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Ease
January 25th, 2012
12:59 pm
There were a few I would’ve actually begged to stay in the past, but they left without warning.
Don’t sweat it DOB, I am still around, just don’t post as much. But I lurk.
Ease
January 25th, 2012
12:59 pm
First!
Ease
January 25th, 2012
12:59 pm
Second!
Ease
January 25th, 2012
1:00 pm
Third!
brian
January 25th, 2012
1:00 pm
DOB – it is amazing to see the power of your word for many of us here. A post from you saying good post or that you agree can has us walking tall, but a post cutting on us can make us feel like idiots. Then again there are some people who seem not to care about acting like idiots…
RC
January 25th, 2012
1:02 pm
There were a few I would’ve actually begged to stay in the past, but they left without warning. – DOB
Although if they were the type to threaten to leave, they probably wouldn’t be the type that you’d care if they left.
CB
January 25th, 2012
1:04 pm
I am surprised some of you who had a conversation with Ron Roberts are not defending yourselves against what DOB said.
Efrim
January 25th, 2012
1:05 pm
swisher, ethier, upton, quentin all seem like possibilities.
B.J. Upton is probably going to command too much money. If he has a good year, I could see teams overpaying for him – especially given the amount of teams who could potentially need a CF. If Ethier gets back to hitting 25 home runs, he’s going to command a 5-6 year deal for 15 million or more per year, I think.
However, I do think we might have interest in Swisher. And I think he’ll be in the 3-4 years, 11 or 12 millon dollars per year range. Wren may be willing to do that to get his bat in LF. Last three seasons for Swisher: .267/.368/.486, 122 OPS+.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
January 25th, 2012
1:08 pm
Guys, I’m late to the party here, so I want to know who are ya’ll talking about about Dave wanting them to stay? I’m confused cus I went over all his posts this morning and …?? Nuthin
Efrim
January 25th, 2012
1:08 pm
And I would never pay Ethier that sort of money, but I think some team will.
ncscoots
January 25th, 2012
1:12 pm
A post from you saying good post or that you agree can has us walking tall, but a post cutting on us can make us feel like idiots.
That makes posters sound like dogs, slobbering for the master’s approval. I can assure you that ain’t the case.
Bat Masterson
January 25th, 2012
1:13 pm
I would CB, but it might come across as being rude. Besides I’m not sure I’m one of the ones being called out here.
George
January 25th, 2012
1:13 pm
I almost agreed with some of what Ron Roberts was saying, did not agree on takeing seats out of TURNER FIELD.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
1:13 pm
Efrim-
I think Ethier is worth closer to $9-$10 million, but I’m not totally sold on him either. But I agree that some team will probably overpay for him, and I’m betting it won’t be the Dodgers new ownership. With Kemp locked up, they will (or should be) looking to go after a guy like Votto
ncscoots
January 25th, 2012
1:14 pm
I am surprised some of you who had a conversation with Ron Roberts are not defending yourselves against what DOB said.
Because the guy is an inconsequential maroon, not worth the effort.
Not O’Brien, the other guy.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
1:15 pm
See, BravesFanSincethe80s- I can talk baseball too!
DAP
January 25th, 2012
1:17 pm
Ron Roberts: Please don’t go.
ok, DOB, maybe not begging but still alot more effort than I have ever seen you make. usually youre more like “screw it, if you want to leave, thats up to you.”
Anyways, this blog has policed itself for a long time, with great help from you in extreme cases. im just not sure why we are getting your criticism lately. we are doing the best we can during a brutally slow off season.
David O'Brien
January 25th, 2012
1:17 pm
Feels a bit like high school.
If this were high school Shaun would still have hair… and play the clarinet in the marching band. — Murph
Wait, Shaun doesn’t have hair? How do we know this? Did I miss a photo somewhere?
CB
January 25th, 2012
1:17 pm
scoots,that one I could agree with
but, this place can also be one aggressive place if you have a differing opinion. Manners do not appear to be at top of list for blog priorities.
Efrim
January 25th, 2012
1:18 pm
cab, I agree. He can’t hit LHP, at all. He’ll be playing somewhere else in 2013.
I think Hamilton is really the only position player guaranteed to be locked up prior to free agency next year. Perhaps Matt Cain, for starters. Cole Hamels won’t be pitching in Philly after this year, imo – and I’ll be rooting hard for that.
ncscoots
January 25th, 2012
1:19 pm
still alot more effort than I have ever seen you make.
