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Lew
October 13th, 2012
5:43 pm
“Champions don’t take mental vacations”
Said the mind who has been on hiatus for decades.
SNEAKY PETE
October 13th, 2012
5:50 pm
Blog Monitor
October 13th, 2012
6:15 pm
Robert, Coach, & Shaun are 3 of the most obsessive and self absorbed posters here, I don’t understand why others even engage them, it is a pointless excersize..
phil
October 13th, 2012
6:22 pm
Yes, it is,certainly where Shaun is concerned….
LOL at Lew!
phil
October 13th, 2012
6:31 pm
Go Cardinal!
Spare us any talk of Notre Dame being relevant nationally this year.
Astral
October 13th, 2012
6:57 pm
you think Shaun is more obsessive that Robert? Really?
Or is it just that Robert’s obsessions are more in line with your thinking/attitudes?
Astral
October 13th, 2012
6:58 pm
I’m pretty sure that all three of those posters are on here more often under other names
flange1
October 13th, 2012
6:59 pm
Just thinking the same thing Astral!
74bravesjersey
October 13th, 2012
7:07 pm
Wonder’n what it must be like on the nats blog right now, I bet there eat’n up the strausberg ordeal big time; shoulda’ woulda’ could’ve , explexitives, etc….
CB
October 13th, 2012
7:20 pm
Nah,Shaun is an one and only. He wants everybody to know how brilliant he is.
Astral
October 13th, 2012
7:25 pm
Yes, I don’t know hy I said all three. I’m not sure Shaun posts as anybody else, but I sure do think the other two do. I think perhaps Robert is the one who comes on here under a lot of names over time and ends up in condescending arguments all the time, often with Noles
Astral
October 13th, 2012
7:27 pm
THh are all narcissists, that is why they handle disagreement so poorly.
They need to think they are “King of the Lab” so to speak
Astral
October 13th, 2012
7:52 pm
Speaking of obsession, how much more OCD can someone be than to actually pay to sponsor a page on BaseballReference of a retired person just so they can make nasty comments in a spot that others read? That is sick IMO
phil
October 13th, 2012
8:26 pm
Astral
October 13th, 2012
6:57 pm
you think Shaun is more obsessive that Robert? Really?
Or is it just that Robert’s obsessions are more in line with your thinking/attitudes?
**********
huh? I don’t really know much about this Robert guy, but no, my thinking does not align with his. But thanks anyway for wondering.
phil
October 13th, 2012
8:27 pm
I think he is the one hung up on Cox…..
I liked Cox.
Bobby Cerasuolo
October 13th, 2012
8:28 pm
Pedro Ciraco Felix Doubront and Jacoby Elsbury to the Braves for Sean Gilmartin Tyler Pastornicky Juan Fransisco and Tommy Hanson trade Uggla and Delgado to Houston for Justin Maxwell and Carlos Corporán
Lineup for 2013
Elsbury LF
Ciriaco 3B
Prado 2B
Freeman 1B
Maxwell CF
Heyward RF
Carlos Corporán C
northbeach Scott
October 13th, 2012
9:10 pm
phil, you liked cox? You don’t like them any more? Bitchel will be disappointed.
beavis & butthead
October 13th, 2012
9:14 pm
hed he said cox, hhhhhhheeeeeehhhhhheeeeehhhhhaaaaaa
ncgary
October 13th, 2012
9:19 pm
well i was never the brightest bulb in the socket to begin with
so i guess its time for my vacation now
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
9:29 pm
Jerry Crasnick @jcrasnick
Just realized Sam Holbrook is working this game at 2B. If you feel a need to make an infield fly joke, get it out of the way now.
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
9:29 pm
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN
Those watching on TV already see this: There are a whole lot of empty seats at Yankee Stadium tonight.
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
9:40 pm
Nice hitting by Prince with RISP…
nolie
October 13th, 2012
9:40 pm
Place is dead tonight. Vampires get everybody? I’ll send Abe Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Chipper's Southern Bell
October 13th, 2012
9:48 pm
Fielder one of the best power hitters in the game hit just enough to get his man home
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
9:50 pm
Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS
holbrook’s favorite play — the infield fly rule. he;s right there to call it. still 2-0 tigers
nolie
October 13th, 2012
9:51 pm
Go Tigers!!!!
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
10:08 pm
I go in the kitchen for 20 minutes, come back, and one comment…
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
10:11 pm
After reading Gary Collins’ obituary, I looked up Mary Ann Mobley on IMDB to see what she had been in – noticed 8 Love Boat episodes – took a look through the overall cast listing, which is an interesting look through the 2nd and 3rd tier actors/actresses of the ’70’s…
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
10:13 pm
He’s alive…
Tom @TomO’Hawke
Yankees have left the bases loaded 3 times in 6 innings. What team does that, immediately, remind you of?
