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Hillbilly
February 6th, 2010
9:44 am
Otis,
Every time you spell his name “Hayward” it’s an insult to Heyward.
Bat Masterson
February 6th, 2010
9:54 am
Would you say that if it was a white player ??
Uh, that he is the son of two Dartmouth grads.
TommyP
February 6th, 2010
10:01 am
The Grinch: Great to see a little Dawg talk. Jakar Hamilton will start from game one at safety for the Dawgs. Write it down.
Murray is the man for the next 4 years at QB. Mett might have the measurables but as many, many great QBs have shown (Colt McCoy, Brees, etc.), the QB position is more about arm strength and size (see Jamarcus Russell has poster boy). Aaron Murray is going to be a star. Think Eric Zeier with more mobility.
DOB: Question for ya….as the team stands now, would you say that Heyward (assuming he starts on Opening Day) is the key to our season???? If he doesn’t make a nice splash, I say no playoffs for Braves. If he does, wildcard.
bucky oneil
February 6th, 2010
10:01 am
I applaud your musical recomendation. Been a Tom Russell fan for years. As far as baseball songs I have to recomend “America’s Favorite Past” by Todd Snider, truley a classic.
JUST ASKIN'
February 6th, 2010
10:11 am
When Ozzie won his SS in the NL Cal Ripkin Jr. was playing in the AL. They never competed for the SS. And when Ozie won in 1987 he hit .303.
Jersey Brave
February 6th, 2010
10:11 am
Even though I don’t know Heyward personally, I’m certain that he is proud of the fact that his parents are Dartmouth grads. Who wouldn’t be? Regardless of their race. Jeez! Why do some people feel the need to play that card on someone else’s behalf?
reagan
February 6th, 2010
10:15 am
Birddawgbill………………..DUVALL was GREAT ?! Don’t be redundant! He’s the best.
Michael J
February 6th, 2010
10:24 am
Jason Heyward is a special player and young man. Three years ago my travel team played against his team in an Atlanta tournament. Every young man on that team was a skilled player, but Heyward just stood out. Any player or coach on our team that talked with him was impressed by how polite and courteous he was. A great athlete, but very humble. Kudos to his parents – they raised the young man right, and now he is ready to take on greater challenges. I’m sure he will succeed at Turner Field. Let’s just hope that when he gets in that first slump that Chipper and McCann are still around to help him. With TP as his hitting coach, the kid will be on his own. Hopefully he will not have to endure the same fate as the last local hero. It would be ridiculous to see both he and Frenchy in the same outfield in New York. Good luck Jason – the future is yours kid – go grab it.
bschro
February 6th, 2010
10:26 am
Soooo – i am well aware of the BBQ talk – but i have to throw in my new favorite pizza place.Antico Pizza Napoletana – this place is hands down the best pizza i have ever had in my life – and it blows away anything in Atlanta. I mean – it’s in a whole different league than any other place (and i love a good pie – Grant Central, Everybody’s, Camelie’s, Pizza Fusion).
Check it out – it’s in Tech – they don’t do table service and you can bring your own beer. Its very crowded and you have to fight for a place to sit / stand and eat.
Also – good music to check out – The Athens Ga bluegrass band – the Packway Handle Band has released what i think will be their breakout cd – “What are we gonna do now” – great – fun – old school – kinda raunchy bluegrass from the best touring bluegrass band in the south.
Braveheart
February 6th, 2010
10:34 am
bschro, I’m gonna second that rec on Antico. Great pizza. The only thing bad about the place is that they give you a sip of Coke for about $3. Annoying as hell. But great pizza, and pretty cool environment.
TennesseePaul
February 6th, 2010
10:34 am
Had all the data so I looked… Either the hitters got better or the pitchers got worse…
Starting pitching stats over three decades.
Split___AVG__OBP__SLG__OPS__ERA__WHIP
'84-89 .254 .317 .381 .697 3.74 1.304
'94-99 .267 .331 .420 .751 4.33 1.376
'04-09 .268 .333 .431 .764 4.44 1.386
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
10:35 am
Michael J-
Francouer is a mental midget compared to Heyward. Bet you, Heyward would actually take the advice of two former MVPs unlike Frenchy. Or at least would have the mental capacity to digest the advice.
sidslidkid
February 6th, 2010
10:35 am
Atlanta’s top 15 BBQ joints. I haven’t been to Community BBQ yet and I’m sure there is some hole in the wall I haven’t been to yet either.
