Best Podcast in Baseball
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 194 episodes Nov 4, 2026
The Best Podcast in Baseball is hosted by St. Louis Post-Dispatch lead baseball writer Derrick Goold and features guests discussing the St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball, and broader baseball topics. Episodes focus on the Cardinals and the national pastime as followed in St. Louis. The show offers analysis, commentary, and conversation for local and general baseball fans.
Episodes
Can Cardinals' Hot Stove spark excitement in busy St. Louis sports scene as lockout looms?
With City SC headed toward the MLS playoffs, SLU men's basketball set to host Mizzou, and the Mizzou football team about to face Texas, there's a lot of potential excitement for sports fans in St. Louis.
At the same time, the Cardinals, committed to their rebuild, reach what could be a race to the lockout.
In this landscape, what needs to happen for the Cardinals' Hot Stove to
Does a small-ball, smaller-market World Series hold larger truths for Cardinals and MLB?
The search for larger truths from a small-ball, smallest-market World Series is on, and it's possible that this year's Fall Classic, pitting two of the most innovative and shrewd clubs in the game against each other in the Brewers and Rays, does not buck recent trends as much as prove them.
Best Podcast in Baseball host and Post-Dispatch Baseball writer Derrick Goold welomes r
The Big Cheese: What World Series history for Brewers means for future of NL Central and Cardinals
A World Series preview 44 years in the making: The Fall Classic returns to Milwaukee for the first time since the Cardinals were there in 1982 and upended the American League champion Brewers.
Forty-four years and one league change, and the Brewers are back in the World Series.
And they sure look like a team that's only going to get better for a few years.
To discuss wha
A major revival in the minors: Cardinals player development goes on the power play
Two years into their overhaul of the minor-league system to modernize it, staff it, and reanimate it, the Cardinals are on the power play.
By adjusting their scouting focus and expanding their avenues for acquiring talent (i.e., trading All-Stars during one whirlwind winter), the Cardinals have radically changed the potential within the system, especially when it comes to powe
How 100 years ago this week Babe Ruth helped launch Cardinals' brand in 1926 World Series
After a lengthy delay, the Best Podcast in Baseball is back and making up for lost time.
Or, well, going back in time.
On the 100th anniversary -- to the date -- of the 1926 World Series and the Cardinals' first world championship, author Terry Lemons joins BPIB host and Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold to discuss the significance of that title and its role in
Trade winds: When it comes to contention, is a bird in hand worth two birds on a bat?
KANSAS CITY -- When it comes to the fragile, fleeting nature of contention, is a bird in hand worth two birds on a bat?
That's the question that baseball writer Derrick Goold asks in a brand new Best Podcast in Baseball.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch editor and frequent podcast contributor Nathan Mills joins the podcast to discuss which direction the Cardinals are going with their p
A conversation with NLBM president Bob Kendrick: Storytelling's power to inspire baseball with its past
One of the first true baseball dynasties in St. Louis history was the St. Louis Stars, who had the talent to back up the name.
And, at their centrally located ballpark, the Stars and greats like Cool Papa Bell played such an entertaining, exciting brand of baseball that it not only enriched the game's popularity in St. Louis but also informed the style of play fans have expect
101 life lessons from the dugout and a few extra from the CBA negotiation room
It's become book week at the Best Podcast in Baseball.
Long time baseball writer and columnist and former president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America Ken Davidoff joins the podcast to discuss with host Derrick Goold his new book, "101 Lessons from the Dugout." The book, written for young adults, is a merger of baseball, parenting, and life lessons that use the du
The seams that bind St. Louis baseball and the history of the game itself: A Glove Story
What is it with St. Louis and fielding, what are the seams to tie the city, its fondness for baseball, and defense together?
That's the question that comes at the conclusion of a brand new episode of the Best Podcast in Baseball. Author and historian Ed Wheatley joins baseball writer and host Derrick Goold to discuss his new book, "The Finest in the Field: A History of Basebal
Both humbled by Brewers, Cardinals and Cubs clash for 1st time in series vital for hosts
As the longtime archrivals clash for the first time in 2026 with a weekend series at Busch Stadium, here is what the scuffling Cardinals and struggling Cubs share in common.
They both got to this point thanks to the Brewers.
