Tarps off! BPIB is back on: Have Cardinals found their voice as a contender?

<p>Keep your shirts on, the Best Podcast in Baseball is back.</p>

<p>And just in time, too.</p>

<p>Good vibes have engulfed the Cardinals after returing from a successful swing through California to an eletrcic weekend at Busch Stadium, thanks to the fortuitous pairing of the Stephen F. Austin club baseball team, a walk-off win Friday night, and a mid-game revival Saturday against Kansas City. For several years, the host of the Best Podcast in Baseball has stumped and advocated for a change in the atmosphere at Busch -- from the need for a victory anthem to the idea of transplanting the supporter section from City SC to Busch, even for a weekend.</p>

<p>Well, it's all happening.</p>

<p>The students from SFA created that section organically, the Cardinals have adopted a victory anthem, and they're playing a style of baseball that is producing wins. Heck, they even have a home run prop.</p>

<p>BPIB asks, have they found their voice as a contender?</p>

<p>Host Derrick Goold, who misplaced his voice for several weeks, welcomes KMOX/104.1 FM star and BPIB fixture Kevin Wheeler discuss what elements of the Cardinals' success and the atmosphere at the ballpark has staying power.</p>

<p>Also discussed:</p>

<ul>

<li>Wheeler suggests that the Cardinals have received produuction from Jordan Walker equivalent to a $40-milliion free-agent addition.</li>

<li>Goold details his breakdown on the three types of statistics: narrative, qualitative, and predictive. And how each applies to discussing analytics for players, fans, and writers, and of course team executives, who camp out in the predictive category.</li>

<li>The challenge of development when it comes to a character like Grogu as his big-screen debut approaches.</li>