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Farewell Predictions and Advice for 2011 Fantasy Baseball Season

Thank you wholeheartedly to all readers of Fantasy FanHouse over the years. Interacting with you in our chats and on comment boards has always been one of my favorite parts of managing the section. Another big one was getting to work with such talented fantasy sports writers. I really hope that all of you will continue to...

Dan Uggla's Braves Extension Makes Him Highest-Paid Second Baseman

Dan Uggla grew up a Braves fan in Tennessee, so simply being traded to Atlanta from Florida was a big enough deal to him. Now he'll have the added bonus of long-term security after making official a contract extension that makes him the highest-paid second baseman ever. The Braves held a news conference Thursday at...

Dan Uggla, Braves Reportedly Agree to 5-Year Extension

It doesn't look like Dan Uggla is going to be a one-year rental for the Atlanta Braves. The second baseman, acquired from the Florida Marlins in a November trade, has agreed to a five-year, $62 million extension with his new club, according to reports from FOXSports.com, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and others. Uggla,...

Dan Uggla, Braves Reportedly Close to Long-Term Extension

The Atlanta Braves are close to signing second baseman Dan Uggla to a long-term extension, according to multiple sources, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Uggla, who came over to Atlanta via trade in November, is expected to make close to $11 million in his final year of arbitration eligibility in 2011. But the...

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Braves

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and in November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the 23rd episode of Fix My Team,...

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05/21/12 Braves win behind Hudson gem, Tampa Bay blunder Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA Tim Hudson won a pitchers' duel with All-Star David Price and got support in the form of a home run from old pal David Ross. But the most important play in Sunday's 2-0 win against Tampa Bay turned out to be a baserunning mistake by the Rays, for which the Braves felt fortunate.
05/13/12 Chipper chasing history for production at third base Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Atlanta GA Chipper Jones might not reach 3,000 hits and 500 homers, traditional Hall-of-Fame numbers, but he's coming up on a pretty special number of his own.
05/04/12 Dan Uggla is off to a better start this year for the... Source: Braves Locker Last season, 32-year old righty swinging 2B Dan Uggla got off to a rough start in his first year in Atlanta before finishing with a bang.
05/01/12 MLB Rumors: Why "Get Him Over, Get Him In" Is a Myth Source: Bleacher Report I'd seen the same exact play and heard the same subsequent commentary hundreds of times, so I'm not sure why this particular sequence peaked my curiosity.