Atlanta Braves News: Sunday Morning Chop
By Jeff Schafer
Atlanta Braves Rumors
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: With Greg Walker‘s position vacant, the Braves are in the hunt for a new hitting coach. I’m sure by now, Atlanta has reached out the Chipper Jones but it sounds like he’s enjoying retirement life…at least for the time being. I also believe Terry Pendleton‘s name was brought up about a possible leave from first base to back into the dugout.
"The Braves considered Jim Thome for their vacant hitting coach position, but the retired slugger wasn’t interested in the job, MLB.com’s Mark Bowman reports. Atlanta’s list of hitting coach candidates includes such names as Milt Thompson and Rick Eckstein, while ex-hitting coach Terry Pendleton will likely stay as first base coach rather than return to his former position."
Will David Robertson be first to accept a qualifying offer?
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: New York Yankees closer, David Robertson, could be the first player in MLB history to accept a team’s qualifying offer. The qualifying offer was first established after the 2012 season. To read the complete story and better understand the qualifying offer, visit Call to the Pen.
"Most teams, unless they found themselves in desperate times like the Atlanta Braves who lost two of their best starters prior to the season, were not going to just give up their draft pick to sign anyone.The Braves forfeited their a draft pick to get pitcher Ervin Santana and the Baltimore Orioles gave up two to acquire slugger Nelson Cruz and pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez."
2014 election: The race for the 25th Congressional District
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: Roger Williams is running for Congress again and wants to serve a second term representing the district that stretches from the edges of Tarrant County to the Hill Country.
"When Williams, 65, was growing up, his father, Jack, was a well-known Chevrolet dealer in Tarrant County. Roger Williams went on to make his own mark as a car dealer — as well as serving as Texas secretary of state — and became instrumental in the Texas Republican Party along the way.Through the years, he became a powerhouse raising money for GOP candidates, including George W. Bush in his campaigns for governor and president. He played baseball at TCU from 1968 to 1971, then played in the Atlanta Braves farm system before returning to TCU as a baseball coach. He became head coach in 1975 but resigned the next year to devote more time to his family’s auto dealership."