Theo Epstein has punked his former assistant Ben Cherington yet again. The Cubs are set to announce that Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum will become the 52nd manager in team history at a press conference tomorrow morning. The two sides agreed to terms on a contract earlier today. Chicago Tribune ace reporter Paul Sullivan is

In our final contest of the Movember MLB Mustache Madness regional semi-finals, the Wild Card bracket gives a pair of big fake artifical ones… mustaches I mean.  What did you think I was talking about? Bernie Brewer Considering the great legacy of Brewer mustaches it is only fair that their mascot boast one of the […]

At some point today, the 29 current owners of MLB franchises will vote to approve Jim Crane to become the new owner of the Houston Astros with the caveat that he will pack up the Astros and move him all the way over to the far away land of the American League. It is a […]

Movember MLB Mustache Madness enters the semi-finals of the Wild Card bracket.  This first match-up features a fake manager of a fake team with fake terrible players that were forced upon him having a mustache face off against a real owner of a real team with real terrible players that his team willingly acquired. The […]

After surprisingly making the playoffs in 2010, the Reds slipped in 2011, primarily due to a starting staff that declined rapidly, and it didn’t help that top prospect Aroldis Chapman had a really rough start to the season. Other than Chapman, few other Reds prospects spent major time in the majors, though several of them […]

Movember MLB Mustache Madness Managers Semi-Finals moves on to two mustachioed managers who are currently unemployed but for entirely different reasons. Trey Hillman Hillman has been winning by big percentages in every matchup thus far.  That’s something he might want to try the next time he gets a manager’s job. VS. Cito Gaston Gaston creeps […]

Movember MLB Mustache Madness enters the semi-finals of the Managers bracket.  It may not be the most exciting bracket, but at least the voting has been close.  I’m not doing a very good job of selling this am I? Eric Wedge Two wins in a row for Wedge, another win in this round and I […]

The Miami Miamis Marlins have reportedly offered free agent shortstop Jose Reyes a six-year, $90 million dollar contract. It appears that the Marlins are indeed serious about making a splash as they move into their new ballpark, but the addition of Reyes could lead to troubled waters.  I’ve been no stranger to the subject of […]

In our next Movember MLB Mustache Madness Former Player Semi-Final, Cinderella is still dancing away at the ball.  Will our underdog make it three upsets in a row? Eddie Murray First he felled Keith Hernandez.  Then he obliterated Wade Boggs.  Murray’s tournament run has been a huge surprise to say the least.  Will his Cinderella […]

Hooray! The Dodgers are going to sign superstar Matt Kemp to an eight-year, $160 million contract extension!!! Booo!  The Dodgers just gave middle-aged infielder Mark Ellis a two-year deal worth around $9 million!!! Oh, you silly Dodgers, your decision making is so befuddlingly paradoxical.  How can one team be so smart and yet so stupid […]

Movember MLB Mustache Madness moves on now to the Former Player bracket semi-finals.  We start it off with a diametrically opposed battery consisting of one of the most famous and fanciest mustaches you will ever see and one of the most anonymous and scruffiest ‘staches you probably never heard of. Rollie Fingers Fingers dominated his […]

Our first awards announcements came today, with the Rookie of the Year awards announced in both the American and National Leagues. Jeremy Hellickson of the Tampa Bay Rays won a closely contested race in the AL, while Craig Kimbrel of the Atlanta Braves swept the voting in the National League. The staff of the Outside […]

Last night, the Baseball Twitterworld was set on fire with a series of Tweets that claimed that the Miami Marlins were about to make a huge splash on their third day of existence by signing shortstop Jose Reyes. People RT’d the initial reports and the quick denials and speculated whether the Marlins would move Hanley […]