Posts Tagged as ‘braves baseball’

December 17, 2008

Perhaps the Braves Spoke to Soon…

Don’t blame me! I told you yesterday the ink had not yet dried and to not get too mad, happy, disappointed, or however you took the “news” of Furcal becoming a Brave once more. At this point, the Dodgers have re-buttered their bread and are going even harder after the coveted shortstop.
Rather than following through [...]

December 2, 2008

The Hampton Era Comes To a Close

It’s Tuesday, it’s December, but the fun is just getting started.
All you Mike Hampton haters can forget about the idea of seeing Hampton’s comeback completed in Atlanta. He’s gone.
Announced today, Mike Hampton will don a Houston Astros uniform for the second time in his career. Either to right the ship or to finish on a [...]

November 14, 2008

Wren to San Diego, “We’ll keep the kitchen sink. Thanks.”

Unless the Padres all of a sudden cave in and lower their asking price, we won’t see Peavy make his way to Atlanta any time soon…. or presumably ever.
Here’s what Wren the man himself said.
“Jake Peavy is obviously a quality top-of-the-rotation pitcher. But our
focus is still to build our organization internally with our young
players, and [...]

November 13, 2008

Edgy Braves Blogger Is Sick of Waiting on Peavy

Good day Braves fans. I’m JB and I’ve got the mid-November, no baseball, waiting-on-something-to-happen blues getting me down in Atlanta.
On the good side though, I am a baseball fan that loves basketball and the Hawks (though they didn’t win) impressed me greatly last night. In fact, I do love all North American sports including (at [...]

November 9, 2008

Braves Still in the Hunt for Pitching

First off I have to say, the Yellow Jackets have sent me on a roller coaster. I’ve gone from ecstasy and hopefulness a week ago to downright depression and anger today.
At least my Hawks are off to a 4-0 start! For the first time in 10 years they’re undefeated to start the season. And though [...]