0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/24/2013
There was a very scary moment in Lakeland today during the Blue Jays-Tigers game. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Jeff Kobernus of the Tigers hit a fly ball to right center field. Right fielder Ryan Langerhans camped under the ball preparing to make the catch, but center fielder Mike McCoy barreled in from […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/23/2013
Bryce Harper is going to be the Nationals' every day left fielder in 2013 after spending nearly all of 2012 in center. Of course, after the team traded for Denard Span, Harper was shifted to left to accomodate the new acquisition. Anyway, in today's Spring Training opener against the Mets, Harper got a rough introduction […]
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In the first inning of today's Blue Jays-Tigers Spring Training opener, Prince Fielder took a belt-high 3-2 pitch from Brandon Morrow deep to right field and *way* out of Joker Marchant Stadium, The ball landed way beyond the right field fence and in the parking lot behind the stadium. Not bad for his first swing […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/22/2013
The Washington Nationals have a young, star-studded roster. Bryce Harper has been getting most of the headlines this offseason, but Stephen Strasburg is right behind him. There's also been a lot of talk about Denard Span, Jayson Werth, Adam LaRoche, Gio Gonzalez, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann, and Dan Haren. But a player who was the […]
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During an intrasquad scrimmage on Thursday, Astros non-roster invitee Brandon Laird hit a single up the middle to give his team the win in the game. Laird and the rest of his team. That's all well and good, but it's not as if Laird got his game-winning hit against an established major league pitcher, or […]
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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. Disaster for the Nationals seems like […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
From our season preview of the Washington Nationals earlier today… Can the Nationals handle the attention and pressure that comes with being a World Series favorite? The Nationals were a popular sleeper pick in 2012 and they certainly made everyone who put their faith in them look good when they advanced to within one out […]
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Much-maligned New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez said he wants to stay with the Yankees, according to the New York Post. The statement came during Rodriguez's first public comments since his name surfaced in the leaked Biogenesis records. “I am conducting two rehab sessions each and every day in an effort to get back […]
0 comments by Randy Holt
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. What a difference a year makes. In just one year, the Washington Nationals managed to go from […]
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Team picture day at training camp is absolutely the best. It is the best because some of the pictures that emerge are the absolute worst. It is a day where true legends are made, like Nick Johnson and Jeff Samardzija. Well, picture day has arrived and a new batch of photos are ready to go […]
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From dark horse darlings to front-running championship contenders, the Nationals spent big again this off-season to make themselves the clear favorite in the National League. Will all their moves pay off or will they be this year's big budget disappointment? Nationals on TOC End of Season Postmortem 2013 Season Preview You May Say I’m a […]
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Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut will be naming former Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine as their new athletic director on Tuesday, according to William Paxton of CtPost. Valentine interviewed for the job, which is being vacated by the retiring Don Cook on July 1, in mid-January. Valentine had this to say on Thursday […]
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Welcome to our final preview day of the NL East, focusing on the reigning champion Washington Nationals! Washington burst onto the scene in 2012 with a young club that took the league by storm, winning a MLB-high 98 games befor suffering a hard luck five game loss in the NLDS to the Cardinals. Yesterday on […]
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Since Jonathan Papelbon joined the Phillies last winter, he's noticed something that had never been an issue during his career in Boston: the team has a lack of veteran leadership. In an interview with Mandy Housenick of the Allentown Morning Call, "Since I've been here I haven't seen any leadership. Every good team that I've […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 2/21/2013
There have been more words written about Atlanta's outfield than perhaps any other starting trio in the league. There has been a lot written about Atlanta's third base platoon of Chris Johnson and Juan Francisco, and a lot written about young shortstop Andrelton Simmons. Hell, there's been a lot written about the Braves pitching staff, […]
