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The Truth Hurts
June 12th, 2012
11:29 pm
Well, it’s getting a little late and I even haven’t gotten around to robbing a liquor store yet, bummer. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow.
Good night everyone, it was fun exposing you.
Bat Masterson
June 12th, 2012
11:29 pm
We need a better class of trolls than The Truth and Busch Leaguer
tiger297
June 12th, 2012
11:29 pm
nolie – so tell him to earhole every lefty he faces…no impact to his WHIP and if he gets the rightys out we should be ok
Powder Blue
June 12th, 2012
11:30 pm
I can’t say I’ll miss Frank & Fredi when they’re gone.
Jake W.
June 12th, 2012
11:30 pm
so far he has let the team down way more than they have let him down IMO, so I caint get all that worked up for him
Something tells me that although he wanted the win that he doesn’t mind walking away blameless for this loss. He did his job, finally. Doubt he loses sleep over this one so I won’t either.
Venice Jim
June 12th, 2012
11:30 pm
I would comment, but someone would come along in few minutes and make fun of me. Might be time to join Tom and Moe…
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
11:31 pm
“TRUTH is Paul Lentz”
Disagree.
Though, I would be curious to know VJ’s opinion. His post was the last time I heard Lentz referenced here.
Venice Jim
June 12th, 2012
11:31 pm
On the other hand, having my own personal stalker makes him look a bit suspect when it comes to motive and intellectual capacity…
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:31 pm
might be a plan tiger, I’ll call Fredo and pitch it to him. or you might suggest it yourself when you and lil’ tiger are hanging out with the pen guys
David O'Brien
June 12th, 2012
11:33 pm
Venters on falling behind 3-and-0 vs. A-Rod: “I felt frustrated because I felt good, and I just couldn’t make an adjustment to make a good pitch. I fell behind right there and I didn’t want to walk him. Maybe looking back I should have made a conscious effort to not leave that ball over the plate. I mean, I wasn’t trying to leave it over the plate, but maybe a walk right there is not terrible, with a lefty on deck and one of the best players who ever played the game hittig. But it is what it is. I made a bad pitch and he crushed it.”
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
11:33 pm
“make fun of me”
Or, in his opinion, try to show the courage in response to this:
“BAS is too big of a coward to converse with me when I am on the blog…”
Nonetheless, I love your attempt to portray yourself a victim. Gets better every day. What is this, ten, now?
Busch Leaguer
June 12th, 2012
11:34 pm
Good night Truth ,
And may God Bless your bitter little heart.
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:34 pm
ok BAS, you can do that, I’ll allow it. not sure what Jim has to do with it though. and if he isn’t Paul he is just about as big an arse
learner
June 12th, 2012
11:35 pm
nolie,
Looks like they retooled CG’s pitches this year… seemed like when he came up they all broke down and away from LH last year (reminded me of Moylan), but this year they look straight. Why can’t these guys get LH out with a pitch that goes down and away from them?
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
11:35 pm
“makes him look a bit suspect when it comes to motive and intellectual capacity…”
Yes. There it is. C’mon, brother. Find the time.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
June 12th, 2012
11:35 pm
Send Ventersw back to the Colonel in Kentucky. Send Fredi back to Tony Montana in Cuba. And please tell the Academy Sports people having a lazy eyed girl as your speaker in a commercial is a bad idea.
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:36 pm
just don’t hold your breath Powder, or you won’t be able to miss anything anymore
McDS1nnnn
June 12th, 2012
11:36 pm
CTB (serious post)
You are about the age of my sons, so can I tell you something I tell them when they get stressed and let it affect their behavior?
You really can’t control what happens to you sometimes (though the choices you make can affect what happens to you to a degree). But you can control how you react to bad situations. Getting upset or angry is a choice. Letting things get to us is a choice we make.
