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MiaBchBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
4:23 pm
I have you all beat: an autographed Travis Smith (throwback 1969) jersey from the 2006 season – the first since 1990 without a division title. The bidding starts… NOW!
Hillbilly
April 25th, 2012
4:24 pm
That was a joke. Don’t send the feds to my door. All they’ll find is a Kevin Tapani-autographed ticket stub and a skoal can signed by Jerry Jeff Walker
Swamp Retard
April 25th, 2012
4:26 pm
The Skoal can’s a keeper!!! Really!!!
brian
April 25th, 2012
4:29 pm
get their autographs at Rome when they are young
Murph
April 25th, 2012
4:29 pm
Duke, that’s tempting… I was a huge Kolb fan back in the day. Let me think about it, ok?
I should tell you that the menu has several pasta sauce stains on it, one of which appears to be a perfect imprint of Smokey’s thumb. Talk about a certificate of authenticity! So, you know, it’s going to fetch top dollar.
My mom recently sent me a very blurry picture of Tommy Lasorda who she ran into while he was in Albuquerque for the Isotopes’ opening game. She didn’t have the guts to walk up to him and get his autograph, though.
I could have had an entire Lasorda collection!
raleighbravefan
April 25th, 2012
4:30 pm
I have – Baseball signed by Catfish Hunter, given to my son, who had recently been diagnosed with diabetes at age 6 (20 years ago). Catfish was at 5 county (mudcats) stadium, attending an ADA fundraising event before a ballgame.
– Baseball signed by Dennis Eckersley for my daughter before a game in Atlanta on an Easter Sunday during the 90’s. He was runing in the outfield, and we had seats near him. She threw the ball to him with a pen, and he signed it, and threw it back.
- Baseball signed by Grag Maddox, give to me by my nephew, who works for Scott Boras…so I assume it’s genuine, even though I didn’t see him sign it.
They all have enough sentimental value, that I would never sell them…At least the first 2, anyway.
Fish Bisch
April 25th, 2012
4:30 pm
The only autograph I have is Reggie Sanders.
MiaBchBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
4:30 pm
Rats. No takers on the Travis Smith jersey. Hell, I’ll thow in the matching cap.
(On second thought, if I EVER break down and go to the abomination that is Marlins’ Stadium for a Braves’ game, I’ll rock the combo as a BIG F-U to the mullets’ management!)
brian
April 25th, 2012
4:32 pm
My son has his wall of fame with pictures of himself with many of these guys – Heyward, Freeman, Teheran, giancarlo stanton, Bryce Harper, Dylan Bundy, Christian Yelich – it is fun to meet them when they are young and then follow them through to hopefully the majors
Ward
April 25th, 2012
4:33 pm
Hello everyon! I have time for one post. I have Dale Murphy, Rookie Topps Card,and year after, and Have a Chipper Jones Upper Deck Rookie Card 2 of them, and I have a Cal Ripkin Rookie Donrus Card. All, have a good one! Talk tonight after game, and peace my friends……”Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
Duke
April 25th, 2012
4:34 pm
MURPH
There should be an item on that menu named Lasorda. It just fits perfectly. As far as the sauce stains go, I would welcome them with open arms. Probably a good thing your mom didn’t go get his autograph. I heard Lasorda was notorious for ass grabbing women who asked for autographs.
raleighbravefan
April 25th, 2012
4:34 pm
Hillbilly – I’d rather have a copy of “Mr. BoJangles” signed by Jerry Jeff.
brian
April 25th, 2012
4:34 pm
Chipper, McCann, Lou Brock, Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Beachy, Minor, Strasburg, Mike Trout, Steve Young, and Chris Paul
Ward
April 25th, 2012
4:34 pm
All missed the”e” on everyone! Talk later tonigt….Peace Out.
CrαZy
April 25th, 2012
4:37 pm
get their autographs at Rome when they are young
Or you can wait until they get to Gwinnett. You’ll have a better chance of getting autographs of players that’ll end up in the show and fewer autographs of players that end up working at jiffy lube!!!
tiger297
April 25th, 2012
4:37 pm
bat still around?
Hillbilly
April 25th, 2012
4:38 pm
Me too, raleigh, but all we had at the time was a JJW tee-shirt I had just bought and my dad’s empty Skoal can. We just so happened to bump into him on the street after he had just put on one hell of a show in a Little Rock bar. That was a fun night.
Braves Grrrl
April 25th, 2012
4:39 pm
To the other ladies commenting on Braves players and dreaminess: Freddie is adorable to me. His hugs are epic!
bravesgrl4life
April 25th, 2012
4:40 pm
Braves Grrrl –
There is something appealing about Freeman. He looks like a big ole California farmboy
Duke
April 25th, 2012
4:41 pm
There are an awful lot of bored people at work today, including myself.
MiaBchBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
4:42 pm
My most prized possession is my real-McCoy road Dale Murphy jersey I bought in 1986 in the Braves Store at the CNN Plaza. It was during my first year of work after college, and I took my college sweetheart (who was in 1st year law at FSU) on a “date” to Atlanta for a weekend of fun! Spent HUGE coin for it, absolutely love it (she thought I was crazy). After Hank Aaron, Dale is my 1A All-Time favorite Brave. Man’s got MONDO kharma!
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
4:43 pm
bravesgrl4life-
California farmboy??? Not too many of those in Orange County
DAP
April 25th, 2012
4:43 pm
ralieghbravesfan Baseball signed by Grag Maddox,
worthless. obviously a forgery.
CrαZy
April 25th, 2012
4:44 pm
I really want to get this signed its Tommy Hanson and my son on the mound during the national anthem at Gwinnett.
http://tinypic.com/r/2m2ciuq/6
phil
April 25th, 2012
4:44 pm
Marty Malloy, anyone?
Murph
April 25th, 2012
4:44 pm
One of the reasons I had kids was because I was getting too old and players wouldn’t sign stuff just for me anymore…
I haven’t taken my girls to a game in Atlanta yet, but I plan on using their cuteness to score some really nice signed memorabilia.
MiaBchBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
4:45 pm
cab: unless he’s from The Valley, near Fresno.
tiger297
April 25th, 2012
4:45 pm
mercy…can we start talking about the tomahawk team or is that not allowed?
phil
April 25th, 2012
4:46 pm
bravesgrl4life
April 25th, 2012
4:40 pm
Braves Grrrl –
There is something appealing about Freeman. He looks like a big ole California farmboy
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hahahaha
CrαZy
April 25th, 2012
4:46 pm
#3 is my boy when he was 5.
MiaBchBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
4:46 pm
tiger297 = sour puss
Bat Masterson
April 25th, 2012
4:47 pm
Ha, too cool, Crazy.
Bat Masterson
April 25th, 2012
4:47 pm
What’s up, tiger?
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
4:47 pm
MiaBchBravesFan-
Nope. Orange County…
tiger297
April 25th, 2012
4:48 pm
murph – it swings back once you get old enough
CrαZy
April 25th, 2012
4:48 pm
tiger297 can we start talking about the tomahawk team or is that not allowed?
You mean the Braves or is the tomahawk team what they call those girls that dance on top of the dugout during the 7th inning??
tiger297
April 25th, 2012
4:48 pm
just ask nolie
bravesgrl4life
April 25th, 2012
4:49 pm
cab –
Oh, I know that. That’s why I said looks like not that he was one
My friend Carmen loves those types and she loves her some Freddie 
Murph
April 25th, 2012
4:49 pm
Yes, please, let’s talk about the Braves for another five and half hours to help pass the time until first pitch… maybe dissect their bullpen usage or clutch hitting statistics for a while longer.
MiaBchBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
4:49 pm
yer right, cab. Not too many farms out near where the “Entourage” boys live. He’s got that corn-fed Nebraska look, from where I stand.
CrαZy
April 25th, 2012
4:51 pm
clutch hitting statistics
Come on Murph you know theres no such thing as clutch.
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
4:52 pm
MiaBchBravesFan-
Not anymore, anyways…used to be orange groves for miles (hence the name
)
raleighbravefan
April 25th, 2012
4:52 pm
Murph – Perhaps Shaun can educate us on proper batting order….Or use of a “closer”.
Murph
April 25th, 2012
4:52 pm
CraZy, how old are your kids now?
That picture is awesome.
phil
April 25th, 2012
4:52 pm
Such sarcasm, murph….
I would never.
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
4:53 pm
Chance of rain has dropped sharply- just 10% between 7-10, then a 35% chance after 10
MiaBchBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
4:53 pm
CraZy, ya never heard of the CHS??? Right next to the HR and RBI lines on a stat sheet.
bravesgrl4life
April 25th, 2012
4:54 pm
Maybe up around Petaluma. I’m sure there’s some Cali Farmboys up that way
Cow-country, ya know.
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
4:54 pm
CrαZy
April 25th, 2012
4:54 pm
Murph, I think he was 6 in that picture because he’s 9 now.
phil
April 25th, 2012
4:55 pm
CrαZy
April 25th, 2012
4:46 pm
#3 is my boy when he was 5.
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great pic!
And if you look closely, you can just see the beginnings of what is now a fat Hanson…
Murph
April 25th, 2012
4:55 pm
Come on Murph you know theres no such thing as clutch.
Sorry, I’m too gritty to give up on that one just yet.
raleighbravefan
April 25th, 2012
4:55 pm
Let’s don’t forget to discuss the value of wins, when evaluating pitchers…and RBI for hitters.
Triple Crown winners, anyone?