Especially considering that O’Brien himself bounced the guy out of here a few years ago. But after some tearful emails, Roberts was allowed back, LOL.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
1:21 pm
Efrim-
Rumors have been circulating out here that Hamels will be one of the targets for the new Dodgers owners. He’s a Southern California native and people seem to think (rightly, in my opinion) that the Dodgers will have plenty of money to spend. They new guys will want to make a big splash, especially with the Angels going all out and taking away so much of the attention
flange1
January 25th, 2012
1:23 pm
Some bloggers are whiners. Some come and go. Most still are around, just lurking.
richbrave
January 25th, 2012
1:23 pm
CB
January 25th, 2012
1:17 pm
scoots,that one I could agree with but, this place can also be one aggressive place if you have a differing opinion. Manners do not appear to be at top of list for blog priorities.
WTF CB. What’s up with the aspersions and to whom are they directed?
Efrim
January 25th, 2012
1:24 pm
cab, I’ve heard he wants back on the West Coast badly. Dodgers make a lot of sense, and you get the feeling that whatever ownership group is selected, they are going to spend like a drunken sailor to get that franchise back on the map. And the owner should be all set up by next winter, so Hamels to the Dodgers is a great fit.
ncscoots
January 25th, 2012
1:26 pm
Manners do not appear to be at top of list for blog priorities.
Civility gets eroded by the acid-like numbletard-ness.
Plenty of differing opinions are grist for the mill here. However, spout some nonsensical horse-bleep laced with misplaced arrogance and topped with ill-advised condescension, and you tend to get a rise from folks. Offer an opinion in a civil way, you get civility returned.
Unless, of course, you’ve proven already, through countless prior posts, that you’re a complete waste of air.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
1:27 pm
Efrim-
That would be a great 1-2 lefty combo with Hamels and Kershaw…
Don in TN
January 25th, 2012
1:29 pm
@flange 1, I knew a guy in the Air Force whose nickname was flange (or flange body). This was in Turkey in 1967. He was from Washington. Wouldn’t be you would it?
Efrim
January 25th, 2012
1:32 pm
cab, an amazing 1-2 combo. Two without a doubt, aces at the top of their rotation.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
January 25th, 2012
1:32 pm
DOB, you’re right, it’s like a clique around here. If you’re not within their little corny circle they won’t even answer your simple question. Thank God I have friends and a life outside a ball blog, or I’d be in trouble.
flange1
January 25th, 2012
1:34 pm
Hey Don,
No, not me! I am from Atlanta. The “flange” thing come from a guitar effect pedal.
My old music company was called flangebox guitars!
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
January 25th, 2012
1:41 pm
Some people need to loosen up and rock yo jocks. I know I am today so peace out bi****!
Murph
January 25th, 2012
1:42 pm
Wait, Shaun doesn’t have hair? How do we know this? Did I miss a photo somewhere?
One was uncovered a while back attached to some column or blog post of Shaun’s… or maybe his twitter account. I can’t recall exactly, but it has been confirmed by Shaun that he is hair-challenged.
Loosing Managar = Loosing Record
January 25th, 2012
1:45 pm
I tell U why there has been a drop in atendance it becuz the Braves hired a managar with a loosing record. Its not brain science. N E 1 can see that.
Shaun
January 25th, 2012
1:47 pm
Speaking of high school, when you post something with which someone disagrees, apparently the mature way to handle it is to come up with ways to make fun of their appearance. When you go there, it’s obviously a signal that you’ve lost the debate and have no legitimate, reasonable rebuttal.
Don in TN
January 25th, 2012
1:47 pm
Flange, ok that’s cool, too. I like guitars, and play some myself, also upright bass. This guy in the AF was a pretty cool dude too. He had an uncanny knowlege of hydroplane racers, which he used to great advantage in trivia games.
RC
January 25th, 2012
1:49 pm
Speaking of high school, when you post something with which someone disagrees, apparently the mature way to handle it is to come up with ways to make fun of their appearance. When you go there, it’s obviously a signal that you’ve lost the debate and have no legitimate, reasonable rebuttal.
Takes one to know one!
McFann O O o
January 25th, 2012
1:50 pm
Ease Totally uncalled for fake Ease…
Oh yeah…”fake Ease”…
Sopheee—
Oh, I’ll go easy on him…I’ll just aim for the toes…
That’s why I won’t give cab anymore bricks for now.
