THE REDBIRD REVIEW Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m the loon who keeps attaching the word “optimism” to the 2024 Cardinals. For this condition I blame my intense dedication to homework and a stubborn attitude derived from an old-fashioned concept known as...
The Nostalgia Tour continues. Matt Carpenter is a Cardinal again. He agreed to a one-year contract in an arrangement announced by the team on Friday. Were you surprised by the news? I can’t say that I expected it … but no, it isn’t surprising. Not at all. This is what...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Over the weekend, Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak was asked about the team’s chances of rebounding in 2024. These are the type of questions posed when team management still must answer to the franchise’s fourth-worst winning...
The annual Winter Warm-Up is set up, in part, to get the fans fired up about the coming season. The players are in a good mood, management uses the occasion to spin a positive message, and fans in attendance are mostly happy. It is a time for optimism. It all goes...
Let’s talk about the Cardinals and their payroll. It’s a thankless topic for this particular writer. There’s a lot of outrage out there – fake or otherwise – over the team’s current 2024 payroll projection. As of now it isn’t much different than the 2023 St....
Add Chaim Bloom to the list of the key offseason acquisitions by the Cardinals since the merciful end to their 71-91 freefall in 2023. Bloom doesn’t pitch, or hit, play defense or run the bases. But this respected baseball executive is already providing value as a new...
BERNIE BITS Predictions for 2024 I will turn 65 on Feb. 15. I will write many words and stress my voice by hollering for hours and hours on the radio. I will subscribe to too many sports-data sites. I will not watch the NBA until the postseason gets underway. I will...
Will the St. Louis Cardinals make a comeback from a hideous 2023 and return to the postseason in 2024? The question is at the top of my list as I start thinking about baseball’s new year. I don’t know if it will be a Happy New Year for the Redbirds, but I’m...
Hall of Fame debates are part of the process, and part of the appeal. As fans we enjoy a good, spirited baseball argument about a particular individual’s qualifications. We advocate for our preferred candidates. We poke holes in other Hall of Fame resumes. We have...
