0 comments by Matt Yoder on 6/18/2011
The Cubs have been terrible the last few seasons. As Charlie pointed out here earlier this week, there’s a lot of blame to go around for the Cubbies’ woes from ownership, to the GM, to the managers, and of course the lack of quality pitching, fielding, and hitting. Attendance is going down from the highs […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 6/15/2011
After a brief hiatus, the roundtable of Bloguin’s best baseball writers is back to touch on three topics from around the sport. This week, we chat about the man that may be the best pitcher in the big leagues, the team that may be the most hopeless, and the “R” word that’s on everyone’s minds […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 6/3/2011
It must not be easy to be Mets manager Terry Collins. His owner Fred Wilpon lost a zillion dollars to Bernie Madoff and then went and ripped half the roster. The uncertain ownership situation would be bad enough (ok, it’s horrifying), but the Mets players do indeed stink and are vastly overpaid. Carlos Beltran is […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 6/1/2011
Baseball has been abuzz this week over catchers, blocking the plate, and collisions. The hullabaloo began with Buster Posey’s gruesome ankle injury knocking him out of action for a lengthy piece of time. The controversy and discussion has continued throughout the last week including news today that A’s GM slash resident Buddha of Baseball Billy […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 5/26/2011
Interleague play kicked off last weekend, so we’ve brought our writers together to discuss the once dreaded idea and how it has progressed since the first regular season AL vs NL battle in 1997. In case you were wondering, the AL leads the NL 1829-1673 in all-time interleague play. So, what is the best interleague […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 5/22/2011
Bragging rights were on the line in the state of Ohio this weekend as the Reds and Indians squared off in the first three games of the 2011 Ohio Cup at Progressive Field in Cleveland. For once, that actually meant something this year. You see, the Reds-Indians “rivalry” is traditionally a pleasant novelty rather than […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 5/18/2011
It was an eventful week in baseball with drama finally coming to New York (it’s about time, it’s already the middle of May after all) in the fashion of Jorge Posada asking out of the lineup. We also saw a sweep by a new division leader and the worst recorded pitching performance since 1900. Sorry, […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 5/17/2011
MLB Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew died today at the age of 74 in Arizona after losing a battle with esophageal cancer. It was only last week that Killebrew announced he was deciding to rest peacefully and stop cancer treatment. The slugger appeared in 22 seasons, spending the first 21 of those with the Washington […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 5/11/2011
Time for another edition of the 3 Strikes Roundtable. This week, our think tank of baseball bloggers discuss the Yanks and the Sawx (come on, we had to get to them at some point!) and two teams that are traditionally at the other end of the spectrum… Kansas City and Pittsburgh. Would you believe the […]
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I can’t even post a picture of Tony La Russa’s mug on the blog, because I may hurl while I try to write this post. Here’s a link if you are really curious, but I think I would rather watch the Rondo injury a thousand times than have a peak at THIS for a prolonged period. […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 5/8/2011
Justin Verlander pitched his second career no hitter on Saturday May 7, shutting out the Toronto Blue Jays in a 9-0 victory. It was the 271st no hitter in Major League history (at least according to the Wikipedia list, and we know they’re always right). It was certainly a great accomplishment for Verlander, but something […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 5/4/2011
Each week, our braintrust of bloggers will come together to give their best judgment calls on three of the most important baseball topics from the past week in the 3 Strikes Roundtable. This week on the docket is the Indians and their impressive start, Andre Ethier’s newsworthy (or not) hit streak, and our guys will […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 4/27/2011
Say hello to another great new feature at The OC. Each week, our braintrust of bloggers will come together to give their best judgment calls on three of the most important baseball topics from the past week. Here’s hoping that we’ll be just as judicious as your favorite Major League umpires. Wait… nobody has a […]
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Seattle beat Detroit today 7-3, but the story coming out of the game is all about Tigers outfielder Ryan Raburn. Unfortunately for Raburn (and fortunately for all of us), he turned in the runaway leader in the clubhouse for the blooper of the year, and maybe one of the best on-field follies I’ve seen in […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 4/22/2011
Yesterday, Mike Leake returned from his shopping spree at Macy’s to lead the Reds to a 7-4 win over the Diamondbacks in Cincy. Leake was able to put together a quality start, going 7 innings and picking up the win. But, we’re not here to talk about Mike Leake. We’re here to talk about the […]
