Jeff Schultz

By khao$

June 17, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

Continunity and money won over a coaching upgrade, new/better voices, better x’s and o’s, and new vision in the case of retaining Woodson.

By Bonnie

June 17, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

This is an absolute disgrace. The most cowardice move any team could have done. Why make the 3 of them fly 3000 miles, with the team ACROSS the country, to fire them ?? In the middle of the night no less ?? I am livid at this organization and hope they fall so far down our division that binoculars won’t even be able to scope them out !!!! OFF WITH ALL THEIR HEADS STARTING WITH MINAYA !!!

By GSU-Lee

June 17, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

Schultzie, that’s why you are the best. By the way, how about my boys getting Bill Curry? See, I told you to write positive about the Panthers…

By Vince for prez

June 17, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

Who cares about the Mets???? It doesnt make any sense at all to hire Woodson when you have big name coaches out there that we could have hired. oh well i guess we can take Boston to 7 and lose next year too. Go Dawgs!!!

By kurtz

June 17, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this

Jeff Schultz directs “Star Wars: The New Generation” and places the Mets front office, the Hawks coaching staff, and Billy Ray and Miley in the bar scene. Two Thumbs Up and one stuck in your eye.

By Actually

June 17, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

Can’t argue with much of this other than #2. I would say, Jeff, don’t be a hatter just because everyone got into the Open, and you want to be Debbie Downer. When you consider there are actually 72 holes and they played an 18 hole playoff, that would be more like baseball playing an extra 2.25 innings, which is basically what happens when a game goes to extra innings anyway. Nice try Jeff, I guess you only had 8 points this week and needed two more. You can do better than that…well, I guess you can’t.

By just wondering

June 17, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

Jeff you are an entertaining writer and the column on The Dawgs baseball coach was the best but what do the Cyrus’s and Amy Winehouse have to do with Sports?

By actually

June 17, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this

Sorry, don’t be a HATER.

By Jeff Schultz

June 17, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this

Vince: One possible Woodson’s re-hiring makes sense, alluded to by Khao$ — it was an inexpensive risk. I don’t think ASG was ready to pay Flip Saunders/Avery Johnson money yet … GSU-Lee: I want to see a Georgia State vs. UGA or Tech game in year one …. Kurtz: The bar scene in the first Star Wars (technically Episode IV, geekoids) was one of the greatest scenes in cinematic history. There. I said it. JS

By R. E.

June 17, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

You know those better than us Northeners are going to have to reassess their snobbery if things like this continue to happen in the Insignificant Apple. I mean the spend happy Mets and Yanks have those records for what 200 mill have bought them. For me watching these young men come up from within the Braves organization is part of the enjoyment.

By fieldofdreams

June 17, 2008 12:33 PM | Link to this

Apparently Mr. Randolph’s accusations about race pushed the Mets’ owner beyond the brink of sanity.

By HomeDawg

June 17, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

The trade school will never play GSU, just like they have refused to play the other GSU. They will play Jax State, Gardner-Webb and Samford, however.

By Kris in NC

June 17, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

Just looked up the word Classless in the dictionary and saw the word “Mets” and the pictures of Omar Minaya and Fred Wilpon and his son Jeff. To send an email to fire someone, now that is a first. Usually they make a phone call to inform a person or people they are fired.

Wilpon passed the buck when asked who approved the firing. Sorry but Wilpon owns the Mets and ultimately has to approve it. With a payroll of $138M, Minaya holds some of the responsibility for what is wrong with this team.

Very bad move by the Mets and they are being crucified for it. If the Mets think this will provide a spark, think again.

By Scott from Fairburn

June 17, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

Classless move by the Mets … they waited until the team went to the West Coast to minimize the glare of the NY media … great PR strategy I guess

By Hillbilly Deluxe

June 17, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

The Met’s firing Willie Randolph in the middle of the night kind of reminds me of Arthur Blank telling Dan Reeves he wouldn’t look for another coach without telling him, then going out and hiring Jr. Mora. We all know how well that turned out.

By Jeff Schultz

June 17, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

Fieldofdreams: I’m not completely dismissing the race issue. But from an owner’s perspective, I really think it’s more about wins and losses and having one of the highest payrolls in baseball …. HomeDawg: In previous regimes I would agree with you. But Radakovich has a little more of a marketing sense to him and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them schedule a game.