(I should take my own advice more often………)
tiger297
June 12th, 2012
11:37 pm
nolie – he isn’t one of the social players in the pen…maybe a wave every once in a while
now I might suggest some pitch placement to JV tomorrow night
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:38 pm
Gotta admit that I won’t miss Fredi either, though I disagree about Wren
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:39 pm
maybe he’ll get friendlier when he finds out that you have a plan for his success
Powder Blue
June 12th, 2012
11:39 pm
nolie,
They’ll go. Maybe later rather than sooner. But a day will come when this whole outfit leaves town and the Braves will enjoy a new start.
stizz
June 12th, 2012
11:39 pm
Powder,
This ain’t Frank’s fault. He’s given Fredi some great groceries, Fredi just ain’t cooking. Hell, I’d be surprised if he could even turn on an oven.
David O'Brien
June 12th, 2012
11:39 pm
Braves lost for the first time in 29 games when leading after six innings, and first time in 28 games when leading after seven.
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:40 pm
gonna be a while on Wren and Liberty I’m afeared PB
the truth...
June 12th, 2012
11:41 pm
Time to turn off 680 the Fan and the Jay Howell excuses for Fredi Show…………another word of their lip service and I’ll be in the ER…
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:41 pm
How dare they??? Give ‘em hell about that DOB.
Jake W.
June 12th, 2012
11:41 pm
McDS1nnnn
Ironically enough I am probably one of the few people who doesn’t hate Lebron James and don’t get the constant hate for the guy. I’ve always felt he’s been consistent. He’s cocky like most of the superstar players, humble ones are few and far between, but he really didn’t do something all that unexpected in my book. He played hard for the Cavs and they treated him like a King. He never had the connection to the city that most assumed he would. He was from Ohio but I don’t think he truly loved Cleveland all that much. He wasn’t a fan of any of their teams growing up and openly rooted for the Yankees and Cowboys at their games. He never struck me as a Chipper type person who might take less to stay at home (ironically in the NBA he would have gotten more money to stay at home).
That summer I remember hearing about him trying to get players to come to Cleveland but they wouldn’t so he went elsewhere. I don’t think he lied to them or led them on like you say Fisher did. He never committed to them. Sucks for that city and that team but he isn’t the first free agent to leave the small market for the big lights. I’m no big fan of the guy but don’t hate him either.
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:42 pm
new truth moniker?
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
11:43 pm
Again:
“And BAS is too big of a coward to converse with me when I am on the blog…”
Yeah, join Tom and Moe. Talk all that stuff, and bounce. 10 days later, the courage you show. At least two years of you’re the smartest guy in the room, and you can’t counter a blog-drunk?
I might even say despicable! if you hadn’t previously used it so ridiculously.
JNick
June 12th, 2012
11:44 pm
Other than bringing in Kimbrel for a 5 out save, which would have been totally logical, his other option might have been his 2nd most reliable reliever over the past month plus – Chad Durbin. I’ll say it again, the dude hasn’t been scored on since May 7th.
Go Bravos
June 12th, 2012
11:44 pm
David O…as you well know great teams play to win, every game! The question for coach should have been why not put your money man in the game, that being Kimbrell! None of the BS about lefty, righty matchups, just why did you not put your money man in the doggone game? You think Girardi would have put anyone other than Rivera in a game like this? Heck no!
Busch Leaguer
June 12th, 2012
11:44 pm
BatMaster
Sorry to offend you and this prestigious blog, but I think “Truth” thinks I am a wizard and not a troll.
tiger297
June 12th, 2012
11:44 pm
what do we have 50 lines of discussion on the NBA on this page…think I’d rather lose to the yankees than deal with this carp
tiger297
June 12th, 2012
11:46 pm
man I wish they woulda put Mo in the game tonight…woulda been fun
Go Bravos
June 12th, 2012
11:46 pm
If coach makes another bold face blunder like this one, I wouldnt be surprised if this team ends up in hmmm, let’s say uhmmm, OKC!
Jake W.
June 12th, 2012
11:46 pm
This ain’t Frank’s fault. He’s given Fredi some great groceries, Fredi just ain’t cooking. Hell, I’d be surprised if he could even turn on an oven.
