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nolie
November 1st, 2010
12:45 am
and yet they were in the playoffs with at least 4 meaningful injured players out.
Doc Holiday
November 1st, 2010
12:46 am
nolie,
not saying he will be our number 3 hitter, but you never know. Lots of players have come out of nowhere from this unknown leagues and become good players in the bigs. HARD WORK is all it takes…………you never know.
CALIF. FAN ALSO
November 1st, 2010
12:55 am
DOC
Torbert will be 28 yrs old starting next season, he’s probably already made his biggest advances. He’s already been dumped by the Astros & Tigers. He had a shot in AAA but only hit 1 hr with a 633 ops. He’s already had 4 yrs in the minors with a total of 14 hrs & then back to independent ball for the past 3 years now.
He is exactly what the Braves signed him for—–AA contract!!!
nolie
November 1st, 2010
12:55 am
yeak ok we’ll see
Ron Gardenhose
November 1st, 2010
1:51 am
I’m still hoping against hope for my dream WS: Kansas City vs Milwaukee.
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
7:48 am
Enter your comments here
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
7:49 am
So is everybody texting and twittering rather than trick and treating?
BravePack
November 1st, 2010
9:16 am
H
BravePack
November 1st, 2010
9:21 am
How bout them Packers? Shutting out the mighty Jets and shutting up the tool Ryan.
Fleming
November 1st, 2010
9:24 am
Believe it’s time for a new blog
Fleming
November 1st, 2010
9:25 am
This one is dead
DAP
November 1st, 2010
9:51 am
im still a fan of edgar renteria. its good to see him playing well on a big stage for SF. i only wish he had had a stage like that when he was in atlanta. he was one of our best players for the two years he spent here.
10-80
November 1st, 2010
10:19 am
DOB, that movie I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell was a phenomenal book, I havent seen the movie but the book was the funniest thing I have ever read.
He has a new book either just out or coming out soon as well
David O'Brien
November 1st, 2010
10:39 am
Guess I gave the Rangers a bit too much credit in my “Giants in 7″ prediction….
Anybody watch the new AMC zombie series filmed and set in Atlanta? The downtown scenes with the tank were about a block from the AJC’s old building. Pretty cool seeing a lot of Atlanta locations. I thought the show was pretty good, too. We’ll see how far they can go with it and keep it interesting, though.
Murph
November 1st, 2010
11:17 am
Yawn… how much longer ’til the Winter Meetings? 30+ days? Seems like just about every scenario has been covered as far as trades and signings goes… so… now what?
Efrim
November 1st, 2010
11:48 am
Seems like just about every scenario has been covered as far as trades and signings goes… so… now what?
Free agency starts 5 days after the end of the World Series. I think there will be quite a few happenings that occur from then until the Winter Meetings. I’d hope Wren does a few things before then, too.
DAP
November 1st, 2010
11:58 am
Seems like just about every scenario has been covered as far as trades and signings goes… so… now what?
we go over them all again. but first things first. how about that jd drew trade, hunh?
abwright
November 1st, 2010
12:42 pm
Texas has a couple of front line pitchers. When Lee came up flat in game 1, the Rangers were in dire straits. When their 3-4 pitchers have gone, they’ve typically won by out-slugging their opponent.
Against front line pitching, such as the Giants have 1-3, the Rangers’ hitting has not carried the day. Rangers need Lee to dominate, then find some way to win in SF in games 6, 7. That’s not looking too likely. Rangers may take the series to seven, but, they’re almost certainly not going to win it.
Watching SF should leave Braves fans with some hope for the future. But for an unearned run in Game 1 (helped along by a blown call on Posey’s steal) and a 9th inning melt-down in the top of the ninth in Atlanta, the injury depleted Braves could have bounced SF from the playoffs in the NLDS.
Gary O
November 1st, 2010
12:42 pm
Who was the blogger who talked about Frenchy not losing all that money compared to Brian? And how if he played well in the post-season, blah blah blah?
