On McCann’s next deal, Moneyball and more
What would have happened if the Braves last month had offered Brian McCann a five-year deal worth $75 million? Would he have taken it?
Maybe. I have no idea. But we’ll probably never know now.
McCann isn't going to win a Gold Glove anytime soon, but he's the best hitting catcher in the National League, and pitchers say his game-calling and leadership have grown steadily over the years.
I feel fairly comfortable saying that if they offer him a five-year, $75 million deal next week or next month or next year, he’s not going to jump to sign it. Not after St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina just got a five-year, $75 million deal.
Sorry, Cardinals fans, but if Molina is worth $15 million per year then McCann is worth $18 million to $20 million per year in my opinion. And I’ll bet an American League team or two agrees with me.
While I understand why the Braves have waited to initiate contract-extension talks with McCann, since he was still signed through this year with a club option for 2013, in this case waiting might prove costly.
Because most people in baseball agree it would cost the Braves more money to sign McCann after that rather shockingly large Molina deal. Or it’s going to cost them in the eyes of many fans when he goes to a big-market AL team that offers more cash.
I know you can’t make decisions based solely on fans’ opinions, but this is a really popular and very productive perennial All-Star and hometown guy.
Don’t think for a moment that he’s not going to get bigger offers from at least one or two AL teams than what he’ll get from the Braves, with their modest payroll. He might even get a larger offer from an NL team. We’ll have to wait to see.
Yes it makes perfect sense for a team with a $150 million (or higher) payroll and a catching need to offer $20 million or more per season to McCann. But a team with a $90-95 million payroll would not be nearly so comfortable offering nearly a quarter of its payroll to one player — let alone one who plays a grueling position, who might not be able to play that position effectively on a daily basis five or six years from now, or sooner.
If you’re an AL team with a $150 million payroll, McCann could look extremely attractive as a free agent after the 2013 season, when he’ll likely be an eight-time All-Star and six or seven-time Silver Slugger with a career average OPS that’s still way above the career-HIGH OPS that Molina had in 2011.
Yes, I know that Molina is the best defensive catcher in the National League, but his defensive edge over McCann doesn’t offset the huge offensive edge that McCann has over him. At least in my opinion. But maybe the Braves see that differently. I don’t know; they’re not discussing the situation with the media.
When it comes to hitting, most of McCann's career-worst single-season numbers are better than Yadier Molina's career bests.
It was important for the Cards to keep Molina, a four-time Gold Glove winner, three-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion for St. Louis, because of what he means to their pitching staff and because of how devastating it might have been to St. Louis to lose him so soon after losing Albert Pujols to free agency and both manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan. They need Molina to run that staff.
I understand that.
But Molina, who’ll be 30 on July 13, had an .688 career OPS before posting career-best totals last season in virtually every offensive category — .305 average, .349 OBP, 14 homers, 65 RBIs, .465 slugging percentage and .814 OPS.
McCann has an .844 career OPS, and his career-worst .817 OPS last season was better than the career-best that Molina posted. McCann slumped for two months after returning too soon from an oblique strain last summer, but still ended up with a .351 OBP and .817 OPS – both of those numbers were better than Molina’s career-best totals.
Molina’s career-high 14 homers and 65 RBIs? McCann has career lows of 18 homers and 71 RBIs in his six seasons, and has more than 20 homers in five of those six seasons and at least 87 RBIs in four of the six.
If Molina was worth $15 million per year entering his 29-year-old season and Joe Mauer was worth $23 million per season in the contract he signed entering his 27-year-old season, then what would McCann be worth if the Braves negotiated with him now, entering his 28-year-old season?
What would McCann be worth if they wait to negotiate with him next winter, entering his 29-year-old season? (The Braves have a $12 million option for the 2013 season.)
McCann is from Duluth and loves playing for the Braves. He’s big in the community, couldn’t be easier or better for the Braves to deal with in terms of being an ambassador for the team and poster boy for the franchise image.
He’s one of the few high-profile athletes who seems to have no trouble balancing the demands of playing in his hometown in front of family and friends without allowing the pressures to become overwhelming.
But can the Braves and McCann find a compromise between what his value is to an NL team and what it could be to an AL team with a ton of money and the DH option as a fallback? He’s surely not worth as much to any other team as he is to the Braves, because of the deep ties he already has in the community and his popularity with fans (not to mention teammates, who love the guy and consider him their on-field leader).
It’s a tough call. I can see the Braves’ side if they don’t feel comfortable offering McCann even what Molina made, much less what McCann could command on the open market.
The Braves could lose Chipper Jones and McCann at the same time or within a 12-month period, depending whether Chipper returns for one more season in 2013 or hangs ‘em up after this year. Some would say that could be a huge blow to fans. Others would argue that fans are drawn to winning and that winning is the salve for anything unpleasant.
Chipper Jones (left) is nearing the end of his career, all with the Braves. Will Brian McCann (right) stay long-term with the Braves after current deal is up? (Jason Getz photo/AJC)
A big-payroll AL team could simply move McCann to DH if at some point the rigors of catching make it impossible for him to play the position on a daily basis. And if he can keep catching through 35, 36 years old, then so be it.
But if the Braves sign him to a deal with a $18 million average salary, they could be in a position at the end of the contract where they’re paying one-fifth of their payroll to a player who needs to play another position at least part of the time — a player who never has played another position and might only be suited at that point of his career for playing first base or DHing if he’s not catching.
It’d be a whole lot easier to deal with having such a player on the payroll if he had a $15 million salary than if he’s got one of $18-20 million. It’d be a lot easier to trade him to an AL team if things got to that point and DHing became the obvious prudent career move for a guy who’s such a natural hitter and such a hard worker, too, that he should be able to produce with the bat for as long as he can get around the bases.
Maybe I’m wrong, and the market for McCann won’t be there. Maybe the Molina contract won’t affect his potential on the market, since they are such different players. Maybe a team like Boston won’t see McCann as a perfect fit and offer him five years and $90-100 million.
The Braves have a top catching prospect, Christian Bethancourt, who might possibly be ready in two years. He’s a highly skilled defensive catcher who can run and has raw offensively potential. But for now, Bethancourt can only dream of someday becoming the type of hitter McCann has been since the day he arrived in Atlanta.
There’s also the from-out-of-nowhere slugger Evan Gattis, who has made himself into a 25-year-old prospect after winning the South Atlantic League batting title and hitting 22 homers in only 88 games last season at Class-A Rome.
But who knows whether Gattis, who was out of baseball for four years, will continue his remarkable rise or whether he’ll develop into a solid big-league defensive catcher even if he does show he can hit major league pitching?
Losing McCann would be a blow for the Braves, at least temporarily. I don’t see how it would not be, unless Bethancourt develops into a standout catcher quicker than expected.
Would McCann have signed if they’d offered him five years and $75 million a month ago? We’ll never know. But if they offer it now, I’d be surprised if he even considered it without taking a look to see what’s out there. And I’m not even sure the Braves will offer him that much.
Joe Mauer and Yadier Molina both got overpaid, no doubt about it. But the fact is, the marketplace is determined by more than a player’s value as perceived by writers, fans, sabermetric stats enthusiasts or front-office officials who’ve got a contract figure in mind and are thinking about presenting it at some point.
The market is shaped by actual contracts given and by the price that just one more team out there is willing to pay.
And unless McCann wants to take a steep hometown discount, he’s now going to get a lot more than $15 million per season. At least I think he will. Yadier Molina and the Cardinals just made sure of that.
♣ Pastornicky, aka “the Rev”: His first week in camp went smoothly for Tyler Pastornicky, who made his debut as the Braves’ new shortstop Saturday and is in the lineup again today (Sunday) against the Tigers, one of the few Braves regulars who is.
Wait, I meant to say it went “awesome.”
“He’s 22, after all, and even McCann still uses “awesome” to describe most anything that’s good/very good or better.”
“Awesome,” Pastornicky said of Week 1. “Getting in here and getting to be with the guys, hanging out and getting everything going with spring. It’s good. Ready for the games now. This is kind of the anxious time now, where you’re over the live BP, you’re over all that stuff and you’re getting close to the games and you want them to start. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down and you’ve got to get where you need to be for the games.”
Braves rookie Pastornicky makes his debut as starting shortstop.
Those of you here and on Twitter who’ve offered nicknames for the kid will be glad to know that “Rev” – as in Pastor, get it? – is one he’s had for some time among his friends.
“I like that one,” he said. “I got that one when I was 14. Clever.”
The comfort factor in camp is a little better with some teams than others. With the Braves, it’s real easy. I asked Rev if he felt more at ease now than before he got to camp.
“Definitely more comfortable,” Pastornicky said. “The veteran guys are making easy on me, making me comfortable and making me feel like part of the team. So it’s been good so far.”
On working with second baseman Dan Uggla: “I think everything’s been going good. I think we’ll do just fine.”
Braves Sunday lineup vs. Detroit
- Tyler Pastornicky SS
- Martin Prado LF
Uggla is batting fifth in Grapefruit League opener
- Matt Diaz RF
- Stefan Gartrell DH
- Ernesto Mejia 1B
- David Ross C
- Brandon Hicks 3B
- Drew Sutton 2B
- Luis Durango CF
* RH Randall Delgado is starting pitcher, with Julio Teheran “piggybacking” and pitching two innings after Delgado pitches two. RH Max Scherzer starts for Tigers.
♣ Doing us Justice: With David Justice and Fred McGriff finishing up their week-long stays in camp as guest instructors — just as Dale Murphy starts his 15-day stint — I need to pass along a couple of things from Justice including his thoughts when we asked him about his the movie Moneyball.
Justice liked the movie but said it wasn’t accurate in many ways.
He and Braves pitcher Tim Hudson were a big part of that Oakland team that’s the subject of the movie, which was an Oscar nominee for Best Picture. Hudson’s character (like the others of the Big Three starters for those A’s) got short shrift in the Moneyball book and movie, but the Justice character has a pretty big role in the movie.
Justice’s thoughts on the movie:
“I think from a larger perspective it was pretty good, telling the story of the numbers and all that,” he said. “But as a player you’re not in there on those [front office] meetings where they’re talking about the athletes, so how much of that is true I don’t know. I know none of my scenes were true.
“For example, [Oakland GM] Billy Beane and I had a great relationship, and when I was traded there I knew coming in that I was going to be a leader of that time. A lot of those guys – Tejada, Chavez – them guys were young. So he didn’t have to come in the [batting] cage and convince me to be a part of it [as portrayed in a scene from the movie]. I knew when I walked in – I accepted that role. That’s always been my role, I felt like.
“I like [the movie]. Art Howe [A’s manager], I know couldn’t have liked it. Because he was a really nice manager, great guy. I haven’t read anything about he felt about it, but they didn’t necessarily portray him in the best light – at all.”
Chipper Jones and David Justice were back together this week, 17 years after Justice's Game 6 homer lifted the Braves (and rookie Chipper) to the World Series championship in 1995.
One more thing from Justice, regarding his famous Game 6 World Series homer in 1995 that lifted the Braves to their only World Series championship. He was asked if that homer was still at the front of his memory bank. Yes, he said. And smiled widely.
“And I try to keep it there, to be honest with you,” he said. “Because when you’re done playing all you have is your memories. People will want to talk about it and I enjoy talking about it. It was a wonderful moment not only for me or for the Braves, but think about what a wonderful moment it was for the fans, too, that were there that night. The fans of the Braves. All of us are all included in that moment, so of course I’ll talk about it any time.
“It was a great moment. I’m just glad that God blessed me to let me be in that position. Seriously.”
OK, I lied, one more Justice item, this from Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. When I asked Fredi what impact Justice and McGriff have had on players this week, particularly young players I’ve seen them chatting with and offering tips at the batting cages, Fredi said “unbelievable,” which is Fredi’s often-used expression for very good/great.
Gonzalez talked of how of the scene that played out all week in the players’ dining room, where Justice and McGriff regaled players with stories from their experiences.
. “They talk baseball, they talk lineups with the Cleveland Indians, they tell stories,” Gonzalez said. “Funny stuff. That’s the way you learn. It used to be the old way, guys hang around the clubhouse and talk baseball.”
Including this one from Justice, as re-told by Gonzalez:
“When him and Grissom got traded to Cleveland, they came from Atlanta where they were used to playing an hour and 45 minutes — 2-nothing, let’s go home, we won,” Gonzalez said. “So him and Grissom got traded to Cleveland together, and David got to Cleveland before Grissom did, the day before. So the [Indians] go out and score four in the first inning and he goes out to left field, next thing it’s 4-4. They come back in the second and scored two more, now it’s 6-4, and they go back in the field and it’s 6-6.
“So after the game he called Grissom and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got to get in shape to play in this league. [Laughs] You hand Smoltzy or Maddux and two-run lead and it’s over with. Forget about that. We’ve got to do a lot of running in this league.’”
♣ OK, let’s close this Grapefruit League-opening blog with a splendid tune from the great Tom Waits. Because on a sunny, warm, breezy day like this, with the green grass in front of us and two big-league teams about to play ‘ball, none of us wants to grow up. Certainly I don’t. Not if that means having to stop riding motorcycles, listening to good music, eating BBQ or doing something other than watching and writing about baseball for a living. You can hear Tom sing it by clicking here.
“I DON’T WANT TO GROW UP” by Tom Waits
When I’m lyin’ in my bed at night
I don’t wanna grow up
Nothin’ ever seems to turn out right
I don’t wanna grow up
How do you move in a world of fog
That’s always changing things
Makes me wish that I could be a dog
When I see the price that you pay
I don’t wanna grow up
I don’t ever wanna be that way
I don’t wanna grow up
Seems like folks turn into things
That they’d never want
The only thing to live for
Is today
I’m gonna put a hole in my TV set
I don’t wanna grow up
Open up the medicine chest
And I don’t wanna grow up
I don’t wnna have to shout it out
I don’t want my hair to fall out
I don’t wanna be filled with doubt
I don’t wanna be a good boy scout
I don’t wanna have to learn to count
I don’t wanna have the biggest amount
I don’t wanna grow up
Well when I see my parents fight
I don’t wanna grow up
They all go out and drinking all night
And I don’t wanna grow up
I’d rather stay here in my room
Nothin’ out there but sad and gloom
I don’t wanna live in a big old Tomb
On Grand Street
When I see the 5 o’clock news
I don’t wanna grow up
Comb their hair and shine their shoes
I don’t wanna grow up
Stay around in my old hometown
I don’t wanna put no money down
I don’t wanna get me a big old loan
Work them fingers to the bone
I don’t wanna float a broom
Fall in and get married then boom
How the hell did I get here so soon
I don’t wanna grow up
– by David O’Brien, Braves/MIB blog
1,655 comments Add your comment
ncgary
March 3rd, 2012
1:07 pm
not first
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
1:09 pm
Good start, Mike!
ColoradoBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:09 pm
Any one have a link for the radio broadcast of the game? http://www.680is talking football…
Runnin
March 3rd, 2012
1:09 pm
I’m not getting the game on 680the fan. Some ridiculous rant about the Saints.
Trey
March 3rd, 2012
1:10 pm
They need to start making all Spring Training games televised.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:10 pm
Samantha
“Thank you Tomahawkin for your kind. I am here to make friends and make as much money as possible before school starts in fall”
I’m The Class Clown on here…D.O.B. and others on here can’t stand the fact that I Say old Mariah is Poetry
Welcome to the Blog, I will Take You Under My Wing
My Best Advice is Don’t Drink the Kool Aid and dont take the blog too seriously…?
And Better yet if someone takes a Cheap shot/Unprovoked Smart Ass attack on you, Put them on Ignore..Its easier said than done however…There are Blog elitists on here who get off on talking down to people
I’m hitting 6th BTW
Braveone
March 3rd, 2012
1:11 pm
From the previous blog which had 1,729 comments, cabravesfan led the way with 188 posts. There were 183 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:
Rank Poster Frequency
1 cabravesfan 188
2 tiger297 169
3 Murph 55
4 nolie 54
5 Samantha 52
6 B_F52 50
7 McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô: 50
8 Venice Jim 45
9 David O’Brien 41
10 Soph 41
11 raleighbravefan 41
12 uga-brave 38
13 ncscoots 35
14 Ease 32
15 Tom O’Hawke 32
16 Lew 31
17 richbrave 28
18 Ward 27
19 ChattTownBrian (CTB) 25
20 B-F_52 24
21 George 24
22 VaBravesFan 24
23 jeffrey d 24
24 New Mexico Lee 22
25 Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!) 22
George
March 3rd, 2012
1:11 pm
repost from old blog.
Here we go again, start of another season and another disappointment, The ATLANTA BRAVES leadership does not have the desire to win since TED TURNER gave up control of the team. Why do we start every spring with hope when we know we will be disappointed at end of season?
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
1:12 pm
WTG, Minor!!
Trey
March 3rd, 2012
1:12 pm
Samantha, whatever you do, do not listen to Tomahawkin’. He will get you in trouble.
Kidding Tomahawkin’.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:12 pm
Runnin
“I’m not getting the game on 680the fan. Some ridiculous rant about the Saints.”
Yeah, That P’d Me Off!
I’m listening o 93.7 in The “A”
If Anyone has a good online link help Braves Fans out?
MFin04
March 3rd, 2012
1:12 pm
Well that’s a good start I suppose. A lot of pitches thrown though. That’ll effect his pitch count.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
1:13 pm
680 can not stream the game due to MLB rules…
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
1:13 pm
Decent start for Minor, and the Rev was flawless in the field.
ColoradoBravesFan
http://tunein.com/radio/WKWN-1420-s30467/
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
1:13 pm
George, stop dropping turds on the blog. Let’s at least start out with some optimism.
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
1:14 pm
I win again!
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:15 pm
Trey
“Samantha, whatever you do, do not listen to Tomahawkin’. He will get you in trouble.
Kidding Tomahawkin”
(Yelling) Oh,I heard That Shyt!!! Say It Again! Say It Again!
Shyt!!!
jim
March 3rd, 2012
1:16 pm
The heart says sign McCann long term. The head says it would be a bad move giving his position and age during the contract years (33 gets to be old for a catcher).
MFin04
March 3rd, 2012
1:17 pm
About time to fire the hitting coach. How many pitches did we see in the first inning….4? WOW.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
1:17 pm
Did George already get bozo’d from the Reds’ blog?
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:17 pm
F Dud Selig And his MLB Rules…! and Copyrights!
I have 2 words for Dud Selig!
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:17 pm
Mike Minor is a beast.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
1:18 pm
Thank you gentleman, Like i said any questions just ask. Darn thought I was going to get the game.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:19 pm
Tom O’Hawke
“Did George already get bozo’d from the Reds’ blog?”
I don’t Think the Reds Have a Blog? I think they just have their teenage Justin Barbie MLB.com/forum
jason
March 3rd, 2012
1:22 pm
fielder got a hit
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
1:22 pm
if you are local you can likely pick it up on the radio
Runnin
March 3rd, 2012
1:22 pm
Still haven’t found an online radio feed.
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:23 pm
I’m not sure the Braves can really afford to pay McCann more than 15 million a season. You really don’t want to invest that much into a catcher where most of the contract will be on the wrong side of 30. You want to spend the big bucks on players who can be counted on to play around 150 games or more.
George
March 3rd, 2012
1:24 pm
I guess because MLB makes fans that are out of range to hear local radio pay them for online radio, so they stop 680 from steaming game. It does not seem fair for the fans.
Tony LaRussa
March 3rd, 2012
1:25 pm
Molina is a solid, all around catcher. McCann is not. I’ll give Mac the edge with his bat, but Molina is no slouch and his defense and game calling are second to none in the NL.
The Braves will never cough up more than $15 million or more for McCann; they’d be better trading him off to the AL where he can DH or play another position.
Mac won’t be giving any “hometown discounts”. Remember JD Drew & Mark Teixeira?
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:25 pm
cheapo Braves waited too long, now Mac will be gone…and McFann will be desolate
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
1:25 pm
Gameday is not doing pitch-by-pitch yet, but it’s better than nothing:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_03_03_detmlb_atlmlb_1&mode=gameday
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:25 pm
Time 2 eat, brb
ColoradoBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:26 pm
Still no on-line radio for me either. Some one do some play by play… please.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:27 pm
Molina is a solid, all around catcher. McCann is not….Tony
Mac was voted in the top three defensive catchers the last three years, his offense puts Molina’s to shame. there is no close comparison in total value
ChipperFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:27 pm
Great, thought-provoking stuff here, DOB. I have to say, you’ve pretty much convinced me right here that the Braves will have to let McCann go after 2013. An AL team would probably offer him $100m, and the Braves at that point will be trying to extend Hanson, Heyward, and others. With zero chance that the payroll is going up significantly, this is looking inevitable.
Sad to think of him leaving, but the economics of baseball fall on the just and the unjust alike.
Glad spring training has started! Go Braves!
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
1:28 pm
if u can’t find it I’ll bet t-hawk can tell you-or if ur lucky he might invite you over to listen to it and enjoy whatever he has “on deck”
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
1:29 pm
Thanks for the new Blog, Chief! But I’m a little scared to read it…
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
1:29 pm
I don’t Think the Reds Have a Blog? I think they just have their teenage Justin Barbie MLB.com/forum — T-Hawkin
That’s too bad. That means we’re stuck with him.
I left a radio link… are y’all freakin’ blind?
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:29 pm
pretty unlikely he is gonna have an 126OPS+ again this year too
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:30 pm
I love McCann and wish he could be a Brave for life, but thinking about the whole ballclub going forward I think it would be a major mistake to pay what it possibly will cost to keep him. If Molina can get 15 million and Mauer can get 23 million, McCann has to be in the middle of them.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
1:30 pm
nolie – don’t be so critical look at last year and there OPS is so similar only and idiot wouldn’t understand how much more value molia has. Its a crime shame some people want to sign him so early
George
March 3rd, 2012
1:31 pm
Tomahawkin and Tom 1:19
The CIN newspaper REDS blog is not very good. AJC BRAVES blog is the best and DOB is better than thier writers, to bad the BRAVES team is not as good as thier coverage.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
1:31 pm
Tiger, I am in Gwinnett but still can not find it.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
1:31 pm
nolie – also it is still a long time until the end of 2013
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
1:32 pm
Mike Minor will win the Cy Young award this year!
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
1:32 pm
cue t-hawk with the “im in gwinnett as well where you at girl” in 3…2….1
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
1:32 pm
Boo…
MFin04
March 3rd, 2012
1:32 pm
Apparently we needed to get a bat or two in the off-season.
Scout
March 3rd, 2012
1:32 pm
Catchers like Posey & Molina lead teams to championships. McCann will never lead a team to the promised land with his glove or inability to throw out runners.
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:33 pm
Braves batter 4 pitch, 4 out
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
1:33 pm
Where’s Soph??
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
1:33 pm
That link wasn’t working Tom.
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:33 pm
5 pitch 5 outs
Trey
March 3rd, 2012
1:33 pm
Samantha, Gwinnett is a good place. When you get a chance, you should definitely go see the Gwinnett Braves play.
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:34 pm
All of this according Gameday…..Braves batter swing the first pitcch
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:34 pm
yeah Molina’s 88 career OPS+ compared to Mac’s 122 OPS+, makes them so close; you are right tiger, I just forgot
ColoradoBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:34 pm
T-Hawkin… Thanks for the link but it doesn’t work here in CO. Here is what I get…
WKWN Logo
WKWN 1420
On Now: Detroit Tigers at Atlanta Braves (not streamed)
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:35 pm
Wow..hinske walk….
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
1:36 pm
try am 680
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
1:36 pm
Alright Jward…..DO something!
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
1:36 pm
Our offense will finish last in every category in 2012, including pitches seen.
By the way, what’s all this McCann leaing talk because of other catchers salary? Knee jerk reaction if I ever saw it.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:36 pm
its too late now anyway. woe is us, misery will abound
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:37 pm
What Happened? What did I miss?
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
1:37 pm
Ugh….. Jason lines out to kill that inn.
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:37 pm
Good start for Heyward, swings at 1st pitch and what do know? It’s right at 2nd base. I think we’ve seen this before.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
1:37 pm
nolie – sample size man look at 2011 thats what counts what have you done for me lately (or in a contract year in molina’s case)
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:37 pm
Ens of the second 0-0…..Heyward line to second first pitch
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
1:37 pm
Always next year!!
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
1:38 pm
Hinske will have an OBP higher than any other pinch hitter in the game. Most walks by any PH.
Gimpah & McError
March 3rd, 2012
1:39 pm
No mention of McCann leading the planet in stolen bases allowed last year, eh? How long do you think he’d last in Boston or NY when giving up mad stolen bases? We know his ego won’t allow him to be a DH at the start of a new contract.
Once again, the Braves are better off with a good defensive catcher behind the plate. Besides the Braves could make up McCann’s offense at another position for less than $18-$20M guaranteed.
However, feel free to resign his noodle arm and see where it gets ya.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
1:39 pm
Trey, Where can I get a schedule? Also work nights so can only catch day games.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:39 pm
no I refuse to be optimistic about it in any way, when Chipper and Mac leave the world will end, if it hasn’t already this Dec
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:39 pm
Detroit pitcher 6 outs on 10 pitch
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
1:40 pm
Heyward hasn’t learned anything. FIRE WALKER!
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:40 pm
Now Varvaro pitching for the Braves
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
1:40 pm
tnbrian – If braves offer tops out at $80M and an AL team offers $100M (which is likely based on molina’s offer) it isn’t likely we see mccann after 2013. People talk about a hometown discount but $20M discount isn’t likely for anyone.
MFin04
March 3rd, 2012
1:41 pm
Oh boy. Quickly the season hopes are fading away. 1-0.
