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cricket
February 8th, 2010
9:06 pm
Having masoor dal curry..the best lentil curry ever..
Heath
February 8th, 2010
9:10 pm
DOB -
Ready for game time? Got your popcorn and beverage ready to go. ‘Bout to tip off…
tiger297
February 8th, 2010
9:17 pm
ok off to the gym now…2 weeks of prep is plenty for my ski trip right.
Soph
February 8th, 2010
9:23 pm
VJ – I just saw the score on ESPN. Yikes.
DWW
February 8th, 2010
9:23 pm
BravesFanLostInOhio
I was referring to DOB’s 1:59 post when he suggested that the braves might sign another free agent other than Damon.
Jim
February 8th, 2010
9:29 pm
Does anyone share my belief that Jordan “Ice Cold” is not playing with a full deck – the suspension, the Hummer, not telling the truth about an injury, or not telling the truth that it was an injury, turning his arms (body?) into a billboard, taking KJ’s # when he hasn’t even made the team … (feel free to add more)?
dogsbrekky
February 8th, 2010
9:36 pm
I just watched the saddest tv show ever
“The Bachelor” …………. it cannot be for real… I hope
TnBrian
February 8th, 2010
9:39 pm
MZ, I like Anchorman. Will Ferrell is one of my favorites. Just didn’t think the movie was all that. Thought he had a very funny, but short, app. in Wedding Crashers and of course Old School and Talledega Nights.
TnBrian
February 8th, 2010
9:42 pm
Speaking of numbers … what number does Nate where now? I see him wearing #5 for some reason. Heyward definitely looks like a #24, but could surprise us with a # like 34. He’s wearing that in one of those photos. That’d be a little different, I guess, since a lot of P wear 30’s.
Heath
February 8th, 2010
9:42 pm
DOB -
Texas guards are big time weakness. KU should double the post every singel time…make the guards beat them…looks like a winning strategy so far.
haggard 1
February 8th, 2010
9:54 pm
TnBrian– A good list at 6:44 post, though I haven’t seen Superbad.
Watched “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” during the holidays and it has held up
extremely well.
I’ll add”Tootsie” and the quirky “Harold and Maude”.
cricket
February 8th, 2010
9:54 pm
Is this guy insulting braves?
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/14400754/ns/sports-super_bowl_xliv/
nolie
February 8th, 2010
10:01 pm
Tootsie is great
Or
February 8th, 2010
10:02 pm
Is this guy insulting braves?
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/14400754/ns/sports-super_bowl_xliv/
Or is he insulting the Colts?
Venice Jim
February 8th, 2010
10:03 pm
Glad to see a couple of comedies more than 15 years old mentioned…
haggard 1
February 8th, 2010
10:05 pm
nolie—Sure am enjoying the blues links!
David O'Brien
February 8th, 2010
10:16 pm
Cricket, as DeNiro might say, yeah, a little bit. He insulted ‘em a little bit.
Tom O'Hawke
February 8th, 2010
10:16 pm
Glad to see a couple of comedies more than 15 years old mentioned…— Venice Jim
Ahh, then you’ll be pleased to hear me mention “The Little Tramp”.
Steve from OH
February 8th, 2010
10:19 pm
DOB with the Goodfellas reference. Lovin’ it.
Burdell
February 8th, 2010
10:20 pm
the suspension…
He was caught with someone that had HGH. Are you certain he knew it was in the car?
the Hummer…
Give a 19 year old kid a few hundred thousand dollars and see what he does with it. Here’s a hint: he’s not going to buy a Honda Civic. At least JS spent some of the money on a batting cage. That’s more than most kids would do.
not telling the truth about an injury, or not telling the truth that it was an injury…
He’s a young kid that was trying to impress the team. He just assumed he could play through it.
turning his arms (body?) into a billboard…
If everyone with a tattoo qualified as crazy, half of MLB would be locked up.
taking KJ’s # when he hasn’t even made the team …
He’s on the 40 man roster, which requires him to have a team number.
