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nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:20 pm
how many you actually lived through, Issah?,
BFChris27
August 23rd, 2012
8:21 pm
Looks like I am in path of Issac.
Luckily seems like it’ll just be a Cat 1 at worst.
haggard
August 23rd, 2012
8:21 pm
Choppinmama
Just a little non-baseball question of pop culture interest: I just heard a friend’s 17 year old granddaughter use the “Woo Hoo” expression a couple of weeks ago. Just yesterday, I heard a woman in her 50’s “Woo Hoo” in the drug store. Where does it originate? Did I miss a commercial on TV a couple of months ago?
cabravesfan
August 23rd, 2012
8:21 pm
Who woke the trolls??
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 23rd, 2012
8:21 pm
No Pastornicky and no Heyward? Bummer….
Hope the Braves win!
David O'Brien
August 23rd, 2012
8:21 pm
LH have hit just .197 w .555 OPS vs. Zito, while RH have hit .275 w/ .826 OPS against him. Braves have couple more RH in lineup tonight.
SF FAN
August 23rd, 2012
8:22 pm
nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:17 pm
Hi Bat, good to see you again. as for storm it is looking more and more like it is headed to you….
Since bat is in sf ,looks like the game is cancelled due to the hurricane
lay off the crack pipe hillarious
richbrave
August 23rd, 2012
8:22 pm
DOWN ON THE FARM
GCL – ORLANDO
Mousekateers are pecked to death 6-1 by the Blue Jays
2B TOMMY LaSTELLA [.250 BA] has a 1-4 game, triple, and a walk in his third game back from DL [back issue].
RHSP BOBBY STAR [L 2-5, 6.23 ERA] 6.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO.
Not a bad start. Unfortunately, the offense doesn’t pick him up so he wears the goat-horn’s this game.
RH’ers MIKE FLORES [4.41 ERA] and RICHIE TATE [2.62 ERA] don’t provide much relief allowing three more runs to score though only one was earned. Poor defense [3E].
BFChris27
August 23rd, 2012
8:22 pm
I’ve been through about 12-14 storms thus far.
nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:22 pm
yeah, way I hear it Obama was aiming for Tampa and the convention but undershot a bit
nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:23 pm
if so, good luck Chris
HURRIANE ISSAH
August 23rd, 2012
8:24 pm
noile
several although katrina did make me wonder if getting paid ws worth it,and it was.
Something i love ,dont want to see deaths but there will always be that so nothing i can do about it
haggard
August 23rd, 2012
8:24 pm
“hey guy, everybody ready for a big game?”–nolie
Oh, you were talking to Bat. Thought it might be us for a minute there.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 23rd, 2012
8:24 pm
Paul Janish has played a total of 12 games at 2nd base, and not played them very well
I wouldn’t call 1 error in 12 games not doing it well…. he’d average 13-14 errors a season,about the same that Uggla averages. However, the fact that he’s “only” played 12 games there isn’t encouraging.
Then again, Jack Wilson played 3rd for us last year a few times, he’s only played 3rd base for 4 games in his career, 3 with the Braves.
BFChris27
August 23rd, 2012
8:25 pm
nolie
Thanks.
I have been through so many, I’m not really phased. I just get prepared and wait it out. There will be plenty stuff to do if power goes out like it usually does during these things. So boredom won’t be a problem.
HURRIANE ISSAH
August 23rd, 2012
8:25 pm
people drink and drive so i see no difference,part of life
you born,you live,and you die
as they say,next………..
nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:25 pm
Since bat is in sf ,looks like the game is cancelled due to the hurricane
lay off the crack pipe hillarious
again huh? you just never f’en stop do you?
Jay Dubu
August 23rd, 2012
8:25 pm
One of the sticks that the New York fans have begun mentioning is Bourn. THe Mets need outfielders, and someone to help sell tickets.
Heard an interview with the Mets GM on WFAN – New York yesterday, and the’re taking a similar approach to the Braves. They want players on the lower end of the bellcurve pay wise, but closer to the middle talent wise.
richbrave
August 23rd, 2012
8:26 pm
Only two more games on tap for ORLANDO who are currently looking up at all the teams in their division.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 23rd, 2012
8:26 pm
cricket is that your way of agreeing, like Tomahawkin’s “Co-sign” or TOBF’s “This”?
I saw cab use it my “this”…. that mean’s it’s okay
richbrave
August 23rd, 2012
8:26 pm
ORLANDO has had a pretty rough season. Weak team.
keyLargo
August 23rd, 2012
8:27 pm
Bat M – you know I’m way closer to Key West than Key Largo, but to give you a weather report it was beautiful – today.
