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Braves Hall of Fame Members
January 17th, 2010
11:29 am
Braves Hall of Fame Members
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/atl/ballpark/museum.jsp
Greg Maddux
David Justice
Hank Aaron
Eddie Mathews
Phil Niekro
Warren Spahn
Ralph Garr
Kid Nichols
John Sain
Dale Murphy
Tommy Holmes
Del Crandall
Lew Burdette
Bill Lucas
Skip Caray
Pete Van Wieren
Bill Bartholomay
Ted Turner
Paul Snyder
Ernie Johnson
Any arguments?
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
11:32 am
Sad to hear Gaines Adams died.
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
11:42 am
Yeah, you left out Time Warner.
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
11:44 am
Yikes; just saw that. Sad to say first thing I thought was “We’d still be better off next season at DE if we’d drafted him instead of Jamaal Anderson that year.”
Ozzie
January 17th, 2010
11:45 am
Wren is not Mr. Nostalgia and he seems to want to put his fingerprints on every element of the org. I think because of this tendency he will select someone outside the org and not someone who was once a Braves coach or staffer.
He is going to either make a PR splash move and get someone like Don Mattingly or pick a manager or coach from a club with a extensive track record of getting to the post season.
I know folks keep mentioning Fredi G and even Yost but that is wishful thinking from loyal fans. Wren is his own man and we will see how much when he picks his next manager.
Pendleton has zero chance and like many current Braves coaches will be leaving with Bobby IMHO.
You might not know this but during ST 2009 Bobby threatened to quit after Wren berated his staff about the 2008 season and outlined the changes he wanted to see in 2009.
Wren is doing the proper PR thing with Bobby and they likely have buried the hatchet but Wren is going to rotor rooter this team’s staff along with a new manager.
We may not want to believe it or see it as feasible but I have a feeling his is on a mission to remake this club in his own image.
I personally would be intrigued by Mattingly but I think in the end he goes for someone who has won something and more than once a long long time ago. Guys who have won nothing (post season wise) or are getting up there in age need not apply.
Chris from the Rock
January 17th, 2010
11:46 am
Another young NFL’er dies. I wonder what cause of death was.
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
11:47 am
That’s just wrong
Gibby
January 17th, 2010
11:49 am
Grinch, Thanks for the visual about Miley and Swift. Now I have something to help me get through it.
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
11:51 am
Ozzie, I hope you’re right. I’ve met Pendleton and he’s a great guy, but we need some fresh blood in here IMO. I trust Wren as usual to make a good decision.
Chris, since they didn’t mention gunshot wounds I’d be inclined to say cocaine. The dude was a 26 y.o. speed rushing DE; not like he was old and fat. Unless he had some sort of previously undiagnosed congenital defect; that boy was likely hitching the reindeer.
Couch Tater
January 17th, 2010
11:52 am
Analysis: 5 Reasons Why 2010 Will Be Revolutionary For The Music Biz
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i3fdb706572f41f071570567a5747e1df?imw=Y
More talk, less tunes on conventional radio.
David O'Brien
January 17th, 2010
11:54 am
But, then again I could be better too with Stacey Dales next to me. How do those guys concentrate? — Robert (CITB)
Truer words rarely spoken. She’s very good at her job, and absolutely gorgeous. ESPN’s loss, letting her go.
McFann
January 17th, 2010
11:56 am
Heath As long as it’s not McFann….I think we all agreed she was the blog’s little sis.
Aw, thanks!
Nolie nah, I’m skairt of McFann
As you should be.
she might sic rally turtle on my toes
Well, he’s on vacation right now–went to the Galapagos Islands for the winter. But I’d be sure to give him the message when he got back.
jed mcfann’s spunky–like a young meredith baxter.
Hmm…not sure how to take that. Who is Meredith Baxter?
Braves607
January 17th, 2010
11:57 am
DOB….what number is Melky going to wear? Do you know?
Lew
January 17th, 2010
11:58 am
McFann-Your (lack of) age is showing.
David O'Brien
January 17th, 2010
11:58 am
Thanks for the list of the four college football programs that have recently had coaches-in-waiting. When someone comes up with a list of major league or other professional-sports teams that has done same, we’d be interested. Might be a little more relevant.
