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brian
January 9th, 2012
9:12 pm
first down Tide – no way they overturn that spot
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:12 pm
brian-
I got bored with me, so I poured some wine.
brian
January 9th, 2012
9:14 pm
make yourself more entertaining?
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:15 pm
brian-
mainly because I wanted some wine
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
9:18 pm
Have some pie with it
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:18 pm
hey- we actually have some left over pecan pie that VJ made…but no chocolate cream
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
9:21 pm
Melt some M&Ms on and call it close enough.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:21 pm
Bat-
not the same thing
tiger297
January 9th, 2012
9:22 pm
oh come on guys its not that boring is it…
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:22 pm
tiger-
Yes. Yes it is
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:22 pm
The game, anyways…
tiger297
January 9th, 2012
9:24 pm
what game I thought it was the kirt herbstreit show?
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
9:25 pm
Have a few more glasses of wine and reconsider
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:26 pm
Bat-
If I have a few more glasses of wine, I probably won’t care
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
9:27 pm
Exactly, either way.
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
9:28 pm
cab—Does VJ make his own pie crusts or buy ready made?
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:32 pm
Moe-
He buys the ready made. But I don’t typically like pecan pie- it’s too sweet. His is AMAZING
brian
January 9th, 2012
9:34 pm
Varsity Jr in California??
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
9:34 pm
Not sure there are 2 coaches that I like less than Miles and Saban…
Dang, they musta missed the ESPN Pre-Championship Dale Carnegie Course, sponsored by the Ignoble & Crass Law Firm.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:34 pm
brian-
NO! Venice Jim
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
9:35 pm
cab–I agree that too often pecan pies are too sweet. I like the idea of pecan pie but not when they are too sweet. I remember my first pecan pie. My preschool had a pecan tree on the premises. The little four-year-olds were allowed to collect them. I took home a big bag one day. I had no idea what one did with pecans. I was instructed in the art of peeling them and my mother made a pie.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:36 pm
Moe-
I may make VJ make his pecan pie for every holiday now. Someone in the family always brings pecan pie, and I never eat it because the store bought stuff is just…not for me.
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
9:37 pm
A friend of mine had a BBQ restaurant and he made chocolate pecan pies. People loved them but, my god…………….
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:39 pm
darrenrovell darren rovell
The median price spent on the BCS title game @StubHub was $1,531 a ticket. Can you imagine spending that $ for this?
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
9:39 pm
cab–I agree with you on store bought ones. Just cannot eat them. Make me think of something that one would buy at Stuckey’s. (I’m guessing that you are probably not familiar with that fine establishment.)
Bat–Yeh. That sounds like a bit much.
abwright
January 9th, 2012
9:40 pm
Mmm, pi.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:40 pm
Moe-
Can’t say Stuckey’s is someplace I am familiar with.
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
9:40 pm
Bat–Read anything good recently? I just finished reading a novel yesterday and trying to figure out what i want to read next.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:41 pm
Mmm, pi.
That so sounds like something VJ would write
abwright
January 9th, 2012
9:43 pm
After I posted, I realized it would actually be amusing if I looked up the ASCII code for π.
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
9:43 pm
cab–Prior to the advent of the convenience store, there used to be a store/restaurant/gas station combo at exits across interstates in the south. They sold things like pecan logs, divinity, and confederate flag belt buckles. (I believe that one of the heirs to the Stuckey’s fortune was a member of the state legislature in Georgia–from Decatur.)
abwright
January 9th, 2012
9:43 pm
Mmm, π.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:45 pm
Moe-
What is a pecan log? Sounds like a classy place
tiger297
January 9th, 2012
9:45 pm
stuckeys pecan logs yummm
abwright
January 9th, 2012
9:46 pm
Mmmm, Stuckey’s.
And I cannot stand the phrase “pecan log.”
Goes after the joke my Paw Paw used to tell.
A man comes into a gas station and says, “Where can I get some pe-cans?”
