0 comments by Joe Lucia on 1/4/2013
Ah yes, the post-holiday hangover time of the year…it's alive and well here in the baseball world, and there wasn't a lot going on. Things will likely start to kick back into gear next week, but there were still some noteworthy events over the past couple of days. -The Indians signed Brett Myers, adding some […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 1/3/2013
Sergio Romo, closer for the World Champion San Francisco Giants, saw his new year get off to a bad start. According to TMZ, Romo was apparently detained at a Las Vegas airport for not having proper identification and getting "angry and aggressive" with a TSA agent. Romo was cited for violating airport rules, released, and […]
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Everyone is overloaded with trade talks regarding Giancarlo Stanton. Hell, I wrote a monstrous piece about what the Marlins would need in return for Stanton yesterday. But that doesn't mean that fans of every team in baseball aren't fantasizing about the possibility of Stanton in their team's outfield on Opening Day this year. I hate […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 1/2/2013
I want to preface this by saying that I think there is no way the Miami Marlins will be trading Giancarlo Stanton this winter. However, Marlins assistant GM Dan Jennings said this weekend that the team would
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Happy New Year Indians fans, you've got yourself a starting pitcher: Brett Myers, who the team inked to a one-year deal worth
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Welcome to the year 2013, folks! Bigger and better things are on the horizon for TOC this year, so keep coming around here to see us. We took yesterday off, but on Monday, we finished off our year-in-review by looking at the top catches of 2012 and the top ten TOC posts of 2012. Also […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/31/2012
Awesome defensive plays are something that seem to bring all baseball fans together. Be it an incredible, homer-robbing catch, a dive into the crowd or dugout to take away an extra chance for a batter, or an all-out diving effort that saves a hit, great defense is something that draws eyes to the game and […]
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Thanks to all of you, the readers of The Outside Corner, we've experienced unprecedented growth during 2012, and are looking forward to an even better year in 2013. As part of the initial relaunching of the thecomeback.com portal in April 2011 (along with our sister site, Crossover Chronicles), we've brought you a comprehensive blend of […]
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Well everyone, this is it. We're in the final hours of 2012, and it was a fantastic year to be a baseball fan. There were a lot of things we liked about this year and there were some amazing walkoff wins. Today, we're going to bring you the top defensive plays of 2012, TOC's top ten […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/29/2012
2012 sure was an exciting year for baseball fans. Playoff races ran until the final day of the regular season. Postseason games were decided with one swing of the bat. Legends went out in blazes of glory. And throughout all of those great moments, the walkoff stood tall. There were 205 walkoff wins during the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/28/2012
Newly-signed Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy has an issue with his new Texas drivers license. The photo of the license, tweeted
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On Thursday, former Yankees left fielder/DH Hideki Matsui announced he'd be retiring. The 38-year old finishes his career in America with a career line of .282/.360/.462, 175 homers, and 1253 hits in 1236 games over ten seasons stateside. Matsui played in the first 518 games of his career, the record to begin a major league […]
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I promise you, that's my last Christmas related pun. But anyway, a few teams got some Christmas presents this week! -The Red Sox got a closer for the second straight offseason in Joel Hanrahan -The Pirates got some more hope for the future with the Hanrhan trade and the signing of Francisco Liriano -The Angels […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/27/2012
For those of you who love buying a new hat every year, MLB will be releasing new batting practice caps for the 2013 season. Many of them are the same (or very similar) to their 2012 versions. Yet, as Paul Lukas at ESPN's Uni Watch explores, some are very different and rather old school in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/26/2012
The long-rumored trade between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox that would send Pirates closer Joel Hanrahan to Boston
