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McFann O O – 6
November 1st, 2010
10:56 pm
Well, congrats to Edgar! He was one of my favorites when he played for the Braves.
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
10:56 pm
awww- I totally forgot my boy Z gets a ring! I guess that makes me happy the Giants won
noleeeee
November 1st, 2010
10:57 pm
orange juice and metamucil = an impact driver
N8
November 1st, 2010
10:57 pm
Very much congrats to the Giants and Renteria. I realize that the big hits by Renteria were huge (after all, the lack of big hits is what prevented the Braves from moving forward), but no Tim Lincecum and this Giants team would have….well….uh…. just thrown 3 other pitchers the Rangers couldn’t have hit either.
OK. Never mind. On 2nd thought….. Renteria is a fine choice for WS MVP.
Besides, with JJJ being hurt most of the year, that might give the blog some fuel into how horrible of a trade that was after all.
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
10:59 pm
cabravesfan
I’ve had lime slices with Corona and Heineken, lemon slices with some of the darker ales. I’ll just apply the same principle.
If I can’t find an orange, I hope you’ll mail one to me.
noleeeee
November 1st, 2010
10:59 pm
oh yeah, absolutely horrible trade
McFann O O – 6
November 1st, 2010
10:59 pm
I take it BMac didn’t win the Clemente award…
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:00 pm
Tom-
Or you could come out here and get one for yourself! (Be right back…gotta walk the dog)
pameee
November 1st, 2010
11:00 pm
GIANTS in 5, Renteria MVP, No Ring for Francoeur
What a night…
Congratulationsto the SanFrancisco Giants
I said Giants in 6, but in 5 ah man this is great. The National League is the best
noleeeee
November 1st, 2010
11:01 pm
anybody know if we are gonna be stuck with the blog on every page from now on?
Lou Vales
November 1st, 2010
11:01 pm
Who gives a rat’s rectum about the injury status of a bum who will inevitably be disabled by a muscle injury while engaged in coitus?? He’s been disabled by a bed in a 5 Star Hotel and by the machinations of a batting cage.
Trivia question who has won more WorldChampionships the San Francisco Giants in the last 60 minutes or the Braves, Falcons, Hawks and Flames?thrashers COMBINED in thelast 45 years??
It’s a blanking tie!! Only Cleveland compares with Atlanta for athletic ineptitude.
At least the Botoxed Beach Boy from Boca is there to offer you solace in college Football. Hell, it’s only been 30 years At least Tech provides academic excellence.
N8
November 1st, 2010
11:01 pm
Blue Moon on tap with an orange slice is fantastic. I have a 12 pack of bottles in my fridge. Not as good as on top. But good just the same. Until 6 months ago I wasn’t a fruit and beer mixing kind of person. But for whatever reason, the combo is just too good to pass up on.
Got a buddy who drinks Rolling Rock with a lime. I’ve never been a big fan of that.
N8
November 1st, 2010
11:03 pm
“anybody know if we are gonna be stuck with the blog on every page from now on?”
I know, but I’m not telling.
Moe Berg
November 1st, 2010
11:04 pm
“I take it BMac didn’t win the Clemente award…”
McFann, I think Tim Wakefield got it.
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:04 pm
who has won more WorldChampionships the San Francisco Giants in the last 60 minutes or the Braves, Falcons, Hawks and Flames?thrashers COMBINED in thelast 45 years??
it’s probably a tie Lou,
Innocent Bystander
November 1st, 2010
11:05 pm
N8- Have you had the Blue Moon Full Moon or the Harvest Ale?
Moe Berg
November 1st, 2010
11:05 pm
I’m not much of a beer drinker, but I do like Negra Modelo with a lime. Very nice.
McFann O O – 6
November 1st, 2010
11:05 pm
Neight I know, but I’m not telling.
Sometimes it feels like that’s what everyone else is thinking…
McFann O O – 6
November 1st, 2010
11:06 pm
Thanks, Moe Berg!
Moe Berg
November 1st, 2010
11:07 pm
Let the free agency filing commence.
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:08 pm
I heard that Robert is a free agent now that he caint play with Bobby anymore
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
11:08 pm
anybody know if we are gonna be stuck with the blog on every page from now on?
nolie, stuck with the blog? If I was DOB, I may think you’re a piece of work. Of course, I’m not, so I don’t, but if ….
Moe Berg
November 1st, 2010
11:09 pm
McFann, I think I heard that Wakefield had been nominated many times before finally winning it. It may just be that there are many veterans ahead of your man, but he will probably get it one day.
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
11:09 pm
FALL BALL
Only three games total south of the border tonight with no BRAVES in the line-ups.