By Brendan

June 17, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this

Jeff Schultz, at least keeping Woodson got rid of Billy Knight. Hawks fans must take their “miracle gifts” from above, one at a time. I love Woodson. I’m glad he stayed. He sits at #2 on my “All-time leader board” for stupidest sports quotes ever with this gem from 2005: “Records are records. I’m not concerned about our record. We can’t CONTROL our record.” Stupifying, isn’t it?

Don Waddell, hired in 1998, was charged with forging a stronger, more dynamic hockey base in the Southeast. Did he do it?? Is Atlanta, GA known as “Hockeytown of the Southeast?” With Cup winners in Raleigh, NC and Tampa Bay, FL, I’d say the answer is “no.” We do have that lovely division title banner hanging from the rafter of Philips Arena.

Speaking of which, Jeff, are you a fan of financial radio host Dave Ramsey? If so, get your big “We’re DEBT FREE!” scream ready, because the Thrashers will FINALLY, FINALLY be rid of this debt to the St. Louis Blues for the Keith Tkachuk rental on June 21st, when the “future considerations” are rendered to the Blues for the return of our “conditional” 1st round draft pick. Oh yes, the Blues also own Atlanta’s 2nd round pick, on June 20th, #33 overall, as a result of the Tkachuk rental, too.

Jeff, I heard it advanced that Don Waddell would never do a bad trade deadline move because it would jeopardize his future chances at another GM job in the NHL. I wonder if anyone places any merit on that argument these days?

By #1 Braves Fan

June 17, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

Attn: Jeff Schultz any chance the braves take a look at recently waived Sidney Ponson for piching depth?

By Larry Tate

June 17, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

A tale of two cities.

The Mets struggle all season…manager Willie Randolph is flame-broiled by the press and eventually fired.

The Braves struggle most of the season, yet grumpy, confused, borderline senile Bobby Cox has tribute pieces written about him every other week.

The AJC’s hard-hitting columnists write stories such as “Braves turning the corner” and “Braves will be in first by July 4th”, along with the “Everybody loves Bobby” pieces.

The two teams are both 6 and a half games out of first

Let’s face it…the AJC powder puff writers are soft, softer and softest.

By nfieldr

June 17, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

Jeff, almost always agree with your thoughts, but I have to disagree with #2. IMHO the playoff format that the US Open uses makes it unique and is one of the reasons that this is a great tournament. To me, determining the outcome of our National Championship with a sudden death playoff would be like deciding the Stanley Cup by shootout.

By Jeff Schultz

June 17, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

Falcons cut Jimmy Williams. There’s the definition of addition by subtraction. …. Ole Dawg: I’ll try to use small words so you can understand. Being “gutless” has nothing to do with it. You obviously believe Bobby Cox should be fired. I don’t. That doesn’t make me gutless. It just means I have a difference of opinion. …. Darion: How can it be about race when Randolph got the job to begin with? It’s about wins and losses. …. Brendan: nice recap, as always. …. Braves fan: I don’t know a lot about Ponson’s release from Texas, other than this paragraph from a wire story, which doesn’t bode well for his chances of being picked up: Ponson was designated for assignment June 6 despite a 4-1 record and 3.88 ERA for a starting rotation beset by injuries and among the worst in the majors. General manager Jon Daniels has said Ponson was dumped “for disrespecting teammates and club personnel.” …. JS

By Paddy

June 17, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

Jeff… The firing circumstance around Randolph is classless. Willie was one of the best persons I was every around, solid in every catagory. (spent two years with him) There is more action to come surrounding this Mets team, you can bet on that. These kinds of mistakes take a long time to overcome PR wise. I would imagine the NY crowd is outraged at this kind of behavior.

By SAR

June 17, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Jeff, How would GSU play Tech or uga in “year one”? Or really any time in the near future? You understand how football scheduling works, right?

By Lawrence

June 17, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

Sidney Ponson is the last thing the Braves need. No team needs a self centered idiot like that to disrupt the team and set a bad example for its young players.He is a washed up over the hill guy anyway.And he has no one to blame but himself.Disrepecting coaches and and alienating teamates won’t work in Atlanta ‘SEE BOB WICKMAN” or anywhere else for that matter.He is a bully who has received too many chances already.

