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nolie
January 3rd, 2011
8:42 pm
agree VaBF
Bat Masterson
January 3rd, 2011
8:43 pm
I meant that you were first, several comments jumped up that made my question unclear. Even so if it’s not PL it’s someone doing a PL impression.
Coach (2011 Fredi G.a Go!))
January 3rd, 2011
8:44 pm
Our 2011 Braves will win with or without Chipper, which is both good for the team and bad for the player. But I think Chipper already knows this to be true. Just remember, Cox ain’t in the dugout and the new line up’s are gonna be surprising.
The only two sure bets are Uggla in the clean up spot and Freeman batting eighth. The rest of the line up will be change from game to game.
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
8:45 pm
I wish you guys would stop feeding the rodents, especially the rabid ones. It’s tough enough to keep the vermin off here without feeding them.
Trey
January 3rd, 2011
8:45 pm
Bat, they are doing it pretty well. I guess it will be found out later on for sure.
Bat Masterson
January 3rd, 2011
8:46 pm
make it one night without blowing his top and completely embarrassing himself.
jeffery, if you think that embarrasses him I think you are underestimating his narcissism.
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
8:49 pm
Some people sure know how to make an entrance…
nolie
January 3rd, 2011
8:50 pm
The only two sure bets are Uggla in the clean up spot coach
thought Fredi already claimed McC as cleanup?
VaBravesFan
January 3rd, 2011
8:51 pm
I think Heyward should be batting 3rd, but Chipper should start the season in that spot. See how it goes for a bit with our new slugger in the 4hole behind him. Heyward in the 2hole isnt a bad thing, he has the speed, OBP and will also get alot more AB’s. Regardless folks Heyward is the future we’ll have plenty of time to watch JHey batting 3rd.
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
8:51 pm
jeffrey d
“There’s about 3 other guys in our rotation I’d rather see starting over Lowe”
No Way dude, Lowe Clowned The Last 6 weeks of the season after his session with Roger McDowell before that Nats Game in DC i believe in Late August
Lowe earned his 15 mill the last 6 weeks of the season
.Real_Braves_Fan
January 3rd, 2011
8:52 pm
,,,Trey………….it makes perfect sense for McCann and Uggla to alternate hitting in #4 and #5 (depending on whether a lefty or righty is starting on the mound).
I’m not totally sold on McLousy hitting #1 either. However, if the Braves are going to play him, it has to be with the hope that he can rebound (the Braves need speed at the lead-off spot).
However, the Braves are not totally dependent on The Gimper being rebounding, because Jason Heyward can more than do the job hitting #3.
The only other spot in the order that I can see The Gimper (assuming he’s healthy) hitting……..is #2. If you inserted The Gimper in the #2 hole……..then the following line-up would make sense:
1. Martin Prado
2. The Gimper
3. Jason Heyward
4. Brian McCann
5. Dan Uggla
6. Alex Gonzalez
7. Freddie Freeman
8. Nate McLouth
However, it makes little sense to have Heyward hitting #6. With his combination of speed and power, you want Heyward getting as many at-bats in RBI situations as possible.
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
8:52 pm
Hi, cabravesfan. Happy January 3rd!
Jake W.
January 3rd, 2011
8:52 pm
.dude, it doesnt take much to impress people who live in The South. If O’brainless worked for a real newspaper (the N.Y. fans would rip him for all the softball questions that he’s asked Bobby Cox over the years).
Softball questions huh, well what “hardball” questions out there would have exactly stomped Bobby or how about this, what effect of having the so called “hard questions” asked would that have had on the braves on the field. You really think Bobby would let some newspaper or media person bully him into changing his on the field plans? Have you ever seen Bobby answer questions, he’s going to answer them the way he wants no matter how “tough” the question is.
Glad to know we’d get the real scoop in New York though. Warms the heart.
jeffrey d
January 3rd, 2011
8:53 pm
I meant in the eyes of everyone else. To him, he’s right and the rest of the world is a bunch of morons. To him, “ncpoots” and “jeffrey deez nuts” are a hilarious and insurmountable burns that leave us soaking in aloe for weeks.
