Baseball code: pitchers defending their hitters

In Monday night’s 4-2 loss in Los Angeles, Tim Hudson threw a pitch directly at the head of Dodgers rookie Jerry Sands in the young player’s major league debut. Needless to say, this drew a lot of boos and words from the Dodger dugout. Hudson appeared to take the blame for it after the at-bat, […]

Spring training update: Nate McLouth

Nate McLouth seems to have figured something out this Spring, as he his hitting .310 in 58 at bats. Everyone knock on wood with me so that he keeps this up during the season, where it actually counts! We are seeing his positive attitude and self-expectations translate to the field which is very comforting. It […]

Twitter Updates for 2011-02-11

Will Freddie Freeman live up to his hype this season? http://bit.ly/ekeJN2 # Julio Teheran is invited to Spring Training…any chance of making opening day rotation? Watch this, I think so. http://youtu.be/jBz9yIft_RQ #

Scouting Video: Julio Teheran

I’m sure you’ve all read and heard about the hype surround top Braves prospect Julio Teheran. Check out this video and you can see for yourself some of the stuff he has. (the last pitch is the best!) (Credit to ScoutingtheSally for this great video) (Also to Jason Stubler for showing it to me!)

Getting to know: Joe Mather

On November 3, 2011 the Braves acquired Joe Mather off waivers from St. Louis. Some fans might remember Mather from the marathon game between the Mets and Cardinals last Spring where he came in to pitch in the 19th and 20th innings and ultimately got the loss for St. Louis. After this, he was sent […]