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jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:10 pm
Correct, nolie
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:11 pm
money Trey
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:11 pm
Hey TREY. Went through OXFORD and CARY yesterday. In your neck of the woods?
George
August 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:09 pm
I don’t unerstead either, I hate the damn thing.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
I think Wren could land 2 good pieces this offseason. We can always target a player who fits our budget threw trade. While spending on another. That would be the only way I see us bringing in 2 everyday players or 1 and a SP.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
They may as well lower their standards to the Little Leagues, to even where the losers get a trophy
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
99
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:13 pm
If I was still in Atlanta and could get around I would definitely come by and see you guys play somewhere. Talk some music and some baseball.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:13 pm
Trey:
Or the NBA
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
I never heard of Oxford or Cary, richbrave. Oh, last month, I went to Richmond, richbrave, for training
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
Do you think the Braves have a shot at winning the play-in game, George?
George
August 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
excuse typos PLEASE
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:15 pm
Sorry you can’t nolie. That would be cool. Of course, I’d have a flight in myself if I could make it.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:15 pm
the nature of short series in baseball is that you always have a shot
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:15 pm
09
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
1:15 pm
my 12:43 post is a rough breakdown, tho I’m sure you would be better at estimating the salaries of our ARB guys.
Guaranteed:
Uggla – 13.2
Club Options to be exercised:
McCann – 12
Hudson – 9
Maholm – 6.5
Estimated arbitration:
Prado – 7.5
O’Flaherty – 3.5
Hanson – 4
Heyward – 3.5
Venters – 2
Medlen – 1.5
Martinez – 1.25
Janish – 1
Roughly 65 million in 12 players. If we pay the remaining 13 players for the 25 man roster the average minimum salary next year of 520K, we are at 71 million which gives us around 20 million to spend.
I could see trades of Hanson and O’Flaherty giving us more flexibility. But now that we traded for Maholm at 6.5 million, we’ve got around 20 million to spend. Bourn taking up the majority of that would limit what we can do greatly.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
1:16 pm
How about this
Trade for Josh Willingham to play LF, move Prado to 3B, and resign Bourn.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:16 pm
O.K. Game-time – later.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:16 pm
richbrave, the NBA is notorious for that. I don’t follow it, much. I could never get into watching people run back and forth a little court dribbling a ball.
Sopheee
August 19th, 2012
1:16 pm
George still being George, I see.
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:17 pm
Thanks, nolie, that means a lot
George
August 19th, 2012
1:17 pm
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
Nope
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:17 pm
SOPHEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yippee!!! you been missin’ gal
ncbravesfan90
August 19th, 2012
1:18 pm
“Trade for Josh Willingham to play LF, move Prado to 3B, and resign Bourn.”
This. Anyday and everyday and even twice a day on Sunday.
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:18 pm
Looks like my triumphant return has been overshadowed
phil
August 19th, 2012
1:19 pm
This is a 5 hits if we’re lucky type game today….
I’m sighing already.
Sopheee
August 19th, 2012
1:19 pm
Hi nolie polie! How are you doing these days?
George
August 19th, 2012
1:20 pm
Outta here. LETS WIN TODAY,
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:21 pm
not too bad thanx. good to see you…and Jeffrey too..back.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:22 pm
ah, I kinda like ol’ George myself
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 19th, 2012
1:25 pm
In 2010, the Braves had a payroll of approximately 84 mil and were paying Derek Lowe 15 of that. It’s hardly unprecedented.
David O'Brien
August 19th, 2012
1:25 pm
NEW Sunday BLOGGAGE
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/08/19/braves-have-one-more-vs-dodgers-before-the-big-trip/
phil
August 19th, 2012
1:27 pm
Nolie polie….
LOL!
Disgusted
August 19th, 2012
1:31 pm
Just want to put in my $.02 on the Melky debate.
Once Melky is back, he might initiate his own lifetime ban by not being good enough to play clean.
Just revert to the ATL Brave verson of Melky and U will seal ur fate.
Disgusted
August 19th, 2012
1:38 pm
All I ask out of the Braves to do is make a good competitive offer for Bourn which I am sure they will do.
If one team blows it out of the water and gives him 6 yrs at 20 plus mil per, I won’t like it but will understand it, that is not good business sense for anyone.
Wren could find a player we do not know about and make something out of it, like the pickup of Francisco and Janish.
I am sure that Frank could find an adequate player for CF, but any way you look at it its a drop off from Micheal who us fans have gotten attached to in his time here.
Micheal does things at a level we have gotten spolied watching so we love his play.
Its was similar to losing Texiera and replacing him with Kotchman, no way were we going to like Casey Kotchman even if he played to his 2007-08 level at LAA. Kotchman could not do what Texx could do.
If we lose Micheal, his successor is going to have a thankless job (we are not going to get a star type).
njbraves
August 19th, 2012
2:11 pm
Such a dumb play by Mac. Has this guy ever hit someone in the chest with a throw?
Braveone
August 20th, 2012
2:04 pm
From the previous blog which had 1,429 comments, nolie and phil led the way with 75 posts. There were 151 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:
Rank Poster Frequency
1 nolie 75
2 phil 75
3 Animus 59
4 TheOnlyBravesFan 56
5 tiger297 56
6 Trey 49
7 TuffShhhtuff 47
8 JC Brave 44
9 Jerry 39
10 McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô: 39
11 David O’Brien 38
12 ACE 37
13 uga-brave 35
14 SNEAKY PETE 34
15 Mitchell 31
16 brian 31
17 Powderfinger 29
18 cabravesfan 28
19 MFin04 26
20 Ward 26
21 Jay Dubu 24
22 Bravefaninok 23
23 ChattTownBrian 23
24 Venice Jim 23
25 The A Bomb 19
Del
August 28th, 2012
9:49 pm
What a surprise — another black hole in the bottom of the lineup. Seems like we just don’t want to win these series. There comes a time when mgmt must realize that some players are having a bad YEAR!!!