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Half Empty
November 4th, 2012
10:26 pm
Victorino signs for center of left? would be a good two year signing IMO
abeeeewright
November 4th, 2012
10:27 pm
Braves have broght up Heyward, Freeman, and Simmons in back to back to back season.
In starting pitching, they’ve brought up Hanson, Medlen, Beachy, and Minor.
They’ve brought up Venters and Kimbrel.
Who do the Braves bring up in 2013 to keep the string going until El Oso Blanco makes the scene in 2014?
abeeeewright
November 4th, 2012
10:28 pm
My guess is Teheran.
brian
November 4th, 2012
10:30 pm
Victorino and hunter in LF – I like it. Stop gap for Gattis.
Drawback will be that hunter will want a multi-year contract
Half Empty
November 4th, 2012
10:30 pm
would Teheran count? He has been up twice before :S
abeeeewright
November 4th, 2012
10:33 pm
I wouldn’t be shocked if Braves sign Victorino or Pagan. Victorino makes alot of sense for the Braves.
I would be surprised with Bourn or Boujos or Hamilton.
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
10:33 pm
Hunter should ask for a 2 yr deal based on his 2012 play and I hope he gets it.
A class player. If we give it to him fine, if not well, hope he gets it from someone else.
Teheran has already been up. Maybe the third time is the charm. He has a way to go from what I have seen. Small sample size but hey, there is no crying in baseabll.
abeeeewright
November 4th, 2012
10:35 pm
Teheran has been a fill in not a regular starter. Likewise, Delgado has been a fill-in, albeit for a third of a season.
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
10:36 pm
Victorino as a Brave — personally I do not like it but if he plays well guess I have to get used to it if he helps em win.
Ykes — its sort of pornograpizing the uniform. But hey, that is the transient nature of the game this day in time.
Johnny Damon did become a Yankee after his two faced hypocritical book.
Its all BUSINESS with a Capital B.
Matt Ryan — Not getting the protection he needs. This might be the trip up night. Oh well no one really goes 16-0.
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
10:38 pm
Hamilton — the Hamilton to the Braves posts are funny even though its all crap.
I might want to see them do a Tulowitski kind of contract with Heyward in time. If he has another real good yr you have to ante up and pay this guy. Freeman too.
Freeman is so so much better than the WAR stuff its not funny.
Half Empty
November 4th, 2012
10:48 pm
Tulo’s contract is ridiculous
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
10:58 pm
Tulo’s contract looks ridiculous now cause of the injuries.
Either you pay or you lose the guy — take your pick.
At the time it made sense.
ncgary
November 4th, 2012
11:05 pm
schaefer cf 0.6 m
sorenson lf 1.2 m
heyward rf 1.2 m
prado 3b 5.5 m 6 yr 45 mil
freeman 1b 0.8 m
mccann c 12.5 m
uggla 2b 15 mil
simmons ss 0.5 m
dream big
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:09 pm
@ncgary –
With the budget conscious org we have in terms of Free Agency, we have been conditioned to dream small.
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:09 pm
Who is Sorenson?????
VaBravesFan
November 4th, 2012
11:11 pm
Look for the Yankees to re-sign Russell Martin, but the Bombers have had their eye on free agent David Ross, who has served as Brian McCann’s backup with the Braves since 2009.
Oh boy…
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:16 pm
Ross might be a good fit for them & if they offer him Yankee money than why not take it.
I will be POed but corporate ownership has been PO ing me since Ted lost his boardroom fight in the TW days.
They never should have done that merger — that was the death knell for 3 major league sports in this city. One of them which is no longer here.
And the Hawks I don;t give the time of day now.
Only the Braves and Falcons matter.
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:18 pm
Roddy White — Best Falcon receiver to date.
And its not just about stats.
Imagine if he had a real QB throwing to him in his early career.
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:20 pm
Matt Bryant needs to hit the street.
Worst kickere in the history iof the NFL
richbrave
November 4th, 2012
11:21 pm
DOWN ON THE FARM
DESERT DOGS
EAST ALL-STARS
PH/SS NICK AHMED 0-1, 1 R, 1 BB.
Half Empty
November 4th, 2012
11:22 pm
the possibility of injuries is why it never made sense
TheOnlyBravesFan
November 4th, 2012
11:23 pm
Bryant never misses fied goals… 2 tonight. Should be 12-6, not tied at 6.
sigh
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:32 pm
I get that Half Empty — its always a risk.
But as you pointed out earlier with the revenues that teams will get ($50 million a team) the teams with renewed TV deals and all the merchandising etc etc, they will find a way to make it back.
And look at what guys who are pretty good players are projected to get this FA off season.
I am also guessing that the teams insure those contracts through companies like Lloyds of London, so the teams find a way to cover themselves business wise and they should.
