Gateway to Baseball Heaven: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast

By Daniel Shoptaw and David JonesSports Baseball

Gateway to Baseball Heaven: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast episodes

February 17, 2020 GTBH 2/16/20: Mad About Manfred
Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. Spring training has started and while there is Cardinals news, things from the baseball commissioner are dominating the news cycles. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) do talk about Miles Mikolas's injury and a few other tidbits out of camp, but the focus of most of the show comes from Rob Manfred's press conference. What exactly are players supposed to do about the Astros since the commissioner doesn't want people throwing at them or talking bad about them? And then we get Tara wound up about the minor league issue again. No wonder this one runs long!
53 min
February 03, 2020 GTBH 2/2/20: Big Game Ranting
Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. The football season is now over and baseball can take center stage. So why aren't they making a bigger deal about it? Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) has some strong thoughts about the lack of MLB marketing and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) is along for the ride. They also touch on what the Cardinals' lack of offseason activity means and whether the front office deserves the benefit of the doubt. Plenty of ranting in this one so be sure to give it a listen as we wrap up Season 3 (sorta)!
40 min
January 20, 2020 GTBH 1/19/20: Warming Up to the Subject
Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. It's Winter Warmup weekend (even if the weather doesn't show it) and the players are in town to talk about the coming season. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) talk about some of the things that came out of the annual event. Matt Wieters is back in St. Louis--what does that mean for Andrew Knizner. What about the status of Yadier Molina's contract? Matt Carpenter said he'd waive his no-trade if "it made the team better"--plenty of talk about that, as you might expect. All this and much more!
38 min
January 13, 2020 GTBH 1/12/20: Trades, Made and Potential
Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. New year, new Cardinals it seems, as the winter finally livened up with a trade on Thursday, sending Jose Martinez and Randy Arozarena (plus a draft pick) to Tampa Bay for top prospect Matthew Liberatore, plus another prospect in Edgardo Rodriguez and a draft pick. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) talk about what that means for the Cardinals and the chances that it actually could make them better in 2020, much less the future. Then they get into all the smoke around the potential of Nolan Arenado coming to St. Louis. Does it make sense? Are the rumored names really what the Cards are thinking of dealing? What are the odds Nolan is manning the hot corner in Busch on Opening Day (well, that last one is 0%--the Cards open in Cincinnati)? All that and then some!
41 min
January 06, 2020 GTBH 1/5/20: New Year, Same Team
Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. With the holidays over and Winter Warmup on the horizon, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) get together and talk about what has been happening--or not happening--with the Redbirds. The Cards signed a new pitcher from the Korea--what does that mean for Carlos Martinez, if anything? Can Carlos be the dominant pitcher he used to be? The lineup hasn't gotten a similar infusion--will their faith in Jeff Albert prove to be prescient or to be their weakness? Plus another check-in on Marcell Ozuna and some talk about what another team is doing with their roster. Happy New Year, everyone!
39 min
December 02, 2019 GTBH 12/1/19: Minor Contractions
Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. While there's not much going on with the Cards, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) talk about what has happened, which is pretty much the waiving of Dominic Leone, but spend most of their time on Tara's recent post about the contraction threat looming over minor league baseball. What in the world is MLB thinking? What's going on with this whole thing? Tara does an outstanding job of lining out the issues and why the minor league teams are very frustrated and really in the dark about everything. It's an ongoing situation so be sure to check out Tara's posts on the subject!
42 min
November 11, 2019 GTBH 11/10/19: S'more Enthusiasm, Please
Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cards had their end-of-season press conference and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) came away less than excited about the offseason to come. While the organization has somewhat painted itself in the corner, is it really a good plan to just hope that everyone is going to be better next season? As Daniel likes to say, rebellions are built on hope but not baseball teams. Is there a large disconnect between the front office and the fanbase? What happens if things don't work out? All that plus some excellent analysis of Adam Wainwright's s'mores technique!
39 min
October 28, 2019 GTBH 10/27/19: Wrapping Up The Season
Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. The season has wrapped up but that doesn't mean there aren't things for Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) to talk about. Will the failure of the NLCS spur an active offseason or will the club just tinker? What should they do with players that won't (or, as Tara points out, really can't) get on the Jeff Albert train? And you know Tara has thoughts about Kolten Wong being a Gold Glove nominee. Come join us for a little pre-Hot Stove talk!
37 min
October 14, 2019 GTBH 10/13/19: Where Has All the Offense Gone?
Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. While the Cardinals were able to rally past the Braves and make it to yet another NLCS, it seems the bats might be still on the tarmac in Atlanta. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) sort through the rubble of the first couple of games, trying to figure out what exactly has gone wrong and what the chances are that things will improve. It's not the most upbeat of shows but neither was last week and that series turned out all right, so maybe there's a chance......
36 min
October 07, 2019 GTBH 10/6/19: Trying To Make Sense Of It All
Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. October baseball is frustrating baseball, at least this season, whether it is Carlos becoming Car-Loss, Mike Shildt with a headscratcher, or an offense that apparently was only rented for a couple of innings and isn't going to extend the agreement. Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) talk about all things NLDS, including the chances of survival, before wandering down a bit of a philosophical rabbit trail. Still more hits than the Cards over the last few days, however!
44 min

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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals. Join Daniel Shoptaw (@C70) and David Jones (@iPopEditor) as the go…