the playoff race IS ON!!!! Have a …
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GTBH 7/28/24: Skidding Toward The Deadline Wall
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. As of recording, the trade deadline is less than 48 hours away and it's still not clear what the Cardinals will do. They plan to be buyers but Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) question if that is the right move for a te…
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Nate & Ben discuss a new exciting food item, fixing the extra innings rules, the upcoming trade deadline, which pitchers would make the most sense for the Cardinals to acquire, who they will likely trade to acquire said pitchers, why we will be wrong about it all anyway, and much much more! Have a question or comment for the show? Text or leave us …
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. With the All-Star Break in the rear view mirror, Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) talk about the series against the Braves this weekend. Winning two of three is all you could ask for, but it wasn't enough to keep from l…
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Nate & Ben discuss NEW YORK CITY, taxi colors, MARGE the greatest woman ever, pizza!, the home run derby, the all star game, the draft!, JJ Wetherholt the cowboy and future star, how hyped we are for JJ, JJ projections, some of the rest of the draft, Helsley walking the red carpet, the joy of Masyn Winn, Sonny Gray's Cy Young candidacy, first half …
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Sports news from pro football, baseball, basketball and college as well.
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After a longer than expected break I am back, talking about new rules in the NFL, Bronny James, The current state of baseball, NIL and the Transfer porta in the NCAA, with some special focus on the St Louis Cardinals and the Fighting Illini of the University of Illinois.By Donald Glenn
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis about the St. Louis Cardinals. While the Cards finished up the first half on Sunday, the bigger news was happening in Texas. Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) react to the selection of West Virginia SS JJ Weatherholt with the seventh overall pick. How did a pl…
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Nate & Ben discuss Ben's first MLS game, Rapid Man!, Adam Wainwright's country music takeover, feeling good about the St. Louis Cardinals?, Ryan Helsley and the All Star Game, going to NEW YORK CITY!, a division race, Willson Contreras and being awesome, Chris Roycroft's emergence, the return of NOOOOOT, what to do with Tommy Edman, and much much m…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. It wasn't always pretty but it was a successful week for the Cardinals, who have pushed deeper into the October picture with some victories. How does the last week change the trade deadline picture? How will the roster shake…
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Nate & Ben discuss the 4th of July, respecting the doggies and the kitties, Wonka, CALLING UP LUKEN BAKER, finding ABs for Luken Baker, the best centerfielder in baseball, not giving up home runs, not hitting a ton of home runs, Alec Burleson, Donny, Graceffo's promotion!, Jacob Bosiokovic, the return of Noot, the futures game, Tink Hence and Quinn…
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GTBH 6/30/24: Insert Larry David Gif Here
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cards finished a 7-3 homestand by taking a series against the Braves and splitting a four gamer with the Reds. That's good! However, the run production was minimal and some of the pitching stalwarts got blown up. That's …
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Nate & Ben discuss A CHALLENGE, the recent Cardinals success, the return of Willson, feeling okay about the Cardinals, feeling uneasy still, the trade deadline, the mysterious entity known as Tommy Edman, Matz' setback, Nootbaars return and what it means for the team, winning games, the trade deadline, and much more! Talking About Birds is listener…
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GTBH 6/23/24: An Expected Sweep In an Unexpected Place
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. It was an eventful week for the Cards, playing games in three states and winning a majority of them, even if it wasn't how you'd expect. Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) talk about different ways to look at the Marlins …
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Nate & Ben discuss Dads & Grads, Ben's race, Pikachu sliders, Pedro Pages, staying positive, not being positive, Miles Mikolas' stretch of dominance, the quieted offense, how the offense can get loud again, the return of Willson and the curse of too many catchers, what to do with Steven Matz, what to do with Tommy Edman, the Rickwood game, Willie M…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis about the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cards took both series they played this week which should put a bounce in the step of Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor). There's still a lot of questions around this team, like what are they going to do for offense when Pedro…
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Nate & Ben discuss ben's upcoming Pokemon car race, visiting Busch Stadium for Blogger/Podcaster day, hugging other podcasters, eating too many hot dogs, burning hands with hot cheese, asking Mo "great questions," Mo's eventual obvious retirement, pitching labs, the return of Willson, Miles Mikolas being good, what to do with Steven Matz, and much …
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GTBH 6/10/24: Blogger and Podcaster Day at Busch
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) got together this weekend in Busch Stadium but that doesn't mean that they actually recorded anything. Instead, with a couple of days to process, the guys get into what the experience wa…
