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Soph
January 7th, 2010
5:15 pm
cab – tell VJ that he’s missing his once in a year chance to see snow flurries.
HomeofdaBrave
January 7th, 2010
5:15 pm
HomeofdaBrave-
Well put for someone who replaces English with “ofda” Sounds a little like “uh-duh” whats for dinner ma?
….Was that suppose to be funny, jackass? Sorry kid, but you failed.
I guess I’m just not cool enough to state what type of clothing I wear in my screen name.
“Home OF THE Brave wears black coat” Nah….
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
5:15 pm
I have to say, Bengals v. Jats is a quandry on surface, but I like what NY defense did last week and the NY offensive line dominated. Can they do this again with Tank on a bad toe? Anybody?
AustinBrave
January 7th, 2010
5:15 pm
tiger297
Thanks!!! What does the tiger stand for. My son actually goes to Auburn but we are from the Newnan area, where his girl friend lives. Having a big BCS party here in Austin tonight where 99% will be pulling for Texas. I think I will pull for Alabama it just seems more like home. Its so cold we would normally have steaks and beer but tonight hot soup a Kaluha in our coffee.
mike hancho
January 7th, 2010
5:15 pm
Hook ‘Em
Marko
January 7th, 2010
5:16 pm
Andre Dawson batted 1 for 9 in his last 9 years to break an 0 for 9 slump.
I guess the 2009 season really helped him get into the hall.
I think it was his swing. I never saw it better than since 2008.
Tomahawkin
January 7th, 2010
5:16 pm
Yeah If you call Flurries Snow…?
Time to get tuned up and head to the spot and watch this SEC beatdown of an overrated big 12 team
braint
January 7th, 2010
5:16 pm
On my way to The Rose Bowl…..go ‘Bama!
Braves_Fan_RSD
January 7th, 2010
5:20 pm
To the guys saying we are a 75 Win team AT BEST or a 4th or 5th place team you are absolutely absurd
The only downgrade from last season is Javy Vazquez turns into Tim Hudson (which is not that big of a downgrade) and in fact if they navigate to their career norms (which is much more likely than Vaz having another career best season) then it is actually an upgrade, maybe not an upgrade over what we got from Vaz last season but an upgrade over what we would’ve likely gotten outta Vaz this season.
So Wren gets his payroll cut and still puts a better product on the field.
McLouth>>McLouth/Schafer
Prado>>Prado/Johnson
Chipper = Chipper (although I see him having a better season than last)
Glaus > LaRoche/Kothcman
McCann = McCann (Once again we will now get him for an entire season and he can see)
Escobar = Escobar
Heyward >>> Francoeur/Church
Melky/Diaz>>>Anderson
so in 5/8 positions we got better and 2 others are likely to have better seasons than last (based on their career norms) So 7/8 positions are likely to be upgraded.
On to the Bench
Ross = Ross
Infante = Infante (but this season he won’t have a broken hand)
Melky/Diaz > Anderson/Diaz
Hinske >>>>>>>>>>>> Norton
Now the bullpen
Wagner = Gonzalez
Saito > Bennett
Moylan = Moylan
Medlen = Medlen (although i see a better year due to experience)
Proctor >>> Acosta
EOF = EOF
So overall we had a slight downgrade in 2 positions but upgraded 9 (possibly 13 when you include Chipper returning, McCann and Infante not being injured, and Medlen’s growth) At at least remained even in all the rest.
Yet you then say we are a 4th place team??? Ok either you think 4 teams in our division are going to win 90+ games or you think we are 17-20 games worse than we were last season (which is almost just as ridiculous).
cabravesfan
January 7th, 2010
5:20 pm
Soph-
I think he’ll take the 75 degree weather
N8
January 7th, 2010
5:20 pm
“Is it snowing where any of you Braves fans are?” mitchie
Finally stopped snowing last night. Drifting like a mutha today. Currently -11 degrees (that’s the high for the day), and we had 30-40 mph winds with that overnight and this morning.
