THE REDBIRD REVIEW You may have noticed: the St. Louis Cardinals have a phlegmatic offense. This is a fancy way of saying they have a bad offense. I must use big words to keep myself entertained. And of course you’ve noticed. This is hardly breaking news, or a problem...
I often get asked about the Cardinals’ offense and what’s gone wrong. Why are they so futile and feeble with the bats in their hands? I spent some time over the weekend, looking into some performance factors that explain the crux of the problem. I’ve touched on some...
BERNIE BITS Good morning/afternoon. Three Things About The Blues’ Three-Game Winning Streak: 1. Ryan O’Reilly finally has a line: In the wins over San Jose, Vegas and Colorado, O’Reilly played exclusively at 5-on-5 with wingers Brandon Saad and Josh Leivo. The Blues...
It was a busy couple of days at Busch Stadium. Adam Wainwright is coming back in 2023. Pitching coach Mike Maddux wanted to gear down and decided to move on. Hitting coach Jeff Albert made his fetishist critics deliriously happy by saying “no thank you” when offered a...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Coming out of the All-Star break the Cardinals immediately drifted into trouble, losing three of four games to the Reds and Blue Jays. The starting pitching was cracking, getting flogged for 18 earned runs in 19 and ⅔ innings for a 8.24 ERA. At that...
The Cardinals (65-51) are in their most positive groove of the season, having won 11 of 14 games since the Aug. 2 trade deadline to surge into first place in the NL Central, three games ahead of the Brewers. It’s taken a while, but Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After a downbeat period of baseball – a show of mediocrity that included fragmented starting pitching, cringeworthy losses and low spirits – your St. Louis Cardinals are aloft. They are winning and warbling and tied with Milwaukee for first place in...
Hello, again. I appreciate the questions that have been rolling in and will do my best to get to them in a timely manner as I feel my way through the “Ask Bernie” process. If it takes a while for you to see your question addressed in one of these mailbox columns,...
Good afternoon. Here’s the next installment of my series on Cardinal Fan Anxieties for 2022. Today I’ll take a look at the new Matt Carpenter … that would be Paul DeJong. Why is DeJong the next Carpenter? Well … with Carpenter gone, DeJong clearly has moved into the...
