THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are confounding. They have a winning record (16-12) but continue to botch opportunities to add victories. With a chance to sweep a three-game series or win three times in a four-game set, they muck up and fail to close out opponents....
Note from Bernie: This column was written Wednesday morning, after the Cardinals scored one run while losing Tuesday’s game at Kansas City. The struggles on offense have become a running commentary for obvious reasons. But the Cardinals got busy on...
REDBIRD REVIEW Steven Matz and three relievers combined on a five-hit shutout Monday, and the Cardinals defeated the KC Royals by the slimmest of margins, winning 1-0 on a homer by Paul Goldschmidt. Goldy’s decisive punch came on the Cardinals’ second at-bat of the...
The Cardinals went 11-9 in April, ending the month with a three-game deficit in the NL Central. Here we are again, watching the Cardinals chase the first-place Milwaukee Brewers in the division standings. And while a winning record is nothing to toss into the...
Hold everything … what’s going on? Are the Cardinals trying to bring entertaining baseball back to the modern MLB? I don’t know who these people think they are with their bushel baskets of singles, their style of running the bases in a way that would delight Ty Cobb....
Baseball brawls are usually (if not always) pretty stupid. First of all, they aren’t brawls. They’re pushing-shoving matches, with an element of the rugby scrum. Most of the guys in the pack are trying to play the role of Peace Pilgrim. Ballroom dancing is available...
It’s on to Cincinnati for the Cardinals, who played their worst game of the season in Thursday’s 5-0 loss in Miami. The Cardinals had a chance to complete a three-game sweep of the Marlins but simply weren’t engaged mentally. The defense was sloppy and negligent....
“Old men making plays.” That beautiful pearl was given to us by Yadier Molina, offered after Tuesday’s 5-1 victory over the Marlins in Miami. I want a T-shirt with that priceless message-motto on the front. So much of the 2022 season will be about Adam Wainwright...
Welcome to the Redbird Review It’s Monday, near noon, and today’s Pirates-Cardinals game has been postponed because of rain. Makes sense; the weather forecast warns of relentless rain for much of the day. To make up for the rainout the teams will play a split...
