April 04, 2013

Jonny Venters’ Injury: Cutting the Braves Some Slack

On last week’s podcast Steve, Ham and Curt discussed the Jonny Venters injury, whether he was overused over the previous 2-3 seasons and whether teams should be more willing to perhaps overuse pitchers and risk injuries when they have a …

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March 29, 2013

2013 MLB Predictions

NL EAST

1. Washington Nationals

2. Atlanta Braves (Wild Card)

3. Philadelphia Phillies

4. New York Mets

5. Florida Marlins

I have to go with the Nationals to win the East.  A lot went right for them last season, so …

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March 28, 2013

Thirteen Bold Predictions for 2013

If you remember the predictions I made for the 2012 season, you know that they all turned out to be correct (as long as you have a very flexible definition of the word correct). And when I consider all the …

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March 13, 2013

Are the 2013 Braves Better than the 2012 Braves?

There is plenty of optimism surrounding the 2013 Braves.  There was actually a lot of preseason optimism around the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Braves as well.  Preseason of 2013 seems different.  The Braves added the Upton brothers to an already …

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March 11, 2013

A Brave New Persona

I’m fat.  Well, not really fat, just kinda chubby.  And if we REALLY want to get into it, I’m short and stocky.  I look like a fire plug and a Pembroke Welsh Corgi had a kid.

FireplugDiecastFireHydrant+PembrokeLucy2

This combination is …

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