In the playoffs, Frenchy has 21 AB, with a .143 AVG, .182 OBP, .190 SLG, and .372 OPS.
abwright
November 1st, 2010
12:46 pm
Braves should have most of their 2010 squad coming back in 2011.
With the addition of better in-field defense (supplied by the able tutelage of Terry Pendleton) and better hitting (supplied by the able tutelage of Larry Parrish), along with better in-game management (that was a shout out to the Cox haters in the world), Braves should give up 0 runs per game and score 6 runs per game to win the NL EAST with a record of 162-0.
Players? We don’t need no steenkin’ Players!
abwright
November 1st, 2010
12:47 pm
Jeepers Cripus! Did the blog just do a reversi?
otisnixonsmokescrack!
November 1st, 2010
12:47 pm
mother trucker trolley riding sf giants! un-bleepin-real. i’ll tip my hat off to’em. but it doesn’t mean that i have to like it.
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
12:49 pm
Pages! They seem to be backwards, but PAGES!!!
Ease™ in Sandy Springs
November 1st, 2010
12:51 pm
Ahhhh, this is somewhat better…
Venice Jim
November 1st, 2010
12:51 pm
Let’s hope this is a first step toward blog normalcy…
abwright
November 1st, 2010
12:52 pm
Are the IT guys adjusting the wordpress code? Or has the large page count just caused some kind of over-run? Inquiring minds want to know.
Ease™ in Sandy Springs
November 1st, 2010
12:54 pm
blog normalcy
I know the format is a bit funky, but I don’t follow?
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
1:00 pm
otisnixonsmokes crack:
Oat-iiiii, how’s you and your advertised product dooin’?
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
1:03 pm
David O’Brien
November 1st, 2010
10:39 am
Guess I gave the Rangers a bit too much credit in my “Giants in 7″ prediction….
Guess so, but you know how it is, ain’t over ’till it’s over.
Braveheart
November 1st, 2010
1:10 pm
The blog pagination is dyslexic
Braveheart
November 1st, 2010
1:12 pm
Is it true that when you play the blog backwards like this, you hear Paul McCartney is dead?
Mitchie-san
November 1st, 2010
1:14 pm
OK, who broke the blog?
Mitchie-san
November 1st, 2010
1:15 pm
whoa! Im at the top? no wonder no ones conversations were making sense.
otisnixonsmokescrack!
November 1st, 2010
1:16 pm
i’m cool rich brave. crack always sells. always. i’m not gonna lie. the giants are killing me right now. i mean they looked ok vs the braves. ok. that’s it. against the phils they showed that they had some b*lls. the games were sloppy but the giants wanted it more and deserved to win. period. the con job by sanchez with utley/phils(hit batter,baby brawl) which bought time for a sf relv to get ready was genius. but 2 shout-outs, an exorcism of cliff lee and scoring runs like crazy in the world series?? come on. nobody could see this coming. if the phils haven’t won in 2008(now ancient history to the outside world) this would be unbearable.
Braveheart
November 1st, 2010
1:16 pm
First?!?!?!
CB
November 1st, 2010
1:17 pm
I’m first,finally!
RC
November 1st, 2010
1:20 pm
I did watch “The Walking Dead” last night. Pretty good premise, and it was interesting to see so many Atlanta locations in the show. Even the early scenes with Rick going back to his house were shot in Grant Park (supposed to be somewhere in Kentucky, but you can see Grant Park landmarks in the background).
This season is only supposed to be 6 episodes, so it’ll be really interesting to see if they can develop enough story to get people invested without rushing things along too much.
SoWeGa Fanatic
November 1st, 2010
1:27 pm
WHOA, pages!
Ease™ in Sandy Springs
November 1st, 2010
1:27 pm
A must read article…
http://joeposnanski.si.com/2010/10/31/talkin-baseball-stats/
Efrim
November 1st, 2010
1:33 pm
Good to see the pages back. And for the people who liked the entire blog on one page, there is that option as well. Well done, ajc!
abwright
November 1st, 2010
1:37 pm
There’s a BBC program called Dead Set that just played on IFC. It’s about zombies taking over the set of Big Brother. It only had a few episodes and ended up with everyone being eaten. I wonder if Walking Dead is the US version of that show.
