0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/4/2014
Look who’s tied for first place in the AL East – it’s the Baltimore Orioles. On Thursday night, the Orioles caught a break when Yu Darvish was scratched from his start because of rain in Baltimore. They thrived without Texas’ ace on the mound, topping the Rangers 5-2 to complete a four game sweep. When […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/3/2014
Alright folks, let’s watch this play in Oakland and try to unwrap what happened. With the bases loaded and one out in the second inning, Anthony Gose hit a grounder to first baseman Nate Freiman. Freiman attempted a swipe tag on Munenori Kawasaki, going from first to second, and missed, according to first base umpire […]
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Manager Joe Maddon then one-upped the ridiculousness of it all.
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Being currently without a general manager isn’t stopping the San Diego Padres from doing some business. It’s just a bit curious that transactions like signing players to new contracts are happening without the executive that would normally attend to such matters in place. The Padres signed outfielder Seth Smith to
“Through the years I’ve talked to a lot of friends of mine that have played for the Cubs. The one thing that everyone talked about was the schedule in Chicago. They get excited walking into a city that’s based on baseball, but once they start dealing with the schedule it kind of mentally wears you down.
“Believe it or not that’s one of the biggest issues for that organization to become a winning ballclub. When you come down to the Cubs’ schedule it’s a game-changer, believe it or not. They play so many day games at home and then they have to travel to another city and adjust themselves to the night games.
“If the rest of the league had the same schedule that you have it’s fine. But once you play day games for about a week and next thing you know you have to go into a city and play night games, then the next thing you know you have to go to the West Coast and adjust to the time there, then you have to come back home and start playing day games, it’s too hard for baseball (players).”
-David Ortiz, surmising that the Cubs’ day game heavy schedule is why they continually stink, a theory Keith Olbermann shut down on Wednesday night (via ESPN Chicago)
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At some point in the near future, the Chicago Cubs are going to be a pretty good baseball team. In fact, over the course of the last month and a half, the Cubs have actually represented one of the better clubs in the National League. Of course, acknowledging the better teams in the NL is like pointing […]
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Apparently, we’re back in the mid-90s and Nickelodeon slime baths are still a thing. To be fair, this *was* part of a promotion for Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards at Marlins Park. Regardless, I had no idea that Nickelodeon still even did their thing with the slime – I’m 28 now, my finger isn’t anywhere close […]
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What is the “it” being raised? Well, the Jolly Roger, of course. Pittsburgh beat Arizona 5-1 on Wednesday night to win their third game in a row, fifth out of six, and tenth out of 13 games. They’re still six games behind the first place Brewers in the NL Central, but have closed to within […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/2/2014
In May, a beer vendor at Citizens Bank Park caught a foul ball in his beer bucket. On Wednesday, it happened again, this time at Comerica Park during the Athletics-Tigers game. It’s an epidemic, man. We can’t stop the beer vendors from taking all of the foul balls!
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Pittsburgh Pirates phenom Gregory Polanco smashed his third career homer on Wednesday night, and watching it again, I have no idea how it happened.
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Earlier today, we took a look at the players who were leading the league in WAR to begin the month of July. If we are anything here at The Outside Corner, it is fair and balanced. As such, in the interest of equal time, let’s take a look at the other end of the leaderboard to see […]
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We’ve got another week in the books, and it’s time to marvel at some awesome defense once again. The usual suspects are here, as you’d expect. June 25th, Pirates vs Rays – Longoria and the bullpen. On-field bullpens are the worst, and Evan Longoria could have gotten hurt chasing this foul pop-up at Tropicana Field. […]
Players will wear special cap during #ASG for 1st time. Inspired by classic 1970s #Twins helmet design: pic.twitter.com/6WCT9ziW0o
— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) July 2, 2014
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Everyone loves to track the potential award winners throughout the MLB season. MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year get more than their fair share of attention. Overlooked over the years, especially by the BBWAA, is WAR, the stat that actually provides a valuation of each and every player. In order to give WAR […]
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Friday marks the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s famous “luckiest man on the face of the Earth” speech at Yankee Stadium. To commemorate the anniversary, MLB put together this video with a first baseman from every team in the league reciting a line from Gehrig’s speech. It’s about as well-done as you’d expect. Derek Jeter’s […]
