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jeffrey d
February 11th, 2012
5:02 pm
Whatever floats your boat. But you sound miserable
JoeBrave
February 11th, 2012
5:02 pm
Mark it down, going on record right now, the Washington Nationals will win the N.L. East this year.
Ray
February 11th, 2012
5:03 pm
Joe have you seen the kid play SS? I am guessing not. There are many reports out there some negative some positive. Until we see him through spring training and into the season, there will not be a solid evaluation. Uggla slow start? He had a slow start with us. Are you able to predict that JJ will only pitch a half a season? These are opinions based on a negative viewpoint. Not based on facts. The example is your prediction of JJ pitching for a half season.
JoeBrave
February 11th, 2012
5:03 pm
Yes Ray I have seen this kid play, and I can tell you Rafael Ramirez, noo Andres Tomas was a better SS!
Soph
February 11th, 2012
5:04 pm
Death nail. I give up.
Ray
February 11th, 2012
5:06 pm
I didn’t realize you were an expert scout. By the way are you saying the rangers, yanks D backs and Rays do not have question marks? Just based on your evaluations of a pitching staff, the Yanks have a few question marks. The rangers moving their closer to a starter, that is not a question mark on how he will perform? Really?
JoeBrave
February 11th, 2012
5:07 pm
see history Ray on JJ, two years in a row on the DL any reason to think this will change, this guy has given the Braves a total average of 134 innings in each of the last 2 years, I am basing JJ on facts sir!
116.2 ip in 2011
152.0 ip in 2010 an average of 134 ip. there is your proof.
JoeBrave
February 11th, 2012
5:08 pm
The Braves clean up hitter averaging a BA over the last 3 seasons of .254? seriously?
cabravesfan
February 11th, 2012
5:08 pm
Thats not proof, that’s assumption. Big difference
JoeBrave
February 11th, 2012
5:11 pm
look at it any way you want, the sumbee will be on the DL again with OOM BOP, Chipper, and Playdough!
Ray
February 11th, 2012
5:11 pm
The fact of the last 2 seasons. That is not a fact for this year. It is an opinion for this year. THAT is a fact. Based on history as you put it, then Uggla will not struggle. McCann you mentioned doughnuts, how is that a fact and not a shot and an opinion? I am not saying be a homer. And the Nat’s winning the NL East a fact or an opinion? Just curious.
Patio Daddio
February 11th, 2012
5:11 pm
Anyone can read the past, but nobody can read the future Miss Cleo
Wide Right
February 11th, 2012
5:22 pm
DOB,
I offer thanks for a great article and a head’s up that you described Hanson as 6′4 and then 6′6. Personally, I don’t think its a mistake, i think this new pitching motion is so beneficial he is growing at a rate of a half inch per paragraph.
Ray
February 11th, 2012
5:23 pm
oh and joe your stats about the braves batting 4th. how about getting at least 1 fact correct not opinion. Look at MLB splits and there were only 2 teams, Tigers and Rangers having a higher avg than the Braves. THAT is a fact sir. Not an opinion.
Playoffs!!!
February 11th, 2012
5:28 pm
The Braves are a contender—but they need to stay clear of major injuries because they are incredibly thin after their starting 8. Their pitching, however, has good depth. I don’t think we’ll even miss Hudson in April.
JoeBrave
February 11th, 2012
5:29 pm
Okay keep drinkin the kool ade!
cabravesfan
February 11th, 2012
5:32 pm
How does not being bitter and miserable equal “drinking the kool aid” ?
Ray
February 11th, 2012
5:32 pm
Braves are a bit thin in the position players and cannot afford any major injuries especially to the outfield or at first. Pitching wise Braves could handle it a bit.
Ray
February 11th, 2012
5:34 pm
Not drinking kool aid. I just threw out a fact and you are throwing out opinions. Which is cool but don’t list an opinion as a fact. Here is a link as far as batting fourth. This is a fact not an opinion. 2 teams ahead of the Braves.
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/stats/sortable.jsp?c_id=atl#game_type=‘R’&season=2011&league_code=’MLB’&split=b4&playerType=ALL&statType=hitting&page=1&ts=1328999535131
Tomahawkin
February 11th, 2012
5:38 pm
“You Can Stand Under My Umbrella
Ella Ella, Eh Eh Eh Eh
Under My Umbrella
Ella Ella, Eh Eh, Eh, Eh Eh…”
I’m not a Rhianna Fan, but that song still goes Hard!
