Posts Tagged as ‘Trades’

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 [...]

October 24, 2008

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 [...]

October 20, 2008

Braves Getting Serious About Peavy

It’s Monday, the World Series has the Rays in it… if you can believe that. And I could become a much happier Braves fan.
The rumors have been abounding about Jake Peavy and the Braves this week and it’s looking more and more like reality than a far fetched nicety. Now, you can call me “Johnny [...]

August 29, 2008

Weighing in on Sumoza and Braves’ Outfield of the Future

I’m coming in on the heels of this one but I wanted to do a little research on our latest acquisition after the Mark of the Month left town to join an AL contender.
If you do a Google search for “Luis Sumoza”, the newly acquired outfielder we got from the BoSox for Mr. Kotsay and [...]

August 27, 2008

Bye Bye, Mark. Hello, Luis!

The question of whether or not Kotsay will be a Brave in 2009 was answered this Wednesday as he was dealt to the Boston Red Sox.

Talk about going from worst to (almost) first, Mark now joins a club that’s in contention and making a run for not just a Wild Card spot but quite possibly [...]