BERNIE BITS The Cardinals. Oh, man. The 32-33 Cardinals. It’s bad. After being swept by the Cubs over the weekend at Wrigley Field, the Cardinals were dumped into fourth place in the NL Central. They’ve won two games in June. After being swallowed by Wrigley Field,...
Good morning. We have some day baseball on the carte de jour, with a 1:15 p.m. start for the Cardinals at Chicago, with the White Sox going for a three-game sweep. A pleasant welcome to The Redbird Review for Wednesday, May 26. NO FUN. ANOTHER UGLY LOSS: No getting...
Hello again. The Cardinals are now 1-3 against Chicago teams this season. Things will get better, right? Yes, we think so. In the words of Abraham Lincoln: “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” I believe Abe is telling president of baseball ops John...
Tony La Russa’s team is leading the AL Central with a 26-19 record. And we can make the case that it should be better; based on runs scored and runs allowed, the Chicago White Sox should be 29-16. So … Fire Tony? Heck, no. The CWS are 20-11 in their last 31...
Good afternoon. I hope you have rebounded from a not-so-great sports weekend in St. Louis, with the Blues getting swept by Colorado and the Cardinals losing two of three to the Cubs. Welcome to The Redbird Review… THE RESET: After dropping two of three games to the...
BERNIE BITS Let’s begin by checking in on a some former Cardinals: Albert Pujols, 41, is moving deeper into the unavoidable decline phase that’s part of the unforgiving aging process for athletes. In his 41 plate appearances for the Angels, Pujols is batting .231,...
THE BERNIE BITS Good day to you. I hope you had a pleasant weekend. Let’s get started, shall we? The best things to happen in STL-area sports over the weekend: 1–The Blues refocused and rediscovered their characteristic style of hockey, winning two in a...
BERNIE BITS Cardinals manager Mike Shildt seems inclined to roll out a regular lineup that has Tommy Edman leading off, Paul Goldschmidt batting second, and Nolan Arenado hitting in the No. 3 spot. Let’s just assume that Shildty will go with this and ask the obvious...
BERNIE BITS: It’s been, oh, about 90 seconds since I last wrote something about the Cardinals’ outfield, so I must tend to my springtime obsession here, OK? Here’s a progress report, going into Friday’s baseball activities: Three Good Things 1–Tyler O’Neill...
