BERNIE BITS: It’s been, oh, about 90 seconds since I last wrote something about the Cardinals’ outfield, so I must tend to my springtime obsession here, OK? Here’s a progress report, going into Friday’s baseball activities: Three Good Things 1–Tyler O’Neill...
Among NL Central rivals the Cardinals obviously made the biggest splash move of the entire offseason by pilfering third baseman Nolan Arenado in a cockeyed trade with Colorado. The national reaction to the Arenado maneuver was pretty much unanimous: The Cardinals won...
BERNIE BITS I hope you had an enjoyable and safe weekend. We have another busy week ahead, so let’s get going! The 5 Best Things that happened over the weekend in STL-related sports. 1–The Blues won at San Jose, 7-6, in a crazy game that evidently drove the...
In the runup to spring training the Cardinals have a lot of questions. Most center around the offense, especially the outfield. There’s concern over the quality of depth for their position players and starting rotation. There’s one question-free area: Defense. ...
THE BERNIE BITS We’ve been frustrated with the Cardinals and their ownership-management model at times. In an impatient culture we yearn for showy and brassy excitement, and the Cardinals tend to be more methodical. But every now and then it’s a good idea to slow...
Based on the payroll accounting display at Cots Contracts, the Cardinals aren’t as cheap as many believe … including me. Do I think Bill Dewitt Jr. and John Mozeliak could crank up the aggressiveness and spend more money? Sure. Absolutely. But that seems highly...
When the New York Mets made a huge trade on Thursday by bartering four prospects to Cleveland for elite shortstop Francisco Lindor and solid starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco, I had a three-part reaction:Â 1. Finally, some big-time action to break the tedium of a...
BERNIE BITS I’m grouchy this morning so I need to work it out of my system … Accordingly … BERNIE HITS: 1. Mizzou’s incomprehensible second-half collapse at Mississippi State was hideous. There’s no justifiable excuse or rationalization for the Tigers...
BERNIE BITS It would be crazily premature to declare that we’re safe and free from the deadly virus that plagued the world this year. We’re not there yet; the availability of the vaccines is extremely limited by the predictable but incomprehensible lack of...
