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Lew
June 22nd, 2012
12:35 pm
Just back from my annual physical – Doctor says I should make it for another year.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 22nd, 2012
12:36 pm
Good to hear Lew!
richbrave
June 22nd, 2012
12:37 pm
SKYLINERS – SINCE I DON”T HAVE YOU.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
June 22nd, 2012
12:38 pm
Bermuda is too prickly and turns brown in the late Fall…and then it flies everywhere when you’re trying to rake…gets stuck to your shoes…drags through the house…
But I’ve never mowed a lawn in my life, so that’s prolly why I cann like Fescue so much…
CrαZy
June 22nd, 2012
12:38 pm
I hate grass!! I’ve got a pretty good green thumb…. I just really hate to use it!!!
I wish I had the money to pay someone to deal with it!!!
richbrave
June 22nd, 2012
12:41 pm
JIMMY CHARLES – A MILLION TO ONE
CrαZy
June 22nd, 2012
12:41 pm
I have Zoysia in the front and Bermuda in the back. The Zoysia looks real good, but you have to baby it!! All you have to do to bermuda is let it go and keep the weeds out of it’s way!!
Sopheee
June 22nd, 2012
12:41 pm
My least favorite – centipede.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 22nd, 2012
12:42 pm
I hate Bermuda as well. We’re required to have it in your yard by our ***** HOA though. AAAARRRGHHHHH!!!!
It’s fine in the summer, but dries to sticks in the winter. Hates the shade too, and though we only have 3 trees , but they do shade quite a bit of the yard…
Ease
June 22nd, 2012
12:42 pm
Its a Dad Life Yo…
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 22nd, 2012
12:43 pm
I only have to cut it once a month, though…. can’t be that bad.
Ease
June 22nd, 2012
12:43 pm
Rye grass – yuck.
richbrave
June 22nd, 2012
12:44 pm
SMOKEY ROBINSON and the IMPERIALS – YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME.
Ease
June 22nd, 2012
12:45 pm
I re-sodded with this new hybrid called Tift Grand…supposed to be 60% more shade tolerant. So far looks nice, except for one area that is in almost perpetual darkness, but I have been impressed.
CaptMudd
June 22nd, 2012
12:46 pm
LeBron is in Cleveland today with Kid Ink….I guess they’re promoting LP…..”Up & Away?”
Ease
June 22nd, 2012
12:46 pm
It is kinda quiet for a gameday…
Its weird.
CB
June 22nd, 2012
12:46 pm
Ease, you could take a 1 sq. foot patch of bermuda and planted it in the center of your yard and been fine. Believe me, it would have killed everything else.
Lew
June 22nd, 2012
12:47 pm
Thought Smokey was with the Miracles and Little Anthonly with the Imperials – and yes, I’m that old.
Ease
June 22nd, 2012
12:47 pm
Not true.
Bat Masterson
June 22nd, 2012
12:48 pm
Bat, bad thing is… it’s hard to get out of your head after you hear it.
Ha, I can see that. The Lovin’ Spoonful mention sent me trippin’ down memory lane however, then Outsiders, The Yardbirds….. I’m all good now
richbrave
June 22nd, 2012
12:49 pm
DREAM – EVERLY BROS
Arkansas Transplant
June 22nd, 2012
12:49 pm
Ease, is that only in sodd? or can you seed that stuff?
Bat Masterson
June 22nd, 2012
12:49 pm
Doctor says I should make it for another year.
Good to hear.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
June 22nd, 2012
12:50 pm
Ease It is kinda quiet for a gameday…
Well, the Braves won their last game, then they had a day off—so it’s libel to be pretty slow around here…
Arkansas Transplant
June 22nd, 2012
12:50 pm
How good is Zoysia in the shade?
richbrave
June 22nd, 2012
12:51 pm
Lew
June 22nd, 2012
12:47 pm
“…Thought Smokey was with the Miracles and Little Anthonly with the Imperials – and yes, I’m that old….”
Just testing to see if anyone was paying attention. LITTLE ANTHONY……and the MIRICLES it is.
Lew
June 22nd, 2012
12:52 pm
Bat – I thought so. BP 122/56 – not bad for an old, fat diabetic.
Lew
June 22nd, 2012
12:53 pm
richbrave – The Miracle is that we even remember it at all.
CB
June 22nd, 2012
12:53 pm
1st concert I ever saw was Little Anthony and Imperials.
richbrave
June 22nd, 2012
12:54 pm
DOC says, “enjoy every day as if it is to be your last because one day I’m sure toi be right!” Heh!
