Monday, August 1, 2011
Landing Bourn equals World Series?
The Braves made a big Splash on July 31st hours before the trade deadline by acquring Michel Bourn the Houston Astros centerfielder. In return, Houston gets in return out fielder Jordan schafer, south paw Brett Oberholtzer and right-handers Paul Clemens and Juan Abreu. Bourn entering Monday is batting .303 with 64 runs and 39 stolen bases which is tops in majors. This is a better deal than getting Beltran who went to the Giants, or Pence who is with the phillies now. After Nate Mclouth went on the Dl, Atlanta knew they needed to go get a center fielder, and that is exactly what they did. Today Bourn singled in his first at bat as a brave, and got robbed of extra bases in his second at bat. While helping on the base paths and in center, Bourn will fill a needed leadoff hitter the Braves have been looking for since 2005 via Rafel Furcal. Now Atlanta will be a true threat come post season time and the good news is Bourn's contract ends in 2012 instead of being a rental player!
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