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Mr Pitts
January 1st, 2013
9:16 pm
“He said 95-100mil, we spent 94mil last year, and the team made a profit. Should be higher than 83 that we’re currently at.”
Let the club worry about the Operating Budget, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement. Some of you guys are chasing down millions simply by summing current salaries as posted? Assuming that any of your figures are near reality it’s only Jan 1. Man, let’s talk about something more productive like Lita Ford in tight and ripped jeans.
BFChris28
January 1st, 2013
9:16 pm
Whoops
Had an error on my end
Mr Pitts
January 1st, 2013
9:16 pm
“He said 95-100mil, we spent 94mil last year, and the team made a profit. Should be higher than 83 that we’re currently at.”
Let the club worry about the Operating Budget, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement. Some of you guys are chasing down millions simply by summing current salaries as posted? Assuming that any of your figures are near reality it’s only Jan 1. Man, let’s talk about something more productive like Lita Ford in tight and ripped jeans.
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
9:18 pm
The blog is into its… “I’m not gonna let you post!” – mode.
Tommy Boggs
January 1st, 2013
9:20 pm
We could have signed Endy Chavez. K-State will get pounded in the Fiesta Bowl. What does a guy got to do to get a new Blog in this town?
Blog Monitor
January 1st, 2013
9:21 pm
yeah, we need a new blog because there is so much happening in the baseball world right now..
I hope he keeps this one a litte while longer just to irritate the whiners..
Nowhere man
January 1st, 2013
9:23 pm
Where is Bourn going to end up?
George_George
January 1st, 2013
9:23 pm
Nowhere man
January 1st, 2013
9:07 pm
George don’t worry about being left off Tom’s list.
Think of it as being left off the STD list.
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Not a bit worryed. FYI I believe DOB said new blog tomorrow when he is bk on time clock, now he is on yet another vacation, lol. TOMMY still believes I am you. I do kinda think you might be ACE, lol.
BFChris28
January 1st, 2013
9:23 pm
I made a modified pigs n a blanket yesterday on new years eve.
Took crescent rolls and rolled hot dogs and bacon strips with cheese in it and baked it.
Nowhere man
January 1st, 2013
9:25 pm
Thanks George. I should take that as a compliment.
Tommy Boggs keep on asking.
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
9:27 pm
Chris – not the healthiest meal, but I’m sure it’s very tasty.
BFChris28
January 1st, 2013
9:30 pm
Tom O’Hawke
Nope lol.
I eat healthy 99.9% of the time, so the .1% time I like to eat some not so good treats
George_George
January 1st, 2013
9:33 pm
Nowhere man
January 1st, 2013
9:25 pm
you are very welcome. I just wish I could convince the non-believers I only post with one name. Some idiots just won’t believe the truth.
nolie
January 1st, 2013
9:33 pm
that list was posted last night by Sneaky Pete concerning the rotations
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
9:34 pm
Chris – (speaking of tasty but not healthy) my farmer friend gave me a chunk of smoked ham for Christmas dinner (which I’m having tonight).
He said, it’s delicious, Tom, but knowing you, you’ll be trimming the fat for a while.
He wasn’t kidding… I spent a lot of time trimming that thing.
It would have been faster if I grew my own pig!
But I agree with you, as long as you don’t make a steady diet of the bad stuff… once in a while is OK (I hope).
keyLargo.
January 1st, 2013
9:34 pm
I would love to see Schafer explode in ST and get the job to start in LF
You put put down the Peanut Butter Cups.
Mr Pitts
January 1st, 2013
9:34 pm
“What does a guy got to do to get a new Blog in this town?”
I don’t understand this mentality. So, DOB speculates on a bunch of stuff and you have another article to attach nonensical [majority, not all] postings. Exactly why is a new article with no new/useful information needed to just post messages anyway?
nolie
January 1st, 2013
9:36 pm
exactly who care about a new blog unless there is a big development? It’s not like DOB doesn’t pop in and update us about small stuff all the time. ADD crew I guess
keyLargo.
