Cardinals put together a feisty, energized lineup in April. Will club keep it together by August?

Best Podcast in Baseball

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Welcome to a brand-new Best Podcast in Baseball. St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer and host Derrick Goold is joined this week by colleague, sports columnist, and instant offense Jeff Gordon. They discuss the Cardinals’ “relentless bunch” – their league-leading on-base machine lineup and their leader, hitting coach Brant Brown. There’s even a quiz on his catchphrases. The two writers look at the Cardinals shift to a six-man rotation for the coming week. And then they dive into the numbers on attendance in the early series of the season, ticket sales, and whether the dip in attendance reflects exactly the drop in payroll. Will the assertive start by the lineup and this team’s style of play be enough to bring fans to Busch Stadium, or Goold asks, is there something else afoot hear? The Cardinals have advertised a “transition” year, so is coming to the ballpark early in the season less fun because the team is more likely to change? Being there to watch a team in April that will be dismantled by August can be a hard sell.

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0:17.1	Welcome to a brand new best podcast in baseball.
0:19.9	I'm joined this week by colleague in sports columnist Jeff Gordon.
0:23.5	We're going to talk about the Cardinals Relentless Bunch,
0:26.6	that is the lineup and their leader and his catchphrases.
0:30.4	Yes, we're going to talk a little Brant Brown.
0:32.2	We're going to look at what a six-man rotation means for the pitching staff.
0:36.0	And we're going to get into the attendance and ticket sales.
0:40.0	And whether or not the drop-in ticket sales matches the drop-in payroll and how the
0:45.5	Cardinals can get it back.
0:46.6	Is it a style of play that brings them back?
0:48.9	Or is there something more afoot here in the sense that the Cardinals have said this is
0:53.9	a transition year.
0:55.2	So watching the team now, coming to the ballpark now, might just mean that you're watching
0:59.8	a team that's dismantled by August.
1:01.7	And where's the fun in that?
1:03.4	Do you the music. Hello, everybody, and welcome to the best podcast in baseball, brought to you by Closets by Design of St. Louis.
1:18.8	I'm St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derek Wool.
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