BIRD BYTES! ESPN’s Buster Olney is out with his annual offseason Top 10 rankings of players at each position. His breakdowns are behind the ESPN+ paywall, but as a longtime subscriber I give myself permission to share Cardinal-related information. And if you aren’t...
Welcome to The Redbird Review Cardinals 7, Mets 6. Whew. Eleven innings, a few coronary episodes, some Shea Stadium flashbacks, ensuing night sweats. Just your ordinary regular-season ballgame. No biggie. And after the Cardinals handled that live grenade of a game to...
Welcome to The Redbird Review Attention, Cardinals. This is important. You’re not going to fool around again, right? The Cincinnati Reds are in town for three games. They come into Busch Stadium with the drag of losing five consecutive series. They went 5-10 against...
Welcome to The Redbird Review THE OBVIOUS OPENING COMMENT: Pirates 11, Cardinals 7. The most horrendous and humiliating loss of the season for the increasingly kooky Redbirds. When the Pirates are now beating your arse on a regular basis, you can’t be taken seriously....
Welcome to The Redbird Review. Will the Cardinals swoop in for the NL’s second wild-card spot? Well … Let me put it this way … This would not be the formula for a playoff push: 1) Another loss, this time falling to the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Tuesday night at a quet...
Good day, y’all. It’s Friday, May 28. Happy 39th birthday to Jhonny Peralta, the starting shortstop for two Cardinal postseason teams (2014-2015) and an All-Star in ‘15. Welcome To The Redbird Review Let’s go … THE BIRDS-EYE OVERVIEW: The Cardinals blew a 4-0 lead...
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...
It was a woebegone weekend at Busch Stadium, with the Cardinals failing to fly on the positive vibe of Thursday’s dramatic and inspiring home-opener victory over the Brewers. The momentum, and the series, went Milwaukee’s way. The Brewers opened a 9-2 lead on...
It’s Homecoming Day in St. Louis. It’s the home-opener for the Cardinals, the first look at the rival Milwaukee Brewers, and the chance for the red faithful to walk into Busch Stadium, walk through wonderful memories and into the past, when everyone could be together...