I don’t know what it is, but I cannot resist a good zombie flick.
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
1:39 pm
YAY! Blog is back…all is right in the world!
Venice Jim
November 1st, 2010
1:42 pm
All?
Braveheart
November 1st, 2010
1:43 pm
Good to see the pages back. And for the people who liked the entire blog on one page, there is that option as well. Well done, ajc!
yeah, i’m really digging that they have both options available
jeffrey d
November 1st, 2010
1:43 pm
Hey, the pages are back
jeffrey d
November 1st, 2010
1:44 pm
And for the people who liked the entire blog on one page, there is that option as well
They must have ridiculously fast computers
MikeInFl
November 1st, 2010
1:44 pm
The Show All option is great when you need to go back and do a search to prove that one of your fellow bloggers is and idiot.
Braveheart
November 1st, 2010
1:45 pm
Walking Dead was really good. Like DOB said though, I wonder where they can go with that to keep it interesting show after show, year after year
Ease™ in Sandy Springs
November 1st, 2010
1:53 pm
Can you imagine an N8 monologue without pagination?
Braveheart
November 1st, 2010
1:53 pm
And for the people who liked the entire blog on one page, there is that option as well
They must have ridiculously fast computers
you really wouldn’t want it in one long page if you were gonna go back and forth with folks throughout the day. but if all you do is read the blog once a day when you get home from work, it’s nice to have the option of just reading the whole thing in one place so you can follow the discussions that went on that day without putting too much work into it, clicking page after page.
Murph
November 1st, 2010
1:58 pm
Ahhhh, pages. In honor of the return of pages, a haiku:
Glorious pages,
Lost without you we would be,
First! And Idiot.
jeffrey d
November 1st, 2010
2:08 pm
It’s funny how such a simple thing like making a “Show All” button can make a big difference
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
2:10 pm
Yes, dear. All.
(I’m a simple girl with simple needs…)
Snotboogie
November 1st, 2010
2:12 pm
Woohoo.The “Show All” button should make it easier when you want to catch up on earlier conversations or reading the comments that provoke the “O’Burn”.
Next stop – allow logins.
Murph
November 1st, 2010
2:12 pm
I know it’s asking a lot since they just got pages up and running again, but…
Would it be possible to hide the blog on comment pages 2 through whatever? That was always great… I could have the blog open at work and not have to quickly hide it or scroll when doing a refresh to see what my esteemed colleagues had written. As it is now with the blog at the top of each comment page, when I do a refresh all of the pictures are at the top and it’s obvious I’m reading baseball blog.
Thanks AJC IT Department!
Murph
November 1st, 2010
2:13 pm
Logins? Why, whatever for?
Venice Jim
November 1st, 2010
2:14 pm
I would include a healthy Mike Paulus shoulder among “all”…
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
2:16 pm
VJ-
OK, so “all” might be a little to all-encompassing…
ncscoots
November 1st, 2010
2:16 pm
Against front line pitching, such as the Giants have 1-3, the Rangers’ hitting has not carried the day.
On the other hand, after facing the likes of Hudson, Hanson, Lowe, Halladay, Oswalt, and Hamels for a couple of series, Rangers’ pitching probably looks like BP. Giants have certainly scored more than I would have imagined.
On a completely different note, I received a copy of Life by Keith Richards last week, and I’m stunned by the superb quality of the writing and content. It’s not The Walking Dead, of course, but it’s worth a read by those of us of a certain age, LOL.
David O'Brien
November 1st, 2010
2:30 pm
Braves OF prospect Cory Harrilchak named player of week in Ariz. Fall League after hitting .474 (9-for-19) with 3 HRs, 7 RBI.
jeffrey d
November 1st, 2010
2:34 pm
Next stop – allow logins.
