0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/26/2013
Earlier today, we broke down the AL Rookie of the Year candidates. Now, it's time for the NL candidates. Coming off of the wretched Chris Coghlan selection in 2009, the last three winners of the ROY in the NL have been stars (Buster Posey, Craig Kimbrel, Bryce Harper), and the cumulative rookie crop in the […]
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Picking the Rookie of the Year is far and away the most difficult of any of the three major awards dished out in MLB. Last year, the winner in each league didn't even make the Opening Day roster for their respective club. The conensus pick among our staff is another guy who won't open the […]
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When you're taking a leak at a ballgame, I bet you're thinking "man, this is boring. I wish I could be having some fun while relieving myself". Well, the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, AAA affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, are taking care of that by introducing the Urinal Gaming System to all urinals at Coca […]
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Nowadays, it seems like every young potential star player gets signed to a long-term contract extension that buys out their arbitration years and a few of their free agent years. On top of that, established stars that are nearing free agency opt to sign lucrative contracts to stay with their team, never getting to test […]
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Today, we're going to begin previewing the major awards going into the 2013 season. We'll take a look at the MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year favorites in both the American and National Leagues, kicking off with the ROY today. We've also got some other goodies planned, so keep your eyes here today. […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/25/2013
Using Groupon to pick up slagging ticket sales is a trend that's becoming more and more common across all sports. Hell, the A's did it last year, and the Cubs did it for a chance to throw out the first pitch. But the Miami Marlins (shocker, right?) have taken things to a new level: they're […]
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Last year during Spring Training, arbitrator Shyam Das overturned Ryan Braun's 50-game suspension for PED usage. Braun's attorneys successfully argued for their client, alleging that the collection process of Braun's sample was flawed. After the snafu with Braun left MLB with egg on their face, they changed their collection policy for the 2012 season and […]
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It appears that the final big name free agent is finally off the market, as Kyle Lohse has apparently agreed to a three-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers worth
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We are all a fan of some team. Even the self-proclaimed objective journalists grew up rooting for someone. It’s simple human nature. I’m an Angels fan, and as such I don’t have a great deal of love for the Yankees. So it would make sense that I love the Vernon Wells trade. It removes an unproductive player from my favorite […]
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We're just one week from Opening Day, and all of us here at TOC couldn't be happier to get the season started. With this final week will come a new, final look at the upocming season before we kick things off. We'll be breaking down the favorites for the awards in each league this season, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/23/2013
On Friday, we posted a spectacular video of Justin Upton launching a homer over the scoreboard at Champion Stadium in Orlando. Well, last night in Goodyear, Arizona, Mark Reynolds of the Indians showed the world that he can do it too. In the sixth inning of the Indians-Diamondbacks game on Friday night, Reynolds took a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 3/22/2013
I'm going to make this very simple. The x-factor for the Giants is a guy that used to be a dominant force, a two-time Cy Young winner, and last year, was just a 1.5 fWAR player at age 28. My x-factor for the San Francisco Giants in 2013 is Tim Lincecum. After Lincecum won the […]
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In the This Is My Nightmare series, we'll take a look at what the absolute worst case scenario for each team would be in 2013. Think of it as the negative complement to our You May Say I'm A Dreamer series that we'll be running during our preview series. 2011 was pretty much a nightmare […]
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Continuing from this morning's season preview of the Giants… Did Brian Sabean make the right move by re-signing Marco Scutaro, Angel Pagan, and multiple relievers this offseason? Sabean has been criticized for years over his "veteran fetish", a tendency that came into focus once again this offseason when he handed multi-year contracts to Scutaro and […]
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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 2013 title for all 30 teams. For the third time in four seasons, the San Francisco Giants are World Champions. Brian Sabean's somewhat […]
