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Pendleton ready for new role as first base coach

5:46 pm January 25, 2011, by Carroll Rogers

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jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
6:47 pm

Murph – when Yahoo! opens up registration, I’ll be able to reactivate the league and invite the other managers back. We had several who signed up but didn’t do a darn thing after that (missed the draft and sat out most of/all of the season)….I’m not even sure who they were anyway.

So the active managers will get invites, but there’ll be some openings, and you can definitely join if you’ll be an active participant.

Heck, if we get enough interest, maybe we can make a second league and have an AL/NL thing. I love fantasy baseball

Murph

January 27th, 2011
6:50 pm

Sweet. I took last year off from playing, too much going on with babies and jobs and everything else. Can’t wait to get back in the swing of things this year.

I’d be an active participant all the way to the end, even if I’m in last place.

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
6:50 pm

Winner gets blog pride. toga party won last year (what happened to him?), I was 2nd, someone by the name of “Crime Shame” was 3rd, and Soph was 4th. Maybe we can come up with a tangible prize, though.

RHR made trophies for the winner, the “co-MVPs,” and the last place finisher, I believe.

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
6:53 pm

Murph – it’ll probably be opened in late February/early March, with the draft in late March. I’ll be sure to get you in.

Murph

January 27th, 2011
6:53 pm

How about an autographed picture of DOB?

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
6:59 pm

With a cigar

Snotboogie

January 27th, 2011
7:01 pm

Wasnt it you who made the mickey mouse ears and cigar banner for the blog? Wonder if we can get DOB to put it up for ST this year.

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
7:06 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47665754@N06/4368668552/

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
7:07 pm

And spring training BINGO

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47665754@N06/4373372484/in/photostream/

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:07 pm

I don’t think the 4th OF spot is Schafer’s to lose, it’s probably more the other way around. Ark Trav

I agree. Very unlikely they are gonna have him sitting on the bench up here. Under the right circumstances he might start in Atlanta (and that is a long shot) but if not he will likely be starting in the minors rather than sitting and accumulating even more rust

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:11 pm

Have been involved in baseball for over 60 years Don

yeah right, you and coach. you actually believe that anybody here with any experience of their own is gonna read your tripe and believe you ever did anything above Little League? Really?

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
7:15 pm

Don’s over 60? I thought the old were supposed to be wise

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:16 pm

CAB if you are still around you said you like happy music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_KUFBUC6Mg&NR=1

MiaBchBravesFan

January 27th, 2011
7:16 pm

nolie @ 7:07 – I totally agree.

nolie @ 7:11 – OUCH!!! Man, that was high and inside… MAJOR CHIN MUSIC!!! :-)

nolie, already in mid-season form.

Just Pat

January 27th, 2011
7:18 pm

jeffrey d

My, oh, my….what I missed out on last year due to an old computer! Thanks for the re-postings.

And, hey!!!!!…..don’t go denigrating ALL old people about not being wise. I’m wise enough to keep my mouth shut on here about a LOT of things1 :-)

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:23 pm

By the way. my post about Hubbard was not at all serious. Danga

yeah it’s often a good idea to say you are being facetious because there are soooo many unbelievably silly things said here in utter seriousness that it is hard to come up with facetious statements that are enough overboarf for everybody to know right away that you are kidding around

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:29 pm

He(Terry) might actually be able to hold more equipment than Hub. LEW

:lol:

Braveheart

January 27th, 2011
7:29 pm

yeah it’s often a good idea to say you are being facetious

nah, it’s more fun to leave ‘em guessing. funnier as well.

cabravesfan

January 27th, 2011
7:30 pm

nolie-

I have a weird obsession with fiddle music- I love it and I’m not really sure why- that was great :D

(my best friend would love it too- her mom is from Belfast & she’s been Irish dancing since she was 4 or 5 years old)

Braveheart

January 27th, 2011
7:33 pm

Can’t wait for Tim McCarver to see Pendleton coaching first, and deliver witty insight such as, “Baseball is a funny game. Here we have an MVP third baseman coaching first. It’s like calling it a foul pole instead of a fair pole.”

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:35 pm

new hypotenuse Murph

not sure if that was an intentional play on words between hypotenuse as an angle and hypothesis as a theory, but it was funny ;)

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
7:37 pm

Hypotenuse is a side, not an angle.