Venice Jim
February 8th, 2010
10:20 pm
Tom – I believe that came out the year before I was born…
cabravesfan
February 8th, 2010
10:20 pm
I’m still in shock they actually made movies when VJ was a kid…that was a looong time ago
TnBrian
February 8th, 2010
10:21 pm
haggard, yeah, Steve Martin was a perfect little sidekick for Candy. The movie is funny from the first scene on. Guess the last few scenes are a little sad, but that makes it that much better of a movie.
David O'Brien
February 8th, 2010
10:22 pm
TnBrian: McLouth is No. 24 still, on roster. What, you think he’s going to change numbers to accomodate a rookie?
TennesseePaul
February 8th, 2010
10:22 pm
Lew: Glaus won’t hit for that high an average and won’t get on base quite that much
I don’t know about that either. His previous four healthy seasons, he was right at that mark in OBP. I just don’t think he’ll hit for that average. I have my doubts that he’ll be “baseball healthy*” enough to produce at hi previous four health seaso average. I expect him to turn in something less, which would be around a .250/.350/.470 line… I could be wrong. I have been in the past.
*baseball healthy: the distinction between a non-athelete level of healthy functionality and an athelete level function of productive healthy. Example: most, if not all, pitchers recovering from rotator cuff surgery are healthy but rarely are baseball healthy and tend to toil in missery and eventually get spit out the bottom of an independent league baseball franchise in Southern California.
Tom O'Hawke
February 8th, 2010
10:23 pm
Tom – I believe that came out the year before I was born…
Jim, I’m not sure. When you see, nolie, ask him.
Tom O'Hawke
February 8th, 2010
10:25 pm
I’m still in shock they actually made movies when VJ was a kid…that was a looong time ago
cabravesfan, it’s obvious that you already ate tonight.
TennesseePaul
February 8th, 2010
10:26 pm
McLouth is No. 24 still, on roster. What, you think he’s going to change numbers to accomodate a rookie?
They say this rookie Heyward is a bad mother
SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
I’m talkin’ ’bout Heyward.
THEN WE CAN DIG IT!
Heath
February 8th, 2010
10:27 pm
DOB -
Texas crowd and team are flat and uninspiring for this game. The x-factor they needed is just not there. Almost like they have already resigned themselves to a loss.
Andrew in PA
February 8th, 2010
10:28 pm
DOB,how many times are you going to say the braves arnt interested in Dye?
cabravesfan
February 8th, 2010
10:30 pm
Tom-
Dinner done, finished watching my boy Orlando Bloom, drinking wine…I can now afford to be mean
MattyRoss
February 8th, 2010
10:35 pm
Andrew in PA, whatever the number, I’d wager it pales in comparison to the amount of times other folks mention him as a possible target.
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
10:38 pm
Chopper
February 5th, 2010
10:04 am
Here’s my opening day lineup:
MCLOUTH CF
PRADO 2B
JONES 3B
GLAUS 1B
MCCANN C
ESCOBAR SS
HEYWARD RF
DIAZ LF
Right as rain, if the rookie is the real natural. BTW, CHOPPIE, I love to see your posts. Every time I read your handle I’m reminded of the movie “STAND BY ME.” Junkyard dog, “CHOPPER sic………”
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
10:39 pm
TennesseePaul
February 8th, 2010
10:22 pm
Lew: Glaus won’t hit for that high an average and won’t get on base quite that much
Shudder.
Heath
February 8th, 2010
10:42 pm
Regardless of who wins and loses…I hope Texas can get back into this game so that there is a little bit of excitement for us non-KU fans. Pretty boring game so far unless you root for KU…
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
10:44 pm
Rooting for KU. Hmmm, anyone we know?
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
10:45 pm
Andrew in PA:
He’s HOPING the BRAVES have no interest in DYE. Me too.
lexbrave
February 8th, 2010
10:48 pm
heath, im not sure texas is just flat tonight. they are in danger of losing their 5th game out of their past 7.
