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Snotboogie
October 19th, 2010
3:47 pm
Soph
What are you planning to do with your new found free time, now that your club is officially defunct?
Soph
October 19th, 2010
3:52 pm
I don’t know, Snot but let’s hope I don’t have to create anymore clubs like that.
Does the VP of the club have any comment on this? Ahem, CB…
Soph
October 19th, 2010
3:55 pm
Courtesy of Faux Frank Wren -
What better place to announce the release of Melky than from Celebration, Florida? Coincidence? Maybe. Fitting? Defintely.
about 2 hours ago via web
nolie
October 19th, 2010
3:57 pm
The bad thing is, when the Nate trade was made, some people (me included) were excited that we would have him for two and a half seasons
not me. I said all winter that he would be a disaster
P-Town Brave ©
October 19th, 2010
3:58 pm
abwright-
Thinking Nate will be the 4th OF is wishful thinking…
That would be assuming we have signed and/or traded for two players of worth…
We do not have the money to do that and sit a 6.5M man as the 4th OF IMO…
nolie
October 19th, 2010
3:59 pm
what club?
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
3:59 pm
Soph—
How’s everything? Haven’t seen you around in a few days…
Trey
October 19th, 2010
4:00 pm
Braves release Melky is great news. I hope we can pick up someone good, not someone who Wren thinks may be good. We saw how well that went over when we traded Chavez and Jo-Jo to teams and got more mediocrity as replacements. Hell, we haven’t had a great long term outfield since we got rid of Andruw Jones. Granted, Jones was not too good of a hitter, but he made up for it in his defense.
nolie
October 19th, 2010
4:00 pm
Thinking Nate will be the 4th OF is wishful thinking
I agree, one will be all we get and he will likely be less than we want
RC Christian
October 19th, 2010
4:00 pm
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-music-scene/2010/10/19/band-of-horses-georgia-helps-bulldogs-get-back-on-track/?cxntlid=thbz_hm
Soph
October 19th, 2010
4:02 pm
It was the opposite of a fan club.
Trey
October 19th, 2010
4:05 pm
The Braves were definitely some real winners in the Vazquez trade, I tell ya what.
Soph
October 19th, 2010
4:05 pm
McFann – you’re welcome! I knew it had to be out there somewhere and LT from the Braves Love blog is really good about archiving everything.
I’ve been well – just took a little blog break.
ncscoots
October 19th, 2010
4:10 pm
I agree, one will be all we get and he will likely be less than we want
Fine, then, LOL. Heyward has an MVP-type season, Freeman wins ROY, McCann returns to pre-vision-problem form, Chipper plays 130, Nate gets to league-average, and Gonzalez manages to have a few ABs without making an out. Oh, yeah, and all the pitchers stay healthy, plus Kimbrell saves 40.
That’ll be all they really need for success. Then, whatever semi-pukeable scrub Wren manages to install in LF can do his impersonation of a legit hitter, and it just won’t matter a tinker’s damn.
Hillbilly
October 19th, 2010
4:13 pm
RAIN IN SOUTH ARKANSAS! Ends a drought that only Melky’s power numbers can rival. Going outside to dance naked now. Later…
Snotboogie
October 19th, 2010
4:14 pm
scoots
Add Robert as manager to that little thing you got going and we go 162-0. Pity its going to be Fredi screwing things up.
ncscoots
October 19th, 2010
4:15 pm
Add Robert as manager to that little thing you got going and we go 162-0.
SB, I would have done that, but, I didn’t want to be accused of being a Pollyanna.
Snotboogie
October 19th, 2010
4:17 pm
I would have done that, but, I didn’t want to be accused of being a Pollyanna.
Quite. Quite. Your restraint is remarkable.
UnretireBobbyCox
October 19th, 2010
4:21 pm
.Don: your post at 12:07 p.m. doesn’t make sense. You said earlier that starting pitching WILL be a problem. Then, in this post, you say “The pitching could be good or it could be a huge problem.” – isn’t that the same for everything in this game? The hitting could be great, too… but it could also be a huge problem. Same can be said for the coaching, etc.
