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Hilde Mosse comes from one of the wealthiest families in Berlin and stands to inherit an enormous fortune. But she longs for something more meaningful than the luxurious lifestyle her family provides. So Hilde decides to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor. As the Nazis take power in Germany and the Mosse family is forced to flee, Dr. Hilde Mosse lands in New York having nearly lost everything.. She finds her calling treating the mental health of Black youth – and the symptoms of a racist system. In addition to photographs, school records, and correspondence spanning Hilde Mosse’s entire lifetime, the Mosse Family Collection in the LBI Archives includes the diaries she kept between 1928 and 1934, from the ages of 16-22. Hilde’s papers are just part of the extensive holdings related to the Mosse Family at LBI. Learn more at lbi.org/hilde . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York and Antica Productions. It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. This episode was written by Lauren Armstrong-Carter. Our executive producers are Laura Regehr, Rami Tzabar, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Our producer is Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Voice acting by Hannah Gelman. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Please consider supporting the work of the Leo Baeck Institute with a tax-deductible contribution by visiting lbi.org/exile2025 . The entire team at Antica Productions and Leo Baeck Institute is deeply saddened by the passing of our Executive Producer, Bernie Blum. We would not have been able to tell these stories without Bernie's generous support. Bernie was also President Emeritus of LBI and Exile would not exist without his energetic and visionary leadership. We extend our condolences to his entire family. May his memory be a blessing. This episode of Exile is made possible in part by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future.…
תוכן מסופק על ידי Bernie Show. כל תוכן הפודקאסטים כולל פרקים, גרפיקה ותיאורי פודקאסטים מועלים ומסופקים ישירות על ידי Bernie Show או שותף פלטפורמת הפודקאסט שלהם. אם אתה מאמין שמישהו משתמש ביצירה שלך המוגנת בזכויות יוצרים ללא רשותך, אתה יכול לעקוב אחר התהליך המתואר כאן https://he.player.fm/legal.
I'm Bernie Miklasz. I've been writing and talking about St. Louis sports since 1985. I've won multiple national awards for writing and talk-show hosting. I was the lead sports columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1989 through 2015. I was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023. I write tons of columns for the Scoops Network, and I'm a regular contributor at the legendary St. Louis radio station, KMOX. I believe in speaking my mind without filters and supporting my views with facts. Though I will discuss other sports, my YouTube channel will put heavy emphasis on all things St. Louis Cardinals baseball and rely on my extensive history of covering the franchise. Whether I'm addressing news, developments, issues, trends or controversies, you can count on honest, straightforward, analytical opinions. I tend to be blunt, and I don't care if the teams like it or not, because I'm here to serve those who support my work. Thank you.
תוכן מסופק על ידי Bernie Show. כל תוכן הפודקאסטים כולל פרקים, גרפיקה ותיאורי פודקאסטים מועלים ומסופקים ישירות על ידי Bernie Show או שותף פלטפורמת הפודקאסט שלהם. אם אתה מאמין שמישהו משתמש ביצירה שלך המוגנת בזכויות יוצרים ללא רשותך, אתה יכול לעקוב אחר התהליך המתואר כאן https://he.player.fm/legal.
I'm Bernie Miklasz. I've been writing and talking about St. Louis sports since 1985. I've won multiple national awards for writing and talk-show hosting. I was the lead sports columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1989 through 2015. I was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023. I write tons of columns for the Scoops Network, and I'm a regular contributor at the legendary St. Louis radio station, KMOX. I believe in speaking my mind without filters and supporting my views with facts. Though I will discuss other sports, my YouTube channel will put heavy emphasis on all things St. Louis Cardinals baseball and rely on my extensive history of covering the franchise. Whether I'm addressing news, developments, issues, trends or controversies, you can count on honest, straightforward, analytical opinions. I tend to be blunt, and I don't care if the teams like it or not, because I'm here to serve those who support my work. Thank you.
