Meet Me At Musial: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast

Three out, five in. The trade deadline has started in earnest for the St. Louis Cardinals and while known names have gone to Toronto and Texas, new faces are now in the organization. Daniel (@C70) dipped into the large pool of content creators at the Fans First Sports Network (@FFSN) to go to the source and find out more about the prospects the Cardinals acquired. First up, in an interview conduct...

What in the world are we doing here? That's what Daniel (@C70) and Allen (@amedlock1) are asking after the Nolan Arenado story continues to dominate the discourse. What the heck is John Mozeliak thinking not nipping this in the bud? Did EVERYONE in the front office somehow lose Arenado's phone number and forget how to find the clubhouse? Why in the world would you risk damaging your relationship w...

In the first of what will hopefully be a series of trade deadline shows, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Richard McGill (Playing Catch Pod, @RichardMcGill89) talk about the winds surrounding the Cardinals as the deadline is a week away. Katie Woo is reporting that the Cards may extend Jordan Hicks instead of trading him. Is that a good move? Katie's also saying the club may not trade Tyler O'Nei...

Can you ever win at the wrong time? The Cardinals might be doing just that, running off six wins in eight games since the All-Star Break. However, John Mozeliak has already said that they'll be sellers at the break. Should they change their mind? Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and guest host Alex (@alexcards79) ponder that question and other things around the trade deadline. Is the 2007 season inst...

It's the All-Star Break, finally, and it's a good time to take stock of the situation. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) tapped a few other Cardinal podcasters to look back at the first half and ahead to the second. Nate (Talking About Birds, @TalkAboutBirds), David (Gateway to Baseball Heaven, @iPopEditor), and Ben (Cardinals Off Day, @b_g_h) come together to commiserate about such an unusual season...

It could have been a good week. The Cardinals took the series from the Yankees and held a late lead in three of the four games against the Marlins. Two of those slipped away, most notably when Jordan Hicks apparently tried to give a Marlins fan a live baseball, and St. Louis sits firmly in last place and 15 games out of the division. Daniel (@C70) and Allen (@amedlock1) look for the silver lining...

Another week and the Cardinals are not any closer to finding purchase or figuring things out. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Allen (@amedlock1) look at a .500 week since the last show and discuss whether the white flag is coming out or already flying freely. Adam Wainwright is struggling a lot. Is this just Father Time or can he make adjustments for a better second half? Does it even matter whe...

They usually don't let you take toxic things through customs but somehow the Cardinals took their whole game to London anyway. After the first game implosion, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Allen (@amedlock1) talk about where this team stands as we get closer and closer to the halfway mark. Is there any real hope for a resurgence? Is John Mozeliak right that the Cards shouldn't rebuild? What so...

A full week without a Cardinals victory used to be unheard of but now is becoming depressingly regular. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Allen (@amedlock1) talk about the depressing state of the team currently. How frustrating is it to know even when things go right, the club can still lose? That every facet of the team has let them down? John Mozeliak talks about a lot of baseball left but there...

It's the last of the bonus shows (if you have missed it, the regular show is back there after these extras) and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) talks with Brian Salvatore (@BrianNeedsaNap, @HRApplesauce), co-founder of the Fans First Sports Network (@FansFirstSN). Both the Cardinals and the Mets have been disappointing this year and the guys talk about the similarities and the differences in those f...

With the Cardinals making the trip across the pond next weekend, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) thought it was a great time to sit down and talk with Dave of the St. Louis Cardinals UK Podcast (@hayesunit). It always interesting to hear how someone outside the US came to baseball and the guys cover that as well as how Dave deals with the time difference, how he picked the Cardinals, and what the at...

Some bonus content for you this week, starting with a look ahead at the Cardinals and Giants. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) brings in fellow @FansFirstSN contributor Bryan Murphy (@GiantsChroncast) to give us some insight about the team by the bay. What's working for the Giants right now and what isn't? Should Cardinals fans continue to fear Brandon Crawford? What stands out about the pitching mat...

