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Tomahawkin
February 26th, 2011
10:05 pm
Ok, I guess Its about Time for the Bar…
TnBrian
February 26th, 2011
10:07 pm
Ward, agreed. Hey, we haven’t brought up the replacements defense. Conrad and company…
Ward
February 26th, 2011
10:08 pm
Trey: I ‘ll try not to hit a tree………
Ward
February 26th, 2011
10:09 pm
Conrad, Diory, Lucas who would we like?
Brava
February 26th, 2011
10:10 pm
Freeman is a funny guy. He posted a before picture of his dinner on Twitter (a pretty huge boatload of sushi) and 27 minutes later posted the aftermath. You all should check it out.
Brava
February 26th, 2011
10:12 pm
I made my thoughts on Conrad known at the end of last season. Today did nothing to change my opinion. I vote him off the island.
Ward
February 26th, 2011
10:12 pm
I wonder how much food those big guy’s eat in one day?
Moe Berg
February 26th, 2011
10:13 pm
Mid-infield back-up is a definite concern, I think. None of the three who seem to be in contention are impressive. Conrad is serviceable at 2B, but I don’t want to see him at SS. Diory is okay defensively, but I don’t ever want his bat up. Lucas, we shall see.
Ward
February 26th, 2011
10:14 pm
So we put him with the castaways for a long long…..Time smile…… It’s still early though….
Ward
February 26th, 2011
10:15 pm
I’d would pick Lucas, or Diory…..I guess……. I though I hope Conrad does well too….
Tomahawkin
February 26th, 2011
10:16 pm
Diory Needs to be in AAA, nuff said. His offense makes me lust for Rafael Belliard, and that is saying something
Brava
February 26th, 2011
10:17 pm
It is early, Ward. Conrad could suddenly improve on his fielding skills, but that isn’t likely. You can’t say you want the Braves to improve on their defense and advocate for Conrad to be on the bench at the same time.
Ward
February 26th, 2011
10:17 pm
correction All though. I bet I lead the blog in misspells………I would be 1st……..
Playoffs!!!!
February 26th, 2011
10:19 pm
It must suck to be a Mets fans this year. What small glimmer of hope do they even have?
Ward
February 26th, 2011
10:19 pm
I guess I’m wishy washy on the Conrad thing. I’ll wait until the end of Spring Training,and see who makes back up.
Playoffs!!!!
February 26th, 2011
10:20 pm
Tomahawkin’— Diory got a hit today. Had just as many as the Golden Boy (Jordan Schafer)
Ward
February 26th, 2011
10:21 pm
Playoffs: I agree…… Mets,became a burden on us over the past 8 years or so……..
Playoffs!!!!
February 26th, 2011
10:25 pm
Ward—Now the Mets are a burden on their fans. Their starting pitching is a joke. Roster with aging, over-priced players, ownership with legal and financial woes that could last for several years. Best thing for them is if Wilpon sold the team.
Playoffs!!!!
February 26th, 2011
10:28 pm
Just an observation: I don’t see much of a chance for Brooks Conrad to make this team. He could start the season at AAA, maybe be called up later
Moe Berg
February 26th, 2011
10:28 pm
“Best thing for them is if Wilpon sold the team.”
He is trying to. Initially, he was just marketing a 25% stake. He is now making it clear that as long as he remains majority owner, he is will to sell any stake.
nolie
February 26th, 2011
10:29 pm
Looked about the same as the Braves by the end of today’s game it seems
Brava
February 26th, 2011
10:30 pm
Playoffs!!!!, I also don’t think Conrad will make the team.
Moe Berg
February 26th, 2011
10:31 pm
Playoffs!!!!–I am tending to agree with you vis-a-vis Conrad. He is just not versatile enough defensively. Not having an uber-bench player like Infante will put pressure on Conrad.
Tomahawkin
February 26th, 2011
10:35 pm
Playoffs!!!!
