American League If things ended today…Rangers @ Yankees, Red Sox @ Tigers THE RACESAL EastYankees have clinched with a 95-61 record AL CentralTigers have clinched with a 90-66 record. AL WestRangers 90-66 —Angels 85-71 5 AL Wild CardRed Sox 88-68 —Rays 86-70 2Angels 85-71 3 The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees 95-61 —Tigers 90-66 5Rangers 90-66 […]

I’m sure all sportswriters, no matter the platform, know who Jason Whitlock is. In case you don’t know, here’s a brief recap: he’s written for the KC Star, ESPN, AOL Sports and currently, FOX Sports, and has burned bridges with all of his former employers, due in part to his incessant race baiting and all […]

On the heels of the announcement that Chris Carpenter would be a Cardinal for two more years, St Louis announced today that Lance Berkman will be back for 2012, agreeing to a one year, $12 million deal. The 35 year old Berkman has had a fantastic bounceback year this season, hitting .300/.412/.555 for a .404 […]

American League If things ended today…Rangers @ Yankees, Red Sox @ Tigers THE RACESAL EastYankees have clinched with a 95-60 record AL CentralTigers have clinched with a 90-65 record. AL WestRangers 90-65 —Angels 85-70 5 AL Wild CardRed Sox 88-68 —Rays 85-70 2.5Angels 85-70 2.5 The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees 95-60 —Tigers 90-65 5Rangers 90-65 […]

The A’s gave their manager Bob Melvin a three year contract extension today. The ESPN article I just linked is full of ideas like “clubhouse respect”, “great fit for the organization” and so on and so forth. But my opinion is that Melvin just isn’t that great of a manager, and that he’s not worth […]

American League If things ended today…Rangers @ Yankees, Red Sox @ Indians THE RACESAL EastYankees 93-60 —Red Sox 88-67 6Rays 85-68 8 AL CentralTigers have clinched with a 89-64 record. AL WestRangers 89-65 —Angels 84-70 5 AL Wild CardRed Sox 88-67 —Rays 85-68 2Angels 84-70 3.5 The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees 93-60 —Tigers 89-65 4.5Rangers […]

American League If things ended today…Rangers @ Yankees, Red Sox @ Indians THE RACESAL EastYankees 92-60 —Red Sox 88-66 5Rays 85-67 7 AL CentralTigers have clinched with a 89-64 record. AL WestRangers 88-65 —Angels 83-70 5 AL Wild CardRed Sox 88-66 —Rays 85-67 2Angels 83-70 4.5 The Race for Homefield AdvantageYankees 92-60 —Tigers 89-64 3.5Rangers […]

News broke last week that Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez wanted a two or three year deal, as opposed to the one year option he has left on his contract. The 2012 option is a club option for $16 million. What should the Cubs do in this situation: pick up the option, extend Ramirez, or […]

This is a new feature here at the OC that we’re going to post until the playoffs start….so, for a week and a half or so. In it, we’re going to look at what the current playoff picture in the MLB looks like, and who could use a little help at getting into the playoffs. […]

By virtue of their 9-2 win over the Cardinals last night, the Phillies clinched the NL East title, their fifth in a row. The team doesn’t have home field advantage throughout the playoffs locked up yet, but it’s coming. The team leads the Brewers for that number one seed by 10 games with 12 to […]

I’ve written more than a few words about the NL Cy Young award this season. I need to write more right now. While Roy Halladay still leads all MLB pitchers in fWAR with 8.1, Clayton Kershaw has crept up behind right behind him, second in baseball with 6.8. If you dig a little deeper, you […]

Mariano Rivera saved his 600th game on Tuesday night. That immediately led to people running their mouths about how he was THE BEST CLOSER EVER. But honestly, it shouldn’t have taken a round number to make this claim about Rivera. He’s been the best reliever in the game for years, and it has nothing to […]

Time for another edition of the three strikes roundtable. This week, the staff will take a look at the chances of the Rays and Cardinals making the playoffs, if the Angels can catch the Rangers in the AL West, and what team puts TEH FEEEEEEEEEAR into your heart come October. 1) Do you think that […]

The 2012 schedule was announced today to a little bit of fanfare. Obviously, scheduling isn’t a huge deal in baseball like it is in football, because you generally know who you’re going to be playing the majority of your games against. But there are some little quirks that we all look at, like where the […]