THE REDBIRD REVIEW With Monday’s uninspiring 7-4 loss at Colorado, the Cardinals closed their first 10 games on the schedule with the worst record (3-7) in the National League. In the Divisional Era, which began in 1969, only four other St. Louis teams were 3-7 after...
What a week. The offense slowed, the starting pitching was gross, and manager Oli Marmol ignited a public controversy with outfielder Tyler O’Neill. After Marmol’s tough-guy show, the fired-up Cardinals stumbled to lose three of their next four games. I may have just...
The Cardinals are in Milwaukee for the weekend. Let there be plenty of cheese, all-you-can-eat bratwurst, and an abundance of good starting pitching by the visitors from St. Louis. As early-season series go, this one has added importance because the Brewers have won...
In the matter of Oli Marmol vs. Tyler O’Neill, I have a theory. And I’m sticking to it. If O’Neill generates lightning and thunder with his bat, no one will care about how fast he’s running. Not much, anyway. This doesn’t imply it’s OK for O’Neill to jog. But what are...
The Cardinals play their next six games at Milwaukee and Colorado. Those are tough yards for pitchers, and the Cardinals will be going into the two hitter-friendly funhouses with a shaky starting rotation that has a 7.14 ERA in the early days of 2023. Gee, what...
Baseball’s new rules are working. Congratulations to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. With the considerable assistance of former Red Sox and Cubs executive Theo Epstein, Manfred has modernized baseball to better fit our nation’s short-attention span culture....
Just my opinion, but I believe Cardinals manager Oli Marmol overreacted and made a mistake by publicly ripping center fielder Tyler O’Neill after Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the Braves. It’s one thing to call out a player behind the scenes, in the privacy of a team...
I wish I had a clever, stylish way of saying the Cardinals are being let down by their starting pitching … but I don’t. So I’ll go with this: it reeks. The maddening cycle continues. Media and fans express serious offseason concerns about the starting pitching and...
Not that anyone cares, but I did OK at picking the winners in the semifinal round of the Final Four. I had San Diego State winning straight-up by a point over Florida Atlantic, and that was close enough; the Aztecs won by two. I chose UConn straight-up to beat Miami...
