Ben Frederickson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch joins me each Friday. Twitter: @Ben_Fred
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Ben Fred Friday – March 27, 2020
Opening day, when it happens, has a chance to be the best ever in St. Louis. We try to keep a positive attitude about the current state of baseball. Ben Fred tells us Tony La Russa's take on the hiatus and he compares it to the return after 9/11. Ben also realizes...
Ben Fred Friday – March 20, 2020
A visit with Ben Fred about his experience in Florida as camps were closing. What were the Cardinals telling the media? What does Ben Fred think will happen to allow media members back once play resumes? He talks about why he and a few of his colleagues chose to stay...
Ben Fred Friday – March 13, 2020 – The Coronavirus Episode
Thoughts on what is happening in the world due to coronavirus. It is an unprecedented day without sports. Ben says it wasn't that long ago he was cracking jokes and sending memes about the virus. The Cardinals players seem to understand this pause is bigger than them....
Ben Fred Friday – March 6, 2020
Ben has finally made his way down to spring training and his initial impression is that the Cardinals have some very deep pitching potential. With Mikolas and Miller battling serious injuries, another team might say this is a bad start to the season but, with the...
Ben Fred Friday – February 28, 2020
We talk about the undeniable start to spring for Dylan Carlson. Does he tie the Cardinals hands? Also, will we revisit the Ozuna loss if they don’t bring Carlson north. Lineup construction is a toss up at this stage. Wong at lead off in Ben Fred’s mind but who is...
Ben Fred Friday – February 21, 2020
We talk tans, training camp, XFL and more today with award-winning Ben Frederickson of The Post Dispatch. A recurring topic this week- what are Bens thoughts on a starter to fill in for Mikolas? Also, his insights on other teams involved in the sign-stealing scam. The...
Ben Fred Friday – February 14, 2020
We jump right into baseball with Ben Fred this morning. The Astros press conference yesterday about their cheating was quite the disaster. Ben Fred says it's truly remarkable that they could mess it up as badly as they did. One group blamed another and there was no...
Ben Fred Friday – February 7, 2020
It's a Ben Fred Friday and we get into it with Ben Frederickson of stltoday.com. Ben says the Chiefs parade mimicked the Blues parade with players down on the streets partying hard. It was hard for Ben to go full Chiefs fan since Clark hunt voted for the Rams to...
Ben Fred Friday – January 31, 2020
We're just about a week away from spring training so our first topic is all things Cardinals. Ben Frederickson tells us a few things he's excited about as baseball gets underway. He says the left field competition will be a daily must-see. O'Neill, in Ben's mind, has...
Ben Fred Friday – January 24, 2020
All NHL eyes are on St. Louis for the All-Star game this weekend. Ben Fred said everything is sold out, the Alumni Game was a smash hit and people were cramming into Stifel for information on Thursday. Ben tells us about how cool it is for the Tkachuk family to have...