1. BBQ1
4944 Lower Roswell Road
Marietta, GA 30068
770-977-3005
http://www.bbq1.net/bbq1.html
2. Daddy D’z
264 Memorial Drive Southeast
Atlanta, Georgia 30312
404-222-0206
3. Pig and Chic
4920 Roswell Road N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30342
404-255-6368
4. Wyatt’s Diner
1674 Memorial Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30317
(404) 371-0311
5. The Swallow at the Hollow
1072 Green Street
Roswell, Georgia 30075
678-352-1975
http://www.theswallowatthehollow.com
6. Dean’s Barbecue
9480 S. Main St.
Jonesboro, GA 30236
770-471-0138
7. Old South Bar-b-q
601 Burbank Cir
Smyrna, GA 30080
770 435-4215
http://www.oldsouthbbq.com
8. Harold’s BBQ
171 McDonough Boulevard Southeast
Atlanta, Georgia 30315
404-627-9268
9. KC Pit BBQ
234 Hilderbrand Dr NE
Sandy Springs, 30328
404-459-6497
10. Rolling Bones
377 Edgewood Avenue
Atlanta GA 30312
404-222-2324
http://www.rollingbonesbbq.com
11. One Star Barbecue
25 Irby Ave NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30305-1807
404-233-7644
12. Williamson Brothers
1425 Roswell Road
Marietta, GA 30062-3668
770-971-3201
13. The Local
758 Ponce De Leon Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30306
(404) 873-5002
14. Sprayberry’s Barbecue
229 Jackson St
Newnan, GA 30263
(770) 253-4421
Cross Street:US 29
15. Fat Matt’s Rib Shack
1811 Piedmont Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
(404) 607-1622
http://www.fatmattsribshack.com
Daybed Wagmoe
February 6th, 2010
10:36 am
Yo bschro — Antico better than Schroeder’s New Deli in Rome??? Aww man. Hard to beat the pizza with potato sauce…
Speaking of bluegrass, have you ordered/listened to Kristina Murray’s cd yet? It’s very good. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dwilliamswkmurray
Daybed Wagmoe
February 6th, 2010
10:38 am
From ESPN’s Rumor Central: Todd Wellemeyer will likely sign with a team in the next few days, and he told a St. Louis radio station that he’s likely signing with the New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants.
Mike G
February 6th, 2010
10:39 am
Just finished reading another great blog…. And want to make a comment about your BBQ sponsorship idea.
In this age of the shrinking newspaper business, I’m sure everyone in it is concerned about their future.
Perhaps someday a DOB website will pop up, with sponsorship, with a special “members” section where you subscribe to view the good stuff / full articles …. You wouldn’t need much or any staff to run something like that with technology being like it is now a days.
I know I for one would subscribe (assuming the fee was reasonable) …just an idea
Keep up the good work , look forward to getting the scope on things in the weeks ahead
jeffrey d
February 6th, 2010
10:41 am
That’s an awful lot of traveling
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
10:43 am
I get so tired of the Francouer apologists. Like any of these guys could’ve executed for “the Natural”. Nobody mentions Pendleton’s successes (Prado, Escobar, McCann). Or is it, they just knew how to approach an AB. Come on, 1 guy failing and Pendleton can’t coach hitting.
Moe Berg
February 6th, 2010
10:47 am
“Nobody mentions Pendleton’s successes (Prado, Escobar, McCann). Or is it, they just knew how to approach an AB. Come on, 1 guy failing and Pendleton can’t coach hitting.”
I agree. Francouer even spent last off season working with Rudy Jaramillo, who was supposed to entirely transform him. Francouer could not consistently execute what he worked on–Pendleton is not responsible for that.
jeffrey d
February 6th, 2010
10:52 am
You have to consider how well Francoeur hit once he left Atlanta. I think I read that the magical David Wright spotted something in his swing right away and then he hit over .300 and OPSed over .800 for the Mets.
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
10:53 am
Moe Berg-
What’s up? I just think, at some point the player has to take a little responsibility. You didn’t hear Kelly Johnson complaining about his instruction. These were 2 guys on whom the offense relied heavily last year. They both crumbled under the pressure. They will both do well in less pressure packed situations – these are the players they are – avg to good, not great.
dogsbrekky
February 6th, 2010
10:53 am
re David Wright and Frenchy – people in glass houses etc
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
10:56 am
jeffrey d-
Let us see how he performs this year. If the Mets are at the top of the Division, and there is pressure to drive in runs, we’ll see if he does or does not.
jeffrey d
February 6th, 2010
10:59 am
BTW, I’m not saying that the troubles of Francoeur, KJ, Chipper, et al are the responsibility of Pendleton. By the time you get to the majors, you’ve been playing baseball for close to 20 years so you know how to hit.
But it just seems like players are going through epic slumps that take forever to get out of. I’d just like to see TP be able to fix the slumps before they go on for months.
