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DAP
March 1st, 2011
1:54 pm
anyone interested in playing fantasy baseball, shoot me an email! daalper@yahoo.com. the league is all DOB/MIB bloggers.
GTSteve
March 1st, 2011
1:55 pm
Thanks CB
Venice Jim
March 1st, 2011
1:55 pm
Not that I have any intention of revisiting a certain argument, but I’m sure RG was pleased to see respected blog expert Don come to her defense this morning…
Roman Gal
March 1st, 2011
1:55 pm
cab-
Of course. You should move to Atlanta. We have the Braves, country music, Waffle House, and lots of coke.
Venice Jim
March 1st, 2011
1:56 pm
and my dog…
Roman Gal
March 1st, 2011
1:56 pm
…err, Coca-Cola, that is.
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
1:56 pm
ST baseball is great
maybe 2 commercials btn innings
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
1:56 pm
RG-
But no ocean or USC football (the real USC, not South Carolina!
)
Mattatrab1985
March 1st, 2011
1:56 pm
with all the tv and radio ads you hear during ball games someone needs tos sponsor the can of corn out during a game. Maybe a different local farmer each game or something….
Roman Gal
March 1st, 2011
1:56 pm
VJ-
When was this?
Venice Jim
March 1st, 2011
1:57 pm
Venters in…
Mattatrab1985
March 1st, 2011
1:57 pm
I perfer Chattanooga Moonpies….
Venice Jim
March 1st, 2011
1:57 pm
Probably 8:00 – 9:00 your time…
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
1:57 pm
JV in now pitchin
clint barmes(sp) grounds one to diory
one down
Roman Gal
March 1st, 2011
1:57 pm
cab-
The ocean isn’t too far away. And trust me, USC is everywhere…
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
1:58 pm
although it is much cheaper to live in Atlanta…
Poorbrave
March 1st, 2011
1:58 pm
I’m pulling for Nate…In case you fans didn’t hear about it… Mark Wohlers house burn to ground last night. His wife got everyone up and out. Lost everything.
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
1:58 pm
RG-
Yeah but it might be hard to attend USC games from there
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
1:59 pm
pence up
grounds to 1b
Mattatrab1985
March 1st, 2011
1:59 pm
We should start a Drive for the Wohlers family call it the closers drive or something..
flange1
March 1st, 2011
1:59 pm
Loaf retires….
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:00 pm
lee’s up
bb
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:00 pm
2down lee on first
bravesgrl4life
March 1st, 2011
2:00 pm
That’s really sad about Mark Wohler’s house. Just thankful he and his family made it out safe and sound.
Roman Gal
March 1st, 2011
2:01 pm
Yeah but it might be hard to attend USC games from there
That’s just the price you have to pay to live around cooler people.
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:02 pm
groundout ends the 4th
Venice Jim
March 1st, 2011
2:02 pm
a lot closer to Williamsburg…
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
2:02 pm
RG-
But maybe I’d rather hang with dorks and watch my Trojans in person…
Besides, don’t you live like 2 hours from Atlanta??
bravesgrl4life
March 1st, 2011
2:05 pm
Oh, come on, cabravesfan, don’t you want to come hang with all us local Braves fans? Much cooler than USC
Braves fan in Missouri
March 1st, 2011
2:05 pm
Chris Carpenter was helped off the field with a leg injury. Cards might get desperate for some pitching.
timthebrave
March 1st, 2011
2:05 pm
Is it still 1-0 Braves leading?
Roman Gal
March 1st, 2011
2:05 pm
VJ-
Did you mean Robert? I did see that one…
Lew
March 1st, 2011
2:05 pm
Transplant – Don’t know if it’s here yet or not – we got stuck coming up the drive and are getting pulled out now so they can plow it. If it isn’t there today, might not get it until Saturday.
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:06 pm
FF k’s lookin
monty
March 1st, 2011
2:06 pm
Still waiting for Hoss to “knock” or “tear”, (whichever you prefer) the cover off of one”.(in a game)
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:06 pm
jc bounces out to ss
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:07 pm
diory has a hit taken away from him by the CF who makes a diving play going toward home plate
Roman Gal
March 1st, 2011
2:07 pm
Besides, don’t you live like 2 hours from Atlanta??
