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ccrider
March 29th, 2012
4:27 pm
Maybe ,Buddy Carlye will take the last spot in the bullpen
Lew
March 29th, 2012
4:28 pm
An as to parenting, my baby is 33. He was a cop for seven years and has volunteered (now working for) hospice. Seems that maybe I did a pretty good job of raising a child who turned into a caring adult..
Braves One
March 29th, 2012
4:29 pm
nolee … you are not listening (or reading) properly. My posting is the placement of the “F-word” in a family environment.
flange1
March 29th, 2012
4:30 pm
nolee
I tend to agree!
Lew
March 29th, 2012
4:31 pm
Yeah – noleee loses concentration easily – especially in the presence of self righteousness and overblown moral egos.
noleee
March 29th, 2012
4:33 pm
it has happened since the second game ever player. it happened constantly with every pro team I ever saw. It is not something new as your original posts seemed to assert and it has yet to be the end of society in the last 100 years either.
In the heat of competition of any kind, bad language is common and always has been. not ideal but sure not the harbinger of cultural disintegration that you seem to imply
Lew
March 29th, 2012
4:35 pm
Of course we could always give up cussing and instead kill people like happens a soccer matches worldwide.
Murph
March 29th, 2012
4:35 pm
I’d rather my girls hear an F-bomb after a guy screws up than see him skip happily back to the dugout… talk about sending the wrong message.
Braves One
March 29th, 2012
4:36 pm
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians 4:29
Lew
March 29th, 2012
4:37 pm
And there it is.
cabravesfan
March 29th, 2012
4:37 pm
Why are we quoting the bible on DOB’s blog? One of the rules…no religion. Sorry…
Frankie Wren
March 29th, 2012
4:39 pm
And the 700 club will be right back with a recap of the game after this commercial break.
Braves One
March 29th, 2012
4:40 pm
DOB … do you still think it’s funny?
Trader Jack
March 29th, 2012
4:40 pm
Braces One
Do the letters FO mean anything to you?
Bat Masterson
March 29th, 2012
4:40 pm
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Ephesians 4:29
F’ing A baby.
ncscoots
March 29th, 2012
4:40 pm
In the heat of competition of any kind, bad language is common and always has been
It’s kinda tough to be articulate when you just miss a pitch to hit or get whiplash on the mound from watching one go out. Those are not moments that lend themselves to the quiet search for the perfect expression of emotion.
Fish Bisch
March 29th, 2012
4:41 pm
I heard Tebow cuss once.
noleee
March 29th, 2012
4:41 pm
don’t get me wrong, I have little use for much of today’s “humor” that is based mostly on foul language sex and drugs, it doesn’t offend me I just don’t think it’s funny and I may even agree that it might be a bit of a negative sign, but to expect no cursing at all is pretty unreasonable as some said earlier, its the parent’s job to parent in that situation if the children are all that young.and that does seem to be lacking a lot lately
noleee
March 29th, 2012
4:42 pm
because our old buddy always breaks the rules cab
Random
March 29th, 2012
4:42 pm
@ Tomahawkin (March 29th, 2012 3:25 pm): “Ouch, Damn I felt that one here in Stone Mountain, LOL”
Funny — I didn’t feel a thing.
Tomahawkin sez: “EV’Y BODY C’AP YO’ HAN’S!!!”
Bat Masterson
March 29th, 2012
4:42 pm
cab_
Quoting the bible does not make it neccassarly religious. I’ve done it several times
David O'Brien
March 29th, 2012
4:43 pm
Bobby Cox’s Braves Futures Team roster will include position prospects such as Terdoslavich, Bethancourt, Salcedo, Drury, Cunninghma, Lipka, and pitchers Gilmartin, Hoover, Chapman and others.
noleee
March 29th, 2012
4:46 pm
I think if you are quoting the bible in support or a moral argument, it is religious enough to possibly cause the trouble that the rule is trying to prevent.
Bat Masterson
March 29th, 2012
4:49 pm
Probably so, nolie.
