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ncbravesfan90
July 12th, 2012
9:33 pm
“Maybe they picked that dude up so they can bring Pastor Nicky back up.”
If that’s the case, wouldn’t Pastornicky be starting at shortstop tonight at Gwinnett? He’s starting at 2nd base. I think either Josh Wilson(not in lineup for G-Braves tonight) or Lance Zawadzki (starting at short tonight for G-Braves) will be called up tomorrow or there will be a trade before game time.
Frankie
July 12th, 2012
9:36 pm
Mlb network showing Life and Death of Darryl Kile. Pretty poignant stuff
Bat Masterson
July 12th, 2012
9:38 pm
Beats me
Sopheee
July 12th, 2012
9:43 pm
More blog tug o’ war.
Powderfinger
July 12th, 2012
9:44 pm
Soph—Aren’t we being civilized tonight?
keylargo
July 12th, 2012
9:44 pm
Hate it if you must, but Jack Wilson has hit at an acceptable level to match his defensive ability when He has played as a regular. When filling in, not so much but he is a steady if not spectacular bat when he is hitting every day.
Powderfinger
July 12th, 2012
9:46 pm
I have no problem with Jack W as a back-up. But I would like to try someone else out as a kinda-regular while the kid recuperates…
ncbravesfan90
July 12th, 2012
9:47 pm
Pastornicky 0-5 at Gwinnett tonight.
NickB
July 12th, 2012
9:48 pm
MiaBch
eff you dude, scotch tastes like dirt poured on good bourbon, don’t try act like yer some kind of bigshot, you obviously know diddley poo about baseball, don’t dig a bigger whole trying to appear to be better than the rest of us.
jackwagon
Powderfinger
July 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
Well, Soph, I retract that last comment…
Sopheee
July 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
Definitely Powderfinger but I think all the feisty people are on the new blog that AJC (accidentally?) linked as the main blog from the Braves page.
Couch Tater
July 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
but then the batter, plate, and catcher are all scooped up and carried backward through the backstop as they disintegrate.
What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/
Sopheee
July 12th, 2012
9:49 pm
Nevermind, I take it back.
NickB
July 12th, 2012
9:54 pm
and I typo *hole*…………..sigh
there’s no winning….lol
NickB
July 12th, 2012
9:57 pm
I’m not normally “feisty” but nothing gets me angrier than when somebody tries to diminish an opposing argument via ” argument from snobbery”
basically they are saying ” well you are all ignorant hillbillies so you could NEVER understand my more refined (and hence authoritative) point of view….
hobos can enjoy baseball , and know just as much about it, as anybody else.
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
10:02 pm
Capt.Mudd, no I havent heard of that one.
Darryle Kyle … wow that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:03 pm
some hobos are very bright
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
10:05 pm
some hobos are very bright — nolie
Are you speaking from experience, sir?
Powderfinger
July 12th, 2012
10:06 pm
nolie—Hobos probably have many of us beat when it comes to intelligence…
NickB
July 12th, 2012
10:09 pm
I would imagine that the intelligence level of Hobo’s run the gauntlet of the avg citizen…..
But this isn’t about intelligence, you can be smart as hell and not know yer butt from a hole in the ground about baseball. or you can be not so smart and know everything about it.
This was about a snide comment regarding class as a qualifier for understanding. it irritated me .
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
10:09 pm
Darryl Kile
Bat Masterson
July 12th, 2012
10:10 pm
Berating snobbery by disparaging hobos. my my my
Bat Masterson
July 12th, 2012
10:12 pm
Cool find, Tater
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:13 pm
I hopped a train a time or two in the 60s but I wasn’t a hobo. met a few smart ones though. a lot of folks are surprised though by how many really high IQ folks are not mainstream. Lotsa Mensa members are cab drivers, cooks and other “menial” level jobs. just saying jobs or social positions are not always indicative of a person’s intelligence
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
10:15 pm
“Braves nearing deal for Justin Upton” Richard Simmons of gaysportsjournal.com
Hope Prado isn’t in the deal.
