Here’s a little bit of what’s going on in my world: Melissa and I gave in and bought an HDTV last weekend, a Vizio 42″ model with 720p resolution. I was suitably impressed with the combination of decent reviews and an excellent price point (from Sam’s Club). Other than my house, it’s probably the single […]
Month: June 2007
Entering the world of social investing
From time to time, I think about the four years I spent at Harding and wonder when everything in this world is going to make sense to me. I mean, that’s why I went to college, right? So everything would make sense? Well, it doesn’t, and it probably never will, but I do feel somewhat […]
The Braves' biggest plays of 2007
Every week in my Braves update, I throw in a list of the top five positive plays from the previous week. Today, I want to examine the top five positive plays and the top five negative plays of the season thus far within their game context. Personally, I think lists like this are part of […]
In too deep: Braves Bullpen
Last year, the Braves’ bullpen was an unmitigated disaster, so much so that they traded a great catching prospect named Max Ramirez to Cleveland for aging stopper Bob Wickman. This year, after several more trades that netted them Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano, the Braves have been among the best. Here’s where we stand so […]
Tough week for the Braves ends well
Could two teams who don’t play very often really have this many problems with each other? That was an exciting split with the Cubs, after a dull and disappointing 1-3 series with the Marlins. With the Mets struggling, the Braves moved within 2.5 games of the division lead despite losing five of eight this week. This […]
Friday Notes: June 8, 2007
In lieu of a post about the Braves’ relievers (I’ll do that next week), I’ll mention a few other goings-on. VBS – June 11-13 If you live in the Chattanooga area and need something for your kids to do next week (or, more aptly, need something better for them to do), I suggest Vacation Bible […]
On why Gary Sheffield (and now Torii Hunter) should just play
This week we learned why good players should play the game and possibly leave issues like racism to people who actually know what they’re talking about. Unfortunately for Gary Sheffield and Torii Hunter, being black does not qualify you to make enlightened comments about the reason for the decline of black players in Major League […]
In too deep: Braves Rotation
After a day off from blogging, I’ll continue the series I started last week by looking at the Braves’ rotation. John Smoltz The Braves’ ace was off to a rough start, but he’s back under control, leading the team with seven wins. He has only recently surpassed the play of the Braves’ “other” ace, Tim […]
Month-end meta: May 2007
Traffic on this site surged in May, but getting linked from Switchfoot’s official site will do that for you. It wasn’t really a big deal, because the creator of the switchfeed.com news site was hired by the band to do the news section of their site. So, when Switchfeed linked to my review of Oh! Gravity […]
Braves take three of five in shortened week
FanGraphs has yet to run their nightly update, so I’m lacking Sunday’s stats at the moment. I’ll write something up as soon as they get things running, so consider this a placeholder. Many feed readers won’t come back to an updated post, so you might want to bookmark this entry if you’re reading it that […]
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