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uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
12:44 am
cab, i got you. that is my, our pick.
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
12:47 am
tom, tiger was a VERY busy guy.
You’re not kiddin’, uga. I know rabbits with a lot more down-time than Tiger.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
12:47 am
wyane, jszz’s game to lose know. boozer with 17 rebounds, i know he is not your fave.
NO MORE BOBBY
May 1st, 2010
12:50 am
At the game tonight…..
1. It’s something special seeing Heyward bat up close. Sat in Aaron seats 4 rows back from home and he was the only batter everyone stopped what they were doing to watch. Is it possible for the ball to make a different noise off of his bat than anyone else? Sounded like it.
2. Speaking of Aaaron seats – yuppies sitting there spend the whole game seeing who is with who and what Joe Smo is drinking. Felt like I was surrounded by the Caddyshack country club people.
I prefer the outfield seats fans!
3. McCann comes out to the worst music in baseball. It SUCKS. Best music? Glaus comes out to Slam by Onyx and Run DMC. Nice!
4. STAY AWAY FROM THE BLUE LOT PARKING!!! I usually park in green but had a blue lot pass. Where the hell is security in this lot? Looked like spring break in Panama City!! If your looking to score with underage drunk girls, park in the blue lot. Never again!
5. The Bobby Cox tribute book is really good. But how did Elton “I have never seen a baseball game in my life” John get a full page in this over some baseball greats?
6. Last thing – Wagner has the best entrance in all of sports.
To the three girls in blue dresses sitting next to me and my pops – Very nice! High five!
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
12:50 am
wayne, milsaps and wesley matthews are disrupters.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
12:53 am
Enter your comments here
NO MORE BOBBY
May 1st, 2010
12:53 am
McOut – clever name
Firearm
May 1st, 2010
12:58 am
3. McCann comes out to the worst music in baseball. It SUCKS. Best music? Glaus comes out to Slam by Onyx and Run DMC. Nice!
Unless someone comes out to Love Games by Lady Gaga or something like that, no one had worse entrance music than what KK used w/ Chunichi: “My Humps”. (I still got your back, KK!)
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
1:02 am
BAS, if you are hovering please say hello. second bottle of a nice petite sirah. though i do have a bottle of old crow for you.
seriously, sell in may and go away. market has topped. rode it up from march of 09 when the s&p hit the triple 666’s.
seriously for all you non believers that was the low tick.
this greece soverign debt thing is just enough. couple that with the end of first quarter numbers (great earnings quarter, really great top line and bottom line) not a monster correction but enough.
NO MORE BOBBY
May 1st, 2010
1:02 am
You serious? Maybe he lost a bet.
Firearm
May 1st, 2010
1:10 am
You serious? Maybe he lost a bet.
I think Black-Eyed Peas was just popular in that clubhouse at that time (when I started following the team back in 2006). Tatsunami had “Let’s Get It Started” as his theme, and I think someone else used Pump It.
jeffrey d
May 1st, 2010
1:25 am
His name was Tatsunami? That’s incredible. It’s like someone here having the name “McHurricane”
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
1:34 am
jeffrey d
There used to be an old song by Dean Martin, called “Tats Unami”.
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
Tats Unami
When the world seems to shine like you’ve had too much wine
Tats Unami
TnBrian
May 1st, 2010
1:35 am
Over on Bradley’s new “Braves Suck” blog, there’s so many hateful and ignorant people posting that it makes you wonder how old 98% of them are.
Bradley is wishy washy like a MF. He’s the joke.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
1:39 am
actually tn bria, mark bradley and jeff schultz are really good. we are lucky to have them in atlanta.
ever read the counts 10 on tuesday, did not think so. educate yourself and check it out.
Moe Berg
May 1st, 2010
1:44 am
Whose name was a vague homonym for ‘That’s Amore’? Joining the conversation in medias res.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
1:45 am
DOB and MS. Rogers there is chaos everywhere.
tnbrian is hanging out in bradley’s new hood. warn schultz.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
1:48 am
so who is this mets pitching staff? tip the cap.
Moe Berg
May 1st, 2010
1:50 am
Just looked up Heyward’s numbers. He is tied in 6th for HR’s with Utley, Rasmus, Ethier, and Gonzalez. He is tied in 6th for RBI’s with Pujols, Ethier, and McGehee. He seems to be in impressive company all around.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
1:53 am
dingers, if we had a few more on the road, well hindsight is 20/20.
that is the formula. we just dont have enough guys that can do it night in.
