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Andy Marte Dies In Car Crash
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: Remember the name Andy Marte? Go all the way back to September 12, 2000 when the Atlanta Braves signed Marte as an international free agent. The third base prospect shot onto the scene in 2002 and 2003 after he had terrific seasons in the Braves minor leagues. Just like that, he was one of the Braves top prospects. Baseball America ranked Marte as the #40 prospect in the game in 2003, the #11 in 2004, the #9 in 2005 and #14 in 2006. He was suppose to be our third baseman of the future, but Chipper Jones was still playing ridiculous at that position. So the Braves decided to trade Marte for a position they needed….shortstop. On December 8, 2005 the Braves traded Marte to the Red Sox for Edgar Renteria. Following the trade, he was never the same player. This is terrible news and tragic. 2016 was an awful year for people we lost, hopefully we can back it down in 2017. RIP Andy Marte.
3 reasons the Falcons will beat the Packers in the NFC Championship game
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: It NFC Championship day! Though the NFL is getting kinda blah, a few of these playoff games have been fantastic. Also, the Atlanta Falcons are one game away from the Super Bowl! Many Braves, former and current, have gotten onto the Falcons train and the Rise Up slogan and the #InBrotherhood. The game is schedule to start at 3:05pm ET on big FOX. The Falcons have the weapons on offense and their defense continues to improve. If I’m a betting man, I would put my money on the Atlanta Falcons today against the Green Bay Packers. The AFC game, I’m still going with anyone but the Patriots. So go Steelers.
Wieters running out of options after Braves reportedly sign Suzuki
Tomahawk Take Editor’s Note: The Braves sign veteran catcher Kurt Suzuki to a one-year deal worth $1.5M and has the chance to go up to $4M with incentives. With this signing, the Braves are out of the market for Matt Wieters. Scott Boas and his client are running out of options as we’re now less then a month until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training camp. The White Sox could be a good destination for Wieters, but they’re on their rebuilding stage and probably don’t want to spend the money. The Rockies seem like a good fit, but they have Tom Murphy. The Nationals sounded like they were interested, but now it seems like they’re less. The Mets could get involved and according to this post, New York is the only spot that makes sense right now for Wieters. In any case, Wieters won’t be a Brave and I’m okay with that.
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