Clarifying the slide rule

Clarifying the slide rule

Over the weekend an incident occurred between Chase Utley of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Ruben Tejada of the New York Mets. If you’re somehow not already well aware of what happened, I’ll give you the brief details. Utley was running from first to second...
The new look Mets might be the new NL East favorites

The new look Mets might be the new NL East favorites

When April ended. the Mets found themselves on top of their division. They looked like playoff contenders in that early part of the season. But they also looked like a deeply flawed team offensively. I wrote about their poor offense and the threat it posed to their...
2015 first half breakout stars

2015 first half breakout stars

The first half of 2015 is now in the books and here at The Outside Corner we wanted to look back and identify some of the breakout performances. I won’t claim this is a comprehensive list. I had to make some cuts or this thing would have been 20,000 words or...
2015 first half breakout stars

2015 first half breakout stars

The first half of 2015 is now in the books and here at The Outside Corner we wanted to look back and identify some of the breakout performances. I won’t claim this is a comprehensive list. I had to make some cuts or this thing would have been 20,000 words or...
A proposal to fix MLB’s All-Star voting system

A proposal to fix MLB’s All-Star voting system

There has been a lot of consternation and a tad bit of manufactured controversy over this year’s All-Star voting. Currently Royals players account for eight out of nine starting positions. Mike Trout stands alone as the non-Royals vote leader. A lot of people...