Escobar appears to have a good relationship with Bobby Cox, at least I think. He knows that he’s in charge, and knows that there are rules to abide by. There’s never an issue with lack of hustle with Escobar, because he’s always playing hard. I’d rather watch guys who play with their hearts and emotions over robots like Mark Teixeira and JD Drew.

One instance of good interaction between Escobar and Cox that comes to mind is when the Braves were slaughtering someone in a game, and Escobar beat out a throw to home coming in from second on a single, and when he got back into the dugout, Bobby yelled at him. Escobar didn’t quite understand the unspoken rule of not running up the score unnecessarily, and pouted in the dugout, and cameras picked up Andruw Jones, Brayan Peña and Chino Cadahia speaking with him. A few minutes later, they showed Escobar approaching Bobby, pointing at himself in a humble manner, and then holding out the respect knuckles and which Bobby gave back. Escobar doesn’t have do to stuff like that, and could’ve left Bobby to awkwardly attempt to downplay the situation in a post-game, but he seems to respect him enough to be a man about it, admit his err and lack of understanding, and clear the air about it immediately. Don’t quite think you’d do that with someone you have friction with.

makes me think that a deal may go down here soon. I think Wren is more of a hush hush guy. This is speculation, he could be gearing up a totally different trade. I kinda like a Javier Vasquez/Jermaine Dye trade myself.

I think Dye would be moved to LF, at least thats my assumption

oh man, bring back everyone from 2004. i’m pretty sure charles thomas would be willing to quit his job at his local gas station to start in left. don’t make me continue, i’d have way too much fun.