TnBrian
November 1st, 2010
11:10 pm
Alright Lou Vales, you have me wishing I wasn’t a Braves fan, or a fan of any Atlanta professional sports team. You booger. That was your goal, to make us feel silly rooting for any Atlanta team. You won. You won. I’m no longer a fan of ANYTHING Atlanta.
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
11:13 pm
N8
I’m gonna have to make sure I get to the place that sells the Blue Moon. The main reason I was asking cabravesfan for the details on the orange slices is because, compared to lime and lemon slices, they are bigger and so much more juicier.
TnBrian
November 1st, 2010
11:15 pm
Correct on Chipper, Lou. This guy goes to the DL if he sleeps on a matress not to his liking. I do wish CJ would’ve hung ‘em up. He still can play. The key word is “play”, something he doesn’t do much of anymore. He’s a liability with his health.
I assume you were talking about Chipper?
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:15 pm
Tom-
And they taste really good with the Blue Moon
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:15 pm
he’s wrong anyway TnB, Braves have one Giants have one…first one in 56 years I think which shows how meaningless ol’ Lou’s rant was.
Braveheart
November 1st, 2010
11:16 pm
It does seem kinda bizarre to complain about the blog being on every page. Kinda like complaining that they keep playing these silly baseball games every time I show up at the park.
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:17 pm
N8-
Not sure if you are aware, but Blue Moon is actually brewed with orange peel…that’s why it tastes so good with the fruit
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
11:17 pm
KEITH’S, MOOSEHEAD, LABATTS. MORETTI, PERONI…………don’t pity the east coast for beer drinking.
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
11:18 pm
I heard that Robert is a free agent now that he caint play with Bobby anymore — nolie
al Qaeda is always looking.
Moe Berg
November 1st, 2010
11:19 pm
“Kinda like complaining that they keep playing these silly baseball games every time I show up at the park.”
What? It doesn’t bother you that you can’t hit a pause button to go grab a hot dog?
David O'Brien
November 1st, 2010
11:19 pm
Troy Glaus, Eric Hinske and Derrek Lee were among the 142 players who became free agents after last out of World Series. No surprises there. Players don’t file anymore, just become free agents and have five-day exclusive negotiating period with current team, down from old 15-day period. After five days, they can negotiate and sign with any team.
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:20 pm
nothing against DOB’s writing, but I only hafta read it once and i can actually remember what it said. Takes up room and makes refreshing take longer, Seems like fewrer comments per page
TnBrian
November 1st, 2010
11:20 pm
nolie, Lou goes on these tirades, don’t he? He comes out of nowhere with them. He’s always done this. Sometimes he’s okay I think.
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
11:20 pm
15
pameee
November 1st, 2010
11:20 pm
It’s not so much as having the blog on each page as looking at that damn Francoeur. He and Clint Hurdle turns my stomach.
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:22 pm
richbrave-
Blue Moon. Fat Tire, Full Sail, Sierra Nevada, KONA…My brother actually found one the other day that is aged in whiskey barrels and has like double the alcohol content…and isn’t Peroni Italian? You can’t claim foreign beers!
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
11:23 pm
All right, the moments over since the BRAVES are NOT celebrating with the bubbly. Time to turn our sights to building the 2011 roster.
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:23 pm
17 ¾
TnBrian
November 1st, 2010
11:23 pm
They need to retain Hinske, I think.
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
11:24 pm
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:22 pm
richbrave-
Blue Moon. Fat Tire, Full Sail, Sierra Nevada, KONA…My brother actually found one the other day that is aged in whiskey barrels and has like double the alcohol content…and isn’t Peroni Italian? You can’t claim foreign beers!
So’s all the one’s I mentioned, but I drink ‘um and I live on the east coast.
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
11:25 pm
16
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:25 pm
I think they need a rightie FB instead this year TnB
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:27 pm
richbrave-
Does Canadian beer count as foreign?
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:27 pm
18 ⅔
pameee
November 1st, 2010
11:27 pm
McCarver made some good points. The Giants beat D Lowe, T Hudson, R Halladay, Cole Hamels, R Oswalt and Cliff Lee.
They won and deserved this World Series.
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:27 pm
is it a foreign country?
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:28 pm
nolie-
Sort of
David O'Brien
November 1st, 2010
11:29 pm
nolie: By putting the blog atop every page, we’re just trying to provide something for people to complain about until spring training. We tried doing that with one long, continuous scroll of comments, but the complaints were slightly more than we were looking for. This is our Plan B.
Rob from SC
November 1st, 2010
11:29 pm
David O’Brien
Where did you see the list?
pameee
November 1st, 2010
11:31 pm
But Jeff Francoer my goodness!
CALIF. FAN ALSO
November 1st, 2010
11:31 pm
Congrats to the Giants!!!!!!! Eewwwwwwwwwwwww!!
