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Archives for November 2013

Can of Corn: Baseball Terminology

If you have ever watched a baseball game on TV, you may have heard the broadcaster talk about a can of corn.  While many baseball enthusiasts already know what this phrase means, I’m here to help you out if you don’t. A can of corn is when a defender makes an easy catch on a […]

Brian McCann is the Latest Free Agent Sellout

The Yankees don’t want to give Robinson Cano a new big contract.  They were willing to give catcher Brian McCann a slightly less, but still large, contract instead.  New York filled a big need in getting a caliber catcher they haven’t had since Jorge Posada.  Whether or not McCann will become a star Yankee is […]

Prince Fielder a Texas Ranger?

The recent trade of Prince Fielder to the Texas Rangers for Ian Kinsler was a blockbuster in terms of names, but not so much a fair trade.  Why the Rangers would trade one of the players that was the heart and soul of their team is beyond me.  Good second basemen are hard to come […]