THE REDBIRD REVIEW After losing two of three games to the Pirates, the Cardinals migrated home with a 3-3 record on their trip to Atlanta and Pittsburgh. Won a series. Lost a series. And so it goes. How good are the Cardinals? I think it depends on your personal...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Cardinals 2, Pirates 1. What a ballgame. Let us review some of the things that made the competition so special. 1) Lance Lynn, the old grizzly, held his own against the rookie Pittsburgh phenom Paul Skenes. There were a lot of pitcher pounds out...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The St. Louis front office is said to be working the emails, texts and phone calls in the pursuit of a starting pitcher before time runs out on the July 30 trading deadline. If president of baseball ops John Mozeliak and staff are successful in...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Only 66 games to go for the Cardinals. They went into the All-Star break with a 50-46 record and had their hands on the No. 2 wild-card ticket in the National League. In the wild-card pacing, the Cardinals are perched between the No. 1 Braves and...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals sputtered into the All-Star break by losing four of six games to the Royals and Cubs at Busch Stadium. After six weeks of watching the Redbirds play winning baseball, their late downturn was disappointing. This does not mean the...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S The Cardinals played some baseball in the spirit of a Sly and the Family Stone song on Saturday, having some hot fun in the summertime by sweeping the Cubs in a day-night doubleheader. Them summer days. Those summer days. (And yeah, that’s a...
BIRD BYTES Which is like Bernie Bits, except it’s all Cardinals Talk. I welcome you to a heap of Bernie’s Bird Bytes, delivered straight to you from the recesses and excesses of my mind. There is plenty of trade-deadline jibber and jabber in written-word form in...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Monday morning, I turned on the microphone to talk about Cardinals baseball with my friend Will Leitch in our weekly “Seeing Red” podcast. We’re both full of energy and opinions. It’s probably my favorite hour of the week. Will asked a good...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals returned to The Lou after a rousing road trip. The Redbirds went a vigorous 5-2 in their two-city itinerary that had stops in Pittsburgh and Washington D.C. By the time the fellers came home, they were 4 and ½ games within reach of...
