Happy birthday to Charles “Chuck” Thomas who had a magical run in the summer of 2004 as he came out of nowhere to help solidify things for the Braves. The 2004 Braves came into the season believing they had one of the game’s greatest outfields. In center field, Andruw Jones would do his thing. Over in right field, J.D. Drew would be counted on to replace Gary Sheffield. Oh, and the guy in left field…
Transaction of Today…December 22, 2009 – The New York Yankees traded Melky Cabrera, Mike Dunn, Arodys Vizcaino and $500,000 to the Atlanta Braves for Boone Logan and Javier Vazquez. Our story really starts on December 4 of the previous year. That’s when the Atlanta Braves packaged a quartet of players, including Tyler Flowers and Brent Lillibridge, in a deal to get Javy Vazquez and Boone Logan from the White Sox. Even though he was included…
Some say he was underrated and underappreciated. That Braves fans never seemed to understand what a benefit it was to have him in the rotation every fifth day. To an extent, they are right. But now that Julio Teheran has officially moved on, it’s time to take a look back at his run with the Braves from the highs to the lows. For fans of the former righty, who earned the moniker “Colombian Jesus” on…
A lot of people have already done this so I figured I’ll throw my hat in the ring and pick my Team of the Decade. From 2010 and through 2019, who deserves a spot on the best team the Braves could possibly put together? Get ready to tell me how wrong I am. Though, to be honest, most of these choices aren’t that controversial. Catcher – Brian McCann In two different stints with the team,…
(The TOT series, or Transactions of Today, looks at old moves from this date years ago. How did they happen? Did they work out? What happened after? If you enjoy or have memories/thoughts of your own, feel free to comment below and/or share on social media.) Transaction of Today…November 19, 2001 – The Atlanta Braves signed Chris Hammond as a free agent. In 1998, Chris Hammond returned to the Florida Marlins, where he spent the…
The silly season didn’t get a gradual beginning this year. Oh, no, it went straight to hardcore mode. Nowhere is that more obvious than the players’ union executive director, Tony Clark, starting an investigation into statements made by Alex Anthopoulos during a conference call with the media. I’ll get to why the investigation isn’t completely unwarranted, but Clark’s description truly is ridiculous. Though Anthopoulos would do Clark a solid and apologize for misspeaking, it takes…
There is an old idea with organizations – never leave any unspent allocated money at the end of the year. If you do, your bosses will think you can manage your workload on less money. As a result, they’ll allocate a smaller chunk of change to your organization the following year. Now, that might not apply to the baseball business all that well, but by adding $5 million to the 2019 payroll yesterday in a…