SB Nation User Blog: crosby

Saturday/Sunday Tickets...

crosby — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:13:15 -0000

Have season tickets above home plate (405L), 2nd row, aisle that I can't use on Saturday and Sunday. If anyone is looking to buy tickets and wants them, send me an e-mail at ugadawgzac@aol.com and I'll be glad to forward them to you. You can send $$ through Paypal at the above address ($24.00 total - $20.00 for the tickets, $4.00 to use the TM forwarding system).

Crosby~ The Anti-Gondee

Are the Braves showcasing???

crosby — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:12:50 -0000

With the plethora of new talent the Braves have brought up this year, it concerns me that we aren't going to have a place to keep them over the next couple of years and we are showing them off so we can acquire what we really need... Ace pitching.

Matt Diaz - I include Matt in this discussion because he's part of a platoon situation that has not yet been resolved. Matt and Willie make it an interesting dichotomy but is it really an effective situation for either of them?

Willie Harris - has more Major League experience and fills the necessary stolen base quota that we need to have from a possible leadoff hitter. He reminds me of the Otis Nixon/Rafael Furcal slap hitter mold (although Rafael believed he was a power hitter. After every homerun he hit, you could guarantee he would be 0-fer for the next 3 nights. He also has a ring...

Jarrod Saltalamacchia - a switch hitting catcher who has the potential to put up strong numbers. He's only a couple of years younger than McCann but where does he truly fit into the whole picture? He's catching every other day which, in turn, affects the performance of McCann long term. He's one bad foul tip, one bad collision at the plate away from being our permanent catcher.

Brian McCann - Is he tradeable? He already has an All-star appearance under his belt so does that make him more valuable to us or to the market? He signed on the cheap for his most recent contract and that could make him expendable. Is he better long term than Salty behind the plate?

Martin Prado - Prado was brought up and is batting a cool .200 or so. He's getting a chance to see MLB pitching and for a first timer, I'm pleased. However, am I pleased at the expense of Kelly Johnson? As I'm writing this, he just flubbed a ball at 2B to let the Cubs tie it up.

Kelly Johnson - Since he's now found himself platooning more, where does this leave Kelly? He should be an All-star at 2B but was left off of the ballot by the morons that be in charge. Does he have any trade value with Prado and Yunel Escobar up? Can't we just start Pete Orr (I'm kidding here).

Yunel Escobar - Chipper goes on the DL and we call up the prize of the Cuban National team. He's ready from the defense that I have seen him play. Is his hitting ready to follow suit?

Andruw Jones - The talent that the Braves currently have up mean that an opportunity exists if the right opportunity were to arrive. The 10/5 problem exists and we will get nothing for him when he runs off to the Yankees to be another big prize for Steinbrenner's shelf.

So who needs to go? What should be Braves be going after? Are they showcasing these youngsters for future help? How many Cormier's does it take for us to realize we need pitching help?

Poll

Who's being showcased for future trade bait?

Willie Harris

0 votes

Kelly Johnson

0 votes

Andruw Jones

2 votes

Brian McCann

1 votes

Martin Prado

3 votes

Jarrod Saltalamacchia

28 votes

Other

3 votes

Matt Diaz

2 votes

Yunel Escobar

8 votes

47 votes | Poll has closed

Poetic Justice - The Mark Redman Story

crosby — Wed, 02 May 2007 04:36:23 -0000

This Diary entry by Crosby was too good to leave on the right sidebar. Enjoy.

Warning: There is profanity in this post.

For weeks now, I have sat here hoping upon hope that Mark Redman would be able to get himself straight. Yes... Mark Redman wasn't brought into Spring Training until the middle of March. Yes... Mark Redman is a veteran who could eat up innings. Yes... Mark Redman... We have heard every conceivable reason why it is that you can't pitch.

Now... Here is the true answer... Poetic Justice for Mark Redman.

It's the end of October, his contract was up.
The Royals knew when to say, enough is enough.
At 4.5 million he's not worth a shit.
So he hung up his shoes and said "Fuck It... I quit".

So November and December they came and they went.
Not a call was made to him...no letter was sent.
His hopes were flambéed like his career up in flame.
And he looked in the mirror to find someone to blame.

Lay-Z-Boy, Lay-Z-Boy... how well you sleep.
More Ho-Ho's and Cheetos and shit you shan't eat.
For January and February may bring you good cheer
Or at least a good offer to pay pitching for beer.

Ring a ding, ding goes the phone on the wall.
An offer? An offer? To throw the damn ball?
With the fact that my ERA sucked for a Royal non-contender,
It's amazing to me, a contract you would tender.

But tender they did, that shrewd Bravos GM,
They offered a contract to a washed up, has been.
So off to the big leagues returns "The `Ole Plug"
With his fastball of eighty... as fast as a slug.

Oh and Four, Oh and Four is the chant that we hear.
It's a chant that can be heard, oh so loud... oh so clear.
Many leads given up... an ERA over ten,
To keep him any longer would be committing a sin.

So please Johnny Schuerholtz and Big Bobby Cox,
It's time to do what it takes...grow some rocks.
Cut your ties with Mark Redman, admit "What a mistake"
Before another division title is really at stake.

~Crosby