Braves Trade Mark Teixeira

This just in........

The Atlanta Braves have traded 1st baseman Mark Teixeira to the Los Angeles Angles.....

From ESPN.com:

Sources: Braves deal Teixeira to Angels for Kotchman

ESPN.com news services

Updated: July 29, 2008, 6:04 PM ET

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One of the biggest names bandied about as Thursday's trade deadline approaches has found a new home.

Teixeira

Kotchman

Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com's Jayson Stark on Tuesday that Atlanta Braves first baseman Mark Teixeira is headed to the Los Angeles Angels for Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Steven Marek.

Kotchman was pulled off the field during pregame warmups at Fenway Park on Tuesday afternoon, further fueling speculation that a deal was in place.

Teixeira was traded to the Braves from the Texas Rangers in a deadline deal last season, but he is in the last year of his contract. With Atlanta falling out of contention, it seemed logical that the team would try to move him.

The switch-hitting Teixeira is batting .283 with 20 home runs and 78 RBIs this season.

Kotchman, who is known as much for his defense at first base as his bat, is batting .287 with 12 homers and 54 RBIs for the first-place Angels.

Jayson Stark covers major league baseball for ESPN.com.

Petrino Resigns

The Atlanta Journal Constitution........

The AJC is reporting Atlanta Falcon head coach Bobby Petrino has quit the team to become head coach of the University of Arkansas.

PETRINO RESIGNS.........AJC reports......






Developing...........


It is now official......Bobby Petrino has resigned as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons to become head coach of Arkansas Razerback college football team. The Falcons will hold a news conference at 2 pm Wednesday to address the resignation. The Arkansas job became available when Houston Nutt resigned to take the Ole Miss position. Petrino, on no less than 2 occasions, assured Falcon owner, Arthur Blank, of his intentions to stay with the Atlanta organization. However.....Petrino blind sided Blank and the team with his Tuesday decision.



We will have a post tomorrow addressing Mr. Petrino, Mr. Blank and the Atlanta Falcons.......

Stay tuned.......

The Reds are Color-blind....& that's a good thing

The Cincinnati Reds have hired Dusty Baker to manage their baseball team. The move was made official today, with a news conference scheduled for Monday. Baker, 58 , becomes the 60th Reds manager and the first African-American. Baker had previously led the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs. We applaud the Reds for this hire -- plus it gets Dusty off of ESPN's Baseball Tonight -- in which Dusty never seemed comfortable with his role.