In the second and final hour of tonight’s show, Matt is joined in-studio by Stan McNeal, senior writer for Cardinals Publications, to discuss the 2023 Cardinals Yearbook which highlights the career of Albert Pujols. Matt is also joined on the phone by John Perrotto, Pittsburgh baseball contributor to Baseball Digest and Forbes Sports, to discuss the upcoming Cardinals-Pirates series, O'Neill Cruz's status, and which team will finish ahead of the other when the season is over.

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