>I am from Oregon and have been following the Braves since the mid 80's.
>I've decided that this is the year that I make the trip to see a game or
>two this summer on a weekend. Having never traveled to Atlanta let along
>Georgia, can anybody give me any advice for hotels, dining, and other sites
>to see in the general location of the ball park. How far is the park from
>the airport?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Dawson
>

> I am from Oregon and have been following the Braves since the mid 80's. I've
> decided that this is the year that I make the trip to see a game or two
> this summer on a weekend. Having never traveled to Atlanta let along
> Georgia, can anybody give me any advice for hotels, dining, and other sites
> to see in the general location of the ball park. How far is the park from
> the airport?

> Why do I read of the Braves' signing of Craig Wilson on Yahoo instead of
> here?
>
> Is this a good deal?
>
> http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ajmj9wSQDzyLMyPfO42Gx0MRvLYF?slug=ap-braves...
>
>

> TimV wrote:

>> It also appears that he was a CF his first two years of college and a
>> shortstop the 3rd, so maybe he needs some polishing at the position.

>
> How are our inflield prospects distributed in the minors? Dave O'Brien
> seems to think this guy has strong SS defense, but I was wondering if he
> might be shifted to 3B as heir apparent to Chipper.
>
> Regardless, it's probably too early tomake such plans until he at least
> proves he can hit at AA.
>
> Colin

> zig zigalo wrote:
>

>>> By all accounts, Thorman. But on a better upside, Kelly Johnson's
>>> PECOTA projection for next year is 291/374/495, so if the Braves are
>>> getting that kind of production out of 2B, I'm willing to live with
>>> a hole at 1B.
>>>
>>> Jon
>>> -Okay, KJ probably isn't going to have an 860 OPS...

>>
>> cue sam and/or alan....

>
> I don't know much about the shortshop prospect the Bucs packaged up
> but in general I'm not real big on trading starting position players
> for relievers, especially not 1B who just popped a 915 OPS as a 26
> year old. This suggests to me that the Braves are overfixing last
> year's squeaky wheel. It also suggests to me that they either have
> less faith in Laroche to repeat 2006 than does the fan base, or they
> have more faith in Scott Thorman as an everyday ML 1B than most of us. ...

>
> "Robert Glenn Plotner" yahoo.com> wrote...

>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_braves_pirates_trade
>>
>> Includes one other Pirate player as yet unnamed....

>
> Braves sounds like the Braves get an unnamed prospect in addition to SS
> prospect Brent Lillibridge:

> Minor league hitting numbers post-college have looked good, though I'm not
> sure what to make of his being 22 in high-A ball (and just turned 23 in
> September).

> dawsonat@devcoengineeringdot.com says...

>> I am from Oregon and have been following the Braves since the mid
>> 80's. I've decided that this is the year that I make the trip to
>> see a game or two this summer on a weekend. Having never traveled to
>> Atlanta let along Georgia, can anybody give me any advice for hotels,

>
> If you're just going for the games, then the Country Inn & Suites on
> Pollard is pretty cool -- after the game you can go right out the gate
> and you're back at the hotel, ready to shower off all the smog and
> sweat.
>

>> dining, and other sites
>> to see in the general location of the ball park.

>
> I'll leave this to the locals.

> Dale Hicks wrote:

>> In article <0qyrh.3177$To.1952@bigfe9>,
>> rgplotnerNoWannaNoSpamalot@yahoo.com says...

>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbn_braves_pirates_trade
>>>
>>> Includes one other Pirate player as yet unnamed....

>>
>> I'm hoping it's Gorzelany, as he has decent numbers _and_ a really
>> cool name.
>>
>> Well, we're back to having a hole at 1B, aren't we? Chipper or
>> Thorman, or something else?
>>

>
> By all accounts, Thorman. But on a better upside, Kelly Johnson's
> PECOTA projection for next year is 291/374/495, so if the Braves are
> getting that kind of production out of 2B, I'm willing to live with a
> hole at 1B.
> ...

> Took long enough for the shithole to get the game. It is just for a goodbye
> to the shitholebox.
>
>