In the second hour of tonight’s Sports Open Line, Matt Pauley ponders whether Dansby Swanson would actually make the Cardinals a better team when his numbers are comparable to Tommy Edman. Will Leitch, contributing editor at New York Magazine and for the MLB then joins the show to discuss the World Cup in Qatar and sports in countries where human rights are far behind those of the U.S, Matt caps off the hour with a funny story involving his car in wet cement and

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