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Norcross
March 18th, 2012
8:12 pm
Samantha, it makes studying for Statistics easier and more fun. But it’s Sunday, of course I’m drunk. And high.
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
8:17 pm
I thought everybody on the blog was high and drunk, especially the night shift.
Tomahawkin
March 18th, 2012
8:19 pm
cabravesfan
March 18th, 2012
8:00 pm
Tomahawkin-
If we agreed on everything, you’d find me boring!
You should love my taste in Music…D.O.B. Likes it….
I got him onto old Smooth R. Kelly, Janet Jackson, Mariah, TLC, New Edition, SWV, Sade…etc…
Adnd BTW old R Kelly still goes Hard! His First CD “12 Play” is a Classic!.
Samantha
March 18th, 2012
8:19 pm
LOL Ken. Nice job.
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
8:20 pm
Jay Bilas @JayBilas
Kendall Marshall is said to have suffered a “fractured right wrist” v. Creighton. Marshall is most indispensable player on UNC roster
So goes my bracket – sorry, Soph…
cabravesfan
March 18th, 2012
8:20 pm
Tomahawkin-
I like some of it
I have a very broad taste in music.
Tomahawkin
March 18th, 2012
8:20 pm
@Samantha
Whats Happenin Chief?
cabravesfan
March 18th, 2012
8:21 pm
If I didn’t have to be at the gym at 7:45 tomorrow, I would be drunk tonight…
Trey
March 18th, 2012
8:22 pm
Lol, I like how they said that the DH corrupts the game of baseball on The Simpsons.
Tomahawkin
March 18th, 2012
8:24 pm
@cabravesfan…
Me Too…I love the 80’s/90’s Music…and TV Shows/Movies
Good night…I’m Gonna Watch old New York Undercover on Youtube…
Norcross
March 18th, 2012
8:24 pm
I have to wake up at 7 for GSU. Bourbon and coke in the shower? Indeed. Future of this country is looking good.
Trey
March 18th, 2012
8:25 pm
Tomahawkin, yeah, Alprozolam can put me to sleep. However, I can stay up if I am doing something. It’s just when I am home and laying down I can fall asleep quickly.
Trey
March 18th, 2012
8:25 pm
Alprazolam*
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
8:25 pm
I just hope it’s not good bourbon…
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
8:26 pm
Wow – almost 30 degrees warmer in Atlanta right now than it is here…(factoring in the absurd winds)…
cabravesfan
March 18th, 2012
8:27 pm
Night T!
jeffrey d
March 18th, 2012
8:28 pm
I just hope it’s not good bourbon…
Not anymore
Norcross
March 18th, 2012
8:29 pm
Mmmmm R. Kelly. My b it’s Canadian whiskey in the morning. The good stuff is for later in the day. But guys don’t worry, I got straight A’s and will soon be getting my Masters. See, alcohol ain’t that bad.
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
8:30 pm
jeffrey –
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
8:31 pm
Trey – one of those rare moments when a misspelling totally eluded me…
Ward
March 18th, 2012
8:31 pm
Breaking news…….. Seattle signs Matt Flyn 3 years 26 million………….
Norcross
March 18th, 2012
8:32 pm
Weed puts me to sleep when I’m laying down. But go Braves!
Samantha
March 18th, 2012
8:34 pm
Just listening to music and blogging T. You never said whether or not I could come to you and Treys party.
Soph
March 18th, 2012
8:39 pm
Damn, if Marshall can’t play (or play effectively), UNC is in some trouble moving forward. Strickland, Henson, Marshall…rough go as of late for my boys.
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
8:42 pm
Listening to my muse, Nanci Griffith, with a live interview and concert via Scottish BBC. Facebook can have some wonderful links sometimes, besides the usual boring crap.
Trey
March 18th, 2012
8:46 pm
VJ, that’s nearly impossible for you to miss a spelling error.
I noticed it right after I hit submit.
Moe Berg
March 18th, 2012
8:47 pm
Around the NL East, the ‘M’s’:
SBerthiaumeESPN Steve Berthiaume
#Marlins Carlos Zambrano struck out 7 Cardinals in 4 IP today. Zambrano now has 16 Ks in 9 1/3 IP this spring.
