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Braves Fan in PA
April 13th, 2009
8:58 pm
Don’t know if anyone has bought this up but if the Red Sox are out of in late August (I know not likely) and the Braves are contending any chance the Braves get Smoltz for the post season push
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winterville
April 13th, 2009
8:58 pm
Man the Mets have some butchers in the field at times too. That was a horrible route by Church.
winterville
April 13th, 2009
8:59 pm
Where were you before they tied it up Mets fan in Atlanta?
Salamander
April 13th, 2009
9:00 pm
Its flattering to see the Braves ranked #1, but it is misleading given that third game bullpen Chernobyl against the Phillies, and the fact that the Braves swept perhaps the worst team in baseball for the next series.
I’m happy at 5-1 (don’t get me wrong), but the bullpen has gotta settle down (still looked bad in several innings against the Nationals) and the bats have to stay hot.
mbatl
April 13th, 2009
9:01 pm
Wow, Murphy dropping an easy catch (and it was easy) and getting blamed – publicly – by Johan, and now Church dropping one too… makes the Braves OF look solid gold. Guess everybody’s got problems, eh?
Anyway, quiet everybody… 24’s coming on.
Hotspur
April 13th, 2009
9:02 pm
@Salamander, my thoughts exactly. I like them in the top ten. Way too early to say they’re #1.
NotForMe
April 13th, 2009
9:02 pm
You guys loved me as my “alias” LOU VALES
sorry to tell you this Lou, but your aliases have all been pretty transparent and nobody on here has ever loved you for/as anything. You’re just a sour, crotchety old geezer who keeps running his mouth way too long. You should keep your original promise dude. Everybody hates a liar.
Smyrna Jim
April 13th, 2009
9:03 pm
24 – Special Guest – Elisha Cuthbert
jtb
April 13th, 2009
9:03 pm
mets fan
5 innings 5 run 8 hits 2 walks and 2 home runs. I think it’s safe to say that Pelfrey got rocked. Especially against a poor Padres lineup.
Shane
April 13th, 2009
9:06 pm
Last I checked the Georgia Bulldgogs won a championship in 2005. The SEC championship which these days is the only one that matters anyway. The Mets havent won anything in a long long time.
Shane
April 13th, 2009
9:08 pm
The Mets are an afterthought gonna be a three team race Braves Marlins and Phillies and edge to Marlins and Braves due to better SP.
mets fan in atlanta
April 13th, 2009
9:10 pm
Winterville, let’s see, i’m watching the game.Unfortunately I don’t care too much about the conversation everyone was having at the time on the blog, so I didn’t join in. I love it how if i’m making comments on the blog at certain times, then somehow i have lost my right to make a comment of my own.
mets fan in atlanta
April 13th, 2009
9:11 pm
Shane, the only way the Mets are an afterthought in that scenario is if you mean they have won the division by such a large margin that you don’t pay attention to their scores anymore and those three teams are fighting for the wild card.
Lew
April 13th, 2009
9:12 pm
TinBrain-Actually, I’ve responded to your stupidity, inanity and general idiocy three times so far, but the blog has deleted each post. Maybe it’s because the term a$$hole figures so prominently-along with moron. idiot, ignorant redneck, homophobe and a few more which shouldn’t really surprise you-they’ve been used in response to you by numerous bloggers before me.
As for living in Vermont-there are only about 600,000 living in the entire state which puts the odds of not encountering someone like you so much more in my favor.
MEB
April 13th, 2009
9:12 pm
Glad to see that some fellow Braves fans are hooked on 24 as well. Suffering from nerve agent poisoning Jack Baeur is attempting to save the US from disaster. Speaking of disaster, how about that Mets outfield?
GO BRAVES!!!
nolie
April 13th, 2009
9:13 pm
24 – Special Guest – Elisha Cuthbert (Smyrna Jim)
eeeh. I’m not that into blonds but I like the girl in CHUCK way better than Cuthbert.
jbutler
April 13th, 2009
9:15 pm
Hey MEB – hoping tonights 24 is better than last…way too little Jack Bauer. Hoping they get rid of the annoying 1st daughter..maybe Jack’s daughter will take her out??
Too much to hope for. Not sure who the real villian is this year- Still think Tony may be dark- or the jilted agent Moss. Who knows.
Braveheart
April 13th, 2009
9:16 pm
The fraustrated union leader Has not a thing in common any longer with anybody he grew up with. (LOU VALES)
Ya know, I could go into a long rant about this, about how he never took a day off, never went on the DL until he was very old, never took his talent for granted, fought for and believed in the union, just like all the folks he was raised with.
