Bernie On The Late Whitey Herzog: There Will Never Be Another Like Him. And There Will Never Be A Team Like Those He Created.
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,...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Cardinals Have Their Ace. And Sonny Gray Was Worth The Wait.
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...
“They’re just having fun hanging zeroes”: Ian Bedell, Springfield pitchers, shove Wichita; Cards rewrite history books with perfect start
Only two teams in all professional baseball entered play on Sunday unbeaten in 2024 – and one survived. Matt Lloyd smashed a 3-run homer in the eighth inning to rally Springfield past Wichita, 8-7, and – with the High-A Spokane Indians falling to Tri-City – the...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Cardinals Spun Into Reverse During A Frustrating Weekend At Arizona.
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...
Don Rea – Golf with Jay Delsing
We visit with Don Rea, who is a world class human and the next president of the PGA of America. We talk all things golf plus what LIV and huge purses mean to the PGA and PGA Championship. Golf with Jay Delsing is presented by the ascensioncharityclassic.com...
Bernie’s Bird Bytes: Lars Nootbaar Is Important To The Success Of The 2024 Cardinals.
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 injuries. Two...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Pitching Injuries Are Out Of Control. Maybe Teams Should Adopt The Dave Duncan Approach.
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...
Pucks with Panger – Episode 7 – 2024
“Pucks with Panger” presented by @StlHyundai. The #StlBlues future, will Joel Quenneville coach again, Bedard’s season, hoping Gretzky can get @Panger40 to The Masters. Presented by Auffenberg Hyundai
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Revise The Narrative. Early On, The Cardinals’ Problem Isn’t Starting Pitching. It’s The Offense.
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!...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Tuesday’s Win Was a Model For Success And a Direct Contrast From 2023.
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...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: I’m Not Saying The Pitching Is Great, But a Frail Offense Is Keeping The Cardinals Down.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals got themselves into a lot of potential trouble by losing Monday’s game to the Phillies, 5-3, in 10 innings. The home team’s second consecutive loss dropped the Cardinals to 5-6 in the developing season. Problem: the Redbirds now must...
“It’s about trusting my stuff within the zone”: Tink Hence and Tekoah Roby headline talented Springfield rotation
In Jupiter for spring training, Springfield Cardinals’ manager Jose Leger observed camp and he started counting. “I was doing the numbers – fourteen players that played (in Springfield) from 2021 when I started here – have gotten to the big leagues with us,” he said....