Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
Whatever gives him trade value is good enough for me.
Reclamation Projects
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Whatever gives him trade value is good enough for me.
bravesnumberone
Well-known member
Ben Sheets had some good outings for us and Freddy Garcia made pitch.
blueagleace1
Playing the Waiting Game
How about Bobby Cox..
Went from being fired by Ted Turner in 1981 to the Blue Jays, back to the Braves as GM and then "hired himself" as the Braves manager in 1990.
... And the rest is history!
14 Straight Division Titles
4 National League Pennants
4th All-Time Winningest Manager (2,504 wins)
All-Time Leader in Ejections (158 ejections)
#6 Retired by the Atlanta Braves
2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee
ONE World Series Championship
Went from being fired by Ted Turner in 1981 to the Blue Jays, back to the Braves as GM and then "hired himself" as the Braves manager in 1990.
... And the rest is history!
14 Straight Division Titles
4 National League Pennants
4th All-Time Winningest Manager (2,504 wins)
All-Time Leader in Ejections (158 ejections)
#6 Retired by the Atlanta Braves
2014 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee
ONE World Series Championship
weso1
<B>Clique Leader</B>
Reggie Sanders is one of those players who when I go back and look at his numbers, was a lot better player than I remember him being. He really just had bad luck in Atlanta. His BABIP was a career low and he had that ankle injury. He did manage to have a strong second half, but that first half was just an absolute disaster.
weso1
<B>Clique Leader</B>
I think my favorite reclamation project is Bobby Bonilla. Came in and had a nice little year for us. Not the best season of all of the reclamation projects that our esteemed front office took on, but it's my personal favorite because the Mets were the ones paying his contract he had just come off an absolutely awful season with the Mets.
CyYoung31
Shift Leader
5 NL Pennants.
blueagleace1
Playing the Waiting Game
True. I wasn't counting the '95 season since I put it last, but yes you are correct!!
Millwood1Hitter
Anytime Now Frankie...
Not my favorite, but one of my "favorites" as well, just because of that deal with the Met's, and I actually was a Bobby Bo fan for most of his career (often thought he was misunderstood and perception wasn't always reality) and wasn't expecting him to contribute much when he came here, but the guy was absolutely huge for us in the 1st half of 2000 when Reggie Sanders was absolutely putrid and Jordan was battling a number of injuries.
My favorite has to be John Burkett or Julio Franco, can't decide. Both stories are phenominal though when you look at them.
I still remember Galaragga throwing the Opening Day first pitch from a video on the TurnerTron and Eddie catching it at homeplate.
Hammond definitely. He had that long long long wind up and delivery, then the ball just breezed in at a cool 82mph and change up around 78-79.
He can lift weights and do squats again.
MadduxFanII
Swallowed by Mark Bowman
A desperate Braves team signing a 42-year-old Julio Franco out of the Mexican League and immediately getting a .300/.376/.444 performance out of him has to be one of the most hilarious and wonderful occurences in franchise history.
Rudy Seanez.
Speaking of Rudy, he missed out on 3 rings by a year.
2003 he was with Red Sox.
2006 he went back to Boston.
2008 his last season was as a Philly.
Right player at wrong time.
2003 he was with Red Sox.
2006 he went back to Boston.
2008 his last season was as a Philly.
Right player at wrong time.
Millwood1Hitter
Anytime Now Frankie...
Rudy was so so so so good for us when he was here during his stints, too bad he couldn't stay healthy for a prolonged period of time. Guy still had a long and good career, though, so I'm sure he has no regrets. I remember how upset I was that we didn't bring him back and sign him after the 2000 season, and then how excited I was when we got him as a waiver deadline deal the last day of August in 2001.
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
One of my all-time favorites, for sure.
I was at the game when he first showed up after being signed. It was my birthday weekend and my dad and I always try to catch a home series if we can. We were watching the players stretch and play catch and then I saw Julio hanging around outside the dugout and just about did a spit-take. Conversation went about like this:
"Hey, I think that's Julio Franco over there."
"On OUR side?"
"Right there."
"Is he coaching?"
"Dunno."
"How old is he?"
"Like, 40-something, gotta be. I had his baseball card in, like, the early 80s."
"Surely he's not playing."
[long pause]
"Well, he's probably better than anyone else we've got."
So they put a note on the scoreboard about having signed him from the Mexican league, and posted his stats from Mexico . . . dude was hitting over .400. Dad and I are just kinda shaking our heads at each other when the starting lineup was announced and he was in it. He didn't get a hit but he had his classic pro AB every time. He was my sentimental favorite from that day forth.
I have a lot of great memories involving stars and Hall of Famers, but seeing him that weekend and watching him take Randy Johnson yard in the playoffs with the crowd chanting "JU-LI-O" were two of my favorite baseball memories ever.