Best Podcast in Baseball 7.31: Signs, Signs, Everywhere They're Stolen

01/17/20 • 60 min

At a time when teams are usually generating optimism with fan fests and starting to sell tickets for the onrushing new season, baseball was engulfed by a sign-stealing scandal that has upended two franchises, cost three managers their jobs, and is still unfurling in real time, on social media, with the gleeful participation of active players. In a brand new edition of the Best Podcast in Baseball, St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports writers Derrick Goold and Ben Frederickson, discuss the fallout from the sign-stealing penalties. They disagree on whether the punishment given Houston was enough, and they arrive at a question about what this scandal tells us about the pressure put on the modern-day manager and if its incongruous with the power of the modern-day manager. There is also a Nolan Arenado discussion. The Best Podcast in Baseball is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold.

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Best Podcast in Baseball 7.30: The Quandary of Oz

New Year. Same questions. Back from a holiday break, Post-Dispatch staff writers Derrick Goold and Ben Frederickson discuss the concerns facing the Cardinals through the lens of offseason negotiations. The Colorado Rockies are exploring trades involving Nolan Arenado, and the Cardinals have long been fascinated by adding the Gold Glove-winning third baseman to their lineup. Is the conversation different today than it was 12 months ago -- and why? And should it matter? The two writers also explore the semantics of deals, how they as reporters could do a better job describing and articulating what teams are actually talking about, how trades develop and happen, and why saying a team talked to an agent might not mean anything at all. Enter Marcell Ozuna. The Cardinals remain in conversation with Ozuna's agent about the free-agent left fielder and their most recent cleanup hitter. The question facing the Cardinals, as Frederickson points out, is this: If not Marcell Ozuna, then who? There is also a contest! Win a copy of Goold's Cardinals book by posting a picture on Twitter of where you listened to BPIB, and be sure to send it too @Ben_Fred or @dgoold and add #BPIB. The Best Podcast in Baseball is a production of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold. It can be found on iTunes and anywhere you get your podcasts.

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Best Podcast in Baseball 7.32: Deck the Hall with Danny Mac

Scoops! Crossover! Dan McLaughlin, the television voice of the Cardinals and uber-host of all things Scoops with Danny Mac, has created a podcast empire, and a new year means new appearances for St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold. As a preview of the podcasts McLaughlin and Goold will do every weekday during spring training and then throughout the season here at the Best Podcast in Baseball and at Scoops with Danny Mac, here is a recent conversation about the voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and some questions facing the Cardinals as spring training approaches. The Best Podcast in Baseball is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold

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