Glad on the doc’s sign-off for another year LEW. Enjoying the view frm my computer.
CaptMudd
June 22nd, 2012
12:54 pm
Waka Flocka Flame…….no thanks, I’ll just stay wiff my 70’s/80’s mix of classic rock until game time; got to get errands and such done now…..y’all have a good rest of the day; thanks for putting up with me.
Ease
June 22nd, 2012
12:54 pm
AT, sod only as far as I know and frankly, Bermuda is terrible from seed. It just doesn’t take well unless yo aerate really well and it has almost full, direct sun 12-14 hours a day.
Arkansas Transplant
June 22nd, 2012
12:55 pm
I do know that Zoysia will out muscle Bermuda. It just takes time.
richbrave
June 22nd, 2012
12:55 pm
MIRACLE indeed, LEW.
Lew
June 22nd, 2012
12:55 pm
richbrave – Do you think it looks like him?
Arkansas Transplant
June 22nd, 2012
12:57 pm
The one thing I like about my Bermuda, I do zero watering all summer long and it still does quite well. A little rain and my yard is probably one of the top 5 yards in the neighborhood.. looks wise but it’s a pain keeping the stuff off the curbs.
richbrave
June 22nd, 2012
12:58 pm
Very much so. As an accomplished artist you know it does.
Jordan Schafer
June 22nd, 2012
12:58 pm
I heard you guys had some advice about grass?
MFin04
June 22nd, 2012
12:59 pm
“I really believe tonight’s game will have a huge impact on the rest of the season ”
Just like Hanson’s start in NY, I wouldn’t base anything off of Jurrjens first start in Boston at Fenway.
richbrave
June 22nd, 2012
12:59 pm
Time for a sick visitation to the hospital today, then a suicide-induced funeral tomorrow. Later.
cabravesfan
June 22nd, 2012
1:01 pm
Scott Miller @ScottMCBS
Livan Hernandez on way to Milwaukee to join #Brewers rotation, according to @BillHall_III, who saw Livan in Chicago airport!
Ease
June 22nd, 2012
1:02 pm
We’re not talk crabgrass Jordan…
Peace out ya’ll, enjoy the series and the weekend.
Ease
June 22nd, 2012
1:02 pm
Oh sorry…
Enjoy the Statement Series!
Lew
June 22nd, 2012
1:03 pm
richbrave – Actually, when I’m working on a portrait, I spend so much time looking at the photo and the drawing, that it gets somewhat surreal and I can’t tell much of anything -0 that’s why I need my Wife to troubleshoot it for me.
Even with DOB’s Johnny Cash portrait, which I consider the finest I ever drew, looked bizaree after staring at inch square sections for a couple of weeks. And besides, it doesn’t matter what I think it looks like, but what the recipient thinks.
Arkansas Transplant
June 22nd, 2012
1:04 pm
Anybody try St. Augustine grass?
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 22nd, 2012
1:08 pm
Brewers must be desperate…..
DAP
June 22nd, 2012
1:14 pm
had to know someone would pick up livan.
Fish Bisch
June 22nd, 2012
1:14 pm
A friend told me if there is grass on the field to play ball.
monty
June 22nd, 2012
1:15 pm
Lew-” Doctor says I should make it for another year.”
May we all be so blessed!
Arkansas Transplant
June 22nd, 2012
1:17 pm
Fish Bisch, isn’t that suppose to go the other way?
cabravesfan
June 22nd, 2012
1:17 pm
Bill Hall @BillHall_III
Just seen Livan Hernandez n the airport in Chicago.He’s on his way 2 Milwaukee 2 help their starting rotation.Talked briefly sounded excited
Good for Livan. He seems like a good guy- hope he has success in Milwuakee
Jekyll and Hyde
June 22nd, 2012
1:19 pm
I just read a PLAYERS poll on Sports Illustrated .com (si.com) Major league players rated the top 15 throwing catchers in the big leagues, that’s half of all big league teams.
Know where Mac rated? He didn’t. Yadier Molina rated #1
That has been my whole Mac argument. Without offense, Mac is no more than an average catcher. If Simmons doesn’t hit at SS, he will still help you win games. If Yadier Molina doesn’t hit, he will still help you win games. If Mac doesn’t hit, I don’t think he helps you win games. Outside of Smoltz, some of the Atlanta staff and coaches, and the Braves PR machine, I have never heard any Atlanta outsider brag on Mac’s defensive and game calling abilities.
