0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/20/2012
Our long national nightmare is over. Free agent outfielder Manny Ramirez has signed with a team, and that team….is the outfield-rich Oakland Athletics. The deal is of the minor league variety, and will pay Ramirez $500,000. Ramirez will be forced to serve a 50 game suspension before he’s able to play in the majors this […]
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Big news coming out of Mariners camp early on, as Ichiro Suzuki is apaprently going to be losing his spot at the top of Seattle’s order. Reportedly replacing him will be the much-maligned former big name free agent Chone Figgins. Now, on the surface, this immediately looks like a disaster. I mean, Ichiro is a […]
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The Phillies gave starter Kyle Kendrick a two years, $7.5 million deal to buy out his next two arbitration years. Kendrick agreed to a one year, $3.585 million deal last month that would cover his 2012 season. He’s not a particularly great pitcher, and I actually figured he’d be a nontender candidate in the coming […]
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It’s looking like the end of the road for Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek. No team aside from the Red Sox has offered Varitek a major league deal, and Boston has a glut of catchers (Jarrod Saltalamacchia, newly-signed free agent Kelly Shoppach, and young Ryan Lavarnway) that would prevent him from getting a lot […]
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In this article by Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star, Griffin makes the ludicrous assertation that MLB commissioner Bud Selig should have considered using his “best interests in baseball” clause to void the trade of AJ Burnett from the New York Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates. My immediate answer? “Um….why exactly?” Griffin’s major argument is […]
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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 Arizona Diamondbacks are the 2012 World Series champions! A year after their brilliant “worst to first” campaign, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/19/2012
Which teams fared the best this offseason with their moves and expected changes going into 2012? Here’s a brief look. A- Arizona DiamondbacksPros: Went all in by adding Trevor Cahill to starting rotation. Re-signed Aaron Hill for two years, both cheaper than his previous option years. Re-signed John McDonald and Willie Bloomquist for two years […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/17/2012
The much-rumored deal between the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates is pretty much done. New York will send starting pitcher AJ Burnett to Pittsburgh, and the Pirates will be sending back two low-level, currently unknown, prospects. The major sticking point of the deal was Burnett’s contract, and that has apparently been settled, with […]
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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 Minnesota Twins were one of the biggest disappointments of the 2011 MLB season. Their fortunes dramatically changed […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/16/2012
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 Kansas City Royals, otherwise known as the new Tampa Bay Rays, are the 2012 World Series champions! […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/15/2012
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. It was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Chicago White Sox. The team lost multiple players […]
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I received a tip in my inbox yesterday about the Boston Red Sox and their celebration of Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary. The team is going all-out with the celebration, and the main highlight is the selection of the All-Fenway Park team as voted on by the fans. Voting will go on from now until the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/14/2012
Talk about the New York Yankees dealing AJ Burnett has centered around Pittsburgh, and those talks are intensifying. Current rumors would have the Pirates sending roster-filler type prospects to the Yankees while picking up around $13 million of the $33 million left on Burnett’s deal. But two other teams have also checked in on Burnett: […]
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The Tampa Bay Rays announced a three-year contract extension for manager Joe Maddon today that should keep him as Rays manager through the 2015 season. Maddon is one of the best managers in baseball, and has completely transformed the Tampa Bay franchise since taking over in 2006. Before Maddon became the Rays’ skipper, the highest […]
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http://youtube.com/watch?v= X22lzaE9KeM[/youtube] Here’s Kate Upton, supermodel and SI swimsuit issue covergirl. And here she is…shilling MLB 2K12 (due out on March 6, 2012), along with Jay Bruce, CJ Wilson, Justin Verlander, and David Price. In typical Upton fashion, she’s doing sexy things while teaching the players how to play the game a little bit. That […]