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:42 pm
Minor good job 2 inning 1 hit 1 BB 3SO
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
1:42 pm
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=atl#m=4&y=2012&calendar=DEFAULT
schedule link
George
March 3rd, 2012
1:42 pm
TOMAHAWKIN 1:37 you missed my reply, so here it is
Tomahawkin and Tom 1:19
The CIN newspaper REDS blog is not very good. AJC BRAVES blog is the best and DOB is better than thier writers, to bad the BRAVES team is not as good as thier coverage
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
1:42 pm
Jared Head goes deep. Tigers lead 1-0.
Lovely
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:42 pm
1-0 Detroit Home run from Head
Trey
March 3rd, 2012
1:42 pm
In the past, I have gotten magnetic ones from Turner Field. You should be able to purchase one from the Braves Clubhouse Store. http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/atl/ballpark/clubhouse_store.jsp or just look at their schedule on the Atlanta Braves site.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:43 pm
SPRING!!!!!!
Gone Viral
March 3rd, 2012
1:43 pm
This is one of the greatest days of the year. Welcome back, Braves.
PS: F**K Hunter Pence.
(September 28 still stings.)
ncgary
March 3rd, 2012
1:43 pm
varvaro bit too good
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
1:43 pm
Chipper!!
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:43 pm
tiger297
“if u can’t find it I’ll bet t-hawk can tell you-or if ur lucky he might invite you over to listen to it and enjoy whatever he has “on deck”
This Blows, The station Cut out on 93.7 And Rock 100.5 Was playing “Free Fallin” (Which Is a Good Song)
But anyway Party at my house on the Patio
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:43 pm
No Bueno for Varvaro…homer & now a Hit
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
1:44 pm
That’s it! SEASON!
charlotte observer
March 3rd, 2012
1:44 pm
… for those interested .. streaming audio …
found a link on a Tiger’s network station …. http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/nextmedia/?callsign=WSGWAM
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
1:44 pm
That link wasn’t working Tom.
That’s what I’m currently listening to, Mixxo. I’m in upstate NY. Maybe the geography has something to do with it.
Colorado — Don’t pay attention to not streamed. That’s what mine says to. Click on “Listen”, anyway. If you can’t get it, maybe it’s a geography thing with you too.
George
March 3rd, 2012
1:44 pm
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:39 pm
no I refuse to be optimistic about it in any way, when Chipper and Mac leave the world will end, if it hasn’t already this Dec
**********************************************
AGREE nolie.
brian
March 3rd, 2012
1:44 pm
great blog and great start to the grapefruit season. Ownership would be crazy not to increase payroll $5 million per year to keep McCann with all he brings to the team in addition to his silver slugger awards. That is if the BRaves brass feels McCann will be productive for the 5 years of his contract. If McCann’s going rate becomes >$20 million, the Braves will have to let him walk
Rick
March 3rd, 2012
1:45 pm
Thanks for the link Charlotte Observer.
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:45 pm
Varvaro trying to lose the bullpen battle early on.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:45 pm
Does Anyone Have a online link? Please Stand Up?
I’m looking at you D.O.B. as well and I’m Raising the People’s Eyebrow
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:45 pm
couldn’t have been Parrish, he’s gone and they are still doing it. Must be Fredi
Bravefaninok
March 3rd, 2012
1:47 pm
Just renewed my MLB.TV ……you get free gameday audio with the sub.
Trey
March 3rd, 2012
1:47 pm
Fire the hitting coach!!!!
Trey
March 3rd, 2012
1:47 pm
Fire the hitting coach!!!!
Patrick
March 3rd, 2012
1:47 pm
I don’t like Varvaro, he has 1 pitch-fastball and it’s okay, nothing spectacular
It seemed that Freddie like him though from how he pitched him late in the season (and that was a great move cause I remember be gave up a 3 run homer to John Buck that helped the choke job continue)
I really hope he does not make the bullpen.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:47 pm
charlotte observer
“… for those interested .. streaming audio …
found a link on a Tiger’s network station …. http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/nextmedia/?callsign=WSGWAM”
Bet! Thanks for the 411, Rock On!
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
1:47 pm
Giving up a homer to a guy named Head and getting shut down so easily by a guy named Fister … YIKES!
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:47 pm
all the people only have one eyebrow among them?
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:48 pm
I think McCann at the least will be getting 5 years 85 million, I believe an AL would offer 7 years around 18-20 million a season. McCann would catch for another 3-4 years and slowly start DHing more and more. I believe a hometown discount would be something like 1 million less a season with possibly the Braves making the deal 6 years for more security.
brian
March 3rd, 2012
1:49 pm
strong work by Minor, especially against a AL powerhouse
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm
I wonder what McFann thinks of AL baseball???
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm
Patrick
“I don’t like Varvaro, he has 1 pitch-fastball and it’s okay, nothing spectacular
It seemed that Freddie like him though from how he pitched him late in the season (and that was a great move cause I remember be gave up a 3 run homer to John Buck that helped the choke job continue) ”
Don’t remind us! We Got Little Big Man MEDS back as well as Petey-Pablo…Nom way Varvaro makes the team, barring injury of course
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm
Jerad Head’s homer off Varvaro was crushed to start the Tigres third inning.
Great job by Minor to start game, struck out side in 1st inning (9 strikes/14 pitches) and would’ve had two perfect innings if Braves had Uggla playing in reg. position instead of in shallow RF against Fielder, who bounced a single up middle to start 2nd inning. Minor got next two guys out, then a walk.
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm
Hmm… Is Larry Parrish still in the dugout? Cause we sure are being aggressive…
George
March 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm
Ok got the TIGERS game feed, thank you for the link.
brian
March 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm
where are our bats??
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm
pitchers are s’posed to look strong against hitters at this time
MFin04
March 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm
The old Spring Training no-hitter. Lovely.
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
1:52 pm
Vizcaino in to pitch 4th for Braves
Woody Woodward
March 3rd, 2012
1:54 pm
Aloha, all! Go Braves!
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:54 pm
9 hitters and they still caint do anything, can we add acouple more to the lineup?
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
1:54 pm
Sharp single to RF by Fielder off Viz to start 4th
MFin04
March 3rd, 2012
1:54 pm
Should have signed Fielder. He apparently shows up to Spring Training.
Woody Woodward
March 3rd, 2012
1:54 pm
So when are we trading McCann?
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:55 pm
well hey there Mr Woody, how ’s trix?
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
1:55 pm
The bench going to win this game…count on that
DS1
March 3rd, 2012
1:56 pm
T
That last link worked for me……. thanks.
And I will make a statement that will still be valid in August: “It’s still early!”
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
1:56 pm
Nice diving catch by Heyward to rob Peralta …. almost. It was in front of glove. Got the force, though.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:57 pm
we’re just gonna wait til his contract is over and let him walk;and of course we won’t be able to take the financial risk of offering him arb either
Trey
March 3rd, 2012
1:57 pm
Anyway, I need to get my oil changed and tires rotated before tomorrow’s drive to Norfolk.
Go Braves!!!!!
Woody Woodward
March 3rd, 2012
1:57 pm
Nothin new nolie. How we lookin?
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
1:58 pm
Sorry, Had to answer phone. Whats happening with game?
DS1
March 3rd, 2012
1:58 pm
nolie
I think baseball should play like some of the kiddie leagues do. Let everybody hit and change positional players whenever you want to.
That worked OK for some kids who didn’t play much.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
1:58 pm
wow that musta been a GREAT catch to rate two posts….
brian
March 3rd, 2012
1:58 pm
as long as Heyward didn’t hurt his shoulder – nice catch
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
1:59 pm
nolie
Wouldn’t surprise me if it does happen that way. Another negative to getting a deal done early is that his 2013 12 million option could become the 1st year of the new deal which would certainly be more than 12 million… Giving us less money to work with in the offseason.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
1:59 pm
nolie—
I don’t care for AL…
Rick
March 3rd, 2012
2:00 pm
Stream said Heyward didn’t make the catch, forced out Fielder at 2nd because Fielder though he caught it.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
2:00 pm
won’t surprise me either Va
B-F_52
March 3rd, 2012
2:00 pm
charlotte observer thanks
DS1
March 3rd, 2012
2:00 pm
A double post means that it was REALLY a nice catch.
Woody Woodward
March 3rd, 2012
2:03 pm
Re: McCann.
It’s a motivation strategy. Kinda like the cards did with pujols.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
2:03 pm
well I can see already that this is gonna be a crappy season with no offense and a million innings of pen pitching again because of it. can we keep up with the Mets, or should we just cede 4th to them now??
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
2:03 pm
Sorry guys, Had to answer cell. What is happening with the game?
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
2:05 pm
Again…one pitch one out
Woody Woodward
March 3rd, 2012
2:06 pm
Nolie
Proof is always in the pudding, but you encouraged by reports of Jason’s swing adjustments?
reagan
March 3rd, 2012
2:06 pm
Charlotte observer…………………me too. Thanks!
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
2:07 pm
Good at bat Chipper…waiting for first strike
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
2:08 pm
Sorry guys, Had to answer cell. What is happening with yhe game?
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
2:08 pm
OOPS
Woody Woodward
March 3rd, 2012
2:08 pm
And Hansen’s adjustments?
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
2:08 pm
yeah to some extent Woody, like you say he’ll have to do it against live pitching but I expect him to bounce back some. if he can get up around 800 I’ll be pretty happy
Rick
March 3rd, 2012
2:09 pm
“Again…one pitch one out”
I believe it was 3 pitches. Don’t take the mlb.com pitch counts to heart for this game, they don’t seem to always be accurate. Chipper had a full count before walking, not just four straight balls.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
2:10 pm
really glad to hear about Hanson, I have been critical of his mechanics since he was in the minors. Good he is trying a better stride since much of what he did with his arm was an attempt to add power that he was not generating with his legs
Anders
March 3rd, 2012
2:12 pm
What’s up Braves fans? So what’s been the take on the new playoff format here on the old blog? Personally I’m all for adding more value to finishing first in your division. But to have the division series et up next as 2-3 with the WC team getting the first two games is ludicrous. I’d almost rather take my chances in the WC round at least for this year. Not that I actually have to worry about it this season but at least as a point of discussion {:
Woody Woodward
March 3rd, 2012
2:15 pm
Just want him consistent, nolie. Got to a point last year when pitchers didn’t mind facing him. Apparently really scalded the ball the first time up. But at the second baseman. Hope he can hit the ball to some different spots on the diamond
phil
March 3rd, 2012
2:15 pm
Off and not scoring already!
Fire Walker!
JAFO
March 3rd, 2012
2:16 pm
Is it still September? No hits through 4. Martinez pitching the 5th.
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
2:16 pm
Still 1-0 Detroit….4th inning Chipper & Macann walk…Ugla Fly out and hinske ground Out force oou
Woody Woodward
March 3rd, 2012
2:16 pm
Me too on Hanson. This might have been a career saving adjustment. Interested to see if he stays healthy.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
2:18 pm
yall don’t worry constanza will be batting soon and our offensive woes will be over…
Rick
March 3rd, 2012
2:20 pm
1-2-3 inning for Martinez.
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
2:20 pm
Just back from talking to Minor. By the way, he struck out Cabrera in 1st on changeup. Threw couple changeups, few curves, rest fastballs.
Paddy
March 3rd, 2012
2:21 pm
George………Philly could use your negativity, we don’t much care what you think!
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
2:22 pm
In top of 5th, Cristhian Martinez faced three batters, got 2 strikeouts and a groundout
B-F_52
March 3rd, 2012
2:24 pm
Hey-ja-vu
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
2:24 pm
SHOCK…heyward out first Pitch….WOW
Kwajbraves
March 3rd, 2012
2:25 pm
We are guarantee to get a hit and score a run this year. The power of positive thinking.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
2:25 pm
You guys are not playing very nice. Go Braves.
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
2:26 pm
Come on, Braves.
Anders
March 3rd, 2012
2:27 pm
Hey-ja-vu (B-F-52)
That’s funny! I’m storing this one for a rainy day.
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
2:27 pm
SHOCK AGAIN Matty Diaz Out first Pitch
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
2:28 pm
Samantha – most of these folks are making fun of the in game bloggers who rant about how aful things are starting in the 1st inning
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
2:28 pm
The REV..waiting for a good Pitch …three strike
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
2:28 pm
1-0 Come on braves!
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
2:29 pm
i hope this start isn’t indicative of the season to come.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
2:29 pm
Martinez didn’t strike out the side…send him back to AAA tha bum
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
2:29 pm
Mejia (1B) and Parraz (RF) in for Braves with 6-foot-8 Adam Russell to pitch. 6th inning. Tigers up 1-0. Braves have NO HITS.
Anders
March 3rd, 2012
2:29 pm
It’s already March 3rd! When will this team learn to start grinding out at bats? {:
Rick
March 3rd, 2012
2:29 pm
“SHOCK AGAIN Matty Diaz Out first Pitch”
No it was not. Again, the mlb gameday is not reporting pitches correctly. If it’s a walk, they show four balls. Strike out, three strikes. Otherwise, they only show one pitch. Diaz saw at least 4 or 5 pitches by my count on the stream.
Rick
March 3rd, 2012
2:30 pm
“The REV..waiting for a good Pitch …three strike”
It was four pitches. 0-2, ball in dirt, strike out.
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
2:31 pm
12 outs away from being no-hit lol
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
2:31 pm
braves pitcher is 6′8″. talk about a man-mountain.
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
2:32 pm
Ok…all the regular out…Chipper replace by Hicks,Mac for Boscan,Heyward by Parraz(Who)…Ugla By Wilson (Not Jack)
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
2:33 pm
Ok…all the regular out…Chipper replace by Hicks,Mac for Boscan,Heyward by Parraz(Who)…Ugla By Wilson (Not Jack) now Russell is Piching
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
2:33 pm
You guys sound like my dad. Dumb braves. I think you guys are funny. Go Braves.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
2:34 pm
We couldn’t hit last year……we can’t hit this year.
Same ol’ crap.
4th place.
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
2:35 pm
bourn is still in the game. maybe a regular will get a hit to start the sixth.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
2:35 pm
so samantha you said you work nights what kind of hours? It sucks we need some fresh voices in the overnight blog
Owl Hunter
March 3rd, 2012
2:36 pm
Just dropping by to make sure that everyone is irrationally freaking out about the lack of hitting in the first spring training game. All is in order. Have a great day.
Mister Frisky
March 3rd, 2012
2:37 pm
Great to see offense already in mid season form.
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
2:37 pm
announcers on Pastornicky, “He looks good standing out the. Someone hit him a ground ball.”
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
2:39 pm
Hello everyone! Great to see that the Braves are back! “Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!’ Let’s have a great Spring,and strong begining……..Gotta love baseball……
Kwajbraves
March 3rd, 2012
2:40 pm
Last hit by a Braves hitter was on inning 12th by Heyward against the Phils on last game of the year.
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
2:40 pm
some pitcher that won’t make the squad got a pop up from some Tiger that won’t make their squad to the first baseman who won’t play in the majors this year, to end the inning.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
2:41 pm
Tiger, I work from 8pm to 2 am, 6 days a week. Dont like the hours or the job, but it is all I got right now.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
2:42 pm
Lets go Mike!
Line drive on the button…..for an out.
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
2:42 pm
prado with a chance to break up the no-no.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
2:42 pm
2 down.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
2:43 pm
Wow The Music They play at Darkstar is below Par….
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
2:43 pm
Inning over.
Still, no hits.
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
2:47 pm
back up SS gets the first chance. bad throw to first lets the runner on.
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
2:48 pm
Sutton to Wilson to Majia for the DP.
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
2:49 pm
If Martinez pitches well like that,I might change my mind on him?Good start for him.
bravofan
March 3rd, 2012
2:49 pm
Sure does sound like a lot of Tigers fans are there.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
2:49 pm
lol….now the defense is tanking.
:facepalm:
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
2:52 pm
Constanza (replacing Bourn) makes the catch in CF to retire the side.
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
2:52 pm
abeewright: But Sutton made a real nice play to get to it, and Freeman would’ve made the catch. Mejia not much defensively.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
2:54 pm
hours sound rough but most of us have had jobs/hours we didn’t like before that is just part of it…
bravofan
March 3rd, 2012
2:54 pm
Let’s get a hit
CB
March 3rd, 2012
2:54 pm
Sutton hits he needs to make this team.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
2:54 pm
heck when I was 19 those were my hours anyway LOL
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
2:54 pm
Mixxo- Is the same every year. You know what he going to say most of the time. Same old Mixxo……
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
2:55 pm
come on folks I need positive blog wishes for little tiger to go to sleep (so I can go flying)
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
2:57 pm
well here is ward…per murph that means we wont see samantha for a while now
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
2:57 pm
looking at the box score, I see that three of the regulars got BB, so this isn’t as bad as all that for the first day of ST.
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
2:57 pm
Tiger- look for postive things in todays game,like the pitching.It did live up to hit.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
2:59 pm
Ward -
IDK buddy.
If the team is suckin’………I’m not afraid to tell you so.
Deal with it or give me something to cheer about.
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
2:59 pm
Tiger- Funny……..
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
2:59 pm
Yes I agree with you Tiger, The money is good so I am going to stay with it , at least until school starts. How did you know how old I was?
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
2:59 pm
ab/ward come on stop looking for the silver linning show me some hard statistics. How many teams that were no hit in the sprint training season opener went on to win the world series.
you guys and your fantasy worlds
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
2:59 pm
Well, Mejia ALMOST got a HR.
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
2:59 pm
Mixxo-We don’t need your two senses…….
ncgary
March 3rd, 2012
3:00 pm
no hitter to start the season, shame we are on the wrong end of it
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:00 pm
oh hell ward & samantha posts back to back either ward is getting slick or murph’s theory is toast
Rick
March 3rd, 2012
3:00 pm
Uggla had a would be hit taken down by the wind too.
JAFO
March 3rd, 2012
3:00 pm
Hitless through 7. No chances for pastor.
B-F_52
March 3rd, 2012
3:00 pm
If the very wind be against us what can be for us
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:00 pm
samantha – i believe you mentioned it on the blog the last couple of days…
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:01 pm
52 – nice
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
3:01 pm
What I look for is fielding,and Pitching. The game is not a blow out,so that is a good sign for things to come.
ChrisfromSacramento,Ca
March 3rd, 2012
3:01 pm
When will you people who love that loser Heyward that…
HEYWARD SUCKS. Get Rid of him, please!!!!!
Skip & Pete Fan
March 3rd, 2012
3:01 pm
Should we be concerned about the fact that the Tiger pitchers are seeing their first live game action and this is the result?
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
3:01 pm
DOB … thanks for the clarification on the Sutton play. I’m not watching, just listening. so, there’s no way to know if Sutton’s throw was bad or if the 1B was not ready for prime time.
Sounds like Sutton might have a shot at a bench job.
B-F_52
March 3rd, 2012
3:02 pm
On a brighter note Yanks are bombing the Filthies
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
3:02 pm
Shouldn’t always believe Murph…….
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:02 pm
is VJ not feeling well or working? confused by the no play by play
bravofan
March 3rd, 2012
3:03 pm
Already tired of the slogans this is going to be a season to remember and this is why we chop. These are ads played on the radio feed.
Skip & Pete Fan
March 3rd, 2012
3:03 pm
Why is Don Sutton not broadcasting with Jim today?
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:04 pm
ChrisfromSac, I don’t see anyone else hitting. Why single out Heyward?
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
3:04 pm
Yea I did. By the way, Hello Ward You can tell these that doubters that I am still here.
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
3:05 pm
Talk later tonight,and be cool. Always look for positives in the game for Spring Training. That’s what I always do. Peace My Friends…….
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:05 pm
brava – cause he sucks didn’t you read his post
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:06 pm
everybody else just had a bad day but heyward sucks
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:06 pm
Yeah, tiger, same crap from last season.
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
3:06 pm
Samantha- Keep hanging in there. The people are pretty cool here on the blog. Just go with flow.You seem cool. Peace Out!!!!!”Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!.
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:07 pm
I mean from Chris, tiger, not Heyward.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
3:07 pm
I think we’ll hit tomorrow but, won’t score until mid-spring.
Jus’ sayin’
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:07 pm
did you do much skiing when you lived in montana?
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
3:07 pm
Mejia flied out to front edge of left-center warning track to end Braves’ 7th, after Josh Wilson GIDP.
Cordier to pitch 8th. Braves no hits through 7….
Former Braves OF “Mighty” Matt Young now hitting for the Tigers in 8th. Leyland wanted to make sure he played against Bravos.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
3:07 pm
they all sux
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
3:08 pm
Argenias Diaz sounds like “our heinous Diaz.”
TennesseePaul
March 3rd, 2012
3:08 pm
Thanks for the work DOB
GO BRAVES!!
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
3:09 pm
Nice leaping catch by Constanza, caught it before it could sail over his head. Robbed Matt Young.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:09 pm
lol I figured
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:10 pm
War of the vertically challenged, DOB.
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
3:10 pm
last spring Don Sutton got lost coming back from a Shriners dinner. Maybe he went back.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:11 pm
brava – you saying heyward woulda caught it off the shoulder LOL
bravofan
March 3rd, 2012
3:11 pm
Hearing Murphy on the radio feed is awesome. Ha he thought the Braves got a new 30ft chickfila cow. Powell quickly told him that we have had it.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
3:11 pm
Tiger, If you are talking to me, the answer is absolutely. Every chance I got.
ncgary
March 3rd, 2012
3:11 pm
not hard to have two browsers open at the same time
so you got explorer and google chrome same time
Nick
March 3rd, 2012
3:12 pm
Wow, what a pathetic, embarrassing display by the Braves. Gonna be a long season. Looks like my 90 loss season prediction is highly plausible.
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
3:12 pm
Cordier is not having a good outing.
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:12 pm
LOL!
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
3:13 pm
1B to pitcher to end the inning.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:14 pm
sam (you mind if I shorten it?) absolutely talking to you..I go out west to go skiing every year..wish I could do it for more than a week – maybe one day
Skip & Pete Fan
March 3rd, 2012
3:14 pm
That was an awkward exchange between Powell and Murphy.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:15 pm
come on little tiger sleep already…
Kwajbraves
March 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Look a hit…
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Yeah! We got a hit!
Skip & Pete Fan
March 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Anyone no when the last Spring Training No-Hitter was?
Skip & Pete Fan
March 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Doesn’t matter!
ncgary
March 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
finally
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Parraz leadoff single in 8th is first Braves hit
bravofan
March 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
I asked a couple of days ago but tomorrow I will be in Tampa and I am going to take in a Yankees vs Phillies game. Any tips on getting autographs etc.
Bayou Brave
March 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
Yay!!!
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
Give that kid a contract!!!!!!!!
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
WOW Trade Heyward give a chance to Parraz
B-F_52
March 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
Paraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaz!! 1st hit of 2012
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
3:18 pm
aaaaand a DP.
lol
Skip & Pete Fan
March 3rd, 2012
3:18 pm
Looks like it may have been March of ‘09. The Marlins no-hit the Tigers.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
3:18 pm
well we got one of our starting OFers for the season now
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
3:18 pm
Double Play Diaz
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
3:18 pm
Yes, Tiger you may shorten to Sam or my nickname of Sissy. Why dont you come and ski on big mountain sometime. It is one of the best in the world.
Anders
March 3rd, 2012
3:19 pm
I wonder what McFann thinks of AL baseball??? (Nolie)
I think he’s thinking “Hmmm.. The Yanks traded their best catching prospect and are patching it up behind the dish this year. I bet they’d like to solidify that spot for the future. And batting lefty in that right field ban box behind the likes of A-Rod, Tex and Cano sure might be fun. Oh yeah- they pay pretty well up there in the Bronx too!”
Something like that.
Bayou Brave
March 3rd, 2012
3:19 pm
bravofan @ 3:16 What exactly does the “etc.” stand for? Bear hugs? Eskimo kisses? Fist bumps? Phone numbers?
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
3:20 pm
where are all these Montana folks coming from….. ???
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
3:21 pm
Spruill’s got 9th for Braves
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
its a little more difficult to get to montanta but it is on the list…I’ve gotten stuck on breckenridge just b/c its so easy to get there. And trust me traveling with a 4 year old easy is important.
bravofan
March 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
Bayou Brave : sounds good to me!
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
Skip & Pete Fan: Don Sutton is getting his hair permed today, hence we get Dale Murphy, which is always a good thing.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
3:22 pm
That was McFann not McCann Anders. McFann is our resident Big Mac obsessor and I was funnin’ her
But you are likely right about what McCann is thinking
Anders
March 3rd, 2012
3:24 pm
Nolie- Got it. I know McFann but didn’t see it right in your post. My bad.
Larry
March 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
No, McCann is not worth this kind of money to the Braves…not player is worth 1/5 of you payroll.
NashvilleBrave
March 3rd, 2012
3:29 pm
Skip & Pete Fan, what was said b/w Powell and Murph that sounded awkward? I’ve been listening to the whole game, and I didn’t notice anything. Btw, Murph sounds pretty good, but I’m looking forward to having Don back.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
3:29 pm
I completely understand, but if you do get to you will not believe the most beautiful country you have ever seen. Trust me, I did not want to leave, but had some issues that I had to.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
3:31 pm
posse on your trail??
Skip & Pete Fan
March 3rd, 2012
3:33 pm
Just a little embarrassed for Murph not knowing about the Chick-fil-A cow. He thought it was something new for 2012. Nothing major.
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:33 pm
Well, clearly, the season is over.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
3:34 pm
Nolie, In a way they were.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
3:34 pm
Ballgame!
OWNED by the Detroit Tigers.
Good start boys!
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
3:34 pm
obviously Brava, we should start planning for next year’s free agents and trades already
Kwajbraves
March 3rd, 2012
3:35 pm
Sigh!!!
