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After having a season like that and still wanting a raise?
Schuerholtz made the right decision by letting him walk. I see a team like San Fransisco making a run at him."The academic support at Ohio State, there is no way you can fail. Even if you're giving minimal effort there is no way you can fail."
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He killed his chances batting .220. Just a ridiculous number in a contract year.Comment
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Im going to miss his defence but I believe his better days at the plate are behind him.Comment
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He was just terrible this season, but I'll miss seeing him as a Brave. I just don't see why anyone would give him a huge, multiyear contract right now after this past season, though I'm sure it will happen.Comment
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Good ****ing riddance.
I'm thankful for what he's done but his predictable nature and lack of hustle offensively pisses me off to no end.Comment
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Wish him well, but I feel this is in the best interest of the organization.Comment
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We better sign Tex long term this winter now.Patrick Mahomes > GodComment
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I'm sad to see him go, but honestly you can't pay him big money. I read an article in the AJC yesterday and consider these #'s:
- Since the first 3 weeks of the 2006 season, AJ's average is .236. That's 11 months of baseball and a .236 average.
- AJ has played in over 1800 games in 11 seasons...that is insane! He is average 164 games a year over his career. His body is more like a guy who has played 15-17 years at this point.
Bottom line, I love the guy and think he is the greatest defensive CF of our time, but the Braves can't pay this guy big money. No one really should, but someone will."People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers HornsbyComment
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I remember when Andruw was just a kid and he broke out into the national scene against the Yankees in the '96 World Series. He's been a great player but he has regressed the last couple years and looks to me like he's not physically fit as he should be.
I hope no one gives him the ridiculous contract he wants but you know it'll happen. If it were me, i'd give him an incentive laden contract.
This move all but assures that Tex will be signed long term with the Braves.Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
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I remember that World Series. That was basically both his and Jeter's introduction to the world if memory serves me correctly. I like other Braves fans are sad to see him go because he's been such a staple of this team for over a decade, but it's time. Now they need to lock up Tex and I'm sure they'll find a comparable replacement to Jones on that giant major league team the Braves call their farm systemPS4: aBayBates
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If I'm Atlanta I don't lose sleep over this.
It's not like he ever led them to a championship or anything.
Yes, he played great centerfield but I'm sure that what he did defensively did not actually save many more runs than an above-average centerfielder that could hit and get on-base at a better rate.
It's not a huge loss."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
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Andruw was my favorite player because of his defense. But he's not the same player anymore. His range has diminished. & the BA speaks for itself.-August 17, 1960Originally posted by VP Richard M. Nixon
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