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Free Agent Fan: Week 1 - Los Angeles Rams

Free Agent Fan: Week 1 – Los Angeles Rams

Since the Rams left town, I’ve decided to rethink my life and finally pick a new team. After over a decade of being subjected to the worst football imaginable, I’ve got a fresh start! Each week, I’m going to pick a team to follow and analyze key points like their players, ownership, bandwagon effect and their fans. This will hopefully answer the question “Do I see myself as a drunk dude in their…

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5 Cardinals That Need To Step Up For The Playoff Push

5 #STLCards that need to step up for the playoff push.

The St. Louis Cardinals are alternating between limping and striding into the playoff race. Just as they seem ready to turn a corner they lose 2-1 to Milwaukee at home. Then follow it up by nearly being no hit by your division rival in your own place. Now the Cardinals find themselves in a three team race for two wild card spots. Their opponents being the New York Mets and the San Francisco…

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Picks from the Pine: 2016 NFL Week One

The #NFL season kicks off tonight, and we've got stone cold lock picks for week one.

We’re podcast-less this week because we’ve been playing the beta for Battlefield 1 way too much. But that doesn’t mean we’d deprive you of our sure-fire week one NFL Picks in time for you to take advantage of them and make a hefty pile of cash. (more…)

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Guide to Picking a New NFL Team

It's time to make a decision, #STL. And we're here to help.

With the NFL season fast approaching, it’s time for St. Louis fans to pick a new NFL team to follow for the 2016-17 season. The Rams are gone along with their mustachioed head coach Jeff “7 and 9” Fisher and their mustachioed turd of a person owner. Really it was a team that was the shell of the Greatest Show on Turf that most of us fondly remember. They’ve moved to L.A. to chase dreams of making…

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Sausage Party is the Raunchy Anthropomorphic Food Cartoon We’ve Always Wanted

Sausage Party is the Raunchy Anthropomorphic Food Cartoon We’ve Always Wanted

Over under on how many unwitting grandparents took kids to see this over the weekend? Sausage Party wastes no time in letting you know exactly what it is. The latest Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg creation answers the question “What would it be like if a Pixar movie made dick jokes?”, and thankfully we have the answer. This movie quickly lets you know what it is all about via a catchy Disney-esque song…

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Opening Day 2016: Game Thoughts

Opening Day 2016: Game Thoughts

The St. Louis Cardinals kicked off the 2016 season today vs the Pittsburgh Pirates. They lost 4-1, with the lone run coming in the 9th on a Marp single. Wainwright settled in after a shaky start, but the offense provided no help piling up 14 strikeouts. These were the thoughts that crossed my mind while watching the game. I forgot to start it right away so some may be out of order. (more…)

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Game 049: The Birds and The Bees

Game 049: The Birds and The Bees

It’s a very special edition of the podcast. Joe and Tim are in studio to share their picks for the MLB division winners. The St. Louis Cardinals start the season in less than a week. And the St. Louis Blues are shutting everyone down. You’re not going to find a more accurate MLB season preview. So grab some earbuds and listen up. (more…)

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Game 047: Happy Stone Cold Month It's 3/16. That means it's Stone Cold Steve Austin month! Celebrate with an all new podcast. Steve, Jason, and David are back at it breaking down the news so far out of Spring Training for the St.

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Game 044: Talking Smart Things

Game 044: Talking Smart Things

The PineCast is one year old! We’ve been doing this little shindig for fun one most weeks for the last year. We’ve gotten much better over time. So good in fact we didn’t even bother putting together notes for this episode! On the latest podcast the guys break down the Super Bowl and its commercials. Or at least what they remember from it. Listen as they piece together the events that led to…

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Game 043: Super Bowl of Nachos

Game 043: Super Bowl of Nachos

That’s right we’ve got a big bowl of nachos coming up this week on the podcast. We’ve also got picks for the big football game this weekend and a few prop bets to go along with it. This is St. Louis though. We’re a baseball town. So much that the NFL is scared a team can’t compete with baseball in the city despite only a couple months of seasons overlap. But that’s beside the point. On this…

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All 2000s St. Louis Cardinals: Right Field

Find out who we've got at rightfield for our @Cardinals All 2000s Team.

We’re on to the final position in the starting 8 fielders of our All 2000s St. Louis Cardinals team. And we finally have a non-unanimous number 1! Right field has seen it’s faire share of fan favorites, rivals, and top prospects, but who really stood out as the number 1 player there in the 2000s? (more…)

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Game 042: The Pine Files

Game 042: The Pine Files

This week we finish off the outfield of our All 2ooos St. Louis Cardinals team with our pick for rightfield. And we finally have a non-unanimous number 1! The NFL and NHL are on their All Star weeks. But we’ve still got some first thoughts on the Denver Broncos vs Carolina Panthers Super Bowl matchup. I think we probably only complain about Stan Kroenke once in this episode. So that’s progress!…

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Game 041: Grumpy Old Birds

Game 041: Grumpy Old Birds

On this very special episode of The PineCast Steve and Jason are running as a duo again and they are even less prepared than usual. That means lots of pop culture, a little Bachelor, updates on the Cardinals news out of Winter Warm Up, and more complaining about Stan Kroenke. But that’s not all. We’ve also got NFL picks for Championship Sunday, and some breakdowns from the NFL games from the…

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All 2000s St. Louis Cardinals: Center Field

All 2000s St. Louis Cardinals: Center Field

Sorry for the delay getting the latest edition of our All 2000s St. Louis Cardinals team out there. We’ve been pretty busy drowning our sorrows from the Rams move to Los Angeles. We already bitched about Stan Kroenke in real-time, and I’m sure we’ll complain about him more on The PineCast tomorrow. But let’s not let that mustachioed turd take away from the greatness that is St. Louis. How are we…

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Game 040: Between a Kroenke and a Hard Place

Game 040: Between a Kroenke and a Hard Place

On this episode of the PineCast, Steve and Jason are sans David and attempting to podcast while following along with the NFL Owner’s Meeting to decide the fate of the St. Louis Rams and Los Angeles. Spoiler: Things do not go well. It’s not all bad news in St. Louis. We still have the Cardinals. A team with ownership that cares for it’s fans. And a team that just added Korean closer Seung-Hwan Oh.…

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All 2000s St. Louis Cardinals: Leftfielder

Check out who are starting left fielder is for the All 2000s St. Louis Cardinals.

The St. Louis Cardinals left fielders in the 2000s have included a few fan favorites, the departure and return of a longtime Bird, a player that’s already made this list, and a dominant player at the position that for some reason takes a lot of heat from (a portion) of the fan base. We’ve moved into the outfield of our All 2000s St. Louis Cardinals and are tackling the first corner outfield spot,…

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Game 039: We're Baaaack

Game 039: We’re Baaaack

We had a good break. We’re rested. The St. Louis Cardinals finally made a decently big signing. The St. Louis Rams mercifully ended their season with a loss in San Francisco. And the St. Louis Blues are playing kind of shitty. But we’re back to podcasting, so all is right with the world. This week we’ll help you better know the new Cardinals starter, Mike Leake. Reveal our picks for left field on…

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