JAFO
March 3rd, 2012
3:35 pm
If he tips his cap…
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
3:35 pm
1-0 is not surprising, the pitchers should be ahead of the hitters right now
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
3:36 pm
I Think the Guy in GAMEDAY fall sleep
NashvilleBrave
March 3rd, 2012
3:36 pm
Gotcha, must have missed that while cooking lunch…hate to lose, but it’s Spring Training…no big deal…I hope everybody has a great rest of the weekend! Prayers for all who were affected by the terrible storms yesterday.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
3:36 pm
What a pathetic performance, I hope Fredi has the team practicing fundamentals until midnight. And Wren need to replace Walker immediately, he’s in way over his head. We’ll do good to win 40 games.
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:38 pm
Agree, nolie. We should trade off all the veterans and just field a AAA team this season. Why bother to let them play out the season when they can’t even score one run?
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
3:39 pm
I’m thinkin’ 54 ken but then I’m a glass half full of kool aid kinda guy
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:40 pm
On a serious note, there a were a few pretty good defensive plays from what I could gather by ear. The hitting will come.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
3:41 pm
nolie, if we replace Hayward with Constanza, you might be right. Chipper needs to retire or go to the AL for prospects.
The Blogger Formerly Known as Billy
March 3rd, 2012
3:41 pm
Well time to take my summer hibernation from the blog.
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:41 pm
The pitching was pretty solid, too, for the most part.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
I’ll go as high as 60 games, but not one more.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
3:43 pm
Mixxo, you are one positive dude to say that.
TDub
March 3rd, 2012
3:44 pm
…and so begins another beautiful season, accompanied by the apocalyptic pessimism only this blog can offer. Let me see if I can sum this up: “ZOMG we can’t hit the season is over fire Fredi fire hitting coaches trade EVERYONE to Yankees for ARod and build around him ZOMG Braves suck!”
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
3:45 pm
TDub: You got it!
TDub
March 3rd, 2012
3:45 pm
*Please insert sarcasm contacts for reading the previous post
iTiSi
March 3rd, 2012
3:46 pm
THAT lineup only got 2 hits? Wow! You would think that even just by accident they could have gotten at least 3. This season may be worse than last year. That’s hard to even comprehend in a spring training game! Jason Aldean, where are you?
Anders
March 3rd, 2012
3:47 pm
Maybe the Braves need to move their fences in? All the good teams are doing it. {:
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
3:47 pm
Mixxo, you are one positive dude to say that.
Must be some extra sugar in this Koolaid I dunno.
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
3:48 pm
iTiSi
March 3rd, 2012
3:46 pm
THAT lineup only got 2 hits?
Sorry Pal..only One (1) HIT
ChopChamps95
March 3rd, 2012
3:48 pm
Piching looked good from some guys today and some looked not so good. Offense was paltry all the way around but its the 1st game of the Spring so I’m not hitting the panic button. If I’m not mistaken, the Braves had just a so-so Spring Bobby’s last year and they made the playoffs, so ST isn’t that big of a deal to me as long as the players get their needed tune ups for the season.
The one question I have and have is why Frank Wren insists on keeping Brandon Hicks on life support with the team? He’s not the first guy to come through the organization to have a good glove but couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat and he won’t be the last. Pull the plug on him already.
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
3:48 pm
just wait til nest year!
DZ
March 3rd, 2012
3:48 pm
A one hitter.
It’s gonna be a LOOOOOOONG summer.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
3:50 pm
T’Hawkin must be at the bars looking for Samantha.
njbraves
March 3rd, 2012
3:52 pm
I see the offense was in mid season form today.
DAP
March 3rd, 2012
3:52 pm
in my heart, i feel like the braves get one more contract for mccann. DOB makes a compelling argument though, that it will bepretty tough. i hope they can work something out that works for everyone, and i think they will.
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
3:52 pm
Only One hit…But also a lot of first Pitch Swim….I don’t think the Detroit Pitching has more than 27 Pitch…DOB correct me if i’m wrong
Mr. Wednesday
March 3rd, 2012
3:52 pm
Not a pretty performance from the Bravos, but I’m still going to give it a few more weeks until deciding that the sky is falling.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
3:53 pm
I am not allowed in bars. Not 21
Joe 12-Pack
March 3rd, 2012
3:53 pm
Hits by Chipper, Prado, Bourn, Heyward, McCann, Uggla, Hinske, Diaz and Tyler Pastornicky = 0
Hits by some journeyman minor leaguer = 1
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
3:53 pm
why Frank Wren insists on keeping Brandon Hicks on life support with the team?
for sure not gonna dump any SS til Jumpin’ Jack gets well, and anyway Hicks done tore up the AAA last season…at least for him
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:54 pm
Well the Phillies are losing to the Yankees 8-2 in the 9th, so I don’t feel so bad.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
3:54 pm
Samantha, where do you work?
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
3:56 pm
All NL East Team are Losing today
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
3:57 pm
Why is it impotant to you?
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
3:57 pm
And the Phillies are trying to comeback, as usual. 8-4 now.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
3:58 pm
Samantha….when is your birthday?
MFin04
March 3rd, 2012
3:58 pm
1-hitter. Wow. Hitting coaches have been put on notice. Frank Wren has been put on notice.
Way to bounce back from the collapse and put it behind them.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
3:58 pm
Uh, because you invited us to ask you questions. I was just trying to be friendly.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
3:59 pm
We’re NOT the Philadelphia Phillies.
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
4:00 pm
Weird to see Leyland’s kid in the game. He was about 10 years old when I covered Leyland’s Marlins….
Pastornicky also making trip to Lakeland tomorrow, originally I said only Prado and Diaz among regulars.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
4:01 pm
Fair enough. Lets just say I work in a nite club but have nothing to do with liquor.
Patrick
March 3rd, 2012
4:02 pm
1 hit un f-ing believable, i dont’ care if it’s the 1st spring training game of the year
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
4:02 pm
Thank you.
Disgusted
March 3rd, 2012
4:03 pm
Get prepared after 2013 when its time for B-Mac to get paid and get paid handsomely.
I would not trade him for peanuts like they did with Texiera, but take back the draft picks. That is how its going to be with this ownership.
B-Mac is worth in the high teens of mil per yr for five yrs. Some high payrolled team with space might even offer him 20 mil for 5 yrs. LM will not allow that.
As for the ST opener, hope they put their hitting shoes on late in the ST, ST games do not count but I like to see them finish the Grapefruit league with positive momentum as the team heads North.
Not a bad outing by Minor today—good job.
Bier Breth
March 3rd, 2012
4:03 pm
Picked up right where we left off: One hit. I know it’s the first spring game and all, but it’s the Tigers’ first game, too. They scored twice and got ten hits. Ugh; please don’t let this be a sign of things to come.
El Bravo
March 3rd, 2012
4:04 pm
Well, not a very entertaining game but at least it was brisk. For all of you out there blowing a gasket already, it is the first game of Spring Training!!! There is no pennant for practice…
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
4:05 pm
I know that all too well, Mixxo.
Anders
March 3rd, 2012
4:06 pm
DAP- I think McCann is gone in time. No way the Braves will pay him what he’s worth compared to Molina and I don’t blame them. As I’ve said on here many times having had Piazza as one of the main cogs of my teams offense it just doesn’t work especially in the later years. Catching is just too demanding. It has to be even tougher in the hot Georgia summers. I have the utmost respect for the guy and I get why you want him to stay but spending that much on a catcher when you have a limited budget just not be the wisest use of funds. Plus there are some teams with more money that can spend that on catching. Even my Mets might be in that market next year if they clear this Madoff hurdle this summmer as has been reported as a possibility.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
4:06 pm
Mixxo, Birthday Oct 10 1993.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
4:07 pm
Samantha -
I think we may be compatible.
Juan
March 3rd, 2012
4:08 pm
DOB…Leyland Kid…we get it Old Did you?…
Anders
March 3rd, 2012
4:08 pm
And while it sounds like I was talking out of both sides of my mouth on that last post I wouldn’t view McCann as important to the Mets offense or as big a part of their overall payroll as Piazza was. Doubtful he’d end up there anyway but I figured I’d clarify that anyway.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
4:08 pm
oops Libra……..
Oh well……wild guess anyways.
El Bravo
March 3rd, 2012
4:08 pm
In the words of the immortal Kenny Powers “we are not trying to be the best at exercising!!!”
Soph
March 3rd, 2012
4:10 pm
Spring training bingo. jeffrey, get on it!
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
4:10 pm
If we get 125 games out of Mac this year, I’ll be ecstatic.
Any production will be a bonus.
ChopChamps95
March 3rd, 2012
4:13 pm
@nolie
anyway Hicks done tore up the AAA last season…at least for him
That was pretty good but at the same time sad when you look and see he hit .249 with a .443 SLG and realize that was by far his best year above the rookie levels.
ChopChamps95
March 3rd, 2012
4:14 pm
My mistake, meant A ball levels.
Harry Doyle
March 3rd, 2012
4:15 pm
This year would be the time to trade McCann. There’s no way the Braves can or should re-sign him. You use the player on the roster with the biggest trade value and shore up the other holes in the lineup. They have David Ross as the stop gap. And this year’s team will not finish higher than 3rd, at best.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
4:15 pm
Sorry Mixxo, It is 1992.
haggard
March 3rd, 2012
4:16 pm
David O’Brien
Thanks for the new–if potentially sobering–blog.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
4:17 pm
mixo and kenatlanta… Would you like to make it interesting on your prediction? no more than 60 wins.. willing to back that nonsense up?
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
4:17 pm
And, Cody Ross, who we couldn’t afford, hit a solo homer and a grand slam today.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
4:20 pm
Ray: We are just funnin’ and making light of the doom and gloomers and Kool-Aid drinkers.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
4:20 pm
Ray -
Nah, the team will back it up just fine.
RE: Cody Ross…..figures. That always happens to us.
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
4:21 pm
crazy how much 1 spring training game will change the blog haha
Bill M.
March 3rd, 2012
4:25 pm
I think McCann is gone. He;s a great player but Braves could make up at other positions. Why wait, just go ahead and trade him now. It’s no tellings what they could get for him. They will try and sign Born but he will be gone to. We may not even know this team next year. The problem with this organization is ownership and management.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
4:26 pm
that’s what I thought mixxo,
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
4:28 pm
Hi VaBravesFan, I do not think these guys are being fair. Give them a chance. Go Braves.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
4:29 pm
Should be not being fair
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:34 pm
Great job, guys.
Way to bounce back!
McCann’s best days are about to be behind him. Let him walk if he insists on being the usual greedy sob most athletes are. We’re heading into some dark days as a franchise, so why make it worse overpaying an overweight, poor defensive catcher?
One hit. Let the excuses and accusations of overreaction begin!!
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
4:36 pm
Samantha, get used to seeing it lol. most of the time everyone is just being sarcastic and such for fun. Of course we do have a few knuckleheads in the bunch.
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:37 pm
Joe Mather would’ve had 2 hits….
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
March 3rd, 2012
4:37 pm
Two more seasons of watching Brian McCann, enjoy it while we can
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
4:38 pm
Samantha, there are some on here that are logical. There are some on here that are definitely the glass is more than half full no matter what. And then there are those where is not only the glass empty but so are their heads. Some on here if the Braves won the World Series in 7 games, they would complain because the Braves didn’t win it in 6.
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:39 pm
McGriff and Justice will play tomorrow, thus we have hope.
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:40 pm
I say whine and complain if we don’t win it all in three! Go bravos!
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
4:41 pm
On the Brian McCann convo, I think having McCann play for us for the next 2 season’s is more valuable than anything we could get in trade. He’s a key player to this team and I doubt we have a chance at winning anything without him.
Grizzled Veteran
March 3rd, 2012
4:41 pm
There are so many smart people on this blog – so much smarter than me! I never realized how much a really insightful person can glean from just the first spring training game. Thanks so much for letting me know all this useful information – you know, things like this game proving that Heyward is finished as a big league hitter. I wouldn’t have realized that. And that Walker should be fired as hitting coach – thanks for telling me. I’ll certainly get right on that bandwagon! And I never would have figured out that this means the Braves will have a terrible season with only 60 wins! Maybe only 40! What acumen! What insight! Wow, great stuff, guys.
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:43 pm
Good post, Grizzled! And great screen name. Have always loved that description of an old, worn out bum player.
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:45 pm
Add Mercer to the list of teams in this state that choke when it matters most. Threw their game away last night. Sound familiar? Braves, falcons, hawks, dawgs in multiple sports.
Lord forbid any of our teams that should get it done actually manage to do so.
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
4:47 pm
Must be Chipper in disguise, phil.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
4:47 pm
VaBravesFan, personnally I am excited about this team. Win or lose. Go Braves.
Dan
March 3rd, 2012
4:49 pm
DOB….just wondering if your gone be @ the John bell/Warren Haynes show @ theHOB,dark star on 3/31?gonna catch the braves day game and hit the show afterwards..would love to meet you
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:49 pm
I hate to think of chipper being grizzled, but he is.
But i think he can still produce, obviously, if his knees hold up and he only plays 5 times a week.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
4:50 pm
Oh and Samantha, there are some that can kill a blog. You will be able to pick them out real easy. Especially the ones you can fit their knowledge of any sport especially baseball in a thimble.
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:52 pm
Ray has a nice colection of thimbles, btw.
Just kidding….
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:52 pm
And i can’t spell collection….where’s MY thimble.
The Monger
March 3rd, 2012
4:53 pm
Just to let it sink in…this was our offense that is supposed to get us to the World Series…
Michael Bourn 0-3
Martin Prado 0-3
Chipper Jones 0-1
Brian McCann 0-1
Dan Uggla 0-2
Eric Hinske 0-1
Jason Heyward 0-2
Matt Diaz 0-3
Tyler Pastornicky 0-2
Another year of possibly even worse offense is something I cant comprehend. I just can’t understand how a major league offense can be this inept for this long. I understand this is the first spring training game, but after hearing about all the work they put in these past 2 weeks, and how almost everyone showed up early to jump in the cages, and this is the result we fans get? Last year I did not think an MLB offense could get any worse than the 2011 Atlanta Braves, yet I have a creeping feeling the 2012 Braves offense will somehow be even worse. But hey at least they are having fun, goofing around, laughing all buddy-buddy, and high-fiving a bunch this spring- that’s all that matters to these guys. Yeah right….Get Freddi and Wren out of town ASAP and then blow this offensive “juggernaut” up, then maybe I will buy another Braves ticket…
brian
March 3rd, 2012
4:53 pm
I know this is the first game of preseason but there sure was some deja vu here. 1 hit. Any good hacks, hard hit balls?
Great job by Minor and our pitching staff as well.
The Monger
March 3rd, 2012
4:55 pm
More of the same from last year already….Detroit pitches a ONE HITTER against our starting 8 (with Hinske instead of Freeman). That one hit, by the way was by a non-roster player, so basically the Braves started the spring season going a mind-boggling 0-25 at the plate with their starters and bench players. This was done against Detroit, who other than Verlander, is not known as a great pitching staff. Way to go….I’m predicting our offense will only get shutout 57 times this season…
Silver lining….another year of stagnant offense and missing the playoffs should get Freddi out of town forever…
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
4:55 pm
My dad taught me at age 6. If you are a true fan you believe in that team no matter what. I love the braves.
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:56 pm
Monger…
Seeing those numbers chills my blood, first meaningless game or not. Someone should’ve gotten a hit by accident.
Here’s to 3 hits tomorrow!
UKUGA
March 3rd, 2012
4:57 pm
Bye-bye McCann
Take the money. Atlanta will still love you when you return. Even though some will say otherwise when you leave.
phil
March 3rd, 2012
4:58 pm
Dads aren’t always right.
But that is a good philosophy. Many of us manage to keep believing, even in the face of seasonal sports despair. It gets hard after decades of chokes. Believe me.
ncgary
March 3rd, 2012
5:00 pm
its 5 o clock somewhere , this time it just happened to be here
phil
March 3rd, 2012
5:00 pm
Let’s be nice to FG….
I always stand by him, even as we clearly get worse and worse and worse and worse.
Fat Fredi will win manager of the year!
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
5:02 pm
I have faith in them. Go Braves.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
5:03 pm
And how many hits did the Tigers have? Oh by the way I guess 2-3 at bats completely sets the season. Those are the ones that would be saying just that if the Braves had multiple hitters go 2-2, 2-3 blah blah blah.
Bier Breth
March 3rd, 2012
5:10 pm
Why is it that when someone expresses displeasure with a subpar performance, they have their fanhood called into question? I think that disappointment burns most brightly in the passionate fan. I’ve been bitching about–and watching every game of–the Braves since 1968. Go ahead and question my fanhood if you like. It only makes YOU the one with questionable judgement. Simply not being one of the sheeple who rah rah everything means nothing in regard to who may be the biggest fan. Can we all just express our feelings as we see fit? Thanks for listening…
Bravesgirlnc
March 3rd, 2012
5:10 pm
Watchin 100 best right now on MLB network. They have Avila and Molina ahead of B-Mac. What???
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
5:10 pm
I was expecting too see more than 1 hit, but that’s baseball. It a marathon a long season. That’s why a 1 game playoff for the wild cards is a complete joke!
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
5:12 pm
McCann will always be overlooked. I just don’t understand it. I guess winning a silver slugger and going to the All Star game every season means nothing?
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
5:13 pm
I am sorry I upset Bier Breth. You have the right to your opinion. I am truly sorry
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
5:18 pm
I’ve been bitching about– and watching every game of –the Braves since 1968 Bier Breth
Really? Since ‘68 …………. Where did you watch all those games?
Bier Breth
March 3rd, 2012
5:18 pm
@Samantha: not upset. Not at all. Just puzzled.
Bier Breth
March 3rd, 2012
5:20 pm
@Bat: Fulton Co stadium, the old WTCG Channel 17, TBS for many years. Okay, so to satisfy your need to nitpick, maybe I’ve only watched 92.4 % of them. The rest I listened to on the radio…
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
5:20 pm
MLB Network has McCann ranked the 4th best catcher in baseball, which is pretty solid considering how little he gets mentioned on ESPN and so on. But IMO he is the best overall catcher in baseball right now.
JoeFan
March 3rd, 2012
5:22 pm
The Braves are willing to gamble that Bethancourt is the real deal rather than tie up millions in McCann as he ages and becomes less productive. (See Chipper Jones) The Braves are a business first. Sentimentality want get you to the World Series.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
5:25 pm
Bier, I think it is safe to say that everyone on here would have liked to see a better performance. But its the ones that oh the braves are going to win 60 games tops and garbage like that. The ones that show displeasure I get that. I would have liked to have seen more than 1 hit. Anyone with a touch of knowledge knows that the first couple of weeks, pitchers have a huge advantage.. and actually that carries into the first couple of weeks of the regular season.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
5:26 pm
Go ahead and question my fanhood if you like. It only makes YOU the one with questionable judgement. — Bier Breth
Who are you talking to, BB?
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
5:28 pm
phil -
it must be in the Ga. water with the chokes.
can’t BUY a championship.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
5:28 pm
Not making excuses. And everyone is entitled to their opinion. That is what makes this blog great. You or myself or anyone for that matter will have displeasure throughout the season. But at the same time there will be a lot to cheer about too. Hopefully more of the latter than the former.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
5:29 pm
Come on guys play nice.
Brad
March 3rd, 2012
5:30 pm
Braves just can’t hit consistantly. not when you have too many pull concious hitters and guys like Uggla who wants to lift and seperate. Heyward has fallen victim to this method already and him being injured so much is tough. Freeman and Chipper are your two best hitters. BMac is also pull happy at times and whilePrado does provide professional at bats when he’s healthy, he also doesn’t walk enough and doesn’t hit for the power you want out of that OF position.
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
5:30 pm
@ Bier……….. 92.4 huh …. So over 6,400 games …….. Okay, cap tip to you then.
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
5:30 pm
Mike Napoli is a powerful hitter but is below average behind the plate. He also see’s plenty of time at 1st base and DH (not better than McCann)
Yadier Molina is the best defensive catcher in baseball, but is coming off his best offensive season which is still worse than McCann worst season…. Also Molina owns a 707 career OPS… (not better than McCann)
Alex Avila has been a full time player for 1 season. Had a really great offensive season and is solid behind the plate. But were talking 1 great season… (Not better than McCann)
Buster Posey didn’t even play last season. But he was the ROY in 2010, Very good hitter and defender. But only 1 season! (Not better than McCann)
Joe Mauer is the highest paid catcher in baseball. But after suffering the major injury he really isn’t a catcher anymore. He’s seen time at 1stbase and DH, has seen his amazing numbers drop a ton. (He was better than McCann, but not anymore)
Miguel Montero is a very solid all around catcher. Coming off a all star season, but is he even close to McCann’s level? I dont think so. He’s only been a everyday player for 3 seasons and 1 of them he missed half the season. (Not better than McCann)
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
5:30 pm
Ray: did you not read my comment that we were joking?? Lots of snippety folks on here today.
The Bravenator
March 3rd, 2012
5:31 pm
One ST game is hardly sufficient to render final judgment on a season yet to be played unless it’s for a Braves team owned by LM that no thinking person would pick to finish higher than third and, more likely, fourth in the NL East. Wonder what’s the over/under on the number of times this season the Braves offense will waste a strong effort by the pitching?
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
5:32 pm
Samantha -
We’re playing nice now, but wait till the reg. season.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
5:34 pm
ken no i didn’t. My apologies on that part. I was actually talking to a friend of mine that is from va and their kid pitches for the yanks. Another words I was multi-tasking.. and we all know us guys don’t do that well. hahaha
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
5:35 pm
If it is that bad maybe I do not be on here at regular season.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
5:35 pm
Ray: no problem.
Brad
March 3rd, 2012
5:36 pm
One ST game or not, half the game played by subs and scrubs or not, this team has been offensively challenged for quite a few years now, so it’s understandable why any fan would chime in and make comments on the one hit shutout on this squad.
I love the fact BMac came clean and took a lot of the blame on that collapse they had last year. Watching a guy who was supposed to help lift his team out of the pits continually choke at the plate was tough to watch. At least he realizes how important his collapse was in his teams last September.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
5:37 pm
Samantha—
Oh, it gets nasty on here during games sometimes…
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
5:38 pm
Except maybe for Mixxo…he kinda swings both ways some days.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
5:38 pm
Victorino and Rollins went 0-4 combined. oh good, we know now that we do not have to worry about those 2 because they can no longer hit.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
5:40 pm
Samantha, you will learn to gloss over a lot of the comments. Other’s you will read and then you will comment on others.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
5:40 pm
Victorino wants a 5 year deal.
Open up the checkbook Frank!!!!
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
5:40 pm
Hi McFann, Glad to hear from you. How are you?
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
5:42 pm
kenhotlanta, Did I answer your question to your satisfaction?
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
5:42 pm
Does anyone know how Minor and the other pitchers looked?
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
5:42 pm
Hi, Samantha! Pretty good, thanks. Just tired from last night…How ’bout you?
Bier Breth
March 3rd, 2012
5:43 pm
Bat: okay, you got me; only 6311 games. Wow, is MY face red.
Fols
March 3rd, 2012
5:43 pm
I couldn’t give a crap about the outcome of these games…just nice to know they are out there warming up for the season! Here we go!
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
5:46 pm
Victorina,, wants a 5 yr deal but he is more concerned about staying in Philly.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
5:46 pm
Samantha: Yes you did and I said “Thank You”. When did you move to Georgia? I’ve never been to Montana but I’ve heard it is beautiful up there. It’s the final destination in my all-time favorite book “Lonesome Dove”.
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
5:46 pm
The Godfather Saga on AMC is bullsh*t. Why not just show the movies?
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
5:47 pm
Hey people. Game one of ST. No problem. It is not who wins the games, it is about getting a look at the wanna-be’s and getting some reps for the starters. Wins and losses doesn’t matter much at all. Go check out who had the best record in ST and how the season turned out for them.
Samanhta – Glad to se you are back and posting. One word of warning – the in-gamers are ridiculous. Especially, when the season begins. Welcome aboard. This is my second full season.
Triple header on MLB on Dishnet 153 tomorrow. Gonna watch some baseball after church…on the coach. Starts at 1 EST.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
5:48 pm
I am OK McFann just got to go to work in a little while and do not want to, but got to get money for school.
bustersonly
March 3rd, 2012
5:50 pm
This team looks just like last years team, Hey, wait a minute, it is last years team!
Fols
March 3rd, 2012
5:50 pm
I love reading the in game comments….people will literally crawl out of a cave, log on to post, blast everything Braves but start off by saying they are HUGE fans and then disappear back into a cave. It’s a sight to be seen!
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
5:50 pm
Bat – You got the storms yet?
We had a tornado about ten miles from the house. We’ve had over 3 inches of rain so far and it is still raining.
Should push through Florida tonight / in the morning.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
5:52 pm
I think that disappointment burns most brightly in the passionate fan…
BS, some can handle it maturely and some whine and cry like a baby. don’t flatter yourself that your childish actions make you a bigger fan cause that is crap
Rubin Hood
March 3rd, 2012
5:52 pm
Braves start 2012 Grapefruit League like they finished in 2011, NO HITTING! Isn’t hitting supposed to be ahead of pitching the first several weeks? GET READY FOR A LONG SEASON BRAVES FANS.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
5:54 pm
kenhotlanta, I moved here the 15th of Feb, where I could find work before school starts. Montana is the most beautiful place in the world. God lives there. Did not really want to, but because of some bad situations and wanting to go to Georgia Tech. I had to.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
5:54 pm
Samantha—
Ah, yeah…Money always comes in handy…
Fols
March 3rd, 2012
5:56 pm
The people that complain about the first ST game…are the same idiots that believe that they really are the Lucky Visitor to visit this web-site and love to hear that CONGRATULATIONS YOU WON!
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
5:56 pm
Samantha: good luck to you, I hope everything works out and enjoy the blog.
