0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 7/18/2012
Thanks in part to the addition of the second Wild Card, the playoff picture in the American League is, at best cloudy, at worst completely and totally insane. Through games of July 17th, 10 of the 14 AL team are .500 or better and within two games of the final Wild Card spot. That is […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Going into today, there were a pair of matchups featuring two playoff teams against one another. The NL West leading Giants traveled to wild card (#2) leading Atlanta, and the wild card (#1) leading Angels traveled east to wild card (#2) leading Detroit. Things did not go as expected for the home teams in each […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
We've had quite a day here at TOC in tracking the Twitter account MLBSportsReport, our favorite impostor account running sycophant. The latest update (as of a few hours ago) is that our friend FloridianFalcon is *not* connected to the proprietor of these accounts in any way. Of course, it wouldn't be an hour in the life […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Melky Cabrera is reviled among Braves fans for his…how do you say…interesting play during the 2010 season, which included quirkiness, laziness, and most importantly, ineffectiveness. The Braves released him two winters ago after acquiring him in December 2009 as part of the Javier Vazquez trade with the Yankees. Cabrera signed on with the Royals, had […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/17/2012
Well then, I bet no one would have imagined in April that this would happen. The
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Late last night, I took a look at the MLBSportsReport Twitter account, and how it was just a ridiculous, poorly executed fake account. Welp, I kept looking att things falling down the rabbit hole, and I've discovered an absolute treasure trove of fake accounts. But before we start, how about a copied and pasted tweet […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The Toronto Blue Jays are in an odd place right now in the AL East. At 45-45, they're 10.5 games out of the division lead, and that margin is growing daily. However, Toronto just just two games out of the second wild card berth, currently held by the Detroit Tigers. But with Jose Bautista's wrist […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
I'm not much of a believer in the theory that you can pinpoint the moment a team's season went in a direction based on one game. But I guarantee you, that if the Orioles go on an awful run in the coming weeks, everyone will point at last night's 19-7 blowout at the hands of […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
The Houston Astros entered tonight having lost 13 of their last 14 games as well as their last 13 road games. To say that a win was unexpected is something of an understatement, even though they were playing the slightly less lowly Padres. One certainly wouldn't blame an Astros fan for having some fun at […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
You all remember Scott Swaim, right? Of course you do. He was the supposed MLB Insider this winter that claimed to have broken multiple free agent signings, and put all his eggs in the "Prince Fielder is going to the Nationals" basket…only to watch Fielder sign with the Tigers, his account get berated and quickly […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/16/2012
Well, this is absolutely not the news that the Reds needed today…first baseman Joey Votto has
0 comments by Joe Lucia
With all of the trade talk surrounding the Diamonbacks and their star player, right fielder Justin Upton, I'm wondering just what GM Kevin Towers is trying to build out in the desert. You can say what you want about Upton, about how he hasn't lived up to his enormous potential, and how he's extremely inconsistent, […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
For the second straight season, the Pittsburgh Pirates have come out of the gates from the All-Star break and found themselves in a tie for first place in the NL Central. For the second straight season, almost nobody believes they are "for real." In fact, I suspect you'd find more people who think that Santa […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
OK, so we all know the three division leaders in the AL right now: the Yankees, White Sox, and Rangers. And of course, we all know that the Angels have a commanding lead on the first wild card slot. But when it comes to the second wild card slot….that's when things get interesting. The Orioles […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/15/2012
Bad news for the Baltimore Orioles, as starting pitcher Jason Hammel will undergo surgery on his right knee. The surgery will knock Hammel out of action for