SBerthiaumeESPN Steve Berthiaume
#Mets Mike Pelfrey has pitched 9 2/3 innings this spring… and allowed 4 HRs, 6 walks and 20 hits.
jeffrey d
March 18th, 2012
8:47 pm
I’m listening to my muse, Nancy Grace
Trey
March 18th, 2012
8:47 pm
Norcross, I don’t smoke that, never have. I just take anxiety medication, which makes me drowsy, unfortunately.
Norcross
March 18th, 2012
8:48 pm
Geez, who started this lame boring theme?
Norcross
March 18th, 2012
8:49 pm
Trey, I understand. Most medications make me drowsy. It sucks.
jeffrey d
March 18th, 2012
8:51 pm
Yes, a list of our medications is way more interesting.
Claritin.
Soph
March 18th, 2012
8:53 pm
One and the same?
Norcross
March 18th, 2012
8:55 pm
#Braves Teheran has pitched 9 innings this spring…and allowed 8 HRs, 4 walks and 14 hits. Damn, I’m annoying as hell.
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
8:57 pm
Good question…
Trey
March 18th, 2012
8:59 pm
Norcross, that is very true.
Trey
March 18th, 2012
9:01 pm
Samantha, I don’t know when that “party” will be, since I have no idea the next time I’ll be in Norcross.
noleee
March 18th, 2012
9:02 pm
watching my muse…Bugs Bunny
noleee
March 18th, 2012
9:03 pm
Damn, I’m annoying as hell….Norcross
hey, you’re the one who said it…..
Samantha
March 18th, 2012
9:05 pm
Thanks Trey, Just kidding anyway
Norcross
March 18th, 2012
9:06 pm
nolee, I’m an honest mutha f. Norcorss, more like borecross.
Trey
March 18th, 2012
9:07 pm
Yeah, I don’t party much, Sam.
BK Brave
March 18th, 2012
9:08 pm
Just returned from spring training trip #1. Still have one final trip last week of camp. Saw games, bp, backfield drills etc last Wednesday, Friday, and yesterday. My impressions of the team: Simmons over the Rev, Minor #1 for now, Freeman too bulky, Uggs killin it, Heyward much better, Parrez good bat but slippery glove, Medlen needs to be starting, and Chipper didn’t look good in any fielding practice that I saw. Frank needs a SS will he go with Simmons or make a trade?
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
March 18th, 2012
9:11 pm
Agree all the way … Freeman is too bulky. Didn’t need to do that. He’s a natural 20 homerun hitter with his swing. He was plenty big enough. Live and learn though.
Kat
March 18th, 2012
9:11 pm
I just flipped from the Lehigh/Xavier game to the Kansas/Purdue game.. and yikes 8pts in 9mins… Jayhawks gotta turn it on.
Samantha
March 18th, 2012
9:12 pm
Me either Trey. Cant drink anyway. No big deal. I know you didnt know but please not Sam. Is Samantha or Sissy.
Norcross
March 18th, 2012
9:14 pm
Good start to The Walking Dead.
Norcross
March 18th, 2012
9:15 pm
I hate Kate Upton. There is such thing is being too good looking. Trust me, I know.
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
9:15 pm
What’s Up, Doc?
phil
March 18th, 2012
9:21 pm
noleee
March 18th, 2012
5:17 pm
This is a baseball blog that punishes the negative with varying degrees of harshness..phil
but all y’all calling us kool ade drinkers isn’t a punishment huh? what a load, pissymists rip the pollyannas just as much as the other way around
*******
it wasn’t meant as a harsh indictment, noleee. And “y’all” doesn’t include me most of the time…
Billy
March 18th, 2012
9:22 pm
Been to 20 ST camps with the Braves at WPB and LBV and you should look forward to the last week of camp because it will make you forget about this past week.
The players start taking things a bit more seriously the last week and everyone that wont be with the team is now reassigned, barring one or two last minute decisions. The last week has less of a “practice feel” and more of a “let’s get it on feel”.
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
9:24 pm
Billy: Excellent post @ 9:22.
