Baseball has been around for a long time. When the National League was founded in 1876, Ulysses S. Grant was president. Grant is, of course, famous for his role as the commander of the Union army in the Civil War. Now it’s 2011 and Barack Obama is president and the National League is still playing […]

First Will Smith and Jada Pinkett separate (allegedly) and now Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly are breaking up?  Doesn’t anyone believe in love anymore?  Really, I don’t know if I can go on.  I promised myself… I wasn’t going to cry.  Here, read the details on the story via JustJared.com while I try and regain […]

There’s been so much drooling over media darlings Roy Halladay and Cole Hamels this year, there have been times this season when I forgot they also have Cliff Lee, who re-signed with the Phillies this past offseason. Maybe I’m really just ten-second Tom, but I definitely got that perception in July when Cliff Lee followed up […]

After being awarded a waiver claim earlier this week, the Cleveland Indians have worked out a deal with the Minnesota Twins to bring Jim Thome back to Cleveland. Thome’s season was highlighted by his 600th career home run a couple of weeks ago. For the season, he’s still producing at a solid level, with an […]

(Ed. Note: If you are participating in the above activity, you look like an idiot. Also, photo not taken at Wrigley Field.) It takes a lot for my blood to boil while enjoying a Cubs game on a warm summer night at Wrigley Field. For all its faults, Wrigley is actually a fairly decent place […]

Yesterday, I took a look at the NL Cy Young race, and wondered if there actually was a race. I ended up coming to the conclusion that Roy Halladay is far and away the best choice to win the award, with Clayton Kershaw as his only real competition. The NL MVP award is a whole […]

Ever since the Chicago Cubs announced the dismissal of Jim Hendry, just about every big name you can think of has been suggested as a potential candidate to take over the Cubs’ front office.  And who could blame anyone for that?  The Cubs are a brand name franchise in a huge market with a vast, […]

We hit all levels of baseball with this week’s roundtable.  The pros (Jim Thome’s rumored waiver wire deal), the amateurs (talk of capping MLB Draft salaries), and the kids (the Little League World Series) are all on deck in the Three Strikes Roundtable as members of our editing staff sit down to chat about all […]

Very odd finish in Tampa Bay tonight…the game was tied at two going into the bottom of the tenth inning. Duane Below started by allowing an infield single to Evan Longoria. Ben Zobrist grounded to Brandon Inge at third, and Inge was only able to get the lead runner, Longoria. Matt Joyce struck out, and […]

We like to have a lot of fun here at the OC, and we do our thing ripping on various players and coaches, but tonight, I’m writing a post about a somber happening. It’s being reported this evening that a body found on the property of former Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan is indeed his. He […]

I love watching MLB Network. It’s all baseball, all the time. The analysts seem a lot smarter than their counterparts on ESPN…until last night, when I was treated to a conversation between Greg Amsinger, Harold Reynolds and Mitch Williams. The three were talking about NL pitching, and the Cy Young award. Amsinger was attempting to […]

Remember when Kouzmanoff was a highly touted prospect with the Indians and was traded to San Diego for a player, Josh Barfield, who had just come off of a .280/.318/.423, 13 home run, 21 stolen base season? Kouzmanoff, now 30 years old, hasn’t lived up to expectations, but he did have one year with the […]

Last night on MLB Network during their recap show, they said something interesting. They said that the Rockies might not be done in the NL West. You’d imagine they would be, after trading ace Ubaldo Jimenez. Colorado is 8.5 out in the NL West after bad weeks from both the Diamondbacks and Giants. One week […]

A few thoughts from Monday night’s game between the Toledo Mud Hens and Louisville Bats Edinson Volquez (7 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 6 K) Edinson Volquez was demoted because he had trouble finding the zone, and in order to find the plate more often, he’s noticeably simplified his delivery to help him […]