Two pieces of news and a coupon code today...
1. Bobby Cox hammered out a one-year contract extension today with the club, so he'll be managing through the 2009 season. According to Skip Caray, the organization would have given him a longer contract, but Bobby only wanted to do one year and see how he feels after that.
2. Brayan Peña was designated for assignment today. (See Wikipedia for a good explanation of the topic.) I love having him around, and I'm sure some team will snatch up a switch-hitting bilingual catcher. Good luck, Brayan. :(
3. If anyone's looking to make a Braves Clubhouse Store purchase this weekend, I received an email today saying...
LONG TIME NO SHOP!We noticed you haven't shopped with braves.com Shop in a long while. Here's an offer to entice you back. Take 20% off your next purchase! Simply enter code MEMWKND at checkout.
Yeah, it's been a while. :) The code will probably work for anyone, so feel free to use it if you can.
By Jonathan May 24, 2008 - 12:05 am
What's Yunel going to do without Brayan around?? I would have liked to have seen him stay in Atlanta. Now I'll just have to hope he somehow clears waivers.
By Lauren T. May 24, 2008 - 12:11 am
I think Yunie will be in Atlanta for a loooong time. He'll have to make other friends, I guess. Brayan was always so cheery, but not as good a defensive catcher as Corky, which is why he was let go.
By Chop-chick April 21, 2009 - 7:24 am
I feel the same way about MattE. Garrett Anderson has yet to impress me. He hasn't shown the skill or the heart that Matt does. A lot of people complain that he (Anderson) doesn't show enough emotion. To that I say, guys like Chipper and KJ don't really show much emotion either. But I never get the sense that they couldn't care less when I'm watching them play.
By CABravesFan April 21, 2009 - 9:04 am
MattE = Awesome :D
I love that smile!!
By Amy April 21, 2009 - 9:11 am
Yeah, I'm still waiting for Garret Anderson to impress me, too. Maybe he's just slow to get acclimated to the new team and new league, maybe the fact that his spring training was a)cut a little short by his late signing and b)mostly spent injured has something to do with it, as well. *shrug*
But I'd just as soon have Matt starting every day or perhaps have kept Kotsay to platoon w/him (though that's my personal preference, and thus is not purely logical… and of course, Kots is on the DL anyway. Sigh.)
By ajgc April 21, 2009 - 1:02 pm
MattE….*sigh*. So adorable and he's good. Come on Bobby!!