THE REDBIRD REVIEW What a wonderful evening of baseball at Rickwood Field in Birmingham. It was all we hoped it would be, from the pregame music, to the gathering of esteemed retired Negro Leagues players, to a warm celebration of Black baseball history, to the...
The late Willie Mays was such a great player, it made him underrated. Wait a second. Underrated? Yes, underrated. This is what I believe. I know Mays was chosen to play in a gazillion MLB All-Star Games, and he won a dozen Gold Glove awards for his extraordinary...
Today’s Redbird Report Card: Albert Pujols, the National League’s Comeback Player of the Year for 2022. Yes, you can call it a comeback. Come to think of it, Pujols packed multiple comebacks into his final season. 1. He came back home, to the Cardinals, and to his...
