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Sports => VTTW Message Board => Topic started by: Black Diamond Vol on July 19, 2014, 02:58:30 EDT



Title: Our long national nightmare is over
Post by: Black Diamond Vol on July 19, 2014, 02:58:30 EDT
The Braves have released Dan Uggla.

Of course, they're still on the hook for 18M through the end of next season, so his ghost is going to haunt us for awhile longer. :frown:


Title: Re: Our long national nightmare is over
Post by: droner on July 19, 2014, 03:19:55 EDT
Thank goodness. He was doing absolutely nothing for the team.

It's amazing how bad he got. He got worse every year. He couldn't even get above the Mendoza line.


Title: Re: Our long national nightmare is over
Post by: Black Diamond Vol on July 19, 2014, 03:24:14 EDT
Thank goodness. He was doing absolutely nothing for the team.

It's amazing how bad he got. He got worse every year. He couldn't even get above the Mendoza line.


I read earlier that he only had 33 plate appearances in the last 74 days.  Which begs the question: Why did they wait THIS long? :dunno:


Title: Re: Our long national nightmare is over
Post by: HerbTarlekVol on July 19, 2014, 05:42:30 EDT


I read earlier that he only had 33 plate appearances in the last 74 days.  Which begs the question: Why did they wait THIS long? :dunno:

They've been trying to move him since the season started.  Finally they gave up on finding any takers and just released him. 



Title: Re: Our long national nightmare is over
Post by: BanditVol on July 19, 2014, 07:33:26 EDT


I read earlier that he only had 33 plate appearances in the last 74 days.  Which begs the question: Why did they wait THIS long? :dunno:

That's obvious.  They had 18 million reasons to wait.   :naughty:


Title: Re: Our long national nightmare is over
Post by: Black Diamond Vol on July 20, 2014, 01:31:23 EDT
They've been trying to move him since the season started.  Finally they gave up on finding any takers and just released him. 



They've been trying to deal him for two years.  The only way anyone was going to take him was if the Braves subsidized 90% of his remaining salary and threw in a prospect or two.  In four years, he went from the best offensive 2B in baseball to a guy you had to pay other teams to take off your hands. :frown: