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Trey
January 21st, 2011
10:49 pm
All the denizens are hibernating for spring training to arrive.
McFann O O
January 21st, 2011
10:54 pm
Trey—
Yeah…actually doesn’t sound like a bad idea…
Zzzzzzzzzzz…
Trey
January 21st, 2011
10:54 pm
Yeah, but folks will be showing up in late February to early March.
BravesFanChris26
January 21st, 2011
11:10 pm
Actually there is NO money switching hands in the deal >_>
It’s a 2 for 1 swap. Wells for Napoli/Rivera.
BravesFanChris26
January 21st, 2011
11:13 pm
Jay’s GM is a Jedi I say >_>
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:29 pm
Yep, has anyone seen “The Dilemma?
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:30 pm
The Dilemma was not what I expected with Kevin James, but it was still a pretty good movie.
richbrave
January 21st, 2011
11:32 pm
billmaier
January 21st, 2011
5:39 pm
“…… Mclouth would have been gone in a heartbeat if he had a smaller salary. How many players have we keep that batted under 200????????????????????????????????…….”
Quiz, right? Answer: All of them?
MIBravesFan
January 21st, 2011
11:33 pm
“BravesFanChris26
January 21st, 2011
9:17 pm
The Jays/Angels trade will NOT and I repeat NOT involve cash. It’s a straight 2 for 1 deal. Kudos to Jay’s GM.
Also Rays have agreed to terms with BOTH Johnny Damon & Manny Ramirez.”
Not paying that much attention lately, but that sentence about the Rays signing both Damon and Manny has me lol – and not because I don’t believe it.
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:33 pm
Well, good evening, richbrave!
uga-brave
January 21st, 2011
11:38 pm
DOB, your boy schultz wrote a fine artical today about team pinochio (atlanta spirit group) probably the worst colletion on wannabe owners in all of professional sports.
been a half game season ticket holder of the thrashers for four years.
to say they have incurred what 130 million in operating losses is a blatant lie.
that said i do give the trashers season ticket department huge ups.
they get it. we have been invited twice by our season ticket rep to sit in suites that were not being used.
they never once tried to sell us anything more. very nice personal touch.
everyhting is set up great in that areana for hockey except for the second lowest payroll in hockey.
MIBravesFan
January 21st, 2011
11:40 pm
“Trey
January 21st, 2011
10:49 pm
All the denizens are hibernating for spring training to arrive.”
Hibernating?! More like thawing!
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:40 pm
uga-brave, how do you feel that the Thrashers will finish this year?
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:40 pm
MIBravesFans, that’s because some of the ones that aren’t hibernating are able to get me heated and the heat coming from me is thawing ‘em out.
uga-brave
January 21st, 2011
11:41 pm
watching maher on HBO, rachel maddow looks like millhouse from the simpsons.
MIBravesFan
January 21st, 2011
11:42 pm
Trey –
uga-brave
January 21st, 2011
11:45 pm
trey, they are holding on to the eighth spot right now, but they are really sliding.
got the rangers sat. and
tampa on sunday. they really need a way to get 3 points out of this.
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:45 pm
MIBravesFan, yep!
nolie
January 21st, 2011
11:46 pm
you gotta toughen up Trey. you’re a military man you know you caint allow the enemy to get to you.
MIBravesFan
January 21st, 2011
11:46 pm
I’m going back to “Darkness on the Edge of Town” and some other Boss music for a while.
nolie
January 21st, 2011
11:46 pm
when you get mad
things go bad
nolie
January 21st, 2011
11:47 pm
nite MIBF
richbrave
January 21st, 2011
11:50 pm
WINTER BALL
AUSSIE-LAND
1B MATT KENNELLY on fire 203, 1 R, 1 HR (2), 3 RBI (24), 1 BB, .305 BA.
DOMINICAN
TOROS lead the STARS 2-0 best of nine. Tonight TOROS win 2-1 to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the Championship series.
CF JOSE CONSTANZA 1-2, 1 R, 1 BB, .264 BA.
RH/RP JAIRO ASENCIO gets his third hold with 2.0 innings of spotless relief and a SO, 1.86 ERA.
MEXICO
First game in the best of seven Championship series. Thanks to CANIZARES’ timely triple, the OBREGON YAQUIS take the opening game 7-1, lead series 1-0.
DH BARBARO “THE FLAILING CUBAN’ CANIZARES 1-3, 1 R, 1 3B (1), 3 RBI (7), 1 SO, .200 BA.
VENEZUELA
No BRAVES in action.