Steve from OH
January 17th, 2010
11:59 am
Grinch–would not be surprised if that is the case…
David O'Brien
January 17th, 2010
12:00 pm
I guess I shouldn’t beat around the bush…..Is TP going to be the next manager? — Uno Ocho
Nor should (beat around the bush). I have no idea if TP is going to be the next manager. Again, it’s just too early to know. Why would such a decision be made now when Braves/Wren have no idea who might become available by season’s end? Answer: I don’t think they/he would make such a decision now.
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
12:01 pm
McFann, she was the mom on “Family Ties.” She just came out of the closet recently, which is why I imagine he inserted the “young” part. I can see I’ve missed a bunch during my hiatus from the blog; who is this Rally Turtle? Should we all be afeared?
Gibby, I’m always here for free marriage counciling. Though upon further thought, I’d change the wrestling from mud to Mazola.
David O'Brien
January 17th, 2010
12:07 pm
TommyP: Couldn’t agree more with your 10:41 a.m. about Berman.
Every single year during the NFL stretch run, at least once and usually multiple times: “It’s late September and I really should be back at school…”
And at several points during the season, there’s always the Hotel California reference: “You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave.” On and on.
VaBraveFan
January 17th, 2010
12:11 pm
I’d like to see Eddie Perez as manager.
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
12:11 pm
The Rally Turtle is a jinx. That’s who and what the Rally Turtle is. Record under .500 since the first appearance of the dang Rally Turtle.
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
12:13 pm
When playing highlights of the Hightower TD run from yesterday, Berman went “All along the Hightower, he Hendrixes” them. Friggin’ awful
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
12:13 pm
What up, Steve?
K, I’ve hijacked the blog enough for a bit. Time to fire up the grill in preparation for Cowboys/Vikings. Can’t decide who I can’t stand more; the Cowboys as a franchise or Favre as a person. It’ll be like trying to decide which crappy reality show is worse or which political party produces the least horrible candidate…lose lose situation. At least I can analyze the Bulldogs new DC at work; maybe his boys can make Favre’s retirement decision easy for him this time. Like to see his next Wrangler commercial with him watching the other dudes in the park from an electric wheelchair.
No, that’s terrible. Say, a four-tipped cane.
TheManMike
January 17th, 2010
12:14 pm
DOB
Nice pic of The Dude and his rug and Russian. I watched Conan the other night and Jeff Bridges was on – They showed a clip from his new flick, him in a bowling alley being offered the free night of bowling – good stuff….Not having watched the movie, It was like watching Dude 10 years removed…Also – he appeared to be a bit stoned on the show, great interview…
McFann
January 17th, 2010
12:14 pm
Lew Your (lack of) age is showing.
The Grinch–
Ah, OK…pretty sure I’ve heard of “Family Ties”…sounds familiar…
who is this Rally Turtle?
Well, back in July 2008 I found a Box Turtle and wrote a little paragraph about him on the Blog. That night during the Braves game (a late, West coast game), some of the Denizens started talking about him because the game was getting boring. After that, the Braves had a good rally and they ended up winning 9 to…something…(BMac hit two homers). So I kept the turtle as a Blog character (the real had to stay in the wild), and he was named Rally McTurtle.
Here’s a picture of him: :Ô:
He’s usually right up there next to my name, but like I said, he’s taking his first vacation.
And you should only fear him if you’re real hard on BMac (or me, I s’pose…). See, he’s got this friend who has a nasty temper…
Steve from OH
January 17th, 2010
12:14 pm
Not too much Grinch, just glad we can go back to talking about some ‘ball and some good tunes, finally…
semiballcoach
January 17th, 2010
12:15 pm
maybe instead of looking at physique of pitchers on steroids…..how about looking at velocity before testing and after testing….
could kevin brown’s legendary temper have been due to roid rage?
Steve from OH
January 17th, 2010
12:16 pm
flange1–yeah, I just saw that about Offerman. What an idiot (and a-hole), huh? Got the best job in the world and f’s it up because of anger problems…jeez.
McFann
January 17th, 2010
12:16 pm
Uh-oh…now yer gonna get it, Braveheart!
