Last night we celebrated opening day in a very Cardinals-centric way. Tonight, we do the same, but for the Cubs. Special guest Anthony Serafini joins Pete, Elliott, and Ron to dive into speculation, answer listener questions, and give their predictions for the 2018 season!
To celebrate Opening Day 2018 we welcome Daniel Shoptaw from the Meet Me at Musial Podcast, Jim Cromer from Two Birds on a Bat and Chris Lollis of Cardinals Nation 24/7 and the Cardinals Nation Facebook Group. Here's to a great season!
Ron leads off with a rant about Little League Baseball coaches, then the guys dive into Justin Turner's wrist, Alex Cobb's brilliant signing, 4A Ohtani, paying minor leaguers the minimum-wage, and Carson Kelly's Memphis Adventure!
After taking their time to get rolling, the guys discuss Jake Arrieta signing with the Phillies, the end (?) of Scott Boras, the return of Matt Carpenter, and new minor league pace-of-play initiatives. Plus, Ron and Elliott play "So you think you can Coach Third Base"!
Pete leads off this week's episode with a correction and the announcement of the 1,000 Follower Challenge. With all three hosts available and online, the guys discuss Paul De Jong's extension, Tommy Pham's bet, Mike Moustakas's (very bad) bet, Spring Training injuries, and Jon Lester's new technique.
Elliott is at a team dinner, and Pete is in The Biggest Little City in the World, but that's not going to stop the O.G.'s from their weekly chat. This week's show covers the OFFICIAL signing of Seung-Hwan Oh - with a guest appearance by Ron's 12-year-old Cardinals Correspondent, before diving into Pete's Arrieta conspiracy theory. They take a brief break to draw the winners of the Cardinals Nation t-shirt contest. They then go deeper on all of the remaining free agents - headlined by the big four of Arrieta, Cobb, Lynn and Moustakas - and the "new economics" of Major League Baseball. They spend a lot of time on Eric Hosmer, and on Ron's dislike of the bottom-feeder Padres. Finally, Ron and Pete climb into their rocking chairs on the front porch and scream at the kids to "Get off of our lawn!"