TnBrian
May 1st, 2010
2:00 am
uga-brave, my point was that Bradley just rolls with the tide on the Braves jumping from one conclusion to another. At least that’s what I’ve gotten out of his columns so far this year. Geez, make your mind up. Bradley, not you uga.
Moe Berg
May 1st, 2010
2:01 am
Wow. Only two teams in MLB have a worse record than the Braves–the Astros and the Orioles. We are tied with the Royals. Let’s just hope we are not in this same company in a month.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
2:02 am
moe, the problem is he was supposed to be a complementary player.
the fact that a twenty year old leads us in every power stat speaks volumes. what if he did not work out?
so smilin frank said our mission statement was getting a right handed power hitter. melky and glaus have FIVE EXTRA BASEHITS BETWEEN THEM IN 155 AT BATS.
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
2:06 am
Hi, Moe Berg. Sorry to be gone so long, but I’m trying to finish up some work. Hoping to get the rest of the weekend free for a little walleye fishing. It’s opening day.
You asked, Whose name was a vague homonym for ‘That’s Amore’?
I’m not sure how vague you mean, but how about a hint. Are you talking a baseball name?
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
2:06 am
think about that stat. our guy at first and our new left field guy have FIVE EXTRA BASE HITS, COMBINED.
Moe Berg
May 1st, 2010
2:06 am
uga-brave–I agree that we should not expect this much from a 20 year old. I like his numbers but think that a handful of veterans should be up there with him. At least he has them. Take away his, and the number of wins collapses.
AZBravoFan
May 1st, 2010
2:08 am
I like what Chipper said about being patient and waiting for the Braves to get into a more manageable part of the schedule. I realize you can only say “it’s early” for so long before it gets “too late”. But the difference between this team and the 2006 team that lost 10 in a row is huge. Right now we’ve got guys (almost everyone) who are underperforming based on their career numbers. Most of those guys will even out. (not sure about Glaus but we’ll see) and when they do, the Braves will win in bunches because, barring injury, the pitching is solid. In 2006 we were running out the likes of John Thompson, Kyle Davies, Horacio Ramirez, Jorge Sosa, Ryan Langerhans, Scott Thorman, Chris Reitsma. Heck, Kenny Ray even tried to close for a while. Remember that? That team certainly underperformed, but they didn’t have a very high ceiling either as it turns out. This team will recover. We won’t see any 6-21 months. Will they make the playoffs? Too early to say….
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
2:09 am
so smilin frank said our mission statement was getting a right handed power hitter
Sounds as if uga thinks Frank was speaking with a forked tongue.
TnBrian
May 1st, 2010
2:09 am
What irritated me about Bradley’s latest is that he was giving NO hope whatsoever by saying last years Rockies team fell in an early season rut, but at least they had the talent all along and were able to pull though to the playoffs. GIVE-ME-A-F*****-BREAK!
Moe Berg
May 1st, 2010
2:10 am
Tom O’Hawke–I guess so. What baseball name?
When do you go fishing? I am stuck trying to write most of the weekend.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
2:11 am
TOM, frank speak with fire water. however, chief mcquirk answers too big teepee.
TnBrian
May 1st, 2010
2:13 am
Wren is the ultimate BS’er. Read the quote on how he doesn’t think the team is or was effected by the players dealt in the Tex deal because most of them would’ve been blocked anyways. Ok, but you could’ve used some of those “blocked kids” for a trade to fill other areas of your team. He knows that and I found that insulting to the fans intelligence.
TnBrian
May 1st, 2010
2:16 am
It’s 2:15 and I need some sleep, but just wanted to sign off with the fact that I’m kind of excited to see Nate break out finally and hope for more of the same. It’d still be a lineup of holes, but Nate would definitely bring a lot at the top of the lineup if he can get squared away.
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
2:19 am
When do you go fishing?
For walleye, Moe Berg, prime time is dawn or dusk. However, around here and where I go, they’re usually not too cooperative until the lilacs are in bloom. That’s usually mid to late May.
Today, I’m not planning to go until noon, or so. Supposed to be 85 today. Just want to wet the line.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
2:24 am
tnbrian, elvis andrus could of replaced escobar. cox and other players barely tolerate escobar. pretty sure he is like anthrax in that clubhouse.
know glavine a bit, when he made his last few starts for the braves, he was asking who in the heck is that person whistling all the time.
chipper just said, that is your shortstop.
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
2:28 am
TOM, frank speak with fire water. however, chief mcquirk answers too big teepee.
