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Sorry, but Smoltz and Glavine, along with Maddux, were once in a lifetime. And they still only won once. A winning team has great chemistry. The Braves are trying to acquire that. I am disappointed with the accumulation of so many pitchers, but teams are loathe to give up power hitting talent.

Wow....that is excellent news.

This. I would rather watch Bourn and Swisher any day of the week....than CJ phoning it in with one mental error after another.

If they are going to bring up young pitchers, then maybe they think AJ will be important for the new guys versus using Bethancourt. That's my take. They got more than they realized with AJ....might not be the total a-hole that others have portrayed him as.

Yup...it was worth a shot. Kelly is a great base runner.

That's Maybin's problem in a nutshell. He wants so badly to do well, that he can't control himself in those situations. It would be better to take a called third with a pitcher like that and tip your cap. IMHO

And we will still have great pitching.

Exactly. Putting the ball in play will make this team a lot more interesting to watch than last year. I'm 100% excited, because they don't seem to be giving at bats away.

Yes, but not like Chipper.

It's kinda sad that we've only had one position player like that in the last 20 years or so. I know HOFers are hard to come by, but there is no one even close IMHO.

And I certainly never minded his punishment, but to keep it open ended is overkill. To most folks...Pete is a HOFer....so letting him in would only be a big deal to the media. And I think it would be good for baseball in the long run. Moving on from something negative is always good.

I would be willing to bet....that a lot of baseball executives, coaches, and players gambled on games. Rich people bet all kinds of money on all kinds of things.

Why does it always come down to taking away someone's work or their ability to make a living? I don't get it. We want people to work, don't we? What is enough punishment?

Pete Rose did not kill anyone, so it's ridiculous to imply that what he did is so much worse than any other athletic transgression we've been witnessed to or have heard of. He paid a big price for what he did....all the way around. It's wrong to keep punishing someone for absolutely no reason...

Both are better than BJ Melvin.....that's all I care about.

He had a good spring and he's still not making the team. It has to be frustrating......

It was better at the start of spring training, but lately it seems like the same old thing. Believe me, I'm hoping I'm wrong.

Not sure why someone that athletic would be satisfied with such an out of control swing.

Me too. He's been my favorite player since 2005, and I haven't given up on him. Plus, he's made a very good living being mediocre. So I have to give him full credit. :happy0157:

I agree, KJ is the only one with power in that mix. I would think they'd want the possibility of some kind of power on the bench. But they are moving in a supposed different direction.