These are smart businessman who run these teams — they do not just give $$$$$$$$$ away.
No one goes broke owning a MLB or NFL team. I don’t know about the NBA or NHL but those guys do not look like they are starving either.
Sports owners are shrewd business men, they do not lose generally.
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:33 pm
Better get a TD now — we cannot rely on our K.
Not tonight.
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:38 pm
The recent deals signed with ESPN, FOX and TBS totaled $12 billion and will pay MLB $1.5 billion annually from 2014 to 2021 — or $50 million per team. (More details here at the Biz of Baseball site.) The previous contracts with those three networks totaled $711.7 million annually — so baseball received a 111 percent annual increase. On top of that, consider MLB Network revenue, MLB Advanced Media revenue and local media deals that are skyrocketing in many markets, and you realize the baseball business product is performing exceptionally well.
Half Empty — So as I read this that is 50 mil per team from 2014 thru 2021 not to mention the other revenues the teams generate.
That is darned good change — That covers more than half of the Braves payroll assuming that ownership stays budged at the 90 mil mark give or take a mil or two. So our guys can do better if they want to.
TheOnlyBravesFan
November 4th, 2012
11:41 pm
TD…. cuz we’re winners
We’ll send those Cowgirls home losers. 8-0 baby
HooRah
November 4th, 2012
11:41 pm
LM is going to get 50 million, but I bet the payroll does not go up much, if at all
Half Empty
November 4th, 2012
11:43 pm
I think they were getting 25 million, so the net gain is really 25 million I guess
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:43 pm
Hope Nick Ahmed is better than Pastornicky — similar minor league numbers but Ahmed is a better doubles man.
Never really heard much of him till recently.
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:46 pm
With all that revenue no wonder some group was willing to pay 2.1 Bill for the Dodgers.
Disgusted
November 4th, 2012
11:47 pm
Dallas Cowboys of today = the 80’s Yankees.
richbrave
November 4th, 2012
11:59 pm
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
DOMINICA
EASTERN BULLS
Lead-off CF JOSE CONSTANZA [.350 BA] 1-4, 1 Assist
MEXICO
HERMOSILLO ORANGES [.231 BA] 0-2, 1 R, 1 SAC
VENEZUELA
LARA CARDINALS
CF JORDAN PARRAZ [.429 BA] 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B [2], 1 Assist.
LHS/RP LUIS AVILAN [W 2-0, 0.00 ERA] 1.0 IP, pristine, 1 SO.
ZULIA EAGLES
DH EVAN GATTIS [.300 BA] 1-4, 2 SO.
1B ERNESTO MEJIA [.333 BA] 1-4, 1 R, 2 E [3, throw, field].
LICEY TOGERS
3B JUAN FRANCISCO [.296 BA] 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR [2], 2 RBI [5], 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 SF
C CHRISTIAN BETHANCOURT [.125 BA] 0-1
ORIENTE STARS
CF FELIX PIE [.280 BA] 0-4, 1 SO.
And in this weekend’s BILLY BEST BRAVES-sponsored NORTH-SOUTH BORDER WARS, my grandson started and played all three OF positions batting second in both games for the BRAVES team. You have no idea how good he looked in a BRAVES uni, at least to these jaundiced eyes. He had 5 AB’s went 0-1 with a SO, 4 BB, 2 SB and 1 R on a steal of home. He forced a two-base error on a LH pitcher by breaking for second just as the pitcher was going to release a throw to 1B. He went to 3-2 in every count, caught looking once, made the pitchers work, ultimately gaining a walk four of five times. He saw 26 pitches in five AB’s.
richbrave
November 5th, 2012
12:04 am
MEXICO
HERMOSILLO ORANGES [.231 BA] 0-2, 1 R, 1 SAC
Oops, that;s CF TODD CUNNINGHAM…..sorry!
richbrave
November 5th, 2012
12:05 am
Oh and the CUBS swung by the rooting section and whispered, ” let’s talk next week,”
Half Empty
November 5th, 2012
12:08 am
good for y’all richbrave
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
12:20 am
Did the blog not fall back an hour? And congrats, rich!
TheOnlyBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
12:25 am
That’s good for y’all rich… Congrats
Maybe at 8-0, you’ll get some love. Collinsworth was bad tonight. Could tell he wanted the Cosboys to win. We’re the best team, with the best receivers and qb…. A really good defense. This team will go far.
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
12:27 am
Time is in the mind…
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
12:31 am
The best team compared to a mediocre Dallas team, or the best team in the NF of L?…
Bay Area Steve
November 5th, 2012
12:34 am
Bobby H,
F’ you.
BravePack(FreeFan)
November 5th, 2012
12:42 am
GM meetings are this week right? That was when Wren traded for Uggla a couple years ago if I’m not mistaken.
