If you’re like me — well, then, I’m sorry — but you like weird stat lines. Here’s one. Pete Rose, 1980: 42 doubles, one triple, one homer. He’s the only player in major league history with a season 40 or … Finish Reading
Month: December 2007
Threading
Name that player!
New thread, new poll
Name this player: 58 homers/.477 SLG as a Brave, 78 homers/.384 SLG for everyone else.
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Guest Post: Alex R. Looks at the Pitching Staff
I just needed to sit & look at the entire roster of current options to get a feel.
Definitely in
Rafael Soriano
Tyler Yates
Peter Moylan
Will Ohman
Royce Ring* (assuming we don’t get another lefty like Fuentes)
Battling for … Finish Reading
I don’t have any thread puns right now
This should be easy if you’ve been on the site for a couple of years…
Hank Aaron only became the Braves’ career home run leader in 1968, passing his longtime teammate Eddie Mathews. The question: Whose team record did Mathews … Finish Reading
Re-thread
Name this pitcher: Fifth in career wins by an Atlanta Brave. (Numbers 1-4 are pretty easy.) Extra points if you can do this without looking it up. I mean, looking stuff up, that’s easy.
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All together now…
SI.com – MLB – Clemens’ reply: I did not take steroids or HGH
“He took steroids and HGH.”
Open thread.
… Finish ReadingThe Prodigal Catcher
Javy Lopez rejoins Braves | ajc.com
It remains to be seen if he has anything left, but I’m not convinced that he’s running on empty. Javy, the best catcher in Atlanta history, hit .278/.322/.458 as recently as 2005, and I’d … Finish Reading
Bottomless thread
Name this hitter:
160 career homers with the Braves.
155 career homers with everyone else.
In unrelated news, if you haven’t heard by now the Nationals have signed both Willie Harris and Pete Orr. Apparently, their plan is to: 1) … Finish Reading