Bernie Bits: Torry Holt, Cardinals Player Ratings, Jayson Tatum, Blues, Spags, Bradley Beal and Many Notes!
People, it's time for Bernie Bits! READING TIME 10 MINUTES TORRY HOLT: In his fifth time as a finalist, the great St. Louis Rams wide receiver Torry Holt came up short in voting support for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It’s nothing personal. Holt...
Pucks with Panger (And Big Walt) – Episode 5 – 2024
“Pucks with Panger” Martin talks with Darren Pang about St. Louis Blues playoff push, Winter Classic, plus there’s a visit with Keith Tkachuk. Presented by Auffenberg Hyundai
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Assessing Every St. Louis Cardinals Hitter Going Into 2024.
Spring training is a time of expectation and reflection. You look back to last season and think about how much the Cardinals can improve in 2024. Most of the focus will be on pitching performance, and that’s the team’s most important variable. And with that, a more...
Bernie On The Cardinals: My ‘Watch List’ For Spring Training.
Greetings. For the opening of St. Louis Cardinals spring training, I’ve put together a Watch List. These are the most compelling players on the fields of Jupiter. This is a subjective exercise. My The Watch List doesn’t necessarily include big-name Cardinals. This...
Bernie: An Improved Power Play and Sharp Goaltending Have Turned The Blues Into a Postseason Contender.
In evaluating performance, I tend to get lost in deep-dive research. I do find a lot of relevant statistical information by going under the surface for stats, and that can be informative and valuable. But there is a downside. At times I’m guilty of making things too...
Jay and Dan talk Pebble Beach and more- Golf with Jay Delsing
Jay and Dan get into the Pebble Beach tournament details, talk new PGA Tour Enterprises and more. Golf with Jay Delsing is presented by the ascensioncharityclassic.com
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Here’s My Final ‘Optimism Report’ On The 2024 Cardinals. Better Days — And Baseball — Ahead.
The Cardinals will get the baseballs, bats and themselves moving next week when spring-training camp opens in Jupiter. They will take the first big step to leave a dreadful 2023 behind and set their sights on 2024. This offseason I’ve been writing a series of columns...
Bernie: PECOTA Likes The Cardinals. Wait. What? Yes, Another Positive Projection For 2024.
There’s a fresh 2024 season projection to share with you. It comes from the esteemed analysts at Baseball Prospectus. PECOTA has spoken. The notorious projection model is on the loose, evidently unhinged, spitting out numbers that infuriate fan bases in every region...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Reason No. 10 For Cardinals Optimism In 2024? The Strength and Determination Of Willson Contreras.
Here’s the latest chapter in my offseason series explaining my reasons for cautious optimism over the 2024 Cardinals. I am convinced of this: this team is better, perhaps much better, than how they’re viewed locally. It’s just a matter of maximization. Converting the...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Cardinals Have Done Well This Offseason. Is It Enough? We Should Know By The All-Star Break.
I enjoyed reading the results of an online Cardinal-fan survey published by The Athletic. The questions were wide-ranging and wise, and the answers were … interesting. For example: when asked to rate the quality of the job done by chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. during his...
Curt Rohe, Matt Minder and Dr. Rick Lehman – Golf with Jay Delsing
We talk amateur golf in St. Louis with Curt Rohe of the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association and then turn to amateur golf nationwide with Matt Minder of the Amateur Players Tour. Also, we have expert Dr. Rick Lehman talking sports injuries and how to avoid them....
Bernie On The Cardinals: The Brewers Trade Ace Corbin Burnes, And The Cardinals Have a Better Shot Of Winning The NL Central.
The Milwaukee Brewers have created a shift in the power structure in the NL Central for 2024 by trading No. 1 starting pitcher Corbin Burnes to Baltimore. The Crew no longer can throw co-aces Burnes and Brandon Woodruff at opponents – often in the same series. The...