Bat Masterson
February 6th, 2010
10:59 am
I’m not a BBQ expert, but all this talk has reminded me of a place I used to frequent, Jim Day’s BBQ, Washington street, Albany, Ga. This guy had a little shack in his side yard, maybe 10 by 12, a shed roof over the window where you placed your order, one picnic table by the street. The guy had his picture up by the window, a black man with a chefs hat on, man he was ancient, but you could not tell it by his face, just his hands and the way he moved. When I went there he often had one of his kids helping out.
Anyway, you pull up, park on the street, order a pulled pork sandwich and a bag of chips, get a coke out of the machine (a soda, I’ve lived most of my life in So. Ga. and I know what one means when they say, what kinda coke do you want) and my God it was good. Over the years I would often have people say, I want some BBQ for lunch, lets go to Sonny’s, and I would laugh, say screw that, come on and take them to Jim Day’s. It was always the same, they would say, “damn this is good” and “I had no idea this place was here”.
I live in the Fl. panhandle now and there is a place about 3 miles up the road that makes decent ribs, his pulled pork not so much. I like the guy and he claims he’s teaching people here how to cook BBQ, but I have to say, if it was much farther away, I’m not sure I would bother.
Ol’ Jim Day passed on a few years ago, and I’m pretty sure the place has closed. But, you know, after reading all these BBQ comments, I would make that 3 hour drive today for one of those pulled pork sandwich’s.
pryguy
February 6th, 2010
11:00 am
JOHNNY DAMON!
If that doesn’t come about…
MATTY DIAZ LEADOFF HITTER!!!
Moe Berg
February 6th, 2010
11:01 am
thickfreakness–I’m agreeing with you. I am saying that Francouer was unable to implement any advice. He is responsible for that. Yes, he did better once he left, but I think he is responsible for how he hit in Atlanta. He had a lot of work done with him but he could not execute.
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
11:01 am
jeffrey d-
What is the role of the Hitting Coach?
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
11:03 am
Moe-
I was agreeing with you agreeing with me. Just started to elaborate on our agreement together and it reminds me of Lucinda’s song “Wrap My Head Around That”.
jeffrey d
February 6th, 2010
11:04 am
What is the role of the Hitting Coach?
I don’t think it’s very much. Like I said, these guys have been hitting their whole lives. I think the main role is to help them make adjustments as pitchers are making adjustments. And to not let them get into bad habbits mechanically.
And to eat a lot of sunflower seeds.
Moe Berg
February 6th, 2010
11:06 am
I see. I am posting and grading a pile of papers at the same time. Admittedly, not giving the blog the fullest of my attention.
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
11:08 am
People wonder why everyone takes the opportunity to mention the eduacational prowess of Heyward’s parents. It’s a PR stunt so that everyone knows how intelligent this young man is, help him intellectualize the inevitable struggles of a 20 yo Major League player.
stynes
February 6th, 2010
11:08 am
All the talk about the BBQ… DOB, have you been to Dave Poe’s BBQ in Marietta? Formerly Sam & Dave’s BBQ2? That’s every bit as good as Daddy D’z, imo. And yes, I’ve been. I’ve never been to Wyatt’s but I’ve been to Daddy D’z and yes, I thought it was fantastic. Better than Fat Matt’s. Different, but on par with Fox Bros, imo. I’m also a big fan of the beef ribs at One Star in Buckhead. Their pork ribs aren’t as good as some of the other joints but if you’re in the mood for beef ribs, they’re probably the best in Atlanta.
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
11:11 am
jeffrey d-
And you know, Pendleton has sat with everyone on the team probably watching tape for hours, I’ve heard it said how tireless he is in this regard. It has to be a give and take with the player (only guessing).
Bat Masterson
February 6th, 2010
11:14 am
Bat Masterson Your comment is awaiting moderation.
February 6th, 2010
10:59 am
Oh come on. A comment about BBQ, really.
shmoe
February 6th, 2010
11:26 am
RE: Heyward’s Parents’ Dartmouth thing
I think this is a bit oversstated. It does not take an Ivy league grad to properly bring up a child. Yes, since Heyward is genetically predisposed to being intelligent, it can help, but I’m not sure what real effect it has on baseball productivity. Whatever happened to the rocket scientist in our minor leagues? The NFL, MLB, NBA is abundant with great, if not HOF players that are not “smart” in the academic sense. To say the least, some appear to be dumb as a brick, but they are athletically gifted beyond any normal human being. So to me, it doesn’t much matter if Heyward’s parents graduated from Dartmouth, Stanford, Harvard, or his dad was the President. He can play baseball, really well, and has a good character to boot, and that’s all that really matters. imho.
