Winning Post from our Winner

Another “thanks” goes out to Kevin from Ramblings 1.5 for his contributions throughout the postseason. I never intended to have so much dedicated space to the Phillies on this Braves blog but he stepped up when I put out the request to get bloggers from each playoff contender to post for The Launching Pad. And [...]

Our Loss is Your Gain

It’s Friday. It’s a day off of baseball but it’s World Series week.
This Braves blog asks the question: Am I the only Braves fan out there that’s a little ticked off about seeing Willy Aybar in the World Series?
In 2006, Mr. Aybar was acquired by my Atlanta Braves in a trade that sent Wilson Betemit [...]

Thanks for Sharing

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The end of the Boston Red Sox 2008 campaign came last night at Tropicana Field in Tampa.  The losing score was 3 – 1 at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays, a team attempting to accomplish a worst to first transformation in a single season, trying to match the ‘91 [...]

Fenway Magic

Another great post brought to you by our resident Red Sox blogger. You can catch more from Joe @ Baseballisms.com
We also had some other guys get us started in when the playoffs began. Please do them a favor and visit them.

ON THE FRONT LINES
-Tommy for the White Sox at his baseball blog
-Jared for the [...]

Rays Hope Cinderella Story Ends With Trip to the Ball

Sure, call me a bandwagon jumper but even though this is a Braves blog… I’ll say it…

How did they do it?
They played in one of the toughest divisions in baseball.
They were outspent. The division incumbent, whom they were 10-8 against in 2008, shelled out $89 million more and the Evil Empire eclipsed them by $189+ [...]