Loading ...The 5 Best Decisions the Braves Made in 2009
Monday, October 19th, 2009For the antithesis of my last post, the 5 best decisions the Braves made in 2009*. Number 5 – Releasing Tom Glavine in favor of Tommy Hanson. I’m a huge Tom Glavine fan for so many reasons. He was drafted and developed by the Braves, he was a mainstay in the rotation for so many [...]
The Five Biggest Mistakes the Braves Made in 2009
Sunday, October 18th, 2009Late last night I was sitting around wondering what I should write about today. This post came to me. The five biggest mistakes the Braves made in 2009. Number 5 – The way Arbitration was handled. I am a big fan of the way Frank Wren does business, but if there’s one thing I would [...]
Braves 2009 Season In Review
Thursday, October 8th, 2009This is going to be a very lengthy post. It will involve a lot of statistical analysis and will attempt to determine what the Braves did well, what they did badly, what they need to change, and generally how they got to where they are. While the purpose of this post is to examine the [...]
Braves Record and Roster Moves
Monday, September 21st, 2009The Braves have made 4 rather significant playing time decisions throughout the course of the season. First, they optioned Schafer to AAA and acquired Nate McLouth. Second, they benched Kelly Johnson in favor of Martin Prado. Third, they traded Jeff Francoeur for Ryan Church. Lastly, they traded Casey Kotchman for Adam LaRoche. For the first [...]
We Just Swept The Stem Post
Friday, September 18th, 20097 games out, 23 games out, or whatever, it still feels good to sweep the Mets. It also feels good to watch Jeff Francoeur try to leap over the wall and catch Brian McCann’s home run to no avail. Yes, I did watch this one. After I turned off the GT Miami game in disgust. [...]
Matt Diaz is better at being Jeff Francoeur than Jeff Francoeur
Friday, September 11th, 2009You know, perhaps to self-inflate his ego and perhaps because of his shortcomings elsewhere, Jeff Francoeur never shuts the fuck up about driving in runs. That’s all he fucking talks about. It’s funny, actually, because that’s the only thing in which he’s ever achieved a milestone. He’s had 2 100-RBI seasons, that’s it. Never hit [...]
Q&A on Ryan Church with Dave Doyle
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Update 07/12/2009: See Bottom. Dave Doyle is a very well-respected Mets Blogger over at Mets Report, a site he writes and maintains. We both exchanged questions and answers about the player our team just traded away. If you’re looking for any New York Mets content, please visit the Mets Report, a top-notch blog. Without further [...]