Magic season. More of the same postseason. How can Cardinals change trend?

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

A season that contained such wonder (Albert Pujols' 700th home run) and such unexpected storylines (Albert Pujols' 700th home run) finished where so many seasons have recently for the Cardinals -- flat. Swept out of the postseason by the lower-seeded Philadelphia Phillies, at home, the Cardinals have an early start on the postseason. But will it be any different? Must it be? The retirement of Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols leave the Cardinals with significant holes to fill -- on the field, in the clubhouse, and as part of the offense. St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Ben Frederickson joins a brand new Best Podcast in Baseball to discuss with baseball writer and host Derrick Goold what went awry in the National League Wild Card series, what separates the 100-win behemoths in the National League from the Cardinals, and what to do next, other than just wait and "hope-cast." The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closets by Design of St. Louis, is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold.

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0:00.0	The best podcast in baseball is brought to you by Closets by Design.
0:05.6	Update your closet, garage, office, pantry, and more.
0:09.0	Imagine your home totally organized with closets by design.
0:12.6	Call 1-800 by design.
0:14.5	That's 1-800-by-design.
0:17.2	It's an awesome, regular season, season full of history, and a lot of fun.
0:38.6	But still, success, failure, glory, history, the history that matters most is all made after the regular season ends. That to me is where they're at. Are they going to be the team that celebrates the regular season and treats the postseason as, well, whatever happens, happens, see you at spring training,
0:43.2	or are they going to be a team that says we are not happy with this trend line?
0:53.4	Hello, everybody, and welcome to the best podcast in baseball brought to you by closet by design of St. Louis.
0:57.2	I'm St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derek Gouldrick will join this week do you just want to introduce yourself name rank serial number hey everybody i'm ben frederickson here and uh and yeah here we are to
1:05.1	break down a season that is it broke down that broke down we were thought we were going to be doing the NLDS preview the next time we talked and turned
1:15.5	into a season wrap-up podcast.
1:17.3	I mean, we did think we were going to be doing an NLDS preview, right?
1:21.2	I thought we were.
1:22.2	We did.
1:23.0	I thought, yes, I thought so.
1:25.9	You know, the Phillies kind of lumbered into the post.
1:28.7	Now, they had two strong pitchers, Wheeler and Nola, and in a three-game series, that can tilt the balance.
1:35.7	But you figured that the Cardinals would have enough at home, you know, players playing better,
1:43.4	pitching creatively, but also they had quality pitchers lined up as well.
1:48.4	So you thought that they would have the edge.
1:50.9	Not so.
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