(His friend also doesn’t like it if you mess with Rally…)
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
12:17 pm
Pronged, I should say; not tipped.
What about Berman referring to Venus and Serena as “Sisters…and also siblings.” He wore that one out almost as much as Stu Scott and “Cooler than the other side of the pillow.”
L8TR
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
12:20 pm
Thank you, McFann. I promise not to mess with either one of you. How odd; a girl that like McCann? (sarcasm) Who knew all one needed to get busy with the ladies is eat chilli cheeseburgers? Hasn’t worked for me so far.
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
12:21 pm
If I must be sacrificed, then so be it, but either Rally McTurtle or The Chopping Chow needs to go, preferably both. Jinxes. Both of them.
Steve from OH
January 17th, 2010
12:22 pm
What you been up to, Grinch? Good to see ya around again!
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
12:24 pm
I just saw Keyshawn saying “Revis did this to Randy Moss, I never would have allowed that to happen.” To which Moss should’ve replied, “Hey Keyshawn, shut up, and get back in the slot, you glorified possession receiver.”
Bad Scooter
January 17th, 2010
12:24 pm
Another example of coach in waiting (in college, however) is Syracuse basketball. It is widely speculated, never confirmed by SU, that assistant coach Mike Hopkins agreed to take over for Jim Boeheim, whenever that would be.
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
12:26 pm
Unfortunately for Offerman, he hits as lightly with his fist as he did with his bat
joerochester
January 17th, 2010
12:26 pm
I can handle Berman, but I cannot handle Shannon Sharpe anymore. He is the most annoying and obnoxious commentator. He interrupts everyone.
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
12:28 pm
That whole CBS pregame sucks. Marino is boring. Boomer is a bore. Sharpe is a boor.
Rhett
January 17th, 2010
12:32 pm
Berman and Stuart Scott are in a perpetual 1993 time warp…… Somewhere along the line they transformed from occasionally funny sportscasters to bad comedians that sometimes talk about sports. Their material was always marginal and now it just seems kind of sad.
David O'Brien
January 17th, 2010
12:33 pm
Was just reading the local fish wrapper and they had a one-on-one with Dale Murphy – he’s coming into town to speak in a few weeks… Anyway, question came up about music on his iPod. Seems the guy is into The Racontuers and Wilco and even has been to see Wilco live. — 18 Wheels of Love
That’s pne of the most pleasantly surprising things I’ve read here in quite a while. The visual of Murphy rocking to Raconteurs…. I’ll have to talk to Murph about that if he’s in camp again this spring.
Sounds like father-of-eight Murphy must be looking for — what did our returning metalhead friend call it this morning? — oh, yeah, “hipster/indie cred.” (insert emoticon here to diffuse potential tension.)
I wonder where ol’ Murph hears that Wilco and Raconteurs stuff, though, since the metalhead informed us that there are no stations that play the obscure stuff like that and that other obscure hipster band, I think it’s called REM (insert emoticon again here).
But in all seriousness, I love when I hear that someone in their 40s or 50s that I assumed only listens to whatever’s on the local classic-rock station or in their record collection, to hear they’re listening to some newer, different stuff as well. Especially when it’s great stuff like he mentioned (Murph’s been to a Wilco show? That’s tremendous.)
By the way, did you see his son Shawn Murphy, a lineman, play in an NFL game the other day? I think he’s with Tampa Bay, after being drafted by the Dolphins.
Tom O'Hawke
January 17th, 2010
12:33 pm
“Tom O’Hawke (to N8)
While acknowledging that if we have any major injuries (Chipper, Glaus, Hudson, etc….) the team could struggle.
Nate, is there a team that can’t say this? ”
“Yes, there are a few teams that could say that.
Most high payroll teams could have 1 major injury and still be perfectly fine. Look how the Dodgers were when they lost Manny for several months they could plug in Juan Pierre in his lineup spot and be perfectly fine.
Or if they are a high payroll team ……..” —-ugaaccountant (January 16, 9:51am)
ugaaccountant, While I agree with everything in your post, you missed a key part of what N8 and I were talking about. Not a major injury, major injuries, as in multiple ones. (See the 2009 Mets, for example.)
