Best Podcast in Baseball

How 100 years ago this week Babe Ruth helped launch Cardinals' brand in 1926 World Series

After a lengthy delay, the Best Podcast in Baseball is back and making up for lost time.  Or, well, going back in time. On the 100th anniversary -- to the date -- of th

Trade winds: When it comes to contention, is a bird in hand worth two birds on a bat?

KANSAS CITY -- When it comes to the fragile, fleeting nature of contention, is a bird in hand worth two birds on a bat? That's the question that baseball writer Derrick

A conversation with NLBM president Bob Kendrick: Storytelling's power to inspire baseball with its past

One of the first true baseball dynasties in St. Louis history was the St. Louis Stars, who had the talent to back up the name. And, at their centrally located ballpark,

101 life lessons from the dugout and a few extra from the CBA negotiation room

It's become book week at the Best Podcast in Baseball. Long time baseball writer and columnist and former president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America Ken D

The seams that bind St. Louis baseball and the history of the game itself: A Glove Story

What is it with St. Louis and fielding, what are the seams to tie the city, its fondness for baseball, and defense together? That's the question that comes at the conclu

Both humbled by Brewers, Cardinals and Cubs clash for 1st time in series vital for hosts

As the longtime archrivals clash for the first time in 2026 with a weekend series at Busch Stadium, here is what the scuffling Cardinals and struggling Cubs share in comm

Central Casting: What role will Cardinals play in making the division a real race?

CINCINNATI -- The Cardinals continue a stretch of 12 consecutive games against National League Central rivals, and all five division teams will reach their 50th game of t

Tarps off! BPIB is back on: Have Cardinals found their voice as a contender?

Keep your shirts on, the Best Podcast in Baseball is back. And just in time, too. Good vibes have engulfed the Cardinals after returing from a successful swing through

Should Cardinals' fast start to 2026 accelerate their long-range rebuild plans?

MIAMI -- Fresh off a sweep of the Astros in Houston, the Cardinals visit the Marlins with a tailwind of five consecutive wins and a fast start to their rebuild season. Do

Cardinals TV's Dani Wexelman relishes baseball stories she's ready to tell in her new role

WASHINGTON -- In a recent social media post, baseball broadcaster and reporter Dani Wexelman shared a photo of her interviewing Matthew Liberatore when he was a high scho

Happy New Year! BPIB's preview of 2026 Cardinals comes out of left field

What do the roster decisions made by the Cardinals ahead of opening day tell fans about their timetable to contend? Probably more than their letting on. The Best Podcas

Thomas Saggese flips the script with questions for BPIB and a new position for Cardinals

JUPITER, Fla. -- Thomas Saggese has questions for the host of the Best Podcast in Baseball. Moments after finishing his first ever start in center field for the Cardinal

BPIB Season No. 14 premieres with Cardinals spring training roundtable

JUPITER, Fla. -- On the even of the Cardinals opening their full-squad workouts for spring training, four reporters covering the camp gather at a table nearby the brand n

The big deal: What have Cardinals added with all of this subtraction?

The Cardinals' winter of accumulation climaxed with the trade many months in the making: They moved All-Star utility fielder Brendan Donovan in a three-team trade to Seat

A melancholy end to what could have been for Cardinals and Nolan Arenado

If you sensed some melancholy from both the Cardinals as they announced trading a Hall of Fame-caliber player to Arizona and also from that player, Nolan Arenado, as he d

Ignition switch: From sparking lineups with 'Leadoff Man' author to thawing a chilly Hot Stove

A discussion the Cardinals and a chilly Hot Stove eventually ignites with this completely unrelated question: How far into your list of the best players in the history of

Cardinals counterintuitive holiday shopping list could leave a hole in tradition

There should be ballads written about Willson Contreras' brief time with the Cardinals. From his arrival as the All-Star eager for the challenge of following Yadier Moli

Searching for Cardinals' next core with Cespedes Family BBQ's Jordan Shusterman

More Post-Dispatch podcasts.  Please consider subscribing. As the Cardinals have retreated from annual October appearances they have also faded from the national spotli

After stoking hot stove at Winter Meetings, what do Cardinals have cooking?

More Post-Dispatch podcasts.  Please consider subscribing. Back from Orlando, Florida, and the annual Winter Meetings and into the chill of St. Louis, Post-Dispatch bas

Do Cardinals need MLB's economics to shift before they can contend again?

More Post-Dispatch podcasts.  Please consider subscribing. There is no bumper sticker, no buzzy campaign slogan that captures the challenge facing Major League Baseball