The Cubs arrive in St. Louis fresh off ending a 10-game losing streak that yanked them from first place in the National League Central to last place, and
Central Casting: What role will Cardinals play in making the division a real race?
CINCINNATI -- The Cardinals continue a stretch of 12 consecutive games against National League Central rivals, and all five division teams will reach their 50th game of the season with a record at .500 or better.
At least four will have winning records as the first third of the season comes to an end.
But is there a real NL Central race?
Post-Dispatch editor Nathan Mills joins
Tarps off! BPIB is back on: Have Cardinals found their voice as a contender?
Keep your shirts on, the Best Podcast in Baseball is back.
And just in time, too.
Good vibes have engulfed the Cardinals after returing from a successful swing through California to an eletrcic weekend at Busch Stadium, thanks to the fortuitous pairing of the Stephen F. Austin club baseball team, a walk-off win Friday night, and a mid-game revival Saturday against Kansas City.
Should Cardinals' fast start to 2026 accelerate their long-range rebuild plans?
MIAMI -- Fresh off a sweep of the Astros in Houston, the Cardinals visit the Marlins with a tailwind of five consecutive wins and a fast start to their rebuild season. Does their early success suggest they'll outperform expectations in 2026, and if so should they accelerate their rebuild plans?
That's the question that begins a conversation between 101 ESPN/WXOS host Brandon K
Cardinals TV's Dani Wexelman relishes baseball stories she's ready to tell in her new role
WASHINGTON -- In a recent social media post, baseball broadcaster and reporter Dani Wexelman shared a photo of her interviewing Matthew Liberatore when he was a high schooler and juxtaposed it with a photo of her interviewing him this year as the Cardinals' opening day starter.
That is a great illustration of the arc of Wexelman's career telling baseball stories, from the back
Happy New Year! BPIB's preview of 2026 Cardinals comes out of left field
What do the roster decisions made by the Cardinals ahead of opening day tell fans about their timetable to contend?
Probably more than their letting on.
The Best Podcast in Baseball returns from spring training and to its weekly format with a preview of the 2026 Cardinals season told through one position and how so many revealing aspects of the team radiate from it. Editor Nat
Thomas Saggese flips the script with questions for BPIB and a new position for Cardinals
JUPITER, Fla. -- Thomas Saggese has questions for the host of the Best Podcast in Baseball.
Moments after finishing his first ever start in center field for the Cardinals, Saggese joins baseball writer Derrick Goold to talk about the transition to a new position and how much work he wants there before playing it in the regular season. But that's not all.
Through the years, Sag
BPIB Season No. 14 premieres with Cardinals spring training roundtable
JUPITER, Fla. -- On the even of the Cardinals opening their full-squad workouts for spring training, four reporters covering the camp gather at a table nearby the brand new complex to discuss the bran new questions facing a club in a rebuild.
Best Podcast in Baseball begins its 14th season as the leading podcast about the Cardinals and baseball in St. Louis with host Derrick G
The big deal: What have Cardinals added with all of this subtraction?
The Cardinals' winter of accumulation climaxed with the trade many months in the making: They moved All-Star utility fielder Brendan Donovan in a three-team trade to Seattle and received a windfall that included two of the Mariners' top-10 prospects and two draft picks, one each from the Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays.
So, it's time to take stock.
What did all of this subtraction
A melancholy end to what could have been for Cardinals and Nolan Arenado
If you sensed some melancholy from both the Cardinals as they announced trading a Hall of Fame-caliber player to Arizona and also from that player, Nolan Arenado, as he described feeling "in the way" where once he expected to retire, that's fair. There was that disappointment on both sides as what could have been came to an end.
In a brand new episode of the Best Podcast in Ba
Ignition switch: From sparking lineups with 'Leadoff Man' author to thawing a chilly Hot Stove
A discussion the Cardinals and a chilly Hot Stove eventually ignites with this completely unrelated question: How far into your list of the best players in the history of Major League Baseball do you get before mentioning Rickey Henderson?
He's the all-time leader in runs, he's the greatest leadoff hitter in the game's history, and he almost lapped everyone but Lou Brock when
Cardinals counterintuitive holiday shopping list could leave a hole in tradition
There should be ballads written about Willson Contreras' brief time with the Cardinals.