January 1st, 2013
9:37 pm
You put put down the Peanut Butter Cups.
Looks like I need to also.
Put DOWN the Peanut Butter Cups.
nolie
January 1st, 2013
9:38 pm
we are 8th in outfields too because they don’t know where Prado will play. If he plays left regularly we would likely jump into the top 5
George_George
January 1st, 2013
9:42 pm
nolie
January 1st, 2013
9:36 pm
exactly who care about a new blog unless there is a big development? It’s not like DOB doesn’t pop in and update us about small stuff all the time. ADD crew I guess
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Hi nolie
AGREED, I have no problem with DOB this time of year, when there is nothing to write there is no sence writing it.
BFChris28
January 1st, 2013
9:54 pm
Tom – Yeah, depending on the size of the pig/hog, the fat to meat ratio can see saw either way. To me, I cut the fat off and save the fat for when I make gravy n stuff. Fry the fat of the meat and use the juices of it as a base for gravy, it’s good.
nolie
January 1st, 2013
9:58 pm
all the wild hogs that are overrunning some parts of the states are leaner
Doc Holliday
January 1st, 2013
9:59 pm
Come on Keylargo….give the kid a break…..never know what could happen.
I like him in LF better than Francisco at 3B. More speed, more excitement, better defense. No power but can hit for a lot of doubles just because of his legs….. And we do need speed on this team more than we need the power that Francisco can bring, which is not like get a real slugger.
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
10:00 pm
One of my buddy’s father used to work in a local meat-packing place (Tobin’s First Prize). He used to say that everything is edible on the pig except for the tail and the oink.
nolie
January 1st, 2013
10:08 pm
let’s not give him a break, unless it is Tonya working on his knee
David O'Brien
January 1st, 2013
10:38 pm
We could have signed Endy Chavez. K-State will get pounded in the Fiesta Bowl. What does a guy got to do to get a new Blog in this town?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOxwffK0xUc
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
10:40 pm
Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha (I actually clicked on that)
keyLargo.
January 1st, 2013
10:40 pm
Doc H – The Braves picked Schafer up on waivers which go in inverse order of team strength. In other words worst to best. That means the Braves picked about 25th which means teams like the Twins, Indians, Royals, Marlins, Mets, Cubs and Rockies passed on him. Plus Houston is the worst team in baseball and they cut him.
Do you think a player with that history will be the best player the Braves can put out in LF?
Doc Holliday
January 1st, 2013
10:42 pm
Keylargo,
Of course not, but as I said before, I rather see him in LF than Francisco as a regular in 3B.
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 1st, 2013
10:42 pm
Jon Morosi @jonmorosi
Giancarlo Stanton has the sixth most home runs EVER through a player’s age 22 season, according to research through the B-R play index.
Stud. Better version of JHey (though he’s a stud too!)
As Stephen A. Smith would say, they are both “bad bad men”, but imo Giancarlo is the badder one.
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 1st, 2013
10:44 pm
I would love to see Schafer explode in ST and get the job to start in LF
Hah! For that to happen, his head would have to explode from steroid use too… get him out of here, he sukks
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 1st, 2013
10:48 pm
Im glad the Braves rotation is rated so highly
8 of 30… not bad. They’re a bit higher on Meds/Minor than I am, but that’s fine… Nats are still #2 (though #1 to me) and the difference in bullpens and offense isn’t enough to catch us up.
Why are the Phils #4? Too high in my opinion.
keyLargo.
January 1st, 2013
10:49 pm
TOBF – did you see my post where I asked you to find out if Schafer has worn orthodontic braces? If not, I read that one of the signs of HGH use is that it causes the jaw grow and braces on an athlete can be a sign of HGH use.
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
10:52 pm
For Schafer’s sake, I hope they don’t determine in causes ear growth.
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 1st, 2013
10:52 pm
we are 8th in outfields too because they don’t know where Prado will play. If he plays left regularly we would likely jump into the top 5
Think that may hurt us on infield rankings too…. if Prado’s there, top 5 at least, likely top 3. #1 imo. But if he’s back in LF, we drop.
