Pivot Day
Just throwing up a new thread to handle any coming sturm und drang re: Coppallellagate. Figure it’s worth it just to segregate the blow back from today’s (assumed) news releases out into their own holding pond. If...
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WHY YOUR TEAM SUCKS – ATLANTA BRAVES (by MikeM)
Disclaimer to this post. Everything below is a blatant ripoff of Drew Magary’s fine work at Deadspin in his annual Why Your Team Sucks NFL preview. He invented this format that I am stealing, in which he insults the team...
Read MoreBraves 11, White Sox 8 (No that’s NOT an extra 1 in the Braves score)
The Braces’ Windy City Weirdness continued to be strong last night, as they absolutely lit up the ace of the White Sox, Chris Sale, and took the opener of the three game series 11-8. Freddie Freeman opened with a two out...
Read MoreBraves Panicked After League Says They Must Field a Major League Team in 2016
November 15, 2015 VOL 72 ISSUE 45 Sports · Local ATLANTA, GA—Braves officials were taken by surprise earlier this afternoon when a league official informed the team they have a major league schedule they will be expected to...
Read MoreWaiting For Fredot
WAITING FOR FREDOT Camerogon: (Is sitting on second base, struggling with his cleats) Markakimir (enters). “Ah, there you are!†Camerogon. Yes. As I have been since I don’t know… Markakimir: New York? Camerogon: Yes, I...
Read MoreNot That We Care: a guide to the playoffs, part 4
While we don’t want to take our eye off of the ball with regard to this … I think we can take the travel day back to San Francisco to remind everyone of this… As for the junior circuit, I honestly have no dog...
Read MoreNot That We Care: a guide to the playoffs, part 3
Life is hard. Oh, sure, it’s easy to say “we should go kill the the Nazis!” I mean, Captain America was made to kill Nazis, right? But then you end up in this place where you have to be like, “ah, nah...
Read MoreEl Oso Blanco (by Smitty)
Evan Gattis is not just a great baseball player. He is the greatest human being ever. 1845: El Oso Blanco publishes the rules of baseball. 1879: Assists Thomas Edison in inventing the light bulb. 1903: After years of attempting...
Read MoreJoe Simpson’s New Play by Play Partner Game Thread, May 25 (by JonathanF)
Annals of Sports Journalism The following is the transcript of an aborted experiment in which Fox Sports attempted to expand its ratings in the Moneyball demographic. We’ll never know whether or not it would have worked, or...
Read MoreBecause you’d hate to have two games in a row to start the season…
So, there’s no Braves baseball game today, because Selig. Which means there will be no “game thread” per se today. So, in lieu of that, here’s a link to the inaugural episode of the new Braves podcast...
Read MoreSerendipity
Sent by an eagle-eyed reader. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Read MoreThey COULD be trying to improve the team
Instead, the Braves are doing this: Pixars Brave Snarled In Trademark Battle With Atlanta Braves – CinemaBlend.com. Nice to see that their priorities are in order. Open thread.
Read MoreHANK STEINBRENNER BUYS METS
After a purchase by Kansas City Royals outfielder Jeff Francoeur fell through due to Francoeur’s inability to determine where the lines for his signature were, New York Mets owners the Wilpon family have agreed to sell a...
Read MoreWe have a winner, of sorts
Our 2011 Braves Journal Whipping Boy will be — to start with — Alex Gonzalez! No, not Alex Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez! AAG outpolled Nate McLouth 99-92. He will hold the Whipping Boy title until we get totally fed up...
Read MoreThe Saga Continues
Includes the Year of Kolb, the Debut of Jeffy, and far too much Reitsma. There’s about a month’s gap where the posts are missing in my archives, I don’t know why.
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Read MoreLive! From Kansas City!
ANNOUNCER: From Kansas City, it’s the Jeff Francoeur show, starring Jeff Francoeur! I’m your announcer, Melky Cabrera, and tonight, Jeff’s guests are: Miley Cyrus! Verne Troyer! And The Baseball Project! And...
Read MoreDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!!!!
Well, the Phillies have reportedly signed Cliff Lee. Might as well cancel the 2011 season. Probably 2012 too, just to be on the safe side. Oh, let’s just shut down the game entirely. Obviously, the Phillies’ rotation...
Read MoreTime for a new post post
I don’t really have anything to say. December is always a rough time if the Braves aren’t active. Discussion question: If Jeff Francoeur were a TV show, what TV show would he be? I say “Ally...
Read MoreThanksgiving thread
I really do have a lot to be thankful for, even if I don’t always recognize it. Including you guys — thanks. And now, Jeff Francoeur riding a giant turkey.
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