Lew
February 11th, 2012
5:53 pm
Ward – Not so sure how you can claim that Lemmer hurt us in the post season. His career numbers for Regular Season were .246, .317, .324, .641, but in the Post Season, he hit .272, .335, .353, .688 with 10 2B, 3 3B and a HR in 11 Post season series.
Seems to me he kicked it up a notch in the playoffs.
McFann O O o
February 11th, 2012
5:53 pm
cabravesfan How does not being bitter and miserable equal “drinking the kool aid” ?
KoolAid is sweet…
They must be drinking lemonade without sugar…
Chop Chop
February 11th, 2012
5:55 pm
I’ve been talking with some die-hard Braves fans who, in the past, have always been overwhelmingly positive heading into new seasons. This is not the case for 2012. Last season definitely burned a lot of fans out there.
cabravesfan
February 11th, 2012
5:56 pm
otherwise known as lemon juice
(which is a good way to naturally lighten hair, by the way…)
cabravesfan
February 11th, 2012
5:58 pm
Last season is done. No reason to cling to it and act like it will have any baring on the outcome of this one.
Ray
February 11th, 2012
5:59 pm
I guess only if you claim doom and gloom you are not drinking the kool aid. I did learn something today, that a prediction is now a fact.
Lew
February 11th, 2012
6:00 pm
Chop Chop – Yeah, we know. We have listened to the vitriol and horse manure from those frustrated fans for the last 5 months – on a daily (sometimes half hourly or worse) basis..
Ray
February 11th, 2012
6:04 pm
Do the Braves have question marks of course they do. Every team does. Joe threw out a couple of teams that he deemed have no question marks at all like the Yanks and the Rangers. Pitching on both teams are big question marks. But anyways IMO, it is an opinion and not a fact, that the Braves actually have less question marks this year than last year.
cabravesfan
February 11th, 2012
6:05 pm
Plumlees are running amok.
Lew
February 11th, 2012
6:05 pm
And – quite honestly – didn’t really seem all that different from most off seasons. Same old. Vitriol, hatred and the spouting of consistent garbage from the usual suspects.
cabravesfan
February 11th, 2012
6:27 pm
Lew killed the blog! LEW KILLED THE BLOG!!!!
Ray
February 11th, 2012
6:32 pm
who will be the Braves top starting pitcher in wins this year. Who will lead the team in Hr’s avg, OBP and rbi this year? I am going with Hanson with 17 wins. Uggla with hr’s and rbi 32 and 94.
DiamondbackMac
February 11th, 2012
6:32 pm
I wonder how he does that?
Bravo_F 52
February 11th, 2012
6:38 pm
I’ll say J-hey 37 317 383 and Jair 22
VaBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
6:38 pm
Wins Hanson
ERA Hanson
SO Beachy
AVG Prado
OBP Heyward
SLG Uggla
HR Uggla
2B McCann
3B Bourn
SB Bourn
Lew
February 11th, 2012
6:41 pm
Dback – It’s a talent.
DiamondbackMac
February 11th, 2012
6:43 pm
Now, if you could just wipe out all of those negative posts.
DiamondbackMac
February 11th, 2012
6:44 pm
Lew, did you see that message I sent you on FB?
Ray
February 11th, 2012
6:46 pm
VA I bet that is probably pretty close right down the line.
DiamondbackMac
February 11th, 2012
6:47 pm
Lew, look at number 8 of these 17 historic baseball cards. Who does that guy look like? http://www.livescience.com/14634-photos-awkward-baseball-cards.html
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February 11th, 2012
6:48 pm
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SeATLite
February 11th, 2012
6:54 pm
Will you look at this “cynical, ink-stained wretch”? I thought for a minute I was reading a Roger Angell piece, DOB. Nice work (as usual).
Hey folks, I have an opportunity to toss out there. A friend of mine who is family friends with Brian McCann says Brian is looking for a new Web administrator for his website, http://www.brian-mccann.com, which exists mostly to publicize his charity, the Rally Foundation. It’s not a paid position, but it’s a cool treat for any Braves-loving techie with web skills. If you’re interested, post a comment saying so and we’ll work out how to get you the contact info.
njbraves
February 11th, 2012
6:56 pm
The biggest and best move the Braves made was getting rid of Lowe. The guy lost 17 games last year. Plug one of the kids in his spot and I highly doubt they will lose 17. Injuries can derail any team’s season, we just have to hope they don’t have to deal with too many. This is a playoff team barring Amy major, long term setbacks. Everyone needs to relax. We’ve got people calling “ballgame” before pitchers and catchers even report. It’s ridiculous.
ncgary
February 11th, 2012
7:07 pm
i’m sure mcfann would love that position seatlite
Bravefaninok
February 11th, 2012
7:09 pm
Ray
February 11th, 2012
6:04 pm
Do the Braves have question marks of course they do. Every team does. Joe threw out a couple of teams that he deemed have no question marks at all like the Yanks and the Rangers. Pitching on both teams are big question marks. But anyways IMO, it is an opinion and not a fact, that the Braves actually have less question marks this year than last year.