Nolan Arenado will be checking into Camp Jupiter this weekend, or perhaps Monday morning. He has not been traded. He will be the Cardinals third baseman to start the season, and we'll see how it plays out. There's no real reason to start another round of trade rumors and speculation. Time to focus on getting ready for a new year on the diamond. I don't understand the "it will be awkward" narrative about the Cardinals and their third baseman continuing their relationship after a failed attempt to trade him. And in this video I explain all of the reasons why. I also explain why there's no reason to think there will be any hard feelings. That's ridiculous. Both parties can only benefit if Arenado plays well, and hits well, for the '25 Cardinals. Arenado's teammates? They'll be happy to have 'Nado with them because he makes the Cardinals a better club.…
Here we go again, talking about the St. Louis Cardinals and their never-ending saga with third baseman Nolan Arenado. There was news Wednesday night when Boston signed free-agent Alex Bregman to a three-year deal worth $120 million if he doesn't opt out of it after 2025 or 2026. The Red Sox were by far the most likely destination for Arenado -- but that's no longer an option. So what's next for Arenado and the Cardinals? Sigh. In this video I do a "reset" of the situation. The likelihood of a trade has gone down. It's probably a long shot. Do any teams out there have interest in Arenado? And if any of those teams have interest in Arenado, does he have interest in them? Or would he use his no-trade protection again? To me it isn't a crisis or a big problem if Arenado stays with the Cards. And if he plays well -- and improves offensively -- he will command attention on the trade market for contending teams that need a third baseman by the time of the late-July trade deadline…
Greetings. What is the Cardinals upside for 2025? The analytical projection systems aren't favorable ... 78 wins. The sportsbooks over/under line for St. Louis victories is set at 75.5 wins. Ugh. What would it take for disillusioned or alienated fans to come back to the ballpark or subscribe to the upcoming Cardinals' direct-to-consumer service? And in the final question that I discussed in this video ... if 2025 goes poorly, is it time for a true rebuild? If so, would the fans have a stomach for that?…
The Cardinals are reportedly balking at the financial cost of offloading third baseman Nolan Arenado to the Red Sox -- if in fact, a potential trade is actually on the table, and in the final stages of completion. Jeff Passan (ESPN) reports that Cardinals are balking at the financials. "Moving Arenado could force St. Louis to eat upward of half the money he is owed. Short of that, Boston's interest is iffy." If there's a trade to be made here, then why would the Cardinals refuse to pay half of the $64 million owed to Arenado? That's $32 million ... which means the Cards would still come out $32 million ahead. So what's the problem here? At the Cardinals annual Winter Warm-Up, president of baseball ops John Mozeliak described trading Arenado as the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 priorities. OK, so where is the urgency? This fits an offseason of contradictions ... no roster upgrades, of course ... but lots and lots of contradictions as the Cardinals swerve from one direction to another. Their reset is no reset .... because they're trying to win in 2025 and believe they'll be good ... so that really doesn't make it a reset. They're bringing back most of the talent they had in house last season. But the Cardinals keep going back and forth, colliding with their own words and stated goals. They've built a House of Mirrors, and the sad thing is, they have no idea how to get out of it ... even though they created it ... and so they keep running into the walls of mirrors. Good grief.…
Bleacher Report's Zachary D. Rymer put together a list of the best and worst current MLB owners as spring training gets underway in advance of the 2025 seasons. Rymer ranked them from No. 1 through No. 30, with No. 1 being the best. The Top 10 best owners according to Rymer: Dodgers Mets Braves Astros Phillies Yankees Cardinals Red Sox Cubs Rangers What's that? Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. is SEVENTH? How can this be? I'm being sarcastic, of course. Because DeWitt's entire body of work as the owner of the St. Louis Cardinals is impressive. But we live in a short attention span culture with too many posers raging against whatever they're in the mood to rage about at a particular time in a desperate pitch for attention. With all of that hot-take noise, it can be easy to forget -- or intentionally overlook -- all of the success the Cardinals have attained over the last 29 seasons. In recent years DeWitt let the standards slip and inexplicably let the player-development operation fall apart and become outdated. And I have criticized him for it often. But if we're evaluating his ownership over the entire 29-season period, the DeWitt Era has been very good (and rewarding) for Cardinals baseball. Now DeWitt must fix what has gone wrong ... which he has tried to do by hiring Chaim Bloom. That was the first step.…
