“April is the cruelest month.” — T. S. Eliot The Cardinals spent the month of April in a free fall, unable to defeat gravity or most of the teams on their schedule. They reinvented the so-called “Cardinal Way” and reversed it by losing games in every...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Bad starting pitching, bad defense, bad bullpen, bad offense, bad baserunning, an overwhelmed manager and an underwhelming front office. They don’t get out to many leads, but they do let many leads slip away. And during Wednesday’s postgame show on...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Many thoughts on Jordan Walker’s demotion to the minors: 1. This will benefit Walker in the long term. The 20-year-old rookie made the long jump from Double A baseball to the majors leagues, and a couple of potentially serious flaws came with him....
THE REDBIRD REVIEW THE LEDE: The Cardinals are having a miserable time of it in San Francisco. They were shutout in the first game, 4-0. On Tuesday, they charged back to take a 4-2 lead with three runs in the eighth, only to get boomed to smithereens on a three-homer...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW I don’t care that it’s early. March-April games count just as much as August and September games. The Cardinals have stumbled into trouble And the harder they fall, the harder it is for them to make up ground in the playoff chase. After a dull,...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It’s time for another round of my St. Louis outfielder rankings. In advance let me say this: as a group, the outfielders are slumping. Since April 13 the outfield contingent is batting .208 with a .325 slug, and this made it more difficult for me to...
WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW THE LEDE: In ransacking Arizona on Wednesday the Cardinals scored 14 runs, chunked 13 hits, drew four walks, and triggered seven extra–base hits including two hitters. Stat of the day: The Redbirds won 14-5 on a day when Paul Goldschmidt...
WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Lede: It was another disappointing night of baseball for the sputtering Cardinals, who were downed 6-3 by the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks. The loss had a familiar look: a low-scoring offense, problematic pitching, another failure...
WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Arizona Diamondbacks are in town for a three-game matchup, and they come into Busch Stadium with a 9-7 record that leads the NL West. The Cardinals are off to a 7-9 start that has them in fourth place in the NL Central, four games...