Mac seems like a really nice guy. He’s obviously respected by others around the league as a good guy. As long as he wears the cap with the “A” on it, I will root for him. He’s a good hitter, (for a catcher) but if he doesn’t hit, he has little value. Trade him while he still has value.
Business decision time.
CB
June 22nd, 2012
1:19 pm
Never believe a doctor. Or a used car salesman.
Efrim
June 22nd, 2012
1:21 pm
David O’Brien @ajcbraves
@ShaunnATLFan86 #Braves have reasonable $9m option on Hudson for ‘13 w/ $1m buyout. I’d expect them to pick it upor sign for a bit longer.
Yup, wouldn’t surprise me to see him sign on for an additional year in 2014 – $9 million as well.
Shaun
June 22nd, 2012
1:24 pm
While I agree with a lot of your first paragraph, I disagree with the statement “Folks in Atlanta are tired of losing, period.” The attendance for the Braves began decreasing LONG before they stopped making the postseason every year. — RC
Exactly right. And people bend themselves into pretzels trying to explain that away, as though Atlantans live in some alternate America with a different economy, worse traffic (than L.A., for instance?) and different school schedule (no other team I know of has the disparity in attendance when school is in session and when it’s not). — DOB
First of all, I think the attendance stuff is overblown and overemphasized by the national media and some in the Atlanta media. I’m not saying the decline in attendance isn’t real (of course it is) but some in the media tend to emphasize it and make it a much bigger story than it actually is. (I’m not saying most of us here think this way. I think most of us realize that all this is overblown a bit.)
It seems the Braves’ attendance started to decline with the perception that the Braves were no longer the NL powerhouse and the novelty of them as a NL powerhouse started to wear off.
I think around the time when they lost the 1999 World Series and then when they got swept out of the 2000 playoffs in the first round, the perception grew that other NL teams had caught up and that they no longer were an extremely good bet to make the Series. Throw in that Atlanta folks didn’t grow up with their fathers and grandfathers passing Braves fandom down, because the Braves are a fairly new franchise to Atlanta, and you get a decrease in attendance when the perception of them as a dynasty starts to wear off. At least that’s my theory.
Most fans don’t have time to really get in to it and worry about the fact that the Braves organization is solid, even if it’s not an extremely legit World Series contender every single season. The only teams that will remain on the top in attendance consistently for 15-20 years are ones with absolutely everything going right: Competitiveness, a unique and interesting and perhaps old ballpark, the tradition of fathers and grandfathers passing along the fandom, etc.
If the Braves’ attendance falls to near rock-bottom or if they reach the NLCS or World Series and play well and attendance remains in the middle of the pack, then we should be concerned. Otherwise, I don’t think it’s all that big a story. I’m not saying it isn’t preferable for the Braves to finish top 3 or 4 every season in attendance. Just that the attendance drop over the last decade or so isn’t something to focus a lot of attention on.
DS1
June 22nd, 2012
1:24 pm
Jekyll and Hyde
I listen to most Braves games on XM radio as I am traveling quite a bit. Also listen to a lot of MLB on XM.
Numerous times I have heard baseball people speak glowingly of Mac’s overall game. Of course nobody talks about him having a great arm, because he doesn’t. But they speak highly of his game calling and overall catching defense.
Now maybe that means that a lot of other catchers suck, but I read it as we have a pretty darned good catcher.
I will never understand the Mac hate on the blog. Kinda like the Braves hate after 2 consecutive loses?
Brian from SC
June 22nd, 2012
1:26 pm
I don’t know about you, but I’m glad interleague play is a weekend away from being over. It’s been a rugged path for the Braves, who have played the most difficult interleague schedule in the major leagues (total opp. win percentage of .565). At least the Mets and Nationals are right up there with the Braves, very close. The problem is that potential wild card contenders from the Central and West got much easier schedules. But you gotta beat who you play.
The AL has absolutely worn the NL out, by a 120-90 margin. Ouch.
cabravesfan
June 22nd, 2012
1:27 pm
And for those that don’t believe Bill Hall
Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS
Livan hernandez is a brewer. Bill hall was correct in tweet. #crew
monty
June 22nd, 2012
1:30 pm
I’ve had my fill of light hitting catchers, Bruce Benedict, Biff Pocoroba, Olsen, and the list goes on. Give me a Javy Lopez or a Brian McCann anyday.
DS1
June 22nd, 2012
1:30 pm
Livan, Livan likes his money. He makes a lot they say. Spends his days counting, in the garage by the motorway.
