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Tomahawkin
February 17th, 2012
7:49 pm
Dammit!
American History X is Censored! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I hate Censorship!!!
richbrave
February 17th, 2012
7:50 pm
This ST may be C-MART’s swan song as a BRAVE if he’s out of options and FISH excels in ST. CRISTHIAN will be 30 in a couple weeks.
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
7:52 pm
Then you probably shouldn’t watch a movie like that on cable…
richbrave
February 17th, 2012
7:54 pm
Yeah, American History X indeed,
. What is that anyway a study of soft porn in American? Or would that be XX? Heh!
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
7:58 pm
It’s actually a very good movie- but it’s very violent and the subject matter is pretty heavy. Also there is a lot of language that is not cable friendly
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
8:00 pm
I can’t understand why they’d censor it
richbrave
February 17th, 2012
8:05 pm
BTW, if JAIRO’s also out of options, he’s 28 on May 5 this year. Getting late for that full-time gig in ATLANTA. Nine years in the minor’s, but this may be his year if the BRAVES have to go with only two lefty’s in the pen.
VaBravesFan
February 17th, 2012
8:12 pm
We need to stop going with once they throw 100 pitches there done. Guys can go longer than that they just won’t let them.
Tomahawkin
February 17th, 2012
8:19 pm
This Sucks
They Let Niptuck (Which was a Good Show) go Uncut, Yet they Censor American History X
WTF?
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
8:21 pm
Umm, not quite the same thing
ColoradoBravesFan
February 17th, 2012
8:32 pm
in reference to the bullpen…
The locks are Kimbrel, Venters, O’Flarethy and Medlen. That would leave 3 slots for Martinez, Varvaro, Asencio, Fish, Gerrin, Vizcanio and Moylan.
In ST there is always a sore elbow, a pulled grion or pulled hamstring. So the Braves will need 4 arms for the final three slots. I believe the Braves will put Varvaro, Martinez, and Asencio on the roster. Fish will be the LOOGY who gets on the roster when a bullpen injury occurs in ST. Vizcanio goes to AAA to be streched out as a starter andget more seasoning.
GO BRAVES…
Forever A Brave
February 17th, 2012
8:44 pm
Did anyone see the lecture given by Wren at Georgia Tech? Interesting quotes from a graduate student that attended. Read every day, never post.
brian
February 17th, 2012
8:44 pm
Braves did not hit last year. Multiple starters were hurt during the year. The bullpen was burned out with 1 month left in the season. The Braves endured a colossal slump during the last month. All this and they were but 1 game out of the playoffs.
The Braves have a lot of ifs going into this year but they do not need them all to make it to the playoffs. Everything went wrong last year. Maybe this year everything will fall our way. The ifs in my order of importance.
1. Heyward regains his swing. We will learn early on if he regains his pop.
2. Hanson regains his health and pitches like the ace of the staff. Cannot wait to see the new delivery
3. Pastornicky is ML ready.
4. Hudson returns healthy and effective.
5. Beachy and Minor continue to progress and improve.
6. Fredi learns how to use his bullpen effectively
7. another 2-3+ arms become reliable bullpen arms
8. No sophomore slump for Freeman
9. Uggla avoids a career worst start
10. Chipper has something left in the tank
11. Jurrjens returns healthy and effective
12. Prado returns to form
13. McCann picks up where he left off……before the oblique injury
14. Teheran learns a breaking pitch.
15. Delgado matures
ABTSteve
February 17th, 2012
8:45 pm
Shameless plug time. Check out our Atlanta Baseball Talk podcast interview with Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus. Kevin talks about his Top 11 Braves prospects as well as the Braves draft philosophy in general. Warning: he’s not too positive about it all. You can listen here. Thanks.
Forever A Brave
February 17th, 2012
8:57 pm
I think the grad lecture could clear up a lot of questions as to how the Braves evaluate talent.
Steve, I listen to the Atlanta Baseball Talk podcast every episode.