One thing that is unusual is that the water is 93 degrees. That’s way too hot and will really feed the hurricane if it comes. I have a feeling this one is going up to your area or even LA or TX.
Bat Masterson
August 23rd, 2012
8:28 pm
yeah, way I hear it Obama was aiming for Tampa and the convention but undershot a bit
_ nolie
I’ve been wanting to make a Jerry Falwell joke about it heading to Tampa, but karma’s a bitch, and now it looks like we are the bullseye anyway.
Jay Dubu
August 23rd, 2012
8:28 pm
Heyward usually gets to pinch hit on his off days, or come in for defense late., if the game is close.
Still think that cross country trip wears a body down.
cabravesfan
August 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan-
It’s not just errors. It’s all the other stats too, the fancy ones like runs saved above average (-15), Fielding runs above average (-9), defensive runs saves above average (-1) – They are all significantly lower than any other position he plays, especially ss, where he is obviously outstanding.
nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
shoulda been guys, not guy. I was talking to everybody. my neural troubles often hinder my typing
phil
August 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
Of something I am confident…
HURRIANE ISSAH
August 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
Wha kills me is peoplle choose to live near the coast and whine and complain to the govt.when there home gets wiped out and expect the govt.to help you out.No one forced you to live there,you know the risks,have insurance,deal with it.I was taught never to expect an handout,take care of family,but i see most people are expecting and getting a govt.handout.
Thats my rant ,whoever in the path be safe,and hopefully secure
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
Then again, Jack Wilson played 3rd for us last year a few times, he’s only played 3rd base for 4 games in his career, 3 with the Braves.
And he did fine…. only played 47 games in his career at 2B, but he did fine playing there last year…. I think that you either have the skills or you don’t, and any SS should be fine at 2B…. 3B is a little tricker, but IMO, they should be adequate there.
Trey
August 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
I don’t know what’s been up his nose, Brava. If I fly up there, I may never get back out.
richbrave
August 23rd, 2012
8:29 pm
MIKE BOURN is going to become a very wealthy young man.
Bat Masterson
August 23rd, 2012
8:30 pm
I have a feeling this one is going up to your area or even LA or TX. _ keyLargo
Send it to Texas. They need the rain and I’m already mildewed from all we have been getting.
phil
August 23rd, 2012
8:31 pm
ISSAH – save it for somewhere else….
We have several here in the path of this thing.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 23rd, 2012
8:31 pm
It’s not just errors. It’s all the other stats too, the fancy ones
Ah, you like those fancy stats too? Okay! I get your point.
Florida residents: Wanna trade places for a few days? Y’all come up to ATL and I’ll go to Florida…. never gotten to be in/near a hurricane before.
Joe in SoCal
August 23rd, 2012
8:31 pm
The Bourn Ultimatum….coming soon..written and directed by Boras.
nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:32 pm
well at least the one right behind it looks like it will go north and fizzle out, at least at this point
Choppinmama
August 23rd, 2012
8:32 pm
haggard – our family uses it a lot. It’s in a popular song I hear on the radio and lots at the stadium. I’m sure someone can “name that tune” in (1) “woo hoo.” (Green Day maybe?)
A modernized version of “yippee”!??
BFChris27
August 23rd, 2012
8:33 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan
Sure lol.
All kidding aside, they’re not THAT scary. Sure they can cause a lot of damages and sometimes death (rarely, not every time), but going through it and the aftermath isn’t hard to go through. Just gotta be prepared and wait it out.
nc fan
August 23rd, 2012
8:33 pm
DOB
when giradi gave the interview yesterday,and fan called him a nut job
can we get the fan to say that to fredi when he is being interviewed?
haggard
August 23rd, 2012
8:33 pm
Just trying to remember who Bourn reminds me of at the plate. Maybe a little of Mickey Rivers?
cabravesfan
August 23rd, 2012
8:33 pm
I think that you either have the skills or you don’t, and any SS should be fine at 2B…. 3B is a little tricker, but IMO, they should be adequate there.
And I disagree. I think 3rd & SS are more interchangeable than 2nd and SS, but each has a unique skill set that does not alway translate to success at another position. Marteen is a very good 2nd baseman. He can play SS, but over the course of a season, I think he would be exposed at that position. Meanwhile, I am not sure I’d want to see Simba play 2nd base or Uggla play SS.
cabravesfan
August 23rd, 2012
8:34 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan-
Actually, no, I don’t much care for the “fancy” stats, but I do know what is good and what isn’t
Joe in SoCal
August 23rd, 2012
8:34 pm
Choppinmama…its by a band called Blur. Woo Hoo!
