Two weeks ago I wrote about the possibility of Yadier Molina rejoining the Cardinals as a coach. Not to rehash all of the particulars, but there are plenty of valuable and meaningful reasons for the hire including his impact on game planning and the pitching staff,...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Here’s my latest installment of the All-DeWitt ERA Team, ranking the players at each position during the 28 seasons of Cardinals baseball with Bill DeWitt Jr. as the team owner and chairman. DeWitt and partners purchased the Cardinals before the...
Opening Day is on the clock. The countdown is moving fast. Cardinals vs. Blue Jays, Thursday afternoon, and a scheduled 3:10 p.m. first pitch at Busch Stadium. The ballpark will be packed to capacity and saturated in red. Voices will carry. Hearts will beat in one...
Thoughts On Paul Goldschmidt Winning The National League MVP Award … 1) This prestigious honor will strengthen Goldschmidt’s credentials for potential enshrinement into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Goldy is building the case, and he’s already qualified by...
The posturing continued in Jupiter, Fla. on Thursday, with the MLB owners and the Players Association offering another performance of Kabuki theater. All week the discourse was more about showmanship than actual substance. With huge financial issues to settle and time...
A few weeks ago on my KFNS radio show, during the dormant part of the Cardinals offseason, chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. reminded us that he likes having star players, wants to have star players, and believes that star players make his teams better. Little did we know...
BERNIE BITS I hope you are staying safe and enjoying this holiday season, even if it’s tough for so many people right now. OK, let’s start with this: a Christmas present that hasn’t arrived … if it will ever arrive, which certainly is in...
Could the Yankees make a free-agent run at Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina? Sure. Yanks catcher Gary Sanchez, 28, had a terrible 2020, and the New York front office isn’t convinced he’ll bounce back in 2021. In a late-November interview with Laura...
In this week’s “Tony Talk”, we go behind the scenes with Game 6 of the 2011 World Series and what may have gotten David Freese’s bat going. Redbird Roulette lands on Steve Kline. Tony still sounds fired up about the night Kline gave him the finger. Plus, with...
