0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/27/2012
When news broke at around 5:45 that the Royals would be making a big announcement in about 40 minutes tonight, we all figured that it would be a contract extension, and that the player to be extended was likely Eric Hosmer or Alex Gordon. Well, we were partly right. The Royals did extend one of […]
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The Cincinnati Reds and reliever Sean Marshall agreed to a three year contract extension today that will keep the former Cub in Cincinnati until after the 2015 season. Terms haven’t been disclosed yet. The Reds brought Marshall in from Chicago this offseason for a package highlighed by fifth starter Travis Wood, and are expecting the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/26/2012
Bad news for the Twins coming out of Fort Myers today: reliever Joel Zumaya, signed this offseason and expected to fill a crucial role in the bullpen, was diagnosed with a torn UCL in his throwing arm, and will undergo Tommy John surgery. The surgery will sideline Zumaya for the entire season. The former Tigers […]
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The Washington Nationals completed a long-rumored contract extensiion with third baseman Ryan Zimmerman today that will pay him a total of $100 million and extend his current contract to the 2019 season. The contract also contains an option for 2020 that could make the entire package left on Zimmerman’s contract (the old and the new) […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/24/2012
A week into Spring Training, and we already know who’s going to be battling for the World Series. If you listen to the hype-generating media, the only teams with even a remote shot are the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Tigers, Rangers and Angels in the American League and the Phillies, Braves, Brewers, Cardinals, Reds, Giants […]
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What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I’m a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams. The Padres made all the right moves this offseason and have now built a winner, a World Series […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/23/2012
Ryan Braun has reportedly won his appeal, and will not be suspended for the first 50 games of the 2012 MLB season. Tom Haudricourt had it first. According to Haudricourt, the appeal was won based on “not so much on contesting the result of the test but the testing process itself, some kind of technicality”. […]
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Today, Roy Oswalt was expected to announce where he’d be playing in 2012. Instead, he announced that he’d be waiting until a contender had an opening. ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick initially floated the idea of Oswalt waiting until midseason, while ESPN’s Jim Bowden confirmed the report on his Twitter feed. Oswalt ruled out signing with the […]
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Spring training is here, and the reporting date for all players is in the next day or two. We’ve still got a week of practices and training before games kick off next weekend, so we’re still just a tad bit away from watching REAL LIVE BASEBALL. But don’t you fret, we’ve got a lot to […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/22/2012
Harrisburg’s Metro Bank Park, home of the Washington Nationals AA affiliate Harrisburg Senators, is my home park. I usually end up going to about half a dozen games there each season, as I live about 15 minutes from the stadium. Going to games at the park has a special significance for me, as I almost […]
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This is Zim-Bear, and it will be running through your head for quite awhile, won’t it? The Tampa Bay Rays will be giving this, erm, lovely toy away on June 29th during their game against the Detroit Tigers. We’ve seen some really odd giveaways during our time, but I do believe that this is the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/21/2012
The official title of the home of the Danville Braves is “American Legion Post 325 Field at Dan Daniel Memorial Park”. That’s quite a mouthful, reminiscent of “Oriole Park at Camden Yards”. But the situation here at Dan Daniel is quite different from Camden Yards, which is essentially just a baseball stadium (albeit a fantastic […]
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The New York Yankees made a much-rumored signing official today by inking Raul Ibanez to a one-year, $1.1 million deal. Ibanez is projected to serve as the team’s designated hitter following the retirement of Jorge Posada and the trade of Jesus Montero to the Seattle Mariners. Ibanez looked like a shell of a player last […]
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The commissioner’s office has (finally) announced the compensation that the Boston Red Sox will receive from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Theo Epstein, reports Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune. The Cubs will reportedly be sending reliever Chris Carpenter to Boston. The teams will also be swapping players to be named later. Carpenter ranked […]
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Last month, Charlie wrote a post about Jose Canseco tweeting about playing ball in 2012. Well here we are in February, and Canseco *is* playing…in the Mexican League, with the Tigres de Quintananaroo, located in the Cancun area of Mexico. Jose has been tweeting up a storm today about his time so far in the […]
