THE REDBIRD REVIEW After a rainout, the Cardinals (40-37) and Braves will play a split doubleheader with two games on Wednesday. The unscheduled break on Tuesday didn’t slow down the season. The dates on the baseball calendar are flipping fast. The Cardinals are...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW In the Cardinals’ 4-3 victory over Atlanta, the hot-as-the-STL-summer home team did a bunch of things we liked in rolling to their fourth straight win. Up front, the Cardinals were able to manufacture runs instead of rocketing pitches over the wall...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are in a good place right now. They’ll have to stay there instead of going backward, but that isn’t the focus of this column. Today I’m putting my attention on how the Cardinals rallied to become relevant and...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S Injuries are never a good thing for a team, but there can be benefits. When someone goes on the Injured List, his absence creates an opportunity for another player. And that can pay off. Which brings us to Alec Burleson. Since outfielder Lars...
I think we all pretty much agree that the 37-37 Cardinals are part of a mediocre pack of teams in the National League. As of Friday morning, only four NL clubs have winning records. The next team on the list is St. Louis with the fifth-best winning percentage in the...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW What a wonderful evening of baseball at Rickwood Field in Birmingham. It was all we hoped it would be, from the pregame music, to the gathering of esteemed retired Negro Leagues players, to a warm celebration of Black baseball history, to the...
The late Willie Mays was such a great player, it made him underrated. Wait a second. Underrated? Yes, underrated. This is what I believe. I know Mays was chosen to play in a gazillion MLB All-Star Games, and he won a dozen Gold Glove awards for his extraordinary...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals can’t establish traction and keep moving forward, keep moving up. The gravity of losing always pulls them down. That’s part of their identity in 2024. And that’s a big part of the problem. This is who they are. Win a few, lose a few....
Jayson Tatum was the happiest person on the planet late Monday night after the Boston Celtics won the NBA Championship by taking down Dallas in five games. Given the way that Tatum was hugging the championship trophy after the game – he wasn’t going to let the prize...
