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keyLargo
March 28th, 2012
7:21 pm
Was it such a bad move for Wren to sign Kawakami, Lowe and trade for Vazquez when all we have to show from the 2008 40 man roster is Tim Hudson, Jair Jurrjens and Peter Moylan? Those who continually ride Wren over those moves don’t realize how terrible the future looked in 08. Hudson was established but neither Moylan or JJ were.
The Braves went from 72 wins in 08 to 86 in 09. That is where the truth is.
David O'Brien
March 28th, 2012
7:23 pm
Braves Beachy “flips switch” and retires last 10 batters he faces; Freeman homers again
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/03/28/beachy-flips-the-switch-retires-last-10-batters/
David O'Brien
March 28th, 2012
7:31 pm
Random: That means I’m prickly on the same days you’re entirely unfunny. What a coincidence.
Frank from KS (now in CO)
March 28th, 2012
7:35 pm
Whoever it was that mentioned the Braves acquiring Vladdie or Soriano from the Cubs……Wren is not smart enough to know this team needs another *big bopper* in the lineup, so neither move would be made.
Jim
March 28th, 2012
7:40 pm
No on Vlad and no, no on Alphonso. Agree with someone above who noted Abreu’s declining stats past couple of years. NO, No to him, too. Wren needs to see what Sprull, Redmond and maybe a couple of other minor leaguers will bring. If he has to invade the “almost untouchables” to get a very good player, he needs to get a quality OF with power who has more “control” years than whoever we are giving up. We do not need a one or two year wonder. Hopefully, these are his guidestars.
Random
March 28th, 2012
7:42 pm
DOB (March 28th, 2012 7:31 pm): “That means I’m prickly on the same days you’re entirely unfunny. What a coincidence.”
Good one, DOB.
I like you — you’re all right.
George
March 28th, 2012
8:00 pm
JASON surprised today, hope he can do it in regular season on a regular basis.
Efrim
March 28th, 2012
8:14 pm
Been away for a while. Any concern for Venters and/or Teheran? Shoulder soreness for both?
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
8:19 pm
Efrim-
Jonny’s was upper arm/biceps- same as last year…he’s fine, scheduled to pitch tomorrow. Not sure about Teheran
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
8:21 pm
I’ve always liked Vlad Guerrero, but his days of playing in the field are long over. He’s strictly a DH now…
richbrave
March 28th, 2012
8:27 pm
DS1
March 28th, 2012
6:31 pm
richbrave
“………And it ain’t that fun at 56 either! Wore myself out last Saturday digging up stumps and hauling off the last of the wind damage debris from the yard.
But getting old beats the heck out of the alternative……..”
Ain’t it so, ain’t it so! Always great to be looking at a green ball-field instead of the dirt.
richbrave
March 28th, 2012
8:33 pm
Great to see GIL in MECHANICSVILLE’s return, and in fine fettle too! Keep it up bud. See you soon.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
8:49 pm
this has been about the deadest that I can ever remember the blog during spring training I think
noleee
March 28th, 2012
8:50 pm
I mean the entire time, not just tonight
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
8:51 pm
you say that like it’s a bad thing…sometimes quiet is good
Soph
March 28th, 2012
8:53 pm
Enjoy it. Judging by how Spring Training in-game has gone, regular in-game is going to suck behind.
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
8:54 pm
Hi Soph!
noleee
March 28th, 2012
8:55 pm
I think it is a bad thing, there are a lot of folks MIA
Soph
March 28th, 2012
8:56 pm
Hi cab & nolie polie.
Soph
March 28th, 2012
8:57 pm
It’ll pick up next week this time and they’ll be back. You’re right though, it has been pretty slow lately – especially in the evenings.
brian
March 28th, 2012
8:57 pm
too bad the Braves could not have pried Cain away from the Royals in the offseason. Look at his Cactus league stats
Bat Masterson
March 28th, 2012
9:05 pm
you say that like it’s a bad thing…sometimes quiet is good _ cab
Says the woman that screams “Somebody TalkTo Me”
MiaBchBravesFan
March 28th, 2012
9:05 pm
keyLargo: if your 7:21 comment was meant as a defense for Wren, I cannot engage such illogic. We can go back to those winter blogs and find where I was apoplectic over the Lowe signing. Also, history supported NOT signing a Japanese starter, as VERY few of them have been able to craft extended careers on this side of the Pacific. The McLouth trade was unforseeable, as much as we wanted to tar and feather the guy. What Wren did with Lowe and KK was unforgiveable. Better to have said “We are rebuilding” and saved the money. Instead, we falsely propped ourselves for an ‘09 run that never materialized and mortgaged ourselves out of the playoffs last year, and probably this year. Was it worth it for a one-and-done two seasons ago, where our hitting was so dreadful that it was a hollow WC berth? I say “NO!”, and call Wren a blithering idiot. Thanks to the Lowe and KK signings, we traded 14 stinkin’ wins in ‘09 for two, going on three seasons where this team’s pitching was playoff-worthy – WITHOUT LOWE OR KK – only to not have the money to buy the hitting that our mediocre farm system cannot produce (mediocre when it comes to positional player development). I hope we all enjoyed the garbage that was a 14 win upgrade from ‘08 to ‘09 – both non-playoff years. I surely forgot about it three years ago!!!
Bat Masterson
March 28th, 2012
9:07 pm
MIA
Yep, what happened to T for Texas?
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
9:08 pm
Bat-
I don’t scream it! Well, maybe when I’m bored…
Bat Masterson
March 28th, 2012
9:08 pm
Or, Snotboogie
Bat Masterson
March 28th, 2012
9:09 pm
You post it all caps, I’ve seen it
Soph
March 28th, 2012
9:09 pm
Yeah! T disappeared too. Hopefully, both he and Snot just took the offseason off and will be back.
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
9:10 pm
Apparently Jose Conseco thinks Al Gore has died. Seriously…
I love twitter
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
9:13 pm
Also- He says we all need to stop global warming to save the polar bears. By turning off the that at night, wearing flannel pajamas, and all sleeping in a single bed. Again, seriously.
MiaBchBravesFan
March 28th, 2012
9:13 pm
Jose Canseco: the MLB’s answer to Snookie!
Bat Masterson
March 28th, 2012
9:13 pm
I hope so,too.
I’ll be using The St Pete Pensioners again soon either way.
MiaBchBravesFan
March 28th, 2012
9:14 pm
Apparently, if you are Jose Canseco, steroid use deteriorates the big head too!
BAH-DUM-BUM… TISH!
Soph
March 28th, 2012
9:15 pm
I’m torturing myself by reading in-game from the last game of last season. Figure, I better start getting ready for this season’s in-game and it can’t get any worse than that.
JC Brave
March 28th, 2012
9:15 pm
It was really pleasing and encouraging to watch Heyward hitting that HR to left-center. I hope the kid gets it going before the start of the season next week. I’ll have my fingers crossed!
Tomahawkin
March 28th, 2012
9:18 pm
Coach (2012 Fredi’s beisbol fandango)
“Trout will play for the Angels in 2012, bank on it!”
Lol, My Man, It’s Not Cool When You Say It (Joking)
Just Effing With Ya
Soph
March 28th, 2012
9:19 pm
Oh, but don’t worry, Bat. Your boy Chris from Sacramento is in fine blogging shape. Nice to know he still hearts Heyward.
Bat Masterson
March 28th, 2012
9:19 pm
Ha, I’ll pass on that sort of training, Soph.
Bat Masterson
March 28th, 2012
9:22 pm
Soph,
Yeah, I’ve noticed him warming up recently. Let’s hope Heyward shuts him up this year
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
9:24 pm
Soph-
my games all seem a bit messed up right now…can’t get them to open…
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
9:33 pm
Oy- Soph, my new drawing is AWFUL
Tomahawkin
March 28th, 2012
9:35 pm
Bat Masterson
“Soph,
Yeah, I’ve noticed him warming up recently. Let’s hope Heyward shuts him up this year”
Take It To Vegas People…If that happens we could win the division…But he’s not the only one who needs to step up because The O-Vent-Brel Triple team will NOT Duplicate the years they all had last year, especially if any of the three has a nagging injury…
Relievers seasons as well as pinch hitters are the hardest to predict!
tiger297
March 28th, 2012
9:43 pm
anybody seen DS1 tonight?
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
9:43 pm
RIP: Earl Scruggs. Banjo and bluegrass pioneer, mainstream success on The Beverly Hillbillies, and music giant who shined on “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”, a wonderful coming together of Country, Rock and Bluegrass in 3 triple-disc volumes and spearheaded by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
9:47 pm
Scruggs redefined the way a banjo was played and was to them what Les Paul was to guitars.
tiger297
March 28th, 2012
9:51 pm
nolie – agree about the deadness…not sure what it is but I’ve never been so excited in January and its been a long time since I’ve had this little fire at the end of March
Anders
March 28th, 2012
10:07 pm
What’s up Braves fans? How about them Dodgers fetching $ 2 billion? Nobody’s happier than Fred Wilpon. Rising tides raising all boats and all. That should give him some more capital at his disposal. March has been a good month to my Mets. The Madoff mess behind them relatively cheaply, Santana looks healthy and now a record price for a fellow club. Hey, the Mets are likely looking at a bottom 2 finish at best but the climb back appears a litle less daunting then back in February – at least in my rose colored view. {:
Anders
March 28th, 2012
10:10 pm
Random: That means I’m prickly on the same days you’re entirely unfunny. What a coincidence (DOB)
Glad to see not much has changed.
Bat Masterson
March 28th, 2012
10:12 pm
I saw Scruggs at Crystal (Lake) Beach many, many years ago. He put on a good show.
I hadn’t thought about that place in a long time, had some wild times there. So I searched it and found a link to a thread with some history and photos from the fifties, nothing like it was when I went, damn cool. That lead me to girls my space page with a bunch of pics……….. I love the Internet
Moe Berg
March 28th, 2012
10:13 pm
RIP: Earl Scruggs. Banjo and bluegrass pioneer, mainstream success on The Beverly Hillbillies, and music giant who shined on “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”, a wonderful coming together of Country, Rock and Bluegrass in 3 triple-disc volumes and spearheaded by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
I had not heard. Will have to let my mother know. He was her neighbor growing up. (Lester Flatt lived around the corner.) She will be quite sad to hear it.
Bat Masterson
March 28th, 2012
10:14 pm
Some girls*
tiger297
March 28th, 2012
10:19 pm
anders – keep them glasses on man most of us have weathered rough times in our support of our team
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
10:27 pm
Bat: Ain’t it fun finding old girlfriends? You can go home again sometimes.
I keep going through my HS annuals and saying “Why in the heck didn’t I go out with that girl or this girl? How did I miss them back then?”
Anders
March 28th, 2012
10:34 pm
Why in the heck didn’t I go out with that girl or this girl? (kenhotlanta)
After reading how you’re sitting around pouring over their pictures all these years later I’m willing to take a guess on how you didn’t make it onto their dance card back in the day. {:
Bat Masterson
March 28th, 2012
10:36 pm
Ken_
Yeah it’s fun finding old girlfriends. Of course I have no idea who this girl is, after my time there. Looks like they were up to the same things though………..
Darren
March 28th, 2012
10:37 pm
Good article Dave. I believe he is the greatest switch hitter of all time. The stats back him up. I also think he is slightly ahead of Mike Schmidt and George Brett as the greatest 3rd baseman of all time. Schmidt had more power, Brett had a better average. Chipper does both, average and power. Also his teams were more consistently better. Best ever at both!!
Anders
March 28th, 2012
10:38 pm
Darren- Ever here of a fella named Mickey Mantle?
Venice Jim
March 28th, 2012
10:39 pm
ken – so much great stuff on Will the Circle be Unbroken – but I had to go to Uncle Jed for cab to make a connection…
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
10:39 pm
Wrong Anders: actually I am on the Reunion Committee plus I have the sad task of doing the memorials, so I have a legitimate reason to keep up with my classmates and I love it. Facebook has made that job a lot easier and more fun than Classmates.com, so I am a happy camper.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
10:40 pm
Chipper better than Schmidt huh?
noleee
March 28th, 2012
10:42 pm
If I never see anybody I went to school with , it will be too damn soon
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
10:43 pm
VJ: That’s understandable and there is prolly not many folks on this blog who have heard any of the Circle albums and I find that sad, because it is great timeless music.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
10:46 pm
yes great music
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
10:46 pm
noleee: you were prolly the guy who tried to give everyone a hot foot.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
10:47 pm
nah, I was a too big,too bright, too serious stranger changing schools all the time.
only thing that got me by was playing sports
Anders
March 28th, 2012
10:48 pm
So when someone doesn’t respond on Facebook you write a memorial? Them girls have no idea what a catch they missed. Buffalo Bill comes to mind.
Just messing with you Ken.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
10:49 pm
Buffalo Bill was a great series IYAM
noleee
March 28th, 2012
10:50 pm
hell ken writes a memorial when a blogger misses a week here……
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
10:52 pm
Anders: I practice writing memorials for the Mutts.
Anders
March 28th, 2012
10:54 pm
Nolle – Wrong Buffalo Bill. I was thinking Silence Of The Lambs.
Ken- That was funny!
noleee
March 28th, 2012
10:55 pm
non-sequitur
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
10:55 pm
kenhotlanta-
It’s not that I would not appreciate his music- I love great banjo music (and great fiddle music) as much as the next person- it’s just not the type of music that you typically hear in Los Angeles
Anders
March 28th, 2012
10:56 pm
Chipper was/is not better than Schmidt. At least in my humble opinion.
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
10:57 pm
noleee: when I was in school, the jocks got all the girls, at least the hot ones, it seemed. I loved playing sports, but I had white-mans disease: too small and slow.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
10:57 pm
Ride up to Bakersfield….