“Tomahawkin’— Diory got a hit today. Had just as many as the Golden Boy (Jordan Schafer)”
Agreed, Schafer Is The Golden Boy of the Blog, Had Yunel gotten Busted For roids the hate for him would be off the chain. And Diory always hits against AAA pitchers…He’s a 4-A hitter, one who clowns in the minors but struggles against ML pitching
tiger297
February 26th, 2011
10:38 pm
well looks like I am heading to Orlando for work March 21st-24th…wonder how many days early/late I can go – how much of my conference I can skip and how many games I can make
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
10:38 pm
Some of you guys don’t have the slightest damn bit of respect for the truth.
Moe Berg
February 26th, 2011
10:40 pm
Bat–What do you have in mind?
nolie
February 26th, 2011
10:40 pm
just figgerin’ that out Bat?
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
10:41 pm
Schafer was not busted for riods
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
10:42 pm
no nolie
just have to say it every once in awhile.
Moe Berg
February 26th, 2011
10:43 pm
Very true, Bat. I think the blog has given him a far too rough time on the suspension–especially since MLB never accused him of using HGH.
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
10:44 pm
Nor is Schafer the golden boy of the blog maybe 60/40 hopeful.
Playoffs!!!!
February 26th, 2011
10:45 pm
Yeah guys, we need a back-up shortstop and b.u. centerfielder. And Brooks doesn’t fit the bill
Venice Jim
February 26th, 2011
10:45 pm
Seth Greenberg and I were in high school at the same time on Long Island many years ago – of course, he looks much older than I do…
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
10:47 pm
Me Too, Moe.
Guilty, or guilt by association, for HGH he took his punishment and but it behind him.
Tomahawkin
February 26th, 2011
10:48 pm
Like I said before Connie will be on the team this year for the fact that we wouldn’t made the playoff last wyear without him, his bat off the bench is too valuable
Playoffs!!!!
February 26th, 2011
10:48 pm
Tomahawkin’—Yes, never has so much been written about one who has done so little (Schafer). One great year in A ball and a good opening series in ‘09. That’s about it.
Moe Berg
February 26th, 2011
10:50 pm
Bat–I do not understand a concept of punishment in which one still pays every day after finishing the requisite punishment. Especially, since he was never even accused of using.
Tomahawkin
February 26th, 2011
10:50 pm
Bat Masterson
Sorry I should’ve been more specific,
Roids/HGH
They are labeled under “Performance Enhancers”
richbrave
February 26th, 2011
10:50 pm
A WILLIE HARRIS blast off MIKE BROADWAY ties the game……..ugh!!!!!!!
Trey
February 26th, 2011
10:51 pm
Tomahawkin, I know you always give nick names to players you don’t like, so I hope Jordan Schafer never crosses paths with you.
Moe Berg
February 26th, 2011
10:53 pm
Off to finish making my baba ganoush and for another scotch.
Ward
February 26th, 2011
10:53 pm
Damn: Duke is about to loose to the Hookies…..
Venice Jim
February 26th, 2011
10:53 pm
Bad shot, Kyle…
nolie
February 26th, 2011
10:55 pm
I’m often not sure if it is a disregard of the truth or the inability to comprehend it, There are a lot of guys on here who read what they want to into a post whether or not that is actually what is said.
Brava
February 26th, 2011
10:55 pm
I, for one, wish Jordan Schafer the best. I hope he has such a good ST that he’s chosen as the fourth outfielder because I have NO faith in Nate McLouth.
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
10:57 pm
Nor do I, Moe. No room for nuance here.
Venice Jim
February 26th, 2011
10:59 pm
Congratulations, CB!
(Rough night for Seth Curry)…
Soph
February 26th, 2011
10:59 pm
Well, go ahead CB’s boys.
Tomahawkin
February 26th, 2011
11:00 pm
@Trey…
I like Schafer, But he’s overhyped…No need to give him a Nickname Like I do The Phillies Players
Ibanez =’s The Gimp
Futley
Pestorino
etc…
Bumping that Old “Regulators” BTW, Good ass Song!