I like Frank and how he mostly stood pat this offseason but I did want him to go after a good veteran reliever for the back of the pen. Bit of a mess in there right now so some of this is on Frankie. Durbin and Livan aren’t exactly shutdown types but I will give Durbin credit, he’s been on a heck of a streak. We’ll see how long he keeps it up.
Powder Blue
June 12th, 2012
11:47 pm
stizz,
I’m not sure if I ever criticized Fredi before tonight. After tonight, however, I’m not sure if there’s anything Fredi can do to redeem himself in my eyes. I’m no soothsayer, but as I listened to the 8th inning in my car, I knew what was going to happen when Rodriguez came to bat. I’m guessing Fredi’s the only person in the world who apparently didn’t know what was going to happen. And he still left Venters in the game. I know Venters threw the pitch(es), but to me tonight’s loss falls on Fredi’s shoulders.
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:47 pm
no accountin’ for some folks opinions I guess
McDS1nnnn
June 12th, 2012
11:47 pm
Jake
I don’t have anything personal against Lebron either, but I just don’t like the way those guys orchestrated the whole Miami thing. Super team and all. But to be honest, they don’t consistently play team ball.
Nobody does, really. But Durant is special. If OKC plays team offense, they are going to beat Miami like a drum.
monty
June 12th, 2012
11:47 pm
On Venters: It makes you wonder if you ever get a straight answer interviewing players. Not calling the man a liar but if he “felt so good” why was he throwing every breaking ball in the dirt and he kept making faces and stretching(twisting) his back and arms. To me he looked very uncomfortable.
tiger297
June 12th, 2012
11:48 pm
come on folks reality is this loss is 100% on minor and nobody else
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
11:49 pm
“50 lines of discussion on the NBA”
You probably oughta give up. I’m good for at least 50 on ‘courage.’
monty
June 12th, 2012
11:49 pm
Can anyone tell me why Diaz was removed and JHEY hit with bases loaded?
McDS1nnnn
June 12th, 2012
11:49 pm
tiger
A little round ball never hurt anybody………..
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:50 pm
at least……
cabravesfan
June 12th, 2012
11:50 pm
monty-
Jason came in as a defensive replacement in the top of the inning…NOT as a pinch hitter
tiger297
June 12th, 2012
11:50 pm
BAS – rather listen to your drunk arse discuss courage than the farkin NBA
tiger297
June 12th, 2012
11:51 pm
nolie – at least what?
monty
June 12th, 2012
11:51 pm
Thanks Cab!
Dirtybirdsin12
June 12th, 2012
11:51 pm
The key difference between the Drew and Texiera deals is that Drew did his job and played a key role in getting us another division win and Texiera got us nothing but Casey Kotchman.
Bat Masterson
June 12th, 2012
11:51 pm
BatMaster
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:51 pm
at least 50 lines on courage
stizz
June 12th, 2012
11:51 pm
I’m with you 1000% PB. I just don’t think Frank is to blame. I thought we could have used another starter and reliever as Jake suggests, but any manager worth his weight would have this club soaring in first place. The Nats are good, but they aren’t better than us talent wise. Unfortunately, their manager runs circles around ours.
aHEM
June 12th, 2012
11:52 pm
What a joke of a manager, that fat tub of goo can’t manage to scratch his ass, let alone handle grown ass men, well there goes losing to the goddammed Yankees again, worthless scumbag Atlanta Braves sunsabit.ches
McDS1nnnn
June 12th, 2012
11:53 pm
monty
Diaz looked to have maybe strained something during one of the pitches in his last AB, and was replaced defensively by Heyward in the top of the next inning.
David O'Brien
June 12th, 2012
11:53 pm
postgame QUOTAGE
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/06/12/braves-quotes-after-tuesdays-wrenching-loss-to-yankees/
Jake W.
June 12th, 2012
11:53 pm
I don’t have anything personal against Lebron either, but I just don’t like the way those guys orchestrated the whole Miami thing. Super team and all. But to be honest, they don’t consistently play team ball.
