I know that times are tough for local newspapers...

... but letting Scott Boras run your sports section is not the right move, AJC.

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"O'Brien exclusive" my ass

Mark Bowman was the first one out with the story. Got his tweet first.

by blairblink on Feb 10, 2010 3:27 PM EST reply actions

That's

just not true.

by sunking1056 on Feb 10, 2010 5:23 PM EST up reply actions

I checked my Twitter subs this morning and remembered I had unfollowed DOB about a week ago. I got a little tired of 1) Damon all day, 2) his unending music posts, 3) incessant bitching about having to travel as part of his job.

My bad.

Still not going to follow him until the regular season starts though. DOB should have a separate, personal Twitter for all the non-Braves stuff.

by blairblink on Feb 11, 2010 9:17 AM EST up reply actions

O’Brien broke the news…i got his tweet at least an hour to two hours before Bowman’s every media orgainzation around credits AJC with breaking the story and DOB was right. Don’t wine because its the biggest baseball story/rumor of the day and the hundreds (of Braves fans) that post on DOB’s beat blog are excited. I read many of things one this site that were 1000 times more senseless and boring. It’s my first time posting….because i couldn’t take it anymore with some of the stuff that is said on this site!

by Nova Scotia Steve on Feb 10, 2010 6:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

This

by sunking1056 on Feb 10, 2010 7:21 PM EST up reply actions

Glad to see that what caught your ire was whose tweet got tweeted first…

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by cbwilk on Feb 10, 2010 7:22 PM EST up reply actions

Uh

Don’t wine because its the biggest baseball story/rumor of the day and the hundreds (of Braves fans) that post on DOB’s beat blog are excited

I must have missed the part where I w(h)ined (sic) about anything on the blog. I simply, incorrectly I might add, took issue with an excerpt from a totally different AJC article altogether.

by blairblink on Feb 11, 2010 9:19 AM EST up reply actions

Stop the insanity!!!!

Shouldn't Reid Gorecki get a shot in RF before that Heyward kid everybody talks about?

by Rhyno18 on Feb 10, 2010 3:29 PM EST reply actions

And the beat goes on....

Every poster on those AJC blogs seem to have a love fest going on with Damon. I am not implying he has no value to a team but he isn’t the end all/be all for the Braves’ season they are trying to make him out to be.

by Mountngrown on Feb 10, 2010 3:31 PM EST reply actions

They just love him cause they saw him on MTV cribs…

I mean one guy suggested we offer him two years, and then said “Hayward will be ready by then” <<How can you mispell Heyward’s last name???

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by bwellnjonesco on Feb 10, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions

Is this the last beacon of Braves’ fan sanity?!

by Bronn on Feb 10, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions

It’s never good to start an article saying you’re not going to bash Wren, cause what that’s saying is that you’ve been basing Wren, and if you’ve been bashing Wren you’re a moron.

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by cbwilk on Feb 10, 2010 3:50 PM EST reply actions

Someone had to carry on Terence Moore's legacy

by Chin Music on Feb 10, 2010 3:56 PM EST reply actions

You can still find Terence Less on Fanhouse...they pay him in stock that doubles as toilet paper

by flyers13 on Feb 10, 2010 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

I am beginning to question DOB's motives here...

Does he have an Unhealthy Man Crush…is it the long flowing locks…the Geico caveman brow?

Listen if the guy comes on the “REAL CHEAP”….i am talking under $4MM a year…..then I’ll embrace it….as long as they give Heyward a legit shot in spring as they’ve said all along.

That said, I don’t think he’s worth the tunnel vision of our beat writer, so much that it’s a recurring story 2x a week…“just sayin”, DOB…if it happens, it happens….then it’s news.

by flyers13 on Feb 10, 2010 4:01 PM EST reply actions

In 25 games (60 ABs), the difference between hitting 266 and 333 is 4 stinkin’ hits.

