Archive for the ‘Atlanta Braves’ Category
Lack of MLB Star Power
SI’s Tom Verducci wrote a piece this week suggesting how to save baseball’s All-Star game. Look, Verducci’s a great writer that’s probably forgotten more about sports writing than I’ll ever know. He just misses THE main problem with the Mid-Summer Classic in 2011.
Baseball flat doesn’t have enough stars to go around these days.
This year’s All-Star [...]
Wren’s Winter Keeps Getting Worse
Frank Wren better hope that Melky Cabrera and Troy Glaus have big years, because the N.L. East just got a lot tougher. It is already an almost guarantee that the Philadelphia Phillies will win the N.L. East now that they replaced Cliff Lee with Roy Halladay.The Florida Marlins always start strong and fall out of [...]
Will The Braves Consider Hanson at Closer?
The Atlanta Braves could enter next season with six starters and there is talk that the Braves might trade one of the starters for an outfielder. The Braves are in desperate need of some power in the outfield, but the problem is that nobody will want to absorb Derrick Lowe’s ridiculous contract or take a [...]
James Predicts Big Year For Heyward
If you enjoy baseball statistics, then you know Bill James’ work. He is a senior adviser for the Boston Red Sox and has written plenty of books involving baseball statistics. James’ latest predictions are out and he predicts a big year for Atlanta Braves’ rookie outfielder Jason Heyward. According to James, Heyward will hit .303 [...]
Furman Bisher’s Parting Shots
If you grew up in the South, then you read Furman Bisher’s award-winning columns on a daily basis. It was a sad time this week when Bisher wrote his last column with The AJC, but Jeff Schultz let him take some parting shots in his Countdown column. Here are some of our favorites:
Bisher on Mark [...]
Can The Braves Pull Off a Miracle?
The Atlanta Braves are currently four games back of the wild-card leader Colorado Rockies with four games to play. If the Braves somehow make the playoffs, this would be one of the biggest comebacks in Major League Baseball history. Teams (New York Mets) have choked before, but the Rockies refuse to lose too much ground [...]
The Braves are Partying Like it is 1991…
The Atlanta Braves captivated the city of Atlanta and the whole southeast in 1991 when they went from worst-to-first and won the 1991 NLCS. They came out of nowhere to make the World Series and they did it with some of the best starting pitching in baseball. Here we are 18 years later and the [...]
Cox to Retire After 2010 Season
Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox will coach the Braves in 2010, but he will retire after the 2010 season. Cox has a five-year consulting agreement from 2011-15 to serve as an advisor for the Braves. Current Braves’ hitting coach Terry Pendleton is believed to be one of the favorites to replace Cox, but Braves fans [...]
Is Cox Done in Atlanta?
The Atlanta Braves will not make the playoffs for the fourth straight season and many Braves fans are wondering if Bobby Cox will be back in Atlanta. When asked if he plans on coaching the Braves next season, Cox said, “We’ll see.” Cox deserves to leave the game on his own time, but he needs [...]
Chipper on ESPN’s Gameday This Saturday
Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones will be on ESPN’s College Football Gameday this Saturday as he joins Lee Corseo, Kirk Herbsreit, Desmond Howard and Chris Fowler. Jones is a huge Florida Gators fans and said he will probably show up in Gators colors and expects to get booed by Georgia fans. Chipper will be [...]