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Braves Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Publish Date: January 3, 2009
The air inside the Braves clubhouse used to be that of inevitability and invincibility. Injuries occurred but reinforcements kept coming, either from the minor leagues or from trades the Braves were able to make with their deep pockets.
Both options stopped a few seasons ago, but it took until the 2008 trade deadline for that dispiriting reality to hit the individual players.
Team leader Chipper Jones was the go-to guy after last season’s trades of Mark Teixeira and Mark Kotsay.
“It’s a first f …
Hot Stove Daily: Atlanta Braves (Yahoo! Sports)
Publish Date: January 3, 2009
Two nasty snags kept the Braves from landing Jake Peavy and Rafael Furcal. But all isn’t lost for Atlanta. …
Hot Stove Daily: Seattle Mariners (Yahoo! Sports)
Publish Date: January 2, 2009
New GM Jack Zduriencik inherits a roster rife with leaden contracts, but there are reasons to be hopeful. …