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 Braves Did Something Called The Draft Today.
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009I’d like to start this entry with a personal anecdote: I got home at about 6:45 PM EST this evening. Anxious to find out who the draft selections thus far had been, who the Braves have picked (if they have), or who is left for them to pick (if they haven’t), I opened up my [...]
Bad PR Equals Good Results
Thursday, June 4th, 2009I’m pretty confident the worse case scenario Frank Wren envisioned when he was negotiating with Tom Glavine is a) Tom gets re-injured which b) pushes back his rehab a month and a half which c) causes his return date to coincide with the logical call-up date for top prospect, Tommy Hanson while d) the other [...]
The Fundamental Organizational Flaw
Saturday, May 30th, 2009Yes, this organization is fundamentally flawed. And by “this organization”, I mean the Atlanta Braves. No organization is flawless, not a single one. But a lot of organizations are fundamentally sound but flawed in the execution of their fundamentals or flawed in that they caught some bad breaks. Everyone catches bad breaks and everyone catches [...]
Series Thoughts: Giants / Series Preview: Diamondbacks
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Here are my thoughts on the Giants series. Our 50 million dollar pitching staff couldn’t deal with the monstrosity of the Giant’s potent offense, but it didn’t really matter because our bats decided they’d take the series off too. What an embarrassing series. We played like absolute crap. Looking forward, we’ve got Haren vs. Lowe [...]
A Few Tidbits
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Just a few tidbits of news. The Braves have called up Kris Medlen and will place them on their active roster on Thursday to take Jo Jo Reyes’s spot in the rotation. Reyes will transition to the bullpen for now, and the Braves will make a decision regarding the pitching staff before Medlen is made [...]
Two High-Upside Guys Who Needed Room
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009The other day I was discussing players who had a ton of talent but for some reason or another were never able to put together a good MLB career. Be it an untimely injury, mental issues, off-field issues, or an unfavorable set of playing time circumstances; something always seems to get into the way of [...]