Typical ND January. My 11 year old was pissed when I picked the kids up from school because he didn’t want to wear his hat and gloves and his jacket was unzipped. Amazing what your body adjusts to. I shoveled and dug out the snow-blower this morning when it was windy and it sucked. When I went out at 3:00 and there wasn’t much wind, I thought to myself. It’s actually kind of nice out now… I’ll remind you that it’s -11 out.
Marko
January 7th, 2010
5:21 pm
Jets vs Bengals.
Whoever wins is going to end up losing the next week anyway. I’m expecting the Jets to beat Cincy this week in a turnover prone game. Then next week, Jets will give up about 5 turnovers to whoever beats them. Then in a few weeks, everybody will forget that each team even made the playoffs. Steelers should have been “placed” into the playoffs in exchange for one of these teams after the performance Roethlisberger had the last few weeks.
tiger297
January 7th, 2010
5:21 pm
LSU tigers not auburn…I’m a transplant (as are most atlantan’s)
zookey
January 7th, 2010
5:23 pm
Raised all of our kids on mt. dew,all are grown with georgus pearley dentures.
Had a rusted transmission housing bolt on my ford tractor no matter what I tried would not budge,last night rapped it in a rag soked with diet coke (better than regular coke,more acid) this morning was loose enough a 12 yr old could have turned it.
Great stuff………
dogsbrekky
January 7th, 2010
5:25 pm
go Texas
The Bama coach is a drongo of major proportions… it is all about “meeeeeeeeeeeee”
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
5:25 pm
HomeofdaBrave-
Sorry to get personal, just lashing out at the absurdity of your statement as Daslied so aptly pointed out. No hard feelings.
David O'Brien
January 7th, 2010
5:25 pm
Slowhiteguy: One-serve coffee makers are too slow for this white guy. I prefer a nice 6- or 8-cup pot at a time.
CB
January 7th, 2010
5:26 pm
Did anybody else see the picture of Matt Holliday signing his contract? Scott Boras hanging over him like a vulture – ka-ching,ka-ching.
tiger297
January 7th, 2010
5:29 pm
DOB have you looked at the machine he is talking about??? takes about 30 seconds to brew a cup so always fresh…but I’m too cheap to buy one
brekky I’m right there with you man
CB
January 7th, 2010
5:31 pm
DOB,I am one of those 8-10 cups a day drinkers,usually get mine in the first 3 hours of the day. The rest of the day I abuse the Sprite Zero.
Slowhiteguy
January 7th, 2010
5:35 pm
DOB, yeah..after I typed that I figured that might be your answer. Hey, I switch back and forth from coffee to lo carb monsters and red bull. Long story.
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
5:36 pm
Boras is a vulture, sorry DOB. I guess big business requires plenty of vultures. DOB – I go ahead and make 12 cups with 3 and 1/2 scoops of whatever was on sale last week @ Kroger – MHouse or Folger. Used to have the bean grinder for the Columbian, Guatamalan, Panamanian, Columbian, whatever – it was delicious, just not as conveinient or price effective as the stuff that comes in the plastic blue or red container.
dogsbrekky
January 7th, 2010
5:37 pm
What state/city is Auburn in please?
Slowhiteguy
January 7th, 2010
5:37 pm
Caffeine is a really good friend of mine as well.
CB
January 7th, 2010
5:39 pm
DOGS,Alabama.
tiger297
January 7th, 2010
5:39 pm
it is in auburn alabama…about 1 1/2 hours southwest of atlanta
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
5:42 pm
Kind of like the Braves. We got a Maxwell House team for 2010. Good enough against the competition to get the job done. Go Braves! I love you guys man.
David O'Brien
January 7th, 2010
5:42 pm
Jim: Thanks, man. As I said, I don’t drink regular soft drinks, haven’t for some time. Just drink the diet ones, and usually not more than one in a day (and that’s mostly during baseball season, in pressboxes or other places I can’t get coffee). That’s about it. I can’t stomach regular Coke, Dr. Peper, Dew, whatever — all taste like syrup to me as I’ve gotten older. And I don’t put anything in my coffee — no cream, no sugar, no sweetener, no nothing. Just black, and good, strong coffee whenever I can get it, and always at home. Whole bean from a coffee place near my house that’s got varieties from around the world. I try them all.