After many years of covering the Super Bowl -- I worked at every Super Bowl from 1983 through 2015 -- I've enjoyed kicking back and watching all of the activities of Super Bowl Sunday ... knowing that I have no work-related duties except for picking up the chicken wings, making the guacamole, making a pile of slider-sized sandwiches, peeling the jumbo shrimp, and putting together a crab dip. My "work" also includes picking a winner for Super Bowl 59, a rematch of the Kansas City vs. Philadelphia Super Bowl that went down to the final seconds two years ago -- with the Chiefs rallying from a 10-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter to prevail 38-35. In this video I offer plenty of timely betting trends, historically relevant betting trends, and pure football factors that could lead to one team defeating the factors. This will be a huge test for a Kansas City team that's striving to win an unprecedented third straight Super Bowl. And if they do that the Chiefs will have claimed four Super Bowl trophies in the last six seasons. Saquon Barkley and the Eagles may have something to say about that.…
Aside from the massive project to update and upgrade their minor-league infrastructure and substantially improve their efforts in player development, the St. Louis Cardinals are not doing a "reset" at the major-league level. Not yet, anyway. What they are doing, mostly, is talking out of the both sides of their mouth. It's supposed to be a "reset" ... but John Mozeliak and Oli Marmol keep talking about having a good team, a surprising and exciting team, in 2025. A team that will exceed expectations. And that's why they're holding onto a couple of their most logical trade candidates, Ryan Helsley and Erick Fedde. Well, if you aren't going to "reset" with vast playing-time opportunities for young hitters and pitchers ... and you think you have a dandy team that shouldn't be written off ... then why don't you back up your confidence by investing in this roster to enhance its potential for success? I'm not talking about huge and expensive moves -- there's no chance of the Cardinals going for that. I'm talking about incremental moves that could help make the ballclub deeper and more viable. And bargains are out there. As I type this the Cardinals are one of only two teams that haven't spend a dollar on major-league free agents this offseason. That's ridiculous. Reset? Sneaky contender? Which is it?…
You don't need much of a description here. In the biggest story of the Cardinals' offseason -- which isn't saying much -- Jim Edmonds went off on the Cardinals in a stream-of-consciousness interview on 101 ESPN. It was compelling, confusing, contradictory -- and all over the map. This was the latest example of Jimmy Being Jimmy ... it's his role of a lifetime. This video is long but I wanted to offer a retrospective on Edmonds the player and the man and his extensive and mostly rewarding career with a St. Louis baseball empire that has fallen into decline and is trying (finally) to restore what has been lost. I'm always interested in Jimmy's views, but I am not obligated to agree or applaud everything he says. But he was a special player, and I'll always be a fan of what he did on the field and in the batter's box.…
In what is supposed to be a "reset" season for the St. Louis Cardinals, I wonder if this marketing pitch to fans and media will lead to more legitimate opportunities for their younger, less experienced starting pitchers. Or will it be the outdated, old-school approach as usual? More MLB teams are transitioning to six-man rotations for larger segments of the season. And because of that and other factors, MLB starting pitchers are now making their starts after five days of rest instead of the standard four days of rest. This is an obvious trend over the last several seasons, as MLB teams evolve. But the Cardinals have been slow to evolve, and their insistence on keeping five-man rotation in 2025 would offer another example of their close-minded outlook and an unwillingness to adapt. I don't know about you, but I think 2025 is ideal time clearing rotation spots for Michael McGreevy, Quinn Mathews and possibly Tink Hence (later in rge season) just to name a few. There are others. And with good young starting -pitching prospects making their way to St. Louis, this situation demands creating opportunities -- and one obvious way to do that is by going with a six-man rotation. There are numerous benefits to utilizing the six-man setup -- and I explain that, and more, in today's video. Thank you.…