You’ve got that right, uga. Rumor has it that there was, also, an excessive amount of toking on the ol’ peace pipe.
Moe Berg
May 1st, 2010
2:29 am
Tom O’Hawke–Up to 85. Nice. We are going to hit mid 70s and I thought we were doing well before a high in the mid 60s on the following day. I have not been fishing in years but liked it as a kid–went with my grandfather a lot.
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
2:32 am
OK, as long as we’re on the subject of Frank Wren fibbing, I’ll throw this in:
A Braves’ fan died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, “What are all those clocks?” St. Peter answered, “Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your clock will move.”
“Oh,” said the fan, “whose clock is that?” “That’s Mother Teresa’s. The hands have never moved, indicating that she never told a lie.” “Incredible,” said the fan.
“And whose clock is that one?” St. Peter responded, “That’s Abraham Lincoln’s clock. The hands have moved twice, telling us that Abe told only two lies in his entire life.”
“Where’s Braves G. M. Frank Wren’s clock?” asked the fan. “Mr. Wren’s clock is in Jesus’ office. He’s using it as a ceiling fan.”
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
2:37 am
damon, nine doubles one triple. .ops 900.
melky .ops 510.
diaz a whopping .490 .ops
yeah beech at me again when i say diaz does nothing well.
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
2:37 am
Moe, I once got too busy to fish also. Went a few years without enjoying the outdoors (my main reason for fishing … I throw them back). Once I finally got out there again, I asked myself, “WHERE WERE YOU?”.
Life is too short. I rearranged my priorities.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
2:49 am
scoots, nine dingers from kelly. i dont wear weejuns. just a sweet flip flop. though i do have a pair brown gucci mocs.
congrats, you were spot on. did not see it. makes you wonder what is going on in that batting cage.
ever been to the cliffs? pretty sure you have.
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
2:51 am
Moe Berg, I give up on that homonym for “That’s Amore”. The best I can come up with is Frank Torre.
Even if I’m sleeping when you finally see this, please respond. I’ll catch it later.
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
2:54 am
tom, best post of the night.
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
3:01 am
Thanks, uga. (I’m assuming you’re alluding to the one @ 2:32)
uga-brave
May 1st, 2010
3:10 am
exactly. till tommorrow.
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
3:15 am
Good night, uga.
Tom O'Hawke
May 1st, 2010
3:26 am
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Couch Tater
May 1st, 2010
6:26 am
When I wrote about Roy Clark, I had not seen the article by Carroll about Roy drafting Jason Heyward. In case you missed it…
http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/how-the-braves-got-506629.html?cxntlid=sldr_hm
richbrave
May 1st, 2010
7:19 am
Goodbye to PHILLIES faithfull, hello njbraves.
Jimmy Joe
May 1st, 2010
8:10 am
Gonna have to be a 17-11 month of May to get over the .500 mark. That’s just to get over the .500 mark before June 1st – 26-25.
CB
May 1st, 2010
8:11 am
Soph,I think Mets Madness wins the award.
come on
May 1st, 2010
8:13 am
now we can start a new losing streak today maybe 10 or 12. even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. the braves r a joke, friday night ballgame and maybe 10000 people show up. maybe someone will buy the braves and move them to a new city.
Jeff R
May 1st, 2010
8:46 am
Nice win last night against the Astros, but make no mistake, it was a Hanson win. The offense only generated six hits, meaning the slump continues. The Braves will need more Hanson-like efforts to overcome the poor hitting – that, or Braves’ hitters will finally breakout.
Louie
May 1st, 2010
9:13 am
Well, where do I start.
Last night almost resulted in more of the same.
Crapper still struggling on defense, starting the DP could have resulted in an error.
Thank God Hanson was determined to dominate.
I do not feel good about yhe consistency of this bunch.
Terry- Bob ball will be back I’m afraid.
Later………………
GTSteve
May 1st, 2010
9:26 am
Yunel is a cancer and will destroy this team if they don’t get rid of him…….sit him or ship him
Lew
May 1st, 2010
9:48 am
uga brave- A couple of dingers on the road would have made a difference? Damn, Son, a couple of singles with the bases loaded on the road would have made a difference.
McFann :Ô:
May 1st, 2010
10:00 am
[Hanson's] batterymate Brian McCann could be heard singing in the shower.
Runnin
May 1st, 2010
10:08 am
GT, what evidence do you have that would make you think that? He can be a little immature at times, but I don’t think he affects the other players in a negative way. It seems much more the opposite. The whole team, made up of very good make-up guys, has had an affect on him.
