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Has the Blues exciting play taken the focus off the Cards lackluster play? Have you noticed the fan bases being more connected now more that the Blues have won the cup?

Jeff, what's your take on the "three true outcome" business? You can walk, single, double, triple, sacrifice, balk, infield fly rule, catchers interference, so on and so on.......

What are the challenges of doing sports talk radio as a job in St. Louis, other than only having two pro teams to discuss? How much show prep to they do? Do you have to find your own advertisers? Is it a full-time job as far as compensation goes - can you live on it?

National scribes don't give Blues much love and really seem to ignore Berube. The Chief is a master. He had to deal with the Tarasanko situation, lots of injuries, goalie juggling, and the toughest division in the NHL and wound up with 43 regulation wins. He will out coach Bednar.

Here's the thing about Boston and the Cardinals, they'll both end up in the same place in October: at home. So, yes, the summer will be more enjoyable in St. Louis (probably) but another early playoff bow-out is not some great prize... despite how they are celebrated by the DeWitt and Mo.

Even w MLB hitting down why do you think the Cardinals are at the bottom of the pack? Is this just a continuation of the last few years and what would your solution be?

Scott Perunovich is a skilled kid with tremendous upside as an offensive defenseman, but will the Blues ever feel comfortable giving him a regular shift on defense instead of using him as a power play specialist with limited five-on-five minutes?

Am I correct that one of the issues we heard about a couple years ago vis-a-vis PDJ in Jeff Albert's offense, was that Albert provides a ton of info--maybe too much--and DeJong just ends up thinking too much when he's in the batter's box (you referenced this earlier, talking about "watching too much video" and unable to react to the ball in real time)? Is it possible that he's having the impact across the lineup, hence not a single hitter having years of sustained improvement since he came to the team?

Last year in some chats the writers and fans fantasized about keeping Albert around as a hitting director but getting a new hitting coach to work directly with the players, one who could better communicate with hitters and help them simplify things once the games begin. Is this anything more than a dream, maybe something the FO has ever suggested as a possibility?

To counter Boomer, I'd actually like to express my gratitude for you writing so much about the Wild. One thing I've long appreciated about sports coverage in St. Louis (at the P-D, and on the TV and radio), is how often we get to hear in-depth info about the opponents our teams are facing. It's nice to not just have "homers" telling us how great our team is, but really increasing our sports knowledge on a regular basis. I've heard opposing announcers struggle to pronounce our own players' names, let alone know anything useful about them, and it's great to not have to suffer through that most of the time as a St. Louis sports fan.

I just checked the stats of most of the Shortstops Mo should of signed and I'm not impressed. Semien, Story, Correa are all sub 700 OPS and Seager is doing okay but not worth what he's getting paid. What would the reaction be about Mo if he would of spent the money on one of these players?

Wasn't it heartwarming to hear the cheers grow and grow as Binnington kept getting better and better to remind the fans of 2019?

Do you see the Cards season playing out having an average record but still making the playoffs but not advancing? Was it a smart business move not getting a top end SP, DH, and SS but instead filling the seats w Pujols to ride off in the sunset w Molina? Do you think they wasting the best chance as the clock runs on Goldschmidt and Areanado careers?

I'm not a DeJong hater but I don't care if his glove rivals Ozzie's, you can't have a SS who is hitting .130. No glove or contract value justifies that.

Speaking of Perunovich, should the Blues look to trade Torrey Krug this summer to free up cap space and give Perunovich that role next year, or can they trust Perunovich to stay healthy after two long-term injuries in his first two pro seasons?

With having to use Perunovich to replace Krug on the PP but still protect him by playing 7 D actually make this defensive unit more formidable moving forward? Doesn't this allow the staff to use the 3 really solid veterans play major minutes and still be able to mix and match Borts, Mikkola, Rosen and Perunovich without exposing them too much on the back line?

Pujols started out promising but has died. He cannot hit RH pitching. As fans, we got a thrill with his signing but now the reality is setting in. Can a player retire before the end of a season? Would Pujols consider that at some point instead of embarrassing himself?

With so much focus on metrics when will the Cards terrible offensive results finally make management admit Albert is not right for this organization and try someone new? How long will last season's magical late season run buy him? If the teams treads continue will he make it through this year?

Over/under on the first time in the Colorado series where Binnington gets pulled for Husso? (I'm going with Game 2).

Over/under on Kadri taking out a key Blues player in this series? He's done it in the past.