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GwinnettFan
March 20th, 2009
12:16 pm
first?
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
12:18 pm
Nice win last night by the Duke..balanced scoring all around…Bring On Texas…Go Duke… and Go Braves..
Anders
March 20th, 2009
12:19 pm
From the last blog Random (Seem to be posting right at post time these days. aaargh)
Random,
Regarding your 11:25 post. The enter comments here comes up when you haven’t actually typed anything in the posting box and you inadvertently hit the submit comment box. A more robust system would tell you that you haven’t entered anything to post and not waste posting it anyway. But I think we’ve established that the AJC didn’t exactly go top shelf when they bought/developed this product.
But it does serve the purpose. Thanks for the cover with Roach. I’ve seen those types of posts so much I just ignore. He certainly has the right moniker.
BTW- Mets sent Niese to minors today so it looke like Livan Hernandez will be the number 5.
cvbraves
March 20th, 2009
12:21 pm
Welcome back, CR. Maybe by the time I hit the submit button, more bloggers will be on. Maybe, they don’t realize your new blog is up.
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
12:22 pm
No Francouer in the line up… im diasappointed.
Kenny Powers
March 20th, 2009
12:26 pm
Kenny Powers has now joined the blog
Anders
March 20th, 2009
12:26 pm
DukeBoy – You know the rules. Get an extra base hit – get a day off. Frenchy really needed a day off. Been a while.
Jeff321
March 20th, 2009
12:28 pm
Carroll Rogers, your witty intellect and superior inquisitiveness have been missed!
With that said, you had me all excited to see KK’s curve ball last night. Only problem is: He was in hiding and I have to wait longer.
Fred
March 20th, 2009
12:28 pm
Continuing the Chipper/Toronto issue from the previous blog, Chipper may just prefer solitude on the road. I was in Chicago last summer for the Braves games and I noticed Chipper eating dinner alone in the bar/restaurant of what I presume was the team hotel (Westin on N. Michigan Ave.)
Dookie
March 20th, 2009
12:29 pm
Hope Glavine throws well tommorrow.
cvbraves
March 20th, 2009
12:30 pm
Wonder why Braves’ radio taking today off…they were on yesterday, tomorrow and Sunday. Guess 4 days in a row asking too much. Need some help following the game today, Carroll.
Maddux
March 20th, 2009
12:30 pm
Carroll…..HOOKEM HORNS!!!
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
12:30 pm
good for Frenchy…
Carroll Rogers
March 20th, 2009
12:31 pm
yep they’re still playing the logical song….means it’s time for me to eat lunch.
Thanks Jeff321….KK must have been personally teasing you!
DukeBoy, what’s your story? alum?
Mike Honcho
March 20th, 2009
12:31 pm
On another note, Heyward is in trouble of entering Bill Brasky territory. Jayson Stark is reporting the Heyward hosted the Grammy’s and gave every award to Cory Hart. I also saw that Terrance Moore talked to Heyward’s family and found out his family crest is of a barricuda eating Neil Armstrong
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
12:31 pm
Maddux im sorry but the Longhorns are going home…
Billy Walsh
March 20th, 2009
12:32 pm
ncscoots,
I had no idea that we have a lot of Clemson Alumni here…I am glad that Purnell said the things he did after last nights loss. The Villanova loss last year was brutual enough. Can’t wait to see Devon Booker next year. Hopefully Olgesby will mature a little more next year too. Did you see Carolina’s recruiting class for next year? The rich get richer. They have at least three studs coming in next year.
Hey DukeBoy….Texas is going to give you Dookies all you can handle on Saturday. And if you survive that….Villanova might be there waiting. I really think Duke can beat Texas and Nova. Unfortunately, they dont match up well with Pitt.
I'm on a Boat
March 20th, 2009
12:32 pm
He’s been hitting well this spring. Frenchy should be back to his top form in the season.
Carroll Rogers
March 20th, 2009
12:32 pm
I expect nicer talk from someone who calls himself Maddux! (or herself?!)
Maddux
March 20th, 2009
12:33 pm
Duke Boy: Should be a good game. Pull up a chair and drink some beers. Hookem!!!
Carroll: Isnt it Reyes turn tommorrow? What will he do now that Campillo and Glavine are back?
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
12:34 pm
My story… Got to go to Cameron Indoor at age 3 and ive been a fan ever since (16 years).
I'm on a Boat
March 20th, 2009
12:34 pm
Duke should make it past Texas and Nova. If they get to the elite 8 and face Pitt, it will be hard for the boys from Cameron to win. But they’ve done it before…….
