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cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
12:31 am
DAMN NOLIE!!!
uga-brave:
Yes. Evil fungus has no place on a pizza. Or anywhere else.
uga-brave
February 17th, 2012
12:33 am
or on chicken marsala.
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
12:34 am
That would fall into the “anywhere else” category
uga-brave
February 17th, 2012
12:36 am
i could go on about the dishes that sans that evil fungus.
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
12:36 am
There is not a single dish that one should garnish with an evil fungus
abeeewright
February 17th, 2012
12:40 am
Looks like things are really cooking on the ole blog now. Time for me to head off to dream-land.
uga-brave
February 17th, 2012
12:40 am
i do love black olives and green peppers on pizza though.
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
12:43 am
Not a black olive fan (love pretty much all other kinds of olives- not on pizza though-except kalamata). Green pepper is ok. I prefer my pizza to be meat-tastic and unadorned with anything that could be misconstrued as healthy
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
12:44 am
You can tell the never-ending morning conversations have slowed down when I finish # 6 when I’m not live-blogging the Giants…
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
12:48 am
I wasn’t sure if it was accidental or not (and I did not wish to cast aspersions on the heartfelt sentiments being offered at the time), but it was interesting that shortly after the Gary news hit the blog this afternoon two bloggers noted what a great Expo he was…not the team my immediate thoughts and emotion went toward…
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
12:49 am
After some negative comments of late:
Coach K: “I thought our fans were terrific. They never let us die. The fans and the players were one and that was a huge part of the game.”
uga-brave
February 17th, 2012
12:53 am
vj. karma is in your backyard. you must be doing something right.
giants, and TWO great comebacks by the dookies.
i Love coach K. always.
the guys is so much that is right about college sports.
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
12:53 am
I will take red peppers ahead of green peppers, in or on anything, any day of the week…green peppers just crave too much attention with their overt over-flavorliness…
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
12:55 am
uga – after the Giants win I said that I really wanted to share that emotion with everyone here come late-October…
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
12:57 am
red pepper does not wok well on pizza, but I LOVe them. I actually like the over-flavoriness of the green on pizza. Blends well with the meaty-meat that I favor
I also like yellow and orange peppers.
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
12:58 am
I can verify that. He really did say it
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
1:03 am
Come on! I know VJ & I didn’t kill the blog! It’s a NEW BLOG! Come back people!
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
1:06 am
Ward will be here to celebrate the Blue Devils comeback soon…
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
1:07 am
I guess nobody wants to talk to us anymore
uga-brave
February 17th, 2012
1:13 am
vj. holding you to that.
there are a lot of long suffering fans from Atlanta that in the last, well i dont know how long are suffering.
forgive us when we dont make nice on the blog.
when we get negative, when we say we have scene it before, and now expect it.
just our demeanor. tough town to watch cities like dallas win a stanley cup and basketball championship.
a stanley cup went to north carolina.
south florida is now a NBA mecca.
uga-brave
February 17th, 2012
1:16 am
cab, we are betting on VJ’s vapor trail.
pretty sure he has one more good parabola left on that good krama trail.
right?
uga-brave
February 17th, 2012
1:18 am
pitcher’s and catchers are about to report. hope grows anew.
love me some john venters.
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
1:18 am
If he does, we will find out soon
Night all!
Ward
February 17th, 2012
1:52 am
Hello everyone!Good to hear how Kimbrel ,and venters are doing,and the report sounds good. Like what the the Braves,and Wren are doing. Building Young arms again,and building the team around pitching.Always good to have great solid pitching.It will carry you far.Don’t forget about Carlos Perez. He’s about 3 to four years down the road to.He has great stuff,but needs to improve on velocity,and location.
Ward
February 17th, 2012
1:54 am
Hope Fish makes the club ,because he has a fastball in the mi d 90’s,and can throw some heat. Much rahter see Fish make the last spot in the bull-pen.Imagine Kimbrel, Venters, EOF,and Vizzy,and Fish. Great fab 5.
Ward
February 17th, 2012
1:55 am
Think about Fish throwing some heat too. Hope he can make the team.
