A chat with Post-Dispatch Cardinals beat writer Derrick Goold. Derrick recently wrote a book, 100 Things a Cardinals fan should know or do before they die, so we cover some of the stories in the book. Plus a look back at his relationship with the former skippers of the team and some good old fashioned ball talk!

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An interview with radio legend, Kevin Slaten. Slaten was one of the first to host a sports radio show on an all sports station in thE STL, and his show was definitely a first of its kind. Challenging the establishment, and the listeners, Slaten has hosted a popular, controversial show for over 25 years in the St. Louis market. We cover his many years with some of his all time favorite punching bags, including Tony LaRussa, Joe Torre, many media members and much more. We look back at his night on Sports Plus when he and Randy Karraker almost came to blows. We talk about the 2019 Cardinals and his issues already with the local squad. So many topics, so much fun having a conversation with one of the greats in St. Louis radio history. Carpe Diem!

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An interview with Greg Amsinger. We talk about Bryce and Manny's chances to be Cardinals, or even being signed up on opening day? Greg thinks it may go longer than that! We talk looming strike talk, and if there really is any way to avoid it. We talk 2019 Cardinals--hes bullish...Im not, as of yet. We talk rule changes that could actually happen, abolishing the shift, extra innings, and more. Always fun chatting with the St. Louis native

Well...the rivalry is ready to go in 2019. After Ryan Demspters and Kris Bryant made headlines talking about the Cardinals at the Cub Convention, I gave Dempster a ring. We think everyone needs to chill and enjoy the rivalry! But finally some fireworks in January huh?

An interviews with Jim Edmonds, Rick Ankiel, Adam Wainwright and Larry Walker. These are portions of earlier interviews that I find very interesting, as they all look back at their time as Cardinals. Edmonds talks about building his relationship with TLR, great catches in Cincy, and just where do all those damn gold gloves live. Larry Walked talks about the shock of being traded in mid August, and how he wanted to play longer with the Birds on the Bat. Rick Ankiel recalls his very first major league start, and candidly details the wild pitch saga. And Adam Wainwright...is just Adam Wainwright! He talks about retiring as a Cardinals and recalls some tales from the the 2006 team.

An interview with author and long time sportswriter Jeff Pearlman. Pearlman has been a writer in the national scene for the last 4 decades, famously writing for SI and getting John Rocker to open up about his "wacky" views of New Yorkers. Along the way he has penned 8 books, the latest being "Football for a Buck" detailing the rise and fall of the USFL, which President Trump had a lot of influence during the fall of that league. It is fascinating that in the mid 80's, there was a league that was stealing away the great talent from the NFL, and Pearlman tells some of those stories. Pearlman also gives recall about researching his other books, including one of my odd love/hate teams, the 1986 Mets. We talk about his dealings with members of the Dallas Cowboys dynasty of the 90's, trying to find anyone to say something positive about Barry Bonds during his research for a bio on him and more. Hope you enjoy, and more content is being added daily to my youtube channel, please subscribe: youtube.com/stweekly.

An interview with Author Scott Ryan, who penned the book, "The Last Days of Letterman". I have always been a fan of Letterman, more from the late 80's/early 90's shows. It seemed the last few years of the show became formulaic, but after announcing his retirement, Dave seemed rejuvenated. In the book, and here on the podcast, I speak with the author about the last 6 weeks of shows, Dave got his fastball back, with all of the entertainment world wanting to be part of the send off. There are great stories about what these legends asked to do as part of the final shows, jokes they wanted to tell, how Dave was incredibly hands on for the final show, and how that show almost didn't even air. The book is a great oral history of those last 6 weeks with the major players from behind the scenes of the show giving great details of the actual behind the scenes.

An interview with former Cardinal catcher Gary Bennett. We do some hot stove talking, then look back at his career, notably him being on the Mitchell Report, his brawl with Albert, his relationship with Rolen, where he went after winning the World Series in 2006, and so much more. The podcast is back, and renamed! All the details are in here, ya gotta listen

An interview with Post Dispatch columnist, who wrote a book called "The Big 50", with 50 great stories about Cardinal moments and players. I was intrigued when I heard Ben talk about finding the "anyone want a sodie, and free straw" vendor, the Vince Coleman drunk interview in 1987, and other odd moments that we both grew up on. We talk about some of those memories, we talk about the problems with the 2018 team, and his thought that Matheny is on the hot seat, and then we talk about the general state of STL sports...to depress y'all a little bit.

An interview with funny man former pitcher Dave Lapoint. The lefty who played for a a number of teams, including the '82 Cardinals, tells stories from his days playing in the 80's, Among the stories are great ones about Whitey Herzog, Andujar, Hendrick, Lonnie Smith, Bob Forsch, Keith Hernandez and more. And then we talk about his other stops with one of the funniest stories I have ever heard about his career, about the one time he had an "accident" right before he was to take the mound, and its priceless. We also talk about playing for the Yankees with Rickey Henderson, Deion Sanders, Don Mattingly and more. A fun chat with a fun guy!