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Cardinals Director of Communications Brian Bartow joins the show to discuss the days surrounding September 11, 2001. Baseball took a leave of absence as the nation grieved. Meanwhile the Cardinals had to find a way home from Milwaukee after all air traffic was grounded. When games resumed Jack Buck stirred a packed house at Busch with a now famous original poem. Bartow witnessed it all first hand, and relays stories about an unprecedented week in American, and baseball, history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ozzie Smith conducts one-on-one interviews with current Cardinals Matt Carpenter and Paul DeJong. Discussion includes the club’s second half success, hitting philosophy, the now famous salsa, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode includes separate discussions with Cardinals alumni Larry Walker and John Tudor. Both reflect on their individual era of Cardinals baseball and talk about why St. Louis was an important stop during their careers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was the year of the pitcher, and Bob Gibson was its face. This year’s Cardinals yearbook recalls the summer of 1968. Cardinals Director of Publications Steve Zesch joins the show to talk about Gibson’s incredible season, and how the Cardinals Magazine staff aimed to bring it context within the 2018 yearbook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith played a role in making the 100th PGA Championship a success for St. Louis. He is also the President of the Gateway Chapter of the PGA Reach Foundation, helping influence inner city youth through the game of golf. The Wizard joins the show to discuss an award he earned for his efforts. Plus, St. Louis native Brad Lefton talks about his time covering Ichiro and other famous Japanese players for media outlets across the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cardinals revamped bullpen includes a number of rookie arms, including Daniel Poncedeleon and Dakota Hudson. Both hurlers join the podcast to discuss what it has been like pitching in St. Louis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andy Van Slyke began his career with four seasons on Whitey Herzog’s Cardinals. He joins the show to talk about his memories from the 1980s, what it is like to have a son who played in the majors, how he occupies his time now and more. Plus, hear what Bob Costas had to say about St. Louis during his Hall of Fame induction speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This season, the Cardinals are paying tribute to the life and legacy of Bob Gibson. Gibson joins the show to talk about using his platform to influence others. Also in this episode, hear a meeting between Gibby and a group of St. Louis students who produced the theme song for the Complete Gamer campaign, which honors him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cardinals have seven walk-off wins this season. The podcast replays radio and TV calls of each one, and Cardinals Radio Network host Alex Ferrario joins to discuss how they unfolded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Cardinals have seven walk-off wins this season. The podcast replays radio and TV calls of each one, and Cardinals Radio Network host Alex Ferrario joins to discuss how they unfolded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On June 25th the Cardinals collected their 10,000th regular season win as a member of the National League. Club president Bill DeWitt III joins the show to talk about the achievement. Plus, Hall of Fame quarterback and Super Bowl champion Kurt Warner discusses his respect for St. Louis, and why he likes coming to Busch Stadium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Selby is the voice of the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds. He joins the show to discuss what he has seen at the highest level of the Cardinals minor league system this season. Plus, Jim Gilstrap from Cardinals Magazine talk about his newest feature on former Cardinals first baseman Keith Hernandez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On June 15th St. Louis paused to honor an icon. Red Schoendienst was remembered in a service at the Cathedral Basilica where Cardinals Chairman and CEO Bill DeWitt Jr., President of the Baseball Hall of Fame Jeff Idelson, Cardinals broadcaster Mike Shannon, and Red’s daughter Colleen Schoendienst all offered eulogies. This episode brings you all four speeches and an interview with Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For more than 50 years St. Louis was home to a pair of Major League teams. While the American League Browns are often forgotten they once featured one of the game’s premiere players, George Sisler. Ed Wheatley of the St. Louis Browns Historical Society joins the podcast to discuss Sisler’s achievements and other stories from the history of the St. Louis Browns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian Jordan had a 15 year MLB career including seven seasons with the Cardinals, but he also spent three seasons years as a member of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. Jordan joins the show to discuss playing two pro sports, and why he still loves St. Louis even a decade after leaving town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan McLaughlin has become an iconic voice in St. Louis broadcasting. The St. Louis native has been involved with the Cardinals since his early twenties. He joins the show to discuss his career, love of Cardinals baseball, and favorite moments behind the mic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 1968 Cardinals won the National League behind Bob Gibson’s 1.12 ERA, and a stellar season from the entire starting rotation. Fifty years later the team gathered for a reunion at Busch Stadium. Alumni from that team join the show to discuss their pennant winning club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mark McGwire put St. Louis at the center of the sports world in 1998 by capturing the single season home run record, which had stood since 1961. Dan McLaughlin, Vicki Bryant, and John Vuch each had unique perspectives on that summer. McLaughlin was telling stories for Cardinals TV, Bryant was involved in merchandising, and Vuch was tasked with determining the distance of each homer. All three share personal stories in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jim Schiele has been attending Cardinals games since 1936. He relays recollections of Cardinals greats, and what attending Sportsman’s Park was like. Plus, Stan McNeal joins the podcast to talk about the newest Cardinals Magazine feature on Bob Gibson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Hochman covers the Cardinals as a sports columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He is a native St. Louisan and author of the new book The Big 50: The Men and Moments That Made the St. Louis Cardinals. Ben joins the podcast to discuss anecdotes from Cardinals history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices