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N8 (is it 2011 yet?)
September 23rd, 2009
9:47 pm
“X-rays negative on Prado’s leg. Negative being positive, of course.” DOB
Love that, when you say that. Reminds me of the old Kenny Mayne schtick on sportscenter, when he would say….. “And Barry Bonds connects for his 34th HR (not in this game….. that would be a record).
Not sure whether you are insulted by that or not. But I’m equally amused by it, and appreciate it EVERY TIME you type it. Almost expect it and wait for it.
cabravesfan
September 23rd, 2009
9:47 pm
VJ-
not sure…may have a friend in town
Mixxo
September 23rd, 2009
9:47 pm
Brand new BALLGAME…. soon.
McFann Ô
September 23rd, 2009
9:48 pm
bravesgrl4life–
Here ya go…
I was just messin’ with ya. Sorry…
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
9:49 pm
Come on Easy-E. Get that last out, please.
Mixxo
September 23rd, 2009
9:49 pm
Soph’s not a chick…..after all?
Jerry Lee Lewis
September 23rd, 2009
9:49 pm
I once had to pick up my wife from school too.
Tomahawkin
September 23rd, 2009
9:49 pm
Time For Easy-E to play the “Thuggish Ruggish” Role and strike the Mudda Sucker out!
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
9:50 pm
K, McFann. I just hate seeing our boy struggle so much. Don’t want to see these guys blow it tonight. I do want to sleep
Braves Paisan
September 23rd, 2009
9:50 pm
Greatest X-ray baseball quote had to be after Dizzy Dean was hit on the noggin’ by a line drive and knocked out, and the next day the paper proclaimed” “X-rays of Dean’s Head Show Nothing.”
NO MORE BOBBY
September 23rd, 2009
9:50 pm
If the saying is true about you live and you learn and Bobby applies that to bullpen next year, we might have a chance. Throw in a big bat and I think a monkey could manage this team next season and win. Just a shame that we might win 90 games and miss the playoffs this year.
You better bring it next year old man!!
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
9:50 pm
I thought it was b***** fest.
Tomahawkin
September 23rd, 2009
9:51 pm
To all those Dumb Melts Fans who ply that stoopid cuo and Drum and say “Lets go Melts”
“Ho Sit Down!”
Blow-tran you too…!
prattvillenolzfan
September 23rd, 2009
9:51 pm
N8
our espn station in Prattville/Montgomery has Paul Finebaum on in the afternoon, so I don’t have the luxury of listing to Gottlieb(and I REFUSE to listen to Finebaum.
The only sports show I will watch is the College Gameday Crew before and after the games. I’m not just into pro football that much, so I don’t pay attention to the sunday games.
Although I will watch ESPNU this Friday night….Our Prattville Lions will be on TV against #5 ranked Don Bosco Prep of NJ…………
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
9:52 pm
Good job, E. Now, Braves, add some insurance in the 8th. Either that or go 3 up 3 down and then make the Mutts do the same in the 8th and 9th so I can go to bed at a decent time.
Hubby’s out in the garage. So much for spending time with him tonight
He’ll come in when the game is over and I’ll be heading to bed. Oh well.
Tomahawkin
September 23rd, 2009
9:52 pm
Jeffrey D
Nope It’s a Bit..ch Fit, Did you ever watch “White Chicks”?
That’s where I got it from…
David O'Brien
September 23rd, 2009
9:53 pm
Chipper left game with a stiff back
Roman Gal
September 23rd, 2009
9:53 pm
but who in the heck is this Jessie James they keep talking about…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBZSK0gVClM
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
9:53 pm
No, never seen White Chicks.
I love how Boog just called Ball State a “power”
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
9:54 pm
Props, DOB, you posted that before Boog could say it on TV
Bad Scooter
September 23rd, 2009
9:54 pm
Norton to hit
Rob from SC
September 23rd, 2009
9:55 pm
So did Wren not say anything important
Tomahawkin
September 23rd, 2009
9:55 pm
I think at the end of the Year I’m gonna designate The late Easy-E CD to O’Flaherty
Easy E and Petey Pablo have been unsung heroes in our pen this year, Not MFIKY AND Gonzo who get all the props
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
9:55 pm
Norton to hit
I believe that’s an oxymoron.
Vinings Jim
September 23rd, 2009
9:55 pm
cabravesfan – that sounds like it might be fun….