.
uga-brave
February 17th, 2012
1:58 am
ward, catch the end of the duke game?
Ward
February 17th, 2012
2:04 am
Uga-missed the Duke,but watching the Highlights on ESPN.
Ward
February 17th, 2012
2:21 am
I would like the bull-pen to be
Kimbrel
Venters
EOF
Vizzy
Melden
Jairo Asencio and Fish to round it off.
nolie
February 17th, 2012
2:42 am
Yeah ABW, you make a fabulous straight man, thanx
nolie
February 17th, 2012
2:44 am
DOB, thank you for the explanation regarding JJ’s knee and foot supports
nolie
February 17th, 2012
3:09 am
Fungus rules!!!
Ward
February 17th, 2012
4:04 am
Gary Carter will be missed! He was a great player,and played the game the way it should be played.
Ward
February 17th, 2012
4:06 am
It will be interesting to see how J.J. does? Hope he can put forth a great year. All have a good one,and peace out……….
A-Ville Ranger
February 17th, 2012
4:26 am
With all the chest thumping about our minor league players what I see on paper is well..paper thin. I can’t recall being close to this bare in position players since ”the streak” began and we still had that great bunch working in Greenville. We don’t have a single position player in the minors considered elite by most objective observers.
Add this to the organization’s potential fatal error in signing away any chance of increasing tv revenues for the next 20 years and I see this house of cards crashing in the coming years.
nolie
February 17th, 2012
5:06 am
another half empty glass of bitter tastin’ kool aid huh?
ncgary
February 17th, 2012
5:23 am
nah my glass is empty i drank it all……;)
vj i knew when i wrote that about the pack
if anyone could blow a 20 point lead
they could, congrats to your dookies
i like coach k too and i”m methodist
1 more thang
“grammar and punctuation is 4 sissies” ncgary
is are , who cares whether its singular or plural
nolie
February 17th, 2012
5:28 am
y’all gotta lurn to sprinkle a lil sugar into that stuff…
David O'Brien
February 17th, 2012
5:45 am
DOB, thank you for the explanation regarding JJ’s knee and foot supports — nolie
No problem. We’re here to serve.
nolie
February 17th, 2012
5:53 am
you do a good job of it and we appreciate it.
well 99% of us do anyway
nite all
kangaroo Court
February 17th, 2012
6:26 am
I love this time of the year, for sports NBA, NHL, Winter Sports, and best of all the optimism and hope of a NEW BRAVES SEASON!
PITCHERS and CATCHERS REPORT!
The new replica jerseys must be selling like hot cakes. I was going to order a Lg personalized # 48 GARR, My favorite Brave of all time. All the large sizes sold out already.
kangaroo Court
February 17th, 2012
6:31 am
Also great song DOB. I love Elvis Costello and I never knew Nick Lowe wrote that song. My one ? is how was E Costello considered a Punk Rocker?
David O'Brien
February 17th, 2012
6:42 am
kangaroo court, did you ever see Springsteen cover it live? Here with Jackson Browne, John Fogerty and Eddie Vedder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGAuYBfYJjI&feature=related
Couch Tater
February 17th, 2012
6:44 am
Kimbrel’s future Father-in-law is probably excited to have his daughter marry a MLB pitcher. Five or so, years ago, he prolly told her to find a guy with some security, like ol’ Tripp Uptowne, who just got a job with the gas company. Now, he’s prolly apologizing every day about having to take her to the wedding in the old ‘96 F-150.
“It’s only got 235,000 miles on it, honey, but still runs good. Of course, I’ll hafta get some new tires and brakes, but I think I can swing it…with some overtime. The radio’s quit, but I figger we wouldn’t listen to the radio riding to the wedding, anyhow.
The day before the wedding, I’m gonna spend all day waxin’ this good ol’ truck. It’ll look jus like new in front of all those players and you won’t be embarassed a bit.
Durn. My dang Arthritis is actin’ up.
Heard from Craig?”
Couch Tater
February 17th, 2012
7:10 am
“….by the way, tell Craig to soak that arm in Epsom salts. It sure helps my Arthritis.”
