0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/5/2013
Friday was the home opener for the Texas Rangers after opening the season down the road in Houston, and their opponents for the first series of the year with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and former Ranger outfielder Josh Hamilton. Hamilton came to the plate for the first time in the top of the […]
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The Baltimore Orioles got a bit of good news surroudning second baseman Brian Roberts on Friday, when
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At Thursday's Mets-Cubs game, performers from Cirque du Soleil threw out the first pitch. It was…well, creepy is one word I'd use to describe it. Bizarre is another. Who thought this was a good idea? There's no word yet if Adam Rubin has ever heard of Cirque du Soleil, though. As we wrote about yesterday, […]
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It was a farewell of sorts in New York yesterday, when Andy Pettitte made the start for the Yankees in what is more than likely is last ever Opening Week start. Pettitte was spectacular in the Yankees'4-2 win over the Red Sox, allowing one run on eight hits over eight innings. Mariano Rivera made his […]
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In Thursday's Orioles-Rays game, the Rays got a bad break in the ninth inning that ended up costing them the game. Trailing 6-2 with men on first and second and no one out, Evan Longoria hit a ball to deep left center field that just missed clearing the fence, bouncing off the top of the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/4/2013
In the top of the sixth inning during last night's Rockies-Brewers game, Milwaukee center fielder Carlos Gomez made an amazing leaping catch at the center field wall to rob Colorado left fielder Carlos Gonzalez of a home run. It was an awesome catch that kept the Brewers' deficit at two runs for the timebeing, but […]
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Prior to Friday's Mets-Marlins game at Citi Field on Friday, former WWE champion CM Punk will be throwing out the first pitch. But ESPN New York writer Adam Rubin has no idea who Punk is, and he feels that it's necessary to let you know that. .@
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Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum both made their first starts of the year last night, and all eyes were on the pair. Their performances left a lot to be desired. Halladay struck out nine in 3 1/3 innings against the Braves, tallying 14 whiffs in the process, but was done after 95 pitches in those […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/3/2013
Cincinnati Reds left fielder Ryan Ludwick, who dislocated his shoulder during the first game of the year on Monday, has been placed on the DL, and will miss at least
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Here at The Outside Corner, we're taking a page from the book of our sister site Awful Announcing, and launching our own newsletter. The first edition will go out next Wednesday, a week from today, and we'll continue on the once a week basis for a few weeks, eventually kicking things up to two per […]
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Yu Darvish was the story around the leagye on Tuesday night. Darvish was just one out shy of a perfect game in Houston, but a single up the middle by Marwin Gonzalez ruined Darvish's dream of history. So close, yet so far…I'm sure this won't be the first time Darvish flirts with history this year. […]
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Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria showed off the leather three times in Baltimore's 7-4 win over Tampa Bay on Tuesday. His first great play came in the top of the fourth inning, when with a runner on second and two outs, Brian Roberts grounded the third where Longoria dove and smothered the ball, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/2/2013
During Monday's Braves-Phillies game, I was forced to watch the game on the Phillies local station as opposed to the national feed on ESPN due to my proximity to Philadelphia. And on that local feed, I saw something that blew my mind: a series of commercials starring Phillies catcher Erik Kratz advertising turkey bacon. The […]
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Yesterday's Opening Day scheduled featured great performances from starting pitchers in nearly every game. Only two games (Braves-Phillies and Brewers-Rockies) saw both teams score at least four runs, and only six of the 22 teams that played yesterday scored at least five runs. Three teams also got shut out, meaning that they're still looking for […]
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Before Monday's Mariners-Athletics game, Seattle starting pitcher Felix Hernandez gave Oakland catcher John Jaso a gift: a brand new gold Rolex. What's the occasion? Well, the former Mariner Jaso was the catcher for Hernandez's perfect game in Seattle last summer. The back of the watch is inscribed with "8/15/12", the date of the perfect game. […]
