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richbrave
January 30th, 2011
6:24 pm
TOM O’:
Playin’ any smooth jazz we haven’t discussed? Haven’t been hitting the “broadening my horizons” gig lately.
Trying to begin the downsizing. Being a historian, collector and general pack-rat, I got rooms full of glassware, 19th century bottles, furniture, and pottery I’m looking to sell if you know anyone interested.
Interestingly enough, along the lines of sports memorabilia, only a CLETE BOYER autographed baseball which he signed shortly for me in COOPERSTOWN four years ago shortly before he passed.
keylargo
January 30th, 2011
6:24 pm
Lew – just keep on ragging on Nate just like you did Tim Hudson and Kelly Johnson. God only knows why you feel it necessary to degrade players who are the type who represent the Braves positively in every way and want to be Braves. Your record of player evaluation speaks for itself.
Tim Hudson 2010
17 W 9 L 2.83 ERA 228.2 IP 74 BB 139 SO WHIP 1.247
Kelly Johnson 2010
.284 BA/ .370 OBP/ .496 SLG/ .865 OPS/ 128 OPS+ 36 2B 26 HR
CB
January 30th, 2011
6:27 pm
rich,actually my wife cooks American style foods as well as traditional Korean foods. She adapted very well to USA,can cook the best potatoes in any fashion. She also cooks a traditional beef ribs in her traditional style called kalbi.sp. It is delicious and my favorite meal.
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
6:38 pm
You sound pretty lucky, CB
CB
January 30th, 2011
6:41 pm
That I am,jeffrey.
richbrave
January 30th, 2011
6:43 pm
CB
January 30th, 2011
6:27 pm
rich,actually my wife cooks American style foods as well as traditional Korean foods. She adapted very well to USA,can cook the best potatoes in any fashion. She also cooks a traditional beef ribs in her traditional style called kalbi.sp. It is delicious and my favorite meal.
Cool. My favorite is CUBAN. Right now it’s oyster stew. Later.
Tom O'Hawke
January 30th, 2011
6:45 pm
hi Tom what are you doing here on an afternoon?
Hi, nolie. Sorry about the delay (work called). I stopped by here just to see how the other half lives. That, and it’s snowing in Albany and I’m bored.
TOM O’:
Playin’ any smooth jazz we haven’t discussed?
Hello, richbrave. I haven’t focused on anything in particular lately, being I haven’t been home very much. But XM satellite has an excellent smooth jazz station that I listen to quite often.
I’m about to listen to Brian Auger & The Oblivion Express (keyboard jazz musician) on old vinyl very shortly. Are you familiar with him?
richbrave
January 30th, 2011
6:49 pm
Tomahawkin
January 30th, 2011
5:52 pm
jeffrey D
Big Boy Fried Chicken means that I will eat a lot of it (Plus The Fries)…I love Fried Foods! And Plus My Narrow ass needs to gain weight…!
You are welcome to some of mine……I lost four around here somewhere over the past three weeks, 45 to go.
richbrave
January 30th, 2011
6:49 pm
But XM satellite has an excellent smooth jazz station that I listen to quite often.
Watercolors?
richbrave
January 30th, 2011
6:51 pm
Auger…….nope. Never heard of the group, but I’ll see what youtube music has to offer.
Tom O'Hawke
January 30th, 2011
6:54 pm
richbrave, yes. I see you have satellite also. They used to have a station called “Beyond Jazz”, back before Sirius took over. That one was all fushion. Remember that one?
LTBF
January 30th, 2011
6:58 pm
Duke lost today, that hurts almost as bad as a Braves loss.
Tom O'Hawke
January 30th, 2011
6:58 pm
richbrave
I’m pretty sure YouTube won’t have my favorite, “Total Eclipse”, but they do have the cut right before that which is pretty good, “Dragon Song”. See if they have, “Bumpin’ on Sunset”, also.
cabravesfan
January 30th, 2011
6:59 pm
LTBF-
VJ wasn’t too happy about Duke losing either
keylargo
January 30th, 2011
7:08 pm
The Goo Goo Dolls? At a football game?
