Bernie’s Redbird Review: I’m Not Saying The Pitching Is Great, But a Frail Offense Is Keeping The Cardinals Down.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals got themselves into a lot of potential trouble by losing Monday’s game to the Phillies, 5-3, in 10 innings. The home team’s second consecutive loss dropped the Cardinals to 5-6 in the developing season. Problem: the Redbirds now must...
“It’s about trusting my stuff within the zone”: Tink Hence and Tekoah Roby headline talented Springfield rotation
In Jupiter for spring training, Springfield Cardinals’ manager Jose Leger observed camp and he started counting. “I was doing the numbers – fourteen players that played (in Springfield) from 2021 when I started here – have gotten to the big leagues with us,” he said....
Bernie’s Redbird Review: A Check On The Cardinals Through Their First 10 Games Of the Season.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals have problems: injuries, disappointing starting pitching, an offense that isn’t clicking, and a power shortage by Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, and a team home-run disparity that puts them at a disadvantage. The Cardinals also...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: 2023 Is Over. Let’s Judge The Cardinals By How They Play In 2024.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are off today, and that’s necessary but disappointing, because I like watching this team play baseball. I don’t think I said that last season. Not much, anyway. Watching the 2023 Cardinals was a health problem for me. My blood pressure...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: What We Discovered During The Cardinals’ Opening 7-Game Road Trip.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Note from Bernie: this column was written before Thursday’s home-opener between the Cardinals and Marlins. The observations included here are based on the seven-game road trip through Southern California that produced a 3-4 record for the Redbirds....
Bernie On The Cardinals: Celebrate! It’s Opening Day In St. Louis, The Best Day Of The Year.
The Cardinals are home again, but they are never home alone. The fans are gathering to join them in a divine annual ritual, and it’s almost time to play ball at Busch Stadium. We call it the home opener, and this is true if we go by the official title. But it is...
Wednesday with Walton – April 3, 2024
This week, Brian and Blake focus on the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds roster. Key additions to the team for 2024 are noted, as well as the trial of Thomas Saggese at shortstop, the hot bat of Jose Fermin, the power of Luken Baker and speed of Mike Antico. The rotation is...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Early On, The Cardinals Are Showing What They Learned From The Ache and Frustration of 2023.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After an alarming 48 hours and two losses to the mighty Dodgers to open the season, the Cardinals settled down, pulled their game together, began to establish an identity and won three of their next four games. It was a nice recovery, and the...
Waino’s new Opening Day: Behind the scenes with Adam Wainwright for his MLB Network debut
SECAUCUS, N.J. — The first pitch of the 2024 Cardinals season was a strike from Dodgers ace Tyler Glasnow to St. Louis leadoff man Brendan Donovan, delivered at 1:10 pm local time on Opening Day in Los Angeles. For the first time in nearly two decades of Cardinals...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Kyle Gibson Shows His Value — And Why The Cardinals Wanted Him.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Cardinals fans got their first chance to watch Kyle Gibson start a game that counted, and he did an exceptional job of quieting a potent Padres offense that came in averaging 7.5 runs per contest. And Gibson impressed with his professionalism, poise...