Hillbilly
October 19th, 2010
4:22 pm
People in the Mets organization “love” Girardi, but Heyman finds it hard to imagine the skipper leaving the Yankees for the Mets. –MLBTR
Heyman is not as dumb as he looks.
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
4:23 pm
Soph—
Yeah, it had to be somewhere—just ’cause the “Official Site” is too dumb to put a replay of it doesn’t mean it’s nowhere. I should have figgered she’d have it…well, actually, the thought did cross my mind, but for some reason I thought I’d looked there already. Guess not.
I’ve been well – just took a little blog break.
Ah, well, that’s good to hear/read—Ha, not a bad thought, actually.
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
4:24 pm
ncscoots McCann returns to pre-vision-problem form
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
4:25 pm
Very good point. Maybe one of those guys can let us know if the Braves should stand pat and pencil in 101 wins and at least a spot in the NLCS.
Robert is on the record saying the Braves have enough offense as is, and all they need to do is show up at 7:00 am on off days and work on fundamentals.
Jeez, I bet if you looked up “piece of work” in the dictionary you would find his name.
Well maybe not yet but you will……………..
Thanks for your definition of piece of work!
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ncscoots
October 19th, 2010
4:26 pm
Is McCann going to get his eyes cut again this offseason, or has everything cleared up for him?
glord1
October 19th, 2010
4:27 pm
I had two favorite Melky moments this year and by favorite I mean moments that really Pi$$ed me off. The first was Melky’s throw to the RF fence from center with runners circling the bases. If that had been Escobar Bobby would have stabbed him. I really enjoyed watching him laugh after.
My second was being at Turner Field watching Uggla crush a ball off the LF wall and Melky never moved a muscle until the ball hit the wall and bounced toward the infield. Had he broke on the ball no way Uggla gets to second because it waas hit so hard he was barely out of the box when it hit the wall. He would not have scored without the double. His lack of ambition again cost the Braves a run. He got booed pretty bad over that one.
I will not miss him.
ncscoots
October 19th, 2010
4:28 pm
[Robert says that] all they need to do is show up at 7:00 am on off days and work on fundamentals.
Email Fredi. I’m sure he’s open to new and exciting ways of losing his clubhouse.
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
4:28 pm
Ross should be our new every day catcher.
Nah, but I do hope we have Ross for a while.
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
4:30 pm
We’ll miss you Melky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5WBfzpXlAs
ncscoots
October 19th, 2010
4:31 pm
I will not miss [Melky].
Yeah, but Melky was easy to put in the bag. Now, we have to go on a whipping-boy search, and nobody is going to present the opportunities that Melk Of Magnesia did.
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
4:32 pm
Bat, yeah I’ll really miss Melky. I will miss his hustling and his powerful bat.
P-Town Brave ©
October 19th, 2010
4:35 pm
IF we ever found 2007 Nate, we’d have a heck of a lineup…
2007 Nate
Prado
Heyward
Kemp (trade for JJ+)
McCann
Jones
Freeman
Gonzalez
Hudson
Hanson
Lowe
Minor
Beachy
SET: Venters
CL: Kimbrell
P-Town Brave ©
October 19th, 2010
4:36 pm
Scoots-
Seems like Top 3 now are:
Nate
Chipper
Whomever takes over for TP
Lew
October 19th, 2010
4:37 pm
Well, I never quite hated Melky as badly as some here, but I’m not sorry to see him leave, either. I wish him well somewhere else. He really didn’t add much to the mix – at least on the field. He was supposed to be a good clubhouse guy.
Lew
October 19th, 2010
4:39 pm
If we found the 07 Nate? Where did they leave him? Does this mean that ll he needs is a GPS Unit?
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
4:40 pm
Hate is a strong word for me Lew. I don’t hate him, I just rather not see him on the Braves next season.
glord1
October 19th, 2010
4:40 pm
Farewell Melk Dud!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufICeiWz56A
ncscoots
October 19th, 2010
4:40 pm
Seems like Top 3 now are:
None of those are automatic in the manner of Melky, though. Actual possibility of being a player, for them.
I’m afraid we can’t count on them for 2011 whipping-boys. The search goes on.
