Huh! Everybody’s on the ‘Blow it All Up’ Bandwagon Now
Just a reminder – you heard it here first. Way back in July.
Now it’s getting downright fashionable:
To blow up (the roster), or not to blow up, that is the question Hart faces with the #Braves http://t.co/Jax7tQtN0t
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) November 13, 2014
#Braves not using "R" word yet, but seem poised to make moves aimed at winning in future rather than '15 http://t.co/XRfQrVV7uH
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) November 13, 2014
In case you can’t figure it out, that “R” word is “Rebuilding”. Players that have been actively mentioned as available for trade just this week:
- Jason Heyward
- Justin Upton
- Evan Gattis
- Jordan Walden
- David Carpenter
- Tommy La Stella
- anyone else in the bullpen not named Kimbrel
- Haven’t seen him mentioned directly, but since Chris Johnson is being mentioned as a platoon player, then he’s also gotta be on the “tradable” list
- Oh, and that B.J. Upton guy… except that nobody wants him.
As a teaser of coming attractions, we at TomahawkTake.com might actually have some fun with this starting next week… tune in on Monday morning and you”ll see what I mean. But otherwise, it’s really starting to looks like this Braves’ teams could look a LOT different between now and the 144 days remaining until Opening Day 2015.
Video of the Day: Atlanta Braves’ SunTrust Park Moving Along
TONY REHAGEN / ATLANTAMAGAZINE.COM
FanSided
One year ago today, our local baseball team crashed the Veterans Day news cycle with the announcement that it was fleeing downtown for new digs in the northwestern ‘burbs. Three-hundred-and-sixty-five days later, as public debate and legal battle over SunTrust Park plods on, construction of the future home of the Cobb County Braves is rolling right along.
Today, the team released a time-lapse video of construction on the stadium/mixed-use development near Cumberland—compressing twelve months of slow fan torture into one rip-the-bandage-off minute. But the ball club tries to put the pain in perspective in an accompanying release:
Change, though, is a scary thing. The Braves have spent their entire 49-year history in the city of Atlanta just south of downtown, creating memories in the hearts and minds of Braves Country from two little plots of land. It’s where Hank hammered. It’s where Sid slid. And it’s where the team of the ’90s had its world championship.
While frightening, change is also inevitable, and not intrinsically negative. Without it, Atlanta wouldn’t have a baseball franchise to begin with, as the Braves would still be splitting a fan base in Boston where the club’s storied history began.
We know we feel better now.
New Braves Bridge will Totally Solve all Traffic Concerns
MICHAEL KAHN / ATLANTA.CURBED.COM
Fear not, Braves fans, for the Cobb DOT has released images of the on-again/off-again proposed pedestrian bridge which will solve all the swirling concerns about traffic around SunTrust Park. Thanks to the AJC and the Georgia Open Records Act, the images are available to the public. And from all indications, little seems to be standing in the way of the development, save for the unknowns of how much it’s going to cost or where it could be built. Fortunately all the important details, like if the bridge will be blue or have arches, are made clear, or at least mildly pixelated with a crease through the middle.
The four images show a few things: 1) A bridge over Interstate 285. 2) Said bridge fading off into a forest on one end and a parking deck on the other. 3) Bus lanes running between said forest and parking deck.
[ Editor’s Note: yes, this article comes dripping with sarcasm ]
Atlanta Braves Morning Chop – the daily news and notes column from TomahawkTake.com for Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014.