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:52 pm
uga-brave, yeah, it has been pretty difficult for me to follow them much being in VA. I have noticed on the sports that it looks like they have been sliding down the standings. If they get at least one win that is two points right there and a tie is one point. Unless they are horrible the next two games, I believe they will win at least one of the two games.
It will be nice to come away with four points against the Rangers and Lightning. I can see it happening, but the Thrashers just need to focus.
richbrave
January 21st, 2011
11:52 pm
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:33 pm
Well, good evening, richbrave!
‘Sup, TREY? Holding down the ‘fort’ tonight?
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:52 pm
“you gotta toughen up Trey. you’re a military man you know you caint allow the enemy to get to you.”
Not that, just have sorts of anger issues.
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:53 pm
Nolie, I just don’t have time for some folks bulls*** is more like it.
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:53 pm
richbrave, doin’ it every night.
richbrave
January 21st, 2011
11:55 pm
uga-brave
January 21st, 2011
11:41 pm
watching maher on HBO, rachel maddow looks like millhouse from the simpsons.
Enjoy that vicious attack on FOX announcer? Not a JON STEWART follower I gather.
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:55 pm
nolie, if you were referring to my 11:40 post I was actually joking about that. He said thawing out and I thought that was kind of a good line.
uga-brave
January 21st, 2011
11:55 pm
DOB, serious question for you. roger mcdowell zip, zero, never a peep.
for a guy that was considered probably one of the biggest pranksters of his era, he never speaks.
no mcdowell on the gravely knoll?
too bad. he really has done a fine job as the pitching coach.
richbrave
January 21st, 2011
11:55 pm
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:53 pm
richbrave, doin’ it every night.
You da’ man TREY.
Trey
January 21st, 2011
11:56 pm
richbrave, daman right!
richbrave
January 21st, 2011
11:58 pm
TREY:
Who’s gonna’ take over CF after spring training this season; NATE-dog, JORDAN, THE BEAV, MATTY Y, or JOSE?
nolie
January 21st, 2011
11:58 pm
just kidding around a bit Trey nothing specific just sayin’ you should try to just let it slide off.
nolie
January 21st, 2011
11:59 pm
Nate dog
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:00 am
rich brave, i could care less. just think she looks like millhouse.
richbrave
January 22nd, 2011
12:00 am
I vote for NATE, his 7.75 mill is just too shiny an object, and the brass have to be blinded by it, at least, to start with.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:00 am
richbrave, I believe it will be Nate. I don’t know about Schafer, as I don’t think he has much of a future. There is just something about Schafer that makes me see a bust. That’s what Nick calls it these days, right? The last three, I know nothing about.
richbrave
January 22nd, 2011
12:01 am
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:00 am
rich brave, i could care less. just think she looks like millhouse
you’re reaching uga-brave. I’ve got tip for you. Stay away from politics and keep on baseball. You’re believable in that venue.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:02 am
Nolie, I know you are. I just get tired of the same ol’ bull**** after a while.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:03 am
richbrave, I think he is talking about Milhouse from the Simpsons, not ol’ Nixon.
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:04 am
richbrave, once again no politics. just thinks she looks like millhouse.
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:05 am
trey is correct. never thought of the nixon reference.
richbrave
January 22nd, 2011
12:06 am
TREY:
Pretty sure MATHER makes the team as a back-up.
YOUNG tore up AAA last season, but I expect this is his one shot, he’s fast, a solid fielder, but a singles hitter primarily.
CONSTANZA is a recent acquisition, and his numbers fell off percipitately in fall ball once he became a BRAVE.
Fredi's Fu Manchu
January 22nd, 2011
12:06 am
Schafer – Need to have someone who can defend up the middle.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:08 am
Well, how is Mather’s defense and hitting?
richbrave
January 22nd, 2011
12:08 am
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:03 am
richbrave, I think he is talking about Milhouse from the Simpsons, not ol’ Nixon.
Ah yes, not the crook that soured me on Republican politics forever. Apologies uga-brave, had to be said since TREY brought NIXON up.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:10 am
“had to be said since TREY brought NIXON up.”
Actually, I thought he was whom you were mentioning and I was just saying that was not the Milhouse that uga-brave meant.
Fredi's Fu Manchu
January 22nd, 2011
12:10 am
Not good enough to be a 4th OF in St. Louis. They didn’t dump him for $$$$ reasons.
richbrave
January 22nd, 2011
12:12 am
MATHER……..if I remember his stats correctly, versitility first, glove second, bat third. He can play all three outfield slots and 2B, or so the scuttle-butt goes. An old navy slang expression. Still in use TREY?
