THE REDBIRD REVIEW On the day we learned about the passing of Hall of Fame manager Whitey Herzog, the Cardinals had only one hit in scratching out three runs. The timing was perfect, because the Cardinals played a little Whiteyball to fabricate a 3-2 win over the...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW I’m going to quote a Bruce Springsteen lyric, and I couldn’t resist. I was thinking about this last night while watching the new St. Louis ace do his thing, taking over the virtually abandoned ballpark in Oakland and taking control of the team that...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Coffee is for closers. That famous line – delivered by actor Alec Baldwin to a bewildered Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross – applies to the Cardinals. Baldwin’s character, trying to motivate an underperforming sales team, spots Lemmon pouring a...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW I’ve been stingy in my praise for Cardinals starting pitcher Dakota Hudson. I have reasons, and none are based on personal animosity. My hesitancy has to do with the high home-run rate against him in recent starts. His standard ERA for the season...
Until they emerged from the Land of Nod on Sunday to put a 7-3 flogging on the Mets, the Cardinals had been outscored 32-5 in a gruesome four-game losing streak that exhibited the telltale signs of a team that had packed it in for the season. The baseball was bad. The...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Oh, well. Matthew Liberatore’s start at Tampa Bay is just a fond memory now. It appears that his excellent work against the Rays was just a tease. A fluke. Unfortunately, a dominant performance that conquered an outstanding baseball team at The Trop...
The Cubs are getting ready to play ball and take on St. Louis and Milwaukee for first place in the NL Central. The three teams have more time to enhance their rosters before the start of the 2023 season, but as it stands now the Cardinals are less likely to have an...
After all of the talent was exchanged during a fascinating if complicated three-team trade made earlier this week, the deal had a surprising winner. It wasn’t the Oakland A’s, who had a chance to cash in hugely by trading the elite catcher Sean Murphy, who has a...
Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak wants to leave the Baseball Winter Meetings in San Diego with a new catcher to succeed the retired Yadier Molina. Mo and crew can find a catcher. That isn’t the issue. Many are out there via trade or free-agent...