But to the rest of us, it’s only saddening/angering to see that man can have such a selfish, hateful, and cruel side (don’t meant to imply that he’s the only one…everyone’s got it – just shows us that man in his natural state is broken. PL is just a lot less….empathetic than most)
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
8:54 pm
Hi Tom
Same to you…I think…
jeffrey d
January 3rd, 2011
8:55 pm
No Way dude, Lowe Clowned The Last 6 weeks of the season
And he sucked the first 30 months. I’m not convinced
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
8:55 pm
I thought PL got Bozo’d about a week and a 1/2 ago…?
VaBravesFan
January 3rd, 2011
8:56 pm
If Nate gets it together and can be a solid lead off man, I tell ya this lineup looks alot better.
jeffrey d
January 3rd, 2011
8:56 pm
Anyway, I return to work tomorrow after this lovely 2 week +1 day winter break. Hope everyone has a wonderful evening.
Trey
January 3rd, 2011
8:56 pm
Tomahawkin, he did.
nolie
January 3rd, 2011
8:57 pm
15mil per 6 weeks, wow talk about your big contracts
Snotboogie
January 3rd, 2011
8:57 pm
Stanford = Helmet Stickers gone Wild!
Worse than UGA and OSU.
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
8:58 pm
JD
Its Odd that I’m actually High on Lowe Now because of what he did the last 6 weeks, Put your money on him winning 17-18 games
Trey
January 3rd, 2011
8:58 pm
Well, Real Braves Fan, only time and spring traning will tell. C.Jones will be batting third and the necessary adjustments will hopefully be made. No one can predict how Jones or McLouth will hit next season; just let time do the telling.
nolie
January 3rd, 2011
8:59 pm
doesn’t matter T’. you caint keep someone off the blog if he/she wants to go to the effort of getting back
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
9:00 pm
I thought PL got Bozo’d about a week and a 1/2 ago…?
David kicks him out on his ass everytime he shows up here. At least twice today. Why do you think he has to keep changing his moniker, because he’s bored?
VaBravesFan
January 3rd, 2011
9:01 pm
We have 4 starting pitchers capable of winning 15 or more games.
Bat Masterson
January 3rd, 2011
9:01 pm
jeffery d_
I get it, I was just using it as an excuse to call him a narcissist, like I needed one, right. Sorry to drag you into it.
Jake W.
January 3rd, 2011
9:02 pm
Speaking of college football, how long before we can add the Big 10 to the “sisters of the poor” category? Ohio State the last hope, just a bad weekend for that conference.
Soph
January 3rd, 2011
9:03 pm
I meant good luck returning to work but if you have or had Taco Bell, good luck with that too.
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:04 pm
Is anyone other than me concerned about the Bullpen?
Easy-E will be the big Question Mark
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:04 pm
Jake-
The Big 10 has become notorious for sucking it up in bowl games…it happens pretty much every year
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:05 pm
I’m hungry
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:06 pm
I could use a Taco Hell Chalupa right about now…
Dammitt TD by Stanford! GRRRRR!
.Real_Braves_Fan
January 3rd, 2011
9:07 pm
Jake W…………..if the Atlanta press put more pressure on Booby Cox when he was making one managerial blunder after another…then perhaps he would have been forced out sooner. The New York media plays a part in managers getting fired on N.Y. teams.
Instead, game after game, we’d get “we hit it right at them” (when asked why we struggled at the plate)…..or…….”they hit a lot of good pitches” (when asked what happened with the pitching)……or….”he’s working hard” (when asked why we cant field the freaking ball). What would media types like O’brainless do? Nothing….but write fluff pieces.
I hope that Fredo actually manages this year….instead of being a cheerleader and apologist that Booby Cox was known as being.
As far as Booby Cox having the success that he did………I’ll quote Sam Grizzle when he asked Phil Helmuth during the 2003 World Series the following: “Phil you cant have pocket aces and kings every hand.” Helmuth responded, “why not, if you’re a World Champion”? Grizzle then said, “What if you’re a goofball who catches cards”?
Booby Cox is a goofball who had good players (mainly great starting pitching).
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:07 pm
Fear the Tree!
Soph
January 3rd, 2011
9:08 pm
I had my celebratory Skittles today. Well worth the wait.
Trey
January 3rd, 2011
9:08 pm
Yup, Bat. I have a pretty good hunch that it is now.
