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Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
10:32 pm
richbrave
Thanks. I added them to your “file”. I actually have a file of music from both nolie and you.
One of these days I’ll have to tell you about how deep I got into that last list you gave me.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
10:32 pm
Well now Tom I’m a rebel in that respect – I’m not a big BBQ fan!
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
10:34 pm
richbrave – anything in the “Bourne” movies has got to be good!
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
10:37 pm
Yeah, MIBravesFan, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn. They say us northern boys don’t know squat about bbq.
(Oh, and me neither.)
Trey
November 27th, 2010
10:40 pm
If anyone wants to see a good movie you should check out Faster.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
10:40 pm
Tom, if you’re a Nittany Lion, by definition that makes you a “northern boy”!
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
10:42 pm
That’s right. I also live in the mountains (hills to nolie) in the summer.
Bravefaninok
November 27th, 2010
10:45 pm
Trey
November 27th, 2010
10:40 pm
If anyone wants to see a good movie you should check out Faster.
We seen unstoppable yesterday.I give it 5 stars!
Trey
November 27th, 2010
10:48 pm
Bravesfaninok, that was a great movie. Denzel Washington was amazing.
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
10:49 pm
I was only going to monitor the Notre Dame vs USC game, because cabravesfan and Venice Jim are at the game. But I haven’t missed a play yet! This is a hell of a game. Still tied at 13 in the 4th quarter.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
10:57 pm
Thanks for the update Tom – will turn the game on.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
10:59 pm
Well that’s good for cabravesfan and VJ!
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:01 pm
USC takes the lead with a field goal with 6:26 left in the game. You should see the weather there. It’s probably as bad as it gets for Southern California. Rainy, foggy, cold (for there). If it gets much foggier, I won’t be able to see the field.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:01 pm
Anyone here remember Three Dog Night?
Bravefaninok
November 27th, 2010
11:02 pm
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:01 pm
Anyone here remember Three Dog Night?
The band that sang jerimiah was a bullfrog?
richbrave
November 27th, 2010
11:03 pm
FALL BALL:
AUSSIE-LAND
No BRAVES played today.
DOMINICAN
Lead-off CF JOSE CONSTANZA may be diminuative in stature, but the dude carries a big whuppin’ stick. He’s 2-5, 1 R, 1 3B (3), 1 SO, .437 in 71 AB’s.
1B ‘45′ GOMEZ continues to absorb drubbngs at the plate going 0-4, 2 SO, .293 BA.
Likewise newbie C WILKIN CASTILLO, 0-4, 1 SO, .180 BA. Ugh!
MEXICO
DH BARBARO CANIZARES has another quiet afternoon, 0-4,.330 BA.
2B JOE THURSTON 1-3, 1 RBI (4), 1 BB, .244 BA.
CF MATT YOUNG, 1-3, 1 R, .379 BA, game in progress, bottom of the seventh.
PUERTO RICO
C ORLANDO MERCADO 0-2, 1 RBI (8), .294 BA.
VENEZUELA
RH/SP VLAD ‘THE IMPALER’ NUNEZ finishes out the string before tuning to coaching with a nifty 5.2 inning start and a win, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 6.57 ERA.
C JC BOSCAN goes 0-1 today, .200 BA.
SS LUIS ‘THE LIBERATOR’ BOLIVAR goes 0-3, .237 BA.
LH/RP LUIS AVILAN relieves him, gets his third hold, and goes 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 6.57 ERA.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:04 pm
“Bravefaninok
November 27th, 2010
11:02 pm
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:01 pm
Anyone here remember Three Dog Night?
The band that sang jerimiah was a bullfrog?”
Yep!
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:09 pm
Touchdown for Notre Dame. 20 – 16 with 2:23 left.
A very wet and cold and pissed cabravesfan? Poor VJ. He should’ve got outa there at half time like I told him.
(One is the lonliest number …)
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:09 pm
richbrave – not only do I appreciate the updates you give us for the Braves players playing in the winter leagues, but I love the way you do it.
“RH/SP VLAD ‘THE IMPALER’ NUNEZ finishes out the string before tuning to coaching with a nifty 5.2 inning start and a win, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 6.57 ERA”
Talk about a nickname for a closer!
richbrave
November 27th, 2010
11:10 pm
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
10:34 pm
richbrave – anything in the “Bourne” movies has got to be good!
Two thumbs up MIBravesFan.