From his arrival as the All-Star eager for the challenge of following Yadier Molina, to that weird week when he took fly balls in left field and stopped catching, to the injuries and fractures and ultimately his move to first base, out from behind home plate without skipping a beat at the p
Searching for Cardinals' next core with Cespedes Family BBQ's Jordan Shusterman
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As the Cardinals have retreated from annual October appearances they have also faded from the national spotlight. They haven't been historically bad. They haven't been as good as their recent history. Jordan Shusterman, senior writer at Yahoo! Sports and host of Baseball Bar-B-Cast, begins a converation on a brand
After stoking hot stove at Winter Meetings, what do Cardinals have cooking?
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Back from Orlando, Florida, and the annual Winter Meetings and into the chill of St. Louis, Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold shares with editor Nathan Mills what he learned about the Cardinals stoking the hot stove for a busy few weeks heading toward the holidays. The Cardinals gave a glimpse into their
Do Cardinals need MLB's economics to shift before they can contend again?
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There is no bumper sticker, no buzzy campaign slogan that captures the challenge facing Major League Baseball and its 30 clubs as economic disparity grows and the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement arrives.
A complex issue requires a complex solution.
Or does it?
A brief conversation about the Cardi
Cardinals' forecast calls for a bustling Winter Meetings
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From the start of the offseason and the beginning for a new front officer leader, the Cardinals have signaled their priority this winter is to accumulate talent that will help them contend in the future.
They began that process by trading Sonny Gray and $20 million to the Boston Red Sox for a pair of pitching pros
Fallout from Sonny Gray trade: Can Cardinals' long-term vision coexist with fan urgency?
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Two years after the Cardinals signed Sonny Gray as a free agent to headline their pitching, pitching, pitching offseason, the veteran right-handed waived his no-trade clause and renogiated his deal to allow a trade to Boston and underscore the Cardinals' new direction.
Pivoting, pivoting, pivoting.
In a bran
A Midwest Quest: Searching for NL Central's next champion in MLB's tilting geography
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Welcome to the great plains. When next Major League Baseball hosts a World Series it will have been a decade since any of thw 10 teams from the Midwest divisions have reached the Fall Classic. They've rarely had a club get as far as the championship series, and the National League Central hasn't won a game i
Previewing next top prospects for Cardinals by reviewing annual Post-Dispatch 12 rankings
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Before plunging into the Hot Stove season and the arrival of the GM Meetings, a look at the performances this past season by the top 12 prospects in the Cardinals system, as ranked in the annual Post-Dispatch Dozen. For several years now, baseball writer Daniel Guerrero has ranked the top 12 prospects in the
31st on 31st: What tricks or treats await Cardinals as opening of free agent market looms?
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When the World Series ends, the roster work begins, and the Cardinals have new staff and new leadership in place -- so will it mean new direction?
On Oct. 31, the Best Podcast in Baseball drops, fittingly, the 31st episode of this season. And it's not meant t
BPIB World Series preview: Can Toronto slow Dodgers' dominance as they fortify an NL dynasty?
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As Toronto prepares to host Game 1 of the 121st Fall Classic, Vanderbilt graduate Tyler Kepner joins Mizzou grad Derrick Goold preview the big game this weekend -- not not the one in Nashville. The one to the north. The World Series.
The two baseball wri
Best Podcast in Baseball returns to ask: Does closure help spur Cardinals' new beginning?
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It's been a minute since a brand-new Best Podcast in Baseball and there's a lot to catch up on. For the first time in 18 years, the Cardinals have a new president of baseball operations, and for the first time in even longer they're talking about a team-build
The sea shanty of perpetual rebuild: How Cardinals can avoid echoing Pirates
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Throngs of Cardinals fans got accustomed to seeing successful baseball.
The Cardinals got accumstomed to seeing throngs of fans.
Now both are facing the prospects of neither.
That's how St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Jeff Gordon puts it when he join
Can a former Ray pierce the Cardinals' clouded forecast?