Now that I’ve taken that conversation to its illogical extreme….
(For some of you, sorry to repeat all that, but there musta been some confusion if Jim or anyone else thought I was slugging down regular Cokes. I’m a black-coffee drinker, that and grapefruit juice, and occasional diet soft drinks. And sweet tea in restaurants where they have it. Basically only in the South.)
There.
BobbyF
January 7th, 2010
5:46 pm
Are these mystery cups dancing goats??
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
5:47 pm
dogsbrekky-
Auburn is Auburn and is next to Opelika, Al. Larry Munson (famous broadcaster for the Univ of Ga) used to place the setting for Ga/Auburn games in Opelika. Opelika is actually 5-10 kilos from Auburn.
Bay Area Steve
January 7th, 2010
5:47 pm
Now that I’m clear on ‘OB’s beverages of choice, I eagerly await word of his condiment and spice preferences.
Disclaimer: this is more BS. Please don’t Random me.
David O'Brien
January 7th, 2010
5:49 pm
Sorry Dave, you just don’t seem like a laid back feller and I have to rib you a little. You deserve it. Good blog you’ve put up here, I just don’t care much for you. — Gatorbrave
Hey, that’s cool, Gatorbrave. We can’t all like each other. And honestly — you said you appreciate honesty above all — I’m pretty certain I care less for … oh, nevermind. Feller.
Braveheart
January 7th, 2010
5:52 pm
Hey Horns! Hey Horns! Hey Horns! We’re gonna beat the hell out of you! Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer, Give ‘em hell Alabama! Roll Tide Roll! Bama by 17! 13th national championship ring!
Redstick19
January 7th, 2010
5:52 pm
woah, big fella. Retract the claws. Making comments like that, he’s not even worth the response.
RHR
January 7th, 2010
5:53 pm
Is it snowing where any of you Braves fans are?”
Yeah I just got home, its been snowing pretty much all day, off and on, mostly on…and this is the result –
http://i47.tinypic.com/21l28w6.jpg
very little on the ground, wasn’t sticking for whatever reason, but it did lay on the icy lake. So don’t get too excited, Georgia.
dogsbrekky
January 7th, 2010
5:53 pm
Waits – thanks – my dog and I had fun in Birmingham ALLY in 2007… lovely polite people
shame it is now the murder capital of USA
MZ
January 7th, 2010
5:54 pm
GatorBrave, dude … take a hike
CB
January 7th, 2010
5:54 pm
Braveheart, you are lucky we are not playing you again.
nolie
January 7th, 2010
5:55 pm
So what if the didn’t make mistakes, if they didn’t get to balls someone else would have are they really better then someone who gets to more balls. NOAH
Fielding Bible ranked Kotch 5th and Roachie 15th. Most of that with Adam was range. He is sure handed for sure, but so are others who do have greater range. Still and all range and arm are not as important in a first sacker as other things so he is still pretty decent.
Redstick19
January 7th, 2010
5:56 pm
Braveheart:
Change one letter and Sabam becomes Satan. Coincidence? I think not. Hook ‘em horns.
Redstick19
January 7th, 2010
5:56 pm
crap, meant Saban, not Sabam. That’s what I get for trying to be clever.
myra
January 7th, 2010
5:57 pm
I got snowflakes,milk,bread,aigs,p. butter,BOOD Light, and most important Diet mtn. Dew! We ready for Big College Smackdown.
RHR
January 7th, 2010
5:58 pm
My kid lives in Auburn, brekky. Pretty place, I guess. If you like….middle of nowheresness. Having the college and all the businesses that come with a college town is the only thing that saves it. Otherwise it would be like typical rural town USA.