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
10:17 pm
I’d say that was, experience, nolie. Didn’t mean to imply that you were one. Although, if the unmatched, with a hole through the sole, shoe fit…
NickB
July 12th, 2012
10:17 pm
I didn’t disparage hobos!
besides, they don’t have wi-fi on box cars do they?
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:18 pm
why am I not surprised that CTB reads gaysportsjournal.com? NTTAWWT….
NickB
July 12th, 2012
10:18 pm
Chatt
nice :-p
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:19 pm
NBD Bobby, I wasn’t offended or anything. nothing wrong with hobos
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
10:19 pm
Yeah, Brian, why are you reading that magazine? Been keeping something from us?
Powderfinger
July 12th, 2012
10:20 pm
CTB—I heard they might try to sneak him through the back door…
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
10:20 pm
I do not nolie! I am married to a WOMAN! You’re gay!
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:21 pm
geeeze. how many different endings did they come up with for Blade Runner. Three at least that I can think of
NickB
July 12th, 2012
10:21 pm
lol, look at who the supposed author is, he’s having you on
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:21 pm
as are we having him on Nick
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
10:22 pm
I’m not gay! It was a joke! Ya’ll are gay, why else would grown me spend so many hours together here? Huh?
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:23 pm
wow look at the overreaction. we musta hit a nerve guys
Bat Masterson
July 12th, 2012
10:23 pm
yes, well if any of you have richard simmons “on” please keep it to yourselves.
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:23 pm
I bet his ol lady has a mustache at least…..
Powderfinger
July 12th, 2012
10:24 pm
I hate being outed. Gotta change my moniker now. Think I’ll go with ACE…
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
10:24 pm
NBD Bobby, I wasn’t offended or anything. nothing wrong with hobos — nolie
Oh I know… I read enough of you to know you like to kid around. I was just playing along.
As far as people in all walks of life being smart… as deranged as they are, even some serial killers are/were very intelligent.
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
10:24 pm
Powderfinger,
Might need some lotion though … or not. HAHA!
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
10:27 pm
My wife is smooth as silk.
Got me thinking though nolie … Jim Carey on In Living Color did a character like that and he had a mustache.
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
10:28 pm
I do not nolie! I am married to a WOMAN! You’re gay! — CTB
I hear the best way of hiding gayness is to get married. Fools a lot of people. Just sayin’
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:28 pm
psychopaths and sociopaths often are.even here, some of the most outlandish are obviously fairly intelligent
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
10:29 pm
Well, Brian, the majority of the folks on here are male, just sayin’. And you love hanging here. I think nolie’s right.
Powderfinger
July 12th, 2012
10:30 pm
I think it’s fairly obvious that we need a ballgame to discuss…
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:31 pm
no doubt PF
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
10:32 pm
Bobby H: Yeah, that works for Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kenny Chesney, Jeff Gordon, Randy Travis, etc. and most of the actors on daytime soaps.
NickB
July 12th, 2012
10:33 pm
I reckon the “wife’s” love of Hamburger Helper should’ve been a dead giveaway
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
10:33 pm
I think we are scraping the conversational bottom of the barrel tonight. I’m surprised there hasn’t been a trade somewhere with all of the names that’s been bandied about lately.
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
10:33 pm
I am surprised so many here are fooled into this silliness. I am married to a beautiful woman and have always liked girls. Also I spend time on here because of the Braves, not to spend quality time with other men. Gross!
Bat Masterson
July 12th, 2012
10:33 pm
Yes indeed. I hope Heap will still be killing it when they start up again.
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
10:34 pm
psychopaths and sociopaths often are.even here, some of the most outlandish are obviously fairly intelligent — nolie
The poster known as, DENTZ, comes to mind. He’ll probably be a case study in someone’s “Behavior Analysis” course, someday.
Kat
July 12th, 2012
10:34 pm
Enjoying watch a former player on my alma mater’s basketball team playing for DR on ESPN… (#7 Suero) .. it’s a low mid major so pretty cool that he’s playing against those on the USA team.
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
10:36 pm
How come we haven’t traded Pastornicky for Upton so we can move Marteeen to SS?