You’d rather have Schafer in LF than Juan? Man, you must really be the Doc.. looking for the easier out!
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 1st, 2013
10:55 pm
yea I saw it…. haven’t seen anything talking about him wearing it, I’ve been looking through pictures of him (i assume he would have to wear these things often)… nothing yet
dylan
January 1st, 2013
10:56 pm
Tobf
Idk if I’d say Stanton is better. Jhey is the better fielder by far, and has a better overall bat. Stanton definatly has the power edge, but he has a power edge over just about everyone.
Definatly a monster though
keyLargo.
January 1st, 2013
10:58 pm
Tom – In Schafer’s defense, he definately does not have a Barry Bonds type head. Bonds is about 8.5 and Schafers a 5 7/8.
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
11:00 pm
I agree, key. If he indeed DID take HGH, I doubt it was for very long.
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 1st, 2013
11:05 pm
his mouth always seems to be closed…. or half open with a bulge on the left side of his mouth (something I used to do when I had braces)… so maybe. Can’t find any definitive pics of him with one… Got this pic http://i.ytimg.com/vi/H_IgqU7iKzM/0.jpg , but it’s too fuzzy to tell anything.
Teeth look perfect in everything else
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
11:10 pm
I never had braces, so I don’t know what to call what he’s wearing in that picture.
He definitely has a something going across the middle of his teeth, something that looks like a metal wire.
But so what? Maybe he just had braces – you know, like many upper middle class kids. (sans steroids)
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 1st, 2013
11:15 pm
probably when he was in the minors…. cuz if he had to juice in the majors to produce a .606 OPS, I mean come on!!!
Probably was 2007-8, when he OPSd 850+. Never ever came close to that again. (and we was suspended, as we all know in April of 2008). Other than that, the dude OPSd in the 600s before 07, 500s after 2009!
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
11:17 pm
TOBF – keyLargo should give you props for coming up with that picture. Not sure about anything else, but your research was very good!
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
11:23 pm
TOBF – BTW, I was away (not just away from the blog, but AWAY, away) when the Braves acquired Schafer. I didn’t really have too much time to learn all of the details.
I had assumed they signed him to a minor league contract.
I didn’t realize he was on the 25-man roster until, nolie, straightened my butt out, the next day.
My discussion with you, the other night, was based on my thinking he was signed for the minors.
Sorry about that.
MikeInFl
January 1st, 2013
11:24 pm
Talkin’ about Schafer that way is ugly. He’s not a great ballplayer, and injuries derailed whatever minor momentum he ever had.
Lots of guys, thousands, have flashed a couple of good years in the lower minors, but not been able to get past that. Some of the guys you’re penciling into the lineup over the next couple of years will no doubt meet the same fate.
Venice Jim
January 1st, 2013
11:26 pm
We heard the people sing, singing the songs of angry men…
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 1st, 2013
11:27 pm
It’s A-Okay Tom… Glad that you’re here now, btw… It seems that I made my appearance here after you left, but heard good things about you; now having conversed with you, I see they were right!
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
11:28 pm
DOB heard the people snore, snoring the song of boring men…
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
11:30 pm
Thanks, TOBF – nice of you.
I’d accuse you of being drunk, but I know you’re way too young for that.
Venice Jim
January 1st, 2013
11:30 pm
I did check to see what the link was…
Venice Jim
January 1st, 2013
11:31 pm
We have now transitioned from Les Miserables to Magical Mystery Tour – an interesting juxtaposition…
Ward
January 1st, 2013
11:32 pm
Hello everyone! I wonder if DOB, is snoring to the boring posts, and rants of TOBF? Little humor….
cabravesfan
January 1st, 2013
11:32 pm
My brain might explode
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
11:33 pm
I think once she has enough wine, she’s up for any juxtaposing…
Venice Jim
January 1st, 2013
11:34 pm
Wow – and now I know where Death Cab for Cutie got their name…
David O'Brien
January 1st, 2013
11:39 pm
If you folks haven’t seen Looper or Beasts of the Southern Wild, I’d highly recommend both. Each available on Red Box. Two of the best 10 or so movies I’ve seen this year. Finally got around to seeing both of them in past couple of days.
keyLargo.