Venice Jim

January 27th, 2011
7:39 pm

Thanks for being the math geek before I had a chance, jeffrey…

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:39 pm

there are several videos of her on Youtube under the Celtic Woman files. She is certainly exuberant & happy as a pixie and plays very well for all the dancing she does as she plays. Cute too, though that might mean a bit less to you than to me.
Do I remember correctly that Jim is Irish?

cabravesfan

January 27th, 2011
7:39 pm

I was wondering if you would pop up with a comment :)

GTSteve

January 27th, 2011
7:39 pm

@Braveheart, that was even funnier the 2nd time I read it, as I imagined it with McCarver’s voice

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
7:40 pm

I got your back, VJ

cabravesfan

January 27th, 2011
7:40 pm

nolie-

He is Irish- and so am I (well, mostly. Well, halfly ;) )

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
7:41 pm

I was wondering if you would pop up with a comment

I’ve been pretty busy, but I thought I’d drop in. Thanks for your concern.

cabravesfan

January 27th, 2011
7:42 pm

ummm, not you jeffrey :D

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:42 pm

Hypotenuse is a side, not an angle jeffrey

yeah jeff i know but it is part of an angle and could be used with literary license to indicate angle which in turn in that post would actually refer to another kind of angle than a mathematical one. sigh

Just Pat

January 27th, 2011
7:43 pm

Braveheart

I agree that it’s often very difficult to pick up on whether someone is being sarcastic or facetious on here but, somehow, I KNEW Danga’s comments about Hubbard were exactly that.

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:44 pm

some folks are just too literal to be allowed to live :roll:

Just Pat

January 27th, 2011
7:46 pm

nolie

Just no fun when you hafta ” ’splain yourself, Lucy’ “, is it? :-)

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:47 pm

yeah Bravie for pieces of work like you and me that is the right approach, but Danga is not that kinda guy usually ;)

shankapotamus

January 27th, 2011
7:48 pm

Typical Wren move…fire a hard working loyal Braves lifer like Glenn Hubbard and reward a lazy non-productive TP

Piece

January 27th, 2011
7:50 pm

Hi DOB,

I was curious while reading Keith Law’s discussion of Mike Minor. He states, “…by August he was back down to solid-average and even complained openly about being tired, which didn’t win him many fans in the Atlanta clubhouse.”

I remember those games, and I remember his admission to being tired at the end of the season. However, is it true that this sort of honesty is frowned upon in the clubhouse? Do the other players roll their eyes at excuses for poor performance like this?

Thanks,
Piece

Just Pat

January 27th, 2011
7:52 pm

Outta here…play nice, y’all!

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
7:52 pm

Who said TP was lazy and non-productive?

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:54 pm

some players probably do, but also remember that Law is not a Minor fan(not am I yet) and made a big deal about Atlanta picking him too high and could be looking for anything that would back up his original analysis

banjobrave

January 27th, 2011
7:54 pm

Breaking News! TP will be the new head coach of the Tennessee Titans

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:55 pm

see ya Pat. take care

T for Texas

January 27th, 2011
7:55 pm

Jeffrey–I put some thought into a name for your band of four teachers that does tv show theme song covers:

Kotter, Skinner, Beldinger & Moore

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
7:57 pm

haha! Nice, T

nolie

January 27th, 2011
7:58 pm

wow look at Tfor. he has become quite the comic lately. Nice to see a denizen expand his horizons so ;)

P'cola Brave

January 27th, 2011
7:59 pm

Any thoughts on the Justin Maxwell kid that was just DFA by the Nats. If I remember correctly, that kid had/has a lot of promise.

BravesFanChris26

January 27th, 2011
8:04 pm

I’m no conspiracy theorist or anything, but maybe now that McLouth can have his 13 back, maybe he’ll regain confidence and get back to normal >_>

cabravesfan

January 27th, 2011
8:04 pm

P’Cola-

Just looking at his numbers, I’ll go with “had” in the promise department…

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maxweju01.shtml

T for Texas

January 27th, 2011
8:04 pm

Fortunately, or unfortunately Nolie, now that I have come out of my comic “closet” you may not be able to get me to shut up.

Glad that one works for you, JD. Maybe you can put me on the “list” for one of yor shows.

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:07 pm

been fine for me so far Tfor ;)

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:15 pm

CB Did anybody notice how thin McCann’s hair is on the Caravan?

WHAT?? 8O

might be more singles this year,McFann,instead of doubles.

Losing his hair and his Doubles all at once? Not sure I could handle that… :cry:

jeffrey d Remember when he shaved his beard over the summer and started [doing badly]?

Hey, whoa whoa whoa…I wouldn’t say he [stunk] ever…But I do like the full beard better on him. :P

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:16 pm

me too. hides more of his face

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
8:17 pm

nice.

