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Bernie’s Redbird Review: Another Power Show By The Cards’ Extreme Offense
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Taking It To The Extreme: The Cardinals sure are vulnerable in the early-schedule events of 2021. I’m speaking of...
Bernie Bits: Checking In On Pujols And Former Cards, A Surprising Development For Tony La Russa, Blues Lineup + Notes
BERNIE BITS Let’s begin by checking in on a some former Cardinals: Albert Pujols, 41, is moving deeper into the unavoidable decline phase that’s part of the unforgiving aging process for athletes. In his 41 plate appearances for the Angels, Pujols is batting .231,...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: A 7-8 Record Of Short Starts, Early Innings Deficits, And Home-Run Dependency
THE REDBIRD REVIEW THE RESET: The Cardinals are 7-8. They’ve played five series, losing four of them. They’ve gone 2-6 in their last eight games. The St. Louis offense swings from fireworks to futility. Statistically the starting rotation is the worst in the majors....
BERNIE BITS: Blues Blunders, Plager’s Place, Free Dylan Carlson and More Notes
BERNIE BITS In a Saturday showdown billed as their most important game of the season, the Blues seized a 2-0 lead at Arizona and retched it away over the final two periods, withdrawing from the competition for an incomprehensible 3-2 loss in another dismal day. After...
Bernie: Early On, The Cardinals Are Still Searching For Solutions And An Identity
As the Cardinals begin a six-game stretch in the I-95 corridor, with stops in Philadelphia and Washington, I was thinking about something. No deep thoughts. Just a premise. As the 2021 season slowly forms and takes shape, are the Cardinals establishing an identity?...
Bernie’s Tour Of The NL Central: Cubs Crash, Milwaukee Holds Aces, Reds Cool Off, Pirates Have A Pulse, Cards In Neutral.
It's Friday. That means we're about to go on a tour of the NL Central division, a wacky colony that offers a million strikeouts and wheezing lineups. 1--CINCINNATI REDS, 7-5 The Reds opened the season at Great American Ball Park, rolling to a quick 5-1 record and...
BERNIE: Carlson Assigned Rest But It’s The Offense That Needs Recovery
The Cardinals could use more offense. That’s fair. There’s a shortage of talent, and the lineup is thin. It’s premature to declare failure for the great outfield experiment, but this is hard to watch. Dylan Carlson is the exception. He’s 22 years old. He switch hits....
Bernie: The Blues Can Hang With The Avs. But Can They Score More Goals?
The Blues have accosted the monstrous Colorado Avalanche three times this month, putting up a helluva fight. The Blues lost two tight games in Denver by razor’s edge scores of 3-2 and 2-1. The competition resumed Wednesday night in St. Louis with another one-goal...
Bernie: The Blues Have 15 Games To Go Against The League’s Toughest Remaining Schedule. It’s Go Time. Are They Ready?
The Blues didn’t make a move at the NHL trade deadline, and that’s because they made their move before the deadline. Disposing of a seven-game winless streak and an onerous load of frustration, the Blues took on Vegas and grabbed a win. Next came a two-night tussle...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Cardinals Bats Recharge And Batter A Low-Velo Stephen Strasburg
THE REDBIRD REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 Hello. Good Morning. We have some day ball today, with the Nationals and Cardinals closing their three-game series at Busch Stadium, first pitch 12:15. I didn’t give you much time to read this before the start of the game,...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Same Harmful Trends Continue To Hinder The Cardinals
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Sigh. Here We Go Again: The Cardinals toddled through another defeat on Monday night, falling 5-2 to the Washington Nationals. For the ninth time in 10 games, a Cards starting pitcher failed to reach six innings. Cards hitters had six hits and...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Poor Starting Pitching And Cold Bats. A Troubling Combination.
It was a woebegone weekend at Busch Stadium, with the Cardinals failing to fly on the positive vibe of Thursday’s dramatic and inspiring home-opener victory over the Brewers. The momentum, and the series, went Milwaukee’s way. The Brewers opened a 9-2 lead on...
BERNIE: Trade Deadline Intrigue Swirls After The Unpredictable Blues Win Three In A Row
The Blues are batty as could be. We never know what to expect from these moody Blues, a team that goes ‘round the bend and back again. Their season is an adventurous loop-de-loop, fraught with difficulty and danger and recovery. Why do they do this? There is no...
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BERNIE BITS: Blues Blunders, Plager’s Place, Free Dylan Carlson and More Notes
BERNIE BITS In a Saturday showdown billed as their most important game of the season, the Blues seized a 2-0 lead at Arizona and retched it away over the final two periods,...
BERNIE BITS, The All-Cardinals Edition! A Spring Training Update With Many Opinions Included.
BERNIE BITS: THE ALL-CARDINALS EDITION As spring training winds down, it's a fine time to check in on several Cardinals players to see how they’re doing and what it might...
BERNIE BITS: Bad Weekend For Mizzou, Illinois And SLU, Blues Win But Lose Another Player, A Look At The Big Dance.
THE BERNIE BITS Good day to you. I hope you had a pleasant weekend. Let's get started, shall we? The best things to happen in STL-area sports over the weekend: 1--The...
BERNIE BITS: Who Bats Cleanup For the Cards? Plus NL Central Tour, NCAA Tournament Talk, TLR Update, & Many Notes!
BERNIE BITS Cardinals manager Mike Shildt seems inclined to roll out a regular lineup that has Tommy Edman leading off, Paul Goldschmidt batting second, and Nolan Arenado...
BERNIE BITS: Mizzou In, SLU Out, Illinois Marching, Tyler O’Neill Smashing, NL Central Tour, NCAA Tournament Shots
BERNIE BITS The 3 best things that happened over the weekend in STL-related sports: 1--The Big 10 Conference tournament championship and a No. 1 seed for the Fighting...
BERNIE BITS: Cardinals Outfield Obsession, Mizzou Hoops, Debating NL Central Defense, Grumpy La Russa + More!
BERNIE BITS: It’s been, oh, about 90 seconds since I last wrote something about the Cardinals’ outfield, so I must tend to my springtime obsession here, OK? Here’s a...