Segment 2 - Joe Strauss, Brian Haenchen & Cuts of the Week 4.17.15

Hearing some highlights from the Blues loss, Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch joins the show, surprised by the way the Blues loss, lack of emotion, not sure if picking fight helps, taking crowd out of game, correlation between team energy and Robert Bortuzzo, shifting to the Cardinals seeing production from Matt Holliday plus Matt Carpenter, not a ton of power or runs, need lineup to be a bit more prolific, Redbirds have opportunity to break out with Reds visiting, pressure put on Matt Adams when Cards signed Mark Reynolds, thinking that John Lackey likes pitching at Busch, time for STL to show off their stadium pics, Charlie planning date with Joe, perception of John Lackey coming to STL, his kid hanging around during postgame, The Cat getting called "dude" by his son, need to hear "sick...", wondering if Lackey would like better contract sooner than later, just talking one-year extension, depending on how Marco Gonzalez or Carlos Martinez do this season, debate on Allen Craig situation from a season ago, Brian Haenchen of InsideSTL joins the show, overall thoughts on the Blues loss, Jake Allen looked a tad uncomfortable at the beginning, not trying to imply that Allen played poorly, hearing some boos from the crowd late in the game, had feeling of poor preseason peformance, panic level not high unless they lose Game 2, love that gong, life far more easier than now, softer as a species, killing one of us to survive, Bertarelli Cutlery Cuts of the Week, kebob heaven yesterday, no fruit & support the sponsors!