It’s late October, and while the Cubs and Cardinals are long gone, the Team of Rivals crew is still here (for some reason). Ron, Elliott, and Pete break down a marathon World Series game that the media dubbed “the greatest ever” (SPOILER: it wasn’t), rant about Shohei Ohtani worship, and debate how much money is too much for one roster. The guys also dive into MLB expansion rumors, realignment madness, and what thee upcoming salary cap fight could look like.

From there, it’s on to Bears football (and Caleb Williams' growing pains) and Ron’s Soccer Minute (featuring Liverpool’s suspicious stoppage time, and a look at Newcastle’s strong week and St. Louis City’s season finale).

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This week, Pete joined Ron and the Gateway Sports crew for a no-spin, big-picture look at the Cardinals’ decline — and what it’ll take to fix it. Not just 2025, but the multi-year slide of what was once one of baseball’s model franchises.

From ownership priorities to player development to the culture around the team, this isn’t your typical postmortem — it’s a candid, long-form conversation about how the Cardinals got here and what it’s going to take to climb back.

Derek King, Rodney Knuppel, and Don Glenn, each bring their own sharp takes and deep frustrations to the table.

Topics include:

The slow erosion since 2015 — and whether the Goldschmidt/Pujols years just masked the problem

How much blame falls on ownership’s focus outside baseball

Chaim Bloom’s timeline for showing results

Oli Marmol’s uncertain future

Roster direction and the lessons of holding on too long

The meaning (and limits) of “The Cardinal Way” in 2025 and beyond

It’s an honest, unfiltered look at where the franchise stands — and whether the next decade can bring the Cardinals back to their standard of sustained success.

🎙️ Originally streamed live with Gateway Sports on October 19, 2025.

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The 2025 Cubs are done, but the offseason chaos is just getting started! Mike Shildt becomes the eighth managerial opening, free agency is heating up, and Kyle Tucker’s future is still a mystery. (Actually, it's not.)

Meanwhile, the Bears continue their heart-attack streak, the Cardinals stay… well, the Cardinals, and the 2025 Gold Glove finalists are announced.

Join Ron, Elliott, and Pete as they break down the madness, and celebrate another week of sports chaos with sarcasm, hot takes, and just a touch of optimism.

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The Team was going to record late on a Sunday, but then we didn't. Ron explains why we're recording Monday instead.

The Cubs can’t seem to score more than three runs in a postseason game, but somehow they took down the Padres in the Wild Card. Now they face the Brewers in the NLDS, and Elliott was there in person for Game 1 — which we suspect is why the Cubs embarrassed themselves.

Ron breaks down all the soccer you didn’t ask for but secretly love: St. Louis City vs. Austin, Newcastle vs. Nottingham Forest, and whatever else he’s decided counts as “important” Premier League drama.

Join Pete, Ron, and Permanent Occasional Guest Host Elliott as they deliver Cubs survival mode, Cardinals consolation prizes, and the kind of sarcasm that makes this podcast a weekly necessity.

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It’s International Podcast Day, and we’re celebrating in style! The Cubs are back in the playoffs, facing the Padres for the first time in 40 years, and the ghosts of 1984 are haunting Wrigley like it’s Halloween. Meanwhile, the Cardinals’ season mercifully ended in a brutal sweep at Wrigley, the Bears simultaneously traumatize and inspire the faithful, and both Newcastle and City lost in jaw-dropping fashion.

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The Cubs are limping into October. The Bears exact revenge on Matt Eberflus. St. Louis City keeps winning whenever Ron isn’t watching. Newcastle United hands Ron the result he hates most: a nil-nil draw. Meanwhile, the Cardinals are already planning for 2026.

Join Ron, Elliott, and Pete for all the chaos, snark, and sports analysis you didn’t know you needed.

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Anthony Rizzo threw himself the retirement party of the century, and the guys can’t help but linger on Cubs talk longer than usual. Eventually, they pivot to St. Louis, where Masyn Winn has shut it down after a second torn meniscus.

Ron delivers his first completely positive Soccer Minute of the season: new Newcastle kicks, wins for both the Magpies and City, and even a Messi sighting as Charlotte knocked off Miami.

To wrap it all up, the crew forces themselves to relive Sunday’s disaster in Detroit, where the Bears flat-out forgot to play the second half.

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Pete spent the day doing some investigative journalism. He made calls, pulled records, and chased down leads no one else had the courage — or the free time — to chase.

Something is clearly wrong. Since the All-Star Break, every team ToR follows has decided to embrace mediocrity — at best! — as a lifestyle choice. This weak, the Team discusses the Cubs dropping out of the NL Central race, the Cardinals’ tragic number reducing to four, CITY hovering dangerously close to the Wooden Spoon, and Newcastle drawing Leeds, not to mention the Bears spending Monday's fourth quarter collapsing as performance art.

Because after careful research, meticulous analysis, and hours of reflection, Pete finally uncovered the root cause of all this misery.

It’s Ron’s fault.

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The Cubs are still babying Cade Horton like it’s 2023, the Cardinals are drawing 17,002 fans (and somehow still announcing it proudly), and the Bears are trying to convince us that “cautious optimism” counts as progress.

This week, Ron, Elliott, and Pete stumble into another rundown-less episode that covers everything from baffling roster decisions and dwindling St. Louis attendance to NFL opening week and ESPN trying to ruin RedZone with commercials. Ron sneaks in a very extended Soccer Minute, Elliott gets exposed as the world’s least subtle hacker, and Pete dreams of an emergency podcast the day the Cubs finally trade “You Suck”.

In other words, it’s another week of chaos, sarcasm, and sports therapy.

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The Cardinals keep finding new ways to lose, from a fan base running out of patience to players losing their minds (looking at you, Willson). Meanwhile, the Cubs try to claw their way back into the NL Central race, but not without Elliott and Pete’s usual mix of drama, anxiety, and over-analysis. The Team also debates rumored MLB expansion cities (spoiler: Nashville comes up, because of course it does). And finally, Ron delivers another extended Soccer Minute with double the heartbreak, as both Newcastle and City lose late, but in very different ways. Maybe it’s Ron…?

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