But my wife just gave it the thumbs down. I guess the heavy bass-line and repetitious metallic beat was not Latin enough for her tender ears. LOL.
TOM O’ HAWKE:
‘Deep’ ……..O-o-o-o………sounds mysterious. Can hardly wait TOM.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:11 pm
“Tom O’Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:09 pm
Touchdown for Notre Dame. 20 – 16 with 2:23 left.
A very wet and cold and pissed cabravesfan? Poor VJ. He should’ve got outa there at half time like I told him.
(One is the lonliest number …)”
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:12 pm
Maybe “extensively” would have been a better choice of word, richbrave.
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:14 pm
MIBravesFan, did you just see Ronald Johnson miss that touchdown pass for USC?
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:14 pm
This is what happened to the men of Troy . . . . “Hector” deserved a better fate!
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:15 pm
Yes, Tom! Hey, not done yet!
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:16 pm
Yeah, they still have time.
(The ink is black, the page is white, together ….)
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:17 pm
Bleeep!!! Sorry cabravesfan! (And VJ!)
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:17 pm
Interception, Notre Dame, damn it.
richbrave
November 27th, 2010
11:17 pm
Time to pack it in. Had to play the MOSCOW CLUB just to get a rise out of her. NYTOL.
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:19 pm
cabravesfan is praying for a fumble recovery
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:19 pm
Nite’ richbrave
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:20 pm
I have never played the “Moscow Club” richbrave – I just saw it came from one of the Matt Damon/”Jason Bourne” movies and assumed it was good. Were you trying to make a point?
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:22 pm
Exciting game, tough result for our LAd and LAdy.
(Easy to be Hard …) OK, I’ll stop now, MIBravesFan
Steve McP
November 27th, 2010
11:22 pm
Richbrave – when you say there are no games in Aussie Land, the Ashes are being played for by England and Australia and it is very important to both Brits and Aussies. Good to see Strauss and Cook putting England back in the game (probably only cricket, dogsbrekky, chappelli and Peter Moylan will understand this!)
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:25 pm
Funny thing about that, Tom – something I read today reminded me of a song of theirs, and I knew I had this CD. And of course I have the CD for a reason (or reasons).
I had forgotten it. 
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:29 pm
And of course I have the CD for a reason (or reasons).
Lady (or ladies)?
nolie
November 27th, 2010
11:31 pm
two things Brian.
one, stats allow you to know what happens every play not just the ones that you get to see which because of small sample size and/or emotional context of the event can bias your perception. And I am not nearly as staty as many here, I was a scout first and foremost and that had nothing to do with stats.
Two, not all ratings are based solely on stats. For instance,as I have explained severat times, the Fielding Bible’s rankings are based on voting by ten knowledgeable baseball people from all approaches, buth stats and observation.
Gonzo is an above average defender. If only he could hit as well as he plays short….
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:31 pm
Not in my case Tom. no!!!
Soph
November 27th, 2010
11:33 pm
Congrats Dawgs.
Sorry Techies.
Condolences to VJ. Hopefully, you’ll survive cabalicious’s wrath to see this.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:37 pm
“Out in the Country” (and no, for those who don’t know any better, it was not about that!)
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:38 pm
ten knowledgeable baseball people from all approaches
Would that be ex-ballplayers, coaches or scouts hired to do this, nolie?
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:40 pm
“Joy to the World”
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:41 pm
Well there was Kermit who also a frog!
McFann O O
November 27th, 2010
11:43 pm
Boo.
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:43 pm
I don’t want you to reveal anything personal, MIBravesFan. I just took a shot.
Something you won’t hear being sung on the way back from the USC game, “Joy to the World”.
Apparently, when I said “I’ll stop now”, I was fibbing.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:43 pm
“An Old Fashioned Love Song”
AdirondackDave
November 27th, 2010
11:43 pm
Seems like Matty Diaz may be non-tendered, which puzzles me so I checked his career numbers. The guy has the equivalent of 3 full seasons in the majors (1502 ABs). If you figure his production based on 3 full seasons it comes to this:
.301 Lifetime B.A.
.350 OBP
.806 OPS
26 doubles per year
4 triples per year
14 homers per year.
Not all-star numbers but they ain’t chopped liver either. Seems like there should be trade value there. How about re-signing him and then trading him for mid-level prospect or ??
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:44 pm
McFann, did you just get back?
Soph
November 27th, 2010
11:44 pm
Sorry McFann. At least cab knows how you feel.
