Since the Braves have decided not to field a team for the foreseeable future, I thought readers might enjoy another episode of our favorite soap opera, AS THE NATS TURN. When we last left our story:
- The three-peating Nats had
Month: February 2016
Bob Watson (by Ububba)
On April 23, 1982, the Yankees traded Bob Watson to the Braves for minor-league pitcher Scott Patterson.*
By then, the Bravos had already made some NL noise with a 13-game winning streak to start the season. But acquiring Watson to … Finish Reading
We’re All In First Place
Well, it’s a new year. Pitchers and catchers have reported. The anonymous 2016 Braves are about to begin their wind sprints, and, with apologies to Peanut, I’m sure they’ll attempt to silence their critics. They’re a mortal lock to win … Finish Reading
Erick Aybar
I despised the trade that brought him here, but Erick Aybar is now our starting shortstop, and here’s the thing: he’s a pretty good player. Almost certainly a better player than AAG, the guy we got the last time we … Finish Reading
Dale Murphy (by Rusty S.)
Back in college in 1982, I had a friend named Melvin, who through the course of human events* came to be known as “Raise Hell Mel.” My crowd was enough easily amused that we began to incorporate this concept to … Finish Reading
I’m Sorry There Hasn’t Been Much New Stuff on the Blog Lately
It’s been really really really really really really slow!
If you’d like to write for the blog, reach out to me at the email address in the top right corner. Pitchers and catchers are just a few days away!
… Finish ReadingMark Bradley talks about the rebuild
According to Mark Bradley, the Braves think that they got a lot closer to being done with their rebuild than they’d previously hoped, basically entirely because of how badly they swindled the Diamondbacks.
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