Today’s Bad Spring Training Decision of the Day is less of a decision and more of a cautionary tale.  According to some sort of blend of real reporting and mere speculation, Buster Olney believes that the LA Dodgers might start the season with a pitching staff of not 11, not 12 but 13 pitchers. The […]

Most people think there are only Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.  Up until yesterday, that would have been correct, but now we know without a doubt that there is actually a Fifth Horsemen… the MLB Commissioner’s Office actually made a good decision. Take a second to let that sink in. You good?  OK.  So what […]

Freak injuries happen.  For some reason they seem to happen a lot in baseball.  Take for example Yankee reliever David Robertson who may now be out for several weeks after spraining his foot carrying boxes, empty boxes, down some stairs.  He probably could’ve been more careful, but really, who expects to get hurt carrying empty […]

And now for something a little different for our Bad Spring Training Decision of the Day.  As fun as mocking prospective lineup choices might be, what Giants manager Bruce Bochy did on Wednesday is truly unique and thus well deserving of the BSTDOTD honors. Angel scout Jeff Schugel was in the Giants facility yesterday morning, […]

What is with the Chicago teams and their bizarre top of the order lineup decisions?  First the Cubs want Alfonso Soriano to lead off and now the White Sox intend to bat A.J. Pierzynski in the two-hole.  There must be something in the water in the Windy City.  Whatever the case may be, we have […]

It is almost unfair to limit today’s Bad Spring Training Decision of the Day to “of the Day” status because this bit of lineup construction was a bad idea that nobody thought better of for several years, making this something of an evergreen Bad Spring Training Decision.  What poor idea is that exactly?  Oh, just […]

Calling today’s Bad Spring Training Roster Decision of the Day a bad idea is an insult to bad ideas.  It is so bad we nearly had to create a new daily feature called the Catastrophically Stupid Spring Training Roster Decision of the Day. Today’s nominee comes from the LA Angels, who have already brought us […]

Another day, another Bad Spring Training Roster Decision of the Day.  Today’s nominee comes to us straight from the front office of the defending NL West champion Arizona Diamondbacks who announced today that they have called off contract extension talks with their All-Star catcher Miguel Montero. Bad idea?  Oh yeah. Contract extension talks get called […]

Matt Kemp may be the best player in the National League with almost no holes in his game.  Pitchers will surely be looking for any way they can get an advantage against him, which is why he may regret an admission he made in an interview yesterday: “I don’t like the rally monkey,” Kemp said. […]

Welcome to a new running feature on The Outside Corner, The Bad Spring Training Roster Decision of the Day.  It was never our intent to have such a feature, but, well, our hands have been forced. We’ve already seen the Mariners inexplicably promise the third base job and leadoff spot to Chone Figgins and the […]

In Spring Training, we all fawn over getting to see our favorite players for the first time in months.  But mixed in amongst the superstars we love is a very special group of men known as the Non-Roster Invitees.  Yes, these are players that are so awesome, so amazing, so impressive that they are invited […]

Trying to compete in the AL West over the next several years is not going to be easy for the Seattle Mariners.  The Rangers are overflowing with young talent and new cash inflow.  The Angels have Albert Pujols and a seemingly endless amount of financial resources.  Heck, even the Oakland A’s seem like they could […]

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. Considering the state of flux that the once fabled Dodger franchise currently finds itself in, it almost seems […]

For almost any player, getting traded from the mighty New York Yankees to the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates seems like a cruel and unusual fate.  That fate is exactly what befell A.J. Burnett this past weekend as the Yankees were so eager to rid themselves of him, that they paid the Pirates to take them off […]