Playing the Waiting Game

It’s on the table.
$60 MM for 4 years and a 5th year option. Meaning if AJ accepts we’d have him for quite some time and presumably as our #1 starter. Bolstering a staff that currently touts little more than freshman Brave Javier Vazquez and sophmore Jair Jurrjens.
But it’s all out there now and despite encouraging [...]

Two Ryan Howards

You can’t argue with the fact that Ryan Howard of the Phillies will garnish MVP talk yet again. Despite a .251 avg and almost 200 K’s for 2008 he knocked 48 HR’s, 146 RBI’s and led his team to its’ second divisional title in two years. Though he hasn’t made muchof an impact in 2008’s [...]

Phillies/Braves Conspiracy Leaked

~JB, Atlanta, GA
Sources have confirmed this week that a secret agreement was indeed forged between the two teams at the start of 2008. The underground alliance was supposed to go undetected all year but an unforeseen security leak led to an investigation that revealed elaborate details of a Philadelphia/Atlanta conspiracy. The plan had the Braves [...]

Parr Debuts and Wins

~JB-Atlanta, GA
It was good, but it may not be exactly a testament to Parr’s greatness just yet.
Even though the Nationals have dominated us like Alexander the Great this year a win over DC is nice, let’s not forget that they’re a last place team. And a scoreless debut, albeit a good one, doesn’t mean the hope [...]

Braves, Marlins Combine for 30

~JB-Atlanta, GA
Josh Anderson got this one started off with a homer and the hits just kept on coming. He finished the night 2-6 with a stolen base and had another strong performance. But before the smoke had cleared, every visiting starter got a hit in this one as both the Fish and Bravos pounded out [...]