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The Cardinals’ surgery list is SO SPOOKY! Brendan Donovan, Ivan Herrera, and Lars Nootbaar all go under the knife, and Joe McEwing vanishes into the night. We dig up the cursed stat lines of former Cardinals haunting other teams (Helsley’s Mets ERA will chill you to the bone) and ask if Busch Stadium itself is cursed against home runs. Plus, Shohei Ohtani is an unstoppable monster in the World Series, and the Giants and Orioles summon new managers from the crypt.
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"Bats... BATS!!!" is an episode of Talking About Birds: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast. Runtime 1 hr 24 min. Published October 30, 2025. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.