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The Rangers have as many Question marks as any team in baseball,The biggest being can Hamilton stay healthy(and sober).I love the player but it is a big question mark.Several other questions as to their pitching .The Yankees are getting old lots of questions there as well.
Ray
February 11th, 2012
7:16 pm
Bravefan, that is exactly my point. We can look just at the teams that had big signings, Tigers, Angels, even Rangers, Yanks, and Phils, all have question marks at this time of the year. Some are big question marks and some not so big. Most of those questions will not really be answered til we get to June.
Bravefaninok
February 11th, 2012
7:19 pm
What are the odds that Reyes plays over 100 games this year?
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
February 11th, 2012
7:22 pm
DiamondbackMac. There’s a name I haven’t seen in a long while.
DiamondbackMac
February 11th, 2012
7:30 pm
Brian – I have been otherwise occupied. No, that doesn’t mean that I’ve been in jail.
tiger297
February 11th, 2012
7:57 pm
Bravo_F 52
I’ll say J-hey 37 317 383 and Jair 22
I’m confused on these numbers is he saying J-hey will hit 37 home runs with 317 RBI’s and 383 runs and Jair gets 22 wins?
David O'Brien
February 11th, 2012
7:59 pm
Playoffs: Going into camp, I’d say leading backup CF/fifth OF candidaters are Constanza and offseason pickup Luis Durango (a similar-type speedster with a little big-league experience with San Diego).
jeffrey d
February 11th, 2012
8:09 pm
I think he means that at 37, Heyward will hit .317 with 383 homeruns (he’s apparently going to get a lot of ABs) and Jair will win 22 Cy Young awards
Lew
February 11th, 2012
8:11 pm
DBack – I saw something, but have been on the go since 4 this morning. I’ll check it out in the morning. Right now, I’m going to bed. I’m old.
Venice Jim
February 11th, 2012
8:12 pm
Wow – RIP Whitney…
jeffrey d
February 11th, 2012
8:27 pm
Wow – RIP Whitney…
I know….I mean, I know we haven’t heard much from her recently, but in the 90’s she was a huge as anybody.
jeffrey d
February 11th, 2012
8:30 pm
I can’t wait for Tomahawkin’s thoughts
Tomahawkin
February 11th, 2012
8:39 pm
This Blows
Whitney Houston Died!
Her Music Will Live On Forever!
She is a Legend!
Venice Jim
February 11th, 2012
8:42 pm
I just do not possess the poetic skill which is sometimes required to put things in their proper perspective…
Tomahawkin
February 11th, 2012
8:44 pm
@jeffrey d
I Will be posting My Favorite Whitney Houston Songs on the blog Tomorrow, Watch
I felt like I just lost a Girlfriend…Im Down to near tears, and this sucks because Imma bout to go to the bar….
Tomahawkin
February 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
Where Is The Love D.O.B.?
I need a Shoulder!
That old Whitney Houston Still Goes Hard… Her Music like Mariah, Sade, Janet Jackson, and Vanessa Williams is Poetry!
kenhotlanta
February 11th, 2012
8:59 pm
Whitney was the top female singer in the 80’s and early 90’s and had an incredible voice. She left some great songs that will live forever.
interested bystanderss
February 11th, 2012
9:14 pm
I will always love you
RHR
February 11th, 2012
9:14 pm
What’s up fine folks?
How delightful to see so many blog postings today – if we stand on our tiptoes we can see baseball season. And that makes me happy.
Whitney was my generation’s version of Beyonce. Beautiful, voice of an angel, she was everywhere in the late 80’s early 90’s. She had a squeaky clean image, was a shocker when she married Bobby Brown then in later years we saw what they had in common. Saw pics of her out on the town and looking fubar just the other day. A sad end to what once was a charmed life.
RHR
February 11th, 2012
9:16 pm
jeffrey d
February 11th, 2012
8:30 pm
I can’t wait for Tomahawkin’s thoughts
Tomahawkin
February 11th, 2012
8:39 pm
This Blows
Whitney Houston Died!