Hank Aaron
May 1st, 2010
10:25 am
You wanna buy a Caddalack?
Brian from SC
May 1st, 2010
10:31 am
On my personal goal for 20 wins over the next 28…one win down, 19 to go. Now looking for 19 of the next 27.
Hank Aaron
May 1st, 2010
10:32 am
I gotsta sells one or Billy gon beat my ass.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
May 1st, 2010
10:34 am
I thought the Oakland A’s and NY Yankees of the 1970’s proved that all teammates don’t have to be well-liked in order to win championships.
Chip
May 1st, 2010
10:36 am
Stat of the Day in yesterdays win.
Heart of the lineup Jones, McCann & Glaus,,,
,0 hits in 9 at bats.
.219 is the combined BA this season for the dynamic trio.
Look like losing streaks will be frequent for the Braves in 2010 when you’ve got those kind of 3,4 & 5 hitters.
Rico Carty
May 1st, 2010
10:40 am
Hope things get better for you Hank.
Frank Wren
May 1st, 2010
10:42 am
The skid stopped. Is it safe for me to come out now?
monty
May 1st, 2010
10:55 am
Yeh, let’s sit the guy who led the NL in hitting with RISP last year. THat makes alot of sense.
TnBrian
May 1st, 2010
10:57 am
It seems when Bobby opens his mouth with some hitting tips guys listen. Heyward and McLouth seemed to have taken the advice. TP must have bad breath and all they focus on is that and not his actual tips.
monty
May 1st, 2010
10:58 am
If I remember correctly there used to be alot of “Maddux wins”, “Smoltz wins”, “Glavine wins”.
GTSteve
May 1st, 2010
11:30 am
He sat last night and they won for the first time in almost 2 freaking weeks of him playing and them losing
pfunkatl
May 1st, 2010
11:33 am
GET OFF ESCO! He is the most solid position player, short of Heyward, that we have.
Mixxo
May 1st, 2010
11:41 am
pfunkatl – Without question! We’d be in some sad shape if not for Esco out there. Gotta give props to Omar for a pretty good job in his absence though.
Jimmy Joe
May 1st, 2010
11:47 am
Braves haven’t scored more than 4 runs in 2 full weeks. 2 weeks.
There are still serious issues from the offense. And it starts with a lack of power from Chipper Jones, Brian McCann and Troy Glaus.
Wren needs to go out this offseason and get more power. No more left field platoon. No more fill ins at first base.
unbelievable
May 1st, 2010
11:48 am
GTSteve – yeah it was just an offensive outbreak without Yunel wasnt it? The Braves won last night because of three people – Hanson, McLouth, and Heyward. The Braves are a better team with Yunel, like it or not, and him sitting isnt the reason they won
Soph
May 1st, 2010
11:48 am
Soph,I think Mets Madness wins the award.
CB, as your official bean counter – I wholeheartedly agree with your decision.
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2010
11:54 am
Soph and CB ,
It seems to me, compared to the last couple of weeks last night was amateur night, in the idiot poster contest.
NEW CARS
May 1st, 2010
12:10 pm
The spell is broke and we’re going to whip out the hitting sticks today…Huddy has another good hitting and we move farther from the disastrous week we just had…It’s a new month and we’re going to win 17 games this month….
NEW CARS
May 1st, 2010
12:11 pm
Another good outing…Hopefully he will hit as well
CB
May 1st, 2010
12:12 pm
Soph,thanks. Bat, we could go crazy trying to pick out the worst of the worst. :s
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2010
12:21 pm
uga-brave, my point was that Bradley just rolls with the tide on the Braves jumping from one conclusion to another _ TnBrian
Bradley and Schultz are paid to have an opinion. Sometimes those opinions are bases on snap shots. So in the past couple of weeks Bradley has opined the Braves might be special, and the Braves might be doomed, the key to both those pieces is, might be, he’s hedged on both. Sometimes they have a consistent opinion, for Schultz one I would say is, Curt Schilling is an idiot, That’s one I agree with.
