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. 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,...
While Matt Carpenter’s two-run triple received most of the postgame attention, it wasn’t the most important facet of Monday’s 5-3 win by the Cardinals at San Francisco. What mattered more than anything was the excellent start by Kwang Hyun Kim. Outperforming Giants...
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...
Welcome To The Redbird Review Warning: I’m gonna get a little silly today. Let’s go. IT IS A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE: Sigh. I come here to write about your St. Louis Cardinals each weekday, and by now I have to be bumming you out by pointing to all that is...
Welcome To The Redbird Review. It’s Monday June 21. The Cardinals just lost three out of four in Atlanta and have the day off before opening a two-game series at Detroit. But I’m writing. THE TROUBLING STATE OF THE OFFENSE: What’s the word … dormant? Unfruitful?...