Lew
January 30th, 2011
7:10 pm
KeyLargo – Bull – Nate is the first player I’ve ever ragged on. Until that, I caught crap constantly for being a Homer.
What I said about Hudson (if you’d really bothered to listen), was that I was concerned about him coming back from surgery and after his 2009 season, I’d prefer keeping Vazquez, which WAS a reasonable alternative. The fact Hudson turned out fine was, I felt, a good thing. I never once said that I though Hudson was not anything but a good pitcher.
And as to Kelly Johnson – seriously? The Dude had just nit .220 something for most of a year and he was about to cash in through arb – AND we had Prado in the wings. So get your story straight.
And as for Nate, I’ve also said I hope he comes back – at LEAST to the .248 he’s hit for the balance of his career if you except the ONE good year he had and actually played a full season. Go look it up.
Lew
January 30th, 2011
7:13 pm
And IF KJ had hit that for the Braves the previous season, He would have been our second baseman and Prado would have been in left. IF ONLY. He didn’t. He had to go to Arizona and that hitter’s paradise to put up those numbers, which he never did while a Brave.
Glad you’re prescient.
David O'Brien
January 30th, 2011
7:23 pm
dogsbrekky: if you don’t like Neko Case live, well, I’ll have to question whether you have a pulse, not to mention musical taste (smile). Enjoy the show. I know you will.
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
7:40 pm
Don’t forget KJ had 2 pretty good years in Atlanta before he tanked.
McFann O O
January 30th, 2011
7:40 pm
TnBrian Is there anything better than that kind of weather, especially after a long winter?
Nope, I can’t think of a thing…If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 1600 times—I could live with that weather year-round, with it being colder in the winter, of course.
I cleaned the dummy Wren nest out of our bird-bottle today. Now I REALLY want it to be nesting-season.
Lew
January 30th, 2011
7:46 pm
jeffrey d – The point was what he was about to make in arbitration after having a really bad year. Never had anything against the Dude, just didn’t think he was worth what he’d cost us when we had Prado, who was obviously ready to take over second.
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
7:46 pm
Let me tell you…I really like this warmer weather, but it’s a little alarming to me that we’re experiencing it in January.
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
7:47 pm
just didn’t think he was worth what he’d cost us when we had Prado
Of course not, especially after his horrible 2009 season. I’ve always been a big KJ fan, and I wish him the best in Arizona. I just don’t like how people wrote off after 2009 (don’t mean to imply that you were)
CB
January 30th, 2011
7:48 pm
Lew,glad to see you can be ornery at night,too. I used to blame it on not having your coffee in the morning. lol
keylargo
January 30th, 2011
7:49 pm
Lew – you ranted and hated Hudson with the same voracity you’ve been going after Nate the past month. Just because enough people jumped you on it and you decided to change your position doesn’t mean I forgot the hateful, trash you piled on Nate.
You told everybody who would listen how stupid it was to resign Hudson, that he was never going to be the pitcher he used to be. YOU WERE WRONG.
You also went on and on and on about Vazquez and how we should keep him and scuttle Hudson. Vazquez would have cost 50% more than Hudson for 50% of the production.
Tim Hudson
17 W 9 L 2.83 ERA 228.2 IP 74 BB 139 SO WHIP 1.247
Javier Vazquez
10 W 10 L 5.32 ERA 157.1 IP 65 BB 121 SO WHIP 1.398
Kelly Johnson was not going to arbitration. He was going to make about $3M in 2010 and had two wrist injuries that put him on the DL last year and required him to stay in Gwinnett for three weeks on a rehab assignment. After he came back he hit .261 .358 .493 .851 after he came back from the DL – which is when he was healthy. You might notice that the numbers he put up in 09 after the injury are almost exactly like the ones he had in Arizona this year. And by the way, KJ put up better numbers than not only Prado but any Brave this year.
Kelly Johnson 2010
.284 BA/ .370 OBP/ .496 SLG/ .865 OPS/ 128 OPS+ 36 2B 26 HR
09 after coming off the DL
.261 BA/ .358 OBP/ .493 SLG/ .851 OPS
You keep on ranting about how sorry Nate is just like you did Hudson and KJ. Nothing points towards a great year for Nate more than you predicting his demise.
