Braves Sold

After a year of negotiations, we have a deal. Time Warner will sell the Braves and magazine titles to Liberty Media in exchange for most of Liberty's TWX stock holdings.

Too bad it wasn't done in November, when the Braves could have signed an impact free agent. This deal's been discussed since last March.

The deal values the team at $450 million.

In other news, the Braves reached a deal with Oscar Villareal for just under $1 million.

At last, some reason to be excited about the state of the Braves - everyone's signed, the team is finally sold, and Skip Carey has been sober for almost 30 minutes.

In a related note, for any local readers' interest, here's a link to season ticket prices - thankfully far below the Mets and Yankees, without having to watch Chan Ho Park or Carl Pavano. I might be interested in one of the 20-game or 30-game packages myself, though that might be pushing it once you factor in parking and kids.

Only one week until pitchers and catchers report.....