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During a lengthy rain delay before the finale of the Cardinals' visit to Tampa Bay, St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold and Tampa Bay Rays baseball writer Marc Topkin discuss transfers of power on their beats and how they contribute to a clo
7 things to watch during Cardinals' long home stand: No. 1 Yadier Molina's cameo at coach
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The Cardinals' begin their final three-series home stand of the season with a reunion. Yadier Molina returns to St. Louis for the first time since 2023 and will be in uniform for the first time since 2022 as he joins Oliver Marmol's staff for two games agains
Core question: Have Cardinals identified Chaim Bloom's starting foundation or is an overhaul ahead?
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As the Cardinals approach the onrushing July 31 trade deadline, what if the moves made (or not made) are just prelude to a larger overhaul of the organization in the opening months of Chaim Bloom's tenure leading baseball operations.
A simple, direc
Forget the standings. Can future-focused Cardinals let offers shove them off the fence at trade deadline?
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As Major League Baseball's July 31 trade deadline rapidly approaches, so does another opportunity for the Cardinals to choose a side. Are they riding this "runway" toward the future, or are they going to tighten the race for the National League's third wild c
Buy? Sell? Both! Neither?! Forecasting the Cardinals' trade winds as deadline nears
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With Major League Baseball's July 31 trade deadline rapidly approaching, the Cardinals are still considering what direction they'll head. The front office has wished for "tough decisions" at the deadline and "excitement," while acknowledging that the way they
Lottery ticket: Can Cardinals score a transformative talent with No. 5 pick in MLB Draft?
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It has been more than a generation since the Cardinals picked in the top five for the MLB Draft, and in a week the Cardinals have a chance for a transformative selection that could come define their next era.
A confluence of events meet them at the MLB Draft
Can Cubs-Cardinals rivalry still spark fireworks in time for Fourth of July series?
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After his barehanded play on a slow-rolling grounder ended Tuesday night's game against the Cubs with a stirring, 8-7 Cardinals victory, third baseman Nolan Arenado talked about how much it meant to play meaningful, tense, important games against an archrival
Cardinals biggest showdown isn't vs. Cubs, it's with themselves: Annual Flag Day episode
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CHICAGO -- Two showdowns loom for the Cardinals in the coming weeks. First, they face the division-leading Chicago Cubs for the first time with a four-game series at Busch Stadium..
Second, they face themselves at the trade deadline.
Hall of Fame broadca
Broadcaster Polo Ascensio joins BPIB to (enthusiastically!) call it like he sees it on Cardinals' style of play and more
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From near his perch at Busch Stadium, where he calls games for the Cardinals' Spanish language broadcast, Polo Ascensio surveys the style of game, the style of play, and, yes, the style of his calls for the 2025 Cardinals.
The nine-game home stand did not lac
Can Cardinals find their sweet spot as a contender between KC's cycle and LA's spending?
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The first extended home stand of season brings two sides of the contending spectrum to Busch Stadium, with the Kansas City Royals in an upswing after some down years that have brought in high-end talent and then the Los Angeles Dodgers and how they can muscle
Cardinals must develop the middle-order mashers of their future. But there's a catch.
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A big, defining topic for the Cardinals' future and their development of a big, defining hitter needs a jumbo-sized Best Podcast in Baseball.
For more than a decade, the Cardinals have had to go shopping for their middle-order hitters -- either by trade (Paul
Why baseball managers matter in modern game (even more?) with author of new book, 'Skipper'
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In the wake of three managerial firings before Memorial Day, author and longtime baseball writer Scott Miller joins the Best Podcast in Baseball to discuss his new book, "Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter (and Always Will)". In his deeply reported work, M
BPIB Replay: The episode with Cardinals vet Matt Carpenter discussing dramatic shifts during his All-Star career
Near the visitors' dugout at Coors Field in September 2024, Cardinals veteran Matt Carpenter found a relatively quiet spot to discuss his career, his future plans, and the dramatic shifts he's seen in the game since his arrival in 2011 with the Best Podcast in Baseball.
Carpenter announced his retirement this past week after 14 seasons in the majors, and included
Vibe check: Soaring Cardinals completely remix 'reset' expectations for 2025
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“Change the atmosphere at the ballpark and start to mirror the scrappiness and the feistiness and that vibe that you talk about of this team. It is very interesting that for the last few years they’ve had a very stoic team and a very stoic ballpar
Are streaking Cardinals ready for their (national) closeup?
