Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
I just can't understand how anyone can call this growing pains.
Uggla was on a Hall of Fame track? We need to start institute random drug testing for sportswriters.
57Brave (09-09-2014), BremanFan88 (09-09-2014), Runnin (09-10-2014), The Chosen One (09-09-2014), UNCBlue012 (09-10-2014)
I'm prepared to bestow Simmons with the sophomore jinx label, belatedly, for this year. But his platinum glove won't keep him around with the talent pushing him.
jason27nc (09-10-2014)
Braves1976 (09-09-2014)
We need to get rid of the dead weight like CJ and BJ to be sure, but this was just a weird season for Heyward and Freeman, and an unusually terrible year for our bench.
gcbraves (09-10-2014)
I'm not even sure we crack 80 wins at this point. Pretty obvious changes need to be made. We're going backwards.
edit:
That wasn't necessary
CJ reminded me of Ken Oberkfell . One season where he played way over his head. Difference is, Whitey Herzog saw that.
Very similar players. So-so fielders, littler pop for a corner infder , some ability to put the ball in play but very obvious holes in his swing too
Braves fans at that time had the same feelings for KF as todays do for CJ. Both were nice stop gap players but in no way long term answers
BremanFan88 (09-09-2014), jason27nc (09-10-2014)
I liked this one.
"Everybody is accountable," McGuirk told the AJC’s Schultz. "You mentioned two guys who are accountable, I’m holding myself accountable. I don’t want to make any predictions. I don’t want to say even how or when meetings will occur. But if we don’t have success, know that we won’t be satisfied and we’ll be looking at things very hard."
Dalyn (09-10-2014)
That was a pretty fair article. Pointed out the bad and the good. I think a shake up will come if we don't make the playoffs. Biggest reason is because attendance is going down.
thank you weso1!
BedellBrave (09-13-2014), jason27nc (09-10-2014)
This organization ignored many of the problems after the collapse in '11. They can't do that again.
57Brave (09-10-2014), BedellBrave (09-13-2014), Garmel (09-10-2014), jason27nc (09-10-2014), UNCBlue012 (09-10-2014)
I'm gonna call McGurik's bluff on this one. He won't do anything. It'll be cast off on Walker and Fletcher, and that'll be the extent of it.