Anders
March 28th, 2012
10:57 pm
cabravesfan – you need to come to NYC. Banjos and fiddles abound!
noleee
March 28th, 2012
10:58 pm
until the muggers take them away….
Anders
March 28th, 2012
11:00 pm
Yeah but them jocks don’t get to publish the death list for the annual reunion so who won in the end – right?
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
11:00 pm
Anders-
I love New York. VJ and I both have family in or near the city. We are actually hoping to make it back there in September when my boys play Syracuse at the Meadowlands…
noleee
March 28th, 2012
11:01 pm
pretty true ken but I was not an outgoing person as a child, and moving every coupla years and starting over was somewhat daunting to me at the time
Anders
March 28th, 2012
11:01 pm
nolee- Yeah, muggers on every corner. You need to stop watching Kojak reruns.
uga-brave
March 28th, 2012
11:01 pm
nolee, actually catching up on “the killing” as we speak. really well done show.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
11:02 pm
I know guys who carry a few hundred all the time so the muggers won’t get mad at them for not having enuff bread to score drugs with….
noleee
March 28th, 2012
11:03 pm
yes Uga, it was. Lead actress was terrific too
Anders
March 28th, 2012
11:04 pm
cabravesfan- Have you ever walked over the Brooklyn Bridge? It’s a must do if you haven’t. Incredible view of downtown Manhattan. And now the Freedom Tower soars over everything in that area. Truly spectacular. I wa just standing at the foot of the tower yesterday. They’re doing a great job rebuilding that whole area after 9/11.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
11:06 pm
that’s good to hear about the tower Anders. Haven’t been up there since B4 9-11
Anders
March 28th, 2012
11:06 pm
few hundred? Them’s high class muggers your pals are running in to. Most would be happy with a $5 spot.
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
11:07 pm
Anders-
I have not. Our last trip was a short one- Friday-Monday…before that, I was there for 2 months between my sophomore & junior years in college, but I was working so didn’t have lots of free time…I have heard it is a must do for everyone- even folks who have lived there most of their lives…
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
11:07 pm
cab: There used to be clubs in and around LA in the 60’s and 70’s that featured county rock where bands like the Eagles, Poco, Firefall, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Byrds got their start. I know that was before your time and it’s prolly not that way now, but magazines like Rolling Stone and Creem were always featuring the LA clubs, including all the rock clubs, too. Wish I had been there then, just like I wish I had been in Haight-Ashbury in the 60’s.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
11:08 pm
caint get no drugs with a 5 spot. they just get mean and cripple you if that’s al;l ya got….
Anders
March 28th, 2012
11:09 pm
nolee- It’s really a spectacular building they’re putting up there. Plus the memorial is so well done. There’s about 4 or 5 other buildings going up all at the same time. I’m happy for the small busineses in that area because they really took a beating for a while down that way.
kenhotlanta
March 28th, 2012
11:10 pm
Anders, good one @ 11:00.
noleee
March 28th, 2012
11:11 pm
That’s great. I’ll likely never get back up that way, but it’s good to hear that things have rebounded so well
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
11:11 pm
kenhotlanta-
Yeah, there were a lot of clubs like that in LA back then- still many great, small, intimate ones up on Sunset, but that is a bit of a hike from where we are…and the good ones are either uber trendy, over crowded and charge too much or are super tiny, hard to find, over crowded and charge too much
(Also, I love the Eagles…not a huge Emmylou Harris fan…don’t know many Byrds songs, and can’t say I am that familiar with the rest-and yes…WAY before my time
)
noleee
March 28th, 2012
11:12 pm
NOT an Emmylou fan? You are now dead to me….
Anders
March 28th, 2012
11:14 pm
cabravesfan – You’d be surprised how many people who live here have never done it. I take anyone who visits across. Plus on the Brooklyn side (called Dumbo) there’s some great restaurants. If you and VJ don’t mind dropping about $200 for a special dinner for the two of you go to the River Cafe. great restaurant on the water directly across from downtown NYC. They use it for many movie scenes when they want the skyline in the background. Go after dark though for the full affect. Or you could eat somewhere else down there a little more reasonable and then pop in for a drink and the view. They always have a great piano player in the lounge but it’s kind of small so you can’t always get in.
OK- off my NYC Chamber of Commerce soap box I go.
cabravesfan
March 28th, 2012
11:15 pm
noleee-
I have not really listened to much of her music, but I generally like more rock type songs…
Anders
March 28th, 2012
11:17 pm
Now if it’s fish tacos you want then you need to wait for the blogmaster to steer you in the right direction. {:
tiger297
March 28th, 2012
11:18 pm
I miss working on the rock…that was a fun 2 years when I traveled up there so often
Anders
March 28th, 2012
11:19 pm
where’d you work tiger297?