Miller battles, Maness Picks Up the W as St. Louis Wins Again
The Cardinals squared off with the Mets in game 3 of the 4 game series and things went much the same as the first 2, with the Cardinals taking yet another victory, 4-2, and improving their record to 26-13…Read More
The Boys Of Summer (And Spring And Fall)
When you are a member of a multi person writing staff, all of whom are essentially writing about the same subject matter, it sometimes becomes difficult to come up with a topic on which to post. This…Read More
Early Season Overreaction Syndrome (ESOS)
The Redbirds major league season is 9 days old. That is younger than my last manicure. Yet, as is typical with Cardinals fans who suffer from ESOS, the amount of fan tittering about this player’s…Read More
An Offensive Explosion in Jupiter
After two less than satisfactory offensive spring outings, the St. Louis Cardinals bats finally woke up at Roger Dean Stadium today to the tune of nine runs total in the 3rd and 4th innings. The Cards…Read More
Why the Cardinals will be World Series Champions in 2013
Last year, the St. Louis Cardinals barely missed returning to the World Series. This despite having Chris Carpenter for only a few games and Adam Wainwright coming back after missing the previous season. There…Read More
Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan – 2013
“Scrabble” signed – Well, I’m glad the St. Louis Cardinals signed Marc Rzepczynski. A one-year…Read More
Baseball By the Numbers—Batting Average On Balls In Play (BABIP)
I touched on BABIP in a prior post with regard to pitchers. In this post I am going to talk about BABIP…Read More
Cardinals are still World Series bound!
In Game 5, the St. Louis Cardinals ran into a left handed version of pitching great Greg Maddox, former…Read More
Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: 13-2012
Cards “giveaway” Game 5 – Not to take anything away from the San Francisco Giants but, our St.…Read More
Rainy Days and Postseason Baseball
Game 3 of the NLCS is set to start at 3:07 CDT today at Busch Stadium, but Mother Nature may have something…Read More
St. Louis Cardinals face the San Francisco Giants in NLCS 2012
Well, the St. Louis Cardinals have given Cardinal Nation the thrills and chills to last a lifetime in…Read More
Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: 12-2012
Invasion of the Body Snatchers?– If you’ve seen the movie and the remake of the “Body Snatchers”,…Read More
Redbirds Week in Review—9/3/12 to 9/9/12
Okay, I am a couple of days late with my weekly review—life intervened. Last week featured a…Read More
Matt Holliday and the MVP race
Matt Holliday is going to likely finish in the top ten voting for the National League MVP Award for the…Read More
Redbirds Week in Review—8/20/12 to 8/26/12
With Monday an off day, the Cardinals started the week on Tuesday with a 3 game series against the Astros…Read More
Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary.
It’s August 25, 2012. On this day in 1944, the Allies liberated Paris, in 1950, President…Read More
Redbirds Minor Connection gives Major results
It’s time to give some praise and credit to the minor league players who are now in the majors and…Read More
A Trip to Busch Stadium
Until Tuesday night, my last trip to Busch Stadium for a game took place in August 2006. This year marked…Read More
Can They Do it Again?
It’s the middle of August and, once again, the Cardinals find themselves looking up when it comes to…Read More
Redbirds Week in Review—-8/6/12 to 8/12/12
This past week featured a 4 game series against the Giants at home and then a 3 game series against the…Read More



















