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The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
9:34 pm
jeffrey d……..While Brian Jordan is in the announcer’s booth, you cant call what he is doing as “announcing”. It’s more like yapping it up while trying to sound insightfully funny.
McFann
March 9th, 2010
9:36 pm
Dies Irae we got our butts kicked by them in the second half when it counted.
Yeah, but had they’d done the exact opposite–gotten their butts kicked in the first half and then beaten them “when it counted”–they would have ended up in the same position.
jeffrey d
March 9th, 2010
9:36 pm
It’s more like yapping it up while trying to sound insightfully funny.
I wouldn’t know because we’re blacked out.
But what I do know about BJ is that while doing the pregame he stutters and has awkward pauses at least twice a sentence. He’s a great guy and a great Brave, but you can’t hire somebody that can’t talk to be an announcer based on previous accomplishments. It’s too painful
jeffrey d
March 9th, 2010
9:37 pm
You also shouldn’t hire somebody who’s annoying based on lineage (ahem…Chip)
Dumbfound
March 9th, 2010
9:38 pm
Accept for Michael Jordan ! He stayed Real !!!!!!!!!!!
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
9:38 pm
jeffrey d…………..I’d take Chip Carey over Brian Jordan any day of he week.
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
9:39 pm
So far this Minor kid is looking like he has some good stuff.
Dumbfound
March 9th, 2010
9:40 pm
Except ! sorry
TnBrian
March 9th, 2010
9:42 pm
Ghost of P.L., I agree with you on Minor. He throws K’s and like they were saying– he’s deceptive.
Smack
March 9th, 2010
9:43 pm
Sorry guys but this is my main gripe with Cox, he give preferential treatment to guys like that. His job is to put together the best line up he can that day PERIOD. If Chipper has a year like last year and Jason takes off, who is best served in the 3 hole? A wash up over a riser? Sorry but that does not fly. As a regular attendie of games, that’s not what I pay for. I pay to see us win, you do that with the best lineup, evryday.
Bob
March 9th, 2010
9:43 pm
no saito? when will he pitch again dob?
BIOMASS
March 9th, 2010
9:43 pm
WHY did someone have to bring up Chip Caray? Man o man
BossLady
March 9th, 2010
9:44 pm
Actually, I would take Brian over Chip but Gant I can’t take. He seems to think everything is phenomenal like Joe Morgan like say to keep him honest and they cotinue to say it over and over and over….
Tokyo Bravo
March 9th, 2010
9:49 pm
but you can’t hire somebody that can’t talk to be an announcer based on previous accomplishments. It’s too painful
Seriously. OK, I’m dating myself here, but remember OJ Simpson and Joe Namath’s attempts at broadcasting for Monday Night Football? Geez, what agony that was.
Then again, John Sterling certainly spoke clearly enough, but I don’t think anyone pines for his days as a Braves announcer. Darrel Chaney, anyone?
David O'Brien
March 9th, 2010
9:49 pm
I tell you what: Cody Johnson just surprised me a great deal with how well he ran to second base on that double. For such a big guy who doesn’t look too athletic, he’s really not a bad runner.
And if it the ball had traveled a few more feet, he could have jogged. It was that close to being a two-out homer in the ninth.
BIOMASS
March 9th, 2010
9:49 pm
This going to be one long season for my mute button.
David O'Brien
March 9th, 2010
9:52 pm
Bob: Saito is scheduled to pitch tomorrow. Wasn’t on the list to pitch tonight. Has a rash, chiggers or something, he said. (That’s not the reason he didn’t pitch, just sharing that with you.)
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
9:54 pm
DOB
Do they make special catering arrangements for the guys from Japan and Latin America?
Ed
March 9th, 2010
9:55 pm
is the game over?
Smack
March 9th, 2010
9:58 pm
Yep. 7-4 Phils.
summer of 91
March 9th, 2010
10:00 pm
chiggers suck
summer of 91
March 9th, 2010
10:00 pm
yes sushi and tacos
Rob from SC
March 9th, 2010
10:00 pm
What is/are chiggers
summer of 91
March 9th, 2010
10:03 pm
little bugs that bore into your skin around the ankles and up the lower legs, they itch and leave scars and you have to suffocate them out w/ like gasoline.
summer of 91
March 9th, 2010
10:05 pm
never had them until a couple years ago after trampling in the woods, it sucked, I did’nt know what they were until a buddy told me, and i soaked a cloth is gas and wrapped it around my ankles
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
10:08 pm
Were you in the Congo?
