THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are quartered in Cincinnati this weekend for a three-game series that reconnects two NL Central rivals. The Cards haven’t had much fun against NL Central opponents in 2023. The Redbirds remain stuck in last place, looking up at the...
In a historically embarrassing 2023 season that’s been short on success and joy and loaded with failure and misery, let’s take a moment to express our respect and appreciation for Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras. In a year of hopelessness he’s a source of...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals descended to a new low point in their low-energy season, with the home team dunked to 20 games below .500 after a 4-1 dud of a loss to the Padres on Monday at Busch Stadium. The latest but familiar surrender left the submissive...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Until now, the Cardinals had never been as many as 19 games under .500 in a season under the leadership of franchise chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. This covers 28 seasons of baseball that began when DeWitt and partners purchased the Cardinals before the...
BIRD BYTES Good afternoon! The Cardinals are set to open a three-game weekend series at Philadelphia. I’m set to have an ice-cold Zwickel from Urban Chestnut and remain safely ensconced in my air-conditioned lair where I write, talk, ponder the meaning of life, lounge...
Until they emerged from the Land of Nod on Sunday to put a 7-3 flogging on the Mets, the Cardinals had been outscored 32-5 in a gruesome four-game losing streak that exhibited the telltale signs of a team that had packed it in for the season. The baseball was bad. The...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The St. Louis rotation took another hit on Monday when the team placed lefty Steven Matz went on the Injured List with a strained lat muscle. The setback came after Matz had made a terrific return to the rotation after a demotion to the bullpen....
In his latest grim beatdown by an opponent, Adam Wainwright was flattened by the Royals on Friday night. This was the saddest start of them all for Waino to this point of 2023, but don’t expect anything to change. Manager Oli Marmol is hopelessly devoted to the...
The coming offseason will be all about starting pitching and inspecting president of baseball ops John Mozeliak and chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. to see if (a) they’ve learned any hard lessons from the collapse of 2023, and (b) they are dedicated to having a winning team...
