Here’s my breakdown of the Cardinals’ signing of outfielder Corey Dickerson, a left-side bat who agreed to a one-year, $5 million contract. He was an American League All-Star for Tampa Bay in 2017, and a year later with Pittsburgh won a National League Gold Glove...
Bird Bytes: 1) As you’ve heard by now, the Phillies signed Kyle Schwarber to a four-year contract that has an average annual salary of just under $20 million. For the life of me, I never understood why any St. Louis media person or fan believed the Cardinals would be...
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...
Perhaps the MLB owners and players association will engage in sincere and fruitful discussions this week and work out a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement. Or perhaps the Owners vs. Players divide will expand instead of narrow. We’ll find out soon enough....
Major League Baseball will return at some point in 2022. Until then, I’ll keep my mind and typing fingers busy by taking an advance look at the 2022 Cardinals. The roster isn’t completely set, and we don’t know if the front office will go outside the organization for...
Greetings, how are you? It’s time for another round of Cardinal Fan Anxieties for 2022. So far we’ve looked at the overall state of the offense, the popular idea of signing free agent Kyle Schwarber to serve as DH, and the intense, nonstop angst over Paul DeJong....
BERNIE BITS Five things I want to see from the Blues over their final 38 games of the regular season … 1) Improve on the road. This is important because the Blues will play 21 of their final 38 games away from Enterprise Center. At 9-8-3 they’re barely above average...
Hello, again. Today I’m writing Part II of my Fan Anxieties series. In each piece I take a look at an area that’s causing angst among the Best Fans In Baseball. In Part I, the topic examined the concerns over the St. Louis offense for 2022. Part II is all about the...
BERNIE BITS Leading Off … Scott Rolen. One positive from the otherwise incoherent Baseball Hall of Fame voting for 2022: Scott Rolen is closing in on the mandatory minimum of receiving checkmarks on 75% of the ballots. Of course, most of you know that already. I’m not...