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
7:24 am
Thanks for the blog, DOB
Couch Tater
February 17th, 2012
7:27 am
And I don’t have bunny slippers.
Well, your missing out. I like mine because they mate with dust bunnies on my hardwood floors. If, you strategically shuffle along the walls, your baseboards are cleaned with the bunnies’ ears.
Chris from the Rock
February 17th, 2012
7:27 am
I love their bullpen options. But it will be interesting, considering Martinez and Ascencio are out of options, and Fish being a Rule-5 pick who would have to be returned (or a trade will have to be facilitated) if not kept on 25-man roster. I’m pulling for Fish. Imagine 3 flame throwing lefties in the pen!
dap01
February 17th, 2012
7:46 am
Freddie needs to realize that a game can be won without pitching EOF and JV and CK. He needs to manage a bullpen. Manage, Manage, not abuse.
JRW
February 17th, 2012
8:01 am
dap01 – “He needs to manage a bullpen. Manage, Manage, not abuse.”
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Agreed. You know it was bad last season when Charlie Manuel predicted the demise of the Braves Bullpen in July because of the handling of it. How bad is it when your Key Rival’s Manager basically says your not managing your bullpen right.
JRW
February 17th, 2012
8:07 am
Lesson for the day. Don’t take your Snowmobile past the tree line.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a483EMGiO0
Kat
February 17th, 2012
8:07 am
I can’t believe it’s spring training time already as college bball winds down. Great to hear Venters and Kimbrel taking a different approach this year. Time to start planning my braves baseball trips across the country for this season… maybe Arizona, San Diego and/or SF, traditional Mets (maybe Yankees too) and of course some home Atlanta games. Looking forward to the 2012 season…although my bank account probably isn’t haha.
tiger297
February 17th, 2012
8:13 am
I am so excited if the weather cooperates biggest practice ever tomorrow!!!
tiger297
February 17th, 2012
8:17 am
http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atv-rider-killed-in-1352661.html
wonder if this gets some attention from a certain someone on the blog…
tiger297
February 17th, 2012
8:22 am
do I smell bad or something? killed the blog last night and this am
Clorox Sniffer
February 17th, 2012
8:31 am
I was glad to read that Teheran & delgado were in the Braves plans. Really stupid to let two phenoms waste away in AAA. Especially since Teheran was the best pitcher in AAA last year. Reward him with a spot now.
Dadgum.....
February 17th, 2012
8:39 am
Just a few thoughts as I anxiously await the March 17th Elton John show here in Richmond. Of all the storied college basketball programs out there can any team have less of an impact than Duke on a player’s pro career. They are great players on a great college program but they flat suck after they leave Duke. Look it up. Nuff said.
I find it more exciting to be pulling for the Braves and hoping for resurgence from some key players as opposed to trading/signing for their replacements. Gonna be an exciting year. Hopefully. I’m gonna put them ahead of the Nats and 3rd in the division behind Phil’s and Marlins. They should be better than Nats but it’s close.
Can any team be more snakebit than the Hokies. They had the ACC top shooter going to the line to make one free throw to beat FSU last night but he gets cramps and can’t shoot. FSU chose his replacement . A freshman. Clank x 2. FSU hits the game winning 3. The ACC has become a bad basketball product to watch. Just some really horrid ball being played. The Heels and Puke don’t count. I guess come tourney time the league will get 3 teams in the dance though coming up with a legit 3rd team will be a chore. Virginia isn’t going to make it. My guess is that NC State and FSU will fight it out.
Rock on……..
Clorox Sniffer
February 17th, 2012
8:40 am
If Heyward can hit .280,if Chipper can play 125 games,if Pastornicky can hit .275 Braves might be okay. Assuming Uggla,McCann,Bourn,Freeman,Prado have normal years.
Clorox Sniffer
February 17th, 2012
8:41 am
Uh, Elton John is a pop artist not a rocker.
Clorox Sniffer
February 17th, 2012
8:42 am
If it doesn’t have Metal guitars it ain’t rock !
