THE REDBIRD REVIEW On Wednesday night at Busch Stadium, the Cardinals showed us a replay of too many games we’ve watched this season. They reminded us of who they really are, and why it’s crazy to count on them. Despite having leads of 6-3 and 7-5 over the Houston...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals had a starting-pitching problem to solve last offseason, and they had a starting-pitching problem early in the 2023 regular season, and they still have a starting-pitching problem in late June, and they almost certainly will have a...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW In rushing through a 3-0 shutout loss to the Nationals that required only 2 hours and 12 minutes to finalize, the Cardinals issued an important reminder: this team cannot be trusted. When the Redbirds put together a brief stretch of winning...
We can find plenty of things wrong with the 2023 Cardinals. When your record is 27-42, the positives are minimal. This is a broken team with the worst record in the National League. Some failures were predictable. Except for president of baseball operations John...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It was enough to make me want to smash a dugout cooler, just like Willson Contreras did earlier this week. After being struck down by another thunderbolt in Wednesday’s 8-5 stinging loss to the Giants, Cardinals players set up a post-game defense....
“We have to be perfect to win right now,” manager Oli Marmol said. “It feels like we can’t make a mistake because the other team has found a way to capitalize on it every time. We can’t give up extra outs or a leadoff walk — we have to execute better than that.”...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It’s been a loathsome season for the Cardinals, a team that can’t overcome the gravitational pull of uninspiring, losing baseball and the force that keeps them down in the standings. As they go into a weekend series with the visiting Reds, the...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After Tuesday’s dispiriting 6-4 loss at Texas, manager Oli Marmol summed up the bewildering state of the 2023 Cardinals. “It’s frustrating for sure,” Marmol told reporters on site. “On nights that we hit, we give up more runs, and on nights that we...
The Cardinals are the major-league baseball equivalent to the Blackberry. You remember the Blackberry, right? It was a nifty smartphone with an innovative keyboard that made for quick typing. At its peak the Blackberry had 85 million subscribers around the world. But...
