Bernie On The Blues: Big Road Trip. Last Call For The Playoffs. The NHL Trade Deadline Is Near. Drama!
The Blues are out of town for a five-game road trip, and they could return to St. Louis as a different team. Their playoff hopes could be alive, if not well. Or a dead-end journey could all but seal their demise. This is a middle-pack team but the stakes are high. The...
Gimme Golf Club and XGolf Simulators – Golf with Jay Delsing
Check out the latest in public golf opportunities with Gimme Golf Club from St. Louis. XGolf has their own proprietary simulator technology and it’s a fun place to hang out. Golf with Jay Delsing is presented by the ascensioncharityclassic.com
Bernie On The Cardinals: The Giants Sign 3B Matt Chapman. The Fray Is On For National League Playoff Spots.
Are the San Francisco Giants a more dangerous postseason contender after signing free-agent third baseman Matt Chapman? Probably so. They can join the muddle with other National League wild-card contenders. Making assumptions can be a featherbrained exercise, but for...
BERNIE BITS: Blues-Buchnevich, Key To Cardinals’ Season, Sad College Hoops, Music, Best Mizzou QBs, J. Tatum + MUCH MORE.
It's Friday afternoon ... which means it is time for BERNIE BITS Hitting some fungoes … --- Sure, the Blues should deal Pavel Buchnevich at the NHL trade deadline if (a) they receive an attractive offer, and (b) they aren’t fully confident about signing Buchnevich to...
Bernie On The Cardinals: A Quick-Read Look At Three Dudes.
Welcome to Three Dudes. Huh? I’ll explain. Now that the men are playing spring-training games, I want to do something new in my typing for Scoops. It’s kind of random. But multiple times each week, until the start of the Cardinals’ regular season, I’ll write about...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: The Cardinals Will Have Better Pitching In 2024. But They Also Need A Better Defense Behind Them.
Here’s a follow-up on something I wrote about in Wednesday’s column. It’s about the importance of team defense and what it means to pitchers. As I pointed out in yesterday’s column, the 2023 Cardinals had their poorest season defensively since 1930. That’s based on...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Three Early Signs Of Encouragement For The 2024 Cardinals.
For the Cardinals, three encouraging trends are evident in Camp Jupiter 2024. I think they’re positive developments. This doesn’t mean I’m predicting the Cardinals will win 90+ games this season and romp to a National League pennant. That isn’t my point. But after a...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: It Made Sense For The Cardinals To Sign Brandon Crawford. Smart Move.
What motivated the Cardinals to sign free-agent shortstop Brandon Crawford? And what does it mean for other players? Let's take 12 swings at this, shall we? 1. The Cardinals needed protection in two ways. If rookie shortstop Masyn Winn gets off to a brutal start or is...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: John Mozeliak Adds Another Precious Antique To His Cardinals Collection.
My initial reaction to the signing of free-agent shortstop Brandon Crawford: The Cardinals collected another antique! That isn’t necessarily a criticism. It’s more of an observation. Antiques can have value. Antiques can be aesthetically pleasing. Antiques can look...
Bernie On The Cardinals: Best-Case and Worst-Case Scenarios In 2024 For Lynn, Gibson, Mikolas, Matz and Gray.
The Cardinals should score plenty of runs in 2024. The bullpen won’t be a tinderbox. The defense should save runs instead of cost the team runs. The baserunning won’t be as passive or careless. That leaves the starting pitching. It’s the most important sector of the...
STL Soccer Hall of Fame Goalie, Jim Tietjens and Two UHY Junior Golfers – Golf with Jay Delsing
Jim’s new book “Saves” talks about his amazing life journey with heart transplants and his soccer career. Plus we chat with two junior golfers. Golf with Jay Delsing is presented by the ascensioncharityclassic.com
Bernie On The Cardinals: The Cubs Sign Cody Bellinger. So What Does It Mean For The Redbirds?
The outlook in the National League Central became clearer over the weekend when Cody Bellinger rejoined the Cubs in a move that surprised no one. Bellinger agreed to a three-year deal for $80 million, but in reality this is a sequence of three one-year deals....