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Enquiring Minds Want to Know
January 9th, 2012
5:48 pm
Nolie, I must be misremembering. Where was he batting during those 160 AB? And did he start the games in those slots, or was he entering later in the games as a pinch-hitter?
Arkansas Transplant
January 9th, 2012
5:49 pm
brain, you and me both about Beachy.
brian
January 9th, 2012
5:49 pm
Del Rio was great as a DC for Carolina – came out of the Baltimore defensive pedigree of coaches
Arkansas Transplant
January 9th, 2012
5:51 pm
Del Rio may not be a bad option. Just wondering if he would be interested in coming to Atlanta.
John A.
January 9th, 2012
5:51 pm
Obvisiously Braves Management could care less what fans think. Fans are the losers, and the dummies that continue to buy tickets. Fans are the only persons that do not understand what it take to win because they are STUPID. Ask John and Frank…..they know that the sheep will follow them.
nolie
January 9th, 2012
5:51 pm
nolie, I’d say it’s a good change up but not an exceptional one. AT
I disagree as do most scouting reports on him
Seattle Braves
January 9th, 2012
5:54 pm
Man I hope we get Ankiel back. That will solve all of our problems….
Atlanta Teams can be summed up in one statement:
We are as good as anyone else, except when it counts (playoffs). Atleast the Thrashers saw this coming and jumped ship. Oh wait, they sucked, thats why. Oh well, there go Atlanta fans above average teams who cant and will not win it all.
nolie
January 9th, 2012
5:57 pm
Chipper had
33PA at second
53PA at fourth
52PA at 5th
27PA at sixth
1PA at eigth
9PA at ninth
the only slots where he did not average at least 3 at bats per game were 8th and 9th, so he was starting at most all those slots
Arkansas Transplant
January 9th, 2012
5:57 pm
Well, I’ll take that under advisement but I think I’ll stick with my opinion.. Pinpoint control and an exceptional change is his best bet to stick around.
Seattle Braves
January 9th, 2012
6:01 pm
I hope Chipper Jones has a monster season. I hope its a healthy one aswell….
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:04 pm
chipper has been a big team guy over the years, any talk about his ego affecting the team is malarkey.If it meant all that much he would not have moved to left which hurt his HOF chances possibly, not moved to clean up, which he dislikes, for Shef and Drew
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:08 pm
Look it up AT, pretty good control and the change are what most scouts are high about. course what do they know, right?
keylargo
January 9th, 2012
6:10 pm
McCann should never bat third with his speed. He did hit there a couple of games and surely as he is slow, he clogged up the basepaths and cost the Braves runs and killed rallies.
Murph
January 9th, 2012
6:11 pm
I hope Chipper Jones has a monster season. I hope its a healthy one aswell….
How does the old saying go? Hope in one hand and… do something… in the other, then see which fills up first.
Tom Haverford
January 9th, 2012
6:13 pm
Great new up and coming blog at http://aroundtheforum.blogspot.com/
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:15 pm
yeah I like a little speed at third too KL, many of the good ones score as many or more runs than they bat in over a career, so not clogging the bases is important IMO
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:15 pm
I see Murph is back……….
Enquiring Minds Want to Know
January 9th, 2012
6:21 pm
Nolie, don’t get me wrong. I have always been and continue to be a big Chipper fan. I am well aware of the concessions he has made over the years, monetary and otherwise, for the betterment of the team. My opinion was not meant to belittle Chipper in any way. But it is my belief that, at this stage in his career, if he isn’t good enough to be 3 or 4, he’ll hang it up. But you know, I really could be full of crap. We’ll see!
Murph
January 9th, 2012
6:22 pm
Hi nolie!
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
6:22 pm
Nothing wrong with hoping. I’m hoping to win the powerball lottery but I have not bought the yacht or hired any lingerie models as mates for it yet.
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:23 pm
“crap” is onea my favorite words, don’t take it personally
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:24 pm
you gotta BELIEVE, Bat
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
6:29 pm
Oh I do, nolie
Murph
January 9th, 2012
6:29 pm
I got the cedar fever, nolie… you don’t want to mess with me today.
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:38 pm
mess with you? when have I ever messed with you????
got cedar trees around huh? use a mask?
keylargo
January 9th, 2012
6:38 pm
Tomahawkin (The Godfather)…10:02 am…”I maybe drinking the Kool Aid here but BB (Beachy) Has the best mound makeup and composure since a young Jason Marquis”
2008 Marquis had a 4.45 ERA over 308 innings. 306 hits, 40 HR’s, 1.44 WHIP
I sure hope we get more than that from Beachy.