Samantha
March 18th, 2012
9:26 pm
Uncle Phil is back
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
9:27 pm
DOB – when do you start getting concerned? (asks the guy who lost his team as a #2 seed two days ago)…
Trey
March 18th, 2012
9:27 pm
Oh, I apologize Samantha.
phil
March 18th, 2012
9:28 pm
Yes.
Moe Berg
March 18th, 2012
9:36 pm
Okay, this page keeps evoking Marvin Gaye.
kenhotlanta started us off with a Commodores tribute: I thought everybody on the blog was high and drunk, especially the night shift.
And Billy brought it back around with: The last week has less of a “practice feel” and more of a “let’s get it on feel”.
Samantha
March 18th, 2012
9:38 pm
You are Welcome Trey
Eric
March 18th, 2012
9:39 pm
Medlen should be given the opportunity to start. He has proven he can do it at a very high level. I understand these high prospects look good on paper but they have not proven themselves and Medlen is being dumped in the pen for them. Let the best man win it and so far Medlen should be in the top 5 SP.
phil
March 18th, 2012
9:40 pm
Release someone.
Samantha
March 18th, 2012
9:42 pm
Thans for chatting everyone. Have a good nite. Later
phil
March 18th, 2012
9:43 pm
Nite.
phil
March 18th, 2012
9:44 pm
Fire FG!!
Good nite for me too…
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
9:45 pm
Moe: “Hot On The Tracks” by the Commodores is filled with great songs and still sounds good.
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
9:47 pm
RIP: FURMAN BISHER. One of the great America Sports Writers and a credit to Atlanta and the AJC.
Trey
March 18th, 2012
9:48 pm
RIP Furman Bisher.
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
9:50 pm
I remember Furman writing columns in the Sporting News 100 years ago, long before I moved to Atlanta…
Hugo Z Hackenbush
March 18th, 2012
9:52 pm
Nanci Griffith? What’s that old gal up to?
Ward
March 18th, 2012
9:54 pm
Hello everyone!The Walking Dead is really good! Lot’s happening in the season final.Seahawks sign Matt Flynn. Not bad there.
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
9:54 pm
What an amazing career – one of the ones I would compare it to is Shirley Povich at the Washington Post, who covered Babe Ruth through the Braves ‘95 World Series…
And I was lucky enough to know him…
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
9:55 pm
I love Nanci Griffith…
Ward
March 18th, 2012
9:55 pm
They left the farm on Walking dead! It’s a miracle…….
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
9:59 pm
VJ: Growing up in Marietta in the 50’s and 60’s, I had the pleasure of watching Furman Bisher as he hosted many local sports TV shows and was great at that. He was very intelligent, funny, and a good interviewer. He did all sports and had a long running show that featured AJC, TV and Radio Sports Reporters, similar to the one ESPN does, or used to do, every Sunday. He also wrote several memorable books and was an outstanding writer. He was the only sports reporter to ever talk to Shoeless Joe Jackson, shortly before he died, and that interview will make you think Shoeless Joe didn’t understand what the Black Sox scandal was about, and he really should be in the HOF. IMHO.
Billy
March 18th, 2012
9:59 pm
Some of us taped it to watch later
brian
March 18th, 2012
10:00 pm
Soph – incredible game and incredible atmosphere at the Coliseum today. Heels looked very good. Creighton seemed borderline dirty – seemed to be going after Henson’s wrist and the cheap shot on Zeller (check out Jay Bilas’s twitter).
At least it is his right wrist but it will be hard to handle the ball. Stillman White is obviously not a starting PG and he will need rest if Marshall cannot play. Who will handle the ball? Barnes? Bullock? PJ?
This regional is now wide open.
Billy
March 18th, 2012
10:00 pm
We have technology in our town
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
10:04 pm
Hugo and VJ: Nanci Griffith has a great new album “Intersection” and is touring. She has recovered from a bout with the big “C” and feels and sounds great. One of the best songs on the new album is “Hell No (I’m Not Alright)” (it’s not about her illness) and it’s funny and unlike about anything she has ever done.
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
10:06 pm
Damn, Ward, thanks for the spoiler I didn’t want to see before I watched the show!
