If you came in here early this evening, you might have noticed that things looked a little wacky there for awhile. Our gracious host Merv has upgraded the MT system to version 3.0 and that was just the dust from … Finish Reading
Month: May 2004
Atlanta 8, Montreal 2
Thanks, Frank! With two out in the seventh, the score tied, and a runner on third, Frank Robinson had Rafael Furcal intentionally walked. Then Nick Green hit his first career homer to give the … Finish Reading
The Mike Hessman parade of failure continues
What else can’t he do? Well, he can’t get a runner from second to third with nobody out. And they hit for Ortiz? They should get Ortiz or Hampton a first baseman’s glove.
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“Small market”, my butt
HoustonChronicle.com – Phoenix on pace to become fifth-largest city
Supposedly, Atlanta is too small to support a big-money major league team. On the other hand…
… Finish ReadingMetropolitan Atlanta grew by 1.2 million people, or nearly 40 percent, in the 1990s,
Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 1
Travis Smith made an emergency start in place of Horacio Ramirez, and acquitted himself well. So he gets a loss, because the Braves made Eric Milton look like he’s worth the money. The Braves … Finish Reading
Horacio on DL with “tendonitis”
Hi, it’s Juan Cruz again. I haven’t pitched since May 22, but with Horacio Ramirez going on the DL the Braves would rather give an emergency start to Travis Smith — he of the career 6.91 ERA in 56 major … Finish Reading
Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 3
It’s a lot more fun when Roberto Hernandez is on the other team. After getting out of a mini-jam in the seventh, Boom-Boom Bobby allowed four runs, getting only one out, in the eighth, … Finish Reading
The Prodigal Boom-Boom
Hessman
He can’t hit a major league breaking ball. We’re not talking Andruw Jones-style vulnerability — we’re talking full-fledged Pedro Cerrano-style “I’ll swing at any curveball and miss every time”. He can’t even hit Roberto Hernandez’s curveball. If he and I … Finish Reading
AJC game story
Jones, LaRoche injured | Braves | ajc.com
LaRoche has a separated shoulder with x-rays still awaited. No word yet on the callup. Even if the Braves were to sign one of the mentioned ex-Braves in semiretirement (McGriff and Galarraga) either … Finish Reading