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phil
March 12th, 2012
3:54 pm
Fumbling software seems to be double posting.
Could be those solar flares that are responsible for Heyward’s struggles…
Steve
March 12th, 2012
3:55 pm
What’s the record for spring training losses by a team?
abeeewright
March 12th, 2012
3:56 pm
Some guy who you’ve never heard of gets a triple to score another guy you’ve never heard of to tie the game at 4. This against the Card’s actual closer.
The Brown Corner with a chance to put the Braves ahead. But, Cards gun down the runner at the plate.
yoursporthouse.com
March 12th, 2012
3:56 pm
Chipper is stealing money..
phil
March 12th, 2012
3:57 pm
Cards fans will revolt at this news and demand a release….
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
3:59 pm
Every time I come on here it reminds me why I no longer have a brick wall in my office. I’ve bashed my head into it so many times it’s nothing but dust on the floor. Some people just don’t get reality.
Juan Pierre
March 12th, 2012
4:01 pm
Anybody else find phil’s routine boring?
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:01 pm
If Chipper is stealing money then the Braves are stealing talent and not paying properly for it from Kimbrel, Freeman, Venters…….
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:01 pm
Lew, Mercer grad, right?
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:04 pm
Kimbrel, Freeman, Venters, McCann….
Name 4 players we can’t afford to keep in the near future.
No worries keeping Heyward as he’ll only be commanding the league minimum at this rate.
Steve
March 12th, 2012
4:04 pm
Will Gearrin win a job?
Steve
March 12th, 2012
4:05 pm
Any trade rumors?
noleee
March 12th, 2012
4:07 pm
Heyward for Yunel
Juan Pierre
March 12th, 2012
4:08 pm
phil is probably the bald headed guy on the Geico commercial.
Soph
March 12th, 2012
4:10 pm
Ooh, then can we do Yunel for A-Gon again? It would be a blast re-enacting that summer on the blog.
bravesgrl4life
March 12th, 2012
4:10 pm
Well, darn. At least it was an even game for the most part.
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:11 pm
Step 1. Write a sentence, stating a fact or an opinion.
Step 2. Make a Heyward joke or joke about not being good.
Step 3. Repeat obsessively over and over and over again
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:11 pm
Juan – a lot of the stuff here is “boring”. Mine, yours, others too. A lot of it isn’t boring. My dull personality is what it is. sorry.
At the same time, don’t you have anything else to gripe about? A job for which to apply? Something?
BravePack
March 12th, 2012
4:12 pm
Ouch…1-10.
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:13 pm
I’m not joking about Heyward. Tell me what he’s done to inspire your confidence in him?
Juan Pierre
March 12th, 2012
4:13 pm
phil, I could go spend the 55 million I have made. Good idea.
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:14 pm
We’ll have to toss in some money on that Heyward for Yunel trade to even things up…
Just Pateeeee
March 12th, 2012
4:14 pm
Time to get the paperwork on my desk done since this is my only full day in the office. Back later, I hope.
Chipper
March 12th, 2012
4:14 pm
I like them double wide double cheeseburgers with onion rings and french fries washed down with a large chocolate shake. Then I eat me some good old Texas chicken fried steak with barbecued beans finished off with some Mexican style fried ice cream.
That’s what I call some good eating!
Murph
March 12th, 2012
4:15 pm
Step 1. Write a sentence, stating a fact or an opinion.
Step 2. Make a Heyward joke or joke about not being good.
Step 3. Repeat obsessively over and over and over again
People who like pickles on their hamburgers are mentally deficient.
I bet Heyward likes pickles on his hamburgers, because his inability to adjust at the plate makes me think he is mentally deficient.
Heyward likes pickles on his hamburgers, Heyward likes pickles on his hamburgers, Heyward likes pickles on his hamburgers, Heyward likes pickles on his hamburgers, Heyward likes pickles on his hamburgers, Heyward likes pickles on his hamburgers, Heyward likes pickles on his hamburgers, Heyward likes pickles on his hamburgers!!!!!!
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:15 pm
It’s a plan, Juan. Might as well join your brother athletes in incredible waste and squander. Why not.
CB
March 12th, 2012
4:16 pm
Sutton currently batting .417 if we need a hitting SS, not sure about his glove being good enough.
Huh?
March 12th, 2012
4:17 pm
Heyward and Freeman have the same batting average. Both stink.