I thought the best fit at the time time was actually Chicago with Rose so this is what happens when the players play GM, but honestly superteam is just another name for big market team. Boston traded for two former stars of their team and won a championship. The Lakers had to steal Gasol from LA. OKC is a rarity. In the big markets the superstars just seem to align whether by trade or Free Agency. Knicks are flunking the course though.
aHEM
June 12th, 2012
11:53 pm
Monty,
Can anyone tell me why that putrid sunsabit.ch Diaz hasn’t been removed permanently from the Braves org.
monty
June 12th, 2012
11:53 pm
THis same time last year AROD would have been toast or walked by Venters, but no HR.
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
11:54 pm
“at least……”
Nice, nolie. You’re not wrong. I started drinkin’ late, and dude actually responded tonight. I’m probably good for 150.
“for reasons (he doesn’t) understand…”
McDS1nnnn
June 12th, 2012
11:55 pm
Going out with the kids…………
No more roundball, tiger….. sorry.
Bo Graves!
monty
June 12th, 2012
11:55 pm
aHEm
You must not of seen the game. Diaz drove in 3 of our 4 runs.
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:55 pm
they are waiting for you to show up and take personal charge of throwing him out yourself
McDS1nnnn
June 12th, 2012
11:56 pm
Jake
That’s why I’m pulling for OKC………. small market success team.
Damned mutt just farted, gotta get out of this room before I frickin pass out!!!
:wow:
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
11:57 pm
If anybody here made it through eight minutes of ‘Tropic Thunder,’ kindly let me know. I’d like to place you on a don’t-read-that-crazy-MFer-scroll-list. Thank you.
tiger297
June 12th, 2012
11:57 pm
nolie – I’d still rather read him and VJ bitc# than an NBA discussion
maybe they should meet in coalinga and hook up and get this sexual tension off the blog
nolie
June 12th, 2012
11:59 pm
put me on that list BAS, real high. great flick
Dirtybirdsin12
June 12th, 2012
11:59 pm
In a year and a half I have not heard anyone say a single positive thing about Fredi Gonzalez. The man has no business running a major league team. He may know a thing or two about the game, but he seems to have the IQ of a chimp with no social skills.
nolie
June 13th, 2012
12:00 am
yeah, me too tiger. or any of another dozen or so idiots
Bay Area Steve
June 13th, 2012
12:01 am
“having my own personal stalker makes him look a bit suspect when it comes to motive and intellectual capacity…”
The courage to fire that 11:31, and then ignore me, yet again. I mean, it’s Navy Seal like. It’s Rosa Parks even.
Now, I’m sure you’re tutoring some such-and-such. I know there’s a reason you’re no longer 75-a-blog (and posts celebrating same), and I don’t mean to interrupt your work. I’d just like to know when I can counter this:
“And BAS is too big of a coward to converse with me when I am on the blog…”
JNick
June 13th, 2012
12:01 am
Bay Area Steve…I don’t think I made it through 2 minutes of Tropic Thunder. I will never understand why that movie has such a following….I rank it up there with “Freddie Got Fingered” (Tom Green) as one of the worst movies ever.
Bay Area Steve
June 13th, 2012
12:02 am
Seriously, nolie? I never thought you a fan of stupid-funny.
Only ’cause of you, I’m gonna give her a real shot, later. A focused shot. But, man…
tiger297
June 13th, 2012
12:02 am
it was nice to see fredi gonzalez when an emmy today – that in my own words is a really touching story. I think he did a really great job
Jake W.
June 13th, 2012
12:03 am
NBA discussion is much more entertaining than most of the stuff that is said on here after a loss, but to each their own.
tiger297
June 13th, 2012
12:03 am
BAS – careful with that Rosa Parks reference…prolly sitting on onadem lines and such
tiger297
June 13th, 2012
12:04 am
jake – as nolie would say – to each his own
Dirtybirdsin12
June 13th, 2012
12:04 am
JNik and Bay Area Steve; How can you judge a movie you saw less than 8 minutes of? Are you sold on a woman if she has the toes of a model?