Nope. My permanent residence is one of the places covered by the AJC. 20 minutes away from the Ted. Besides, Rome isn’t 2 hours away either. It’s like an hour on a good day…but I won’t be here much longer anyways.
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
2:08 pm
bravesgrl4life
I do! Just not sure if I could do it permanently- I’m a 100% SoCal girl
rammerjammer
March 1st, 2011
2:09 pm
Loaf:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110301&content_id=16776496&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_mlb#
south georgia braves
March 1st, 2011
2:09 pm
Sad and ironic about Mark Wohler’s home.
As he was our best fireman for several years.
(Old term for closer for the youngin’s).
Seems Hanson pitched well for his two innings. Yeah man.
Murph
March 1st, 2011
2:10 pm
Garret Anderson is retiring? A few years late if you ask me, but better late than never.
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
2:10 pm
RG-
You say “one of the places covered by the AJC” like I would have any idea where those places are…
Venice Jim
March 1st, 2011
2:11 pm
RG – I remembered Robert, but I thought Don did also – went back and looked and don’t see anything – it was when I first got up at 6:45, so I might have been hallucinating…
bravesgrl4life
March 1st, 2011
2:11 pm
cab, I was 100% Florida girl when I moved up in 1992. I am now a full-fledged GA peach
Of course, I 20 when I moved up, so I kinda grew up here. There are things I miss about FL (Spring Training for instance), but I love it here.
Braveone
March 1st, 2011
2:11 pm
From all blogs this year which totals 36,819 comments, nolie led the way with 2,621 posts. There were 1,249 different poster names. Here are the Top 100:
Rank Poster Frequency Percent Cumulative_%
1 nolie 2,621 7.1 7.1
2 Trey 1,845 5.0 12.1
3 jeffrey d 1,783 4.8 17.0
4 cabravesfan 1,484 4.0 21.0
5 Lew 1,166 3.2 24.2
6 David O’Brien 976 2.7 26.8
7 Tomahawkin 926 2.5 29.3
8 Arkansas Transplant 875 2.4 31.7
9 Tom O’Hawke 858 2.3 34.0
10 Bat Masterson 834 2.3 36.3
11 richbrave 729 2.0 38.3
12 McFann O O 725 2.0 40.3
13 P-Town Brave © 680 1.8 42.1
14 Venice Jim 647 1.8 43.9
15 Soph 645 1.8 45.6
16 haggard 583 1.6 47.2
17 Ward 578 1.6 48.8
18 ward 568 1.5 50.3
19 McFann Ô Ô 546 1.5 51.8
20 Murph 514 1.4 53.2
21 Snotboogie 505 1.4 54.6
22 Trey N 477 1.3 55.9
23 ncscoots 434 1.2 57.0
24 keylargo 401 1.1 58.1
25 uga-brave 395 1.1 59.2
26 DS1 353 1.0 60.2
27 N8 353 1.0 61.1
28 CB 352 1.0 62.1
29 Robert 351 1.0 63.0
30 DAP 347 0.9 64.0
31 TennesseePaul 342 0.9 64.9
32 Moe Berg 340 0.9 65.8
33 abwright 333 0.9 66.7
34 MIBravesFan 309 0.8 67.6
35 Shaun 301 0.8 68.4
36 Ease® in Woodstock 284 0.8 69.1
37 Sick Tomahawkin 269 0.7 69.9
38 tiger297 251 0.7 70.6
39 P’cola Brave 242 0.7 71.2
40 Danga 225 0.6 71.8
41 VaBravesFan 207 0.6 72.4
42 Brava 206 0.6 73.0
43 Braveheart 206 0.6 73.5
44 Hillbilly 189 0.5 74.0
45 T for Texas 174 0.5 74.5