Tom O'Hawke
February 8th, 2010
10:51 pm
Speaking of KU, what the hell is a jayhawk, anyway?
That wouldn’t be the name of the offspring produced, if Vernon Wells married Joe Johnson’s sister, would it?
lexbrave
February 8th, 2010
10:52 pm
23 points off turnovers for kansas and 0 for texas tells quite a story
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
10:54 pm
TOM O’:
Dammit TOM, you got me digging into my ten foot stack of vinyl, and out popped a name ERIC GALE. Had a few feature albums, none of which I own. But he was guitar sideman with a lot of sixties, seventies, eighties jazz-fusion performers. Google him up and pick a few.
Man I just replayed some GROVER WASHINGTON Jr. albums from the mid-seventies. “Knucklehead” from FEELS SO GOOD, 1975. His solo is out of sight. Man that cat could make that electric guitar wail. Just as good the next year playing on A SECRET PLACE.
Heath
February 8th, 2010
10:55 pm
lexbrave -
Their guard play, collectively, has been pretty bad a lot this season…KU, and other UT opponents, only have to guard 3 or 4 guys…..diminishing the play of their good inside guys.
lexbrave
February 8th, 2010
10:59 pm
seems like rebounding is a problem for them as well, a lot of 3rd and 4th chances for the jayhawks.
Rob from SC
February 8th, 2010
11:02 pm
DOB
McLouth swithed to 24?
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
February 8th, 2010
11:03 pm
TnBrian
I can’t believe you didn’t list Liar, Liar with Jim Carrey and Krista Allen.
OMG, that whole film is harlious….especially the courtroom scenes toward the end of the movie.
Cold Stove
February 8th, 2010
11:03 pm
TnBrian: McLouth is No. 24 still, on roster. What, you think he’s going to change numbers to accomodate a rookie? DOB
I think everyone on the blog knows that TnBrian doesn’t think.
Tom O'Hawke
February 8th, 2010
11:03 pm
richbrave, I just dug out nolie’s list. So far, I’ve listened to Burrell, Ellis, Jordan, Kessel and Khan. I just started on Earl Klugh.
Guess who’s next on his list? None other than Eric Gale. That’s the third weird coincidence since nolie gave me the list.
I keep the list handy. Anyone you mention will go on it if it’s not already there. Thanks.
Moe Berg
February 8th, 2010
11:03 pm
Crap. I hope we don’t get the snow which the weather channel is giving us 100% chance of getting. I have a friend in from India whose film is supposed to be screened tomorrow. Whoever thought of screening a film in Chicago in early February…Of course, someone at the University of Chicago, where they are entirely lost in their heads… very annoying.
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
11:04 pm
After listening to WASHINGTON and GALE, I put on BLUES SONATA by CHARLIE BYRD. The extraordinary finess with which he stroked the acoustic guitar as opposed to the wild fingering of the electric guitar by GALE just blew me away. Wow, double wow. Just as cool now as it was thirty-five years ago
nolie
February 8th, 2010
11:04 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16AnGcB7MHA
Freddie King Ain’t No Sunshine When Shes Gone
Chris from the Rock
February 8th, 2010
11:07 pm
I know this sounds odd on some levels, but signing Nomar would make some sense. I know he’s never played 2nd, but he could back up at 1st, 3rd and SS. He’d be better than Thurston or Conrad. Imagine that bench. He’ll come pretty cheap.
TnBrian
February 8th, 2010
11:07 pm
“I think everybody on the blog knows that TnBrian doesn’t think” Cold Stove
Excuse me punk … I’ve made some very good contributions to this place in the last year or so.
Moe Berg
February 8th, 2010
11:08 pm
richbrave–are you able to get out now? I must listen to Charlie Byrd….after you mentioned the influence of Django Reinhardt, I am wanting to listen a great deal, after my current music finishes. Hope the snow is not too much.