Or I could comment on the obvious hypocrisy on your stance on Glavine because you’d be the very kind of fella who’d likely hold it against him if he was like Mike Vick and countless others who keep getting dragged down to the gutter they were raised in because they think they need to “keep it real” with the homies they were raised with.
But, as to your stance on Glavine no longer having anything in common with the folks he grew up with and how those folks may feel about him, I think I’ll just use a scene from an Oscar winning movie script written by two fellas who were raised like Glavine with the same values in the same area of the country:
“FU, you don’t owe it to yourself man, you owe it to me. Cuz tomorrow I’m gonna wake up and I’ll be 50, and I’ll still be doin’ this sh!t. And that’s all right. That’s fine. I mean, you’re sittin’ on a winnin’ lottery ticket. And you’re too much of a woosy to cash it in, and that’s bs. ‘Cause I’d do friggin’ anything to have what you got. So would any of these friggin’ guys. It’d be an insult to us if you’re still here in 20 years. Hangin’ around here is a friggin’ waste of your time. Every day I come by your house and I pick you up. And we go out. We have a few drinks, and a few laughs, and it’s great. But you know what the best part of my day is? For about ten seconds, from when I pull up to the curb and when I get to your door, ’cause I think, maybe I’ll get up there and I’ll knock on the door and you won’t be there. No goodbye. No see you later. No nothing. You just left. I don’t know much, but I know that.”
Josh
April 13th, 2009
9:18 pm
mets fan in atlanta, why do you post here? no one wants to talk about the damn mets.
Kurdt Kobain
April 13th, 2009
9:18 pm
The girl on Chuck is amazing.
mets fan in atlanta
April 13th, 2009
9:19 pm
Josh, funny, there were comments on the Mets game before i ever posted
winterville
April 13th, 2009
9:19 pm
Sorry Mets fan in Atlanta, I just found it funny that you showed up as soon as the score was tied. It’s not that I was surprised. Just sorta funny that you had no interest in the topics before hand but had no problem letting us know that the tide had turned for your crappy team.
Smyrna Jim
April 13th, 2009
9:22 pm
nolie – I completely agree – the end of Chuck was great tonight when Ms. Strahovski told Chuck what was going on.
PWHjort
April 13th, 2009
9:23 pm
Josh, come on. Be respectful, please.
Lew
April 13th, 2009
9:23 pm
MetsfaninAtlanta-So far this season, Pelfrey and Perez have pitched 13.1 innings, given up four Home Runs and 17 ER and you’re not concerned? Guess you’re just used to it by now.
Kurdt Kobain
April 13th, 2009
9:24 pm
Don’t ruin Chuck for me! I haven’t seen it yet. My roommate is a tool, so I have to watch it tomorrow.
mets fan in atlanta
April 13th, 2009
9:24 pm
See you forgot i blogged almost the entire game on Friday night, and the Mets were behind pretty much the entire game, and i was posting on their faults. And I even gave props to Lowe getting out of that bases loaded, one-out jam.
mets fan in atlanta
April 13th, 2009
9:27 pm
However i don’t give props to this Mets offense, who just left the bases loaded for the 43rd time in 7 games (or seems like it anyways)…
Pelf will be fine, and Oliver Perez won’t be that bad again…I hope anyway, hopefully he’ll feel a little more pumped tomorrow.
Smyrna Jim
April 13th, 2009
9:27 pm
Kurdt – that’s why I was not specific. Also, nolie, my reason for mentioning Elisha is that it means that perhaps (SHOCKING SPOILER ALERT) maybe Jack won’t die.
Braveheart
April 13th, 2009
9:28 pm
That girl on Chuck is just smoking hot
Kurdt Kobain
April 13th, 2009
9:30 pm
I assume it was good tonight, Jim. This season has been terrific.
Austin
April 13th, 2009
9:31 pm
The whole storyline and plot for Chuck is amazing. You really feel a connection between Chuck and his girl.
cabravesfan
April 13th, 2009
9:31 pm
Can we please not post 24 spoilers for those of us that have not seen it yet???
MFin04
April 13th, 2009
9:31 pm
Andruw Jones batting .571? Hmm pretty darn good.
cabravesfan
April 13th, 2009
9:31 pm
or Chuck for that matter?
MFin04
April 13th, 2009
9:33 pm
The Mets and Phillies just dont have great starting pitching. Most important quality in a baseball team is great starting pitching. Ask the Braves, the big bats sometimes go quiet in the playoffs and you need great pitching.