Maddux
March 20th, 2009
12:35 pm
Carroll: Im a man, but Im not 40!!! Not talking smack at all. Just excited about a great matchup in the 2nd round. Good luck to your boys.
Lew
March 20th, 2009
12:35 pm
Carroll-Come on now-I’ve met you and you’re not a day over 25.
Bravely going forward
March 20th, 2009
12:36 pm
So since we have some carolina folks and certainly some georgia folks, we can settle it here. Which is supreme? Ketchup, vinegar, or mustard-based BBQ? Vote now!
Anders
March 20th, 2009
12:37 pm
DukeBoy – That’s a good story. Never been, but it looks like a crazy place. Best time of your life right now – enjoy!
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
12:38 pm
Billy, the Blue Devils ran with Pitt last season at Madison Square Garden, if they both make it that far it should be a great game. Duke is a much better team than last season.
As for Nova i was not at all impressed with their performance last night.
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
12:39 pm
I’m On A Boat…great point. Never doubt a team led by Coach K.
gotigers72
March 20th, 2009
12:39 pm
Hope Schafer makes the big club. He’s raking, has stolen 5 bases in 5 tries and is as good at going and gettin’ ‘em as Anderson and has a better arm. More power, better OBP. I see no reason for him NOT to be kept on the big squad other than Anderson not having any options. That is no reason to send Schafer down. Keep the best player and do whatever you have to do with the other.
Does anybody see any reason not to keep the best player? Schafer appears to be the better player. Keep Blanco in case Schafer struggles and as a plug in at the other outfield spots. The Braves seriously need some power in the OF, and Schafer definitely has more power than Anderson or Gregor. His power may be gap power for the time being, but at his age he still has room to add more muscle and bulk.
cvbraves
March 20th, 2009
12:42 pm
Vinegar
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
12:42 pm
I think Schafer should make the big league club..
ncscoots
March 20th, 2009
12:42 pm
Billy Walsh, you got Wayne In Utah, gotigers72, Salty (not Saltywoody, the other one, LOL), and some others I know I’ve missed. A little harsh sometimes hanging around all these Dawgs, but not so much you can’t stand it. HA!
Maddux
March 20th, 2009
12:43 pm
Heres my problem with our OF situation right now. How do they pick a guy when all of them arent facing the best pitching most of the time in these spring training games. Yeah Schafer looks great right now, but how will he fare when Oswalt and guys like that dial it up in the Regular season. Its a whole new game in the regular season.
Random
March 20th, 2009
12:43 pm
winterville (12:17 pm): “If you are getting ready to make a post but haven’t written anything yet, it will just say “Enter your comments here” in the comments box. My theory is that people are accidentally hitting submit before they have written anything.”
But that begs the question (my question, at least) — how can ANYone “accidentally” hit “Submit”??? But it does happen, and frequently — I’m baffled. Are some people so excited at the prospect of posting that they suffer from premature submission?
Is there some kind of shortcut key to submit a comment? I myself always point and click, which is hard to do “accidentally”, but some kind of shortcut key could be triggered accidentally. I guess.
Thanks.
Noc-a-Homer Simpson
March 20th, 2009
12:44 pm
Schafer probably needs more time in the high minors. he still strikes out too much
jon-b
March 20th, 2009
12:45 pm
“Tomato” based sauce is #1 – and Kansas City and Memphis bar-be-que are #1 and #2 – Texas style, when done on a large scale in a pit is also very good. The local BBQ around the small places (the one on highway 61 between Villa Rica and Dallas is the best) have great bar-be-que. It is worth the drive out there on a Sunday afternoon (they don’t open until church is out). The mustard- and vinegar-based sauces are just not to my taste, though when in the Carolinas, everything goes well with a beer.
Now you have me looking forward to getting to Turner Field and toasting Skip & Pete at their chop house and enjoying a sandwich. Though not as good as many of those small places I referenced, it will be good to at least look at the caricatures of the two legends and get this season started!
Noc-a-Homer Simpson
March 20th, 2009
12:46 pm
Any of you south carolina folks (i was born in greenville, myself) care to explain the significance of mustard-based carolina style barbecue?
Brandon
March 20th, 2009
12:46 pm
who provides more power: Schafer or Anderson?
Bravely going forward
March 20th, 2009
12:47 pm
nice answer, jon-b. i see you are an expert. you should be a judge on food network bbq competitions.
ncscoots
March 20th, 2009
12:48 pm
Somebody help jon-b out here, LOL. A good palette is a terrible thing to waste…
Gorkys Miller
March 20th, 2009
12:49 pm
uh oh, are you a mustard fan, ncscoots?
