The Opening Drive

JR joins the Opening Drive this week and tells us about a funny story in Nashville, his interview with Tony Twist, on fighting in today's NHL game, what the expectations should be for Jakub Vrana moving forward and seeing Jim Montgomery and the Bruins on Sunday. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Adnan Virk of MLB Network, NHL Network and the Cinephile Podcast joins the Opening Drive to discuss Cardinals' Opening Day, his first impression of Jordan Walker, loving the rule changes in the MLB and his introduction to "MLB Tonight," on MLB Network. Adnan also hosts a movie podcast called, "Cinephile Podcast," so we got to talk a little movies as well! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...

Joey joins the show this week following the Blues' 5-3 victory in Chicago over the Blackhawks. He touches on that game, being in Nashville ahead of the Blues game tomorrow against the Predators, the Blues exploding offensively, Kasperi Kapanen's performance at center last night, the Blues still being a good hockey team and of course, his favorite toasted ravs! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c...

Jay joins the show this week to talk about animosity surrounding LIV golfers and the Masters Tournament, how Tiger Woods will compete in the Masters, and his overall expectations and hopes for the Masters coming up next week. Jay also talks about how to find the right set of golf clubs to fit you! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/pr...

Matt Sebek, the Chief Experience Officer for St. Louis City SC, joins the Opening Drive and discusses the atmosphere at CITYPARK and what makes St. Louis City SC matches so unique to be a part of, and the great food at City matches (including toasted ravs)! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

7:00 - Happy Opening Day! 7:15 - MLB Season Predictions: Division, Wild Card, Pennant and World Series Winners & MVP, Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year and Cy Young Awards. 7:30 - MLB Network lead anchor Greg Amsinger    7:45 - Take It or Leave it 8:00 - St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Mark McGwire 8:15 - Blues Booth: Bally Sports Midwest Blues broadcaster John Kelly 8:30 - The Fight 8...

John joins "The Opening Drive" and talks about the Opening Day roster decisions, Jack Flaherty and the Cardinals rotation, how rule changes will affect the Cardinals and his expectation for the 2023 season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Bob joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about Opening Day in St. Louis, on this being Waino's final season with the Birds on the Bat, on the new pitch clock and rule changes, and the World Baseball Classic. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

John joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about the injuries to Robert Thomas and Pavel Buchnevich, how important is winning to help continuity compared to losing for a better draft pick, and how Chicago's model for success has come back to haunt the organization. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Mark joins "The Opening Drive" to discuss his decision to stay in St. Louis after his trade to the Cardinals, how Jordan Walker's Spring Training compares to Albert's in 2001, and his thoughts on the new rule changes in MLB, and how special Opening Day is in St. Louis. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Greg joins Carey, Randy & Brooke to talk about how special Opening Day is in St. Louis, MLB season predictions, and concerns with the Cardinals rotation. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Waino joins the show for the first edition of his last year of Wednesdays with Waino to talk about his excitement and enjoyment of getting to represent the USA during the WBC, what made that last at-bat so special as a fan of baseball and a member of that team, what it was like to face off against Yadi as the manager on the opposing side, why he doesn't see himself managing like Yadi and his react...

Robert joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about Vrana continuing to impress during his run of form, how they've dealt with the disappointment of being out of the playoff race, what the mindset is like when they're playing well but out of the race, Neighbors having a big game on his birthday and what kind of diet Robert sticks to during the season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

Bernie joins Carey, Randy & Brooke to talk about the Blues big win last night, how the scoring back in the day was a little different, the continued production from Jakub Vrana, what to expect from a player of his style and the struggles on the blue line. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Polo joins the show to talk about a wild experience for himself and Team Mexico at the WBC, how the WBC is where it all stated for him, his excitement for Cardinals Opening Day tomorrow, how it felt when Mexico took down Puerto Rico, how his relationship with the Molina's is doing since then, Adam Wainwright caring so much about his WBC moment and Polo becoming a TikTok star. See Privacy Policy at...

7:00 – Blues-6 Canucks-5 and it was a fascinating to watch as Vrana gets the winner and continues his strong play and Cardinals Opening Day is tomorrow. Miles Mikolas vs. Alec Manoah. 7:15 - Dylan Carlson will play his third year, his 24 season this year. Have we seen enough to make a judgment on him, or is it too early? 7:30 - Ask Uncle Randy    7:45 - TIOLI 8:00 – Cardinal Spanish Language broad...

Chris joined Randy, Carey & Brooke to talk about the upcoming Disabled Hockey Festival in St. Louis, the Blues & Centene's involvement in the organization and other charities around St. Louis and how you can get involved with the events. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Claibs joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about his RIDICULOUS bracket, takeaways from Spring Training--mainly the positive from Jordan Walker and how to grade the struggles from Flaherty, his excitement for Opening Day and expectations for the 2023 season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Panger joins the show to talk about the Blues as they face off against the Canucks last night, the idea of believing in Army after another trade deadline where he seems to have won the deals, if the blue line play for the Blues has changed or improved this season and how the Blues mentality and structure needs to change in a big way for next season to be different--and why establishing that this s...

Tim joins Carey, Brooke & Randy to talk about his expectations and takeaways from Jordan Walker mashing himself into the Rookie of the Year conversation this spring, what comparisons come to mind, his expectations for the NL and MLB across the MLB, how the new rules will change the pace for the better of baseball and just how crazy the money with Ohtani is going to get. See Privacy Policy at h...

7:00 – Monday Recap  Cardinals-8 Orioles-3, Jordan Montgomery→5.0IP 3H 1ER 1BB 4K, John Denton’s projected Opening Day Lineup… Brendan Donovan, 2B Tyler O’Neill, CF Paul Goldschmidt, 1B Nolan Arenado, 3B Willson Contreras, C Nolan Gorman, DH Jordan Walker, LF Lars Nootbaar, RF Tommy Edman, SS 7:15 - How are the Blues new individuals looking vs. the guys that traded? Blais, Vrana and Kapanen vs. Ta...

Roman joins the show for the first edition of CONTROLLED CHAOS to talk about another clean sheet for him and CITY, which players from the defense impressed him the most over the weekend, if he notices how CITY's style affects other teams, the battle for CITY's MOTM after a tough vote this past weekend and if the fans and chants help him stay pumped up during the different parts of the game. See Pr...

Kerbs joins Carey, Brooke & Randy to talk about an up-and-down weekend for the Blues and an up-and-down night last night against the Kings, the success of the Blues newest players while the old traded ones are struggling, the goaltending situation and the blue-line showing us some fool's gold again. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19....

7:00 - Weekend Wrap-up L.A. Kings-7  Blues-6, Blues were down 5-1 after the first, but made it a game with 3 in the second STL City SC-4 Real Salt Lake-0, Roman Burki with the clean sheet as City pushes their expansion team record to 5-0. Goals from Nicholas Gioaccchini, two from Klauss and Rasmus Alm opens his MLS account Houston Astros-24 Cardinals-1 Flaherty → 3.2IP 4H 6ER 3BB 1K Packy makes th...

Coach Ivey joins the show to talk about her path to becoming a head coach, never seeing herself in this position, how the team has been able to grow within the season through adversity, still staying connected to St. Louis & Cor Jesu, the enjoyment of watching her son Jaden get to the NBA and succeed and her thoughts on a tough Sweet 16 matchup vs. Maryland. See Privacy Policy at https://art19...