John Prine and Jason Isbell are 2 of the most influential songwriters in our country and remind us that time is the real gift on this earth.
I was late to the John Prine scene. It was about 7 years … Finish Reading
John Prine and Jason Isbell
Month: March 2020
The 2020 Micro-Season
What’s the least amount of baseball that would be worth playing before the powers that be simply cancel the entire season? Here’s a proposal for a Micro-Season.
(Disclaimer: this is not a prediction that a micro-season is the most likely … Finish Reading
Braves Look Backs: Brian McCann stunned the Phillies
It’s impossible to remember every detail about every regular season game. A full baseball season is 162 games in six months, and eventually they start to run together. The games come thick and fast, and there’s always another one to … Finish Reading
Crown Me Commish: An MLB Shortened-Season!
One thing we know about this virus is that there’s little concrete idea how long our world will be on hold and/or lockdown. Some are guessing life will resume, slightly-altered, in a few months. Others are estimating 6. Then there … Finish Reading
Life Before Superstations: A Story about J.R. Richard
On July 30th, 1980, WLW radio in Cincinnati announced Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard had collapsed during a pre-game workout, and had been rushed to a Houston hospital. I was 16 years old.
I was not an Astros fan, but … Finish Reading
My All-Time Favorite Minor League Teams: 2012 Rome Braves
Pitiful, Sickening, Pathetic, Horrifying. Those were the nice words in various newspaper write-ups during the first half of the 2012 South Atlantic League season in regards to the 2012 Rome Braves. To say they staggered out of the gate is … Finish Reading
Ryan’s Favorite Movie
It was spring break of 2001. I was 22 years old and on the cusp of graduating from Auburn University. For my last taste of adolescent insanity, my friends and I packed up and took the 4 hour journey to … Finish Reading
Rob’s 2020 Atlanta Braves Position Player Wildcard – Dansby Swanson
As I’m looking at guys who would be “wildcards” to our season success, I’m looking at guys who could potentially lengthen the list of potentially elite players at that unit. For the bullpen, it was Luke Jackson. On the … Finish Reading
Looking back at game seven of the Braves 1992 NLCS
You’ve watched it 100 times. You know what happened. You know the Braves trailed the Pirates 2-0 entering the bottom of the ninth of game seven of the Braves 1992 NLCS. You know they clawed back to within 2-1 and … Finish Reading
Atlanta Braves Roster Talk #6
In our last Atlanta Braves Roster Take, there were a whole lot of players optioned to the minors and/or moved to minor league camp. Those names:
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