Good thinking…
Murph
January 25th, 2012
1:52 pm
Rather than debate the validity of your grievance with me, I’d like to once again point out that the top of your head looks like an old chimpanzee’s ball sack.
CB
January 25th, 2012
1:54 pm
Ah,we are all a bunch of nattering nabobs of negativism.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
1:54 pm
Sopheee/McFann-
It’s Ok. I can get my own bricks.
Jimmy
January 25th, 2012
1:54 pm
Sometimes this blog is nothing but a punching Judy show.
Not to be confused with the Tom and CABraves Show.
N8
January 25th, 2012
1:56 pm
DOB, how about that character they introduced in the final scene of last night’s episode of Justified? Man alive, they just keep coming up with characters you love to hate.
I have the feeling the storyline surrounding him is going to be just as strong as the one around Mags was last year. I simply can’t get enough of that show. I wish the FX series were 22-24 episodes like the other networks.
On a side note, I’m back on board with SOA. The end of season two lulled me to sleep a bit. But I’m just about done with disc 2 of season three and imo, season three has been stronger than season two was so far. Though I really did like Henry Rollins’ character in Season two (speaking of bad guys you love to hate).
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
1:56 pm
I should start charging a royalty for every time someone uses that name
*Starts looking up copyright laws…
ncscoots
January 25th, 2012
1:57 pm
it’s obviously a signal that you’ve lost the debate
It’s not amazing that folks give up on trying to converse, when the conversation is like nothing so much as yelling into the Grand Canyon.
CB
January 25th, 2012
1:59 pm
cab, don’t get too happy. I heard it was going to be cancelled.
Ease
January 25th, 2012
2:00 pm
that you’ve lost the debate and have no legitimate, reasonable rebuttal.
Not sure what the debate was but fine, I lose, I am a looser and I am sure there are many here will back it up (ah the humility). Still think you were a baton twirler in high school.
Rock God
January 25th, 2012
2:00 pm
Coldplay sucks. And chicks dig Chris Martin, that’s why they’re huge.
ncscoots
January 25th, 2012
2:03 pm
I heard it was going to be cancelled
Come on! That can’t be right. I bet cab has a great Q Factor.
Ease
January 25th, 2012
2:03 pm
Not to be confused with the Tom and CABraves Show.
Yeah, thats the show were they ignore everybody and talk about
baseballother sports, music, movies, BBQ and whatever (except politics or religion)‘Whatever’ usually equals men in uniform being hot and such…
Jimmy
January 25th, 2012
2:04 pm
Cespedes has now established legal residency in the Dominican Republic. So, I guess he will be the next big FA signing.
I know I’m in the minority, but I don’t see dropping millions on this guy not knowing what he can do in MLB.
And the Darvish signing is just plain stupid. He only impacts the game every five days, and we don’t know what that impact will be. He is not Koufax.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
2:04 pm
CB-
I’m not worried! We apparently have great ratings
DaleMurphyFan
January 25th, 2012
2:05 pm
So, you’re saying, pay a ton of money for season tickets, bring the food and beverage prices down to where they SHOULD be for everyone? And doesn’t include beer? Does the marketing department get the fact that gimmicks don’t draw fans… MAKING THE PLAYOFFS and not flopping at the end of the season DRAWS FANS, not gimmick discounts. Look at what the Giants did. On their FB, they’ve already announced a really nice giveaway (https://www.facebook.com/ajax/sharer/?s=2&appid=2305272732&p%5B0%5D=43225541827&p%5B1%5D=9336886). Braves need to follow suit for things people like to get. How about another bobblehead series? Or some really nice giveaways? OR HOW BOUT JUST MAKING THE PLAYOFFS AND WINNING ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP!?!?! GIMMICKS DON’T WORK IN ATLANTA!!!!!
flange1
January 25th, 2012
2:05 pm
Upright bass is totally awesome. Love the sound! Same with a fretless electric.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
2:08 pm
Jimmy-
You are not alone. Signing Cespedes to anything close to what he is supposedly asking is way too big of a risk in my mind. And it’s not even so much the money as the idea that he wants 6-8 years. No way I invest that much that soon to someone that has only played in the Cuban leagues and against not so great WBC competition. But you and I and everyone else knows that some team will do it…
McFann O O o
January 25th, 2012
2:08 pm
cabravesfan It’s Ok. I can get my own bricks.
True. But the best, hardest bricks come from Georgia’s infamous Red Clay…
Bay Area Steve
January 25th, 2012
2:08 pm
I thought ol’ Ron was handled a little rough for what he brought yesterday. But, I remember the history of Captain Calabash, and anybody with that history’ll be treated similarly.