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:18 pm

nolie—

HEY!!! :evil: Come on, now…

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

jeffrey d—

Actually, not…

T for Texas

January 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

This blog is an interesting place. I am self employed, so I have no co-workers to chat with during the day. But I’d have to say the blog is better. I “step out of my office door” and there are a bunch of smart folks that want to talk about Braves baseball, and many other interesting topics. Frankly the diversity of discussion is the best thing about this place to me. Better than most office discussions I’ve ever been involved in. But, I would have to say that after the last couple of days I would have fired Robert’s @ss–just to keep the office sane.

Braveheart

January 27th, 2011
8:19 pm

But I do like the full beard better on him.

Me too. Makes him look like a catcher.

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:21 pm

Braveheart—

Totally. Not like the clean-shaven, side-burned face of that guy in Minnesota. :roll:

;)

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:22 pm

Now tell me…Is this smile great or what? :D

jeffrey d

January 27th, 2011
8:22 pm

So what happens when McCann starts looking like Smoltz?

cabravesfan

January 27th, 2011
8:22 pm

I never get tired of that picture :D

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:23 pm

jeffrey d—

EGAD!! 8O

Meh…actually, there’s no danger of that—BMac will always be cuter. :P

TnBrian

January 27th, 2011
8:23 pm

Snot, I understand 100% why they value this guy higher than another. What I was really posting that for is because I agree with them that Hudson probably won’t match his 2010 season because of the fact he uses his sinker to get out of so many jams. What if his sinker doesn’t stay as sharp more often this year? JJ’s 2009 was a fluke imo. So many of those walks and hits WILL turn into earned runs on him I think. That’s if he doesn’t change some things fast. Lowe was great down the stretch, but he’s also creeping in age and was very, very average before that last month.

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:25 pm

good post Brian

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:25 pm

cabravesfan—

Me, neither. I’ve got another really cute on from that All-Star Game (2006). Took me years to finally find it via Google, but I finally found it on BravesLove…I’m sure you’ve seen it, but I’ll put it up on PhotoBucket real quick for you…

T for Texas

January 27th, 2011
8:26 pm

McFann–Bagging on Mauer for his facial hair, or lack thereof? You are hilarious in your lack of objectivity! Good stuff.

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

catchers have names like Scrap Iron, they ain’t s’posed to be cute. They are s’posed to be ruggedly handsome like me

sidslidkid

January 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

I wish McCann could grow an Ozzie Virgil beard…

http://bit.ly/e61weo

Braveheart

January 27th, 2011
8:29 pm

(my best friend would love it too- her mom is from Belfast & she’s been Irish dancing since she was 4 or 5 years old)

Does she have screwed up feet? My baby sister did Irish dancing for about 12 years, and has got some jacked up toes because of it. Eventually, she gave it up because she said her feet hurt too much, but it was mostly because she became boy crazy

cabravesfan

January 27th, 2011
8:29 pm

I gotta bail y’all- got a date with my nephew :D

cabravesfan

January 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

Braveheart -

can’t say I’ve ever paid attention to her feet :) (she no longer dances- she has 2 small children that take up most of her time)

Kat

January 27th, 2011
8:30 pm

Anyone catch Medlen’s 1am tweet last night? Which has subsequently been deleted today. Might have been a tad inappropriate hah.

sidslidkid

January 27th, 2011
8:31 pm

I just did a google image search for “nolie”. I wanted to see how “ruggedly handsome” were talking. This was one one of the first photos:

http://www.mtgothictomes.com/images/Nolie_Mumey_MD.jpg

Bravefaninok

January 27th, 2011
8:31 pm

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:27 pm

catchers have names like Scrap Iron, they ain’t s’posed to be cute. They are s’posed to be ruggedly handsome like me

They do call him “HEAP” it sounds kinda tough……..

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:31 pm

hope Jim doesn’t get jealous

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:33 pm

T for Texas Bagging on Mauer for his facial hair, or lack thereof?

Yeah…he thinks he’s Cpl. Newkirk or something with those sideburns. Sheesh…

You are hilarious in your lack of objectivity! Good stuff.

:P Thanks!

nolie catchers…ain’t s’posed to be cute

Hmm…well, guess McCann never got that memo!

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

yup Heap is a good nickname for a catcher

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:34 pm

cabravesfan—

Have fun! When you come back, I’ll have something for ya…

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

that was a little more rugged and a little less handsome sid :lol:

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:35 pm

nolie yup Heap is a good nickname for a catcher

Totally. Just a good thing the “entire” nickname isn’t generally known on the Blog…especially by the haters…

:mrgreen:

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

Think more along the lines of Tom Selleck or Sam Elliott

Braveone

January 27th, 2011
8:36 pm

Since many persons enjoyed by previous post of frequency of poster names, here it is as of 1,745 posts. Nolie still leds the way with 122 posts and there are 187 different poster names.

