Well, the Winter Meetings are over. I don’t know whether to be relieved or angry, but they’re over. To summarize the Atlanta Braves’ activity at the Winter Meetings, the Braves got very close to signing A. J. Burnett only to lose him to the Yankees while making very little headway to acquire a power-hitting, right-handed, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Jorge Campillo’
November 24, 2008
What To Expect From Jurrjens and Campillo in 2009
In 2008 Jair Jurrjens and Jorge Campillo both had very sufficient seasons. Jair Jurrjens was shipped to Atlanta in the Edgar Renteria trade before 2008 and going into spring training, Jurrjens was not expected to make the starting rotation. By the end of the season Jurrjens was the ace of the staff. Jorge Campillo didn’t [...]
September 15, 2008
Norton, Braves Close Out Shea on a High Note
I don’t care about a postseason sit out right now. Yesterday’s win at Shea Stadium was just… nice.
The Braves made their final visit to Shea a disappointment for Mets fans and somewhat inspirational for us watching in Atlanta. After sweeping the Rockies at home and then winning 2 of 3 in Flushing, the Bravos looked [...]
August 30, 2008
Nationals Continue Domination Over Braves
~JB- Atlanta, GA
March 31st, 2008 Ryan Zimmerman hits a walk off homer in Nationals Park off of Pete Moylan. We shrugged it off and went home to face the Pirates since we had no opportunities for redemption in a one game series. Who knew this loss was the first of many handed to us [...]
August 21, 2008
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
~JB- Atlanta, GA
My friend Steve over at House of Braves Talk likes to cite the Kelly Johnson dropped pop up in the Phillies series of where it all began to fall apart.
Just to bring you back for a moment. It was 2-1 in the ninth. We were about to move to with 2 1/2 games [...]