CB
January 7th, 2010
5:58 pm
RHR, looked good to me. Your house looked nice in that picture.
dogsbrekky
January 7th, 2010
5:58 pm
how could Kotchie only be 5…. sweet baby Jesus
AustinBrave
January 7th, 2010
5:59 pm
DOB- Me exactly Black coffee and grapefruit juice but you don’t get much sweet tea in Texas. Oh yea a lot of Beer too.
RHR
January 7th, 2010
5:59 pm
My house? Those are boat houses…notice the piers?
Mine is the shanty one…not the one all done up like a residential house. LOL
David O'Brien
January 7th, 2010
6:00 pm
Bay Area Steve, I genuinely like you and your comments, feller. And, so: BBQ sauce, ketchup, jalapeno ketchup (hard to find these days), spicy mustard, honey mustard, salsa. And pepper, red pepper and garlic.
Braveheart
January 7th, 2010
6:00 pm
Screw the Aubarn Cheezits
nolie
January 7th, 2010
6:01 pm
Prado would most likely be moved to the bottom of the order, probably batting 8th. ARK Trans
the way Bobby raved about him in the second slot? I’ll bet he starts the season in the two slot.
dogsbrekky
January 7th, 2010
6:01 pm
Rhr and others – you are lucky… USA is so pretty… Australia is all effing scrub
ugly as a crocs fat wrinkly ass….
I have been thru 43 US states….the NW and the best to do next
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
6:01 pm
dogsbrekky,
Not that you care, but I’ll wax nostalgic. In 1980 I was a freshman @ UGA. We were 8-0 and headed to a possible National Championship. We had to play on the “Plains in Opelika” as the famed Munson would put it. This of course being Auburn. They were good, but we were better that day in the overcast and drizzle in southeast Alabama. We went on to win that National Championship in 1980 and my nephew attends Auburn today.
gene garbage
January 7th, 2010
6:01 pm
dave, just read the article, and as an ex-baseball player, Damon would be one too many 30+ yr. olds on the roster.. you can expect a lot of injuries to those kind of guys..and what happens when 3 or more of your starters go on the DL…i can already see a lot of guys spending some ample time there..they need to go ahead and pull the trigger on Heyward and pencil him in.. that would make a nice mixture of vets and young ens.. just my opinion.
RHR
January 7th, 2010
6:03 pm
All you really need in a snow storm is beer and chili. And nachos maybe…
Braveheart, you hear the one about the Knoxville woman who called 911 during a robbery?
CB
January 7th, 2010
6:03 pm
Yeah, I see now. I was thinking, that lady has some money!
RHR
January 7th, 2010
6:05 pm
Really brekky? That surprises me. Australia is somewhere I’ve always wanted to see.
brian
January 7th, 2010
6:05 pm
what is the logic behind the AJC’s “no vote” policy? In the journalistic world there can’t be too many people who live baseball more than DOB. If sportswriters vote on an award then a major paper such as the ajc should have representation as well which will also represent Atlanta
dogsbrekky
January 7th, 2010
6:06 pm
Waits – I love it all… USA fascinates me
shame your politicians are dumb as dust… but they are all lawyers
gene garbage
January 7th, 2010
6:06 pm
vodka, red bull gets me going…speaking of which, its about that time..isn’t there a big game on tonite??
dogsbrekky
January 7th, 2010
6:07 pm
RHR – we all live on the coast which is so beautiful
Braveheart
January 7th, 2010
6:08 pm
RHR, no, I didn’t hear that one. What is it?
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
6:09 pm
dogsbrekky-
You got it kind of wrong. The politicians are tools elected by Americans who are mostly dumb as dust.
AustinBrave
January 7th, 2010
6:11 pm
dogsbrekky
If you are ever thru Austin, TX Brave fans are always welcome at my house. I will take you to the best music in the states. Austin is music capitol of the world. Great place to live.
David O'Brien
January 7th, 2010
6:11 pm
OK, just got more info on Hinske: It’s a guaranteed $1 mill salary, with up to $500,000 in additional incentives. That’s it.
He’s scheduled to get his physical on Tuesday.
Braveheart
January 7th, 2010
6:12 pm
Time to run out to get some beer, steak, and tortilla chips for the game.
