Spring Training Thoughts and A Little More.
After a slow start to Spring Training, the Cardinals have rebounded with a vengeance. There has been lots of offense for fans to hyperventilate about. Over the last three games, the Cardinals have…Read More
Baseball Is Here.
The Redbirds played their first game of Spring Training today, losing 8-3 to the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium. Trevor Rosenthal started for the Cards, pitching 2 innings and giving up 4 runs on…Read More
Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan – 2013
Cardinal GM and Manager extended – The St. Louis Cardinals made a great move by extending the contracts of Joe Mozeliak and Mike Matheny. Mozeliak was extended for three years while Matheny’s 2014…Read More
Issues to Address in 2013
As we approach the New Year, in my opinion, there are many issues that should be looked at and “fixed” with Major League Baseball and the St. Louis Cardinals. Some may be considered major issues by…Read More
The Wussification of our pro athletes
This blog may anger off some of you and believe me when I say, that is not my intention. And my blog doesn’t necessarily include any St. Louis Cardinal players but, you’ll see later, there are many…Read More
Rants Daily: Opening Day is on the horizon
The St. Louis Cardinals will begin defense of their World Championship tomorrow at Marlins Ballpark.…Read More
Redbird Rants Recap: 3/25/12 – 3/31/12
We’re in the home stretch of Spring Training. The Cardinals have only one more spring game left…Read More
Redbirds Week in Review–3/19/12 to 3/25/12
I spent this past week in Florida. I was only able to make one Spring Training game, but it was worth…Read More
My Day at Roger Dean
I went to my first Spring Training game yesterday. The St. Louis Cardinals were playing the New York…Read More
Redbirds Week in Review: 3/12/12 – 3/18/12
We’re halfway through Spring Training!!! WOOHOO!!! Let’s break down what happened with the…Read More
Cardinals Positional Battle Recap: Round 2
Another Spring Training Saturday is upon us, which means it’s time to check in on the spring training…Read More
Editor’s Letter: Is it too early for Cardinals fans to worry about aging veterans?
Dear Readers, We’ve entered the second full week of Spring Training games and the St. Louis Cardinals…Read More
What to expect from Mike Matheny
Spring training always answer questions and gives birth to questions that we could not have dreamed of. …Read More
Redbird Rants Recap: 3/4/12 – 3/10/12
After one full week of spring training games, the Redbird Rants staff has been hard at work bringing…Read More
Positional Battle Recap
Last week, I broke down which positions are up for grabs in spring training and who the major contenders…Read More
The Backup Plan
When one of the questions in spring training is who is your backup catcher going to be, it means your…Read More
Rants Daily: Shelby Miller makes Grapefruit League debut for Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals have six players in the Baseball America top 100 prospects list for 2012. None…Read More
Winless In Florida
No wins from the World Champs? I don’t think we are seeing signs of a World Series hangover just…Read More
The true value of Lance Berkman
Fat Elvis and a fake mustache is not the only thing that Lance Berkman brings to the defending World…Read More
Spring Training Positional Battles
With only six days remaining until the first spring training game, we will start to see the Cardinals…Read More




