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
5:57 pm
Jimmy_
Well I’m glad to hear it missed you. These storms have been hell on people. Yeah the rain started getting heavy before dawn, I had to drive over to Destin this morning to meet my brother and I could barely see. Still raining………. Keep your head down.
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
6:01 pm
Fols – Yeap, they are Huge Brave Fans, aren’t they?
I like reading them too…the next day. During the game I get to pi$$ed off if I’m involved. That’s must games, mind you.
Some games I am on here until it gets too stupid.
The game is on when Fish Bisch does her “owns us” thing. That’s when I go to TV..if at home.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
6:03 pm
Bat: Hey, good to see you again. I hope your family is better, my prayers are with them.
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
6:03 pm
I really want to tell everyone here how appreciative I am. I landed here with a broken heart and no friends and everyone of you have made me feel better.
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
6:05 pm
Bat – Yeah, the twister hit near a small town called Lakeland. I hear no one was seriously hurt, but some home destroyed and local hospital damaged.
Bryce Harper 1-3. I think he makes the Nats out of ST this year. If he can produce, why keep him down/ His age?
Yount was playing at 18.
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
6:06 pm
Ken_
They are much appreciated. Things are better, thanks. Good to see you all, too.
Fols
March 3rd, 2012
6:07 pm
This blog has a lot of regulars…but during a game…I think they know not to bother! lol
Scottbravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
6:07 pm
Tony LaRussa,
Fangraphs have McCann as the second best defensive catcher in baseball behind only Molina. They take into account blocked balls and don’t just rely on throwing runners out which is mostly pitcher dependent.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
6:08 pm
I think they will keep Harper down til I think its May 25 only because this buys them an extra year before free agency.
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
6:08 pm
I read someone comparing B. Harper to Al Kaline the other. Something about Kaline winning a batting title at 20, I think.
bustersonly
March 3rd, 2012
6:09 pm
Bryce Harper equaled the braves entire output today.
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
6:09 pm
Samantha – FF is my favorite Brave too. Different reasons maybe, but of all the Braves, he’s my favorite.
Anyone have a MLB (153) schedule and know when the Braves might be on? The thing about ST, most games are day games. I can only catch them on Friday-Sunday. Still, watched some of the Phils-Yanks game today. Not impressed…but it is baseball.
bustersonly
March 3rd, 2012
6:10 pm
Ray, you sound like Wren and Co, Nats won’t do that.
bustersonly
March 3rd, 2012
6:13 pm
Jimmy, braves won’t be on until Mar 9th, must be a day off for the Yankees.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
6:14 pm
Samantha, good rule of thumb: Never blog or even read the blog in-game…it’s a whole different world filled with folks who only come out of their house once a year for county fairs and Walmarts. I did it today just as a lark.
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
6:14 pm
Ray – Yeah, I read that too. I think the date actually changes on a percentage basis. I really don’t understand how that works, but that May date is the basis.
Still, if he is producing, I’d play him. We all know he will be a Yankee at first chance. At least, that is what he wants. Heard him say that during an interview.
Of course, he is just a kid. I’m glad no one has any quotes from me when I was his age.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
6:15 pm
The M’s and Orioles will finish with better records this year than our no hitting Bravos.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
6:15 pm
hey, I ♥ WalMart….
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
6:17 pm
FIRE THE ENTIRE BRAVES TEAM!
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
6:17 pm
So was Heyward’s first ab a rope to second or a bloop?
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
6:18 pm
I hate Walmart, but sometimes I am forced to shop there.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
6:19 pm
Wal Mart is awesome! You might actually count a full set of teeth in that place on a late Wednesday night.
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
6:20 pm
busteronly @ 6:13
You are so right. I honestly can’t believe the opener in the Mariners and the A’s in Japan.
I can envision a Red Sox – Yankees opening series at Wembley in a few years (if Wembley can be converted for baseball). I know the Red Sox and Liverpool F.C. are owned by the same group. Mega fallout for ESPN / YES / NESN / Sky Sports.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
6:20 pm
I fail to see why so many hate WalMart, in a small town a Super Styore is the cat’s meow. huge selection, cheaper prices. Just go early in the am or late at night
iTiSi
March 3rd, 2012
6:21 pm
The Boston RedSox beat Northeastern U today 25-0, and unlike the Braves sounds like they were mad and out to prove something BY AT LEAST HITTING THE STUPID BALL!!!!!!!!! The Braves were the only team with just one hit in all the games today. NU EVEN GOT 3 HITS OFF BOSTON!
FG apparently forgot to tell the Braves this was a spring training game, and not the last game of the season.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
6:21 pm
Especially the ones in the North Georgia Mountains.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
6:21 pm
I love Wal Mart except the ones in north Ga, ken. Those people are eerie looking.
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
6:21 pm
Catch you good folks later. Be safe and good. (or choose one).
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 3rd, 2012
6:23 pm
ESP, ken. We’re thinking exactly alike. Scared yet?
Samantha
March 3rd, 2012
6:24 pm
OK,everyone, time to eat and take a long hot shower and head that way. Hope I will have your friehdship tomorrow. So long for now. Have a good nite everyone.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
6:26 pm
nolie: with me, it’s personal. I owned a business many years ago in a small town, and then Walmart opened and put most of the Mom and Pop stores like mine out of business within 6 months. It’s what they do and one reason for their success, and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. They were selling the same thing as me for about 1/2 of my costs, and they normally did not sell many of those items at all, and when I closed my business, they quit carrying those specific items. Cutthroat at it’s worst.
Stinger2
March 3rd, 2012
6:28 pm
Why would anyone who knows the least bit about MLB make such negative comments because the Braves lose the first ST game. My answer is they either just like to be a wise …, or just want someone to take time to reply to their silly comments, may like to make real fans mad or finally, just want to sound stupid. Can anyone think or other reasons?
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
6:28 pm
Brian: That’s my family you’re talking about. We know where you live on top of that mountain.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
6:31 pm
buster, don’t be surprised if the Nat’s do that. Have the kid down for approximately 40 days and then bring him up. This is the same team that says right now that once Strasberg hits his innings limit they are shutting him down for the rest of the year no matter where they are in the standings.
UKUGA
March 3rd, 2012
6:31 pm
I think know is a good time for that Ricky Henderson quote about the bubble gum card.
http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/12401/Sports++Recreation/Opening+Day+Baseball+Quotes.aspx
UKUGA
March 3rd, 2012
6:32 pm
You know, 25 years ago, pretty much no one knew anything about what happened in the first spring training game of the year.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
6:35 pm
Ricky might have been the first athlete to talk in the 3rd person. My goal is to come up with a way to refer to myself in the 4th person.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
6:37 pm
nolie: Do you get the feeling that every time someone throws her some rope, she comes back with a snare trap? I would be careful, very careful.
reckingball
March 3rd, 2012
6:39 pm
Walmart is the Evil Empire.
Ralph
March 3rd, 2012
6:40 pm
I see no reason to beleive the braves will do any better this year than last year since the have the same team and the other teams in our division have gotten better, might as well get use to one hit shut outs now instead of waiting until september.
Disgusted
March 3rd, 2012
6:41 pm
“This year would be the time to trade McCann. There’s no way the Braves can or should re-sign him. You use the player on the roster with the biggest trade value and shore up the other holes in the lineup. They have David Ross as the stop gap. And this year’s team will not finish higher than 3rd, at best.”
Interesting points Harry Doyle–I might think of doing that if its around the July 31st deadline and the Braves are ten games out. Perhaps B Mac brings in a decent return. If they are in contention, forget it, you go for it and pursue being the best you can be for now.
Ross is an excellent number 2 man, but as the everyday catcher in a position to catch 125-130 games, that is asking too much. Bettancourt is not ready and might not be until 2014.
I would rather lose him for picks than make another move like Texiera for Kotchman and Marek.
Sadly, this organization is probably not going to keep and pay anybody.
The pressure is on the system to keep them competitive and fortunately, there are young pitchers who will be under team control and keep this team from falling totally into the sewer.
How much longer the system can sustain this, anybody;s guess. And they have developed two young players in Heyward and Freeman with possibly Pastornicky making this a third yr a rookie cracks the lineup.
This development must be sustained with Liberty Media around.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
6:45 pm
How funny and annoying would be if a mlb player in an interview at the end of the game talked like a nascar driver. yeah I felt pretty good today going 2 for 3 with the Louisville Slugger 33 inch and franklin batting gloves and was able to make some pretty good defensive plays with the Spalding Pro Model Series glove. I want to thank the entire team, New balance spikes and Nike wrist bands. Today was a pretty good day. I felt good at the plate.
ncgary
March 3rd, 2012
6:47 pm
well we start the season off on a sour note
but things could be worse, we could own a
100 billion dollar international space station
and lose the security codes for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW8vRFJ-qJw
Larry
March 3rd, 2012
6:47 pm
Get used to games like today. When you have a manager that adds another free swinging guess hitter (Diaz) in a starting lineup of mostly free swinging guess hitters you will get many “0 for’s” in many games. Then every or then these guy’s bats will find the baseball in a game or two and all the pork rind goobers on here will jump with joy and spill their Schlitz Malt Liquor on their key boards telling us how great they are.
Fruiti had it right for about a month last season when he had both Bourne and Costanza in the lineup every day. But then Costanza hurts himself hustling to first base (Chipper does this once or twice a year) and Fruiti never lets him back in the lineup–see September results.
I can’t wait for the 2013 Spring Training when after finishing 3rd or 4th we get a MLB quality Manager.
And who wants to bet now that Chipper knows he can get paid another year he will play in 123 games to trigger the automatic renewal? He now has an incentive to suit up and play with an ingrown toenail.
reckingball
March 3rd, 2012
6:50 pm
I thought that it was the 1st pre-season game.
Ralph
March 3rd, 2012
6:52 pm
You got it right Larry!
Ralph
March 3rd, 2012
6:53 pm
No reckingball, it was a re-run of the last game of last season.
Ralph
March 3rd, 2012
6:53 pm
No reckingball, it was a re-run of the last game of last season.
Ray
March 3rd, 2012
7:03 pm
Wow.. .way to kill the blog with your over the top negativity
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
7:05 pm
If by re-run you mean nothing like it, then yeah, it was.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
7:07 pm
Bat – AMC did show all the movies yesterday (not that that helps you today)…
Bill
March 3rd, 2012
7:08 pm
The world of Braves will not end when Chipper and McCann are gone…it will just be starting. There will always be someone to take your place. Right now a kid is waiting for his chance. Bet on it.
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
7:13 pm
VJ_
What does it say about me that I’m watching even after calling it BS? Bored, too lazy to look for something else, not in a reading mood……… All that I suppose……….. Might be the rain
wins-by-a-link
March 3rd, 2012
7:15 pm
The Braves will never be able to sign McCann, Not as long as Liberty Media owns them, Remember they bought the Braves for a tax break not to win championships.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
7:16 pm
Think of it as listening to music on shuffle…
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
7:20 pm
I think I need to find something else to watch…
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
7:21 pm
Yeah that’ll work…………
reckingball
March 3rd, 2012
7:21 pm
Ralph, relax, it’s not the end of the world, that’s not suppose to happen until the end of the year, after the season is over.
1st game of the Grape Fruit.
reckingball
March 3rd, 2012
7:21 pm
Do I need to say it twice?
reckingball
March 3rd, 2012
7:24 pm
Maybe the Braves won’t need to re-sign McCann?
David O'Brien
March 3rd, 2012
7:24 pm
OF Jordan Parraz, 27, who had the only hit today, hit .289 w/ .362 OBP, 6 triples, 9 homers in ‘11 for the Yankees’ Triple-A.
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
7:26 pm
Yanks beat Philly 8-5. Hamles gives up 3 hits and a run in two innings work. Season over. Phils suck.
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
7:32 pm
For the record, I don’t think the Braves will resign McCann. Nor do I think they should. He will command a salary and ask for a length of contract that the Braves should not give. He will not finish his career as a catcher and the Braves have 1st base locked up for a few years (I hope) with FF.
This is about the Braves as a team and not Brian as a player and individual. That’s how I see it anyway. Maybe wrong, but that’s my position.
I love McCann and what he has done for us, but it is a decision about the welfare of the team, not him.
Sorry McFann, but that is the truth.
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
7:34 pm
Out for the night good folks. Game 2 will be better. I call more than one hit!!!!
Bier Breth
March 3rd, 2012
7:35 pm
Fols proves my point from earlier. He lumps anyone who doesn’t live on this forum as a cave-abiding moron. How you can form such a detailed picture of people based on a few lines of text is amazing. Actually, it isn’t; it’s run-of-the-mill forum-nazi schlock. Thanks for reminding me why I don’t typically hang out on forums. All the “regulars”–read: computer-chained know-it-alls–can’t stand to have people occasionally chime in with opinions that somehow break their protocol. Sorry to have invaded your cyber turf, guys.
Jimmy
March 3rd, 2012
7:35 pm
3 straight post???
I’m I turning into a “early evening Cab”?/?
Wow
March 3rd, 2012
7:36 pm
A one hit shut out. Nice to see nothing’s changed.
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
7:36 pm
OK, I was joking earlier, as I’m sure most of you know, but I cannot believe some are actually professing gloom and doom after the very first game of Spring Training. Come on, people, give the guys a chance to get their timing down. I mean, if you really think today was indicative of the rest of the season, why on earth waste your time following the Braves? When we’ve witnessed a week of 1or no hitters, I’ll start to worry. Today was not a big deal. Our pitching and defense held the Tigers to two runs. Not bad in my book.
Playoffs!!!
March 3rd, 2012
7:39 pm
Great blog, DOB—loved the comparison between Molina and McCann.
But as someone who has spent a little time in St. Louis, I think you underrate Molina a some. The dude is SO underrated. First of all, he absolutely shuts down the opposition’s running game.. Forget it, you just don’t run on Molina. He is, hands down, the best defesive catcher in the game.
And in the last few years, he has started to hit too.
Plus, Molina plays almost every game! Hardly ever takes a day off. He is worth every bit of $15 million/yr. And now with Albert gone, he is their leader.
So, no it did not surprise me he got that contract. What DID suprise me, though, was what they gave Rafeal Furcal.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Braves fan and love McCann. But he is sub-par defensively, and is NOT good at throwing out baserunners. And now, in this post-steroid era, the running game (or keeping it in check) is important again.
McCann, of course, will get more than $15 million when he re-signs. He would be a perfect fit for an A.L team where he could DH too. But I would hate to lose him
ncgary
March 3rd, 2012
7:39 pm
come on brava its hard to win 200 games in a season when ya lose the first one
Brava
March 3rd, 2012
7:41 pm
Right, ncgary. What was I thinking?
ncgary
March 3rd, 2012
7:48 pm
i will settle for 14 wins in october
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
7:48 pm
Actually, it isn’t; it’s run-of-the-mill forum-nazi schlock. Thanks for reminding me why I don’t typically hang out on forums. _ Bier Breth
Forum-nazi ……… Funny
It’s a hardball world, son. We’ve gotta keep our heads until this peace craze blows over. _ Pogue Colonel
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
7:50 pm
I am waiting for Soph to come and laugh at me…
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
7:55 pm
Poor sub par Heap.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
7:59 pm
OK…just finished watching Strangers on a Train…holy [crud], that was without a doubt the scariest movie I have ever seen in my life…
It was good!…
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
8:08 pm
lol@ the butthurt tonight.
Comparing Heap to Molina = :facepalm:
George
March 3rd, 2012
8:16 pm
I know ST games mean nothing, but todays one hitter sure seemed like last Sept.
George
March 3rd, 2012
8:17 pm
TODD FRAIZER one for two today, hit was a HR.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
8:18 pm
Not to me – last September it was painful – today, not in the slightest…
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
8:19 pm
We proved today, last year’s collapse was no fluke.
Kat
March 3rd, 2012
8:24 pm
I was gone all day and just now caught up on David’s new blog and the 6 pages of comments; great blog btw. I was MIA off supporting my college bball team in their conference tourney in Hartford, CT. Just got home and heading back to CT tomorrow since they won their game..onto the semi-finals. March is always a tough time of year.. college basketball is heating up and baseball is just starting, not enough time.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
8:28 pm
V. Jim Not to me – last September it was painful – today, not in the slightest…
I agree.
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
8:29 pm
Kat -
Congrats to your team.
All “my” teams tend to choke come playoff time.
Kat
March 3rd, 2012
8:32 pm
MIxxo well “my” team hasn’t done well the past few years, so I’ll take a win to the semis. Even if they win their conference tourney because they were the 4 seed and don’t have a great RPI we’d probably be in one of the new play-in games in the NCAA tourney.
don sutton's wine glass
March 3rd, 2012
8:35 pm
see where the Braves started where they left off and that would be losing…..this team is destined to finished 3rd or 4th in their respective division, no division crown this season, no wild card (even with 2 chances now), no promise for the future (at least 2 maybe 3 years away), no hope for the fans, except for the die-hard on here, good luck, carry on…..
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
8:37 pm
Early evening Cab? Nice!!
SoWeGa Fanatic
March 3rd, 2012
8:39 pm
Bwahahaha . . . it’s hilarious to read thru the blog and see the same ole whiners giving up on the season after 1 ST game.
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
8:44 pm
I bet our next game we hit 2 homers and score 7 runs. That’s baseball.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
8:45 pm
But it’s the Sunday lineup tomorrow…
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
8:50 pm
shutting down the running game is not all that big a deal since it is not all that productive in regards to scoring at any time
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
8:51 pm
McCann allows alot of stolen bases cause we have one of the worst pitching staffs at holding runners on and such. McCann is a good defender
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
8:52 pm
Molina has a 88 career OPS+ and just had a career year 50% better than that, the odds of another one like that this year are pretty low
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
8:55 pm
steals are not all that big a deal, fairly low positive correlation between team steals and team runs scored. lows of low scorong teams steal a lot of bases and lotsa high scoring teams steal few. If they were all that important there would be a direct progression in runs scored and there is not
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
8:58 pm
Congrats, Soph!
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
8:58 pm
nolie
I agree, but if a great offensive team has a great base stealer that a huge plus. We have a lineup that has the potential to be great. Speed is important on the bases. Huge difference when you can score from 1st on a double or from 2nd on a single.
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
8:59 pm
Preach it …………..
Oh wait, the Braves have a big time base stealer this year…… Uh, exception to the rule time
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:01 pm
Poor, McFann. All last night she got pounded with storms – which she hates because they scare the heck out of her.
Today, it’s all about the Braves not being able to sign McCann.
I think she was happier with the storms.
Bat Masterson
March 3rd, 2012
9:02 pm
Uh .. Preach it, nolie
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:05 pm
Hi Tom
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:06 pm
Hi, cab… you’re looking lovely tonight.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
9:09 pm
Tom—
Yeah, not a whole lot of fun, that’s for sure.
Did you see my post at the end of the last Blog about the Nuthatches’ House?…
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:09 pm
Thanks Tom! I’m worn out. Been cleaning out the house I used to live in all day…
John
March 3rd, 2012
9:09 pm
nolie 5:52
Preach on
Totally agree
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:11 pm
Yes I did, McFann. Just be happy they didn’t have chicks yet. At least I hope they didn’t.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
9:11 pm
Bruce and “Neil Young” last night:
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2012/03/bruce-springsteen-and-neil-young-sing-sexy-and-i-know-it/
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:12 pm
Why, cabravesfan? Are you guys going back?
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:13 pm
Tom-
Well, there is a block wide garage sale at the end of the month and it needed to be done…and yes!!! We are moving back
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
9:15 pm
Huge difference when you can score from 1st on a double or from 2nd on a single…Va
yes that helps, but we are talking about what Molina supposedly supplies and he is not gonna have all that much influence on what you just mentioned.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:16 pm
EXCELLENT!!!!
abeeewright
March 3rd, 2012
9:16 pm
Braves are taking not too much to Lakeland tomorrow. Might have to wait til Monday for the first regular to get a hit.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:18 pm
Nala gets her yard back, too. She must be pretty happy (or she will be).
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
9:18 pm
Mac’s offense has been more valuable than Molina’s defense most of their careers. If Molina keeps hitting as well as 3011 then he will be more valuable, if he regresses closer to his mean he won’t
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
9:19 pm
Both of our commutes will double…
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
9:19 pm
2011 not 3011 obviously
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
9:20 pm
Of course, 15 feet to 30 feet not quite the same thing as 15 to 30 minutes…
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:20 pm
Nala is happy. I’m happy. I think VJ is happy because I’m happy
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
9:21 pm
Wonder how much he’ll be making then…
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:22 pm
VJ getting his first taste of what most of us native to LA have dealt with all our working lives…the dreaded COMMUTE. Although his is all surface streets, so it’s not as bad
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:22 pm
I gotcha with cab’s commute doubling, VJ, (funny), but I’m not sure what you mean about yours. Didn’t you guys get an apartment in the same area as the house?
Kat
March 3rd, 2012
9:23 pm
Jeff Withey a Jayhawk….98 blocks in one season WOW (game on ESPN now)
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
9:25 pm
Wow, just read something about an Asteroid that is on path to impact earth in 2040…. Right now the chances are 1 in 625 right now. They need to study it longer to determine the path better. Here’s the link for anyone interested.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/28/asteroid-2011-ag5-may-pose-threat_n_1306200.html?ref=science&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl17%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D140325
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:25 pm
Tom-
Our current apartment is 10 minutes from VJ’s main place of employment. The house is probably 30 minutes away- given that it is all surface streets…
Kat
March 3rd, 2012
9:25 pm
Well I just read that Anthony Davis on Kentucky has 140 blocks this season… that’s just insane.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
9:27 pm
Tom—
Yes, thankfully they didn’t have chicks yet…
cabravesfan—
How come you’re moving back?…
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:28 pm
Yeah, LAdy, I saw VJ’s 9:20 after my post landed. For some reason, I thought you were in the same area.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
9:29 pm
Originally my place of work was two minutes from here, but it has since moved a little bit in the opposite direction of the house (Palos Verdes)…
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
9:33 pm
Unbelievable….even the Hawks are trying to give a game away late.
No “dagger” in Atl. teams….NONE!
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:33 pm
McFann-
The house is bigger, has a yard, and I love it. My parents own it and offered it to us for less than what we pay now.
Tom-
In the same general area- all part of the Sourh Bay…but that’s a very broad term
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:33 pm
*south
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:34 pm
I suppose in LA, 20 minutes difference IS in the same area.
Give Kat or me 20 minutes, we could be in any of 3 different cities.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
9:35 pm
That also makes the western migration of Yumi a better option…
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:36 pm
Tom-
Often in LA20 minutes doesn’t get you to the next off ramp on the freeway
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:37 pm
I just hope Nala doesn’t find Yumi…. well, you know… yummy.
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:38 pm
Tom-
So do I.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:41 pm
Have you seen your dog since you went to LA, VJ?
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
9:41 pm
cabravesfan—
That’s great! Congrats! Can’t beat that…and Nala will surely love having a yard again.
I’m sure you will, too—don’t think I could go long without a yard…
Kat
March 3rd, 2012
9:41 pm
I don’t know of any exciting cities 20mins from us Tom but give us 2hrs and we can be in Boston, NYC, Syracuse, etc.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
9:43 pm
And Binghamton, Kat, don’t forget Binghamton.
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:43 pm
McFann-
She loves the yard- squirrels, opossums, other critters…even the occasional raccoon. The house is near a park so there is much wildlife around
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:44 pm
2 hours puts us in…Baker or Bakersfield or San Diego. Not even close as to which is the best option
Kat
March 3rd, 2012
9:45 pm
Tom I specifically left Binghamton out haha. (ie: not exciting)
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
9:49 pm
Tom – I have not…
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
9:49 pm
Of course, 2 hours west puts us in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which is not so bad either, provided there is a boat involved…
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
9:57 pm
Brava
“OK, I was joking earlier, as I’m sure most of you know, but I cannot believe some are actually professing gloom and doom after the very first game of Spring Training. Come on, people, give the guys a chance to get their timing down.”
Co-Sign! People on here think I’m bad at calling out the team as being Gutless, but some cats today are already taking it to another level…I’m taking it one day at a time people need to understand that its the 1st game of a meaningless S. Training season…Its about getting work in and getting into midseason form, not wins or losses
However, Take It to Vegas People That This Blog will be off The Chain if we start out the season hitting like this
“Discretion is Advised but will be Completely Ignoredddd”—Triple H of old DX
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
10:02 pm
Its Gonna be a Sad Day If B-Macc Leaves because of our Cheap Owners…
D.O.B. was on point about AL Teams Throwing The Bank at B-Macc because he can DH at the later stages or if he has a nagging injury…Its Gonna be like a Pujols Situation, Watch And Bank On It!
The Thought of B-Macc Selling Out To WhineBrenner and The Yankees or The Dead Sox makes me wanna puke or get Violent
We All know They Are going to give him the Keys to the City…
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
10:06 pm
It will be an even sadder day if I can’t afford to go to bravesl games because stupid owners overpay for any player
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
10:09 pm
I, for one, will be glad to see him outta here!
His “game” is much more suited to a DH role…if any.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:13 pm
Mixxo showing us again that he is the wisest of all…
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:15 pm
yeah being voted second or third best catcher three years running in BBA is such a terrible thang………
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:16 pm
aaah yes, “wisest”
Mixxo
March 3rd, 2012
10:18 pm
….and take Heyward and Big Red with ya….
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
10:21 pm
5-80 For B-Macc! Do It NOW!
The dude will be in line for the HOF if he has 3 more years of consistant production over 130 games per season…
Plus I don’t want my blue B-Macc jersey to become a “Throwback” like my Teixeira Jersey has become….
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
10:21 pm
Nahhh, Mixxo knows his fake negativity shtick never gets old. Even after thousands & thousands of times, year after year.
I know it still has me in tears.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:22 pm
might get a decent package of prospects if we can find one team that will take all 3 of them ….
