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This week my Guest is Mike Claiborne. This wonderful story teller talks about Jack Buck, Charles Barkley and many others from his 35 + years in sport.

A look at the players headed to Arizona this fall. All of the players that went last fall, made it to the majors this year. So what can we infer from that? We talk Tink Hence's inning restriction and Mike Antico's stolen bases. Plus Brian details a few minor league teams that made a push for the playoffs and are just now finishing their seasons. WE get into Yepez's return, optioning Gorman and more.

“The Kilcoyne Conversation” with Rich Gould on his new chapter. Writing children’s books and country songs. Plus, his time on Cardinals broadcasts.

Alex Coil catches up with pitcher Connor Thomas about heading down to the Arizona Fall League. He talks about his second season at Triple-A Memphis, his pitch-to-contact style and where he is health-wise. What has heard about the AFL and what is he looking forward to the most while there?

RHP Tommy Parsons, of the Memphis Redbirds, improved to 11-3 this week after allowing just 3 hits and 1 run against Iowa this week. Alex Coil visits with him here. His 11 wins ties a career-high and is one win shy of leading all Triple-A pitchers. He talks about his reliance on the change-up and the grind of division 3 baseball that got him this far.

A look at the up and down few weeks for the Cardinals. What to make of the clunker last night? Ben talks about Carlson's absence, O'Neill's hot and cold offense plus Alec Burleson. Are some pitchers running on fumes?  We talk about Wainwright and Molina's record breaking game too. What would their record look like if they had been healthy through years? Thoughts on Flaherty tonight and the postseason. Mizzou's poor showing last Saturday will hopefully be the rock bottom. Ben talks about where they go from here and how the transfer portal is proving important. We get into the Ryan O'Reilly contract extension and how the big deals for young players will weigh on it. Ben points out the pattern for Doug Armstrong- if a player starts playing games without an extension, they often don't get one. So how long do the Blues want ROR around? What about Binnington's backup and Tarasenko's malaise? Listen here:

In this week’s edition of the Inside the Lines High School Sports Podcast with Jim Powers, we chat with Ursuline’s head volleyball coach Jeff Cheak about the great start by the Bears and his transition from coaching boys’ volleyball to girls’ volleyball. Jim then catches up with MICDS head football coach Dr. Fred Bouchard about his Rams football squad and their 3-0 start to the season.

“The Kilcoyne Conversation” with Dan McLaughlin in the midst of Pujols chasing 700 home runs. His calls, his planning, his feeding off the moment and reading the crowd. He also gets into the historic night for Wainwright and Molina tonight.

As the minor league seasons wrap up, we visit with Brian Walton of thecardinalnation.com. He's got insight into the upcoming Arizona Fall League and new rankings for Cardinals top prospects. We also take a look back at Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina as they made their way to the big leagues years ago. Brian talks about Molina's subtle confidence and the Cardinals insistence on acquiring Wainwright. Listen here:

This week we talk about the Monday qualifying event for the PGA Champions Tour event, this year's Ascension Charity Classic.