Brava
March 18th, 2012
10:08 pm
Ward, stop telling us about “Walking Dead”. I’m going to watch it when I get back from ST because I’m too busy getting stuff ready for the trip.
Ward
March 18th, 2012
10:09 pm
Kenhotlanta-Didn’t tell every thing,and have to see the whole Walking Dead final.It’s the best one yet! Worth watching……Excellent!
Ward
March 18th, 2012
10:12 pm
Brava- I’ll zip my mouth shut……
Billy
March 18th, 2012
10:12 pm
Huge question. Can the Braves wino 90 games with Bourn for one year? Can the Braves win 90 games for multiple years with what Bourn would reap in a trade return?
Brava
March 18th, 2012
10:13 pm
I didn’t grow up around Atlanta, instead it was South Georgia (Greg Walker and I were classmates), but I’ve read some of Furman Bisher’s work and really enjoyed it. I’m sorry to hear of his passing. RIP.
Brava
March 18th, 2012
10:13 pm
Thanks, Ward.
Moe Berg
March 18th, 2012
10:19 pm
Huge question. Can the Braves wino 90 games with Bourn for one year? Can the Braves win 90 games for multiple years with what Bourn would reap in a trade return?
Really? Bourn is the make-or-break piece on this team? We are not talking a defensive player like Andruw Jones in his prime. And for base-stealing, the Braves have had some good ones–Nixon being the obvious choice. But his capabilities on the base did not ultimately shape the Braves’ season.
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
10:21 pm
Billy: I agree with you again. I would love to see us trade Bourn before the end of the year, I think we could get a bounty for him to a team that could sign him.
Billy
March 18th, 2012
10:21 pm
Just curious since Bourn is a ingles hitter, kinda Juan Pierre from an offense point of view.
Tomahawkin
March 18th, 2012
10:24 pm
R.I.P.
Furman Bischer!
He was A Legend for The AJC….
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
10:26 pm
One of my favorite times of the year was opening the AJC on Thanksgiving morning and reading Furman Bisher’s column that day. It was called “I’m Thankful” and he always summed up the year in sports in wonderful ways, plus reflecting on the important things and even little things in our everyday lives. He will be greatly missed. I bet Journalist Jimmy Smith is shedding a tear or two right now.
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
10:29 pm
Wow – this is humbling – through the magic of Twitter I gave Dale Murphy the news of Furman’s passing…
kenhotlanta
March 18th, 2012
10:31 pm
VJ: good job.
Tomahawkin
March 18th, 2012
10:32 pm
Samantha
“Just listening to music and blogging T. You never said whether or not I could come to you and Treys party.”
You are Always Welcome to catch me on facebook ! And Bring Some Friends???
I want to do a Double Kegger with Jammin music…? I want D.O.B., Soph, and McFann to join in as well
And Jungle Juice will be “On Deck!” as well
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
10:33 pm
Bourn wasn’t worth a “bounty” last year – not expecting he will be this year, but I’d love to see him become worthy of such…
Hugo Z Hackenbush
March 18th, 2012
10:36 pm
didn’t know that FB was sports editor of the Charlotte News, the Charlotte afternoon paper, in the 1940’s…
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
10:40 pm
Peter King @SI_PeterKing
Furman Bisher, one of the great characters of our business+a very good writer, died today. Always good to the young writers. RIP, Furman.
David O'Brien
March 18th, 2012
10:42 pm
DOB – when do you start getting concerned? (asks the guy who lost his team as a #2 seed two days ago)…
Since about the third minute of the game.
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
10:45 pm
ken – Tony B re-channeling you:
Tony Barnhart @MrCFB
There was nothing better than reading Bisher’s “I’m Thankful” column every Thanksgiving morning. Helluva writer.
Venice Jim
March 18th, 2012
10:45 pm
DOB – I know the feeling…
Soph
March 18th, 2012
10:47 pm
brian – I thought the same thing about Creighton while watching the game but made myself calm down because I figured I was overreacting. I read on Yahoo that they’re trying to figure out if Marshall can play or not but one of the options the article presented was Barnes and Bullock handling the ball more.
Bah, it really does suck though. Bummed.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
March 18th, 2012
10:49 pm
This is almost too adorable…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GK462XnRjQ