The Opening Drive

7:00 – Blues fall to the Coyotes and aside from Buchy, we're not sure who else showed up...Cardinals get shallacked by the Tigers and now we have some questions... 7:15 - We’ve broken down our bullpens & outfield expectations, let’s talk infield. Nolan Gorman is hitting the ball like we expected and playing defense better than we could’ve hopped—how do the Cardinals divy up the middle infield...

Coach Drinkwitz joined "The Opening Drive" to talk about the snub of Dennis Gates as SEC Coach of the Year, get into the big questions around spring ball as the spring game looks in 11 days, how the QB snaps are going with Cook & Horn not being able to fully throw, how getting an OC has changed his job & what the biggest changes have been since the implementation of NIL. See Privacy Policy...

Panger joins Carey & Brooke to talk about what to expect from the Blues new look forward lines following the move of Buch to center and Vrana being added to the lineup, why the biggest question for the Blues over the last stretch is all about the buy-in, his expectations for Tyler Tucker & the Blues want to get him more minutes and why Justin Faulk's leadership has been so important to the...

Claibs joins the show to talk about the reaction to Flaherty's first start at Spring, how his strong start gives the Cardinals hopes and helps frame how important he is to the team's success, how Carlson's fight for his spot is going, the affect of a poor start for Tyler O'Neill, how he sees the starting outfield on opening day versus flag day and his thoughts on the current issues with Ja Morant...

7:00 – Astros-1 Cardinals-7 After a few questions from the pitching staff over the weekend the Cardinals four-man group dominated on Monday.  Carlson homers from the DH spot, reaching base and scoring twice. Is he still in your 3-man outfield?  7:15 - Carey’s pretty bummed about Calle Rosen but let’s look at the bright side: Tyler Tucker could be a future DMan for the Blues retool 7:30 - QB Carous...

Army joins the show to talk about what went into their trading/claiming Vrana and Kapanen, respectively, how the big shifts on the roster is going over in the locker room, not being worried about the cap, the potential of players who just left returning this summer, going into the offseason and the draft with an open-mind to the possibilities, expecting to be a factor in next summer's FA sweepstak...

Kerbs joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about the Blues stumble over the weekend, his thoughts on the first few games from Kapanen, expectations for Vrana when he gets into the lineup and looking forward to the matchup versus Arizona on Tuesday. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Lutz joins Carey & Brooke to talk about the excitement from Saturday's win, the incredible amount of noise and atmosphere that was created by the STL fans, successfully bringing his planned system from an idea to something real on the pitch and the excitement ramping up as they travel to face Portland this weekend. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice a...

7:00 - Weekend Wrapup with a huge day for CITY SC, a big weekend of CBB as SEMO punches their ticket and the other tournaments get started and the Blues reset continues 7:15 - Three Things We Loved From the Weekend 7:30 - STL CITY SC Sporting Director Lutz Pfannenstiel talks about the excitement of the first game and the vision coming true 7:45 - TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT 8:00 – Fresh Take: If he contin...

Jackson joins the show in study to talk about the event that led to his nomination for the Naismith Courage Award, his sport and experience as he's close to graduating, his favorite NBA players and what led to him having the mindset to put other before himself. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Joey joins the show to talk about the Blues getting back into the W column, the impressive play during the second period for the Blues, his thoughts on the potential impact of Jakub Vrana, why flour is the only thing he needs if he gets snowed in for a long period of time and the history of sourdough bread. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar...

Matt joins Randy, Carey & Brooke to talk about all the events around CITYPARK over the next 36 hours, building up a festival atmosphere that starts tonight, all the different events down near CITYPARK that will be open and available to the public, all the special pieces of media they have planned before the game starts (so get there early!), his excitement to add the final element that CITYPAR...

Jay joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about what makes Ricky Fowler's comeback special, why he isn't a big Greg Norman fan, disagreeing with the changes with the cutline and what's coming up next on "Golf with Jay Delsing". See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Moon joins the show in studio to talk about his excitement for the first game and the start of the CITY season, how the podcast has been going, needing to temper his reactions after the first game, rock stars wanting to be sports stars and vice versa, his expectations for how the Euro's will acclimate to the MLS and his excitement for the first ever home game this weekend. See Privacy Policy at ht...