Her Music Will Live On Forever!
She is a Legend!
Venice Jim
February 11th, 2012
9:27 pm
RHR – I did not do a very good job over the past few months, when people asked where you were hiding, of pointing out that you were following the Broncos around the country…
jeffrey d
February 11th, 2012
9:29 pm
At least you didn’t have to wait long!
Just what I was thinking. And welcome back
MIBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
9:32 pm
This is funny to you?
RHR
February 11th, 2012
9:36 pm
Good job, Jim. I like to maintain a certain air of mystery.
Thanks, jeffrey d. I feel like I don’t know anything my Braves have done this off-season. Oh wait…
Soph
February 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
RHR sighting!
Hurry up, baseball.
cabravesfan
February 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
Hi RHR! Long time no see
jeffrey d
February 11th, 2012
9:40 pm
Yes, someone dying is funny
MIBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
9:42 pm
Thanks for the new blog, DOB. It occurs to me that as much as we fans dislike Scott Boras as an agent, is it remotely possible that Tommy changing to him might have helped Tommy recognize he needed to make the change in his mechanics? I don’t know if it did or not. Just a thought. And if that change helps Tommy stay healthy and pitch well throughout the season (and maybe cut down on the steals as a bonus), I don’t care where it came from. What’s good for Tommy is good for the Braves!
Soph
February 11th, 2012
9:43 pm
They’re going to drastically change the Grammy’s tomorrow to honor Whitney according to what they’re saying on the news.
MIBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
9:44 pm
jeffrey – you’re not funny, even when you try to be! Save the rolling eyes for yourself!
Soph
February 11th, 2012
9:46 pm
Um, did I miss something?
cabravesfan
February 11th, 2012
9:47 pm
Soph-
I think I missed it too…
jeffrey d
February 11th, 2012
9:48 pm
Untrue. I’m hilarious
jeffrey d
February 11th, 2012
9:50 pm
Jake W.
February 11th, 2012
9:50 pm
Wow, sad news on Whitney. Lost a real singer and a real talent today. What a voice.
jeffrey d
February 11th, 2012
9:51 pm
Well, 2/3 of them worked. I guess the other 3 are under MIBravesFan’s payroll
MIBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
9:51 pm
So it was just Tomahawkin’s reacting to it that was funny?
Soph
February 11th, 2012
9:51 pm
I guess you’re good for an occasional laugh, doo doo.
Soph
February 11th, 2012
9:53 pm
Pretty sure they were just joking about how jeffrey mentioned he was waiting for T’hawkin’s reaction and T’hawkin happened to comment right after it. How is that so offensive?
cabravesfan
February 11th, 2012
9:53 pm
I don’t think anyone was saying Tomahawkin’s post was funny. Just that he happened to post it right after jeffrey said he was curious to see what his thoughts were. That’s all.
MIBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
9:55 pm
Fine. End of it then.
Soph
February 11th, 2012
9:56 pm
Okee dokee then.
interested bystanderss
February 11th, 2012
9:57 pm
He is probably very shook
Soph
February 11th, 2012
9:57 pm
Just a tad bit cold outside tonight.
MIBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
9:59 pm
Not for MSU fans. Or should I not bring that up?
MIBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
10:01 pm
“interested bystanderss
February 11th, 2012
9:57 pm
He is probably very shook”
Please tell me you’re not equating jeffrey d to JHey?!
tiger297
February 11th, 2012
10:05 pm
sensitive group tonight…
Soph
February 11th, 2012
10:08 pm
Hi tiger, let’s talk about bouncy ball.
Soph
February 11th, 2012
10:09 pm
nolieeeeee, you too. Where are you?
MIBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
10:10 pm
nolie likes bouncy ball better than pointy ball?
tiger297
February 11th, 2012
10:12 pm
we hate them equally
McFann O O o
February 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
Soph Just a tad bit cold outside tonight.
Yeah, just a little…
Hi, RHR! Still one of my favorite Blog names of all time…
MIBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
10:19 pm
Spring training cannot get here fast enough!
BFChris27
February 11th, 2012
10:21 pm
R.I.P – Whitney Houston
MIBravesFan
February 11th, 2012
10:23 pm
You’re a good person, Chris27. You and Jake W are the only ones here who have actually said anything like that.
cabravesfan
February 11th, 2012
10:24 pm
VJ actually said the same thing- was the first to post it.