The Opening Drive

Chip joins "The Opening Drive" to dive into the diametrically different paths for the Phillies and Cardinals since they faced off in the Wild Card, while everything comes down to pitching, what he's seeing from the young pitchers, why Palacios has been such an exciting moment for the Cardinals, the potential if Palacios continues to prove himself, why he thinks the Cardinals have struggles with the base loaded and had such trouble to start & finish games, why he believes the style of pitching has led to an increase in injuries & today's "Hot Girl Walk" plans.

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7:00 - Cardinals at Phillies tonight - The fortunes of the two teams changed after the playoffs last year. The Phillies went to the World Series, and despite losing Bryce Harper for the first half of the season, are 69-58 and leading the NL Wild Card race…

7:15 - Bird Watch

7:30 - Jay Delsing has his favorite for the PGA Championship and his thoughts on the Ryder Cup matchup in Italy

7:45 - TIOLI

8:00 - Fresh Take: How are the players the Cardinals traded at the deadline doing?

8:15 - Ascension Charity Classic’s Nick Ragone in studio to talk about the upcoming events around the tournament

8:30 – The Fight

8:45 - Is Santa back to gifting present for St. Louis CITY?

9:00 - RUSH HOUR RESET

9:15 - Cardinals broadcaster Chip Caray joins the show from Philly to talk about the Cardinals struggles with the bases loaded and their inability to start or finish games consistently

9:30 - Why do the Cardinals start and finish so poorly?

Outscored 89-69 in the first inning.

Outscored 200-172 in the seventh, eighth, ninth.

9:45 - Rocc and Roll w/ special guest match analyst Devon Kerr breaking down St. Louis vs. Orlando

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JR joins Carey, Brooke & Randy with his favorite travel horror story--courtesy of Kelly Chase and dive into the big contract given out to Matthews, the Blues pipeline rankings after a rough season, what kind of decision the Maple Leafs have going forward after another big contract and what makes the Kevin Hayes story so incredible.

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Greg joined "The Opening Drive" to talk about the moment he got the Ohtani, the seismic shift this will causes in free agency, why this is another great example of not blaming players for looking out for themselves, why the Cardinals struggle so much with RISP, why culture in the minors is so crucial for winning franchises and why it's so important--and so hard--to get former players to become coaches.

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7:00 – Cardinals-6 Pirates-4

Shohei Ohtani is done pitching for 2023 because of a tear in the UCL in his right elbow–what does this mean for his FA deal?

Oh hey look what Messi did again…

7:15 – SICK OF IT!!!

7:30 – Greg Amsinger talks about the shifts in MLB/FA following the Ohtani injury

7:45 – TIOLI

8:00 – Fresh Take: Why are the Cardinals so bad with runners in scoring position, and how can they improve?

8:15 - The Cardinals have ten players on the IL. Why? Could the injuries have been prevented?

8:30 - The Fight

8:45 - Bird Watch 

9:00 - RUSH HOUR RESET

9:15 - Blues insider Jeremy Rutherford tells his worst travel horror story (credit to Kelly Chase on the assist...)

9:30 – NFL News & Notes

9:45 – Rocc ‘n Roll

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7:00 – Cardinals-3 Pirates-6

Wiano was cruising through 4.0IP with just 1ER when the bottom of the 5th happened.

Final Line→4.2IP 7H 6ER 1BB 3K 1HR

White Sox shake up their front office after another year of struggles

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38241494/white-sox-fire-vice-president-ken-williams-gm-rick-hahn

7:15 - Ask Uncle Randy

7:30 - Should other MLB franchises do a better job of emulating the Cardinals business model? Based on John Angelos saying the Orioles need to dramatically raise ticket prices to keep their players.

7:45 - TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT

8:00 – Fresh Take: How important is team chemistry? If Willson Contreras is on his own at events, is that a red flag?

8:15 - BIRD WATCH

8:30 - The Fight

8:45 - Rush Hour Reset

9:00 – New ESPN Radio morning show host Michelle Smallmon join her old time spot to talk about her journey from STL to weekends to the bigtime

9:15 - Rocc and Roll 

9:30 - Wednesdays with Waino with Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright to talk about his struggles last night and tell a story that encapsulates all his reasons for his charity and outreach work

9:50 - We gotta go!

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Smalls joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about her joining the new ESPN Radio lineup as our lead-in, as she'll be on every morning before 101 programming starts, her thoughts on the Cardinals, her journey back to Bristol from the weekends to primetime and he excitement for I-L-L-I-N-I this season.

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Waino joins Carey, Brooke & Randy to talk about his struggles last night, what led to his early success and what faltered in the 5th, his lobbying for a chance to hit and if he thinks it way happen, why he isn't completely in favr of robot umpires, why PNC Park is his favorite ballpark in the league and an incredible story about Adam's outreach and charity work.

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Claibs joins the show to make sure we'll all surviving the heat, try to figure out how the Cardinals will play all three catches next season, his takeaways from a rough debut for Rom, how Arenado & Goldy are handling the slogs of a lost season, how much the Helsley injury development matters, why the depth in the bullpen needs to be completely re-thought, the communication or philosophy issues between different levels of the Cardinals system & why the Ascension Charity Classic is one of Claib's favorite events in STL--plus a quick kicker on why the NFL preseason makes no sense.

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Bradley joins "The Opening Drive" to talk about a big win over Austin, wishing the team could've dominated the whole time, what he thinks happened with the defense in the last ~25 minutes, how they were able to hit the ground running after a so much time off, what kind of coach he is and why pushing buttons to get the most from our players is the most crucial part of his style, what makes Edu special and how there's even more room for him to grow, the growth of Niko and letting him play his style within the system, the importance of training be fun as well as productive and how the fans never stop impressing him as CITYPARK's homefield advantage gets better and better.

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