I think I generally use it it point out hypocrisy
noleee
March 29th, 2012
4:50 pm
well then tote it on out and throw it in the face of Dentz/Milsaps
flange1
March 29th, 2012
4:50 pm
The 4:36 reminds me of Milsapps..
Bat Masterson
March 29th, 2012
4:51 pm
Usually with Paul L because I know it annoys him.
Fish Bisch
March 29th, 2012
4:52 pm
During the afternoon broadcast of Inside Pitch on MLB radio, the host (forgot his name not Jim Boden but the other guy) predicted McCann as his dark horse to win the NL MVP this year.
That would be nice.
noleee
March 29th, 2012
4:53 pm
that’s what I said long ago flange, in fact i have never been certain that Milsaps and Dentz are not the same person. They are almost twin images of each other on different sides of things. Since most of what they post is made up crap I think it is very possible that one guy just changes sides
VaBravesFan
March 29th, 2012
4:53 pm
Next Offseason Outlook.
Braves will have 38 million coming off the books before raises. Obvious team needs at this point will be LF, CF, possibly 3rd Base. Still will have lot of rotation options going forward and possible trades to speculate. Plus Hudson has the 9 million option, also Jurrjens is due a raise. I don’t expect both to be on our 2013 roster. Possibly 3rd base because Prado will be due a raise and make around 7 million. He must have a bounce back year for the Braves or he could be dealt or non-tendered. Slight chance tho.
The Braves will have a good chunk of money to spend unless Ownership decides to lower payroll. But all this will be determinded how the Braves play this season.
ncscoots
March 29th, 2012
4:54 pm
If it’s Millsaps, scroom. Everybody already knows he’s an idiot, so we’re not exactly getting new data here.
Who wants pie?
Or a SS?
Lew
March 29th, 2012
4:55 pm
Fish – Yeah, it would.
noleee
March 29th, 2012
5:00 pm
now that JJ has had a good outing and proven that all is hony-dory we can trade him for Tulo. the Rox can use some pitchin’
Bat Masterson
March 29th, 2012
5:01 pm
Maybe Millsaps and Paul L are the same person, but for some reason I don’t think so. I’ve seen PL around,on other blogs, lately using the Inmate name. I’ figured cussing at Millsaps when he quoted scripture would be more fun. :shrug:
Bat Masterson
March 29th, 2012
5:03 pm
Yeah, Fish, I’m all for that prediction working out.
noleee
March 29th, 2012
5:04 pm
yeah prolly not, but it wouldn’t surprise me much if they were
Juan
March 29th, 2012
5:04 pm
VaBravesFan
March 29th, 2012
4:53 pm
Next Offseason Outlook
Easy:
LF: Parraz
CF: Dodge
3b: Terd
That it…because the Braves going to lost a lot of money this season
Liberty Media going to Save of the Money..
MiaBchBravesFan
March 29th, 2012
5:05 pm
I come here to talk about SS’s, LF’ers, bullpen depth, and healthy starters… and I get the F@#$%&G Power Hour!?!?!?
noleee
March 29th, 2012
5:11 pm
shyt happens
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
March 29th, 2012
5:12 pm
Yeah, the cussing is nothing new, and my Mom nick-named Eric Hinske “Potty-Mouth” for a reason…
Bat Masterson
March 29th, 2012
5:14 pm
No doubt they are polar opposites of crazy. So I could see it
Should the Atlanta Braves Go With Tyler Pastornicky or Andrelton Simmons? : Atlanta Braves
March 29th, 2012
5:18 pm
[...] Walker, both confirmed that he was trying to do too much early on in the spring. In Walker’s words: “Even when he was scuffling, we weren’t changing anything,” hitting coach Greg Walker said. [...]
MFin04
March 29th, 2012
5:19 pm
“Braves will have 38 million coming off the books before raises.”