Forever A Brave
February 17th, 2012
8:59 pm
Guess it would help if I added a link. Had to scroll down to February 13 to find it.
http://twitter.com/#!/thinkbluecrew
ABTSteve
February 17th, 2012
9:05 pm
Forever A Brave – thanks. That’s great to hear.
brian
February 17th, 2012
9:19 pm
Forever – did the talk address the recent preference for college players? Low floor versus high ceiling drafting?
Lew
February 17th, 2012
9:44 pm
richbrave – Thing is that Martinez has produced and made a significant contribution at the major league level and Asencio had a good winter. Big difference – not to mention that when he WAS up last year, Asencio got hammered pretty well – a 6.23 ERA and a WHIP of 2.
And as I mentioned earlier – do we even know if it IS Jairo Asencio?
Kwajbraves
February 17th, 2012
9:47 pm
Jurrjens was fitted for the knee brace in the final weeks of last season…
We got the technology to make him better, faster and stronger. He is our $5.5M man.
brian
February 17th, 2012
9:48 pm
I am worried about Asencio burning himself out this winter. I am not sure his arm has had enough time to recover
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
9:51 pm
I’m worried about global warming
Moe Berg
February 17th, 2012
9:59 pm
I’m so worried about what’s happenin’ today, in the middle east, you know.
And I’m worried about the baggage retrieval system they’ve got at Heathrow.
I’m so worried about the fashions today, I don’t think they’re good for your feet.
And I’m so worried about the shows on TV that sometimes they want to repeat.
I’m so worried about what’s happenin’ today, you know.
And I’m worried about the baggage retrieval system they’ve got at Heathrow.
I’m so worried about my hair falling out and the state of the world today.
And I’m so worried about bein’ so full of doubt about everything, anyway.
I’m so worried about modern technology.
I’m so worried about all the things that they dump in the sea.
I’m so worried about it, worried about it, worried, worried, worried.
I’m so worried about everything that can go wrong.
I’m so worried about whether people like this song.
I’m so worried about this very next verse, it isn’t the best that I’ve got.
And I’m so worried about whether I should go on, or whether I should just stop.
(pause)
I’m worried about whether I ought to have stopped.
And I’m worried, because it’s the sort of thing I ought to know.
And I’m worried about the baggage retrieval system they’ve got at Heathrow.
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
9:59 pm
I’m worried about you over-worrying.
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
10:09 pm
Hi Tom
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
10:14 pm
Hi, LAdy.
You had me cracking up on one of your, “pizza preference posts”, last night. I tried to tell you in an e-mail, but I think it drowned in the Mississippi.
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
10:19 pm
Tom-
My e-mail has been messed up- spent the better part of the day calling various people trying to get it fixed…
richbrave
February 17th, 2012
10:19 pm
Your worrying over her worrying has me worried.
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:21 pm
I had an even more hilarious post the other night, and an email wouldn’t have even needed to cross the Mississippi
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
10:23 pm
If it was the “McClann” post, jeffrey, I saw it. And it was hilarious. That’s why we allow you to post here.
kevin chop
February 17th, 2012
10:24 pm
I wonder if the braves will average 10k. Fans haven’t forgot. we can’t this time.
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:25 pm
no no no, the post I’m talking about is knee-slapping compared to that one
richbrave
February 17th, 2012
10:27 pm
LEW:
Heh! I worder if ASENCIO is related to JUAN VALDEZ. The guy seems to be hopped up on that 5 hour energy stuff, or is it just Columbian coffee.
KIMBREL
VENTERS – lefty
O’FLAHERTY – lefty
MEDLEN
MARTINEZ ????
FISH – lefty ????
ASENCIO ????
VARVARO ????
GEARRIN ????
for the pen. ST will tell.
For sure MOYLAN won’t start out there.
And for sure two guys are going to be mighty disappointed.
GEARRIN will be one I think.
