Live from the ballyard: Gettin’ ready for Freddie’s MLB debut
Freddie Freeman: The young man is outstanding in his field. (Artistic photo by M. Bradley)
Freddie Freeman planned to address the media before tonight’s game. Then Bobby Cox told him he was starting at first base. Then Freeman decided he had better things to do before his first major-league game, like learn the Braves’ signs. All of which tells me this guy has a bad case of misplaced priorities.
Yes, I’m kidding. But everybody’s a little giddy out here today. Both Frank Wren and John Schuerholz were behind the batting cage at 4:30 p.m., watching Freddie swing. (He has, as you’ve heard, a good swing.) He was loosing liners to all fields in batting practice, and a rope into the right-field corner prompted this from Brian McCann: “The best player in the IL [International League]!”
Since Freddie wasn’t speaking, at least until after the game, his dad hustled down to the field and did the honors.
“It’s hard to believe it,” said Fred Freeman, speaking of the reality of young Freddie about to start in the first major-league game for which he has been eligible. “It was almost yesterday that he was in high school.”
Someone noted that Freddie Freeman exited high school in that long-ago year of 2007. Right, said Fred, who added: “It was almost yesterday.”
Not much riding on Freeman’s first at-bat: Just the fate of his professional career. Given that Freeman’s (slightly) older buddy Jason Heyward hit a three-run homer on his first big-league swing, Freeman has no recourse but to hoist a four-run job — does he not? And if he doesn’t?
“We send him back,” Wren said. “We can still send him back.”
Freddie's dad. That's what I said. (M. Bradley)
Yes, he was likewise kidding. But the neat part about Freeman making his long-awaited debut in the same calendar year that Heyward made his is that a season that started as hot as Georgia asphalt keeps burnin’ rubber. We’ve got a team in first place; the 24 last at-bat wins; the crusty skipper in his final voyage, and a slew of daring deeds by the most extraordinary folks …
Wren again: “We’ve had a lot of things happen, and most of them have been good. Every season you have a lot of things happen, and it’s not always this way.”
Wren said he had no input on Freeman’s insertion into the lineup. That was all Bobby Cox, who said of his thinking: “Just put him in there. And Derrek [Lee] needs a day off.”
Cox said he told Freeman he was playing before the game. “I kidded around with him.” Did that mean Freeman arrived as early as Cox, the man ahead of whom nobody arrives? “He was here early, but not that early.”
And how did Freeman take Cox’s news? “He was excited.”
What, Cox was asked, were the chances of Freeman one-upping Heyward with a first-swing grand slam? “He might. Wouldn’t shock me.”
The 2010 Atlanta Braves: In a season that has defied credulity, that’s as good a slogan as any. Nothing’s shocking anymore.
And with that, the figurative floor is again open for questions, comments and sightings of men in neon yellow shirts. (Y’all know what I’m talking about.) I’ll be here all evening, the Good Lord willin’, and we’ll see if the new man can give us another moment.
He's in the cage here, but he emerged from it a free man. Get it? (Hilarity by M. Bradley)
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Heath
September 1st, 2010
5:34 pm
On the lookout for Neon shirt guys!
Chippers Jones
September 1st, 2010
5:37 pm
2nd!
Heath
September 1st, 2010
5:38 pm
I remember Marvin’s Freemen. We are ready for Freddie!
Mitchell
September 1st, 2010
5:41 pm
Don’t you mean, “the best play-er?”
The Dude
September 1st, 2010
5:41 pm
Any BP fastballs go over the fence?
Chippers Jones
September 1st, 2010
5:42 pm
Phillies 1 hitting the Dodgers 3-0! Go Dodgers! Get ‘Em Freddie!!
Smack
September 1st, 2010
5:43 pm
Alright #5!
F-105 Thunderchief
September 1st, 2010
5:44 pm
What does Vegas say about Freddie getting a hit tonight?
Ghost of Jeff Treadway
September 1st, 2010
5:44 pm
Tonight, Turner Field turns into the boiler room!
tckr83
September 1st, 2010
5:46 pm
Ron Gant’s number… I like him already.
F-105 Thunderchief
September 1st, 2010
5:49 pm
Enter your comments here
My old Kentucky home...
September 1st, 2010
5:50 pm
Philly is playing well on their West Coast trip….hopefully the Rockies can beat them tomorrow…
F-105 Thunderchief
September 1st, 2010
5:51 pm
What if you have only one comment? My comment is that I hope Freeman gets a hit tonight and contributes to a win.
J-Smoove
September 1st, 2010
5:52 pm
I hope he can follow in Heyward’s footsteps and go deep in his first at bat. I think this kid will work his way into the everyday starting lineup by the end of the month. Good luck Freddie! GO BRAVES!!!!!
