St. Louis City SC sits atop Western Conference; Ozzie Smith on Wainwright's retirement

In the second and final hour of tonight’s show, Matt Pauley shares the odd factoid that ESPN is barely promoting its own programming, being the MLB Wild Card Series that the network holds the rights to this year. Longtime friend of the program and former St. Louisan Carter Chapley also joins the show. Carter previously covered the Billikens, Cardinals, and City SC before moving to Cincinnati to cover the city’s Major League Soccer team. Matt also shares Tom Ackerman’s interview with legendary shortstop and Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith who discusses Adam Wainwright’s retirement ceremony and the 14th Annual Ozzie and Friends Gala and Pro Am.

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