I am able to do this listing because of the new “Show All” option. I copy all comments & paste into program that reads it all in and searches for poster name and counts frequency by poster name.

I post on blog rarely but read often. DOB & Carroll you have an AWESOME blog here!!!

Rank Poster Frequency

1 nolie 122
2 jeffrey d 106
3 Trey 94
4 Lew 72
5 cabravesfan 72
6 Bat Masterson 65
7 McFann O O 63
8 Robert 63
9 ward 50
10 Arkansas Transplant 48
11 keylargo 42
12 Shaun 40
13 Murph 36
14 David O’Brien 34
15 raleighbravefan 31
16 P’cola Brave 30
17 Just Pat 29
18 Snotboogie 28
19 tiger297 27
20 DAP 25
21 TennesseePaul 25
22 Soph 23
23 richbrave 23
24 CB 21
25 RC 20
26 Tomahawkin 20
27 ncscoots 20
28 Danga 19
29 bravofan 19
30 T for Texas 18
31 Big Jake 15
32 Carroll Rogers 14
33 Hillbilly 14
34 Ease® in Woodstock 13
35 sidslidkid 12
36 “Not Feelin So Hot” P-Town Brave © 11
37 Bobby Hill 11
38 Efrim 11
39 “Possibly Turning The Corner” P-Town Brave © 10
40 Bigwheel 10
41 O’flarity’s water bottle 10
42 Venice Jim 10
43 CraZyTRaDeMaN 9
44 Steve McP 9
45 flange1 9
46 Coach (2011 and Fredi G. a GO!) 8
47 SnowOnDoggiesBrekky 8
48 cricket 8
49 daniel buck 8
50 Braveheart 7
51 MikeInFl 7
52 Not Feelin’ So Hot P-Town Brave © 7
53 pfunkatl2 7
54 Couch Tater 6
55 Don 6
56 Frank from KS(now livin in CO) 6
57 SoWeGa Fanatic 6
58 fleming 6
59 lilhomer 6
60 Bravefaninok 5
61 TnBrian 5
62 Bay Area Steve 4
63 BravesFanChris26 4
64 Crime Dog 4
65 Lemke’s Knuckler 4
66 Pameee 4
67 abwright 4
68 GTSteve 3
69 Hervé Villechaize 3
70 LTBF 3
71 Mike10 3
72 Moe Berg 3
73 VaBravesFan 3
74 haggard 3
75 jim 3
76 northbeach Scott 3
77 Ben 2
78 Bravito199 2
79 Chris from the Rock 2
80 D.J. 2
81 Dante 2
82 E-6 2
83 Fish Bisch 2
84 Jarryd 2
85 Jeff 2
86 Jeff R 2
87 Jesse Helms 2
88 Jimmy Beam, you are my friend 2
89 Just wonder 2
90 Kyle 2
91 Matt’s version 2
92 N8 2
93 Nova Scotia Steve 2
94 O.J. 2
95 Rowland Office 2
96 SnowOnDoggiesBrekk 2
97 Travis 2
98 braveshoo 2
99 dawggone 2
100 yogi2 2
101 Bayou Brave 1
102 Beach Boy Brain Wilson 1
103 Bobby junior 1
104 Brave New World 1
105 Braveone 1
106 BravesFanLostInOhio 1
107 Brooks Conrad 1
108 Buckhead Braves Fan 1
109 Carolina Braves Fan 1
110 ChillyMutt 1
111 Coach (2011 Fredi G.a Go!) 1
112 Conrad 1
113 D. Harris 1
114 DAVBRAVES 1
115 DHD 1
116 Diehard 1
117 Enquiring Minds Want to Know 1
118 Eric In Albany N.Y. 1
119 FEAR 1
120 Fulgencio Batista 1
121 GermanBravesFan 1
122 Gil In Mechanicsville 1
123 Glord1 1
124 Harry 1
125 Humpback Liner 1
126 Intervention 1
127 JT 1
128 Jim 1
129 Jimmy Buffet 1
130 JoeBrave 1
131 JoeFan 1
132 JohnFlaBrave 1
133 Kat 1
134 LJ 1
135 Little Jake 1
136 Lotimus Pyle 1
137 MFin04 1
138 Marc 1
139 Mark (another one) 1
140 Marshall 1
141 Marvin Freemans a Classy Guy 1
142 MiaBchBravesFan 1
143 Michael C 1
144 Mike Berry 1
145 Mitchell 1
146 Nick 1
147 Nick in the daylight 1
148 Nick’s gone wild 1
149 Piece 1
150 Pierson Brave 1
151 Prince of Alabama 1
152 Quicherbichin 1
153 RROE 1
154 Randall 1
155 Ross 1
156 Sims 1
157 Stinger2 1
158 TS 1
159 The A Bomb 1
160 Tomahawk 1
161
Tweets that mention Pendleton ready for new role as first base c1ach | Atlanta Braves — Topsy.com
162 UGASlobberknocker 1
163 Used to love Braves 1
164 Welcome back Chipper! 1
165 When 1
166 atlwolf 1
167 banjobrave 1
168 bravedawg 1
169 braves4ever 1
170 braveslifer 1
171 bruce 1
172 charlotte observer 1
173 danbo 1
174 davidingeorgia 1
175 dpelfrey 1
176 gd from nz 1
177 joey 1
178 justafan 1
179 mark p 1
180 nolie’s 1
181 rave1914 1
182 reagan 1
183 rod 1
184 ryan c 1
185 shankapotamus 1
186 space monkey 1
187 uga-brave 1

