David congraulates Birthday Boy Bartolo Colon on a job reasonably well done, Rian breaks down the Bryzzo Souvenir commercials, and Zack… well, it says it right there in the title.
Four stories of how a baseball game started, and to stories about how they ended for Ryan Howard and Jeremy Guthrie.
The Nationals started slow, but the Braves should be looking over their shoulders.
Ben and Sam discuss B.J. Upton’s slump and mechanical flaws, then talk about the impact an international draft would have on scouting.
After making quick work of the minors, Wood could make a smooth transition to the Braves bullpen, but his fantasy value depends heavily on the type of league you play in.
B.J. Upton is off to a slow start, while Justin Upton is on fire. But are they really that different from 2012?
The second installment of a five-part series on the pressing questions confronting each team in 2013.
Ben and Sam preview the Braves’ season with Zachary Levine, and Pete talks to Atlanta Journal-Constitution sports columnist Mark Bradley (at 16:42).
Atlanta Braves Assistant General Manager John Coppolella kicks off our arbitration series with a look at typical team strategies and his own arbitration experience.
What a decades-old Mel Allen call says about the Indians’ long-lived mascot.
Ben and Sam analyze the Justin Upton trade and Arizona’s offseason.
How can we tell whether a player’s performance improved because he did something different or because he had better luck?
Things people said that look less smart in retrospect (and probably didn’t sound that smart at the time).
Ben and Sam break down the Braves’ signing of B.J. Upton and discuss the discrepancy between different appraisals of his value.
In 2012, Chipper Jones received an assortment of strange gifts from each opponent he played on his last trip around the league. In 2031, he will finally figure out what to do with them.
Chris Carpenter might be about to make one of the latest season debuts by a player who’ll appear on a playoff roster, but he has nothing on Steve Torrealba.
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