A Ballpark View

It’s been a short run for A Ballpark View, but I have decided to shut it down and move my talents (?) over to Talking Chop. It has been a great opportunity that was given to me by longtime TC b...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/04/new-digs.html

The MTM formally ranked Joey Devine as a lock to make the roster, but as the roster is set this weekend, we find out that Joey will start the season at AAA. Boyer’s late spring recovery helps h...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/04/making-team-meter-gets-shocker.html

It’s almost the baseball season. . . for real. No more of these ‘get my work in’ exhibition games. We only have two more days of pretend games before the real season starts. Let’s take a ...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/once-around-horn-as-boys-head-north.html

Is it a holiday? Why yes it is. The holiest of all holidays for baseball fans – it’s Opening Day. I have the day off, and plan to use it thusly: 11:00 am – Wake up. 12:00 pm – Baseball T...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/what-ill-be-doing-on-monday-april-3rd.html

For those collectors out there, the St. Louis Cardinals are selling the seats from the old Busch Stadium. They are being sold in pairs. Of course they have Cardinal red available (pictured ab...

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Anthony Lerew may have been the only surprise cut yesterday, though the way he pitched early in spring it was apparent that he needs more work. But he’s a power arm that we should see at some ...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/braves-make-second-round-of-cuts.html

We’re down to the last week and a half. There should be another round of cuts coming up today, but I’ve already made my cuts. The battles are down to only a few players; James and Jordan for ...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-and-half-weeks-to-go-mtm-update.html

The marks to the left of the player's name indicates that their chances of making the team are moving up (▲), moving down (▼), or staying even (–). No mark to the left indicates there was n...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/irish-mtm-update.html

My season tickets arrived in the mail today, and as you can see below they are bound in snazzy booklet form. This is by far the fanciest upper deck outfield tickets have ever looked. I can’t wa...

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The Braves make their first cuts of the spring on this ill-fated day. Brad Baker is the minor league closer that came over from the Padres organization. He had an awful spring, so it’s not su...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/et-tu-brute.html

The marks to the left of the player's name indicates that their chances of making the team are moving up (▲), moving down (▼), or staying even (–). No mark to the left indicates there was n...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/ides-of-march-eve-mtm-update.html

The marks to the left of the player's name indicates that their chances of making the team are moving up (▲), moving down (▼), or staying even (–). No mark to the left indicates there was n...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/pre-sopranos-mtm-update.html

The marks to the left of the player's name indicates that their chances of making the team are moving up (▲), moving down (▼), or staying even (–). No mark to the left indicates there was n...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/end-of-week-1-spring-games-mtm-update.html

Holy Oscar Villarreal, Batman! Don’t tell me that Chipper’s home run wasn’t a gimme from his new teammate. None the less, it was a strong showing from the Chip-ster. This was a good exchan...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/braves-tidbits-from-wbc.html

The marks to the left of the player's name indicates that their chances of making the team are moving up (▲), moving down (▼), or staying even (–). No mark to the left indicates there was n...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/making-team-meter-mtm-update.html

If you didn’t like my World Baseball Classic predicting, or you simply want another opinion, then you should know that Fox Sports is doing some predicting of their own . They are also getting a...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/another-take-on-wbc.html

If you don’t have a DVR (or Tivo for you traditionalists), then it’s time to get one. With spring training games during the work day, one might have to actually skip work to watch a game! But...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/03/time-to-set-dvr-alert.html

Making-the-Team Meter for Braves non-roster invitees This is what everyone's saying (writers, players, coaches) about a non-roster player’s chances of making the squad prior to any spring game...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/02/mtm-pre-spring-games-buzz-non-roster.html

Making-the-Team Meter for Braves players on the 40-man roster This is what everyone's saying (writers, players, coaches) about a player’s chances of making the squad prior to any spring games....

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/02/mtm-pre-spring-games-buzz-40-man.html

With so many players, especially relief pitchers, trying to make the Braves squad this spring, I thought it would be handy to keep a hot/cold chart of what each player’s chances are. I’ll upd...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/02/making-team-meter.html

“Spring is in the air!” Let me be the ninety billionth blogger to say that spring training has officially arrived. Former BRAVES shortstop, Rafael Furcal, says his decision to leave the te...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/02/around-horn-in-nl-east_22.html

It’s Rocket time! And this is the type of game that Roger Clemens was made to pitch. He’s held Pujols to only one RBI in 21 career ABs, Miguel Tejada to only one RBI in 26 career ABs, Big Pa...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/02/predicting-world-baseball-classic_17.html

Two of the top Baseball writers at ESPN have begun daily weblogs. Jayson Stark and Peter Gammons are now bridging the gap between MSM and bloggers. The only downfall for most people is that the...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/02/some-big-names-begin-blogging.html

The top two teams from each of Round 2’s Pool 1 and Pool 2 play one game to determine who will go to the Finals. With single elimination, this round will be a nail-biter. Pool 1: Japan vs. Uni...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/02/predicting-world-baseball-classic-semi.html

In Round 2 within each newly created pool, each team plays every other team in the pool once. The teams with the top two records from each pool advance to the Semi-Finals. My predictions from Ro...

http://gondeee.blogspot.com/2006/02/predicting-world-baseball-classic_16.html