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
10:27 pm
I’ll take the over on 10K without having to think for long…
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:27 pm
I’m talking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:28 pm
I’ll take the over on 10K without having to think for long…
You sure? The Braves might lose a couple
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
10:29 pm
Well I think many of your posts are knee-slapping, jeffrey. But was it this good?
I prefer my pizza to be meat-tastic and unadorned with anything that could be misconstrued as healthy — cabravesfan
I think one should slap BOTH knees after reading that one.
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:30 pm
Alright, I’m gonna have to find it
McFann O O o
February 17th, 2012
10:32 pm
jeffrey d @ 10:28—
That brings back memories…
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:32 pm
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/02/11/pitchers-and-catchers-report-soon-hanson-without-hitch/?cp=all#comment-1487602
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
10:34 pm
Any chance you can narrow it down a little more?
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:37 pm
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/02/11/pitchers-and-catchers-report-soon-hanson-without-hitch/?cp=16#comment-1487602
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
10:42 pm
C’mon, buddy. You’ve got me scrolling all over the place. Just give me the time of the post, I’ll find it a lot easier than what you are linking me up to. I’m trying to get some work done, also.
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:44 pm
The link should bring you right to it!!
This Magazine also is pretty confident that George (Constanza) makes the bench Tomahawkin
You mean literally? jeffrey d
Yeah, Literally…It has been marked down on the pages…. Tomahawkin
whoooooosh jeffrey d
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:45 pm
(insert knee slapping)
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
10:47 pm
I think it’s best that I have no idea what’s going on…
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:48 pm
Jerk Store would’ve smoked the guy!!!
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
10:49 pm
You had me scrolling all over the place for that??? “Knee-slapping?”, I’d say more like, “knee-to-the-groin” (yours). And, yes, I already saw it.
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
10:51 pm
jeffrey is messin’ with me, VJ. It’s times like this that I miss, T-Hawkin.
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
10:53 pm
Not a feeling I regularly encounter…
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
10:55 pm
Dude…..
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
10:56 pm
VJ, you have me addicted to this countdown. I’ve been nailing quite a few. Many of the album cuts they play are right up my (power) alley.
Brian McCann (Braves) — BaseballMoves.com
February 17th, 2012
11:00 pm
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Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
11:02 pm
Oy – just saw I missed King Tut…
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:05 pm
“Kokomo”, by the Beach Boys is coming up next, VJ. (or very soon – or… not at all)
I like to cover my butt.
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
11:07 pm
Kokomo would surprise me…
I was ready for Jungleland and Just the Way You Are earlier…
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:09 pm
I was correct on the, “not at all”, part of my post.
nolie
February 17th, 2012
11:09 pm
Hi Steve. Haven’t seen you around for quite a while. Thanks for the link to the podcast
Moe Berg
February 17th, 2012
11:14 pm
Off to the Metropolitan Opera tomorrow–Ernani. Know the voices will be great but expect a stodgy production.
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
11:14 pm
And I now have Kokomo stuck in my head..thanks Tom
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:15 pm
‘Sno problem, cab
Moe Berg
February 17th, 2012
11:17 pm
Tom O’Hawke–When are you thinking about wanting to go to a Mets/Braves game?
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:17 pm
Great, now cabravesfan is gonna have, Ernani, stuck in her head.
Hey, LA Woman (LAdy) they’re playing your song!!!!!
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
11:18 pm
Tom-
I was just about to comment to you about that
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:21 pm
Moe, I have a lot of friends coming down to my summer place for their vacations. As soon as they know when they can come down, they tell me. It’s almost like take bookings for a motel/hotel. Once we coordinate that, I’ll know better.
For just one game, however, it shouldn’t be too hard to get away. It’s a 3-hr drive from Albany, or from Shinhopple (Catskills). I could leave from either.
jeffrey d
February 17th, 2012
11:21 pm
hmm….should I use my powers of invisibility to fight crime or for evil?
