It’s the beginning of July. You know what that means: the MLB All-Star rosters have been announced, and fans everywhere are livid about undeserving players getting put on the team and justified candidates getting three days off next week. We did our own voting here at the Outside Corner last week, and let me take […]

There are five pitchers in baseball that have 11 wins. They are, in no particular order… Roy Halladay, the reigning NL Cy Young award winner Jair Jurrjens, who leads baseball with a 1.89 ERA CC Sabathia, one of the best pitchers year after year and another former Cy Young winner Justin Verlander, who has been […]

Let me set the scene on this one for you. The Blue Jays trail the Phillies 4-3 in the ninth inning. Jon Rauch thinks he has Ryan Howard struck out twice, but ends up walking him. The next hitter is Shane Victorino, who singles in Chase Utley, barely avoiding the tag of Jays catcher JP […]

On this fourth of July weekend, we need to celebrate all things American. Baseball is of course, the national pastime and should be celebrated with much glory and fanfare. After all, two of the other four major sports are on lockout right now, and the third is primarily shown on Versus. But there is something […]

Mark Teixeira hit his 300th homered on Thursday. He’s a damn solid player, but I find it a little hard to believe that he’s already got 300 homers. There are 130 players that now have 300 homers. I’m not sure where Teixiera ranks on the list, but it’s definitely not near the botom of the […]

Today is June 30th, the day that online voting for the 2011 All-Star game in Phoenix is closing. The team is going to be announced on Sunday on TBS. Of course, we here at the Outside Corner feel that it’s necessary to create our own All-Star team. I’ve polled the some of the staff, and […]

Or should I say “odd snake”? Anyway, our friends over at Awful Announcing found this clip of Wily Mo Pena from last night’s Diamondbacks-Indians game. Let me set the scene: two outs, bottom of the ninth, tie game. The winning run is on third. Pena comes in to pinch hit for the pitcher and all […]

I was at last night’s Phillies-Red Sox game. The last time I went to a game in Philly, Jamie Moyer threw a one hit shutout over my beloved Braves. Last night, Cliff Lee threw a two hit shutout against Boston. Lee was masterful against the Red Sox, allowing two hits and walking two batters while […]

This is a new feature we’ve come up with here on The Outside Corner. Each Tuesday, I’m going to take a brief look at a legendary baseball player from years gone by and try to come up with the best comparison for him of current players. Now, this piece isn’t going to be along the […]

Jim Leyland of the Tigers got ejected in tonight’s Tigers-Blue Jays game. Tigers hitter Andy Dirks bunted one down the first base line, and was thrown out at first. Problem is, the ump called him safe, saying that the first baseman was pulled off the bag. Blue Jays manager John Farrell came out to argue, […]

I was passed a link to this article this evening. The author, a guy by the name of Jim Souhan, claims all-world Twins catcher Joe Mauer needs to start DEMANDING to be placed in the lineup on his days off instead of resting. Let me get this straight for a minute. The star player of […]

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This is one of the stupider stories I’ve seen in awhile, but it irritates me to the point that I feel like I need to have a response to it. The jist of it: Mets COO Jeff Wilpon is pissed off at the Mets and actually *scolded his team* for not retaliating on Thursday after […]

Bringing in Jim Riggleman to replace Manny Acta back in 2009 was a quizzical move. Riggleman didn’t have a history of winning in the majors, and he would be the one taking care of prized prospect Stephen Strasburg’s arm. Riggleman of course, is the man who was leading the Cubs when Kerry Wood blew out […]

Mariners rookie starter Michael Pineda did it again today, shutting out the Nationals over seven innings while allowing just four hits and one walk, and striking out nine. His ERA for the year now sits at 2.45, and he’s got 94 strikeouts over 95 2/3 innings. The concept of this post was originally going to […]