Welcome to The Redbird Review First things first. The Albert Pujols home run was FUN. It stirred a familiar passion, warm feelings, and an appreciation of his leading-man role in the revival of St. Louis baseball for a dominant run. The franchise is trying to get...
Unless Dodgers manager Dave Roberts wants to troll Cardinal fans and ruin a special occasion, Albert Pujols will be in the lineup for Tuesday’s game. The home team can win the game or lose it, but the result won’t matter except for the mathematical impact on the NL...
While doing some reading earlier this year, my eyes were drawn to a choice quote from a wonderful and legendary old pitcher, the great Satchel Paige. I made sure to mark it and keep it. “Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been...
The Cardinals came into Cincinnati at a good time, with their pitchers having a chance to tranquilize a listless Reds offense. But would this be easy? Probably not. After a lackadaisical 2-4 road trip to Milwaukee and Miami, the Reds were returning to the Great...
It was a yucky homestand, with the Cardinals (64-61) winning only three of their eight games against Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Detroit. It was a homestand of steamy weather, chilly offense and a vanishing sea of red. Plenty of good seats were available, and unclaimed....
This is the way it used to be. This is how it should be done. This is an old-time baseball career. An illustrious old-time baseball career in the sport’s present-day platform. A forever partnership and relationship. You play 19 seasons for the same team. You...
Welcome to the Redbird Review In another down-bound week, the Cardinals lost four of six games to the Brewers and Pirates at Busch Stadium. Hey, at least the ballpark was filled to capacity with fired-up Cards fans, right? No, sorry, that didn’t happen. In case you...
With 51 games to go on the schedule, 2021 has been a disappointing experience for the Cardinals and their fans. I don’t need to review the reasons for the team’s mediocrity or the sources of frustration; I write about that stuff nearly every day. The Cardinals have...
Welcome to the Redbird Review After two consecutive losses to the Atlanta Braves, the Cardinals have gone groundhog again, digging themselves another hole. They’ve scratched and clawed their way back to the underground, below .500. What’s a manager to do? I’ve been...