TheAntiMe
March 9th, 2010
10:09 pm
The idea that Brian McCann’s bat will soon be the 2nd best bat in the Braves line-up (sorry Chipper) is actually pretty nice to think about. Happy days are here again.
McFann
March 9th, 2010
10:09 pm
Smack Sorry guys but this is my main gripe with Cox, he give preferential treatment to guys like that…If Chipper has a year like last year and Jason takes off, who is best served in the 3 hole? A wash up over a riser?
Well, yeah, I will give you that…Bobby’s lineups cann get irritating when he does things like that (see #4 spot in April/early September last year
).
Glen W
March 9th, 2010
10:11 pm
Lew got a foul in the ninth.. that was him, right? on TV!!!
McFann
March 9th, 2010
10:12 pm
TheAntiMe The idea that Brian McCann’s bat will soon be the 2nd best bat in the Braves line-up…
You mean, like…because right now it’s the best…?
(Oh man my parentheses is on a line all by itself in that last post…
That’s annoying…)
Glen W
March 9th, 2010
10:12 pm
With the hat was hard to tell… but I thought so…
John10
March 9th, 2010
10:13 pm
cabravesfan
Bet you are glad Martz is history. Can not believe Bears hired him to be o.c.
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
10:18 pm
Man, the Twins losing Nathan sucks. I hate the other teams in that division.
David O'Brien
March 9th, 2010
10:19 pm
Picked up an excellent new CD while I was home in Atlanta, by band calling itself Broken Bells, which is made up of the guy whose stage name is Danger Mouse (from Gnarls Barkley), and James Mercer from The Shins. Thing is, it doesn’t sound like either of the acts they came from, which is a good thing for those who find The Shins’ music just a bit too precious after a certain point.
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
10:20 pm
I love Zach Braff’s use of The Shins music in Garden State.
TheAntiMe
March 9th, 2010
10:22 pm
Just my opinion, McFann, but I think when you consider all of the numbers that matter on offense (HRs, RBI, AVG, etc.) I think that B. Mac is the best offensive threat that the Bravos have had in the past 2-3 years.
I have a feeling that if you asked the managers around the league who they would least like to face on the Braves when the games is on the line, I believe most of them would say Brian McCann.
I would have to think that those Silver Slugger awards that he has won would have to count for something.
cabravesfan
March 9th, 2010
10:23 pm
John10-
There are no words…the farther the Offensive Genesis is from San Francisco, the happier I will be…
cabravesfan
March 9th, 2010
10:24 pm
Genius…but you all know I can’t spell
TheAntiMe
March 9th, 2010
10:26 pm
Thanks, DOB, I’ve ben hearing really good things about Broken Bells. I’m definitely going to check that one out.
Daybed Wagmoe
March 9th, 2010
10:27 pm
…which is a good thing for those who find The Shins’ music just a bit too precious after a certain point.
Best description of The Shins’ music I think I’ve ever read. I loved their debut, thought that their follow up “Chutes Too Narrow” was decent but not nearly as good, and their third one was pretentious, boring crap that just flat-out sucked.
Venice Jim
March 9th, 2010
10:27 pm
DOB – Broken Bells are on Letterman tonight…
TheAntiMe
March 9th, 2010
10:28 pm
Neither can I, cabravesfan.
MZ
March 9th, 2010
10:34 pm
DOB —–
Got “The Big To-Do” and the new Hendrix “Valleys of Neptune” today … oh my god, it’s a great day! … Hendrix has an instrumental version of “Sunshine of Your Love” that’s just brilliant …
David O'Brien
March 9th, 2010
10:46 pm
Wagner said he didn’t mind being booed in a “home” game (some of the many Phillies fans in attendance booed him, from his days with Philly). Said the important thing was that there were plenty of people in the seats to boo, cheer or whatever.
“Fans make the game,” he said. “The more you have, the better it is. Good or bad [reaction].”
Ed
March 9th, 2010
10:53 pm
where they phillie fans boo ing wagner? or disgrunted brave fans that were unimpressed with his first outing?
Eric from MO
March 9th, 2010
10:55 pm
Did somebody seriously just ask what chiggers were??? Wow, I never thought about people never having heard of them. I get them a couple times a summer. Then again I grew up/live in Swampeast Missouri.
P'cola Brave
March 9th, 2010
10:56 pm
If Braves fans booed him then thats kind of disappointing. The games don’t even count yet.