As to the main argument, I stayed quiet ’cause I’ve never been to Turner Field, and don’t know its layout or orientation well. But, I remember Braveheart saying the same thing a couple years back, and I find when I disagree with Braveheart, I’m usually wrong.
I think tearing down that upper deck area could make sense, if it showed off the downtown skyline. But, then you arrive at Ron’s objector’s very real issue that the whole thing is probably cost-prohibitive.
I guess I’m sayin’: Ron was an ass in the past. Reap what you sow, and all that. Also, that it’s increasingly clear ‘OB doesn’t hardly read the comments anymore. The occasional skim, is all (understandably). But, following this mess from an occasional skim is impossible.
Murph
January 25th, 2012
2:09 pm
Ease, I believe that Shaun was debating the merits of Hank Aaron being in the HoF, saying something to the effect that Hammerin’ Hank didn’t belong because he wasn’t of the same character as Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb.
Something like that. I don’t recall exactly.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
2:09 pm
I actually know plenty of people, here and in Atlanta, that go to games on specific days to get the free stuff they give away.
flange1
January 25th, 2012
2:10 pm
BAS,
You are 100% correct in your 2:08.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
2:11 pm
McFann-
If I can’t use bricks, I will find something else. No worries
Jimmy
January 25th, 2012
2:15 pm
Murph – I think it had to do with their character. And that if Bonds wasn’t voted for (becuase of the ‘roids), then you had to apply the same standards to Ruth and Cobb. Some kind of crap like that.
Ease
January 25th, 2012
2:17 pm
Murph, thanks, but I am accepting of the role of looser…It’s not as dark and gloomy. Acceptance is all bright and sunny.
Besides, I have yet to see anyone match Shaun’s criteria of “debate and a legitimate, reasonable rebuttal.” Not even scoots.
Lemke's Knuckler
January 25th, 2012
2:17 pm
Speaking of stadium gimmicks and Cespedes, how about this. Sign Cespedes and the first 500 people through the gate each game get to be clear jumped by the Cuban.
Jimmy
January 25th, 2012
2:19 pm
cab – Yeah, that is part of planning a trip to the ballpark, at least for me. Who are we playing, who is pitching, special promotions, etc.
I’m 3 1/2 hours away, so I look at all those things.
Ease
January 25th, 2012
2:20 pm
Dangit, BethanFanned part of the post…
Venice Jim
January 25th, 2012
2:20 pm
DOB just posted Q&A with Pastornicky:
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/01/25/braves-shortstop-pastornicky-im-ready-to-do-this/
ncscoots
January 25th, 2012
2:23 pm
Ease, “rebuttal” implies an opportunity to refute a previously stated position. Shaun does not allow refutation, and thus he cannot be “debated”.
All of that’s OK with me, anyhow. If you don’t get sucked into The Shaun Vortex, you do not have to endure the Chinese-water-torture repetition of his posts. You can read the one, realize that it’s probably something said many times before, get that cozy feeling that the world is in its place, and move forward.
McFann O O o
January 25th, 2012
2:23 pm
cabravesfan—
You sure will!…
flange1
January 25th, 2012
2:26 pm
Thanks for the tip VJ!
Good interview with the Rev!
Ease
January 25th, 2012
2:29 pm
scoots, exactly what I was implying…but the scroll finger does get awfully sore at the end of the day.
Murph
January 25th, 2012
2:29 pm
Nice interview with The Rev, DOB!
DAP
January 25th, 2012
2:30 pm
BAS I think tearing down that upper deck area could make sense, if it showed off the downtown skyline.
if you want to see the ATL skyline, youd have to tear down the screen.
and i disagree that any scenario that involves removing seating from turner field makes sense.
Shaun
January 25th, 2012
2:31 pm
Rather than debate the validity of your grievance with me, I’d like to once again point out that the top of your head looks like an old chimpanzee’s ball sack.
This is obviously the ramblings of someone who feels inadequate about his own intelligence compared to the intelligence of whom he is making fun of. Either that, or this person is incapable of rational thought required for intelligent discourse. Or, could be a bit of both.
Ease, I believe that Shaun was debating the merits of Hank Aaron being in the HoF, saying something to the effect that Hammerin’ Hank didn’t belong because he wasn’t of the same character as Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb.
…this is further evidence that he is incapable of rational thought.