18 Wheels of Love
January 7th, 2010
6:14 pm
If you are ever in Costa Rica, put some Lizano on your food…any food, especially rice and bean and chicken and eggs. I think you can buy it on Amazon too.
http://www.costaricaproducts.com/images/T/Lizano.jpeg
Stuff is the nectar!
RHR
January 7th, 2010
6:14 pm
Bravey –
Well..they were busy so they told her to just jot down the robber’s jersey number and they’d get back to her.
Steve from OH
January 7th, 2010
6:15 pm
Hey Horns! Hey Horns! Hey Horns! We’re gonna beat the hell out of you! Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer, Give ‘em hell Alabama! Roll Tide Roll! Bama by 17! 13th national championship ring!
I just threw up a little bit…
Tomahawkin
January 7th, 2010
6:16 pm
Good RHR is in the House!
W-ZUP!!!!
nolie
January 7th, 2010
6:17 pm
And by the way, isn’t Diet Mt. Dew just about addictive? I don’t buy it much, just because I drink it too much when i have it. That and Diet Dr. Pepper. And Diet Barq’s DOB
same stuff I drink, and yes MT Dew is addictive . I think it also has the most caffeine of any regular soft drink, which may be why. Love Barqs diet too. It is no longer available in my area in the 2 liter bottles though. I can only get it in the cans now, which I like a lot less.
dogsbrekky
January 7th, 2010
6:18 pm
I should say lawyers are ALL dumb as dust but that is not true
they shoul
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
6:18 pm
Steve from OH-
Go ahead and puke. I would too watching the Big 1, or ah Big 10 get their a$$ kicked in BCS Championship games.
Rob in pain from (SC)
January 7th, 2010
6:18 pm
DOB
If Heyward starts the year in RF, where do you see Cox placing him in the lineup. I think it would be a huge mistake too hit him 8th. He would not get great pitches to hit. Where are you inclined to bat him
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
6:20 pm
Steve from OH-
I did win $200 on Iowa, but that was kind of easy. Tech can’t throw a football.
Steve from OH
January 7th, 2010
6:21 pm
Tom–it wasn’t so much that I dislike ‘Bama (I don’t care one way or the other who wins tonight), it was just that I saw a grown man post something I’d envision a cheerleader say…
Tomahawkin
January 7th, 2010
6:22 pm
Roll Tide!
I’m at the Spot bar and Grill rite now and it’s Time To get Tuned up! especially since T-Hawkin is off tomorrow, I’m gonna bump some old Tracey Lee “The Theme-It’s Party Time!”
As for the game…
Texas will get overmatched once they go against that cold SEC defense “Bank on it!”, it happens every year in the Bowl championship games
Steve from OH
January 7th, 2010
6:24 pm
Tomahawkin’–just like we could bank on Ohio State and Iowa losses?
David O'Brien
January 7th, 2010
6:25 pm
Rob in pain: I can see batting him seventh, with Melky or Diaz eighth and Prado second.
bravito199
January 7th, 2010
6:26 pm
Looks like we got a good deal on Hinske those incentives probably only kick in if he gets extensive playing time so it looks like FW still has some cash to play with even if he says he doesn’t
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
6:26 pm
It will be a repeat of the past 4 National Championship games. Alabama defensive line will dismantle the “burnt orange” offensive line. That’s the game. Alabama DL v. Texas OL.
ernesto
January 7th, 2010
6:26 pm
Steve from OH – that’s a fine cheer, my man, though it goes better with a very tan colored bourbon and coke in your hand and 95,000 or so of your closest friends.
Rob in pain from (SC)
January 7th, 2010
6:27 pm
DOB
He could see a lot of fastballs hitting in front of Chipper. MAybe hit him 2nd or 3rd
bravito199
January 7th, 2010
6:28 pm
Mclouth Cf
Prado 2b
Jones 3b
Glaus 1b
McCann C
Escobar SS
Heyward Rf
Melky/Diaz Lf
P
JasonInFL
January 7th, 2010
6:29 pm
Where’s Adam Dunn?…(:
I am resigned to the fact that this is the team that we are going to ST with. Still not completely happy with the offseason, but let’s rock-n-roll.