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
11:28 am
shmoe-
My point as well. It’s a PR stunt in my opinion.
sidslidkid
February 6th, 2010
11:36 am
RE: Heyward’s Parents’ Dartmouth thing
Having a guy on our team that is educated, hard working and well spoken as well as being a great athlete is a good thing. It’s a lot easier to cheer for a guy like that than a guy who is “dumb as a brick, but athletically gifted beyond any normal human being”… ie John Rocker. I’m not saying the diploma Heyward’s parents received is the reason he turned out the way he did, but it sure didn’t hurt him.
jeffrey d
February 6th, 2010
11:37 am
Oh come on. A comment about BBQ, really.
I had one about Mike Woodson last night. No offensive words, no questionable topics, no mention of the L-word, nothing. I don’t get it.
ColoradoBravesFan
February 6th, 2010
11:42 am
GRINCH… Holy Cornelia. I can’t believe there is another person on this blog from Clarksville. I grow up/lived there for the first 20 years of my life. I graduated from UGA in 1989, and have been in the Air Force 20 years. I live in Colorado Springs now, home of the Rockies AAA team the Sky Sox. We always go see the Braves when they come to Denver to play the Rockies.
Now Baseball, hope Heyward starts the season in AAA. Platoon Diaz and Hinske in Left, till June. Then Heyward takes over for Melky in right, and use Melky as a trade chip for a good young pitching prospect or 3rd base prospect to replace Chipper in a couple more years. GO BRAVOS…
Bat Masterson
February 6th, 2010
11:42 am
So did your post show up jeffrey d?
KC
February 6th, 2010
11:43 am
DOB, with all the cost consolidation these days, I’m surprised AJC doesn’t have you writing for the entertainment section on the side.
jeffrey d
February 6th, 2010
11:45 am
And you know, Pendleton has sat with everyone on the team probably watching tape for hours, I’ve heard it said how tireless he is in this regard. It has to be a give and take with the player (only guessing).
Right…I don’t mean to sound like I’m bashing the guy. I have no idea what goes on behind closed doors. You can’t blame the problems of Schafer, Francoeur, KJ, et al on him and overlook it when a guys like Escobar and McCann put up good numbers.
My point was that I would’ve liked to have seen slumps like Kelly’s and Francoeur’s been fixed a long time ago. But to be honest I have no idea how much of that is TP’s doing. I just know I’ve seen Francoeur and KJ play like All Stars before.
jeffrey d
February 6th, 2010
11:45 am
But alas, we’re beating a horse that’s been dead for quite some time.
jeffrey d
February 6th, 2010
11:46 am
jeffrey d Your comment is awaiting moderation.
February 5th, 2010
9:56 pm
Bat – nope, still awaiting moderation. It’s not like was profound or anything, though.
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
11:46 am
sidslid-
Absolutely, so as an organization you promote the background, that’s all. You do it with Chipper (his father is his personal hitting coach), McCann (father coaches in college and Brian’s hitting coach). Every fan revels in the player’s backgroud. We can’t get enough so it’s the job of the organization to keep us interested. I hope we win a World Championship this year and Heyward is ROI and Schafer contributes mightily.
chin music
February 6th, 2010
11:46 am
bschro, good call on antico. it’s fantastic! however, my visit there unfortunately coincided with my every-five-years-or-so curiosity about whether i’m ready to start eating anchovies or not. so i ordered the anchovy-heavy pie and could only eat a slice and a half before deciding no, i’m definitely not there yet. luckily my wife ordered better than i did, so i ate a couple slices of hers, which was excellent. i look forward to going back and ordering more conservatively next time.
jeffrey d
February 6th, 2010
11:47 am
Look at me…a 3-peat. I need to head out anyway
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
11:49 am
jeffrey d-
Well said, and it would have been great to see both those guys succeed last year.
Braveheart
February 6th, 2010
11:50 am
You have to consider how well Francoeur hit once he left Atlanta. I think I read that the magical David Wright spotted something in his swing right away and then he hit over .300 and OPSed over .800 for the Mets.
He credited Wright, but he also credited Sheffield for noticing something about the way he was using his hands, credited his hitting coach HoJo, and credited McCann for telling him to quit worrying about hitting sliders low and away the opposite way, and get back to eating up fastballs instead of being useless against the low and away slider and getting eaten up by inside fastballs. And on and on and on. Sounds all good, but it also goes back to what Chipper said about Frenchy while he was a Brave – the problem ain’t that he doesn’t listen, it’s that he listens to everybody and whimsically and haphazardly bounces from one thing to another instead of just trusting one or two voices and trusting and sticking to a disciplined approach mechanically and mentally.