Lew
January 30th, 2011
7:53 pm
keylargo – If you don’t like it, well too freaking bad. I don’t think all that much of your commentary, either. I got over it, why don’t you?
And for the record, I said last winter I didn’t think much of Nate and he sure did nothing to make me change my mind. You can be happy about what he did in Pittsburgh all you want to. I’ll wait til he does it here first.
Lew
January 30th, 2011
7:55 pm
I love all this grief I’m getting – all for a .190 performance. But he DID have a good two week stretch, right?
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
7:57 pm
Yeah, sorry to contribute, Lew. I’m not gonna argue that KJ had a glorious stay in Atlanta.
McFann O O
January 30th, 2011
8:00 pm
jeffrey d but it’s a little alarming to me that we’re experiencing it in January.
True…hopefully it doesn’t mean that April will be pre-mature 90’s…But just in case that is what we’re in for, I’ll do my best to enjoy the beautifulness while it’s here.
“Well, it’s a miracle, Laura! You’re not s’posed to analyze miracles, you just believe in them!”
Tom O'Hawke
January 30th, 2011
8:00 pm
I cleaned the dummy Wren nest out of our bird-bottle today. Now I REALLY want it to be nesting-season.
McFann, they may not be the smartest critters on the planet, but I’m surprised that you would call them dummies.
Lew
January 30th, 2011
8:03 pm
jeffrey d – I fee bad for KJ – Dude could be one of the hottest hitters on the planet at times – stone cold at others. Too bad he went frozen for as long a stretch as he did.
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:04 pm
KJ was pretty good until his last season in Atlanta when he batted .224. He did have a nice rebound season in Arizona when he hit 60 points higher and batted .284 with 26 home runs more than any season he hit in Atlanta.
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
8:05 pm
TP
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
8:05 pm
Nice recap Trey
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:05 pm
Glad to be of service, Jeffrey.
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:06 pm
Then again, he also struck out more times while with the Diamondbacks than in any season with the Braves.
Jake W.
January 30th, 2011
8:19 pm
You might notice that the numbers he put up in 09 after the injury are almost exactly like the ones he had in Arizona this year. And by the way, KJ put up better numbers than not only Prado but any Brave this year.
Well towards the end wasn’t Prado the one playing with injury and to be fair to Martin he played most of his games in what is not widely considered a hitters haven. I mean they’re discussing a humidor in AZ for a reason. I don’t have anything against KJ but its a little unfair to boast that his numbers were better than every brave when he clearly played in a park that favored hitters and his splits show it.
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
8:19 pm
Just signed up for the Warrior Dash…can’t wait for this thing
http://www.warriordash.com/
Venice Jim
January 30th, 2011
8:24 pm
jeffrey and Trey clearly trying to pad their stats – other wise no reason for so many inconsequential comments…
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:24 pm
Jeffrey, that looks awesome. Good luck.
Venice Jim
January 30th, 2011
8:24 pm
Wait…
keylargo
January 30th, 2011
8:24 pm
Jake you might invest in finding out the meaning of OPS+
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:25 pm
VJ, my post was relevant.
It was about Kelly J. 
Venice Jim
January 30th, 2011
8:25 pm
I should have…
haggard
January 30th, 2011
8:25 pm
McFann
Just like Tom O’Hawke, I was wondering if you have a separate nest for the not-so-dummies and, if so, what kind of tests do you administer to determine their level of intelligence?
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:25 pm
Woops, looking for the Michael Tucker smiley.
Venice Jim
January 30th, 2011
8:25 pm
posted that…
Venice Jim
January 30th, 2011
8:26 pm
over several comments…
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:27 pm
VJ, trying to pad your stats now???
Becareful you may hit the nerve of PL’s brother from the Bay Area
Venice Jim
January 30th, 2011
8:28 pm
It sucks to be tied for 63rd place with “stupidguywhorarelyposts”
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:28 pm
Well, you aren’t tied anymore, since you have at least one more comment than the guy whom you tied.
