Live from the ballyard: Call Thumb No. 158 and win a T-shirt!
I’d all but abandoned hope. There Bobby Cox was, 32 games remaining as a big-league manager, and he was stuck on 156 ejections. My sweet dream was that the Thumb King would reach 162 before he retires, which would make him the only man who could ever truthfully say, “I wasn’t around for the end a season’s worth of games.”
Forget Cy Young and his 511 wins. Forget Joe D. and 56 straight. I was thinking 162 ejections would be the standard to end standards. I was thinking 162 heave-hos would impel the folks in Cooperstown to waive the waiting period and induct the crusty skipper posthaste..
But I had, as noted, begun to doubt the great man. His once-furious pursuit of history had slowed to a crawl. He was tossed only three times through 129 games, and I’d begun to think our roaring lion had resigned himself to going out with a whimper.
Then he got tossed Sunday, which was nice. But even with No. 157 in the book, my spirits were so low as to be a flickering ember.
Then I walked into the Braves’ clubhouse Monday and saw this written on a whiteboard:
“HP – B. Davidson.”
And hope sprang anew. Bob Davidson, known variously as Balkin’ Bob or Balk-a-day Bob, is famous for his quick trigger, and he, as noted last month by Atlanta writer Thomas Lake in a fine profile of Cox for Sports Illustrated, shares the record for most Cox ejections with six.
And here I’m thinking: Balk-a-day Bob in town for four games … two ejections easy, possibly three … Cox then has 159 with 28 pressurized games remaining. In sum, I’m thinking:
There’s still a shot.
And with that, I’ll open the figurative floor for questions, comments and ejection projections. Let the record show that yours truly has “bottom of the fourth” in tonight’s Thumb Pool. But I’m not, as you might have heard, much good at predicting. So I’m asking you to step right and make your picks. And I thank you, as ever, in advance.
Oh, and by popular demand: We’ve made this a contest. Call the correct half-inning — we’ll cut off entries after the third, but you can predict a early ejection now — and WIN A T-SHIRT! (Of some sort.)
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936 comments Add your comment
Kane337
August 30th, 2010
6:11 pm
first?
Kane337
August 30th, 2010
6:11 pm
LOL’z
Bravo
August 30th, 2010
6:11 pm
First?
Bravo
August 30th, 2010
6:12 pm
so close…… dagnabbit!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:13 pm
Unbelievably tight race for the kudos. Congrats to Kane337. And a hearty, “Nice try” to Bravo.
CECIL UPSHAW
August 30th, 2010
6:18 pm
BRILLIANT, MARK SIMPLY, BRILLIANT!!! LET’S HOPE THIS HAPPEN’S ONLY B/C BOBBY STAND’S UP FOR HIS PLAYER’S!!!!
Mathman
August 30th, 2010
6:20 pm
Braves seem to do just as well when Bobby gets ejected, so go for it, Balking Bob. JJ ought to be good for a balk.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:20 pm
Thanks, Cecil. And I’d encourage everyone to click on the link to Mr. Lake’s story in Sports Illustrated. It’s well worth the time.
JacketFan
August 30th, 2010
6:22 pm
I’ve been hoping for the thing all season. C’mon Bobby! How about the 162nd ejection happening in game 6 of the NLCS against the Phils and we win the game! Brilliant!
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:24 pm
Ah, the ole balker is behind the plate, huh. interesting as i recall inquiring from you as to his status.
surely baseball keeps records on how many players, coaches and managers an ump has tossed in his career. i would bet bob (davidson) has as many as any active ump right now.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:25 pm
I can’t imagine anyone ahead of Bobby D, Todd G
LADawg
August 30th, 2010
6:27 pm
If the teams didn’t show up, would anyone pay to watch the umpires? The bunch of Bozos’ in the majors now seem to believe that without them there wouldn’t be a game. Whatever happened to Eric Gregg? He would occassionally get caught out of position because of his extreme heft but he was very entertaining…between innings with the San Diego Chicken.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:27 pm
suppose bobby hits 162 on september 30. he could begin his hall of fame speech with “september 30, 2010; a date which will live in infamy”. with apologies to fdr.
Jesse Stone
August 30th, 2010
6:27 pm
Mark- Any truth to the rumor that Andrew Miller borrowed Bill Hahn’s ’stache?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:28 pm
Eric Gregg died a few years ago, LADawg.
Enrico Palazzo
August 30th, 2010
6:28 pm
Mark…who is singing the national anthem tonight?
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:28 pm
Free Freddie…..NOW!
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:28 pm
unless paul runge is still active. i remember him tossing dave bristol at a game in atlanta over 30 years ago.
Jesse Stone
August 30th, 2010
6:29 pm
Eric Gregg passed away. it wasn’t entertaining for the SD Chicken. He was running for his life when Eric Gregg tucked that napkin underneath his collar.
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:29 pm
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stachemoney22
August 30th, 2010
6:29 pm
just read that we called up KK. Why not call-up McLout and trade for frenchy while we are at it…
Mark, if you have to put together an all time 4 man crew for Bobby would it be Bob Davidson, Bill Hohn, Angel Hernandez, and Bruce Dreckman?
Eric
August 30th, 2010
6:29 pm
I think Bobby gets tossed in two games against the Mets, both on balks, one by Hudson, one by Hanson. Bobby protects his players, especially vets, if Hudson gets called I think we all know what will happen next. Both guys are pretty quick on the move for righties. I am also holding out hope for 162, just seems fitting for him.
Jesse Stone
August 30th, 2010
6:30 pm
Chip Shot- Give it 2 days.
The Sopranos
August 30th, 2010
6:30 pm
We, uh, had to “take care” of Eric Gregg. Know whad I mean?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:30 pm
the story on mr gregg is his coffin was exaclty the same length as his strike zone was wide.
Jesse Stone
August 30th, 2010
6:31 pm
TG- Gregg’s excuse was that everybody knew he liked a large plate
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:31 pm
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todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:32 pm
TS, not many targets around as big as EG
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:32 pm
Harry Wendelstedt might be in there, too, stachmoney22. I remember a few rows between the skipper and him.
Jeremiah
August 30th, 2010
6:32 pm
Good Luck! Go Braves!
Jesse Stone
August 30th, 2010
6:33 pm
MB- if you were interviewing Bob Davidson and you went to your mouth before turning a page, would he end the interview?
Jo-Bu
August 30th, 2010
6:33 pm
Balk-a-Day Bob. this is the same Bob Davidson that could not rise to the level of character and integrity of a one Jim Joyce. We all remember the class act that Jim Joyce conducted himself with when he “kicked it” [the call that denied Armando Galarraga's perfect game]. No such luck class from Davidson when he missed (was not even watching) that fair ball that would have been a walk-off single or event a double for in the Marlins vs. Phillies game that would have put the Braves up another full game.
Wonder what Balkin’ Bob will cost us tonight.
LADawg
August 30th, 2010
6:33 pm
Sorry to hear about Eric. He seemed to take his job seriously but not himself. My idea of a good ump!
Bud Wiser
August 30th, 2010
6:33 pm
It is a shame when the umpires seem to have an ever increasing habit of injecting themselves as a part of the game, as opposed to their prescribed duties.
Wasn’t it Big Headed Blowhard, I mean, Bob Davidson that blew the call a couple weeks ago in that Phillies game with the astoundingly incorrect fair/foul call that kept them in the game, and eventually winning it?
Freud
August 30th, 2010
6:33 pm
What “Chip Shot” lacks in intellect he more than makes up in enthusiasm. Seems he has a “fascination” with Freddie Freeman.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:33 pm
i like that jesse. eric was once quoted as saying he was living proof one could have his cake and eat it too.
Enrico Palazzo
August 30th, 2010
6:34 pm
Mark,
Singing the national anthem tonight is ______________?
jokurone
August 30th, 2010
6:34 pm
eric oflat goes to his mouth a bunch while on the mound = balk
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:34 pm
If they dont call up Freeman tomorrow……
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:34 pm
i understand gregg was let go by major league baseball because they felt he just had too much on his plate to be a good ump.
Jo-Bu
August 30th, 2010
6:35 pm
We can Free Freddie NOW but only to pinch-hit off of the bench.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:35 pm
I believe that’s correct, Bud Wiser. Ball down the line that would have won the game for Florida.
Livan Hernandez
August 30th, 2010
6:35 pm
What’s wrong with Eric Gregg? I LOVED that guy!
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:35 pm
@Freud
yes i do, go to the braves site and to their message boards and my screen name is FreeFreddie. so yea.
Jesse Stone
August 30th, 2010
6:36 pm
Livan- Looks like you are going for the “Eric Gregg look” these days.
Bud Wiser
August 30th, 2010
6:36 pm
And do not forget Country Joe West on the All Anti Bobby Umpiring Crew, as well as Gary Whatshisname…
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
6:36 pm
We was noticing a lot of thumb talk on this blog; are we talking opposable thumbs or are we talking deer thumbs? We was blogging away on the old blog and did not realize this new one was up and we didn’t get to say first so you can see that even a Clusters will occasionally swing and miss . . . but watch out for that next pitch because we was planning to hit it hard.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:36 pm
Jesse Stone, I try not to make any sudden moves during interviews. Or let anyone see my notepad. Digger Phelps once looked at what I’d written therein and asked, “How do you read that?”
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:37 pm
John McSherry might have been the only ump to be in gregg’s weight class. Not at school, however.
Bud Wiser
August 30th, 2010
6:37 pm
Yes it was Mark, and to this day, video in hand, he still insists his call wascorrect.
Maybe he can join OJ looking for his wife’s murderer…
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:38 pm
You know, Sonny, I thought about snapping a photo of the Buck Commander mat in front of Chipper Jones’ locker the other night. But cameras are banned in the clubhouse.
Jesse Stone
August 30th, 2010
6:38 pm
Are you sure Digger wasn’t just making fun of your Kentucky upbringing?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:38 pm
the old dependable Doug Harvey must be one of the tops on Bobby’s toss list.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
6:38 pm
FIRST!!! I am FIRST to say Mark Bradley is the SEXIEST AJC Blog MAN. HAHHAHAHAHA. KICK A$$ BRAVES. We fans need some Baseball CRAKK to get us juices into the post season and the kickoff of college football.
Ban “FIREMARKBRADLEY”.
Digger Phelps
August 30th, 2010
6:38 pm
I then gave him some colored markers and stickers to play with.
Bad Umpire Magazine
August 30th, 2010
6:40 pm
C.B. Bucknor is on the cover this month.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:40 pm
We’re thinking Wednesday is D-Day for FF, Chip Shot.
If you’re interested, here’s a post from earlier today regarding young Mr. Freeman.
Jesse Stone
August 30th, 2010
6:40 pm
Leaving for Tijuana Flats to watch the game. My pick to click: Derrek Lee
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:40 pm
8 reasons the braves will not squander this lead lol, ROFL
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:41 pm
Good one, Digger.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:41 pm
the story goes that some guy asked Eric to have dinner with him and was never heard from again.
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:41 pm
yea i read everything on the blogs MB, EVERYTHING.
Jesse Stone
August 30th, 2010
6:41 pm
Bad Umpire Magazine- Rather C.B bucknor on the cover than Bruce Froemming the centerfold.
Jo-Bu
August 30th, 2010
6:41 pm
Sure hope so, Jesse. DLee needs to get going in a hurry around here.
Signs you're 12 years old
August 30th, 2010
6:42 pm
You use lol and rofl
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:42 pm
Digger was in a good mood that night he got inquisitive about my scribbling. His team — Kelly Tripucka and Duck Williams and Orlando Woolridge and Jon Paxson and Tim Andree — had just beaten Kentucky. December 1980 it was.
Digger didn’t beat Kentucky often, I should note.
Tijuana Flats waitress
August 30th, 2010
6:42 pm
Great, Jesse Stone is about to show up. Another $2 tip and laughing at his jokes all night long. Sigh.
Jo-Bu
August 30th, 2010
6:43 pm
Bad Umpire Magazine- Rather C.B bucknor on the cover than Bruce Froemming the centerfold.
Froemning is retired and works as some sort of MLB umpire consultant these days, right? No wonder we’ve seen so many horrible calls this season.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:43 pm
what time is the first balk?
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:43 pm
@Signs you’re 12 years old
would haha and i just pi.s.sed my pants suit you?
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
6:44 pm
We was told that Buck Commanders wear deer scent when they go out at night and we was wondering if that is true? Mark, have you ever heard two Buck Commanders talking to one another and do they do deer talk? Deer talk is grunting and snorting and we was thinking that explains a lot about some of Chipper’s interviews. Go Braves.
Chip Shot's mother
August 30th, 2010
6:45 pm
Leave him alone…ALL OF YOU…leave him ALONE!
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:46 pm
Freemans D-Day better be tomorrow. Gwinnett ends their home season tonight. if they dont call him up Wren WILL be fired.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:46 pm
Speaking of John McSherry: The Pirates insist to this day that they would have been 1992 National League champions if McSherry hadn’t gotten light-headed during Game 7. You’ll recall that Randy Marsh replaced him behind home. You’ll also recall that the Pirates felt Marsh squeezed Stan Belinda on a walk to Damon Berryhill in the ninth inning.
chalkdawg4
August 30th, 2010
6:46 pm
Here at the game and Lady GaGa is singing the national anthem. Red, white, and blue hair. No pants.