Bourn, Uggla, Jones = washed up
McCann = looking forward to free agency
Heyward, Freeman, Pastornicky = busts
Prado, Jurrjens = mad about trade rumors
Hudson, Hanson = broken
Beachy, Minor, Teheran, Delgado = should all be in rotation for all of 2012
Bullpen = gassed
Bench = old and unathletic
Final analysis – 2012 record = 73-89, 4th place
MFin04
March 12th, 2012
4:17 pm
Should’ve signed Beltran. He hits.
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:19 pm
I thought I was a little down on the boys….
Good grief, Huh?…
Harsh Marsh
March 12th, 2012
4:20 pm
You forgot:
Manager = hotdog stuffing dipstick.
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:21 pm
Good job Murph.. I mean Phil!!
Felix
March 12th, 2012
4:21 pm
And the great choke still goes on……………
raleighbravefan
March 12th, 2012
4:28 pm
Getting pretty old with the Beltran crap…way overpaid, and hurt all of the time.
David O'Brien
March 12th, 2012
4:28 pm
Brandon Hicks is 1-for-10 with seven strikeouts….
There were 19 walks in this game, 11 issued by Braves pitchers.
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:29 pm
I wasn’t aware that spring training games were weighted so heavily when determining who makes the playoffs in October.
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:30 pm
If only it was me, Crazy…..sorry.
Orange Brave f/k/a Billy Jack's BBQ
March 12th, 2012
4:30 pm
man, I thought commercail real estate was bad, but reading these blog entries makes me feel good about myself.
Nick
March 12th, 2012
4:31 pm
Lets not kid ourselves folks, this team might be the worst in baseball. It will be a dogfight between Astros and Braves to determine who gets that #1 draft pick.
Juan
March 12th, 2012
4:32 pm
No Bueno DOB, 11 walks….wow….
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:32 pm
Add Crazy to the list of those determined to ignore the fire that might just be this team until it’s burned to the ground.
Do you mean in the same way that last year’s good spring foretold our epic collapse that left us at home in October?
raleighbravefan
March 12th, 2012
4:33 pm
Nick – Oh my gawd….all I can say is…..oh my gawd!
Kwajbraves
March 12th, 2012
4:33 pm
We forgot how to win.
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:33 pm
Phil… I know you and Murph are different people… he doesn’t swing and miss when trying to make a joke.
Nick
March 12th, 2012
4:34 pm
2013, the entire coaching staff needs to be replaced.
Harvey's
March 12th, 2012
4:34 pm
Chipper looks FATTTTTTTT
Juan
March 12th, 2012
4:34 pm
Question?….can ever in MLB be a fire a manager in Spring Training?
I don’t say Gonzo has to be fire….but this team look Bad…real bad
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:34 pm
Our pitching – what’s left of it – is superb.
It’s early. We’re good. We’re fine. no worries, Juan.
Hurry along and blow your millions….
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:35 pm
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:33 pm
Phil…I know you and Murph are different people… he doesn’t swing and miss when trying to make a joke.
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I do. What’s your point, other than trying to make yourself feel better, I guess?
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:36 pm
At least Nick is optimistic about our chances vs. Houston in its NL swansong….
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:37 pm
Add Phil to the continuously growing list of Douche nozzles on this blog.
KK
March 12th, 2012
4:37 pm
Maybe one of them can play 3rd base, save $14 Mil
Bat Masterson
March 12th, 2012
4:37 pm
#1 draft pick
Ha, silver-lining
raleighbravefan
March 12th, 2012
4:37 pm
Amazing how many so-called fans here, would RATHER be right about the Braves being as bad as they claim…than for “their” team to actually win. There’s going to be some miserable people around here, if we actually go all the way. Of course, we will never hear from them if that happens. They will crawl away to their hole.
ATLcracker
March 12th, 2012
4:38 pm
I thought there was some discussion last year that if any of the young shortstops passed Pastornicky he would be converted to center field to take over when Borne leaves. Is that still out there?
Tim
March 12th, 2012
4:38 pm
FIRE FREDDI
kenhotlanta
March 12th, 2012
4:40 pm
You know, when Leo was here, we didn’t have all of these walks or injuries….
raleighbravefan
March 12th, 2012
4:40 pm
phil = short for phillies fan.
Harsh Marsh
March 12th, 2012
4:40 pm
If I were gonna be any part of a douche, I reckon I’d be the nozzle.
