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Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:27 pm
Jason steals, no throw…ball fell out of catcher’s hand…
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:28 pm
2-2 on Simmons – ball 3…
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:29 pm
Grounded to third, Jason holds on the put…
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
2:29 pm
Trader Jack-
Honestly, it’s not really a big problem unless the Giants are in town. I’ve never felt unsafe there…but you could clearly see the efforts to step up security after the assault last year…
Juan
March 28th, 2012
2:30 pm
Bad at bat for Simmons…he need to move the runner…right side of the Field.
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:30 pm
Constanza shows bunt on high pitch (1-1) – flies out deep to center – Heyward to 3rd…
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
2:31 pm
cab: I guess Tex’s bobblebutt could come play with my Erin bobblebutt, except he’s prolly a nerd or a geek.
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:32 pm
Wild pitch scores Jason!
B-F_52
March 28th, 2012
2:32 pm
J Hey!!!!!!!!!!
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:32 pm
Brilliant strategy by Fredi not wasting a pinch hitter there…
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
2:33 pm
kenhotlanta-
But he’s rich. And cute. Erin wouldn’t mind if he was a nerd- nerds are cool
Random
March 28th, 2012
2:33 pm
DOB (March 28th, 2012 2:12 pm): ” ‘DOB: Didn’t you say in earlier blogs that you thought that even with all the FA signings, the Braves would probably finish 2nd? Correct me if I’m wrong, of course, but I’m interested to know what you felt put the Nationals over the top? — Zing’
“Am I not allowed to change my opinion after actually watching the teams play this spring? Because that’s what I did. Sorry if that doesn’t fit your agenda.”
Looks like DOB’s kind of priclky today.
Which figures — it is one of those days of the week that end in “-y”.
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:33 pm
Nice at bat by Beachy – 2-2 count…
Random
March 28th, 2012
2:34 pm
“Prickly”.
beekay
March 28th, 2012
2:34 pm
If Eli Marrero fell in the woods….
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:34 pm
Foul, then ball 3…
STRETCH
March 28th, 2012
2:35 pm
And the only run they get is from a wild pitch…lol!
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:35 pm
Flies out to shallow center to end the inning – 3-1 after 5…
B-F_52
March 28th, 2012
2:35 pm
Good at bat by the Beachymeister
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
2:36 pm
cab: Tex’s wife is from where I was born in North Georgia (close to where Ivan lives). Some of my family went to school with her and said she is a great person. Small world, sometimes.
Soph
March 28th, 2012
2:37 pm
Tex is pretty
Ehh, he’s aight.
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
2:38 pm
raleighbravefan: The Bee Gees don’t get credit for their total body of work, plus all of the songs written and production for other artists. I would love to find a box set retrospective of their music.
bravesgrl4life
March 28th, 2012
2:39 pm
I agree with Soph. Tex is ok. Uggla’s better
Fish Bisch
March 28th, 2012
2:39 pm
So if Moylan didn’t retire who does he play for now?
Patrick
March 28th, 2012
2:39 pm
There’s a big acquisition!
So much so I forgot the minor league OF’s name already.
He’ll help…
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:41 pm
K and a fly to right…
Murph
March 28th, 2012
2:41 pm
Christian Marrerrerrerrerro
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:42 pm
2-1 on Cervelli…
Gearrin up in the bullpen…
noleee
March 28th, 2012
2:43 pm
only one k for beachy ?
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:43 pm
Swing and a miss to end the inning…
jeffrey d
March 28th, 2012
2:43 pm
Ehh, he’s aight.
He’s got kind of a natural doofus look on his face
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
2:43 pm
Danny DOES have really REALLY pretty eyes
(Besides, Tex looks so much like my cousin’s boyfriend it sort of freaks me out…)
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:44 pm
Correction – first batter flew out – not sure where I got K…
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:44 pm
nolie – 2 now…
Fish Bisch
March 28th, 2012
2:44 pm
I look just like Uggla.
keyLargo
March 28th, 2012
2:44 pm
Moylan is signed with the Braves for 2012.
