What's the difference between redbird and reedbird?
Redbird
Definition:
(n.) The cardinal bird.
(n.) The summer redbird (Piranga rubra).
(n.) The scarlet tanager. See Tanager.
Example Sentences:
(1) Burnett, who faces Adam Wainwright in Game One, and that shark tank of a bullpen, are your team here, especially when you consider the Redbirds bats were somewhat cooler in the second half.
(2) Events went from bad to ridiculous for the Redbirds in the second inning, when Stephen Drew popped the ball up into the infield and catcher Yadier Molina and pitcher Adam Wainwright both moved towards the ball and then contrived to call each other off and watched the ball drop harmlessly between them.
(3) The St Louis Cardinals are just one win away from joining them and giving Albert Pujols the perfect stage for his Redbirds farewell - if this is to be his last season with his only career club.
(4) With the DH, the Redbirds get both Craig and Adams in the lineup, but in St Louis, all Craig can do is pinch-hit - same as Mike Napoli.
(5) How much are they paying to get in and watch their Redbirds?
(6) 1.38am BST Pedro Pedro Martinez likes the Cardinals, saying "Redbirds" in Spanish which really confused the TBS pre-game crew here Pedro was right in the first three games that I blogged - is four a charm?
(7) The Brooklyn Dodgers played the Redbirds in the very first playoff series (that wasn't a World Series) after the teams tied at the end of the year.
(8) So, how do the Dodgers get out from under the supernatural powers that have helped the Redbirds dominate NL baseball for a decent chunk of their over 100 year existence?
(9) The Curse of the Bambino still alive and well in 2004 when St Louis and Boston met again, but the Red Sox rolled over the Redbirds in a series sweep, propelling the Olde Towne Team into a new era.
(10) Maybe it's not so funny to Kernan, who cheered on his Redbirds during all three National League Championship Games at Dodger Stadium.
(11) Even on one leg he'll have the edge defensively for the Redbirds during games that Ortiz plays.
(12) Well, there's no doubt that's a tougher order than ousting the Reds, but many in Pittsburgh point to their beating the Redbirds in four of five games at PNC Park back in July as a point when Bucs fans started to believe this season was more about October and less about finishing .500.
(13) For instance, if you were at Foley's Bar in Manhattan enjoying a drink while watching the baseball playoffs, you were undoubtedly surrounded by an Alfred Hitchcock like swarming of birds fans, Redbirds that is.
(14) So we checked in with the those who left the Gateway to the West to get their take on the abuse, and to discover what the true values of real live Redbirds supporters really are.
(15) It will be a huge game for the Redbirds, and they may be without Carlos Beltran, who left with rib issues after an amazing second inning catch that robbed David Ortiz of a grand slam.
(16) There is no reason to believe that the Cards can't do the same to Texas, and thanks to a NL victory in the All-Star Game, (during which the MVP Prince Fielder homered by the way), the Redbirds will have a home field advantage.
Reedbird
Definition:
(n.) The bobolink.
(n.) One of several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Sch/nicola and Eurycercus; -- called also reed babbler.