“Camp Roger” kicks off today at Turner Field
Tim Hudson is ready to shake off the off-seaon rust get this season started to prove he is injury free and ready to be an ace again. He showed up today for the first day of the Braves two week long voluntary pitching camp at Turner Field. Hudson, along with Peter Moylan, Kris Medlen, Eric O'Flaherty, prospects Todd Redmond, Lee Hyde among 9 Braves pitchers that reported this morning. Jurrjens, Kawakami, newcomer Mike Dunn and even star rookie Tommy Hanson are expected to participate in the 2 week long camp. The annual two-week pitching camp serves as a pre-spring training starting point for pitchers to prepare for the real work that begins Feb. 19 in Florida.
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Other infield possibilities
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.
Read the rest of this entry »My Thoughts on the Upcoming 2010 Season
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.
Read the rest of this entry »Yunel Escobar
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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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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Keltner List: Andres Galarraga
The Keltner List was developed by Bill James as a device to evaluate a player’s Hall of Fame candidacy. In The Politics of Glory James says that it is probably his favorite tool to do that. (You can read about the background in that book, or do a Google search, for further information.) So let’s run it for Andres Galarraga…
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So, I’m home for now. I’m still loopy, but so far things aren’t too bad. Roll Tide.
Happy Thanksgiving open thread
Have a great holiday. Remember to give thanks for all our blessings, in particular that Jeff Francoeur is now a New York Met. And, as always:
Read the rest of this entry »Well, this sucks
So, it appears that the cancer, which was gone or hiding, has come back. I guess I spoke too soon. Next week, I will be checking into the hospital for chemotherapy. My doctor is very optimistic that this will take care of things.
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Yawn. Home teams in bold.
Alabama 42, UTC 0
Florida 55, FIU 6
Georgia 31, Kentucky 23
MSU 24, Arkansas 20
LSU 19, Ole Miss 17
Vandy 7, Tennessee 6
