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Bernie’s Daily Redbird Review: Shildt Doesn’t Take Shildt From Anybody! How The Cards Won The NLDS
Wait a minute … Cardinals 13, Braves 1? THIRTEEN to ONE? With rookie lefty Genesis Cabrera breezing along, throwing 99 mph darts, closing it out for St. Louis in NLDS Game 5? Wow. MLB’s postseason…
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Bernie: Hail To The Chief, Craig Berube, For Being The Best Leader in STL Sports Since Tony La Russa
Not that there was any real chance of coach Craig Berube leaving the Blues, but this is a happy day for the franchise and those who love The Note. The Stanley Cup champs made it…
4 months ago -
Bernie: As Albert Pujols Returns, Let’s Appreciate What He Meant to the Cardinals. And Mourn What’s Been Lost.
I was privileged to have a prime seat for witnessing the best of Albert Pujols. He gave St. Louis and the Cardinals 11 seasons of excellence and intensity, fearlessness and ferociousness, pride and purpose, MVP…
4 months ago -
The Greatness of Opening Day in St. Louis: Red Jackets, Clydesdales, And The Red Sea.
The Cardinals’ annual home opener is a special event that never fails to delight and inspire. Friday afternoon the famous red sea inside Busch Stadium will roll with good times, carried happily by powerful undercurrents.…
7 months ago -
On This Opening Day, Best Wishes To Mike Shildt And The 2019 Cardinals
Mike Shildt has his dream job, managing the Cardinals, this time for his first full season. And because the gig feels like something lasting and lengthy instead of a temporary assignment, this role of Shildt’s…
7 months ago -
Baines: “It hasn’t sunk in” after Baseball Hall of Fame tour
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Though clearly struck by the moment, Harold Baines kept his emotions in check just as he always has — even on a day he’ll never forget. “I hold it inside. It’ll…
9 months ago -
Column: A puzzling Hall of Fame selection for Baines
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Before the weekend there probably wasn’t a bookie in this gambling town who would offer any kind of odds on Harold Baines making the baseball Hall of Fame. Way too much…
10 months ago -
Baines surprised by Hall of Fame election _ many others, too
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Harold Baines is aware many fans are questioning whether his credentials are Hall of Fame worthy. He’s not sweating. “Well, they can’t take it away from me now, even if they…
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Saved! Baines surprise pick for Hall, Lee Smith also chosen
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Harold Baines was given a save as big as any Lee Smith ever posted. In a vote sure to spark renewed cries of cronyism at Cooperstown, Baines surprisingly was picked for…
10 months ago -
Matheny hired by Royals; possible successor to Yost?
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Matheny has been hired by Kansas City as a special adviser for player development, putting the former St. Louis Cardinals manager in position as a possible successor to Royals…
11 months ago