Kurdt Kobain
April 13th, 2009
9:34 pm
Pitching wins championships…
PWHjort
April 13th, 2009
9:35 pm
Andruw is batting .571! Actually, he’s only 4/7 with 2 singles and 2 doubles. Sample size, people.
Smyrna Jim
April 13th, 2009
9:41 pm
cabravesfan – sorry – I just posted a name in the cast list at the start of the show, and I was only speculating on the tiny possibility that Jack won’t die. I will say that it’s an excellent episode. And there was no spoiler about Chuck, except we’re all fans of Sarah. I am very sensitive because I end up recording most shows and watching a day or two later.
bravos2249
April 13th, 2009
9:41 pm
PWHjort
sample size or not that’s more than he hit for like the whole month of August last year
Blair
April 13th, 2009
9:44 pm
You can have a few studs in the rotation and still not be very good. Look at the Hudson and Smoltz the season previous to last…..It’s the same theory that won 14 in a row. It’s about having depth on the mound. Not about great hitting. But about having starting pitching that is really good at the top, and solid at the back.
PWHjort
April 13th, 2009
9:44 pm
Haha, you can probably add May, June, July and September to that too, bravos2249.
TnBrian
April 13th, 2009
9:45 pm
Lew, good point at 9:23… the Mets should be worried about their pitching and as far as I’m concerned, the “team to beat in the NL east” shouldn’t have this much trouble with the Pads.
Now Lew, those were hurtful words you blasted me with. You wouldn’t say such awful things to a guy like me in person, would you? Sure you wouldn’t because I’m a really giving and very unselfish person. Probably too unselfish, just like my mom. People kinda run over us, but lets all just put the past in the past, and root for our guys on the field.
Bubdylan
April 13th, 2009
9:47 pm
That Predicted Winner Percentage do-hicky on MLB Gamecast is the greatest thing ever. EVER.
Alright! Putz’s three-ball count just ticked it up to 76% SDP! He walked him. 77%! I barely have to think at all!
Couch Tater
April 13th, 2009
9:47 pm
Just read about Mark Fidrych. If you are to young to have seen “The Bird”, you missed quite a show. For some insight see the attached article and 1985 interview. RIP.
http://www.freep.com/article/20090413/SPORTS02/90413063
cabravesfan
April 13th, 2009
9:48 pm
Smyrna Jim-
No worries:) I record everything so I am always behind- but obviously tonights 24 has not aired out here yet
TnBrian
April 13th, 2009
9:53 pm
I like Eckstein so much, I’d trade Kelly for him. You can never have too many pro’s on your team! Kiddin, KJ is gonna have a big year, I believe.
Bubdylan
April 13th, 2009
9:57 pm
Giles let his eyes drift too far apart on that one.
McFann ;Ô;
April 13th, 2009
9:58 pm
Aw, man, I hate jelly beans…they’re bad…very bad…
I couldn’t stop eating them…
nolie
April 13th, 2009
10:06 pm
That girl on Chuck is just smoking hot (Braveheart)
according to Chickipedia.com she is an Aussie. 5′9″ 34-24-34 and likes hiking and rock-climbing. Might be too athletic for this old f@rt to keep up with anymore, but one can dream, huh?
MEB
April 13th, 2009
10:06 pm
jbutler… you must be clairvoyant. A big rat still on the loose and Jack near death, how will the government ever get by. Of course Agent Walker (Annie Wersching) could even make nerve agent poisoning feel pretty good.
Don’t think Jack Baeur or Chuck Norris could help this Mets outfield.
GO BRAVES!!!
nolie
April 13th, 2009
10:07 pm
or Chuck for that matter? (CBF)
I haven’t seen any spoilers
18 Wheels of Love
April 13th, 2009
10:08 pm
http://i40.tinypic.com/vqr4up.gif
Mets pitcher falling down….it’s funny because it happened to someone else.
JimD
April 13th, 2009
10:09 pm
MEB, Chuck Norris would only play for Texas
SoWeGa Fanatic
April 13th, 2009
10:13 pm
MetsfaninAtlanta, go watch the game – Mutts need all the help they can get.
Lou Vales
April 13th, 2009
10:14 pm
Shane, National Championships(the kind you get big old crystal footballs for) are the ones that count!!! By the way, nobody here hates Old Baldy and if anyone did more than intimate he would be a Brave forever it was old Smoltzie.”And just in passing, I would say it was obvious that the Archbishop, Marie Antoinette, Alexander Hamilton were meant to be clear. It was the butt kissers that are the most fun to impersonate. I will do one of my old favorites in the next couple of days and officially retire him OR her.
