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...
Bird Bytes: 1) Mike Shildt’s apparent choice for closer is interesting. Well, that’s one way to put it. I think all of us respect what Giovanny Gallegos has done for the Cardinals over the last few seasons. But with Alex Reyes being sheltered for a while, until he...
Welcome to The Redbird Review Hello, and I hope your long weekend has been happy and restful. I’ve been overdosing on college football. This just in: Alabama is great, and by gosh, who could have ever predicted that? I’ve been sipping adult beverages, and...
The Cardinals came into Cincinnati at a good time, with their pitchers having a chance to tranquilize a listless Reds offense. But would this be easy? Probably not. After a lackadaisical 2-4 road trip to Milwaukee and Miami, the Reds were returning to the Great...
Welcome to The Redbird Review Excuse me for holding my nose as I look at the state of play in the so-called competition for the No. 2 wild card in the National League. It appears that this fracas will come down to this question: which team will produce the least...
Let’s talk about the bullpen. And no, this isn’t an overreaction to Thursday night’s raging-fire cataclysm in a savage 11-7 loss at Pittsburgh. Specifically, I want to talk about three guys: Genesis Cabrera, Giovanny Gallegos and Alex Reyes. And if you’ve kept up with...
Welcome to the Redbird Review. The Cardinals are down to 39 games on their schedule, and it’s time to stop fooling around. A wild-card ticket is in reach. Make your move, boys. The front office can’t help you now. The coaches are what they are. Manager Mike Shildt...
BIRD BYTES! 1) Ladies and gentlemen, Jack Flaherty: the once and future ace is healed and hot to go for his comeback start on Friday night in Kansas City. He’ll be throwing his first pitch for the Cardinals in 74 days. The 74 days challenged STL’s pitching depth,...
Welcome to The Redbird Review After being swept by the Atlanta Braves in a three-game series at Busch Stadium, the Cardinals are 30-40 since May 14. And that is really bad, my friends. Not that you needed me to tell you that. Here are MLB’s four worst winning...