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:22 pm
not sure how much of it is fake Tom
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:25 pm
What – now there’s a fake Tom?
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:27 pm
we is all fakes
Moe Berg
March 3rd, 2012
10:30 pm
we is all fakes
This week, I actually disclosed my real identity and even offered a photo, along with a video with my wife. So my fakeness has been undermined.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
10:30 pm
True, noles, but I think some of us are more fake than others.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
10:33 pm
I sometimes wonder if Moe Berg is really, Loosing Managar, Loosing Record.
There are so many similarities.
Moe Berg
March 3rd, 2012
10:35 pm
Tom O’Hawke is quite perceptive.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
10:37 pm
Oh, I’m quite something, alright… I’m just not sure if perceptive is the correct word.
Moe Berg
March 3rd, 2012
10:41 pm
Quite undiscerning?
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:42 pm
so you’re NOT Moe Berg the famous baseball playing spy?
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:42 pm
quite a character
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
10:43 pm
cabravesfan—
How fun! Maybe you’ll even see some foxes! I love foxes…Haven’t seen ours in a while, but with the birds starting to make their nests, that’s actually a good thing…
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
10:43 pm
I’ll take that, Moe. It’s a lot better than what I would have said (and many others).
Moe Berg
March 3rd, 2012
10:44 pm
nolie–Just my namesake. He died, when I was one.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:45 pm
I is actually a Sherpa from Nepal who never even heard of baseball B4 I came here
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:45 pm
I liked some of the new information learned from a blog “newbie” today, particularly relating to employment and divulging details on achieving cleanliness…
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:46 pm
we gots bunnies in our yard lately, quite cute. will make great Hasenpfeffer when they get a bit bigger.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:46 pm
When she mentioned “wildlife”, I thought it might be misleading…
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:48 pm
I is actually a Sherpa from Nepal who never even heard of baseball B4 I came here
Who could have guessed you know nothing about baseball?
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
10:48 pm
McFann-
No foxes (not the animal kind anyways
)…too built up for their liking.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:49 pm
I try to stay away from the foxes…
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
10:50 pm
VJ, I must have missed that. Unless… are you talking about the person that’s going to Georgia Tech, but took 10 minutes to do the math to figure out she gave the wrong year of her birth?
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:50 pm
Nudge, nudge, wink, wink…
A-Ville Ranger
March 3rd, 2012
10:50 pm
Molina is better defensively because in spite of Mac’s contention most every spring that he found workout Jesus, he is as he’s always been..fat.
Offensively there is no comparison between Mac and Molina. Molina is your average lite hitting catcher. While Mac never became the great hitter he looked like his first full season, he does supply some pop in the lineup. It’s hard to believe Mac is worth over 20% of the total payroll but what better choice do we have ?
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:51 pm
Yes – works at a night club from 8 pm – 2 am with no alcohol involved…
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:51 pm
Robert and Mitchell picked up on it right away VJ, they are quite perceptive
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
10:52 pm
I try to stay away from the foxes…
How is that goin’ for you?
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:53 pm
lots of fat great catchers in baseball history
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:54 pm
Actually, all is going very well…
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
10:54 pm
Hello everyone! Not too bad the game. Minor pitched 2 scoreless innings to start out,and thats what ypu look for.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:54 pm
I try to tell myself that I stay away from the foxes, but the painful truth is that they no longer even give me a glance
Moe Berg
March 3rd, 2012
10:55 pm
I is actually a Sherpa from Nepal
Though not a sherpa, I actually do have a friend who is the editor of an English-language Nepali newspaper–The Himalayan Times. He was one of the judges for the Miss Nepal contest last year (chief judge, I believe), along with a big Bollywood star of the 1990s Manisha Koirala.
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
10:55 pm
How is that goin’ for you?
Not well anymore….
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:56 pm
hey ward, is Samantha an ex girlfriend?
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:56 pm
Speaking of the Himalayas, and the correspondent for the Northern Star, I need to get back to finishing The Man Who Would Be King for cab…
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
10:57 pm
nolie will make great Hasenpfeffer when they get a bit bigger.
Aw…you wouldn’t dare!…
Bunnies are too cute and fuzzy to be eaten…
cabravesfan—
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:57 pm
good flick
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
10:57 pm
Too many inside jokes here, we’d better stop. The other posters already think we’re nuts.
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:58 pm
no I prolly wouldn’t really have the heart anymore despite all my tough talk McF
nolie
March 3rd, 2012
10:59 pm
that makes them quite perceptive….
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
10:59 pm
Tom – cab has to work hard tonight to catch up to the in-game bloggers today…
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 3rd, 2012
11:00 pm
nolie—
Oh, man…I SOOOOO did NOT wanna stay up this late…(past) time for bed, y’all…Night, all!!
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
11:02 pm
Inside jokes abound
I do have a lot of work to do. I may have to pass my crown for a blog…I hear Tomahawkin was gunning for my title
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
11:02 pm
She doesn’t have a chance, VJ. Unless DOB doesn’t have another blog for a few days.
Then again, once she feels challenged…
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
11:03 pm
McFann-
I never worry about “poor” Nala when it comes to critters- she can handle herself
Good Night!!
Moe Berg
March 3rd, 2012
11:04 pm
I actually went to look today at a house for possibly buying. Perhaps surveyed is more accurate. Still wary of buying but drove by a house built in 1860 on the outskirts of Princeton to check it out. Nice locale, but only makes sense, if I change my job.
Must go grab dinner.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
11:05 pm
T-Hawkin keeps changing his moniker, cabravesfan. Rule #1 to winning the blog posting – Don’t keep changing monikers. Ask nolie.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
11:07 pm
‘Nite McFann & Moe Berg.
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
11:08 pm
Tom-
How do you think I’ve ended up #1 overall? I have never changed my name
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
11:12 pm
I could have slipped a few more places, LAdy, but thanks to posters changing their monikers, such as jeffrey & his doo doo, I ended up 6th.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
11:12 pm
You tried to once, but I stopped you…
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
11:13 pm
I did once…quite a while back. No more. Takes too much effort
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
11:17 pm
That was a big mistake, VJ, a very big mistake. But I’ve learned from it and won’t let it happen again.
I appreciated your guidance, buddy. I just wish I would have listened to you sooner. My stats would have been much better than they are now. That will hurt me when my next contract is due, too.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
11:19 pm
I used to know the editor of High Times…I wonder if that mag is still being published. BAS would know, prolly.
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
11:23 pm
When all else fails, ken, ask the google thingy.
http://hightimes.com/
A-Ville Ranger
March 3rd, 2012
11:24 pm
Nolie, name a fat catcher who was great over a long career . People think of Campanella, Pudge and Fisk as big but they were nowhere near Mac’s bulk. Fisk for instance was 6′3” 200lb while Mac is listed at 6′3” 230 and I’ve seen him at least 20lbs over that. It’s not just size though, Mac looks plain chubby with baby fat.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
11:26 pm
Tom: good call, might know Snoop Dog would be on the cover.
I used to sell the mag in my record store back in the 70’s, but haven’t seen it much since then.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:26 pm
nolie – I’ll be happy to come clear them out for you same rate I always offer you get 1/2 the meat
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:27 pm
VJ – I believe samantha intimated she is not involved with the alcohol in the night club not that they didn’t serve it
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:28 pm
and those birth years can be confusing can’t they?
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
11:28 pm
I should be getting a call very shortly (someone has to work tonight). Then, I had better head to the kitchen and get something cooking.
If I don’t get back while you’re still here… have a good night & we’ll
get them score, tomorrow.cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
11:29 pm
Someone needs to get their eyes checked.
kenhotlanta
March 3rd, 2012
11:29 pm
A-Ville Ranger: Walker Cooper and Smokey Burgess, although Smokey was better known as a pure hitter and pinch hitter.
Ward
March 3rd, 2012
11:31 pm
nolie-You don’t like it when people make jokes about you. There is a lot of Braves fans in Montana,and a lot up in the Northwestern area. Georgia,isn’t the only place for Braves fans……I don’t even know who Samantha is?
Tom O'Hawke
March 3rd, 2012
11:32 pm
and those birth years can be confusing can’t they?
Until today, I only thought that was an over 80 or a DR thing.
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:33 pm
cab – u saying I have a vision problem or just can’t read?
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:33 pm
funny stuff mr o’hawke sir
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
11:35 pm
lol
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:38 pm
nebody else see the photos of the damage at the paulding county airport or is that something that just interests me?
Wade Blassingame's Ghost
March 3rd, 2012
11:39 pm
McCann is AL bound! Red Sox, Texas (if they lose Napolli?), Detroit, Blue Jays, all would be happy to use him as a C and DH. Yankess might also, but they have several C in the minors. But, McCann would allow them to trade those and keep McCann.
A-Ville Ranger
March 3rd, 2012
11:42 pm
ken, Cooper was listed at 6′3” 210lbs. Which is still 20 or more lbs under Mac. Burgess was a Pudge type at around 5′8” 190.
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
11:44 pm
Tiger-
You, I am not sure of…
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:45 pm
I think I’ll take that as a compliment
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
11:46 pm
tiger – my point exactly on the implication…
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 3rd, 2012
11:46 pm
Tom O’Hawke
“T-Hawkin keeps changing his moniker, cabravesfan. Rule #1 to winning the blog posting”
Yeah, I need to Settle Down on one…
You should See the Moniker names on the Philly.com Phillies forum…There was one dude who used the moniker name “Smellysac” on that forum before he got Bozo’d
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:46 pm
last year didn’t nolie have 2 different names in the top 25?
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:48 pm
VJ – so your’e thinking she is a DJ right? thats my guess
cabravesfan
March 3rd, 2012
11:48 pm
Going to call it a night
Night Blog!
Night Tom!
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:48 pm
we can ask her tomorrow no since speculating
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:50 pm
night cab
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:51 pm
come on somebody hit me with a grammatical correction plz
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
11:52 pm
tiger – no, not what I think – don’t think this a new person on the blog…”new personality” perhaps…
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:54 pm
awesome part about the blog is we shall never know…DOB might be we will not
tiger297
March 3rd, 2012
11:56 pm
it appears everyone else has more important things to do…
VaBravesFan
March 3rd, 2012
11:56 pm
goodnight. cyas in the morning.
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
11:57 pm
“Her” exit line today was one I can’t imagine a female actually departing with…
Venice Jim
March 3rd, 2012
11:58 pm
And I will also depart to await the excitement certain to be engendered by the lack of starters playing tomorrow…
richbrave
March 3rd, 2012
11:59 pm
First one-hit shut-out of the young season.
Couch Tater
March 4th, 2012
12:01 am
“Yunel now is much smoother, you can really see how hard he’s worked to iron it all out. That’s the way he is, a fast-twitch, high-energy guy. He’s just so much easier now for me to handle.”
Kelly Johnson on Yunel. Here’s the rest…
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2012/03/01/davidi_yunel_escobar_kelly_johnson_reunited/?utm_source=Baseball%20lineup%20RSS-Images&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=Davidi%20on%20Jays%3A%20Escobar%2C%20Johnson%20together%20again
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
12:03 am
vj not sure I remember what you were referencing
kenhotlanta
March 4th, 2012
12:07 am
A-Ville Ranger: I guess they seemed a lot bigger watching them on TV as a kid and playing with their baseball cards. Cooper seemed very tall and Ol’ Smokey was as fat as Santa, but boy could he hit.
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
12:10 am
when its sleepy time down south…
brian
March 4th, 2012
12:10 am
enough of the Yunel stuff please. Yunel never would have straightened it out in Atlanta just like Brett Favre would never have succeeded in Atlanta either. The best thing to happen to Yunel is going to a place like Toronto just as the best thing to happen to Brett Favre was to be sent to Green Bay.
Ward
March 4th, 2012
12:13 am
Saw some of the tornado pictures ,and it looks like a bomb went off,and blew every thing up.My Prayers for you guy’s down South,and Prayers for rebuilding.
Ward
March 4th, 2012
12:15 am
Tom- How’s it going?
Couch Tater
March 4th, 2012
12:21 am
Prior to 2009, I figured McCann would do the hometown discount thing. He found out how fickle the fans can be and the business side of baseball, when his friend was traded. It might be just maturity, but since then Mac has seemed a little more reserved in his comments and has used more baseball cliches.
…or maybe, I just listened more carefully.
From a fickle fan standpoint, I’d hate to see him go. From a business standpoint, I think he should explore every opportunity for what will probably be his best contract.
Soph
March 4th, 2012
12:22 am
I am waiting for Soph to come and laugh at me…
I would VJ but I’m such a bad fan. I wasn’t able to watch the game and I didn’t DVR it because my teams always lose when I DVR them. Besides, I foresee some sort of re-match in the ACC tourney next week so can’t celebrate for long.
Ward
March 4th, 2012
12:25 am
Couch Tater- I hate to see Mac,go too,but we need to let all players explore the Free Agency Market. If Braves can’t sign him great,but if they can’t than we just have to go with what we have.Let’s hope Mac,wants to stay a Brave,and will work out something?
Ward
March 4th, 2012
12:27 am
Meant to say if Braves can sign him great.I seriously hope they can,and he can stay a Brave. He ’s ranked the 4th best catcher in Baseball.
Ward
March 4th, 2012
12:29 am
Would also like the Braves to take their time with Bethancourt,and Gattis.Let them develope into a the players they can be,but Mac could change all that too?
Ward
March 4th, 2012
12:33 am
Is there a way Braves can sign both Bourn,and Mac? Pray that there is……
Ward
March 4th, 2012
12:37 am
I bet some who make fun of Mac,are the one’s who are fat? Hm……….A little humor……
Ward
March 4th, 2012
12:46 am
This sucks! I could be the only one that is real on the bog!That would be funny…..
Ward
March 4th, 2012
12:51 am
Talk tomorrow…….Just thought I would throw a few jokes…….Peace My Friends……..Tornado victims stay safe out there,and take care of your selves.All be cool……”Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”.
Blog Monitor
March 4th, 2012
1:38 am
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along the long road and on down to the causeway
Do they still MEET there by the cut
There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends surrounded
The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights OF that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There’s a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we’ve been so many times
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever
captguitarman
March 4th, 2012
1:54 am
Yeah, but the Cardinals won the division and the NLCS, and McCann was integral (along with others – but he was the main key) to the Braves melt down last year. Just thought I would mention that even though you are right in your over all assumption that unlike in business, where you have to produce all the time (obviously, I am talking about CEO’s or top, senior management here), MLB teams are willing to pay just for the promise, just for the potential of future performance – just one more time, of course. And if it happens agains . . . well. Last years melt down by all rights should put him into a position of having to prove himself again with the Braves, but the reality is that others will pay through the nose based upon only the potential, the promise. That may be a window into why things are so totally out of whack in this country.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
6:28 am
one for the money
two for the show
three to get ready
and four to go
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
6:29 am
how bout them hootenannies
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
6:34 am
ONE FOR THE MONEY
The Hootenanny Singers & The Highway Men
One for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
And four to go.
I have travelled all over this land
And one sad thing I do find:
When the wide road calls
You must leave friends and all,
Leaving a song behind
For a while,
Leaving a song behind.
One for the money– sing for a penny
Two for the show– any song that I know
Three to get ready– wide road is pretty
And four to go
And four to go.
Some value money
And some value fame
Some value women and wine;
But a song and a friend
‘Round each turn of the bend
Are riches I’d rather were mine
Anytime,
Riches I’d rather were mine.
One for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
And four to go.
Now I am gone
May my wish linger on,
Its echo fall soft on your ear.
May your riches increase
May you all live in peace
And happiness grow every year
My friend,
Happiness grow every year.
One for the money– sing for a penny
Two for the show– any song that I know
Three to get ready– wide road is pretty
And four to go,
It’s been good to know you;
And four to go:
A long, long way to go.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
6:36 am
if the mayans were right
and this was the final season
would any of us really be ready
and four to go
Chipper's ACL
March 4th, 2012
6:42 am
Letting McCann go either by free agency or trade, which would be the smarter move, is the only possible answer. No debate. This is a baseball move, not a fan motivated decision. A local hero? Yes. Active in the community? Sure. Did the team not depart with Murphy, Niekro, Glavine, Maddux, and Smotlz who also could have the same things said about them? A four for one swap next year would be wise. I’m sure top prospects could be had without much debate. It’s just a matter of time before a massive roster change must be conducted. The young pitchers must be given the chance to prove their consistant major league players. Just a matter of time.
Spring Training Links – 3/4/2012 - Goodsportsart Blog = Baseball news and commentary
March 4th, 2012
6:57 am
[...] On Grapefruit opener, McCann’s next deal, and more [...]
nolie
March 4th, 2012
7:00 am
hard to believe there are so many Mac haters for a guy who has been an all star practically from day one. some folks are sure desperate for something to hate about
nolie
March 4th, 2012
7:14 am
you are judging players by their listed weights? like Chipper who hasn’t seen 210 in 15+ years? I’ve seen all those guys you mentioned in person and they were all overweight.
nolie
March 4th, 2012
7:20 am
these guys ain’t athletes, they is baseball players. little jiggly don’t hurt nuthin’
nolie
March 4th, 2012
7:21 am
to pad or not to pad, that is the question…..
Couch Tater
March 4th, 2012
7:30 am
Derange isn’t working. Out of whackers. No soup. No whying in baseball.
The Grim Game – Harry Houdini (1919)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAUXqSfi7Es&feature=related
nolie
March 4th, 2012
7:32 am
mornin’ Tater, the original and one and only couch king….
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
7:34 am
Stormy and really windy this morning at Dark Star. Winds were howling and rain pelton against this 10th-floor condo at 5:30 a.m.
Hopefully this stuff blows through this morning and we’ll have some ‘ball at 1 p.m. down the road at Lakeland.
nolie
March 4th, 2012
7:35 am
yeah lotsa wind and rain down here in SW Fla too this am
nolie
March 4th, 2012
7:37 am
s’posedly 50% chance of rain on and off all day down here…..
nolie
March 4th, 2012
7:42 am
ok, y’all be that way…………
nolie
March 4th, 2012
7:51 am
Mutts caint catch a break, Ike Davis with valley fever now. wonder which valley he’s been hangin’ around in. prolly onea them out in Kalifornia
Brava
March 4th, 2012
7:56 am
Good morning, nolie. I heard about Davis. Almost makes me feel bad for the Mets. Almost.
Couch Tater
March 4th, 2012
7:57 am
Good morning or good night, nolie.
nolie
March 4th, 2012
7:58 am
yeah more like good night in my case Tater.
Hi Brava
Couch Tater
March 4th, 2012
8:08 am
I don’t see how you sleep on that yacht during the day. I would wake a lot.
nolie
March 4th, 2012
8:08 am
see you fine folks later, I is finally tired enuff to sleep I hope…
Brava
March 4th, 2012
8:10 am
Sleep well, nolie.
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
8:19 am
OF course Chipper and Mc Cann will be replaced in their due time but what do you replace them with.
Teams like the NYY and Philly keep the players they really need around through their prime yrs. Texas is one of those teams like that, and the Braves used to be run that way.
Corporate ownership has done nothing but screw the fans. And they wonder why we do not want to go to the games for a second rate product that will not keep their better players.
Before long this will be a bottom five payroll and I am not paying for a AAA product.
Hey, they are the ones who did what they did in September, not me. The Braves of 2011 proved to be losers.
Lemke's Knuckler
March 4th, 2012
8:45 am
The Braves should have a chance to sign McCann to an extension next offseason. By then, the Molina deal will be in the rearview mirror as the “bad deal” that it is and hopefully won’t have much impact on McCann’s contract talk.
McCann’s my favorite player, but honestly in this day and age it’s getting more and more rare to see players stay with one team through multiple contracts. If he leaves after 2013, then I’ll pull for him wherever he goes and hope the Braves have a suitable replacement ready to go. This is the nature of fandom.
Lew
March 4th, 2012
8:48 am
Wow – Been a fan since 1968 have you (so have I and watched as many if not more games myself)? And you still haven’t learned that Spring Exhibition games don’t count and because of this aren’t worth bitching about?
Lemke's Knuckler
March 4th, 2012
8:53 am
Disgusted…”Corporate ownership has done nothing but screw the fans. And they wonder why we do not want to go to the games for a second rate product that will not keep their better players.”
Attendance started dropping long before the Braves became a middle-of-the-pack team in payroll. I’m not going to get into the chicken-egg argument, you say you’ll start going to the games when they put a better product on the field, I say people should go to the games and increase the revenues so they can bring a few more free agents to town. There’s no right answer.
Teams signing new TV deals over the next few years will be the big spenders, irregardless of who their ownership is. Braves can’t get one for the next decade, so quit complaining. Honestly, I’m fine with you not attending games. You sound like the Randy Quaid character from Major League, always doom and gloom, complaining about everything, blaming everyone but yourself for your miserable life.
IVAN ...
March 4th, 2012
8:54 am
How bout ya Lew…….
Lew
March 4th, 2012
9:03 am
IVAN – How are you? Going fishing today?
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
9:10 am
Actually Lemke’s knuckler, I do go to some games. If only for the purpose of watching the MLB product because I can enjoy the play of the other teams.
Quit complaining–People who quit complaining are candidates for dictatorships and bad deals.
I do not like the long term future of this team because of the business model they are run by. If you call that complaining so be it—and if you are happy with Liberty Media than that is your right.
The attendance started to drop in 2001. It has stayed in that 2.3 to 2.7 million range Ironicallly it was around that time that Ted lost his boardroom battle with Time Warner in Court.
The first round playoff exits did not help & the payroll began to get cut after the 2003 season. .
The fan base except for some apologists are mad as H about September, more than the National media thinks. The medis sucks up to this team (specifically the local talk shows) but the fans owe this bunch nothing.
ZWacky
March 4th, 2012
9:16 am
so why root for a team that makes you so angry all the time?
Lew
March 4th, 2012
9:17 am
Disgusted just can’t seem to understand that we have no say in who owns the Braves or how much they spend.
If it’s not satisfactory to you, then divorce yourself from what irks you.Just go away and find something (other than bitching, pissing and moaning about what you can’t change) that makes you happy. Obviously, the Braves, their play and their ownership[ don’t.
Unless, of course, you’re a blatant masochist and not just a total jerk.
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
9:20 am
GFY Lew. Just to let it be known that YOU have zero say in what I can or want to post here.
As the great Andrew Brietbart said to a group of lefties this past winter; GO TO HELL.
Lew
March 4th, 2012
9:21 am
Ther ahole responds.
Lew
March 4th, 2012
9:22 am
Like I said – total jerk. But, then again, we already knew that, didn’t we LOu/Earl/Dentz/Name Your Own Malcontented Fool?
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
9:22 am
Actually, Time Warner screwed us worse than LM because it was them who got the Braves in that lousy TV deal anyway.
Lew
March 4th, 2012
9:23 am
Then you should have left years ago when TW screwed you over.
Rob from SC
March 4th, 2012
9:23 am
Not concerned with the lack of pitches seen… ST is more about getting your timing down.
richbrave
March 4th, 2012
9:24 am
LEW:
Are you going south for ST? Or are you alreadt there?
richbrave
March 4th, 2012
9:26 am
George
ZWacky
March 4th, 2012
9:27 am
all I know is if I were as miserable about the Braves as some bloggers, I’d do what I could about it, which is really only finding another team.
We all get disappointed at times, but it is a game designed for enjoyment, not to rule your like and make you so bitter that you have to come up with a screen name like Disgusted
Not insulting anybody but it just doesn’t make much sense to me
JoeBrave
March 4th, 2012
9:30 am
Ho-Hum. waiting to be impressed.
Lew
March 4th, 2012
9:30 am
richbrave – Not this year. Just don’t have the resources after my son’s illness – plus I’m in the middle of another group of eye procedures (which is why you and Murph haven’t received your Wurlitzers though you’ve both shown remarkable patience). Maybe next year on the ST – sooner on the artwork.
ZWacky
March 4th, 2012
9:35 am
Sorry to learn about your eye problems again Lew.
I hope all goes as well as possible.
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
9:39 am
Zwackey—As frustrated as I am about the Braves its still the local team, I could find another team to root for but it would not be the same.
I just want them to be better and different kind of ownership at the top. As for the ownershio issue, it will happen in time, when you never know.
There are other posters who feel the same was I do.
Its sort of like the Thrashers–I still watch the game, I tried to latch on to Nashville but its not the same.
I can appreciate what the Cardinals did in the post season, but I cannot be a Cards fan. I admire what the Nats and Marlins did this off season and if they succeed, more power to them, but I cannot be a fan of those teams.
Being a fan is not all about sunny side up and rose colored glasses. The Braves have alot to prove to themselves after the September collapse. How they respond we will see.
And I do not worry about early ST games–I do hope they come North healthy, that is the main thing.
ZWacky
March 4th, 2012
9:45 am
Being a fan is not all about sunny side up and rose colored glasses…Disgusted
That is true, but in my opinion it should grade out to an overall positive experience or why bother?
Ray
March 4th, 2012
9:49 am
Disgusted, I agree with you. well said. The main purpose is to see for some to win spots on the team. The main players, its all about staying healthy and sharpening their game for the regular season. The Marlins, had to make a big splash with FA because of the new stadium and to make sure fans were going to show up. Already they may have a problem, Annibel shoulder discomfort.
CB
March 4th, 2012
9:55 am
Zwacky, 100% correct. We all have moments of discouragment but why be a fan if not enjoyable?
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
9:57 am
Blog Fight Already at 10 In The Morning…? Too many Ouch’s to throw out. Lets Get Ready To Rumble!
It might be off the chain Times 2 on here this season…
A lot of fans are Still P’d abt the Epic Fail of Last year and knowing the fact that we won’;t sign either The Bourne Identity or B-Macc is a Kick to the Balls from the ownership at the fans expense…
L. Media is abt as worst as the Spirit Group
Ray
March 4th, 2012
9:59 am
Let me clarify, well said on your 9:39 post. Zwacky, some of the posters on here, they will just spew out things just to stir things up, which I get. Some are frustrated because they feel the Braves could be operated better. How horrible Liberty Media is at ownership, how if we have a single local owner that would mean automatically that owner would increase payroll. It could also mean that owner could cut payroll drastically. Others are just miserable. And for that aspect I agree with you, why not separate yourself. Go root for the top 5 teams favored to win the WS, then when “their” team wins it all, they can tell everyone that they have been a life long fan until the following season when a different team wins it.
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
10:00 am
Good morning everyone.
The Braves have a very solid shot at keeping McCann long term. But the kicker is it’s hard investing so much into a catcher where most of the contract will take place on the wrong side of 30. Being a hometown kid and wanting to stay he will give the Braves every opportunity to work something out. But a discount is only but so much. Let’s just be happy that we have McCann for 2 more season’s and go from there. The Braves could give McCann the huge contact he deserves and then all the one’s complaining about how cheap the Braves are will still complain about the contract and how it hurts the team going forward.
Lew
March 4th, 2012
10:00 am
ZWackey – Thanks – It’s a recurring situation that will be with me all my life, unfortunately. Thankfully, it just shuts me down for short periods of time and I can still paint. At lewast it’s only one eye that has the issues.
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
10:01 am
Ray—If the Marlins pitching does not hold up they could be the 4th place team and it could blow up in their face. Annibel is an important piece and of course their JJ (Johnson)’s comeback is a MUST.
The N.L. East is interesting just like the Central. I don;t care what anyone says, STL will miss Albert even if Wainwright bounces back. And they sort of caught lightning in a bottle late, they were on their way to a sub pay yr until they caught wildfire late. Guys like Jon Jay, Friese and Craig are servicable but not outstanding players. I like the Reds in that division. The Brew will miss Prince too.
And who says that Philly might not get old in a hurry? The pitching is standout, but age can catch up there.
I like the Nats as the dark horsse team. And if luck comes our way–and we ATL fans deserve it, yes, the Braves could be there but we have been down that road of disappointment before so pessimisim is the best courst if you are an ATL fan of anything.
In spite of the Fish being a rival I do not want serious injury to anyone.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
10:01 am
Rob from SC
“Not concerned with the lack of pitches seen… ST is more about getting your timing down.”
Co-Sign…There are people who take way too much into what comes out of the S. Training wins and losses….
I remember A. Jones used to clown all the time in S. Training but would start slow in the reg. season. so I take no credibility in the S. Training schedule, other than it is a week to 10 days too long
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
10:04 am
Disgusted
I really think we can easily be the best team in this division. The only reason the Phillies are ahead of us is cause of Halladay, Lee, and Hamels. Our rotation is still damn good, I think we can out-hit them and we have the best bullpen in baseball.
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
10:04 am
Va Braves fan—If it turns out that they cannot keep Mc Cann and negotiations sour around mid 2013 what would you raather do—
Keep him and let him walk for draft picks or take a desparation trade at the deadling and get a Kotchman/Marek type of return like they got in the second Texiera deal.
I would take the picks. Not journeyman junk.
I have called LM cheap but I have never complained about the Chipper extension who is still pretty doggone good. He was real good last yr.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
10:06 am
@Disgusted
The Braves have the benefit of having a Cake schedule in April…They better take advantage of that and no leave their bats in Florida like they have the last 2 years, because our interleague schedule is Brutal
And I give Props for B-Macc Taking accountability for the Collapse, Thats what a leader does, I’m not knocking Chipper but he seemed to be reluctant in speaking out and taking a leader role after Justice and Brian Jordan and Smoltz left
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
10:07 am
Va Braves–Okay, your optomision is nice but pls don’t jinx us. Just kiddling sort of.
Hey, I am still one who is angry about the Thrashers exit and coupled with the Braves in September, being a sports fan in ATL has been the most heartbreaking sports city, maybe not the worst teams but most heartbreaking.
Ray
March 4th, 2012
10:07 am
Disgusted, I get the disappointment of the sept collapse. I assure you it was a lot worse for every player in that locker room than it was for any fan during that time. Does that make it better for the fans? No. Now the difference is, right now it is better for every player than any fan because they can do something about it themselves. And you are right about this division. IMO the 2 toughest divisions are both East Divisions.
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
10:09 am
I really think if the Braves are contenders the next 2 season’s Brian McCann isn’t going anywhere. You just can’t trade a player like him. We can win a world series and that can change the payroll a ton. Were gonna be paying McCann only 12 million in 2013 so we have to be happy about that. Play the 2 season’s see how the market plays out. Braves should make a solid offer that fair for both sides. I love McCann but we can’t dish out a huge huge contract to keep him like the Twins did with Mauer.
Ray
March 4th, 2012
10:09 am
I much rather be in Atlanta than in Cleveland, KC, Pittsburgh, NY and be a Jets and Mets fan. Give me Atlanta all day long and there is a strong chance that the Braves will be a contender for some time.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
10:12 am
I’m Callin It Now…
Take it to Vegas People, That Both Wildcards come out of the Dirty East….
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
10:12 am
Skies cleared about halfway to Lakeland (note the strange dome on right, which I’ve never quite figured out all these years of covering spring training in Florida; there are two of them side-by-side).
http://twitpic.com/8ry10z
And now we’re at my favorite ballpark in Florida (since Dodgertown is still dark)
http://twitpic.com/8ry6pn
Tigers taking infield, Braves will be on field shortly
http://twitpic.com/8ryh2c
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
10:14 am
Tomahawkin–Right you are on Mc Cann who was hurt down the stretch.
It does seem to a man that most of the guys are taking ownerhship of September and that is better than what you read about Boston where crybaby Josh Beckett is boo hooing about clubhouse “snitches” Some guys there are taking ownerhsip others are not and they made changes, though some of them strange.
Truth is that the Atlanta fans are just as angry as the Boston fans about September, the Boston thing is more played out in the national media.
I do like the attitude of the players and I have always liked the players on the team & not a Freddie G. or Frank Wren hater.
Its been ownership I have hated and that goes for both TW’s tenure as well as liberty.
I don’t know what Bourne will get in the off season but I do not want him moved at the deadline for junk. Would just assume take back pickes for him.
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
10:15 am
Brian McCann would bring back more than what Texiera did. Most of the contenders didn’t need help at 1st base or DH that season. McCann is a upgrade for most of the teams in baseball. When looking at the big spenders and top teams he’s a big upgrade. Confusing scenario to be talking about.
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
10:15 am
Check out the photo gallery you can click through with this story on the Marlins’ new ballpark. Gotta say, the place looks terrific.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/04/2673613/fanfest-offers-miami-marlins-faithful.html
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
10:23 am
If were a good amount of games back near the deadline the Braves should trade players who have value for prospects and future salary relief.
Bad News For Fans
March 4th, 2012
10:24 am
I really don’t choose a side when it comes to a cheap owner or fans that don’t support the team with their attendance, but somewhere in that debate you have to ask whether or not players with contracts for players climbing above the $15 to $20 Million a year might have to be discussed.
Guess who keeps getting the bad end of the deal no matter what?
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
10:26 am
With Michael Bourn the Braves would have to offer a 1 year 12.5 million deal, and then he’d have to reject that for us to be able to get the 2 draft picks.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
10:27 am
@Disgusted
As hard as B-Macc Was on himself…Lowe and Fredi G should’ve been more accountable…
I still cant believe Lowe lost 17 games…That was the highest total for a Braves Pitcher since 1989 or 1990 I think?
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
10:30 am
@D.O.B.
After seeing the New Red Sox Mini Fenway…you might change your opinion abt the best S. Training ballpark…?
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
10:30 am
DOB – they are http://abcdomes.com/domelocation/lakeland-florida
looks like business continuity protection
Atlanta Sports Teams Suck
March 4th, 2012
10:34 am
Sorry, unless we’re allowed a payroll of $200 million like the big boys (NY, Bos) we can’t sink $20 mill/yr on a catcher. By 2014, McCann will have passed his prime and probably not be able to play catcher everyday. Do you really want a repeat of the Chipper Jones years of his last contract??
Now, if Mark Cuban buys the team and sinks mega $$$$ into the franchise, please sign him….but that’s not going to happen. I love B-Mac but you can’t sink 20-25% of your payroll on one player
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
10:35 am
Since were talking about the future and payroll and such here ya go.
Money Coming off the Books Around 24 million (Good chance more with Chipper making less than 13 mil in 2013)
Lowe 10 mil, Bourn 6.8 mil, Diaz 2 mil, Ross 1.6 mil, Hinske 1.5 mil, Wilson 1 mil, Moylan 1 mil.
Possible Money Coming off
Chipper 13 mil (Retirement or Option)
Hudson 9 mil (Possible Buyout with so much depth)
McCann 12 mil option (Possible new contract could change this number)
Players due for Raises Estimations (Could be non tendered or traded)
Jurrjens 8 mil, Prado 7 mil, EOF 4 mil, Plus a handful of younger guys getting Arb 1.
Atlanta Sports Teams Suck
March 4th, 2012
10:37 am
If the Braves were smart, talk to B-Mac, sign him to a longterm deal that they can’t afford, and trade him to a team that wants him bad (with B-Mac’s permission) and get something real in return for him
NativebIrd
March 4th, 2012
10:40 am
If Braves (aka liberty media or whoever is their tight pocketed don’t know a darn thing about baseball ownership) do not sign this guy….this guy? I am done. This 40-year Braves fan will be done. Period. I have just about had enough with these dung heads. I hope they prove me wrong.
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
10:40 am
“With Michael Bourn the Braves would have to offer a 1 year 12.5 million deal, and then he’d have to reject that for us to be able to get the 2 draft picks”
VA Braves–I would like to see them do that for one yr. He is still in his prime. Hey, what do you replace him with, major league caliber CF’s who are above average in a number of areas are not so easily replacable.
And prospects, well, look what Jordan Schafer was supposed to be and the rest of history. He is a AAAA player with an HGH and pot history. .
Ray
March 4th, 2012
10:42 am
Toma, There is no reason for Lowe to make any comment about Sept or last year as a whole. He is no longer part of the team,,, thank goodness. He is in Atlanta. Vabrave, it will be interesting to see what the Braves do with McCann. I am glad they have some time on that decision. Catchers once they start to go, they go quick, its the nature of the position. Does it change things a bit knowing that there will be more inter-league play games and more availability for a DH? Maybe reverse the B Mac contract, front end heavy with it tailing off on the back end.
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
10:44 am
I might not want to see Mc Cann gat a 5 yr deal but a 3 or 4 yr deal makes sense at his age.
As a fan, and do not really care about the business side–I do not want to lose an outstanding player. No fan does. And this ownership is rone of the richest companies in America–I do not cry tears for any corporation.
Don’t forget that Molina is a heck of a player–he is better than B Mac at throwing runners out. And that is not a knock on Mc Cann but Molina is a tad better defensively and is a good offensive C.
Busch Leaguer
March 4th, 2012
10:45 am
I hope Fredo remembers how spent B-Mac was in the Braves 2011 September swoon. The Braves have the best back-up catcher in the majors David Ross ,so use him. I remember how Cox assigned his back up catcher to one of the pitchers in the rotation. Remember how Eddie Perez always caught when Maddox pitched . Fredo should pick a starter for Ross to catch every time through the rotation. Fredo needs to show some leadership and make sure B-mac gets a regular day off. It will keep him from having another terrible September.
Disgusted
March 4th, 2012
10:47 am
“I love B-Mac but you can’t sink 20-25% of your payroll on one player”
ATL SPORTS TEAMS SUCK–Before long, a 125 million payroll will be a middle of the pack payroll. Maybe in about 5 yrs time.
Where are the Braves headed, the bottom five?
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
10:49 am
Hi Everyone.
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
10:52 am
Disgusted
I would look for the Braves t try and trade for our next Centerfielder. If Michael Bourn is too expensive that means BJ Upton and Shane Victorino are too. We could have a possible 40 million before raises to spend as well.
Hudson has the 9 million option, but as we know we loaded with pitching. If all these young guys prove there good enough to pitch at the big league level we really have to think about saying good bye to Hudson or possibly trade Jurrjens. I believe one or the other will be gone. We gonna save around 7 to 8 million by getting rid of 1.
Chipper has the vesting option which will range in between 9-13 million. Good chances if he does vest it will be 9 or 10 million. So even if Chipper does come back were looking at a solid 3 million in savings.
Ray
March 4th, 2012
10:55 am
Victorino is claiming that it is more important to him to stay in philly than get his 5 yrs etc. We will see if he hits free agency if he still feels that way.
Busch Leaguer
March 4th, 2012
10:55 am
If the National League ever joins the 21st Century and adopts the DH ,McCann will be even more valuable. The powers that be in the NL must realize that the veteran talent they continue to lose to the AL every year “Pujols and Fielder” is bad for business. With realignment set for 2013 it would be the perfect time to put the DH in the NL. Before all the so called baseball purists jump my case ,I would rather see the DH go away in both leagues ,but the MLBPA will never agree to that. So accept the reality that to stop the exodus of quality veteran players it is time for the DH in the NL.
Ray
March 4th, 2012
10:56 am
Did I read correctly that today’s lineup in Lakeland is going to be mainly the young kids? Pastor is making the trip. I don’t think B Mac, Chipper etc are not.
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
10:57 am
Busch
Good Point, Its possible they could change it too.
Jeff R
March 4th, 2012
10:57 am
“…unless McCann wants to take a steep hometown discount, he’s now going to get a lot more than $15 million per season. At least I think he will. Yadier Molina and the Cardinals just made sure of that.”
– DOB
If I’m Wren, I wouldn’t re-up McCann long term for the sort of money he might command when McCann sits down to negotiate a new deal. Of course, that’s not to say that McCann isn’t a talented player, nor that he hasn’t made solid contributions to the Braves. Yes, McCann is a fan favorite, and so on…
The reasons for not re-upping McCann: 1) budget, which the Braves are limited by and will be unless there’s new ownership with deeper pockets. 2) McCann’s broken down the last two seasons. Is this a fluke or a trend? 3) Does Wren want to chance a long term contract on a catcher on the cusp of thirty?
Whatever the science of conditioning, etc., is these days, catchers are still apt to wear our or breakdown as they move into their thirties. There’s no DH in the NL (thank goodness) for McCann to be slotted in if his knees/legs go. He’s not going to displace Freeman, and he sure isn’t going to go play third (I doubt McCann would have the defensive skills or range for the job, anyway.
Sometimes teams need to make unpopular personnel decisions for the overall benefit of the club. I think McCann might be one of those decisions.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
10:58 am
@Busch Leaguer
“Fredo needs to show some leadership and make sure B-mac gets a regular day off. It will keep him from having another terrible September.”
Fredi gave plenty of impromtu Days off for B-Macc early in the season…B-Macc wasn’t right after that Damn oblique injury he suffered in August against the Pirates
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
11:00 am
Agreed, Tomahawkin. Ross started 42 games last year – seems like that’s fairly regular…
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
11:01 am
Jayson Stark @jaysonst
Spring training BP blast of the day: Prince clears the RF scoreboard in Lakeland — by 40 feet!
Hopefully he got that out of his system…
Salty Dawg
March 4th, 2012
11:02 am
I don’t see the Braves paying Mac or any other player more than $15 mil. Not without a pretty sizable bump in the payroll, which isn’t likely to happen anytime soon. It’s just not in their DNA or business plan. With a few exceptions, the Braves have really never paid for players in their prime unless they were under club friendly contracts. And with their limited payroll, it would be difficult to keep all of the young players who will become arb eligible in the coming years if they have one player making that much. Hate to say it, but the best thing that could happen for the Braves at this point is for Chipper to hang ‘em up and give the Braves a little more flexibility to offer Mac a decent but not great contract.
Thing is, I think Mac will give the Braves a “hometown discount”. His whole family and his home is in Atlanta and I think Mac is the kind of guy who gives that a lot of consideration. I can’t see him ever being comfortable spending half of the season in a place like New Yawk or Boston. Much like Chipper, I see Mac as the kind of guy who would rather play his whole career in Atlanta even if it means taking less money than he could make on the open market. At least I hope so, because he is, at this point, the face of the franchise.
Ray
March 4th, 2012
11:03 am
With the increase of interleague play, NL teams will be able to justify a bit better a long term contract for players like B Mac.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
11:03 am
Bye for now.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
11:13 am
with all the rooks playing today, over under 5.
i’m over
Busch Leaguer
March 4th, 2012
11:16 am
@Mr. Boom &Venice
How many of Ross’s starts were due to McCann being on the DL. I would say at least half if not more. and down the stretch in September ,I don’t think Ross started very much at all.Regular rest all through the season might prevent the injuries that put McCann on the DL. Keeping McCann off the DL and playing should be one of Fredo’s main responsibilities.As far as the DH goes ,put it in both leagues or eliminate it. This will never happen,so the NL will continue to lose there Stars to the AL.
And ask the Pirates about the DH now that they have lost A.J. Burnett for at least a 25% of his starts due to an bunting practice injury.
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
11:20 am
Spring Training is just the best time to enjoy baseball because it doesn’t matter who does what. It is time for practice. Time to work out the kinks and work on little things. I love Spring Training.
They practice by themselves. They practice against their own team. They practice against other teams. They just practice all month long.
The practice games mean nothing. It is just practice. I bet there are Braves that actually get upset watching batting practice before a practice game and get even more upset during and after the organized practice also known as an Exhibition Game.
For those that take practice a bit too serious, please lighten up on the grounds crew working on new techniques, plus maybe new equipment.
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
11:23 am
Skies cleared about halfway to Lakeland (note the strange dome on right, which I’ve never quite figured out all these years of covering spring training in Florida; there are two of them side-by-side).
That company built the local school out here in Tornado Alley…..They claim to be severe weather proof,They look like a UFO base stuck in a wheat field.You can see the gym building from 15 miles away on the Interstate.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
11:25 am
Ross started 17 of the first 81 games pre-DL for Mac – better than a 1 in 5 average. he started 6 of the last 30 – down to a 1 in 6 average…
Ben
March 4th, 2012
11:25 am
I’ve learned quickly just observing other teams’ fan blogs and whatever that almost nothing their team does more than a few will find something to complain about. What’s funny is that NONE of the actual players or management could give a damn what some unhappy fans/people type up on a computer. So go ahead and vent to get that moments satisfaction because you’re only talking to yourself. Nobody with any sense or a life honestly cares what you feel. Good, positive talk gets people’s attention if that’s what you’re looking for.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
11:30 am
Oh, I could hide ‘neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings
The six o’clock alarm would never ring
But it rings and I rise wipe the sleep out of my eyes
The shavin’ razor’s cold, and it stings
Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?
You once thought of me as a white knight on his steed
Now you know how happy I can be
Oh, and our good times start and end without dollar one to spend
But how much baby do we really need?
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/monkees-lyrics/daydream-believer-lyrics.html ]
Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?
Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?
Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?
Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?
Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?
Salty Dawg
March 4th, 2012
11:34 am
I don’t put a lot of stock in ST results simply because it doesn’t count and teams/players are trying out different things. But I will say that if the Braves don’t win the division this year it should be Wren’s last. The team has really been a disappointment during his tenure. The only gold star in the last several years is the apparent wealth of pitching prospects we’ve got and I’m not sure how much of that is attributable to FW. But the big club has become a team that aims for the wildcard instead of a team that competes for the division title. I have high hopes that some of last year’s disappointments will turn around this year and make a difference, but time will tell. If not, I say we put a “for sale” sign in FW’s front yard.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
11:36 am
not trying to get political but does anyone else realize
that if everyone were taxed 100 % of what we earned,
we still couldn’t meet this years budgeted spending,
not even taking in to account the interest owed
on whats already been spent
and on that note go braves
win one for the gipper
What The....?
March 4th, 2012
11:38 am
“We hit some balls hard at people and we lost 2-nothing, but that’s a good outing overall,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “I thought it was a pretty good baseball game.”
Go ahead and copy this to a document and you will be able to paste this to the game story for the Braves maybe 85 times this season. The only editing needed will be to replace 2-nothing with 3-0
6-1, 2-1, 4-0 etc. When your offense stinks and you make no moves to improve it in the off season, your offense is still gonna stink.
Glad the players are so sure there will be no carry over from September 2011.
ZWacky
March 4th, 2012
11:39 am
That is true VaBF and I think that is a lot to offer for Bourn, and like someone said before, the Braves might hesitate to offer that much since they were burned by Maddux and Soriano both
Lew
March 4th, 2012
11:43 am
Maybe we could play this season before worrying about what happens a year from now? Lots of the quedtions y’all think we have about the constitution of the 2013 team will be answered this year.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
11:44 am
Penn & Teller Helium Trash Bag Escape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=uHleQZMlnhU
Kat
March 4th, 2012
11:46 am
For those with a premium MLB.TV account this season you actually don’t have to pay the extra $14.99 for the phone app. This year if you do have premium you just download the At Bat Lite app, log in and you can watch and listen for free. They do have an At Bat 12 app but I think that’s for non premium members who have to pay the $14.99. It’s not very often your dollar gets you more the next year, that’s pretty cool.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
11:51 am
I can Taste A New Bloggage Post…
Whats The Over/Under? I’m going with 15 more posts
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
11:52 am
The artfull dodger could sing a pop tune back in the day
The gipper was a dodger fan probably
For a while the braves were America’s team but they’ve always been and will alway’s be my team
and none of you nattering nabobs know whats in B Mc’s heart but he will give it all this year thats a bet
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
11:56 am
And if you’re lucky enough to have a skillful bloggster running you’re data you’re lucky enough
Tom waits is a BA
ZWacky
March 4th, 2012
11:57 am
wow, a Spiro T. reference, pretty cool
ZWacky
March 4th, 2012
11:59 am
nattering nabobs of negativism, Agnew must have known some of our posters
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
12:02 pm
I am back
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
12:05 pm
DOB: Thanks for those Pic from the Miami Herald, Bring me a lot of memory..
Saw Felo Ramirez, the voice of the marlin in the Spanish radio.
Felo Ramirez is a good friend from Puerto Rico, him and Ramiro Martinez start the MLB Game on Radio back in the 60’s in Puerto Rico.
Ramirez received the Ford C. Frick Award by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
George
March 4th, 2012
12:07 pm
Granted ST games mean nothing as far as win lose records go. They are used to judge possable new talent and get the oldtimers in shape for the season. However the BRAVES are basicly the same team that choked last Sept. It worryed me the way they lost yesterday, one hit and that by a minor leaguer, The team seems to have the same loser mentality as last year. FREDI has a loser mentality, it is ok to kose as long as you can tip your cap to the other team and say good game. I may have been looking at a half full glass when I said 84 wins this year, it could be a lot less.
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
12:12 pm
George glad you survived the the storm Why worry be happy we could win 101 games this year just as easy
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
12:14 pm
P.S.same team different players same ranters
Lew
March 4th, 2012
12:14 pm
George – You perhaps noticed that our regulars only hit twice yesterday and that the pitchers all pretty well seem to be in shape and alreay are getting outs??
George
March 4th, 2012
12:15 pm
Thank you B-F_52
I would like to see 101 wins, but don’t see it in the cards. Opps no pun intented.
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
12:16 pm
Yes Minor came out blazing
kenhotlanta
March 4th, 2012
12:19 pm
I love Penn and Teller, they are always entertaining.
Lew
March 4th, 2012
12:22 pm
Seems to me that yesterday’s line up was more about giving chances to bench players to make the final spot oin the roster than proving we’re going to be/not going to be a force in the NL East. And I bet we’ll see a lot more of the same – especially early in ST.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
12:22 pm
Hi Ken
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
12:22 pm
Freeman hoped to play Monday vs. Astros, but Fredi G. says Tuesday vs. Nationals is target. Not certain, but that’s plan.
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
12:24 pm
Braves lineup: 1.Pastornicky ss, 2.Prado lf, 3.Diaz rf, 4.Gartrell dh, 5.Mejia 1b, 6.Ross c, 7.Hicks 3b, 8.Sutton 2b, 9.Durango cf. (Delgado will pitch 2 innings, and Teheran to follow with 2 inn. Hoover among relievers that’ll pitch today.)
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
12:26 pm
Venezuelan trio: Eddie Perez and Martin Prado (right) chat with Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera.
http://twitpic.com/8rz0o4
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
12:29 pm
Mejia (left) and Gartrell, couple of big boys. Both in lineup today.
http://twitpic.com/8rzu1k
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
12:29 pm
I called in for a personal day at work hope fredi don’t mind if I go to work tommorrow
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
12:29 pm
Nationals are scouting Michael Bourn during spring training?
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
12:30 pm
Look where catcher Evan Gattis was taking groundballs today during BP — first base.
Whatever it takes.
http://twitpic.com/8rztft
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
12:30 pm
Black Bart Blues
[Harris/Dickinson]
(spoken into)
[Bruce] ‘What the f**k is that?’
[Nerd] ‘Hi, guys, are you in a band or something? I mean it
would be so cool if you were in a band ‘cos you’re Driving a
big bus with band on the front of it’
[Bruce] ‘Why don’t you shut up and get on board will ya?’
[Nerd] ‘Wow! I have it here you got a stereo and a microwave
And, and you got a beer, I’d like a Heineken if you’ve got
one’ that’s real cool, that’s great, yeah!’
[Bruce] ‘Would you like to see Black Bart?’
[Nerd] ‘Who’s Black Bart?’
