CatnipOligarchy Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 (edited) The Braves have added Antonio Alfonseca to their annualy revamped bullpen. this worries me. our bullpen always worries me, but he cant be any worse than Ray King was in the 7th and 8th innings last year. alfonseca is coming off a 5.83 ERA. All we need is someone who can consistently get the ball to John Smoltz with the lead. Mike Remlinger was the best setup man weve had in a long while, it was a shame to see him go. right now, alfonseca isnt close to remlingers level, but leo mazzone has turned pitchers careers around before. heres hoping he can do it again this year with alfonseca, john thompson, and whoever else we pick up. http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/a...t=.jsp&c_id=atl Edited December 21, 2003 by CatnipOligarthy Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted December 21, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 21, 2003 thank god, i hated him. how can a pro athlete be so fat? he should be playing football. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1498104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted December 21, 2003 Author Share Posted December 21, 2003 not as fat as that guy that used to pitch for boston rich garces Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1498120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted December 21, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 21, 2003 was he any good? cuz alfonseca sucked. did the cubs get anyone good? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1498138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted December 21, 2003 Author Share Posted December 21, 2003 garces wasnt anything special either from what i remember. i sure wish we had a big red sox fan here, lots going on in boston right now. and no, alfonseca was a free agent. we signed him to a 1 year, $1.5 million deal, with a chance to earn another $1 million from incentives. i have added a link to the full story in the first post Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1498148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicoCahill Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Atlanta needs more starting pitching, they've done absolutely nothing in the offseason. except for drew who is overrated. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1498460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted December 21, 2003 Author Share Posted December 21, 2003 Atlanta needs more starting pitching, they've done absolutely nothing in the offseason. except for drew who is overrated. and they signed John Thompson, who pitched for texas last year. they say he is greg maddux's replacement in the rotation. thats bs if you ask me Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1499523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted December 22, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 22, 2003 john kruk was fat and he owned. and he only had one testie. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1500571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 the bullpen patchwork continues.. today we added Armando Almanza, a lefty reliever who will replace ray king in the bullpen http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/a...t=.jsp&c_id=atl Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1505592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fear the Pandaz Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Antonio Alfonseca is the worst reliever in baseball. Atlanta will be furious with him. He blows almost every game he enters, and just when you think he's improving, he blows another game and ruins the team momentum. I'm SO GLAD he's gone. AHHHHHHH. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1533355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnB Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 garces wasnt anything special either from what i remember. i sure wish we had a big red sox fan here, lots going on in boston right now. and no, alfonseca was a free agent. we signed him to a 1 year, $1.5 million deal, with a chance to earn another $1 million from incentives. i have added a link to the full story in the first post Lifelong Boston Sports fan here. Boston is truly like no other fanbase when it comes to baseball. Just to give an example: First week of February every year, they lead the nightly news with pictures of the Red Sox' equipment leaving for Florida. It usually snowballs from that point until elimination in August or September. This winter has been outrageous however, the ARod thing was bigger than even a 12-game winning streak by the Pats. Anyway, before I completely hijack the thread: Rich Garces was actually pretty good over his first few seasons in Boston. He was only good for one inning at a time, but El Guapo, as he was called, was good at getting the job done. In 2000 he was 8-1 in 64 appearances with a 3.25 ERA. Then in 2002 his weight caught up with him, and not too long after, everyone else's bats did the same. I doubt he is still in baseball today. Rich Garces' career stats Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1533920 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianPimp99 Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Man do I feel bad for you. I said through this whole season that the only time you bring him in is when you're up by 7 runs because he's the only pitcher who could give up a 6 run HR. He sucked in '02 and yet the Cubs brought him back for like $4 mil. It's sad what happened to his friend and all, but really that money could have been spent much more wisely. Leo's done this before, turning careers around and making stars out of nobodies. John Rocker anyone? We'll just have to wait and see. I for one am soooooo glad he's no longer on the Northside. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1555971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neil Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 People will be very surprised with Thomson this year. Solid K/BB and a decent GB/FB ratio which will be helped by Turner field. With Mazzone, a 3.5 ERA could be expected....also, Alfon is horrible...no BB/K...no control...average at best stuff Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1556531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianicoleman Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Antonio Alfonseca is the worst reliever in baseball. Atlanta will be furious with him. He blows almost every game he enters, and just when you think he's improving, he blows another game and ruins the team momentum. I'm SO GLAD he's gone. AHHHHHHH. lmfao.. why dont the braves actually go and get a good player? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1570455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 lmfao.. why dont the braves actually go and get a good player? because they are owned by AOL Time Warner, and the more money AOL loses, the more the payroll has to get cut. Attendance keeps dropping. Its almost like they are daring someone else to win the division. no fun watching all the other teams pick up the good free agents while we get john thompson, antonio alfonseca, and armando almanza :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/125294-alfonseca-to-atlanta/#findComment-1570470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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