Last season Missouri went 0-18 in SEC play in a shocking example of futility that we haven't seen very often by a major-conference program during the shot-clock era, which began in the 1985-86 season. Mizzou coach Dennis Gates has done an outstanding job of instantly turning things around in a dramatic way and the Tigers' impressive rebound from last season's collapse includes a 5-2 record in SEC play. The Tigers are, at worst, a Top 30 team nationally in the national ratings done by Ken Pomeroy, Bart Torvik and the NCAA Net rankings. As things stand now, MU has a strong chance of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. What's happening is profound. And in this video, I explain why Coach Gates has a chance to make history this season.…
Twenty-five years ago today (Jan. 30) the 1999 St. Louis Rams completed an incredible, shocking, and unforgettable season by defeating the Tennessee Titans to win the 34th Super Bowl. I covered that team from start to finish, and will always treasure the improbable underdog-turned-hero quarterback (Kurt Warner), the sensational running back (Marshall Faulk), cast of playmaking receivers (Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Az-Hakim, Ricky Proehl), the one-man wall at offensive tackle (Orlando Pace), the tough linebacker who made the game-winning stop (Mike Jones), the warm and emotionally charged head coach Dick Vermeil) and the mad-scientist offensive coordinator (Mike Martz) who orchestrated the "Greatest Show On Turf" ... In this video, I fondly recap the season that came out of nowhere and salute the stars, the coaches, the characters, the overlooked parts of the team, and the glorious moments and memories that live on. Come take a ride with me, as we go back in time to 1999. Thank you.…
In this video, I explain the way the Cardinals, in recent seasons, have misused, miscast or otherwise mishandled young arms that were drafted to serve as starting pitchers. To explain my points, I give obvious examples of the mistakes that have been made -- and the incomprehensible lack of a direction or a plan that leaves this front office swerving all over the place to the detriment of the on-field competitive product. This video is a little longer than I like, but I thought it was important to lay all of this out in great detail so you can realize the extent of the problem. Thanks for watching or listening!…
In his first year of managing -- ever -- St. Louis Cardinals icon Albert Pujols overcame adversity that included a brutal in-season team slump to get Leones de Escogido into the Dominican Winter League playoffs on the final day of the regular season. From there, Pujols managed Escogido to the league championship after going 10-5 in a round-robin playoff round, then outlasting Tigres del Lacey in a tense seven-game series. The victory ended a eight-season championship drought for the proud Escogido franchise -- the team that young Albert Pujols rooted for as a kid in Santo Domingo. With another prestigious accomplishment added to his extraordinary resume, Pujols will now guide Escogido into a spot in the Caribbbean Series. After that, he'll resume his duties for MLB Network and continue on as a Global Ambassador for major-league baseball in his role as an assistant to commissioner Rob Manfred. Pujols would like to manage a MLB team, and he certainly took a step in the direction of that goal by winning a championship as a rookie manager. Congratulations!…
The St. Louis Cardinals have had an awfully quiet offseason. At the major-league level, they haven't traded for anyone. They haven't signed a current big-league free agent. And even though John Mozeliak said the team would likely take a "step back" in 2025, he now speaks of a team that possibly will can be an entertaining and winning side that exceeds expectations. And because of that -- with Mozeliak putting one foot in and keep the other foot out -- the Cardinals refuse to trade pending free-agent pitchers Ryan Helsley and Erick Fedde (and to a lesser point, Steven Matz.) When teams enter a soft rebuild -- not a complete teardown -- it makes sense to trade assets who are headed to free agency. But Mozeliak hasn't done that either. The question: what would Chaim Bloom do if he was running the baseball operation this offseason instead of Mozeliak? What would be different? And how much would it be different? Or would it be different at all? It doesn't matter because Bloom is busy with the project of rebuilding the minor-league infrastructure and restoring the outdated STL player-development system. It is an important assignment. Still, I wonder. If he had Mozeliak's job right now, what would Chaim do?…
According to reports, the Houston Astros are interested in keeping their free-agent third baseman, Alex Bregman. He's still waiting for the right offer to come along, but in the meantime the Astros "final" offer to Bregman is still on the table.(Six years, $156 million.) If Bregman circles back to make a deal with Houston owner Jim Crane, and the Red Sox miss out on him, the Sox would have more urgency to make a trade for Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado. I explain all of this and more -- including a couple of Arenado predictions from a national site -- in the latest Bernie Miklasz Show.…