Ward
February 26th, 2011
11:01 pm
Well, so much for being number #1 Had a bad feeling about the game tonight…..Duke looked flat all night, and that was a bad sign……Good game though……smile…..
Venice Jim
February 26th, 2011
11:03 pm
Ward – we played decently – Tech played well – that’s college hoops…
Tomahawkin
February 26th, 2011
11:04 pm
Bumping That Old Outkast “Rosa Parks” Probably the Best Song they did other than “B.O.B.-Bombs Over Baghdad”
Soph
February 26th, 2011
11:04 pm
Man, they’re partying up a storm at Va Tech.
Soph
February 26th, 2011
11:05 pm
Ah ha, hush that fuss, everybody move to the back of the bus.
nolie
February 26th, 2011
11:06 pm
No way in the devil do I want Schafer as the 4th OFer. He needs to play not sit
Ward
February 26th, 2011
11:07 pm
Va Tech. Deserves it ! Congratulations to them well earned…..
Trey
February 26th, 2011
11:08 pm
Tomahawkin, you like him now, but will you continue to like him if he does not perform?
Brava
February 26th, 2011
11:11 pm
nolie, I want him to play too, but don’t realistically see him leaving ST with the CF job considering what they’re paying McLouth.
nolie
February 26th, 2011
11:15 pm
if he doesn’t win it he should go to AAA rather than sit and let Young or someone else start the season in Atlanta. He can play regularly there and is only a crosstown trip if needed.
BravesFanChris26
February 26th, 2011
11:15 pm
Apparently Macho Man Randy Savage was at the Braves/Mets game today. I came across a pic of him…..
http://a.yfrog.com/img619/7126/4ztos.jpg
Gray beard and all.
Tomahawkin
February 26th, 2011
11:16 pm
@Soph
“Ah ha, hush that fuss, everybody move to the back of the bus.”
lol, Its Not Cool When You Do It, (Joking…)
nolie
February 26th, 2011
11:22 pm
got bad news for ya T’, it ain’t cool when you do it either.
jeffrey d
February 26th, 2011
11:22 pm
Did they rush the court?
Trey
February 26th, 2011
11:22 pm
Tomahawkin, my new intro:
“I put my hand upon your hip, when I dip, you dip, we dip
You put your hand upon my hip, when you dip, I dip, we dip
I put my hand upon your hip, when I dip, you dip, we dip
You put yours, and I put mine, and we can dip down low and roll and grind!”
Trey
February 26th, 2011
11:23 pm
Kidding, the intro music is T’s thing.
Tomahawkin
February 26th, 2011
11:25 pm
@Trey, lol
@Nolie…Ouch, lol
Soph
February 26th, 2011
11:28 pm
They swallowed the court. That was some celebration.
Moe Berg
February 26th, 2011
11:29 pm
nolie–I completely agree with you about Schafer. Unless he beats out Nate to start in CF, which I doubt, he needs ABs in AAA. He gains nothing being a fourth OFer. He sits and gets the random PH. This does nothing for his development.
jeffrey d
February 26th, 2011
11:29 pm
At Georgia we expect to win. That’s why we didn’t rush the court against USC.
Playoffs!!!!
February 26th, 2011
11:30 pm
Tomahawkin’—Agreed, Schafer is overhyped. But, of course, I wish him well. I just think he needs at LEAST half a year at AAA. And, then let Matt Young or Lucas, someone who ACTUALLY had a good AAA year have his shot.
jeffrey d
February 26th, 2011
11:33 pm
I haven’t seen much hype about a guy who’s been injured for 2 years and struggled to hit over .200 in the Majors.
Soph
February 26th, 2011
11:33 pm
Beating Duke is probably a tad bit more impressive then beating USC.
jeffrey d
February 26th, 2011
11:35 pm
Even so.
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
11:36 pm
I wonder what Heyward might hit playing fifty of so games with a broke wrist .
Playoffs!!!!