Murph
January 9th, 2012
6:39 pm
got cedar trees around huh? use a mask?
I’m not Japanese
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:41 pm
what does Japanese have to do with it?
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:42 pm
swoooosh
jeffrey doo doo
January 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
whoooooosh
jeffrey doo doo
January 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
Unless you just nailed a 3-pointer
keylargo
January 9th, 2012
6:45 pm
Nolie – I will always remember a game where McCann hit third and was on first. The four hitter hit a ball in the outfield gap all the way to the wall in right and was headed for third when he looked up and saw McCann at third – stopped. He really had to scramble back to second he had gone around so far.
No, it won’t happen every game, but it will happen.
Murph
January 9th, 2012
6:47 pm
You’ve never seen pictures of Japanese people wearing masks? If someone in Japan reports a common cold half the country wears masks when they leave the house.
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:50 pm
good idea considering the population density on that little island.
I have a friend who has extreme allergy to cedar pollen and he uses a mask during the season, says it helps him some. not Japanese either
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
6:52 pm
Mask wearer stereotyping
Carroll Rogers
January 9th, 2012
6:54 pm
cabravesfan, sorry about the confusion on Twitter. That was just an experiment. The AJC wants me to tweet from the joint ajcbraves account and not have a separate account, so that’s what I’m going to do.
nolie
January 9th, 2012
6:56 pm
talk about masks. when I hafta spend daily time at my infection doctors, not now thankfully, you can hardly recognize anybody. If the guy kept much money there he could get robbed and nobody could tell who dun it
Choppinmama
January 9th, 2012
6:59 pm
keylargo – maybe McCann was listening to his 3rd base coach (who probably knew he’d be dead if he kept going for home!) ( I needed to act as BMac’s defense counsel in case McFann is still having dinner!)
Happy New Year down south!! I put all my plants back out a couple of days ago……..now I see I’ve got to yank those suckers back in next week. Oh my, the vagaries of the Florida winters.
nolie
January 9th, 2012
7:01 pm
Glad to see Larkin make it as I have said b4 he would since he became eligible.
looks like PED bias is still rampant as is Coors bias. Walker is not HOFer IMO but deserves more than 23%, McGuire and Palmeiro WAY below what their numbers say.
Bags has never been officially tied to them but the rumors seem to be holding him back some since many analysts put him in the top 5-6 all time first sackers
nolie
January 9th, 2012
7:04 pm
if he wasn’t so slow the third base coach would not have held him up. not his fault but he does not make the best #3 hitter
keylargo
January 9th, 2012
7:09 pm
Choppinmama – McCann doesn’t need a defense, He does however need to be working his ass off to improve his speed.
Murph
January 9th, 2012
7:18 pm
I remember when Hantavirus was blowing up in New Mexico in the early 90’s… used to see tourists driving through wearing masks. Mix of Japanese and Germans.
Choppinmama
January 9th, 2012
7:23 pm
keylargo – If BMac worked his ass off, the weight reduction would ruin his counterbalance as he squats behind the plate.
jeffrey doo doo
January 9th, 2012
7:24 pm
Have we tried dangling some sort of a pastry from the brim of McCann’s batting helmet?
Murph
January 9th, 2012
7:28 pm
Have we tried dangling some sort of a pastry from the brim of McCann’s batting helmet?
What do they use at dog races? The mechanical rabbit? They should install one of those at the ST facility, only replace the rabbit with a donut or some beef jerky.
If he’s only allowed to eat what he can catch McCann will get real fast real quick. Or eat one of the rookies.