Tokyo Bravo
April 13th, 2009
10:18 pm
Chuck Norris cowers before Tommy Hanson. The heat from a passing Hanson fastball has been known to bend the curvature of time and space.
On this blog, at least.
Couch Tater
April 13th, 2009
10:20 pm
18 Wheels,
I thought David Wright was going to blow a gasket laughing at Pelfry.
Salamander
April 13th, 2009
10:22 pm
Lou Vales
Good for you, I’m glad your superior intellect will throw us peasants an ol’ bone as you morph into one of your little trolls. You clearly are superior being able to type a different name into the name box. Holy sh-t, I’m blinded by your divine sunbeams pummeling me with short wave radiation – growing multiple, wondrous tumors throughout my body. I should come over to your place and clean your floors and wash your windows before my head explodes from contemplating your sheer brilliance – you are that friggin awesome.
Poorbrave
April 13th, 2009
10:23 pm
SD wins! Mets Suck!
Couch Tater
April 13th, 2009
10:24 pm
Opening Night at CitiField. L
nolie
April 13th, 2009
10:24 pm
I would say it was obvious that the Archbishop, Marie Antoinette, Alexander Hamilton were meant to be clear. It was the butt kissers that are the most fun to impersonate. I will do one of my old favorites in the next couple of days and officially retire him OR her. (LouVales)
what’s the point of all that Lou? Are you that desperate for something to amuse yourself with? Can’t say that I get it.
f.n.hale
April 13th, 2009
10:24 pm
Wow, I just dragged myself out of the old 1040 form and saw that Harry Kallas and Mark Fidrych died today. Just wow. Sure it’s been discussed here but both those guys were true originals and will be missed. I posted a link to an article about Nick Adenhart yesterday with a quote that was chilling, but one we would all do well to remember:
“If I’d known I was on a pitch count, I would’ve thrown better ones.”
RIP Harry and Mark.
mets fan in atlanta
April 13th, 2009
10:25 pm
SoWeGa Fanatic, I had taken your advice, but it wasn’t enough. After those bases were left loaded, they didn’t do diddly squat after that. Frustrating.
MLH
April 13th, 2009
10:25 pm
Nice to see the Mets lose the opener of their new park
DAP
April 13th, 2009
10:27 pm
one of my baseball “pet oeeves” has got to be those pitchers who point up in the air when there is a pop-up. c’mon, like all the fielders in the team didnt see the ball pop up and know exactly where it is…if i was a fielder, and the pitcher pointed in the air at a pop-up, id be insulted.
just once i want to see a reliever give up a home run, and the outfielder stand at the wall, turn around to look at the pitcher, and point at the over the fence at some guy showing his buddies a new souvenier.
Lou Vales
April 13th, 2009
10:27 pm
Hey, I can do it too!
sincerely,
Not Really Lou Vales
MLH
April 13th, 2009
10:29 pm
Actually DAP they baseball players are taught to do that in little league. They also scream “up” when it is hit
Loser Vales
April 13th, 2009
10:30 pm
Bow down before my superior intellect you minions…
RHR
April 13th, 2009
10:31 pm
I record the entire season of 24 and then watch it all in a marathon of sorts the weekend before the season finale. Its so much better that way if you can avoid spoilers.
auburnbrave
April 13th, 2009
10:31 pm
DOB,
and whoever else wants to throw their opinions to this question/scenario:
This is looking ahead a bit, but they interviewed Tim Hudson before the game yesterday and he said he’s on pace to be back this season, I’m guessing around August. When he comes back, what do the Braves do? They’ll have at that time a rotation of Lowe, Jurrjens, Vasquez, Kawakami, and Glavine or Hanson. One of those people will have to be bumped to make room for Huddy, and it will most likely be after the trade deadline when he comes back. I know there are two things to consider, one being that you don’t want to rush him back, and when he is activated they’ll be very careful with how much they let him pitch. And two is what’s going on with Glavine, if he’s healthy and pitching well, or if he’s out and Hanson is up or Jo-Jo Reyes is still here.
Any thoughts?
Loser Vales
April 13th, 2009
10:32 pm
I will unleash my superior alpha waves…
RHR
April 13th, 2009
10:33 pm
Good luck with your taxes, f.n. hale. I beat the rush and mailed mine today.
Loo Veils
April 13th, 2009
10:33 pm
Loo Veils are used to provide privacy on those occasions when privacy is most needed.
Loose Veils
April 13th, 2009
10:35 pm
In many countries, I get slapped.
Couch Tater
April 13th, 2009
10:37 pm
Nick Swisher, yes, Nick Swisher now pitching for the Yankees.
7
April 13th, 2009
10:37 pm
If Glavine is out, I bet Jo Jo comes up and wins. That will make things interesting.