In today's video, I follow up on something said by St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak during the team's annual Winter Warm-Up: he doesn't want to trade away pitching, but he might be interested in trading a position player. Interesting. Who could that be? Who are the REALISTIC trade candidates among the St. Louis position players? Nolan Arenado isn't in the conversation because the Cards are already trying to trade him. First baseman Willson Contreras has two years left on a contract which pays $18 million annually, though the Cards have a team option for 2028. It includes a $5 million buyout if the Cardinals decline to pick up his option for 2028. That brings the total of guaranteed money owed to Contreras up to $41 million. But he has a full no-trade contract and is enthusiastic about remaining with the Cardinals. If this is about moving a salary to clear some payroll space, the other Cardinal position players aren't expensive to keep; among them only Brendan Donovan and Lars Nootbaar will be moving into a higher salary bracket. In their first year of salary arbitration, Noobaar and Donovan have submitted requests of $2.95 million and $3.3 million, respectably, for 2025. But those salaries could come in slightly lower than that through a settlement or in the final arbitration ruling. OK, so does any other position player fit the profile of a trade candidate? Alec Burleson is a possibility -- in theory, anyway. In today's video I explain why I could see the Cardinals putting "Burly" on the trade market. Not that they will ... but I don't mind trying to come up with an answer to an unsolved mystery. Please offer us your own opinion on this. Thanks.…
St. Louis Cardinals icon Albert Pujols should be a unanimous choice -- his name checked on every ballot -- when he becomes eligible for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2028. I got to thinking about this after one lunkhead declined to vote for Ichiro in the 2025 selection. Ichiro easily passed through, getting 99.7 percent of the vote. But that's not the point. Some Hall of Fame candidates are no-doubt-about it selections because of their incredible resumes. With these legends, there is nothing to debate, there is no reason to agonize, and you don't need to spend hours and hours on research to check on the validity of his career. It's automatic. The mission of the Baseball Writers Association of America is to identify the most qualified candidates and put them in. So put them in. When a career is so preposterously as strong as Pujols career in MLB, there are no reasons for deliberations ... and no reason whatsoever to withhold a vote. I discuss this -- and Pujols' extraordinary career -- in this video. Enjoy!…
In today's video, I begin a series that will look at individual St. Louis Cardinals that will have enormous influence -- whether good or bad -- on STL's 2025 offense. And the performances of these hitters -- good or bad -- will shape their future. With a new front-office regime moving in, taking over next offseason, some decisions will be made based on 2025's showing. Is the hitter a keeper? Do the Cardinals want to move forward with him? Or is he expendable and someone that the team should trade? A lot is on the line. 1st video: Jordan Walker. Which Way Will He Go in 2025? And I will follow-up with similar videos on Nolan Gorman, Lars Nootbaar, Alec Burleson and Brendan Donovan ... and shorter videos that look at Ivan Herrera, and Michael Siani.…
On Thursday we lost Bob Uecker -- the legendary Milwaukee-based baseball broadcaster, comedian, star of films and movies, beer commercials, a guest on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson (more than 100 times!) and all-around cultural force. Uecker -- a backup catcher on the 1964 World Series champion Cardinals -- died at age 90. Uecker, a Hall of Fame broadcaster, squeezed everything out of those 90 years on this earth. His success was our pleasure. He loved to tell stories that we always adored. He was the best at making self-deprecating jokes that made is all chuckle? Who does this? Who goes from being a backup, tuba-carrying catcher with 297 games in the majors and a career .200 average -- his initial public platform -- to become a huge star in the entertainment industry? It was a one-of-a-kind life for a one-of-a-kind guy. Thankfully Uecker shared it with us. If I had a tuba, I'd play it in his honor today. And I just might have to lift a can of Miller Lite and take a sip in his honor.…
The Cardinals are having their annual winter warm-up this weekend, and I don't know how much they'll be able to do to warm the mood of their fans in an offseason that's had no action, no movement, no excitement ... and no reason to get excited. This has been an offseason of cost-cutting so I hope the Cardinals won't turn down the heat to save money. In this video, I also talk about some of the positive prospect ratings for several Cardinals' minor-leaguers, but wonder if top position-player prospect JJ Wetherholt will have his path to the majors blocked if the Cardinals are stuck with Nolan Arenado beyond 2025.…