Moe Berg
October 13th, 2012
10:14 pm
saw this earlier:
Jim Caple @jimcaple
In Yankees pressbox and introducing self to writer next to me. ‘Hi, I’m Jim Caple, http://ESPN.com .’ ‘Hi, I’m Gay Talese.’
kenhotlanta
October 13th, 2012
10:16 pm
Mary Ann Mobley was one of the better looking Miss Americas when that contest kinda meant something.
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
10:18 pm
Moe – that is a good one…
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
10:19 pm
ken – I saw what you had posted earlier about In-N-Out, long after you had posted…
nolie
October 13th, 2012
10:23 pm
Talese wrote a great piece on Joe DiMaggio in the mid-60s. I think it was called The Silent Season of a Hero. Great read if you can find it. No surprise he is at a Yankees post season game
ChattTownBrian
October 13th, 2012
10:27 pm
nolie, VJ, ken, my blog buds! I’m here!
Crickets, crickets, crickets …
Moe Berg
October 13th, 2012
10:27 pm
VJ–I agree. I would have felt rather sheepish. Your Love Boat post reminded me of years ago, when I was studying in Boston in the mid-90s. I had a class mate that I knew was an older student who had done other things and was coming back to school. Some people I knew were out with her and they were chatting. It turns out that she had been a writer for Love Boat. She was now studying to become a Presbyterian minister and worried that she had messed up a generations’ sense of relationships. Someone asked how she had gotten a job on Love Boat. She said that she and her college boyfriend had moved from Boston out to LA and were looking for work and they found jobs together–her ex, Fred Grandy acted in Love Boat and she wrote for it. She was the ex-Mrs. Gopher.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 13th, 2012
10:37 pm
everyone’s asleep!
ctrim
October 13th, 2012
10:38 pm
Would you take ARod at third next year if the Yankees picked up all but 8 million of his salary?
ChattTownBrian
October 13th, 2012
10:38 pm
We have a very good core … Prado, JHey, FF, Kimbrel, Beachy, Meds and even McCann if he can come back is in his prime. I’m not the least bit worried about the team going forward. The luck part of the game hasn’t really gone our way lately, but it’ll change hopefully soon.
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
10:39 pm
Fred had 3 Fantasy Island appearances, while Bernie Koppell had only 2 (but he had more Get Smarts)…
ChattTownBrian
October 13th, 2012
10:40 pm
And Simmons. Damn we’re pretty loaded y’all. Don’t complain too much now.
Moe Berg
October 13th, 2012
10:45 pm
Really? Three appearances on Fantasy Island. Interesting. I remember being quite young on a Jack the Ripper episode on Fantasy Island. My siblings and I were watching, while the parents were out. All got scared. My parents came home and saw us frightened, so they turned off the t.v. Horrible, since there was no denouement. Jack the Ripper was loose on Fantasy Island.
On an other note–back-to-back former Braves making appearance. Lowe then Logan. Reverse alphabetical order?
kenhotlanta
October 13th, 2012
10:47 pm
Mary Ann Mobley was from back in nolie’s day. He or scoots prolly dated her.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 13th, 2012
10:47 pm
Would you take ARod at third next year if the Yankees picked up all but 8 million of his salary?
Did you see the stat I posted on the last page? Dude, no.
Dayton from Nebraska @BravesAmerica
A-Rod OPS since 2007- 1.067, .965, .933, .847, .823, .783. Five more years under contract. #yikes
While the 1.6mil yr may be a bargain for us, the distraction will be too much. Doubt he’d want to be on the bench. I’m not starting him
kenhotlanta
October 13th, 2012
10:48 pm
Hey CTB…you ain’t fell off that mountain yet?
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
10:52 pm
Tyler Kepner @TylerKepner
Atmosphere here sort of feels like Game 1 against the Marlins in the 2003 WS. Lifeless performance by Yanks. Just a blah sort of feeling.
kenhotlanta
October 13th, 2012
10:59 pm
VJ: I asked cab one time to send me a box of In-N-Out burgers…she said they didn’t travel well. I’ll get out there one day, I hope.
Moe Berg
October 13th, 2012
10:59 pm
I am in the city tomorrow–meeting a friend for lunch in the West Village. Wondering if I should stay in to catch the 4:00 start in the Bronx. Would love to see the Tigers pick up another game.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 13th, 2012
11:01 pm
Jon Morosi @jonmorosi
Eric Chavez pinch hitting for A-Rod. Again.
