Our last big break of this Sunday afternoon at Turner Field was getting Jordan Schafer, the Braves rookie center-fielder. He didn’t even give us a look on his way into the stadium, but on his way out he signed for about 15 minutes from his Land Rover. He was pretty cool, even when a girl [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 3, 2009
Jair Jurrjens – Turner Field
Without a doubt, the Braves best pitcher right now is second-year ace Jair Jurrjens. Fran Wren stole him two winters ago from Detroit by swapping Edgar Rentaria for him and top prospect Gorkys Hernandez. He’s turned out to be quite a pitcher. He’s generally a good signer, and now that I think about it I’ve [...]
May 3, 2009
Yunel Escobar – Turner Field
Probably the biggest shocker as far as signers went this day was Yunel Escobar. I’ve seen him come over before, but not since he was a rookie (It’s funny how that dynamic works, because when he was in the minors he once knocked out 16 baseball cards for me at one time). It was pretty [...]
