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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2011 Pre-Season Preview: NL Central â€“ Milwaukee Brewers

March 17, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment

Brewers all-star 1B Prince FielderÂ Milwaukee Brewers (2010 record: 77-85) The Milwaukee Brewers front office entered the off-season with one primary task: improve the pitching staff. The club finished last season with the third-worst ERA in the National League â€“ the primary reason the club finished with a sub-.500 record. General Manager Mark Attanasio immersed […]

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Crossing the Pacific

October 5, 2010 by Aaron Somers · 1 Comment

The 1988 Summer Olympics were held in Seoul, Korea. Baseball was merely a â€œdemonstrationâ€ sport but that didnâ€™t mean that the competition wasnâ€™t fierce. Eight teams participated in the tournament which saw a final game played between the United States and Japan. The US team â€“ led by future Major Leaguers Robin Ventura, Jim Abbott, […]

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