Archive for the ‘Atlanta Braves’ Category
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Tuesday night my Twitter feed was inundated with NFL comings and goings. As was expected in the first day post-lockout.
But when I returned to the Twitter-verse on the late night, I found a thread much more enthralling than anything pigskin-related.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves were matched up in an ...
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
I have never seen Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria in person, and I never really want to. And not just because the guy is a total douchenozzle. I've always had this mental image of Loria being no taller than 5-foot-4, allowing his physique to match his Napoleonic attitude. (It also ...
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
There's usually not much reason to watch the Pittsburgh Pirates. And it's painful to be one of their fans. But rookie center fielder Andrew McCutchen is certainly going to try and change that.
Now, I had a headstart on this kid because I live in Indianapolis (home of the Pirates' AAA-affiliate). I'm ...
Posted in Andrew McCutchen, Atlanta Braves, Baseball's fastest players, Deion Sanders, Indianapolis Indians, MLB, Nate McLouth, Pittsburgh Pirates | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
So Japan and the United States’ economies are in tatters - both in recession. That doesn’t mean all commerce is down. If the New York Yankees have taught us anything (besides not tagging anything Derek Jeter has without a rubber) it's that Major League Baseball is impervious to the global economic ...
Posted in Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Japanese Baseball, Kenshin Kawakami, Koji Uehara, MLB, Tom Mastny | 7 Comments »
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
ESPN's Buster Olney - you know, the guy we've called a moron several times - is now reporting that the San Diego Padres are prepared to keep 2007 Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy if they can't get equal value in return for the right-hander.
Um, duh. Kinda funny how we ...
Posted in Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, ESPN, Jake Peavy, MLB, MLB Rumors, New York Yankees, Rumors, San Diego Padres | 6 Comments »
