Around when Guitar George started back up his evening music videos, I mentioned on twitter the possibility of concurrently starting up an occasional tractor blog series. I had a lot of ideas but ended up in a state of paralysis…
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Did Freddie Freeman Become a Top 10 Ballplayer?
Folks………… we still exist. Since the last time we’ve posted anything Dansby Swanson has been called up, Fat Kemp has been acquired, Ender Inciarte has proven has worth, and the team as a whole has continued to be mostly bad.…
Posted in Baseball, Columns, Sports Tagged with: Atlanta Braves, baseball, Braves, Freddie Freeman, mayo man, mayo prince, mlb, sports
Friday Night with Guitar George: From the Editors
Harris King: Of all the great Guitar George pieces, the Townes van Zandt one still lingers in my memory. I love outlaw Texas music from the 1970s, and Townes’ tragic life led the way. As Dave described, “Van Zandt had…
Road to 69: What’s Up with Freddie?
When I first started researching for today’s post, Freddie Freeman was in the midst of one of the worst slumps in his career. It was so bad that for one game Fredi had him batting as far down as 6th…
Posted in Baseball, Featured, Road to 69, Sports Tagged with: Atlanta Braves, baseball, Freddie Freeman, mlb, sports
Road to 69: Nick Markakis Improvements
Nothing like 9 straight losses to start a season! We’re two weeks into 2016, and 69 wins has already gone from a laughingly likely scenario to a slightly optimistic one. The offense is worse than expected. The defense is worse…
Road to 69: Who is Dan Winkler?
Folks, it is that classic time of the year we all know and love: the official start of the Braves baseballing season! By now we should have all had enough time to recover from that disastrous 2015 affair, during which…
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Evaluating the Simmons Trade
Back on November 12, the Braves sent Andrelton Simmons and Jose Briceno to the Angels for Erick Aybar, Sean Newcomb, and Chris Ellis. At the time, I was decidedly meh and unsure about the whole deal. On the one hand,…
Posted in Baseball, Featured, Sports Tagged with: Andrelton Simmons, Atlanta Braves, los angeles angels, sports
10-57: Kevin Seitzer, One Year In
I’m reviving my old 10-57 series to take a look at the Braves’ new-for-2015 hitting coach, Kevin Seitzer. After scoring the second fewest runs in the MLB during a disappointing 79 win season in 2014, the Braves were looking to shake…
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Series Preview: Marlins, September 25-27
In the midst of grief, a sliver of hope. Somehow, our Atlanta Braves just wrapped up a series in which we took two of three from the division-leading Mets. While the first game dealt Shelby Miller his 16th loss of…
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Series Preview: Mets, September 21-23
So the last Series Preview was Brad’s brilliant video, and the last Mets preview was G.W. Frog’s incredible debut. Tonight we start another series against said Mets, and I honestly have no idea how I’m going to follow up on…
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