Clorox Sniffer
February 17th, 2012
8:47 am
DOB, do you think Strasburg will ever be the Nolan Ryan type dominant pitcher he was destined to be in high school now after Tommy John surgery ?
TennesseePaul
February 17th, 2012
8:49 am
Thanks for the work DOB.
Man, to read this blog one would get the impression that Kimbrel and Venters were “over worked” or “worn out” by the end of the season… DAP? That isn’t true, is it?
Efrim
February 17th, 2012
8:53 am
Grading the offseason: National League By Jim Bowden
Atlanta Braves – Grade: D+
Key Transactions: Acquired LHP Chris Jones from Cleveland for RHP Derek Lowe and cash; signed SS Jack Wilson, one year, $1 million.
Bowden’s Take
The Braves decided to stay pat, making fewer moves than any team in baseball. However, when a team boasts one of the game’s strongest farm systems and a plethora of young talent on the 40-man roster, the team’s improvement can simply come from within just as much if not more than they could from trades or signing free agents. This deep farm system will help at the July 31 trade deadline to acquire the impact right-handed bat in left field they still currently lack.
Ray
February 17th, 2012
9:02 am
Was Bowden grading the Braves on the lack of moves?
richbrave
February 17th, 2012
9:06 am
Take note BRAVES fans of EPHRIM’s BOWDEN post. Pay particular attention to the fact that a LHP is acquired in the LOWE trade. The rule 5 pickup ROBERT FISH is a lefty. Last year’s get for pitching back-up – FLANDE is a lefty. GILMARTIN and MINOR are both left-handers. Do you see a pattern?
PMC
February 17th, 2012
9:16 am
Good news that they are going to pace themselves now, because come April, they are probably going to be needed nearly every single game with this offense.
Jeff R
February 17th, 2012
9:17 am
I think Bowden is correct. Lest we forget, with a rash of injuries, significant offensive slumps, and an over-taxed bullpen, the Bravos still won 89 games. Actually, pretty impressive, given the obstacles.
It would be awfully bad luck for the Braves to slump offensively this season like they did last season. And we can only cross our fingers that key players stay injury-free.
Lew
February 17th, 2012
9:22 am
Coach – Cristhian Martinez is on the bubble? Where the hell do you come up with this stuff?
Dude had a 3.36 ERA in almost 78 IP, a WHIP of 0.96, 6.5 H/0, 6.6 K/9 and a 3-1 K to BB rate and went as many as 6 IP in a game.
You do realize that when compared to relievers not named O’Flaherty, Venters or Kimbrel that he put up some pretty damned good numbers and kept us in a lot of games? And why woulkd Asencio make the team and Martinez not, when CM is the long reliever (and Medlen is being considered to start) and Ascensio ain’t?
Jeff R
February 17th, 2012
9:22 am
“Good news that they [relievers] are going to pace themselves now, because come April, they are probably going to be needed nearly every single game with this offense.”
– PMC
Not.
McCann – healthy – hits. Freeman gets even better at the plate. Uggla – freaky if he has an extended slump. Pastornicky – who knows? Chipper – healthy, he hits. Prado – healthy, he hits. Bourn – contract year, he’ll hit and run like Superman. Heyward – too much on the line not to get his act together, though he has to stay healthy.
raleighbravefan
February 17th, 2012
9:24 am
Dadgum – I’m picking the Fish and the Nats to fight it out for 3rd place, and favoring the Nats if Stras is healthy. Would not surprise me AT ALL for the Marlins to be 4th in the division, unless they pull some pitching out of their , well, you know. Now, if Josh Johnson has a strong comedback, that would be a big help to them.
By the way, I’m not conceeding 1st to the Phillies.
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
9:30 am
Coach – Cristhian Martinez is on the bubble? Where the hell do you come up with this stuff?
Crowded bullpen. Medlen will probably be long relief. Plus with Vizcaino and maybe even Teheran/Delgado in the pen and Moylan coming back in a month or so, Cristhian isn’t exactly guaranteed a spot.
raleighbravefan
February 17th, 2012
9:30 am
Lew – I’m with you. Seems to me that the only way Martinez isn’t in the bullpen is if he gets traded.
