A handful of Cardinals alumni are rising stars of October -- leading their teams deeper into the playoffs than their former team reached. Randy Arozarena, a former Cardinals outfielder, and the Tampa Bay Rays advance to the American League Championship Series my leaping past St. Louis native and former Cardinals first baseman Luke Voit and the New York Yankees. Meanwhile, the National League, former Cardinals outfielder Marcell Ozuna, who took a run at the Triple Crown in 2020, and his new team, the Atlanta Braves, are set to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series. What gives? St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Ben Frederickson and baseball writer Derrick Goold explore why former Cardinals are doing so well and what the Cardinals missed -- or are missing. The two writers are just back from San Diego and the Cardinals' wild-card series loss to the San Diego Padres, so they have power on their mind, and the Cardinals ongoing lack of it during a month where games are decided by it. The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closets by Design, is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold. 

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