Disgusted
March 12th, 2012
4:40 pm
Man, Freddie is setting himself up for the expected soph jinkx just like his buddy Jey Hey.
That is two soph jinks in a row now. And forget about Pastorsucky, he will not last 100 MLB AB’s.
This team is setting its self up for classic mid 80’s baseball. Its worse than even I thought it would be.
Can’t hit, can’t pitch, can’t do anything.
ncscoots
March 12th, 2012
4:41 pm
#1 draft pick Ha, silver-lining
Plus, you would have a lot fewer posters here at the forum. And you would be able to skip most of them, to boot.
Be pretty easy to keep up with everything.
Fols
March 12th, 2012
4:41 pm
I almost want to see this continue only cause it’s funny how angry everyone gets on here! I mean do any of you TRULY give a crap about he outcome of these games?
CraZy you missed an important step…….Chipper Fat jokes!
Harsh Marsh
March 12th, 2012
4:42 pm
Raleigh, I hate the team right now. But if they caught fire and proved me wrong, I’d eat my crow and cheer ‘em on. There are just as many homers who jump ship in a losing year as there are cynics who jump ship in a winning year.
panamajack
March 12th, 2012
4:42 pm
I predict Fredi will go with Pastronicky even if Simmons out hits him, we know he will out field him.
raleighbravefan
March 12th, 2012
4:42 pm
Harsh – sounds pretty Freudian to me.
Bat Masterson
March 12th, 2012
4:42 pm
It’s over
Lew
March 12th, 2012
4:42 pm
phil – Mercer undergrad, UGA grad school
LWells2000
March 12th, 2012
4:44 pm
I wonder if we could make it 17 in a row by the week’s end if we try~
Nick
March 12th, 2012
4:44 pm
Most people on this blog are smart Braves fans. We love the Braves but even we recognize a terd when we see a terd. This team, in my opinion, will lose 95-100 games. Frank Wren is somewhat to blame for sticking with virtually the same team that choked last September. Ownership, however, is the main culprit. In this day and age, you can’t run with the big dogs with a $87M payroll.
LWells2000
March 12th, 2012
4:44 pm
I wonder if we could make it 17 in a row by the week’s end if we try~
LWells2000
March 12th, 2012
4:44 pm
I wonder if we could make it 17 in a row by the week’s end if we try~
Disgusted
March 12th, 2012
4:44 pm
“Amazing how many so-called fans here, would RATHER be right about the Braves being as bad as they claim…than for “their” team to actually win. There’s going to be some miserable people around here, if we actually go all the way. Of course, we will never hear from them if that happens. They will crawl away to their hole.”
You know something Raleigh Brave, with the way things happened in September I do really fit into that category. As long as Liberty Media is around and there are apologists for the team I will delight in the rose colored glasses crowd being wrong.
I give them a zero chance of finishing above 4th. Going all the way, that is a laugh, the Braves have zilch going for them.
LWells2000
March 12th, 2012
4:44 pm
I wonder if we could make it 17 in a row by the week’s end if we try~
Bay Area Steve
March 12th, 2012
4:45 pm
“you would be able to skip most of them”
I didn’t at least skim the weekend for the first time ever. Feels liberating…
Venice Jim
March 12th, 2012
4:45 pm
Marlins lose to Red Sox in the 10th – only scored 3 runs in 10 innings – that’s all I need to know how bad they will be this year…
LWells2000
March 12th, 2012
4:45 pm
I wonder if we could make it 17 losses by week’s end if we work hard at it.
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:45 pm
Fols
Nutty people ready to jump off a bridge before we even get half way through ST.
Lew
March 12th, 2012
4:46 pm
No apologists for the head up their ass crowd like Disgusted.
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:46 pm
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:37 pm
Add Phil to the continuously growing list of Douche nozzles on this blog.
*************
Why not add your own pathetic ass to that list as well.
What the heck is wrong with you today? I don’t remember you getting so bent out of shape in the past over this stuff.
It’s a blog, in case you didn’t realize it. We’re not treating ER patients here.
JAFO
March 12th, 2012
4:47 pm
23 LOB. Stunning.
raleighbravefan
March 12th, 2012
4:48 pm
Nick and Disgusted – You may be right…but I don’t think so. Time will tell.
I think the chance of us losing 95-100 games, or finishing no higher than 4th in the division, are both unrealistic. Almost absurd.
