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Footprints in the Snow: Braves

Footprints in the Snow is FanHouse's look at the paths to be forged by MLB teams this winter as they look ahead to 2010. The Atlanta Braves were alive in the wild-card race late in the season due to a powerful pitching rotation that featured six viable starting candidates (at least there were six at the end of the...

Footprints in the Snow: Oakland Athletics

Footprints in the Snow is FanHouse's look at the paths to be forged by MLB teams this winter as they look ahead to 2009.It's obvious that Billy Beane doesn't understand the concept of Footprints in the Snow. You see first, we tell major league GMs what they oughta do, then we predict what they will actually do. After that,...

Tom Glavine Heads Back to the Disabled List

This will be only the second time in his 22 year career that Tom Glavine goes on the DL. It will also be the second time this year. At this point, I could mention "curses" and "demons" inside the Atlanta mound, but obviously, those are fictional. Besides, Tommy Glavine is old as mess.Braves officials will meet Wednesday to...

Frank Wren: the Braves Knew Andruw Jones Was Donecakes

Frank Wren, the new general manger of the Atlanta Braves, did something that not even his relatively self-promotional predecessor, John Schuerholz, would attempt to pull off. That would be to simultaneously bash a former player (and beloved homegrown talent Andruw Jones), bash another GM and promote himself, all with one...

Braves Get Greg Norton from Seattle - Woo

I didn't think it was really worth writing up the Greg Norton trade when I saw it "break" this afternoon. After all, if you're a Braves fan and you heard the team made a trade, your immediate thoughts were "Ooooo, I wonder what mid-level starter we grabbed to eat innings" or "Dang! An extra middle infielder to back up...