The Hall of Fame argument was about those voters who apply the “character and integrity” clause. That clause has never been applied until, all of the sudden, PED’s became and issue. All of the sudden now voters want to apply the clause. They didn’t want to apply the clause for drunks, cheats and racists, but they want to apply it for PED users.
I don’t think the Hall of Fame voters should be in the position of moralists. If a player is eligible and he performed to the standards of the Hall of Fame, the player should be in the Hall.
It doesn’t mean that PED’s shouldn’t be taken into account. If a player is borderline or slightly better and that player used PEDs, and a voter thinks PED’s helped push him into Hall of Fame territory, I can understand not voting for that player. That’s different than saying a PED user shouldn’t be in because PED users are less moral than other Hall of Famers who had their own moral failings.
TommyP
January 25th, 2012
2:32 pm
Been shaving the head for 15 years now.
raleighbravefan
January 25th, 2012
2:34 pm
DOB – That’s OK…you don’t need to beg me to stay…although I’m some would suggest that I go. Been here since 2006.
TommyP
January 25th, 2012
2:35 pm
Disagree with those saying we’ll be in the running for the big free agents next year. No way.
Braves won’t commit 5 years (or 9 like Fielder got!)….and the big FA’s always get at least that much.
Ease
January 25th, 2012
2:35 pm
This is obviously the ramblings of someone who feels inadequate about his own intelligence compared to the intelligence of whom he is making fun of.
Bizarre, I totally understood it to be a comparison of a chimps rear-end (which is not pretty by any stretch of the imagination) to that of a balding head. Maybe I just read that wrong.
raleighbravefan
January 25th, 2012
2:37 pm
In all seriousness, things do get a bit tense here from time to time. I’ve said some things I’m not proud of, myself…usually due to a perceived attack of a personal nature, or a misunderstanding.
It would be better if we could all keep it civil. I love a good discussion, but hate an argument.
Bay Area Steve
January 25th, 2012
2:40 pm
DAP, I saw your position yesterday. And, I saw Bat reinforce your point that just ’cause folks can’t get in on Sunday, doesn’t guarantee they’ll be there Monday. Both y’all were persuasive.
But, I don’t think it’s an issue so black/white that we can’t bicker over a little grey. You mockingly call him a genius in your first response, and it’s off to the races. I though he made a couple of cogent, if overly long posts. Shame it devolved the way it did.
But, for a guy with his history to start throwing out “keyboard jockeys” and this:
“Drivel like that is what keeps me from chiming in on this thread very often, anymore; the inmates run the asylum too much for coherent discussion to carry the day.”
Well, that’s just a whole lot of pot/kettle right there.
Shaun
January 25th, 2012
2:41 pm
The fact that I’m the focus of posts instead of building an argument and a rationale against my positions when you disagree is a sign that you can’t intelligently refute my positions. You just have to move to criticism of me or making fun of me instead of addressing the positions and why you disagree. I guess that is what our Jersey Shore, Jerry Springer, Ricki Lake, trash culture has taught us over the last 15-20 years. You don’t have to make intelligent, convincing arguments with evidence and reason to win people to your side. You just have to make fun of people, criticize people and convince people you are cooler. Anti-intellectualism and trash is a big part of our culture these days. I’m optimistic because I think eventually things like reason and evidence and thought will make a comeback. I see flickers of it in our culture. But we aren’t quite there yet.
Ease
January 25th, 2012
2:45 pm
Nostradamus is quite full of himself…
Anti-intellectualism and trash is a big part of our culture these days. I’m optimistic because I think eventually things like reason and evidence and thought will make a comeback. I see flickers of it in our culture. But we aren’t quite there yet.
Way to take the high road.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
2:47 pm
Cheating on your wife, drinking, and being an a** are not against the law. Using PEDs is. Big difference.
Bay Area Steve
January 25th, 2012
2:47 pm
“part of our culture”
And what part of our culture is the one in which someone states the same position over and over and over and over again, often when nobody is even refuting him, and then ignores or belittles the few who make reasonable counters to his repetitive posts?
ncscoots
January 25th, 2012
2:47 pm
Anti-intellectualism and trash is a big part of our culture these days.
Once again, arises the grisly specter of “anti-intellectualism”. Been watching Brian Kenney, have you, LOL?
Ease
January 25th, 2012
2:48 pm
I find it kinda funny (in a hahaha sort of way) that the ad at the top of my page is about the Marietta Facial Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics Center regarding hair loss. Not saying anything by it just point out the irony.
