Greetings. I’ve been doing a series on the best Cardinals players at each position during Bill DeWitt Jr.’s 28 seasons as the franchise owner and chairman. This covers an era that began in 1996 and continued through 2023. Despite the team’s 71-91...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals’ overloaded outfield carousel has revolved like crazy in 2023. Around and around and around. Outfielders getting on. Outfielders jumping off. Outfielders getting hurt. Outfielders falling off, or falling out of favor. New outfielders...
BERNIE BITS Let’s begin by checking in on a some former Cardinals: Albert Pujols, 41, is moving deeper into the unavoidable decline phase that’s part of the unforgiving aging process for athletes. In his 41 plate appearances for the Angels, Pujols is batting .231,...
If the Cardinals don’t make an outside move to turn a lightweight offense into something bigger and brawnier and more dangerous, then it’s up to the team’s current collection of batsmen to do the heavy lifting. You know, the old “Improve From Within” strategy. It’s...