Eric from MO
March 9th, 2010
10:57 pm
By the way for anyone who gets chiggers, trust me, vinegar works best. Just soak a cloth in it and put it on your legs. Gets rid of the itching/burning by the end of the day.
Moe Berg
March 9th, 2010
10:57 pm
Eric from MO–Those of us living in cities don’t encounter chiggers very often. I did learn about them some getting out town as a kid but cannot recall the last time I even heard them mentioned before tonight.
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
10:58 pm
I’ve heard of leaches. Never heard of chiggers, though.
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
10:59 pm
I suppose my avoiding camping and outdoorsy stuff has helped me avoid chiggers throughout my lifetime.
bruce
March 9th, 2010
11:00 pm
did I hear broadcasters on tv tonight say that Glaus had won a gold glove at 3b? anyone know? Thanks.
Daybed Wagmoe
March 9th, 2010
11:01 pm
I’m guessing it’s Phillies fans who were booing Wagner. They’re notorious for booing, and it took Braves fans a helluva long time to boo Francoeur, or even Mark Redman.
Just kidding. Redman wasn’t around long enough to get booed.
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
11:01 pm
bruce
Glaus is a world series MVP and a very good defensive 3B.
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
11:03 pm
Phillie fans boo Santa Claus. What do you expect from them?
Daybed Wagmoe
March 9th, 2010
11:03 pm
bruce — You must’ve heard wrong. Glaus has never won a Gold Glove at 3B, or any other position. He’s a 4-time All-Star, a 2-time Silver Slugger, and received MVP votes in 2006 (30th place).
baseball-reference.com is, I’ve found, the best and quickest place to look stuff like this up.
P'cola Brave
March 9th, 2010
11:07 pm
Glaus has finished 2nd twice for the Gold Glove but never won it.
nolie
March 9th, 2010
11:09 pm
see the debate was raging much of the day. and not a Johnny Damon citing in sight
Mekons
March 9th, 2010
11:14 pm
I doubt Glaus will be as good as our last few 1B defensively, but he’ll be fine. Our last three are considered among the top defensive 1B in baseball and probably in many years. Tex was a pretty good 3B but a dynamite 1B. Glaus has that potential, but he’s quite a bit older than when Tex shifted to 1B. Gotta admit, though, he makes a nice target. It’s like throwing to a barn.
uga-brave
March 9th, 2010
11:14 pm
anyone catch the strasburg hightlights on espn? dude looked nasty.
Moe Berg
March 9th, 2010
11:15 pm
nolie, I’m guessing the debate will go on until we get an official announcement. Besides, it lets everyone sublimate whatever feelings they may have had about the unobtained outfielder.
nolie
March 9th, 2010
11:16 pm
I have a feeling that if you asked the managers around the league who they would least like to face on the Braves when the games is on the line, I believe most of them would say Brian McCann. ANTI
then why did Chipper walk 101 times during his worst year if they would prefer not to face Brian? I seriously doubt that you are correct about that.
Tokyo Bravo
March 9th, 2010
11:17 pm
Got a couple of different right-wing groups and their obligatory sounds trucks protesting outside the Embassy today. Ah, how I love the sound of nonsensical rantage in the morning.
Say, where’s Cody Johnson slotted to start out the year? Double A? Any signs he’s learning the strike zone at all?
nolie
March 9th, 2010
11:20 pm
did I hear broadcasters on tv tonight say that Glaus had won a gold glove at 3b? anyone know? bruce
if they did they were wrong. I’ve seen that said on the blog too, He finished high in the voting a couple of times but never won.I think he will do pretty well at first though, good hands. Biggest trouble at third was likely range which s a bit less important at first.
P'cola Brave
March 9th, 2010
11:21 pm
Nolie,
Agreed. Chipper is still the most feared hitter in the lineup. Its respect. The guy has been successful for so long, I’d pitch to the young player over the extremely proven vet in Chipper no doubt. Bad year or not. Nothin against McCann but given the choice Chipper is getting the walk.
nolie
March 9th, 2010
11:24 pm
Any signs he’s learning the strike zone at all? TOKYO
he walked a bit more this year but his BA was still atrocious 230. that ain’t gonna cut it in the bigs, but at least he is still young. I don’t hate the Ks as much as the BA. I don’t care how often they walk, 230 hitters kill a lot of rallies.
David O'Brien
March 9th, 2010
11:25 pm
BUZZ, Football is the thinking man’s sport, and by a long way. — Willy
Right. Just walk through the parking lot a couple hours before an NFL game.