[Bruce] ‘Let me introduce you’
Black Bart’s seen it
Black Bart knows
Black Bart’s done it
The Black Bart blues
Suspended in suspension
Many evil nights in Tennessee, and elsewhere
We all got to try the Black Bart blues
Black Bart’s truckin’ ain’t what it seems
Black Bart’s lookin’
Don’t know where she’s been
Maybe she’s an acrobat
[ From : http://www.elyrics.net/read/i/iron-maiden-lyrics/black-bart-blues-lyrics.html ]
Spends her evenings dancing on a pole
We all got to try the Black Bart blues
Black Bart tried most anything
Black Bart liked it but he couldn’t sing
So he asked me to tell ya
Try it for yourself and you will see
We all got to try the Black Bart blues
[spoken]
[Bruce] ‘What did you do that for?’
[Nerd] ‘I’m sorry, I just…, I guess I’m not used to…
[Bruce] ‘Shut up and get on with it will you’
Black Bart’s livin’ across the ocean now
Black Bart’s lookin’ to come back somehow
So if you are a dancer,
You could dance his pole in May
That’s a maypole
Black Bart’s coming
Now Black Bart’s gone
Black Bart did it so I wrote this song
Whatever and however,
In and out or several at a time mmm yes!
We all got to do the Black Bart blues
Here comes the guitar solo
We all got to try the Black Bart blues
Yowsa! Yowsa! Yowsa!
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
12:31 pm
Gonna see some of the Braves’ prospects in today’s game. Simmons will likely replace Pastornicky at shortstop after a couple of at-bats.
http://twitpic.com/8rz5s7
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
12:34 pm
Nobody wants to say hi so i am bye again for now.
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
12:36 pm
Italian sausage — I made sure to wolf it down before Bowman got to seat next to me.
http://twitpic.com/8s076u
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
12:36 pm
Hi sam bye Sam (Sissy)
cool pics DOB
Hugo Z Hackenbush
March 4th, 2012
12:39 pm
Was just channel surfing, and heard Kate Winslet use the phrase “bum crack.” She was either talking about bad drugs or a part of her anatomy.
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
12:42 pm
Hope those were Vidalia onions (low sulpher content) I guess I’ll settle for bacon, sausuage, eggs english muffins(my wife just went to the market basket I wish I had some guava preserves to put on the muffins settling for orange marmalade, I like marmalade(pink floyd reference)
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
12:44 pm
anatomy
George
March 4th, 2012
12:48 pm
Below is my first post on REDS blog. It is not a very active blog,last post before mine was 17 hrs ago.
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I am new to your blog, have been a BRAVES fan for years. But really disappointed with thier Sept colapse. TODD FRAZIER is from my hometown in NJ. so I will be watching a lot of REDS baseball this year. Looking forward to a good season.
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
12:50 pm
Charlotte observer can you link us to todays tiger broadcast? either way thanks
richbrave
March 4th, 2012
12:50 pm
George:
Nice. Good luck over there in the bush league.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
March 4th, 2012
12:51 pm
Yep, Marmalade was pretty good…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGl74GPhPD4&feature=related
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
12:51 pm
Signals From Above lyrics
You’re like a relic, you’re like a ghost
can’t see a thing cause your eyes are closed
dirt cheap love is a thing of the past
I feel hate cause I move fast
[From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/h/husker-du-lyrics/signals-from-above-lyrics.html ]
You think the whole world is incense, peace and love
you can’t escape the siganls from above.
richbrave
March 4th, 2012
12:51 pm
Samantha:
Come back, all the plants are gonna’ die.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
12:53 pm
Anyone have a link for the game???
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
12:54 pm
Tommy Hanson threw live BP for 5 min. at camp, no issues, looked good, felt good, will do same Tues. 1st time facing hitters since concussion Feb. 20 when he wrecked car before first workout of spring training.
George
March 4th, 2012
12:55 pm
Yesterdays should work , wish i had saved it.
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
12:55 pm
Glad to hear TH looked good
coastalbrave
March 4th, 2012
12:56 pm
680 shows it on their schedule for today.
George
March 4th, 2012
12:56 pm
Without radio link I will watch NBA NY@ BOS.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
12:56 pm
I am here Richbrave. Did you want something?
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
12:57 pm
yesterday’s covering Mich bouncy ball (nolie)ref.
coastalbrave
March 4th, 2012
12:58 pm
on 690 the fan
George
March 4th, 2012
12:58 pm
Think 680 will be blocked by MLB.
coastalbrave
March 4th, 2012
12:59 pm
No, I am listening to it
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
12:59 pm
Why would the Nationals be scouting Bourn?
Hugo Z Hackenbush
March 4th, 2012
1:01 pm
Why wouldn’t they?
George
March 4th, 2012
1:01 pm
Great ty costal.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
1:02 pm
looks like the fan is working today
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
1:03 pm
Hugo Z Hackenbush -
Nice tune. Oh the memories.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
1:03 pm
well it was
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
1:04 pm
680 The Fan has hoops on.
coastalbrave
March 4th, 2012
1:04 pm
680 is working today
coastalbrave
March 4th, 2012
1:05 pm
well, it was before they started football
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:05 pm
Go Braves!
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
1:06 pm
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
12:59 pm
Why would the Nationals be scouting Bourn?
So they can sign him after the season???
George
March 4th, 2012
1:06 pm
680 is on air and online.
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
1:09 pm
Marteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!!!!!!!
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:09 pm
Marteeeeeeeeeeeeen!
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
1:09 pm
Pastornicky flies to right…
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
1:09 pm
Prado lines a one-out single up the middle in 1st inning
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
1:09 pm
First regular with a base hit!
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
1:09 pm
680 is on air and online.
Yeah, it’s great for Knicks/Celts fans.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
1:09 pm
Prado singles…
George
March 4th, 2012
1:10 pm
MLB stikes again 680 no longer has game streaming
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
1:10 pm
I get blocked and rerouted to celtics game Linsanity oh to be in GA
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
1:10 pm
Yeah, but why scout someone in Spring Training who will not be traded anytime soon. This is about the CF void. There scouting others who could possibly be had threw trade.
Rick
March 4th, 2012
1:11 pm
680 came back from a commercial, and it sounded like they were broadcasting from the game. Then it cut right in the middle of it to this basketball crap.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
1:11 pm
Diaz flies to right…
Runnin
March 4th, 2012
1:11 pm
basketball
Hugo Z Hackenbush
March 4th, 2012
1:12 pm
If the Braves are in the toilet in June(perish the thought) Bourn would be a trade target.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
1:13 pm
Game is streaming on radio @93.7 for the people who are around The “A”
George
March 4th, 2012
1:13 pm
So I will turn on TV and watch KNICKS LIN. Bye y’all
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
1:14 pm
Gartrell walks…
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:14 pm
Yeah, T, that’s what I’m listening to.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
1:15 pm
Going to store, back later.
George
March 4th, 2012
1:15 pm
I am to far away from the big A.
Blog Monitor
March 4th, 2012
1:16 pm
George, are you going to let us know all of your posts on the Reds blog?
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
1:16 pm
Things are looking up! That was the biggest rally we’ve had all year.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:16 pm
Who’s pitching first today? Delgado?
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:17 pm
It was a better start than yesterday for sure, Tom.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
1:17 pm
Mejia grounds into force play at second to end inning…
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
1:18 pm
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Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:18 pm
Yep, just put up gameday and answered my own question.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 4th, 2012
1:18 pm
Prado lines a one-out single up the middle in 1st inning
World Series here we cooooommmmme!!!…
Spazz
March 4th, 2012
1:18 pm
Delgado today, yes.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:19 pm
That’s right, McFann. We’re a shoo-in.
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
1:20 pm
Wow…Hunter Pence two homer in two day…I guess he’s ready
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:21 pm
Pence is a very good player.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
1:22 pm
if mlb had any sense they wouldn’t try and nickle and dime a depression area country to the death of its sport
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
1:22 pm
Delgado walks lead off batter…
Spazz
March 4th, 2012
1:22 pm
Leadoff walk – not good.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
1:24 pm
RBI double…
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
1:24 pm
Boesch RBI double to left-center puts Tigers up 1-0 with none out (walk and a double off Delgado to start)
Spazz
March 4th, 2012
1:24 pm
RBI double – even worse.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
1:25 pm
lol@ the Tigers already owning.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:25 pm
I agree, ncgary. Couldn’t believe the prices when single tickets went on sale. Seats I paid $28 for last season by buying a 5 game pack are $64 if you buy a single game. That’s just nuts.
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
1:26 pm
No radio from any radio station. If you want to listen to radio play by play go to MLB.com and buy MLB.TV. You will need At Bat 2012
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
1:28 pm
Ground out, runner to 3rd…
Prince walks…
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
1:29 pm
Delmon Young sac fly puts Tigers up 2-0 in 1st with two out. Two walks, a double and sac fly off Delgado so far.
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
1:31 pm
DOB..Delmon Or Matt Young?
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:31 pm
You know, I hate to be critical this early in the season, but I have to question why Fredi would not have Heyward playing in this game after his struggles last season. I mean, shouldn’t he be using every opportunity to have Heyward face live pitching in a game situation? Thoughts?
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
1:33 pm
Avila two-run homer to CF on 3-2 pitch off Delgado with 2 out, puts Tigers up 4-0 in 1st inning
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:33 pm
Um.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
1:33 pm
Tigers are clowning!
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:34 pm
Yep, Mixxo, it would seem young Delgado is not having a good outing.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
1:35 pm
These Braves are a joke.
Thin starting pitching, no offense, questionable D……….
Great pen though.
LOL
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
1:36 pm
Delgado to wild of the Plate….or the Ump doesn’t help him…
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
1:37 pm
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
1:26 pm
No radio from any radio station. If you want to listen to radio play by play go to MLB.com and buy MLB.TV. You will need At Bat 2012
You get Gameday audio free with MLB.TV
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:38 pm
Guess I’m the only one who thinks Heyward should be playing. Oh well.
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
1:39 pm
Mixxo missed the memo that the Braves are at practice today. Mixxo get a grip on what is happening. This is not a real game. The teams are practicing against each other. Son, find a brain cell store, go shopping for brain cells and make your purchases count.
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
1:39 pm
Looks like Delgado is opening the door for Minor and Teheran to pick up the two open starting spots. Plenty of time to change people’s minds, but that was a stinker of an outing to start ST.
I doubt that Delgado pitches the second (pitch count).
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:40 pm
Delgado showed his mettle last season. Not worried about his first ST outing.
Ray
March 4th, 2012
1:40 pm
Mixxo,, who are you a fan of? Curious to know who is the team you pull for?
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
1:40 pm
Gameday on MLB is freez….do play by play
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
1:41 pm
Prado got the first hit for a regular out of the way. Let’s get a run (although it’s going to be a while til the regulars come back up).
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
1:41 pm
Ross Ks, Hicks hit by pitch…
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
1:42 pm
i think id had heyward in the lineup too brava
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
1:42 pm
Ross strikes out.
Hicks HBP.
Sutton at the plate.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:43 pm
Me, too, ncgary. He needs the prractice.
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
1:44 pm
3-2 pitch to Sutton
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
1:44 pm
Blog Meltdown might occur around 3 pm…
Its only 2 games y’all…
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
1:45 pm
Foul tip with the runner going
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
1:45 pm
Hicks hit by batted ball for the out.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
1:46 pm
Honestly I Hate those 5-10-12-20 game ticket plans…I just choose to get to the park 3 hours early top buy the dollar seats and then hang at the ChopHouse…
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
1:46 pm
The players that stay behind on these travel dates are still practicing at home stadium
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
1:47 pm
Braves 2nd inning: Hicks HBP, then he’s out when running to 2nd on Sutton grounder and ball hits Hicks’ foot. Sutton credited with single…. Durango beats out an infield hit to put runners at 1st and 2nd
Delgado 1st inning: gave up 4 runs, 2 hits (HR, double) and 2 walks
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
1:47 pm
Delgado is punching his ticket back to AAA to start the year.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
1:47 pm
Brava -
Yeah, I think he should be playing too………somewhere else.
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
1:48 pm
Durango beats out an infield single. The Rev to the plate.
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
1:48 pm
Brava
You bring up an interesting question about whether or not Heyward should be starting.
There are two reasons I can’t agree or disagree. One is because I don’t know why Fredi made that decision. Maybe Heyward is facing some live pitching in Orlando. Maybe he’ll have more AB’s then he would by taking the trip to Lakeland. I don’t know…
Oh, and the other reason is because I don’t feel like sitting in front of the computer.
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
1:51 pm
Mixxo Heyward is playing somewhere else today. He is playing at Champion Stadium in Lake Buena Vista. Understanding Spring Training is a good thing.
Pete*
March 4th, 2012
1:51 pm
What a neat way to get a hit…….ball hits runner; line drive in box score later lol
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
1:51 pm
J hey prob workin with hiiting coaches on yesterdays :live :results getting his hacks in they try not to make everyone travel to much in st
Runnin
March 4th, 2012
1:52 pm
Hicks hit twice in one inning.
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
1:52 pm
The Rev battling on a 3-2 count.
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
1:53 pm
Enter your comments hereStrike out ends the inning.
Ray
March 4th, 2012
1:53 pm
Tomo,, you are exactly right. We don’t know what was the decision. You brought up all valid points.
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
1:54 pm
Julio Teheran replaces Delgado to start Tigers second inning. Delgado was to go 2 innings, but too many pitches in 1st
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
1:54 pm
DOB..Delmon Or Matt Young?
Delmon Young, as I said. Matt Young hitting 5th for these Tigers would be funny.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
1:55 pm
True, Tom, but facing pitchers he’s familiar with, rather than whoever the Tigers throw out there with the added bonus of the competitive atmosphere, seems to be shortchanging him to me. Just my humble opinion.
Ray
March 4th, 2012
1:56 pm
BF,,, how dare you put logic out there for the challenged. That is just unfair.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
1:58 pm
Teheran Ks first batter…
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:01 pm
5-0 Tigs
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:01 pm
Ray, just because someone disagrees with you, does not mean they are challenged. I’ve never coached baseball, but I’ve damn sure coached a LOT of competitions. If I were the manager, Heyward would be playing in most of the ST games because he needs the practice more than any of the players on that team short of Pastornicky.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
2:02 pm
David O’Brien @ajcbraves
Raburn opposite-field HR off Teheran with one out in 2nd on 3-2 pitch. Towering shot to RF, #Braves trail 5-0. No. 9 hitter hit that.
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:03 pm
Boesch just hit a long homer to RF off Teheran on 0-1 pitch with two out, 2nd homer of inning. No. 9 hitter Ryan Raburn hit opposite-field HR with one out.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:03 pm
Almost 6-0.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:03 pm
Almost 6-0. They’re teeing off.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
2:03 pm
David O’Brien @ajcbraves
Boesch just hit a long homer to RF off #Braves Teheran on 0-1 pitch, 2nd homer of inning
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:04 pm
6-0 now! More long ball.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:04 pm
Ray is a very angry and deluded blogger who doesn’t like beer or little debbies, unlike most of our regulars…
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
2:04 pm
The good news:
Sat-radio lost the Tigers’ broadcast and had to go to the Braves’ broadcast.
The bad news:
Sat-radio didn’t lose both of them. 6-0 Tigers.
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
2:05 pm
Young pitchers are getting smashed. Thought pitchers were suppost to have the edge in ST.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:05 pm
Tigers love our pitching.
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
2:05 pm
DOB: Reason i ask about Matt or Delmon was Gameday have Matt Young Pic when he bat…i guess is ST also for those guys in MLB dealing with gameday.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
2:05 pm
I guess we have a close battle for the 5th starting spot…
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
2:05 pm
I don’t think he was talkin about you Brava honestly you’re question is valid no one knows the answer but Fredi and J Hey and maybe LW
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:05 pm
It’s early. No worries. Lol
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
2:06 pm
At some point you have to trust the Braves Coaching staff and the reasons they schedule what is best for the team and individual players. I will certainly go with their decisions over my bartenders, lawn guy and my accountants feelings
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
2:07 pm
Maybe J Hey had to much beer and little Debbies and thought he might get car sick
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
2:08 pm
2 for 2 for Marteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen…..
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:08 pm
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
2:05 pm
Young pitchers are getting smashed. Thought pitchers were suppost to have the edge in ST.
*******
nah. With us, the edge is always to what phase of the game is outplaying us. The pitching had the edge yesterday but for the apologists, today it will be the bats.
I know. Game 2 of ST. But i’m not liking what i’m reading about.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:09 pm
A bar tender, accountant and lawn guy couls achieve these exact same results, i promise you. I’m including the epic collapse last yr too.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:10 pm
And please excuse my epic typos….
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:10 pm
LOL, B-F_52
Hey, I was just making an observation. I didn’t like the way Heyward was handled last season, and I’m not liking what I’m seeing now, but we’re only two days into ST games, so I’ll just shut up now.
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
2:10 pm
Marteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!!!
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:12 pm
At least our Marteeeeeeeeeen is showing up.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:12 pm
Wayward is probably hung over today after some clubbin with the boys last nite….queasy tum tum….
ST games don’t matter to hall of famers.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:13 pm
LOL, phil!
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:13 pm
We can now safely assume that Prado is all the way back….
I don’t like to over react to this stuff.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:14 pm
Is it 8-0 yet?
Where’s Linebrink?
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
2:15 pm
Even tho its only spring training and these games don’t count, it’s still pretty pathetic watching this. Not a good way to start it out. Give the fans something to be excited about…
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
2:16 pm
Phillies bootin it up against yanks hope that continues
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:17 pm
I love Prado as a player. So damn glad he wasn’t traded. I honestly believe he will prove that old axiom that the best trade made was the one that wasn’ t, or however that goes. I’m drinking wine again. Can’t keep it together as much as when I drink beer. LOL!
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:18 pm
Fielder LINE-DRIVE HR to right field to start 3rd off Teheran, and Young follows with a HR to RF on next pitch
After Prado leadoff single in Braves 2nd, Diaz F9, Gartrell K, Mejia F8
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
2:18 pm
damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:18 pm
Fielder!!!!!!!!
7-0 !!
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:19 pm
It is, in fact, pathetic.
It’s making my normally positive attitude go sour…
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
2:19 pm
March 4th, 2012
2:14 pm
Is it 8-0 yet?
Where’s Linebrink?
brink of someone else’e disaster thank the lord
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
2:19 pm
HOME RUN DERBY…..
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:20 pm
I hope Frank Wren realizes that his inaction over the past off-season will lead to droves of fans leaving this team if they can’t perform. Just sayin’.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:20 pm
8-0 another ding dong !
This is laughable.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:20 pm
A meaningless homer…
Mike
March 4th, 2012
2:20 pm
Im as big a braves fans as the next guy but DOB Must be crazy about Molina Defense not enought to offset McCanns offense. Molina was one of the driving forces for the Cardinals most recent 2 titles. His defense wont them at least 2 games. In the WS 2 games defense and 2 games dominant pitching = Championship. Sure the Braves need offense BUT, you cant invest much more than what Molina’s contract presents. The potential negatives outweigh the positives if you a bit higher. Sorry B-Mac, but Ill be watching you in Boston or NY after 2013(or before when you’re traded). The Braves have almost ALWAYS gone the younger replacement route.
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
2:20 pm
So many here take great delight in the Braves losing and cheer on the opposing team
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
2:21 pm
You know it’s a bad start for your Sunday afternoon when the most fun you’ve had is to read the past week’s obituaries.
Disco Stew
March 4th, 2012
2:22 pm
Prado is hitting which is great. Hitting like a 2B though not a LF.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:22 pm
I’ll still watch….
But until FG is canned, no more trips to games.
Looking forward to saving the money this yr.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:23 pm
10-0 ANOTHER HR!
yay
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:23 pm
Peralta HR after Avila walk put Tigers up 10-0 and made it 5 HRs off Teheran before he recorded his fourth out.
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
2:23 pm
Is there a Mercy rule in ST????
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
2:23 pm
phil
Another meaningless homer…
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:23 pm
Not saying I’m one of them, I will stick to my Bravos through thick and thin, but his lack of moves after a collapse of historical proportions will be ridiculed by the media unmercifully if this team doesn’t have the wherewithal to get past what happened. I’m not seeing it yet.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:24 pm
Amen, TOH….
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
2:25 pm
Phil you just made 1 million people happy by keeping your lousy sour personality away from Turner Field.
ncbravesfan90
March 4th, 2012
2:25 pm
Roy Oswalt is still available on the free agent market……….
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:25 pm
They let the hall of famer Teheran give up 5 homers only because the pitchers are ahead of the hitters….
Who is managing this bunch? Why am I asking?
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:26 pm
Austin Jackson just homered to left field (into wind) on 3-2 pitch off Teheran, sixth HR that Teheran has allowed in 5 outs.
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
2:26 pm
I think Fredi should put some ground ball pitchers in.
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:26 pm
Teheran has given up more homers (6) in five outs than Braves have hits (5) in two days
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
2:26 pm
At this rate the Tigers may surpass the single season homer record today.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:26 pm
Guillermo – waste your unemployment check on FG…..not me.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
2:27 pm
well they have to score 15 more before they beat boston runs yesterday
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:27 pm
HaHa 11-0
Another HR!
lovely!
Disco Stew
March 4th, 2012
2:27 pm
They do Guillermo b/c they hope it sends a message to mgt that this team needs investment and balance.
Liberty will be happy to collect your money and field a ?mark-laden team YoY. Complain and or stay away from games in bunches is the only way fans can make an impression on detached corporate ownership.
You have to hit them in the profit margin and shout from the roof tops why you are staying away.
That said its game two of ST so we need to step back. Jogging for 10 days and shaggy flies does not mean a player is ready. Nor is it surprising to see rookies battling for a 5th SP spot get all buzzed up and perform poorly.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:27 pm
Phil has done nothing wrong, Guillermo. I’m sorry, but this team isn’t showing any of us anything. It could be a coaching problem, or it could be the ghost of last season hanging over them. We don’t know yet. What we know is that our players are not performing.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:28 pm
6 hrs? Good grief. Hello?
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
2:28 pm
I guess the Kid is working in his Fast Ball
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
2:29 pm
I am back everyone.
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
2:29 pm
Hmmm… what happened to VJ with the play-by-play?
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
2:29 pm
Brava Phil is a dick
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:30 pm
Can you pitch?
Teheran can’t.
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:30 pm
Teheran gave up more homers (6) in 6 outs today than he allowed in 144-2/3 innings in Triple-A last season (5).
tony austin
March 4th, 2012
2:31 pm
I see the Braves bats are alive as always. I know this is only the 2nd game of spring training, but this movie is starting the same way it ended last year.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:31 pm
Guillermo has an issue. Seek professional help and take it easy with the harsh misnomers, champ.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
2:32 pm
Things to do here…had to take “a long, hot shower”, now to the store, then an hour of Geometry…
More interested in watching the other Tiger in Florida – making what is a nice (but probably too late) charge up the leaderboard…
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:32 pm
No, Guillermo, phil is a realist. There have been a lot of times when I don’t agree with him, but this isn’t one of them.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:32 pm
lol@ all my hataz conspicuously quiet.
Told ya so.
Deal with it.
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
2:32 pm
Nobody likes a crybaby or a whiny Biatch Phil and you are both
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
2:32 pm
Guillermo
“Brava Phil is a dick”
Ouch!
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 4th, 2012
2:33 pm
This is what happens when you take away BMac…
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:33 pm
Something is not right with the Brave’s offense. Hopefully the coaches will figure that out in the next few days.
Rick
March 4th, 2012
2:34 pm
“I’m sorry, but this team isn’t showing any of us anything. It could be a coaching problem, or it could be the ghost of last season hanging over them. We don’t know yet. What we know is that our players are not performing.”
They haven’t even played two full games yet dude. Relax.
“I see the Braves bats are alive as always. I know this is only the 2nd game of spring training, but this movie is starting the same way it ended last year.”
Most of the regular lineup aren’t even playing today.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:34 pm
That’s right, McFann.
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
2:34 pm
“a long, hot shower”
It doesn’t sound as sexy when you say it, Jim.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
2:34 pm
Its The Second game people…Be Cool, No need to hit the panic button until the last week of S. Training…
That will be the time to be concerned
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
2:35 pm
I am going to start taking away some MAN CARDS here. Some of you need to man up and quit acting like your wives and girlfriends, if you even have them. Actinglime little whiny girls is an embarrassment to men
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
2:35 pm
What worries me is even with an obvious jet stream out to RF,The Braves have hit a few to RF that were pop outs while everything the Tigers hit that direction lands in the parking lot.
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:35 pm
lol@ “…in the next few days.”
They had all off-season to deal with it.
….and chose not to.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:36 pm
Guillermo – try to come up with something a bit less offensive than the b word. You can maybe do better. Then again, you’re fine with the team getting whacked daily.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
2:36 pm
I saw your comments from lastnite VJ also saw thisne. IF you have a problem with me. Talk to me.
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
2:36 pm
Pathetic showing.
Blog Monitor
March 4th, 2012
2:37 pm
I think it’s a good thing these games aren’t being televised.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:38 pm
Rick, I’m not a dude, but I am a bit concerned that our team has not managed to put up one run in two games. Not crazy concerned, but starting to question what is going on. I love the Braves. My criticism is all constructive, in my mind at least.
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
2:38 pm
Not a good start for our 2 prized young arms, Teheran came out throwing batting practice today.
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:38 pm
Asencio to pitch the 4th for Braves
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
2:38 pm
I am more concerned with homeless nuthatches than whether JT can return to form(hes just a kid)
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:38 pm
This Guillermo cat has some real control and women issues….
It’s not the 1920s anymore, doof.
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
2:40 pm
Phil= waaaaaaaahhhhh mommy waaaaaaaaahhh my team makes me cry waaaaaaaahh the team is not plating well waaaahhh boo hoo boo hoo I’m not happy boo hoo waaaaaaaah
I’m going to throw a tantrum and tell any adult how miserable and unhappy I am about a game. Waaaaaaaaaaaahh
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:41 pm
Guillermo, you’ve lost me with your sexist attacks. I’m a woman. Yes, we too are baseball fans (gasp). But just keep taking away those “man” cards.