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"The discussion around the Cardinals will be similar to one you and I are having right now," says Rich Waltz, broadcaster for Apple TV+'s Friday Night Baseball. "Who are these guys and where are they headed? Are the pieces they've got good enough?"
The Cardin
Peering through the opening (and closing) windows to win in NL Central
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If we can all agree that teams in the National League Central cycle in and then out of a window contention, then let's begin the discussion there as a brand new Best Podcast in Baseball does with a look at all five division rivals and where they are in their
Cardinals caught in a winning/development paradox
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The Cardinals' recent road swing through New York and Atlanta revealed a team playing compelling baseball but vulnerable to late-game ruptures in the bullpen that led to a 1-6 record. That prompts the question to launches a brand new episode of the Best Podca
Cardinals put together a feisty, energized lineup in April. Will club keep it together by August?
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Welcome to a brand-new Best Podcast in Baseball. St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer and host Derrick Goold is joined this week by colleague, sports columnist, and instant offense Jeff Gordon. They discuss the Cardinals’ “relentless bunch&rdqu
Part of MLB's history in Japan, how do Cardinals become relevant there now to appeal to players, fans?
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There is a decades-old comic book from Japan that freelance journalist and baseball writer Brad Lefton carries with him and has promised to share when next at the Busch Stadium press box. It features a heroic baseball player, Kyojin no Hoshi, and, in one issu
Cardinals' strong first impression shows how to grow a team. Can they regrow the crowds?
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It would be difficult for the Cardinals to script a better opening weekend for their "transition" year that an emphatic sweep of the visiting Minnesota Twins. The Cardinals got sturdy performances from the starters, stellar play from the defense, and 19
Recorded while rain delays opening day: Can how '25 Cardinals open delay the rebuild?
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When the rain clears on opening day, the Cyldesdales, red jackets, and 2025 Cardinals will take center stage in St. Louis for what's become a civic holiday. And yet, outside of the pomp of the opener, the real circumstance facing the Cardinals entering the reg
Prospect performances force Cardinals to decide between playing in Memphis, sitting in St. Louis
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While typing the introduction to a brand new episode of Best Podcast in Baseball, I'm sitting in the press box at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida, having just watched rookie Michael McGreevy carve through the Mets lineup, pitch around two errors, and finish his impressive spring trianing with five scoreless innings
Cardinals broadcaster Chip Caray's idea: ditch geography, reimagine MLB divisions by economy
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JUPITER, Fla. -- Cardinals broadcaster Chip Caray lobbed a compelling question into the conversation he and other members of the media had this past week with Tony Clark, chief executive of the Major League Baseball Players' Association.
Ca
3 up, 3 down at Cardinals spring training and 1 lineup dilemma yet to come around
JUPITER, Fla. -- With three weeks of spring training remaining before opening day at Busch Stadium and three weeks to make decisions on the bullpen, three weeks to explore any last-minute trades, three weeks to stir the offense, and three weeks to make that first free-agent move of the offseason, the Best Podcast in Baseball considers camp with a pair of threes.
Three up.
Thre
What sights of spring will reveal the Cardinals commitment to focus on the future?
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JUPITER, Fla. -- Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado created buzz within the Yankees' social media greenhouse for driving to visit a couple of close friends and, oh, playing six or so innings in an exhibition baseball game.
That is where the discussion begins in a brand new Best Podcast in Baseball
What will 1985 NL champ Ricky Horton be watching for as 're-something' Cardinals begin games
JUPITER, Fla. -- There is a sense around the Cardinals that one of the reasons for reducing expectations, seesawing between the words "reset" and "transition" but never once using the world "rebuild," is that the club is trying to create a valve to release some of the pressure that greats young players when they arrive in the greenhouse of October demands. It's as if the Cardi
Best Podcast in Baseball's 13th season premiere: Answering 10 questions facing Cardinals
JUPITER, Fla. -- The 13th season of the Best Podcast in Baseball begins as it traditionally does with a gathering of the Post-Dispatch writers covering the Cardinals spring training and an answering of the 10 questions facing the club as it begins a new season.
And what a new season.