7:00 – Blues finally break their losing streak with big games from Buchnevich, Kyrou & Parayko, the Cardinals lose big and a BIG win for the Illini 7:15 – Moon from 105.7 The Point & Soccer 101 joins the show to talk about the early reactions to CITY 7:30 – Jay Delsing talks about the big changes for Ricky & the next big live broadcast for Jay's show 7:45 – TIOLI 8:00 - Fresh Take: Car...

JR joins the show to talk about whether this Blues season is all a blowback from missing out on Matthew Tkachuk, his thoughts on Kapanen's first game with the Blues and his potential fit going forward in to next season, the potential for a Parayko trade, why a deal with Krug would be much more difficult, and the powerplay getting a change thanks to Kapanen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/...

JK joins Carey & Randy to talk about the Blues trips to San Jose, the wild way both franchises have fallen on a hard year, Jordan Binnington putting together a legitimate bounce-back campaign, how much weight he gives the Blues having some of the worst +/- players in the league, what the issues are around Colton Parayko, the first impression of Kasperi Kapanen, and watching Tarasenko & ROR...

7:00 – Mizzou-81 LSU-76, Mizzou comes back from down 13 at half, winning their 10th conference game for the first time since ‘17-’18 and just the second time in their 11 seasons in the SEC, Michigan at Illinois tonight, Astros-Cardinals today, Redbirds off yesterday and is the Aaron Rodgers decision coming?    7:15 – Sick of it!!! 7:30 – Warrant out for Jalen Carter after racing, fleeing scene of...

Dan joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about the passing of his friend and teammate Conrad Dobler, what made him so special in the lockerroom, why he was such a good prankster, Conrad figuring out the secret of playing offensive line--just hit SOMEONE, breaking down why Conrad and Dan loved the old style of the game so much, the time Conrad made another grown man cry, missing a huge game because of...

Robert joins Randy & Carey to talk about looking good in a cowboy hat, having people around who can't be wrong being hilarious, breaking down his big short-handed goal in Tuesday night's game, the season being a good learning process for him and the younger players, how odd it felt when he realized he was one of the more veteran players on the team, how they has changed his mindset and his tho...

Coach Donnie joins Randy & Carey to talk about the strong start for the Battlehawks defense, what they still need to improve on, why the bend-but-don't-break mindset has been so important, what the biggest difference are between NFL & XFL players, what was so special about his time with the Buccaneers, and how important the Dome opening up more seats is to the team, See Privacy Policy at h...

7:00 – Blues drop their 6th straight to the Kraken, VCU wins the A10 over Saint Louis and the Cardinals get another in in Spring 7:15 - Ask Uncle Randy! 7:30 - Battlehawks DC Donnie Abraham on the success of the defense so far and the continued plan for the rest of the season    7:45 - TIOLI 8:00 – Fresh Take: Cardinals Spring Training reactions as the young arms on the coaching staff are looking...

Claibs joins the show live from Jupiter to talk about the the questions around Liberatore going into this season, the early thoughts on the competition going on in the outfield, his early thoughts on Gorman--especially the confidence he's showing on defense, how the pitch timer is working and why he offered to buy all of Craig Berube's food and drinks this past week. See Privacy Policy at https://...

Coach Gates joins the show to talk about the incredible clutch shots (that he's drawing up!) Mizzou has hit this season, what has helped them grow as a program like they have this year, how it feels when you have so many players who can take the final shots, how much they benefit from a leader like Kobe Brown, how Kobe was able to take the jump from deep that he's had this year, his impression of...

Panger joins Randy 7 Carey to talk about the possibility of another move coming for the Blues, why a move for Greiss wouldn't surprise him, why this team has been so hard to predict this entire season, his thoughts on Army's comments about just not having enough, why Toropchenko's comments were an interesting development and why Thomas' response was a huge part of this season going forward. See Pr...