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Clayton Kershaw homers in Dodgers’ win over Giants

In today's Dodgers-Giants game, goose eggs filled the scoreboard for the first seven and a half innings. That is, until the bottom of the eighth, when Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw smashed the first pitch he saw from Giants reliever George Kontos over the center field wall to give Los Angeles a 1-0 lead. The […]

Bryce Harper once again makes history, homers twice on Opening Day

Everything is sick to death of Bryce Harper, but once again, he's become the youngest player in baseball history to do *something*. Today, in Harper's first Opening Day as a major leaguer, he became the youngest player to homer twice on Opening Day. The 20-year old was responsible for all of the Nationals' offense on […]

Jonathan Lucroy delivers the first walk-off win of the season

During a wild and exciting (at times) day of baseball, the first walk-off win of the season came in Milwaukee. Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy drove in Rickie Weeks with a sac fly with one out in the tenth inning of a 4-4 game to give Milwaukee the 5-4 victory. The Brewers trailed 3-1 going into […]

Jose Fernandez makes the Marlins rotation

The Miami Marlins caught fans offguard on Sunday when releasing their Opening Day roster. Among the roster of castoffs like Placido Polanco, Casey Kotchman, and Kevin Slowey, was a name that no one expected to see: pitcher Jose Fernandez. Fernandez was an early cut in Marlins camp, and the 2011 first-round pick was expected to […]

Dugout Digest – Opening Day!

Welcome one and welcome all to our third MLB season at The Outside Corner! If you joined us over the offseason and have only seen the Dugout Digest as a link dump, things are a bit different during the regular season. The DD will serve as a nightly recap of the previous day's games, and […]

Jon Niese’s wife will be wearing blue panties on Opening Day

To add something to the "this really isn't news, but it's a distraction at the very least" category, the wife of New York Mets Opening Day starter Jon Niese revealed in an interview with the New York Post that on Opening Day, and during all of Niese's starts in 2013, she plans on wearing her […]

Cole Hamels has a mustache, and it’s glorious

During Friday's exhibition game at Citizens Bank Park between the Blue Jays and Phillies, CSN Philadelphia cameras caught a glimpse of Phillies Opening Day starter Cole Hamels in the dugout. Hamels, who sported a beard for most of the spring, shaved the beard off…but left his mustache, giving himself a stache that Tom Selleck would […]

Giants agree to eight-year contract extension with Buster Posey

Well, the San Francisco Giants have their man locked up. The defending World Champions will go into the 2013 season with reigning NL MVP Buster Posey signed for the next nine years, at a total cost of $167 million. Posey already had agreed to a one-year, $8 million deal for 2013 to avoid arbitration, and […]

TOC 2013 staff predictions

Predictions are always fun to look at. Here's what we predicted last April going into the 2012 season. Some are laughably bad, especially mine. With the new season upon us, it's time for another round of staff predictions for the 2013 season.   Joe Lucia Pat Lackey Garrett Wilson AL East Blue Jays Rays Blue […]

Ten players primed for a breakout in 2013

Opening Day is Monday. Opening Night is Sunday. The beginning of the season is so close that you can taste it. The 2012 season saw several players burst into the consciousness of fans across baseball, from Mike Trout to Bryce Harper to Chase Headley to Andrew McCutchen to Martin Prado to Aaron Hill. Players break […]

Manny Ramirez’s Taiwanese debut was a circus

Last month, we brought you the news of former Indians, Red Sox, and Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez signing with the EDA Rhinos in Taiwan. Well, Ramirez made his debut with the Rhinos on Wednesday night, and Busted Coverage broke down the bizarre scenario that unfolded. First off, as you can tell in the above picture, […]

Dugout Digest – the final weekend

Guess what? This is the last weekend without a full slate of meaningful baseball until the offseason! Woohoo! The season kicks off with Rangers-Astros on Sunday night, and the rest of the regular season starts on Monday. On Monday, we've got some exciting announcements to bring to you, and the DD will be back to […]

Johan Santana’s season (and career) may be over

New York Mets starting pitcher Johan Santana may never throw another pitch again. In a conference call on Thursday, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said that Santana has probably re-torn the anterior capsule in his left shoulder. If the capsule is torn, Santana would need a second surgery on the shoulder and would miss all of […]

Awards preview: NL MVP

2012 was an amazing year for catchers in the National League, as Buster Posey and Yadier Molina both put together six win seasons and finished in the top five of MVP voting, with Posey winning the award running away over runner-up Ryan Braun. In addition to those three, a pair of young, rising stars rounded […]

Awards preview: AL MVP

The 2012 MVP race between Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera was one of the more heated we've seen in recent years. It was essentially a new school vs old school battle, and at the end of the year, the old school supported Cabrera and his Triple Crown, and he won the first MVP award of […]

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