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
2:41 pm
After September’s struggles, Spring Training isn’t off to a great start.
njbraves
March 4th, 2012
2:41 pm
This team looks ready to go. Wow.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 4th, 2012
2:42 pm
This has to put Teheran’s confidence through the roof.
Not very impressive for one of the top pitching prospects in baseball. Why in the hell was he left in to give up 6 homers anyway? It’s not like he’s a seasoned vet with confidence out there.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:42 pm
Guillermo – happy as a lark, my amigo….
As for your poor boyfriend, hope he goes to a shelter, and that soon, before you snap completely.
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
2:42 pm
BRAVA didn’t know your name was phil
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
2:42 pm
Brava didn’t bravos light it up in st last year at the plate?new year all that matters is are they ready when games count be patientgive Lwalker et al a chance Fredi deserves a chance too our roster is better less buttheads and washed up arms
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 4th, 2012
2:42 pm
Brava That’s right, McFann
Dang straight.
I Gave Her Undertaker eyes
March 4th, 2012
2:43 pm
who said the braves are the best team in georgia?
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:44 pm
Serious post.
Why was JT left in to give up 6 homers? Does the manager have a pulse? A functioning mind?
Sigh…
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:44 pm
Entering 4th inning, Tigers had a home run from every spot in batting order except 3rd (Cabrera) and 8th (Dirks)
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
2:44 pm
Well, on a more positive note; Teheran’s ERA was an improvement of 4.50 over Delgado’s. (That wasn’t easy to find a positive – give me some props, please.)
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
2:45 pm
Brava obviously comments were directed towards the two whiny males that have been whining like little kids
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:45 pm
Cabrera probably hit the tequilla last night and Dirks is a singles hitter name…
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:46 pm
After Delgado and Teheran get blown up in first three innings, Asencio pitches a perfect 4th vs. heart of Tigers order
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:46 pm
Oh, Guillermo, you have lost this discussion. Move on, please, your credibility had evaporated.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
2:47 pm
2nd Game of the season and the Blog is already off the Chain, lol
I’m not worried…The Braves have a Cake Schedule in April…I will only be concerned if we get Clowned in The Rotten Apple Opening day weekend….
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:47 pm
Well done, TOH!
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:48 pm
DOB is a hater for saying our pitchers were blown up….
Meanie.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:48 pm
B-F_52 , yes, of course, we should all be patient.
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
2:48 pm
Many thanks, phil.
Guillermo
March 4th, 2012
2:49 pm
Moved on to real people.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
2:49 pm
I do not know what I have done. I thought you guys were my friends. Here you are making fun of me now, If you want me off the site just say so and I will be gone for. I can take no more.
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
2:50 pm
Pastor icky and Prado are the only starters in the line up today. Prado is 2-3 and the Rev is a rook. Diaz and Ross are bench players, and their start is discouraging.
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
2:52 pm
7th inning game today?
Mixxo
March 4th, 2012
2:52 pm
Samantha -
Relax Hon, don’t get all emo…….that’s my job.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:52 pm
After a full yr on these blogs, at least Braves fans are passionate!
Plenty of us have little constructive to say, like Guillermo, but we do care for sure.
Dawg fans are a close second, then the foulcons, then the hawks.
I want to win. Playing well doesn’t cut it for me. This isn’t little league.
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
2:53 pm
WoooooooooooooooooooooooHooooooooooooooooo….They scored!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:53 pm
Mejia with two-out RBI triple in the Braves 5th for their first run in 2 games.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
2:54 pm
this blog is like an episode of the outer limits today
way out there
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
2:54 pm
Yay, Braves score a run on a misplay in CF.
Wow
March 4th, 2012
2:54 pm
You would think with has much junk the Braves talked about how “motivated” they were and how someone was going to pay, they would’ve started off on fire, but as usual, this team is all talk.
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:55 pm
Samantha – you need a thick skin here. Remember, it’s anonymous. As a female, you will be hounded just for that. Not by most but by some.
Don’t let it get to you. Glad to have you here but please be accepting of some negativity…
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
2:56 pm
From Jayson Stark (seated next to me) on Twitter: That’s it for Teheran. If this had been a real game, would have been the first 6-out, 6-HR line in history. Luckily, it’s March in Lakeland.
And another from Jayson: More on Teheran, from @ESPNStatsInfo’s Doug Kern: No pitcher has ever given up 6 hits – all HR – in a real game. But it’s March in Lakeland.
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
2:56 pm
Brava
March 4th, 2012
2:48 pm
B-F_52 , yes, of course, we should all be patient.
and some should be patients lol
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:56 pm
Lately, ALL of our teams in this state have been all talk.
One choke after another!
phil
March 4th, 2012
2:59 pm
Which is why i don’t understand leaving the poor guy out there….
Of course it’s a record for pitching futility! ST or not.
Our leadership is awful….JT has to be humiliated.
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
2:59 pm
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
2:49 pm
I do not know what I have done. I thought you guys were my friends. Here you are making fun of me now, If you want me off the site just say so and I will be gone for. I can take no more.
Hey Samantha,In game blogging is not for the faint of heart.I did not see any negative comments directed at you…..If these folks wanted to chase you away,you would know it .(I have seen this.)
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:00 pm
We can’t read too much into scoring a run….
It’s only ST.
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:02 pm
Meanwhile out in Phoenix….
A horrible rendition of the national anthem…
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
3:03 pm
JT will be OK…Only a cause for concern if he gets Slapped in every S. Training outing…
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
3:03 pm
Regardless of who playing and such, it’s hard to be optimistic after what we’ve seen so far. Good thing its only spring training.
ray k
March 4th, 2012
3:04 pm
Teheran gave up 6 HR before the 6th out? Delgado shelled, too? Big Red better make sure the air in his tires is at optimal level for the remainder of the year.
Tomahawkin (Mr Boombastic!)
March 4th, 2012
3:05 pm
Bravefaninok
“If these folks wanted to chase you away,you would know it .(I have seen this.)”
Co-Sign!
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
3:06 pm
Error on the SS although Powell said it looked like the 2B’s fault.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
3:07 pm
Mixxo, I Am getting very frustrated with VJ among others. I am doing the very best I can and everyone makes fun of me. If they have a problem with me then tell me and I will be gone for good. I do not like my job or my hours, but do not have a choice if I want to achieve my goal. A little understanding and friendship would be nice.
ray k
March 4th, 2012
3:07 pm
DOB, is it true Uggla’s arms are even bigger this year? Was that the problem last year? His arms weren’t as big as legs? Was that what rendered him unable to hit that outside pitch? Well, at least he’s in our dugout if there is a brawl.
Mr. Wednesday
March 4th, 2012
3:07 pm
Ugh…I have a lot of Tigers fans who are alternating between making fun of me for staying loyal to the Braves, and trying to decide how many games it will take to win the World Series.
Tim
March 4th, 2012
3:08 pm
Atlanta Braves baseball is back FIRE FREDDI?????
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
3:09 pm
What exactly did that evil VJ say?
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:10 pm
Samantha – seriously, toughen up here. If you show weakness, you will be eaten alive.
ray k
March 4th, 2012
3:11 pm
Anybody see Paranormal Activity 3? I swore they couldn’t scare me again. I dared them to do it. And I still slept with the TV on last night. It’s absurd that someone would handicap themselves with a cumbersome camera while trying to evade ghosts and witches instead of sprinting away like a gazelle, but somehow you still buy into the proceedings and it still freaks you out.
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:11 pm
VJ – something about a hot shower….lol
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
3:11 pm
Ascensio seemed to be throwing strikes and got the side in order.
The rest of the Braves pitching seems to be going to a lot of deep counts.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
3:11 pm
Wow – a wild pitch, and McCann was not catching…
Brava
March 4th, 2012
3:11 pm
15 to 1 Detroit. Why worry?
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
3:11 pm
Sam there are a lot of nut jobs on the blog if you honestly got braves fever from you;re dad enjoy the good parts ignore the goofy parts
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
3:12 pm
All were gonna hear for a while now is how much our pitching prospects got smacked lol
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
3:12 pm
Raburn has his second homer of the game for Tigers, this a grand slam off Braves minor leaguer Jason Rice in 5th for a 15-1 lead
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:12 pm
Yes, Tim.
Fire FG!!
Brava
March 4th, 2012
3:12 pm
Samantha, if you are a real person, you’d better grow some skin if you want to hang around here.
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
3:12 pm
Mercy Rule …..MLB needs A mercy rule not an extra wild card!!!!!!!!!!
I am kidding of course.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
3:13 pm
If you are real, I will apologize profusely…
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
3:13 pm
This is baaaaaaad. 15-1.
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
3:13 pm
MERCY…. PLEASE
Kwajbraves
March 4th, 2012
3:13 pm
9 HRs allowed. Ugly!
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:13 pm
Jason Rice.
Oust him to Gwinnett. Now!
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
3:15 pm
Good time to go to work – later…
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
3:15 pm
The 6 homer to Teheran is Big front page now every where…i’m watching the MLBN game Yankee/Phillis and they talking about it..
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
3:16 pm
well you know i thought our pitchers were making good pitches ,
just couldn’t seem to catch the corners, and then had to come across the plate
and well you tip your hat to the tiger hitters…..;)
Bayou Brave
March 4th, 2012
3:16 pm
I think Minor is still ahead of Teheran and Delgado thus far.
[Understatement of the spring]
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
3:16 pm
Tigers have 15 runs and 9 hits, including no singles. They have eight homers and one double. It’s the 5th inning.
Their No. 9 hitters have three homers in two days vs. Braves.
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
3:16 pm
Really ugly way to come out the gates.
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:17 pm
It should be big news….
It’s only the first time it’s EVER happened! ST or not.
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
3:18 pm
for shure tip your caps boys and girls
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
3:18 pm
well whoever tigers cut we need to pick up
SoWeGa Fanatic
March 4th, 2012
3:18 pm
It’s March in Lakeland, Fla. Braves will make the playoffs. Put the guns down. That is all.
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:20 pm
Playoffs?
Lol
Kwajbraves
March 4th, 2012
3:20 pm
It would take around 16 games for us to score 15 runs.
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:25 pm
9 homers is but 1 per inning.
No worries.
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
3:25 pm
Positive think happen in this Game for ours regulars….Martin 2-3
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
3:26 pm
Braves prospect Hoover just issued a bases-loaded walk in 5th to bring in 6th run of inning, Tigers up 17-1
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
3:27 pm
I have another positive; the Braves aren’t scheduled to play the Tigers this year.
Brava
March 4th, 2012
3:27 pm
That’s right, JerseyGil. Martin seems to be getting it together. That’s a good thing.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
3:28 pm
VJ I guess now you do not think. You can believe that if you want, but if you do then just stay away from your remarks. By the way I do not work tonite. I do not know why you do not like me but I wish you would tell me aqnd maybe there is something I can do to gain your trust. I am real and I am right here if you want to talk.
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:28 pm
Release Hoover…
Bring back rick camp.
Kwajbraves
March 4th, 2012
3:29 pm
Maybe we can have JT to pitch our hitters on intra games to boost our hitters confidence.
SoWeGa Fanatic
March 4th, 2012
3:29 pm
Detroit 1996 Spring – 20 10 .667 Season – 53 109 .327
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:30 pm
Tom, i’m feeling better and better.
nolie
March 4th, 2012
3:30 pm
any suicides that we know of yet???
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
3:30 pm
MLBN announcers talking about Willie Montanez remember him catching pop up behind his back as a brave?
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
3:31 pm
Wow, at this point I bet they score 25 runs on us.
SoWeGa Fanatic
March 4th, 2012
3:31 pm
Atlanta 1997 ST – 10 18 .357 Reg.Season – 101 61 .623
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
3:32 pm
Wonder if were gonna have a Nate McLouth type spring?
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
3:32 pm
I’m here for you, phil.
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
3:33 pm
suicide squeeze’s ?
nolie
March 4th, 2012
3:33 pm
Fish and Rice.Tasty pitching duo
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
3:34 pm
mostly tiger dingers nolie
nolie
March 4th, 2012
3:34 pm
regular whiners killing themselves over today’s game…
TOMY FOURNIER
March 4th, 2012
3:35 pm
ATLANTA….WHAT????
SoWeGa Fanatic
March 4th, 2012
3:36 pm
4 innings left. Stage a comeback, boys!
Kwajbraves
March 4th, 2012
3:36 pm
Atlanta 1997 ST – 10 18 .357 Reg.Season – 101 61 .623
I got the feeling this team is not going to do as well as the 1997 edition.
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:36 pm
I resent that, nolie…
JerseyGil
March 4th, 2012
3:36 pm
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
3:30 pm
MLBN announcers talking about Willie Montanez remember him catching pop up behind his back as a brave?
Yeah…also saw him in Puerto rico…hot dog Montanez///Willy/Guillermo
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
3:37 pm
the incessants are on a roll yes
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
3:38 pm
SS Andrelton Simmons and 3B Joe Terdoslavich are now manning left side of Braves infield.
nolie
March 4th, 2012
3:39 pm
resent what?Fish and Rice?
Dumbfounded again ?
March 4th, 2012
3:41 pm
*See my name
nolie
March 4th, 2012
3:41 pm
Montanez was a hot dog alright
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
3:49 pm
alright come back time
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
3:49 pm
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:50 pm
Yes. Lol
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:51 pm
Terdoslavich? Oh boy.
mpimentel
March 4th, 2012
3:52 pm
teheran needs another potitions to work on…maybe cf.
B-F_52
March 4th, 2012
3:53 pm
lets call him o”slavich not terdo ok
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:56 pm
Let’s just send him on his way and call him gone instead.
phil
March 4th, 2012
3:59 pm
Was Teheran out all night with the regulars?
Sure pitched like it, in record-setting fashion!!
interested bystanderss
March 4th, 2012
4:01 pm
You need to sthu with all that petty mess. Our braves getting beat. No one gives any about your sad sad sack bowl. Ask cab what you need to do for VJ
Jimmy
March 4th, 2012
4:01 pm
Just dropped in to see what was happening.
Wow. At least evil VJ is gone to work.
Going to watch the Nats on MLB now.
Bayou Brave
March 4th, 2012
4:01 pm
Our defense has been great so far this spring.
[glass half full]
Blog Monitor
March 4th, 2012
4:04 pm
el tigre on the prowl…
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
March 4th, 2012
4:04 pm
It’s spring training……box scores are meaningless.
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
4:05 pm
What does someone want to do with VJ??? Should I be concerned?
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
4:06 pm
Tigers have nine homers. They have at least 1 HR from every slot in order except the 8-hole
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
4:08 pm
Hi, LAdy!
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
4:10 pm
Hi Tom.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
4:12 pm
here we go
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 4th, 2012
4:12 pm
V. Jim Wow – a wild pitch, and McCann was not catching…
Whaaaat…?
Gee…looks like the game didn’t go very well, huh? Haha! Being that it’s only ST, it’s almost kind of…oh, never mind…
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
4:13 pm
All the tigers in Florida playing well today. Vintage Sunday Tiger at the Honda
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
4:14 pm
Marteeeen had a good (2-3, good catch)
Diaz made contact.
The Rev made some plays and had what should have been scored a double
Braves scored their first run.
Durango had two hits and made some plays
Sutton made some plays and booted a ball.
Teheran and Delgado were awful
The rest of the game is being played by guys who won’t be considered for the big club.
Not an awesome start to ST but some positives.
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
4:16 pm
Braves inching closer. DP plates their second run.
David O'Brien
March 4th, 2012
4:18 pm
#Braves 8th Terdo leadoff single, two walks and a Simmons GIDP brings in 1 run, then Parraz RBI single drives in another
Bayou Brave
March 4th, 2012
4:20 pm
Epic comeback?
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
4:20 pm
dang we only need 15 more now
abeeewright
March 4th, 2012
4:22 pm
It’s polished college lefty time.
Kwajbraves
March 4th, 2012
4:24 pm
Who wil hit our first HR on ST? My vote is Mejia.
TennBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
4:25 pm
I know its the 2nd game of Spring Training, but giving up 8 homers from guys you may have to count on is a little bit concerning.
Kwajbraves
March 4th, 2012
4:27 pm
Our defense has been great so far this spring.
Kind of easy to defend when the balls are going over the fence.
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
4:28 pm
Durango had a good day helping his chances.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
4:30 pm
Hi Cab How are you?
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
4:37 pm
Hi Samantha
I’m doing ok. You?
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
4:37 pm
It’s way too warm for my liking…
Jeff R
March 4th, 2012
4:39 pm
Phew! Braves aren’t scoring much today, but good to see the pitchers are holding the Tigers… Er, check that.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
4:42 pm
I am fine, A little rough nite at work. It was Saturday nite. Been cleaning apt. today so a little tired. No work tonite so I will be fine.
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
4:50 pm
Samantha-
What do you do? Working on Saturday night can’t be fun…
MFin04
March 4th, 2012
4:51 pm
Well I guess there is always 2013? I’m sure glad we didn’t trade those prospects to get an impact bat. That 30.00+ ERA and 7 Homers given up sure is looking really nice right now!
Zing
March 4th, 2012
4:53 pm
Guess neither of our hotshot SP prospects was foolin’ ‘em this afternoon, huh? Wow.
Ward
March 4th, 2012
4:53 pm
Hello every one! Tough game,but I bet Minor will get the last spot.The what’s his name pitched today, more like ended all that talk.Still early ,and it’s Spring Training. I predict the Braves to finish some where in the middle of the pack in the standings this Spring.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
4:54 pm
Professional Wrestler Sues Opponent After Losing Testicle From Match
http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2012/02/29/professional-wrestler-sues-opponent-after-losing-testicle-from-match/
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
4:54 pm
Forget the brick wall. I’m going to start a business that will rent Get A Grip Friends to certain bloggers…
Ward
March 4th, 2012
4:55 pm
Tigers look good,but the ball carries really well during the Spring,and it usually takes some players 30 at bats to get going in the Spring,so we will see how the Braves do tomorrow?
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
4:56 pm
Cab, Lets just say I work in a nite club, but do not handle alcohol. I will let you put the rest according to your imagination.
What The....?
March 4th, 2012
4:57 pm
“Forget the brick wall. I’m going to start a business that will rent Get A Grip Friends to certain bloggers…”
My get a grip friends are many baseball pundits from across the country. They say the Braves are ok, but they aren’t expecting much out of them. Have to say I agree,
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
4:57 pm
Dancer?
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
5:00 pm
The money is good.
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
5:00 pm
That it is
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
5:00 pm
Bouncer?
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
5:04 pm
Sometimes, a girl has to do what she does not want to do to achieve her goal. Do you condemn for that?
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:04 pm
Let down today,but I’m holding my head up,and keep rooting for my Braves.The Nats game is on,and they are beating Astros 4-1. Mark DeRosa is having a good day at the plate.
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
5:05 pm
Not that I would actually know…
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
5:05 pm
Toddler Found Alone In Field 10 Miles From Family’s Home After Tornado
http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2012/03/03/baby-girl-found-alone-in-field-10-miles-from-familys-home-after-tornado/
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
5:05 pm
Is that directed at me?
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
5:07 pm
all right i will bite
call girl
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:08 pm
My correction Asros are beating the Nats. other way around.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
5:09 pm
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:09 pm
Biggest news is Braves prospect gets shelled. I’m trying to close my eyes at the score.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
5:09 pm
Sorry Cab Meant to say do you condemn Me for it?
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:10 pm
ncgary- Whats your take on the last two Braves games?
DaintyBraveGal
March 4th, 2012
5:10 pm
It is comforting to see other girls here
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
5:11 pm
Samantha-
Course not. Why would I? It’s a job. It pays well. I bet it can be fun and certainly interesting…
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
5:14 pm
Biggest news is Braves prospect gets shelled. I’m trying to close my eyes at the score.
I tried that, Ward. Didn’t help – the game was on the radio.
Sissy
March 4th, 2012
5:14 pm
Samantha,there are two of us who are dancers.
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
5:14 pm
Thank you for understanding
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:15 pm
Just hope the Braves don’t finish dead last other wise we could see a riot break out,and it’s only Spring Training.little humor…..
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
5:16 pm
looxcie
anyone seen this yet
records your life and sends it to your social media site
personally i think all police should have to wear these. imagine how easy court cases
could be handled if the evidence were all recorded and the police were acting by the rules
and for the ones who aren’t, they better change or find a new profession
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
5:16 pm
http://www.looxcie.com/overview?gclid=CNv9tdndza4CFRIzhwod23YVAQ
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:16 pm
What’s this blog coming too? A strip blog?Just don’t tell Murph ladies…….
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
5:17 pm
well 2 games played ward, doesn’t matter whether you lose by 2 to 0 or 25 to 0. a loss is a loss and none of these count
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
5:19 pm
if everyone stays reasonable healthy
i still think the braves win in between 90 and 95 games
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:19 pm
nscgary I agree,but it’s hard to see that score today.
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
5:19 pm
What’s a strip blog?
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:20 pm
yeah whats a strip blog and how do I get 3 of them
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:21 pm
Brewers lose Cory Hart for knee surgery,and is out 3 to 4 weeks.
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
5:21 pm
Hi tiger
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:22 pm
wait not sure I want to see DS1/nolie/lew/BAS/…
easier comment – the ratio of male to female on this blog causes me to have no desire to participate if it becomes a strip blog
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:22 pm
I would rather discuss politics on here than a strip blog with this audience
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:23 pm
hi cab – rough weekend for me I’m exhausted
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:23 pm
BTW the oldest boy just stuck a pyrex dish that has been baking chicken for the last 2 hours in the sink and ran cold water into it
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:24 pm
I’ll bet he doesn’t make that mistake again LOL
VaBravesFan
March 4th, 2012
5:25 pm
haha
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:25 pm
samantha – so is sissy or samantha your stage name? in case some of the local boys go looking for you 2 names is tougher to find
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:25 pm
personally I think you should go with montana sounds much better than whitefish
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
5:26 pm
The ratio of male to females on the blog suddenly makes the whole “strip blog” thing much more interesting…
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:26 pm
and I hope my comments don’t come across as insensitive – you seem to be a bit concerned about how people percieve your profession and it doesn’t bother me a bit
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:27 pm
for you maybe…remember that although there a number younger then VJ there are also quite a few very much older…
SteveInFXBG
March 4th, 2012
5:28 pm
On twitter, JJ Hoover says he felt good, just had adrenaline going strong.
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:28 pm
Who is pitching tomorrow for the Braves?
phil
March 4th, 2012
5:31 pm
Sam – you’re making a living. No one with sense condemns what you’re doing.
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
5:31 pm
Old can be pretty too…
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
5:33 pm
Tiger, I do not use either as my stage name.
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:33 pm
not my bag…
phil
March 4th, 2012
5:36 pm
Hoover is making excuses like his manager does….
Always excuses from this bunch.
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:37 pm
Done Deal now.The two Wild Cards are added,and get ready for the new Play-Off System this year.
cabravesfan
March 4th, 2012
5:37 pm
Hey- I didn’t say I wanted to see old folk strip! Especially nolie!!!
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:38 pm
sam – well work on getting a l8r start to your shift…come sit down by the bullpen and see if some of the bullpen guys will follow you to work. You have to be discreet though there are lots of eyes watching them.
I’m only 1/2 way joking when druw was roaming CF there were 3-4 of dancers that used to do that.
CB
March 4th, 2012
5:39 pm
You never know,cab. You just never know.
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:42 pm
I thought Dallas Cowboys had Dances at their Football Stadiam.Little Humor…
Samantha
March 4th, 2012
5:42 pm
OK tiger This is just for you. Auburn hair, 5,5. introducing Miss Sugar asnd Spice.
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
5:42 pm
<————- has a nice body
Bravefaninok
March 4th, 2012
5:42 pm
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:28 pm
Who is pitching tomorrow for the Braves?
JJJ is ward
phil
March 4th, 2012
5:43 pm
This blog, already lacking in taste and decorum (a good thing), is sinking to new lows in advice giving…
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
5:44 pm
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:44 pm
Astros a killing the Nats 9-1,so we Braves Fans shouldn’t feel too bad today.
Tom O'Hawke
March 4th, 2012
5:45 pm
Some of you guys should be careful about what you find interesting online and unseen.
You may think it’s a fairly new automatic, but, instead, it ends up being an old stick shift. (NTTAWWT)
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
March 4th, 2012
5:45 pm
Teheran worked on his gopher ball today………with great success
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:46 pm
With J.J. we could have a win?There is hope for the first Spring Training win.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
5:47 pm
At one level, Johnson plans strategic changes for the Nats. The little-ball style of ex-manager Jim Riggleman is dead, part of an ancient argument between the Cardinals and Orioles schools of thought on offense.
“With a 2-0, 3-1 count, we’re not going to try to draw a walk and steal second,” says Johnson tartly. “I’d just as soon they hit it off the fence and start out at second base.”
phil
March 4th, 2012
5:48 pm
Now THAT is sound advice, TOH.
But it’s not nearly as interesting as JT’s ERA today…
Ward
March 4th, 2012
5:52 pm
Talk later tonight! All be cool,or should I say be excellent to one another. Peace……..”Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
ncgary
March 4th, 2012
5:52 pm
yeah but false advertising is wrong tom
tiger297
March 4th, 2012
5:52 pm
samantha – just FYI nothing is private on the blog LOL
where has jeffreyD been?
phil
March 4th, 2012
5:54 pm
JJ won’t last 15 pitches tomorrow before suffering a pulled leg hair and taking himself out…
SteveInFXBG
March 4th, 2012
5:55 pm
Things can only get better after this rough start to the spring.
Venice Jim
March 4th, 2012
5:57 pm
My alternate alma mater had a nice start in the CAA semifinals – got off to a 22-0 lead…