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Friday, October 30th, 2009Your Friday links. John Sickels of Minor League Ball has his preliminary list of Atlanta Braves top-20 prospects. Comparing the list to mine, we’ve got 15 of the same in the top 20. He includes Cody Gearrin, Robinson Lopez, Luis Valdez, Scott Diamond, and Mycal Jones. I have Gearrin ranked 33, Jones ranked 21, Diamond [...]
Thoughts on Tim Hudson
Saturday, October 24th, 2009Apparently the Braves began negotiations with Tim Hudson’s agent about a contract extension that would keep him in Atlanta. Mark Bowman has all the details. The money quotes: Braves general manager Frank Wren and Hudson’s agent, Paul Cohen, began negotiations on Thursday and they are expected to continue talking over the course of the next [...]
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 [...]
Consecutive Mondays Off Post
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009I guess Monday is the most common day to have off. And I guess it enables me to watch Monday Night Football. But the Braves had consecutive Mondays off. And guess what! The Marlins lost! I didn’t know the Marlins did the whole losing thing based on what I saw from them earlier this year. [...]
Saturday Post
Saturday, September 12th, 2009Happy Saturday, everyone. So, how about that game last night? Jeez, I didn’t see that coming. Heck of a game. If the offense preforms like that against Carpenter, he’ll have a perfect game. And if Jurrjens pitched like that against the Padres, he’d have a perfect game. But Carpenter doesn’t pitch until Sunday and we’ve [...]
Transaction Analysis: Everything’s going crazy!
Thursday, August 27th, 2009First of all, before I do transaction analysis, I want to comment on something I saw on ESPN or one of the affiliates. The little-league World Series semi-final game between Chinese Taipei and Curaçao was on and I stopped by to watch the beginning. I really like watching it, actually. But part of the broadcast [...]
Is the Upcoming Series a “Must-Win”?
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009People ask me all the time if this game is a “must-win”? Or if this series is a “must-win”? It’s usually a very idiotic question, of course, because it’s not like this is the one game or this is the one series that if you don’t win, you have no chance of making the playoffs. [...]