The magic of Braves accounting…it will all disappear…and we will end up getting rid of Jair and Prado because we still won’t be able to afford them somehow.
flange1
March 29th, 2012
5:21 pm
Interesting thought nolee,
I thought you were suggesting PL earlier, and had not thought of the PL/RM connection until you brought it up
B-F_52
March 29th, 2012
5:23 pm
Mayan not be no baseball next year let’s just enjoy this year its about to be on like a chicken bone
noleee
March 29th, 2012
5:25 pm
they are the same personality, one presents himself as an ultra liberal and the other as an ultra conservative, but the personality flaws are the same. Might be nothing to it I just think its a pretty big coincidence that two such similar personality types on the exact opposite side of philosophy are here together. anyway they is/are both bonkers
noleee
March 29th, 2012
5:27 pm
true on Dec 21 we are all gonna fly off into space anyway… might be Chipper’s last hurrah in more ways than one this year
Nigel Tufnel
March 29th, 2012
5:28 pm
Who will be Braves shortstop? I thought Who was on first.
David O'Brien
March 29th, 2012
5:28 pm
Evan Gattis is the other catcher with Bethancourt on Futures roster Tuesday. Gattis will start at Lynchburg this season and Bethancourt at Mississippi
B-F_52
March 29th, 2012
5:33 pm
I wonder if Gattis will find his way to the Cayce compound in Va.Beach
jt
March 29th, 2012
5:33 pm
you think it will really matter?? Yeah Right, one more loser to go with the rest of them, no matter who it is.
brian
March 29th, 2012
5:36 pm
who is SS on the Futures Roster??
Forrest Gump
March 29th, 2012
5:36 pm
Mama always said cussin’ shows your ignorance. Seems ta me there’s too much ignorance in the world.
David the Shepherd
March 29th, 2012
5:37 pm
Amen, Forrest.
RHR
March 29th, 2012
5:37 pm
WTF kind of hack job is this? We’re a week away from opening day and the LINEUP hasn’t been posted yet?!
ARGHHHHH!!
MFin04
March 29th, 2012
5:39 pm
“We’re a week away from opening day and the LINEUP hasn’t been posted yet?!”
That’s because we are still trying to trade for two position players to fill the voids in LF and SS.
B-F_52
March 29th, 2012
5:39 pm
Brian I guess Bobby F ‘ n Cox will make that call selah
noleee
March 29th, 2012
5:40 pm
nor the rotation…
Nelson
March 29th, 2012
5:41 pm
I actually do not have a preference between Simmons and Pastor….., but I do have one on Parraz to play Left field over Matt Diaz and Contanza
noleee
March 29th, 2012
5:43 pm
I’d trade the whole lotovem for a dozen gallons of Mad Dog 2020
unbelievable
March 29th, 2012
5:44 pm
Diaz should not have a place on this roster. Xavier Nady is just as bad.
RHR
March 29th, 2012
5:46 pm
Fredi on the hot seat this year? Check yes or no.
Exactly how patient is Frank Wren?
Who’s the OD starter?
Who’s on 3rd?
Who’s on Short?
And speaking of short, where’d that SS who got everyone to sing Kumba Ya go?
Find out on the next episode of ….. As The Braves Turn …………..
Its enough to make DOB have to take another vacation before the season starts.
noleee
March 29th, 2012
5:48 pm
i’m feelin’ et up with pissymism today
keyLargo
March 29th, 2012
5:49 pm
my Mom nick-named Eric Hinske “Potty-Mouth” for a reason…
She may have to find something in another level than Potty Mouth fo yo BMac. I don’t think Hinske plays enough or is close enough to that mic behind HP to be in Mac’s league. He’s leads the world in F-Bombs.
MFin04
March 29th, 2012
5:50 pm
“Fredi on the hot seat this year? Check yes or no.”
