BERNIE BITS 1. Oli Marmol is preparing for this third year as manager of the Cardinals. But Oli’s contract expires after the 2024 season, and I’d be a little surprised if the team lets him wander into a lame-duck season. That would work against Marmol’s fervent desire...
BERNIE BITS 1. Let’s begin with the Blues, who pulled themselves out of the sewage-disposal tank to begin a cleanup process that produced consecutive wins over San Jose and Las Vegas over a 48-hour period. After losing eight straight in extreme, non-competitive...
BERNIE BITS At least one too-early projection system is down on your St. Louis Cardinals. That would be from good, ol’ PECOTA over at Baseball Prospectus. In posting the lockout-state projections the editors at BP advised us to relax. “Take them for what they...
BERNIE BITS, THE SUPER BOWL EDITION Tales From The Crypt: * An opening cheap shot because I feel like having fun: I’m wondering how long it took Rams staffers to unseal the coffin and pull Stan Kroenke out of there and install the necessary robot circuitry in...
The Cincinnati Bengals vs. the Los Angeles Rams. I’m digging this matchup for Super Bowl 56. Part of that has to do with the two starting quarterbacks, but it’s more about the desperation factor. I’ll simplify the narratives: 1) All of the pressure is on LA...
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...
It’s Super Bowl Week, with the countdown beginning for Sunday’s kickoff of Super Bowl 56 in a game that pits the scampish underdog Cincinnati Bengals against the glamorous but annoying Los Angeles Rams. Most Bengal fans will be watching the game in Cincinnati and...
I’m not ready to pick a winner in Super Bowl 56, a game pitting the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals that won’t be played until Feb. 3. But I have to start warming up at some point, so I’ll begin the process by doing some stretching today. The Current Betting...
Leftover thoughts from an AFC-NFC Championship Sunday: 1) As it turns out, the narrative was premature and overly enthusiastic: “Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are the new Brady vs. Manning.” I plead guilty to hyperventilating over the irresistible angle. Joe Burrow...