Tennessee Braves Fan
March 28th, 2012
2:45 pm
I had 2 tell someone so why not everyone on this blog… My girlfriend and I are getting married July 7th and have a great honeymoon planned in Atlantic City. however when I was making all the reservations I found out that the closest airport to AC that we could fly to was in Philly. So for the heck of it I checked to see who the Braves play on July 8th and yeah, you guessed it… Atlanta in Philly last game before the All-Star break… Now I have the beach, casinos, and a Braves game in a visitor stadium… This whole mariage thing may be worth it… lol
jeffrey d
March 28th, 2012
2:45 pm
http://l.yimg.com/j/assets/p/sp/ap/76/fullj.52938cf806592c5dbcee51835e1bc965/ap-201203141102397374021.jpg
David O'Brien
March 28th, 2012
2:45 pm
Beachy has retired last 10 Yankees since Chavez RBI single in 3rd
Murph
March 28th, 2012
2:46 pm
Is this Beachy’s first time to get through the 6th in his career?
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:46 pm
Tex out for the Yankees…
Soph
March 28th, 2012
2:46 pm
Haaa, jeffrey that’s so true. A bit goofy.
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:46 pm
Bunt single Bourn…
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
2:47 pm
Fish Bisch-
Moylan is rehabbing an injury to…some body part. He won’t be ready until June-ish. He signed a minor league deal with the Braves
Soph
March 28th, 2012
2:47 pm
Congrats, Tennessee Braves Fan! That’ll be a fun few weeks.
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:47 pm
Kimbrel up now in the ‘pen…
jeffrey d
March 28th, 2012
2:47 pm
And that was the 3rd picture that came up, so it’s not like I had to search hard
ColoradoBravesFan
March 28th, 2012
2:48 pm
Kenhotlanta…
I was born and raised in Clakesville GA… Where were you born in North GA?
Murph
March 28th, 2012
2:48 pm
Tennessee Braves Fan, don’t wear your Braves gear to the Phillies game. I did once and it was kinda scary.
Also, you can fly from Philly to Atlantic City… it’s a small airport, but they have flights all the time.
Ease
March 28th, 2012
2:49 pm
Rotator cuff.
B-F_52
March 28th, 2012
2:49 pm
TBF congrats and good luck watchout those fans are not nice
brian
March 28th, 2012
2:49 pm
nice job Beachy – way to recover from that shady start.
Tex puts up great numbers but never has really been thought about as being clutch – nothing like CHipper in his prime
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:50 pm
1-2 on Prado…
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:50 pm
Prado flies to right…
bravesgrl4life
March 28th, 2012
2:52 pm
Murph, I am planning on wearing my Braves jersey to Wrigley when I go up for the May 9th game against the Cubs. Sister-in-law has tickets as part of her 8-game part of a season ticket package in her group. She wants me to wear it
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:52 pm
BMac – 6-4-3 DP…
Juan
March 28th, 2012
2:52 pm
Murph
March 28th, 2012
2:48 pm
Tennessee Braves Fan, don’t wear your Braves gear to the Phillies game. I did once and it was kinda scary.
Also, you can fly from Philly to Atlantic City… it’s a small airport, but they have flights all the time.
Not exactly…There no fly from Phillis to Atl City, it’s one hr drive in car…you can fly from Atl to Atl city and there a nice small airport there.
keyLargo
March 28th, 2012
2:54 pm
Finally found something official on Moylan. I knew I had read he signed but couldn’t confirm it. This does.
On January 16, 2012, the Braves re-signed Moylan to a minor-league deal worth approximately $1 million. The deal is on a prorated basis for time spent in the majors and includes an invitation to spring training.
Richard
March 28th, 2012
2:54 pm
Lots of Tex comments. 25% of the salary would be commited to 1B as opposed to an injured AA pitcher and a Cleveland Indian.
The money spent on those two pitchers for the first four years, after this year, Chipper’s 12 million is off the books. Don’t resign Hudson because of the young arms and you’ve made up the difference.
