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Report: Giants’ Zito scammed out of $3M in fitness software scheme

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Barry Zito was reportedly scammed out of $3 million by a company called dotFIT, started by Zito's friend Michael Clark. Zito invested $3 million into the company, which also counts Madonna and Dr. Oz as investors. He thought he'd be getting a 15 percent stake in the company for his […]

2013 X-Factor: Colorado Rockies

Here's the 2013 Colorado Rockies in a nutshell: Tulowitzki, Gonzalez, Fowler, Rosario, the decaying corpse of Todd Helton, and a random sample of pitchers that may or may not struggle in 2013 and beyond. It's a pretty solid core of players, but there are still plenty of question marks on the team. My x-factor for […]

This is my nightmare: Colorado Rockies

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. A nightmare season for the Rockies […]

2013 burning question: Colorado Rockies

Continuing from this morning's season preview of the Colorado Rockies… Do the Rockies have an actual plan? For most teams, our Burning Question series has focused on the performance of a certain player or a key position battle. But for the Rockies, there is a much larger question at hand. Does this organization actually have […]

You may say I’m a dreamer: Colorado Rockies

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. The unimaginable has become imaginable, and the Colorado Rockies are the champions of baseball. Colorado reached the […]

2013 Season Preview: Colorado Rockies

After a season ravaged by injuries and one of the worst pitching staffs in recent memory, not to mention an experimentation with a four-man rotation, can the Rockies do anything to turn around their fortunes in 2013? Rockies on TOC End of Season Postmortem Hope for the Hopeless 2013 Season Preview You May Say I'm […]

Dugout Digest – happy Rockies day!

We're now entering the final week of season previews here at TOC…hard to believe, huh? Anyway, this week, we'll be looking at the NL West, and we're just 13 days away from the season kicking off on Sunday night between the Astros and Rangers. It's so close, I can smell it. Today's featured team is […]

Puerto Rico withstands late US rally to earn WBC semifinal berth

A double elimination tournament is vastly different than a typical best-of-seven baseball playoff series, and so less than 72 hours after their best and most complete game of the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Team USA's stars are headed back to their Major League camps while Puerto Rico is on their way to the semifinals. That's […]

Dr Frank Jobe to be honored by Baseball Hall of Fame

Dr Frank Jobe, who performed the first surgery that would be later be known as Tommy John surgery, will be honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame during the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on July 27th in Cooperstown. In 1974, Jobe performed the ligament replacement surgery on John, successfully repairing what was once thought […]

2013 X-Factor: Detroit Tigers

You know the stars on the Tigers: Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, and so on and so forth. Of course, none of them are really x-factors, but the Tigers still have plenty of players that are going to make an impact on their team this year that might be falling under the radar a […]

This is my nightmare: Detroit Tigers

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. Thinking of a nightmare season for […]

2013 burning question: Detroit Tigers

Continuing from this morning's season preview of the Detroit Tigers… Just what are the Tigers going to do with their closer's job if Bruce Rondon doesn't grab the bull by the horns? The Tigers seem to be going with Rondon to start the year, and we touched on why their hesitation to go with Rondon […]

2013 SWOT analysis: Los Angeles Angels

Despite having some of the brightest stars in the game, both young and old, a $160 million payroll and sky high expecations, the Los Angeles Angels are far from a perfect team. Many have picked the Halos as their World Series favorite, much like they did last season when they failed to even qualify for […]

You may say I’m a dreamer: Detroit Tigers

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. After falling short a year ago with a juggernaut roster, the Tigers took that same juggernaut roster […]

2013 season preview: Detroit Tigers

After assembling an All-Star roster going into the 2012 season, everyone expected Detroit to just kick the crap out of the American League. They eventually did that once the calendar turned to September and moved into October, but you have to keep in mind that the Tigers were as much as three games back on […]

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