By IlliniBrave

June 17, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

Randolph was one of the few class acts in a terminally classless organization. I actually started to hate the Mets less with him as manager. Guess now I can go back to despising them for the bottom-dwelling scum-suckers that they have always been!

By Jeff Schultz

June 17, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

SAR … I do know how scheduling works, and I believe — but I’m not certain — that Georgia has an opening in 2010. Not sure about Tech. Regardless, I think it would be a great thing for GSU to play one of the two “big” programs at some point, if not the first year.

By Ole dawg

June 17, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

Schultz; Don’t pretend the “little words” are for my benefit. What big words do you know?

By DawginLex

June 17, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

Larry Tate,

Tell me you are not really comparing Bobby and Willie. Please. Also, tell me you are not comparing an injury riddled,snakebit team who lost all of the bullpen to a team with a gazillion $ payroll who everyone had annointed world champions before the first pitch was thrown.

One is clearly overachieving while the other is underachieving. You figure out which is which.

Say it ain’t so Larry.

By SAR

June 17, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this

Well, I agree it’s cool in theory. And if everyone involved would be cool with a 91-3 score, and a bunch of busted up GSU players, then great. Otherwise I’d give GSU a few years to get it goin before they faced Tech or uga. Just for their own sake.

By SICEM

June 17, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this

The Mets fired their manager? This couldnt be right because at the start of the season all their fans that came on AJC blogs said they would be world beaters this season and no one else stood a chance in this division. They should be like 25 games ahead at this point LOL!!! I love it when something bad happens to the Mets fans LOL!!!!!!!!!! You bunch of big mouth jerks LOL!!!

By Casey

June 17, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

Schultz, your an idiot. The United States Open playoff was totally amazing. It was offered on television, and the internet. It gave the world a chance to learn a ton about two golfers, the amazing ability of Tiger Woods, and the great personality and game of Rocco Mediate. It was 1000 times better than any of those Wide World of Sports matches, and these guys were fighting to win a major championship. I’d rather watch that kind of action than the crappy NBA Finals.

By miltchocklit

June 17, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Take it from a San Diegan who was at Torrey Pines yesterday with around 30k other people….there was NO ONE COMPLAINING about the Monday playoff. I am not even a golf fan and that was as electric an atmosphere as I have ever seen! Great theatre! My wife, who knows nothing about golf, watched on her computer at work. Stop whining.

By Jeff Schultz

June 17, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this

Ole Dawg: “ignoramus” is four syllables. So I didn’t use this word for your benefit. …. Casey: That should be, “Schultz, you’re an idiot,” not “your an idiot.” … Ah, feel the love ….Seriously, Casey, as good as the playoff round might’ve been, I think it could’ve been so much better with a one-, two- or three-shot playoff Sunday. Just my opinion, but shared by others. And there was only a fraction of Sunday’s crowd of 55,000 in attendance Monday. …. JS

By Brendan

June 17, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

Jeff, I’m gonna bite on Billy Ray Cyrus item. I probably coulda phrased that better. It’s your item #6 and #5. But I think Cyrus has got to pull the precise shenanigans that he’s doing now.

Huh?

Well, yes. Of course he authorized all this. He oversaw it. He orchestrated it. It was a well-thought out, “calculated move.” It’s “the next phase” in his daughter’s career. She can’t stay a “teen idol” forever. There’s a shelf life for that. So, he’ll claim that it was Vanity Fair’s exploitation that advanced his daughter’s career to the next level, of sex bomb. Because, well … if it were ever revealed that HE did it, the morality policy would chomp on him for financially exploiting his daughter in a sexual way. It’s easier for him to make it look like someone ELSE did it. Ya know?

By Brendan

June 17, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Morality police, even.

By CarolinaJacket

June 17, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

Ga. State should get a shot at the “big boys” in a few years. But there is no way in the world that a first year team can start off with an SEC or ACC team. The team will need a couple of years atleast to develop as a team. They had better start off with schools like Newberry, Presbyterian, West Ga., etc.

