Gateway to Baseball Heaven: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast

GTBH 4/30/23: Our Next Homestand Follows This Road Trip

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  It's a little bit different listen this week as Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and David (@iPopEditor) honor the life and career of Mike Shannon, who passed away late Saturday night.  The guys talk about Shannon's enduring legacy and various clips of his work are scattered throughout the show.  They can't look back forever, though, and they tackle the terrible week and month of Cardinal baseball and search for some answers.  Will a shakeup come on the off day?  Was demoting Jordan Walker the right move?  Has Jordan Hicks figured it out?  Can anyone else pitch like Jordan Montgomery?  All this and discussions about people not named Jordan in this special episode!

GTBH 4/23/23: Still Looking For The Spark

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 keep thinking that the Cards will turn a corner and, week after week, we find ourselves disappointed.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and David (@iPopEditor) look at all the problems that the club is having and try to see if things are actually improving.  Jack Flaherty made a quality start on Sunday, only the third of the season for a Redbird starter.  How can the rotation be improved?  Can the offense start clicking?  And how bad would this team be without Nolan Gorman?  And is that actually Paul DeJong?  All this and more!

GTBH 4/16/23: It Shouldn’t Be This Hard

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  With the Cards' win on Sunday, they had a week that was over .500.  So why are Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and David (@iPopEditor) still grumbling?  Maybe it's the fact that a team supposedly a serious playoff threat struggled against Colorado and Pittsburgh.  What does the team do with Jordan Hicks?  Is Willson Contreras coming around?  Should the lineup be shuffled?  Do we accept any middling success from a starting pitcher as a great thing?  So much to talk about so come along and listen!

GTBH 4/8/23: Take Two Jordans and Call Me in the Morning

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  After a miserable week of games and off-field drama, the Cardinals got back on track Saturday night.  Seven strong innings from Jordan Montgomery brought Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and David (@iPopEditor) back from the brink a little bit.  The guys talk about the week that was anyway, though, and express their concerns about Jordan Hicks while appreciating what Jordan Walker has done so far.  Just call us the Israelites because we're all about the Jordan!  (There are other players not named Jordan also mentioned in this episode.)

GTBH 4/2/23: A Slugging 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.  Opening Day has come and gone and the season is starting to find its footing.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and David (@iPopEditor) talk about the highs and lows from the first series with the Blue Jays.  Are the Cardinals going to be the best offensive team of all time?  How many homers will Brendan Donovan hit?  And on the flip side, are the pitching performances cause for concern.  Three games is just large enough of a sample for wild overreactions so come in and listen to some!

GTBH 3/26/23: Walking Into the Season

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  So Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and David (@iPopEditor) were wrong earlier in the spring as Jordan Walker made the Opening Day roster.  Is it good that he struggled late in camp and what do we expect from him?  Lots of other interesting decisions as well, such as Packy Naughton over Genesis Cabrera and, apparently, Dylan Carlson over Juan Yepez, though the latter was something that wasn't really on the radar.  Plenty of roster talk and then the guys talk about what they really like about Opening Day in St. Louis!

GTBH 3/19/23: U S(t. Louis) A!

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 USA's semifinal win in the World Baseball Classic was definitely red-tinged as Adam Wainwright and Miles Mikolas limited the damage on the mound and Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt provided it at the plate.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and David (@iPopEditor) talk about the WBC and the impact it has had around the world before moving into Cardinal related news.  What was up with that 40-man roster move?  Which relievers are heading north and which ones are going to Memphis?  And, of course, the requisite Jordan Walker talk.  It's jam-packed and ready for your listening ears!

GTBH 3/12/23: Figuring Out The Roster

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  With David Jones (@iPopEditor) still filling in for Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman), he and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) try to go through some of the news from Jupiter and, given the World Baseball Classic, across the globe.  Are we still concerned about Adam Wainwright after his WBC debut?  How do you cut this roster to 26?  And did you recognize any names in Sunday's lineup?  Plenty of discussion as we get closer to decision time!

GTBH 3/5/23: Crossing the Jordan

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  With David Jones (@iPopEditor) sitting in for Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) again, he and Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) talk about the phenom that is Jordan Walker and while a good week is exciting but not enough to change their thoughts about where he starts the season.  They also talk about the velocity issues with Adam Wainwright and some of those that haven't been on the field much, such as Jack Flaherty and Paul DeJong.  A week's worth of spring training games is more than enough to draw conclusions from, right?  Tune in and see!

GTBH 2/26/23: Breaker One, Breaker One

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  With Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) off for a bit, Daniel welcomes in David Jones (@iPopEditor) for a few weeks to talk about all the things happening in Jupiter.  Does the fact Giovanny Gallegos is still fighting with the pitch clock warrant mentioning?  Is Jordan Walker already set for the Hall of Fame?  What about the early results for Paul DeJong?  Plus there's talk about the handshake that wasn't and the World Baseball Classic, so give it a listen!