January 1st, 2013
11:43 pm
Tom’s right, I should give TOBF Kudos for coming up with that picture. Obviously, he’s good at searching the net. Thanks.
cabravesfan
January 1st, 2013
11:46 pm
I’m still not sure what the %*#@ was going on in Magical Mystery Tour
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
11:49 pm
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”, based on what I just read about it, will be more to your understanding, cabravesfan.
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
11:51 pm
“Looper” is right up your alley, too, cabravesfan. Both movies have high ratings on IMDB.
cabravesfan
January 1st, 2013
11:53 pm
Tom-
The young star of that movie is simply excellent, from what I’ve heard. Les Mis was excellent, but not exactly…cheerful
richbrave
January 1st, 2013
11:53 pm
One part of a federal government financial deal is in place…….finally. There’s a long way and a lot of pieces to the puzzle to go to solve our fiscal problems
cabravesfan
January 1st, 2013
11:54 pm
I never thought I’d say this.0, but thank God for Sasha Baron Cohen (and HBC, who I simply love)- if there was ever a movie that needed a bit of comic relief…
richbrave
January 1st, 2013
11:55 pm
“Lee’s Miserables” was a hit here in Ole’ Virginny back in ‘64.
Tom O'Hawke
January 1st, 2013
11:56 pm
BTW, cabravesfan, (cracked me up on your 11:46) I don’t think anyone knew what the %*#@ was going on in “Magical Mystery Tour” at the time… or now.
Everyone just enjoys the music.
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 1st, 2013
11:59 pm
I think we’ve found our Orange Bowl Champs…
richbrave
January 1st, 2013
11:59 pm
If even one of GATTIS, TERDS, MEJIA, or CUNNINGHAM become a successful future regular in ATLANTA I’m a happy man. If another one can be traded for a future regular I’m estatic.
richbrave
January 2nd, 2013
12:03 am
Happy day two of 2013 everybody. The euphoria of blog day one has been almost too great to stand. The discourse here so incisive and direct.
Venice Jim
January 2nd, 2013
12:03 am
I certainly think that anyone who saw the original Broadway staging of Les Mis and knows all the words by heart would tend to like the movie…coming from my perspective, that is…
richbrave
January 2nd, 2013
12:04 am
Goodnight all.
Tom O'Hawke
January 2nd, 2013
12:06 am
Goodnight all. — richbrave
NYTOL, my friend
Venice Jim
January 2nd, 2013
12:08 am
They still play the Orange Bowl? Is there some sort of point to such pointlessness?
cabravesfan
January 2nd, 2013
12:09 am
Tom-
From what I’ve read, the Beatles didn’t even know
Tom O'Hawke
January 2nd, 2013
12:12 am
Ha,ha I included them with anyone. That was a time that was very… what’s that word you Cali folks use, “trippy?”. Yeah, that describes it, I believe.
Venice Jim
January 2nd, 2013
12:12 am
Hundreds of years ago I enjoyed the Orange Bowl halftime show very much…we started back to school the next day, so I’d stay up to watch that…
Venice Jim
January 2nd, 2013
12:14 am
Sorry, TOBF, can’t resist…
Pat Forde @YahooForde
Some FSU fans chanting “over-rated” at NIU. That’s rich coming from the most overrated program of the past decade.
cabravesfan
January 2nd, 2013
12:16 am
Tom-
I’m not sure trippy even begins to cover it
MikeInFl
January 2nd, 2013
12:19 am
From what I’ve read, the Beatles didn’t even know
That’s what I’ve heard too. They were just goofing around. No profundity here, folks.
