# Words About Birds

> Covering the St. Louis Cardinals in the clubhouse, on the field, and everywhere in between.

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## Posts
- [After 20 years and an entirely different lifetime, Anthony Reyes remains a Cardinals World Series hero](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/after-20-years-and-an-entirely-different-lifetime-anthony-reyes-remains-a-cardinals-world-series-her): A decade in a fire house hasn't erased the memory of a frigid night in Detroit and a duel against a Hall of Famer.
- [Reunions, the Cardinals Hall of Fame, and turning the page](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/reunions-the-cardinals-hall-of-fame-and-turning-the-page): A franchise which has always defined itself by the past has an opportunity to leap with both feet into its future.
- [What Hancel Rincón shows baseball's players about the power of solidarity](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/what-hancel-rinc-n-shows-baseball-s-players-about-the-power-of-solidarity): On the last Labor Day ahead of a looming labor fight, there is evidence of more player unity than perhaps has been expected.
- [In losing Dobbins for 2027, the Cardinals suffer their first serious blow of the next year](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/in-losing-dobbins-for-2027-the-cardinals-suffer-their-first-serious-blow-of-the-next-year): It's been a half decade since a serious starter injury weighed heavily on the team's roster plans.
- [As rosters expand small, the Cardinals take a big look at their options](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/as-rosters-expand-small-the-cardinals-take-a-big-look-at-their-options): Three unique opportunities to look at players in three different spots
- [Peel the Patch: After weeks of waiting, Cade Winquest takes a big league mound](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/peel-the-patch-after-weeks-of-waiting-cade-winquest-takes-a-big-league-mound): The righty reliever redefined Rule 5 purgatory.
- [While keeping O'Brien at closer, the Cardinals have a chance to share valuable experiences](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/while-keeping-o-brien-at-closer-the-cardinals-have-a-chance-to-share-valuable-experiences): The only way to feel the ninth inning is to feel it, so with series ticking down, the Cardinals could seize some rare opportunities.
- [In a bullpen fire drill in a blowout loss, Cardinals show the perils of losing an innings net](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/in-a-bullpen-fire-drill-in-a-blowout-loss-cardinals-show-the-perils-of-losing-an-innings-net): Roughly 261 innings of pitching remain in the St. Louis season, and they do not yet know how to cover them all.
- [What a cavalcade of pitching injuries reveals about the Cardinals adherence to their plans](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/what-a-cavalcade-of-pitching-injuries-reveals-about-the-cardinals-adherence-to-their-plans): For the better part of three years, the team has been preaching health filters first. Fans are about to see why.
- [The Cardinals season was over -- and then it wasn't](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/the-cardinals-season-was-over-and-then-it-wasn-t): With sunglasses perched atop his cap, Dane Myers squints into the 2027 offseason for St. Louis, and he blinks.
- [Alec Burleson is having an historically good season at first base](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/alec-burleson-is-having-an-historically-good-season-at-first-base): Like, "best since Stan Musial" good.
- [The objects and items of an unforgettable day at Wrigley Field](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/the-objects-and-items-of-an-unforgettable-day-at-wrigley-field): Baseball is defined by its ephemera, and each little piece of Joshua Báez's Saturday has its own meaning.
- [Five years after predicting he would arrive in two, Josh Báez's time arrives at Wrigley Field](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/five-years-after-predicting-he-would-arrive-in-two-josh-b-ez-s-time-arrives-at-wrigley-field): Life and baseball have thrown him challenges over the last decade, and the time is now to demonstrate his ability to rise to them.
- [Learning to play hurt, or perhaps not quite, with the quirks of an individual body](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/learning-to-play-hurt-or-perhaps-not-quite-with-the-quirks-of-an-individual-body): This is a story about my tooth, and also a few professional athletes.
- [Navy hats and the future of the Cardinals business operations](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/navy-hats-and-the-future-of-the-cardinals-business-operations): Decades of unquestioned success de-emphasized the organization's need to listen to fans. There are signs they're hearing again.
- [The Cardinals get out of the middle with Fermín, get caught in the lurch with Liberatore](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/the-cardinals-get-out-of-the-middle-with-ferm-n-get-caught-in-the-lurch-with-liberatore): In a year about learning, there's a difference between what a team knows and what it can say.
- [Lessons learned from lost seasons push the Cardinals to be competitive](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/lessons-learned-from-lost-seasons-push-the-cardinals-to-be-competitive): It's hard to fight for a team which is so obviously not fighting for itself.
- [Deadline move number three: Caleb Ferguson](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/deadline-move-number-three-caleb-ferguson)
- [Deadline move number two: Lars Nootbaar](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/deadline-move-number-two-lars-nootbaar): The Cardinals continue to turn the page on a previous era.
- [Deadline move number one: Dustin May and JoJo Romero to Milwaukee](https://words-about-birds.beehiiv.com/p/deadline-move-number-one-dustin-may-and-jojo-romero-to-milwaukee): Cardinals flip two of their rentals in an intra-division deal, the first with the Brewers in a decade