Brava
August 23rd, 2012
8:35 pm
shoulda been guys, not guy. I was talking to everybody. my neural troubles often hinder my typing
Oh, well then, yes, nolie, I’m ready for the Braves to kick some butt tonight.
Choppinmama
August 23rd, 2012
8:36 pm
OK, if I can stretch out supper, dessert and clean up long enough………..it will almost be gametime. Later foks.
Brava
August 23rd, 2012
8:36 pm
Lol, Trey!
Jay Dubu
August 23rd, 2012
8:36 pm
Uggs and Mac hitting back to back again tonight. Fredi has to give them days off on seperately.
I expect Ugss to get things fixed real soon, and carry the Braves down the stretch. He has a string of consecutive seasons with 30+ HR, and he currently sits @ 18. With only 38 games to play, he’ll be hitting a HR ~ every 3 games.
phil
August 23rd, 2012
8:36 pm
I’d like to see Uggla play the bass fiddle…
Anything but for us anymore at this point.
Murph
August 23rd, 2012
8:36 pm
Send it to Texas. They need the rain and I’m already mildewed from all we have been getting.
We’ll take it. Although we had rain the other day that soaked my wood garage door, making it heavy enough to rip the bracket right out and send the garage door crashing down. Scary.
haggard
August 23rd, 2012
8:37 pm
Choppinmama
Thanks. And it does have the same cadence / lilt as “Yippee” sure enough. Just wondering how it made its’ way across generations; sort of like “Wrong” from the Waylon Jennings tune in the early 90’s.
HURRIANE ISSAH
August 23rd, 2012
8:37 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 23rd, 2012
8:31 pm
It’s not just errors. It’s all the other stats too, the fancy ones
Ah, you like those fancy stats too? Okay! I get your point.
Florida residents: Wanna trade places for a few days? Y’all come up to ATL and I’ll go to Florida…. never gotten to be in/near a hurricane before
Tecnicial you have when you have a tstorm with winds of 74mph there your hurricane or next time it really rains roll down your window at 74mph.Nothing like seeing 20-30ft.waves
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 23rd, 2012
8:37 pm
Meanwhile, I am not sure I’d want to see …Uggla play SS.
Geez, that gave me the chills…. a fire hydrant at 2nd… that’s sure would be tough to watch!
Choppinmama
August 23rd, 2012
8:38 pm
Joe – and a big yoo hoo thanks to you!
The Truth Be Damned!
August 23rd, 2012
8:38 pm
“But beyond that, Medlen is just better as a starter than as a reliever, versatility notwithstanding.”
For all of you folks who backed up the Wren/Fredi position that Medlin needed to be in the pen because of the above statement, you were entitled to agree with them.
FOR ALL YOU FOLKS who slammed the table and screamed at the top of your lungs that Wren knew what he was doing and it was obvious Medlin was not a starter and was much more valuable in the pen!!! ……….. Bite it.
You know who you are.Not just one of you, many of you so called regular expert contributors. You so called “experts” who belittle others who disagree with management moves prove time and time again you aren’t really as smart as you believe you are.
Way to go Meds. Sometimes you just have to prove the experts wrong dont ya?
haggard
August 23rd, 2012
8:38 pm
Joe In So Cal
Thanks. I’ll have to look it up on YouTube.
Brava
August 23rd, 2012
8:39 pm
I’ve been saying Woohoo all my life. Grew up saying it.
nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:40 pm
well they sure scare that hell outta me . lost too many friends and property. I’d pass on ever being near another one if I had a choice
Joe in SoCal
August 23rd, 2012
8:40 pm
JDub…I like your thinkin’, unfortunately, I think its exactly that type of thinkin’ that got him where he is presently. Don’t believe I’ve ever seen more of a upper cut swing than the one he’s got going.
JNick
August 23rd, 2012
8:41 pm
How do you quote a statement about “Medlen” and then go on to misspell his name in the rest of your post as “Medlin”….
Lee in S GA
August 23rd, 2012
8:42 pm
i remember the wrestler Chief Woohoo McDaniel…..no other woohoo
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 23rd, 2012
8:42 pm
Nothing like seeing 20-30ft.waves
Sounds great for surfing!
HURRIANE ISSAH
August 23rd, 2012
8:43 pm
BFChris27
August 23rd, 2012
8:33 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan
Sure lol.
