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Chop Chop
August 12th, 2011
7:21 pm
Congrats to Bobby. I’m glad his number is being retired. He was a great manager of men for a long time. May his nose always be full of boogers to pick.
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:21 pm
panamajack
“Tomahawkin, the reason so many seats are empty is because most fans are like me .”
Naw, Actually I think some of those Seats were bought by Bandwagon Cubs Fans who live here in Atlanta and chose not to go because their Team is Garbage! What a Waste! Those tickets could’ve been saved for Braves Fans
I hate Cubs Fans
Bravesfan2011
August 12th, 2011
7:21 pm
Will tomorrow’s softball game be televised ?
Brava
August 12th, 2011
7:22 pm
People just haven’t gotten to the Ted from work. This game is sold out.
David O'Brien
August 12th, 2011
7:22 pm
Smoltz: “A small part of Bobby Cox changes you as a baseball player; 20 years with the man changes your life.”
Snotboogie
August 12th, 2011
7:23 pm
Mac – first AB – 8 pitches and a sharp flyout to CF.
McFann O O It won't be long, now!!!
August 12th, 2011
7:23 pm
BMac flies out sharply to CF for out #2.
David O'Brien
August 12th, 2011
7:23 pm
Chipper: “Over the last 20 years we’ve won with class and lost with class. We’re one of the most respected organizations in baseball because we’ve been led by the best manager in baseball over that period”
Mitchell
August 12th, 2011
7:23 pm
Somebody get Constanza up there.
I want to hear what he has to say.
McFann O O It won't be long, now!!!
August 12th, 2011
7:23 pm
Was a good AB, though…
Bravesfan2011
August 12th, 2011
7:24 pm
I don’t know about y’all but i’m sitting here crying. This brings back so many memories. I can’t wait until Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz are inducted into the HOF.
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:24 pm
katherine
“most people will have a hard time getting to the game early because of friday traffic…even though they game was sold out and standing room only”
And There is The PGA Championships As well as a Preseason Falcons game at the GA Dome…
DiamondbackMac
August 12th, 2011
7:25 pm
McFann
8 pitches, he battled.
Chop Chop
August 12th, 2011
7:25 pm
Russ Nixon would beg to differ.
Tracy
August 12th, 2011
7:25 pm
This was brilliant. Thank you Dave, for sharing the stories from the luncheon
McFann O O It won't be long, now!!!
August 12th, 2011
7:26 pm
DBackMac—
Yep!
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:26 pm
Bravesfan2011
“Will tomorrow’s softball game be televised ?”
No I don’t Think? I went to the one last year and it wasn’t televised
Wow? People Still Wear Tie-Dyed Shirts?
katherine
August 12th, 2011
7:26 pm
very true tomahawkin
Mitchell
August 12th, 2011
7:27 pm
Great camera work panning across the numbers.
Somebody having a seizure?
DiamondbackMac
August 12th, 2011
7:27 pm
McFann
Gameday showed that it was caught at the wall.
lexbrave
August 12th, 2011
7:27 pm
wonder if smoltzie is bitter that his number isn’t up there next to greg and tom’s.
Chop Chop
August 12th, 2011
7:27 pm
Oh, my gawd! That’s Frank Wren’s music!
(No such luck. Oh well.)
tdc
August 12th, 2011
7:28 pm
Congrats Bobby! Thank you for the great memories.
Brava
August 12th, 2011
7:28 pm
I’m in tears too, Bravesfan2011.
David O'Brien
August 12th, 2011
7:28 pm
Don Sutton tells Cox he wished he’d had a chance to play for him: “You would have made me better.”
Mitchell
August 12th, 2011
7:28 pm
They play that tacky music and you can’t hear the crowd response.
There are people there it would seem, maybe not in the upper deck in right field but elsewhere.
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:29 pm
The Softball Game Starts at 430-5ish?
Its pretty good stuff to go to…And If I’m not mistaking? The gates open at 3pm tomorrow?
lexbrave
August 12th, 2011
7:29 pm
bobby cox might be the classiest man alive.
cabravesfan
August 12th, 2011
7:29 pm
Bobby just hates talking about himself doesn’t he?
stinky
August 12th, 2011
7:29 pm
That Propecia thing never really worked out for Smoltzie, did it?
McFann O O It won't be long, now!!!
