From downtown Chicago and at the finish line of the regular season, the Best Podcast in Baseball, brought to you weekly by Lumberlend Co., finds the Cardinals on the periphery of the wild-card race and in need of a Miracle at Wrigley Field to reach October. St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold and sports columnist Benjamin Hochman convene to revisit the sweep by the Brewers, preview the series against the Cubs, and discuss whether Tuesday offers a litmus test for the Cardinals: If they're in the postseason, the season is a success. If they miss the playoffs for the third consecutive year, then it's a miss -- and a big one. Three Days in September could determine the forever view of this season, and in some ways this era. The mention of empty seats at Busch Stadium sends the conversation spinning in a completely new direction. All setting the stage for what could be the final games of 2019. If not, BPIB will be back with a postseason preview. If so, BPIB will be back with an offseason preview. Even if the season doesn't, BPIB persists.