February 26th, 2011
11:37 pm
Jeffrey d– Well, then you just haven’t been reading this blog very much the last few weeks, especially DOB’s write-ups or Bowman’s stuff on the Braves website….
nolie
February 26th, 2011
11:38 pm
not sure at all what that has to do with anything Bat
nolie
February 26th, 2011
11:39 pm
hope springs eternal PO
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
11:40 pm
Yeah I guess not.
Moe Berg
February 26th, 2011
11:41 pm
With three of the top five NCAA men’s BB teams losing today, what does this mean for the brackets? I am not a close follower of basketball, so this is more a question of intellectual curiosity.
Playoffs!!!!
February 26th, 2011
11:41 pm
Bat Masterson——I wonder what Heyward might hit playing fifty of so games with a broke wrist .
Not the point. The point is he doesn’t deserve this much attention because he hasn’t done all that much yet. Not his fault. But let’s see what he happens before we annoint him the next Mickey Mantle.
jeffrey d
February 26th, 2011
11:43 pm
Most of what I’ve seen on Schafer is that he’s healthy and confident.
nolie
February 26th, 2011
11:44 pm
he’s not being punished by being put where he can get a lot of healthy reps he’s getting what he needs
jeffrey d
February 26th, 2011
11:45 pm
And that CF is McLouth’s to lose.
Not that Jordan Schafer is the single hottest prospect in baseball, and it’s only a matter of time before Fredi names him the outfielder and moves Heyward and Prado to be extra infielders.
nolie
February 26th, 2011
11:46 pm
if he can hit 750+ he will be an asset considering his D. I think he can prolly do that but there are no guarantees.
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
11:50 pm
But let’s see what he happens before we annoint him the next Mickey Mantle.
I follow this blog pretty closely and I have not read anything in the same universe with that comment.
jeffrey d
February 26th, 2011
11:53 pm
I follow this blog pretty closely and I have not read anything in the same universe with that comment.
Actually, right before your comment, nolie said he could hit 750+ homeruns.
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
11:55 pm
and struggled to hit over .200 in the Majors.
My point was it would be pretty damned hard for anybody to hit with a broken wrist.
jeffrey d
February 26th, 2011
11:56 pm
And my point was that I don’t see any writers hyping this guy.
Bat Masterson
February 26th, 2011
11:56 pm
It’s nolie’s fault then.
nolie
February 26th, 2011
11:58 pm
mea maxima culpa
JHey's Better
February 26th, 2011
11:59 pm
Why are people losing their minds over one spring training game yeah Kimbrel gave up a homer and walked some guys its THE FIRST GAME OF SPRING TRAINING not the NL Championship game 7 to go to the Series. You know you can tell who actually watches and knows something about BASEBALL in general and who just rides the wagon until they lose 5 staight in May
Bat Masterson
February 27th, 2011
12:00 am
Apparently it’s in a special code you and I are not in on, jeffery.
JHey's Better
February 27th, 2011
12:00 am
Ive put this post on every blog because some of the people in here are nuts
JHey's Better
February 27th, 2011
12:01 am
Braves Fans are excited though and thats ALWAYS a good thing
nolie
February 27th, 2011
12:01 am
really? Thanx for telling us
Playoffs!!!!
February 27th, 2011
12:02 am
Look, a lot of people on this blog seem to think that Jordan Shafer, after two injury-plauged years, with relatively few ABs, can step right in, like nothing ever happened to him, win a job—quite a few even think he should be starting now. And he will be the answer to the centerfield problem.
I just don’t think that is realistic He needs ABs at Triple A. Keeping him on the roster is not a good idea.
nolie
February 27th, 2011
12:02 am
juliet code
jeffrey d
February 27th, 2011
12:03 am
yeah Kimbrel gave up a homer and walked some guys its THE FIRST GAME OF SPRING TRAINING not the NL Championship game 7 to go to the Series
In the looneys’ defense, Kimbrel did blow a pretty important playoff game.
Bat Masterson
February 27th, 2011
12:04 am
Some people think the moon landing was a hoax.