Lew Fails
April 13th, 2009
10:37 pm
This is what happens when Lew fails to convince some dude that he’s right.
Lewd Whales
April 13th, 2009
10:38 pm
I smell tuna…
Loser Vales
April 13th, 2009
10:39 pm
my superior alpha waves are being co-oped by the legions…
Lou Bails
April 13th, 2009
10:39 pm
Crap, stocks are up.
Loser Vales
April 13th, 2009
10:42 pm
I think, therefor I am… if I think, and don’t publicly proclaim so, am I still am?
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 13th, 2009
10:42 pm
Don’t look now, but Druw may be finding his stroke…
And Miguel Olivo is trying to take his place…11 Ks in 17 ABs for the Ruthian catcher!!
DirtyYuni
April 13th, 2009
10:45 pm
Swisher actually had the cleanest inning of any Yankee pitcher tonight. Pretty sad.
A-Lou Frail
April 13th, 2009
10:47 pm
Reason Moises was let loose in favor of Gary Sheffield.
Loser Vales
April 13th, 2009
10:48 pm
I like fudgecycles… can my superior alpha waves be used in such a manner as to improve upon them? would the unwashed minions appreciate my contributions to such an awe inspriing endeavour or would they continue to forsake me?
f.n.hale
April 13th, 2009
10:49 pm
Thanks RHR, but I’m afraid luck doesn’t have anything to do with it. Life is just way too short to go through this for a month every year. Maybe if I did a better job of record keeping it wouldn’t be that way.
Looking forward to seeing JoJo this weekend. Hopefully he’s found his stuff and will stick if Glav doesn’t come back or giving us another good option if he does.
Salamander
April 13th, 2009
10:50 pm
surprise, surprise – Milton Bradley is already missing games.
Bubdylan
April 13th, 2009
10:52 pm
Milton Bradley is already missing games -Salamander
No pun intended?
Tokyo Bravo
April 13th, 2009
10:54 pm
Surely, surely someone will return to the blog who wants to talk baseball….. I promise I won’t even trot out any more Tommy Hanson-as-Chuck Norris quips. That was one leaden trial ballon!
JDH GT
April 13th, 2009
10:58 pm
Does anyone else miss Skip Caray as much as I do? It’s really starting to sink in. Skip and Pete were like grandfathers to me. I was born in 1983, so they are all I’ve ever really known. I guess since there isn’t a game tonight, the boredom gave me time to really reflect on their absence.
ND Brave
April 13th, 2009
10:58 pm
Yeah, Swisher even struck out a batter. At least he threw strikes… Hmmm… maybe the braves should look into getting Swisher and if the pen starts to struggle we have a back-up… alright, maybe that’s a little too far. I think we should stay away from swisher even though he has had a pretty good start.
f.n.hale
April 13th, 2009
11:00 pm
Man, Randy Johnson is 0-2 with an 11.42 ERA and has struck out 12 batters in less than 9 innings. Weird.
Salamander
April 13th, 2009
11:02 pm
Ha! No pun intended, but that works as well.
Also, I’m wondering how many games Washington will lose before their first win. 2 more against the Phillies, then 3 at home vs. the Marlins, then 3 at home vs. the Braves… Hopefully they win the next 5, then go back to their losing ways.
raindawg722
April 13th, 2009
11:06 pm
Braveheart, nice 9:16.
How do you like them apples?
mbatl
April 13th, 2009
11:07 pm
Nats will win some games. They just need somebody (or some group of somebodies) to give up less than 5 runs once in a while. It’ll happen. Just hope it’s not against the Braves.
Hotspur
April 13th, 2009
11:08 pm
JDH GT, I’m missing Skip and Pete a ton too.
ncgary
April 13th, 2009
11:11 pm
andruw with his first american league homer tonight , now batting 625, maybe a 500 k contract would have been ok
bravos2249
April 13th, 2009
11:11 pm
Milton Bradley has the same injury as Ross though…and it’s not like Anderson is starting….
I heard one of our announcer say Escobar would have a breakout season but truly I think Kelly may have one, while his seasons have not been bad they surely haven’t been consistent and I think this is the year he does it.
bravefaninok
April 13th, 2009
11:11 pm
NY Yankees
IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA
C. Wang (L, 0-2) 1.0 6 8 8 3 1 0 28.93
J. Albaladejo 3.0 5 3 3 1 2 2 4.26
E. Ramirez 2.0 4 1 1 1 3 1 2.70
P. Coke 1.0 1 3 0 2 0 0 9.82
N. Swisher 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00