Tom O'Hawke
January 17th, 2010
12:38 pm
I bit off more italics and bold than I can chew. The last part was my reply to ugaaccountant.
David O'Brien
January 17th, 2010
12:40 pm
If I must be sacrificed, then so be it, but either Rally McTurtle or The Chopping Chow needs to go, preferably both. — Braveheart
Agree with your sentiment.
But is that some sort of hybrid beast, the Chik-fil-a animal bred with Norm Chow?
KC
January 17th, 2010
12:45 pm
You guys have a problem with the chopping cow at the Ted??? What are you… commies?? How could you not like the chopping cow?!
Jurrjens4NLCY
January 17th, 2010
12:47 pm
No wonder he thinks Pulp Fiction sucks. He’s still watching Disney movies.
I’ve taken a clear boycott against Disney products of any kind after I found at what an awful company they are. Last Disney movie I’ve seen was probably Toy Story, the first one.
Whaat?? Here I was thinking you were much older, and now you tell me you can’t even drive yet?
I can drive.
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
12:52 pm
The pregame shaows are too much “FavreFavreFavre.” Yuck.
Ha! I see the same things that used to rattle your cage still work, David…delightful! I’m forced to use the emoticons because otherwise people take me too seriously and assume I’m an angry old man like Lew, instead of just stirring the pot because I’m bored. Not that I don’t listen to what I listen to, of course.
Norm Chow may be just what this offense needs.
McFann
January 17th, 2010
12:52 pm
Thanks, Grinch.
How odd; a girl that likes McCann?
And what’s so odd about that?
Who knew all one needed to get busy with the ladies is eat chilli cheeseburgers?
Hey, watch it now…you know what that kind of talk will lead you to…
Besides, it’s the demeanor, face, mussed up hair, and stats that turn me on. Don’t be disgusting!
DOB Agree with your sentiment.
You mean about the cow, right…?
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
12:52 pm
More talk, less tunes on conventional radio.
Oh, great. Just what we need. They already talk too much, and don’t play enough music, and when they play music, they just play the same 10 crappy songs every hour as it is.
The music people need to let it go. They shouldn’t be trying to make money so much off songs being played on the television or the radio or even from selling cds. That should be the promotional stuff that they for the most part give away to build demand for their concert tours and merchandise. I think if they gave away half of that stuff, they’d make twice as much money (if they were truly talented). But that ain’t the way it is. Seems like the current system is designed to protect the talentless cowardly studio marvels who can’t hack it live without lip syncing and to hurt the truly talented. The Grateful Dead’s business model should be used more. Or even the hip hop model where street teams give away so many mix tapes. You give away bootleg or mix tapes, let more acts be played on the radio, demand builds, people want the real tape or cd, want to buy the merchandise, want to see them perform live, etc. If more acts were heard on the radio, you’d be able to sell more acts instead of just selling the 10 or so selected to be marketed every year, and making money only off of them but no one else. But whatever. Useless and perhaps naive rant on my part
GatorBrave
January 17th, 2010
12:53 pm
Tough loss to swallow for my Cardinals last night, but it was pretty apparant my boys were wore down. Of course, Bush and the Saints might have been to much even with a very rested Cardinal team, but I think it would’ve made things a bit more interesting, for sure. Guess I’ll pull for the Colts or the Chargers, though, I really don’t care much who takes it all now.
Hope Damon is still a real possibility for us, but maybe, just maybe, what we have is enough and then they could possibly make a trade for a good OF during July. By then Heyward should be ready, maybe, and we can make a run to the postseason. Gettin excited for opening day!
McFann
January 17th, 2010
12:55 pm
KC–
No, commies are who like the chopping cow. I mean, look at that arm position: “Zig Heil!” (Or…however you spell that…)
McFann
January 17th, 2010
12:57 pm
Braveheart Oh, great. Just what we need. They already talk too much, and don’t play enough music, and when they play music, they just play the same 10 [cruddy] songs every hour as it is.
That is SO true.
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
12:58 pm
KC, The Chopping Cow is a symbol of everything wrong with the fan base. Half the time she forgets to chop, probably because she’s on her cell phone. When she remembers to chop, it’s obviously halfhearted because she chops so slowly.