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:37 pm

sidslidkid I wish McCann could grow an Ozzie Virgil beard…

Ha! Ha ha…ha…um…not quite. ;)

Braveheart

January 27th, 2011
8:37 pm

Catchers should have facial hair worthy of a Civil war soldier

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
8:39 pm

Who’s the Blogger who posted a comment under my Jason Heyward/Buster Posey side-by-side photo on PhotoBucket?

Braveheart

January 27th, 2011
8:43 pm

Nolie is gonna be called Dr. Mumey from now on. Nice bowtie, Nolie

sidslidkid

January 27th, 2011
8:46 pm

“Nolie is gonna be called Dr. Mumey from now on.”

Ha!… my bad nolie.

Bravefaninok

January 27th, 2011
8:46 pm

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://amazine1.mlblogs.com/brian%2520mccann.jpg&imgrefurl=http://amazine1.mlblogs.com/&usg=__1taB-CaIS2lmW2xWR9uKsnRUBfc=&h=708&w=959&sz=228&hl=en&start=72&zoom=1&tbnid=ht1k2wjCgIdrQM:&tbnh=153&tbnw=205&ei=2R9CTa-0DYPGlQfT34gl&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBrian%2BMcCann%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1007%26bih%3D530%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1,itp:photo0%2C3192&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=601&oei=Dh9CTZy2LsL6lwfrr93vDw&esq=46&page=9&ndsp=8&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:72&tx=103&ty=73&biw=1007&bih=530

nice pic of Heap.

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:49 pm

glad you liked it Bravie. I know lawyers are into stuff like that

nolie

January 27th, 2011
8:50 pm

s’ok sid. I tease too much on here not to be able to take it too. ;)

Trey

January 27th, 2011
8:53 pm

Well, Jeffrey still has more posts than me! :lol:

Braveheart

January 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

The other question is who’s this Norma chick that’s writing books about Nolie?

Trey

January 27th, 2011
8:54 pm

Nolie is still the king poster. ;)

Braveone

January 27th, 2011
8:57 pm

From the previous blog which had 3,390 comments, Trey led the way with 431 posts. There were 265 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:

Rank Poster Frequency

1 Trey 431
2 nolie 292
3 jeffrey d 178
4 ward 126
5 Lew 114
6 Tomahawkin 102
7 McFann O O 99
8 Bat Masterson 81
9 uga-brave 80
10 cabravesfan 78
11 Robert 70
12 Frank from KS(now livin in CO) 61
13 Murph 61
14 richbrave 60
15 Soph 57
16 VaBravesFan 53
17 Venice Jim 53
18 BravesFanChris26 49
19 David O’Brien 48
20 Snotboogie 46
21 MIBravesFan 44
22 keylargo 40
23 DS1 36
24 ncscoots 36
25 Arkansas Transplant 35
26 P’cola Brave 35
27 T for Texas 35

Trey

January 27th, 2011
8:59 pm

Nice!

nolie

January 27th, 2011
9:00 pm

how embarrassing. Trey just kicked my butt on that previous one.

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

Curse! One more post and I woulda had an even hundred. :roll:

Just like my algebra test today—coulda sworn I was gonna end up with a 100 (20 outta 20)…ended up with a lousy 90! :x

Crime Dog

January 27th, 2011
9:01 pm

how embarrassing. Trey just kicked my butt on that previous one.

I blame Bobby.

nolie

January 27th, 2011
9:02 pm

them folks what caint break 100 are obviously just not tryin’ hard enuff

McFann O O

January 27th, 2011
9:02 pm

On the other hand—Dang, Trey! You crushed us, man…

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