Chip Shot's father
August 30th, 2010
6:47 pm
My son is right!!! Free Freddie NOW!!!
Jo-Bu
August 30th, 2010
6:47 pm
MB: Are you from Kentucky? I grew up in Louisville a wildcats fan (just the opposite of you I suppose). Strange how that works in Louisville.
Toyt Like A Tiger
August 30th, 2010
6:48 pm
yea Chip Shot i agree, Freeman should be called up tomorrow.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:48 pm
I am from Kentucky, Jo-Bu. Born and raised in Maysville. Went to UK but was a Louisville fan because my dad graduated from U of L’s dental school.
Chip Shot's mother
August 30th, 2010
6:48 pm
They’re all gonna laugh at you! They’re all gonna laugh at you!
Bob Horners texting while driving issues
August 30th, 2010
6:49 pm
Even when we dont laugh, Clusters always at least makes us smile a little.
Phredd
August 30th, 2010
6:49 pm
I heard Lowe had a sore arm. I wonder why that affected the location, but not the velocity
jon
August 30th, 2010
6:49 pm
What ever happened to Dutch Renart? Best strike caller of all time!
University of Louisville campaign slogan
August 30th, 2010
6:49 pm
Well, if dental school doesn’t make you a fan, what will?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:50 pm
think about all the ways what a pitcher does between pitches is described. mind boggling.
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:50 pm
woa this is getting out of hand children.
Chip Shot
August 30th, 2010
6:50 pm
i heard Lowe makes excuses for him s.u.c.king 24/7
Frank Drebin
August 30th, 2010
6:51 pm
Sorry, jon. I was better than Dutch. Did I mention they also let me sing the National Anthem once?
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
6:51 pm
We was caught in the filter!
Jo-Bu
August 30th, 2010
6:52 pm
I was born and raised in the west-end of Louisville. I had thoughts of attending J.B. Speed for EE but opted not.
Good to know that there are some great Kentucky connections here with you, Jeff Van Note and a few others. Great place to retire to but not to make a living for us techies.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:52 pm
from memory didnt Big John collapse and die on an opening day when the braves were in cincinnati?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:52 pm
Van Note is from Bardstown. Went to St. Joseph’s High there. Great guy.
TM
August 30th, 2010
6:53 pm
I got the 2nd inning for the first balk call.
C’mon Bob… don’t let me down now!
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:53 pm
jon, dutch was great from a fan’s perspective but i expect the players hated him.
Toyt Like A Tiger
August 30th, 2010
6:53 pm
I Love Gooooooooooold!
jon
August 30th, 2010
6:53 pm
I like the guy now who goes SSSTTRRIK EEEEEEEEEEE. But i don’t know his name!
curtis jones
August 30th, 2010
6:54 pm
I’m always shocked when I see Bob Davidson or Bill Hohn (or Angel Hernandez for that matter) umpiring a game. The fact they still have ML umpiring jobs is proof that the so-called “umpire evaluations” are a joke. Like we used to say in high school, “we didn’t pay to see you, blue!”
Dr. Rosenrosen
August 30th, 2010
6:54 pm
Heard Mitch Williams today on JRIB: said he believes pitchers are mainly injured on one particular pitch, not based on the popularized theory of a pitch count.
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
6:54 pm
That wold be Derrick Lee.
Phredd
August 30th, 2010
6:54 pm
he does it with such style. I think it’s time for him to pay back his bailout
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:54 pm
Here’s what I can discern, Mr. Clusters: Any mention of the “deer thumb” triggers the filter.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:55 pm
i’ve often wondered if the ole noter lost those teeth playing football or was it the lack of dentists in kentucky.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:56 pm
Ha, ha. A really funny line from Sonny.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:56 pm
That’s why my father was in high demand, Coach Grantham.
Ted Striker
August 30th, 2010
6:56 pm
If Cox doesn’t get the tossed by inning 8 and the Braves have a sizable lead he just needs to get the attention of the home plate umpire.
Then give him the finger. Scissors beat paper, paper covers rock, rock beats scissors, and the middle finger always gets a manager the thumb.
Somewhere in heaven, Billy Martin is pulling for Bobby Cox to make it to 162.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:57 pm
that is one sensitive filter
Jo-Bu
August 30th, 2010
6:57 pm
Van Note is a nice guy. Everytime I hear him on the radio he almost always mentions something about the Wildcats or Louisville. Makes me feel like I’m still listening WHAS radio. Me mum lives in Mt. Washington, KY now — not too far from Bardstown. Beautiful state, Kentucky, and I’ll retire there when I’m done here.
TM
August 30th, 2010
6:57 pm
Enter your name copy and paste for later proof. (1st balk call)
1st inn:
2nd inn: TM
3rd inn:
4th inn:
5th inn:
6th inn:
7th inn:
8th inn:
9th inn:
free baseball:
Mark a Tee-shirt to the winner?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
6:57 pm
did he make dentures? heh, heh
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
6:58 pm
That’s correct: John McSherry died on Opening Day 1996 in Cincinnati. But the Reds’ opponent was Montreal.
Innocent Bystander
August 30th, 2010
6:58 pm
Balk call in the third. Bobby gone by the sixth.
Toyt Like A Tiger
August 30th, 2010
6:59 pm
Bobby not ejected at all
Jt
August 30th, 2010
7:00 pm
Mark, just read the SI article about Bobby’s ejections. Nice read- thanks
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:00 pm
no dont tell me. the good Dr Bradley’s nickname was painless.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:00 pm
Since Enrico asked a while ago: I can report that the Anthem was rendered by a group from Midway Presbyterian Church of Powder Springs, Ga.
I can also report that the singing group looks to represent about one-fourth the total attendance at tonight’s tilt.
Bob Horner could pull anybodys fastball
August 30th, 2010
7:00 pm
MB…please don’t jinx the Braves…..you are soooo capable of that…it’s in your arsonal….
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
7:01 pm
Who would have thought deer thumb was dirty?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:01 pm
I believe my dad’s nickname from dental school was Wild Bill.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:02 pm
hmm. i just seem to remember skip talking about it a lot. maybe they were just showing it on tbs.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:02 pm
I should give the winner a T-shirt, don’t you think? Good idea, TM.
Enrico Palazzo
August 30th, 2010
7:02 pm
Amateurs.
Phredd
August 30th, 2010
7:02 pm
i’m not a fan of the ESPN broadcast
clay
August 30th, 2010
7:03 pm
hey mark whats the turn out tonight at the ball game. is it dead? its a real shame if it is
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:03 pm
My goodness. he must have been one heck of a dentist to get people to trust him with that nickname.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:03 pm
I’m not a fan of ESPN’s telecast for this reason: The crew takes up nearly all the spaces in the media lot.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:03 pm
Only fellow dentists called him that, I should report.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:04 pm
the shirt could have a picture of davidson on it giving all seers the thumb.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:04 pm
Clay, I think we’re looking at slim pickins, crowd-wise.
TM
August 30th, 2010
7:05 pm
MB: you could pick an inning and if you win, you get to pick your favorite post for the T-shirt.
copy my post at 6:57, paste new and enter your name in the inning you want.
My old Kentucky home...
August 30th, 2010
7:05 pm
MB….you don’t have reserved place in the lot..??? I had you on a pedisital..??!!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:06 pm
OK, folks: There’s a T-shirt in this! Call the correct half-inning for Thumb No. 158 and win a handsome garment (of some sort).
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:06 pm
isnt there a ballgame tonight?
clay
August 30th, 2010
7:06 pm
well it is the mets and they have kind of fallen off, but the braves do deserve the support dont ya think?
kurula
August 30th, 2010
7:07 pm
6th inning ejection.
Worst MLB spokesperson
August 30th, 2010
7:07 pm
Gylenhall or Dane Cook? Discuss.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:07 pm
I’ll bet it wont be in the bottom of ANY inning.
TM
August 30th, 2010
7:07 pm
half inning? okay, i’ll take the top of 2nd.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:08 pm
parking still a problem for the ajc limbo?
clay
August 30th, 2010
7:08 pm
Enter your name copy and paste for later proof. (1st balk call)
1st inn:
2nd inn: TM
3rd inn:
4th inn:
5th inn:
6th inn:
7th inn:clay
8th inn:
9th inn:
free baseball:
Mark a Tee-shirt to the winner?
clay
August 30th, 2010
7:08 pm
bottom of the seventh
It's a push
August 30th, 2010
7:09 pm
ESPN broadcast = no Chip Carey.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:09 pm
whats escobar done in toronto?
TM
August 30th, 2010
7:09 pm
oh wait, are we predicting the first balk call or an ejection? balk call: top 2. ejection bottom 7.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:09 pm
to narrow it down a bit. i’ll take any inning that don sutton drops an “s” when he’s trying to describe something as plural.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
7:09 pm
Monday games dont seem to do well attendance wise
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
7:10 pm
Balk will happen in the third. Winner gets an autographed baseball from K-Rod’s father in law.
Bullwinkle
August 30th, 2010
7:10 pm
Good thing we didn’t have Balk-a-Day yesterday. He would have been too stubborn to look at the replay of McCann’s home run.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:11 pm
the surgeon jurrgen is the best brave nickname since fred “the crime dog” mcgriff.
cnels
August 30th, 2010
7:11 pm
so i guess no one in atlanta cares that their team is in first place?
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
7:11 pm
I think Jerry Manuel gets ejected…
Ted Striker
August 30th, 2010
7:12 pm
I call inning number 8 for the award t-shirt. However since I have plenty of t-shirts, just donate it to the single mom named Bambi down at the Cheetah who is putting herself through college. And be sure to wash it first. No need to dry it. Those things air dry themselves you know.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
7:13 pm
Im 3 hours from ATL…not an easy up and back on a weeknite
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:13 pm
actually, as i understand it the game is a sellout, but when word spread about “Balky” being behind the plate most folks decided to watch the game on tv so they could see endless replays of Bobby getting the thumb.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:13 pm
he should have blew on it
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:14 pm
if castillo is hitting 2nd things are bad
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:14 pm
Enter your name copy and paste for later proof. (1st balk call)
1st inn:
2nd inn: TM
3rd inn:
4th inn: Headley
5th inn:
6th inn:
7th inn:clay
8th inn:
9th inn:
free baseball:
Mark a Tee-shirt to the winner?
Bob Davidson
August 30th, 2010
7:15 pm
As far as I’m concerned, all you people can just quit this nonsense and go toe the rubber.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:15 pm
First ejection, TM. Of Bobby Cox. And we’re trying to narrow it down to half-innings. (But I’m doing this on the fly, so contest rules are in flux.)
Skip Carey
August 30th, 2010
7:15 pm
40,000 fans attending “dress-as-a-seat-night”.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
7:16 pm
Mark I am going with:
Braves 5 9 1
Mets 2 6 0
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:16 pm
im related to some carters
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:16 pm
I believe I’m on record as saying bottom of the fourth, am I not? (But that doesn’t mean you can’t go with that, too.)
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:16 pm
sounds like all this may have struck a nerve with the balker.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:17 pm
Enter your name copy and paste for later proof. (1st balk call)
1st inn:
2nd inn: TM
3rd inn:
4th inn: Headley
5th inn:
6th inn:hog
7th inn:clay
8th inn:
9th inn:
free baseball:
Phredd
August 30th, 2010
7:17 pm
good point Mark! It’s barely about the ballgame with them
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:17 pm
and the funniest part is, there’s no teeshirt.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:17 pm
P.O.A.D., you need to enter our Thumb Pool. In what half-inning does Cox get the gate?
Media Watchdog
August 30th, 2010
7:18 pm
Who knew Ben Stein was now doing ESPN telecasts?
“Bueller…..Bueller…..Bueller….”
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:18 pm
cant have that
TM
August 30th, 2010
7:18 pm
okay bobby ejection:
T1:
B1:
T2:
B2:
T3:
B3:
T4:
B4
T5:
B5:
T6:
B6:
T7:
B7: TM
T8:
B8:
T9:
B9:
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:19 pm
somewhere i read ‘good things come to all those who wait”… bottom of the 9th.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:19 pm
The ump yesterday McClelland.
Isnt he the same guy who called George Brett out on the Pine Tar HR?
extremus
August 30th, 2010
7:19 pm
The home run by Brian McCann yesterday only seemed to re-emphasize that this could be a very special season. But the Braves aren’t the only team that is enjoyed such unlikely good fortune; a lot of teams that weren’t even considered in most experts’ preseason discussions regarding playoff contention are either leading their divisions or are in the thick of the hunt, and I for one think that’s a great thing for the game. The Texas Rangers look pretty scary over in the American League right now, and the Reds and Padres have given their fans a heck of a ride so far.