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
7:28 pm
He’s not dumb, jeffrey just fat
Efrim
January 9th, 2012
7:29 pm
he already has an excellent change up, he needs to improve his curve or come up with a good slider. His change is the least of his worries
Doesn’t he have a pretty good slider though? I believe it was the inclusion of the slider that lead to all of the K’s this past year. I agree on curve and change.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
7:31 pm
Carroll-
No worries- thanks for getting back to me
Sopheee
January 9th, 2012
7:32 pm
Watch your back, doo doo – McFann’s gonna get you.
jeffrey doo doo
January 9th, 2012
7:32 pm
If he’s only allowed to eat what he can catch McCann will get real fast real quick
At first I read that as “If he’s only allowed to eat while he can catch” and I got a funny mental image of BMac chowing down on a burger between innings
Choppinmama
January 9th, 2012
7:33 pm
My elderly aunt in Honolulu – who is still hacked off that she can’t watch the Braves every day on TBS – is always sending me baseball-related articles she’s clipped. The latest one is about an autographed photo of Babe Ruth and Duke Kahanamoku (olympic champion swimmer and surfing enthusiast) taken in 1933. It was taken on Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head in the background and nary a high-rise bulding in sight along the coastline.
Apparently, the photo is up for auction.
The article goes on to quote a UPI article about Ruth in the Islands to relax after the W Series and play a few exhibition games: “Before the game started Ruth complained that the baseballs provided were ’second grade’.”
Prima (clap, clap) donna (clap,clap)
Sopheee
January 9th, 2012
7:37 pm
At least you’re not the only doo doo out there, jd.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/celebrities-tv/beezow-doo-doo-zopittybop-1295457.html?cxntlid=thbz_hm
jeffrey doo doo
January 9th, 2012
7:39 pm
Ha, I saw that. At first I thought he was a rapper or something and I thought “…kids these days!”
jeffrey doo doo
January 9th, 2012
7:40 pm
whoo! Top prospect Jordan Jenkins picked UGA
Efrim
January 9th, 2012
7:45 pm
The Cubs and Tigers are “down the road” in talks about a deal that would sent Matt Garza to Detroit for a package of prospects, according to David Kaplan of CSNChicago.com.
http://www.csnchicago.com/blog/cubs-talk/post/Tigers-Cubs-talking-Garza-trade?blockID=627864&feedID=661
Jives with the “Cubs/Maholm” news from this morning. Theo is going to break it down completely. Makes sense. Garza could get hurt during the first half and then his trade value goes way down. Best case is to trade him now and if they can get Jacob Turner, more power to them…..even if Turner only has a #2/3 ceiling.
Choppinmama
January 9th, 2012
7:48 pm
Auntie also sent be an article from Gudepost magazine written by Huddy talking about his early career, elbow injury and comeback………having to wait out the rain delay before his first start in 13 mos.
Talking about how pumped he got to pitch and how competitive he was. He was watching a game replay where he had just struck out Garciaparra to end an inning. “I stared at him as I walked off the mound, as if to say, ‘you can’t beat me’. Garciaparra got ticked off and shouted something at me. My stare turned into glass – cold, hard, almost menacing. Watching the replay, I couldn’t believe that was me”…….explaining to reporters, “I know I weigh a hundred and sixty pounds, but when I’m out there on the mound I feel like I’m two hundred and twenty.”
His alter-ego – Huddy the Horrible
Efrim
January 9th, 2012
7:49 pm
If Garza is traded, that leaves Jurrjens as like the only potential trade candidate….unless the Rays put Niemann or Davis out there.
Jeff R
January 9th, 2012
7:50 pm
“I hope Chipper Jones has a monster season. I hope its a healthy one aswell….”
Chipper’s got to be healthy to have a chance at a monster season. Huh? I’d actually take a 20-80-.275 season (along with the other key stats). We’ll see, though. Forty years old and bad knees makes it more of a challenge for Chipper.
Jeff R
January 9th, 2012
7:57 pm
Ups Jurrjens value, then (a Garza trade).
Wren is being smart (now) not running after a deal for Jurrjens or Prado. Jurrjens might just be more attractive to teams right as spring training advances. Or Jurrjens may stay a Brave and have a solid rebound season.
George
January 9th, 2012
8:00 pm
jeffrey doo doo
January 9th, 2012
7:24 pm
Have we tried dangling some sort of a pastry from the brim of McCann’s batting helmet?
********************************************************************************
Now the above was really funny, WTG jeffery
Bay Area Steve
January 9th, 2012
8:03 pm
Random,
‘Preciate the response, sir. I think I’m done with it, though I do want to address your characterization of AT. While I can’t recall your specific interactions with him, I don’t believe he even approaches those you mentioned. Here’s hopin’ I ain’t wrong.
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
8:05 pm
Forty years old and bad knees makes it more of a challenge for Chipper.
…and the SS. Thank goodness, Uggla has range. Oh…
Go get’m rook.
