The AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs are rebranding, and their new alternate logos are very heavy on…bacon. The cap with a bacon strip on it will be worn during all Saturday home games. The bacon strip t-shirt you see above is a scratch and sniff t-shirt that smells like bacon. And the piping on those […]

Ron Washington defending bunting is one of the surest signs of spring. It's becoming a bit of an annual tradition, really, and when one writer in the Rangers' press corps asked what the deal was with all of the bunting in the team's early drills, Washington delivered with a goldmine of colorful quotes. Writers questioning […]

The Colorado Rockies have problems, this is well known. Constantly having to deal with playing in such an extreme environment is and always will be a major complication for anything they do. Headed into the franchise's 22nd season of existince, they still haven't fully figured out what they need to do in terms of roster […]

In your "incredibly creepy" tidbit of the day, MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince is reporting (and I use that word loosely, considering the subject matter) that a fan has sent Phillies starting pitcher Cliff Lee their fingernail clippings. Tidbit from

After two straight seasons of dwelling in the NL West cellar, the Rockies are hoping to turn their fortunes around. But an offseason full of head-scratching moves once again has put into question whether or not Colorado is headed in the right direction. Rockies on TOC End of Season Postmortem 2014 Season Preview Two Biggest […]

New York Mets first baseman Ike Davis had a disastrous 2013 season. He played in just 103 games, hit just .205/.326/.334 with only nine home runs in the majors, earned a midseason vacation to AAA Las Vegas, and saw his season end in August followed a strained oblique. While talking to Mike Puma of the […]

Preview day number eleven. Today's victim? The Colorado Rockies, who improved from 64 to 74 wins from 2012 to 2013, but still couldn't escape the NL West basement. In 2014, the Rockies will be without a franchise legend in Todd Helton, who retired after last season, but will look to once again improve on their […]

The New York Yankees once again spent money on a player Sunday, but instead of dishing it out on a free agent, they retained one of their own. Outfielder Brett Gardner agreed to

The Los Angeles Dodgers will kick off their 2014 season a week before nearly the entire rest of the league, playing a two game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. One of the players who isn't too pleased with this turn of events is Dodgers starting pticher Zack Greinke, who may start one of the games […]

The Baltimore Orioles continued their fancy offseason spending, agreeing to a one-year contract with Nelson Cruz for $8 million. The contract's details were reported by ESPN's Enrique Rojas, and as always, the completion of the deal is pending a physical. Cruz is reportedly going to serve as Baltimore's designated hitter, and I'd expect that Cruz […]

These aren't your Athletics of a decade ago, when their division champion teams were loaded with stars like Jason Giambi, Miguel Tejada, Eric Chavez, Barry Zito, Mark Mulder, and Tim Hudson. Only one member of the 2013 A's was as much as a four win player, and only three others joined him in being a […]

It's not all gravy for the Oakland Athletics. Yeah, they've won two straight AL West championships, but I look at this team and I see a few question marks. Billy Beane has always been great at picking guys off the scrap heap and making the most of their abilities, but this Oakland club isn't just […]

The Oakland Athletics had a busy offseason, mainly spent upgrading their bullpen. Billy Beane has never been one to throw around large amounts of salary, but he did that this winter when he traded for Jim Johnson and signed both Scott Kazmir and Eric O'Flaherty to two-year, multi-million deals. But the A's aren't flawless, as […]

In 2012, the A's needed to scrape and claw to win the AL West. They held sole possession of first place for just one day all season – the final day of the year, when they completed a sweep of the Rangers at O.co Coliseum. Oakland's 2013 run wasn't nearly as dramatic – they spent […]