Moe Berg
February 8th, 2010
11:09 pm
TnBrian–I would never dismiss you a priori.
nolie
February 8th, 2010
11:10 pm
Cold what did Brian do to you, steal the last Twinkie in the world? I like a nice insult as good as the next guy, but you are merciless. Ain’t any of my business I know, but Brian is better than some others here.
Rob from SC
February 8th, 2010
11:13 pm
Cold Stove
Nobody knew McLouth was wearing 24. He is listed as 13 still on the Braves website. I also thought 24 was open after Schafer switched to #2. I also suggested Heyward could wear 24.
TnBrian
February 8th, 2010
11:14 pm
nolie, I told Cold Stove he stays up all night posting comments and I think that set him off on me. Before that it was just a little fun back and forth. Now, like you said, he’s merciless.
That’s a little hypocritcal on my part because I’ve been posting here late before too, but I didn’t throw temper tantrums for someone calling me out (uga-brave).
Heath
February 8th, 2010
11:14 pm
Wonder if this sequence will spark a big Texas run?…. So far so good for Texas.
Braveheart
February 8th, 2010
11:14 pm
Remember the Atlanta Braves of the ‘90s? Loaded with talent. Great pitching staff. One of the best managers in the game. One World Series title. Manning is in danger of becoming known as the Atlanta Braves of the NFL. In fact, when it’s all told, he might not even be the most successful quarterback in his own family. Right now, for all his ballyhoo, he has as many Super Bowl rings as Eli.
Holy crappy sports writing. Eli is more successful than Peyton, huh? ‘Cause he has the same number of Super Bowl rings? Again, holy crappy sports writing.
TnBrian
February 8th, 2010
11:15 pm
Alright, gotta clean this place. Damn dogs have destoyed my kingdom here! LOL
Heath
February 8th, 2010
11:16 pm
Should say that the technical for an (accidental) elbow to the face there on Aldrich is basically an automatic call…seen it a couple of time against Cousins this year.
David O'Brien
February 8th, 2010
11:16 pm
Seriously some of the worst officiating in the last minute that I’ve seen all season. Absolutely brutal.
David O'Brien
February 8th, 2010
11:16 pm
Heath, it’s not an automatic foul. That’s ridiculous. And the continuation call on the next shot was a good call — if this was an NBA game.
Just absurd.
StingerSplash
February 8th, 2010
11:17 pm
TnBrian:
No Animal House?
No Caddyshack?
No Raising Arizona?
No National Lampoon’s Vacation (the first one, though Christmas Vacation is also mighty damn funny)?
No Sideways?
I can’t make a top 10 comedies list without those. I’d add a couple of my sentimental favorites, like It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Artists and Models, This Is Spinal Tap, The Producers and Blazing Saddles.
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
11:17 pm
Moe Berg
February 8th, 2010
11:08 pm
richbrave–are you able to get out now?……..
Only after they’ve screened my visitors. LOL. The snow, I get………snowmageddeon. Just finished off the driveway today. Took an old man three days to do what I used to in two hours. But I got to revisit a lot of great music all the while. You go MOE. You da’ man.
Tom O'Hawke
February 8th, 2010
11:18 pm
“I think everybody on the blog knows that TnBrian doesn’t think” Cold Stove
Don’t worry, TnBrian, that’s what comes out of someone after they’ve gone awhile eating uncooked meat.
Agreein'
February 8th, 2010
11:21 pm
Cold Stove, leave T(or)N(ado)B(ait)rian alone!
nolie
February 8th, 2010
11:21 pm
Rich , when you get done with all that snow you can come on down and brush all the sunshine off my driveway. Too warm for me to do it.
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
11:21 pm
StingerSplash
February 8th, 2010
11:17 pm
TnBrian:
“Christmas Vacation is also mighty damn funny)…………….”
“SQUIRREL !!!!!!” CARL REINER….wow. LOL. Been lookin’ like that around here lately with all the snow on the ground.