Bay Area Steve
June 13th, 2012
12:05 am
JN,
I sympathize. But, I’m gonna try and give her an honest view, later. Nolie’s not an unthinking cat; if he can appreciate it (and, I know many others do), I gotta try.
tiger297
June 13th, 2012
12:05 am
still can’t believe nobody has called me on my minor comment…hurt almost
Jake W.
June 13th, 2012
12:06 am
best invention around is the scroll, only reason I can keep coming back here.
tiger297
June 13th, 2012
12:06 am
dirtybirds – you got the reference backwards I think…if I see a model with hairy toes I don’t need to look any farther to know I’m out
tiger297
June 13th, 2012
12:07 am
jake – right there with yah man scroll is a good friend…
Disgusted
June 13th, 2012
12:08 am
Good to see that there are some posters on the blog seeing njbrave for the tool he/she/it is.
Nice to see an enemy of mine put is his/her/its place.
Only serious disagreement I have with other posters is that this team is not as talented as some think, but that is just opinion and like a certain hole where we all sit, we all have em.
Da Yanks won, they are better and we suck compared to them. So lets go out and be objective baseball fans and watch another Braves loss tommorrow nite, obviously we cannot beat them so screw the Braves as long as Liberty Media is around.
nolie
June 13th, 2012
12:08 am
nah, it wasn’t great, but it did have a good performance or two, and in general I am not a fan of stupid funny. I kinda liked Cruise though
JNick
June 13th, 2012
12:10 am
I just couldn’t get through it…maybe it’s because everyone overhyped it so much, and the beginning is just so unbelievably DUMB. I will say though, the first time I watched Super Troopers and Napoleon Dynamite, I walked away disappointed…but now, I think they’re two of the best comedies ever.
aHEM
June 13th, 2012
12:11 am
So Diaz got a couple ribbies….big deal . even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in awhile! can’t wait to never see that puke again! along with Jurrjens,Minor, Pastorstanky,McFattass,and Fatsisco.
Dirtybirdsin12
June 13th, 2012
12:11 am
You have to be intelligent to appreciate stupid-funny.
Disgusted
June 13th, 2012
12:13 am
Had Lebron not had that ESPN special he prolly does not take the PR and fan heat he takes (pum intended).
Its not like this guy is some bad guy like Rodman was. The only NBA players I have really hated were Rodman, Rasheed Wallace and Bonzi Wells. Vernon Maxwell too. And the infamous Jon Koncaqck and Kenny the Snake Norman, remember Hawk fans?
I disliked Danny Manning but that was on Stan Kasten.
Those scum bags were tools. Bad for the game.
nolie
June 13th, 2012
12:15 am
don’t pay too much interest to aHEM. .he sneaks out of the ward and into the puter room every so often when he feels the need for some attention….
Madea's Garter belt
June 13th, 2012
12:15 am
Yup Yup
CraZy n FL
June 13th, 2012
12:16 am
I go on vacation and u guys let us loose 3 games in a row… Come on!!!
Madea's Garter belt
June 13th, 2012
12:16 am
I can tell you right tt to da now what is wrong with the Braves…they needs the hell slapped out of em.
nolie
June 13th, 2012
12:17 am
I liked the original title better….
Bat Masterson
June 13th, 2012
12:17 am
CraZy_
Have you been over in Pensacola?
CraZy n FL
June 13th, 2012
12:17 am
Lose*** not loose
CraZy n FL
June 13th, 2012
12:18 am
No im in st augustine
Madea's Garter belt
June 13th, 2012
12:18 am
watching this team is like trying to use a rabbit with dead batteries.
CraZy n FL
June 13th, 2012
12:19 am
Posting from a phone is a pain!!!
Bay Area Steve
June 13th, 2012
12:22 am
“Posting from a phone is a pain!!!”
Try posting hammered. And, with some guy who won’t respond, calling you despicable, and saying you have no courage. It’s hard, man. I’m not gonna lie, though: the drinking helps.