0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/14/2014
Come back in from practice and @JasonHeyward had a little gift in everyone's locker! What a guy! #ps4 #gamer pic.twitter.com/px45wnWavC — Alex Wood (@Awood45) March 14, 2014
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Today, we’ll be wrapping up NL Central preview week with a look at the reigning, defending National League champion St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis had a dogfight on their hands a year ago, but managed to prevail in the NL Central and eventually the entire National League, knocking off the scrappy Pirates and well-paid Dodgers […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/13/2014
There is already a rift growing in the Phillies clubhouse between new manager Ryne Sandberg and long-time shortstop Jimmy Rollins. Sandberg benched Rollins on Tuesday, benched him on Wednesday, and will bench him once again on Thursday. – all while not talking to him and firing not so subtle shots at him through the media. […]
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There were a lot of cool things that happened during the 2013 MLB season. But perhaps the coolest was meaningful baseball happening in Pittsburgh for the first time in 20 years. The Pirates made the Postseason and took the eventual NL champion Cardinals to five games in the NLDS before bowing out. It was a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/12/2014
The Atlanta Braves have made a necessary signing to improve the depth of their starting rotation, inking former Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Ervin Santana to a
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It's now time to preview one of the NL Central's three playoff teams from 2013 – the Cincinnati Reds. But while the Reds did indeed make it to the 2013 Postseason, they bowed out after just one game, and that failure cost manager Dusty Baker his job. Can the Reds have a better year in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/11/2014
Next up in our preview series, the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee was an incredible disappointment in 2013, and their season was marred by Ryan Braun's season-ending 65 game suspension for his role in the Biogenesis nightmare. With Braun back in the fold healthy for 2014, can the Brewers once again make it to the playoffs? Yesterday […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/10/2014
I think we've reached a critical mass for themed jerseys. This season, the Fresno Grizzlies (AAA affiliate of the San Francisco Giants) will be wearing
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Week five of our six week preview series begins today with the NL Central and the hapless Chicago Cubs. 2013 was a long season for the Cubs, and 2014 will likely be just as ugly…but how far off on the horizon is hope? Last Friday was Tigers Day on TOC, and here's your recap. –Season […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/8/2014
Go ahead and take another Cardinals starter off the market before he even gets there. St. Louis has signed current third baseman Matt Carpenter to a six-year extension worth
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/7/2014
Today, we're going to wrap up the AL Central by looking at the three-time defending division champion Detroit Tigers. The Tigers dumped stars Doug Fister and Prince FIelder this winter, but added Ian Kinsler and Joe Nathan – will that overhaul catapult them to a fourth straight divisional crown? Yesterday was Indians Day on TOC, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/6/2014
Almost done with the AL Central. Today, it's time to look at a surprise contender from 2013, the Cleveland Indians. The Tribe won the American League's top Wild Card last season, but fell to the Rays at Progressive Field to end their Postseason run after just one game. Can the Indians contend once again in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/5/2014
We keep rolling along in AL Central week, and will be focusing on the Kansas City Royals today. The Royals had a somewhat shocking year in 2013, winning 85 games and finishing third in the division. It wasn't enough for the Royals to make the playoffs though, and they'll look to right that wrong in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/4/2014
When a club suffers through three straight 90 loss seasons, moves their franchise player to a different position, bids farewell to a former MVP, and sees a top ten prospect go down with a season-ending injury…well, there's probably just a couple of things wrong with that club. Such is life for the Minnesota Twins – […]
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Ian Kinsler was not pleased when he was traded by the Texas Rangers this offseason. In an interview with Robert Sanchez of ESPN the Magazine, the new Tigers second baseman unloaded on his former team and general manager Jon Daniels. The issues started when Kinsler didn't want to change positions to accommodate top prospect Jurickson […]