Maddux
March 20th, 2009
12:49 pm
Schafer and Anderson are both either gonna bat 1 or 8 so I dont think power should be a big factor. SB and OBP should be the deciding factors on who starts. And the one who can go get the ball in the gaps the best.
cheld
March 20th, 2009
12:49 pm
You know, I Google Imaged “Carroll Rogers Braves” to see if there’s a pic available, and this is what I got:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HS1spWnkn4o/SNhb0_8wpCI/AAAAAAAACkI/NcqzLbzHdhE/s320/wookie.jpg
I don’t know where to start with that picture…
Kenny Powers
March 20th, 2009
12:49 pm
Kenny Powers believes Schafer is the better choice in CF. Kenny Powers could strike out Anderson any day of the week. In fact Kenny Powers would send a limo to pick up Anderson to make sure he was in the lineup.
P.S. Kenny Powers HATES Duke
CB
March 20th, 2009
12:49 pm
HOKIEBRAVES-What year did you graduate?1971 for me.Cant wait for football season.
Random
March 20th, 2009
12:50 pm
Neon Deion</strong: “Where McCarver?”
The question is, “Where’s BASEBALL???”
Answer: certinly not on this blog today. Not much.
winterville
March 20th, 2009
12:51 pm
Random
Yea I wonder the same thing about why people do it. Maybe they just hit it before they are about to start writing to get it ready. I guess you would just have to do it to really explain how it happens.
ncscoots
March 20th, 2009
12:51 pm
nossir, I’m a vinegar man. Although, to be perfectly honest, the only kind of barbecue I actually don’t like is “outa”.
Frenchy's Faux-Beard
March 20th, 2009
12:51 pm
not a fan of bbq, random?
Carroll Rogers
March 20th, 2009
12:51 pm
Dukeboy, you are a boy. I think i was out of college there by the time you went to your first game at Cameron. And you were a toddler when Christian Laettner was winning us back-to-back titles my junior and senior year. Well hopefully we’ll get you another one that you can remember. Can’t say I think this is the year, without much in the way of inside presence, but maybe we’ll get hot and knock everything down. Got to see the ACC final in person and they look like a team that’s figuring out how to win big games. Course, not sure I could have said the same had we played Carolina with Lawson…..without him, different deal.
Good question on Reyes. I’ll have to ask. Got a lot of arms in camp now with Campillo and Vazquez back and Glavine working into the fold.
Put me down for vinegar-based.
Victor
March 20th, 2009
12:52 pm
Carroll, any word on when the next round of cuts is going to happen?
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
12:53 pm
Kenny Powers..why do you hate Duke?
Gonzo the Clown
March 20th, 2009
12:53 pm
if ya’ll like barbeque, you should come to athens, we have the only all-you-can eat fresh air barbecue in existence. 8 bucks gets you all the barbeque, brunswick stew, beans, bread, etc. plus a drink. pretty bad-ass if you ask me.
braves#1
March 20th, 2009
12:54 pm
Football is for the people who are not fortunate enough to be able to hit a 90 m.p.h fastball
jon-b
March 20th, 2009
12:54 pm
Thank you BRAVELY GOING FORWARD, but really my only credentials are that my doctor told me to lose 50 pounds by summer. Evidently I haven’t been as discerning as I should have been. Also, I have been job-transferred from a lot places so have way too much experience in eating.
Carroll, glad to have you on the blog-o-sphere today. though DOB always is good and his comments are informative, you add a certain atmosphere to the scene – thanks.
On center field, I am looking forward to the outfield that will have Schafer in left, Hernandez in center, and Francouer in right. That could really be 3 gold gloves right there – there will be a lot of pitchers wanting to come to Atlanta to have that kind of speed, power, and arms all in the same outfield. I am not forgetting Heyward – there will have to be a place for him – might be a trade in the air for one of the gold glovers.
Random
March 20th, 2009
12:55 pm
Anders (12:19 pm): “The enter comments here comes up when you haven’t actually typed anything in the posting box and you inadvertently hit the submit comment box. A more robust system would tell you that you haven’t entered”
So many commenter here DO suffer from submission prior to entering.
Well, there’s clinics for such unfortunates.
Thanks.
PS: “inadvertently hit the submit comment box”, my axe.
