Posted by Mac Thomason
Braves Journal — published on January 31st, 2010
The Braves can’t really afford for Infante to go down again, because the second utility infielder position does not look like a strong point. Brooks Conrad and Diory Hernandez return from last year’s team. Conrad showed the same problems that have kept him in the minors for so long, an inability to make regular contact and defensive movement resembling Keith Lockhart riding on a Galapagos tortoise. Conrad’s defensive statistics were not actually too bad, and in 58 plate appearances he had two homers, two triples, and a double. Unfortunately, he had only six singles, and he can’t survive hitting .204. Hernandez, meanwhile, hit very well in AAA but upon promotion in no way resembled a major league ballplayer, hitting .141/.198/.212 and looking awkward defensively, though again his defensive stats are pretty good.
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Posted by Mac Thomason
Braves Journal — published on January 29th, 2010
Posted by BenMurphy
Braves Report — published on January 28th, 2010
I feel obligated to write something, even though the off-season has been relatively quiet recently. Personally, however, my team didn’t make the playoffs and I am getting antsy for some new sports. That is why I think I’ve decided to get MLB.tv for the 2010 season, because I just don’t think I can go another year of only listening to the Braves on the radio. The thought of this has been getting me excited for what’s coming up, so I thought I would just expand on my thoughts for the first time in what seems like a while.
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Posted by Mac Thomason
Braves Journal — published on January 22nd, 2010
One of the most underrated players in baseball. Even his own team doesn’t seem to hold him in that high regard, though that appears to be because he’s a bit of a punk. But what we have here is a gold glove-level shortstop who hit .300 (okay, .299) with medium-range walks (.377 OBP) and power (.436 SLG). He’s entering his prime, assuming his age (27 in 2010) is correct. If he could get through the season without an injury, we’d really be talking.
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Posted by Mac Thomason
Braves Journal — published on January 18th, 2010
Posted by BenMurphy
Braves Report — published on January 14th, 2010
Finally, the blog has been fixed after it broke itself. I’ve put a new theme up, but will probably change it because it seems kind of ‘bleh’ to me.
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Posted by Mac Thomason
Braves Journal — published on January 14th, 2010
Posted by Mac Thomason
Braves Journal — published on January 12th, 2010
Posted by Mac Thomason
Braves Journal — published on January 10th, 2010
Posted by Mac Thomason
Braves Journal — published on January 7th, 2010
Posted by Mac Thomason
Braves Journal — published on January 6th, 2010
Posted by Mac Thomason
Braves Journal — published on January 4th, 2010