46 Bay Area Steve 173 0.5 75.0
47 Just Pat 168 0.5 75.4
48 BravesFanChris26 164 0.4 75.9
49 Jake W. 163 0.4 76.3
50 BravePack 151 0.4 76.7
51 Bravefaninok 149 0.4 77.1
52 CraZyTRaDeMaN 148 0.4 77.5
53 raleighbravefan 147 0.4 77.9
54 Jeff R 137 0.4 78.3
55 Roman Gal 130 0.4 78.7
56 Frank from KS(now livin in CO) 129 0.4 79.0
57 FEAR 120 0.3 79.3
58 Couch Tater 114 0.3 79.6
59 ramblingman 109 0.3 79.9
60 Playoffs!!!! 108 0.3 80.2
61 Kat 103 0.3 80.5
62 Phillistein 101 0.3 80.8
63 Carroll Rogers 100 0.3 81.1
64 Nova Scotia Steve 100 0.3 81.3
65 ncgary 99 0.3 81.6
66 Fredi’s Fu Manchu 91 0.2 81.8
67 GTSteve 90 0.2 82.1
68 Mixxo 90 0.2 82.3
69 LTBF 87 0.2 82.6
70 BFChris26 86 0.2 82.8
71 bravofan 86 0.2 83.0
72 RC 79 0.2 83.2
73 Glord1 78 0.2 83.5
74 MFin04 78 0.2 83.7
75 Big Nick 76 0.2 83.9
76 sidslidkid 75 0.2 84.1
77 Coach (2011 and Fredi G. a GO!) 71 0.2 84.3
78 Frank from KS(now living in CO) 71 0.2 84.5
79 Steve McP 70 0.2 84.7
80 cricket 66 0.2 84.8
81 O.J. 62 0.2 85.0
82 Steve from OH 62 0.2 85.2
83 Tomas 61 0.2 85.3
84 JHey’s better 60 0.2 85.5
85 timthebrave 60 0.2 85.7
86 TnBrian 56 0.2 85.8
87 fleming 53 0.1 86.0
88 flange1 52 0.1 86.1
89 reckingball 52 0.1 86.2
90 Voice of Harold 48 0.1 86.4
91 Efrim 46 0.1 86.5
92 Nick 46 0.1 86.6
93 LJ 45 0.1 86.7
94 Mitchie-san 44 0.1 86.9
95 Rock 44 0.1 87.0
96 wheelz007 44 0.1 87.1
97 TommyP 43 0.1 87.2
98 Trickster 43 0.1 87.3
99 trey 43 0.1 87.5
100 Anders 42 0.1 87.6
Top poster by blog post date:
Date Poster Frequency
04JAN2011 nolie 429
11JAN2011 jeffrey d 510
20JAN2011 Trey 431
25JAN2011 nolie 375
01FEB2011 nolie 298
08FEB2011 Trey 245
15FEB2011 Arkansas Transplant 78
16FEB2011 nolie 59
17FEB2011 Arkansas Transplant 101
18FEB2011 nolie 137
21FEB2011 nolie 97
23FEB2011 P-Town Brave © 74
24FEB2011 P-Town Brave © 87
25FEB2011 Tomahawkin 146
27FEB2011 nolie 87
28FEB2011 P-Town Brave © 77
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:11 pm
merek in
grounder to 1b, merek covering
1 down
Jim Pierce
March 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
Now there’s some useless information lol
Mattatrab1985
March 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
Brandon Beechy,KK,Brandon Hicks to cards for Cody Rasmus,
Rembere we tried to get Ross from Marlins and he went on to lead the giants to WS championship… just saying..
DAP
March 1st, 2011
2:13 pm
Chris Carpenter was helped off the field with a leg injury. Cards might get desperate for some pitching.
woah, you are kidding. that really sucks for them. weve still got KK!
Shaun
March 1st, 2011
2:13 pm
Great piece here by Joe Posnanski about contrasting characteristics of Jeff Francoeur: http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/03/01/frenchy-and-hope/
Joe says, “He is the most joyous guy out there” and “He is a corner outfielder who has proven — unquestionably and repeatedly — that he cannot hit well enough to be a regular in the Major Leagues.”