August 12th, 2011
7:29 pm
DBackMac—
Yeah…they shoulda made that field smaller…
lexbrave
August 12th, 2011
7:30 pm
still putting the team first
Bravesfan2011
August 12th, 2011
7:30 pm
I’m mad that the softball game isn’t on tv !!! That would be fun to watch.
onlyonce
August 12th, 2011
7:30 pm
wow, what happened to all the Bobby haters, keeping quite out of respect I guess.
McFann O O It won't be long, now!!!
August 12th, 2011
7:30 pm
cab Bobby just hates talking about himself doesn’t he?
Yes!
DiamondbackMac
August 12th, 2011
7:31 pm
lol
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:31 pm
Just Imagine All The Players and Coaches that came and Gone through Bobby C’s Tenure Here…
I can’t believe some of the names…Thinking that we had Derrek Lee Last year made that thought come up
As Well as Deion going into the NFL HOF Last week
Brava
August 12th, 2011
7:31 pm
We love you, Bobby!!!
Chop Chop
August 12th, 2011
7:32 pm
Bon voyage, Bobby.
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:32 pm
The Thanks Bobby Crew! But They didn’t show My Crew! Pretty Boy Flexing for Bobby!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
David O'Brien
August 12th, 2011
7:32 pm
Cox on getting emotional: “I was fine until they took the curtain off the number 6… I want to thank you so much. This is one of the greatest days of our lives.”
Chop Chop
August 12th, 2011
7:33 pm
Glad I saw some of the ceremony. Now I can turn my attention to football. Yeeeeeeeeeehaw!!!!!!!!!!!!
bravesgirlnc
August 12th, 2011
7:33 pm
That was good. Classy
lexbrave
August 12th, 2011
7:33 pm
man that bream slide gets me every time.
Bravesfan2011
August 12th, 2011
7:33 pm
Just think of all the Braves players or coaches who will be inducted in the HOF in the next few years. Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine, Cox, Chipper.
katherine
August 12th, 2011
7:34 pm
that was very classy
Mitchell
August 12th, 2011
7:34 pm
Mike Minor, didn’t know he was pitching.
Get r done, Mikey.
Or something.
Bravesfan2011
August 12th, 2011
7:34 pm
Yeah, that Sid Bream slide to home plate in the 1992 NLCS is probably my most memorable Braves moment ever. Even more memorable than when Grissom caught the final out in the 1995 WS.
Heath
August 12th, 2011
7:37 pm
OK… link ended. THANKS AGAIN cab!
stinky
August 12th, 2011
7:37 pm
B4 everyone gets too Cozy with #6, remember that he had a losing record in the post-season and was 1-4 in the October Classic. Teams are supposed to get better with more post season experience. What hppened to Cox’s Braves’ squads?
cabravesfan
August 12th, 2011
7:38 pm
You’re welcome Heath.
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:39 pm
Game Time
All Da Way Turn’ Up!”
On The Real However. I think The Day off will Hurt UGGLA
Especially since I’m a huge fan of day 2 day momentum….
Bravesfan2011
August 12th, 2011
7:39 pm
Good grief, the Georgia Dome looks nearly empty. Where is everyone ???
Bat Masterson
August 12th, 2011
7:39 pm
Thanks for the link,cab
That was damned cool best wishes Bobby Cox
David O'Brien
August 12th, 2011
7:40 pm
Bobby threw a strike to Chipper Jones on ceremonial first pitch, then went over to shake umpires’ hands. They all smiled, shook hands with him, then ump Tim Timmons acted like he was throwing him out….
Chop Chop
August 12th, 2011
7:40 pm
Falcons went three and out on the first drive of the preseason.
Ballgame
cabravesfan
August 12th, 2011
7:41 pm
my pleasure Bat- don’t any of you follow the Braves on Facebook?
Coach (2011 Fredi G. a go!)
August 12th, 2011
7:41 pm
Git’er done
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:42 pm
Standing Room Only Crowd My Yellow Ass!
GTI in Chicago
August 12th, 2011
7:42 pm
Nice little interview before the game on WGN radio with MARLON BYRD about growing up a die-hard Braves fan as a kid in Georgia.
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:43 pm
Come On M&M!
Lets Do This!
Bat Masterson
August 12th, 2011
7:44 pm
probably cab,I barely pat attention to FB these days
Joel
August 12th, 2011
7:44 pm
Int for the birds!
David O'Brien
August 12th, 2011
7:45 pm
Minor struck out 12 Cubs when he faced them last season, strikes out Castro to start this one… Then a Reed Johnson single to CF
Coach (2011 Fredi G. a go!)