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:46 pm
Geez, MIBravesFan. Did you have to post “Joy to the World” while I was typing it out?
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:46 pm
Anyone seen “In Her Shoes”?
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:48 pm
I can’t read your mind Tom!
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:48 pm
“Pieces of April”?
Mr. Neutral
November 27th, 2010
11:48 pm
Did you hear Randy Shannon was fired?
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:50 pm
I’ll be right back, MIBravesFan. Eli’s coming.
nolie
November 27th, 2010
11:50 pm
TOM, writers like Gammons and Pos, a couple of guys who were scouts, and some stats guys. nothing is perfect but it’s a fairly well rounded approach, especially for folks who are tied into stats alone all that strongly.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:50 pm
I did hear that Neutral. That program …..
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:51 pm
Tom – you crack me up! Did you ever watch that “Eli Stone” show on ABC at all?!
nolie
November 27th, 2010
11:53 pm
James and Neyer are on it as is the guy who created the game Strat-o-matic game. Olkin consults for several major league twams and John Dewan is almost as well thought of as James in the stats crowd.
nolie
November 27th, 2010
11:54 pm
Eli was cool, MIBF.
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:55 pm
I have U2 “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” and Keith Urban “Be Here” – what to play, what to play?
MIBravesFan
November 27th, 2010
11:55 pm
I thought so too, nolie
Tom O'Hawke
November 27th, 2010
11:57 pm
Hey, nolie, if that’s the one you like best, I’m in!
Yes I did, MIBravesFan. I liked it. I thought it had a different twist to it. Sorry to see it got cancelled.
McFann O O
November 28th, 2010
12:00 am
Tom O’Hawke—
Oh, no…I would have posted during the game, but I was already water-coloring and listening to my iPod while watching the game—I haven’t quite mastered the art of quadruple-tasking.
Heck, at least it wasn’t too much of a blowout. I missed some parts, but I don’t think they exactly laid down and died or anything…dang turnovers, though…
Soph—
Thanks!
At least cab knows how you feel.
Ha, true!
Though she may take it a little harder, I don’t know—I like GTech, but I save my “real” emotions for the Braves 
McFann O O
November 28th, 2010
12:01 am
I would like to know who stole my finale exclamation point…
MIBravesFan—
“Be Here” is an excellent album.
MIBravesFan
November 28th, 2010
12:05 am
McFann – I know it is!
Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
12:06 am
McFann
I’m still hoping to, one day, be able to dual-task. cabravesfan was at the game, and the weather was miserable. It’s VJ that I am now most concerned with.
MIB, I’m sure that cab & VJ won’t have any reason to celebrate.
Russell Bell
November 28th, 2010
12:06 am
I have U2 “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” and Keith Urban “Be Here” – what to play, what to play?
I’m going with my current guilty pleasure – the new Kanye West album, My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted, Fantasy.
A very schizophrenic pop album that has me reaching for the repeat button frequently. I’m only a nominal hip-hop fan (mostly a hard rock and metal kinda guy), so I don’t think genre bias is playing into my interest in the album.
Anyway, not really recommending the new Kanye record. I don’t think it would go over with the average bloggerite. But in case anyone is feeling adventurous, I think its a pretty hypnotic album.
MIBravesFan
November 28th, 2010
12:09 am
“Days Go by”
MIBravesFan
November 28th, 2010
12:10 am
There is no blog like this anywhere! Anywhere!
Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
12:12 am
nolie
You mentioned before that 10 knowledgeable baseball people do the voting for the Fielding Bible. Do they have a network of people that they consult with, that are around the game, or do they cover all 30 teams themselves?
McFann O O
November 28th, 2010
12:16 am
MIBravesFan—
“I cann feel ‘em flyin’ like a hand out the window in the wind…” I like to play “Better Life” when the Braves are in a losing streak and/or BMac’s having a rough time of it…
Tom O’Hawke—
Multitasking cann be such a pain since I can’t do it rightly…though listening to the iPod while drawing/coloring/painting isn’t so hard unless I’m getting to into the drum beat—can’t color to a rhythm if you want the picture to come out right.
And listening to music while writing? Haha! Ferget it…
Cabravesfan went to a game? Ha,
that shows how much I looked at the Blog today. Sorry she had such a miserable time…Look out, V. Jim!
