OK, so Jack’s back. Or is he? One down … and hopefully, many more to go. But only better. There are multiple ways of looking at Jack Flaherty’s first start of the 2022 season. 1. To some it was an alarming helter-skelter showing that included a 31-pitch first inning...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Over the weekend The Cardinals won a series and moved into first place. That’s good. The Cards also botched a chance to sweep the Reds in a loss that enabled Milwaukee to pick up a game in the NL Central standings. That’s disappointing. The...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals have spent much of their 2022 season in a maze. They have short winning streaks, and short losing streaks. They get hot, warming their hopes, and suddenly turn cold. Right direction, wrong direction. Still wandering around in the maze....
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals let one get one away on Tuesday night at Tampa Bay, losing 4-2 in 10 innings on a blown save by Drew VerHagen. This was a bad one. The Cardinals fell to the Rays despite: – Outhitting the Rays 9-3 and limiting the home team to one hit...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals had a disappointing start to their five-game series at Wrigley Field, getting clubbed 7-5 by the Cubs on Thursday night. Starting pitcher Miles Mikolas will try to get the Cardinals on track in Friday’s 1:20 p.m. game, but he’ll need...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals have set up headquarters at Wrigley Field, where they’ll play five games in four days. The action begins tonight at 7:05 p.m. The Cardinals are perky these days, having gone 9-3 in their last 12 games including the three-game brooming...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW In a familiar scenario that continues to limit their growth in the standings, the Cardinals flubbed another opportunity to win a series when having an advantage going into the final game. After winning two of the first three games from the...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After Tuesday’s 8-1 loss to Toronto and another careening, agonizingly tedious start by Jordan Hicks, the Cardinals manager Oli Marmol sounded like a man who had just about seen enough of the pitcher’s wildness, walks, low percentage of strikes...
Hello, Nolan Gorman! Welcome to the St. Louis Cardinals and major-league baseball. May your home runs fly frequently and travel high and far. May your strikeouts generate nothing more than a minor summer breeze. May you wallop right-handed pitching, cause...
