July is almost upon us and that means that the MLB trade deadline is fast approaching. Who will be buyers and who will be sellers? The writers here at The Outside Corner have it covered. Below is a comprehensive list of the top potential trade targets with predictions (for fun, of course). Is your favorite […]

When the San Francisco Giants were readying their postseason roster before the 2010 playoffs, the major point of contention was who their fourth starter would be. With Barry Zito faltering down the stretch, many fans were screaming for Madison Bumgarner, the then fresh-faced barely 21-year-old southpaw, to get that spot. Giants fans got their wish, […]

Cardinals fans, take a deep breath — your team’s season isn’t over. It just seems like it. By now, we’ve all seen the cringeworthy video of Pete Kozma’s throw pulling Albert Pujols’ wrist into the path of a speeding Wilson Betemit. St. Louisans – and likely Kozma himself – will have nightmares about Pujols immediately crumpling […]

Rarely does a baseball clubhouse resemble a traditional office setting in any way, shape or form.  There’s the hours, the dress code, and of course the fact that ballplayers are allowed to spit in their office. I’m pretty sure if a banker tried showing up to work at 1 p.m. in his pajamas spitting tobacco […]

To my eyes, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been as pure a franchise as there is in Major League Baseball. I’m not entirely sure what I mean by that, but let’s try to parse it out: The Reds have been around the longest, but are overshadowed in the Midwest by the Cubs. The Cubs have […]

With almost half a season in the books, the Cubs are toiling just to stay out of the bottom of the NL Central’s cellar.  Meanwhile, chairman Tom Ricketts is starting to feel heat from the media and fans who want the ax to drop on whoever is to blame for the miserable season-to-date. While Ricketts has, “100 […]

Two years and one month ago, I wrote that David Ortiz was probably done as an effective player of the game we call baseball. If you recall, he got off to an impossibly slow start in 2009, hitting a measly .208/.318/.300 with 0 HR and a slightly elevated strikeout rate through the first month and […]

Hey there, ladies and gents! It’s time for your seemingly biennial speculation on MLB realignment! Are you ready? ESPN’s Buster Olney became the latest to chime in on the idea of realigning the current — ahem — unbalanced league format, which apparently takes inspiration from the astonishingly levelheaded and sensical decision to have two groups of teams separated by […]