KC
January 17th, 2010
1:01 pm
Braveheart: “she chops so slowly”
When’s the last time you saw a cow do ANYTHING quickly. You’ve heard of racists… You sir are a cowist.
KC
January 17th, 2010
1:02 pm
McFann, I really expected better from you. I can understand some of these other people bashing the cow… but you??? My faith has been destroyed.
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
1:04 pm
Yikes, McFann; I get enough of those suckers down at my pond in warm weather. Snapping turtles that is; not chilli cheeseburgers. And it’s “Seig Heil,” which translates roughly to “Hail Victory.” No, I’m not a Nazi, but I play one on tv (that’s probably before your time too).
Braveheart, not a naive rant, but as long as Clearchannel (speaking of Nazis) is in control of the market you’re gonna hear the same 10 damn songs.
GatorBrave, Warner started looking his age last night after a few good hits. I don’t blame him. Maybe Jesus will tell him and his wife he should retire now after a great career, instead of telling him to take the money like last year.
Kickoff time!
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
1:06 pm
Count me in the minority that like the cow.
KC, that’s unlike you to look at things from a positive angle.
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
1:06 pm
KC,
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
1:07 pm
As far as seeing cows do something quickly, you should have seen my ex chasing me down the driveway.
The Grinch
January 17th, 2010
1:09 pm
Truthfully, I find the whole conversation udderly ridiculous.
Jurrjens4NLCY
January 17th, 2010
1:09 pm
Our record since Rally McTurtle:
109 – 113 with 2 missed playoff appearances.
(BTW, McFann, Braves only scored 8 runs
)
Tom O'Hawke
January 17th, 2010
1:10 pm
If I must be sacrificed, then so be it, but either Rally McTurtle or The Chopping Chow needs to go, preferably both. Jinxes. Both of them.
Braveheart, Wow, man. With one sentence you just ticked off the largest nation on the planet and McFann.
If I were you, I’d be more worried about McFann.
McFann
January 17th, 2010
1:12 pm
KC–
Sorry.
It’s not that I hate the cow…but I could live without it…
Grinch–
Heh heh…sorry. But I did warn you about messin’ with my mann. And it doesn’t take a whole lot to get “it”.
And it’s “Seig Heil,”…
OK, thanks. I knew the “z” thing wasn’t right…
No, I’m not a Nazi, but I play one on tv
Really?
(that’s probably before your time too).
Maybe…but so was “Hogan’s Heroes” and that’s one of my most favorite shows!
Jurrjens4NLCY
January 17th, 2010
1:12 pm
I agree with KC, the cow is cool. It’s unique and know other stadium has it, unlike the coke bottle. When the Braves hit a HR, the fireworks should come out of the cow’s mouth. How badass would that be?
McFann
January 17th, 2010
1:15 pm
JJ4NLCY–
Did I ask you?
And yeah, they actually did score nine runs:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN200807080.shtml
Tom O’Hawke–
You’re so right…
Betty Draper
January 17th, 2010
1:15 pm
That picture of Boras is hilarious. Is he caught in a fashion time warp?
Salamander
January 17th, 2010
1:15 pm
More talk, less tunes on conventional radio
People still listen to the radio?
Just kidding (sorta). The music that actually gets played on most radio stations sucked when I was a kid, and has only gone downhill since that time (Clear Channel snapping up most independent stations made matters worse).
GSU’s and GA Tech’s stations are pretty good some of the time. Otherwise, I’d rather drive in silence than be subjected to more Crap-leback and other hackneyed mainstream garbage the kids like these days.
VaBraveFan
January 17th, 2010
1:18 pm
I read Mark Bowman saying the Braves wont sign Damon unless he comes around the 1-2 mil price range… lol
How Bout Them Cowboys
January 17th, 2010
1:19 pm
Sorry I’m late. Had a late night last night.
The Romo fumble was nothing. Even if he had not fumbled and was sacked, it would have been 4th down, out of field goal range.
So far, my prediction of pressure on Farve rings true.
How Bout Them Cowboys
January 17th, 2010
1:21 pm
Felix is going to bust one, BANK ON IT!
