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 »
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, ...
Posted in Atlanta Braves, D-Bag Of The Week, Julian Tavarez, MLB, Philadelphia Phillies, Shane Victorino | 2 Comments »
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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