All kidding aside, they’re not THAT scary. Sure they can cause a lot of damages and sometimes death (rarely, not every time), but going through it and the aftermath isn’t hard to go through. Just gotta be prepared and wait it out.
name 1 hurricane that has not caused deaths
living near the coast like you do is different than on the coast
just like 80mph winds is nothing compared to 135mph winds so you know
either way its awesome to be less than 100ft from the ocean when she comes on in.
Half Empty
August 23rd, 2012
8:43 pm
casts some doubt on the rest of the post doesn’t it, JNick?
JNick
August 23rd, 2012
8:43 pm
As for Janish at 2B, as someone said, 12 game sample size – can’t go much off of that. Being that SS is the toughest position in the infield, I’m sure he’d be above average at 2B as well.
cabravesfan
August 23rd, 2012
8:43 pm
JNick-
Ha! I just had the exact same thought
Joe in SoCal
August 23rd, 2012
8:43 pm
Lee…I think that was Wahoo McDaniels…though the further south you get I could see it becomin’ Wohoo.
JNick
August 23rd, 2012
8:44 pm
@Half Empty, exactly.
keyLargo
August 23rd, 2012
8:44 pm
Whoever gets this Hurricane is going to get flooded like they’ve never seen. The Storm is as big as TX and it’s going to rain a long time before a 1000 mile raincloud passes over. Be careful what you ask for.
The problem with this storm though, is that they really don’t know where it’s going. It’s so big it has two eyes and until they combine and start a normal rotation (instead of of a wobble) it is impossible to tell where it’s going.
cabravesfan
August 23rd, 2012
8:45 pm
Or perhaps the reason Janish has only played 12 games at 2nd is because he’s not particularly good there?
Lee in S GA
August 23rd, 2012
8:45 pm
Joe…you right right …about his name and the south
Gary O
August 23rd, 2012
8:46 pm
From DOB,
LH have hit just .197 w .555 OPS vs. Zito, while RH have hit .275 w/ .826 OPS against him. Braves have couple more RH in lineup tonight.
Isn’t this another reason to give B-Mac another night off and go with Ross instead?
Half Empty
August 23rd, 2012
8:46 pm
I would think he would be a good second baseman too, but it can take some players a bit of time to get used to the ball comong from the different side. I imagine with a bit of practice Janish would be a great second baseman, but his bat would play a bit worse there than at SS
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 23rd, 2012
8:48 pm
I remember Dr. Woowoo.
HURRIANE ISSAH
August 23rd, 2012
8:49 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 23rd, 2012
8:42 pm
Nothing like seeing 20-30ft.waves
Sounds great for surfing!
though i have never surfed they all come all over the country to surf
in texas around galveston when the ships come in you can ride a single wave for hours,longest wve ever reported that someone rode was over 100 miles,hard to believe but thats what they say.
I was in hawaii in 1981 when IWA came through,we normally have 20-30ft.waves,60 miles offshore,i was filming waves 50-80ft.
waves are mesaured lengthways till you see the caps,not up and down
nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:49 pm
thanks for the input KL, I didn’t realize the exact situation or that it was quite that big
Joe in SoCal
August 23rd, 2012
8:49 pm
A two-eyed Hurricane?….double trouble. I remember living in Homestead, Fl in the late 60’s early 70’s and a hurricane blew through. As a kid, it was great…all the streets became water ways with boats going up and down. We would take a pieces of card board and act like we were surfin’..great memories…Probably not so great for the adults and people who lost everything in the floods.
Murph
August 23rd, 2012
8:49 pm
The Storm is as big as TX and it’s going to rain a long time before a 1000 mile raincloud passes over. Be careful what you ask for.
I live on a really big hill… and my grass is brown… sooooo….
Plus the whole state is so dry that it’s just a matter of time before some idiot throws a cigarette out their window and takes out a few thousand acres/homes.
Flooding is bad, I don’t want to sound like I’m making light of it, but we really do need the rain.
phil
August 23rd, 2012
8:49 pm
Chief Wahoo McDaniel…a fond childhood memory of that guy.
He was fat though, you know.
cabravesfan
August 23rd, 2012
8:50 pm
…but it can take some players a bit of time to get used to the ball comong from the different side.
Which is why I think it is easier to move from SS to 3rd than SS to 2nd. Sure, it can be done, but it’s sort of like learning to tie your shoe by watching someone in a mirror. You have to retrain your brain and muscle memory to do everything essentially backwards
Trey
August 23rd, 2012
8:51 pm
I wouldn’t ever want to be in an area with a hurricane. When I was stationed in Norfolk, all I had was a Nor’easter and tropical storm. Never an actual hurricane. We also had a couple of waterspouts on the waterfront, when my barracks roommate and I were walking back from the gym, one of the waterspouts formed over one of our ships’, causing hardly any damage.
phil
August 23rd, 2012
8:51 pm
At least you don’t have to mow it, Murph…
Besides, how do lice survive in such hellish heat and dryness?
