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Batter's Box Interactive Magazine (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
This was the first or second book on the Jays that I ever got. Title : Fungo Blues: An Uncontrolled Look at the Toronto Blue Jays Published : McClelland and Stewart, 1985 # Pages : 220 Availability : I think this thing's been out of print for more than two decades. Chapters/Indigo doesn't even seem to admit that it ever existed. You can find it used, though; try Amazon. Written By : Philippe van Rjndt...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
More photos » by Paul Abell - AP It seems like some of the bitterness of the Braves' decision to cut Tom Glavine (evident in this picture from June 5th of this year) has finally left the future Hall of Fame pitcher. Browse more photos » I was sent this transcript by the media guy over at Sirius XM Radio's MLB Home Plate show. I thought it had some good quotes from Tom Glavine ... he usually...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
More photos » by John Heller - AP Atlanta Braves reliever Peter Moylan was one of the most valuable members of any team's bullpen last year. Browse more photos » Middle relief is never a sure thing in baseball. The Atlanta Braves have been lucky in the past to have cobbled together good middle relief corps. They haven't been so lucky the last few years, but last year they did a decent job...
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SimonOnSports (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here. Today's team NL is the Atlanta Braves and our guest is Gondee from the Braves Blog, Talking Chop . 1. The biggest question for the Braves this offseason is what to do with their abundance...
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Subway Squawkers (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Managers of the Year were announced earlier today and Squawker Lisa and I just competed in a trivia contest , so here's a trivia question: Who won the American League Manager of the Year in 2000 and who finished second? And who did they beat out? Before I give the answers, Lisa and I had a great time at the trivia contest, which was run by our fellow blogger The Omnipotent Q of the Mighty Quinn...
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Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP HEY! I WON THE AWARD! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! Browse more photos » Mirroring The Sporting News' awards earlier this month, Jim Tracy and Mike Scioscia have won the Manager of the Year awards for their respective leagues. In a suprising twist, Jim Tracy actually won in a landslide (the landslide part being the twist), by even a bigger margin than Zack...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
More photos » by Tom Mihalek - AP The typical Gonzo pose. Browse more photos » If Rafael Soriano was the Atlanta Braves closer that came out of the gate strong and finished poorly, then Mike Gonzalez is the opposite -- the closer who started out poorly and finished strong. Gonzalez was in the co-closer role out of spring training, but he was clearly favored by Bobby Cox to get the lions...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
More photos » by Mark Duncan - AP Browse more photos » Keith Law makes some good points about the Indians closer, Kerry Wood : "Wood had a better year than he's getting credit for having - once you consider ballpark, defense, and league, he probably had the best year of the three major free agent closers from last winter. With just one year left on his deal and a team motivated to...
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True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Joe Torre telepathically tells Don Mattingly that he didn't have any professional managing experience before he got his first MLB managing gig. Browse more photos » The topic of the moment at Dodger Thoughts is manager heir-apparent Don Mattingly and whether or not his lack of professional managing experience is an issue. At some point it occurred to...
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Out Of Left Field (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Alex Rodriguez is going to get a World Series ring. Mark McGwire 's buddy gives him a job as a hitting coach. Meantime, Barry Bonds , the one other tainted ballplayer who gets the descriptive "disgraced slugger" according to the Fake AP Stylebook is, well, somewhere, awaiting trial on something. It's hard not to think of McGwire getting back in the big leagues as a St. Louis Cardinals coach...
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
More photos » by Al Behrman - AP Yunel Escobar should remain the Atlanta Braves shortstop for years to come. Browse more photos » As part of season reviews for major league players and top prospect ranking for minor league players, we here at Talking Chop thought it would be a fun idea to get all of our bloggers together with the help of Google Docs and debate the various aspects of each...
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The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
More photos » by Pat Sullivan - AP Another Astros interview...Ned Yost Browse more photos » Brian McTaggart ran with my idea of profiling the managerial candidates, so I'm letting him doing the heavy lifting before fisking the candidates a bit. First up, Ned Yost, former manager of the Milwaukee Brewers : Ned Yost Age : 54 Hometown : Eureka, Calif. College : None. Most recent job : Manager...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Former Brewers manager Ned Yost highlighted his ties with veteran Braves manager Bobby Cox on Thursday, when he became the third person interviewed by the Astros.
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r?kus058cn | 08/26/2009
ATLANTA – Chase Utley went deep. So did Ryan Howard. The Braves kept coming up short. On a night when Atlanta had at least four balls caught on the warning track, Utley hit a two-run homer and Howard added a tiebreaking shot in the ninth inning to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory Friday night in the opener of an important NL East series. The Phillies won their fourth straight and stretched...
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phoenix634kv | 08/25/2009
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kristen15m9u | 08/23/2009
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