BIRD BYTES Here’s a bonus column on a pleasant Saturday afternoon … 1. Welcome back, Lars Nootbaar. Please stay awhile. Let’s make this an injury-free experience over the final 148 games. Last season Noot missed 49 days while healing three different...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals have problems: injuries, disappointing starting pitching, an offense that isn’t clicking, and a power shortage by Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado, and a team home-run disparity that puts them at a disadvantage. The Cardinals also...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are off today, and that’s necessary but disappointing, because I like watching this team play baseball. I don’t think I said that last season. Not much, anyway. Watching the 2023 Cardinals was a health problem for me. My blood pressure...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Note from Bernie: this column was written before Thursday’s home-opener between the Cardinals and Marlins. The observations included here are based on the seven-game road trip through Southern California that produced a 3-4 record for the Redbirds....
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After an alarming 48 hours and two losses to the mighty Dodgers to open the season, the Cardinals settled down, pulled their game together, began to establish an identity and won three of their next four games. It was a nice recovery, and the...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Cardinals fans got their first chance to watch Kyle Gibson start a game that counted, and he did an exceptional job of quieting a potent Padres offense that came in averaging 7.5 runs per contest. And Gibson impressed with his professionalism, poise...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals lost their opening series of the season, losing three of four to the Dodgers. I’m thinking that the Dodgers will win a lot of series at Dodger Stadium this year. Two reasons: (a) They had a home winning percentage of .679 over the past...
Here’s my latest preview of the 2024 Cardinals during the countdown to their season-opening game on Thursday at Dodger Stadium. So far I’ve assessed the starting pitching, offense and bullpen. Today: The Defense. Unless the Cardinals display a dramatic improvement...
Six days to go … On Thursday, March 28 the Cardinals will open the season with a four-game series at Dodger Stadium. But given the caterwauling by a percentage of media and fans that have anxiety disorders over a tough early schedule, I’m not sure why the Cardinals...