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
2:13 pm
bravesgrl4life-
Yeah, but at least Florida is on the same side of the country…I mean, you people don’t even have Tri-Tip! Or real Mexican food
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:13 pm
fly out to center
Fargo
March 1st, 2011
2:14 pm
Braves Fan in Missouri:
Are you blowing smoke with the Carpenter comment? or is that factual?
That would be a huge blow for the cards…
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
2:14 pm
For someone who says he’s not going to spend a lot of time on the blog, Tom O’Hawke sure posts a lot…
timthebrave
March 1st, 2011
2:15 pm
Braveone
Your not a stats person are you?
bravesgrl4life
March 1st, 2011
2:16 pm
True, cab, I’ll give you that the Mexican food is 100% better in CA than GA
But think of it like this, for the $800K you spend for a decent place in most places in CA, you can get a McMansion here for the same money 
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
2:16 pm
wow- sounds like the Mets financial issues are worse then (at least) I thought…
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6170746
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:16 pm
quintero (sp) up again and k’s looking
end of 5 innings. braves have top of order to start the 6th
Braveone
March 1st, 2011
2:16 pm
Just a little
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
2:17 pm
bravesgrl4life-
Hey, I did acknowledge that it was much cheaper to live there!
Murph
March 1st, 2011
2:18 pm
#20! I’ll take that. It shows I’m involved while still having a life outside of the blog.
GT Alum
March 1st, 2011
2:19 pm
cabravesfan -
Ehh, I’m pretty sure we have real Mexican food. I think it’s just a matter of knowing where to find it.
wheelz007
March 1st, 2011
2:19 pm
Braves up 1-0 in the bottom of the 5th?
south georgia braves
March 1st, 2011
2:20 pm
This after Chris Carpenter said he would waive his no-trade clause…according to the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Don’t know what the two events mean…but kinda weird.
Venice Jim
March 1st, 2011
2:20 pm
I thing Big Ward and little ward need to be combined…interesting that he is separated from himself by only 10 posts…
GTSteve
March 1st, 2011
2:20 pm
Hey, I finally made a list
Braves fan in Missouri
March 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
Fargo
It was on the radio (ESPN station) at lunch. They are thinking its a hamstring.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
March 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
Surprised didn’t make the last
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
JS up again
bunts foul, making that one bunt att in each game so far…gotta like that. then lines one foul. sounds like he’s on it so far this spring
then he grounds out fot the first out
KK
March 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
Get out the red carpet, Im B-A-C-K!!!!!!
Mekons5
March 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
According to the Cards board, Carpenter was nothing serious. He stayed in the dugout for the rest of the inning and then went into the locker room.
GT Alum
March 1st, 2011
2:22 pm
This after Chris Carpenter said he would waive his no-trade clause…
Hmm, wouldn’t think the Cards would be looking to get rid of pitching…unless they’re thinking about blowing it up and rebuilding.
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
2:23 pm
Hmm, wouldn’t think the Cards would be looking to get rid of pitching…unless they’re thinking about blowing it up and rebuilding.
I think it’s more trying to find a way to pay Albert…
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:23 pm
ummm…someone just grounded out to first…might have been nate
GT Alum
March 1st, 2011
2:24 pm
Wow, didn’t even make the top 100 for the year so far. Guess my decision to avoid the pessimists and the trolls is taking its toll.
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:24 pm
hoss grounds out to third
timthebrave
March 1st, 2011
2:24 pm
Shaun, Good article. I’m not sure that he is a bad of player as the writer makes him out to be. He might still develop into a decent player but he just got labeled as a star before he was ready. I hope he makes it in KC.
Mattatrab1985
March 1st, 2011
2:24 pm
If Carpenter was shot in the leg the Cards wouldnt admit it was serious till after the trade offers were in..