Shouldn’t it be Frank Wren on the hot seat? I mean Fredi can only manage the players he is given. If they weren’t good enough to win it last year…and they don’t bring in anyone new to compete in a more difficult division…it can’t be the manager’s fault….it should be the guy acquiring the talent.
noleee
March 29th, 2012
5:52 pm
no way that frank is even close to being on the hot seat
B-F_52
March 29th, 2012
5:54 pm
Dont be pissy mystic Nolee I think wren may be pullin a houdini out of his hat yet…
MFin04
March 29th, 2012
5:56 pm
“no way that frank is even close to being on the hot seat”
Should be. Guy had an epic collapse under his watch and decided to do absolutely nothing about it. Do I agree or disagree with his decision? I dunno. If they really didn’t have any money you can’t blame the guy….but it looks really bad if you don’t come in 2nd this year and win the wild card….especially after no moves to improve the team.
noleee
March 29th, 2012
5:57 pm
no he shouldn’t be
keyLargo
March 29th, 2012
5:58 pm
GM inherits a 72 win team and then wins 86, 91 and 89 games his first three years and he’s on the hot seat? Yeah, right and everyone wants Lentz back on the blog too.
B-F_52
March 29th, 2012
5:58 pm
Or maybe a few rabbits will suffice
Murph
March 29th, 2012
6:05 pm
Wren has done all he can to put together a winner with limited resources… can’t blame him for injuries, poor bullpen usage, lack of hitting with RISP, or for a seller’s FA pitching market.
Fredi, on the other hand… right or wrong, fair or not, he’s the skipper and he has accountability for the on-field performance.
If he’s not feeling a little added pressure this season then he’s about as dumb as I figured he is. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in deep doodoo if this team fails to at least make a competitive run at one of the 8 wild card spots.
MFin04
March 29th, 2012
6:06 pm
The 89 win team that should have been a 96 game win team easy. And a guy who decided that even though the Nationals and Marlins clearly got a lot better, the Braves didn’t need to do anything more to compete.
If the Braves don’t end up with at least one of the 2 wild card spots, his job should be in jeopardy….because his decisions directly influenced this team.
MattyRoss
March 29th, 2012
6:06 pm
Hoping the Asencio move is freeing up cash as a precursor to taking on Byrd. Is that possible?
MFin04
March 29th, 2012
6:09 pm
Wren is more responsible for this team’s performance than Fredi’s. And I don’t think Fredi has been a bad manager. In fact, he probably handled the team last year better than Bobby Cox would have.
But Frank Wren was clearly determined not to make any moves and stick with his team. If that pays off, then he is a genius and should be rewarded. If not, he looks like an idiot and there maybe should be some consequences.
MFin04
March 29th, 2012
6:14 pm
“Hoping the Asencio move is freeing up cash as a precursor to taking on Byrd. Is that possible?”
I doubt it. Haven’t the Braves recently purchased two different players for cash considerations? It probably is just helping to pay off those guys.
unbelievable
March 29th, 2012
6:15 pm
Fredi is more responsible when Wren gives him a good product and he doesnt know how to manage it. Wren didnt have the budget room to go after players like Miami and Washington did. Either way both of those teams finished over 20 games back of the Phils last season and they didnt get that much better.
Hard to make moves when you are having to trade playes (Lowe) just to stay within your salary guidelines.
cricket
March 29th, 2012
6:21 pm
wasn’t it the great nation of pakistan that tried to ban some 200 odd words including the f word from text messages few months back? talk about kindred spirits.
keyLargo
March 29th, 2012
6:22 pm
DOB and the censors wouldn’t post a post from me yesterday, maybe because it was too long or they didn’t agree with it, but I followed up on every player (pitchers) on the 40 man roster in 2008. That was the team Frank Wren inherited. You want to know how many of those pitchers are still with the Braves? Three (3). You want to know how many of those were any good in 2008? Tim Hudson – that’s it.
Peter Moylan and Jair Jurrjens were on the 40 man too but had not contributed on the MLB level.
That’s what a 72 win team is like. Bleak.
Murph
March 29th, 2012
6:22 pm
Sorry MFin, but I think your stance on Wren is ridiculous. He’s made the moves he’s been able to make… and he didn’t make knee-jerk moves that would have ended up weakening the team.
