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Season starts tomorrow

It'll be Braves-Cubs tomorrow at Turner Field for the 2010 season opener. It's going to be awesome because Jason Heyward will be making his major league debut, and the Sid Slid team will be on hand to provide complete coverage. The Atlanta faithful are also no doubt eagerly awaiting the debut of full time second baseman Martin Prado.

This is of course a lie, I'll be there but providing no coverage because I'm too lazy and it's Opening Day so I don't feel like thinking, just sitting back and soaking in the atmosphere. Also I'm not writing about it because I'm pretty sure no one reads this thing anyway. We gotta work on that. After tomorrow, only 161 games will stand between the Braves and the postseason that will certainly yield a World Series title.

I mean it's Bobby's last year, and if there's a God he will reward that crazy old bastard with a ring in his final season. One can hope.

Speaking of hope, I also hope this is the season that Chief Knockahoma finally makes his long awaited return.

Go Braves!!

Wrong end of 12-4 for Bravos

Another day, another butt whoopin from the Chicago White Sox. Today it was a 12-4 beatdown that included a 7-run inning given up by JoJo Reyes.

I guess there's two good things that come out of this game. First, maybe Braves management can truly see how bad Reyes sucks. How anyone could expect that guy to go more than about two batters without imploding on the mound is beyond me. He really blows.

Second, it's good the Braves are getting some of their terrible Turner Field performances out of the way early. Usually these are the pillagings that occur in late September when the Braves are trying to get in playoff position, so maybe we can get them out of our system now, and we can actually win some meaningful games late for the first time in five years. Probably a pipe dream, but one can hope.

See ya.

Braves lose to White Sox 7-2 in first exhibition game

Ozzie Guillen, apparently enraged at my trashing of his character last night, took it out on Los Bravos, and the White Sox came to Atlanta and took the Braves down by a 7-2 tally.

It was an exhibition game, which means it doesn't count, so I'm not going to write about it. Doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned. That was easy.

One more exhibition today, before the Braves begin the quest for 162-0 on Monday afternoon. See you there.

The Crazies...of MLB

Not really sure how to explain this.

Ozzie Guillen - Manager, Chicago White Sox

In honor of tonight's exhibition game against the White Sox, I thought it'd be a good idea to take a look at one of the great nutjobs in Major League Baseball: Mr. Guillen (as pictured above left).

Now I'm going to relay a bunch of information about him that I stole from Wikipedia.

Ozzie has the distinction of being the first Latin-born manager to win a World Series, as he did with the White Sox in 2005. He also received an AL Rookie of the Year Award as a player, as well as numerous All-Star appearances and a gold glove. I also didn't know until today that he won an NL pennant with the Braves during the 1999 season. Awesome.

Unfortunately, Wikipedia is a little bit lacking in the descriptions of Guillen's antic as a manager. I'm not really sure how he was as a player, but I think he really started to lose it managing.

He's had run-ins with players like Magglio Ordonez and Rich Hill, and reporters like Jay Mariotto.

For further evidence that I can't put into words, let's check out some video.

Here Ozzie struggles mightily with the English language:

Ranting Ozzie-style:

Ozzie freaking out on radio:

Chicago is the home to many things, two baseball teams, lots of hot dogs, wind, and one of the most insane figures in sports today. I hope that Ozzie stays in Chicago for a long time, because the never ending parade of insanity that follows him really turns my crank.

So enjoy those videos and get ready for the two exhibition games against the White Sox at Turner Field this weekend. Game 1 will start tonight at 7:05 while tomorrow afternoon will be at 1:05.

That will be a prelude to the pillaging of Zambrano and the Cubs on Monday afternoon at 4:10. The Sid Slid team will be in attendance, but there will most likely be drinking involved so I can't guarantee the accuracy or lucidity of our coverage.

Peace.

Welcome to Sid Slid

Welcome in to the Sid Slid website, the blog that will give you the best Braves coverage in the universe. This blog will document not only Bobby Cox's final year as manager, but also the Braves run to the 2010 World Series. This year's Braves are without doubt one of the finest baseball teams ever assembled, and this year is the perfect year to begin my (probably fruitless) quest to eventually obtain a Braves press pass.

So sit back and enjoy the spotty updates, poor analysis, and all around good time here on Sid Slid.