Comments on: Jason Heyward

By: Timo

Timo — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:55:00 +0000

Yay, I have just subscribed for MLB.TV premium. Now the season can start!!

By: Coach (2011 or Bust)

Coach (2011 or Bust) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:42:59 +0000

Speaking of hack writers at the AJC…this dude is pulling another Deja Vu, ala Ken Griffy Jr.

http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/damon-braves-are-at-295483.html

By: Coach (2011 or Bust)

Coach (2011 or Bust) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:25:01 +0000

111, Atlanta was rumored to have offered the same contract to Francoeur that they gave to McCann. He turned it down.

Can you imagine the mess the Braves would be in right now if Francoeur had signed that contract?

By: P. W. Hjort

P. W. Hjort — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:40:55 +0000

That's fair, and I guess that's sort of necessary considering his audience. I reckon I'm more disturbed that beat writers still have to say that sort of thing. For the record, I don't really mind Bowman. He seems to usually just spit out whatever the front office tells him to, which is acceptable for a beat writer, I guess. I'm much more hostile towards the hack AJC columnists that try to pass their mindless dribble off as analysis.

By: Alex Remington (Another Alex R.)

Alex Remington (Another Alex R.) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:10:53 +0000

PW, I’m not a Bowman fan. But in this case it appears that he was trying to deflate that straw man, not advocate it. The full paragraph is as follows:

Because Escobar has hit .337 in his career with runners in scoring position, it is hard to take him away from a slot where he can drive in runs. But there is a case for him to hit in the leadoff spot.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:25:52 +0000

Smitty put the beer away, apparently God is going to freeze my ass to death before he ends it quickly with a meteor.

102 – You know Spike this is one time greed worked in the Braves favor. Can you imagine being saddled with Francouer on a long term contract? I’d probably pray for a meteor.

By: P. W. Hjort

P. W. Hjort — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:15:28 +0000

89,
This quote isn’t from the most recent one, it’s from the one before that, but it irked me quite a bit:

Because Escobar has hit .337 in his career with runners in scoring position, it is hard to [bat him first and] take him away from a slot where he can drive in runs.

Either a) he’s been covering baseball for god knows how long and he still doesn’t know that hitting with runners in scoring position isn’t a repeatable skill or b) he does know that, but he’d rather just encourage ignorance.

By: hankonly

hankonly — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:05:43 +0000

What’s the free throw disparity at halftime?

By: hankonly

hankonly — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:04:00 +0000

Can you say “bitch slap”?

UT is getting it handed to them by Vandy.

Of course, if Cousins does what Ogilvy does, Cousins gets arrested.

By: Mac Thomason

Mac Thomason — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:47:42 +0000

He happened to be correct on this occasion.