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
1:21 pm
Betty Draper, you’re gorgeous, but a whiny lil’ girl. It’s amazing that I get so annoyed whenever a woman that good looking comes on the screen. I’d be glad if she never spoke another word on Mad Men. Betty Draper is to be seen, not to be heard.
cabravesfan
January 17th, 2010
1:23 pm
Is it OK to hope that the Metrodome gets sucked into the depths of hell rather then someone winning this game? (And if I never hear “swollen bursa sac” again, I will be a happy girl…whatever happened to just calling it a bad knee??
)
How Bout Them Cowboys
January 17th, 2010
1:24 pm
Go for it on 4th down.
How Bout Them Cowboys
January 17th, 2010
1:24 pm
Do not like the call. Bad coaching call on 4th down. Wade was supposed to go for it on 4th and 1.
Jurrjens4NLCY
January 17th, 2010
1:25 pm
McFann,
That is the date I thought you were talking about, but they didn’t rally anything, they were winning 7 – 1 in the 8th. He should be named Kickbutt McTurtle or something.
Braves record since Chopping Cow:
122 – 129
Salamander
January 17th, 2010
1:25 pm
As long as the Cowboys lose, today will be a good day (hangover and all).
Venice Jim
January 17th, 2010
1:25 pm
Sometimes it’s scary to be sitting next to her…
But she correctly called the FG attempt wide left…
How Bout Them Cowboys
January 17th, 2010
1:26 pm
Rob in pain from (SC)……….Dallas is moving the ball. I’m not worried about our offense. The big question is can Minnesota give Farve enough time to pass?
How Bout Them Cowboys
January 17th, 2010
1:27 pm
Rob in pain from (SC)………..Also, last week against the Eagles, Dallas had 2 early drives stall inside field goal range…….only to eventually blow the Eagles out. We’ll be fine.
richbrave
January 17th, 2010
1:28 pm
This is boring. There should be gun totin’ displays of anger in the locker-room followed by court action aplenty. I’m going back to the WIZARDS blogs for awhile. Let me know if the BRAVES finally get BORE-ASS to hand over DAMON at our price.
CB
January 17th, 2010
1:28 pm
I’m going to Savannah in Feb. Any good BBQ in that city from my BBQ brethren?
Braveheart
January 17th, 2010
1:28 pm
If it really was the Chopping Chow, Random would never let us get rid of her for fear of offending the Chinese.
Rob in pain from (SC)
January 17th, 2010
1:29 pm
Worried Now
How Bout Them Cowboys
January 17th, 2010
1:30 pm
Cant say much about that other than it being a great throw by Farve. 7-0 is nothing to lose any sleep over. Minnesota is going to need more than 7 points to win the game.
Rob in pain from (SC)
January 17th, 2010
1:30 pm
look at my fellow Gamecock make a play
How Bout Them Cowboys
January 17th, 2010
1:32 pm
Rob in pain from (SC)…….did you see the Saints-Cardinals game yesterday? Didnt Arizona get up 7-0 on an early long touchdown run by Hightower? We all saw what happened yesterday. Farve made a good thrown. It happens.
David O'Brien
January 17th, 2010
1:34 pm
OK, I had my former Sun-Sentinel colleague, Juan Rodriguez, take a look at that link to the Spanish-language newspaper story about Eddie Perez being fired as manager of his team last week during the Venezuelan Winter League playoffs.
Here’s what Juan said:
“Well, the story makes it sound like they fired Eddie for his protection. Says the fans were becoming increasingly violent and so frustrated, impatient and aggressive that the executives felt Eddie might be at risk. They wanted to remove him from the situation to keep something bad from happening.
“The story also mentions an episode Eddie had with third baseman Kenny Perez last Wednesday as factoring in and being the last straw, but doesn’t say what actually happened.
“I’ll do a search, see if I find it.”
Then Juan e-mailed me a follow-up after that search:
“The thing with the two Perezes… Apparently Kenny made a costly error in a loss to Magallanes and Eddie lifted him mid-inning. When Kenny got back to the dugout the two got into it. Sounds like the team defense has sucked all year.”
We thank Juan profusely for the help with that.
OK, me talking now: I would just add that tension and passions run high in winter-league ball, particularly during the playoffs. It’s very big stuff down there.
