THE REDBIRD REVIEW Wasting Waino’s Most Excellent Start: What a shame for the Cardinals to go down 3-2 at Washington on Tuesday night, ruining a virtuoso start by the timeless Adam Wainwright. With the St. Louis rotation flapping through early-season turbulence, the...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Taking It To The Extreme: The Cardinals sure are vulnerable in the early-schedule events of 2021. I’m speaking of their mercurial offense, which flexed and unloaded for 12 runs in Monday night’s Cirque du Home Run at Nationals Park. The Bullies on...
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,...
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 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...
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?...
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...
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....
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...
