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Former Braves pitcher John Rocker is back on our radar after making a number of strong statements and accusations on an Atlanta radio station Monday.

Talking to The Regular Guys on Rock 100.5, Rocker said MLB Commissioner Bud Selig made him take a drug test in 2000. After he failed it, Rocker accused Selig of ignoring the results. Along with that, he claims a league doctor and a players association doctor informed him and some fellow Rangers which steroids to use and how to use them.

Rocker went on to say, "Bud Selig is a clown and should do the entire world a favor and kill himself." While that statement won't gain Rocker any support, his claims do raise some eyebrows. More and more accusations continue to surface against baseball and it's leadership, each more damning.

As every year passes with steroids and finger pointing, the more damage done to baseball. Selig needs to do everything he can to get these stories out of the headlines and make a push to get past this. None of this re-hashing helps anyone, and fans are especially growing tired of it. It seems some of Selig's decisions to chase this story are going to backfire before it's all said and done.... [read more]

An unauthorized unfinished biography of John Smoltz

John Andrew Smoltz, was born in Warren, MI on May 15, 1967.  His parents knew they had something special when at the age of three he took apart the engine of his father's '69 Corvette and used the pieces to build an exact replica of downtownJacksonville, Florida.  When he started school the teacher announced on a Friday that there would be show and tell on Monday.  John showed up that Monday with three Vietnam POWs.  Much like Jesus, not much is really known about John's adolescence, except that he did write four episodes of Three's Company.  John made his major league debut on July 23, 1988. Some fans were taken aback when he entered the game from underneath the mound holding the head of Satan and cryptically repeating the words "no more, no more!"  John broke his bat once and proceeded to hit a double off the right field wall using only his bare hand.  In 1996 he won 24 games for the Braves.  John spends his off seasons in the Himalayas where he kills yaks and fashions his gloves from their rotting flesh.  On September 12, 1997 on a dare from teammate Mark Lemke, John ate an entire bat during the seventh inning stretch.   John Smoltz can spit up to 26 feet.   He batted .274 in 1999.  He's a pitcher.  John Smoltz lives inside a volcano and plays a flute he made from the femur of an Al Qaeda ass... [read more]

Remembering the Crappy Braves

After 14 years of getting to the postseason, the Braves have failed two years straight.  For Braves fans who are in high school or college they only know what being a winner is.  Perhaps these fans have been spoiled by always having a team to watch in October even if they make us the fan equivalent of Charlie Brown always believing he is going to kick Lucy’s football.

But with pitchers and catchers reporting in twenty-one days that chronic rainy day knee ache that we call faith is starting to flare up again.  Hey Andrew is gone but Mark Kotsay huh, huh?  And what about those prospects?  Edgar’s gone but this Yunel kid is the real deal so we don’t need him anyway.  Tom Glavine is back and seventy three years young.

But with all this sarcastic pessimism, it is important to look back.  If you are a Braves fan and 30 or older, you remember a time when Reagan was in the White House, Huey Lewis was cool and the Braves starting rotation featured guys like Rick Camp, Ed Olwine, and Craig McMurtry.  I think Ted Turner found these guys working at his favorite bowling ally.

If you remember these guys, you probably recall going to Fulton County Stadium in July and already being twenty games back.  It was so hot you would get a coke and the ice was gone by the time you got to your seat.  You could have a conversation with anybody around you by asking one question.

“So why are you here?” --... [read more]

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Braves option Francoeur to Double-A affiliate

Slumping Atlanta Braves outfielder Jeff Francoeur has been sent to the minors to work on his hitting.Braves spokesman Brad Hainje said Friday that Francoeur was optioned to Double-A Mississippi.Francoeur heard boos as he went 0-for-4 Thursday night to drop his batting average to .234 with eight homers and 41 RBIs. He hit only .206 in June and is 1-for-12 in three games this month. [read full article]

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