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By: guenstig uebernachten lichtenhain

guenstig uebernachten lichtenhain — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:52:01 +0000

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By: Clip file 2.19.10 — NYFSBlogs

Clip file 2.19.10 — NYFSBlogs — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:45:06 +0000

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By: Old Timer Brave Fan

Old Timer Brave Fan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:01:46 +0000

Cox retiring ? Bring on Joe Torre who is in his last year of his contract with L. A..
Don’t be surpised if Terry Pendleton isn’t given a shot as the top dog.Good guy but not head coach material.Hated the Vazequez move.He was the iron man on the Braves staff.
Can Hudson make it thru an entire season after going thru surgery ?
Should have kept Johnson . He can play any where.Glaus is a 3rd baseman
Use him at third when Chipper stubs his toe.
Hayward will start at Gwinnett but will be on the main roster before the All Star break.
Should have kept LaRoche. He had a good enough season in 2009 to be given another shot at first . Braves Baseball was fun to watch when Ted Turner owned the team. He had the bucks plus it was worth the price of a ticket to see his wife Jane sleep thru the game in her front row seat when she made her appearance with Ted at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium.
Of course back then we all took naps when the Braves wasn’t playing well

By: Steven Lemon

Steven Lemon — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:32:07 +0000

I have been warm on the Braves and ice cold on Bobby Cox since the blown World Series of 1996. I have still managed to bring myself to root for them every year since then, even though they drove me to the Yankees as my HOME team in ‘96. After watching the lousy moves of the last two years, I’m done. Maybe I’ll come back next year when BC will join Greg Norton in retirement (from Atlanta). Meanwhile I can always hope the Braves and Yanks meet in interleague play so I can watch Cox’s face as the runs mount up against that super duper pitching staff.

By: dangerousdan87

dangerousdan87 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:02:41 +0000

What about Omar Infante? He is still on the team, right? This dude was hitting like .350 before he got hurt last year and may be the best utility player we have since he can play the infield or outfield. Bobby will play him somewhere if he’s hitting well again.

By: bvillebaron

bvillebaron — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:53:04 +0000

Jeff:

Just for the record Wagner only appeared in 17 games last season. He also didn’t have any saves because he was returning from TJ surgery. By the way, the “great” Rafael Soriano only pitched in 14 games in 2008 because of his own arm injuries. As for Wagner only having 27 saves in his last season as a closer that’s the same as Soriano’s career HIGH last year. Even at 40, Saito’s numbers last year were very comparable to those of Gonzalez. Saito also only had a couple of saves also last year because he was not used in the closer’s role because the Red Sox have this guy you may have hear of named Papelbon. To say or even imply that Gonzalez and Soriano are “proven” performers and Wagner and Saito are not is absurd.

As far as Atlanta developing “superstar” talent, I notice that, with the exception of Mauer and Morneau, there were not two players from the same team on your list. I think McCann is every bit the “star” player as a catcher as Morneau is as a first baseman. Unfortunately, some of the players that the Braves drafted and got rid of are or may very well be stars such as Adam Wainwright, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz. Funny how people who make a living following the minor leagues have consistently rated the Braves farm system as one of the best during the past 15 years. But then again, they couldn’t be nearly as informed as you, huh?

By: ProScout

ProScout — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:03:00 +0000

Jeff- you can’t name 15 players from appx 7 different organizations and argue that the Braves should be developing the same amount of prospects. The talent is their they just need to hold on to it. Look around the league and look at how many players came from the Braves farm system.

The store bought Yankees are usually the only team with multiple All-Star representation. Most teams have 1-3.

By: Move the Team to Gwinnett

Move the Team to Gwinnett — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:50:45 +0000

At best this is a Triple A farm team with a minor league owner and management team. I long for the days at Fulton County Stadium where our expectations were low when we were the joke of the Western Division. At least we enjoyed watching the team play and occasionally treated to brilliance from Hammerin’ Hank. Give us a team that we can cheer for and owners that care. Until that happens, this Braves organization will be nothing more than an expensive farm team.

By: Hewitt Poll

Hewitt Poll — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:33:34 +0000

Mark,

How about a Paul Blewitt poll? Keep him? Fire him? Keep him, but hire new assistants?

Do one poll now.
One after the ACC tournament.
One after the NCAA tournament.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:25:03 +0000

Another cheap and patched up team. If all the pieces stay healthy and produce we probably have a chance at the wild card. We have basically had the same type of problems (except for the improved pitching)for about 5 years now. The players favorite manager and cheerleader will cost us about 10 games as usual. Nothing is going to change about this team until we get a new manager. The business like attitude (its just one series) and lack of fundementals is also killing the team. Hopefully Heyward will be on the team so we at least have something to look forward to.