Bay Area Steve
November 5th, 2012
12:44 am
rich,
I live vicariously through your boy, but sump’n don’t add up. 3-2 every time, 4 walks and a K equals a minimum of 6 pitches per plate appearance. How’d we only get to 26? And, a small piece of unwanted advice, from a flamed-out ballplayer: tell him to swing it; you don’t walk off the island…
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
12:45 am
BAS – to respond to what you said to me last night, since I have tweaked DS1 in person on such things, and here on occasions, I was not expecting more than a generic putdown – I was surprised that it became more detailed, and was not proud of my helping to bring the discussion to the forefront…
Bay Area Steve
November 5th, 2012
12:45 am
Pack,
You get my (apparently unfunny) joke from last night, or do I gotta swear some more at ya?
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
12:47 am
What’s going on out there, VJ? Going to bed early, napping… is there something different in that CA air?
Have a good one, VJ.
TheOnlyBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
12:47 am
Best in the NFL… Dallas has a good defense too.
I really can’t think of a team who is beter than us right now
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
12:49 am
Bobby
Yeah, there is no such thing as drowning it out. I’d wake up the neighbors if I drowned the sound out.
The soothing music works for some. But for me, it ends up waking me up later in the night. I travel quite a bit and have experimented with leaving the TV or radio on. They end up waking me up in the middle of the night.
Just gotta be accepting, as there is no cure. Some days it’s easier than others.
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
12:50 am
Ha,ha,ha… My last post ended up an hour ago. I guess we just went back
fromto the future!DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
12:51 am
ANSWERS ARE now coming up in real time.
Bay Area Steve
November 5th, 2012
12:51 am
Reasonable, VJ.
I know Wayne enough to know he ain’t funnin’ about anything political. This place has lost too many of y’all (tell cab to man up), and I just don’t want to lose anymore, whether they’re high-steppin’ right, or left. March on your own time, is what I’m sayin’. This here is blog time.
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
12:52 am
Talk about Twilight Zone stuff. I am posting in the past.
If you catch any of this Bobby, I’m heading off to bed too.
David O'Brien
November 5th, 2012
12:53 am
Speaking of music, got the Patsy Cline playing tonight….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e10MTBwIVss&feature=fvwrel
Bay Area Steve
November 5th, 2012
12:54 am
“Best in the NFL… Dallas”
Cred done went poof.
The man challenged you best in the league, and you defended with Dallas? C’mon, man…
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
12:56 am
I PREDICT that DOB will make a comment at EXACTLY 1:42 am! He’ll address, Bob the Blogger, concerning prospects and their age.
Just remember, you heard it hear, first.
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
12:58 am
BOBBY
You must have ESPN!! Extra Sensory Perception Network!
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
12:58 am
I wish I could go back a few more minutes and correct “hear” to “here”.
Caught it, Wayne – I hope you can get some sleep, tonight.
Bay Area Steve
November 5th, 2012
1:00 am
Julianna Margulies time…
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
1:01 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2fyFumisiU
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:02 am
Ya know how the day guys sometimes say the overnight blog was a bit crazy?
Wait until they get a load of this…
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
1:03 am
Tossing a Jim Reeves song in.
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
1:06 am
Time is in the mind, indeed.
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
1:08 am
Patsy Cline is always a great music choice!
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:09 am
F’you
Thanks, BAS, now I feel accepted!
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
1:11 am
It’s 1:10 and my posts are appearing there while DOB’s post replying to Bob the Blogger is appearing at 1:42
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
1:11 am
Who is where? And don’t say on 1st!!!
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
1:12 am
Is the blog time still stuck on daylight savings time?
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:13 am
Either that, Wayne, or we’re in a Twilight Zone episode.
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:13 am
Falcons RapidReports @CBSFalcons
The New York Giants are the only team remaining on the #Falcons schedule with a winning record.
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
1:14 am
Or was it on 2nd?
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:14 am
It’s 1:10 and my posts are appearing there while DOB’s post replying to Bob the Blogger is appearing at 1:42 — MIBravesFan
Well… there goes my new career as the next Miss Cleo!
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
1:14 am
Looks like it is……… Thought I had missed an hour there for a minute.
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:14 am
BAS – not her time of the year to converse, as we tend to leave General Managing to the General Manager…she’s still paying attention…
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
1:15 am
MI
I was just getting ready to head off to bed. Bobby H was here a bit ago. The blog time reverted to the correct time back about 12:45 or so east coast time.
But I’m heading out now.
Take care
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:15 am
I guess the tech-geeks don’t work on weekends.
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:15 am
Wayne – do you really take the time to decide how many hours to subtract?
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:16 am
It took a few days 6.65 months ago to figure it out…
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
1:17 am
And you wonder why there was all that concern about 2000 and computers?!!!
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
1:19 am
Bobby
My frickin life is stuck in the twilight zone.
