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The Rest of the Story

You know how you sit in the theater after a great movie watching the credits roll hoping that there’ll be some extra morsel or tidbit, some additional scene at the end that gives you some closure or insight or at best one more bite of a great meal? You don’t? Well I do (even though nowadays they tend to save the extra stuff for the DVD)....and you know what...After watching Smoltz’ press conf...

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Parenthetically Speaking

Back again with some notable changes to the site. First and foremost (if you’re reading this, that is) is the official naming of the blog: The Drill Press. We test drove a couple other options and that one felt best...though I hope using the word drill isn’t too harsh. It’s not a word that’s even spoken in our office and very little in the profession. We call them handpieces. It’s of c...

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Guys that Rock

Well a lot’s happened since our last blog. The Braves lost about a quarter of their pitching staff to injury and John Smoltz logged his 3,000th strike out, further cementing his status as a first ballot hall of famer. He’s one of only 16 men to ever accomplish the feat. More guys have won 300 games or hit 500 home runs. What’s more impressive is that he did it while losing two years to i...

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The First Blog of Spring

This seems like a good time of year for firsts, it's spring after all. The boys of summer are back at Turner Field, all the number 1's made it to the Final Four, and I'm posting my first blog. Now I've boldly added comments to Dave O'Brien's Braves beat blog (not really boldly, they were weak posts laced with fear of critique from the blog regulars) all of three times. This is different thou...

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