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Best Podcast in Baseball 7.27: Nationals Treasure

11/01/19 • 37 min

Recorded hours after the final out of the 115th World Series and before the lights went out at Minute Maid Park, this brand new episode of the Best Podcast in Baseball features a conversation with New York Times national baseball columnist Tyler Kepner, author of the book "K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches." Kepner and Best Podcast in Baseball host and St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold talk about what they just witnessed during Washington's Game 7 victory and the first title in the short history of the Nationals franchise. Will the money and prospect that Houston and Washington spent on starting pitching to get to this point have a trickle-down impact on the rest of baseball, especially as a talented group of starters reaches free agency? What will be the lasting impact of the Nats' victory -- and is their reign a brief one? Kepner, after covering his 101st consecutive World Series game, also discusses his favorite specific pitches in World Series and postseason history, including one famous curve that bent past Carlos Beltran, who reportedly will be the next manager of the Mets. 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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Best Podcast in Baseball 7.26: Angles in the Outfield

From the lobby of a downtown St. Louis hotel on the eve of leaving town for the 2019 World Series, St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold visits with colleague and Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel about the future of the Cardinals for a brand new episode of the Best Podcast in Baseball. The two baseball writers explore improvements the Cardinals could make and changes the Cardinals need to make, and all of the conversation circles back and back again to the outfield. There are some surprise solutions, especially one involving a trade many years past its do-date, but still strangely fitting for both clubs. That right, BPIB goes straight-up chat by proposing trades. The Best Podcast in Baseball, brought to you weekly 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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