You gotta go with your starters, no matter what.
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
11:11 pm
ken – I still prefer 5 Guys (maybe that’s because I ate there in Virginia long before rolling out beyond the NOVA region), but In-N-Out wins on price…
Moe Berg
October 13th, 2012
11:21 pm
So the A-Rod benching and pinch-hitting. Would these be happening, if his contract were for quarter the amount?
Must grab some dinner.
kenhotlanta
October 13th, 2012
11:22 pm
VJ: We have 5 Guys here and I don’t care for them. I have heard so many people say In-N-Out are the best hamburgers they ever eat, I just have a craving for them.
Of course I am partial to The Varsity, but only once every month or two.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 13th, 2012
11:30 pm
Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS
cano, 24 for 39 to end the season, is now 0 for his last 21 in postseason. #slump
Bench him! Bench him!
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 13th, 2012
11:35 pm
Ibanez again!
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
11:35 pm
Good grief…
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 13th, 2012
11:36 pm
Valverde always seems to struggle when I watch the Tigers. Had a subpar season this year. Man. He threw a meatball to Raul
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
11:37 pm
We’re watching something else, see Tex walked on GameDay, and I flip over just as the ball goes over the wall…
Mixxo
October 13th, 2012
11:37 pm
Rah-ool does it again!
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
11:40 pm
Right now they might take EOF for Verlander…
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 13th, 2012
11:42 pm
That was clutch… of course, some would have us believe that there’s no such thing
Haha VJ
Fredo
October 13th, 2012
11:42 pm
Leyland … dude, I know Valverde is your closer and all but sometimes it’s better to pull the plug early than to be hard headed and stick with him “till death do you part”
Venice Jim
October 13th, 2012
11:42 pm
Mike Trout @Trouty20
Wow
Retweeted by Tyler Kepner
kenhotlanta
October 13th, 2012
11:49 pm
I can’t believe Tex didn’t bunt down the 3rd base line…is his ego that big?
The 50 year old Raul is the man and we could have had him, I’m sure.
Moe Berg
October 13th, 2012
11:51 pm
Enter your comments here
ESPNNYYankees wallace matthews
RT @YankeesWFAN: I’m beginning to understand why Jim Leyland smokes.
Gay Talese
October 13th, 2012
11:56 pm
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7115592/silent-season-hero
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 13th, 2012
11:57 pm
Brandon McCarthy @BMcCarthy32
Raul Ibanez is the St Louis Cardinals funneled into one man.
kenhotlanta
October 14th, 2012
12:02 am
Hey Moe, good to see you again, sir. I hope you and your family are well.
Venice Jim
October 14th, 2012
12:44 am
Ooopsss…
Venice Jim
October 14th, 2012
12:45 am
Did not realize there was a 42 minute delay before Swisher’s strange play…
Yunel's Frosted Tips
October 14th, 2012
12:47 am
17 million people in metro NYC and they can’t sell out an ALCS game……..if that was Atlanta we would be tarred and feathered by the unabashed media…….
Venice Jim
October 14th, 2012
12:47 am
Awkward…
Yunel's Frosted Tips
October 14th, 2012
12:49 am
Go Tigers…………hate to see Jeter hurt though……met him in Clearwater once………he was a geniune nice guy…….
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 14th, 2012
12:53 am
Jeter got hurt. Not a Yankees fan but, that’s sad to see. And to hear from my friends who thought he was playing around by not popping right back up after the play was sad.
Tigers look like they’ll win this one. Valverde won’t be as big of a goat.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 14th, 2012
1:04 am
Grats to the Tigers. Later folks, Peace.
Venice Jim
October 14th, 2012
1:10 am
Why is it sadder if Jeter gets hurt than anyone else? And you are surprised that people are put off by his deification by the media?…
Fredo
October 14th, 2012
1:17 am
Ankle fracture, Jeter won’t be playing another game this year
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 14th, 2012
1:18 am
Not sadder if he gets hurt, but no one should be gleeful that he did get hurt. Saw and heard too much of that from my personal friend circle. I don’t care if he’s not liked, but no one should be happy about it.
Powder Blue
October 14th, 2012
1:26 am
Glad to see Detroit win the game though didn’t enjoy seeing Jeter’s injury.
Nowhere man
October 14th, 2012
1:36 am
Not much going on here tonight. When you ban/warn/runoff so many this is what you get. The same old same old over and over.
Venice Jim
October 14th, 2012
1:39 am
No one should be happy, but sometimes these things are brought on by the media’s obsession with glorifying people who are happy to be glorified…
Schadenfreude happens…
Venice Jim
October 14th, 2012
1:43 am
When you ban/warn/runoff so many this is what you get.