Well, anyways, on a somewhat related note, I came across an article this morning on ESPN about another overhyped athlete – Dale, Jr. – that touched on some similar themes we heard during Frenchy’s years here:
“His heart really, really, really is in it,” said teammate Mark Martin. “He’s incredibly driven to have the success, and his team is behind it. I think you’ll see a spectacular year for him.” Boy, does he need one. NASCAR’s most popular driver had his confidence shattered in a winless 2009 season. He failed to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, his crew chief was fired midseason and he managed just five top-10 finishes all year. His teammates, meanwhile, combined for 13 victories and swept the top three spots in the final season standings.
The lack of production increased the already-bright spotlight on Earnhardt, who found there was little escape from the scrutiny on his lack of performance. At the halfway point of the season, he revealed a fear of not being strong enough to handle the strain of another trying season. “I can’t have another year like this. I can’t mentally. I can’t physically. I don’t want to put the people around me through this,” Earnhardt admitted. “When we were really, really struggling, everybody in the family was upset. Crying and carrying on. All the women were crying, the men were cussing. I’m serious. We can’t put anybody through this [stuff] again. We’ve got to get this right.”
Team owner Rick Hendrick agreed, and made fixing Earnhardt’s No. 88 team the top offseason priority at Hendrick Motorsports. It became all hands on deck as Hendrick leaned on Martin crew chief Alan Gustafson to help Earnhardt’s team. Gustafson allowed two of his crew members — including his lead race engineer — to move over to the No. 88, and he agreed to work with Earnhardt crew chief Lance McGrew to create a partnership similar to the one Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon have used with smashing success.
Johnson, who displays the trophies from his four consecutive championships in his office above the shop floor where Earnhardt’s cars are built, believes Hendrick has executed the best possible plan for Earnhardt to succeed. “It’s been tough on him. I think his confidence has been beat down some, and I think the unification between the 88 and the 5 is very good for him,” Johnson said. “He looks up to Mark. He seems to respond very well to folks that have been around the sport for a long time. Mark is more than willing, especially if Junior engages himself and asks the right questions.”
But, Johnson cautioned, it’s going to take a willingness for Earnhardt to open up more to his teammates. “He can’t do it on his own. He’s been more internal and to himself on cars, setups, kind of been on his own little island,” Johnson said. “If he really embraces the teammate standpoint and is right there alongside with Mark day in and day out, they’ll get it figured out. It may take changes in driving style, a lot of things that aren’t familiar to him, but he’s gonna have every opportunity and we’re making sure he does.”
Earnhardt disagreed with Johnson’s assessment. “You know, I think I’m kind of shy at times, but I’ve never really been against really working together.” he said.
sidslidkid
February 6th, 2010
11:51 am
Bat – nope, still awaiting moderation. It’s not like was profound or anything, though. – jeffrey d
I’m sure it wasn’t profound, but was it profane? Sorry, I’m just messing with you. Couldn’t resist.
Bat Masterson
February 6th, 2010
11:52 am
Bat – nope, still awaiting moderation. It’s not like was profound or anything, though.
Yeah I understand, jeffery d. It was just a story, the thing is I type slow, so a 4 paragraph post from me is very rare and probably rightly so.
CB
February 6th, 2010
11:58 am
Bat, usually you have to be saying a word that is not acceptable,the other day I said the word old f*arts and it would not allow it. Study what you said,if it shows moderation it will not come up. I learned that by saying a certain bloggers name.
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
12:01 pm
Braveheart-
Thanx for sharing. That was very enlightening, an individual player in a team sport. Incredibly similar to Baseball. Situational hitting etc. Great perspective from a different sport.
Bat Masterson
February 6th, 2010
12:01 pm
Thanks CB.
lets see…………. damn ……………… black man …………….
Bat Masterson
February 6th, 2010
12:02 pm
oh yeah ……. screw that ……….
Moe Berg
February 6th, 2010
12:04 pm
“usually you have to be saying a word that is not acceptable,the other day I said the word old f*arts and it would not allow it.”
It stops strange things sometimes. In a conversation awhile back about film directors, I mentioned the director of ‘Psycho’, ‘Dial M for Murder’, ‘The 39 Steps’, et al. The post did not show up. I thought for a long time but realized that the last four letters of Hitchc*ck’s name are probably a forbidden word.
Heath
February 6th, 2010
12:05 pm
Best game of the day in CBB…startiing now.
Heath
February 6th, 2010
12:07 pm
…this will be the best test for Nova this year since their obvious weakness is inside scoring/defense.
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
12:10 pm
Moe-
Same, I made a comment about Tarintno’s new movie. Mispelled Basterds correctly.