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
8:29 pm
It sucks to be tied for 63rd place with “stupidguywhorarelyposts”
How do you think I feel being at the top? That screams “Has no life and lives on the blog”
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:30 pm
Man, the NFC is crushing the AFC in the Pro Bowl 35-0 in the 2nd Qtr.
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:30 pm
Jeffrey, I thought Nolie was at the top. By the way, move on over, Trey is coming through. Thank you for leaving 2nd place warm for me. Nolie, you’re next to move down a spot for me.
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
8:30 pm
There’s a Pro Bowl?
haggard
January 30th, 2011
8:30 pm
VJ
I’ll never be one to accuse you of padding your posts as you were present on the blog during a lonely stretch a couple of early mornings ago, keeping watch lest the thing simply crash.
CB
January 30th, 2011
8:31 pm
Wait a minute,I think I was 63rd.
haggard
January 30th, 2011
8:32 pm
Pro what?
keylargo
January 30th, 2011
8:32 pm
I was going to watch the Pro Bowl but they had a band named the Goo Goo Dolls on before the National Anthem. It was all I could take.
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:33 pm
All I know is the AFC is getting clobbered worse than the NFC. It’s nice to see Matt Ryan out there with Roddy and some other Falcons.
Jake W.
January 30th, 2011
8:33 pm
Jake you might invest in finding out the meaning of OPS+
I know what it is but thanks for the advice…….
I remember during all the hoopla during the trade deadline reading that a lot of GM’s were weary of trading for players from AZ because of their drastic home/road splits, might they invest on finding out what ops+ is. Just sayin, they aren’t talking about putting a humidor there for no reason.
VaBravesFan
January 30th, 2011
8:37 pm
lol… this game is a joke. I was just watching to keep up with the Skins players (DHall,Orakpo,Fletcher) Nothing but INTs the whole game. DeAngelo stripped Welker and picked ball up and ran 30+ yards for a TD and also Picked Off a Deep Ball in the EndZone, Fletcher has a INT as well.
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:38 pm
Jeffrey, you should do the polar plunge.
http://www.specialolympicsga.org/support/special-events/torch-runeventspolar-plunge/
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:38 pm
VAB, it’s 42-0. It’s hilarious. At least the Falcons scored 21.
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
8:39 pm
Trey, that link starts with “Special Olympics”
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:40 pm
jeffrey, I know. It actually is to support them.
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:40 pm
It would be perfect for you JD.
eskippy
January 30th, 2011
8:41 pm
prophylactic
Bay Area Steve
January 30th, 2011
8:42 pm
His home page?
Or, “the man whom the page is for,” as he would say.
Internet warriors: mount up…
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:43 pm
“His home page?
Or, “the man whom the page is for,” as he would say.
Internet warriors: mount up…”
Ward
January 30th, 2011
8:45 pm
NFC-42 AFC-0 Good Thing Tony Romo isn’t playing in the Pro Bowl. NFC is winning……
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:46 pm
Ward, thanks a lot. They just got a touch down.
Glord1
January 30th, 2011
8:49 pm
Since we are killing Nate and still bringing up bad KJ memories can I mention that our highest paid hitter ( and 3rd hitter) has averaged 414 ABs and 64 RBIs over the last three seasons. Sorry I hadn’t mentioned that in 4 months. Also did I mention he is the only field player not to make an appearance on the Braves Caravan?
There that should change the discussion.
Ward
January 30th, 2011
8:51 pm
Trey: You Know the AFC will score at least two before this is all over. You posted up the score too…..Very funny though…..
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:52 pm
“Trey: You Know the AFC will score at least two before this is all over. You posted up the score too…..Very funny though…..”
Ward, I know I did, but relax! I was kidding with you.
haggard
January 30th, 2011
8:54 pm
keylargo
Glad you’re here as I watched the original True Grit and I’ll have to say I probably enjoyed it just as much as the Coen brothers version I saw Christmas Eve afternoon. Of course, having never seen the Hathaway version, I didn’t arrive expecting to compare Jeff Bridges to John Wayne and didn’t to any “cross comparisons” as I watched Saturday. They’re simply different movies.