I remember another October when two less-than-likely teams met in the Fall Classic. The year was 1991, when the Braves met the Twins in a clash of “worst to first” teams. This year could see another set of fresh new faces and new heroes on Baseball’s biggest stage. Here’s hoping the World Series MVP goes to an Atlanta Brave, obviously, but kudos to many other deserving teams who’ve worked hard and performed above everyone’s expectations in 2010. MLB needed this in the worst way.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:20 pm
i miss erin andrews, only 3 more days..
cnels
August 30th, 2010
7:20 pm
im taking bottom 5
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
7:20 pm
Enter your name copy and paste for later proof. (1st balk call)
1st inn:
2nd inn: TM
3rd inn:
4th inn: Headley
5th inn:
6th inn:hog
7th inn:clay
8th inn:Bravissimo
9th inn:
free baseball:
kurula
August 30th, 2010
7:20 pm
top 6th
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
7:20 pm
Man, we need Jair’s A-game tonight.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:20 pm
He was indeed, Headley. You know your brouhahas.
cnels
August 30th, 2010
7:21 pm
Enter your name copy and paste for later proof. (1st balk call)
1st inn:
2nd inn: TM
3rd inn:
4th inn: Headley
5th inn:
6th inn:hog
7th inn:clay
8th inn:Bravissimo
9th inn:
free baseball:
none: cnels
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:21 pm
there ya go
dawg4u
August 30th, 2010
7:21 pm
I remember that game 7 when McSherry was replaced by Randy Marsh and the Pirates may be right about Belinda’s pitch but we’ll never know now. I don’t think the Pirates have had a winning record since that ‘92 season have they?
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
7:22 pm
Mark will you give me a full leash to be live in the blog tonight? If I am bad then tell me or ban me forever.
Nice pitch JJ go to the dugout #5.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:22 pm
They have not, dawg4u.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
7:22 pm
Nice 1st pitch with a man on and # 2 is hot.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:23 pm
like a surgeon
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:23 pm
Special thanks to TM for running the contest for me.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:23 pm
and the famous joe simpson is seen trying to hold Brett at bay.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
7:23 pm
jurrjens looks a lot better…so far.
Phredd
August 30th, 2010
7:23 pm
J.J. is always fun to watch
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
7:24 pm
Enter your name copy and paste for later proof. (1st balk call)
1st inn:
2nd inn: TM
3rd inn:
4th inn: Headley
5th inn: Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
6th inn:hog
7th inn:clay
8th inn:Bravissimo
9th inn:
free baseball:
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:24 pm
running or ruining?
cnels
August 30th, 2010
7:24 pm
so is there a better way to do this instead of clicking refresh?
cnels
August 30th, 2010
7:25 pm
Enter your name copy and paste for later proof. (1st balk call)
1st inn:
2nd inn: TM
3rd inn:
4th inn: Headley
5th inn: Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
6th inn:hog
7th inn:clay
8th inn:Bravissimo
9th inn:
free baseball:
none: cnels
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:25 pm
That’s correct, Coach Grantham.
Here’s what I remember about that game, or its fallout: Emery Air Freight commissioned commemorative pens in the form of a baseball bat, and the bottom third was covered with faux pine tar. Not really sure what the connection was, but I still have the pen. (Sans ink.)
Sons of Rick Matula
August 30th, 2010
7:25 pm
Is the downtown connector shut down? Where is everybody – the game is on ESPN – Linda Cohn will have a fit when she sees the crowd.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:25 pm
misch??
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:26 pm
shouldnt the game be closed now that baseball has started?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:26 pm
Infante didn’t misch that pitch, did he?
Sorry. I’ll be quiet.
No Triple Crown for You
August 30th, 2010
7:27 pm
INFANTE.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:27 pm
We probably should close the entries. But we got going late, so I’ll leave it open until the third.
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
7:27 pm
OK, the poor attendance at Braves games is just ridiculous. There are almost 6,000,000 people that live in the greater Atlanta area… in order to get 30,000 in the seats that means that only .5% need to actually attend on a regular basis…. this is the Mets for gods sake and that usually means a good series.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:27 pm
nice hustle
Phredd
August 30th, 2010
7:28 pm
The Mets always breathe life into the Bravos
kurula
August 30th, 2010
7:28 pm
heyward is one of the best baserunners i’ve ever seen. he just always knows where the ball is, where the throw is going.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:28 pm
Mark, what fare did the Braves offer tonight?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:28 pm
You got that right, kurula. He’s as good a baserunner as I’ve ever seen.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:29 pm
Kiddies are back in school. Couple that with the famous ATL traffic and there you have the smaller crowds.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:29 pm
good baseball
Phredd
August 30th, 2010
7:30 pm
it seems like we haven’t scored first in a week!
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:30 pm
swing son
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
7:30 pm
Is the Frenchy one in RF tonite?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:30 pm
come on! dont you remember Bob Horner’s base running acumen?
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:30 pm
Gotta get that 2nd run home. This is why the Braves got Lee right here.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:30 pm
I’m sorry, but this is a crummy crowd. Don’t understand it.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:31 pm
he never failed to successfully run the bases when he hit the ball out of the park.
Bleeding Ears
August 30th, 2010
7:31 pm
Sons of Rick Matula, thanks for the reminder: hit mute when Linda Cohn starts talking about the Mets.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:31 pm
Frenchy is in RF, Bravissimo.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:31 pm
Football fever has folks at home in bed tonight.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:31 pm
D-Lee with a rib-eee.
James M.
August 30th, 2010
7:32 pm
Bottom of the 8th.
D-bag on cellphone
August 30th, 2010
7:32 pm
Look, I’m on the TV!! See me waving?
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
7:32 pm
Great job Derrick!!!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:32 pm
Wasn’t it Gerald Perry who seemed to get thrown out at every base?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:32 pm
doesnt south carolina play thursday night?
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:32 pm
bout time!
CECIL UPSHAW
August 30th, 2010
7:32 pm
MARK,THANK’S FOR PROMPTING ME TO READ THAT STORY!! WOW,JUST,WOW!! WHAT A TRUE TREASURE WE,THE BRAVES FANS, HAVE HAD ALL THESE YEAR’S!! BOBBY COX IS TRULY ONE OF A KIND!!!
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:33 pm
This last week has reminded me of the early 90’s years. Was a big advantage to post a score and let the Dodgers/Giants see it already up there.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:33 pm
rub some dirt on it
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:33 pm
yep, but Lonnie Smith getting deeked in the world series is the most memorable Braves base running event of all time.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:34 pm
Bream scoring is only second.
Ted Striker
August 30th, 2010
7:34 pm
Cox won’t get tossed, probably. However if he does, he gets tossed — it’s top of the 5th. And for bonus points, I’m saying the Braves will be down a run when it happens.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:35 pm
so Davidson keeps saying Misch missed.
Phredd
August 30th, 2010
7:35 pm
I’ll give Mac one pass after that game winner
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:35 pm
Yes they do Todd,
You better be watching
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:35 pm
oaklands my favorite al team
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:35 pm
Ted, if you can name the pitch count, you are a genius.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:36 pm
Got that right, Headley. Phils in LA, as I’m sure you folks know.
I get to listen to Vin Scully on the way home.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
7:36 pm
you know, one thing that has really impressed me is how often glaus has scored from first.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:37 pm
productive inning
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:37 pm
Headly, i cant wait. maybe they will be ready for UGA.
Braves P.R. guy
August 30th, 2010
7:37 pm
I told you guys we should have had another dog-park night!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:37 pm
Strictly from a contest point of view, it hurts that the Braves are ahead. I believe Mr. Lake’s story in SI noted he usually gets tossed with the team in arrears.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:38 pm
seems like someone once described Vince’s voice as dripping honey or some such form.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:38 pm
glaus is a good baserunner. baserunning is not all about speed. but it is a lot of it.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:39 pm
The interesting thing about Vin Scully: He always works radio by himself. A beautiful listening experience
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:40 pm
2 years from now will Freddie Freeman be more closley identified with Heyward or Francour?
kurula
August 30th, 2010
7:40 pm
well, the impressive part was that it took him 15 minutes to stand up and ”walk” to the dug out.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:40 pm
The Frenchman with a single. Somewhere Sonny is smiling and ordering another blizzard.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:40 pm
dp here
Remarkable
August 30th, 2010
7:40 pm
I predict the bottom of the 7th.
Hey, Mark, why can’t the Braves hit starters in the NL like they can hit Relievers?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:41 pm
Powell and Sutton are constantly talking over each other.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:41 pm
Great question, Remarkable. I could try to fake like I know the answer, but I don’t.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:42 pm
The interesting thing about Vin Scully: He always works radio by himself. A beautiful listening experience
Yes it is. He talks non stop but its always interesting and he has a great voice. He really does his homework too.
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
7:42 pm
wierd batting stance
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:42 pm
apparently there is some interest in braves circles about bringing francour back next year. no joke.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:43 pm
Hard not to talk over Don Sutton. And I like Don Sutton as an analyst very much. But he and Skip together were a bad match. Don and Pete were much better.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
7:43 pm
Top of the second, next D. Lowe start.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:43 pm
clarification: the Rome Braves.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:43 pm
Almost had a collision of former roomies at the plate.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:44 pm
would have to agree. don thought he had to match skip joke for joke.
lanier
August 30th, 2010
7:44 pm
8th inning for sure 2 nite
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:44 pm
There went that lead.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:44 pm
Contest is only good for tonight, Chef Tim. But I get your drift.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
7:44 pm
Micsh really legging the sac out huh.
Sons of Rick Matula
August 30th, 2010
7:45 pm
You’re looking at a crowd of 15,000 max. The “home field” stuff really doesn’t amount to much – but it’s like going to an empty restaurant. It takes the life out of the building. It is the Mets, that’s the surprise, usually you get the guys in their old Mookie jerseys. Very sad. But hey, people spend their own money their own way.
Braves Fan in Kansas
August 30th, 2010
7:45 pm
Top of the 7th
Heath
August 30th, 2010
7:46 pm
whatever happened to Gerald Perry anyway? Seems like he was in the Cubs organization recently.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:46 pm
i like don as an analyst too. he does bring a lot of insight into the broadcast. but he’s not the greatest play by play guy i’ve ever heard.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:46 pm
OK now. Ejection Quotient gets a boost. Tie game.
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
7:47 pm
We was wondering why the Braves don’t know how to pitch to Jeff after watching everybody else in the league get him out? Throw the ball where he can’t reach it and let him strike out. Even a blind squirrel . . .
kurula
August 30th, 2010
7:47 pm
ejection odds going up. with all these baserunners….
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:47 pm
the cubs canned Gerald, last year i think.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:47 pm
Think Gerald Perry got fired as the Cubs’ hitting coach not long ago.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:47 pm
whatever happened to Gerald Perry anyway?
Thought he was hitting coach in St Louis for awhile
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
7:47 pm
Anything for correctly picking tool race other than satisfaction?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:48 pm
so we can extrapolate with the game being knotted up the chances of 158 are exponentially increasing?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:49 pm
Pick the winner of the Tool Race and you get a Laurel and Hardy handshake. (That’s from “Blazing Saddles.”)
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
7:49 pm
How many times has Cox been thrown out in back to back games?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:49 pm
Or something like that, Coach TG.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
7:49 pm
Top of the 5th, btw
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
7:50 pm
Jair just can’t stand having a lead lately can he?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:50 pm
Wish I knew, Chef. Pretty sure Cox has managed to get ejected twice in the same game.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
7:50 pm
I ll go with the drill chef
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
7:50 pm
I’m going with the drill.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
7:52 pm
Drill, hammer, paintbrush that’s the Chef’s trifecta.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:52 pm
As opposed to WC Fields who specialized in the
“hearty hand clasp”
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
7:53 pm
Why dont they ever show the tool race on tv?…they show every other stadiums race
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:54 pm
Home Depot would have to pay em
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:54 pm
Having a press-box discussion over what sort of T-shirt our prize will be. No consensus yet.
Steve
August 30th, 2010
7:55 pm
Mark, I am voting for the top of the 7th for Mr. Cox to get tossed. Skyla is here and votes for the bottom of the 6th.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
7:55 pm
JJ the basher!!
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
7:56 pm
EJ’s as good as it gets announcing anything. He lets the game come to him.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
7:57 pm
I remember when Rafael Belliard hit his 2nd homer of his career, about 15 years into his career, he walked the next time up and Skip Caray said “they’re afraid to pitch to him.”
Anyway, I’d like an Atlanta Knights t-shirt. Wonder if those are floating around anywhere?
Cox Going Out On Top
August 30th, 2010
7:57 pm
I predict the bottom of the 5th inning!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:57 pm
Checking Twitter — I’m @markbradleyajc, if you care — I see that the sixth inning is a popular choice for our ejection.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
7:57 pm
Balk a day calls a lot of balls.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
7:57 pm
I say the shirt should be “Choose Life” of “Wham!” fame.
Captain Obvious
August 30th, 2010
7:58 pm
Misch has the same mechanics as Glavine.
