THE REDBIRD REVIEW Here we go again. The Cardinals cannot escape their recent past and the decisions they’ve made to part ways with several players. Let’s update the list: TOMMY EDMAN He’s going bananas for his new team, the Dodgers. After his first 21 games with Los...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW John Mozeliak’s first trading deadline as St. Louis baseball boss was back in 2008. Where did the time go? Not counting the pandemic-shortened season of 2020, this will be the Mo’s 16th trade-deadline venture during his term in the head...
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...
Six days to go … On Thursday, March 28 the Cardinals will open the season with a four-game series at Dodger Stadium. But given the caterwauling by a percentage of media and fans that have anxiety disorders over a tough early schedule, I’m not sure why the Cardinals...
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...
No one is required to like Willson Contreras or accept the popular view that the Cardinals made a helluva smart move by signing the free-agent catcher to a five-year, $87.5 million contract. I just wish dissenters would be more fact-based in their objections on the...
Do you like the trade for Jose Quintana? Well, you should. If you’ve forgotten about Quintana, it’s understandable. He had a terrible 2021 season, getting punished for a 6.43 ERA while pitching for the Angels and the Giants. He didn’t draw a lot of interest this past...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are home. But will Busch Stadium be home sweet home? Will the Cardinals be safe at home after a depressing 2-5 road trip to Philadelphia and Atlanta? We’ll find out. Over the next week the calendar presents seven games against the...
If it’s OK with you, I’ll take a pass on offering a review of the CBA negotiations and the peace agreement between MLB’s owners and players. The entire process was fatiguing and frustrating, and baseball is boring enough during normal times. So why waste additional...