Are you paid to be a moronic idiot? Name people who have been run off and banned, you whining little baby. Your love of the Lentzian fools shows that you are nothing but a brainless idiot who is devoid of moral character and common sense and a true affection for the team you fraudulently claim to root for…
Venice Jim
October 14th, 2012
1:43 am
No offense intended, if you are actually quasi-intelligent and are being sarcastic and humorous…
Venice Jim
October 14th, 2012
1:44 am
As your-hatred filled comments have often shown you to be…
Nowhere man
October 14th, 2012
1:45 am
Chipper E. Jones. Was seen after the cards win wearing his signed stan musial Jersey. If the cards win another WS wlll they give Fredi a share like last year?
Venice Jim
October 14th, 2012
1:45 am
And, as much fun as it is to talk to someone who only understands one syllable words, I must be off for the evening…
Venice Jim
October 14th, 2012
1:46 am
Enjoy playing by yourself as I go off to enjoy the second half of last night’s Boss (among other things)…
Nowhere man
October 14th, 2012
1:46 am
Jim you have the moral fiber of a flea. Why resort to name calling? No need to be old and cranky.
Nowhere man
October 14th, 2012
1:48 am
Paul, Mixxo, ace, McFann just to name a few who have been bullied.
Nowhere man
October 14th, 2012
1:48 am
Paul, Mixxo, ace, McFann just to name a few who have been bullied.
Nowhere man
October 14th, 2012
1:51 am
I am out of here before anyone else has a senior moment.
Yall be good.
Astral
October 14th, 2012
2:06 am
what a lying sack of crap. There is one person banned, and the good folks who have been run off , were run of by asses like you
David O'Brien
October 14th, 2012
2:47 am
Not much going on here tonight. When you ban/warn/runoff so many this is what you get. The same old same old over and over. — Nowhere man
Someone take your lunch money today? Stop being so whiney for no reason.
David O'Brien
October 14th, 2012
2:49 am
Paul, Mixxo, ace, McFann just to name a few who have been bullied. — Nowhere man
Please, stop picking on this poor guy. His feelings are hurt.
Josh
October 14th, 2012
3:33 am
This article is way too in-depth and well written to have left out one of the biggest issues of the season – that Dan Uggla is being paid $13 million to hit barely above the Mendoza line. If anyone seriously thinks that Dan Uggla will not be traded before next season even starts, I’ve got some stats for you to look over. .262 with RISP. .194 in late & close situations. .187 for home games.
Trade him.
Dumb GM's
October 14th, 2012
3:47 am
Trade him
Yes, Josh, because General Managers all over the major leagues are salivating to latch on to him & his stats & his $13 million dollar, 3 more years, contract. Great idea!
Josh
October 14th, 2012
4:01 am
And I agree with TheOnlyBravesFan – I’d take Cody Ross above Josh Willingham. Remember that we’re having issues with producing hits with RISP. Ross was .319 with RISP in 2012. Willingham was .287. Which isn’t terrible. But it’s not .319. And Ross is 2 years younger.
Josh
October 14th, 2012
4:05 am
“Great idea!”
Fair enough, but we could always try to sweeten the deal with someone better alongside him and just take a couple garbage players off someone’s hands. Or trade him to the AL as a potential DH – who knows, he might perform better in that scenario. Stranger things have happened.
All I’m saying is he’s a HUGE problem, and I wish the article would have touched on that and what we might be able to do about it.
Ward
October 14th, 2012
5:08 am
Hello everyone! Just thought I would come on for one post. So give up on Uggla after a couple of seasons. That makes a lot of sense, so everytime some a player has a bad year, or two. Quiclky throw them under the bus. What impatience……..Managers, and General Managers are not that silly. Players have up, and down years. It happens to all, so I say give Uggla time, and see what he can do. Talking about throwing a player under the bus. Players have their years, and not so good ones. Anyone in baseball should know that. I would like to see Uggla for the rest of his contract. Talk after the Giants game. Good luck to the Forty Ninners, and their Fans. It should be one heck of a game. Peace my friends, and”Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
Astral
October 14th, 2012
5:36 am
If anyone seriously thinks that Dan Uggla will not be traded before next season even starts, I’ve got some stats for you to look over. .262 with RISP. @Josh
I seriously think he will not be traded before then. Want to bet,?
Astral
October 14th, 2012
5:39 am
So we are not only going to trade away Uggla and pay enough of his contract to get someone to take him but we are going to throw away another better player too?