Wed
Jun 30
2010

You say you want a hero?

Posted by Julie / 11:40 pm / 1 Comment

To say that things have gotten better for the Braves is quite the understatement. A team does not need an Albert PujolsĀ or a Joe Mauer to keep this team sailing merrily along. Unsung heros are everywhere within the twenty-fiveĀ man roster. It is beyond future Hall of Famer, Chipper Jones, and Brian McCann and Jason Heyward [...]

Tue
Dec 22
2009

ChopTalk’s ‘Seasons Greetings’ Autographed Card

Posted by Leah / 2:02 am / 2 Comments

Every year around December, I renew my subscription to ChopTalk, and by doing so, I receive an autographed card from ChopTalk around Christmas. I currently have three of these autographed cards, which are signed by Adam LaRoche (2006), Peter Moylan (2008), and this years, which is signed by Jair Jurrjens. I should have four, but [...]

Sun
Jun 21
2009

Happy Father’s Day

Posted by Leah / 12:16 am / Comments Off

The Braves have a very nice feature story on JJ and his dad on the official site. I’m not going to go into the story in detail, but it depicts just how much JJ’s father and his family are huge Braves fans, even being from Curacao. Since today is not going to be an easy [...]

Tue
Apr 14
2009

Know Your Braves: Jair Jurrjens

Posted by Leah / 9:58 am / Comments Off

I promise that I have survived the downpours that I’ve been stuck in the past few days. Opening Day’s game this past Friday night was one of them, unfortunately, as well as yesterday. I have to say I’ve honestly seen enough rain to last me for a couple of months. More on this later, though, [...]