August 12th, 2011
7:45 pm
There goes the perfect game
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:46 pm
Hell Yeah
Nice DP
cabravesfan
August 12th, 2011
7:46 pm
If you all keep posting Falcons updates, I am going to post 49er updates when the game gets going
McFann O O It won't be long, now!!!
August 12th, 2011
7:46 pm
DOB They all smiled, shook hands with him, then ump Tim Timmons acted like he was throwing him out….
Coach (2011 Fredi G. a go!)
August 12th, 2011
7:46 pm
It’s all good, double play. Inning over.
katherine
August 12th, 2011
7:46 pm
lol you all need to calm down….like I said before it will be hard for people to be at either game anywhere near on time tonight. The traffic is extra horrible tonight.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 12th, 2011
7:46 pm
Minor looked pretty sharp in that first inning. I hope that first inning is a predictor of a good outing tonight from him.
katherine
August 12th, 2011
7:47 pm
falcon updates are awesome! im taping it and watching the braves game
Bat Masterson
August 12th, 2011
7:48 pm
How much space will youi take up posting 4 andouty for the Niner’s,cab
Joel
August 12th, 2011
7:49 pm
TD Turner!
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:49 pm
D.O.B.
“Minor struck out 12 Cubs when he faced them last season, strikes out Castro to start this one… Then a Reed Johnson single to CF”
That was Also Heywards Last 2 homer Game? No?
His stats have been Nasty Since That 16-5 win against the cubs at Wrigley
cabravesfan
August 12th, 2011
7:49 pm
Bat-
You’d be surprised. It’s a 60 minute game. That’s a lot of 4 and outs
(What’s a 4 and out, but the way? Do they get an extra down for being so bad?)
Joel
August 12th, 2011
7:50 pm
Zambrano doesnt waste any time
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:51 pm
Brb!!!
My Roomates Dog is starting to Tripp
I don’t think she likes it when I watch the games?
Bat Masterson
August 12th, 2011
7:52 pm
Cab-
3 and out. Damn I’m out shape.that’s what pre-season is for I guess ;lol:
Heath
August 12th, 2011
7:53 pm
I like the fast pace of the game…
cabravesfan
August 12th, 2011
7:53 pm
Bat-
I know what you meant- just couldn’t resist that
McFann O O It won't be long, now!!!
August 12th, 2011
7:55 pm
Wow…what’s with David? Got new gear…
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:55 pm
I still can’t believe a few years ago that Bandwagon Cubs Fans were Claiming that Geovanny Soto was better than B-Macc
To those Bandwagon Cubs Fans:
“Cocaine is a Hell of a Drug!”
Bat Masterson
August 12th, 2011
7:58 pm
of course not,cab. That’s what I get for ribbing you in pre season. Who knows maybe it all falls inyto place for the Niners this year
David O'Brien
August 12th, 2011
7:58 pm
Keep Ernie Johnson Sr. in your thoughts, folks. He’s been ill for some time and has taken a turn for the worse in recent days.
McFann O O It won't be long, now!!!
August 12th, 2011
7:58 pm
BMac grounds out sharply to first baseman. 3 outs.
Least he’s apparently been sharp so far…
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
7:59 pm
Sorryano Sucks
But Watch Out! He Kills Us!
katherine
August 12th, 2011
7:59 pm
falcons up 7-0
McFann O O It won't be long, now!!!
August 12th, 2011
7:59 pm
Will do, Chief!
Bat Masterson
August 12th, 2011
7:59 pm
Whoa, sorry to hear that DoIB
GTI in Chicago
August 12th, 2011
8:00 pm
Seems SOTO was a bit of a flash in the pan. One of the greatest things about BMac has been his year in, year out staying power.
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
8:00 pm
To Sorryano
Ho Sit Down!
DiamondbackMac
August 12th, 2011
8:02 pm
Dannnnnnnnnn
Heath
August 12th, 2011
8:02 pm
DAMN!!!! 32 games in a row with some style!!!!
Tomahawkin
August 12th, 2011
8:02 pm
UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOM-SHOT-LOCK-BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VaBravesFan
August 12th, 2011
8:02 pm
Uggla!!!
cabravesfan
August 12th, 2011
8:03 pm
DANNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
McFann O O It won't be long, now!!!
August 12th, 2011
8:03 pm
32 GAMES!!! NEW RECORD!!
YAY, DAN!!
BFChris26
August 12th, 2011
8:03 pm
DAN UGGLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mitchell
August 12th, 2011
8:03 pm
I changed the channel.
What was I thinking?
Son of a bitch.