Guess the Giants had a date with destiny! Just before the playoffs started rumors out west were that Cody Ross would be left off the roster, Jose Guillen was to be the RF. Then came the sore neck thing about Guillen, we know the real reason now due to media leaks.
When the playoffs started Edgar wasn’t going to be the starter at SS, it was suppose to be Uribe.
Tim Lincecum gets bombed in game 1, 4 ER in 5 innings but it doesn’t matter, Giants put up an 8 spot while he was giving up the 4.
Madison B came out of nowhere to impress.
Seems just about everything Bochy did turned to gold.
Oh well, at least the NL prevailed & the Yanks & Phils were left to watch from at home also!!!!!!!!
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
11:31 pm
I don’t know if we’ll ever get to 10,000 posts, but with only 50 posts per page, and nolie and richbrave throwing out numbers …. is there a chance for 100 pages?
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:32 pm
I liked the single page myself , just wondering if this was still a glitch
Kat
November 1st, 2010
11:34 pm
David…..your sarcasm is always amusing.
Rob from SC
November 1st, 2010
11:34 pm
DOB
Is there a list of players who already filed for FA
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:34 pm
Seems just about everything Bochy did turned to gold.
yeah that’s the way it goes sometimes, but Bochy is a pretty decent manager too IMO
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:34 pm
nolie-
I think you were the only one that liked the single page
Steve from OH
November 1st, 2010
11:35 pm
DOB–I like the new format. Allows to choose between pagination and the single-page view…and I like the blog at the top.
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
11:36 pm
… we’re just trying to provide something for people to complain about … — DOB
Ha,ha! Not exactly a task that should require too much thinking.
Steve from OH
November 1st, 2010
11:37 pm
N8–Rolling Rock w/lime? Doesn’t need it, IMO…
Braveheart
November 1st, 2010
11:38 pm
Just messing with ya nolie. I could do without seeing that fugly Rasmus so much though. For some reason, In that photo, Rasmus kinda looks to me like that killer from No Country For Old Men.
CALIF. FAN ALSO
November 1st, 2010
11:38 pm
Nolie—-yeah that’s the way it goes sometimes, but Bochy is a pretty decent manager too IMO
Agree with you. Wasn’t knocking him. In fact he’s 7-3 against the Braves in the playoffs.
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:39 pm
well actually CAB i like the old format with one blog at the beginning and 100 comment pages the best. Seems to refresh faster and I have less trouble keeping track of where I am with my senile old brain. Changes can be sooo vexing….especially when you’re old as dirt and dumber than a box of rocks
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
11:40 pm
DOB–I like the new format. Allows to choose between pagination and the single-page view…and I like the blog at the top.
Steve, I never did ask you, are you going to become a proctologist?
BravesFanChris26
November 1st, 2010
11:40 pm
Now is the time to talk about the 2011 season >_>
Rob from SC
November 1st, 2010
11:42 pm
DOB
Don’t leave me hanging
Steve from OH
November 1st, 2010
11:42 pm
Tom–we prefer “colorectal surgeons.”
Braveheart
November 1st, 2010
11:44 pm
I just voted a minute ago in the poll above that the Giants would win it all in 5 games. Proud of myself. Only 57 of us predicted it.
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
11:45 pm
Ouch!
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
11:45 pm
throwing out numbers
Steve from OH
November 1st, 2010
11:46 pm
But seriously, not goin’ anywhere near that field, I think.
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
11:46 pm
17
monty
November 1st, 2010
11:46 pm
Giants pitching was awesome. Who needs hitting when you can pitch like that. BEst pitching staff in baseball, Lincecum,Cain, sanchez, Bumgarter. Said like “I think we need a bigger boat.” I think we need better pitching to match up with the likes of San Fran. No, I guess we just needed Meds, Prado, Heyward(hurt and played but never was the same) and Chipper and Wags not to go down.
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
11:47 pm
But seriously, right back at you, what field are you going to?
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
11:48 pm
David O’Brien
November 1st, 2010
11:29 pm
nolie: By putting the blog atop every page, we’re just trying to provide something for people to complain about until spring training. We tried doing that with one long, continuous scroll of comments, but the complaints were slightly more than we were looking for. This is our Plan B.
LOL
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:48 pm
just keep both hands off a patient’s shoulders at the same time if you do Steve
Steve from OH
November 1st, 2010
11:50 pm
Eh, my top two right now are neurosurg and ortho, but God knows what I’ll like once I do my rotations. Plus, I really gotta ace the board exam to be competitive for those two, so that’s always looming over my head. I’m more interested in surgery than medicine right now, but where I’m at in two years is what matters…
richbrave
November 1st, 2010
11:50 pm
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:27 pm
richbrave-
Does Canadian beer count as foreign?