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:09 pm
my skittles are on my desk…too far to reach and I don’t want to get up to get them…
Bravefaninok
January 3rd, 2011
9:09 pm
Easy-E will be the big Question Mark
I am ok with easy-E,Linebrink&Sherrill are the questions for me,If either or both return to their career #s
The pen will be above average.
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:09 pm
Am I the only one who thinks Jim HarBaugh is Overrated?
Jake W.
January 3rd, 2011
9:09 pm
cabravesfan
Yeah, I just find it ironic that Gordon Gee of all people would be throwing stones at Boise and TCU for playing a weak schedule when I have thought the big 10 has been down for a while and just living on its name.
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:10 pm
Jake-
I agree with you…
haggard
January 3rd, 2011
9:11 pm
Hi cab
I’m hungry too and am about to go do something about it.
Bur first, did you notice I stayed up….
until 3AM eastern, New Year’s…….
in honor of you and VJ?
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:12 pm
Jake-
And if I remember correctly, TCU and Boise State actually had higher strength of schedules then Ohio State did…heard that on one of the sports talk radio shows…
haggard
January 3rd, 2011
9:12 pm
Tom O’Hawke
“nolie
I guess there’s nothing wrong with not being able to leave out company.
Hey, our friend haggard is a “good nighting” machine.
He’s gonna get me for that.”
Gotcha !
Soph
January 3rd, 2011
9:12 pm
How ya been, hag? Ready to bring back those e’s?
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:12 pm
For Being such a relic as comapred to newer stadiums, Joe Robbie/Pro Player/Dolphin/Sun Life Stadium still looks nice
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:13 pm
haggard-
I meant to mention that to you! Thanks
Too bad neither of us made it that far… 
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:14 pm
S/O to Haggard!
haggard
January 3rd, 2011
9:14 pm
H’lo Soph
I am indeed and am wishing the season started tomorrow.
Did you have a good Christmas & New Year’s?
Steve from OH
January 3rd, 2011
9:14 pm
The Big 10 has become notorious for sucking it up in bowl games…it happens pretty much every year
Yep, but don’t forget that you can’t base too much off of a postseason game matching up two 7-5 teams. They’re 7-5 power conference teams for a reason (Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde). Oh, and Michigan had no business playing in that game. They had a losing Big 10 record, amongst other things.
That said, trends are trends, and the Big 10 ain’t setting a good one recently, that’s for sure.
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:14 pm
Tomahawkin -
It looks better on TV…
haggard
January 3rd, 2011
9:16 pm
Tomahawkin !!
I thought of you the other night when the conversation turned to good soul. And when I scrolled around the next morning, there you were, good ol’ soul.
Soph
January 3rd, 2011
9:16 pm
Sure did, hag. Went back to work today and was quite sad about it. Did you go anywhere?
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
9:16 pm
Bur first, did you notice I stayed up….
until 3AM eastern, New Year’s…….
in honor of you and VJ?
haggard, I thought you stayed up to keep me and nolie company.
haggard
January 3rd, 2011
9:19 pm
cabravesfan
Awwwww, I know that. I was just emulating VJ from a few nights before, as he stood sentry and watched over the blog.
It was better that you saw it later because by then it was a true surprise, not some random, feflexive shout out.
nolie
January 3rd, 2011
9:20 pm
shows where we stand Tom..
Jake W.
January 3rd, 2011
9:21 pm
And if I remember correctly, TCU and Boise State actually had higher strength of schedules then Ohio State did…heard that on one of the sports talk radio shows…
I know, thats what made the comments kinda comical to me when he first said them, of all people who should have been taking shots at them, the president of Ohio State should have been the last and after this past weekend, i’m sure Boise State and TCU fans are having a good laugh.
haggard
January 3rd, 2011
9:21 pm
Soph
No, I didn’t go anywhere. Just had dinner with a few friends earlier in the evening, then laid low reading Pat Conroy’s “My Reading Life” until the wee hours.
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:22 pm
haggard -
You mean him getting up at 3:30 in the morning to post? Yeah, he took his job seriously
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:22 pm
Yeah,I will be doing nasty obervations on both Linebrink and Sherrill
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
9:23 pm
Yeah, nolie. Especially considering the last New Years cab ushered in s was at 1:30 (an island in Fuji, I think)
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:24 pm
Tom-
Where, exactly, is Fuji?
haggard
January 3rd, 2011
9:25 pm
Tom O’Hawke and nolie
When I’m in the presence of greatness, I tend to listen a great deal. And be at the ready to tend your fire and keep the glasses filled.
