WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S Cardinals fans enjoy making the trek to Kansas City when the Redbirds visit the other side of the state. Since 2016, the Cardinals have thanked their caravan by winning 15 of 20 games from the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The latest KC invasion...
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...
BIRD BYTES Hello again on this pleasant Friday. How about some easy-reading Bird Bytes from Bernie? 1) The Cardinals can’t have another bad homestand. They’ll have the Nationals for three, followed by the Rangers for three, and then it’s onto Wrigley Field for four....
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Only 66 games to go for the Cardinals. They went into the All-Star break with a 50-46 record and had their hands on the No. 2 wild-card ticket in the National League. In the wild-card pacing, the Cardinals are perched between the No. 1 Braves and...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW If you ever traveled extensively as part of your job, you’ve probably experienced a letdown of sorts when returning home. It doesn’t mean you’re unhappy to be home, or that you don’t care about the next work-related assignment. Life, and business,...
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...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals returned to The Lou after a rousing road trip. The Redbirds went a vigorous 5-2 in their two-city itinerary that had stops in Pittsburgh and Washington D.C. By the time the fellers came home, they were 4 and ½ games within reach of...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S The Cardinals were down 5-0 after three innings Friday at Washington. That’s an awfully big gap. Can the tourists from St. Louis win this game? Forget about it. That was about as likely as Democrats and Republicans getting along beautifully on...
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...