Two straight wins makes for a more upbeat show, though Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Allen (@amedlock1) don't shy away from the problems that the Cardinals continue to have. What's up with Dylan Carlson not playing center field? Is the pitching rotation starting to come into focus with Miles Mikolas and Jack Flaherty on strong runs? Who could be moved at the trade deadline? Which Paul DeJong i...

You should never go to the grocery store hungry and you should never podcast after a disappointing loss. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Allen (@amedlock1) had their recording time scheduled, though, so they have to ponder the Cardinals dropping another frustrating loss on the fanbase Friday night. Are we seeing 2007 again? Will Steven Matz stay in the bullpen all year or will he return to the r...

Thanks to all the great guests and guest hosts--he'll take it from here. Allen (@amedlock1), fresh off his high school baseball season and school year, returns to the program (and makes his Fans First Sports Network debut) to talk about all things with Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70). After an update on the Tulsa Hale Rangers, the guys dive into an overview of the season so far, talking about the we...

The St. Louis Cardinals have put together a good stretch of baseball and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Alex (@alexcards79) are glad to have some high points to talk about. The offense is remarkably astounding--is it all because Nolan Arenado has started to remember his true form? Can they dig out completely from the April hole? Not everything is hunky-dory, of course, and the rotation still le...

Willson Contreras. The pitching staff. Jordan Walker. The St. Louis Cardinals have made a lot of, shall we say, interesting moves this season. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) sits down with Kyle Reis (@kyler416) to talk about this whole thing both in the specifics and as an overall look at the organization. Is the front office panicking? Does the shadow of Yadier Molina really continue to obscure th...

Since our last episode, the Cardinals have done a lot of things but winning a game isn't one of them. As Friday night's outing against the Tigers unfolds, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Alex (@alexcards79) discuss the myriad of problems surrounding this team. Would a shakeup help and how could the club go about it? Does the front office feel panic? Is it time to move on from Tyler O'Neill? All...

It's been another rough week of St. Louis Cardinals baseball and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Alex (@alexcards79) look for silver linings while processing everything that's happened. The guys go through questions submitted by listeners on Twitter this week to talk about things like how much the super-level veteran leadership affected things last year and the absence has impacted this year, wh...

With some of his regular conversation companions unavailable, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) goes to the pen and brings in Russ Robinson (Redbird Rants, @frrobinson1957) to talk about another middling week for the Cardinals. How concerning is it to be in the bottom part of the division as the season closes in on finishing its first month? Does this West Coast swing add to those worries? Can we be e...

It was a better week of Cardinal baseball, at least in the results category. Two wins against Colorado had the team looking better as it came to Busch, though the first game of the Pirates series left much to be desired. As the Cardinals played game two of the four game set, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and guest host Alex Crisafulli (@alexcards79) were joined by CBS Sports writer Dayn Perry (@da...

We've got a week's worth of games to talk about but, save for Jordan Walker, not a whole lot of upbeat topics. Still, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Alex (@alexcards79) muddle through, discussing the pitching staff and the drama that this team has had so far. What kind of concern level is there over Jack Flaherty? Has Miles Mikolas been as bad as it seems? Do you have hope for Jordan Hicks? All...

And here we go! The 2023 season is now underway and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and guest Blake Newberry (Viva El Birdos, @bt_newberry) are ready to wildly overreact to the first couple of games. Is there any concern from the outings of Miles Mikolas and Jack Flaherty? What should we make of Jordan Hicks? And how fun is this offense going to be this season? Plus, because Blake's the expert, a li...

This week Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) invites both sides of the Cardinals Off Day podcast, Ben Godar (@bengodar) and Ben Humphries (@b_g_h) to fill in the co-host chair while Allen (Red Dirt Redbird, @amedlock1) continues the high school baseball activities.  Roster decisions became clearer this week with the injuries to Adam Wainwright and Paul DeJong.  How does the rotation look and are there...

With Allen (Red Dirt Redbird, @amedlock1) still molding young minds and improving his players, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) sits down with Richard McGill (@RichardMcGill89) of the Playing Catch podcast.  They talk about why Richard and his son Truman started their show and how its going before diving into the Cardinal talk.  The Cardinals made a 40-man roster move this week--was it for Jordan Wal...