0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/5/2013
In Thursday's Orioles-Rays game, the Rays got a bad break in the ninth inning that ended up costing them the game. Trailing 6-2 with men on first and second and no one out, Evan Longoria hit a ball to deep left center field that just missed clearing the fence, bouncing off the top of the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 4/4/2013
Going into the 2013 season, the biggest question with the Detroit Tigers was who would pitch for them in the ninth inning. It only took two games for Detroit to run head-on into the closer issue. On Tuesday, the Tigers went into the ninth inning at Target Field holding a narrow 2-1 lead over the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
In the top of the sixth inning during last night's Rockies-Brewers game, Milwaukee center fielder Carlos Gomez made an amazing leaping catch at the center field wall to rob Colorado left fielder Carlos Gonzalez of a home run. It was an awesome catch that kept the Brewers' deficit at two runs for the timebeing, but […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Prior to Friday's Mets-Marlins game at Citi Field on Friday, former WWE champion CM Punk will be throwing out the first pitch. But ESPN New York writer Adam Rubin has no idea who Punk is, and he feels that it's necessary to let you know that. .@
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum both made their first starts of the year last night, and all eyes were on the pair. Their performances left a lot to be desired. Halladay struck out nine in 3 1/3 innings against the Braves, tallying 14 whiffs in the process, but was done after 95 pitches in those […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 4/3/2013
Cincinnati Reds left fielder Ryan Ludwick, who dislocated his shoulder during the first game of the year on Monday, has been placed on the DL, and will miss at least
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Here at The Outside Corner, we're taking a page from the book of our sister site Awful Announcing, and launching our own newsletter. The first edition will go out next Wednesday, a week from today, and we'll continue on the once a week basis for a few weeks, eventually kicking things up to two per […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
In 2012, we had the Orioles and the A's. In 2011, it was the Diamondbacks. In 2010, the Padres took their turn. In 2009, the Rockies got the honor. For various reasons that can't be understood until the after the fact, if understood at all, there is a surprise contender that emerges almost every single […]
0 comments by Brian Packey
Bryce Harper may or may not be ready to be the MVP for the Washington Nationals, but one thing is certain: He's already living the MVP lifestyle. Fresh off of tearing up Spring Training and homering not once but twice on Opening Day, a 2-0 Nats victory, Harper was on the guest list for a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Yu Darvish was the story around the leagye on Tuesday night. Darvish was just one out shy of a perfect game in Houston, but a single up the middle by Marwin Gonzalez ruined Darvish's dream of history. So close, yet so far…I'm sure this won't be the first time Darvish flirts with history this year. […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
Guys, this really isn't that hard. If you take your special lady to a ballgame and a ball gets hit at you, just catch it. You'd think this would be common knowledge, but a young man at Tuesday night's Cardinals-Diamondbacks game somehow screwed it up. What happened here is that Pete Kozma hit an absolute […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
When I think about minor league baseball, wacky promotions and mascots are some of the first things that come to mind. When I think about the ideal mascot for a team called the Reading Fightin' Phils I think of… an ostrich. Wait, what? Actually, check, that make it two ostriches. Two live female ostriches to […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria showed off the leather three times in Baltimore's 7-4 win over Tampa Bay on Tuesday. His first great play came in the top of the fourth inning, when with a runner on second and two outs, Brian Roberts grounded the third where Longoria dove and smothered the ball, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 4/2/2013
Yes, I know. It's early. Way too early. The Washington Nationals have played only one game in the 2013 season. Though the Nats are considered a strong contender to win the World Series, what happened in their 2-0 opening day win over the Miami Marlins isn't necessarily reflective of how the rest of the season […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr
Scott Boras hit it big with a massive contract extension for Elvis Andrus on Monday, but he won't get the chance to do the same with Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano. Cano fired Boras today, and has signed with Roc Nation Sports, a new agency under Jay-Z's Roc Nation umbrella that's partnering with the more-traditional […]
