Weekend At Bernie’s: After Battling Back From A Horrible Start, The Cardinals Must Now Prove They’re For Real.
WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S At the midpoint of the 2024 regular season, the Cardinals are perched in a pretty good spot at 42-39. On the surface there’s nothing special about that record, but the context matters. This 42-39 looks mighty fine considering how deeply the...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: First-Half Awards, Surprises, Disappointments, Breakout Stars, and Problems.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Here’s my latest in a series of columns examining the Cardinals as they hit the 81-game mark of the season to complete the first 50 percent of their schedule. They reach that milestone Friday against the Reds. I led off with Masyn Winn being my...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Cardinals Take A Beating. And What Does Miles Mikolas Have In Common With Bob Gibson?
THE REDBIRD REVIEW There isn’t all that much to say about Cincinnati’s 11-4 whupping of the Cardinals before a benumbed home audience at Busch Stadium. Thursday night, the Reds turned Busch into Bash and demolished starting pitcher Miles Mikolas. The Reds razed...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Streaking Cardinals Are Answering Some Questions. And So Is Matthew Liberatore.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals have answered some questions while winning 26 of their last 40 games during a spirited gallop that began May 12. Starting pitching? The top four are good. And a team can win a lot of games when their four best starters come through...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Biggest First-Half Disappointment? Goldschmidt + Arenado.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Here’s Part II of my look at the 2024 Cardinals as they near their 81st game and the halfway mark of the regular-season schedule. In my first piece of the series, I chose rookie shortstop Masyn Winn as the team’s first-half MVP. It was an obvious...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Near The Halfway Mark Of 2024, Masyn Winn Is Cardinals’ First-Half MVP.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After a rainout, the Cardinals (40-37) and Braves will play a split doubleheader with two games on Wednesday. The unscheduled break on Tuesday didn’t slow down the season. The dates on the baseball calendar are flipping fast. The Cardinals are...
Cooper Hjerpe spotless in second Texas League start, sparks Springfield run to Texas League playoff spot
Springfield’s team bus rumbled south on a 14-hour trek from the Ozarks to the Texas Gulf Coast and Cards’ southpaw Cooper Hjerpe passed time by texting with friend and former Oregon State teammate Jacob Melton, the Houston Astros’ second-round pick in 2022 and now...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Cardinals Keep Rolling On, Winning Games In A Variety Of Ways.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW In the Cardinals’ 4-3 victory over Atlanta, the hot-as-the-STL-summer home team did a bunch of things we liked in rolling to their fourth straight win. Up front, the Cardinals were able to manufacture runs instead of rocketing pitches over the wall...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: A Look At 10 Reasons Why The Cardinals Turned Their Season Around.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are in a good place right now. They'll have to stay there instead of going backward, but that isn't the focus of this column. Today I'm putting my attention on how the Cardinals rallied to become relevant and reasonably successful...
Adam Betz, Steve Wendling and Jerome Harris – Golf with Jay Delsing
Great discussion today with Adam Betz Founder of Family Golf and Learning Center plus Steve Wendling, Managing Director of UHY Midwest and Western Golf Association Director. We also visit with Jerome Harris, the Founder of Urban Golf STL. Golf with Jay Delsing is...
Weekend At Bernie’s: Alec Burleson Has Figured It Out. That’s Great For the Cardinals and Trouble For Pitchers.
WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S Injuries are never a good thing for a team, but there can be benefits. When someone goes on the Injured List, his absence creates an opportunity for another player. And that can pay off. Which brings us to Alec Burleson. Since outfielder Lars...
Bernie: The Cardinals Aren’t Good, But Their Record Is Better Than It Should Be. That Says Something About The Manager.
I think we all pretty much agree that the 37-37 Cardinals are part of a mediocre pack of teams in the National League. As of Friday morning, only four NL clubs have winning records. The next team on the list is St. Louis with the fifth-best winning percentage in the...