2011 really has been a renaissance year at Progressive Field in Cleveland. The Indians are back in first place in the AL Central and Travis Hafner is swinging the bat like one of the most feared DHs in the American League again. Tonight, Hafner added to his legend by coming up with one of the […]

Even with an 8-2 loss to the cellar-dwelling Houston Astros last night, the Pittsburgh Pirates are in the thick of the NL Central race. Their 45-42 record has them in third place, a game and a half behind the first place Cardinals, a half game behind the Brewers, and a game and a half in […]

Last night’s Yankees-Indians game had everything you would want to see from two division leaders.  For the Yankees, Phil Hughes came back after a lengthy layoff (having not pitched since mid-April) and allowed two runs in five innings.  His comeback will be crucial for the Yankees as they need an extra arm to battle both […]

We’re over halfway through the season and, lo and behold, Boston and New York are 1-2 in the American League East, with the Tampa Bay Rays lurking in third place hoping to make a move.  The Yankees hold a 1/2 game lead Wednesday’s action, and both teams had done it with similar strategies: Hit, hit […]

When the news broke on Monday that the Washington Nationals were promoting Bryce Harper to AA Harrisburg, which happens to be where I live, I gave my dad a call and pretty much said “we’re going this week. Pick a night”. We ended up going to last night’s game against the Erie Seawolves, and I […]

Time for another edition of then and now….today, I’m looking at the all-time hit king, Pete Rose. Which currently active player reminds me the most of Pete Rose? Let’s quickly go over what I’m looking for here. Rose was a player who amassed a ton of hits, having ten 200+ hit seasons. He also had […]

This week our roundtable dives right into the discussion approaching the upcoming MLB All-Star Game.  We’ll look back at the biggest snubs (you can check out our in-depth breadown of the rosters for the AL and NL), talk the new-look home run derby, and whether or not home-field advantage in the World Series being on […]

Word on the street from the Big Apple is that Brian Cashman, GM of the New York Yankees, thinks that Robinson Cano, second baseman for the New York Yankees, is better than Jose Reyes, shortstop for the New York Mets. Fairly standard, right? Cashman went on to say that he would take Reyes second in […]

When you think of the teams that generally gravitate near the bottom of the standings, the same names come up: Pittsburgh, Washington, Arizona, Seattle, Cleveland etc. This season, there has been a shift in the balance of power. Sure, your teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, Braves, Phillies, and Cardinals are among the best teams […]

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols was activated from the DL today in a pleasant surprise for Pujols, the Cardinals, and their fans.  The prognosis when Pujols was first injured on June 19 was a lengthy layoff – 4-6 weeks after fracturing his wrist in a game against the Kansas City Royals.  Nevertheless, Pujols has […]

Teams get contributions from rookies all the time. There will usually be a top prospect that is nurtured throughout the system, and then thrust onto the big stage, with a core of veterans surrounding him to help him get acclimated to the majors. There are usually major growing pains, and lots of rookies often struggle […]

The Atlanta Braves had four players named to the All-Star team on Sunday: pitchers Jair Jurrjens and Jonny Venters, catcher Brian McCann, and third baseman Chipper Jones. Many fans believed that the Braves should have had two more pitchers on the team: Tommy Hanson, and Craig Kimbrel. Both of those pitchers saw action on Monday. […]

Sometimes good prospects fall to the later rounds of the draft. Trayvon Robinson was one of those guys. Drafted in the 10th round of the 2005 draft, Robinson has taken his time moving up the ladder, further proof that not everyone can zip through the system. He began as a raw athlete with many tools […]

We already touched on the AL All-Star team. Now, it’s time to look at the NL. Again, here’s the list of the Outside Corner’s staff picks for the game. Let’s first take a look at the position players who didn’t make the team that had votes by our staff. Miguel Montero, Diamondbacks. Yadier Molina was selected […]

It’s the beginning of July. You know what that means: the MLB All-Star rosters have been announced, and fans everywhere are livid about undeserving players getting put on the team and justified candidates getting three days off next week. We did our own voting here at the Outside Corner last week, and let me take […]