By Casey

June 17, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

I apologize for calling you an idiot Mr. Schultz. That wasn’t very polite of me. I just see golf as one of the last, most pure, and crime free sports left on the planet. It’s a gentleman’s game with the etiquette of champions. If a fraction of the world would have tuned in for this event they may have learnd a thing or two about character, sportsmanship, and great competition. I’m glad it was 18 holes, and the fact that you had to go out and win it with a complete game, and that it wasn’t just given to you because of one bad hole. It gave both men a chance to get loose, and play their game, not just one lucky hole. What if Tiger doubled again on the first? Everyone knows that’s not his game, but he got 18 holes to proove himself, and Rocco showed the fight that we’ve all been wanting to see for years against Tiger. It was out there for millions to see, and as the gentleman said prior, it was electric and over 20,000 showed up for it. I believe the USGA was right on in this.

By Steeledawg

June 17, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

I agree with you JS. I think UGA should schedule a game w/GSU in ‘10 at the dome.

Sure the Panthers would get pounded into submission, but it would give a big PR boost to GSU, a close “road” game for the Dawgs and their fans, and generate a huge amount of revenue for the GSU atletic dept.

JS in your opinion, do you think that the GSU football program is making the folks on the flats a little nervous?

Sure GSU doesn’t have a lick of tradition, but they are also the new kid on the block with a large alumni base in the Atlanta area.

By Alan

June 17, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

Jeff, I like your style and I especially like that you don’t take yourself (and the rest of us, for that matter) too seriously. I also happen to agree with all of your points, including #2 — and I don’t give a darn about golf. I’m surprised, though, that you haven’t commented on the unfortunate demise of baseball’s Hall of Fame game. It figures that the last game, scheduled for Cooperstown yesterday, was rained out. I went to the Braves-Twins game in 2004 (a sellout, of course, as the game always was), and had a great time. Parade down Main St., home run derby (won by Matthew LeCroy of the Twins), the game itself (won by the Braves in extra innings — with Jonathan Schuerholz the hero!). I can’t believe the HOF game has gone out of business.

By Ole dawg

June 17, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

Schultz; supercalafragalisticexpialidous. I win!

By Bravesfan79

June 17, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

Casey: watching 2 dudes hit a little ball every 30 minutes in between walking around on grass is better than the NBA Finals!?? WTF!

Are you also one of the people that says soccer sucks just because as a kid you were 2 fat to run 2-5 miles in a single game?

And who cares about GSU football, they just wanna cash in on the worst system in all of sports that is College Football. There team will suck, and just like the Dream, attendence will quickly fall off.

Cant wait for a real sport, no not the farce of a sport that is College Football…but College Basketball!

Cant wait to see what Shumpert can do for GT….and then with D Favors, the #1 recruit of 09 probably coming to GT as well…. GT is VERY close to again being a top 10 team!!

Now if Hewitt can just swallow his pride and hire back that defensive coach that left after the Final Four run.
Go GT HOOPS, UGA football, Braves, Falcons, and Houston Rockets!

SCREW the Hawks they traded Dominique (yes some people hold grudges forever)

Still cant believe they didnt go after the ex Suns coach, guess i should be surprised….it is the Hawks.

By Bravesfan79

June 17, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this

Casey: watching 2 dudes hit a little ball every 30 minutes in between walking around on grass is better than the NBA Finals!?? WTF!

Are you also one of the people that says soccer sucks just because as a kid you were 2 fat to run 2-5 miles in a single game?

And who cares about GSU football, they just wanna cash in on the worst system in all of sports that is College Football. There team will suck, and just like the Dream, attendence will quickly fall off.

Cant wait for a real sport, no not the farce of a sport that is College Football…but College Basketball!

Cant wait to see what Shumpert can do for GT….and then with D Favors, the #1 recruit of 09 probably coming to GT as well…. GT is VERY close to again being a top 10 team!!

Now if Hewitt can just swallow his pride and hire back that defensive coach that left after the Final Four run.
Go GT HOOPS, UGA football, Braves, Falcons, and Houston Rockets!

SCREW the Hawks they traded Dominique (yes some people hold grudges forever)

Still cant believe they didnt go after the ex Suns coach, guess i shouldnt be surprised….it is the Hawks.