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
11:22 pm
nolie:
needle,needle,needle. LOL.
lexbrave
February 8th, 2010
11:22 pm
got to agree with heath, its a big focus this year for the refs, if you clear out with your elbows and make contact, it will be called a technical. on a side note, i cant be happier that knight decided not to come to lxington for gameday this sat. he is just awful.
Heath
February 8th, 2010
11:22 pm
DOB -
I didn’t say that it was right….I said that it was officiated this year as an automatic foul. I pointed out an example why it has been that way in the games I have seen with UK. I actually think that the call in this game against Aldrich was marginal (maybe not as bad a call as you since I am not emotionally invested in this game)…and I do agree on the continuation call.
Moe Berg
February 8th, 2010
11:23 pm
richbrave, I understand completely. we are supposed to get a foot of snow tonight…really hope it does not happen. I have to scurry to the other side of town tomorrow. A friend from out of the country is in town to screen a film he made. I want to see it, but I have the sense that I will be obstructed by the foot of snow.
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
11:25 pm
I’ve lived all my life in VIRGINIA, forty-five in RICHMOND. I have never seen snow piled on the ground continuously for two solid months. Of course, they only let me out when I have visitors.
Tom O'Hawke
February 8th, 2010
11:26 pm
Rich , when you get done with all that snow you can come on down and brush all the sunshine off my driveway. Too warm for me to do it
nolie, on behalf of richbrave, and us denizens of the Northeast, I hope your sunblock gives you a rash!
Moe Berg
February 8th, 2010
11:26 pm
richbrave, i am just worrying about digging my car out…an entire driveway is beyond my capacity….i dig out a vehicle and hope that someone else has dealt with the roads…very much admire you.
nolie
February 8th, 2010
11:26 pm
Dear Moe
you need to move south, bro.
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
February 8th, 2010
11:27 pm
I know he just signed with the Dodgers….but I can’t believe there wasn’t any interest in Brian Giles.
He definately could’ve been a nice fit too.
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
11:28 pm
If any ATLANTANS want to be proud of local athletics tune in an A-10 game whern RICHMOND plays men’s basketball. KEVIN ANDERSON is really becoming an all-round and impressive point guard. Gotta’ hit the showers. NYTOL.
Moe Berg
February 8th, 2010
11:30 pm
richbrave–years ago…my first year in boston in the mid 90s…a record-breaking year….i was lost under multiple months of snow…i remember reemerging and trying to know how to deal with a few feet of snow…hoping that someone dealt with it and suddenly learning that it was not the case.
richbrave
February 8th, 2010
11:30 pm
Tom O’Hawke
February 8th, 2010
11:26 pm
Rich , when you get done with all that snow you can come on down and brush all the sunshine off my driveway. Too warm for me to do it
nolie, on behalf of richbrave, and us denizens of the Northeast, I hope your sunblock gives you a rash!
O-o-o, fall down funny. LOL. LOL. No offense nolie. You da’ man. Gotta’ go guys.
Moe Berg
February 8th, 2010
11:31 pm
nolie, i agree….you’ll find me a job south of here?
nolie
February 8th, 2010
11:31 pm
I hope your sunblock gives you a rash! TOM
I don’t need sunscreen Tom, I just sit on the lanai all day with a fan and a mint julep and watch the river(canal) flow and the fish jump, and the birds dive and swim.and on the other side of the canal I can watch the golfers pound the ground in frustration. Ah, life in the winter down here is paradise.
Moe Berg
February 8th, 2010
11:35 pm
“I don’t need sunscreen Tom, I just sit on the lanai all day with a fan and a mint julep and watch the river(canal) flow and the fish jump, and the birds dive and swim.and on the other side of the canal I can watch the golfers pound the ground in frustration. Ah, life in the winter down here is paradise.”
nolie, why do you want to make us far less fortunate than you jealous…years ago, i remember working in hawaii, i would sit on the lanaii before having to go to the shore…a wonderful life….i look out of my sun porch at the lake and like it, but somehow lake michigan in the winter does not satisfy the desire for the good life.
