THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals needed to win Sunday’s game to wrestle for a series split with the Rockies. The Redbirds took care of business with a 5-1 victory that featured a complete all-around team performance. We haven’t seen that enough in 2024. The starting...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals scored five runs in Tuesday’s 8-5 defeat at Houston. With a well-pitched game that can be enough run production to supply a win. The Cardinals didn’t have the pitching part working. Starter Andre Palllante wasn’t viable, getting...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals have just one game left to play in May, the Friday-night series opener at Philadelphia. It’s been a rollicking ride, with the Redbirds swerving from one extreme to another. The Cardinals crashed. They cruised. They spun into a...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW I was trying to think of a song that fits the Cardinals’ half-awake offensive performance in Monday’s boring 3-1 loss at Cincinnati. I’ll go with “Daysleeper” by R.E.M. That’s mostly because of the title, though I like the lyrics about the...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals swept the Cubs over the weekend, winning back-to-back games that went down to the final pitch with the final outcome still up for grabs. These games sizzled like the holiday-weekend grills. Busch Stadium was pulsating with the beating...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Let me say in advance that I’m sorry for being overly comprehensive here. But I have too much to say on this Monday. Be my guest to skip over the parts that aren’t interesting to you. There’s plenty here — good, bad,...
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...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are off today, and that’s necessary but disappointing, because I like watching this team play baseball. I don’t think I said that last season. Not much, anyway. Watching the 2023 Cardinals was a health problem for me. My blood pressure...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals lost their opening series of the season, losing three of four to the Dodgers. I’m thinking that the Dodgers will win a lot of series at Dodger Stadium this year. Two reasons: (a) They had a home winning percentage of .679 over the past...
