Bernie’s Redbird Review: So Long To Tyler O’Neill — The Most Disappointing And Mystifying Cardinal Of His Generation.
The Cardinals finally gave up on Tyler O’Neill, trading the muscular but fragile outfielder to the Red Sox for two indeterminate pitchers in a ho-hum deal that confirmed his minimal trade value. The move also reaffirmed O’Neill’s status as one of the most...
Bernie: Starting-Pitching Innings Really Matter. Credit John Mozeliak For Attacking The Cardinals’ Most Urgent Problem.
When Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak prioritized innings in his reconstruction of the team’s starting pitching, he knew what he was doing. And Mozeliak absolutely did the right thing, because innings matter. Innings matter very much. The...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Here Are The Best Rightfielders During The 28-Season Bill DeWitt Jr. Era In St. Louis.
Greetings. I've been doing a series on the best Cardinals players at each position during Bill DeWitt Jr.'s 28 seasons as the franchise owner and chairman. This covers an era that began in 1996 and continued through 2023. Despite the team's 71-91 crash in 2023, few...
Bernie Bits! Notes On Cardinals, Blues, Marmol, Descalso, Mozeliak, Kyrou, SLU Basketball And Kyren Williams.
BERNIE BITS 1. Oli Marmol is preparing for this third year as manager of the Cardinals. But Oli’s contract expires after the 2024 season, and I’d be a little surprised if the team lets him wander into a lame-duck season. That would work against Marmol’s fervent desire...
Derrick Goold, Wes Edwards and Eddie McVey live from Maggie O’Briens – Golf with Jay Delsing
This week 'Golf with Jay Delsing' heads to iconic Maggie O’s for a visit with proprietor Eddie McVey. We also get to chat with Derrick Goold, St. Louis Cardinals beat writer for STLToday.com and Wes Edwards from the St. Louis Hall of Fame. Golf with Jay Delsing is...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Looking At Players The Cardinals Could Trade. Get Out Your Antacid Tablets.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Depending on what you read on the interwebs – and be careful out there – the St. Louis Cardinals are up to something big … or maybe up to nothing much at all. The Cardinals are: 1) Secretly pursuing the elite free-agent Japanese starting pitcher...
Bernie’s Blue Notes: The Blues Are Somehow Defying Expectations. Don’t Even Try To Understand It.
BLUE NOTES The bizarro Blues did it again on Thursday night. The circuitry in their on/off switch went crazy. On, off. On, off. On, off. Inspired hockey, followed by Insipid hockey. Leads taken, leads blown. The Blues show determination, then no-show and disappear....
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Choosing The Best Centerfielders During The Bill DeWitt Jr. Era Of Cardinals Baseball.
Sorry for the delay, but here's my latest review of the top players during the Bill DeWitt Era of St. Louis Cardinals baseball. I've been selecting the best at every position. I was making good progress until I had to set aside this project to focus on offseason...
Pucks with Panger – Episode 2 – 2023
“Pucks with Panger” talking NHL, Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues with Darren Pang and how we got a Holy Jumpin out of John Kelly.
Bernie’s Redbird Review: After A 2023 Disaster, The St. Louis Bullpen Requires A Massive Renovation.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After signing free-agent starting pitchers Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson, the St. Louis front office will focus on rebuilding a bullpen that went down in a blaze of gory in 2023. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak did a good –...
Bernie: A Comprehensive Sampling Of Opinions On The Cardinals’ Signing Of Starting Pitcher Sonny Gray.
Good morning to you on this “sonny” Tuesday. I put together a variety of national-media opinions on the St. Louis signing of starting pitcher Sonny Gray. I also included some assessments of Gray written by baseball analysts before the start of free agency. Eno Sarris,...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Three Good Starting-Pitching Moves By John Mozeliak. But the Cardinals Need To Do More.
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After filling in the bottom section of the starting rotation with the free-agent signings of Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson, Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak put a star on top by winning the open-market bidding for Sonny Gray....