VJ
Don’t blame yourself for getting me going last night. I did it of my own free will. I was hurting physically and intellectually. And though I meant everything I said, on second thought, I probably should have kept quiet.
DOB has scolded me as being divisive, which was true. But he didn’t say I was wrong, did he?
So there is hope.
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
1:19 am
DS1 – I would, but there is no more point to my saying you are wrong than there is to you saying I am – we are not going to change each other’s mind about anything political, and that is not why we are on this blog in the first place!
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:20 am
Venice Jim – do you really take the time to decide how many months to subtract?
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
1:21 am
VJ
The worse part about the daylight savings time changes is getting up at 2AM twice a year to change all the clocks!!!
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:23 am
Bobby – as a math major, I know the value of making up numbers on the fly…
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:23 am
But, it’s probably close…
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
1:25 am
Wouldn’t it be a kick in the gut if David Ross signed with the Yankees!
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:25 am
The worse part about the daylight savings time changes is getting up at 2AM twice a year to change all the clocks!!! — DS1
Or… let’s see what other options we have… how about moving to Arizona? They stay on standard time, I believe.
MIBravesFan
November 5th, 2012
1:26 am
Well it’s now almost 1:30 AM real time where I am so I’m calling it a night! Take care, everyone!
kenhotlanta
November 5th, 2012
1:26 am
Tonight’s The Walking Dead is about the most intense hour of drama I have ever seen on TV. Some big plot twists tonight, but I won’t spoil it for those who haven’t watched it yet…you are in for a treat. I cannot believe how this show keeps improving from week to week and is without doubt the best thing on TV in a long time.
DOB, I know you get tired of hearing it, but I also know you like really good shows, and you are missing the boat with this one. This is not even the same show that was looking for that little girl on the Farm last year, they have moved way beyond that and are in another league.
Major props to everyone involved with this landmark show. And it’s neat that they are doing all this just right down the road from us in The ATL.
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:26 am
But, it’s probably close…
Sounds right enough, for me!
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
1:27 am
Bobby
Too darned hot down there. And I think there used to be an area of western Indiana that stayed on regular time (Vincennes area).
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:29 am
I am definitely feeling like it’s 10:30 right now, which is past my bed time…
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:30 am
Wayne
I know a guy that recently moved to Arizona (Tucson). That’s the only reason I knew that.
Did you see my question to you about your tinnitus, last night?
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:31 am
Funny thing is, when I moved here 3 years and 4 days ago, cab told me that she was a night person – now, we zonk out early, and I pre-awake her by an hour and a half or so…
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:31 am
I’m not talking until 1:44 am. If anyone wants to talk to me, please address the comments I’ve already made.
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:35 am
That’s strange, VJ. You went from a night person to a day person by moving… and somehow it affected cab, too. There’s another episode of Twilight Zone in there, somewhere.
DS1 (getting a thrill up my leg!)
November 5th, 2012
1:35 am
Nite VJ
Bobby
Was that the question about music? If so, then I have tried that in the past. My wife doesn’t sleep very well with music playing, but more basic than that, it doesn’t come close to masking out the noise. Also, it ends up waking me up later after I have gone to sleep.
The best thing is two percocet pills, which I use about 4-5 times a year. Don’t want to become a damned drug addict.
I’m thinking a 38 slug might work too…………. permanently. That’s why I don’t keep guns close by.
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:38 am
I took a brief nap this afternoon as Beethoven’s 9th was starting on MusicChoice – it masked the afternoon noise (including football from the adjoining room) – and it kept going and going beyond my shower and lunch and ended just before I left for my 6 hour workday…
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:39 am
Ironically, my initial expertise with the glorious 9th comes from Little Alex and his Droogies…
Venice Jim
November 5th, 2012
1:39 am
Okay, gone now…
David O'Brien
November 5th, 2012
1:42 am
Concerning prospects and their age, Uggla didn’t make it to the majors until he was 26 years old, and never played AAA. If Gattis makes it to the majors this year, he’ll have made it at age 26, even with four years out of baseball. — Bob the Blogger
I covered a 1999 Marlins team that had 27-year-old rookie Kevin Millar, who hit .285 with a .362 OBP and .795 OPS in 351 at-bats. Then he had an .862 OPS in 2000, and a .314 average with 64 extra-base hits (20 homers) and a .931 OPS in his third full season in ‘01.
Bobby H
November 5th, 2012
1:43 am
Wayne
Yeah, it was about music. I don’t anyone with tinnitus – sounds like something that could drive someone mad, especially if they can’t sleep – but I know a guy that has insomnia, and the music works for him… or helps him, anyway.
Instead of wearing headphones or ear buds, he has a speaker on each side of the head of his bed. Plays soothing music all night… sometimes ocean sounds (waves), or rain.
Apparently, you’d need it too loud to drown out your tinnitus.