Last season was an absolute nightmare for Missouri basketball with coach Dennis Gates and his squad went 8-24 overall and lost all 18 SEC conference games. But Gates has his team rolling so far this season, with the Tigers winning 14 of 17 games overall including a 3-1 opening lap in SEC play. Last season was a nightmare. Compared to that, Mizzou's reinflated team is more of a nice dream. Can it last? In this video I explained the important factors in Mizzou's improvement, and we saw those qualities on display in Tuesday's upset win at fifth-ranked Florida. And those factors -- those attributes -- make this a much more formidable team than we anticipated. Miissouri has a lot to prove in the diabolical SEC conference, but the hopeful start is a helluva lot better than last season's non-stop despair.…
Tuesday, I gave myself a big ol' headache during an extensive homework session that examined Nolan Gorman's hitting profile? What does he do so well when he's hitting lightning-bolt home runs and looking confident at the plate? And when Gorman goes into a slump, why is often so drastic and extreme? In this video I share my findings. There are no revelations here, but it's mostly about controlling the strike zone, not chasing pitches, and not getting yourself out by taking the pitcher's bait. But I found some other interesting aspects to Gorman's up-and--down, high-and-low streakiness. Here's one thing: Gorman's odd inconsistency at hitting four-seam fastballs. I n this video I also looked at Gorman's comps to see if other batters were able to overcome their strikeout disease to become better, more consistent hitters. But I also give some hitters who failed in the frustrating attempt to improve their plate discipline. The question: is there hope for Nolan Gorman?…
My answer is "no," Lars Nootbaar isn't overrated. Because of a sequence of injuries that caused him to miss time, the full scope of Nootbaar's attributes get overlooked ... which is understandable. I don't blame anyone for being disappointed or exasperated over Nootbaar's absences from the lineup. I feel the same way. The more a good player plays, the more valuable he is to his team. As is, Nootbaar brings plenty value to the Cardinals. And in my research I was surprised to see that the number of starts and innings played in the outfield over the last three seasons wasn't as bad as I thought. But no doubt, Noot's impact would be greater if he can start around 135-140 games each season. In this video, I present the pertinent parts of my research that show us just how good Nootbaar really is when measured against other MLB outfielders ... offense, plate discipline, defense, baserunning, etc. The conclusion probably will surprise you. Thank you.…
Hi, in this economy-sized video -- less than 15 minutes! -- I pick a winner between Thursday night's CFP semifinal scrum between Penn State and Notre Dame. I have had a hard time making up my mind on this one. I wouldn't be honest without admitting that I could have flipped a coin to pick a winner here. This should be a leather-helmet, slug it out kind of game. I hope it's fun! I did settle on one of the teams as the likely winner. So far I am 8-0 in the CFB playoff at picking winners straight up, and I've fought to a 4-4 draw against the spread. This one Thursday could go either way. Thanks for watching and I am sorry that I posted this so close to kickoff. I had a lot going on today, and it was a busy morning and afternoon at my home-office content farm.…
Hello again. One of the things I want to do on a consistent basis is clean up mistakes I've made in my videos. I do so much research, I seem to get overloaded by information, and when I go to share the info with you, I look at the wrong thing and that ends up in an error. For example: an alert viewer informed me that Kyle Lohse was signed by John Mozeliak -- and not Walt Jocketty, as I said in Wednesday's video. So for my own credibility I think it's important to own my mistakes and correct the record. After watching Wednesday's video on Jocketty-Mozeliak and starring pitching, some of you noted that I neglected to mention the enormous role that pitching coach Dave Duncan played in the success of Cardinals' starting pitching through the Jocketty years. Absolutely right, and needless to say Dave Duncan is one of the all-time great pitching coaches in MLB history, and he had an amazing track record of taking down-and-out pitchers and finding ways to improve them -- substantially so. My failure to mention Duncan was an oversight; part of that was assuming that Cardinals fans knew of his impact. But to be sure, I should have included Duncan in Wednesday's discussion. Thanks for spotting my errors, because that gives me the chance to correct the mistake.…