DOB's Leather Jacket
March 20th, 2009
12:56 pm
vinegar makes all food better
Billy Walsh
March 20th, 2009
12:56 pm
Dukeboy…Duke is a lot better this season. As soon as Coach K put Elliot Williams in the starting five. However, Pitt is much better than that December game in the Garden in 2007. Blair and Young have blossomed into All American players. Duke relies way too much on the three and has no inside presence. Don’t overlook Nova. American shot lights out in the first half. Nova has a solid inside game too.
Mekons
March 20th, 2009
12:58 pm
Good blog today, Carroll. I’m looking forward to seeing how Tommy is tomorrow. Apart from who plays CF, it’s the only real question mark entering the season. I have mixed feelings; I want him to do well, but he’s also blocking Jo Jo, who I think really deserves another shot. But I would much rather have too much pitching than what we had last year.
Art in TN
March 20th, 2009
12:58 pm
lol is 32 too young Carroll
Bravely going forward
March 20th, 2009
12:58 pm
thanks for the feedback, carol. glad to hear you like vinegar best. me, too.
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
12:59 pm
Billy… all good points. You might be right. Looking ahead their recruting class for next season is primarily focues on BIG MEN. They’ve signed 2 of the top 10 Big Men. If they develop, which I presume they will, and Everyone comes back i.e. Gerald Henderson Duke will be a force to be reckoned with.
But I’m not rady to give up on this season. Upsets happen, thats why its called March Madness.
Saltywoody
March 20th, 2009
1:00 pm
Curious that right around the time KU starts playing, DOB mysteriously disappears and hands things over to Carrol.
Wait, nevermind, not curious at all.
Good blog, CR. Great blurb about Huddy. Can’t even imagine how good the staff would be with him in it…
Random
March 20th, 2009
1:01 pm
Jeff321 (12:41 pm yesterday): “The Braves have done really well this spring. However, most of the players driving in the runs and stealing bases are going to be in the minors.. Just something to think about.”
Braves RBI Leaders — Diaz (11), BJones (9), Prado (9), Freeman (7), Francoeur (7), Infante (6), Norton (6), Johnson (5). Yep, Minor Leaguers all — at least 1 or 2 out of 8. That IS the meaning of “most” in your fantasy world of imagineering, right?
Braves SB Leaders (all 5 of them) — Schafer (5), JAnderson (1), Diaz (1), Gorecki (1), Prado (1), all else (0) — great sample size you got there.
“Just something to think about”???
Oh, really?
Or perhaps just something for you to pretend make-believe with, with your feelings and emotions and memories and all.
Andy K.
March 20th, 2009
1:01 pm
Carroll, when is the next round of cuts?
Noc-a-Homer Simpson
March 20th, 2009
1:02 pm
So how long do ya’ll think it will be before Schafer can actually succeed without the obligatory line about, “of course, he was suspended 50 games for suspected…”
will schafer truly be able to crawl out from under his shadow?
Carroll Rogers
March 20th, 2009
1:03 pm
And thanks Lew!
Gonzo the Clown
March 20th, 2009
1:04 pm
I forget, which Radiohead album is “Imagineering” on?
GSU-Lee
March 20th, 2009
1:04 pm
Carroll, I got the Blue Devils in the final four…don’t let me down!
DukeBoy
March 20th, 2009
1:05 pm
Carroll, at age 19 i might not be able to remember Christian and Grant, but i sure can remember 2001.
Mike Honcho
March 20th, 2009
1:05 pm
Kenny Powers,
Is your show any good? I don’t get HBO so I’m waiting on the DVD release.
Can I trust your humble opinion, can you even top Foot Fist Way?
I’m also wondering if you hung out with John Rocker for research…
Carroll Rogers
March 20th, 2009
1:06 pm
Andy K, it would have been today if not for the flu bug going around….
Marlins skipper Gonzalez has a rule that all his players be out in front of the dugout during the national anthem. I really like that touch. I know Bobby is laid back about that and gives guys a choice. It is 162 games, but i like the touch. …guess you kinda wish guys would do it on their own.
Bonifacio flies out on second pitch from Lowe, and we’re off.
DAP
March 20th, 2009
1:06 pm
cheld that pic was awesome. im making it my background.
flange1
March 20th, 2009
1:06 pm
Afternoon All,
One final WBC comment.
Did anyone see that David Wright played the entire last game in pain and thought he had a broken toe? Turns out it was a broken toe nail but still.
These guys are pushing themselves to play for their country. They are not ready for that!
If Wright’s toe would have been broken he could have permanently injured himself.
