Despite being battered by a staggering spate of injuries, the Milwaukee Brewers enter the new week atop the NL Central with a 17-11 record. The Crew’s .607 winning percentage is tied with San Francisco for best in the National League. And many players can share credit...
It’s Friday. That means we’re about to go on a tour of the NL Central division, a wacky colony that offers a million strikeouts and wheezing lineups. 1–CINCINNATI REDS, 7-5 The Reds opened the season at Great American Ball Park, rolling to a quick...
Let’s take a tour of the NL Central division. I’ll try to do these more often; perhaps every Friday. I’ll list the teams based on the division standings. CINCINNATI REDS, 5-1 After his Pirates were outscored 30-8 in three games while getting swept by the Reds,...
At the time I type this, the Cardinals’ season opener is about 48 hours away. It will be great to have baseball back again. The sport has problems, but try to put that aside and enjoy the season. Collectively we’ve been through a lot over the last year or...
BERNIE BITS: It’s been, oh, about 90 seconds since I last wrote something about the Cardinals’ outfield, so I must tend to my springtime obsession here, OK? Here’s a progress report, going into Friday’s baseball activities: Three Good Things 1–Tyler O’Neill...
Among NL Central rivals the Cardinals obviously made the biggest splash move of the entire offseason by pilfering third baseman Nolan Arenado in a cockeyed trade with Colorado. The national reaction to the Arenado maneuver was pretty much unanimous: The Cardinals won...
BERNIE BITS Who won baseball’s offseason? It’s a matter of opinion. But two prominent baseball writers gave the Cardinals the ol’ tip of the cap in their offseason rankings. Andy McCullough (The Athletic) placed the Cardinals at No. 3 behind the Padres (1st) and...
Based on the payroll accounting display at Cots Contracts, the Cardinals aren’t as cheap as many believe … including me. Do I think Bill Dewitt Jr. and John Mozeliak could crank up the aggressiveness and spend more money? Sure. Absolutely. But that seems highly...
BERNIE BITS: It’s time to check in and update the NL Central as the member teams desperately spend money and make trades and disregard all discipline in the ravenous attempt to win it all… No, wait, that would be the NL East. Or just the rambunctious San Diego...
