0 comments by Matt Lindner on 2/17/2012
With less than 60 days until Opening Day, crews are scrambling to get ballparks ready in time for the hordes of fans who will be streaming through to get their first official fix of Spring. The sight you see above is what the right field bleachers at one of baseball’s most hallowed cathedrals, Wrigley Field, […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 2/16/2012
Gary Carter, who will be remembered as perhaps the greatest catcher of the 1980s, has lost his battle with brain cancer. The Hall of Famer who’s career spanned 19 seasons with four different teams (Mets, Expos, Dodgers and Giants) was 57 years old. The image you see above of is how many of us will […]
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0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/31/2012
Manny Ramirez needs a paycheck. Well…chances are he doesn’t really NEED a paycheck. Over the course of his career, Ramirez has earned more than $200,000,000 (!) to hit the ball real far at the plate and watch it go over his head in the outfield. Buf if you have the ability and the option of […]
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Tony Plush is about to become Tony Pucks. Everyone’s favorite lunatic outfielder, Nyjer Morgan, is about to hit the ice with his hometown San Jose Sharks. The man they call Tony Plush will be practicing with the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday. And really, after getting the NLDS-winning hit against the Arizona Diamondbacks and establishing […]
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Change is scary. It takes us out of our comfort zones, forcing us to conform to a whole new set of societal norms and accept things that are both foreign and unnerving. It doesn’t matter if this change is for the better. The end of a toxic relationship, the big move to a big city, […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/27/2012
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. “Wait ’til next year…” It’s a refrain that’s beaten into your soul as a Cubs fan. Growing up […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/26/2012
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. Looking at this picture has caused me great physical pain since October 16, 2011. This was my ticket […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/24/2012
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words…but 1,000 words wouldn’t nearly do this picture of a young Prince Fielder justice. Take a look at this picture. When historians seek a single image that screams “1991”, this will be the image they use. On the surface, it is merely an overweight child playing catch with […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/23/2012
A note to everyone, and understand I mean this in the nicest possible way. Chill the eff out on these rumors about Prince Fielder signing with the Nationals. Seriously. Take a deep breath. Break out the old paper bag if you have to. Again, Prince Fielder is not a member of the Washington Nationals. Okay? […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/22/2012
Eleven years ago next month, WWE founder Vince McMahon’s XFL kicked off its first and only season with Las Vegas Outlaws safety Jamel Williams lined up on the opposite side of a 100-yard field from Orlando Rage safety Hassan Shamsid-Deen, poised to make the very first play in the history of the rogue football league. […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/18/2012
This is the view from the Wrigley Field press box. It is, and I’m speaking from experience here as this picture comes from my personal archives, one of the best views in all of professional sports. It can also be your office if you’re lucky. The Cubs are hiring a Social Media and Public Relations […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/14/2012
It’s official — Wrigley Field is entering the 21st century and becoming just like every other ballpark everywhere. Soon enough, baseball’s grandest cathedral will have its first ever Jumbotron, though the team is calling it a “70-foot LED board.” Plans for the LED board were unveiled at Cubs Convention today, the team’s annual ooey gooey […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/10/2012
Just outside of one of the most heartbreaking shrines in all of Chicago sits a single brick with more heartache seemingly etched into it than in the entire stadium it sits in front of. “Still Single Because of You Amy Bergseth” One can argue that Wrigley Field is itself the largest ode to heartbreak ever […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner on 1/7/2012
Self righteous so-called purists who masquerade as baseball writers when they’re not guarding society’s virgin eyes and ears have invested an inordinate amount of time and wasted entirely too much space both on paper and in the digital space to handwringing over whether guys who utilized performance enhancing drugs belong in the Hall of Fame. […]
