Gateway to Baseball Heaven: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast

GTBH 8/2/20: No Way To Celebrate a Birthday

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  There wasn't a lot of news to be had this week, at least on the field, as the Cardinals had positive cases of COVID-19, cancelling the entire weekend series with the Brewers and putting this week's slate of games in jeopardy as well.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman), neither of which got baseball for their birthday, try to make some sense out of it all.  What do we know and why are things so confusing?  Should we as fans be trying to figure out where the whole thing started?  Could the team have done more to keep the virus out?  All that and plenty more in this week's installment!

GTBH 7/26/20: Dropping the Starting Flag

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  The 2020 season is now off and running and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) are here to talk about it.  It was just the Pirates, but the Cardinals looked sharp this weekend for the most part.  How much is real?  Can the offense keep it up?  Will Dakota Hudson really be the weak link in the rotation?  And, with significant cases springing up for the Reds and the Marlins, how likely is it that the coronavirus will still have a say in this season?

GTBH 7/19/20: Light On The Horizon

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis about the St. Louis Cardinals.  The baseball season does seem to be coming and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) are looking forward to seeing the Redbirds take on someone that....is not the Redbirds.  Can we take anything out of summer camp?  Is Matt Carpenter's seeming resurgence for real?  Is there a concern about the testing of the bubble as teams start traveling?  And what about the return of Mike Matheny to St. Louis?  All this and much more in the last show before the season starts!

GTBH 7/12/20: Are You Breathing Easy Yet?

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  There's a week of summer camp in the books but Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) continue to focus on the virus and the testing that goes along with it.  Are cases that pop up now concerning since they come after the environment was sealed?  Should MLB offer its testing facility to the rest of the country?  How accurate are the tests anyway?  Eventually they turn to the play on the field, though no real conclusions can be drawn.  Less than two weeks until Opening Day....if we can get there!

GTBH 7/5/20: A Sputtering Start

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  We've got players at Busch and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) are here for it.  Of course, trying to figure out what things are going to look like with the 'rona hanging over everyone's heads is a different story.  Will the Cardinals have enough players ready for Opening Day?  What should the makeup of the Springfield group look like?  Is it surprising that no Cardinal has opted out?  All this and much more as these two grapple with making sense of baseball in 2020.

GTBH 6/28/20: Diving Into the Player Pool

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  We've taking our first steps into the larger world of 2020 baseball season as the Cardinals have announced the first part of the player pool that the 26 man roster will be made up from.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Bat, @tarawellman) talk more about the players that haven't been announced yet, speculating on who might be at Springfield as depth and development.  They also discuss what this season is going to look like and the loss of John Brebbia as well as what the media coverage might look like as well.  Start the countdown, folks!

GTBH 6/22/20: We've Got a Season, It Seems

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  There's plenty of it this week as Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) try to keep up with the breaking news that there will be, from all accounts, a 2020 season starting the last week of July.  Did the players tarnish their case by not accepting the owners' terms?  How invested can we be in this season?  What about all the "health and safety" issues?  Join these two as they try to make sense of it all!

GTBH 6/15/20: Is The Summer Long Gone?

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis about the St. Louis Cardinals.  Well, any week that there is news to bring you, of course.  After this week, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) might not have much to talk about as baseball looks to possibly shoot itself in both feet.  How did the commissioner go from 100% sure the game was returning to less than that after the players told him to make a schedule?  Can any trust be regained between the two sides?  And it's hard to remember now but there was a draft this week, so Daniel and Tara talk a bit about those guys walking into this sort of situation.  It's a mess, but we hope you'll come discuss the mess with us!

GTBH 6/7/20: Spinning Their Wheels

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  Well, when there is news to share, of course.  Right now, baseball seems to be in a holding pattern as the clock ticks louder and louder toward making a decision for both sides.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) discuss the possibility of a short season and what that means for the players and fans.  There's also talk of things missed, as the London Series should be coming up this weekend.  Finally, they reflect on the new outspokenness of Jack Flaherty.

GTBH 5/31/20: Are We Getting Anywhere?

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  A little breaking news in this one, as Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) find out about the players' proposal to the owners mid-show.  They try to break that down this new information, but before that they talk about the odds of any sort of agreement happening.  All of that plus what the week was like for minor leaguers.  Spoiler: it wasn't good.