It’s been a weird start to the new campaign for your St. Louis Blues. I’m not being critical of any of the media coverage — honest — but I feel compelled to note this: when the writers and talkers are more upset than the team, that’s not a positive sign....
Good day. There’s a lot of sickness and sadness and divisiveness out there, but I hope the Blues gave you a chance to relax and spend a few hours in a happier place. The Blues made the blues go away during Wednesday’s 4-1 victory in a delightful season-opener at...
BLUES BITS I was going to write a typical “Keys to the Blues Season” column, and really load the thing up with a double-batch of stats and hot-take add-ons. But really there’s no reason to waste a substantial volume of words. We all know the consequential factors in...
BERNIE BITS I’m grouchy this morning so I need to work it out of my system … Accordingly … BERNIE HITS: 1. Mizzou’s incomprehensible second-half collapse at Mississippi State was hideous. There’s no justifiable excuse or rationalization for the Tigers...
Sorry to hear that Alex Steen is retiring at age 35 because of chronic back problems — specifically degenerative herniated discs on his lumbar spine. And no wonder. It’s not that Steen was an undersized guy; at 210 pounds, he wasn’t. But he was physical, and...
BERNIE BITS Let’s get started with some C-Notes: 1. In the short-track 2020 season the Cardinals batted .235 against right-handed pitching, with an abysmal .366 slugging percentage that ranked 27th in the majors. Their .690 OPS, 25th, wasn’t much better. So to...
