Opening Day is on the clock. The countdown is moving fast. Cardinals vs. Blue Jays, Thursday afternoon, and a scheduled 3:10 p.m. first pitch at Busch Stadium. The ballpark will be packed to capacity and saturated in red. Voices will carry. Hearts will beat in one...
Scott Rolen rounded third and made the turn to Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Congratulations to the former Cardinals third baseman who was an essential part of one of the greatest runs in franchise history. During his time with the Cardinals (2003-2007),...
Later Tuesday, Scott Rolen will find out if he’s been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. To make it through, he’ll have to be checked off on at least 75 percent of the ballots filled out by voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. This will be...
BERNIE BITS Step right on up and take a peek at what I’m writing for you: do the Cardinals have a top-five MLB front office? … are the wacky Blues a better team without Ryan O’Reilly and Vladimir Tarasenko? … does Scott Rolen make it to Cooperstown this year? …...
Greetings. I’m continuing my series of in-depth report cards for individual Cardinals based on their performance in 2022. I’m still making my way through the position players. These breakdowns take time, and I apologize for my deliberate (read: slow) pace in getting...
NOTES ON MY SCORECARD 1) The Milwaukee Brewers got back on track by beating the Tampa Bay Rays on consecutive days. The Crew, feeling better about themselves, are off on Thursday. They’re looking forward to the three-game series against the Cardinals that opens Friday...
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...
BERNIE BITS 1) Except for defenseman Robert Bortuzzo, who is close to returning from the COVID list, the Blues have a full queue of players available for Wednesday night’s game in Pittsburgh. It’s been a long time coming. We’ve been waiting to see what the Blues can...
The Armed Forces Bowl is a lose-lose proposition for Missouri, which faces a knotty matchup with Army on Wednesday night in Fort Worth. The reaction if Mizzou defeats Army: big deal. Always nice to win, but c’mon … the Tigers beat a service-academy team that came into...
