From start to finish, the Houston Astros were the best team in baseball for 2022. The team from H-Town reaffirmed that Saturday night by eliminating the Philadelphia Phillies and claiming the World Series title. The Astros earned the privilege of popping champagne in...
The World Series Review, Game 5 After chasing the elusive and bewildering goal since 2006, Justin Verlander finally has put his frustration to rest by winning a World Series game for the first time. Houston’s 3-2 victory in Game 5 didn’t come easy for the starting...
The Houston Astros will enter the World Series with a nine-game winning streak including their 7-0 record in the postseason. With the playoffs added in, they’ve won 113 games this season and figure to be the common-sense choice to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in...
Hello. This is the predictable column in which I look at the Phillies and Astros and wonder: what can the Cardinals learn from the two combatants that are set to clash in the 2022 World Series? Look, it isn’t easy to win a World Series. The Dodgers haven’t done it in...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Oli Marmol has been a very good manager for the Cardinals this season. As we’ve written before, the first-year leader has modernized his team’s tactics by dramatically increasing the platoon-split advantages, and displaying creativity with his...
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...
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...
Good afternoon. I’m a flea-bit peanut monkey, but do not be alarmed. That’s just Jagger singing in the background. I hope you had yourselves a merry little Christmas, filled with presents and mimosas and favorite songs and sweet memories of the olden days. Perfect for...
The Armed Forces Bowl is a lose-lose proposition for Missouri, which faces a knotty matchup with Army on Wednesday night in Fort Worth. The reaction if Mizzou defeats Army: big deal. Always nice to win, but c’mon … the Tigers beat a service-academy team that came into...
