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Umpire Watch: Tiptoeing Around It

Controversial calls have become as much a part of the Major League Baseball postseason as Derek Jeter and patriotic bunting. In Umpire Watch, we intend to document those calls, at least until commissioner Bud Selig puts us out of business. It's amazing how little went right for the Braves in the NLDS against the Giants....

Front to Back, Braves Bullpen Looks Like Best in Postseason

The Braves were completing the first phase of their offseason bullpen makeover, nearing an agreement with free-agent closer Billy Wagner, when general manager Frank Wren called Wagner. "We're talking to (Takashi) Saito too," Wren said. "What kind of guy is he?" Wagner, who had played with Saito on the Red Sox at the end...

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...

From the Windup: The Braves Should Just Do the American Thing and Sue Arn Tellem

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.Two questions immediately arise from the recent hosing of the Braves at the hands of Rafael Furcal and his agents, Arn Tellem and Paul Kinzer. First, was misleading Atlanta -- a relatively safe assumption according to both accounts of...

Take the Atlanta Mound at Your Own Risk

When Mike Hampton was the first (in-season anyway) pitcher to get hurt, my immediate thought was "Shock me, shock me, shock me with that deviant behavior". No wait, I don't quote Empire Records. Crap. Anyway, it was hardly surprising that Hampton got hurt. But looking back on things today, is the Atlanta mound, or maybe...