Welcome to The Redbird Review The Cardinals won their 11th straight game on Wednesday night, thumping the Milwaukee Brewers 12-2. That made it 13 wins in their last 14 games. To state the obvious, this team is in peak form. It hits. It hits for power. It excels at...
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,...
The Cardinals had a losing weekend in Cincinnati, dropping two winnable games before springing back for a 10-6 victory Sunday. There are so many ways to look at this: They lost a series to the Reds. That’s bad. That’s awful because the Reds didn’t have...
Happy Friday and welcome to The Redbird Review. Turn on the air conditioning, put ice and your favorite liquid in a glass, and listen to Miles Davis. (I’m starting with Kind of Blue.) That should help keep ya cool on a hot St. Louis weekend in the summertime. Let’s...
Welcome To The Redbird Review… I have no problem with Happy Talk as long as there’s a fact-based reason for putting on the smiley face. I have no use for fantasy-based, wish-based Happy Talk. Example: Hey, Milwaukee’s starting pitchers are GONNA GET TIRED! I...
Welcome To The Redbird Review. This is not a pleasant task, having to review the horrors of recent events that have enfeebled the village baseball team. But someone must do it. This is no time for Happy Talk. There’s a Darkness on the Edge of Town, people. ...
After having a day off following their stretch of 17 games without a break, the Cardinals are set to resume play Tuesday night in Milwaukee, opening a three-game series against the Brewers. It should be fun to see the teams with the best records in the NL Central get...
WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW THE RESET: After winning six in a row, the Cardinals closed the Mets series with two consecutive losses — and dreary losses at that. On the happy-talk side of the street, I’ll point out that the Cardinals have won 10 of their last...
All in all it was a disappointing first series for the Cardinals in Cincinnati. The Cards hammered the Reds 11-6 on Opening Day, only to have the cudgel turned on them for repeated blows during two straight wins by the cranked-up Reds. Onto the review: St. Louis...