Lew
October 19th, 2010
4:42 pm
Trey-6 – apparently you won’t have to. Hate being a relative term , of course.
Lew
October 19th, 2010
4:43 pm
On the opther hand, ther will ALWAYS be a Nate, a Loaf or a Melky. If they don’t exist on the team, someone will assign the designation – kind of like the My Little Pony backpack.
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
4:44 pm
Alex
Nate
Nate
Alex
Chipper
Alex
Nate
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
4:45 pm
Lew of course. I am glad Melkster is gone. Now we need to hope McLouth does better next season, which I am sure he can, as he just had a bad year and wait for word that Ankiel is off our team.
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
4:46 pm
Well, I never quite hated Melky as badly as some here ……… He was supposed to be a good clubhouse guy.
Keeping the bats clean makes for a popular guy.
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
4:46 pm
I always thought Loaf was Melky.
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
4:48 pm
Bat, not to think that he was probably popular with the uniform cleaner as he had one less dirty uniform he had to clean since Melky never got on base. Of course, his fat a** would sweat walking from one end of the dugout to the other making his uniform dirty anyway.
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
4:49 pm
Melky never has a prayer of reaching Loaf’s status. Just too golly of an elf.
ncscoots
October 19th, 2010
4:50 pm
OK, that’s enough about Melky, now. His mother might read this.
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
4:50 pm
Then who the hell is loaf?
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
4:52 pm
Spoilsport.
Soph
October 19th, 2010
4:52 pm
♥ Loaf ♥
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
4:53 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garret_Anderson
There you go Trey………….. Loaf
Coach (2011 and Fredi G. a GO!)
October 19th, 2010
4:53 pm
SOOOOOOOO….
When do the Braves cut bait and release Matt Diaz?
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
4:54 pm
Oh Garrett.
ncscoots
October 19th, 2010
4:55 pm
Bat, OK. I guess one last day of ripping the Melkster is probably worthwhile, LOL. Dude’s in the wind, and I’d hate for good Melky posts to wither on the vine.
Coach (2011 and Fredi G. a GO!)
October 19th, 2010
4:56 pm
And…..
Troy Glaus, Derrek Lee, Scott Proctor, Rick Ankiel etc.etc. etc.
Still lots of dead weight on this roster.
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
4:56 pm
ncscoots, dude’s too fat to be in the wind.
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
4:56 pm
ncscoots Is McCann going to get his eyes cut again this offseason, or has everything cleared up for him?
I’m not exactly sure…That’s one of those things I’ve wanted to ask about but know DOB’s not necessarily gonna know about and I don’t wanna be a pest…
But the whole thing is preying on my mind.
Trey, Trey Trey…you don’t quit, do you?
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
4:57 pm
McFann, I sure as s*** don’t!
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
4:58 pm
♥ Loaf ♥ _ Soph
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Soph.
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
4:58 pm
Shoot…left out a comma. That hurts my image…
Soph
October 19th, 2010
4:59 pm
Bat, I doubt that will be the case with Melky.
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
4:59 pm
Trey—
Oh my goodness…
nolie
October 19th, 2010
4:59 pm
Now, we have to go on a whipping-boy search, Scoots
do not fret, McNate is still here
Soph
October 19th, 2010
5:00 pm
I have to show you guys the trophy that RHR sent me for our fantasy league.
Tomas
October 19th, 2010
5:00 pm
I’d be okay with Nate and Diaz platooning in LF, but they need to get a quality right handed CF. Matt Kemp would be awesome though improbable…. Every trade looks improbable.
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
5:00 pm
Bat Absence makes the heart grow fonder
♥ 2006 ♥
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
5:01 pm
McFann, you are funny.
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
5:01 pm
No one could pirouette in the field quite like Melky.
Rob from SC
October 19th, 2010
5:02 pm
Freeman Update yet?
Soph
October 19th, 2010
5:03 pm
My lovely trophy. And, I didn’t even win.
http://tinypic.com/r/v6snja/7
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
5:04 pm
I’d gladly take Andruw Jones back after all the players we have seen come to our outfield after him.
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
5:04 pm
McFann O O – 6
Everyone knows what makes your heart flutter, McFann.