DAP
January 25th, 2012
2:48 pm
shaun, theyre tweaking you.
ncscoots
January 25th, 2012
2:49 pm
Easy, BAS. I feel the winds of A Vortex forming.
RC
January 25th, 2012
2:49 pm
Cheating on your wife, drinking, and being an a** are not against the law. Using PEDs is. Big difference.
So it drinking and driving, yet I’m not hearing anyone say they will fight to keep LaRussa out of the Hall. The argument isn’t a legal/illegal issue. Maybe against the rules of the game, but that is separate from the law.
Efrim
January 25th, 2012
2:51 pm
I think we’ll look into free agent outfielders next year, however if Heyward has a strong year, then I think Wren will consider an extension for him as well as McCann. Perhaps Freeman too. Contractual control of some of our many arbitration eligibles would be a good idea – if it makes sense, of course.
Murph
January 25th, 2012
2:52 pm
I don’t believe I rambled at all, in fact, quite to the contrary. I was very blunt and to the point when I compared your hair coverage with that of a dead monkey’s scrote.
As many have mentioned, getting into a debate with you is not in the least bit desirable. I know you’d like to think that it’s because people can’t debate you, but it’s not that. It’s because people choose not to debate you.
So, while my responses to you may seem immature or lacking in intelligence, they have had the desired effect. I have and will continue to get under your skin, to make the blog a place of torment and ridicule for you every time you return.
Shaun
January 25th, 2012
2:52 pm
Ease, pretty easy to be “full of yourself” when quite a few others who comment are simply making fun of others, criticizing and are not adding anything intelligent. Many take their cue from the worst of the sports talk radio crowd and things like Jerry Springer, Ricki Lake and Jersey Shore. That’s what wins the day with a certain group of people. Eventually the chickens will come home to roost and reason, evidence, logic will win out and the trash will be given its proper place in discourse and will be accepted as what it is.
cabravesfan
January 25th, 2012
2:52 pm
RC-
I should have said the rules of the game. I agree that the voters should not be “morality” police, simply because the Hall of Fame should only be about on field performance. But PEDs ARE illegal in baseball and do affect on field performance, therefor, to me, are fair game when one is voting on a player’s candidacy.
Bay Area Steve
January 25th, 2012
2:53 pm
Ease, I can’t take you seriously without the trademarked location. It’s like some lazy impostor has taken over. Doesn’t post enough, no location… C’mon, man.
RC
January 25th, 2012
2:53 pm
think we’ll look into free agent outfielders next year, however if Heyward has a strong year, then I think Wren will consider an extension for him as well as McCann. Perhaps Freeman too.
I’m sure Wren would consider it. But they players would have to be willing to consider it also, and a player of Heyward’s pedigree might decide that he’s willing to take his chances on making it to the free agent market.
Ease
January 25th, 2012
2:54 pm
Murph! I get it!
Clarinet player = long winded!
Bay Area Steve
January 25th, 2012
2:54 pm
“to make the blog a place of torment and ridicule for you every time you return.”
Well, that just sucks. As many things as Shaun is, he doesn’t deserve that.
jeffrey doo doo
January 25th, 2012
2:56 pm
I guess that is what our Jersey Shore, Jerry Springer, Ricki Lake, trash culture has taught us over the last 15-20 years
Because we’re all huge Jerry Springer fans on here (maybe Tomahawkin)
I think we’ve laid out the argument pretty clearly – they were proven to use performance enhancers to give them an edge over other players. Hence, their numbers are tainted. Cheating on your wife doesn’t give you a competitive advantage (that I know of)
Bay Area Steve
January 25th, 2012
2:56 pm
“Eventually the chickens will come home to roost and reason, evidence, logic will win out and the trash will be given its proper place in discourse and will be accepted as what it is.”
Uh… We’re still talking America, right? The U.S. version?
Michael Bryan
January 25th, 2012
2:57 pm
I’ve been a braves fan since they moved to Atlanta, but lived in Atlanta only twice in that time span – once finishing school in the late 70’s – early 80’s (when they weren’t too good), and later from ‘94-’03… when I was in college, you could get in for three bucks and pick a seat after the 3rd inning… concessions were reasonable…We went to the games A LOT…
Next go-round, I wanted to go as much, and was even making decent money, thinking I’d be able to… Last game I went to I had a ticket given to me by a friend and still spent sixty bucks… Concessions, parking, etc., etc. are TOO EXPENSIVE, especially for a sport with so many games… Most just can’t afford it…