In this video, I talk about three things that have been at the center of our collective thinking: (1) The strange, strange offseason for the Cardinals. Senifeld was billed as a "show about nothing." Well, this is an offseason about nothing here in St. Louis. (2) The do-nothing Cardinals, with John Mozeliak unable -- so far -- to complete his top offseason priority: trading Nolan Arenado. (3) And then there's Arenado, who may have to settle back in St. Louis after being rejected by multiple teams who took a pass on trading for him ... and after he rejected the Astros, who wanted to trade for him. Could Arenado make the best of an awkward situation if he plays for the 2025 Cardinals? I think he can, and I explain why in this video. Only 35 days remain until the Cardinals report to spring training in Jupiter. Thank you for watching!…
In this video, I took a look at the Cardinals' decline in developing meaningful, impactful and consistently good starting pitching. And to make the point clear, I reviewed the brilliant record of former Cardinals GM Walt Jocketty in cultivating starting pitching -- and contrasted it to the substantial downturn under John Mozeliak's baseball operations department over the last 10 seasons. Some of the starting-pitching numbers -- the difference between Jocketty's track record and Mozeliak's - are remarkable. So please watch the video throughout so you can get the information. Finally, I explain why the hiring of Chaim Bloom and Rob Cerfolio are so important to STL's baseball future. Both learned about drafting and developing or otherwise cultivating excellent starting pitching while learning in two intelligent organizations, Tampa Bay and Cleveland. The Cardinals last had a Cy Young winner (Chris Carpenter) in 2005. Developing Cy Young winners has not been a problem for the Rays or Guardians, and I'll offer proof. Thanks for watching.…
In my latest video I cover several Cardinals-related topics: 1) The Cardinals so-called youth movement. If Nolan Arenado stays, and unless they make room for younger arms in the starting rotation, the Redbirds really won't be much younger (if at all) in 2025. At least with their position players and starting pitchers -- and obviously this is all subject to change between now and the start of the regular season. But as of now the core of the Cardinals isn't exactly a bunch if kids. 2) The diminishing trade market for Nolan Arenado and the factors that have gone into this, including his no-trade clause that significantly reduces the number of teams that may have looked into a trade for the slick-fielding third baseman. 3) The Cardinals' stubborn attitude -- at least for now -- about putting up a lot of money to defray the cost of Arenado's remaining three years on his contract. This stance could be limiting the trade market and making it much harder to deal him to, say, the Yankees or Red Sox. This could be posturing for negotiations, which I understand, but ... 4) The Cards have many reasons to trade Arenado, and even if they eat more of his contract than they want to, they would still save a lot of money on Arenado's salary costs over the next three years. 5) The Fenway Park factor for Arenado if he's dealt there. Hint: it's not what you think, and I'm happy to explain why. 6) Finally, I address the Cards fans who tell me there's no reason for the Cardinals to emulate Tampa Bay and Cleveland as models for drafting and player development ... simply because the Cardinals have won more World Series than those two teams. Which ENTIRELY misses the point of what I said in my video posted on Jan. 3. Thanks for watching the Bernie Show here on YouTube!…
In this video: Cards third baseman Nolan Arenado (or his agent) have sent a message to the Red Sox: if you trade for him, he will come to Boston. He will waive his no-trade clause. What could the Cardinals expect to receive for Arenado? How much are they willing to pay the Red Sox to lower Boston's salary commitment to Arenado over the next three years? I also took a deep-dive look at the predictable and unstoppable narrative: Get Arenado in Fenway Park and his power will surge and the home runs will fly! Um, probably not. And I have plenty of data top support that conclusion. I explain, citing a specific reason, why it makes sense for Boston to covet Arenado's defense. I looked at four reasons why it would be in the Cardinals' best interests to move Arenado to Boston if a trade is close to getting done. There's a lot of info for you in this video, so please check it out. Thanks for your support of my YouTube channel.…
The SEC and the ESPN Industrial Media Complex are eating some humble pie these days, as member football programs continue to stumble around and lose in the postseason. It's up to Texas -- a resident of the Big 12 a year ago -- to fight for the honor of the SEC flag by upsetting Ohio State in next week's semifinal game. (Good luck with that.) And so far the Big 10 has won four of its five bowl games against SEC opponents so far this postseason. Missouri, which beat Iowa, has the lone triumph. In this video I explain why the gap has narrowed between the SEC superpowers and other aspiring teams. I explain the factors that have enabled programs like Mizzou and Ole Miss to win the same number of games (21) as Alabama over the last two seasons. I explain the impact of the NIL and the transfer portal in creating more parity. Thanks for watching.…
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