This tournament needs to be moved to later in the year…
Random
March 20th, 2009
1:07 pm
Frenchy’s Faux-Beard (12:51 pm): “not a fan of bbq?”
Ahhh, my gripin’ was mostly directed at the public tongue-lolling session of last blog. A virtual circle jerk, as it were.
Don’t mind me — I’m a little crotchety this morning.
Carroll Rogers
March 20th, 2009
1:07 pm
That was a nice one too, DukeBoy.
Carroll Rogers
March 20th, 2009
1:08 pm
ok that’s two flyball outs to the first two batters. last time i saw him pitch, there was nothing out of the infield. i can see he’s getting slack here…
Cyrus
March 20th, 2009
1:08 pm
You guys forgot never to ask a woman her age and I bet Carroll isnt a day over 29
Frenchy's Faux-Beard
March 20th, 2009
1:09 pm
flange, what would you think about extending the all-star break and playing half of the wbc during spring training and the other half during the allstar break?
Carroll Rogers
March 20th, 2009
1:09 pm
Hermida single sharply up the middle.
lewie
March 20th, 2009
1:09 pm
duke is garbage. bunch of pansy crackers taking charges the whole game. that’s why either texas or nova puts the hurt on ‘em
Carroll Rogers
March 20th, 2009
1:10 pm
Cantu sends 0-2 pitch softly to left field for a base hit, runners first and second, two out
NickB
March 20th, 2009
1:11 pm
anyone know if the game is on tv today?
Frenchy's Faux-Beard
March 20th, 2009
1:12 pm
So what’s it gonna be Random, tomato, vinegar or mustard??
Brandon
March 20th, 2009
1:13 pm
Duke is not garbage…C’mon D. Lowe!!!
GSU-Lee
March 20th, 2009
1:13 pm
lewie,
Such a typical complaint. Duke has no excuse not to be in the elite eight, because they are simply better than any of the teams they would face through then.
Mike Honcho
March 20th, 2009
1:13 pm
lewie,
Just wanted you to know that Coach K took “pansy crackers taking charges the whole game” 101 at West Point. Under Bobby Knight.
po' lil' frenchy
March 20th, 2009
1:13 pm
if the game was on tv today i would do a back flip out of this chair
Carroll Rogers
March 20th, 2009
1:13 pm
Cody Ross just sent a 1-2 pitch off the left center field wall for a two-run double. it’s 2-0 Marlins, all with two outs. Lowe ended it by getting Coghlan to hit a comebacker.
Random
March 20th, 2009
1:13 pm
Carroll Rogers (1:06 pm): “”Marlins skipper Gonzalez has a rule that all his players be out in front of the dugout during the national anthem. …guess you kinda wish guys would do it on their own.”
Yeah, let’s militarize the whole dam civil society.
lewie
March 20th, 2009
1:13 pm
duke is garbage. bunch of over-rated softy jive turkeys
Noc-a-Homer Simpson
March 20th, 2009
1:14 pm
uh oh, typical d-lowe form, struggling in the first. but watch him get out of it with a run or less earned.
Noc-a-Homer Simpson
March 20th, 2009
1:15 pm
or not
Rodney Derrick
March 20th, 2009
1:15 pm
Carroll– Welcome back. Did you see this article in The New Republic by a Duke supporter regarding the various pitchfork attitudes out there toward the Blue Devils– http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=77950f2b-9680-4f0a-9de4-0e26a61316b4
While I am an Emory grad, I enjoy Duke Forest and have taught ESL to visiting scholars on campus, so I generally am supportive and wish the best for the team, even though I find Coach K rather detestable in his political attacks on the President. Not surprising though when you consider his Bobby Knight roots.
Original Jon
March 20th, 2009
1:15 pm
how can you get out of something with a run or less earned?
Random
March 20th, 2009
1:16 pm
Frenchy’s Faux-Beard (1:12 pm): “So what’s it gonna be, tomato, vinegar or mustard??”
All sauce is optional, and should be superfluous — sauce on the side, if you please.
Marcus
March 20th, 2009
1:16 pm
Hey Random, it’s better than what that jackbag Delgado did………..
Noc-a-Homer Simpson
March 20th, 2009
1:16 pm
i was hoping he might strike out the last guy or something like that, and not let in any runs…
18 Wheels of Love
March 20th, 2009
1:17 pm
“Coghlan’s Law” – “Never tell tales about a woman. No matter how far away she is, she’ll always hear you”.
Mike Honcho
March 20th, 2009
1:17 pm
Rodney Derrick,
When did you graduate from Emory?