BERNIE BITS — The fan anxiety over Nolan Gorman is borderline insane. Not all fans are acting like this … just too many of them. I’m appreciative of fans that have a reasonable amount of patience. As a 22-year-old rookie Gorman played 68 games at second...
BERNIE BITS 1. The Future Of Missouri Football: The Mizzou administration provided security for football coach Eli Drinkwitz in the form of a contract extension that included a generous raise. Surely these people were smart enough to set aside money to pay Drinkwitz...
BERNIE BITS Could Our Town’s Bradley Beal be on the move, to the Los Angeles Lakers? I doubt it. And I’ll explain. But the Washington Wizards star shooting guard is drawing speculation in the trade-rumor mill. Speaking on “The Crossover” podcast, Sports Illustrated...
BERNIE BITS 1. Let’s begin with the Blues, who pulled themselves out of the sewage-disposal tank to begin a cleanup process that produced consecutive wins over San Jose and Las Vegas over a 48-hour period. After losing eight straight in extreme, non-competitive...
BERNIE BITS If the Cardinals want to make headway in the postseason by actually winning games, they must reevaluate their goals in curating a pitching philosophy. The ground-ball obsession, backed by superlative infield defense, is a pragmatic and effective way to go...
BERNIE BITS Five things I want to see from the Blues over their final 38 games of the regular season … 1) Improve on the road. This is important because the Blues will play 21 of their final 38 games away from Enterprise Center. At 9-8-3 they’re barely above average...
BERNIE BITS Leading Off … Scott Rolen. One positive from the otherwise incoherent Baseball Hall of Fame voting for 2022: Scott Rolen is closing in on the mandatory minimum of receiving checkmarks on 75% of the ballots. Of course, most of you know that already. I’m not...
In the 2019 NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos invested a second-round pick, No. 42 overall, to select Missouri quarterback Drew Lock. Broncos GM John Elway was wowed by Lock’s big gun of a right arm and had visions of a franchise quarterback. Elway’s search for the new...
BERNIE BITS 1) I find it interesting that all but one coach from Mike Shildt’s staff were committed to staying on and working with new manager Oli Marmol. True, multiple coaches were under contract for 2022 including pitching coach Mike Maddux and batting coach Jeff...
