Welcome to the Redbird Review After two consecutive losses to the Atlanta Braves, the Cardinals have gone groundhog again, digging themselves another hole. They’ve scratched and clawed their way back to the underground, below .500. What’s a manager to do? I’ve been...
The MLB Trade Deadline is coming soon. Only three more nights of sleep, and then it’s here. The dealing frenzy ends at 3 p.m. STL time on Friday afternoon. This is kind of like a baseball Christmas. What marvelous gifts will the Santa-like general manager place around...
Welcome To The Redbird Review Late in this oh-my-lawd of a Tuesday night, the Cardinals were casually boxing up a win, leading the inert Cubs by five runs, needing only three perfunctory outs to seal a 6-1 victory. Well, someone forgot the sealant. The Cardinals...
The MLB All-Star break is here. This is positive news. From Monday through Thursday there will be no losses by the Cardinals, no stricken bodies headed to the Injured List, no distress in the dugout, no noise from the maddened crowds. After playing 90 games,...
Welcome To The Redbird Review. I’m your host, Bernie. Behind the expert craftwork of lefthanded starter Kwang Hyun Kim and a golden-oldie moment from Matt Carpenter, the Cardinals upset the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Monday at Oracle Park. For the Cardinals,...
If you’re looking for phony optimism as a source of hope for the 2021 Cardinals, I’m sorry to disappoint you. No can do. Oh, I can point out a few positives. During a 162-game season you can find just about anything on the statistical menu. Good, bad, or somewhere in...
Welcome To The Redbird Review I’m not being sarcastic when I say this, but let’s give a little credit to shortstop Paul DeJong for thinking and getting deep when asked about the team’s pallid offense. After Thursday’s somber 5-2 loss at Colorado, Pauly D went Zen on...
Welcome To The Redbird Review: At the midway point of their 2021 schedule, the Cardinals are short on starting pitching, short on runs scored, short on the number of relievers that can be counted on to protect late-inning leads. The Cards are short on solutions,...
Welcome To The Redbird Review The Cardinals are on a roll! The Birds are ready to fly! Not really. But the fellers have to start somewhere in their renovation of a problem-plagued season. And if it means stepping on the pitiful Arizona Diamondbacks to lift themselves...