Cox Going Out On Top
August 30th, 2010
7:58 pm
Mark,
I think you should try and get your hands on one of those “153″ Tshirts that David Ross had made this season. Just a thought.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
7:58 pm
Wait a second, Steve. You’re telling me Skyla Cox — daughter of Bobby Cox — is going with the bottom of the sixth for tonight’s thumb?
I have to check the fine print and see if relatives of the ejectee are allowed to win the T-shirt.
Frankie say
August 30th, 2010
7:58 pm
“RELAX”
kurula
August 30th, 2010
7:59 pm
maybe a custom tee with just a thumb and you’re out! on it. when i say custom, i mean a white tee shirt drawn on with a sharpie.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
7:59 pm
“A balk a day keeps the manager away”…..Bob Davidson
heywood...
August 30th, 2010
7:59 pm
i predict top 13th and i’ll tell u why. same reason when i play the
lottery, i choose 1,2,3,4,5,6 b/c nobody else will and then i won’t
have to share the winnings. my odds are slim but they’d be slim
anyway and some other schmuk would get 1/2 my crap.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:00 pm
I remember when Rafael Belliard hit his 2nd homer of his career, about 15 years into his career, he walked the next time up and Skip Caray said “they’re afraid to pitch to him.”
Anyway, I’d like to get ahold of an old Atlanta Knights t-shirt. I wonder if those are still floating around anywhere?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:00 pm
Darn. Braves lead by three. No way Cox is getting tossed now.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:00 pm
Woo hoo heyward……
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:00 pm
Or a Frankie Say Relax t.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
8:01 pm
Great example, EJ called j-hey’s shot a “Haymaker”
Steve
August 30th, 2010
8:01 pm
Ha ha. See what you can do Mark. I told her to call him real quick for the 6th inning ejection. Doubt it will happen now thanks to Mr. Heyward. Nice shot!
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:01 pm
NO WAY Skyla can participate. an obvious conflict of interest for her father.
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
8:01 pm
Jay-HEY!!!!
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:01 pm
WOW I think my white painted Butt just got spanked.
Singed,
RUSS the UGA tempoprary mascot.
heywood...
August 30th, 2010
8:01 pm
hello coach todd. have u hit mark w/a limerick yet?
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:02 pm
I predict no ejection today…but an ejection on wednesday.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
8:02 pm
Got to put Misch right back out there JJ
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:03 pm
heywood, not one that i thought was printable. but the night is young.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
8:03 pm
Francouer in ATL and no Sonny Clusters?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:03 pm
To Cox Going Out On Top: I’d actually thought about that. Thanks for seconding the emotion.
GMCK
August 30th, 2010
8:04 pm
Nice hit from heyward!!!!!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:04 pm
Sonny was here earlier, Headley. But he had to swing by DQ.
Remarkable
August 30th, 2010
8:04 pm
Mark, I take back my earlier question, at least for tonight! Thanks for responding. (By the way, Go U of L Cardinals!)
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:04 pm
Mark I am good on the 5-2 on my bet.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:05 pm
say Mark. you dont think farnsworth can get bobby tossed tonight?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:05 pm
Skyla Cox could call her dad on his iPhone and say, “Take a dive this inning. A T-shirt is riding on it.”
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:05 pm
We was sayin’ he’ll be back.
GMCK
August 30th, 2010
8:05 pm
Jurrjens is starting to make me nervous
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
8:06 pm
Mark, who is the best Braves W.A.G.?
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:06 pm
I will say this I love that the Braves catchers are OLD SCHOOL with the Mask and the batting helmet instead of the new Hockey mask type of catchers mask.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:06 pm
Yes, GMCK. You don’t want to walk the leadoff guy after you’ve just started a three-run rally.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:07 pm
for all the ejections, Bobby doesn’t hold a candle to George Steinbrenner when it comes to missing baseball games.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:08 pm
SON did you not see the BREAK on that pitch? Go back to the Dugout and think about it. Bye Bye.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
8:08 pm
Dont the starters have some kinda bet on highest Batting Avg?..without looking Id say JJ is inching closer to Huddy.
Guy behind home plate
August 30th, 2010
8:08 pm
“Yeah…I think I’ll wear my neon yellow shirt tonight. That’s a good look for me.”
Not distracting in the slightest.
The T-shirt winner should definitely win a neon yellow T-shirt.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:08 pm
if he takes a dive, it will be a wet teeshirt. heh
Steve
August 30th, 2010
8:09 pm
She refuses to call, she said with a smile. She may get tossed from her family for bothering dad at work.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:09 pm
Here’s Frenchy. Swung at the first pitch.
So unlike him.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:09 pm
FRANK you can’t get on top of that HEAT. Why do you think we let you go.
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
8:10 pm
Wow, that’s the way Jair!!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:10 pm
No way Bobby tosses Skyla, Steve. He’s crazy about her.
Ask her about the fish she used to have. Named “Pendleton.”
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:10 pm
he’s nothing if not consistent
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:11 pm
All HIGH heat like Cheech and Chong but FRANK couldn’t hit it if it was packed in a bong. AHHAHAH Go BRAVES.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:11 pm
the fish probably would have been a better pitching coach
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:11 pm
OK, folks. Last half-inning to enter. Call the ejection or forever hold your peace.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:12 pm
rather hitting. or for that matter pitching.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:13 pm
4042025725 is the number you can text to ask jim powell how he really feels about don sutton
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
8:13 pm
Nice catch frenchy!
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
8:13 pm
Wow! I thought the Marlins outfielders left with the team
heywood...
August 30th, 2010
8:14 pm
i stand by top 13.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:14 pm
We should have had a contest to name the inning in which McCann bunts for a hit. Winning answer: Bottom of the third.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:14 pm
seen everything now. mccann infield hit.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
8:14 pm
i always wonder why players don’t do that more.
GMCK
August 30th, 2010
8:14 pm
Smart brian!
The Big Fundamental
August 30th, 2010
8:14 pm
McCANN!!!
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:14 pm
nice bunt mac
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:15 pm
wright was right johnny on the spot
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
8:15 pm
wow…was that a styrofoam bat??
Bat shard = karma
August 30th, 2010
8:15 pm
Don’t worry about it…they’re New York fans.
They should make them give the bat back.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:15 pm
Damn that hurt on the DP.
Steve
August 30th, 2010
8:16 pm
Response: “That did not come up again!”
Sammie Sosa
August 30th, 2010
8:16 pm
That would never happen with MY bat.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:16 pm
There’s actually some discussion ongoing between ushers and fans over the shank of the bat.
Braves Fan Since "80
August 30th, 2010
8:16 pm
Gonzales needs a homer to make up for the whiff on D
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
8:17 pm
Clusters are back.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:17 pm
they can’t let a crazy new york fan walk around the ball park with a broken bat…not safe.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
8:18 pm
New York fan told usher, “I’m keeping it, I here youse all have a snake problem round here.”
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:18 pm
Sorry. Tell Skyla I love that story. I wrote it back in 1991.
OK, ask her about the time she and her dad got lost going to visit Bobby Dews.
Guy behind home plate wearing neon yellow shirt
August 30th, 2010
8:18 pm
Still here.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:18 pm
Good one, Chef Tim.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:18 pm
If I were the fan I want the broken bat and I can prove I have it from TV. I don’t want no new bat that has not GAME provable Character.
Steve
August 30th, 2010
8:19 pm
Mark what’s funny is she to this day has a fish in a little bowl on her table in her den. However I think she named this one Greg Norton. It looks lifeless.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:19 pm
KK will come in and get Bobby tossed.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:19 pm
lol hey neon guy…yellow is not your color.
Henry Blanco's mullett
August 30th, 2010
8:19 pm
It’s coming back, guys. Just you watch!
GMCK
August 30th, 2010
8:20 pm
brian sound have hit david wright in the nose for tagging him that hard.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:21 pm
Those guys were just fooling around, GMCK.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:21 pm
the pace of the game, and the blog seem to be inexorably slowing down. lotta good material used early.
Kenny Rogers
August 30th, 2010
8:21 pm
Don’t rip on my neon yellow shirt, people. Do you KNOW who I am? I’m the GAMBLER, dangit!
Robbie
August 30th, 2010
8:21 pm
I thought it was against the rules for the pitcher to go to his hair before a pitch.
Notice the Mets pitcher rubbing the back of his head going back to the mound.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
8:21 pm
Whats the special at DQ this week Sonny?…they never have chili dogs on sale…I could eat 6 at a time…if my wife would let me..
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:21 pm
Ha!
I laughed out loud, Steve. And I don’t often laugh out loud.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:22 pm
or as the pilots say “got more drag than thrust here”
GMCK
August 30th, 2010
8:22 pm
im sure they were. i just want to see someone hit david wright in the nose…
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:22 pm
You’re right, Coach TG. We peaked too soon.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:23 pm
whats wrong with neon yellow guy and lime green guy next to him…those aren’t braves colors
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
8:24 pm
We are going to be on good behavior tonight with Skyla reading. No talking iPhones tonight. We saw Bobby at the grocery store not long ago and he was very gracious to all. Took him 15 minutes to get to his car because everybody was stopping him to say hello. We just waved because he was needing to get some stuff in the refrigerator.
Carrot Top
August 30th, 2010
8:24 pm
Mark always laughs at my shows.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:24 pm
Misch is gone. Total mischmatch, this game.
Steve
August 30th, 2010
8:24 pm
Alabama instead Albany! Ha.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:25 pm
Confession: You’ve got me watching the guy in yellow now.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:25 pm
Hessmann obviously insnt a Mensch
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
8:25 pm
Katherine…theyre from Colombia and theyre workin out a business deal
kurula
August 30th, 2010
8:26 pm
i love name puns. character flaw, i guess.
People who wear neon yellow shirts
August 30th, 2010
8:26 pm
1) Guy behind home plate
2) Ushers
“You wearin’ the neon yellow tonight? Okay. Lemme grab my neon green shirt. Hold on.”
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
8:26 pm
Maybe we need a summer replacement to the blog sorta like the “Smothers Brothers”
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:26 pm
Katherine, are they a couple?
Steve
August 30th, 2010
8:26 pm
Instead of I meant.
Dogers Fan
August 30th, 2010
8:26 pm
i wish we had manny for tonights game.
Also Ashley
August 30th, 2010
8:26 pm
Yellow guy and neon green guy are the Sticky Note twins!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:27 pm
This blog needs a lot of things, Chef Tim. Like Mason Williams playing “Classical Gas.”
Remarkable
August 30th, 2010
8:27 pm
Bottom of 7th
Mark, there are a lot of former braves on the Mets team, what kind of team could you put together with former Braves on current rosters? Might make a good story.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:27 pm
lol i was wondering if they were a couple myself…..you would seem them coming in the dark that’s for sure
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:28 pm
its now or never for your pick
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:28 pm
OK, here’s my inning for the Ejection Pool. But I’m not exactly living in hope.
Also Ashley
August 30th, 2010
8:28 pm
Elmer’s pitches are sticking to the strike zone like glue.
?
August 30th, 2010
8:28 pm
red panties, Mercedes full of white women’s UGA gear with Bradley’s saliva all over a picture of Richt healing the lame….coupled with excuses for the latest football player’s arrest ready to be shelved and ignored….just another day in the life of UGA and The AJC…
Dodgers Fan
August 30th, 2010
8:28 pm
i miss spell my team all the time
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:29 pm
LOL, yep, sure could.
chattadawg
August 30th, 2010
8:29 pm
If that is Kenny Rogers he is sitting 5 Manhattan phone books
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
8:29 pm
Elmer Fudd is on the mound
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:30 pm
Attendance could be worse. I remember in the 80s at the Chattanooga Lookouts games they used to compare themselves to the Braves, and they’d outdraw them a lot of times. 3,500 to 3000, and such.
Bob Horners texting while driving issues
August 30th, 2010
8:30 pm
Yeah, Clusters is back– Blizzaard remnents dripping from his face-3 run game, he’s off to DQ- I bet he cruises the Roses parking lot the rest of the nite.
Neon shirt guys
August 30th, 2010
8:31 pm
This conversation is deep! They’re not even watching the game! What are they talking about? Fashion, of course.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
8:31 pm
I think Sonny is the greeter at Roses
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:31 pm
you must have missed my really funny line when we were recently quoting movies:
knockin down mailboxes! driving thru peoples back yards! got a girl in the car!
not from smokey and the bandit but from damon’s arrest report. still kills me.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:31 pm
yep football is almost here…yay! you can tell by the lame uga bashing by jealous tech nerd herders
HOG IN DOUGLAS
August 30th, 2010
8:32 pm
any balks yet
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:32 pm
Angel Pagan. isnt that an oxymoron?
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:32 pm
Even Cyndi Lauper would tell them to tone it down.
David Wright
August 30th, 2010
8:32 pm
Someone please kick me in the fart box.
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
8:33 pm
My predicted inning coming up.
I want a neon yellow T shirt when I win this baby!
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:34 pm
Balk a day Bob is even distracted by Neon Shirt Guys.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:34 pm
“Cannonball Run,” right?