By Paddy

June 17, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

Casey you are correct that US Open was better than any NBA playoff game. Any day any year. That was real sports by two real sportsmen. NBA is a joke.

By GatorGuy

June 17, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

I love how Jeff reads the posts and responds. I my not agree with him all the time, but he has the balls to come sling some poo with the rest of us monkeys!

Can’t same the same about Moore.

By Bravesfan79

June 17, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this

Ga State Football = UGA/GT just like West Ga = USC Dream = Hawks Richmond Braves = Atlanta Braves Ga Force = Falcons Old Folks Bingo = World Series of Poker get the similarities?? lol

Most of your students at Ga state = commuters that really arent that intersted in school activities anyways. And most of your students are more on the artsy side, not the jock side.
Not to mention your in a big city with many other events going on than watching Ga state get beat down in football.

Hopefully some good can come from the football program like giving scholarships to needy students, rather than bringing in meathead jocks who have the Brains of a Highschool Freshmen, and the Scholarship of a Academic All American.

By pat

June 17, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

This was horrible…It could not have been handled worse. I feel bad for the Mr. Randolf, the Mets players and their fans…Everybody got the shaft on this one. I am no Met’s fan, I am a Braves fan, but I am also a baseball fan…This was a disgrace to baseball. They acted like the NFL.

By Jeff Schultz

June 17, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

Brendan: What does Miley Cyrus have to do with Don Waddell or Friday’s NHL draft? Nothing! Focus, man, focus! … Casey, no problem. I’m not a golf purist, but I know there are golf purists on both sides of the issue. Personally, I love the one-hole playoff of the Masters. But the British does a four-hole playoff, which I also think is good. Either way, I’d like them to finish it on Sunday, weather/sunlight permitting. … Steeldawg: like I wrote in a previous blog, Georgia State potentially can draw from the same fanbase that Tech is now going after — non-alums living downtown, Midtown, Atlantic Station, etc. So in that sense, yes, people at Tech I’m sure are watching closely. Nervous might be overstating right now. …. Alan, thanks. I know nothing about the HOF game. But my guess is the players/Players Association didn’t love the game. It takes away one of the few off days in a long season. …. Old Dawg: You the man! …. GatorGuy: I answer all of my personal email but I’m trying to make a better effort to do this. It’s like sitting on a barstool, except that I’m not holding a beer. So, like, that part’s not so good. Which reminds me. I’m thirsty. JS

By Ole dawg

June 17, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

Many people do not realize that golf is the most “mental” of all sports. You must control yourself before you can develop the game that will conquer the courses. That’s what makes Tiger so extraordinary. That said, I was rooting for Rocco. He seems like he would be much more fun to have a beer with.

By THWG

June 17, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

The Mets execs ought to be ashamed. Nobody deserves to be told that their job is not in question, then two weeks later get fired across the country past most peoples’ bedtimes…. Also, Jeff, Tech’s schedule is booked through 2014, except for 2012, where they have only scheduled 10 games. Since I’m currently a sophomore at Tech, I’d like to see them schedule a couple more games because odds are I’ll STILL BE THERE.

By BravesLover

June 17, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

Who is Amy Winehouse? And who is Don Woodson? What does Vanity Fair have to do with the Braves? Did I sign on to read sports or entertainment? The major issue I have with DOB and Mr. Rogers is all the chatter about planes, food, hotels, rides, etc. Can we stay on task, fellows?

By Mitch

June 17, 2008 6:18 PM | Link to this

Jeff, I absolutely agree with your assessment about the Mets classless firing of Randolph. Like most Braves fans, I despise the Mets with every breath in me. If they went 0-162 it would be no tradegy to me. However, it seems to me that a team should still show some professionalism when it comes to personnel moves. Your point of making Willie fly 3,000 miles across the country, to post a win that night, and then to fire him after that win, hits the nail right on the head. I say, if they were going to fire him, they should have either done so either after Sunday’s game, so as not to have him fly 3000 miles, or, they should have waited until later on in their road trip, or until they got back to New York. A lot has also been made of their 3am e-mail to the media informing them of his firing. I agree with this as well. The team should have waited until a decent hour, and held a press conference to announce it, or, at the very least, done so at a time when last night’s sports stories were not already written.

