THE REDBIRD REVIEW (Please note: This column was about 90 percent written when the word came down about the Cardinals making a three-team deal that would send Tommy Edman to the Dodgers. In return, the Cardinals will receive starting pitcher Erick Fedde and outfielder...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S Warning: I’m in a salty mood. What a gross 10-8 loss by the Cardinals to the Nationals on Friday night. The Cards scored eight runs but were terrible in too many other ways. And they flat-out gave away a game for a variety of annoying...
BIRD BYTES Hello again on this pleasant Friday. How about some easy-reading Bird Bytes from Bernie? 1) The Cardinals can’t have another bad homestand. They’ll have the Nationals for three, followed by the Rangers for three, and then it’s onto Wrigley Field for four....
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It has been said and written: the 2024 Cardinals are doing a poor job of hitting left-handed pitchers. And this opinion is true. Yes. Absolutely. It’s a fact. OK, just how bad is it? I have answers. Let’s do some Bern-alysis. To this point of...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Hello, it’s me. I don’t know about you, but I look forward to the day when the Cardinals are actually represented in MLB’s annual All-Star Game. Closer Ryan Helsley was added to the National League squad by the commissioner’s office. He was the only...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Monday morning, I turned on the microphone to talk about Cardinals baseball with my friend Will Leitch in our weekly “Seeing Red” podcast. We’re both full of energy and opinions. It’s probably my favorite hour of the week. Will asked a good...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Here’s my latest in a series of columns examining the Cardinals as they hit the 81-game mark of the season to complete the first 50 percent of their schedule. They reach that milestone Friday against the Reds. I led off with Masyn Winn being my...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW In their first 39 games, the Cardinals skidded to a 15-24 record. The outlook was ominous and reminiscent of the team’s savage 2023 season. Is this really happening again? Well, the situation has improved. And the outlook isn’t as troubling. After...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S The Cardinals kept their Redbird Express moving forward Friday at Wrigley Field, leaving the home team and their fans feeling emoji-faced sad after a 3-0 victory on a blustery day in the Windy City. This triumph by the Cardinals had plenty of...
