Around the Majors: Rumors — The Hardball Times
The Mariners? Well, if you want to lose, I suppose you can lose in style. Actually, I always had them pegged as the sort of team that would overpay for Ortiz, but … Finish Reading
Month: November 2004
Apology
I’m sorry, I think some legitimate comments just got deleted when I was flushing some spam out. So if your comment is gone, it’s not you, it’s me. Sorry.
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Posturing, blah blah blah
Agent: Wright too pricey for Braves | ajc.com
Jaret Wright’s agent says that the Braves won’t have enough money to afford his client. Yeah, except that the only teams that are going to give him much more are the Yankees … Finish Reading
Hessmania
**No Pepper**: 40-Man Roster Finalized
The Braves left James Jurries off the 40-man roster, leaving him exposed to the Rule 5 draft — say hi to Billy Beane, Jimmy — and kept Mike Hessman. What?!?
Andy Marte is now on … Finish Reading
I didn’t notice this until today
Atlanta Braves News: Sutton returning to booth
Don Sutton will be back in the booth for 2005 after all. What they’re going to do with five broadcasters is anybody’s guess. Skip may be handing things over to Chip on a … Finish Reading
Rumors, yada yada
Oh, who knows? The latest rumor out of New York is at least more plausible than the last one. Supposedly, Andruw would be traded to the Yankees for Javier Vazquez and a pitching prospect. I don’t really believe this … Finish Reading
About time
Cox voted NL manager of year | | ajc.com
It’s his second with the Braves, his third overall, but his first since 1991. I guess they finally ran out of excuses for not giving it to him.
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I’ve set up a temporary home for the stricken War Liberal over here at http://www.bravesbeat.com/bravesjournal/warliberal .
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He’s actually an improvement
SI.com – MLB – Ex-Indians skipper Manuel to manage Phils – Wednesday November 3, 2004 9:17PM
So they replaced a maniac with an ineffectual loser. Heck, if Charlie Manuel can just not cost the team anything he’d be a vast… Finish Reading