In case you were not at the game or in front of the TV or if, like me, ESPN3 wouldn't load the game, and you missed the Prodigal Son Jason Heyward's huge home run in his first at bat, here it is on YouTube. At least until MLB/ESPN take it down.

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Jon "Boog" Sciambi, former Braves play-by-play guy, wrote up a guest column for Baseball Prospectus with a funny Chipper Jones story. He also has some kind words for Joe Simpson (and, ack!, Joe Morgan).

Rob Neyer, in his blog on ESPN.com, gives Boog a nice shout-out.

I think Chip Caray will be taking over PBP duties this season, right?

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Adam LaRoche signed a one-year deal with the Arizona Diamonbacks worth $4-5 million.

That's it. He turned down two years, $17.5 million from the SF Giants, so they signed Aubrey Huff. Now he's stuck in Arizona for a year.

Anybody think the Braves could have waited him out and gotten him this cheaply? Nah, me neither.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/215/story/959468.html

Best wishes, I'm sure everyone can attest to this, even if Kelly did not live up to the hopes of his potential (yet).

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Melky frikkin Cabrera. Apparently, that was the best Frank Wren could get for Javier Vazquez. Not sure why the Derek Lowe-for-Juan Rivera deal with the Angels couldn't turn into Vazquez. Instead, we get a player no better than what we already have ( Read more... )

One-year contract, option for 2011.

Thoughts?

It will be weird for me since he was the enemy for quite some time (Phillies and Mets).

Happy 31st Birthday...

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