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The Hangover: Braves take Game 1 of twin bill 0000-00-00 00:00:00 On the back of solid pitching from Buddy Carlyle and a game winning home run from Salty the Braves take game one of two against the Fish today. Carlyle allowed only one hit over 7 innings of work (a home run to Brett Boone) and Braves pitching as a whole only allowed 2 hits. [...] ... Hangover

Carlyle sent back to Richmond 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Shortly after pitching one hell of a game, allowing 1 run 1 hit in todays first game of a double header, Buddy Carlyle was optioned back to Triple A Richmond. Blaine Boyer has been called up to replace Carlyle. Man, sucks to be Carlyle, pitches a hell of a game and what thanks does he get? A [...] ...

Beavers Advance to Super Regionals 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The Oregon State Beavers continued their quest to defend their National Title in Omaha, by beating Virginia for the second day in a row 7-3. The Beavers now head home to take on Michigan in Corvallis in the Super Regionals, with the Winner headed to the College World Series in Omaha (the Beavers are looking [...] ...

Troy Percival, Atlanta Brave? 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I’m not sure how to really react to this. According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports it seems that the Braves are now one of the teams that is interested in Troy Percival. The Braves are one of the many teams that sent scouts to watch the ex-Angel Closer throw off a mound as he attempts [...] ...

Quotes: Sorry Buddy.. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Buddy Carlyle on pitching his nuts off, getting his first win since 1999 and then being handed a plane ticket to Richmond Virginia. Ahhh, life in the show… “You understand,” said Carlyle, who’s been to Japan, Korea and several minor league stops since winning his last game for the Padres in 1999. “We play this game [...] ...

2007 MLB Draft: This time it?s Televised! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 So we’re down to the day before the 2007 Major League Baseball player draft. For the first time in it’s history it will be televised. The Deuce will be doing the honors for the ESPN family. Now I’m still new to figuring out the MLB Draft, and honestly have a hard time keeping track of [...] ...

Quotes: The Braves are not so Chipper 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The Braves are currently 9-15 with out Chipper in the line up, and Smoltzy becomes Captain Obvious - that something needs to change. “We can’t play like we’ve been playing,” Smoltz said after watching the Braves lose to Florida on Wednesday, their sixth home loss in seven games. “I don’t want to state the obvious, but [...] ...

MLB Draft 2007: Happy Draft Day! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Well today is the day that the MLB will televise it’s draft. Several hours of coverage on ESPN2 will begin at 11a pst. In past years you could have followed it on MLB.com or listen in on the choppy phone feed. Not only will it be on TV, but players from the past..players you thought [...] ...

500 Never looked so good.. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Another MLB milestone was reached last night, in the friendly confines of Petco Park. Trevor Hoffman notched his 500th save of his career. I may not be a Padres fan, but as a baseball fan you have to respect what he’s accomplished. He went from a power pitcher, got into some injury trouble and became the [...] ...

Braves take Outfielder with First Pick 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The Braves went away from drafting a pitcher in the first round of the draft like they have in years past. This year its a bit of a different turn as they select Left Handed High School Outfielder Jason Heyward. This nugget and more can be found over at Knuckle Curve. Geoff Young is live blogging [...] ...

Quotes: Location, Location, Location 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here’s Braves Director of Scouting Roy Clark, on the Braves #1 Draft Pick and Georgia Native Jason Heyward. “We are ecstatic, as you can imagine,” Braves director of scouting Roy Clark said. “We didn’t anticipate Mr. Heyward getting to us. He’s just a quality person. Great kid. Not only that, he’s got tremendous upside. We thought [...] ...

Standing Still.. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 So the Mets dropped their series to the Phillies, and we can’t seem to gain ground. The team gaining ground is the Phillies and that makes me just a bit nervous.. They’re 5 out of first, and only 1.5 behind the Braves, this as I’m sure you know is unacceptable. We all know we can [...] ...

Red Birds sign Percival.. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Well he said he wanted to sign on a contract by the end of the week. And he did, just not with the Atlanta Braves who were one of many teams interested Percival. Today it was announced that the St. Louis Cardinals signed him, here’s the official word. The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they [...] ...

Quotes: By golly he?s on to something.. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 This time the role of Captain Obvious is going to be played by Salty. “We’ve got to do something to put some runs on the board,” rookie catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said. “Maybe start getting a little more patient.” ...

You learn something new every day.. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Ok, so I didn’t know the Braves got a draft pick for Mazzone going to Baltimore. And they used that draft pick to draft a pitcher. That pitcher being Felix Hernandez’s older brother, who seems to be doing just fine for himself. The Braves took pitcher Moises Hernandez, 23, and it is looking like a shrewd [...] ...