Tomahawk Chops: Daily Atlanta Braves News Clippings For Wednesday, February 22nd

by gondeee on Feb 22, 2012 9:18 AM EST in Tomahawk Chops

Your one-page daily morning overview of Atlanta Braves news:

Catching prospects catch Gonzalez’s attention | Atlanta Braves
"I was joking with [roving catching instructor] Joe Breeden," said Gonzalez, also a former minor league catcher. "I said ‘Man, we’ve finally got some guys that look like catchers.’ They’re all 6-2, 240. Gattis is a monster. And Bethancourt looks like he could put some weight on him."

Former Brave Lopez in camp as instructor | braves.com: News
Eight seasons have passed since Javy Lopez ended his reign as Atlanta's starting catcher. But everything seemed normal as he strolled through the Braves' clubhouse wearing his familiar No. 8 jersey on Tuesday morning. "Every year, this is like home," Lopez said. "It is fun to be around the players, hang out with them and try to bring back the memories. It's always good to be here."

Atlanta Braves' Brian McCann much more than just 'offensive catcher' | braves.com: News
"The guy who throws everybody out, hits for power, hits for average, calls a great game, blocks every ball ... those guys aren't around," Braves backup catcher David Ross said. "Who would you rather have on your team than Brian McCann? Yadier Molina is a great catcher. Buster Posey is a great catcher. Joe Mauer is a great catcher. For me, you've got three guys out of 29 other teams that you would put in the same conversation as Mac. We've got him here. That's pretty special."

Uggla more comfortable entering Year 2 with Braves | ajc.com
"I already know where my place is on this team," said Uggla, who had a career-low .233 average, but a career-high 36 homers and an Atlanta Braves-record 33-game hitting streak. "I already know that everybody here respects me as a ballplayer, the way I go about my business. Now it’s not like trying to set the stage."

Council approves feasibility study for ballpark | StarNewsOnline.com
The Wilmington City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved spending up to $123,500 to study the feasibility of building a baseball stadium that could bring an Atlanta Braves minor league team to the Port City. The money will be used to hire an outside firm to help with the negotiating process involving the Braves and Mandalay Baseball through June. The city is in exclusive talks with both companies about the possibility of the city building a stadium in exchange for the Braves bringing a minor league team here and leasing the facility for 20 years.

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When Barrett Kleinknecht’s name was announced in the 12th round of the 2010 MLB draft it marked a continuation of a remarkable streak of players coming out of the Francis Marion University’s baseball program. Over the course of the last nine seasons the small division II school has produced nine MLB draft picks. Kleinknecht ranks as the highest draft pick ever selected from the University.

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Wilmington needs to read this:
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-forward/2011/09/09/99-revenue-falls-short-at-coolray-field/

At least they are unlikely to spend as much as Gwinnett did and their decision to have an outside firm negotiate could be a lot better than Gwinnett’s “let’s just do it ourselves” approach.

Good news about Javy.

by Zontar on Feb 22, 2012 10:38 AM EST reply actions

LOLO’Brien

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry

by -InsertWittyNameHere- on Feb 22, 2012 10:54 AM EST reply actions

That picture certainly does look ripe for a caption contest.

DOB looks like a total tosser too.

"But if you just talk, I've found your mouth comes out with stuff." -Karl Pilkington

by GumpBrave on Feb 22, 2012 11:22 AM EST reply actions

+1 for use of the word "tosser"

"If you're looking around...then we're looking around" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Feb 22, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions

Fredi: “Me? Manage a baseball team? That’s ridiculous!”

Former Brave Lopez in camp as instructor

“The injection actually goes in the hip muscle, Dan, not the glute”

You'd think I was Travis Tritt struttin my FINE ASS on down to Florida

by Fatvirus on Feb 22, 2012 12:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

You must be a Bowman guy then?

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no, Jack Daniel is whiskey.
-ChopMaster

"Welcome to the show, Brandon Beachy. I think you’re going to stay a while."

by abraves257 on Feb 22, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions

Listened to Buck and Kinkade talk about the Braves during my lunch break today

Short version: They don’t know anything about baseball.

Long version: Kinkade thinks it would be a good idea to trade a young arm OR TWO to get Adam Jones. He also thinks we’ll be trading Michael Bourn at the deadline if it doesn’t seem like he’ll be back, and adding Adam Jones-I honestly don’t see how they think this working without being a total ripoff.

They also called the Braves a “Really good defensive team,” last season, and thinks it will carry over to this year. I’m frankly really worried about that.

Buck claimed he never used to think much about Bourn because he never had a “great batting average,” but then, “He hit .294 last year, so he’s right there.” For one, judging a player by batting average (Bourn was always good at drawing walks), secondly, thinking that things have changed just because his average jumped up last year.

It’s hard to remember why I used to love listening to these two guys.

Braves will be fine. I'm not worried.

by Bronn on Sep 18, 2011 4:26 PM EDT

by Bronn on Feb 22, 2012 6:08 PM EST reply actions