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What an interesting week this has been for Braves fans and front office exec's. Rarely do the two of those entities go hand-in-hand, but this time around there is no doubt it applies. Rafael Soriano shocked GM Frank Wren and other higher-up's by accepting arbitration and Wren was quick to announce that Soriano will be traded "well before opening day." Considering Wren and the rest of Major League Baseball's top executives are in ...

This has to be my favorite time of year. The beautiful leaves have fallen. The air is getting much cooler. Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Gone is summerùthe long days, the starry nights. College Football Bowl season is so close we can taste it, NCAA Basketball holiday tournaments are getting ready to begin, and Hot Stove League baseball is in hyper mode. The latter of that trio is one ...

I know, I know. It's a crazy headline. Chicago Cubs fans everywhere are rejoicing! The fact is that the latest scourge on their beloved franchise is about to be no more. Problem is Bradley, prior to the '09 season, signed a nice fat $30 millionácontract to play for Chicago. With two years, and $20 million left on the deal why would the Braves want the outspoken, classless journeyman on their team? One ...

According to a report on ESPN.com the Marlins are in discussion with Bobby Valentine about a position with the team. The possibility seems to be good that the position is at manager. This is extremely surprising news considering Gonzalez just signed a two-year extension last season and was named Manager of the Year in 2008. Of course for Jeffrey Loria, Marlins owner if it happened it would be par for the course. ...

If you watched the Braves vs. Marlins on Wednesday all the way through, you saw the season in a nutshell. Braves' ace, Javier Vazquez lost to the Marlins for the third time this season. The Marlins were the only club to beat him more than once. A pitcher the Braves normally crush, Ricky Nolasco, struck out 16 batters, tying the Atlanta Braves' franchise record for strikeouts against. The pesky Marlins, whom the Braves ...

Coulda, woulda, shoulda. That's the mantra that these '09 Braves will be known by for the foreseeable future. This is not to take away from the current surge that the Braves are experiencing. It's exciting to be at least mentioned in a playoff race in September. I do realize that the Braves are still technically not out of the playoff picture. I am still watching every night with bated breath, living and dying ...

I was going to wait until the season was over before writing this article, but considering that for all intents and purposes this season has been over in Atlanta for nearly two weeks now I figured it was okay to go ahead with it now. To review, 2009 has been up and down all season long. One baseball person remarked during the season that this Braves team was "just good ...