The first version moved a lot quicker than I expected and I was much more impressed with Wayne’s performance than I thought I would be, (Falling off the horse in a drunken stooper and, failing in his attempts to get off the ground, says, “We’re gonna camp……..right……….here”, as he points to a spot about one foot from where he fell.)
I’m not very familiar with much of Kim Darby’s work and thought she was a great Maddie Ross. And even Glen Campbell, who has “aw shucked” his own performance in that movie for years, was a decent actor. In addition, Robert Duvall had a much bigger role than I’d expected.
As I tell nolie from time to time: I didn’t give Westerns their fare due as a kid and I’m enjoying seeing what Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, etc. were up to all those years in that film genre. Thanks again for the heads up.
Ward
January 30th, 2011
8:54 pm
Glord1:Nate will bounce back! He will have a solid year. You can’t base every thing off of one bad year……
Venice Jim
January 30th, 2011
8:55 pm
Is there any discernible difference between ward and Ward? The capital is throwing me off…
Ward
January 30th, 2011
8:55 pm
Trey:Nice one……
Jake W.
January 30th, 2011
8:55 pm
Also did I mention he is the only field player not to make an appearance on the Braves Caravan?
Caravan appearances or rehabbing for the season???? Not a hard choice for me to decide which one is more important but thats just my opinion on the situation.
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
8:57 pm
I’m pretty sure it’s the same ward
Trey
January 30th, 2011
8:57 pm
VJ, I noticed that. Maybe he wants to change his spelling up a little. (Just padding posts)
Ward
January 30th, 2011
8:57 pm
Ward is still the same,as long as it’s not any thing more than Ward or ward .
Ward
January 30th, 2011
8:58 pm
My e-mail went out yesterday,so I had to re type it…..,..
jeffrey d
January 30th, 2011
8:59 pm
Why do you go by “Ward,” Ward?
Tom O'Hawke
January 30th, 2011
8:59 pm
I think “Ward” is a tad taller than “ward”, Jim.
Glord1
January 30th, 2011
9:01 pm
Rehabbing or hunting? Not a tough choice either. Could definitely have made it to an afternoon to sign a few autographs and meet fans. Rehab is not a 8 hour a day job.
Ward
January 30th, 2011
9:01 pm
It only for me to know, and not you…….HA!HA!
haggard
January 30th, 2011
9:01 pm
Tom O’Hawke
McFann sure is taking a long time to answer about the dummy wrens. Think she’ll just put up one of those little yellow things with a smirk?
Ward
January 30th, 2011
9:02 pm
You guy’s going to watch The Daytona 500 in a couple of weeks Feb 20th….
Trey
January 30th, 2011
9:02 pm
Ward! You crazy!
Glord1
January 30th, 2011
9:03 pm
But I agree that if he can stay on the field and get 500 productive ABs I won’t care what he did in his offseason.
Ward
January 30th, 2011
9:03 pm
Trey: I’m a ghost……..Boo……….
Glord1
January 30th, 2011
9:05 pm
Ward I hope Nate does bounce back. I loved his game in Pittsburgh.
Venice Jim
January 30th, 2011
9:05 pm
Tom – I see what you mean – it’s like the people staring at me now trying to figure out why I look different…
Venice Jim
January 30th, 2011
9:06 pm
It’s also too early or too late for Ward – I’m used to you being here mid-afternoon or late night…
Ward
January 30th, 2011
9:07 pm
Glord1: Yeah I hope so too. I would like to see him suprise evryone this year…….
Trey
January 30th, 2011
9:07 pm
VJ, you gotta think it is Sunday and even Ward gets a day off from work or whatever it is that Ward’s do around the world.
Tom O'Hawke
January 30th, 2011
9:08 pm
Don’t worry, haggard, McFann will chime in. She’s in no hurry. It’s not like we really ruffled her feathers by saying anything too bad about the wrens. (or worse, McCann)
Ward
January 30th, 2011
9:09 pm
Yeah: It’s not quit midnight yet! Gee I should be resting!!!!!!!