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
9:55 pm
Rob – about what? Bobby? I haven’t heard anything from Wren.
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
9:56 pm
Well, at least if he gets hit, he gets on.
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
9:56 pm
Soph’s not a chick…..after all?
*sigh*
Sorry you had to find out this way, Mixxo.
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
9:57 pm
Even Norton’s gotta pad his numbers.
Paul Lentz
September 23rd, 2009
9:57 pm
While I understand Bobby Cox’s desire for one more shot to go out a winner……….I am disappointed to see him returning for 2010. Bobby’s refusal to make changes early in the season cost the Braves dearly. Of all the players that he “stuck with” that should have been benched or released early in the season………Peter Moylan is the only one who has rebounded. Meanwhile, Greg Norton, Kelly Johnson, Jeff Francoeur (when he was with the Braves), Jeff Bennett, Buddy Carlyle (I dont care if he is recovering from diabetes, he’s always been a BUM), and Jordan Schafer (I’m not so down on him…however it was clear early in the season that he was over matched and needed more seasoning in Triple A).
Frank Wren is the one who needs to be thanked profusely for the Braves success this season. He made a number of shrewd moves and put together a roster that even a “bumbling” Bobby Cox couldnt keep under .500. The Braves should be 5 games ahead of the Rockies right now….and right there with the Phillies……….instead of their current predicament of missing the play-offs. Bobby Cox coddled these players, instead of pushing them to “kick it in gear”.
Then again, when you know that Bobby has your back…..no matter how much you SUCK A$$……then I can see why some players arent motivated to play with a sense of urgency. I still believe that if Jeff Bennett had not slammed his fist in the wall…….that he would still be SUCKING A$$ for the Braves. After all, Greg Norton SUCKED MORE A$$ than anyone in MLB this year.
The re-signing of Bobby Cox for 2010 has John Schuerholtz written all over it. True Braves fans will have to wait one more year for Frank Wren to put his most important stamp on the Braves…….hiring a manager who will not waste away the kind of starting pitching that Bobby Cox fumbled away this year by his stubborn, but sadly predictably ineffective moves.
Regardless, I’m optimistic that the 2010 Braves will excel. Frank Wren will remake the offense in the same manner that he rebuilt the starting pitching last winter. Hopefully he will do a good enough job that even a bumbling Bobby Cox wont be able to screw it up.
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
9:58 pm
Normal Norty, there. Why, oh, why? Please tell me that Wren made it a condition of allowing Bobby to come back that Norton has to go
cabravesfan
September 23rd, 2009
9:58 pm
VJ-
I think it will be…been a while since we’ve seen eachother
N8 (is it 2011 yet?)
September 23rd, 2009
9:58 pm
Jeffrey D, your 9:55 is classic. Love it.
glord1
September 23rd, 2009
9:58 pm
Did Boog just say “Norton retired”. Will ESPN cover the press conference?
Frank Wren
September 23rd, 2009
9:58 pm
Pads trying to score
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_09_23_sdnmlb_colmlb_1
McFann Ô
September 23rd, 2009
10:00 pm
Of course my link didn’t work, bravesgrl4life
K, McFann. I just hate seeing our boy struggle so much.
Me, too…But PLEASE don’t say “K”!!
Vinings Jim
September 23rd, 2009
10:00 pm
cabravesfan – it got strangely silent here, since your last post (which I enjoyed)
Tomahawkin
September 23rd, 2009
10:01 pm
Chipper…
Come On Bro…!
I bet he gets hurt during Sex, What Gives!
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
10:01 pm
Me, too…But PLEASE don’t say “K”!!
There’s a jinx
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
10:01 pm
Uh oh. Cue, McFann.
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
10:02 pm
Sorry, McFann. I hope I didn’t bring that one on.
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
10:02 pm
Bets on what expletive she says? I think she’s extra mad and gonna go with “Crud!”
Mixxo
September 23rd, 2009
10:02 pm
Chipper and Mac now know it’s over. They’ve “quit.”
cabravesfan
September 23rd, 2009
10:02 pm
VJ-
that situation can be rectified…
NO MORE BOBBY
September 23rd, 2009
10:03 pm
Wren – You let us down big time man.
Roja
September 23rd, 2009
10:03 pm
Never saw that one coming. Who would have believed Norton would hit a weak grounder to second?