For the first time in the span of the podcast, the Cardinals have dropped the pretense of cont
First impressions: Cardinals top prospect JJ Wetherholt readies for debut at major-league spring training
On the eve of his first major-league spring training with the St. Louis Cardinals, top prospect JJ Wetherholt joins the Best Podcast in Baseball for a discussion about his preparation, his health, his strides as a pro, his goals at shortstop, and his of a new technology to learn more about reaction time. He also details the trouble with the water temp in Florida. Wetherholt is
Does MLB need a winter deadline for free agents to jolt owners, spark simmering Hot Stove?
The Hot Stove needs a spark, and the Best Podcast in Baseball has flint ready to strike steel.
The forecast calls for a flurry of moves in Major League Baseball before next month's arrival of spring training, and big reason for that isn't market cooling. After the brief, jubilant sparks of signings around the annual winter meetings, the free-agent market has gone cold, and the
Will Gen-Z-led endgame of Cardinals' 'reset' require a reckoning for MLB's spending gap?
Fresh off the ice after covering the St. Louis Blues for a few days, St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Jeff Gordon is greeted with this question to begin his weekly appearance on the Best Podcast in Baseball: Which was chillier -- the Blues game, the frigid temperatures in St. Louis, or the reception the Cardinals got at their annual Winter Warm-Up? While the Los Angele
Mapping the many, varied routes to Cooperstown and the new toll roads through October
Is it easier to get 400 baseball writers to all agree on who is a Hall of Famer or 30 Major League Baseball owners to agree on ways to address skyrocketing payroll disparity? That's the question that begins a brand new episode of the Best Podcast in Baseball. Esteemed baseball writer Tyler Kepner, of The Athletic and formerly with the New York Times, joins host Derrick Goold t
These are the cold, hard questions 'resetting' Cardinals must answer at Winter Warm-up
At the end of year press conference where the Cardinals announced a pivot toward youth and debuted their buzzword "reset" to describe a reduction in payroll and commitment to development, St. Louis' veteran sportscaster Randy Karraker asked what has changed for the club. It was just six years ago that ownership said a .500 team was acceptable in other markets, but just a winni
Can Cardinals count on breakthrough seasons to fish them out of a financial whirlpool?
"Empty seats are empty seats; no-shows are no-shows," says St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Jeff Gordon. "When you’re just accepting reduced attendance and you’re pointing to that for reduced payroll, now you’re setting yourself up for a spiral."
Yet to spend a cent this offseason on a major-league free agent, the Cardinals are banking big on breakthr
New year, new direction: Do Cardinals need a new message as they face Hall of Fame-level question?
The 13th year of the Best Podcast in Baseball begins with a conversation about something new for the Cardinals and their fan base, something that hasn't been discussed around Busch Stadium in decades, and something some might argue was overdue.
"For the first time in forever, (they're) trying to sell hope," says Post-Dispatch sports columnist Jeff Gordon.
The first BPIB episod
What are the prospects for Cardinals to rebuild a powerhouse of player development?
A revealing moment for the Cardinals and all who evaluate or rank their prospects came in the first round of the 2021 MLB Draft. With the 18th pick, the Cardinals went straight back to their sweet spot and chose Michael McGreevy, a right-handed pitcher out of UC-Santa Barbara and straight from central casting. He fit the profile of the pitcher the Cardinals had taken many time
'Death, taxes, Cardinals competing every year': How quickly can 'reset' restore that brand?
"There should be three expectations in life," MLB Network Radio host and noted baseball pundit Mike Ferrin says in a brand new episode of the Best Pocast in Baseball. "Death, taxes, and the Cardinals competing evry year. That's National League baseball."
That may be the Cardinals' brand, but that is not entirely their plan this coming season.
At Major League Baseball's Winter
What dominoes must fall for teams to start holiday shopping for trades with Cardinals?
While discussing how Major League Baseball could proactively move to help smaller-market clubs remain competitive, KMOX/1120 AM host and frequent Best Podcast in Baseball guest Kevin Wheeler strikes upon a model the Cardinals could aspire to emulate during their self-imposed reset.
"The Atlanta Braves," Wheeler suggests.
A team that develops, acquires, and keeps young impact p
What does Bloom with BoSox reveal about Chaim time in St. Louis?
During the past two decades in Major League Baseball, only the Houston Astros have won pennants and appeared in more World Series than the Cardinals and Boston. Two of baseball's most accomplished and celebrated franchises have won four pennants each and faced each other twice in the World Series, both of them won by the BoSox.
