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Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) brings you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  This week brought some almost history in the middle and a classic matchup at the end, so there's plenty for Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) to discuss.  What was it like watching the end of Miles Mikolas's bid to get a no-hitter?  What do they make of the bullpen dichotomy? How do you balance sentiment and winning?  All that and more on this week's episode!

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 long absence, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) is very glad to welcome Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) back to the co-host chair.  Tara's not coming empty-handed, though, as the legendary #SiriSteve joins in the conversation, bringing a little Cubbie blue perspective on the issues of the day.  The three talk about the Cardinals season as a whole, the youth movement that has been going on, and the farewell tour of the legends.  So much to catch up on!

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 still out of pocket, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) reaches back into Cardinal blogging history to talk with his friend Josh Gilliam (Prospect Preacher, @aprfool79) about the past, present, and future of the Cardinals.  Nolan Gorman and Matthew Liberatore made their debuts this weekend.  What lies in store for both of these highly touted young men?  What does the injury to Steven Matz mean for the rotation?  Is this team one of destiny, and how many Hall of Famers will make their pitching debut this season?  It's a great half hour of baseball talk!

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 still away, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) brings in David Jones (@iPopEditor) to talk about this confusing and roller-coaster week of Cardinal baseball.  One day they can't put up any hits, the next day they have double digit runs.  Where's the consistency?  What really is this team?  Where do you improve?  What happens now at shortstop with Paul DeJong in Memphis?  Come for those answers, stick around as the guys talk about something they'd never thought they'd see as it happens in real time!

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, usually it's two of the best fans.  This week, with Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) still out of pocket, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) flies solo, filling the time with a stream of consciousness discussion that somehow never veers into Star Wars or Marvel properties.  (Maybe next time!)  Offense, the rotation, the bullpen, Juan Yepez's call up, all are touched on in this hopefully unique episode!

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) away, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) brings in Mike Bauer (@mike_bauer) to talk about the first full week of Cardinals baseball.  The Cards split with the Brewers--is that a cause for concern or a good sign?  Albert Pujols has two home runs in four games played.  Can he actually reach 700?  Do good outings by Steven Matz and Miles Mikolas alleviate concerns about the rotation?  All this and much more!

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) out of pocket, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) brings in Mason (@MastheAce25) to talk about the opening weekend of Cardinal baseball.  Opening Day was spectacular and the guys talk about all the excitement around that before digging into the issues with the rest of the weekend, most notably the pitching.  Can the Cardinals slug their way to success if the arms aren't there?

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 truly is every week now as Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) come to you for the second week in a row, this time to discuss the news of baseball's return.  Was it a surprise that the CBA got signed and with little cost in games?  How hard is it going to be to see familiar faces in new places, now that Carlos Martinez will be a Giant and Matt Carpenter will be, well, somewhere?  The Cardinals weren't quiet this week, bringing in two pitchers, and the two talk about them as well as the use of the DH spot.  Baseball, folks, baseball!

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis about the St. Louis Cardinals.  Well, every week that makes sense to record and there hasn't been a lot of those recently.  With the cancellation of major league games, though, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) get back in studio to talk about all the problems among baseball's leadership.  Do the owners really want to have a season?  Are the players giving too much away?  Will people come back when baseball does?  All this and some minor league talk as well!

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  OK, so it's occasionally every three months.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) dust off the microphones and get to talking about the little baseball news that there is.  Of course, most of that is the lockout and the two spend some time talking about how that's going, when it will end, etc.  They wrap it up with the big news of the day, though, which was, of course, canine-related!

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 have been weeks with big news but few that were bigger and more shocking than this week, when the Cardinals fired manager Mike Shildt after he led the team to the playoffs yet again.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) try to get their arms around what just happened.  Is this a schism in the making?  What in the world could have caused the Cards to let a keeper of the Cardinal flame go without even a "thanks for the memories"?  Who should be the next top man?  Plus they briefly touch on a couple of breaking MLB stories as well.  Come give it a listen!

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 Cardinals didn't get to stay in October very long, being bounced by the Dodgers in a tight game that ended poorly.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) discuss the wild card game, from decisions that could have changed the game to the decisions that did.  There's a lot of Alex Reyes talk, just for fair warning!

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 final game of the regular season invites reflection on the past, something Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) are more than willing to do.  The winning streak is history, but does that bode ill for the playoffs?  Mike Shannon finished 50 years in the booth while Matt Carpenter finished a decade in uniform.  Daniel and Tara talk about both of them and also about that little thing coming up in LA later this week!

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  For the second week in a row, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) are coming to you after a perfect week of Cardinal baseball, this time consisting of two four game sweeps of the Brewers and the Cubs on the road.  What's been the most remarkable part of this streak?  How can you put into words what this team has been doing in all facets of the game?  And what sort of downside could there be to 16 straight?  All this and more as we revel in the winning!

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  From a game out last week to three games up this week, the Cardinals have had a wonderful week for their postseason aspirations.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) talk about the excitement and energy around the team now that they've had back-to-back sweeps against two other teams vying for that same second wild card spot.  Tyler O'Neill hit two dramatic bombs this week--how great has he been this year and what does that mean for his future with the Cards?  The bullpen has been bending if not breaking.  Is usage catching up to players like T.J. McFarland?  Mike Shildt has been using Alex Reyes in various spots--is this creativity or something more Alex-centric?  All this and so much more!

Every week, two of the Best Fans In Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis about the St. Louis Cardinals.  With a series win against the Reds and a little help from a slumping Padres team, the Cardinals end the week just one game out of the wild card game.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Bat, @tarawellman) discuss how much to invest in this team.  Do you trust them to not break your heart the rest of the way?  Have the good moments from the players been forgotten because they come in losses?  Which team has the easiest and hardest schedules going forward?  All that and plenty more!

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  Another Sunday, another walk-off disaster by the Cardinals bullpen.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) had so much to say about the bullpen situation that this turned into a double-length episode.  Who can you trust in the Cardinals bullpen?  How much blame does Mike Shildt deserve?  What's the difference between stabilizing and improving?  Plus there's talk about the return of Albert Pujols to St. Louis and whether or not we've seen the last hit in Matt Carpenter's Cardinals career.  Come and give it a listen!

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  On the heels of Alex Reyes serving up a walkoff blast on Sunday afternoon, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) spend a lot of time talking about the bullpen.  Who should close if Reyes doesn't?  What do we make of the Cardinal bullpen as a whole?  Can Mike Shildt get creative if freed from the "use Reyes in the ninth" rule?  There's also talk about if anyone can take a playoff run seriously and what this week and this series against the Reds looks like.  Come commiserate with us!

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 Cardinals treated the Brewers and the Pirates the same this week, which was not a good thing as the Redbirds dropped both series and looked very comparable to the competition, both good and bad.  Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) and Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) talk about the good first though, spending time being amazed by what Adam Wainwright is doing.  However, is it a good thing a couple of approaching-40-year-olds are what captivate much of the attention?  And what about Jack Flaherty--can, will, and should the Cardinals try to lock him up this winter?  All that and more in 30 minutes (well, 35)!

Every week, two of the Best Fans in Baseball (TM) bring you all the news and analysis you need about the St. Louis Cardinals.  This week, Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) asks current Iowa resident Tara (Birds on the Black, @tarawellman) her thoughts about the Field of Dreams game held in said state as well as her thoughts about the Cardinals TV broadcast, most notably the inexplicable decision to keep broadcasters from traveling.  Plus there's a little talk about the Cardinals 6-0 week as well!