JEB
September 1st, 2010
5:55 pm
Freddi “The FREEman”
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
5:55 pm
Ron Gant’s number, and also Bob Horner’s. Horner also wore No. 11
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
5:56 pm
but can Freddie play DEFENSE?
Fred D. Fender
September 1st, 2010
5:59 pm
When Horner sucked, he played for the Swallows (Yakult, that is)
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:00 pm
so here enters the freddie named freeman
who’s as fancy as marcus and neiman
he may go 0 for 4
but the fans’ll still adore
this young feenom he man
Mr. Webster
September 1st, 2010
6:01 pm
What’s a feenom?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:02 pm
Horner also donned number 11 when he was trying to look a bit less rotund.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:02 pm
phe-nom-i-non
Heath
September 1st, 2010
6:03 pm
Gloria Estefan is 53 today??? Wow. I still would. And so would you, don’t lie.
Anyhoo, I can see the Rangers wanting Frenchy as a defensive replacement late in games, but as a pinch hitter? Really?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:04 pm
the theory of the existential and non-existential basis of phenomenology. i kid you not.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
6:04 pm
That was a terrible Travolta movie, coach. Never unterstood it as a box office hit..
Brock
September 1st, 2010
6:05 pm
Mark- was that a holy cow he’s big “thats what I said” or a holy cow he’s young “thats what I said. Or both?
Mr. Turnip-Green Jeans
September 1st, 2010
6:05 pm
Fine piece Mark, thanks.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:06 pm
“Marcus and Neiman:” Good one.
Chippers Jones
September 1st, 2010
6:06 pm
Frenchy against Lefties only late off the bench!
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:07 pm
Brock, it was a reference, rather oblique, to the song “Freddy’s Dead.” By the late Curtis Mayfield, featured in the film “Superfly.”
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:08 pm
“Freddie’s dead … that’s what I said.”
Heath
September 1st, 2010
6:09 pm
I keep thinking of the Fat Boys, “Are You Ready For Freddie?”
Heath
September 1st, 2010
6:10 pm
Or Ray Stevens, “Freddie Feelgood and His Funky Little Five Piece Band.”
JD
September 1st, 2010
6:10 pm
So we couldn’t have traded McOut for Frenchy?
Mr. Turnip-Green Jeans
September 1st, 2010
6:10 pm
FYI Freddie was voted best fielding first baseman in International League by managers.
jack
September 1st, 2010
6:11 pm
Phils up 5-1 in 9th; Braves need to show them we can play after their win and shove it back in their face.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:11 pm
it was terribly obscure, but the coach got it anyway.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
6:11 pm
I wonder if they will play Right Said Fred, “I’m Too Sexy” when he comes up to bat?
Craig
September 1st, 2010
6:11 pm
#5….. same one as Albert pujols….hmmmm…does this mean we have a little Albert Pujols on our hands?!?!?haha
JD
September 1st, 2010
6:12 pm
I mean mc Out and Frenchy both start 0-2 every AB…what’s really the difference?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:12 pm
or Fred G. Sanford who was always on the edge of going to be with Elizabeth Honey.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:13 pm
Thanks, Mr. Turnip-Green Jeans. This post was known in the business as “writing the scene.”
Brock
September 1st, 2010
6:13 pm
wow, I was way off base on that one. Or maybe way out in left field as well.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:13 pm
Mark, we should do a better job of pacing ourselves tonight. Good material to go, but we’re still what, an hour till the first balk?
Jim R
September 1st, 2010
6:14 pm
What a farm system. Talent all over. Is Glaus back tonight? Just askin’. Hope the bases are loaded when FF comes up for his first at bat. Could it be? What a season for BC. This will be one for the ages. JR.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:15 pm
apparently mr turnip didnt get the jest in which blogger asked about defense. my goodness.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:15 pm
Coach Grantham is right, folks. Let’s keep our powder dry for the next few minutes.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:16 pm
Glaus isn’t eligible to come off the DL just yet, I don’t believe, Jim R.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
6:16 pm
Dinner break – it happens about this time every night (tip of the hat to MB)
Mr. Turnip-Green Jeans
September 1st, 2010
6:16 pm
Or “Setting The Picture,” a la Larry Munson.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:17 pm
Freeman may be the only non-ex-big leaguer the braves call up this year.
jack
September 1st, 2010
6:17 pm
My powder is always dry Mark; its the WICK I worry about!
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:18 pm
it will be hard to top the limerick i’ve already tossed out (for me at least).
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:19 pm
i believe Larry said “ok, get the picture”
ReddJonn68
September 1st, 2010
6:19 pm
Well you ask for it and received here comes Freddie !!!!