The ties that bind go beyond shared Octobers thes
As Cardinals play catchup, can their past be a guide to future success?
After a brief discussion about a shared fondness for a recent, deeply moving and haunting collection of linked short stories, Sequioa Nagamatsu's 'How High We Got in the Dark,' two baseball writers focus on another work of speculative fiction.
What to make of the 2025 St. Louis Cardinals.
CBS Sports baseball writer Dayn Perry joins the Best Podcast in Baseball to discuss his l
Are Shohei Ohtani's Dodgers closer to 11th World Series title than Cardinals are to a 12th?
While awaiting the parade's arrival at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Times sports columnist Dylan Hernandez veers into nostalgia as he wonders whether the Dodgers' run of success and appetite for more might spur the Cardinals to defend their place in the National League and re-spark one of his favorite rivalries.
Hosting a parade in Los Angeles for the first time since
Clearing the airwaves on the Cardinals' fuzzy broadcast bind: How it got bad and will get better
As much as the standings and missteps of their player development system will shape the Cardinals' offseason, arguably the most significant factor in any of their decisions will be when the broadcast sports sinkhole reaches them, and how deep it goes.
The consternation will be televised.
This much is certain: The Cardinals games will be available to cable subscribers in 2025 a
But at what cost? Auditing Cardinals' planned payroll trim amidst a changing brand (Part 2)
Continuing the conversation that began in the Best Podcast in Baseball episode 21, season 12, KMOX/1120 AM's Kevin Wheeler considers the question on how the Cardinals can accumulate younger talent, draft picks, or both.
The answer begins at first base.
The questions continue from there in this brand new Best Podcast in Baseball that ultimately reaches a discussion about t
But at what cost? Auditing Cardinals' planned payroll trim amidst a changing brand (Part 1)
The official changes to some Cardinals' leadership roles, from the front office to the dugout, as they approach their "reset" winter continued on the eve of the World Series with the first new addition to the front office, a new coach, and a new role for an all-time great.
Kevin Wheeler, co-host of the drive-time show and baseball coverage at KMOX/1120 AM, joins the Best Podca
Cardinals vet Matt Carpenter has seen dramatic shifts for MLB hitters, and does he have stories to tell
Toward the end of his first professional season, not too long after he told a roommate Oliver Marmol about his personal and accelerated timetable to reach the majors, Matt Carpenter got a phone call that could have forever changed his career in baseball.
He was approached about being a coach, and he was tempted to take it.
The next summer his playing career took off.
There are
If a fan's base anger slips into apathy, what message can Cardinals deliver to reinspire the faithful?
A year after "pitching, pitching, pitching" dictated the Cardinals' approach to the offseason, the club faces a far broader challenge this winter.
PR, PR, PR.
Or, as Best Podcast in Baseball guest Brooke Grimsley, noted: "Change, change, change."
The 2024 Cardinals' season comes to a close with the club trying ot break the hold of .500 and avoid a second losing season, what wo
How Brewers borrowed from Cardinals blueprint, added patience and development, to rule NL Central
Despite the smallest market in Major League Baseball, the Milwaukee Brewers have become a marvel of what it means to be a modern contender.
The organization the Cardinals used to be and the Cubs wanted to be , the Brewers now are, complete with the 10-game lead in the division standings ahead of the former kings with a month of the season remaining. MLB.com's longtime Brewers
Cardinals must solve young hitters 'riddle' for top prospects' sake, with Bernie Miklasz
Within the span of only a few hours, the Cardinals demoted two of their top prospects from the past decade, sending in separate moves their top left-handed slugging prospect and one of the top right-handed hitting prospects in all of the minors. What gives and what does it mean for the Cardinals ongoing, completely confounding "riddle" when it comes to developing young hitters
Cardinals continue to muddle, stuck in the muck of the middle
The proverbial turtle on a fencepost that clearly did not get there by itself is also an apt metaphor for the trouble a Major League Baseball club finds itself in when trying to balance between the hedge-fund tycoons and the heavy tankers. Stuck in the middle is a tough place to be as the Cardinals have shown -- and, as with the turtle, it can take looking beyond the shell for
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