This Halloween is especially terrifying, as the other Boston team won another World Series. So, in the spirit of the season, here’s what I’m especially afraid of in 2014:
• Over the course of the offseason, Frank Wren is unable … Finish Reading
Month: October 2013
This is Not a Profile of Tommy La Stella
If Tommy La Stella gets named to the 25-man roster, then I’ll write him up, as per site convention. So today I won’t write him up as such. I’ll just note a few unconnected facts.
First, he’s a 24-year old … Finish Reading
Rosterbation, Part II: 2014 Projected Salaries
New thread for the sake of new threadness. There was some question about B-REF’s numbers on the last SWAG at this, so this time I’ve decided to guess at individual arbitration and contract assignments for various players. For example, I’f … Finish Reading
Rosterbation, Part 1
Okay, I think we’ve all had enough time to soak in the misery and read tea leaves about coaching staff decisions. Let’s get to the meat of the off-season, already.
The Atlanta Braves total payroll for 2013, without prorating guys … Finish Reading
Kremlinology, Part 1
For those of you born after 1989… Christ I’m old. *sigh*
For those of you born after 1989, “Kremlinology” is/was the art of attempting to predict and interpret actions, statements and behaviors coming out of the Kremlin during the Soviet … Finish Reading
Impressions
That last thread was getting long, so here’s an open thread with some of my thoughts on the season.
Regarding Fredi: I have defended him for the last several years on the basis of his relationship with the players. The … Finish Reading
The Curse of Marquis Grissom
We had them where we wanted them.
We had matched the best pitcher in baseball with our sixth best starter. Our back up second baseman and our sixth outfielder put us ahead. We were playing like we were the team … Finish Reading
Braves 6, Dodgers 13
The Texans started out this game the same way they ended the last one, with a pick-6 by Matt Schaub. It was pretty well-timed, too. Chris Collinsworth had just made a joke about Schaub having tied the record for … Finish Reading
plaisir d’amour…BRAVES 4 DODGERS 3
Plaisir d’amour ne dure qu’un moment. nana mouskouri
chagrin d’amour dure toute la vie.
so we remember the awful losses, they endure…victory, if gained, is fleeting…in baseball as in love, surely?
not tonight, Josephine…something must wash that taste … Finish Reading
Dodgers 6, Braves 1 (by ‘Rissa)
If you were looking for that Game 1 tone-setting victory for the rest of the series… this was not it. In spite of all of the optimism going in to this game from the players and beat … Finish Reading