Tom Ackerman: Cardinals Take the Cubs Series, Nelson Velazquez Delivers & Why This Young St. Louis Team Is for Real

June 1st and the Baby Birds are in second place — and KMOX Sports Director Tom Ackerman is here to tell you why you should believe in this team. Tom joins the Marc Cox Morning Show in studio to break down a weekend series win over the Cubs that had everything — a first-pitch home run from newly called-up Nelson Velazquez, Hunter Dobbins coming out of nowhere to close out Sunday's game with his first major league save, and Al Hrabosky ripping his shirt off in the Tarps Off section at Busch Stadium. This young Cardinals roster has something the last few years were missing — energy, fight, and a refusal to fold. Tom also gets into the wild west of NIL and college athletics, the unregulated agent problem threatening to hollow out college sports from the inside, and why Eli Drinkwitz and Eric Schmidt were spotted on the golf course together. If you bleed Cardinal red and care about the future of college athletics, Tom Ackerman on the Marc Cox Morning Show is the only sports conversation you need this Monday morning. Hashtags #MarcCoxMorningShow #TomAckerman #Cardinals #STLCards #CubsSeries #NelsonVelazquez #HunterDobbins #TarpsOff #BuschStadium #KMOX #NIL #CollegeAthletics #StLouis #StLouisRadio #ConservativeRadio #PatriotRadio #Baseball #CardinalNation #AmericaFirst #MorningShow