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January 08, 2009
Greg Maddux retired, John Smoltz signed with Boston. Javy Lopez didn?t make the team as a backup catcher last year while Marcus Giles has settled for a minor league deal with Philadelphia. Rafael Furcal looked as if he was ready to return but he used Atlanta as a ploy to up his contract with the [...]
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January 08, 2009
The deal calls for a $5.5 million base salary with incentives that could push the deal to $10 million based on performance, a Major League source close to the negotiations told Bowman. Boston would like to use Smoltz as a starter.
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January 08, 2009
Derek Lowe to Atlanta probably won?t help sooth Brave fans with the imminent departure of John Smoltz but it?s something. The Braves who had been linked to Jake Peavy, AJ Burnett and Rafael Furcal earlier this winter have so far only made a trade for pitcher Javier Vazquez in what has been a disappointing winter [...]
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January 08, 2009
The following is an open letter to Frank Wren and the Braves’ front office. If this letter echoes your sentiments, please consider signing your name and any additional thoughts in the
Frank
I respect you and your staff. I’ve stood up for you when fans have started bashing you this ...
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January 08, 2009
Imagine this:a warm, humid July day in Cooperstown, NY as legendary pitchers Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and John Smoltz enter the hall of fame together. The fantastic trio was the heart and soul of the great Braves teams of the mid nineties that won the 1995 World Series and 11 division titles.Con... ...
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January 08, 2009
From the same source who reported on Christmas Eve that the Mets were close to a deal, is now reporting that Derek Lowe will meet with Braves officials today.According to a baseball source, Lowe is scheduled to meet with representatives of the Braves this afternoon in Atlanta. source Boston Globe I'm not surprised that this comes on the heels of yesterdays lunch for two reasons...
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January 07, 2009
Never thought John Smoltz would pitch for another team.
A major league source who was in contact with John Smoltz on Wednesday night said the free agent will be calling the Braves on Thursday morning to tell them that he has decided to sign with the Red Sox.
MLB.com confirms that it?d be a $5.5 million deal [...]
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January 06, 2009
The Los Angeles Dodgers are ready to release Andruw Jones. They will attempt to trade the outfielder for something and if (and when) they find no one is going to give up anything for him will release the slumping star.
The Dodgers will still be on the hook for paying Jones any amount up to $5 [...]
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January 08, 2009
Smoltz to Boston... Well, according to those in the know, Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz is heading to Boston. Smoltz, who has pitched only for the Braves in his career, has been offered a 5+Million dollar contract, plus incentives to go pitch in Beantown. Smoltz is still recovering from ...
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January 08, 2009
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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January 08, 2009
If someone told me last month that John Smoltz would ever leave Atlanta and consider the possibility of playing in another uniform, I would have laughed at you.Now it looks like one of the mainstays of those great Braves teams is now moving north to Boston. The Braves have seemingly given up on ...
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January 07, 2009
According to Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe, the Red Sox are close to signing Rocco Baldelli and starting John Smoltz.According to sources close to the talks, Baldelli appears to be inching closer to a deal with the Red Sox. The Sox, in search of a fourth outfielder, have done extensive work ...
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January 08, 2009
The Mets did indeed meet with Scott Boras as planned on Wednesday, and though everybody seems to be blowing smoke out their asses about was discussed or not discussed, I'm sure Boras never told Minaya that he was slipping off to meet with the Braves.
MLB.com reports the following:
Distraught by the news that Smoltz plans to pitch for the Red Sox this season, Braves manager Bobby...
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January 08, 2009
Many Mets fans are in an up roar over this meeting Derek Lowe had with the Braves today. Of course, there's always concern when another team is interested in your primary off-season target but it will take a lot for the Braves to win Lowe. Unless Lowe has been full of it, not only will the ...
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January 08, 2009
This past weekend, I stumbled upon the Under Armor All-America High School Football Game. What intrigued me the most was seeing several players with a position listed as "ATH". It stands for "athlete", which apparently means the individual is far too talented to be listed at just one position. There is one such specimen on this year's Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.
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