I hadn’t heard that Tex didn’t want to stay. Is that fact or speculation? He did play at GT you know, so he’s kinda homegrown.
Anyway, it’s irrelevant becuase it’s in the past now. I just hate that a team with the limited budget like the Braves blew so much on those worthless pitchers. I don’t care what you say, no pitcher with a 4+ ERA is worth 15mil. Beachy put up much better numbers for the league minimum.
bravesgrl4life
March 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
Dang it, Mac
Soph
March 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
Don’t know if y’all saw this but it was fantastic and had me laughing -
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/frustrated-browns-fan-writes-heartfelt-letter-organization-181125652.html
raleighbravefan
March 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
ken – I always love good harmony, and the Bee Gees had it. You are right about the production value…Samantha Sang, Andy Gibb, etc. Barry’s duets with Barbra Streisand were supremo. Barry is a tremendously talented guy, but it’s just not the same without Robin and Maurice.
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:55 pm
Kimbrel induces 3-1 out on the first pitch…
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:56 pm
Another 3-1 out…
Murph
March 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
Juan, I flew from Philly to Atlantic City last summer. Maybe they dropped the flights, I dunno since I don’t live up there.
We go to the shore every summer (Avalon, Stone Harbor)… usually when we go it’s a half day drive due to traffic. I’ve never seen it without bumper to bumper traffic. An hour? Maybe at 4am.
JerseyGil
March 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
Tennessee Braves Fan, don’t wear your Braves gear to the Phillies game. I did once and it was kinda scary.
Murch: you are right…i been see it a lot of scary thin in Phillis Citizen Park…last yr i saw a few Phiilis fan scare this little kid ware a Braves hat and jersey…i have to call security because the Little kid was crying.
I told my wife that last yr was the last time i visit that stadium…very crazy Fans.
BravesFanInPhilly
March 28th, 2012
2:58 pm
I hope the Braves give Hudson his $9mm every year that he wants to keep pitching for us.
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
2:58 pm
K swinging – great inning…
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
2:58 pm
ColoradoBravesFan: I was born at The Charm House in Clarkesville, but we moved to Marietta shortly thereafter when my Dad got on at Lockheed, and I grew up there. I just recently moved back to Cobb County after many years away.
I have lots of relatives in Habersham County and the surroundings, that is God’s country to me…I love the mountains.
Murph
March 28th, 2012
3:00 pm
bravesgrl, I don’t think you’ll have any problems at Wrigley. I wore my Braves jersey to games there and never had anyone give me a hard time.
Beware… if you’re standing on the sidewalk near the front of the stadium people will try to spit on you from the concourses above. Doesn’t matter if you’re in a Cubs jersey or a Braves jersey. It’s just what they do.
JerseyGil
March 28th, 2012
3:01 pm
Murch..i don’t know about that fly anymore…the only thin is you going to expense more time between that tarp mart and boarding the plane that you rent a car in Phillis a drive yourself
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
3:02 pm
Uggla K…
Trader Jack
March 28th, 2012
3:03 pm
Murph
March 28th, 2012
2:57 pm
Juan, I flew from Philly to Atlantic City last summer. Maybe they dropped the flights, I dunno since I don’t live up there.
We go to the shore every summer (Avalon, Stone Harbor)… usually when we go it’s a half day drive due to traffic. I’ve never seen it without bumper to bumper traffic. An hour? Maybe at 4am.
I can vouch for that Murph. Have a summer home in Avalon
JerseyGil
March 28th, 2012
3:03 pm
I ware my Braves Jersey & hat in St. Louis, Pittsburg,Arizona with not problem…but in Philadelphia…no, no,no.
Murph
March 28th, 2012
3:03 pm
JerseyGil, when I wore my Braves hat to a game in Philly I had fans throwing stuff at me, saying stuff to me, walking down to my seat and just standing there staring at me… it was crazy.
