The decision will undoubtedly be unpopular on social media, but the Cardinals did the right thing in giving a two-year contract extension to manager Oli Marmol. It’s never a good idea to have a vulnerable manager in charge. As soon as the 2024 Cardinals would go...
BERNIE BITS As the kids would say, LFG! 1. It’s a new beginning for St. Louis City SC, and I’m excited to take in Saturday’s MLS season-opening match against visiting Real Salt Lake. In 2023, City stunned the circuit with its amazing success in winning the Western...
The Cardinals may have another managerial candidate if, for whatever reason, they decide to move on from Oli Marmol. Move over, Yadier Molina. According to Grandes en los Deportes, Cardinals demigod Albert Pujols has been retained to manage Dominican Winter...
The NL Central should be renamed. My suggestion: The Bill DeWitt Division. Why would I say such a ridiculous thing? Well, I’m trying to be cute. That’s one reason. It’s annoying. Forgive me. The other factor is more serious and based on payroll pugnacity. From a...
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...
I’m always interested in the outside view of the St. Louis Cardinals. We have a tendency to let the local thundercracks influence our perceptions as we assess the team’s offseason. Based on the vociferous, widespread and entertaining sentiments expressed on X-Twitter,...
The Nostalgia Tour continues. Matt Carpenter is a Cardinal again. He agreed to a one-year contract in an arrangement announced by the team on Friday. Were you surprised by the news? I can’t say that I expected it … but no, it isn’t surprising. Not at all. This is what...
The annual Winter Warm-Up is set up, in part, to get the fans fired up about the coming season. The players are in a good mood, management uses the occasion to spin a positive message, and fans in attendance are mostly happy. It is a time for optimism. It all goes...
Let’s talk about the Cardinals and their payroll. It’s a thankless topic for this particular writer. There’s a lot of outrage out there – fake or otherwise – over the team’s current 2024 payroll projection. As of now it isn’t much different than the 2023 St....
