The playoff race continues to come into focus, and we now know seven of the ten teams that will be playing in baseball's October tournament. The National League field is set with the inclusion of the Reds and Pirates, meaning that the Washington Nationals' season is over after expectations were sky-high coming into the 2013 […]

The final two National League playoff teams have been decided, and the preseason favorite in the league is not one of them. The Pirates earned a dramatic 2-1 win over the Cubs at Wrigley on Monday night, and the Reds beat the Mets 3-2 in ten innings to each win their 90th game of the […]

This week, TOC will be looking at five players who recently announced their retirements from the game and their potential Hall of Fame cases. Today, we'll start with an easy one: Mariano Rivera. Mariano Rivera is a slam dunk Hall of Famer, right? Well, maybe not. It seems ridiculous to say that Rivera isn't a […]

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Buried in this article by Bob Nightengale of USA Today about Nelson Cruz's absence hurting the Rangers is this little nugget about how the Rangers tried to solve their outfield woes in July – by trying to trade for Braves left fielder Justin Upton. The Rangers, trying to solve that power void, tried to pull […]

We've entered the final week of the 2013 MLB regular season, and everyone is sad…or something. Five of the ten playoff spots have been determined already, though the Cardinals have only clinched a spot as opposed to a division. For those final five playoff spots, nine teams are still in the running, though the Nationals, […]

The Oakland Athletics are once again American League West champions, and a walk-off grand slam by Justin Maxwell in Kansas City (ironically) was the hammer that initially eliminated the Rangers from the race for the division title. However, the A's lived up to their end of the bargain and celebrated at the O.co Coliseum following […]

The Atlanta Braves clinched the NL East championship on Sunday, but it wasn't their 5-2 win over the Cubs that sealed the division – it was the Marlins' 4-2 win in Washington earlier in the day that officially locked things up for the Braves. The loss dropped the Nationals to 83-72, knocking them out of […]

The Philadelphia Phillies have announced that their manager for the 2014 season will be…their current manager. Ryne Sandberg is having his interim tag removed and will lead the club into the 2014 season as manager after replacing Charlie Manuel on August 16th. Sandberg's contract is for three seasons through 2016, with a club option for […]

Sunday has all of the potential to be a day where multiple divisions get wrapped up. The Braves can clinch the NL East with one win by them or one loss by the Nationals – and Washington has a doubleheader with Miami. The A's can clinch the AL West with one win by them or […]