0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/26/2012
Last year, the MLB free agent market took awhile to get sorted out. After New Year's Day, a number of free agents finally signed that would have a huge impact on the 2012 season, including Fernando Rodney, Coco Crisp, Hisashi Iwakuma, Darren Oliver, Wei-Yin Chen, Norchika Aoki, Yu Darvish, Hiroki Kuroda, Cody Ross, Yoenis Cespdes, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/24/2012
A lot has been made about the Pittsburgh Pirates signing long-time Twins starter Francisco Liriano to a
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of the TOC readers out there! Due to the holiday falling on a Tuesday this year, and absolutely nothing happening on it, we're going to be preempting our Wednesday DD this week and rolling with just Monday and Friday editions. Also, there will be no new posts on […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/23/2012
On Saturday, the Seattle Mariners signed Raul Ibanez to a one-year, $2.75 million deal, with incentives adding a potential $1.25 million to the contract. It'll be Ibanez's third stint with the Mariners during his career, which began during a four game stint in 1996 with Seattle. The team just acquired a full-time DH in Kendrys […]
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The Cleveland Indians signed Nick Swisher to a
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Former MLB player Ryan Freel, who made his name with a hard-nose, hustling style of play with the Cincinnati Reds, has committed suicide at age 36. Freel last played in the majors in 2009 with the Royals, and his best years came a decade ago with the Reds, highlighted by three straight seasons with at […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/22/2012
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed outfielder Cody Ross to a
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/21/2012
During an interview on The Dan Patrick Show on Friday morning, new Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim outfielder Josh Hamilton claimed that the Texas Rangers never made him a contract offer this offseason. Hamilton said that he gave the Rangers no promise to counter any offer he received, and that he gave the Rangers the […]
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The Abbott and Costello "Who's on First?" standup routine is one of the more famous baseball comedy routines in history. On Thursday's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, the routine was reprised by Fallon, along with cameo appearances from Billy Crystal and Jerry Seinfeld (playing the roles of "who" and "I don't know" respectively). It's […]
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If you're reading this blog post, congratulations: the world did not end in a blaze of glory like the Mayans predicted. And now we can move on with our lives and not worry about the Mayan calendar ever again. Anyway, over the last couple of days, we saw some things that could be a hint […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/20/2012
After failing to trade for Dan Haren of the Angels and failing to sign Anibal Sanchez of the Tigers, the Chicago Cubs finally have the veteran starting pitcher they've been craving: journeyman Edwin Jackson, who the team agreed to a
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World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants was a judge during Wednesday's Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas as part of a panel that included Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings and Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, among others. Miss USA Olivia Culpo was chosen as the winner by the judges, the first […]
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We've got less than a week until Christmas, and there are plenty of fanbases that are still itching for something related to their team's onfield performance for the 2013 season this winter. So I decided to put my thinking cap on, and ponder just what exactly each fanbase wants for their team for the 2013 […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 12/19/2012
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have quickly fixed the logjam in their offense that was created when they signed Josh Hamilton by dealing designated hitter Kendrys Morales to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for starting pitcher Jason Vargas. The trade will allow the team to keep Peter Bourjos (who
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The rich girls from TO must be home from college. Tubby, unfortunately manish, and super stuck up are all at Hemingways tonight — Gregg Zaun (@greggzaun)