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:13 am
“Not good enough to be a 4th OF in St. Louis. They didn’t dump him for $$$$ reasons.”
I will just wait until Spring Training before I see who will become a good fit. I don’t have much confidence in Schafer from his last season in Atlanta. You know he will be rusty.
richbrave
January 22nd, 2011
12:13 am
TREY:
Well, let’s bury RICHARD-head for the evening.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:13 am
scuttle-butt is still a Navy term. It is either a rumor or a water fountain on a ship.
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:14 am
bas, big fan of the wines from paso robles. the grenache-syrah is especially fine.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:14 am
So to answer your question, rich. It sure is.
richbrave
January 22nd, 2011
12:15 am
NYTOL gang. TREY, keep standing watch, and thank you my man.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:16 am
Have a good night, rich.
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:16 am
trey, speaking of navy men, did you ever see “men of honor?”
movie was decent but i thought deniro was real good.
Fredi's Fu Manchu
January 22nd, 2011
12:17 am
Defense rarely slumps. This team needs Schafer’s D, not his bat. Up the middle w/ McCann, Uggla, AGon, and Nate? That’s brutal, but only reasonable place to improve is w/ JS over Nate.
DS1
January 22nd, 2011
12:18 am
Hello Braves fans!
Long time, no post. Been kinda busy, plus not much to talk about really.
DOB: I really enjoyed the writeup on Nate and the youngsters.
You heard it here first: (well, maybe not first, but you get the point) Logan Schafer will have a break out season in 2011. Will start to realize his potential. Will eventually make it hard to play McLouth full time.
(can you tell, I am a serious homer??)
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:18 am
uga-brave, no I don’t think I did. I have heard of it, though.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:19 am
Hello, DS1! I hope Schafer has a good season, but I don’t think he will.
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:20 am
trey, movie about navy deep sea divers. it is worth a watch.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:22 am
uga-brave, was that about the first black Navy diver? I stand corrected as I did see it after all.
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:22 am
wayne, you will know by mid may on both schaffer and nate.
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
12:22 am
Yes, DS1, especially since you call him Logan Schafer
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:23 am
trey, correct.
DS1
January 22nd, 2011
12:23 am
Trey,
Do you remember before he was hurt back 2 years ago? He started off like gangbusters.
I really don’t understand the sentiment that he won’t do well? Dude was injured. And a bad hand might be one of the worst things for a hitter.
Granted, it might take him a half a year to get it going, but…..
How ya doing?
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:25 am
wayne, if healthy.
tennpaul, whose opininion on this blog i respect is convinced he is done.
the ped thing with him is a major concern.
DS1
January 22nd, 2011
12:25 am
MIBraves Fan
Are you in on the “Logan Schafer” joke? It’s an obsure one for some.
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
12:26 am
Nolie – I didn’t say I was leaving for the night, I was just retreating for a while. I can actually play my music and blog at the same time if I feel like it.
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
12:27 am
Yes, DS1. I also know you’re Wayne.
DS1
January 22nd, 2011
12:29 am
uga
I never bought in on the ped thing w/ Schafer. Smelled like a set up to me. Besides, he excelled AFTER the PED missed time in the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009.
The kid might never amount to anything. It’s really hard to say; he must prove it on the field. But I am puzzled by the quickness of some to write him off.
Now Barry Bonds, the PED was clear as the head on his shoulders.
I guess we won’t have to wait too long to see……
DS1
January 22nd, 2011
12:30 am
Who’s Wayne?
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:30 am
DS1, I know he was hurt, but I just don’t have high expectations for him. I can’t, I don’t want to have high expectations for someone or something and get disappointed with a bust. I just rather wait to see how he will play before I get high hopes on the guy. I hope he does well, I really do, but I don’t expect much.
To me, Schafer seems more like the player that fans love to talk about and think he is going to be some sort of star and he ends up as your average fielder and hitter. However, this is just my opinion and I do not share the same views with a majority of other Braves fans with high hopes and expectations of him. He seems kind of like a player who can’t spend the good portion of his career on one team.
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:32 am
wayne, the giles brothers, brady anderson, sometimes the bump makes a somewhat average player, a ubbber prospect.
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
12:33 am
The trial starts on what, March 21? Great timing. . . .
uga-brave
January 22nd, 2011
12:34 am
this guy from utah that likes the braves, the jazz, and burritos.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:36 am
Jordan Schafer seems like one of those players that fans will eventually forget.
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
12:36 am
“DS1
January 22nd, 2011
12:30 am
Who’s Wayne?”
Silly me – Da Sensitive One!