Bat Masterson
February 6th, 2010
12:13 pm
I’m not a BBQ expert, but all this talk has reminded me of a place I used to frequent, Jim Day’s BBQ, Washington street, Albany, Ga. This guy had a little shack in his side yard, maybe 10 by 12, a shed roof over the window where you placed your order, one picnic table by the street. The guy had his picture up by the window, a bl$ck man with a chefs hat on, man he was ancient, but you could not tell it by his face, just his hands and the way he moved. When I went there he often had one of his kids helping out.
Anyway, you pull up, park on the street, order a pulled pork sandwich and a bag of chips, get a coke out of the machine (a soda, I’ve lived most of my life in So. Ga. and I know what one means when they say, what kinda coke do you want) and my God it was good. Over the years I would often have people say, I want some BBQ for lunch, lets go to Sonny’s, and I would laugh, say scr&w that, come on and take them to Jim Day’s. It was always the same, they would say, “da$n this is good” and “I had no idea this place was here”.
I live in the Fl. panhandle now and there is a place about 3 miles up the road that makes decent ribs, his pulled pork not so much. I like the guy and he claims he’s teaching people here how to cook BBQ, but I have to say, if it was much farther away, I’m not sure I would bother.
Ol’ Jim Day passed on a few years ago, and I’m pretty sure the place has closed. But, you know, after reading all these BBQ comments, I would make that 3 hour drive today for one of those pulled pork sandwich’s.
CB
February 6th, 2010
12:14 pm
Bat-
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
12:15 pm
I’ll go ahead and say it because it couldn’t be more obvious and since it was a movie it should not be construed as political. I thought the Germans represented another nation in it’s unchecked aggression. The collection of religiously singular killers is pretty obvious.
thickfreakness
February 6th, 2010
12:19 pm
I think it’s the most thought provoking movie Tarintino has ever made, brilliant in it’s not so subtle subtlety. Should win the Oscar, but alas, it will not.
Nate from NCState
February 6th, 2010
12:20 pm
Just ran the Krispy Kreme Challenge fellas, and whether you love to run or love to eat doughnuts, or maybe both, it is extremely difficult to chow down 12 cold, glazed covered doughnuts after a 2 mile hike. Then run another 2 miles back to where you started. A must-do if you live in NC or the surrounding area. Money goes to Durham Children’s Hospital and this year they registered 6,000 runners. Great cause.
The sound or smell of a doughnut right now though makes me what to… not eat them for a while.
richbrave
February 6th, 2010
12:20 pm
Big game for my SPIDERS tonight. TEMPLE OWLS on our floor. We need a win.
CB
February 6th, 2010
12:21 pm
Does it amaze you guys as much as me that some words are moderated but you can say God’s name in vain and it whistles right through? Yeah,I know I’m a prude.
CB
February 6th, 2010
12:23 pm
Nate, I think I would have just made a donation.
Nate from NCState
February 6th, 2010
12:28 pm
Good call CB, on both accounts.
Salamander
February 6th, 2010
12:42 pm
Does it amaze you guys as much as me that some words are moderated but you can say God’s name in vain and it whistles right through?
Not really. No.
bschro3000
February 6th, 2010
12:53 pm
Daybed – Yeah – Far far far better
– no i haven’t gotten her CD yet – i am looking forward to it!
CB
February 6th, 2010
12:57 pm
richbrave,I hope your Spiders win, pull for the Hokies.
MZ
February 6th, 2010
1:06 pm
DOB ——-
Had a couple of lengthy conversations with various American Aquarium band members last night about the DBTs … can’t get into much of it here, but AA’s lead singer apparently goes way back with Jason Isbell, and that’s where the connection is … he says Isbell’s “Sunstroke” was written about Shonna (not sure if that was already common knowledge or not) …
anyway, when I get more time I’ll tell you about the pair of covers AA played last night … they played “Born To Run” and “Free Fallin” … interesting story behind the Petty cover
MZ
February 6th, 2010
1:07 pm
Oh, and it’s gonna be a BBQ Super Sunday for me!
toga party
February 6th, 2010
1:11 pm
G’town is a dangerous team. I went to see them earlier in the year when they handled Butler at MSG, and you could tell they have some really good pieces. If they ever figure out how to use Monroe effectively, watch out.
Pickens
February 6th, 2010
1:14 pm
Fox Sports reporting Atlanta and Detroit remain interested in Damon.