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:34 pm
Enter your comments here
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:34 pm
Fart box? LOL really? omg lol
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:35 pm
Sinatra was mad they didn’t ask him to be in the first one. They put him in pt 2.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:35 pm
This is how pathetic I am: I just got up and watched Yellow Shirt for a couple of a minutes. Looks like B. Uecker.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
8:35 pm
Hey green shirt guy was waving at us
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
8:35 pm
Chip – that looks like a magic eye.
Mr. Bradley – you are a very fine writer. This is the first time I’ve read your post, and I must say, I enjoyed it.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:35 pm
green guy to yellow guy…” that color makes you look so tan and buff….oh look a butterfly”
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:35 pm
No question Balkin’ Bob isn’t on his game tonight.
Double rainbow guy
August 30th, 2010
8:36 pm
Todd…Angel Pagan oxymoron. Wow. That was good.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:36 pm
Why, thanks, Mrs. Mitch. But this more like talking than writing.
Neon green shirt guy
August 30th, 2010
8:36 pm
“So…looks like you’re a Tech fan?”
Also Ashley
August 30th, 2010
8:37 pm
Neon Green guy is STILL not watching the game. Now he’s talking to that woman next to him.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:38 pm
Now I’m leaning out of the press box watching Neon Green. I have no life.
Yellow Shirt
August 30th, 2010
8:38 pm
He missed the tag! He missed the tag!
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:38 pm
Drg, i understand you are very, very friendly with the coloful couple.
Neon yellow guy
August 30th, 2010
8:38 pm
“oh no i’m not a tech fan…if I was i would be wearing baby poop yellow not neon yellow..gah”
Eureka!
August 30th, 2010
8:38 pm
I get it now: neon yellow shirt guy came to the game with a guy wearing Mets garb.
Makes total sense now.
Carry on.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:39 pm
Isn’t that guy in the front row Lance Armstrong? Yellow jersey?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:39 pm
Smokey. not Cannonball. latest news is authorties are considering the Mann Act.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:40 pm
Meanwhile, back at the ballgame … Jair has runners on first and third, David Wright upcoming.
Neon green shirt guy
August 30th, 2010
8:40 pm
“Waitress, do you have strawberry daiquris?”
GMCK
August 30th, 2010
8:40 pm
Double play now!
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
8:40 pm
It was a very fine conversation then. Listening to you reminded me of why I’m so proud to call Atlanta home for the past 10 years.
Also Ashley
August 30th, 2010
8:41 pm
Wright was wrong.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:41 pm
Wow. Mrs. Mitch, we all on here are in your debt.
Except for Clusters. He done run off and left us.
Ike Davis's mom
August 30th, 2010
8:42 pm
I know I know…we named him after the dog, but we ran out of ideas and he was there.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:42 pm
Once about 20 years ago we were thrown out of a game for irritating Joe Boever after he’d had his brains beat in by the Mets. Ah, the good old days when we could all buy the $5 tickets and move down to the “front row.”
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:42 pm
i thought you’d leave after not winning the heave ho pool.
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
8:43 pm
Hey Mark…do you think Jurrjens ever completely overcame his injuries this year? He hasn’t seemed to get a consistent streak going to me.
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
8:43 pm
We are here. Waiting for Jeff.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:43 pm
You know who likes Ike (Davis)? Jurrjens. Struck him out three times.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:43 pm
is Mrs Mitch trying to win a teeshirt?
GMCK
August 30th, 2010
8:44 pm
nice JJ… glad to see you get out of that little pickle
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:44 pm
You make a good point, Selleck Waterfall Sandwich.
Don’t know about your screen name, however.
Question for Ike Davis' mother
August 30th, 2010
8:44 pm
So you named your son after his father, I presume?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:45 pm
i like ike
i’ll shout it over a mike
so genuinely human
why even harry truman
says i like ike
with apologies to irving berlin
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:45 pm
Neon Green is standing and pointing, FYI. Colonel Mustard seems to have taken a hike.
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
8:45 pm
I suggest you check out the website then, Mr. Bradley. All I can say is: double rainbows, man.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:45 pm
green guy to yellow guy…”can we leave yet? the real housewives of nj reunion is tonight…that Danielle is such a slut”
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
8:46 pm
88 pitches thru 5. Gonna need the bullpen tonight.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:46 pm
OK mark I am living on the EGDE I had 2-6-0 mets and 5-9-1 Braves. Now we are at 2-4-0 Mets and 5-8-0 braves. I am not doing bad, but we do have 5 1/2 innings left if the Brages win in regular innings.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:46 pm
Coach, if your D is as good as your prose, we should be okay.
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
8:47 pm
Watching the game and all the empty seats before the Phils @ 10. I have three questions: 1. When was the braves last sellout? 1b. Have they had consecutive sellouts? 2. Why does Atlanta not support a first place team?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:48 pm
I remember former colleague Joe Strauss dubbing Joe Boever “Boever the Saver.” That lasted about two seconds.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
8:48 pm
Joe Boever ” The Saver ” man was he terrible.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:48 pm
Football season is coming up. We’re saving for that.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
8:48 pm
Great minds MB
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
8:48 pm
MB..Do you have the Peachtree feed on your monitors in the pressbox?
Neon yellow shirt guy
August 30th, 2010
8:49 pm
Had to leave. His Wiggles concert starts in an hour.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:49 pm
philly phan…I have a question for you…why do you smell like rotten cheesesteak and tears?
to philly phan
August 30th, 2010
8:49 pm
i am living in boston now but when i did live in atl.. i lived in gwinnett and it was a pain getting off work and driving that far and if you make a wrong turn… your in a place that i dont belong.
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
8:49 pm
Heath:
Who the Falcons or GT??? lets be real here
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:49 pm
He shot us a bird as he was leaving the field that night (hand on my heart) and right after that security showed us where the door was. Good times.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:50 pm
I have surfed the Selleck Waterfall Sandwich Web site. I feel kind of like I did the first time I saw Devo.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
8:50 pm
I think Heywards thumb is finally feeling a lot better.
He hasnt hit the ball this hard this consistently since April.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
8:50 pm
Philly Phan: without going into 40 yrs of details, suffice to say no rail service to the Ted.
( Or the FUL. RIP.)
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
8:50 pm
i like to smell my own farts
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:50 pm
philly…people in atlanta have to work…its a monday night and the kids are back in school…get over it.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:50 pm
rumor is the colorful couple left to go find a couple of ballpark franks.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:51 pm
UGA. Who are these other teams you speak of?
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:51 pm
At least he comes with a good attitude.
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
8:51 pm
Told ya!
Double rainbows, man.
Double rainbows.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
8:51 pm
Get out
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
8:51 pm
Only one more day and the new blizzard of the month will be introduced. We was there trying to find out but they wouldn’t tell us. Warren Buffett can’t even find out.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
8:51 pm
Paper suits DEVO or the Red hats DEVO?
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
8:51 pm
take MARTA and the shuttle then, i lived there for 2 years and drove to about 5 games or so
stay classy katherine, obviously you aren’t at the park supporting your first place braves
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:51 pm
We do, Bravissimo.
Col. Mustard has returned, I note.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:52 pm
lol todd
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
8:52 pm
Still my predicted inning. Still alive.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:52 pm
Red hats Devo. I remember thinking, “What is that?”
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
8:52 pm
I can’t say that I grew up in Georgia, but I’ve definitely started an adult life here, and my summers have been filled with baseball. 10 years ago I would get mad that Saved by the Bell wasn’t on and there was nothing but baseball on TBS, WGN, and some other station. Now I love baseball and I have fallen in love with the Braves.
I know understand why the young cute boys in Tucson, Arizona were so proud of their braves hats. Their talent and commitment is admirable, and I’m proud to call them my team.
Marc, thank you.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
8:53 pm
to the phillies fane don’t you have anything more productive to do than trollin’ the awesome braves live forum
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:53 pm
WOW thanks for the high throw for sure. Ball first runner second but a bad throw.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
8:53 pm
How do u know she not on a mobil device?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:53 pm
Sonny, word has already leaked the new flavor is selleck waterfall sandwich.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:53 pm
Philly I went to the game yesterday…thank you very much.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:54 pm
Mrs. Mitch, you’re killing me. People NEVER say nice things about me. I’m breakin’ out in hives.
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
8:54 pm
and why aren’t you at the game allen while you troll here with me?
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
8:54 pm
When the Oracle doesnt know nobody does.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:54 pm
yes Marc. Thank you. heh, heh
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:55 pm
Need an error to get the Braves a run.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:55 pm
And Mrs. Mitch, I have to inform you that not all live blogs are like this one. You’ve either caught us on the worst or best night of the year. I can’t tell.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
8:55 pm
Bobby looks like hes in a good mood tonite..I dont think this is the night for ejections
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:55 pm
I lived in DC and the Metro was outstanding. Wish we had a subway here.
Going to the UTC-Appy State game Saturday. Feel free to come down, Philly. Chattanooga needs your tourist dollars as well. Expecting 20,000 – the Mocs won’t know how to handle people being there.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
8:56 pm
Anybody who wonders about small crowds in ATL has never driven in the city around 5:00
1. There is no mass transit of any real kind.
2. ATL is a bunch of suburbs 45 minutes from the ballpark
3. The traffic can be unreal at times.
Tag Team Champions
August 30th, 2010
8:56 pm
Neon yellow shirt in, neon green shirt out.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
8:56 pm
Mr. Bradley I hate to distract you from neon shirt but what is Tim Hudson’s ERA right now? Just saw Halladay at 2.22 on the ticker
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
8:57 pm
Todd – Of course, 2XL please!
**know meant now
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:57 pm
Hudson’s ERA is 2.24, Allen.
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
8:57 pm
so nobody can answer my sellout question? anything MB???
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
8:58 pm
toDD grantham don’t you have some future convices to babysit until the kickoff of UGA’s high school football season. ToDD do know where you drunk mutts puppies are? They sure ain’t at Drivers Ed!
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
8:58 pm
Trying to drive through traffic in atlanta is like a slow death…only more painful.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
8:58 pm
And when they put AAA in Gwinett they gave locals another option that is cheaper and closer.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
8:58 pm
Hudson and Halladay have basically canceled each other out for both teams all year.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
8:58 pm
Mark, no matter how much you like Mrs Mitch as a new blogger, if i were you i wouldnt bet on her in a spelling bee.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
8:58 pm
Sorry. I missed, the question, Philly Phan. What were you asking?
Also Ashley
August 30th, 2010
8:58 pm
Colonel Neon Mustard now has a blue-shirted friend
Sons of Rick Matula
August 30th, 2010
8:59 pm
The decision not to put a Marta stop at the stadium was one of the many ways Marta has screwed the pooch.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
8:59 pm
allen–2.24 ERA
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
8:59 pm
This has definitely been a very active night, I agree. This is my first foray into blogging. Have I gotten my hopes up?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
i expect you would fill it out quite nicely.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
Philly Phan…this has been discussed ad nauseum on here and espn for quite sometime…..My own reason is that I live 3 hours from the stadium….i can only go on weekends or holidays.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
philly i’ll type slowly for you…..there is no mass transit to the game, traffic is horrible, braves fans come from all over the south, hence a lot of them not being close enough to go the game. Any other brain busters philly ?
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
When you have to leave the house at 5 am to drop the kids off at school on time and be at work at 8 all of a sudden the ballgame doesn’t seem like such a good idea.
Especially when its on TV locally.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
With all those Phillies sellouts, what’s their home record? It was horrible last year.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
Philly Phan: Here, have a battery.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
What’s he 16-5 with a 2.24 ERA he has got to be in the top 3 for the cy young, is he eligible for the come back player of the year too?
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
when was the braves last sellout? and any consecutive sellouts?
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
here’s my inning…
Cox Going Out On Top
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
Mark-
Since I missed out on the ejection prediction, can I just get the shirt if he doesn’t get ejected at all?
I mean, I’d have to be first on the pecking order because I shared the same thought with you about the “153″ shirt, right?
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
9:00 pm
Mark, do any of the Atlanta scribes vote on ROY or any of the other awards? I’m not shocked that the emphasis is always on half of the game, offense, but surprised that defense doesn’t garner more points in the equation.
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
9:01 pm
I talk better than I type. spelling was always my worst. Thanks for rubbing it in, Todd. :p
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:01 pm
easy heyward dont hurt yourself
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:01 pm
I don’t know, Cox Going Out On Top. I don’t know if that would be in the spirit of the competition.
Meanwhile, the Mets are running around the bases and the Braves are running around in their bullpen.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:01 pm
Still got a ballgame here.
Thole reminds me of Ed Ott.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:02 pm
you josh thole
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:02 pm
Philly Phan….www.baseball-reference.com….I think youll find all that there.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:02 pm
Mrs, the lack of spelling ability has never gotten anyone ejected from the blog to the best of my knowlege
Also Ashley
August 30th, 2010
9:02 pm
Thanks Ernie! “Jurrjens has settled down” (prior to the triple).
Little League World Series
August 30th, 2010
9:03 pm
Didn’t the kids play their series this weekend in Philly? I think the dimensions of the field are about the same.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
9:03 pm
SORRY ToDD: Convicts… mutts. I posted fast.