David O'Brien
March 9th, 2010
11:27 pm
Venice Jim: Thanks for the heads-up. I can get back to the condo in time to see the band on Letterman.
Blair
March 9th, 2010
11:29 pm
LOL at football being a thinking game…. Dumbest comment ever? Quite possibly. Sorry for the conjecture, but damn. Baseball = thinking man’s game… Football = reaction + brutality
nolie
March 9th, 2010
11:30 pm
Curling is obviously the thinking man’s sport.
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
11:31 pm
Toyota is recalling more vehicles. This time Tundras. Holy cow, this company is in for a PR nightmare.
Moe Berg
March 9th, 2010
11:32 pm
“BUZZ, Football is the thinking man’s sport, and by a long way. — Willy
Right. Just walk through the parking lot a couple hours before an NFL game.”
Or the parking lot of a dorm in Athens on a fall Saturday morning.
Mekons
March 9th, 2010
11:34 pm
Football…thinking man’s game. Death metal…thinking man’s music.
Perhaps the stupidest post ever on the Internet. Ever. And I include people who say Bush was the best president ever.
Tokyo Bravo
March 9th, 2010
11:34 pm
I don’t hate the Ks as much as the BA.
You should hate the Ks, then. Cut that down by, say a third, and his BA is almost certain to rise from the increased number of balls in play.
I thought barbequeing was the thinking man’s sport.
Tokyo Bravo
March 9th, 2010
11:36 pm
Mekons- stupidest post ever? Clearly you haven’t been around here after, oh, three one-run losses in a row, for example. You’ll hear some real doozies then, too.
P'cola Brave
March 9th, 2010
11:36 pm
The only thinking in football is knowing your assignment. Baseball is almost all mental. You are constantly thinking trying to be one step ahead. Out of the main three sports baseball is by far requires the most thinking.
I use to love in high school when the football guys would joke on baseball and say its for b**ches. But none of them had the balls to get in a box with a guy throwing 85+. Plus they couldn’t sniff it if they tried.
nolie
March 9th, 2010
11:40 pm
You should hate the Ks, then. Cut that down by, say a third, and his BA is almost certain to rise from the increased number of balls in play. TOKYO
that’s unlikely to happen though. Guys can K 180-200 times and still hit for a decent average like Howard and Reynolds and others. I don’t like that, but it’s pretty unlikely that he is gonna cut those Ks by more than 10% if at all, but he might still get the BA up some
BraveMan
March 9th, 2010
11:41 pm
braves fans were booing wagner? wtf?!?
what was heyward’s line for tonight? i just got in and wasnt able to see the game… thank you in advance!
Blair
March 9th, 2010
11:41 pm
Baseball is the ultimate mind screw. That game
Rob from SC
March 9th, 2010
11:51 pm
1-2
Walk
Hit could have been scored an error
Tokyo Bravo
March 10th, 2010
12:00 am
*SIGH,* the chatter has dwindled again, just as the sun here climbs to 2:00pm. Sucks to be 14 hours ahead sometimes. Can’t wait to have almost four weeks stateside coming up, although then I’ll probably gripe about being away from the wife & kids then.
Geez, I’m getting grumpy early today! Must be the lack of sporting goodness on air right now…
northbeach Scott
March 10th, 2010
12:04 am
Thought that Thurston looked inept playing for Chipper at 3B, tonight. He waived at two singles between him and SS and made a bad throw to Infante at 2B to get a force out (saved by Infante).
My bet is on Brooks Conrad both as a fielder and more versitile hitter (switch hitter at that) for the 25th roster spot.
Everyone sat up and noticed Billy Wagner, tonight. He shut up the obnoxious Phillies fans that had booed him rather quickly. I really like his no-nonsense approach to shutting the other team down. Really nice for a second appearance against mostly Phillie regulars.
The Ghost of P.L.
March 10th, 2010
12:06 am
Any of you guys watching the Mets-Astros game on the MLB network?
Mekons
March 10th, 2010
12:09 am
Tokyo: I take your point. I really have to crash my computer sometimes. The stupid, it burns.
Where are you going to be in the states? I’m in Chicago. I live near Wrigley.
The Ghost of P.L.
March 10th, 2010
12:09 am
Even though Heyward didnt do much at the plate tonight, I came away pretty impressed with his eye at the plate. He had the discipline to lay off some borderline pitches.
