THE REDBIRD REVIEW Next stop for the Cardinals: four games in Washington D.C. One thing to definitely keep an eye on is how much offense the Redbirds will generate against the Nationals’ scheduled row of starting pitchers. The Cardinals will face four left-handed...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW As we’ve noted in recent days, the Cardinals are averaging only 3.95 runs per game this season, a sad little number that ranks 14th among the 15 National League teams and 26th overall. I think we can agree on this: that’s pitiful. As a matter of...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are in a good place right now. They’ll have to stay there instead of going backward, but that isn’t the focus of this column. Today I’m putting my attention on how the Cardinals rallied to become relevant and...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S Hello! No preliminaries. Let’s get started with an updated review following Saturday’s 6-1 loss at Philadelphia. WHERE DID THE OFFENSE GO? I don’t know, but this offense isn’t the same when the Cardinals are missing Willson Contreras, Lars Nootbaar...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW What’s this? An offense? Oh. Sorry. I didn’t recognize it at first. I didn’t know what to call it. But yes, I do believe this is what an offense is supposed to look like. I’m starting to remember how the Cardinals used to do this quite often. Get a...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW I was happily surprised to see Matt Carpenter batting leadoff for Sunday’s series wrap at Milwaukee. It seemed like old times for the oldest player on the Cardinals. It was a smart move by manager Oli Marmol to go with Carpenter at the top of the...
Fans are demanding the firing of Oli Marmol. He’s an easy scapegoat, but to an enraged fan base Marmol’s managerial skills or perceived flaws are largely irrelevant to the much larger picture. The public just wants someone to pay for the team’s .430 winning percentage...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S After getting a two-game break from his severe slump and troubling season, Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt returned to the lineup Friday and went 0 for 4 in the team’s depressing 11-2 loss at Milwaukee. The box-score blank left Goldy...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After an alarming 48 hours and two losses to the mighty Dodgers to open the season, the Cardinals settled down, pulled their game together, began to establish an identity and won three of their next four games. It was a nice recovery, and the...