No real breaking news but the longer Damon goes unsigned the better it look for Atlanta…
Travis
February 6th, 2010
1:17 pm
I have seen many highly rated prospects come and go over the last 5 years in Atlanta. Just to name a few-langerhans, Marte, Thorman, K.Johnson and Frenchy. I’m sure there are more. These guys were brought up in the Atlanta Braves minor league system and excelled enough at that level to be given a chance in the bigs. They are all gone now. Only McCann is left. Who does he go to when he is in a slump. His Dad. I’m not saying that all these players have succeeded when they left but how can this much talent be over valued by the powers that be? Having no faith in the ability of a coach because the better players on a team go to someone else for instruction doesn’t bode well for the success of a coach. Good hitting coaches are out there. Don Baylor for one. TP needs to be replaced if only because his players, at least the better ones, don’t seem to have much faith in his ability. We are not talking about the Braves being loyal to someone just because they are a great person. If that were the case Smoltz and Glavine would still be here. TP might be a great hitting coach but it seems that some of the younger players either don’t have faith in him or his approach is far from what they thrived on before they came here.
junebaby
February 6th, 2010
1:18 pm
from the conversation,… my take on it, is he(javy) basically admitted that he was a steroid user. and his one season of over 30 homers seems to bear this out. i think the writers for the braves are doing the fans a disservice by not investigating which braves may have used steroids during their careers. the number of braves who had only one monster year and then faded back to normal nos. are significant; a. jones, lopez, gant, are a few who come to mind. there should be some follow-up on this conversation, imo.
Feeanch
February 6th, 2010
1:25 pm
DOB–I’ve got 4 pints in my freezer still from my Christmas visit in Wilson. Drive on up to Marietta and will be glad to share it! I just want to know how Shafer and others can lose then put on 33 lbs in a few months. That’s insane. Been doing P90x for a month and only dropped 7.
CB
February 6th, 2010
1:26 pm
Pickens, I would think the Braves have made an offer in the 3-4mil category and hoping it will drop down to that point that Damon will accept. I can live with it either way,if they can get him at a bargain rate,great.
David O'Brien
February 6th, 2010
1:26 pm
When Georgetown is “on,” they are as good as anyone. Still leading ‘Nova by 15 six minutes or so into second half, after leading by as many as 23 in first half.
Ronald Millsaps
February 6th, 2010
1:27 pm
The Braves are out to sell tickets this year. That fact is obvious. Attendance was dismal last year, about as dismal as the product has been at times in recent years.
If you want to sell tickets and make a lot of money, I offer three simple words that will lead to your doing these two things: RE-SIGN JOHN SMOLTZ.
If you snub the face of the franchise like you do in 2009, don’t be surprised if fans snub you in return.
I’d like to see this blog focused not on music but on accuracy.
David O'Brien
February 6th, 2010
1:31 pm
I just want to know how Shafer and others can lose then put on 33 lbs in a few months. That’s insane — Freeanch
Ain’t that the truth? It’s amazing. And particularly when you weigh 200 to start with, and not 350.
Youthful metabolism is a wonder.
David O'Brien
February 6th, 2010
1:34 pm
Just ran the Krispy Kreme Challenge fellas, and whether you love to run or love to eat doughnuts, or maybe both, it is extremely difficult to chow down 12 cold, glazed covered doughnuts after a 2 mile hike. Then run another 2 miles back to where you started. A must-do if you live in NC or the surrounding area. Money goes to Durham Children’s Hospital and this year they registered 6,000 runners. Great cause. — Nate from NCState
Sounds like the Run-and-Puke event we did in college. Only we did it with beer. And it wasn’t for a good cause.
TnBrian
February 6th, 2010
1:35 pm
Ronald Millsaps, seems like most Braves fans are aggravated with Smoltz and his monster ego that we really saw after he wouldn’t shut his mouth after the Braves didn’t give him so much guaranteed money coming off yet another surgery. I really don’t think he’d boost attendance as much as you’d think. Just my opinion though.
David O'Brien
February 6th, 2010
1:37 pm
Jim Pearson: Yes, same David O’Brien as the one who worked at the Sun-Sentinel for 13 years.
Heath
February 6th, 2010
1:38 pm
Days like today make me really hate Cleveland, Ohio…. supposed to be a few inches of snow last night (none on the ground before last night)…and yet, I wake up to more than a foot of snow. Spent all morning digging out.
Meanwhile, not suprised at the score of the G’town-Nova game (just turned it on).
wjones
February 6th, 2010
1:41 pm
“junebaby
February 6th, 2010
1:18 pm
from the conversation,… my take on it, is he(javy) basically admitted that he was a steroid user. and his one season of over 30 homers seems to bear this out. i think the writers for the braves are doing the fans a disservice by not investigating which braves may have used steroids during their careers. the number of braves who had only one monster year and then faded back to normal nos. are significant; a. jones, lopez, gant, are a few who come to mind. there should be some follow-up on this conversation, imo.”
