Bernie’s Redbird Review: Can The 2024 Cardinals’ Offense Be Saved?
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The standings math is grim, but I don’t want to totally eliminate the Cardinals from playoff contention just yet. I’m not being naive here. I just respect the process. Cue up Lenny Kravitz: It Ain't Over 'til It's Over. I didn’t know Lenny was a...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Can’t Trust The Offense. That Puts Pressure On The Cardinals’ Pitchers.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Greetings! As you know by now, the Cardinals won their three-game series against Milwaukee. I give this relatively minor success a thumbs-up, especially since the Redbirds dropped the opener and had to take two consecutive games from the Brewers....
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Cardinals Finally Played Desperate Baseball To Come Back And Beat The Brewers.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Wednesday evening at Busch Stadium, the St. Louis Cardinals competed with urgency and tenacity in a way that made them endearing and fun to watch. And the effort pushed them to outlast the first-place Brewers for a 10-6 victory in 10 innings....
Bernie On The Cardinals: Walker And Gorman Are Teammates In Memphis. That Ain’t The Way It Was Supposed To Be.
This just in: The Cardinals are still the Cardinals. After rushing to give Jordan Walker a return ticket to Triple A Memphis because he didn’t hit like Rogers Hornsby in his 12 plate appearances during a peculiar one-week stay with the Cardinals, the front office...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Staggering Cardinals, Empty Seats At Busch Stadium, And A Franchise In Disrepair.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Bases loaded, one out, Cardinals down by a run, with Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Gorman coming up. And you know what happened next – because of course it did. Goldy, strikeout. Gorman, strikeout. Goodnight from Busch Stadium. On the same day the...
Bernie: What Are The Cardinals Doing To Jordan Walker’s Career? Intervene, Bill DeWitt Jr., And Put An End To The Madness.
Imagine what it would be like for Jordan Walker if he'd been drafted by an organization that knew what the heck it was doing in the development of players. And as Walker returns to the minors after spending a weird and wasted week with the cray-cray Cardinals, he...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Brewers Are What The Cardinals Used To Be.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Milwaukee Brewers, the St. Louis Cardinals. Three summertime games at Busch Stadium. Two contenders, two rivals, meet again in a scrap for the NL Central division title. Oh, wait. That’s right. I suppose I need more coffee or something. I must...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Very Odd Case Of Jordan Walker. Are The Cardinals Messing Up Another Young Hitter?
THE REDBIRD REVIEW I don’t think Cardinals manager Oli Marmol wants to get fired, or is trying to get sacked. But in a word, this plan he’s worked up for Jordan Walker is cockamamie. On Aug. 12, when the second-year right fielder was recalled after a long stay in the...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: At Least I Can Catch Up On My Sleep During Cardinals’ Games.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW I don't know about you, but I'm tired of watching the Cardinals hit into ground-ball double plays. Actually, it's tiring just to watch this team. We should all take more naps ... just like the team. OK, I'm being a little nasty here. I would like to...
Weekend At Bernie’s: Bad Moon Rising. Five Straight Losses By the Cardinals.
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S The Cardinals went down – hard – in a 7-6 loss to the Dodgers on Friday at Busch Stadium. That’s five consecutive losses and a continuation of a horrendous August for this fading whatchamacallit. I use that word, only because I’m not sure what to...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: 7 Things I Want To See From The Cardinals In Their Remaining Games.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Here are seven things I want to see from the Cardinals over their final 41 regular-season games: 1. Let’s see a bleeping pulse: the Redbirds (60-61) are drifting their way into complete irrelevancy as a postseason applicant. But I’ll play along...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Is It Quitting Time For The Cardinals? We’ll Soon Find Out.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Text message from a friend who loves the Cardinals and hates what he’s seeing from them. In a pathetically soft appearance, the Cardinals got swept and had the WKRP kicked out of them in Cincinnati for three straight nights. It was another...