Bernie Show: Big Man! Luken Baker

The Bernie Miklasz Show

This is a "Bernie Bits" style video, an offshoot of the popular Bits column I did for 25 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In this vid, I discuss the following topics:

* Investment advice for the Ravens at Chiefs game. A few glaring trends caught my eye.

* My menu at home for the first game of the season, as a nod to Baltimore and Kansas City.

* Don't mess with my crab cakes. Keep the junk out of it. Keep it pure.

* The Cardinals are overachieving -- by a lot -- based on run differential.

* At 71-69, aren't the Cardinals basically what we thought they'd be, going into the season?

* I've had my fill of Cardinals nostalgia. I love tradition and nostalgia but it ca can't be your marketing campaign. Want the fans to come back? Give them a better team.

* And the star of the show: LUKEN BAKER. Instant impact. He's just what the Cardinals have needed all season: a right-handed hitter and role player who can come off the bench and hammer lefty pitchers. He hits for power and takes walks. And he's been great in pressure situations so far (and of course I have the numbers on that.

* Why in the heck did the Cardinal front office wait so long to bring him up? Once again the incompetence is almost comical.

* Tip of the cap to all of the Cardinals fans out there who were imploring the front office to give Baker a chance. You were so right. Kudos.