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
11:23 pm
for evil. evil is way more fun
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:26 pm
OK, VJ, I’m going with a song that nolie’s probably real familiar with. “LaGrange”, by ZZTop
Moe Berg
February 17th, 2012
11:27 pm
Tom O’Hawke–Sounds good.. I have tentative plans the opening weekend. But will look ahead. There is also the series against the Yankees. Weekends work better for me but could probably slip away on an individual week day/night.
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:27 pm
BINGO!
nolie
February 17th, 2012
11:27 pm
“Are the Braves building their farm system smart or cheap?”..Steve
“Cheap”…Kevin. “produces lots of big leaguers but almost none are very good”
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:28 pm
Weekends, OK. I meant to ask you that, anyway.
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:31 pm
Another, “Lady”, LAdy.
nolie
February 17th, 2012
11:38 pm
guys are very upset about the fact that they are not gonna even send scouts around anymore, just use video
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:38 pm
I’m going for 2 out of 3, Jim. I’ll say, “Landslide”, by Fleetwood Mac, shortly.
Darlington
February 17th, 2012
11:38 pm
I agree 100 percent on the first three Costello albums, and I would definitely add “Get Happy” and say that his first four albums rank right up there with anyone else’s frst four. There was a time that he could not write a bad song. Even his b sides, collected on “Taking Liberties” and the Import Compliation whose name escapes me right now (”Ten Bloody Mary’s and Ten How’s your Fathers” or something like that) are worth checking out. After that he became more hit or miss for me, although “Imperial Bedroom” is one of my all time favorite records.
cabravesfan
February 17th, 2012
11:41 pm
I’m signing off for the evening. Good night all
Night Tom!
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:42 pm
Good night, cabravesfan.
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
11:46 pm
Tom – seems like Landslide is an excellent choice…
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
11:47 pm
Darn – I was thinking Land of 456 Dances…
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:48 pm
I think so, VJ. I hope you noticed I said, ’shortly’, not next.
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:50 pm
Thanks to inflation, they’ve added another 544!
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
11:50 pm
Hard to believe that some people had not seen even half a minute of GWTW until tonight…
Moe Berg
February 17th, 2012
11:51 pm
Anyone here know/like the early electronic band Kraftwerk. I liked them some as a teenager. They are in residence for a week at MOMA in April doing a live performance of a different album each night. May think about going.
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
11:52 pm
Should have had Phil Baby here – great video, with Ronnie and Nancy at the end…
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:54 pm
Venice Jim
February 17th, 2012
11:54 pm
Well played, Mr. O’Hawke…
Tom O'Hawke
February 17th, 2012
11:57 pm
Thank ya, thank ya very much
Venice Jim
February 18th, 2012
12:00 am
Watching Atlanta burning and exploding makes me feel less cataclysmic about last September…
Venice Jim
February 18th, 2012
12:01 am
Not expecting Last Man Standing by Jimmy Buffett…
Venice Jim
February 18th, 2012
12:03 am
Or Last Mango in Paris…
Tom O'Hawke
February 18th, 2012
12:03 am
I had to check this title out on youtube, VJ, because I wasn’t sure if I had it right. Anyway, “The Last Time”, by the Stones should be coming up.
Venice Jim
February 18th, 2012
12:06 am
Still amazing that Pearl Jam did this song from the golden era of death songs…
Venice Jim
February 18th, 2012
12:07 am
I was about to say Last Resort…
Moe Berg
February 18th, 2012
12:08 am
Oh Brando is so sad in ‘The Last ‘Mango’ in Paris.” Sentimental film, but sad role for him.
Venice Jim
February 18th, 2012
12:08 am
seriously – my favorite Eagles’ song…
Tom O'Hawke
February 18th, 2012
12:09 am
VJ, how many times have you heard a song and said, “oh yeah”?
Venice Jim
February 18th, 2012
12:09 am
And Maria Schneider dies recently…
Venice Jim
February 18th, 2012
12:09 am
Awkward segue – Last Train to Clarksville?
abwright
February 18th, 2012
12:09 am
Trans Europe Express was one of my favorite albums growing up.