Damn 22 you could have made that catch. you killed my line score.
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
9:03 pm
so you think the transit in philly is that much better?? you would think the people that live in atlanta would support a first place team then if most of you live so far away. i live an hour from philly and still catch a few games when i’m home.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:03 pm
Last Braves sellout was July 17, a Saturday night. No consecutive shutouts this season.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:03 pm
Mr. Bradley I know Hudson has got to be top three for cy young, can he win come back player of the year too?
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:03 pm
Scott Diamond perfect game through 7 at Gwinnett.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:03 pm
You confirmed for the race this weekend MB?
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:04 pm
I’m thinking its about time for don to come in…unless philly is him
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
9:04 pm
That’s a relief, thank you Todd. I just wish I could type faster too.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:04 pm
looks like a good inning to get tossed.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:04 pm
Absolutely, Allen.
I’d get Jurrjens out right now. But it’s Roger to the hill, not the skipper.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:05 pm
I’m not, Bravissimo. My apology.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:05 pm
baseball pshyc 101 visit from catcher one two three visit from pitching coach double play?
Cox Going Out On Top
August 30th, 2010
9:05 pm
Well, it was worth a shot wasn’t it? Just keep me posted on it.
The next time you have a competition, I will be here to participate!
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:05 pm
philly why do you care? are you going to say “our fans are better then your fans”? grow up…. by the way bobby should have taken jj out….hope this isnt another colorado
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:06 pm
I remember a postseason when Carlos Beltran turned into Roberto Clemente.
Here he grounds to shallow pitcher’s mound.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:06 pm
nice play
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:06 pm
Ahh prevent the run, runners advance but thats okay keep it a two run game
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:06 pm
Definitely worth a shot, CGOOT.
Greg Louganis
August 30th, 2010
9:06 pm
I give him a 4 on that dive in the dirt.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:07 pm
this isnt 2005 Mr. Bradley, I was at that game, it hurt.
GMCK
August 30th, 2010
9:07 pm
K time
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:07 pm
Jurrjens has good stuff. Just can’t command it, as they say.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:07 pm
speed on pitch just said 103, whats up did strausburg just show up?
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:08 pm
The Braves are a regional team also.
I live three hours from the ballpark. Ive been to three games this year.
But not on a Monday night when I have to be at work at 8.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:08 pm
Although he commanded that pretty well, did he not?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:08 pm
unfortunately, mark you cant second guess bobby yet.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:08 pm
without a blown elbow?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:09 pm
I saw 92 on the scoreboard, Allen. The TV gun may be acting up due to the yellow shirt behind the dish.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:09 pm
these braves always make you eat your words happened to me too Mr. Bradley
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:09 pm
get jj out now!
GMCK
August 30th, 2010
9:09 pm
Brian maccan….. good old duluth boy
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:09 pm
think that was his pitch count, allen.
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
9:09 pm
All this baseball talk’s too much for me, I’m heading to bed. Good night gentlemen, it has been a pleasure.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:10 pm
if he doesnt get him out now its going to be bad
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:10 pm
the spirit is willing but Bobby’s knees are weak.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:10 pm
That’s it for Jurrjens.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
Nice night for JJ not perfect but hey
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
Cox is talking with Balkin’ Bob. Could a double switch get him thumbed?
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
We can’t win it in the 9th if he takes him out now.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
why did bobby wait until the bases were loaded…grrr so frustrating
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
Bobby is telling Bob how many balks he’s missed tonight maybe.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
No ejection there. Kind of cordial actually.
GMCK
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
who’s comming in?
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
Really worried about our starting pitching… Hudson is the only one that is reliable now.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
*crossing fingers on ejection*
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
Good one coach
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:11 pm
Mrs. Mitch, come back and visit us any time. You’ll learn all about deer hunting. Promise.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:12 pm
I thought for a brief moment Cox was gonna tell the ump what he thought about his strike zone…..but alas…ive got the 8th inning
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:12 pm
O’Flaherty in. And Ankiel, too. Only one to pitch, however.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:12 pm
Big spot for the Irishman.
Christopher Chance
August 30th, 2010
9:12 pm
I thought tonight was going to be a repeat of the fiasco in Colorado last week where Bobby waited too long to take Jurrjens out of the game.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:12 pm
it said speed of pitch
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:13 pm
yes…..and chippers deer thumb
Braves dugout reporter
August 30th, 2010
9:13 pm
In other news, Derek Lowe is still complaining that it’s just too darn hot in Atlanta.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:13 pm
did she ever get the spelling correct?
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:13 pm
unless the shrooms are kicking in… just kidding
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
9:13 pm
all i did was ask when the the sellout game was, just making friendly conversation….
Christopher Chance
August 30th, 2010
9:13 pm
Mark Bradley…………..do you think that Bobby waited too long to take Jurrjens out?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:14 pm
too bad its not Ankiel on the mound
Athens
August 30th, 2010
9:14 pm
Thanks Aaron Boone! Guess it was all that “laboring” you mentioned 18 times this inning that did in JJ.
Belly itchers
August 30th, 2010
9:14 pm
C’mon, O’Flaherty!
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:14 pm
I think JJ got distracted by yelo shirt
Dalton Dawg
August 30th, 2010
9:14 pm
why is he pitching, awful move
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:15 pm
friendly conversation my arse
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:15 pm
Atlanta is a city of transplants philly phan if it was like Philadelphia it would be different
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:15 pm
Bobby always waits too long to bring the hook.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:15 pm
Nope. Cox got that one right.
Dalton Dawg
August 30th, 2010
9:15 pm
Whew…..
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:15 pm
nothin to it
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
9:15 pm
OK, the lead is intact!!!
All Together Now
August 30th, 2010
9:15 pm
Whew
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:16 pm
Tool Race! Gimme Saw!
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:16 pm
too bad its not Ankiel on the mound
last time that happened he walked A LOT of braves
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:16 pm
i feel a balk and ejection coming on if ofllarehty pitches the next inning.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:16 pm
Chef u here….we both have drill
Hammer
August 30th, 2010
9:16 pm
Please don’t hurt ‘em.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:16 pm
Hammer out fast. Drill takes a header. Hammer wins. Saw second.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:17 pm
i’ll take hammer
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:17 pm
i am glad the braves finally made the tool race a live event
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
9:17 pm
Thank you Mr. Bradlely, I will be back, but I don’t have much to contribute to hunting, just fishing.
Todd – If I had a nickle for every word I hadn’t even known I’d misspelled…
Hammer
August 30th, 2010
9:18 pm
Can’t touch this.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:18 pm
come on braves lets get that run back
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
9:18 pm
need to know win, place, show…
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:18 pm
lol i typed that before hammer actually won yay
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:18 pm
Rats, I was gonna pick Hammer too.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:18 pm
Between-inning tune: “Electric Ave. by Eddy Grant.”
Haven’t heard that one in 20 years.
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
9:18 pm
Here’s why I think attendance is so important and it is not rocket science: the more Braves fans that show their commitment to this team by attending games and putting $$$ into the owners’ pockets, the higher the salary level will be for the team and the better players we’ll be able to watch on the field. These games with less than 20,000 just tell ownership: “OK, so what? You’ve given us a team in 1st place but we still won’t spend the money to attend games.” It’s just that simple.
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
9:18 pm
how many was that?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:18 pm
thank you Ma’am.
Dalton Dawg
August 30th, 2010
9:19 pm
Mark,
Will the Braves bring up Freeman and Glaus before Sept 1st so they will be eligible for post season? how does that work? I just joined! You might have talked about this already.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
9:19 pm
* tearing up slips tossing into air*
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:19 pm
Chef, your Exacta: Hammer, Saw, Paintbrush.
Mrs. Mitch
August 30th, 2010
9:19 pm
I count 3.
Also Ashley
August 30th, 2010
9:19 pm
Manny U-Cost-Us is pitching for NY!
Christopher Chance
August 30th, 2010
9:19 pm
Mr. Bradley…..I would have had O’Flaherty start the 6th inning. Jurrjens simply didnt not have good control tonight.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:19 pm
was he a 1 hit wonder?
TM
August 30th, 2010
9:20 pm
Just got done with a FFL draft… could that be a reason the crowd is down? hummm, hummmm, hummmm?
Eddy Grant
August 30th, 2010
9:20 pm
I also did “Romancing the Stone.”
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:20 pm
sounds like a perfect trifecta
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:21 pm
That’s on my MP3 along with Pass The Dutchie.
Chef, I think Hammer is juicing.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:21 pm
Francouer can still throw
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:21 pm
That was a good movie too.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:21 pm
and i always thought that was michael douglas
Rocket Science
August 30th, 2010
9:21 pm
Who does Rick Ankiel hit? Manny Acosta of course! And probably Chris Reitsma.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:22 pm
Cant remember drill ever showing.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:22 pm
Re: “Romancing the Stone.” Kathleen Turner: Very attractive actress.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:22 pm
rim shot
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:22 pm
Omar …an all star? absolutely!!!
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:22 pm
Let the big boy get a swing with two on.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:22 pm
he can also make Jerry Manuel throw up
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:22 pm
In War of the Roses, for sure.
Billy Ocean
August 30th, 2010
9:23 pm
Todd, you’re thinking of MY song, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” For the last time, people, I am NOT Eddy Grant, okay?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:23 pm
Rocket Science made me laugh.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:23 pm
she’s got the deepest voice since Bette Davis.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:23 pm
when I think kathleen turner I think “serial mom” lol
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 30th, 2010
9:23 pm
Then, Mark. Then.
NRBQ
August 30th, 2010
9:23 pm
Gonzalez does NOT fit in this offense.
His record walks in a season is 33 BB in 528 at-bats. For the Braves: 10 walks in 150 AB’s.
He drops many a cow-pie in the Braves patient rallies.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:24 pm
what’s Omar’s OBP 500?!
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:24 pm
MB…is DOB up there in the pressbox?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:24 pm
Dalton Dawg, they’re eligible now. They only have to be in the organization as of Sept. 1.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:24 pm
awesome, got it back from the J-Hey kid
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:24 pm
yea baby yea
Kim Carnes
August 30th, 2010
9:24 pm
Aha. Thanks Todd. Great idea for a follow up!
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:25 pm
i know. i know. eddy grant is lou’s ex wife.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:25 pm
Mr. Bradley what is Omar’s OBP?
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:25 pm
someone wanted frenchy to have a coke and a smile lol
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:25 pm
DOB is here. And Ms. Carroll Rogers.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:25 pm
That fan should be ejected.
No call for that ever.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:25 pm
Sonny…Did u toss Jeff a cocola??
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:25 pm
what got tossed at frenchy?
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:26 pm
jwff threw the object back into the stnds, and killed a man
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:26 pm
mark, have you seen kathleen turner lately? she looks and sounds like a man. not being mean, just making an observation.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:26 pm
jeff*
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:26 pm
Not sure what was hurled at Jeff. But it seemed of more substance than mere invective.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
Well ask Carroll or Dave to confirm for me that there are no traveling scouts in AAA. I asked that earlier today and never got an answer.
Also Ashley
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
that was tacky
Athens
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
Looks like Heyward has ROY on his mind.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
Kathleen Turner. Body Heat. nuff said.
Roving reporter
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
I think someone threw a neon yellow shirt at Frenchy, Todd.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
J-Hey looks like he has an animatronic arm
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
well put BravesFaninMD!!!!!! someone that finally makes sense, i don’t mind the braves and enjoyed going to games when i lived in atlanta 2 years, just don’t like them when they are ahead of my phils
Turtsnap
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
Jim Powell had an interesting discovery on the radio this evening. He went back and looked at the 10 least attended Braves home games this year, and the Braves are 5-5 in those games.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
did jeff swing at the first thing thrown at him?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
Actually, kurula, I saw Ms. Kathleen Turner at the Chick-fil-A on South Cobb Drive just today. She asked about you.
Austin Powers
August 30th, 2010
9:27 pm
She’s a man, baby.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:28 pm
it was a coke bottle..they thought he looked thirsty
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:28 pm
Great line, kurula. (The one about Francoeur. Not that they all aren’t pearls.)
TM
August 30th, 2010
9:28 pm
It was a plastic Coke bottle… bout half full.
L-A-M-E by whoever threw it.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:28 pm
8 innings 1 hit for Scott Diamond at AAA
Athens
August 30th, 2010
9:29 pm
MB: Somebody asked earlier and I might have missed the answer, but does Huddy have a shot at Comeback Player, too?
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:29 pm
Prado says, NO I WILL NOT MAKE THE LAST OUT
The Za-Prado film
August 30th, 2010
9:29 pm
Did anyone else ever follow up on someone’s comment earlier today: that, yesterday in the celebration, Prado threw something on McCann and he got ticked off about it?
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:29 pm
no, that wasn’t her…i made the same mistake.
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
9:30 pm
what is there record in the 10 highest attendance? i bet the record is considerably better (that’s if there are more braves fans than the other team present)
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:30 pm
You were saying about Heywards baserunning
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:30 pm
WITH THE ANIMATRONIC HAND HEYWARD MAKES THE SLIDE
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:30 pm
they thought frenchy was justin bieber
Heyward's shoulder
August 30th, 2010
9:30 pm
Ow!