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:20 pm
It will, Coach Grantham. That was top-shelf.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:20 pm
Mark, nothing wrong though with another blog wager as to what inning Bobby might get tossed.
jack
September 1st, 2010
6:21 pm
Phils win! Phils win! blah, blah, blah
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:21 pm
I don’t know about doing a contest tonight. I’ve got a lot to do, print-wise, with Freeman’s debut.
Let me think about it.
Bob Horner @ todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:21 pm
I hope you aren’t Willie Martinez…..I am worried you are…..
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:21 pm
Mark, did you hear Freddie say when you took that pic “he ain’t heavy, he’s my daddy” heh
Bob Horner @ MB
September 1st, 2010
6:22 pm
Let me think about it.
that meant “NO” when I was a young boy……
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:24 pm
Bob, willie rode off into the sunset months ago.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:26 pm
but i have to admit, i miss willie’s sensitivity, insight, humor, but most of all the inside skinny on the Dog defense he provided before every game.
Bat Masterson
September 1st, 2010
6:27 pm
Good work Mark, thanks.
You asked if I’ve read any good books, well yes, a few. I have no idea if you would like ” Shades of Grey” by Jasper FForde or not, but I did. It’s not exactly your European mystery, but it has an old world bent. A fantasy world with a caste system based on color perception, the greys are more or less serfs. It is a mystery so you may like it.
Having read your writing for years I think you might like ” The Cry of the Sloth” by Sam Savage. It seems to me to be in keeping with your sense of humor.
In Sam Savage’s The Cry of the Sloth we are stuck with Andrew Whittaker, literary magazine editor, slumlord, divorcee, debtor, and occasional performance artist. The novel—described as a “send-up of the artistic life”—is structured around Whittaker’s papers: letters, novel fragments, shopping lists, and notes to his tenants. _ Monica McFawn
Bob Horner @ Todd
September 1st, 2010
6:27 pm
you are correct Willie rode off into the sunset….Damon rode off into the desert…(with no canteen)…and he aint Matt Dillon….
BravesFanLostInOhio
September 1st, 2010
6:28 pm
Bob Hrner, that was a very long time ago…
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:28 pm
Bob, we cant all be heroes.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:29 pm
Bat, are you speaking of Andrew Whittaker or Damon Evans?
Allen
September 1st, 2010
6:30 pm
Hi Everybody!
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
6:31 pm
Mark will you let me FREE tonight and give me a RICHT like second chance? Please. HAHAHA. Man I want the Brave to tear it up again tonight, but the E’s need to say ZERO at games end.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
6:32 pm
The International League MVP gets the start at first tonight, is everyone as excited as I am? Hopefully no neon shirt man will distract him!
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
6:33 pm
MB..Did you notice the organist played “whiter shade of pale” when Henry BLANCO came to bat last night? I died laffin
Anyone see that Chapman kid in Cinncinati pitgh yesterday?…what an arm!!
Swallows Fan
September 1st, 2010
6:33 pm
Fred D Fender- don’t go dissing my Swallows! Especially if that is where Frenchy ends up playing next year (he actually could be more productive & make more money in the JBL than MLB)
Speaking of the JBL- any word if Kawakami will be active/eligible for tonight’s game? After the Braves go up 7 or 8 runs on the Mutts that might be a good time to put him in- or are the Braves saving him for a potential start/long relief on Friday vs Marlins?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:34 pm
great news! KK starts Friday
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
6:34 pm
help…im stuck in the filter……
Fred G. Sanford
September 1st, 2010
6:37 pm
in re KK starting: Elizabeth, I’m coming to meet you Honey
Bat Masterson
September 1st, 2010
6:38 pm
Bat, are you speaking of Andrew Whittaker or Damon Evans? _ todd grantham
Truth is stranger than fiction, eh.
Fred G. Sanford
September 1st, 2010
6:38 pm
call the ambulance Lamont
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:38 pm
most of the time it is, Bat
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
6:38 pm
Great to see freeman getting the start. If he goes 3 for 4 will he start next game or sit for 0-4 Derrek Lee ?
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
6:39 pm
MB Did you hear the organist play Whiter shade of pale when Henry Blanco came to bat last night? I loved it
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
6:40 pm
Blog’s eatin comments again
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
6:40 pm
I think most of the polular sayings were stolen from Fred Sanford. Like “Yo Momma”,”Ha Ha Hell”,etc.
Trey
September 1st, 2010
6:40 pm
Oh no, not KK. Anyway, good luck Freeman, do us proud, or the Braves will let the Phillies have you;) Just kidding. Let’s go Braves
Trey
September 1st, 2010
6:41 pm
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:41 pm
Sorry. Stepped away to monitor a Frank Wren briefing re: Lowe & Kawakami. As you’ve probably heard, Lowe won’t pitch Friday against Florida. His elbow is achin’. But Wren doesn’t think it’s anything bad. Kawakami will start in his stead.
