Author: tfloyd

“Oh, those bases on balls!” For the really old among us (Blazon? Coop?), we remember this as the regular lament of announcer and Hall of Famer Frankie Frisch, the Fordham Flash. Frisch was an announcer for the Braves in the...

What a good win–probably the most satisfying of the young season. I know it’s still very early—not even May yet. No one game means a lot. As Earl Weaver said, “This ain’t a football game. We do this every day.” And after...

Ok, I apologize. That’s a cheap, unoriginal, and not at all clever play on Inciarte’s unusual name. But it really was his game. Ender will go down in history with the first hit, first run scored, and first home run at...

Just reading the boxscore, you’d think it was a fun and exciting game. Game decided by one run, Braves rallied in the 8th and had the tying run on third in the 9th. But it was not an enjoyable game to watch. In fact, it was...