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consternation \kon-ster-ney-shuhn\, noun:

1. a sudden dread
2. a state of paralyzing dismay

Usage

Realizing that the Braves outfield now consists of a guy that hit .240 with 70 RBIs last season, Jeff Francoeur, and two no-names, Matt Diaz and Josh Anderson, the news of Ken Griffey Jr. signing with the Mariners left me with immediate consternation.
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Frank Wren: Put. That coffee. Down!

For the umpteenth time this offseason, the Atlanta Braves and, in particular, Braves’ general manager Frank Wren have been spurned. This time by free agent outfielder Ken Griffey Jr.

After the Atlanta-Journal Constitution’s Braves beat writer, Dave O’Brien, wrote that a contract with Griffey was all but done on Tuesday, things evidently fell apart. Griffey then signed a one year, $2 million contract with the Seattle Mariners yesterday.

Now, I am not certain of why Griffey chose to sign with the Mariners over the Braves or even how close a deal with the Braves was to being finalized. However, I do know that there has become a common pattern of the Braves becoming awfully close to finishing deals only for things to completely fall apart (see: Rafael Furcal signing; see: Jake Peavy trade; see: John Smoltz signing; and now see: Ken Griffey Jr. signing).

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The Blue Workhorse will be on the road this weekend as we (we being two friends and myself) travel down to the Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg area for the first two games of the American League Championship Series.
After working for one of the Tampa Bay (no longer Devil) Rays minor league teams last summer, I knew that [...]

April 15, 1947 - Sixty years after the first African-American player in the major leagues, Moses Fleetwood Walker was unofficially banned from baseball (no, Jackie Robinson was not the first to play baseball in the major leagues), Jackie Robinson takes to the field for his first official game in a #42 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform. He plays first base instead [...]