I think the next stop is DOB secretly creating a new blog and all of us moving there without telling Don
jeffrey d
November 1st, 2010
2:38 pm
Or even better…you guys see that episode of The Office where Creed thinks he’s writing his thoughts in a blog, but it’s really just an empty Word document? Maybe we can do that with Don
David O'Brien
November 1st, 2010
2:45 pm
Before anyone gets too carried away with immediate future for Harrilchak, keep in mind he was in A-ball last year, his first full season pro ball. Hit ..287 w/ .754 OPS, 3 HRs in 510 PAs,
Murph
November 1st, 2010
2:48 pm
Or even better…you guys see that episode of The Office where Creed thinks he’s writing his thoughts in a blog, but it’s really just an empty Word document?
http://www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughts
haggard
November 1st, 2010
2:49 pm
ncscoots
Thanks for the thumbs up on the Keith Richards book. I almost picked it up while at Decatur CD here in Atlanta this past Saturday and now have an extra excuse to go back.
tester
November 1st, 2010
2:50 pm
This is a test. :brickwall
abwright
November 1st, 2010
2:54 pm
scoots … SF has definitely had a long stretch of facing the best of the best pitching through the playoffs. And, the NL West is not too shabby when it comes to good pitching.
haggard
November 1st, 2010
2:57 pm
DOB
I believe I had an “O’Brien kind of day” Saturday as I hit Community Barbeque for the first time, (and you haven’t oversold them at all), sampling the pulled pork with mac-n-cheese and stew as sides. Of course, after sampling the smoked chicken salad, I left with a pound of it to consume during the Georgia-Florida game. Man; so many times I’ve visited The Wuxtry just a couple of blocks up without realizing I was that close to heaven!
Then, it was on to Decatur CD where I was able to locate a copy of Allison Moorer’s first CD. All that was missing was a trip down to the ballpark for a game.
McFann O O – 6
November 1st, 2010
2:59 pm
Pages are back, yay! Thanks, AJC!
unbelievable
November 1st, 2010
3:11 pm
according to this, Randy Moss has been waived by the Vikings
http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2010-11-01/randy-moss-waived-by-minnesota-vikings
haggard
November 1st, 2010
3:17 pm
Hey McFann
Did you and your family see “secretariat” yet?
haggard
November 1st, 2010
3:18 pm
“Secretariat”
bigwheel
November 1st, 2010
3:22 pm
Hey DOB. I completely agree with your assessment of sandy as the mets GM. With their finances, and really an overall lack of a farm system, do you see the mets as a competitive club in the next few years? I don’t see a full blown rebuild, but you have to think on field personnel changes half to take place.
haggard
November 1st, 2010
3:23 pm
unbelieveable
Man, the Vikings’ season keeps rolling downholl like a snowball headed…… Plus, I believe Favre won’t be getting quite as many “drinks on the house”, though he did play well for much of the game. The major NFL studio guys let him have it yesterday.
Snotboogie
November 1st, 2010
3:33 pm
Per ESPN
In four games with the Vikings, Moss had 13 receptions for 174 yards and two touchdowns. The Vikings were 1-3 in those games
All this after being traded for a 3rd round draft pick! And the Vikings keep hoping Favre will take them to the super bowl. Yeah right.
McFann O O – 6
November 1st, 2010
3:39 pm
haggard—
We did! We saw it a week ago Saturday—GREAT movie. One of my favorites, now…we already wnat the DVD!!
It really keeps you on the edge of your seat. I mean, even though you know he won the Triple Crown, the suspense is still incredible. What an outstanding story/movie…
haggard
November 1st, 2010
4:00 pm
McFann
And wasn’t that neat when the “real” Peggy Chenery was used as a cheering spectator at the end of the movie! I though Diane Lane did a great job and, if you’d like to see her earflier in her career, (that is-if you haven’t already seen it) make sure to watch “Lonesome Dove”, a great mini-series which also stars Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Danny Glover, Angelica Houston, Rick Schroder, Robert Ulrich, etc.