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
10:36 pm
Greinke would be a good get I think. Still a young stud pitcher and I don’t care what some of the stat geeks harp on with him … he’s pitched for two team that aren’t exactly known for defense and awesome offense. We have great defense and good bats here. I can see him take off in ATL.
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:38 pm
thank God we didn’t trade for him three starts ago, we’d be in deep doodoo
Powderfinger
July 12th, 2012
10:39 pm
Bat—Co-sign. BMac, Uggla and another starting pitcher might very well hold the key to the rest of the season. Damn, I sound like The Jerk. “All I need is this ashtray…and this lamp…and this paddlegame…and this remote control…”
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
10:39 pm
Well, our defense without Simmons is good, but not great.
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
10:39 pm
I am surprised so many here are fooled into this silliness. I am married to a beautiful woman and have always liked girls. Also I spend time on here because of the Braves, not to spend quality time with other men. Gross! — CTB
For someone that seems to enjoy kidding around so much, he sure turns serious when it’s he that’s getting ribbed. C’mon, man, we’re just messin’ with you, you crazy bastard!
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:41 pm
don’t know if he’s serious, or playin’ the fool. course it could be both I guess……..
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
10:42 pm
I’ll go with BOTH, nolie.
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
10:45 pm
In all honesty, no pitcher we keep reading about are real game changers. Greinke seems the most so. Maybe a combo of SP and pen arm is the way to go. We’ll see where he goes.
NickB
July 12th, 2012
10:46 pm
playin the serious fool
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
10:48 pm
I love looking at the cars in movies set in the 1950’s, they are so cool. But they are all in these fabulous colors, and it you look at any pictures of street scenes from the same era, most of the cars are a dingy black…and that’s how I remember it when I was a kid. Only a few were bright colors until the end of the decade.
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
10:50 pm
ChattTown
Do you think the Braves would actually have a chance to sign Greinke?
Venice Jim
July 12th, 2012
10:51 pm
Jayson Stark @jaysonst
Phillies preparing big offer for Hamels in attempt to sign him in next 2 weeks. Will wait till last minute to sell
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:52 pm
thats what they used to say about the real old Fords:that you could get them in any color you wanted as long as it was black
Chevy had some color mid-50s that turquoise for one. some reds and oranges were around, but for te most part they were dark or white
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
10:53 pm
kenhotlanta
What were most of the early 50’s cars’ colors, black & gray? Was it extra money to have a different color?
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
10:56 pm
thats what they used to say about the real old Fords: that you could get them in any color you wanted as long as it was black — nolie
Hahaha, nice option
NickB
July 12th, 2012
10:56 pm
here ya go Bobby H
http://www.50classicchevy.com/1950-chevrolet-body-colors.html
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:56 pm
I think it depended on the model. The sportier stuff like the 57 Chevy and the Corvette and the Thunderbird were more colorful, but most folks with the money to buy were “adults” and many still thought of dark colors as more appropriate,
NickB
July 12th, 2012
10:58 pm
1955 appears to be when Chevy let the colors fly
http://www.55classicchevy.com/body-colors.html
nolie
July 12th, 2012
10:59 pm
yeah the 55 chevy was the first one i really remember. i had a Turquoise 57 in the early 60s.
nolie
July 12th, 2012
11:00 pm
two-tone turquoise and white
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
11:02 pm
Thank you, NickB
Not too much diversity, there. 10 colors, many of those just shades, and five 2-tone combos.
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
11:03 pm
NickB
Definitely more colorful in ‘55 (by comparison)
Joachim Gilman
July 12th, 2012
11:04 pm
Read up on James Eads How or Ben Reitman or Nels Anderson before criticizing hobo intelligence.
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
11:05 pm
‘57 Chevy became a classic
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
11:06 pm
nolie is right, colors were available, but most of the cars available were black or white. The colors were beautiful and many of the cars today look like works of art to me. My favorite is the ‘58 Chevy and ‘57 Caddy. And back then, the ‘58 Chevy was considered a failure, but has become a classic with the passing of time.
