0 comments by Pat Lackey on 2/24/2012
What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I’m a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams. I always thought there would be some kind of magical turning point, when the Rockies went from a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
A week into Spring Training, and we already know who’s going to be battling for the World Series. If you listen to the hype-generating media, the only teams with even a remote shot are the Yankees, Red Sox, Rays, Tigers, Rangers and Angels in the American League and the Phillies, Braves, Brewers, Cardinals, Reds, Giants […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I’m a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams. The Padres made all the right moves this offseason and have now built a winner, a World Series […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner
You may not know the 16-year-old kid in the picture to the right, but he just broke the biggest and most controversial story of baseball’s offseason. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Curt Hogg. He’s a high school student who runs the Plushdamentals blog on the MLB.com network. He also, improbably, had the story about Ryan Braun’s […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/23/2012
Ryan Braun has reportedly won his appeal, and will not be suspended for the first 50 games of the 2012 MLB season. Tom Haudricourt had it first. According to Haudricourt, the appeal was won based on “not so much on contesting the result of the test but the testing process itself, some kind of technicality”. […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Today, Roy Oswalt was expected to announce where he’d be playing in 2012. Instead, he announced that he’d be waiting until a contender had an opening. ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick initially floated the idea of Oswalt waiting until midseason, while ESPN’s Jim Bowden confirmed the report on his Twitter feed. Oswalt ruled out signing with the […]
0 comments by Tim Livingston
Welcome to this installment of “A Trip Around The Minors.” Today, we will take a look at the Southern League, seen as the mid-point in both offensive and defensive production of the three Double-A leagues. The Southern League can trace its roots as far back as 1885, making it the second oldest league we’ll cover […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Spring training is here, and the reporting date for all players is in the next day or two. We’ve still got a week of practices and training before games kick off next weekend, so we’re still just a tad bit away from watching REAL LIVE BASEBALL. But don’t you fret, we’ve got a lot to […]
0 comments by Charlie Saponara on 2/22/2012
Ahhhh yes, spring training is here once again. The grass is green, the skies are blue and bullpen sessions are all the rage. This is also the time of year where players battle it out for a spot on a major league roster or a spot on their team’s starting nine. While position battles breed […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Harrisburg’s Metro Bank Park, home of the Washington Nationals AA affiliate Harrisburg Senators, is my home park. I usually end up going to about half a dozen games there each season, as I live about 15 minutes from the stadium. Going to games at the park has a special significance for me, as I almost […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
This is Zim-Bear, and it will be running through your head for quite awhile, won’t it? The Tampa Bay Rays will be giving this, erm, lovely toy away on June 29th during their game against the Detroit Tigers. We’ve seen some really odd giveaways during our time, but I do believe that this is the […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner
There are very few seats in professional sports that come complete with a mountain view. Venture out to Denver’s Coors Field for a Rockies game this year though and you can enjoy this very view at a relatively reasonable price. Coors Field may be one of the few ballparks where it’s preferable to sit in […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
Trying to compete in the AL West over the next several years is not going to be easy for the Seattle Mariners. The Rangers are overflowing with young talent and new cash inflow. The Angels have Albert Pujols and a seemingly endless amount of financial resources. Heck, even the Oakland A’s seem like they could […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I’m a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams. Considering the state of flux that the once fabled Dodger franchise currently finds itself in, it almost seems […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/21/2012
The official title of the home of the Danville Braves is “American Legion Post 325 Field at Dan Daniel Memorial Park”. That’s quite a mouthful, reminiscent of “Oriole Park at Camden Yards”. But the situation here at Dan Daniel is quite different from Camden Yards, which is essentially just a baseball stadium (albeit a fantastic […]