Several points:
1. Javy actually had TWO years in which he exceeded 30 homers (1998 & 2003), plus 4 years of 23/24 homers. But your basic point I think is that his 43 homer year was an aberration, and suspect, and that is a good point, in that he only had 495 plate appearances, while in those other years, with one exception, he had more, sometimes significantly more.
2. It isn’t uncommon for a player to have a “career year”. If Chipper’s 1999 looks out of place, or if Andruw’s 2005 looks out of place, what about Musial’s 1948? Yaz’s 1967? For God’s sake, Maris’ 1961?
3. As a supplement to point 2, what you are describing is, for all intents & purposes, a witch hunt, and we have enough of this going on without throwing more gas on the fire. It is obvious that there was a long period of time that PED’s were allowed in MLB, and maybe even encouraged or required, and to go back in time and try to damage players now is just wrong. The more crap I hear about this, the more I am beginning to see the wisdom of Charles Barkley, who said something like this. ” I grew up on welfare in Alabama. If somebody told me that there was something I could stick in my ass that would make me $10 million, I would be the first in line.”
David O'Brien
February 6th, 2010
1:42 pm
All the talk about the BBQ… DOB, have you been to Dave Poe’s BBQ in Marietta? Formerly Sam & Dave’s BBQ2? — Stynes, no. But only because I don’t live up that way. However, I hear both are great. And guess what? The third partner from those restaurants (there are two of those, one now run by Sam, one by Dave) is the proprietor of the new Community BBQ right down the street from me. The one I talked about going to last night, but which was out of food when we got there because so many others went yesterday after the review in our paper.
Anyway, our AJC food critic said it’s real similar as the two in Marietta, same level of excellent BBQ. And the mac & cheese is supposedly spectacular. I’ll be going this week.
David O'Brien
February 6th, 2010
1:45 pm
Mike G: Thanks for the kind words at 10:39 a.m. Hopefully it never comes to that, but in this day and age…. Anyway, thanks for the reassurance.
Heath
February 6th, 2010
1:47 pm
Dang….blowout in D.C.
Heath
February 6th, 2010
1:48 pm
Love BBQ. Detest mac-n-cheese. (Pasta in general is not anywhere near the top of my list anyway.)
KC
February 6th, 2010
1:49 pm
jeffrey d, Francoeur’s problems started out a couple years ago as minor mechanical slump. But it snowballed and became a mental thing. No one had any magical answers for him in NY that no one in Atlanta (or Rudy Jaramillo) was unable to spot. He simply got out of Atlanta and cleared his head. Simple as that. And I think every Braves player/coach, every Mets player/coach and Jeff Francoeur himself would tell you the exact same thing.
David O'Brien
February 6th, 2010
1:50 pm
bschro — that pizza joint you referred to (10:26 a.m.) over by GaTech is the one place in Atlanta I want to try more than any other. But every time I have a chance to get over there, it’s a weekend night or whatever and I know it’ll be too crowded.
Hearing incredible reviews about it by all the food critics and bloggers around Atlanta, and by people such as yourself who’ve eaten there. Everybody says same thing — best pizza in Atlanta. And media outlets from other cities have actually sent critics here to write about the place, it’s become such a phenomena since opening and becoming so popular without any advertising — just word of mouth and spread of news on the Internet.
KC
February 6th, 2010
1:50 pm
“just want to know how Shafer and others can lose then put on 33 lbs in a few months. That’s insane”
I’m not impressed. I could put on 33 lbs in a few months easily! =)
David O'Brien
February 6th, 2010
1:51 pm
bucky oneil: Todd Snider’s a treasure, no doubt. Outstanding songwriter. And great live performer. Saw him open for John Prine years ago in Houston, and saw him recently at Eddie’s Attic — put on one of the best shows I’ve seen there in years.
David O'Brien
February 6th, 2010
1:56 pm
Heath: Detest mac-and-cheese? Not big on pasta in general?
I knew there was something wrong with fans of the school with the K and U the wrong way around. (smile)
Josh
February 6th, 2010
1:58 pm
whats the name of the pizza place you all are talking about thats near Georgia Tech?
David O'Brien
February 6th, 2010
1:59 pm
Bat Masterson: I have no idea why your post got held up in the filter or whatever. Probably just a glitch. It happens. Some of my own comments have gotten held up by the filter for no reason.
I sent yours through, should be there now.
GboroBravo
February 6th, 2010
2:00 pm
DOB saw Crazy Heart last night and it was great…..Jeff Bridges was awesome as usual and Colin Ferrell actually wasn’t horrible. Def a must see movie for anyone who hasn’t