I am excited to go to the Dark Start and see Heyward this spring. Personally, without getting another bat, I think a lot of this year’s success depends on him. I just don’t think that Melky and Diaz at the corners are going to cut it.
David O'Brien
January 7th, 2010
6:31 pm
Rob in pain: Possible, but Heyward would really have to have a huge spring for Cox to bat him that high (second) to begin the season. I think he’ll have him lower coming out of camp. But we’ll see. Schafer led off, after all.
But Heyward third? No. Certainly not right away. That’s Chipper’s spot.
Braveheart
January 7th, 2010
6:33 pm
that’s a fine cheer, my man, though it goes better with a very tan colored bourbon and coke in your hand and 95,000 or so of your closest friends.
You’re not effin’ kidding, ernesto, but Steve is likely gonna demand empirical evidence out of us that this is true.
Steve from OH
January 7th, 2010
6:35 pm
, but Steve is likely gonna demand empirical evidence out of us that this is true.
So what if I do? You got a problem with that?
Tomahawkin
January 7th, 2010
6:36 pm
If Heyward made the squad after S training, I’d Bat him second, therefore he get more pitches to hit in front of Chipper
Plan B would be to bat him 6th or 7th
If Chipper struggles early he needs to get out of the 3 hole, he killed us there last year
cadagan
January 7th, 2010
6:37 pm
BBQ sauce, ketchup, jalapeno ketchup (hard to find these days), spicy mustard, honey mustard, salsa. And pepper, red pepper and garlic. And constant black coffee?
Stinky breath much?
Now I know what tim had a problem with.
Tomahawkin
January 7th, 2010
6:37 pm
Robert
My Man, You are living Fantasies with that prediction, lol
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
6:38 pm
Who cares if Heyward starts at Gwinnett. We have McClouth, Diaz, Cabrera. There is productive Major League experience in the outfield, with Infante as a backup. We started last year with Frenchy, Shafer and Anderson. Get real people, the 2010 OF is better than the 2009 OF. Relax, let things take shape. We are not doomed if Heyward is in Gwinnett.
Tomahawkin
January 7th, 2010
6:41 pm
Steve From OH
LOL at your last post, I have called any team representing the SEC to win in the Championship games since 2002 to win
I have an eye on these things, Trust me…
zookey
January 7th, 2010
6:41 pm
Robert
No class at all.
Would not have you to my house.
Rob in pain from (SC)
January 7th, 2010
6:42 pm
David O’Brien
January 7th, 2010
6:31 pm
Rob in pain: Possible, but Heyward would really have to have a huge spring for Cox to bat him that high (second) to begin the season. I think he’ll have him lower coming out of camp. But we’ll see. Schafer led off, after all.
But Heyward third? No. Certainly not right away. That’s Chipper’s spot.
Not if Chipper hits the way he did last year
David O'Brien
January 7th, 2010
6:43 pm
Being a Big 12 guy, I’m gonna go with the ‘Horns. Texas wins, 21-17.
David O'Brien
January 7th, 2010
6:45 pm
Rob (6:42), but surely you know Cox well enough to believe that he won’t assume Chipper will hit like he did last year, and won’t drop him in the batting order coming out of spring training regardless of what he does in Grapefruit League games.
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
6:50 pm
DOB-
I respect that you think the “burnt orange” offensive line will hold up against the “crimson” defensive line. However, after watching what the “black shirts” defensive line did to Texas in the conference championship game, I rather doubt it.
JasonInFL
January 7th, 2010
6:51 pm
Seriously, Chipper could go 0-spring and would still be batting 3rd.
Tom Waits wears Redwing boots
January 7th, 2010
6:51 pm
DOB-
Not to pile on, but Bama’s Backers are much better than those in Lincoln.
Eric In Albany N.Y.
January 7th, 2010
6:53 pm
Just wanted to report! It is NOT snowing in upstate NY!