The Braves won 89 games last year partly because of Wren, not despite him. He can’t rub his hands together and heal injuries ala Mr Miyagi. He can’t print funny money and use it to pay free agents with.
There are a lot of teams in the league who would have killed to win 89 games last season.
All hail Wren!
cricket
March 29th, 2012
6:27 pm
noleee 4:17 pm
I just caint reconcile myself to all this positivism from MF04. I wonder where the body of the original one is hidden
guess the body is found alive
Darryl Blackberry
March 29th, 2012
6:32 pm
It’s a lose-lose situation at SS as far as offense is concerned. Just pick the guy with the best attitude (and, hopefully, a good glove as well) and pray for the best.
David O'Brien
March 29th, 2012
6:34 pm
Minor and Gearrin run into trouble in walk-plagued inning
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/03/29/minor-and-gearrin-run-into-trouble-in-walk-plagued-inning/
cricket
March 29th, 2012
6:36 pm
funny –
http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120329&content_id=27719986¬ebook_id=27720130&vkey=notebook_sea&c_id=sea
The hyperactive Ryan thought of everything on this one, even realizing he shouldn’t trust himself to bring the engagement ring with him to Japan.
“One of the smartest things I ever did was give that thing to Felix [Hernandez],” Ryan said, “because I figured if anybody was going to lose it, he could afford it.”
Kat
March 29th, 2012
6:38 pm
Good song choice David and thanks for the new DOB blog today.
cricket
March 29th, 2012
6:39 pm
Jose Canseco with last word on global warming –
http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/03/29/ricks-cafe-jose-cansecos-twitter-lecture-on-global-warming-is-pure-comedy-gold-rip-al-gore/related/
Bat Masterson
March 29th, 2012
6:45 pm
wasn’t it the great nation of pakistan that tried to ban some 200 odd words
Yes they did, on cell phone texts, if memory serves one of the words was “butt” and one of the guys that worked on implementing it was,of course,named Butt.
cabravesfan
March 29th, 2012
7:07 pm
There is a website that “cleanses” certain words that some people may find offensive- it kept changing the sprinter Tyson Gay’s name to “Tyson Homosexual” This is when the creators realized it may not work exactly as planned…
Brava
March 29th, 2012
7:19 pm
cab, really sad that such a website exists.
cabravesfan
March 29th, 2012
7:21 pm
Brava-
It is, but the name change bit became a running joke during the 2008 Olympics- was used over and over to mock the site…
Brava
March 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
Well, that’s good.
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
March 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
B-Mac has let out many F-Bombs after striking out and the mike has caught it loud and clear.
Brava
March 29th, 2012
7:27 pm
He sure has, Coach.
Brava
March 29th, 2012
7:41 pm
Wren searching for upgrades as season nears
Roster mostly set, but depth still a concern
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120329&content_id=27729940&vkey=news_atl&c_id=atl&partnerId=rss_atl
Bat Masterson
March 29th, 2012
7:43 pm
Always makes me laugh when Heap does that……… That’s just me though, some people want that fire, that sense of urgency expressed with a G rating.
Brava
March 29th, 2012
7:47 pm
Bat, I could care less. As you know, I’m a retired soldier. It’s very hard for me to refrain from dropping F-bombs in front of my young nephews when my brother visits. I also find it funny when one of the players drops one.
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
March 29th, 2012
7:48 pm
Hinske and Ross are solid, Jack Wilson is all glove, can’t hit his weight and the rest look like a bunch of quad A scrubs. So yea, the bench is a work in progress and could be a liability.
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
March 29th, 2012
7:49 pm
McCann, heap…ergo, Intensity. Enough said.
Bat Masterson
March 29th, 2012
7:57 pm
Haha, yeah my nephews got an early lesson in construction site language from me. What the hell, they learned when to turn loose and when not to.
noleee
March 29th, 2012
7:58 pm
The 89 win team that should have been a 96 game win team easy…MK
bulloney. it had an 85 win Pythagorean so it was 4 games better than the stats. not wren’s fauilt it tanked