Good luck Livan.
Gotta run again……….
Bo Graves!
Brian from SC
June 22nd, 2012
1:32 pm
A visible example of the potential impact of interleague schedules can be found over in the American League. The Angels had a stellar 10-5 record in interleague play, shooting up toward the top of the AL wild card standings, while playing the second-easiest IL schedule in the majors. Meanwhile, Tampa, now a half-game ahead of the Angels, went 7-8 against the 3rd-toughest IL schedule in the American League.
DS1
June 22nd, 2012
1:33 pm
When Mac doesn’t hit, he still hits better than a BOAT load of other catchers.
234/308/413 w/ 9 homers and 31 RBI’s.
Bat Masterson
June 22nd, 2012
1:33 pm
Man, it’s easy to get lost on you tube listening to music
DAP
June 22nd, 2012
1:34 pm
Scooped by Bill Hall. These national baseball writers will never live it down.
DAP
June 22nd, 2012
1:40 pm
Shaun, i think its interesting to look at when the Braves’ attendance increased, in ‘05 and ‘06 it went back up to 2.5 mil. then in ‘07, after losing the division for the first time in 14 year the previous year, it went UP to 2.7 mil.
Braves attendance doesnt seem to be directly tied with the success of the team. i dont really know how to explain it, but drawing 2.5 mil per season is something to be happy about, in my opinion. thats been about the average of what we have done for a decade. if we could draw 3mil, that would be excellent.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 22nd, 2012
1:46 pm
Too long to post here I guess…. Tells why the Twins shouldn’t trade Willingham
http://twinsfanfromafar.blogspot.com/2012/06/one-reason-why-twins-shouldnt-trade.html
jeffrey d
June 22nd, 2012
1:58 pm
But that .234 is ugly
Shaun
June 22nd, 2012
2:00 pm
DAP, I look more at rankings than the raw total because there may be seasons when all of baseball does or doesn’t draw so well, which could affect the totals, perhaps because of weather or all sorts of extraneous factors. But with rankings, we can obviously compare their attendance to the rest of the league’s.
The rankings really took a dip in 2001, after being swept in the first round in 2000, the first time they failed to make at least the NLCS since 1990 (in years in which there was a postseason, of course).
They made it back to the NLCS in 2001 but the attendance didn’t bounce back at all in 2002. I think a lot of that was because they won only 88 games in 2001 and I suspect the perception was that the NLCS appearance was somewhat of a fluke and that they really didn’t have a chance to win it against the D-Backs and Schilling and Johnson. Of course most of us who go to at least 5-6 games a season understand that the postseason in general is largely a fluke so we aren’t prone to being fanatical about the team because of our perceptions of whether they have a good shot to go deep in the playoffs. But most fans who understandably don’t want to spend their hard-earned money for 5-6 games because they aren’t diehard fans, don’t think like us when the team doesn’t seem like a legit World Series contender.
Obviously this is all just my theories which I think seem at least somewhat reasonable. I think there are just so many factors with attendance that it’s hard to know a lot of about what influences attendance. I mean, there’s the obvious, which is winning. But aside from that, there’s really not much certainty. I think perception of the team has a lot to do with it but it’s hard to measure perception in some sort of firm, quantifiable way because perception is more than just record from the previous season(s). It’s very subjective.
nolie
June 22nd, 2012
2:08 pm
there is a reason that most ballparks use bermudagrass
David O'Brien
June 22nd, 2012
2:10 pm
The Braves are 22-15 on the road, best in the National League and the second-best road record in the majors behind the Rangers’ 23-15. And how about this one: The Braves are 1-6 in their past seven home games, and 6-1 in their past seven road games.
Murph
June 22nd, 2012
2:12 pm
I’m a Kentucky Blue Grass man myself
nolie
June 22nd, 2012
2:15 pm
bluegrass and rye can be a good mix. always had fescue on the farm, but that’s cause its a good forage grass
Murph
June 22nd, 2012
2:24 pm
wow… slow day on the ol’ blog. There is a game tonight… right?
nolie
June 22nd, 2012
2:27 pm
well yeah there is but we have already been swept this weekend in destiny, no not worth foolin’ about
Murph
June 22nd, 2012
2:28 pm
Just you and me nolie… what do you think JJ will do tonight?
I’m guessing he doesn’t make it out of the 3rd…
bravesgrl4life
June 22nd, 2012
2:30 pm
Man, I was hoping there’d be something on the ole blog to keep me awake. Nope, still yawning. I am quite serious about this.
