Derek Lowe just signed a four-year $60 million dollar contract with the Atlanta Braves. Their rotation now includes Javier Vazquez, that Kawakami guy from Japan, Jair Jurgggggens and Phil Neikro (103 years old, and the knuckler still works!). People seem dubious of this signing, but I don’t think it’s that bad of a fit. Do [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Atlanta Braves’
Newsflash: Bulky White Guy Pitcher Receives Pitching Contract
Posted in Baseball Baseball, Hot Stove/Dutch Oven, tagged Atlanta Braves, Atlanta's Disabled List, Mike Hampton IS the DL on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hello, It’s Me
Posted in Fantasy Baseball, tagged Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, Cincinatti Reds, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matthew Berry, oakland athletics, Tampa Bay Rays on August 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
After suffering through a number of serious mental health maladies related to my team and its inherent sucktitude, I’m back! And so is my team, currently battling for 3rd place. The league is so tight, that within a week I could probably be back in 10th place, but I refuse to accept the chaos of [...]
Hilarity: Profitable at the Expense of Others
Posted in Fantasy Baseball, tagged Atlanta Braves, Big Time Jones, Merkin Valdez, Philadelphia Phillies, waiver fodder on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I just pulled a classic move in our league. Our waiver pool is full of horror shows like Jamie Moyer and Merkin Valdez. However, let’s say that someone’s closer went down with tendinitis, a terrible ailment as it creeps slowly up your arm and devours your soul.
That soul, of course, belongs to [...]