Winter Night
Pile high the hickory and the light
Log of chestnut struck by the blight.
Welcome-in the winter night.
The day has gone in hewing and felling,
Sawing and drawing wood to the dwelling
For the night of talk and story-telling.
These are the hours that give the edge
To the blunted axe and the bent wedge,
Straighten the saw and lighten the sledge.
Here are question and reply,
And the fire reflected in the thinking eye.
So peace, and let the bob-cat cry.
—Edna St. Vincent Millay
McFann O O
January 3rd, 2011
9:28 pm
Coach The only two sure bets are Uggla in the clean up spot…
Ha! We WISH!
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:29 pm
Has anyone been to TacoMac…? If So how do they compare with Frontera?
Crime Dog
January 3rd, 2011
9:29 pm
I’m entering Sam Grizzle into the Carl Rose Blog Hall of Fame for Obscure References Idiots Think We Know. I call it the CRBHOFFORITWK, for short.
haggard
January 3rd, 2011
9:29 pm
Okay, off to dinner
but not to bed
Will return to see what ol’ Ton O’ Hawke has said.
Crime Dog
January 3rd, 2011
9:30 pm
Tomahawkin-
Isn’t Frontera a Mexican place? Taco Mac is more wings and burgers and a huuuuuuuuge beer selection.
McFann O O
January 3rd, 2011
9:30 pm
Soph I had my celebratory Skittles today.
Awesome.
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
9:31 pm
You’ll have to ask VJ. He’s up on those half-hour time zones.
If you run into golfer Vijay Singh (ha! another VJ) you can ask him, too.
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:32 pm
TD Va Tech, Game On!
McFann O O
January 3rd, 2011
9:32 pm
Crime Dog Isn’t Frontera a Mexican place?
YES! Love that place…their rice and refried beens are heavenly, especially if you mix ‘em together!
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:32 pm
Tom-
Is Fuji Fiji’s evil twin?
Snotboogie
January 3rd, 2011
9:33 pm
Fiji.
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:34 pm
Snot-
Boo! I wanted to see how long it would take him…
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:35 pm
@ Crime Dog
Yes Frontera is Mexican…
There used to be a Taco Mac down the street from my APT in Norcross/Tucker but they Closed last year, Grrrrrr!!!
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:37 pm
I need a Good Reuben…Outside of the Vortex I havn’t had a good Big Boy Reuben unless I make them myself
Snotboogie
January 3rd, 2011
9:37 pm
Sorry cab. Couldnt resist. Soooo close.
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
9:40 pm
I must have Fuji on the brain. Stayed home all afternoon to sign for a new laptop (new for me). According to the tracking number, it was supposed to arrive today. Now I’ll have to do it all over again tomorrow.
The laptop? Fujitsu Lifebook
Tomahawkin
January 3rd, 2011
9:43 pm
VA Tech! COME ON!!!
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:44 pm
Tom-
Don’t you love that? Last year while I was still living in my house, my gas water heater went out and I couldn’t get it started so I called the gas company. They said they would be there by 6:00 that night…waited until 8 before I finally called. I was told the guy came, but could not find a place to park so he left. Never called, didn’t bother to park in my driveway to ask if it was ok, just left. And so we had no hot water for another 24 hours until the guy could come back the following night…between 4-8 pm (he showed up around 9)
Bat Masterson
January 3rd, 2011
9:45 pm
If you run into golfer Vijay Singh (ha! another VJ) you can ask him, too.
I saw him hole out a bunker shot at the Atlanta Country Club a few years ago. The green was just below eye level and he was directly across from me, about 60 or 70 feet, out of the bunker, tracked across the green and into the hole. A thing of beauty. He is a big dude by the way, much bigger than I thought.
Moe Berg
January 3rd, 2011
9:50 pm
cab–one time while living in Boston, I had a small electrical fire. The fire department came, put it out and cut off the electricity to the apartment. It could not be turned back on until an electrician fixed the problem and the city electrical inspector came to sign off on it. Unfortunately, we were in the midst of a declared snow emergency so no cars could be parked on my street. When the electrician came, I stood guard by his running car. Fortunately, the inspector came by and was lenient. He let the electrician just tie of the part of the wiring that was bad, let the electrician say how he would repair it, and so authorized turning the power back on. Otherwise, I would have to be without power for a few days until they could park downstairs.