Proprietor responds, “You need to go to a hardware store.”
brian
January 9th, 2012
9:46 pm
an ounce of gold or a ticket to the BCS champioship game……………..
abwright
January 9th, 2012
9:47 pm
So, you can see how a pe-can log has a decidedly unpleasant image for me.
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
9:47 pm
Here is a description of the Stuckey’s pecan log from amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Stuckeys-Pecan-Roll-Twelve-Pack/dp/B002SV5M2U
abwright
January 9th, 2012
9:48 pm
And stuck (y’s) pe-can logs, no thanks.
cabravesfan
January 9th, 2012
9:49 pm
That doesn’t even look like food…
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
9:51 pm
Nope–some type of scary white fluff with sugared pecans around the outside.
I guess the world of baseball is a bit slow, if we are discussing Stuckey’s pecan logs.
tiger297
January 9th, 2012
9:53 pm
stuckeys reminds me of going to disneyworld when I was a kid…sitting in the tailgunner seat in our stationwagon…man those were the days
ROLLTIDEBRAVE
January 9th, 2012
9:54 pm
BAMA 9, LSU 0 at half! ROLL TIDE!!!
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
9:57 pm
I suppose that on the evening of an all SEC BCS championship game reminiscing about traveling across the southeast is not inappropriate. I was about to ask what is happening in the game but just saw the update from Roll Tidebrave–a moniker which leaves me wondering: what is a tidebrave?
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
10:02 pm
what is a tidebrave?
A heluva good fan.
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
10:04 pm
I’ve read a few, Moe.
Empire of the Summer Moon, by S. C. Gwynne (twice)
The Wake of Forgiveness, by Bruce Machart……..
The Last Stand, by Nathaniel Philbrick…… (George Custer, Sitting Bull) read it twice too
The. Last Gunfight, by Jeff Guinn ( O K Corral)
Stephen King, Dark Tower series, volumes 1-4 & 11/22/63
James Lee Burke series
Michael Connelly’s books
I’m starting The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova……….
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
10:04 pm
I see. I was picturing a Native American on a surf board.
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
10:07 pm
BAt–I am guessing that the books, which you read twice, were your favorites? May look up some of those. I have a friend who has a book coming out next month but am not so interested in reading it–on French modes of parenting.
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
10:13 pm
I was picturing a Native American on a surf board.
Nope. That would be Miccosukees….until, they discovered casinos.
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
10:16 pm
Yeah,just an interesting bit of American History, at least to me.
The Wake of Forgiveness was good. Turn of the 20th century Texas. Stark yet descriptive
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
10:18 pm
Moe_
What did you just finish?
brian
January 9th, 2012
10:20 pm
guess Huddy is cheering for LSU tonight. No way he cheers for Bama
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
10:20 pm
Bat–Just finished J.M. Coetzee’s ‘Disgrace’. I liked it. A good friend sent it to me and quite liked it.
brian
January 9th, 2012
10:23 pm
anybody know what Dyer did to get kicked off the Auburn football team? Former top ranked high school RB, 1,000 yard rusher for Auburn, and BCS MVP
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
10:25 pm
Moe_
I looked up a summary, sounds pretty good. I’ll and it to my list, thanks.
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
10:32 pm
Bat–I liked it. Coetzee was someone I had not read but have had many friends who were fans. Don’t know where ‘Disgrace’ is supposed to fall in his oeuvre, but I liked it.
denny
January 9th, 2012
10:35 pm
Way I see it my Braves are the 5th best team in the NL behind the Phillies, Cardinals, DBacks and Nationals. Yes, Washington is better. Don’t discount them because of their past including last season. Much improved with Gonzalez to go with Strasburg. If Fielder signs there they are without a doubt a better team than Atlanta. Marlins could certainly finish with a better season as well.
There’s a reason for madness and not just spouting all this obnoxious negativity. Here’s why:
Chipper is a year older, bad knees now to go with whatever else his aging body might suffer from this season. Spells bad news for a team relying on him being once again your number 3 hitter. Who covers him when he’s out? Prado? Who in the hell covers him in left field? Diaz/Hinske? Yikes.
