Talking About Birds: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast

Nate & Ben discuss Cinco de Mayo, the millennial event of the year, the injury to Willson Contreras, Herrera and Pages as backups, Gallegos (dudewaffles) a d the mysterious case of should impingements, Roycroft, Mycroft Holmes, Dylan Carlson's return, the terrible series against the White Sox, the return of mCarp, Matz and his replacement, fixing the home run problem on both si

Nate & Ben discuss the fishing trip, falling out of boats, BEES, SO MANY BEES, the Cardinals mediocre April, the rise of Alec Burleson (CHIEF BEEF), Goldy and his always bad April, the Cardinals overall lack of power and how to fix it, the killer trio at the end of the bullpen, Dylan Carlson's imminent return, the starting pitching and possible upcoming collapse, regressing to

Nate & Ben discuss 2024 Coachella, the upcoming fishing tournament, going to Busch Stadium, Paul Goldschmidt's characteristically slow start, Jordan Walker's demotion, Zach Thompson, Jose Fermin, Andre Pallante and the maybe just starting to crumble rotation, Nick Robertson and the probably really good bullpen despite John King, the complete lack of power, the Cardinals maybe s

Nate & Ben discuss the Cardinal 5k, Dune 2, RIP WHITEY HERZOG, the return of NOOOOT, Sonny Gray's dominance, Nolan Arenado waking up, Masyn Winn ascending, the two catcher combo, Lance Lynn, Tommy Edman's return, saying no to taxpayer funded ballparks, the upcoming series against the Brewers, the series against the DBacks, and much more! Talking About Birds is listener supporte

Nate & Ben discuss going to live baseball games, hot dogs, the upcoming Cardinals 5k, sleeping through a 5k, Sonny Gray's debut, the overall pretty okay Cardinal starting pitching, the overall pretty good bullpen, the young guys stepping up, the old guys not looking great, the ghost of Tommy Edman's eventual return, platelet rich injections, the Diamondbacks, the Athletics, and

Nate & Ben discuss the START OF THE 2024 SEASON!!!!!, Chip Caray's terrible voice, the sweaty see through jerseys, the fucking Dodgers, feeling good about the start, Mike The Turtle Shildt, why we are happy with the pitching, why we aren't happy with the pitching, VSII's comfort at the bigs, Donovan's continued surge, and much more!

Nate & Ben celebrate opening day!, discuss opening day traditions, a trip to driveline, going for the hole, the sad reality of Dylan Carlson, the joy of VSII, Jordan Walker's big scary body, Michael Siani and the no good very bad bench, or maybe the bench isn't bad, Zach Thompson's rise to the rotation, the confusing case of Matt Liberatore, a breakdown of the series against th

Nate is back! and joins Ben to discuss Mediterranean food, horse, A League of Their Own, the Oliver Marmol extension, Lars Nootbaar's ribs, Keynan Middleton's forearm, Sonny Gray's hamstring, Miles Mikolas, a breakdown of Stuff+ and why you can still be excited about Cardinal pitching, a preview of the 2024 Cubs, league news, and much more!Talking About Birds is listener supported

Ben is joined by the PodFather, Daniel Shoptaw, while Nate is off in Europe. They discuss Dune, the various health related problems the Cardinals are facing and the Dylan Cease trade. Shoulda, coulda the Cardinals matched the haul the Padres sent to the White Sox? Will Nate make it back from his trip? Robo umps are coming!Ben and Daniel also break down the Brewers, catch up on leag

Nate & Ben discuss IT Bands, speaking at college classes, Albert Pujols as a manager, Sonny Gray's injury what it means for the rotation, feeling hyped about some of the rotation options, Tommy Edman's return and Carlson's role on the team, Steven Matz, Lance Lynn, Brandon Crawford, an overview of the highly talented and highly volatile Reds, and much more!Talking About Birds i