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Nate & Ben discuss Ben's first 5k, trying to water sky, the upcoming Bloggers + Podcasters day at Busch Stadium, the loss of Nootbaar, Gio DudeWaffle's return, Jose Fermin's role, Pallante the starter, a very strong offensive May, the sadness that is Arenado, Masyn Winn on the rise, the dominant bullpen and it's path to being not dominant, solving …
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals took a hot stretch into Philadelphia and were treated like a little brother that had violated their big brother's bedroom. Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) recorded this as Game 3 was going on and the Card…
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Cooked Cardinals? (w/ Dan Szymborski)
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Nate & Ben are joined by Dan Szymborski (Fangraphs, ZIPs) to discuss cats, Arby's, video games, the creation of ZIPs, adjusting projections as the game evolves, how teams utilize internal metrics vs what the rest of the world uses, the long term problems with the Cardinals and the overall issue with how baseball is set up, more video games, and muc…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals only lost one game this past week, so why are Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) still stressing out? After all, the club has made up ground in the division, swept the powerhouse Orioles, and won two rain-so…
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Nate is abroad for this weeks show and friend of the show Kyle Reis joins Ben! They discuss the rough start to the season, Sonny Gray and the death of the machismo baseball player, what the Cardinals are doing well and not so well when it comes to developing pitchers. They also chat about rising and falling prospects in the system, why the future m…
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GTBH 5/19/24: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, But It's Still Not Good
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. The Redbirds won both of their series last week, but Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) aren't throwing any parties just yet. There's still a lot of concerning things with this team even if things are a little more optimi…
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Nate & Ben discuss starting a feud like Drake and Kendrick, going to a White Sox game, Star Wars & Star Trek, the confusing situation the Cardinals find themselves in, the potential resurgence of the offense, remembering its against the the Angels, how bad the Angels are, bring back Jordan Walker, Dylan Carlson vs Siani, Matt Carpenter the Professi…
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GTBH 5/12/24: The Worst Week of a Terrible Season
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. The Redbirds won on Sunday for the first time all season but that's really all the good news Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) have about the last seven days. The Cards dropped all their games with only a rainout sparing…
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We Got No Food, We Got No Jobs, Our Catcher's Arms are Falling Off!
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Nate & Ben discuss Cinco de Mayo, the millennial event of the year, the injury to Willson Contreras, Herrera and Pages as backups, Gallegos (dudewaffles) a d the mysterious case of should impingements, Roycroft, Mycroft Holmes, Dylan Carlson's return, the terrible series against the White Sox, the return of mCarp, Matz and his replacement, fixing t…
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GTBH 5/5/24: Really? Losing to the White Sox?
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. It was a pretty miserable week for the Cardinals, dropping series to the Tigers and the worst team in baseball coming into this series. What's a team to do? Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) don't really have any solutio…
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Nate & Ben discuss the fishing trip, falling out of boats, BEES, SO MANY BEES, the Cardinals mediocre April, the rise of Alec Burleson (CHIEF BEEF), Goldy and his always bad April, the Cardinals overall lack of power and how to fix it, the killer trio at the end of the bullpen, Dylan Carlson's imminent return, the starting pitching and possible upc…
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GTBH 4/28/24: This Week Was Not Offensive
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals won both series they played this week and were one strike away from getting a sweep at CitiField. That doesn't mean everything is sunshine and roses for Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor). There's no doubt t…
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Nate & Ben discuss 2024 Coachella, the upcoming fishing tournament, going to Busch Stadium, Paul Goldschmidt's characteristically slow start, Jordan Walker's demotion, Zach Thompson, Jose Fermin, Andre Pallante and the maybe just starting to crumble rotation, Nick Robertson and the probably really good bullpen despite John King, the complete lack o…
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Two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis about the St. Louis Cardinals. Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) have real concerns about the offense of the Cardinals and how things are trending in a very similar direction as last year. There's no solutions here, but before we get to the concerns and complaints, David …
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Nate & Ben discuss the Cardinal 5k, Dune 2, RIP WHITEY HERZOG, the return of NOOOOT, Sonny Gray's dominance, Nolan Arenado waking up, Masyn Winn ascending, the two catcher combo, Lance Lynn, Tommy Edman's return, saying no to taxpayer funded ballparks, the upcoming series against the Brewers, the series against the DBacks, and much more! Talking Ab…
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GTBH 4/14/24: Second Verse Same as the First?