Reminds me of when I was a kid, I used to listen to Yes. Memorized the lyrics to stuff like Close to the Edge and Siberian Khatru, trying to figure out what they were trying to say.
Years later, heard an interview with one of them, and he talked about the lyrics. “Really didn’t mean a thing,” he said. “We just put together words that sounded good with the other words, and with the music.”
dylan
January 2nd, 2013
12:19 am
Idk, USC (Cal) and Notre dame have been overrated for quite a while… especially Notre dame.
Tom O'Hawke
January 2nd, 2013
12:19 am
pssst… cab…. Isn’t your boyfriend beating up on, nolie, too? Or, because it’s pointy-ball, he doesn’t care.
kenhotlanta
January 2nd, 2013
12:23 am
Give me Peanut Butter Cups or give me Death! (Although the PNB cups will kill me eventually, I’m sure).
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 2nd, 2013
12:25 am
UGA woulda been a better opponent for us….
and yes they are overrated. Maybe no need to chant, but…
Tom O'Hawke
January 2nd, 2013
12:26 am
An old song I’ve always liked, MikeinFL, is “Whiter Shade of Pale”, by Procol Harum.
Tough to figure out what those lyrics meant, also. Like the song, though.
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 2nd, 2013
12:26 am
about to see how overrated ND was dylan, already saw with USC (not Carolina)
dylan
January 2nd, 2013
12:33 am
Tobf
This is gunna be a blowout nc this year.
Venice Jim
January 2nd, 2013
12:33 am
It’s sort of about The Canterbury Tales…
cabravesfan
January 2nd, 2013
12:34 am
USC finished 10-2 last year & basically the entire team came back. No sure how expectations wouldn’t be high heading into the season. Just had a bad year. Happens to every team
Venice Jim
January 2nd, 2013
12:34 am
Structurally and thematically, the song is unusual in many respects. While the recorded version is 4:03 long, it is composed of only two verses, each with chorus. The piece is also more instrument-driven than most songs of the period, and with a much looser rhyme scheme. Its unusually allusive and referential lyrics are much more complex than most lyrics of the time (for example, the chorus focuses on Chaucer’s “The Miller’s Tale”). Thus, this piece can be considered an early example of progressive rock.
Venice Jim
January 2nd, 2013
12:37 am
This is gunna be a blowout nc this year.
Not so sure – I suspect there is a good chance Alabama might score…
cabravesfan
January 2nd, 2013
12:37 am
Good night good folk
Tom O'Hawke
January 2nd, 2013
12:39 am
At the end of the verse it says, as the miller told his tale. Is this what you’re talking about?
TheOnlyBravesFan
January 2nd, 2013
12:39 am
I suspect there is a good chance Alabama might score…
…….60+
Tom O'Hawke
January 2nd, 2013
12:40 am
Goodnight
haggardcabravesfan!TheOnlyBravesFan
January 2nd, 2013
12:43 am
nah, may not be that bad… don’t know if Bama will blow them out that badly, but I do think they will “dominate”. At least by 24, imo.
Venice Jim
January 2nd, 2013
12:43 am
TOBF – I suspect people sitting on my couch right now have seen ND play in person infinitely more often in person this year than you have…
kenhotlanta
January 2nd, 2013
12:44 am
VJ, I don’t know about that highbrow review, but live in concert (and when Robin Trower was still in the band), A White Shade of Pale, A Salty Dog, Conquistador, Simple Sister, Shine on Brightly, etc. was extremely powerful music.
Venice Jim
January 2nd, 2013
12:46 am
Loved Conquistador…
Tom O'Hawke
January 2nd, 2013
12:47 am
The “Deep Tracks” station on XM Sat. Radio plays a lot of those songs from “Procol Harum”, ken. Good stuff!
kenhotlanta
January 2nd, 2013
12:53 am
Procol Harum is one of those bands I never tire of hearing. Tom, I have many XM stations on my Dish TV including Deep Tracks, Classic Vinyl, and Classic Rewind and my TV is usually tuned to one of those stations.