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:25 pm
moving on to the bottom of the 6th
rob from sc
March 1st, 2011
2:25 pm
Carroll
Does Marek have a legit chance to make the team or are we looking for long man
Hillbilly
March 1st, 2011
2:25 pm
Still waiting for Hoss to “knock” or “tear”, (whichever you prefer) the cover off of one”.(in a game)
Personally, I’d prefer for Hoss, not to “tear” ANYthing. Good or bad, it makes the heart skip to see that word anywhere near his name.
south georgia braves
March 1st, 2011
2:26 pm
From the STL Post-Dispatch concerning Carpenter:
“JUPITER, Fla. — Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter walked off the mound with two outs in the third inning today after sustaining an apparent injury, although he didn’t seem to be in serious discomfort.
Head athletic trainer Greg Hauck approached the mound, with manager Tony La Russa not far behind and Carpenter departed without much discussion, having already thrown 32 pitches against the Florida Marlins.
Carpenter, who fanned two, walked one and gave up one hit in 2 2/3 scoreless innings, likely was going to face only one more hitter anyway.
The 35-year-old Carpenter is the probable Opening Day starter for the Cardinals, who already have lost co-ace Adam Wainwright for the season with Tommy John elbow surgery.”
Murph
March 1st, 2011
2:26 pm
Wait, Nate grounded out? Someone call in the sports psychologist before he spirals out of control!
Jim Pierce
March 1st, 2011
2:27 pm
Where’s everyone from? Auburn, Ala. here
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:28 pm
broadway into pitch
whoever was up for stros pops out
1 down
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:28 pm
chas, sc
timthebrave
March 1st, 2011
2:28 pm
I think Jeff Francouer would have a better chance if he would have taken his demotion to the minors as a learning experience. He looks great when someone throws him a strike…the problem is nobody has a reason to throw a strike. He is a good athlete but not sure if he will ever be a good ballplayer. I still root for him but glad we got other people in the outfield
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:29 pm
CF pops up to heyward
2 down
Carroll Rogers
March 1st, 2011
2:30 pm
Chipper Jones finished the day 0-for-3 with three groundouts….the first one was hit hard, into a DP as i mentioned but other two not so much.
So hm, there’s a pop-up to deep right by Jason Bourgeois….Brooks Conrad is going out, Jason Heyward is coming in…Heyward calls off Conrad, makes the play. …Isn’t that what should have happened last October vs. the Giants?…..Course Heyward had just crashed into the wall the previous pitch….Just sayin.
baxter my little gentleman
March 1st, 2011
2:30 pm
broadway strikes out barmes lookin to end the 6th
Jim Pierce
March 1st, 2011
2:31 pm
LOL Carrol
south georgia braves
March 1st, 2011
2:33 pm
Thanks for the updates Baxter.
Braveone
March 1st, 2011
2:34 pm
Brave4life-1995 all over again?? – Other than yetserday’s blog you have not posted much this year.
Date Poster Frequency
15FEB2011 Brave4life-1995 all over again?? 1
16FEB2011 Brave4life-1995 all over again?? 1
18FEB2011 Brave4life-1995 all over again?? 1
27FEB2011 Brave4life-1995 all over again?? 2
28FEB2011 Brave4life-1995 all over again?? 25
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wheelz007
March 1st, 2011
2:34 pm
Alright, Top of the 7th coming up.
Who do we have coming to the plate?
Lowcountry Brave
March 1st, 2011
2:34 pm
George Sherrill may struggle against the righties, but hopefully he can at least put a few of the Phillies’ lefties away.
Carroll Rogers
March 1st, 2011
2:35 pm
That’s a rope to left center by Heyward for a single. He’s 2-for-3 with three balls smoked today.
GT Alum
March 1st, 2011
2:35 pm
I think it’s more trying to find a way to pay Albert…
Yeah, but without Carpenter and Wainwright, they’d basically be giving up for this season.
And he’s got a $1M buyout next year, so it’s not like he’s going to cost him a lot next year. The only thing I can think is if they know they can’t afford to re-sign him and would be asking for inexpensive young talent in return. But I would think only a team that feels he could put them over the top this year would be willing to give that in return.
Carroll Rogers
March 1st, 2011
2:35 pm
i think he’s got a shot, Rob from SC
cabravesfan
March 1st, 2011
2:36 pm
GT Alum
I agree- I was a bit surprised when I saw the Cards were even considering trading Carpenter, but what do I know?