I was doing some stories on Marlins prospects down in Puerto Rico one winter — where I interviewed Robbie Alomar, by the way; he used to play down there in the winter, as did Javy Lopez — and even during the regular season it was a lively, passion-fueled atmosphere at every game I attended. And that was the Puerto Rican league. It’s more so in Venezuela and the Dominican, from everything I’ve heard.
Rob in pain from (SC)
January 17th, 2010
1:35 pm
How Bout Them Cowboys
I am just busting your chops. Dallas is a good team
David O'Brien
January 17th, 2010
1:40 pm
B raveheart, that 12:58 was funny. And, unfortunately, largely true.
joerochester
January 17th, 2010
1:41 pm
So far the playoff games have sucked. Hope these two are better.
McFann
January 17th, 2010
1:41 pm
JJ4NLCY–
Well, I think it was like…the fifth inning when they started talking about my Turtle.
Ha! And only 4 under with McTurtle…SEVEN under with the cow!
Bravesheart Random would never let us get rid of her for fear of offending the Chinese.
Who cares about them? We’re talkin’ about offending a little turtle otherwise!
Bigot…
David O'Brien
January 17th, 2010
1:43 pm
Ha! I see the same things that used to rattle your cage still work, David…delightful! I’m forced to use the emoticons because otherwise people take me too seriously and assume I’m an angry old man like Lew…. — Grinch
Not true. Anyone who’s met you knows you’re not an old man.
Tom O'Hawke
January 17th, 2010
1:44 pm
Hey Braves_Fan_RSD , I see on your other site that you are currently only givng the Braves a 19.1% chance of making the playoffs. 4 teams make the playoffs, from the NL, out of 16. That’s 1 in 4, or 25%. If everything is equal, all teams would have a 25% chance of making the playoffs (in the NL). So, are you saying, that right now, you think that the Braves’ chances of making the playoffs, are that much less than equal? — (me, @ 2:36 am, Jan. 16)
Even though 4 teams make the playoffs, the Braves only have 2 ways to get there. Win the NL east or the wildcard. So, it is 2 in 14(1 in 7) chance not 1 in 4. If everything were equal. But with the Phils in our division, it really is more like a 1 in 13 chance. We will need lots of ifs to go our way and some luck to make the playoffs this year. —- ColoradoBravesFan — (1:17 pm)
I disagree with you, ColoradoBravesFan. There are only 5 teams in our division. That is a 1 in 5 chance, just in winning (if everything is equal). Adding the odds of winning the wildcard (1 in 13), that brings their playoff hopes to a little better than 27%, or slightly better than 1 in 4. That is according to my figuring (I once got a “C” on a 3rd grade math test, so there!)
If William & Mary’s Jim, takes a minute to look this over, we may know for sure.
How Bout Them Cowboys
January 17th, 2010
1:45 pm
Points on the board. We’re moving the ball on Minnesota. We just need to figure out how to punch it in against these guys. We will. It isnt like Minnesota has shown that they can stop us from moving the ball.
Let’s see if our defense can answer the challenge and give us the ball back.
Venice Jim
January 17th, 2010
1:48 pm
Tom O – assuming everyone has an equal chance of winning each game, you are correct. The 2 in 14 is particularly strange…
How Bout Them Cowboys
January 17th, 2010
1:50 pm
Rob in pain from (SC) ………….I have lots of respect for Farve. I never said that today’s game would be easy. However as the game wears on, I expect the better Dallas game to put it away.
Soph
January 17th, 2010
1:51 pm
This game is such a lose-lose for me.
Tom O'Hawke
January 17th, 2010
1:54 pm
Tom O – assuming everyone has an equal chance of winning each game, you are correct. The 2 in 14 is particularly strange…
Thanks, Jim. Maybe it’s his thin Colorado air.
Rob in pain from (SC)
January 17th, 2010
1:55 pm
Minnesota seems to be moving the ball at will too
Rob in pain from (SC)
January 17th, 2010
1:56 pm
Rice, my fellow USC Gamecock is having a huge game
Tomahawkin
January 17th, 2010
1:56 pm
Hell Yeah!
To all the Bandwagon Cowboys Fans!
“Ho Sit Down!”