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
10:03 pm
I scanned Lent’z post, but he didn’t use any of his quotes right, so no Bingo
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
10:03 pm
I second “crud”. But, in all caps.
Vinings Jim
September 23rd, 2009
10:04 pm
cabravesfan – you need to make the request…
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
10:04 pm
Gonzo!
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
10:04 pm
Yeah, the all caps was implied.
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
10:04 pm
Gonzo, do NOT walk French or do that
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
10:05 pm
Fine, no exclamation point for him then.
Gonzo…
Roja
September 23rd, 2009
10:05 pm
.139 average and still wearing a Major League uniform in September. Want to bet he’ll be back as our premier PH next year?
cabravesfan
September 23rd, 2009
10:05 pm
s walker
September 23rd, 2009
10:05 pm
Enter your comments here
Padres grand slam … almost
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
10:06 pm
Who besides Soriano is left in the pen?
Mitchell
September 23rd, 2009
10:06 pm
How about we just not use Gonzalez for the rest of the season?
Is that possible?
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
10:06 pm
Fine, no exclamation point for him then.
Pretty soon it’s gonna be demoted to a question mark.
Tomahawkin
September 23rd, 2009
10:06 pm
I want to see Sheffield up so that they Bump That old Mystikal…”Here I Go!”
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
10:07 pm
Well, you got your wish T’Hawkin. I didn’t hear any music though.
Tomahawkin
September 23rd, 2009
10:07 pm
Yes, They Played It!!!
s walker
September 23rd, 2009
10:07 pm
padres score 3
Roja
September 23rd, 2009
10:08 pm
Looks like they forgot to tell Gonzo that anyone can hit a pitch down the middle (except Norton)
NO MORE BOBBY
September 23rd, 2009
10:08 pm
FIVE BOBBY COX REASONS WE WON’T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR
1. Misuse of bullpen
2. Sticking with French Boy and Kelly Johnson way too long early in season
3. Wasting a spot on roster for Norton
4. His refusal to let a major league pitcher go nine innings when they are lights out
(see number one)
5. Not able to prepare this team to beat the teams we should
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
10:09 pm
jeffrey, I liked the music you linked to last night. I listed to it when I got to work this morning.
Roja
September 23rd, 2009
10:09 pm
Soriano is in the bullpen?
Tomahawkin
September 23rd, 2009
10:09 pm
Soph
I heard it but it was very low( I know the beat, normally they Blast it!!!
That old “Here I Go” by Mystikal is my Jam!
Mitchell
September 23rd, 2009
10:09 pm
I love it when Boog and Joe talk trash like this about other team’s fans and stadium atmosphere.
Give me a break. Turner Field is like a pet cemetary. A peaceful pet cemetary, that is. Not a scary, Stephen King pet cemetary.
prattvillenolzfan
September 23rd, 2009
10:09 pm
No more Bobby
These 5 points have been posted many times the past few weeks. Try to be more creative please.
Roja
September 23rd, 2009
10:10 pm
Maybe Gonzo owed Frenchy a favor?
NO MORE BOBBY
September 23rd, 2009
10:10 pm
Paul Lentz – agreed
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
10:10 pm
So glad that was foul.
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
10:11 pm
Careful, Mike.
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
10:11 pm
Thanks Soph…I loved it – it was EXACTLY what I was looking for.
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
10:11 pm
Two exclamation points for you.
Gonzo!!
Tomahawkin
September 23rd, 2009
10:11 pm
Can They make a stat on Wild Pitches allowed for catchers to better evaluate catcher’s defense…?
Wayne in Utah
September 23rd, 2009
10:11 pm
There are a lot of good and decent folks/Braves fans on this blog. As much as it is hard to become friends with someone over an internet connection, I consider many here my friends.
The rest of you frustrate the hell out of me. You seem to be smart, but you don’t study history. You criticize Bobby Cox, but you don’t know or understand the man at all. You talk about how he “stuck” with this guy too long, and fail to understand that he has ALWAYS stuck with his players.
Like I said, you seem like smart folks (at least some of you), but you don’t pay attention to what has happened here the past 20 years.
We all get frustrated with our manager when a bad decision costs us a ball game. All managers cost their team games. They all have terrible games, and they have great games. BUT, in the times when they make a great decision, all you say is “jeez, I coulda done that!”