To Canadians it does ,but with NAFTA maybe not; so MEXICAN beer would be in too.
N8
November 1st, 2010
11:51 pm
“Not sure if you are aware, but Blue Moon is actually brewed with orange peel…that’s why it tastes so good with the fruit” cabravesfan
I was not aware of that. I’m not much into beer history, beer creation or details. Only whether it tastes good or not. For the most part, I’m not a beer guy. I’ll occasionally have a Bud-Light, but more of a shot and mixed drink guy.
But I was at a wedding this summer, where they had Blue Moon on tap as the “free” beer, and it was pretty damn good. So I bought some.
But thanks for the info. That makes perfect sense.
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:53 pm
richbrave-
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
11:53 pm
Very ambitious, either way. I wish you luck, Steve.
McFann O O – 6
November 1st, 2010
11:53 pm
Moe Berg It may just be that there are many veterans ahead of your man, but he will probably get it one day.
Oh yes! And anyway, regardless of actually winning the awards, no good deed goes unnoticed!
Night, all!
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:54 pm
N8-
I don’t really drink a lot of beer either (except at football games) but I prefer the micro brews when I do drink it
Steve from OH
November 1st, 2010
11:54 pm
Thanks…I’m gonna need it.
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:54 pm
Night McFann!
Tom O'Hawke
November 1st, 2010
11:56 pm
Good night, McFann
N8
November 1st, 2010
11:57 pm
“N8- Have you had the Blue Moon Full Moon or the Harvest Ale?” Innocent Bystander
I’m pretty sure that the Harvest Ale is what I have in my fridge. I guess I never thought that the stuff I had on tap at the wedding might have been a different brew. Perhaps that’s why it seemed so much better? Guess I wasn’t thinking that there was differenent brews. When I bought the 12-pack it was the only Blue Moon there. So I just assumed it was all that was available.
“… compared to lime and lemon slices, they are bigger and so much more juicier.” Tom O’Hawke
That’s why I think the orange slice works better for it on tap, where you’ve got a big glass to work with. I poured my bottle into a glass at home and threw an orange slice in, but yeah… trying to jam an orange slice into a bottle might be tough!
nolie
November 1st, 2010
11:58 pm
microbrews? what they put beer in those same lil’ bottles you get your scotch in on airplanes?
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:59 pm
trying to jam an orange slice into a bottle might be tough!
It’s doable…trust me
cabravesfan
November 1st, 2010
11:59 pm
nolie-
NO!
Tom O'Hawke
November 2nd, 2010
12:01 am
N8
That’s exactly what I was thinking. When I do sample the Blue Moon, I’ll probably pour the bottle into a pilsner glass, or mug, and then juice it up.
N8
November 2nd, 2010
12:01 am
Braveheart at 11:44….. That was funny.
I really honestly didn’t think that the Giants would win it all when the playoffs began. But I do remember saying that if Lincecum and Cain got hot at the same time, they could pull a Randy Johnson/Curt Schilling on whoever they faced.
Who thought they would do it for 3 straight series (along with the 3rd and 4th starters matching them for the most part)? Add to that, who the hell saw Cody Ross and Edgar Renteria doing what they did?
Crazy.
nolie
November 2nd, 2010
12:04 am
crapshoot
Braveheart
November 2nd, 2010
12:04 am
Gotta love this quote Rosenthal had from a scout in early September:
A scout who attended Tim Lincecum’s recent eight-inning, one-run start against the Rockies, says, “That’s the best I’ve seen him all year. His stuff is not back, but he’s getting people out. He was getting his curveball over. His command was better. But I’m not seeing more arm strength. It was about average, at times a click above. It will be an interesting question this winter: Where is he? What does he have left? I think he’ll end up in the bullpen.”
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/would-derek-jeter-take-less-money-to-help-new-york-yankees-contend-090610
N8
November 2nd, 2010
12:07 am
We recently had the first annual “Beer Fest” about a month ago. It was basically a sample-fest from the local distributors of some of their more exotic brews and some off the wall specialty items.
There was 32 booths, and you got a 4 oz. cup/sample from each booth. They gave you a punch card when you came in and you could either get 1 from each booth, or if you chose, had all 32 samples from the same booth, or any combination of your favorites.
I only did about 24 of them and by the end of the night was hovering around the Blue Moon booth and the Sam Adams Octoberfest.
Some of it was so thick, you had to chew it. I’m not a huge dark beer fan. Not a fan at all, actually. But it was pretty cool. Free food. Band playing and by the end of the night, those 4 oz samples were slightly bigger.
I wouldn’t have gone but a friend of ours bought the tickets for us. Now I can’t wait for next year.
Tom O'Hawke
November 2nd, 2010
12:08 am
crapshoot
nolie, were you addressing cabravesfan about the orange, or Steve about proctology?