THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Milwaukee Brewers, the St. Louis Cardinals. Three summertime games at Busch Stadium. Two contenders, two rivals, meet again in a scrap for the NL Central division title. Oh, wait. That’s right. I suppose I need more coffee or something. I must...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW We can find the Cardinals are in the middle of the crowd at baseball’s summer Woodstock festival, otherwise known as the National League wild-card jam. I suppose we can call it a Lollapalooza. But in today’s writing contest – me against the...
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...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S The Cardinals played some baseball in the spirit of a Sly and the Family Stone song on Saturday, having some hot fun in the summertime by sweeping the Cubs in a day-night doubleheader. Them summer days. Those summer days. (And yeah, that’s a...
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...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals put a capper on June with a 16-12 record for the month. All in all, that’s pretty good. The 16-12 certainly indicates progress and is the best June mark by a Cardinal team since 2015. June has been a tough month for St. Louis...
Cardinals fans and the media that serve them have plenty of complaints to fuss about. The franchise is doing OK this season but remains in a slump relative to the more successful and memorable years that established a high standard. The month of October has been quiet...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Here’s the thing about the Cardinals … They have defects. Cracks. Concerns. Injuries. Holes in the roster. A destitute bench. Insufficient starting-pitching depth. They squander RBI opportunities and abandon too many runners on base. Their overall...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S The Cardinals blew a 4-0 lead on Friday at Busch Stadium and found themselves trailing Colorado 5-4 through five innings. For cripe’s sake. Could this be a second consecutive mortifying loss to the Rockies, the woebegone team that lurched...