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. A downer of a series in Arizona puts the Cardinals exactly where they were at this point last season, something that does not inspire Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) with confidence. Can this offense get clicking? What…
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Nate & Ben discuss going to live baseball games, hot dogs, the upcoming Cardinals 5k, sleeping through a 5k, Sonny Gray's debut, the overall pretty okay Cardinal starting pitching, the overall pretty good bullpen, the young guys stepping up, the old guys not looking great, the ghost of Tommy Edman's eventual return, platelet rich injections, the Di…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. Even though they lost Sunday's game against the Marlins, there's plenty in the last week that encourages Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor). Things haven't clicked on all cylinders but people like Sonny Gray and Lars Noot…
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Nate & Ben discuss the START OF THE 2024 SEASON!!!!!, Chip Caray's terrible voice, the sweaty see through jerseys, the fucking Dodgers, feeling good about the start, Mike The Turtle Shildt, why we are happy with the pitching, why we aren't happy with the pitching, VSII's comfort at the bigs, Donovan's continued surge, and much more!…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) recorded at their normal time, which happened to coincide with when John King came into the game, so you can hear the tone of the show shift in real time! Actually, there's plenty of iss…
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Nate & Ben celebrate opening day!, discuss opening day traditions, a trip to driveline, going for the hole, the sad reality of Dylan Carlson, the joy of VSII, Jordan Walker's big scary body, Michael Siani and the no good very bad bench, or maybe the bench isn't bad, Zach Thompson's rise to the rotation, the confusing case of Matt Liberatore, a brea…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis about the St. Louis Cardinals. Spring training is over and Opening Day is almost here. However, if you are expecting a rah-rah, pump-you-up show to kick off the season, you are going to be disappointed. Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) talk honestly about the…
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Nate is back! and joins Ben to discuss Mediterranean food, horse, A League of Their Own, the Oliver Marmol extension, Lars Nootbaar's ribs, Keynan Middleton's forearm, Sonny Gray's hamstring, Miles Mikolas, a breakdown of Stuff+ and why you can still be excited about Cardinal pitching, a preview of the 2024 Cubs, league news, and much more! Talking…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and information you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. It's St. Patrick's Day and the Cardinals could use a little luck of the Irish to keep everyone in one piece. Keynan Middleton went down this week, a troubling injury in an area where the Cards actually have some depth. Ol…
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Ben is joined by the PodFather, Daniel Shoptaw, while Nate is off in Europe. They discuss Dune, the various health related problems the Cardinals are facing and the Dylan Cease trade. Shoulda, coulda the Cardinals matched the haul the Padres sent to the White Sox? Will Nate make it back from his trip? Robo umps are coming! Ben and Daniel also break…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis about the St. Louis Cardinals. This week's show is brought to you by Mercy Health because it's all about injured Cardinals and Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) don't have medical degrees. Sonny Gray's hamstring was whole a week ago. Are we worried about what …
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Speak the Words That You Want to See in the World
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Nate & Ben discuss IT Bands, speaking at college classes, Albert Pujols as a manager, Sonny Gray's injury what it means for the rotation, feeling hyped about some of the rotation options, Tommy Edman's return and Carlson's role on the team, Steven Matz, Lance Lynn, Brandon Crawford, an overview of the highly talented and highly volatile Reds, and m…
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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cards were rained out on Sunday, meaning that they didn't get a chance to finally hit a home run. You'll have to judge if Daniel (@C70) and David (@iPopEditor) picked up the slack. The guys talk about some early stats th…
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