HURRIANE ISSAH
August 23rd, 2012
8:52 pm
Flooded like they never seen?
Talk about over dramatized,lol
Not like its going to be a cat 5 or even close
sheesh
cabravesfan
August 23rd, 2012
8:52 pm
Anyways, it’s pretty much a moot point- Uggla isn’t going anywhere and Janish will hopefully be back next year in the role of Simba’s more than capable backup.
Trey
August 23rd, 2012
8:52 pm
Well, I guess the waterspout that forms over a ship would just be considered a tornado, as it didn’t form on the water.
nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:52 pm
You have to retrain your brain and muscle memory to do everything essentially backwards..cab
like Ginger Rogers, she did everything Fred did, and had to do it backwards
Trey
August 23rd, 2012
8:53 pm
Damn typos in my 8:51 post
Lee in S GA
August 23rd, 2012
8:53 pm
He was fat though, you know.
—————————–
must have been a distant kin to McCann
Bat Masterson
August 23rd, 2012
8:55 pm
Florida residents: Wanna trade places for a few days? Y’all come up to ATL and I’ll go to Florida…. never gotten to be in/near a hurricane before. _ TheOnlyBravesFan
Uh Huh.
I’ve sat and watched a couple of tropical storms until it got to rough to be out. Then later when it was over walked the beach. Every deck, beach access, stairs along the twenty or some miles of beach where I live was gone. Porches falling off the back of houses, foundations washed out, a real mess.
Tropical storm mind you, not a hurricane.
fordcobra
August 23rd, 2012
8:55 pm
Med put the bandage on the Bleeding Braves! Go Medlin!
HURRIANE ISSAH
August 23rd, 2012
8:55 pm
Hurricane floyd brought 35 inches of rain to a town called princeville that the entire town was under water.
2 tropical storms 3 weeks before that brought 23 inches of rain.
Murph
August 23rd, 2012
8:55 pm
Besides, how do lice survive in such hellish heat and dryness?
It’s so freakin’ hot that everyone stays indoors… the kids have been to the movies, karate, gymnastics, indoor soccer, etc all within the last 5 days. Lice breeding grounds.
The 4 year old is free and clear. The wife looks to be ok. The 6 year old is absolutely infested. Not good, especially since she’s the emotional one of the bunch. And a cry-puker. She gets too upset and she launches, as she did last night during her hair treatment.
At least this time she was standing naked in the bathtub. Why kids freeze when they toss cookies is beyond me, though. You know it’s about to happen… run for the sink/toilet. Instead they just look at you and barf on themselves.
JNick
August 23rd, 2012
8:56 pm
@cabravesfan, I’d say he hasn’t played much 2B because the Reds have some dude named Brandon Phillips there, and IIRC, he’s pretty decent…
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
August 23rd, 2012
8:56 pm
Uggla’s an outfielder waiting to happen, and I’m tired of waiting.
David O'Brien
August 23rd, 2012
8:56 pm
Check out the view from second deck at AT&T Park
http://yfrog.com/mnlhxwmj
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 23rd, 2012
8:57 pm
Anyways, it’s pretty much a moot point- Uggla isn’t going anywhere and Janish will hopefully be back next year in the role of Simba’s more than capable backup.
And who does my REV backup? Uggla?
Joe in SoCal
August 23rd, 2012
8:57 pm
Man..not even six degrees of separation anymore when it comes to Bmac and the word fat. Just straight there..Bam! Kinda glad Mcfann isn’t here to see this. Probably so low right about now that she can barely lift her eyes to the see the screen.
JNick
August 23rd, 2012
8:58 pm
Never been through a hurricane, but went through 3 typhoons in the 2+ years that I lived on Guam…not fun. Stay safe, Florida…
Trey
August 23rd, 2012
8:58 pm
A couple of family friends live in Moss Point, had their home destroyed during Hurricane Katrina. I saw a video filmed by their neighbor, the bayou and everything before the hurricane and during. Oh my goodness, the water from the bayou came up and went into the pool, our friend had her car wrapped around a tree, and many other things. I would hate for anyone to experience anything like that.
David O'Brien
August 23rd, 2012
8:58 pm
Gotta love the Allmans’ “Ramblin’ Man” playing during Braves BP here in San Francisco. “My father was a gambler down in Georgia….”
nolie
August 23rd, 2012
8:59 pm
they need to teach rev to play second and some OF cause there is NWIH he should ever play short