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In this week’s “Tony Talk”, Martin and Tony discuss scoreboard watching, bullpen starts, how much blame hitting coaches should get, and that time Bill Mueller helped ARF at the ballet.

The Cardinals have won 5 games in a row and are back on top of the NL Central. What has sparked the team's winning streak, and how have the Cubs road woes contributed? Chris Hrabe previews a weekend series in Cincinnati.

Budaska, Arozarena, O'Neill talk and more about all things Cardinals this morning with Brian Walton

Cardinals try to take advantage of a softer spot in their schedule this week with two games against the Royals then three In Cinncinati. Randy Arozarena is now a big leaguer and Yadier Molina is back from the IL. After this weekend's sweep, can the Cardinals capitalize this week to move ahead in the playoff race? Chris Hrabe gives us a preview today with stats that are trending in the right direction.

Big weekend for the Cardinals with a sweep over Pittsburgh at home. A big day yesterday for Lane Thomas with the Cardinals squarely in contention. They are chasing a spot in the playoffs and have a fun week ahead of them against teams who've changed in recent weeks. We talk to Mo today about the playing time of Lane Thomas and Randy Arozarena's role with the club. We also talk about the fifth spot in the Cardinals rotation. Will Yadi be back tomorrow? All that and more here:

Do you love baseball history? Then, you’ll love this visit with Ed Wheatley, the St. Louis Browns historical society and fan club president. Ed has written a book on the history of the Browns and that has turned into two movies on the club’s history in St. Louis. From the 1944 All-STL World Series, to the integration of black players in the game, the Dewitt’s baseball legacy, it’s all covered here. Enjoy this look incredible look back at baseball history.

Stream the movie in its entirety here: Full Movie

3 Minute Movie Trailer

Browns Fans

Grandstand Manager Pass Back Side

Grandstand Manager Night – Fans in the stands

Postcard – Hank Thompson and Willard Brown

Hank Thompson and Willard Brown signing contracts

Ed Mickelson and kids at the Grizzlies Game

Eddie Mickelson

1937 – Barnes & DeWitt review new logo submissions

The Cardinals dropped from the top of the NL Central to third place in a week, and hope to leave a disastrous trip to California in the past and take advantage of a stretch of games against teams on the outside of the postseason picture. Chris Hrabe previews the series here:

A rough stretch for the Cardinals lately, to say the least. Now that they're back at home, Ben Fred says they need to capitalize on playing against some teams in lower standings. The Dodgers looked like a completely different caliber team. Now there are question marks across the board about whether the Cardinals can stay in contention. The lack of moves at the trade deadline is still souring fans, broadcasters and writers alike.

In a save situation, who would Ben Fred go with after Carlos Martinez' fumble on Wednesday? In may not be the popular opinion, but Ben says he'd still go with C Mart. We also talk about the health of Alex Reyes. Right now, the future is up in the air as to what this role will be with the major league club.

If the rest of season keeps going downhill, what does the club do to re-tool? With Carpenter coming back and Fowler with two more years on his contract, what happens with Ozuna as a free agent? Maybe the possible Ozuna departure makes room for Dylan Carlson next year?

The front office still hasn't explained why and when the focus switched from this year to next. Ben Fred questions whether there will be a reckoning as to why their plan for this year didn't work and how does that affect years to come?

We talk St. Louis Blues signings and free agents. Edmondson is a lock. Now what about Barbashev? And Maroon? Ben Frederickson made the connection with Scoops' newest writer Mike Miller. We talk about his article yesterday on the newest Blues Iceplex.

Dabo Swinney made comments confirming he wouldn't be giving Mizzou's Kelly Bryant a championship ring because he wasn't on the team. The Twitter-verse had a field day with it. Ben says that means this quarterback can move the needle and has a big fan base watching him this year. A lot of exciting things happening at Mizzou's football camp. Listen here:

In this week's "Tony Talk",  Tony La Russa defines what the dog days of baseball are all about, the player he considers the biggest call-up that sparked one of his teams,  plus thoughts on Tom Brady and Julian Tavarez.

We talk to Brian Walton this morning about the top prospects, the newest player to be moved up-Junior Fernandez and his opinions on why the Cardinals couldn't make a trade deadline deal. Was keeping Nolan Gorman and Dylan Carlson the right move? Who else in the minors had interest? What is the state of the minor league system for the Cardinals compared to years past? Listen here: