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cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:17 pm
more curse words
Tomahawkin
March 16th, 2011
11:21 pm
Big Nick
Hell No, To Waste Helms
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:24 pm
“for a big man to be able to shoot free throws that well…that’s a plus”
THEY ARE FREE THROWS! EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHOOT FREE THROWS WELL!!!
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:29 pm
There seems to be an uneven number of fouls being called in favor of my Trojans…not that I’m complaining, but I have noticed
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:29 pm
McFann is back in the doghouse?
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:30 pm
Can you shoot free throws well, CAB?
tiger297
March 16th, 2011
11:30 pm
let me know if picking USC to win 3 rounds was a bad idea cab
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:31 pm
PTBNL-
It’s been a while but I was better then 65%
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:31 pm
tiger-
It was a bad idea
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:33 pm
tiger-
I should clarify- Even if we were winning this game by 40, I’d say it was a bad idea because that’s what USC does. They are incapable of playing well for consecutive games…no way they would win 3 times in the Tournament
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:34 pm
That is pretty good. Well, that is unless you just shot and shot and picked 3 shots in which you hit 2 and decided to use that as your point of reference — over 65%!
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:34 pm
well
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:34 pm
I
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:35 pm
too
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:35 pm
65% from the free throw line is terrible. TERRIBLE!!!
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:35 pm
want
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:35 pm
to
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:35 pm
I see now what you meant when you said that you were not throwing in the towel. Looks like you are going for another victory. You should be well on your way to over 100 posts.
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:35 pm
Ballgame
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:35 pm
pad
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:36 pm
my
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:36 pm
blog
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:36 pm
It depends on your standard. Didn’t Wilt the Stilt shoot something like 50%?
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:36 pm
stats..
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:37 pm
PTBNL-
Stupid USC basketball makes me ranty
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:38 pm
PTBNL-
anything under 75% is totally unacceptable. I think any coach or analyst would tell you the same thing…
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:39 pm
maybe 70%…but certainly no lower then that
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:39 pm
JC DR you don’t need to do that. I will let you have all of my posts from the last blog. I did not realize I had posted so much. I was a little embarrassed that I had so many. I was just conversing and it all added up.
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:39 pm
cab, you’re a ver passionate fan! love that!
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:40 pm
JC-
When it comes to USC I am…to a fault
nolie
March 16th, 2011
11:41 pm
Pretty sure Rodriguez and Morse arent available
Conor Jackson is too expensive.
So that leaves Betemit and Raburn and I like RYAN RABURN…..Big Nick
Do you think they are gonna add someone like that at this point?
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:41 pm
very*
PTBNL – I know, Im just a bit bored. I need me some baseball!
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:42 pm
I would agree, CAB. A person who plays basketball at a higher level should be able to hit at least 70% of their freethrows — male or female.
nolie
March 16th, 2011
11:43 pm
so anybody think that the denizen listing the number of posts is really DOB trying to increase hits? Seems to be working that way for some.
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:44 pm
PTBNL-
USC’s shooting 60% as a team tonight
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:45 pm
I’m going to have to pull the plug on the internet feed into the doghouse…
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:45 pm
JC you didn’t get some baseball today? Seemed strange that what was for the most part the Braves’ second team beat what was for the most part Boston’s first team.
nolie
March 16th, 2011
11:45 pm
guess we’ll hafta take away Chamberlaion’s HOF membership huh PTBNL?
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:45 pm
Im really finding it hard to believe that a regular poster would take time to count all of the posts from each blog. So I would say that poster is some kind of ”webmaster?” or whatever..
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:46 pm
lol I guess it could be, nolie. Seems kinda strange what motivates people.
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:46 pm
JC-
You can pull those numbers through any number of programs- takes about 5 seconds…not difficult
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:47 pm
Yeah, nolie, I thought about mentioning that when I posted about Wilt. But I thought I would leave well enough alone. Should have known you would bust it.
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:48 pm
Yeah, that was a bit encouraging. practically our bench beating the BoSox. It goes to show you how deep and good we are all around!
nolie
March 16th, 2011
11:48 pm
prolly doesn’t take all that long JC. Hitting that “Show All” button turns the blog into one long page and he has a program the sorts on the poster name field and adds the totals. At least that was his explanation.
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:50 pm
cab – hmm, didn’t know that.. interesting.
Venice Jim
March 16th, 2011
11:51 pm
CAA! CAA!…
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:51 pm
But CAB any given night a player or even a team can just be “off”. But I think that free throws are a basic skill that should be practiced until it is second nature to a player in the higher levels of basketball competition, just as you seem to think.
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:52 pm
We beat Tennessee on the road, Texas at home and lost to Kansas by 2 at their place. We also lost to Rider and Bradley…losing to VCU is no surprise
JC from DR!
March 16th, 2011
11:54 pm
nolie – I completely forgot about the ”Show All” button. Now it does look simple.
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
11:54 pm
PTBNL-
I feel there is no excuse for poor free throw shooting
nolie
March 16th, 2011
11:56 pm
any given night a player or even a team can just be “off” PTBNL
absolutely true. physical talent is not an absolute. Players don’t run at exactly the same top speed every time they compete, or any other aspect of performance. It’s more like a range of ability rather than an exact amount. Good training always helps, of course right??
nolie
March 16th, 2011
11:57 pm
Wilt mighta been too worn down from all those women to be able to shoot FTs well??
PTBNL
March 16th, 2011
11:59 pm
Yes, JC, but the pitching was the key, and that wasn’t our bench guys. I didn’t see the whole game, but what I saw was encouraging because the B team played pretty good defense which allowed them to keep the game low scoring. So there definitely seemed to be some encouragement there.
nolie
March 16th, 2011
11:59 pm
what was it 15,000 women? That’s some serious dedication and must have required tremendous amounts of both time and energy.
tiger297
March 16th, 2011
11:59 pm
maybe the women helped boost his energy level
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:01 am
aah you mean a special workout program, perhaps suggested by a trainer ahead of the curve tiger??
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:02 am
Right, nolie. Ummm Are you mocking me?
Regarding Wilt, it didn’t seem to affect the other aspects of his game. I wonder how much child support he had to pay.
Big Nick
March 17th, 2011
12:02 am
nolie–Maybe not Raburn but yes I do believe the Braves will add a bench piece before opening day.
Big Nick
March 17th, 2011
12:03 am
A right handed hitting bench piece!
JC from DR!
March 17th, 2011
12:04 am
PTBNL – Yeah, exactly. It was great to see hanson rebound after allowing that leadoff HR, retiring the next 15 batters he faced! Sherrill was the one who looked a bit shaky, I hope that changes because during the season things could be ugly out there everytime he comes in relief with a short lead. The bullpen can be the deciding factor in whether the Braves make it or not.
tiger297
March 17th, 2011
12:05 am
nolie – im thinking maybe the amount of activity increased his hormones and such possibly even to the level of PED’s…so you are right we need to boot him out of the HOF. Although I’m confused I see his position listed as C and he seems awfully tall to be a catcher
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:05 am
Not sure any studies have been done in that particular area of “training”. I know some speculate that such activity before workouts may boost Testosterone levels, and thus be helpful in building muscle, but even if that is true I would think that there would be a point at which too much would begin reversing the affect.
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:06 am
not seriously PT, just trying to get a “go to hell nolie” or some other such response. Good trainers are indeed an important asset to any athletic endeavor.
tiger297
March 17th, 2011
12:10 am
hard for me to fathom I’m only 60 hours from braves game. I have so much to do between now and then
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:10 am
The Braves had a pretty tall catcher at one time. Not that tall, but tall for a catcher. What was his name, nolie? Earl Williams comes to mind, but I am not sure that is correct. Kind of foggy again tonight. I had to spend 4 hrs in the emergency room with my father tonight so I don’t feel very sharp.
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:10 am
seriously though, for whatever reason the guy was a horrendous FT shooter.
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:11 am
CAB must have gone out to work on her free throws.
cabravesfan
March 17th, 2011
12:12 am
PTBNL-
I’m here
Sorry to hear about your dad- hope everything is alright…
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:13 am
I agree JC. I hope Sherrill will be more consistent by the time the season gets here or soon after it starts. He could be important for the Braves this year.
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:15 am
He fell, CAB. Broke 2 ribs. Not much they can do for him. Just have to try to manage the pain while we wait for them to heal.
