THE REDBIRD REVIEW Let’s talk about the Cardinals offense. Wait. I can’t find it. It’s missing. The St. Louis offense is doing more croaking than cranking. Their team’s daily display of non-hitting is an ongoing testimonial to MLB’s Dead Ball Era. Becoming a star...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW On the day we learned about the passing of Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog, the Cardinals had only one hit in scratching out three runs. The timing was perfect, because the Cardinals played a little Whiteyball to fabricate a 3-2 win over the...
I’d like to be there. Not yet, of course. But when it’s my time. I can see it in my mind today. Whitey Herzog holding court in a manager’s office in the baseball afterworld. There’s plenty of cold Budweiser, an endless supply of old stories to be told and embellished,...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW I’m going to quote a Bruce Springsteen lyric, and I couldn’t resist. I was thinking about this last night while watching the new St. Louis ace do his thing, taking over the virtually abandoned ballpark in Oakland and taking control of the team that...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Coffee is for closers. That famous line – delivered by actor Alec Baldwin to a bewildered Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross – applies to the Cardinals. Baldwin’s character, trying to motivate an underperforming sales team, spots Lemmon pouring a...
BIRD BYTES Here’s a bonus column on a pleasant Saturday afternoon … 1. Welcome back, Lars Nootbaar. Please stay awhile. Let’s make this an injury-free experience over the final 148 games. Last season Noot missed 49 days while healing three different...
The 2024 season is just two weeks old, and pitchers are breaking down all over the place. The assortment of injuries include elbows that don’t require Tommy John surgery and elbows that do require Tommy John surgery. There are frayed shoulders, strained forearms, sore...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The storyline is changing for the 2024 Cardinals. At least for now, anyway. Ladies and gentlemen, please update your tired narratives. Freshen up your predetermined script and make the necessary revisions. Let’s rework those angles. Give me rewrite!...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Tuesday’s crisp 3-0 victory over the Phillies was a model that demonstrated how the Cardinals can win more games in 2024. And this fine presentation offered a direct contrast to their calamity-plagued 2023. 1. Better starting pitching than last...