nolie
February 8th, 2010
11:36 pm
O-o-o, fall down funny. LOL. LOL. No offense nolie. You da’ man. Gotta’ go guys. Rich
ah that was just lame guys. My original -and my comeback- were both much smoother and devious
David O'Brien
February 8th, 2010
11:37 pm
Frank, BGiles signed a minor league contract. Which means he wasn’t offered a big-league deal from any team. So theoretically, if the Braves had offered a similar minor league deal, why do you think that San Diego boy Giles — and he loves SoCal — would even consider coming all the way across the country to try to win a roster spot with Atlanta (the team that did non-tender his brother, for what that’s worth) when he can practically play at home, right up the road for the Dodgers if he makes the major league team? Not to mention spring training out West, too.
nolie
February 8th, 2010
11:50 pm
nolie, why do you want to make us far less fortunate than you Moe
poop, now you’re taking all the fun out of it making me feel guilty
Tom O'Hawke
February 8th, 2010
11:51 pm
I don’t need sunscreen Tom, I just sit on the lanai all day with a fan and a mint julep and ….
nolie, I’ll respond, but first I have to google “lanai”.
nolie
February 8th, 2010
11:56 pm
porch or veranda TOM.usually covered to keep the sun off.named after the Hawaiian Island
ncgary
February 8th, 2010
11:57 pm
no blazing saddles? ‘
4 comedys
tsk tsk tsk
Moe Berg
February 8th, 2010
11:59 pm
nolie, let me just tell you, i have a house full of south asians all here for this film screening tomorrow. i am happy to wade through the snow…somehow, there is some humor in people who do not know what a temperature below 44 degrees is being stranded in a city with a projected foot of snow.
BravePack12523
February 9th, 2010
12:00 am
DOB
When did McLouth switch to 24? I think you have him and Schafer confused in your comment about jersey numbers. I don’t think they announced his new number.
Moe Berg
February 9th, 2010
12:02 am
nolie, i used to have a sun porch in atlanta overlooking a large druid hills yard. admittedly, not a lanai, but still a wonderful space…i have not had a lanai in years…but long ago, i had one in hawaii….enjoy what you have.
Tom O'Hawke
February 9th, 2010
12:10 am
porch or veranda TOM.usually covered to keep the sun off.named after the Hawaiian Island nolie, thanks. You could have written that for Mr. Google. Your definition was that close.
Now that I’ve finished my work, I resumed my listening to Earl Klugh, from last night. (I don’t want too much on my computer, at one time. It’s like overloading an electrical outlet.) So far, of the 6 I’ve heard (including Klugh), I have Stanley Jordan as my slight favorite, with Steve Khan and Earl Klugh a close second. I like it all … great music!
Tom O'Hawke
February 9th, 2010
12:13 am
Man, what a difference the omitting of a slash (/) makes.
David O'Brien
February 9th, 2010
12:24 am
When did McLouth switch to 24? I think you have him and Schafer confused in your comment about jersey numbers. — BravePack
No, I don’t. McLouth switched to 24 after Wagner came onboard (Wagner has worn 13 since he was young, and it was the number on his grandfather’s tag that he wore working in the mines).
Schafer is No. 2. I’m looking at the updated roster.
At least for the time being, Heyward is No. 71 (a typical non-roster invitee number).
BosnianBaller
February 9th, 2010
1:13 am
Any chance Cody Johnson comes into camp and tears it up.He was our 2007 1st round pick or is it safe to assume he’s a bust.
Mitchie-san
February 9th, 2010
1:14 am
DOB, You ever heard of Andrew Bird?
BosnianBaller
February 9th, 2010
1:27 am
Cody Johnson 2006 not 2007 draft
nolie
February 9th, 2010
1:31 am
I think Cody has a long way to go b4 he might be ready for the bigs. I don’t think we can say yet that he’s a bust cause he’s still pretty young, but I wouldn’t count on him for anything in the near future… or possibly ever.
Awesome power and learning to walk some it looks like, but terrible batting averages and poor defense so far.