It looks like that there is a chance that he could develop a reputation from the umps of having a good eye, meaning that down the line he could get the benefit of doubt on some pitches that could be called either way. Bonds was like that. In the latter part of his career, he’d take pitch after pitch for balls and wait for that one pitch to drive into the cheap seats.
Mekons
March 10th, 2010
12:12 am
Any of you guys watching the Mets-Astros game on the MLB network?
Ghost, that sounds like watching KC vs Oakland. I love baseball, but not that much.
Tokyo Bravo
March 10th, 2010
12:14 am
Near Wrigley? Maaaaaan, how I pine to attend a game there some day. lucky dog.
I’ll be visiting family in Georgia for a couple of days, and then off to DC for training.
And yes, I WILL make time for a pulled pork sandwich while home. Surprisingly, not many decent options for ‘cue in our nation’s capitol.
David O'Brien
March 10th, 2010
12:18 am
braves fans were booing wagner? wtf?!? — BraveMan
No, no, no. It was some of the many PHILLIES fans in attendance who booed Wagner. From his days with that team.
Mekons
March 10th, 2010
12:18 am
I use to love in high school when the football guys would joke on baseball and say its for b**ches. But none of them had the balls to get in a box with a guy throwing 85+. Plus they couldn’t sniff it if they tried.
Pcola: No kidding. I was a skier and baseball player in high school. And we didn’t have real helmets, just these wimpy things that are now sold as souveniers. I got hit in the head and the helmet shattered into shards. Football players are idiots anyway. If you like your knees, ankles, brain, shoulders, and liver, football is not for you.
If Bo Jackson had never played football, he’s be in the HOF and one of the BEST in the HOF.
I just loathe football.
Mekons
March 10th, 2010
12:21 am
DOB: fillies fans would boo their grandmothers if they played for another team. They’re even worse than Mets fans. Which takes some doing.
David O'Brien
March 10th, 2010
12:25 am
Don’t know if you all saw Chipper’s full comments to me about Heyward, which I put in a separate blog, but this was part of it. Chipper on Heyward:
“I think we need him to be a contender in the East. We need him from Day 1. I would have said we needed Hanson from Day 1 last year. They didn’t think it was the right thing to do. It could have made a difference in the long run. It might not have, I don’t know.
“But the complexion of our lineup drastically changes if Jason Heyward’s not in there.”
That blog link: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/03/09/chipper-on-hey…him-from-day-1/
Heath
March 10th, 2010
12:27 am
I hope those Chipper comments don’t cause Heyward to put too much pressure on himself. It’s one thing to have the fans clamor on about needing Heyward, but for him to hear it from an iconic, future Hall-of-Famer is something completely different.
TheAntiMe
March 10th, 2010
12:29 am
then why did Chipper walk 101 times during his worst year if they would prefer not to face Brian? I seriously doubt that you are correct about that. – nolie
Well then, they certainly lived to regret that mistake because McCann drove in 23 more runs (94) than Chipper did (71) in the exact same number of At Bats (488).
Duke
March 10th, 2010
12:32 am
October by Broken Bells is my favorite joint on their album.
Moe Berg
March 10th, 2010
12:45 am
Mekons, Where are you near Wrigley? I’m also on the north side of town.
NorCal
March 10th, 2010
12:47 am
“BUZZ, Football is the thinking man’s sport, and by a long way. — Willy
Anyone ever been to a Raiders game? You can’t take women or children.
Frankie Knuckles
March 10th, 2010
1:00 am
Chippers lobbying for Heyward. Whats the over and under on the years it takes for Jason to be at Double Dime Ranch.
NO MORE BOBBY
March 10th, 2010
1:26 am
Tale of two springs – That article alone is reason to lay off Heyward and let the guy prove he is the next big thing before just putting the title of chosen one on him.
I can see Schafer being traded and becoming a Jermaine Dye type player for another team.
Ringity-ding-ding-ding-dong-dingity-dong-ding-ding
March 10th, 2010
1:35 am
Fantasy football > fantasy baseball. If you drink during every Falcons game(16 of ‘em) you’re a fun guy. If you drink during every Braves game (162) you might be/become an alcoholic.
Mitchell
March 10th, 2010
2:01 am
Broken Bells were just on Letterman. I didn’t see them play but that’s what was on the info bar or whatever you call it. Plus, Letterman said “stayed tuned for musical guest, Broken Bells” or something to that effect.
Never heard of them but I guess you learn something new every middle of the night.
Excuse me while I slap my knee.