Welcome to The Redbird Review Doubleheader at Wrigley Field? Wish I could be there. But I’m in the mood to type words for you — as always! Let’s start with this: The Cardinals are RIDICULOUS. You’re not supposed to win 12 in a row and 14 of 15 and do it...
Welcome to The Redbird Review Cardinals manager Mike Shildt altered his lineup on Aug. 22, putting Tyler O’Neill in the No. 3 spot, tucked between Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado. With O’Neill out of the lineup with a minor issue, the plan was interrupted for a few...
It was a stunning and dramatic visual. It goes high on the list of the top scenes for the 2021 Cardinals. It wasn’t meant to be, but here we were. Watching. Marveling. Amazed. Dumbfounded. And maybe even a little emotional. Pitcher Jon Lester. His arms wrapped around...
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 Cardinals 7, Mets 6. Whew. Eleven innings, a few coronary episodes, some Shea Stadium flashbacks, ensuing night sweats. Just your ordinary regular-season ballgame. No biggie. And after the Cardinals handled that live grenade of a game to...
Welcome to The Redbird Review For many weeks now, interested if confused observers have tried to make sense of the straggly, goofy wrangle for the NL’s No. 2 wild card. This bewilderment often leads to a familiar question. My baseball-writing friend Bob Nightengale of...
Welcome to The Redbird Review It’s become a familiar question: Where would the 2021 Cardinals be without Adam Wainwright? We have the answer. And we can provide it without relying on fancy-pants numbers. Without Waino, the Cardinals would be the Colorado Rockies, or...
