Good afternoon. I’m a flea-bit peanut monkey, but do not be alarmed. That’s just Jagger singing in the background. I hope you had yourselves a merry little Christmas, filled with presents and mimosas and favorite songs and sweet memories of the olden days. Perfect for...
BERNIE BITS Hello again. I hope you’re doing swell on this Wednesday afternoon. Me? I need more coffee. Best random song I’ve listened to today: Pancho & Lefty, by the late-great Townes Van Zandt. Let’s get to The Bits … The Cardinals spend money and don’t have to...
Our Town’s Max Scherzer is a New York Met. Oh, I don’t believe the Mets were his first choice. This was no Godfather movie, but they made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Their financial pitch absolutely ranked No. 1 in the competition to cash in. And that’s how Mad...
The former manager and the new manager had something to say this week. There was Mike Shildt, the longtime organizational fixture who was unexpectedly sacked by the Cardinals just over a month ago. There was Shildt’s protege and bench coach and replacement, Oli...
BERNIE BITS 1) I find it interesting that all but one coach from Mike Shildt’s staff were committed to staying on and working with new manager Oli Marmol. True, multiple coaches were under contract for 2022 including pitching coach Mike Maddux and batting coach Jeff...
Hello. I’m not a fan of “The Cardinals Should Sign” this guy or that guy type of column. I’m all for having fun and playing fantasy baseball GM, but too many of these “Sign This Guy Now!” pieces are disconnected from reality. The authors tend to blissfully ignore the...
BERNIE BITS Welcome to my place. I call it “The Lair.” Birthplace of The Bits. Quite historical. 1) Blues Lose To Nashville in OT, 4-3: Sorry, but you can’t take a 2-0 lead at home and fail to win the game. At least the Blues collected a point, but this...
The Cardinals already are having a good offseason. Why? Because the NL Central is weakening. — The Cincinnati Reds are in another salary-dump mode. They’ve traded veteran catcher Tucker Barnhart, a two-time Gold Glove winner, to the Tigers. They declined to...
After having only one manager, Tony La Russa, for 16 years the Cardinals will go into the 2022 season with their third manager in the last five seasons. The next manager up is Oliver Marmol, who replaced the fired Mike Shildt, who replaced the fired Mike Matheny, who...