Andy
February 17th, 2012
9:33 am
DOB
Nick Lowe was on Marc Maron’s podcast WTF earlier this week talking about his career. If you don’t listen to that podcast you might want to check it out. It was pretty interesting.
Jeff R
February 17th, 2012
9:36 am
Moylan’s very damaged goods… makes Chipper look like Ironman. Wouldn’t be too sure about Moylan’s prospects.
Hillbilly
February 17th, 2012
9:36 am
Cristhian isn’t exactly guaranteed a spot.
Over Ascencio, I’d say he would be. Jairo hasn’t earned anything, while CM has thrown some quality MLB innings.
CB
February 17th, 2012
9:38 am
It is a crowded bullpen down there, a couple of these guys could be trade candidates in spring training especially if Braves are really considering adding Viz or Teheran to bullpen.
Jeff R
February 17th, 2012
9:40 am
CB’s right. A wealthy of talent in the ‘pen. Puts Wren in a pretty good position if he’s looking to trade (at some point).
Herschel Talker
February 17th, 2012
9:42 am
“But it’s also clear that Venters and Kimbrel are learning something about pace and preparation.”
Isn’t that what the coaches are for? Shouldn’t McDowell or Mr. Magoo Fredi Gonzalez have been pacing these guys since it was natural for these young guys to go all out?
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ!!!
FREDI WOULD RATHER PITCH DEREK LOWE THAN JULIO TEHERAN OR RANDALL DELGADO EVERY FIFTH DAY!!!
FREDI MUST BE THE STUPIDEST HUMAN BEING ALIVE!!!
FRANK WREN – PLEASE FIRE THIS BUFFOON!!!
Herschel Talker
February 17th, 2012
9:44 am
RIP Gary Carter!!!
A true humanitarian and a true winner!!!
The world will miss you Gary!!!
CB
February 17th, 2012
9:45 am
Herschel, Xanax helps.
Braves relief aces are taking it easier this spring | HardballTalk
February 17th, 2012
9:45 am
[...] wet last year. So this year, they’re taking it a bit easier heading into spring training. From the AJC: It’s easy to suggest their first-half workload is what caused Kimbrel and Venters to struggle [...]
Jeff R
February 17th, 2012
9:47 am
I take it Herschel Talker’s no fan of Fredi? I guess the caps mean something other than “ANNOYING?”
Voice of Harold
February 17th, 2012
9:49 am
Don’t be confused, Jeff R. The caps do indeed mean that Herschel is annoying.
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
February 17th, 2012
9:49 am
Lew
February 17th, 2012
9:22 am
Coach – Cristhian Martinez is on the bubble? Where the hell do you come up with this stuff?
Dude had a 3.36 ERA in almost 78 IP, a WHIP of 0.96, 6.5 H/0, 6.6 K/9 and a 3-1 K to BB rate and went as many as 6 IP in a game.
You do realize that when compared to relievers not named O’Flaherty, Venters or Kimbrel that he put up some pretty damned good numbers and kept us in a lot of games? And why woulkd Asencio make the team and Martinez not, when CM is the long reliever (and Medlen is being considered to start) and Ascensio ain’t?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Kimbrel, Venters, O’Flaherty, Medlen and Moylan are pretty much locked in if healthy. Leaving two bullpen spots up for grabs.
Varvaro, Vizcaino, Fish, Asencio and Martinez are in the mix. Fredi Gonzalez also mentioned two weeks ago that either of the top starting pitching prospects, Julio Teheran or Randall Delgado, could begin the season in the bullpen. Then when considering that both Cristhian Martinez and Jairo Asencio are out of options along with Asencio’s outstanding winter league season….Martinez is on the bubble. He’s a great young arm, out of options and no guarantee to make the bullpen. Hell, the Braves could lose Martinez or Asencio in waivers or be forced to trade one of them.
DAP
February 17th, 2012
9:50 am
10paul Man, to read this blog one would get the impression that Kimbrel and Venters were “over worked” or “worn out” by the end of the season… DAP? That isn’t true, is it?
nope! top relievers ought to be able to handle a load like that.
