THE REDBIRD REVIEW FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 Hello. Good Morning. We have some day ball today, with the Nationals and Cardinals closing their three-game series at Busch Stadium, first pitch 12:15. I didn’t give you much time to read this before the start of the game,...
With Brian Walton, this morning, we get into the home opener recap. Brian says it was great to see Adam Wainwright get the start and perform well. What was it like for Arenado catching the first pitch from Scott Rolen and seeing all the hall of famers? Some talk on...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Sigh. Here We Go Again: The Cardinals toddled through another defeat on Monday night, falling 5-2 to the Washington Nationals. For the ninth time in 10 games, a Cards starting pitcher failed to reach six innings. Cards hitters had six hits and...
Chris is joined by Casey Stern of Turner Sports & MLB Network Radio to chat about the start of the MLB season. Has Casey’s opinion about the relationship between the players and owners changed at all? What can MLB do to help the replay process and stop...
It was a woebegone weekend at Busch Stadium, with the Cardinals failing to fly on the positive vibe of Thursday’s dramatic and inspiring home-opener victory over the Brewers. The momentum, and the series, went Milwaukee’s way. The Brewers opened a 9-2 lead on...
Let’s take a tour of the NL Central division. I’ll try to do these more often; perhaps every Friday. I’ll list the teams based on the division standings. CINCINNATI REDS, 5-1 After his Pirates were outscored 30-8 in three games while getting swept by the Reds,...
Chris and Ben talk about the Cardinals home opener and the impressive Busch Stadium debut for Nolan Arenado wearing the Birds on the Bat. Also, Ben reflects on Kolten Wong’s departure and return as a Brewer, and give the Cards bullpen some well-deserved kudos....
Drew Silva of NBC Sports (@drewsilv) joins Chris to talk about the Cardinals season so far and yesterday’s home opener in front of fans at Busch. Has Arenado been even better than expected? What worries Drew and why does he say the Cardinals might need to be buyers at...
In his final home game at Coors Field, in his last at-bat as the core of the Colorado Rockies, Nolan Arenado lost a seven-pitch duel against Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. After fouling off three consecutive pitches, Arenado succumbed to Kershaw’s Hall of Fame slider....