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
9:52 pm
cabravesfan, what makes matters even worse is that they were going to shut down the local postal branch on Dec. 31. They have since decided to keep it open, indefinitely. However, when they first made the announcement about the closing, they took my everyday letter carrier and gave him a different route.
Now the mail is delivered by different workers everyday. It arrives promptly between 11:00 am and 5:00 pm.
nolie
January 3rd, 2011
9:53 pm
gee I had almost forgotten what a bi+ch parking was in some places
no more of that crap anyway
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
9:54 pm
Bat Masterson
I’m just really proud of myself to be able to get two different VJ’s in one sentence. You probably can’t blame me.
David O'Brien
January 3rd, 2011
9:54 pm
Going to post a new blog in a while, just throwing it together now. It’ll be up before midnight. Going to run to the gym real quick before it closes.
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
9:56 pm
Tom-
When I first moved into my house, we had a mail carrier who was…well, not right…she would put the mail one house over down the entire block every single day…
Moe Berg
January 3rd, 2011
9:57 pm
“gee I had almost forgotten what a bi+ch parking was in some places no more of that crap anyway”
Yeh. In Boston, I just sold my car, so it did not impact me too much. In Chicago, parking drove me crazy. Because I lived right by the lake, half the time the street was taken up by people going to the beach. There is nothing worse than doing a weeks’ worth of groceries and having to park 4-5 blocks away or being lazy and double parking with hazard lights and to come out and find cops checking out your car.
Bat Masterson
January 3rd, 2011
9:59 pm
On another hole, a par 4 dogleg and I’m standing just past it, two balls land at the bend then, a roar, a ball flys over the bend, lands about sixty yards ahead of the other, right in front of the green. A couple of minutes later John Daly walks by, puffing away.
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
9:59 pm
nolie
Copy and paste this on a different tab and listen to it as you read the blog. Tell me if it’s not the most mellow blues song you’ve ever heard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljVVFKjN0Dc
Bat Masterson
January 3rd, 2011
10:04 pm
Tom O’_
Nope, well played and an opening for a couple of meaningless golf stories from me.
Jorge Giordanelli
January 3rd, 2011
10:08 pm
My Proposal
1. Martin Prado LF
2. Alex Gonzalez SS (more consistent than Nate)
3. Dan Uggla 2B (Best Healthy Bat the Team has)
4. Brian McCann C
5. Chipper Jones 3B (Good protection for McCann) Troy Glaus should be the obvious replacement he carried the team in the first months of the season 2010
6. Jason Heyward RF (Bats better 6th hole than 2nd hole)
7. Freddie Freeman 1B ( he has to show he is the 1st base for the team)
8. Nate McLouth CF (has to earn the day to day spot on the lineup)
Bat Masterson
January 3rd, 2011
10:10 pm
Yeah, that’s not gonna fly, Jorge.
Jake W.
January 3rd, 2011
10:13 pm
2. Alex Gonzalez SS (more consistent than Nate)
Unfortunately that ain’t saying much……
Bat Masterson
January 3rd, 2011
10:15 pm
So anyway, back to golf. Freddie Couples was in contention and I followed him on a few holes. Dudes a trip, ball in the fairway, Freddie walks up, caddie hands him a club, he takes it addresses the ball, hits the ball, hands back the club and walks off, time, about 15 seconds.
Tom O'Hawke
January 3rd, 2011
10:16 pm
cabravesfan
I guess it’s slow enough to give you my weird postal story. It happened about 2 months ago, shortly after we got the letter carriers from hell. I was on the phone with my friend, Rich. I was expecting something in the mail, and I heard the mail person come. I asked Rich to hang on while I checked to see if I received what I was expecting.
Not only didn’t I receive what I was hoping for, I got someone else’s mail. The house number was correct, but the street was over a mile away.
Are you ready for this. I recognized the address. Why? Because the address of the mail I received was a house that Rich had lived in for a long time, and just sold about 6 months before. He knew the person’s name on the envelope because he sold her the house. How weird was that.
cabravesfan
January 3rd, 2011
10:19 pm
Tom-
haha! That’s awesome