There was no recap for last night’s game because, uh, I forgot to write one. Also, we pretty much sucked uninterestingly. Tonight, obviously, will be very different.… Finish Reading
Category: Game Threads 2015
The Clerihew – great start. Can we make them better, more fun? (by blazon, Game thread)
Yes we can is the easy answer to that – inquiries with he who should know, a savant type who suggested this form in the first place as being well suited to an acerbic baseball board says great start, now … Finish Reading
AJP my MVP (Game Thread)
we seek the adept
but history suggests we then sign the inept
so whose fault is that?
it has to be the fellas hanging out the welcome mat.
A miserable season calls for different criteria in the choice of MVP, … Finish Reading
Goodbye to All That…Heyward to Peraza to Gomes (9/8 Game Thread)
Seasons like the one now ending leave their mark on the psyche. They create baggage, in real mass, that we who care must carry around for an indeterminate time.
Arguably, this burden can take many forms and some weigh a … Finish Reading
Labor Day In Atlanta!
So yeah. That one time I told you that you should totally still watch? My bad guys. You should totally probably stop watching now. At least until the draft. In the meantime, it’s Labor Day in Atlanta! That magical weekend … Finish Reading
Series Preview: Slumping Yanks @ Bad News Braves (by Ububba)
This weekend’s series finds the suddenly stumbling New York Yankees at Turner Field for a trio of games with the following pitching matchups:
• Friday night: Masahiro Tanaka (9-6, 3.61) vs. Williams Perez (4-4, 4.76)
• Saturday night: Luis Severino… Finish Reading
Checking in on the Natspos (by bledsoe)
From our roving reporter, Chad N. Freud:
On July 30, moments after the NY Mets lost a bizarre, rain delayed, unloseable game in the ninth inning 4-8, the Washington Post’s Tom Boswell tweeted this bit of fun:
Mets: RIP. That's
A Gentleman’s Explanation of Cricket: How to “Leave” (by blazon)
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/jul/31/england-ashes-fate-cricket-least-fashionable-shot
Good sports writing should know no boundaries..on this Saturday morning here’s Britain’s best — Barney Ronay — with a lovely piece on ‘leaving’, the ability or inability of the hitter to stay away from the ball breaking/swerving away from … Finish Reading
Hector Olivera
As you all no doubt know by now, the Braves just made a blockbuster trade: Alex Wood, Jose Peraza, Jim Johnson, Luis Avilan, and most of Bronson Arroyo’s dead-money contract for Hector Olivera, Paco Rodriguez, Zach … Finish Reading
CSI DC: Dissecting the corpse (by Bledsoe; game thread)
Braves fans living in or around the Disco of Columbia have an added hobby. If things aren’t going well for the Chop Squad, we can always take solace in watching the soap opera that is the 2015 Washington Nationals.
I’ve … Finish Reading