Sat behind 3 little old ladies, 3rd row behind the dugout on the 1st base side. They were season ticket holders and, at first, were really sweet. Then they got a few beers in them and turned downright nasty. One of them kept calling me a motherf’er… “We’d be having a lot more fun if we didn’t have this mf’er sitting behind us. Someone take this m’fer out of the park and beat his ass.”
They were in their 70’s at least.
ColoradoBravesFan
March 28th, 2012
3:04 pm
Yeah … I know exactly where the Charm House is…. My mom and dad still live about 5 miles outside Clarkesville going toward Cleveland.
Did you see that a Jennifer Aniston movie was shot on location in Clarkesville?
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
3:04 pm
FREDDIE HR!!!
Darlington
March 28th, 2012
3:05 pm
Agree with Murph’s comments on Wrigley. I wore my Braves cap to a couple of games there a few years ago and had no problems. The second day we were sitting in the bleachers, this was the last year that Greg Maddux played (he was with the Dodgers then, that’s who the Cubs were playing) and there was a pretty big Braves contingent sitting to my right. Anyway, Maddux was out in the outfield catching BP and he saw us, came over and talked us, signed balls, etc. One of my all time favorite game moments, there.
B-F_52
March 28th, 2012
3:05 pm
pulled that one a little fredieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
bravesgrl4life
March 28th, 2012
3:05 pm
FAB 5 FREDDIE!!!!!!!!!!
Murph
March 28th, 2012
3:05 pm
Trader Jack, you have a house in Avalon? Going this summer? We just picked our dates last week… 15th street on the beach block, not too far from Avalon Freeze.
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
3:05 pm
That traveled quite a distance…
David O'Brien
March 28th, 2012
3:05 pm
Freeman’s solo homer in 7th pulls Braves to within 3-2. Freeman has five homers in last eight official at-bats
JC Brave
March 28th, 2012
3:06 pm
Richard – The Braves had no way of predicting those two pitchers were going to be such disasters (Except for Lowe’s 2010’s September). They, at the time, had a need for pitching. And to fulfill that need, a lot of money had to be used because the market for pitching was thin and there were other teams looking for some.
southern hope
March 28th, 2012
3:06 pm
I love Venice Jim’s pbp but I especially love it when they’re homeruns.
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
3:06 pm
I think Freddie is ready for the season to start…
BravePack(FreeFan)
March 28th, 2012
3:07 pm
Damn another one! Freeman is going to have a huge year. And pulled it too huh? Imagine that.
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
3:07 pm
Jason takes strike 3…
Fish Bisch
March 28th, 2012
3:07 pm
ok thanks for those responding. Moylan dosen’t update his blog.
bravesgrl4life
March 28th, 2012
3:07 pm
Great Maddux story, Darlington!
BravesFanInPhilly
March 28th, 2012
3:08 pm
I usually have a few people @ Citizens Bank Park talk trash to me when I show up in my Braves gear for games, but no one has ever really gotten confrontational with me.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
3:08 pm
TEX is .304 .407 .567 .974 in high leverage situations, noticeably better than in medium and low leverage situations. that makes him a clutch hitter
Chipper is .305 .406 .516 .922 in high lever situations, about the same as in the others. so Tex steps up better according to the stats….
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
3:09 pm
raleighbravefan: spot-on comments on the Bee Gees @ 2:55.
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
3:09 pm
And Simmons strikes out…
beekay
March 28th, 2012
3:10 pm
I would still trade Jason Marquis for Eli Marrero. Marrero tore it up in Hotlanta
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
3:10 pm
EOF – Simmons bounces the throw to FF, runner on base…
flange1
March 28th, 2012
3:11 pm
kenhotlanta,
It really is a small world, my dad worked for Lockheed too! 30 years!
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
3:11 pm
Nice pickup, throw made it halfway to first…
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
3:11 pm
ColoradoBravesFan: Email me to kenhotlanta@gmail.com. I have to run some errands, but will respond to you later today. Thanks.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
3:12 pm
Simmons not perfect afterall , at bat or even in the field….