The enjoyment, for me, in reading opinion pieces is dissecting their argument, based on what they have to say and whatever other information I have, and deciding whether I agree or disagree. Hell sometimes I may conclude their position is idiotic, and thanks to these types of forums, I can tell them so.
bravesgrl4life
May 1st, 2010
12:22 pm
Getting ready to head to Turner Field. Sure hope we don’t get rained out today. It would totally suck if we did.
unbelievable
May 1st, 2010
12:23 pm
Braves lineup:
1. Omar Infante SS
2. Martin Prado 2B
3. Chipper Jones 3B
4. Troy Glaus 1B
5. Matt Diaz LF
6. Jason Heyward RF
7. David Ross C
8. Nate McLouth CF
9. Tim Hudson P
Nate cant break out of a slump hitting in front of a pitcher. Leave the lineup alone and quit the daily shuffling.
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2010
12:25 pm
True CB, though I have to admit it is sometimes fun. lol
cabravesfan
May 1st, 2010
12:44 pm
Do we have a new blog or is everyone watching Derby coverage? Seems awfully quiet in here
McFann :Ô:
May 1st, 2010
12:46 pm
Dangit…is that really the lineup?
Braveheart
May 1st, 2010
12:53 pm
Yunel is a cancer and will destroy this team if they don’t get rid of him
Really? Then where’s the leadership? A HOF manager, a supposed manager in waiting, a HOF third basemen, a possible HOF closer, a four time All Star catcher who should be the field general at this point, an accomplished and decorated veteran first baseman, a centerfielder who played in the most disheartening situation possible outside of KC while in Pittsburgh, a utility outfielder who dealt daily with a clubhouse of egomaniacs in the Bronx Zoo, a pair of young aces and a rightfielder who don’t seem to let anything bother them, a platoon leftfielder who just loves putting on a major league uni, a free spirited Aussie reliever, a veteran pinch hitter/backup corner infielder/outfielder who’s been in many different clubhouses, a pair of Japanese pitchers, a hungry and focused second basemen who’s defied many odds and who knocked off a first rounder to claim his position, two veteran starting pitchers …..
And one guy who can barely speak English is gonna destroy all of them?
Braveheart
May 1st, 2010
12:54 pm
Do we have a new blog or is everyone watching Derby coverage? Seems awfully quiet in here
Nah, they won
jeffrey d
May 1st, 2010
12:58 pm
Good gravy, Bobby Cox….Melky will go 0-4 and you put him in the leadoff spot. McLouth gets a walk, two hits (one of them a bunt single!) AND a stolen base from the leadoff spot last night….no no no, let’s drop him to the bottom
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2010
1:00 pm
Lefty on the mound today, jeffery d .
cabravesfan
May 1st, 2010
1:01 pm
Braveheart-
Good point. I’d forgotten how peaceful things get around here when we win
jeffrey d
May 1st, 2010
1:02 pm
Talk about some unflattering pictures of Chipper
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/7e/fullj.c4585e6f67be40b7ae5861f1b51daf18/c4585e6f67be40b7ae5861f1b51daf18-getty-97636130ms018_atlanta_brave.jpg
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/a9/fullj.25f4ff8bbbd6dc50e366d3a2ef7e45ff/25f4ff8bbbd6dc50e366d3a2ef7e45ff-getty-97636130ms020_atlanta_brave.jpg
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2010
1:03 pm
FIRE BOOBY!! FLUSH TP!!
C's
May 1st, 2010
1:15 pm
jeffrey d – Is it me, or does that lineup NOT have Melky in the leadoff spot?
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2010
1:16 pm
On the bright side McFann, if Mac gets an AB today he should be in a position to do some damage.
jeffrey d
May 1st, 2010
1:20 pm
C’s – I didn’t say that Melky was leading off today, I said that he’ll have a horrible day but the next day be leading off. Meanwhile McLouth has a marvelous day last night but gets flushed down to 8th. I understand we’re facing a lefty, I just don’t care much for Infante outside of a backup utility role, let alone leading off.
Logan
May 1st, 2010
1:36 pm
Strasburg ticketed for triple A. Gwinnett matchup possible for late next week.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100501&content_id=9716014&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
bravos2249
May 1st, 2010
2:03 pm
Dear God we got McClelland behind the plate today…long day ahead for sure.
JasonInFL
May 1st, 2010
2:11 pm
Wow, that might be the worse 3-5 I have seen in years. Now, of course, they will probably go 7-12 today…which would be great!
JasonInFL
May 1st, 2010
2:13 pm
Those pictures of Chipper are hilarious…looks like he has a couple of can of Skoal around his knee caps
JasonInFL
May 1st, 2010
2:14 pm
Andruw with his 7th and 8th HRs of the season today…off of Javy
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2010
2:39 pm
It seems that the line up blog is the new main. If you are looking for negativity it is there in abundance.