So hello to all my friends, and to the rest of you…..why don’t you take you lame azzed ideas of fantasy baseball and go do something constructive.
That’s where I am heading…..
Vinings Jim
September 23rd, 2009
10:12 pm
Well done, Gonzo, even if you should not pitch anymore this year!
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
10:12 pm
Soph, here’s my commercial
NO MORE BOBBY
September 23rd, 2009
10:12 pm
prattvillenolzfan – Not trying to be creative. Just posting the facts. I could get into specific games but I did that a month ago. Maybe if you were on here besides when we just win you would know that.
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
10:13 pm
bravesgrl4life – do you still like that Matt Ryan commercial? Love him but I’m sick of the commercial.
NO MORE BOBBY
September 23rd, 2009
10:14 pm
I knew Wayne in Utah would show up today. One because of the Bobby Cox announcement and two because he seems to find the blog when Braves are winning.
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
10:14 pm
On a completely unrelated note, I’ve been meaning to draw attention to this vent from the other day, which sadly wasn’t posted by me:
Nunez? Bobby might as well have brought in Mahoney…
Roja
September 23rd, 2009
10:14 pm
Did we change pitchers after Frenchy batted?
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
10:14 pm
First time I’ve really seen it tonight. I’ve been facebooking while I watch the game, so my attention has been divided.
Frank Wren
September 23rd, 2009
10:16 pm
Cox is the reason we are this close. The man reworked this entire franchise until we were made of winners.
Cox is a winner. We are lucky to have him
Goldenglove002
September 23rd, 2009
10:16 pm
If Moylan pitches in 2 more games and doesn’t blow up his ERA, he will be only the 4th reliever with atleast 85 appearances and a sub-3.00 ERA this decade. (Pedro Feliciano could also do it). The others:
Oscar Vilarreal did it in 2003 but posted a 7.00 ERA in only 18 innings the following year (and even worse the year afterwards)
Ray King did so in 2004 and followed up with an OK years in 2005 but has continued to decline badly since.
Scott Eyre did it in 2005, and had followed a similiar path to King up until this year, along with plenty of stinits on the DL
So what can we realistically expect from Moylan, who is in his first season after major surgery, in the future?
Braves Paisan
September 23rd, 2009
10:16 pm
Noise Made isn’t the only metric of Fan Quality. I don’t think they are overly loud in St. Louis, and they are generally considered among the league’s best. From my years in NY I have observed that unlike Yankee fans, Metros fans tend to be excrucinatinly loquacious and cacophonous, but generally unschooled in the sport’s finer points.
The Bird and Indian (Reggie)
September 23rd, 2009
10:17 pm
I really wasn’t expecting to come back on the blog much the rest of this year with football starting back. But it’s just getting too dang interesting to stay off. That sweep in Cincy really killed us though. The Rock lose tonight and we win and it will get even more interesting. Go Braves, Tech, and Saints!
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
10:17 pm
I think I’ve seen it a few times today. They play it a few times each game if I’m not mistaken. Still not as bad as those Carrabbas commercials. Those drive me crazy.
Soph
September 23rd, 2009
10:18 pm
Oh B&I , you lost me with the Saints.
s walker
September 23rd, 2009
10:18 pm
padres 6 Rockies 0
jeffrey d
September 23rd, 2009
10:19 pm
The “How bout foosball??” commercial was the one that was about to send me to the looney bin
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
10:20 pm
Soph, they don’t show it during the early morning news. I leave at 6:30 and have turned the TV off by 5:45 each morning. I’m at work all day and then usually don’t get the TV much. Having to keep telling my husband that the season is almost over so he’ll keep letting me watch games. Promised him I wouldn’t watch tomorrow
Chopdawg
September 23rd, 2009
10:21 pm
What bugs me about that Matt Ryan commercial is, how did that dork sitting next to Ryan get those scissors on the plane
David O'Brien
September 23rd, 2009
10:21 pm
Don’t look now, but Padres are up 6-0 on Rockies
bravesgrl4life
September 23rd, 2009
10:21 pm
I’m tired of the McDonald’s commercial with the rookie in the locker room acting like he’s a big man.
Frank Wren
September 23rd, 2009
10:21 pm
I havent looked now
Tomahawkin
September 23rd, 2009
10:21 pm
The Melts Attendance numbers at Bailout Ballpark resemble those at the old Shea Stadium following the Strike in 1995