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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Let's set the scene here: Julian Tavarez is pitching in relief for the Braves on Wednesday night against the Phillies. It's the bottom of the eighth inning. The Braves are leading 10-4. Phillies speedster Shane Victorino is taking a big lead off third base.
What follows is comical and somewhat dumb.
Tavarez, ...
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
We've been watching baseball for a long time. Well, as long as you can when the average age of contributors is like 24.
Anyway, we remember the good 'ol days when baseball players didn't last into their 40s. Bat speed slows down. Arms wear out. Eye sight gives out. There's a ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
I will ask you a simple question: What is more intriguing during the dog days of summer than old, soon-to-be washed up left-handed pitchers coming off the disabled list?And if you say NFL training camp I'm going to slap you. That's not interesting.Anyway, it looks like the mostly mediocre Atlanta ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
So, you're Jeff Francoeur, one of the favorite hometown sons of the Atlanta Braves, and you were demoted to Double-A to work on your swing because you're hitting .234 with an awful .287 on-base percentage.You tore it up in the minors for three games, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution you felt ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
You know, for a lot of guys, three home runs in one game would be something worth having Mom snip it out of the paper for the 'ol career scrapbook. Not so for Braves first baseman Mark Teixeira.In the Braves' 8-3 win over the hapless (I love that word) Mariners ...
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