Here at the Outside Corner, we’ve talked about Asdrubal Cabrera a little bit already. That article was written two weeks into the season. Here we are now on May 28th, and we’re two months into the season, and guess what? Cabrera is still having himself an All-Star caliber season. Cabrera was also mentioned in this article […]

Wilson Valdez of the Phillies got some time on the mound last night in the marathon game that Philly played against the Reds, and shockingly, he actually pitched pretty well and picked up the win. That got me to thinking of other position players who got time on the mound, and if this has ever […]

Mets owner Fred Wilpon, who lost a metric ton of money in Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme madness, and is being sued for over a billion dollars by trustees, made some dubious claims today about some of his players on the Mets. These claims ranged from the insane to the ridiculous…not much of a leap there, […]

Braves 3, Astros 1 (11 innings). A pair of Brian McCann homers in the ninth and eleventh capped a comeback win for the Bravos. Wandy Rodriguez threw eight shutout innings for Houston, but when you have a godawful bullpen, these things happen sometimes. Rockies 5, Giants 3. The Rockies got four in the eighth to […]

One week ago, the New York Yankees had the third best record in the majors, and were in first place in the AL East, a game up on the Tampa Bay Rays. Here we are just seven days later, and the team is three out in the East, tied with Boston and Toronto, and only […]

With Justin Verlander and Francisco Liriano both throwing no hitters last week, eyes were on their next starts, to see if they could equal Johnny Vander Meer’s unprecedented two straight no hitters. Liriano laughably failed, but Verlander threw 5 2/3 no hit innings, coming pretty close to reaching a mark that has been reached once […]

Orioles 7, Mariners 6 (13 innings). The teams combined for 34 hits and 12 walks in this one. Good god. The Mariners took the lead in the 13th, but Baltimore rallied with two in the bottom half of the inning to get the win. JJ Hardy had four hits for the Orioles in his return […]

Here we go. Jose Bautista played sparingly this week, so he’s been knocked from his spot at the top of the chart! Could anyone have equaled his awesomeness? SCORCHING HITTERSJose Reyes, Mets. .440/.517/.840, 3 R, 5 RBI, 2 2B, 4 3B, 4 BB, 5 K, 2/2 SBFour triples in one week. For the record, that […]

On Friday night, Cliff Lee struck out 16 Braves hitters in seven innings whle only walking one. He got stuck with the loss thanks to the three runs he allowed, and the goose egg put on the board by Philly’s offense. It got me to thinking. We all know a strikeout is the best possible […]

Reds 10, Astros 4. The Reds just whooped the tar out of Brett Myers, took a couple innings off, and then beat the tar out of Nelson Figueroa. Homer Bailey pitched very well for the Reds, allowing only one run in six while striking out seven and only walking one. Jay Bruce had three hits, […]

Twins 1, White Sox 0.  Francisco Liriano threw a no-hitter despite six walks and only two strikeouts. (See where it stacks up amongst “the worst pitched no-hitters of all time”). The Twins only had six hits themselves, with their lone run coming on a Jason Kubel solo homer in the fourth. Ironic that Edwin Jackson […]

Twins pitcher Francisco Liriano threw a no hitter last night, and many on Twitter were quick to jump on the “dear Lord, that was a horribly pitched game” bandwagon. I was thinking about it, and wondered just how bad it really was. I present to you a list of the five worst no hitters ever. […]

Prior to the start of the 2010 season, Jose Bautista had a career line of .238/.329/.400. He had a total of 59 home runs over 2038 career plate appearances, just about twice as many strikeouts as walks, and was a journeyman, playing for a total of five MLB teams over his six years in the […]

There were some completely crazy lines this past week in the world of baseball, some by the usual suspects, and some by some guys totally out of left field. Note: if you hate the AL East, get the hell out of here. SCORCHING HITTERSMatt Joyce, Rays. .526/.591/.895, 7 R, 6 RBI, 1 2B, 2 HR, […]

Nearly every media outlet picked the Cleveland Indians to finish fourth or fifth in the AL Central in 2011. Their starting pitching was weak, the offense was unproven, and the bullpen was a mess. Here we are on May 1st, and the Indians are 19-8, 4.5 up in the Central and holding the best record […]