BIRD WATCHING I did a video on the Cardinals bullpen a while back, but now I want to update and go deeper in exploring an important subject that will have a big influence — good or bad — on the team’s record in 2025. The 2024 Cardinals won 83 games...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW What would you say about a major-league baseball team that is … + 23rd overall and 11th in the NL with a minus 46 run differential. + 24th overall and 14th in the NL, in runs scored per game. + 21st overall and 11th in the NL, in runs allowed per...
BULLPEN ANXIETY! Keeping a bullpen together isn’t easy over a full season. The seams can become undone. Bodies come and go. Sore arms are iced down on the IL. In times of urgent need, minor-league call ups are asked to do a job that they may, or may not be, ready...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW I’m sorry that I’m running late today in getting this column posted. It’s one of those days. All good. Just hectic for unexpected reasons … Anyway… The Cardinals are in Chicago to begin a four-game series at Wrigley Field and will try to build on...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It can’t be easy to go to Atlanta, blow a 2-0 lead, and feel a little jab of heartsickness after losing 3-2 in 10 innings. It was a demoralizing way to drop the opener of a three-game series. The Cardinals had to pick themselves up and recover from...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S The Cardinals (as you know) split a doubleheader in Atlanta on Saturday. Not to be greedy here, but the visitors should have won both games. In the early game, the Redbirds let a 2-0 slip away to lose 3-2 in 10 innings. At least they rebounded for...
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...
BIRD BYTES Let’s say it again: Pitching wins. The Cardinals are reminding us of this traditional baseball reality since diving in on May 12 to begin the process of resuscitating their season. During their 30-17 stretch that began on Mother’s Day up yonder in...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW In the Cardinals’ 4-3 victory over Atlanta, the hot-as-the-STL-summer home team did a bunch of things we liked in rolling to their fourth straight win. Up front, the Cardinals were able to manufacture runs instead of rocketing pitches over the wall...