Hudson qualifies as an ace in my view. But he is coming off a second surgery in I believe three years. He’s a year older and a big question mark in my opinion. Out of Beachy,Hanson and Jurrjens, JJ is to me most capable of being the ace right now. Speaking of, he and Hanson have health scares surrounding them to enter the new season. Teheran, Delgado and Minor are young and green. Minor did take a step forward last year which is good news.
Heyward looks like a mess. All messed up at the plate. Even though he is said to be healthy now, until he faces live action MLB pitching again, nobody, even him, know what to expect. He is still so young that I am nowhere near confident he bounces back. Very tough game.
How will the big three in the pen hold up going through another season of Braves baseball? By that I mean pitching a ton because the offense is so very mediocre scoring few runs and also a manager that will indeed burn them out by late July or by August.
You then have to put into account we no longer have stellar defense at SS. Gonzo is a pretty big defensive piece that will be missing I’m afraid. Pastornicky isn’t a good defender through scouting reports and I’m not so sure anymore the Braves either A) have the money to sign or trade for a good SS, or B) have the desire to because they feel confident in Pastornicky to begin the season as a Braves starter.
Mitchie-sand
January 9th, 2012
10:37 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.”
Not entirely true. MOst people you see wearing masks have a cold themselves. Its a courtesy to others by not spreading their germs around. I wish we had that kind of courtesy.
Mitchie-sand
January 9th, 2012
10:39 pm
“good idea considering the population density on that little island.”
Umm. Japan is roughly the size of California…. Not little.
Steve from OH
January 9th, 2012
10:41 pm
I swear, if I hear the words “Honey Badger” one more time, I’m going to destroy the TV.
brian
January 9th, 2012
10:41 pm
we do not all need to wear masks for common colds
Moe Berg
January 9th, 2012
10:42 pm
In what context are you hearing, ‘Honey Badger’? Sounds a bit…I’m not sure what.
VaBravesFan
January 9th, 2012
10:42 pm
Braves should kick the tires on Fernando Martinez. He’s only 23 years old and has only had 145 MLB PA’s.
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
10:44 pm
I feel like such a fool rooting for a team in a conference where Field Goal kicking is the continual highlight of the game…
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
10:44 pm
The setting sounds appealing, Moe. I was reading summaries of other books on that Amazon page, easy for me to get lost in that.
Steve from OH
January 9th, 2012
10:44 pm
VaBraves–was thinking the same thing. Can’t hurt to try a minor league deal, especially given our perennially uncertain OF situation and lack of OF prospects in the minors.
uga-brave
January 9th, 2012
10:45 pm
bama looks like they have 13 players on defense every possession.
Steve from OH
January 9th, 2012
10:45 pm
Moe–the “Honey Badger” is Brent Musburger’s latest college crush…
VaBravesFan
January 9th, 2012
10:46 pm
Steve
He used to be a top tier prospect, but only being 23 years old, there wouldnt be any risk seeing how he does in Spring Training. He has minor league options remaining as well.
DAP
January 9th, 2012
10:48 pm
denny Way I see it my Braves are the 5th best team in the NL behind the Phillies, Cardinals, DBacks and Nationals. Yes, Washington is better.
uh…no. debatable on the dbacks and cardinals too. i would rank my own top 5, but ill wait till closer to the season to do that.
denny
January 9th, 2012
10:48 pm
We as Braves fans must be really patient. You have an organization that is heavily relying on young to very young kids to produce and whether they tell you out right or not, it will take some time for them to develop into what they are capable of. Even then, most high ceiling prospects don’t live up to their expectations. Sadly, Heyward took a huge step backwards last year and no way they can say it was all injury related. This kid is our future. He doesn’t pan out it will really hurt them in a big way.
Freeman is really good. He adjusts well for youngster and I expect him to struggle some as he does adjust more to these tough MLB pitchers.
