My most favoritist ballplayer ever is getting his number retired tonight, so today we get one of those “what made Maddux tick” stories, the likes of which have come once or twice every year since the mid 90s. I’m taken with this passage: Players and coaches always described Maddux’s baseball acumen as almost a sixth […]

If you’re in the Atlanta area, you have an assignment this afternoon: He’s no longer a Brave, but Jeff Francoeur will always be a Gwinnettian. So to wish the Parkview grad luck in his move to the New York Mets after Friday’s trade, the Daily Post will have a banner available for fans to sign. […]

Lost in Transactions returns after a month-long hiatus—and a significant week.

I’ve never felt more loved and cared for in the world than I do right now. No less than 25 people have emailed, Twittered, Facebooked, and/or smoke signaled me to give me this glorious, wondrous news: Two National League East foes swapped outfielders on Friday, as the Mets traded Ryan Church to the Braves for […]

Turns out the greatest game of ’em all was a regular-season contest with with no greater significance beyond what happened on the field that day. Really.

Here I am talking Phillies-Braves (mostly Braves) over at Crashburn Alley. This is by far my most humiliating day as a blogger. I posted very few things, and what I did post consisted of two interviews of me and a post about my mail. If I had a publicist I’d give him a raise right […]

Tyler Kepner is impressed with the safety measures at Turner Field: Turner Field is the second ballpark the Yankees have seen this season with protective netting that extends beyond the norm. Every stadium has a tall screen behind the plate to protect the fans from hard-hit foul balls. Here in Atlanta, the Braves also have […]

A blogger interviews an online columnist’s regular podcast guest. If anyone would have tweeted during the interview I’m pretty sure that time would have folded in upon itself. Anyway, from Chop-N-Change’s Alex Remington, here’s the famous JackO on the Yankees: I think Girardi is very lucky that George Steinbrenner is no longer at the helm. […]

Alex Remington over at the Braves’ blog, Chop-n-Change, is looking for some help: Since Will Schaffer’s retirement this winter, our writing staff (Kristi, me, and our occasional guest posters) has been a bit short-handed, and we’d love to bring another new regular writer aboard. We’re looking for someone with passion, writing talent, and the commitment […]

That’s the rumor, anyway: The Braves already have made moves to augment their rotation, calling up super prospect Tommy Hanson to make his major league debut on Sunday, after summoning Kris Medlen last month. But Atlanta might not be done adding pitching. Atlanta is one of the teams in conversation with the Boston Red Sox […]