MIBravesFan
November 28th, 2010
12:22 am
“McFann O O
November 28th, 2010
12:16 am
MIBravesFan—
“I cann feel ‘em flyin’ like a hand out the window in the wind…” I like to play “Better Life” when the Braves are in a losing streak and/or BMac’s having a rough time of it…”
I love “Days Go By” and “These Are The Days”
nolie
November 28th, 2010
12:23 am
well Gammons, Pos and Neyer all have huge networks. The stats guys are involved with watching every play of every game. These are all pretty big name guys who have huge networks along with what they themselves see. all defensive metrics have more subjectivity involved in them that pitching or hitting stats because of the way they are gathered, so they are less exact than those other stats. I don’t care too much for UZR cause it is a long term stat. _/- is better fot short term-one or two years or less- and the FB voting looks at them from all angles.
Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
12:24 am
McFann, Multitasking cann be such a pain since I can’t do it rightly…
You’re lucky you’re a female. We males can’t do it at all!
nolie
November 28th, 2010
12:24 am
the is +/-
McFann O O
November 28th, 2010
12:25 am
MIBravesFan—
Yeah, those are very good ones— “Country Comfort” is another of my faves…
Tom O’Hawke—
nolie
November 28th, 2010
12:25 am
hey dummy speak for yourself. I can walk and talk just fine almost all the time
McFann O O
November 28th, 2010
12:26 am
nolie hey dummy speak for yourself.
Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
12:30 am
nolie, sorry. You must be an exception.
Is this Fielding Bible something you have to subscribe to? I can only seem to find their fielding awards.
Creepy Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
12:37 am
Is there a female on this board that’s safe from my advances?!
Hey Soph, wanna cyber?
MIBravesFan
November 28th, 2010
12:43 am
You cannot divorce your siblings! For better or worse, you’re bonded!
Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
12:45 am
Excuse me while I go to take my allergy medicine.
I start sneezing when A-holes come around.
Creepy Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
12:48 am
creepy IS as creepy DOES!
Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
12:53 am
Hey, DOB, you should be popping in here soon. Who’s this dude, really? You can check that out, can’t you?
MIBravesFan
November 28th, 2010
12:55 am
Real Tom – just ignore him.
Russell Bell
November 28th, 2010
12:59 am
Its been a while since the trolls came out from under the bridge to stretch their legs.
ward
November 28th, 2010
1:03 am
Time for the Fighting Irish song…… you guy’s know how it goes……….
Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
1:04 am
Ha, ha, MIBravesFan. That’s a little tough when, for a while, it was just the two of us on here.
I don’t have a real problem with him/her/it. I just don’t understand how they find it entertaining. The grammar and punctuation are good, at least for the small sample size, so they’re not totally uneducated. So what’s the point? It’s not entertaining to the blog. Does he/she/it really find this entertaining? If so, knock yourself out.
I do appreciate the word “Creepy” in front of my name. At least he/she/it makes it discernable from me.
Venice Jim
November 28th, 2010
1:04 am
Tom – we are home – I watched the end of the game with cab’s mother under the stands – she was not clever enough to come in out of the rain…
ward
November 28th, 2010
1:07 am
On word to victory !!!!!!!!!
Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
1:09 am
ward
Congratulations, but stay away from cabravesfan for at least 7 months, or so.
Coach (2011 and Fredi G. a GO!)
November 28th, 2010
1:11 am
This is for all you baseball junkies like me
This is a link to an MLnetwork blog called Spandemonium where he lists most if not all the eligible players for the upcoming rule V draft. Scroll down to the Rangers players and their is a very familiar name listed.
http://denardspanfan.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/11/every-player-eligible-for-the-2010-rule-5-draft-1.html
Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
1:12 am
Hi, VJ
We all became very concerned for you, tonight. I’m glad to see that you’re still able to type.
I actually kept everyone (all 2 of us) apprised of what was happening during your game.
ward
November 28th, 2010
1:13 am
Tom O’ Hawke: He must be taking it hard then. I guess Crab didn’t like the song at the end,but you got it friend.
Venice Jim
November 28th, 2010
1:13 am
I noticed – just scrolled through before checking in…
Venice Jim
November 28th, 2010
1:15 am
“he” and “Crab” – nice move by the wardmeister…
Soph
November 28th, 2010
1:16 am
Poor Crab. He’ll never hear the end of it.
Tom O'Hawke
November 28th, 2010
1:19 am
ward – she (alumna), not he. cab, not crab (don’t make it worse).
ward
November 28th, 2010
1:20 am
Here is one! By the trade deadline next year: Mclouth, and Diory Hernandez for Ellsbury.