MFin04
February 17th, 2012
9:51 am
Man some people, I won’t mention any names, sure do pad their blogging stats in the wee hours of the morning!
Tough to compete with that!
Well Spring Training starts today right?
Jeff R
February 17th, 2012
9:54 am
Perhaps I missed something, Coach (2012 Fredi’s beisbol fandango). Where do you get that Moylan is “pretty much” locked in? Pete “Major Injury” Moylan? If healthy? I’ll take Martinez over Moylan because Martinez is surer to be healthy and his numbers were good last season. I think Pete is headed for Gwinnett.
monty
February 17th, 2012
9:54 am
DIdn’t know there was a contest. What does the winner get?
Lew
February 17th, 2012
9:55 am
Jeffrey d – Considering that their goal this year is to save the back end of the bullpen extra innings and that they are considering Medlen for starting as well as relief, they will need an innings eating long reliever and that’s Martinez. And also let us not forget that Medlen is coming off of surgery and they may not be able to ride him like a draft horse quite yet.
Although I like him as well, I’d say the one on the bubble is Anthony Varvaro. And just because Asencio has no options left and had a good winter, doesn’t negate his poor showing when he was up last year.
Lew
February 17th, 2012
9:58 am
Coach – Moylan won’t be ready for the start of the season and is coming off of his third surgery in three years. I think the jury is out on him althogether and – best case scenario – comes back and helps later in the season.
I will say that it is an embarrasment of riches when it comes to our pen. Deep, excellent and the best in baseball. Just not sold on Asencio, though. Options or not, he hasn’t excelled when called up and we’re not even sure who he is.
MFin04
February 17th, 2012
9:59 am
A lot of talk about the bullpen, but hopefully we don’t need the bullpen as much as we did last year. This team has got to get on base and score runs or the bullpen isn’t going to be able to save this team.
The bullpen can’t score runs. Well unless it’s C-Mart coming out of the bullpen to hit (.833 OPS)
TennesseePaul
February 17th, 2012
10:00 am
top relievers ought to be able to handle a load like that.
Could you grant a list of “top relievers” who did that, minus of course Kimbrel and Venters, as they fell apart at seasons end due to apparently, a virus, or their family members being held hostage without word getting out to the masses.
TennesseePaul
February 17th, 2012
10:01 am
and we’re not even sure who he is.
Ha!
raleighbravefan
February 17th, 2012
10:02 am
CB – I agree, and would not be surprised if trades were made from bullpen extras.
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
February 17th, 2012
10:02 am
Jeff R
Peter Moylan’s a proven commodity. Like I said before, if healthy he’s locked in. If not, like you said he might start the season in triple A.
Obee
February 17th, 2012
10:03 am
DOB:
Have you ever listened to Mat Kearney?
DAP
February 17th, 2012
10:04 am
jeffrey d Medlen will probably be long relief. Plus with Vizcaino and maybe even Teheran/Delgado in the pen and Moylan coming back in a month or so, Cristhian isn’t exactly guaranteed a spot.
i dont see any way that martinez doesnt get a spot, just like i dont see a way delgado or tehran end up in the bullpen. kimbrel, venters, o’flarety, vizcaino, martinez, medlen. those 6 have their spots, i think. 1 spot up for grabs between guys like fish, varvaro, ascencio, or maybe hoover. guys like that. fish actually probably has the edge because we lose him if he isnt on the team.
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
February 17th, 2012
10:04 am
I will say that it is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to our pen.
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Pretty much. We have a wealth of young arms
monty
February 17th, 2012
10:06 am
Saw Ascencio pitch in a couple of Gwinnet games last year and BJ and the other announcer were raving about him and he looked very impressive to me. Obviously he a has good stuff just needs to take that next step, though its a small step,(about 6 inches between the ears), it’s sometimes the toughest one.
TennesseePaul
February 17th, 2012
10:06 am
fish actually probably has the edge because we lose him if he isnt on the team.
A solid point, but, they don’t necessarily lose him. They must offer him back for $25K. That offer could very well be rejected or passed upon.
Nevertheless, I’d imagine he’d get a thorough viewing this Spring.