What can Cardinals take from Phillies' ongoing, outgoing October vibes?

Best Podcast in Baseball

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies are putting the PH in fun once again this October, right down to his Phanatic cleats, a teammate's foul mouth, and a fun-filled, phenomenal atmosphere at home games.

If more players in 2024 don't use walk-up songs that invite crowd participation, that's not A-Oh, A-OK. How can the Cardinals capture what the Phillies have on the field -- and is there something they can take away from another October run by the Phillies?

Even literally? New York Times bestselling author Tyler Kepner, now a national baseball writer for The Athletic, rejoins the podcast to discuss his recent article that is an appreciation of Phillies' right-hander Aaron Nola, a free-agent this winter.

Kepner and BPIB host Derrick Goold also discuss a trend in pitching and whether or not it should be concerning, and just how far the Cardinals must go to close the gap on NL standouts.

Kepner makes the point that the Cardinals may be squandering the peaks of two all-time greats in the same way some haloed American League club did.

The Best Podcast in Baseball, brought to you by Closets by Design of St. Louis, is a production of StlToday.com, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and baseball writer Derrick Goold.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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.
0:14.4	That's 1-800-by-design.
0:17.2	You know, I think the Cardinals, you know, they still do a lot of things well.
0:21.9	And they're, you know, they're in that weird spot because they've got two, you know,
0:25.1	Hall of Famers pretty much on the corners.
0:27.4	Both of those guys are, you know, they've been around a while and they still haven't
0:31.0	got the World Series.
0:32.2	And I think they kind of had a reason to think that going to St. Louis, they would have a good shot at that.
0:37.6	And it hasn't worked out that way.
0:38.9	So, you know, the pressure is always on in St. Louis.
0:41.9	It would be a shame if they waste those guys' later primes the way kind of the angels have. Hello everybody and welcome to the best podcast in baseball, brought to you by closet
1:02.2	by design of St. Louis. I'm St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derek Gould. Join this
1:06.2	week from the desert out there in Phoenix. Are you walking distance from the ballpark?
1:13.1	I am, yeah.
1:14.3	So at night it's okay.
1:15.5	In the morning, it's okay.
1:16.4	But I don't know if I want to go walking over there, a 15-minute walk at noon today.
1:23.5	I don't want to just arrive in a pool of sweat.
1:29.7	You'd have to take a change of clothes for a two-block walk.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of St. Louis Post-Dispatch and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.