Also Ashley
August 30th, 2010
9:30 pm
Nothing like the Phillies seeing this score when their game starts in 30 min.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:30 pm
Prado can hit. Heyward can slide.
Athens
August 30th, 2010
9:31 pm
Has anyone ever seen a better baserunner than Heyward?!
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:31 pm
philly phan….still making friendly conversation or just being a douche?
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:31 pm
they thought frenchy was justin bieber
funny
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:32 pm
Born to be wild? pitcher i suppose
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:32 pm
Athens, about Heyward: No. About Hudson: Yes.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:32 pm
justin beiber…lol
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:32 pm
Pretty good line for Heyward tonight.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:32 pm
easy on the philly phan so much talent on a team that doesnt care has got to hurt enough
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:32 pm
Derrek Lee strikes out. But he does have a pair of singles tonight.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:32 pm
I HATE it when my dog snores and i cant hear the blog.
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
9:33 pm
Martin is great… definitely the MVP this year…. c’mon bullpen time to do what you get paid to do!!
The Derek Lee experiment
August 30th, 2010
9:33 pm
Ummmm….
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:33 pm
lol well didn’t you all see that video of someone throwing a water bottler at justin bieber and hitting him in the head
Athens
August 30th, 2010
9:33 pm
Thanks Mark!
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:33 pm
is DOB or Ms Rogers or both doing the twitter blog?
Todd's dog
August 30th, 2010
9:34 pm
I’m faking it so I don’t have to play with you.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:34 pm
i love it when my dog farts himself awake
Philly Phan
August 30th, 2010
9:34 pm
all i did was ask a few questions and commenting on your very thoughtful responses to me
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:34 pm
ok anybody…Are there traveling scouts in AAA?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:34 pm
I believe they share the Tweet duties, Coach Todd.
Troy Glaus
August 30th, 2010
9:34 pm
I tried to tell Wren about Lee!!!
Guys throwing water bottles at "celebrities"
August 30th, 2010
9:34 pm
Tila Tequila is more a more preferable target.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:35 pm
yes there are
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:35 pm
Gee somehow I missed thatKatherine….maybe i could ask my grandaughter…..lol
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:35 pm
No, Bravissimo. I can answer that one. Teams do NOT have advance scouts in the minors to help draw up a game plan.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:35 pm
lol todd’s dog
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:35 pm
Todd’s dog. i know that’s not really you. you would cap Dog.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:36 pm
cant help the mets when their 3 4 5 hitters strike out a combined 6 times…so far
Also Ashley
August 30th, 2010
9:36 pm
8 outs to go…
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:36 pm
I know its one game but Wright doesn’t seem like the same player he was a couple years ago.
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
9:36 pm
Mark, is KK available tonight? Would like to see him…
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:37 pm
The hunt for the golden sombrero. And Ike Davis messes things up by doubling in the gap.
Jason Heyward's cap
August 30th, 2010
9:37 pm
Please adjust me before you run for the ball, Jason.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:37 pm
besides, you dont know my password
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:37 pm
Lets see how Jeff responds
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:37 pm
.293 21 hr and 83 rbi’s come on man
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:38 pm
Saw two pitches down by 5
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:38 pm
Headly, are you the Governor’s secretary?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:38 pm
BravesFaninMD, you live dangerously. You wanted to see Farnsy on Sat., and now Kawakami?
kyle
August 30th, 2010
9:38 pm
What is the deal with the Atlanta fans? They are leading the NL EAST heading into September and there is no one in the stadium again. It reminds me of the last 3 years of the amazing title run. There were so many empty seats even through the 1st round of the playoffs. What is going on? I think Braves fans ( me included ) are in the bottom 10 of the fan race.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:39 pm
What is the deal with the Atlanta fans? They are leading the NL EAST heading into September and there is no one in the stadium again. It reminds me of the last 3 years of the amazing title run. There were so many empty seats even through the 1st round of the playoffs. What is going on? I think Braves fans ( me included ) are in the bottom 10 of the fan race.
omg not another one
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
9:39 pm
haha I’m a sucker for the underdog!!
Turtsnap
August 30th, 2010
9:40 pm
I have to agree with you there Kyle, and I sheepishly admit that I left yesterdays game after 7.
Todd's dog
August 30th, 2010
9:40 pm
Isn’t your password “bonedog”?
(He’s dyslexic)
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:40 pm
kenny powers!
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:41 pm
They need to come up with a new song for the 7th inn stretch,,,john denvers gettin olllllddddddd
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:41 pm
HURRAY OLIVER PEREZ
Todd's dog
August 30th, 2010
9:41 pm
I hope
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:41 pm
Francouer is a football player in a baseball players body.
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
9:42 pm
Hmm, Oliver Perez sounds like the Met’s version of our KK: EXILED.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:42 pm
THERE IT GOES THX PEREZ
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:42 pm
Brian McCann, meanwhile, is a baseball player.
Cute!
August 30th, 2010
9:42 pm
Kyle and Allen synchronized their messages. Kind of like neon shirt guys.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:43 pm
Jeff was in right like Why can’t I do that?
Christopher Chance
August 30th, 2010
9:43 pm
Welcome back Perez. 29 days on the bench…..gives up a bomb to McCann. No wonder he’s in Manuel’s doghouse.
Painful reminder
August 30th, 2010
9:43 pm
Frank Wren tried to sign Oliver Perez.
Athens
August 30th, 2010
9:43 pm
Oliver Perez $12M/yr and hasn’t pitched in 29 days! Makes D. Lowe look like a steal. And as I write there it goes…
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:44 pm
Best hitting catcher in baseball last 5 years.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:44 pm
Kyle and Allen synchronized their messages. Kind of like neon shirt guys.
I missed that whole conversation
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:44 pm
Better than Joe Mauer?
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:44 pm
you left our the “r’
Turtsnap
August 30th, 2010
9:44 pm
Joe and Ernie just said, “no instant replay needed” on that B-Mac Jack!
Season Winding Down
August 30th, 2010
9:44 pm
Sure would like to see Heyward get some ‘wall ball’ practice… meaning he seems awfully tentative when running to the base of the wall — missing that ball earlier that could have been caught without any jumping. That happened a few games ago also…
He’s playing great, but could improve there for better fielding percentage.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:45 pm
the braves have a history of signing guys that pitch well against them….albie lopez anyone?
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:45 pm
the fight for foul balls is crazy that dude just went down six rows and almost killed a small child
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:46 pm
what time do the phillies play?
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:46 pm
I concede: There’ll be no ejection tonight.
ESPN baseball analyst Aaron Boone
August 30th, 2010
9:46 pm
“I don’t really know pitchers that well.”
ESPN exec: “You’re hired!”
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:46 pm
At 10:10 EDT, Coach TG.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:47 pm
Yes Mr. Bradley better than Joe Mauer
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:47 pm
10:10, todd
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:48 pm
Not so fast my friend MB…my innings next
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:48 pm
Just asking.
todd grantham
August 30th, 2010
9:48 pm
thanks. if the braves score holds up, i assume philly will win too.
10:10
August 30th, 2010
9:48 pm
Conflicts with the Real Desperate Housewives of New Jersey reunion.
Better grab my neon shirt.
Stizz
August 30th, 2010
9:48 pm
Mark, it’s great to see you and Shultz alternating nights at the ballpark. You aren’t the only two that believe there’s something special about this team. And you might want to take that back faninMD, you’ll regret it.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:48 pm
My stupid internet froze….much like my eyes when looking at neon yellow guy
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:48 pm
It would take extra effort for the Crusty Skipper to be tossed from a 9-3 game.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:49 pm
Castillo is saying, Please go down to triple a dude.
Athens
August 30th, 2010
9:49 pm
Boy, Perez looks sharp. Maybe Ankiel should go talk to him.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:49 pm
Looking at the numbers you have to give Mauer the slight nod.
But its close.
And McCann has about 30 more homers.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:50 pm
Mr. Bradley I missed the whole deal with neon shirt guy, what is up with that?
J. Jonah Jameson
August 30th, 2010
9:50 pm
I command you to refer to neon shirt guys in tonight’s column, Mr. Bradley.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:50 pm
Yes it would….but I have faith
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:50 pm
Well the was stupid Ike Davis
DCDAWG
August 30th, 2010
9:51 pm
I’M AN OLD GUY. I ACTUALLY WAS IN AFCS WHEN HERNY HIT 715. TRUTH. I BOUGHT MLB-TV TO WATCH MY BRAVES, AND I HAVE THIS TO ADD. JASON IS TIGER, HERSCHEL, AND HENRY ROLLED INTO ONE. HE’S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME BALLPLAYER. TONIGHT REALLY PROVES IT. AND WE ARE SOOOO LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO WATCH HIM EVERY DAY. TRUTH. AND I PREDICT THAT HE’LL DOMINATE IN THE PLAYOFFS.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:51 pm
Classic Metsies. There was no play at second base, but Davis tried to make it anyway. And, ahem, got an “E” for his effort.
Steve
August 30th, 2010
9:51 pm
Mark, who do you feel will represent the AL in the World Series? As much as I hate them, my pick is the Yankees. Sure would be a great story to have the Braves beat them in 7!
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
9:52 pm
Jeff couldn’t show his face at the DQ after that lucky underpants story broke in the AJC. We was all laughing and cutting up and some of the girls was calling him strange for not changing his underpants for a few days. He seems much better now.
Bryan G.
August 30th, 2010
9:52 pm
Mark -
Am I the only person who notices that EVERY ball Melky hits bounces in the dirt in front of home plate????
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:52 pm
I like the Rays, Steve.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:52 pm
Mark, who do you feel will represent the AL in the World Series? As much as I hate them, my pick is the Yankees. Sure would be a great story to have the Braves beat them in 7!
I like the Rays
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:52 pm
Good old Mets
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:52 pm
that was before Marks comment!!!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:53 pm
You might be, Bryan G.
Eyes
August 30th, 2010
9:53 pm
Allen, to answer your question, just look to the left of home plate. You’ll get it. Your eyes will start bleeding.
Bryan G.
August 30th, 2010
9:53 pm
Hmm…well pay more attention then?
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:53 pm
Texas in an upset.
Braves vs Rangers World Series.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:54 pm
Yankees are currently 5/2 odds on fav to win it all. Tampa is 5/1 Braves 7/1 and phils 7/1
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:54 pm
okay will do
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:54 pm
Rats, I had finally stopped looking at the Neon Dream
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:54 pm
or wont do, i am not sure
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
9:54 pm
One thing about Bobby though… I will miss hearing him rootin’ from the dugout for the batters: “That a baby!”
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:55 pm
i gotta say, i would kinda like to see a braves-twins series.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:55 pm
Where is good ol don tonight……
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:56 pm
Farnsworth in there.
6 run lead feels like 3.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:56 pm
Aww the saw decked the drill… FTL
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:56 pm
omg they are dropping the f bomb…NOOOOOOOO
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:56 pm
Oh no….its the f-bomb!!!!
Replay of tool race!!
August 30th, 2010
9:56 pm
Hammer won in a landslide.
Speaking of landslides, Farnsworth is pitching.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:57 pm
farnsworthless never makes me feel good about a lead.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:57 pm
AHHHH MY EYES
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:57 pm
“They’re bringin’ in Mahoney, I don’t believe it!”
Stizz
August 30th, 2010
9:57 pm
Uh oh. Farnsworth time. Put away the knives.
BravesFaninMD
August 30th, 2010
9:57 pm
Could it be???? Farnsworth in the 8th and KK in the 9th???
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:57 pm
I cannot watch. The Nameless Dread is pitching.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:57 pm
i guess with a 6 run lead well be ok for 1 inn
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:57 pm
Dr. Teeth and Electric Mayhem would be less distracting.
Eyes
August 30th, 2010
9:58 pm
Told ya!
Turn away! Turn away!
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:58 pm
Mr. Bradley you are supposed to be supporting these guys, and that was low
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
9:58 pm
This pitcher=prevent defense
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
9:58 pm
Hey he is throwing hard.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
9:59 pm
let lime green shirt pitch….omg he might do better
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
9:59 pm
Great Vince Dooley impression by Ernie!
Heath
August 30th, 2010
9:59 pm
As in Prevent the Win
Allen
August 30th, 2010
9:59 pm
Do you really need glasses to see big 6-2 240 bmac back there?
kurula
August 30th, 2010
9:59 pm
that is the best analogy i’ve heard, mark.
Medal for Atlanta Bravery
August 30th, 2010
9:59 pm
Awarded to Mark Bradley.
You’re going to say that about Farnsworth and then walk in the clubhouse?
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
10:00 pm
seriously….farnsworth is like a bad rash that won’t go away
Athens
August 30th, 2010
10:00 pm
Here we go…Farnsworth better suited for an MMA career than MLB.
Sugar Hill
August 30th, 2010
10:00 pm
Oh, God help us! Farnsworthless.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:00 pm
Awarded to Mark Bradley.