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:15 am
I am very sorry to hear that PT. I hope things progress favorably.
Javy was fairly tall too for a catcher, as was Salty .Williams was about 6′3″ or 6′4″ too IIRC.
In my day @ 6′2″ I was tall for a catcher. Those guys were often well under 6′ for the most part back then.
cabravesfan
March 17th, 2011
12:16 am
PTBNL-
Ouch. Yeah, not much can be done for ribs…
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:16 am
Again, I am not real sharp right now (maybe ever) but didn’t Wilt shoot freethrows granny style?
tiger297
March 17th, 2011
12:16 am
I think if linebrink/sherrill/proctor are important this year our pitching staff has bigger issues than the performance of those individuals.
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:17 am
Last time I broke ribs they didn’t even wrap them like they used to. Real painful no doubt but usually not life threatening at any raye.
tiger297
March 17th, 2011
12:18 am
nolie – last time you broke your ribs or last time you broke someone else’s ribs?
JC from DR!
March 17th, 2011
12:18 am
PTBNL – Hope your father gets well and recovers soon. Can’t imagine the amount of pain that must be..
richbrave
March 17th, 2011
12:19 am
I think USC was outcoached.
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:19 am
I think he tried several styles but I think I remember underhand as one of the more successful ones for him though still stinky
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:20 am
The saying is “opposites attract”, not that my parents are opposites in general, they are very much alike in many ways, but my mother is warm natured, my father is cold natured. And… my mother has a high threshold of pain…. my daddy is a wimp. So we have much to look forward to. lol
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:20 am
mine unfortunately tiger
JC from DR!
March 17th, 2011
12:21 am
underhand? wtf?
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:21 am
Thanks, JC. He is fine as long as he does not move, or cough or whatever. lol
tiger297
March 17th, 2011
12:21 am
man I still gotta figure out how to get from the airport to work in the AM…oh the tough decisions of life
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:22 am
most guys are wimps when it comes right down to pain. We are all whiners.
If the human race depended on guys giving birth it would have died out long long ago
cabravesfan
March 17th, 2011
12:22 am
I think USC was out everything’d…
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:22 am
Nolie, they didn’t wrap his either. How many times have you broken ribs?
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:23 am
yeah it was kinda funky looking LC especially as huge as he was. I wonder if there is a video on You Tube about it?
cabravesfan
March 17th, 2011
12:23 am
PTBNL-
So basically, your dad gets several weeks of being waited on hand and foot, huh?
Seriously, though, all the best for a speedy recovery for him!
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:24 am
sorry JC, not LC. meaning no offense, just a typo
JC from DR!
March 17th, 2011
12:24 am
Have any of you ever been in the middle of the infamous argument of wich of the two hurts the most… women’s period or a smack in the sack
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:25 am
It makes that 100 point game even harder to imagine. Why didn’t the other team just foul the guy?! But even so, scoring 100 points when you only hit half of your free throws is hard to imagine.
JC from DR!
March 17th, 2011
12:26 am
I already saw it on google, nolie. Funky indeed!
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:26 am
three times. once in football in high school, once in baseball blocking the plate and once falling on a greasy hotel kitchen floor and coming down across the edge of a steel sink.
richbrave
March 17th, 2011
12:27 am
cabravesfan
March 16th, 2011
10:48 pm
richbrave-
So you like him more then me?
NO, that’s why I wasn’t pitching either camp.
richbrave
March 17th, 2011
12:29 am
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:19 am
I think he tried several styles but I think I remember underhand as one of the more successful ones for him though still stinky
WILT?
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:29 am
CAB — Nothing new for him. Since he retired he watches tv. Mama doesn’t get to retire, she still washes clothes, fixes meals (minimal, but still she does it). He just sits. But now he gets to have a pain in the side while he sits. I am certified as a personal trainer. He is the worst “client” I have ever had. Like I said, a wimp.
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:29 am
actually I’m kinda sore there now. CAB kneed me in the ribs pretty hard when I tried to escape the other night.
nolie
March 17th, 2011
12:30 am
yeah Wilt, rich
PTBNL
March 17th, 2011
12:30 am
Nolie — ouch!