During their three-game sweep of the Mets at Citi Field, the Cardinals fully demonstrated their strengths in playing defense and running the bases. They had a clear edge over the Mets in both areas, and the advantages were a factor in the three victories. This, of...
The Padres are an example of how quickly things can turn for a team during the footslog of a 162-game season. You can get plenty of rest and eat healthy and take your vitamins, but the danger is constant. Arms will tire. The bat speed will go slow. Bodies will ache....
Welcome to The Redbird Review The Cardinals had a wonderful and exciting adventure at Citi Field in New York. It was three days of frollicking in the grass, toying and tormenting the Mets, running around the bases with considerable zeal, covering themselves with dirt...
Welcome to The Redbird Review Attention, Cardinals. This is important. You’re not going to fool around again, right? The Cincinnati Reds are in town for three games. They come into Busch Stadium with the drag of losing five consecutive series. They went 5-10 against...
Welcome to The Redbird Review Excuse me for holding my nose as I look at the state of play in the so-called competition for the No. 2 wild card in the National League. It appears that this fracas will come down to this question: which team will produce the least...
Welcome to The Redbird Review THE OBVIOUS OPENING COMMENT: Pirates 11, Cardinals 7. The most horrendous and humiliating loss of the season for the increasingly kooky Redbirds. When the Pirates are now beating your arse on a regular basis, you can’t be taken seriously....
Welcome to the Redbird Review The Cardinals did a nice job Thursday night, wiping out a 4-1 deficit to upend the Brewers with a 8-4 consolation victory. The Cards lost the series but avoided a sweep; the Crew could not Swiffer them away. So … hooray for the home...
With the first-place Milwaukee Brewers in town, second baseman Kolten Wong is receiving a lot of attention. In the Crew’s 2-0 win Tuesday, Wong peppered his former team with three hits and an RBI. Two of the hits were doubles, including the third-inning bloop that...
Welcome to The Redbird Review The Cardinals had the privilege of being the latest team to stomp the Pittsburgh Pirates, turning a slam-dunk probability into a 4-1 victory at PNC Park. Before we praise the work of Cards starter J.A. Happ, let’s pause to gasp at the...