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:37 am
I thought it was Da Sarcastic One!
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
12:38 am
“Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:36 am
Jordan Schafer seems like one of those players that fans will eventually forget.”
I think he might one of those players that makes you want to forget that you said that about him. We’ll see.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:40 am
MIBravesFan, nah, in about a week I will forget I said that about him. I am willing to let him prove himself before I get excited.
DS1
January 22nd, 2011
12:44 am
Trey,
I understand what you’re saying. I agree. But just because I am more positive about what I think the kid will do, doesn’t mean my world will come crashing down if he doesn’t. I flat out LOVE the Braves, but my life is not defined by my expectations of how they do from year to year. Does that make sense?
I just choose to be positive about things. I think Nate, KK, Schafer, Chipper, Venters, and all others will have very good to great years. But if they don’t……well just say I ain’t turning into a Mitchell type over it.
uga
The PED was HGH, and though I am not an expert, I am guessing it didn’t stay in his system for ever. After getting suspended in the spring of 2008, he came back and had a killer AFL in fall of 2008. Then a great spring in 2009. Would the HGH have helped him that far out? I really don’t think so.
And through it all, it would have been easy for him to say “Hey, I used, I was caught, and I won’t do it again!” He was busted anyway. Why not fess up? But he never did? There was just a lot of alluding to the fact that maybe he was in the wrong place at the wrong time?
To be honest, I really don’t care. It’s history. Besides, if I had to be real money on guys like Chipper, Smoltz, etc being clean from the ped era, I wouldn’t. I think we all might be disappointed by some of the names on the A-Rod/Manny list.
Burritos are definitely great, but a chile relleno is hard to beat!
DS1
January 22nd, 2011
12:48 am
Besides him being a Braves high level prospect, Schafer just looks like a ballplayer. Except for that dumazz flat bill ballcap. To me, that looks flat out stoopid!
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
12:49 am
It doesn’t look stupid on Kris!
DS1
January 22nd, 2011
12:50 am
So Trey, are you excited about Teheran, Freeman, Kimbrel, Delgado, etc?
I am high on all our prospects. But if they don’t make it, I ain’t going to jump off a cliff or anything.
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
12:55 am
Switched to U2’s “All That You Can’t Believe Behind” CD
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:55 am
DS1, you do make sense in your views. I just don’t want to have high hopes in someone who has yet to be proven to be at least an average player.
I actually looked forward to Kawakami when he came to the Braves, because he seemed like such a positive person. I gave him the benefit of the doubt for having a little less than average first season, which was to be expected, just to come back in the next season not doing so hot. Granted, some of it was due to low run support but good pitchers can usually hold the opposing team to fewer runs than he gave up. I lost all confidence in Kawakami and I am glad he got sent down and we probably won’t have to see him next season.
I still have much faith in Chipper Jones, as he has always been great. He struggled the season after getting the batting title, and a little bit last year. He seemed to have found his groove before getting hurt. I think his hitting over 20 home runs in a season are pretty much over, but I have a feeling he can still hit close to .300.
Venters is young and he showed a lot of promise last year considering how much he pitched.
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
12:56 am
Leave – major typo!
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:56 am
“So Trey, are you excited about Teheran, Freeman, Kimbrel, Delgado, etc?
I am high on all our prospects. But if they don’t make it, I ain’t going to jump off a cliff or anything.”
I look at them as trade bait from our front office.
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
12:58 am
Trey – Teheran, Freeman, Kimbrel are not trade bait! Do you read DOB’s comments?!
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:58 am
Well, Freeman I think may stay with us for a while. I couldn’t tell you how he will play next season. He did well in the minors but he struggled in the big league. However, he only played a few games and didn’t really get to prove much to his critics. He may hit .250 next season.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:59 am
MIBravesFan, I said that is how I see them. I didn’t say they were.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:59 am
Why the hell not? We traded Wainwright.
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
1:01 am
MIBF, remember I don’t share the same views as DOB or the front office. My opinions mean squat. I don’t know what they will do with them.
DS1
January 22nd, 2011
1:02 am
MI
Some would say I am “Da Senile One”……….
Guys, gonna run get a glass of milk and head off to bed. It’s been a very long week, and my honey do list for tomorrow is significant!
Later friends………
Trey
January 22nd, 2011
1:02 am
Have a good night, Wayne.
MIBravesFan
January 22nd, 2011
1:04 am
“Trey
January 22nd, 2011
12:59 am
Why the hell not? We traded Wainwright.”
I think it’s time to let go of that. A lot has changed since then. The situation is much different.