David O'Brien
October 19th, 2010
5:04 pm
Rob from SC: Yes, we’re just keeping it a secret. Good for business, you know?
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
5:06 pm
He may not have been that good of a hitter but I was always fond of him with the Braves. I hated that got rid of him.
Soph
October 19th, 2010
5:07 pm
Everyone knows what makes your heart flutter, McFann.
David Ross? Buster Posey? MAUER POWER?!
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
5:08 pm
My lovely trophy. And, I didn’t even win.
What, is that like T-ball? Everyone gets a trophy and some ice cream.
Bay Area Steve
October 19th, 2010
5:09 pm
noles,
I don’t recall you saying Nate would be that bad this year. What’d you see to make you think that? Did you think that way when he was in Pittsburgh, or was it just a regression when he got to Atlanta? Anything fixable? Mental?
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
5:09 pm
Flutter, not bitter.
Soph
October 19th, 2010
5:11 pm
I was co-MVP, thank you very much. Plus, the head on the trophy bobbles and everything. Don’t be hating, Bat.
Rob from SC
October 19th, 2010
5:11 pm
David O’Brien
That’s why your the best DOB
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
5:11 pm
Thanks, Trey!
Bat M.—
Oh, you mean I mentioned that already?
Soph—
OK, you’re not my BFF anymore.
cabravesfan
October 19th, 2010
5:12 pm
Soph-
That’s just mean!
Snotboogie
October 19th, 2010
5:12 pm
Soph
Priceless
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
5:13 pm
Bat M. Flutter, not bitter.
Hahahaha! How true…
nolie
October 19th, 2010
5:13 pm
I was just funnin’ BAS. I have no idea how he will do, I see no reason that he won’t come back at least some, but then I don’t know why he tanked so badly either. No matter he will still be somebody’s whipping boy at least for a while yet.
nolie
October 19th, 2010
5:14 pm
props to ♥ Soph♥
Soph
October 19th, 2010
5:15 pm
Oh, McFann – you know I love messing with you.
cab – I see LT dedicated a few pics to you on her blog.
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
5:17 pm
I was co-MVP, thank you very much. Plus, the head on the trophy bobbles and everything. Don’t be hating, Bat. _ Soph
Jealousy got the best of me.
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
5:18 pm
Soph, everyone loves messing with her! Especially when it comes to B Mac!
David O'Brien
October 19th, 2010
5:19 pm
Heyward is in New York today shooting an ESPN commercial today w/ 2 SportsCenter anchors. I can’t think of any other Brave who’s been featured in a national ad since the great “Chicks dig the long ball” spot with Maddux and Glavine.
Soph
October 19th, 2010
5:19 pm
Hi noles, how have you been?
cabravesfan
October 19th, 2010
5:19 pm
Soph-
It was just the one!
Soph
October 19th, 2010
5:21 pm
cab, interesting that out of ALL the pics she takes and has – that’s the one she dedicates to you. Ahem…
David O'Brien
October 19th, 2010
5:26 pm
Someone on Twitter just pointed out that they used to see Francoeur’s Delta ad in L.A. on TBS broadcasts of Braves games. However, I don’t know if that ad played on national networks. If only Atlanta-based TBS during Braves games, that’s different.
cabravesfan
October 19th, 2010
5:26 pm
Soph-
She know how much I <3 Mac, and that I would find that particular photo totally amusing!
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
5:27 pm
Soph—
Yeah, yeah…I was just messin’ back.
Trey—
Bat Masterson
October 19th, 2010
5:31 pm
noles,
I don’t recall you saying Nate would be that bad this year. What’d you see to make you think that? _ BAS
abwright-
Thinking Nate will be the 4th OF is wishful thinking… P-Town Brave ©
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.
~~ George Bernard Shaw.
nolie
October 19th, 2010
5:34 pm
too deep for me Bat
McFann O O – 6
October 19th, 2010
5:34 pm
Bat M. Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.
< —— Guilty as charged…
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
5:35 pm
Wow, the Giants so far seem to be giving it to the Phillies. I hope they can keep it up this series.
Trey - 6
October 19th, 2010
5:36 pm
They are really sticking it up Philadelphia’s butt, California style.