tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post5068626316317579095..comments2024-01-10T13:13:28.243-06:00Comments on We Are Notre Dame: Say it Ain't SoJimmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03901172802515710288noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19884649.post-59697171719012095812009-01-10T15:46:00.000-06:002009-01-10T15:46:00.000-06:00Good post. Sad to see Smoltz leave the Braves, an...Good post. Sad to see Smoltz leave the Braves, and I can't believe he's going to the freaking Red Sox. The rich get richer. The Sox are adding a guy like Rocco Baldelli to their bench!! He would probably start everyday and hit 2nd for the Reds (which I was hoping would happen). <BR/><BR/>Pretty amazing how quickly the Braves have fallen out of favor. They were treading water, and now it looks like they are falling apart. Not a lot of big time players on that roster anymore. It seems like they can't decide whether they want to try to build a competitor or go into rebuilding mode. Adding a guy like Javier Vazquez isn't exactly going to strike fear in the hearts of Mets and Phillies fans. <BR/><BR/>If I was Atlanta, I would go EXTREMELY young for a couple years. Try to shed contracts and get prospects, draft some good players with your high draft picks, and then reload in 2010-2011. Heck, I'd even think about trying to move Chipper if you could get a haul in return. The Braves aren't winning the NL East anytime soon, so I don't see what prolonging mediocrity will accomplish for them.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to see the Reds follow this same blueprint, and yet they are out signing guys like Willy Taveras and Arthur Rhodes. Yippee.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749996801204575270noreply@blogger.com