You’re going to say that about Farnsworth and then walk in the clubhouse?
Voted by SI the most intimidating man in the majors fyi.
Stats
August 30th, 2010
10:01 pm
Was Farnsworth bad in KC? I’m too lazy to look it up.
Christopher Chance
August 30th, 2010
10:01 pm
The announcers on ESPN are talking about the “loss” of Chipper Jones and Troy Glaus being bad for the Braves.
Personally, the Braves are a MUCH better team without them. I’ll take Derek Lee and Omar Infante over Chipper and Glaus ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. Chipper and Glaus are pretty much done.
Just like last year when the Braves line-up improved with Kelly Johnson and Jeff Francoeur being taken out of the lineup……..the “loss of Chipper and Glaus” not only improves the line-up…..but also DRASTICALLY improves the defense.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
10:01 pm
the wifffff
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
10:01 pm
He really isnt getting ejected now.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:01 pm
seriously….farnsworth is like a bad rash that won’t go away
well stop itching it, that what I do…wait…that came out wrong
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
10:02 pm
Attendance: 18.842
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
10:02 pm
Personally, the Braves are a MUCH better team without them. I’ll take Derek Lee and Omar Infante over Chipper and Glaus ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. Chipper and Glaus are pretty much done.
I disagree about Chipper. He had started hitting the last few weeks and he still brought a presence to the lineup the team still misses.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:02 pm
man that neon shirt was a poor choice
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
10:03 pm
Farnsy is the man!
Atlanta's new hero
August 30th, 2010
10:03 pm
Bob Davidson!
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
10:03 pm
lol…well i give him some credit he did well tonight
Stizz
August 30th, 2010
10:03 pm
Guys, Farnsworth wasn’t brought here to pitch. He’s here strictly for the post season brawls.
Sugar Hill
August 30th, 2010
10:03 pm
Did he just strike out the side?!
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:03 pm
And its got a collar, double whammy, a nice neon green shirt?
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
10:03 pm
Paint Cheif-knoka-homa’s butt indian red and make him do a war dance because the Metropolitans have been scalped and left to to let the buzzards eat their entrails.
Christopher Chance
August 30th, 2010
10:03 pm
The thought of Chipper playing third and Glaus playing first in play-off type situations is FRIGHTENING. Even if they could hit, you’d have to replace them in the 7th or 8th inning with 2 players off the bench to protect a lead.
With Infante and Lee replacing Chipper and Glaus, the Braves can save their bench for pinch hitting appearances. Chipper and Glaus hinder the flexibility of the Braves bench.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
10:03 pm
combination that works: farnsworth and bob davidson
Eyes
August 30th, 2010
10:04 pm
You didn’t even see the yellow shirt, either.
MoFo
August 30th, 2010
10:04 pm
First?
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
10:04 pm
Strike zone got a little wider for Balk a Day with a 6 run lead in the 8th.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
10:05 pm
Whos warmin in the pen for the 9th?
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:05 pm
I do like espn broadcasting the games once in a while, get a break from the joe simpson, chip caray buzzsaw, with all their inside jokes
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:06 pm
Whos warmin in the pen for the 9th?
ummm does it matter?
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
10:06 pm
ryoti igarati lol bless you
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
10:07 pm
Chipper could still field well enough.
Think of the play he got hurt on. One of the best of his career.
To compare him to the gimpy of Glaus isnt accurate.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
10:07 pm
Looks like 22 is wanting to hit a HR with the game in thebag.
Christopher Chance
August 30th, 2010
10:08 pm
Headley Lamar……….dude, Chipper was hitting his career average of .306 during his so called “hot streak”. When hitting your career average is considered “hot” then it’s about time to hang them up. Because when he’s not hot…….he’s batting .220 like he did for the first 2 months of the season.
Also, his power numbers pretty much SUCKED. Conrad, with 1/3 of the at-bats that Chipper has……….has almost as many homers as Chipper.
Infante is a huge upgrade over Chipper, both offensively and defensively. Derek Lee is an even bigger upgrade over Glaus.
Screw presence in the locker room. I want to see players who are producing today, not living off the luster of their MVP season in 1999.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
10:08 pm
yes Allen…Farns looked good that inning…but lets not press our luck
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:08 pm
look at how dirty J-Hey is, thats my kind of ball player, martin prado is the same, so is Omar
Wulfsgirl
August 30th, 2010
10:08 pm
A little late getting in here tonight but the Braves are lookin’ good!
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
10:08 pm
Heyward!
Hey Hey Hey!
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:08 pm
he hit that ball so hard ike davis was bummed about even going for it
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
10:09 pm
wow what speed on that play. It must be nice to have Young Legs.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
10:09 pm
Screw presence in the locker room. I want to see players who are producing today, not living off the luster of their MVP season in 1999.
Cant argue with that logic.
Wulfsgirl
August 30th, 2010
10:09 pm
Heyward is on fire tonight!
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
10:10 pm
All those ESPN guys keep talking about the rookies. They never take into consideration Heyward’s defense. It’s offensive stats, only.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:11 pm
there was an espn article use stats to see how many total runs the rookies had produced and the race wasnt even close heyward has it by 8 before tonight.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
10:11 pm
Scully getting started.
Christopher Chance
August 30th, 2010
10:11 pm
Headley Lamar………..dude, have you been watching the Braves play all year? Chipper’s defense this year has SUCKED A$$. Sure the play he made that ended his season was highlight reel. However that was just one play.
Chipper has little range and made a number of “o-lay” errors this season. Not to mention his bad throws to first.
Trey
August 30th, 2010
10:11 pm
Why do Phillies fans always have to add a “PH” to anything that has an “F” sound?
Fat lady singing in the cheap seats
August 30th, 2010
10:12 pm
Farewell, neon shirt guys.
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
10:12 pm
Prado did you get to read Spalding on the ball at your head?
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
10:12 pm
love to see all those dirty players
Bob Davidson's dinner reservation
August 30th, 2010
10:13 pm
Still holding, Mr. Davidson. Better hurry!
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:13 pm
Why do Phillies fans always have to add a “PH” to anything that has an “F” sound?
Its the first team to 10000 loses disease, they try to make everything more hip and awesome but, they fail
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
10:13 pm
trey..because they are f intolerant
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
10:13 pm
MB….you still here???
The Derek Lee Experiment
August 30th, 2010
10:14 pm
Ummm….
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
10:14 pm
That ani’t the fat lady singing it is just a old drunk chick at Johnny’s Hideaway, but it is close enough.
Sugar Hill
August 30th, 2010
10:14 pm
New rally killer-Lee. OK, bring back Glaus.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
10:14 pm
d lee you d suck……
Heath
August 30th, 2010
10:14 pm
Because it’s so clever, Trey.
Wulfsgirl
August 30th, 2010
10:14 pm
It would be nice to have someone playing 1st that could actually get a hit!
The Last Waltz
August 30th, 2010
10:15 pm
Any parting comments, Mark?
WAKE UP!!
D-Suck
August 30th, 2010
10:15 pm
That was a good one.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
10:16 pm
Writing for final print edition. Sorry to seem distant.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:16 pm
Lets be honest Derek Lee had two hits tonight, and he has provided a huge opportunity for the braves. They get a really good first baseman in the stretch run and get Troy Glaus healthy and ready for third base, Omar moves to left, and Prado back to second, perfect.
Sugar Hill
August 30th, 2010
10:16 pm
wags!
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
10:16 pm
Mark is not proofreading my posts so he must be typing his next article/post.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
10:17 pm
I thought you were speechless after the Farn…:)
Trey
August 30th, 2010
10:17 pm
Haha good answers. I never got my answer from them on a question I asked earlier, nor did I get an answer from them when they were trolling DOB’s blog.
They make fun of the Braves for one World Series title, yet they do not realize the Braves franchise has three in their history and have only been in Atlanta since 1966. However, the Phillies played in one city since the 19th century, but they only have two titles, one more than the Atlanta Braves who have only been in Atlanta for fourty four years.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:17 pm
Derek Lee provides the braves with a great opportunity, lets Glaus get healthy, ready for third, Omar can move to left prado back to second, you get a very good first baseman for the strech run, perfect.
Motesart
August 30th, 2010
10:18 pm
Wagner should have chosen Wagner’s “Flight of the Valkyries” rather than copy “Enter Sandman.”
Trey
August 30th, 2010
10:18 pm
Why is that?
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:19 pm
Mr. Bradley whats the final edition gonna be J-Hey puts on a show as the hapless mets fall further back something along those lines
Tonight's Headline
August 30th, 2010
10:20 pm
“Braves, shirts, blind the Mets”
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:20 pm
hurray apocalypse now references
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
10:21 pm
Title ” The Metropolitans get lost in Terminus”.
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
10:21 pm
lets just start calling him d suck
Motesart
August 30th, 2010
10:21 pm
Ding! Ding! You win a bingo, Allen.
D-Suck
August 30th, 2010
10:22 pm
Isn’t that a Jenna Jameson movie?
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:22 pm
wagner has got to let a runner on just to get in the game
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
10:22 pm
frenchy is muttering to himself….i’m boycotting coke now
Jean Pierre
August 30th, 2010
10:22 pm
Frenchy! OMG! We surrender. Vive la Braves.
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
10:22 pm
Well Mark…Ive enjoyed this chat session..and I think this game is in hand with 2 outs.
So Ill have the grilled stuffed burrito from the Bell with a side of jalapenos…..have a good night and I hope they send you to the race! night all
Sonny Clusters
August 30th, 2010
10:23 pm
Dairy Queen Time.
Trey
August 30th, 2010
10:23 pm
Atlanta has some of the greatest Sports writers in this country. I honestly love all the time and effort they put into blogs and writing these articles, from DOB, to Mark Bradley, to Jeff Schultz, to the old Furman himself. I miss reading Bisher’s old articles for the AJC.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:23 pm
Isn’t that a Jenna Jameson movie?
was that a serious question? okay yes is was a jenna jameson movie also starring martin sheen in a very dark war movie…but with a sexy side…
Trey
August 30th, 2010
10:23 pm
Sonny, are you going to share?
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
10:23 pm
braves win braves win……..lets hope the phils lose now
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 30th, 2010
10:24 pm
Thanks to all! Good blog, good win. D Suck sticks!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
10:24 pm
Braves win! But, on a sad note, Cox does not get ejected! No T-shirt tonight.
Sugar Hill
August 30th, 2010
10:24 pm
bullpen gave up no runs again!
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
10:24 pm
A little something about Brian McCann, Allen. Thanks for asking.
kurula
August 30th, 2010
10:25 pm
well, it’s a long series. there’s always hope!
Christopher Chance
August 30th, 2010
10:25 pm
Now it’s time to watch the Phillies-Dodgers game.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:26 pm
i like to keep up
Bravissimo
August 30th, 2010
10:26 pm
Thanks for everything MB…..enjoyed it and hope you get to the race!
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
10:26 pm
Mark I don’t want a T-shirt I want Bobby to Stay in the dugout and never have a bad game the reat of the year.
Allen
August 30th, 2010
10:28 pm
its time for me to get food got way too wrapped up in the game and the blog, first time on, thanks for the experience guys hope to do it again tomorrow, in the mean time i got my famous homemade rotisserie chicken waiting with green beans and baked sweet potatoes, eat your heart out philly, all you got is a cheesesteak!!
chattadawg
August 30th, 2010
10:29 pm
dodgers up 1-0 in the first
Katherine
August 30th, 2010
10:32 pm
Thanks Mark…have a great night everyone
MitchC
August 30th, 2010
10:34 pm
I wasn’t home tonight, so I didn’t see the game. Most important thing is, with Sept 1 a bit over 24 hrs away, we won. Leave it to Bradley to focus on the ejection. Now you know why I call you “Mr Negative” , my friend!
Seriously, we need three of four from the Mets. Yes, the Phillies are playing the Dodgers, but we need to fatten this lead. This NL East is like a horse race heading for a photo finish, wayyyy too close for comfort.
If we can get ahead a few more games in the division, that would certainly help.
Trey
August 30th, 2010
10:37 pm
Hopefully the Dodgers can win.
Headley Lamar
August 30th, 2010
10:50 pm
Guy pitching for the Dodgers is tough.
bulldog bubba
August 30th, 2010
10:55 pm
Clusters, The Coach wants to know if you and Frenchy are’nt doing anything Friday night,could you come to the Orange Jungle and help him out?
Christopher Chance
August 30th, 2010
11:03 pm
Headley Lamar………Kuroda is no-hitting the Phillies through 4 innings.
Mark Bradley
August 30th, 2010
11:13 pm
If you’re inclined … here’s a little something on Brian McCann. If not, thanks for your continuing patronage. Maybe the best live Braves blog of the season, IMHO.
Chris
August 30th, 2010
11:15 pm
Does anyone know what happened to the little girl in the stands (near Mets dugout) who was hit by a line drive at about 8:15 p.m.? We were sitting behind her and are just hoping she is ok.
Heath
August 30th, 2010
11:21 pm
Dodgers pitcher seems to have a no hitter through 5