DS1
January 9th, 2012
10:49 pm
Looking like it might be a Garza for Turner deal?
keylargo
January 9th, 2012
10:50 pm
Here’s a heart warming story with a sad ending.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/09/kayak-fisher-finds-dog_n_1193876.html?1326130134&ncid=webmail7
brian
January 9th, 2012
11:03 pm
wonder if we will see Jarrett Lee the next series. Jefferson has done nothing
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
11:05 pm
Kirk Herbstreit: “I’ve never seen an LSU team this lifeless.”
Ol’ Kirk must’ve not seen them under Mike Archer, Curley Hallman or Gerry DiNardo.
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:05 pm
This game is a travesty. It’s a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.
brian
January 9th, 2012
11:08 pm
LSU deserved to be here going undefeated in the SEC but watching this game, I am wondering how Alabama lost to LSU at home 11/5
brian
January 9th, 2012
11:14 pm
put in Lee – does Jefferson have some dirt on Les Miles? Doesn’t seem to be much in game coaching on the LSU side, especially offense.
brian
January 9th, 2012
11:15 pm
Couch Tater – you have watched too much LSU football to pull out those names. DiNardo I know but the others…….
keylargo
January 9th, 2012
11:16 pm
The power flickers off for about 3 seconds or just enough to make my satellite receiver have to reboot. At least the game seems to be decided.
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:17 pm
I dare an SEC apologist to tell me that Oregon and Stanford and USC would have been shut out in this game…
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:18 pm
Heck, Boise and OK St and Case Flippin’ Keenum…
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:18 pm
RGIII and Jonathan Grimes…
keylargo
January 9th, 2012
11:18 pm
Brian right before my power went out they showed a graphic where in two games against AL Lee was at 50% completions with 1 TD and 7 INT. Might have a little to do with it.
uga-brave
January 9th, 2012
11:21 pm
Bama might not of shut those teams out, but i bet they also would of scored 40 or 50 on those defenses.
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:26 pm
uga – I knew you be here to spew utter nonsense inspired by living in a culture where you have no ability to recognize that there is football outside your own comfy little world. 40 or 50 points might rank as the stupidest thing you have ever said, which would be quite an accomplishment (no offense intended)…
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:27 pm
They can’t even kick an extra point
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
11:27 pm
Oregon scored 20 against LSU, but….
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=312460099
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:29 pm
DOB</strong
Some love for the AJC:
@alecbaldwin What’s your paper of choice, Alec?
” NYT, LAT, AJC, WP’
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:30 pm
Aaaaaaarggghhhhhhhhhhhhh……….
uga-brave
January 9th, 2012
11:34 pm
VJ, just going by what I saw Stanford, Oregon, and Okie State give up in the other BCS games.
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:34 pm
but….
Over four months ago (27, BTW)…
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:35 pm
uga – they were playing much better offenses – teams with real quarterbacks who know how to move up the field, unlike the SEC which seems to be stuck in the 1950’s…
Venice Jim
January 9th, 2012
11:37 pm
92 yards of total offense from a team that has been deemed as an all-time great throughout the season…
brian
January 9th, 2012
11:38 pm
could have easily been 40-0 and might as well been. At least we don’t have to hear Musberger’s love fest with the honey badger continue.
Les Miles lack of in game adjustment and stubborness sticking with a player sure leaves a familiar feeling for me
brian
January 9th, 2012
11:40 pm
VJ – all Baldwin did is name some liberal papers.
uga-brave
January 9th, 2012
11:42 pm
brian, saban vs. the hat with a month to prepare. say what you want about saban but it is a hard to argue the results.
Couch Tater
January 9th, 2012
11:47 pm
Over four months ago
Oh,….it didn’t count then. O K, you win!!!
brian
January 9th, 2012
11:47 pm
agree – Saban is most impressive as a college coach. Too bad we still don’t have Urban Meyer at UF to go up against him. Is there a better college football coach right now than Saban?
Bat Masterson
January 9th, 2012
11:48 pm
Well Oregon was there last year, scored 19 points, lost the game.