The Return of the Sauls-Bag! – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
The Return of the Sauls-Bag! I answer the hard questions that only people on my Facebook feed are brave enough to ask. My Cardinals positivity barrel was nearing empty, so I reached out to my baseball support system on the world wide web for questions, comments, and...
Healthy and having fun, Tekoah Roby on the cusp of escaping Double-A purgatory
Tekoah Roby toes the rubber in Springfield tonight, 627 days after he was traded by the Texas Rangers at the MLB trade deadline in 2023. The 21-year-old Roby had caught the eye of a Cardinals’ organization desperate for dynamic arms by recording 50 strikeouts over ten...
It’s Always the Little Things: Why the Cardinals Should be 8-4 – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
“How did you go bankrupt?" “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Mr. Hemingway could have been talking about how the Cardinals 2025 season went from “Hell yeah!” to “What the hell happened?” I can tell you from watching baseball...
Ernie Broglio was Robbed! Atrocious Cy Young Voting in 1960 – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
Imagine if you will, a twenty-four-year-old pitcher wearing a St. Louis Cardinals uniform. Picture him starting twenty-four games and appearing in another twenty-eight. He throws a total of 226.1 innings compiling a record of 21-9 with an ERA of 2.74. On top of that...
Mafia movie buff Max Rajcic whacks Wichita in 2025 debut, earns Texas League Pitcher of the Week honors
Max Rajcic reported early to Cardinals’ spring training in late January, but first the mafia movie buff took a pilgrimage to Italy. The food and countryside left an impression and Rajcic returned wearing a mustache in the style of Robert De Niro’s young Vito Corleone...
Winning is “in my blood”; JJ Wetherholt arrives with high expectations after long drive to Double-A Springfield
Springfield Cardinals new skipper Patrick Anderson observed batting practice on Field 6 at the Cardinals’ spring training complex in Jupiter when he noticed something odd. It was time to gather the balls scattered around the outfield – a chore that normally falls to...
2025 Way Too Early Redbird Report Cards! – From The Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
One of my favorite places in this world is in front of a television with the Cardinals playing, the sounds of summer filling the room. And what a start it has been to the 2025 season! Six games of entertaining and satisfying baseball. So, that can mean only one thing,...
Dewitt vs. the Field: Sit Back, Relax, and Let the Man Cook – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
Who the h.e. double hockey sticks do we think we are? We sit in judgment of Bill Dewitt Jr.? We dole out advice to him. The man we should be thanking every single day that we still don’t have to watch day games in a bottle-cap covered in astroturf in 105 degree August...
2024 Wasn’t That Bad: Why the Cardinals Will Make the Playoffs in 2025 – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
Look…if you made it past that headline and clicked through to read this you either have an open mind, or really want to hate-read an article. Hear me out, follow this argument, and if you still don’t agree with me, feel free to light me up like Garrett Stephenson the...
Bernie’s Bird Watching: The Cardinals’ Bullpen Set A High Standard In 2024. Could Be Difficult To Repeat That In 2025.
BIRD WATCHING I did a video on the Cardinals bullpen a while back, but now I want to update and go deeper in exploring an important subject that will have a big influence -- good or bad -- on the team's record in 2025. The 2024 Cardinals won 83 games because of the...