Welcome to The Redbird Review The Cardinals had a swell weekend, taking two of three from the Reds to narrow the gap in the race for the NL’s No. 2 wild card. It was a special weekend for Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado. Saturday night, he blasted the...
Welcome to The Redbird Review First things first. The Albert Pujols home run was FUN. It stirred a familiar passion, warm feelings, and an appreciation of his leading-man role in the revival of St. Louis baseball for a dominant run. The franchise is trying to get...
Manager Mike Shildt has bristled at “urgency” related questions this season. He seems offended by suggestions that the Cardinals are lacking in urgency — because in Shildt’s opinion his team plays with the necessary urgency in every game. That’s ridiculous, of...
Bird Bytes: 1) Mike Shildt’s apparent choice for closer is interesting. Well, that’s one way to put it. I think all of us respect what Giovanny Gallegos has done for the Cardinals over the last few seasons. But with Alex Reyes being sheltered for a while, until he...
Welcome to The Redbird Review Hello, and I hope your long weekend has been happy and restful. I’ve been overdosing on college football. This just in: Alabama is great, and by gosh, who could have ever predicted that? I’ve been sipping adult beverages, and...
Welcome to The Redbird Review: The Cardinals won a three-game series at Cincinnati but lost three dates on the MLB calendar. At 68-64, the Cards are down to 30 regular-season games. They are very much in contention for the NL’s No. 2 wild-card spot, hanging at 2 ½...
Welcome to The Redbird Review Excuse me for holding my nose as I look at the state of play in the so-called competition for the No. 2 wild card in the National League. It appears that this fracas will come down to this question: which team will produce the least...
Welcome to The Redbird Review THE OBVIOUS OPENING COMMENT: Pirates 11, Cardinals 7. The most horrendous and humiliating loss of the season for the increasingly kooky Redbirds. When the Pirates are now beating your arse on a regular basis, you can’t be taken seriously....
Let’s talk about the bullpen. And no, this isn’t an overreaction to Thursday night’s raging-fire cataclysm in a savage 11-7 loss at Pittsburgh. Specifically, I want to talk about three guys: Genesis Cabrera, Giovanny Gallegos and Alex Reyes. And if you’ve kept up with...
