Tomahawk Take » 2011 » August http://tomahawktake.com An Atlanta Braves Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 16 May 2012 21:02:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Braves August End On Positive Beat http://tomahawktake.com/2011/08/31/braves-august-end-on-positive-beat/ http://tomahawktake.com/2011/08/31/braves-august-end-on-positive-beat/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:12:30 +0000 Fred Owens http://tomahawktake.com/?p=28491 After Jair Jurrjens disappointing performance on Tuesday many Braves fans were not looking forward to Derek Lowe taking the hill tonight. They were wrong. Lowe went six strong and gave up only one run on three hits – a homer to Mike Morse – struck out six and walked a pair. The slider was biting and the sinker killed a lot of worms out in front of home plate. Oh  and Lower hit his first major league home run at the age of 38. Not bad at all, it looks like September Derek arrived a day early. Each of his [...]

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]]> After Jair Jurrjens disappointing performance on Tuesday many Braves fans were not looking forward to Derek Lowe taking the hill tonight. They were wrong. Lowe went six strong and gave up only one run on three hits – a homer to Mike Morse – struck out six and walked a pair. The slider was biting and the sinker killed a lot of worms out in front of home plate. Oh  and Lower hit his first major league home run at the age of 38. Not bad at all, it looks like September Derek arrived a day early. Each of his last three starts have been a little better and he looks like the big game guy from last  year. With Jurrjens struggling and Hanson’s should uncertain we need Lowe, Mike Minor, Brandon Beachy and Tim Hudson at their best. … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://tomahawktake.com/2011/08/31/braves-august-end-on-positive-beat/feed/ 0 What’s Old Is New Again: Say Hello To Matt Diaz! http://tomahawktake.com/2011/08/31/whats-old-is-new-again-say-hello-to-matt-diaz/ http://tomahawktake.com/2011/08/31/whats-old-is-new-again-say-hello-to-matt-diaz/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:24:15 +0000 Bob Horton http://tomahawktake.com/?p=28489 Hello again from southeast Michigan, where the weather has finally changed from beautiful and sunny to overcast and gloomy. Let’s hope that’s not a harbinger of things to come on the Braves front, especially in light of the news that came over the wire a little while ago about the return of Matt Diaz. … [visit site to read more]

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]]> Hello again from southeast Michigan, where the weather has finally changed from beautiful and sunny to overcast and gloomy. Let’s hope that’s not a harbinger of things to come on the Braves front, especially in light of the news that came over the wire a little while ago about the return of Matt Diaz.

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]]> http://tomahawktake.com/2011/08/31/whats-old-is-new-again-say-hello-to-matt-diaz/feed/ 0 So Where Do YOU Rank Chipper All-Time? http://tomahawktake.com/2011/08/30/so-where-do-you-rank-chipper-all-time/ http://tomahawktake.com/2011/08/30/so-where-do-you-rank-chipper-all-time/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:41:55 +0000 Bob Horton http://tomahawktake.com/?p=28481 Hello once again! I’ve decided that I shouldn’t have all the fun ranking Chipper all-time, especially since we haven’t conducted a poll in a month or so. To keep the poll simple, let’s assume that the Top Six All-Time Third Basemen (in alphabetical order) are as I posited in my last post: Wade Boggs George Brett Chipper Jones Eddie Mathews Brooks Robinson Mike Schmidt … [visit site to read more]

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]]> Hello once again!

I’ve decided that I shouldn’t have all the fun ranking Chipper all-time, especially since we haven’t conducted a poll in a month or so.

To keep the poll simple, let’s assume that the Top Six All-Time Third Basemen (in alphabetical order) are as I posited in my last post:

  • Wade Boggs
  • George Brett
  • Chipper Jones
  • Eddie Mathews
  • Brooks Robinson
  • Mike Schmidt

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