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Why 2012 Is Atlanta Braves' Best Chance for a Playoff Run
I've written extensively on the misfortunes that have befallen the 2012 Braves . Injuries to Brandon Beachy and Andrelton Simmons, poor seasons from Brian McCann and Dan Uggla, ...
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Atlanta Braves 2012: Power Ranking Braves Starting Pitchers Post Trade Deadline
Coming into the 2012 season, chatter surrounding the Braves mostly dealt with the strong group of pitchers Atlanta had assembled. They talked about Tim Hudson , the grizzled veteran who would anchor the group...
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MLB Trade Deadline 2012: Grading Atlanta Braves' Deal for Maholm
While you were sleeping (and at 1:25 AM I hope you were sleeping), the Braves and Cubs celebrated the 2012 MLB Trade Deadline by pulling off a trade involving a Braves prospect for a Cubs starting pitcher...
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Atlanta Braves "Moving On": Why Not Getting Ryan Dempster Was Good for Braves
The Ryan Dempster saga is officially over. Like the rest of the fine citizens of Braves Country, I was dragged through an exhausting and maddening series of events beginning with ...
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Atlanta Braves Injuries: Who the Braves Need to Return to Form the Fastest
I'm not entirely sure how much I believe in bad omens, but in retrospect, it definitely seems like Tommy Hanson's preseason car accident ranks up there with black cats and broken mirrors...
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Atlanta Braves 2012: Why Martin Prado Is the Most Underrated Player in Baseball
Atlanta Braves left fielder Martin Prado is the most underrated player in Major League Baseball. Read that sentence again. Good. Now let it sink in...
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MLB Trade Deadline 2012: 12 Reasons Why the Atlanta Braves Should Go All-in
All-in. It's quite the gutsy move—shoving all your chips into the center of the table, flipping over your cards, and selling out to aggression. The move says "all or nothing," and "victory or bust," and is what sets apart the men from the boys...
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Atlanta Braves 2012: 5 Players That Need a Big Second Half
Almost half the 2012 season has come and gone, and it's brought a mixed bag of feelings for the Atlanta Braves ...
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Atlanta Braves: Can the Braves Still Win the East Without Brandon Beachy?
Coming into the 2012 season, the Atlanta Braves had high hopes for playing deep into October. Finally healthy, Jason Heyward was looking to recapture the magic of his rookie season and take a couple steps forward...
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Atlanta Braves 2012: 5 Moves That Must Be Considered to Contend in Tough NL East
It's Chipper's final go-around. After two decades of a first-ballot Hall of Fame career, Chipper has but one last shot at a second World Series ring. Before the season began, things looked promising for Atlanta going deep into October...
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Altanta Braves Trade Rumors: Maybe Braves Should Hold Tight
I'll admit it. I was one of the many Braves fans to post an article on which players Atlanta should target at the trade deadline. The more I think about it, the more I think I may be wrong...
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Atlanta Braves: Top Ten Trade Targets
As of this very moment on July 15th, the Pittsburgh Pirates are in first place in the National League Central. This has absolutely nothing to do with the following slideshow, but I was not alive the last time Pittsburgh was in first place...
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2011 NBA Draft Review: Kemba Walker, Bismack Biyombo and the Charlotte Bobcats
At first I was angry. Then I was skeptical. Finally, I accepted it, and am cautiously optimistic for the 2011 draft class of the Charlotte Bobcats ...
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2011 NBA Mock Draft: How the Charlotte Bobcats Should Draft
Now that the book is officially closed on the 2010-2011 NBA season and the Dallas Mavericks have emerged as champions, the NBA moves to draft mode...
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MLB: Jose Reyes, Realignment, and Other Sunday Morning Musings 6/12
Hola amigos! I'm going to try something new here, and post with some semblance of regularity. I have never really gotten publicity from my baseball articles, but because it is my passion, I am going to write more on baseball...
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NBA Playoffs: Forecasting the NBA Conference Semifinals
With the Spurs recently eliminated by the Rudy Gay-less Grizzlies, the first heavyweight of the NBA playoffs has been knocked out, signaling, perhaps, the end of an era...
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New Orleans Hornets: Post Trade Effects and Power Rankings
When ESPN reported that the New Orleans Hornets had traded Darren Collison to the Indiana Pacers in a four-team, five-player deal, I started smiling from ear to ear. Why is this? Because I totally called it...
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Keep Chris Paul, Trade Darren Collison? Alternatives for New Orleans
After Chris Paul released a statement declaring the teams he would like to be traded to, the basketball world continued onward in chaos, proposing scenarios where Paul would land in New York, Orlando, or Dallas...
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NBA Rumors: How Chris Paul To Charlotte Bobcats Would Work
Maybe it's a fantasy, but the sheer possibility of Chris Paul, my favorite basketball player of all time, getting traded to Charlotte, my hometown team, gets me extremely excited and in the mood to share my theory with anyone who is willing to hear it...
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My 2010 All-Star Game Ballot
For my first article in a long time, I thought I'd usher myself back into the writing world with my insight on the All-Star Game ballot...
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MLB Predictions: Better Late than Never
After a five-month wait, baseball is finally here. Actually, it was only four months that I longed for baseball, with March Madness really prolonging the desire for the seven-month marathon known as the MLB season...
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Will Peyton Manning Become the Best QB Ever With a Win In Super Bowl XLIV?
If you are looking for me to rank the top ten quarterbacks of all time, you've got the wrong article. At this point, I'm not going to even try to rank the likes of Montana, Unitas, Manning, Favre, Brady, Elway, Graham, Marino, Young, or Tarkenton...
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MLB: Top Ten Second Basemen of All Time
As we continue our trip around the diamond on my all time top ten lists, we reach second base, where the rankings start to get fun...
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Have the Cleveland Browns Won Their Way Out of Eric Berry?
After Week 13 of the NFL season, I believed we had a top three spot secure in the NFL Draft, and was already looking forward to having Eric Berry in a Cleveland Browns uniform...
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Cincinnati Reds: Darkhorse Division Contender?
Every year, I choose two MLB teams, one in each league, and hop onto their bandwagons in March. Now, I do not confuse my loyalties, as I always remain a Rays and Braves fan, but bandwagon teams make the season more fun...