We’re back! After taking a month off because of other engagements, the PPV Throwback is…well…back. I hope within the next few weeks to get last month’s piece finished, if only because it was a very good choice that played perfectly…
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PPV Throwback: Great American Bash 1989
Posted in Featured, Sports, TV Tagged with: lex luger, ppv throwback, ric flair, rickysteamboat, sting, terry funk, wargames, wcw, wrestling
Series Preview: vs Mets, June 19-21
Paul Wilson. Bill Pulsipher. Jason Isringhausen. Wait. Sorry. Jacob deGrom. Noah Syndergaard. Matt Harvey. As we wake up on the morning of June 19th, the New York Mets are still the team atop the woeful National League East. A large…
Posted in 2015 Braves Series Previews, Baseball, Columns, Sports Tagged with: Braves, Jacob DeGrom, Matt Harvey, Mets, Noah Syndergaard, series preview
Series Preview: Padres, June 8-11
On Opening Day Eve, just moments before the first pitch of the 2015 season, the Braves and Padres got together for their second trade in four months. Over the course of the winter and into the spring, San Diego loaded…
Posted in 2015 Braves Series Previews, Baseball, Columns, Sports Tagged with: Andrew Cashner, Ian Kennedy, James Shields, San Diego Padres, series preview, tyson ross
PPV Throwback: WCW Slamboree 2000
This entry will be first in a new series at the General Store. Each month on WWE pay-per-view weekends I will be taking a trip back in time to revisit wrestling pay-per-view events from the days of yore. Instead of…
Mental Health, “Character Flaws,” and Peter King
Yesterday, Roger Goodell’s personal choice for league-wide voice parading as professional scribe, Peter King, made some rather inane comments with regards to an NFL Draft prospect and his supposed character flaws. This is, of course, the type of rhetoric we…
Series Preview: Phillies, May 4-6
What did we do to deserve this type of punishment from the Baseball Gods? Just last weekend we were tortured with a three game set between the Braves and Phillies, now here we are again. The series seven days ago…
Posted in 2015 Braves Series Previews, Baseball, Columns, Sports Tagged with: Aaron Harang, Chad Billingsley, Jerome Williams, Philadelphia, Phillies, series preview
The Polarization of Kelly Johnson
It took 1,867 days for the prodigal son to come home. There was much rejoicing from all corners of the Braves Twitter-verse. Celebrations were had. Parades were thrown. Large galas were attended by all. Children were taken out of school…
Series Preview: Phillies, April 24-26
Hey, remember how much fun everyone was having during the first seven games of the season? Holy crap! The Braves are 6-1! IT’S 1991 ALL OVER AGAIN! Um, oops. The team everyone expected has arrived, sports fans. Following a sweep…
Posted in 2015 Braves Series Previews, Baseball, Columns, Sports Tagged with: Aaron Harang, Braves, Chase Utley, David Buchanan, Jerome Williams, Philadelphia, Phillies, Ryan Howard, series preview
Contact: A Blessing & A Curse
“When it all comes down There’ll be nothing left to catch you but ground It’s calling your name and filling your head With delusions of glory” That’s the opening lines to the title track of “A Blessing and a Curse”,…
Posted in Baseball, Featured, Sports Tagged with: Alberto Callaspo, baseball, Braves, Cameron Maybin, contact, Drive-by Truckers, Kelly Johnson, Nick Markakis
2015 Spring Training Position Battles
As the middle of March approaches, with it comes multiple rounds of roster cuts and Opening Day rosters begin to take shape. For the first time in a number of years the Braves actually have some serious contention for several…
Posted in Also Featured, Baseball, Sports Tagged with: Eric Young Jr., Jace Peterson, Juan Jaime, Kelly Johnson, Position Battles, Spring Training, Zoilo Almonte
