What Sunk the Braves

October 2, 2011 by Dan Schlossberg · 2 Comments

Good teams don’t fold for no apparent reason. Though buried by the publicity piled onto the Boston Red Sox, who also slipped out of the playoff picture in September, the Atlanta Braves should have seen their slide coming. Plagued all season by an inability to score runs, the Braves plodded through the 2011 season by […]

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2011 Pre-Season Preview: NL East â€“ Atlanta Braves

March 21, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment

Braves 3B Chipper Jones The Braves begin the new season without long-time manager, Bobby Cox, who stewarded the team to a succession of fourteen consecutive division titles (from 1991-2005, absent the strike-shortened 1994 season), five World Series appearances and a world championship in his 20+ years at the help. The 2011 season will usher in […]

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The Chase-inator and his Double-edged Sword

July 1, 2010 by John Cappello · Leave a Comment

Baseball’s premier hustler, Chase Utley, has a special skill set that includes the triple-threat of hitting, baserunning, and fielding, making him the gold standard for all second basemen.

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