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
4:56 pm
bravesgrl4life-
There are plenty of farms in central California…Petaluma, however, is not really farm country (and it’s in the north)- great wine growing region, though
phil
April 25th, 2012
4:56 pm
cab, i hope they get it in for you guys and for that loon chrisfromsac…
CrαZy
April 25th, 2012
4:56 pm
That was one of those team of the night games where a little league team takes the field with the AAA team.
bravesgrl4life
April 25th, 2012
4:57 pm
I’ve been to Petaluma and north of there – there’s cows – or at least in 2007 there were when went through there. We have a friend that has a speedshop up there. He grew up in Petaluma.
raleighbravefan
April 25th, 2012
4:58 pm
I hope they get it in…There’s no good way to make it up.
phil
April 25th, 2012
4:58 pm
FF has Betty Davis eyes…
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
4:59 pm
bravesgrl4life-
There are cows, and some farms, but most of that region is wine country
Fish Bisch
April 25th, 2012
4:59 pm
Lilly owns us
bravesgrl4life
April 25th, 2012
4:59 pm
And with that, I am leaving work. Chat later.
raleighbravefan
April 25th, 2012
5:00 pm
cab – I thought this blog was whine country…Oh, you said WINE…never mind.
Sopheee
April 25th, 2012
5:00 pm
Happy cows.
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
5:01 pm
bravesgrl4life-
Probably won’t get to chat later- bye!
Roman Gal
April 25th, 2012
5:01 pm
I stayed up late last night to watch the game, but I don’t think I can handle any rain delays…
IABrave
April 25th, 2012
5:01 pm
I have a Roger McDowell, Brandon Beachy, Chip Jones, Craig Kimbrel, and Jonny Venters signed ball. Not too bad for a game in Milwaukee and a game in Colorado.
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
5:02 pm
Happy cows.
Come from California
(Now you know why they are so happy)
raleighbravefan
April 25th, 2012
5:02 pm
Fish – now it’s official…although, I’d take Beachy over Lilly any night.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
April 25th, 2012
5:02 pm
cabravesfan Chance of rain has dropped sharply- just 10% between 7-10, then a 35% chance after 10
That’s cool! Hope it stays away!…
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
5:03 pm
McFann-
Keep reading…
phil
April 25th, 2012
5:03 pm
Not bad at all….
But no Chip Caray?
TheOnlyBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
5:03 pm
phil
April 25th, 2012
4:11 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
4:05 pm
oh, and my glove is signed by Leo Mezzone, but I can’t part with that
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Another apparent fake…. Mezzone…lol
Sorrt, Leo Mazzone…. I wrote that while leaving school, didn’t prove read, just typed hurriedly. I really did get this, I got it last year at the game where Uggla’s hit streak got broken.
Jimmy
April 25th, 2012
5:03 pm
Anyone hear about this kid in the Orioles system Dylan Bundy?
Batters are 0-39 this season with 21 K’s.
Oh, and they say he is “dreamie” too.
TheOnlyBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
5:05 pm
Hope the Braves play tonight, if I can get a few good AB’s out of Uggs,Freeman,Mac,Heyward, Bourn, Prado, and a good start from Beachy, I can likely get to #1 in my fantasy league.
phil
April 25th, 2012
5:06 pm
0-39?
He’s dreamy because he’ll be worth millions soon…
bum.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
April 25th, 2012
5:06 pm
I have a baseball signed by Lance Cormier and 2 signed by BMac (one of the BMac baseballs was a present from Lew).
I also have an Official Game Ball that Eric O’Flaherty used to strike out Chase Utley to end an inning in BMac’s second game back from the DL in 2009—was graciously given to me by bruce. BMac tossed it to him on his way to the dugout.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
April 25th, 2012
5:07 pm
cabravesfan—
Keep reading what…?
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
April 25th, 2012
5:08 pm
Oh, never mind, I see…dang it…
Well, I still hope it stays away!…
Jimmy
April 25th, 2012
5:09 pm
Yankees should be calling FW anytime now about JJ. Pineda out for the year.
raleighbravefan
April 25th, 2012
5:09 pm
Dylan Bundy…any relation to AL?….Ted, maybe?
cabravesfan
April 25th, 2012
5:09 pm
McFann-
TheOnlyBravesFan
April 25th, 2012
5:11 pm
Yankees should be calling FW anytime now about JJ. Pineda out for the year.
LOL, who wants JJ now?
phil
April 25th, 2012
5:11 pm
Al Bundy….
an all time funny show.
I don’t have his autograph though, dadgummit.
David O'Brien
April 25th, 2012
5:11 pm
NEW BLOGGAGE
raleighbravefan
April 25th, 2012
5:12 pm
phil – Married with Children and The Simpsons pretty much got Fox started.
bostonbravo
April 26th, 2012
10:52 pm
here comes Gearrin!