If Albert played in the AFL, they’d have to rename it the AZ/NM Fall League, based on where his homers landed.

by Yakker on Feb 10, 2010 8:11 PM EST up reply actions

I guess the 22% that said not no, but hell no to were from this blog.

by Bmacbandwagon on Feb 10, 2010 4:03 PM EST reply actions

*to Damon

by Bmacbandwagon on Feb 10, 2010 4:03 PM EST up reply actions

Did you read the poll answers? They were worded very poorly.

“Would you sign Johnny Damon?”

“Yes, the Braves need a leadoff hitter.”
“No, McLouth will be fine.”

by Bronn on Feb 10, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions

haha wow that is skewed

and then he uses the poll results to show that Braves fans want Damon? Lame.

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by alligatorimpersonator on Feb 11, 2010 12:49 AM EST up reply actions

Wait

Wouldn’t Johnny Damon be our best offensive outfielder (besides Diaz against lefties and potentially J Hey)? The last two seasons he has been worth 3.6 and 3 wins (above replacement) respectively. So if the Braves pay him anywhere from 5-7 million for this year, we should be getting significant value. Having said that, he should take Melky’s spot, not Heyward’s.

by granman29 on Feb 10, 2010 5:19 PM EST reply actions

Numbers

According to a NY Times writer, who may or may not know anything at all, the offer is 4 M total (2 of which being deferred). This would be a no risk, no brainer steal

by granman29 on Feb 10, 2010 5:31 PM EST up reply actions

Maybe

The AJC writers for some reason do want Damon, but so does Frank Wren.

by sunking1056 on Feb 10, 2010 5:24 PM EST reply actions

Jurjjens

Can’t help but feel that Wren and Co maybe doing this to soften Boras for the upcoming Jurjjens negotiations.

by JFP on Feb 10, 2010 5:35 PM EST reply actions

That may be a valid point, but I was under the impression Boras and Wren already had a good working relationship… Plus Boras doesn’t care who he’s dealing with the price tag will still be the same…

HansonManCrush

by HansonManCrush on Feb 10, 2010 5:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Screw Boras

I’d hate to lose JJ, but I would just flat out refuse to do business with Boras. Some agents are bad for the game, but his guy is absolute murder! His ego is hurting the players as well. His Jedi mind tricks make them see nothing but dancing $$ signs that sometimes do not exist. Especially in this economy.

by I Saw Buzz Beaned on Feb 11, 2010 11:02 AM EST up reply actions

Damon/McLouth/Heyward

Thats a hell of an outfield…on 680 today…Buck and Kincade were talking how hands down Damon would make this team better…and a move of Cabrera or Diaz would follow…but if the Braves only offered $2 million now and $2 m deferred…i don’t see Damon taking that at all…

by Nova Scotia Steve on Feb 10, 2010 6:57 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Excuse my ignorance...

But what is deferred money? Is it incentive based?

by Cammando2317 on Feb 10, 2010 7:09 PM EST up reply actions

It’s just paid later. It’s a way of structuring things so that the money is spread out over different years, typically because of budgetary constraints.

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by cbwilk on Feb 10, 2010 7:23 PM EST up reply actions

heyward has had just over 170 at bats above A ball. Tossing aside the hype, I can’t tell you all of the reasons it’s unwise to start him in the atlanta outfield this season. How many cautionary tales do you have to see before you realize that that’s not the right way to handle a prospect. From the outfield alone, I can think of frenchy, maybin, bruce, and upton, all of whom were underdeveloped when they hit the majors. Heyward could be a beast, middle of the order bat, or he could be a struggling rookie, crushed under the pressure, eventually costing us more money for being stupid and not signing damon and giving heyward some AAA time. Worst case scenario, damon provides decent production alongside diaz and mclouth until heyward proves he’s ready and then they shift into a damon/diaz platoon with heyward in right.

by telemakhos on Feb 10, 2010 7:37 PM EST reply actions