The handling of Randolph’s firing has to rank as one of the all time gutless moves by a professional sports teams. Willie should be glad not to have to work for those bozos any longer.

Mitch

By Brendan

June 18, 2008 12:30 AM | Link to this

Hmmn, perhaps the answer is that Miley Cyrus has the potential to actually achieve something with her career? Whereas, Don Waddell shouldn’t even be allowed to enter the Ottawa draft floor on Friday, other than as an invited guest.

Many of us speculate that, somewhere, some very compromising photos of the Spirit Group exist and are presumed to be in the possession of Don Waddell, in his safety deposit box. But I don’t believe that. I think … that what the Spirit Group doesn’t know about hockey … could fill a warehouse. It’s just a case of Bruce Levenson being flimflamed, hoodwinked, and bamboozled by Don Waddell, who, as it turns out, is the brains of the operation.

By Ted Striker

June 18, 2008 6:40 AM | Link to this

Interesting what Roger Clemens had to say about the ‘Vanity Fair’ issue: “Magazine was worth the $3.50 but she’s no Mindy McCready.”

As for the idea of a Ga State versus Tech or UGA matchup in 2010, it’s a longshot but I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility. Bill Curry is a master of salesmanship & will utilize every connection. UGA has two open non-conference dates and an off date early season 2010. The unknown variable is how worthwhile the game could be made to either UGA or Tech. Tech’s 2010 non-conference schedule is less flexible. Keep in mind, ‘sports’ isn’t always ‘about sports.’ As an aside, anticipate Georgia SOUTHERN making a strong push to be on UGA’s 2010 schedule — Southern views State as competition for recruits.

One final thing about the Billy Ray Cyrus interview. Yeah, he came across as a buffoon — but were you really surprised? The tv camera adds 10 lbs of weight, not 50 points of IQ

By Michael Smith

June 18, 2008 7:29 AM | Link to this

There is no mystery about the Met’s handling of Randolph. They were simply out to prove that they could make a managerial change with the same grace the Yankees showed with Torre.

By Hillbilly Deluxe

June 18, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this

I would have to put in my 2 cents worth and say auto racing is the most mental of all sports. A mental lapse there can cause you serious injury or loss of life. What is Billy Ray Cyrus doing on the sports page anyway?

By Ole dawg

June 18, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

Oh, I forgot about Earnhardts, past and present, being mensas.

By Kelley

June 18, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this

I know I’m a little late in responding to Larry Tate’s blog comparing Bobby to Willie Randolph, but I can’t just let that one go.

Mr. Tate, do you seriously propose that the Braves should let the manager that is 4th in wins ALL TIME go while 4 of his 5 projected starters have been injuried, 2 of his 3 outfielders are injuried, the majority of the bullpen, and Chipper from time to time.
Yes, the Braves are 6 1/2 out, but honestly, with what they’ve been through it’s remarkable they are only that far back at this point.

You give Bobby Cox the Mets payroll and lineup and he has that team in first place, easy.

And yes, maybe the Braves should begin to pattern themselves after a franchise which has become a national punchline with the way they have just fired their manager, give me a break.

What a joke to suggest that what the Mets did was smart and maybe the Braves should take notice.

The Braves are a classy organization and I for one am glad to be a fan of such an organization, even though they are struggling right now.

By Ole dawg

June 18, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

Did any of you BC apologists ever consider that these injuries might be due to a ST that is more an end-of-winter vacation and owner-financed golf trip, than the conditioning tune-up it is intended to be?

By Ted Striker

June 18, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this

Ole Dawg — I’ll jump on the bandwagon for your “Bobby Cox Spring Training injury theory.”

Of course I also think crop circles, the Illuminati, Dan Quayle, tap water with floride, and the Lindbergh kidnapping have something to do with the Braves’ injury problems this year.

By Ole dawg

June 18, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

“Ted Striker”; Oh, was BC in charge of all of those too? I didn’t know that! Are you looking in to it?

By Pago Flyer

June 18, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

Ohio State claims they will end up being number 1.

By Frank

June 18, 2008 5:47 PM | Link to this

Yes I agree….it’s was a classless move by the Mets with the way the fired Willie…on the otherhand

I’m very surprised he lasted this long.