Man, I miss Braves’ baseball. I wonder what your mann is up to? Only good, I’m sure.
haggard
November 1st, 2010
4:01 pm
“earlier in her career”
haggard
November 1st, 2010
4:04 pm
McFann
Speakig of “Lonesome Dove”, I can see the blogs own “nolie” fleshing out the character Robert Duvall plays, “Gus McRae”. And–iif nolie reads this, he’ll accept it as a compliment. Duvall’s great in “Dove”
Murph
November 1st, 2010
4:04 pm
Seabuscuit > Secretariat
haggard
November 1st, 2010
4:08 pm
“Speaking”
haggard
November 1st, 2010
4:10 pm
Murph
As good as “Secretariat” is, I agree with you. It seems as if the all-’round cast of “Seabiscuit” is stronger. Jeff Bridges is a big part of that movie’s appeal IMO
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
4:15 pm
haggard, would you stop correcting you’re mestakes. You’re only drawing attention to them, and driving me nuts.
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
4:15 pm
you’re mistakes
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
4:15 pm
your
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
4:17 pm
Hey, what the …. ? What are all those numbers doing at the bottom of the page?
haggard
November 1st, 2010
4:19 pm
Tom O’Hawke
Only the English major in me, worried that Dr. McMillan is waiting with her red pen. But then Dr. Cox in Constitutional Law stressed being a good steward and not using too many blue test books during our once a quarter test.
So, Dr. Cox wins out and I’ll quit using so much blog space correcting mistakes.
How in the world are you, ‘Hawke?
ncscoots
November 1st, 2010
4:19 pm
haggard, would you stop correcting you’re mestakes. You’re only drawing attention to them, and driving me nuts.
Typo-correction posts are an insidious evil perpetrated by aliens intent on destroying mankind.
I got that straight from FoxNews, so you know it’s true.
Venice Jim
November 1st, 2010
4:21 pm
I can’t believe I ignored the blog for ten minutes and I missed two chances to make fun of someone…
Fleming
November 1st, 2010
4:22 pm
You’re right Scoots. CNN would refuse to cover it.
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
4:25 pm
It’s so strange to see certain people on the blog in the daylight…
haggard
November 1st, 2010
4:27 pm
ncscoots
I suppose rules of grammar are generally relaxed a bit on the blog. And, I notice many ignore e.b. white’s rules of brevity.
haggard
November 1st, 2010
4:28 pm
Hi VJ !
HI cab !
CB
November 1st, 2010
4:29 pm
I get all my opinions from Oprah – anybody ever watched her audience when she is speaking?
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
4:30 pm
Hi Haggard!
haggard
November 1st, 2010
4:31 pm
cabravesfan
Your 49′ers did you proud
McFann O O – 6
November 1st, 2010
4:35 pm
haggard And wasn’t that neat when the “real” Peggy Chenery was used as a cheering spectator at the end of the movie!
Yeah, I loved that! And Diane Lane did a great job. I don’t think I’ve seen her in anything else, but I’m sure Hulu or YouTube has the series you mentioned—I’ll have to remember to look that up sometime!
Man, I miss Braves’ baseball.
Me, too.
I wonder what your mann is up to?
Dunno…But I’d sure like to know! (I think
) That’s why I can’t stand this time of year, baseball-wise—ya’ve got absolutely no clue what some guys are doing! 
But, I know if anything exciting/int’resting/vital to our knowledge of all things Braves happens, DOB will give us the rundown!
ncscoots
November 1st, 2010
4:36 pm
anybody ever watched her audience when she is speaking?
I think they’ve stopped doing that at Gitmo.
McFann O O – 6
November 1st, 2010
4:36 pm
Oh, and, haggard, my Brother’s an English major as well! He loves to write…
haggard
November 1st, 2010
4:39 pm
McFann
I’m sure your mann supervised the repair of that crater left in the cement deck of his swimming pool !