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
11:09 pm
Read up on James Eads How or Ben Reitman or Nels Anderson before criticizing hobo intelligence. — Joachim Gilman
Being we complimented many of them as having superior intelligence, is it OK if we hold off on all that reading? Just askin’
nolie
July 12th, 2012
11:10 pm
yeah the early fins drew a lot of good impressions. by ‘50 cars had changed a great deal. more chrome on the bodies around that time that at perhaps any other. most of the kids hated it. In fact my dad had a 59 ford just covered in the stuff and when he was stationed in Asia for 18 months, a friend anf I took it almost all off including those huge patches around the rear wheelwells. found a ton of rust holes which we bondoed and then repainted the whole thing. took forever to screen and cover those holes but it came out pretty damn good. course when my dad got back he gave me hell cause it ruined the resale vale for a trade….
count_schemula*
July 12th, 2012
11:11 pm
Pigment technology was not all that.
Part of the reason why silver Mercedes and BMWs with black interiors is the “classic” look. Not a lot of pigment tech in paint and the Germans were a little downcast and embarrassed after losing 2 wars.
Even today red and yellow cars fade like crazy.
nolie
July 12th, 2012
11:11 pm
that should be : by 59 not 50
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
11:11 pm
kenhotlanta
I’m not as familiar as you with all the models and years, but I would KILL for one of those early 2-seater T-Birds. Man, I love those…
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
11:12 pm
Bobby H: The ‘55 – ‘57 Chevy’s were the exact same car underneath the body and, yes, they were extremely popular and could be customized in hundreds of ways, plus they would fly down the road.
The ‘58 was all new top to bottom and the pubic just didn’t take to it, but it retrospect, it was a big improvement over the previous 3 years. Up until a few years ago, you could buy a ‘58 for a song compared to a ‘57, but that has changed too, as people now realize what a nice car it actually was.
nolie
July 12th, 2012
11:13 pm
I did not take to the 58 all that much either to begin with. and don’t forget the Edsel of the mid50s. a real failure but it has its fans nowdays.
NickB
July 12th, 2012
11:14 pm
I was always partial to 50 mercury’s, but that guy Barry from Storage Wars has a car calle the Cowboy Cadillac that is just amazing
http://cdn.cnwimg.com/galleryThumb/a4c15facfc32845beeac31189ea054c5.jpg
nolie
July 12th, 2012
11:15 pm
sorry ken, not an improvement in looks to the 57
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
11:16 pm
Bobby H: Those early T-Birds are classics, too and will set you back a pretty penny.
nolie
July 12th, 2012
11:17 pm
my maternal grandpa always drove Mercs from the 40s on. big bark cars which he kept in showroon shape all the time
Capt.Mudd
July 12th, 2012
11:17 pm
Most of the people {mid-late fiddys} in the U.S. were black and white; however, the white seemed to always ride in front of the black for some stupid reason.
nolie
July 12th, 2012
11:18 pm
Corvettes and T-Birds small and sporty to begin with. Corvette stayed more or less true to the concept, Ford soon took the T-Bird in an entirely different direction. I hated that they did that
kenhotlanta
July 12th, 2012
11:19 pm
nolie, it’s hard to beat a ‘57 Chevy 2 door hardtop, but the very top of the line loaded ‘58 with all the bells and whistles is a thing of beauty.
nolie
July 12th, 2012
11:20 pm
where you there then?
Bobby H
July 12th, 2012
11:20 pm
The ‘58 was all new top to bottom and the pubic just didn’t take to it — kenhotlanta
Wasn’t ‘58 the year that many manufacturers went to the 4-headlight system, or was that a little later. That would drastically change the looks of cars.
ChattTownBrian
July 12th, 2012
11:22 pm
I love the ‘61 – ‘64 impalas.
nolie
July 12th, 2012
11:24 pm
58s and 59s started getting too decked out and chromey for me ken’ I liked the simpler lines of the 57. always have been a sports and muscle car fan for looks. I think some of the old Porches were as great as it ever was for looks. the modern Boxter Coupe is a looker to me also as was the 90s Ford GT