KK
March 12th, 2012
4:48 pm
Can’t have too much pitching a couple of big league bats would be nice too.
ncscoots
March 12th, 2012
4:48 pm
BAS, you wild man. Good to see you, brother.
State of the blog, notwithstanding.
Fols
March 12th, 2012
4:48 pm
Funny how it works……last year down the final day, battling for a playoff birth against another team just as desperate as us to get into the post-season. They win the World Series. Our fans peg us as the typical 4th place at best. How quickly we all forgot that it was actually a pretty good year for the Braves. Was the ending pretty epic? Yes. If your still sniffling into that tissue, man you just aren’t mentally fit to follow sports. Wake up Braves fans, new season, there’ll only be one champ. Just hope we’re in a similar position near the end with a chance to get in.
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:48 pm
Lew – Follow the fortunes of the basketball team this year? Had a great run…
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:49 pm
Disgusted
Lots of people hate on Liberty Media, but will you be happy if we get an owner with a face, but lowers the payroll down to the 50 million level??
Hillbilly
March 12th, 2012
4:50 pm
#1 draft pick
Ha, silver-lining
Guaranteed polished college lefty. This is too good to be true.
phil
March 12th, 2012
4:51 pm
raleighbravefan
March 12th, 2012
4:40 pm
phil = short for phillies fan.
*************
You know better than that!
Lew
March 12th, 2012
4:51 pm
phil – I’m not much of a basketball fan, though Mercer was good when I was there – Jack Scott (who went to the Globetrotters) and Billy Smith (who played in Europe) and at UGA – Dominque Wilkins and Vern Fleming – both of whom had pretty good NBA careers..
ncscoots
March 12th, 2012
4:51 pm
Guaranteed polished college lefty. This is too good to be true.
I’m not sure there are any left, LOL.
raleighbravefan
March 12th, 2012
4:52 pm
CraZy – None of the whiners consider that possibility. A lot of owners out there worse than LM.
Lew
March 12th, 2012
4:53 pm
Hillbily – Saw a documentary on VH1 this weekend about the History of Rock – had some great 67-70 Pink Floyd footage and sent a good bit of time about Syd Barret.
Bat Masterson
March 12th, 2012
4:53 pm
Be pretty easy to keep up with everything. _ scoots
That would be handy since I don’t have much time for reading the blog comments lately anyway.
On the other hand a long wining streak and it’ll get quite around here, too.
CrαZy
March 12th, 2012
4:53 pm
Phil what did I say?? You added me to a list so I added you to a list! What you can do it, but I can’t?
I’m not bent out of shape.. I just get annoyed at how pathetic Braves fans have gotten over the past few years. Some teams have loyal fans that complain like we all do myself included, but they at least don’t pull for failure like some here do. I hope your not one of those.
jim
March 12th, 2012
4:53 pm
I wonder how many people on this blog are pulling for Simmons to win the SS job so they can skewer him if he’s in over his head at the plate.
raleighbravefan
March 12th, 2012
4:53 pm
phil – just poking at you.
Fols
March 12th, 2012
4:53 pm
8 made the playoffs…2 missed on the final day…yeah i’d say there was about 20 owners that didn’t do the job that Liberty did just last year.
Hillbilly
March 12th, 2012
4:54 pm
I’m not sure there are any left, LOL.
Well, by God, then we’ll make our move toward the “crafty” pool of talent.
buzzer
March 12th, 2012
4:55 pm
Most of the people on here WANT the Braves to succeed.
The fact is we couldn’t win a game for basically the last month of last season and we still cant as of today. We all know spring traning is exibiton…..but dammit they need show something.
Commenting,ranting, and sarcasm are the new norms in the bolgasphere world.
Those of you that smell roses on this team are truly uneducated. They did not change from last season and we still cant hit.
Of course now,…we can’t pitch either.
4th and 5th place in the NL IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
You pollyannas did notice that the Marlins and the Nats did get better offseason? Did you also notice we can’t hit? This isnt the ’90s. We are 2 decades later. This team is not producing.
Uhh, yeah…..I’m worried.
jim
March 12th, 2012
4:56 pm
This blog loved Chuck James, Jeff Francouer, Yunel Escobar, Jason Heyward, and Chipper Jones until they hated them. (and there’s a few warming up in the bullpen to bash Brian McCann)