Bay Area Steve
January 9th, 2012
8:06 pm
“Now the above was really funny”
I know it’s a great thing that we each have our own perspective, that humor is subjective, that one man’s Dane Cook is the next’s Richard Pryor. But, man alive, the McCann fat jokes are played out. Four years of the same stuff, and the only thing that even tried to stay funny about it was riling up McFann. She doesn’t even bother anymore. Don’t you folks have some new material?
SoWeGa Fanatic
January 9th, 2012
8:09 pm
Absolutely stunned at Murph’s low HOF vote total again.
Steve from OH
January 9th, 2012
8:14 pm
I know it’s a great thing that we each have our own perspective, that humor is subjective, that one man’s Dane Cook is the next’s Richard Pryor.
Well, not in the case of Dane Cook. He’s a schmuck. Bro humor at its finest.
George
January 9th, 2012
8:14 pm
Couch tater
Remember we do not have a SS, so CHIPPER will have to cover all the ground between 3rd base and 2nd base.
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
8:15 pm
Don’t you folks have some new material?
McCann could coach at Kansas after his playing days.
Bay Area Steve
January 9th, 2012
8:16 pm
Atta boy, Tater. I actually laughed. Love the ‘OB/Kansas tie in…
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:17 pm
darrenrovell darren rovell
Developing! RT @ralphDrussoAP Ticket problem at the Superdome. Fans have seats that were turned into media overflow (H/T @chrisvannini)
Oops
SoWeGa Fanatic
January 9th, 2012
8:18 pm
Kirby Puckett was a first ballot HOF’er, but Murph can’t even get 15% of the vote in his 14th year on the ballot. What a joke.
George
January 9th, 2012
8:19 pm
Going to be tough noise wise for Bama.
richbrave
January 9th, 2012
8:19 pm
News on GIL in MECHANICSVILLE:
Not good news. Still in the hospital and has been through the holidays. Major back surgery on many vertibre which did not go well. Long rehab before he can walk again. He’s supposed to come home, but will be wheelchair/hover-round bound for a good while.
Posted this up in the a.m. Thought some of you may have missed it.
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
8:20 pm
CHIPPER will have to cover all the ground between 3rd base and 2nd base.
Nah, that’s why Wren insists on a speedy centerfielder.
George
January 9th, 2012
8:21 pm
Outta here Peanut needs walk, then game. Have a good one or two tonight y’all.
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
8:25 pm
Thanks, rich.
Tell him if Moylan can be ready by ST, so can he. We miss his posts.
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
8:27 pm
Roll Tide Roll!
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:29 pm
Just can’t get into the game tonight. Not sure there are 2 coaches that I like less than Miles and Saban…
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:37 pm
Everyone left
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:38 pm
Guess I’ll talk to myself for a while
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:39 pm
I’m bored
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:39 pm
Me too.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:40 pm
Also, I’m hungry
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:40 pm
and I want some wine
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:41 pm
It’s a bit early though
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:41 pm
VJ’s not home
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:42 pm
and nobody here will talk to me
jeffrey doo doo
January 9th, 2012
8:43 pm
Would you 2 keep it down??
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:45 pm
NO. Nobody else is talking to me so I’m going to talk to me.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:46 pm
I’m sleepy
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:47 pm
I want food, wine, VJ to be home, my pup, and bed
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:47 pm
TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:48 pm
I want chocolate cream pie
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
January 9th, 2012
8:49 pm
Lets say we get Izturis and keep Prado
Bourn/ Prado/ Jones/ Uggla/ McCann/ Freeman/ Heyward/ Izturis
How does this lineup not produce if these guys could just stay mostly healthy? You know Chipper more than likely won’t, but still it’d be a solid enough lineup through the year.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:51 pm
and chili dogs
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
8:52 pm
And other things
Efrim
January 9th, 2012
8:53 pm
Verlander, Garza, Scherzer, Fister, Porcello.
That’s real good….
brian
January 9th, 2012
8:55 pm
cutting on McCann or Kansas now???
The McCann compared to Mangino and Weis size
or
A baseball catcher could get similar results to what Kansas has been getting out of its football coach lately
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:00 pm
What a weak-a** tackle attempt by LSU there
brian
January 9th, 2012
9:03 pm
War Eagle!
brian
January 9th, 2012
9:11 pm
how’s that conversation with yourself cabravesfan? Might start one myself