Atlanta Braves podcast episode 13: position battles and the shutdown

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - MARCH 13: Toilet paper shelves at a Coto Hipermaket on March 13, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. President of Argentina Alberto Fernandez banned travels from affected areas and the Government encourages citizens to take precautions. According to WHO, there are 31 confirmed cases and two people were reported dead due to COVID-19 in Argentina. (Photo by Lalo Yasky/Getty Images)
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - MARCH 13: Toilet paper shelves at a Coto Hipermaket on March 13, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. President of Argentina Alberto Fernandez banned travels from affected areas and the Government encourages citizens to take precautions. According to WHO, there are 31 confirmed cases and two people were reported dead due to COVID-19 in Argentina. (Photo by Lalo Yasky/Getty Images) /
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The Atlanta Braves are all wondering the same things we are this week:  what do we do now and what happens next?

The Atlanta Braves are shut down… as is the rest of major league baseball… as is every professional sport on earth.

Schools are closing.  Stores are being emptied.  Heck, that photo on the home page of this site probably represents $10,000 dollars of toilet paper right now (what’s up with that, anyway??).

CARDIFF, UK – MARCH 14: A woman poses for a photograph holding packets of toilet paper. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
CARDIFF, UK – MARCH 14: A woman poses for a photograph holding packets of toilet paper. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) /

So we got a bunch of the staff together to have a catharsis… to share thoughts, feelings, and ideas.  After all, all of us are now impacted – one way or another.

There’s also a good amount of ‘real’ baseball talk in here, too:  about the remaining position battles for the rotation and third base… it’s interesting how things seemed to be trending before… well… you know.

Maybe you want to get a few things off your chest, too.  That’s what the comments section can help you do.

In the coming days, we’ll still be here – exploring remaining position ranks and other relevant news in the context of when we hope baseball will be back… but that’s almost certainly not just a two week delay.

So here’s that podcastwith a helpful download link here if you’d prefer to do this more privately. You can also find us on facebook, iTunes, and Spreaker.

The Schedule

Sadness… this is where we usually tell you what’s coming up this week.  The answer is… there is nothing.  There are no games.  There is no (real) timetable.  We’re all on “wait and see” mode with no real date on when we’ll see our Atlanta Braves on a field again.

Hopefully this will pass relatively quickly and we can all go out and tee-pee each others’ houses with all of the surplus paper products left over.

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So since there’s little else to do… give a listen!  Thanks!