Murph
June 22nd, 2012
2:31 pm
Go hop in your Challenger and drive with the pedal to the metal and the windows down… that’ll wake you up.
Brian from SC
June 22nd, 2012
2:31 pm
After May 10th, the Red Sox were 12-19 with a team ERA of 5.29. Since then, they are 24-14 with a 3.53 ERA.
bravesgrl4life
June 22nd, 2012
2:32 pm
Not a bad idea, Murph, if I wasn’t at work. And not many places around here I can floor it and not get a superspeeder ticket.
DAP
June 22nd, 2012
2:33 pm
After May 10th, the Red Sox were 12-19 with a team ERA of 5.29. Since then, they are 24-14 with a 3.53 ERA.
we got this. braves hand a 6 spot on lester tonight, and jj easily outlasts him.
Brian from SC
June 22nd, 2012
2:34 pm
Boston has struggled at home just like the Braves: They’re 17-19 at Fenway, though they have outscored their opponents overall at home.
nolie
June 22nd, 2012
2:34 pm
yeah BoSox have been coming back. I think lots of folks on here are underestimating them.
Hard tellim’ on JJ, but I doubt he will pitch all that well
one can hope though
Fish Bisch
June 22nd, 2012
2:34 pm
Why do we suck it up on Monday’s and at Home?
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 22nd, 2012
2:36 pm
what do you think JJ will do tonight?
I’m guessing he doesn’t make it out of the 3rd…
3.2 IP, 6 runs allowed, 8 hits… not gonna be good for him. Hoping for better, but this is what to expect.
Brian from SC
June 22nd, 2012
2:36 pm
No team has won more games since May 10th than Boston (24). The Angels and Yankees are tied with them over that span.
Bat Masterson
June 22nd, 2012
2:36 pm
Lotta grass talk today …… weekend kicking off early
Remember what the dormouse said
“Feed your head, feed your head”
nolie
June 22nd, 2012
2:37 pm
just coincidence about mondays. at home maybe some of the kids press a little harder in front of the home crowd. really hard to get good reads on real young teams cause they are gonna be inconsistent anyway
cricket
June 22nd, 2012
2:38 pm
IL schedule? but but i thought Angels jumped ahead of TX because of Trout..
nolie
June 22nd, 2012
2:38 pm
“off with her head”
Murph
June 22nd, 2012
2:39 pm
Not a bad idea, Murph, if I wasn’t at work. And not many places around here I can floor it and not get a superspeeder ticket.
Yeah, that’s one of the reasons I dumped my SRT8… having one in Austin, with the horrible traffic, was a complete waste. I’d have to drive an hour outside of town to get to any open road.
Brian from SC
June 22nd, 2012
2:40 pm
Well, the Angels haven’t jumped Texas because of interleague play. (They haven’t jumped ahead of them at all, actually.) Texas is a MLB-best 12-3 in IL play.
cricket
June 22nd, 2012
2:41 pm
simple – braves lose on mondays because of Fredi, struggle at home because of Fredi and win on road in spite of Fredi …
Efrim
June 22nd, 2012
2:41 pm
I think we’ll get going……but after this series. Not too sure about this one. Red Sox are starting to swing the bats and our 3-5 are on the mound. Morales looked really good on the mound last week.
Powderfinger
June 22nd, 2012
2:42 pm
Bat—
“When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead…”
Kinda fits the old blog sometimes…
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
June 22nd, 2012
2:42 pm
On the plus side, they’re off this Monday!…
(
Enough with the friggin’ off days already!!! Gosh…)
Bat Masterson
June 22nd, 2012
2:42 pm
Every other day,(every other day) every other day,
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes,(but whenever Monday comes) but whenever Monday comes
You can find me cryin’ all of the time
cricket
June 22nd, 2012
2:44 pm
i know Brian. it just feels like Angels have jumped ahead of Rangers since Trout joined the team, if you listen to ESPN.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
June 22nd, 2012
2:44 pm
Bat M.—
Ah, good song…
Bat Masterson
June 22nd, 2012
2:44 pm
Yeah it does, Powder.
bravesgrl4life
June 22nd, 2012
2:45 pm
Murph, I love the Challenger too much to dump her. She got all shined and cleaned up yesterday evening and looks fantastic. The dark blue metallic is beautiful in the sunlight.
If there’s nobody around on Hopewell this afternoon, I may cut her loose on the way home. Only place I can really do it.