Ted Simmons delivered one of the best Hall of Fame speeches I’ve seen during many years of watching the Hall of Fame induction ceremony. It was moving, and an invigorating departure from the standard speech on the Cooperstown platform. One of the all-time great...
Welcome to The Redbird Review It’s become a familiar question: Where would the 2021 Cardinals be without Adam Wainwright? We have the answer. And we can provide it without relying on fancy-pants numbers. Without Waino, the Cardinals would be the Colorado Rockies, or...
Welcome to The Redbird Review First things first. The Albert Pujols home run was FUN. It stirred a familiar passion, warm feelings, and an appreciation of his leading-man role in the revival of St. Louis baseball for a dominant run. The franchise is trying to get...
Manager Mike Shildt has bristled at “urgency” related questions this season. He seems offended by suggestions that the Cardinals are lacking in urgency — because in Shildt’s opinion his team plays with the necessary urgency in every game. That’s ridiculous, of...
A visit today with Brian Walton of thecardinalnation.com all about the end of the Cardinals minor-league season. He fills us in on where Matthew Liberatore and Zack Thompson stand as far as trajectory to the big leagues. He also talks about how, while Cardinals fan...
Bird Bytes: 1) Mike Shildt’s apparent choice for closer is interesting. Well, that’s one way to put it. I think all of us respect what Giovanny Gallegos has done for the Cardinals over the last few seasons. But with Alex Reyes being sheltered for a while, until he...
Unless Dodgers manager Dave Roberts wants to troll Cardinal fans and ruin a special occasion, Albert Pujols will be in the lineup for Tuesday’s game. The home team can win the game or lose it, but the result won’t matter except for the mathematical impact on the NL...
Welcome to The Redbird Review Hello, and I hope your long weekend has been happy and restful. I’ve been overdosing on college football. This just in: Alabama is great, and by gosh, who could have ever predicted that? I’ve been sipping adult beverages, and...
Albert Pujols returns to Busch Stadium on Monday as a proud and productive member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He’s rejuvenated. Definitely relevant. Highly respected by his teammates. Within the Dodger clubhouse he’s praised as an energy source and guardian of...
