{"id":1328,"date":"2008-12-17T07:40:27","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T11:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/12\/17\/do-the-braves-have-a-case-of-the-bad-back-blues\/"},"modified":"2011-06-25T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T14:54:31","slug":"do-the-braves-have-a-case-of-the-bad-back-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/12\/17\/do-the-braves-have-a-case-of-the-bad-back-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Do the Braves have a case of the bad back blues?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why are the Braves going after SS Rafael Furcal and his bad back?\u00a0 I do not get this one.\u00a0 Could they really be considering signing Furcal as the precursor to trading current SS Yunel Escobar?\u00a0 Please say it\u2019s not true!<\/p>\n<p>Rumors are flying.\u00a0 Furcal to 2B, and current 2B Kelly Johnson to left field.\u00a0 I am not sure WTF the Braves are thinking, but when desperation sets in, the wolves get careless.\u00a0 Crazy talk.\u00a0 Unprotected sex. Whatever you want to call it, call it bad news.<\/p>\n<p>I could see the Braves putting Escobar as the centerpiece of a deal to trade for a number two pitcher.\u00a0 You know, a reach.\u00a0 The Braves are not going to land a top flight ace of the rotation, so the front off brass will grit their teeth, and pull off a horrendous deal that may set the Braves back for years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are the Braves going after SS Rafael Furcal and his bad back?\u00a0 I do not get this one.\u00a0 Could they really be considering signing Furcal as the precursor to trading current SS Yunel Escobar?\u00a0 Please say it\u2019s not true! Rumors are flying.\u00a0 Furcal to 2B, and current 2B Kelly Johnson to left field.\u00a0 I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/12\/17\/do-the-braves-have-a-case-of-the-bad-back-blues\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do the Braves have a case of the bad back blues?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,61],"class_list":["post-1328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-mlb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3540,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions\/3540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}