The briefing did produce this bit of byplay. Wren had said Lowe’s pain — back of the elbow — wasn’t in a bad place, pitching-wise. I asked what a bad place would be.
Wren pointed to his inner forearm. “That’s the ulnar. That’s a bad place.”
I pointed to my collarbone. “I’ve got a little ache right here.”
Wren pointed to the back of his neck. “I’ve got one right here. And it will go away when you leave.”
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
6:43 pm
one more time…MB did you hear the organ player last night when he broke into Lighter shade of pale for Henri Blanco? I loved it.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:44 pm
I didn’t, Bravissimo. Sorry.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
6:45 pm
Yeah, my attempt at humor got removed…
curt moore
September 1st, 2010
6:45 pm
The beginning of another run for the Bravos. Freddie and Jason and all that great pitching. WOW!!!!!!
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
6:46 pm
Thought i read somewhere that u can send suggestions for songs to him via twitter…..clever
mudcat
September 1st, 2010
6:47 pm
Make sure he doesn’t show up on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
6:47 pm
Is Wren fairly personable or is he somewhat of a cad?
TM
September 1st, 2010
6:48 pm
lol
Wren: 1
MB: 0
at least he pointed at the back of his neck instead of something much lower!
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:49 pm
well, at least Wren didnt point at his butt
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:50 pm
Mark, you can be the greatest straight man at times.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
6:50 pm
I think I’d want Spoonman from Soundgarden as my intro song…
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
6:50 pm
Not by design, I’m afraid.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:52 pm
come on. you lobbed that Wren line like KK lobs gopher bballls
Brock
September 1st, 2010
6:54 pm
Mark will get more hits then Freddie. And nice comeback Wren!
Heath
September 1st, 2010
6:54 pm
Frenchy to the Rangers. I want that guy buying my next lottery ticket.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:55 pm
I wonder if Frenchy’s at bat song will still be “New York, New York” heh, heh
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
6:55 pm
If they pitch KK only 5 or 6 innings then he can win. Get the relievers ready for the 6th & 7th.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:56 pm
I know we’re getting close to first pitch: don sutton is breathless already
Heath
September 1st, 2010
6:56 pm
I always wondered why they didn’t play “Along Came jones” when chipper came up. Maybe the reference was too old.
dobearsbare
September 1st, 2010
6:57 pm
I remember hearing Fred Khalil joking about a billboard with him, McGriff and Tokars: The three Freds — One Thrills, One Chills, One …. You get the idea.
Hopefully, this one drills.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
6:58 pm
did you catch that little ditty i made about the pic you took of the elder freeman?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:00 pm
Thanks for the recommendation, Bat Masterson.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:00 pm
i believe old Freddie is residing in the big house for life.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:01 pm
I did, todd grantham. From the Hollies’ song.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:02 pm
True: The family and I once had dinner at a restaurant in West Palm Beach — spring training early ’90s — and Fred Tokars was dining there with his mother.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:03 pm
correct. do you think Mrs Freeman is at the ballpark appearing to be a long cool woman in a black dress?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:03 pm
obviously, you did nothing to provoke him.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:05 pm
Is the stadium a wireless hot spot?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:06 pm
We have wireless in the press box.
Nate Butler Jr.
September 1st, 2010
7:07 pm
Tommy will redeem himself with a huge win… Mark, what do you think Freeman will do today??
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:07 pm
does the wireless ever get overloaded with all the jocularity on the blog?
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:08 pm
well i meant out in the cheap seats or the chop house there cheif
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:08 pm
I wouldn’t say Mr. Freeman’s start has yielded a huge walk-up sale.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:09 pm
I sure hope Hanson keeps the ball down tonite!
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:09 pm
Freeman will get a hit, Nate.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:10 pm
is it late arriving crowd or crowd arriving late?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:11 pm
I’m not sure many folks are arriving.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:12 pm
if i ever took an at bat in the major leagues, the pa would have to play rock and roll hoochie coo by nugent
Nate Butler Jr.
September 1st, 2010
7:13 pm
I would love to see that happen Mark…
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:13 pm
Did you see the cuban kid in Cincy MB?…unreal arm on a 20 yr old! Aroldis Chapman
Brave New World
September 1st, 2010
7:14 pm
“Freddy vs. Jason” is going to be scary for the rest of NL.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
7:15 pm
Todd DD grantHam you post a lot. Are you trying to make up for your Man BOOBS?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:15 pm
My at-bat song would be “Hello, Dolly.”
Nate Butler Jr.
September 1st, 2010
7:16 pm
Nice 1-2-3 inning Tommy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
7:16 pm
Braves win by 4 runs and the phils lose by 3. Braves up by 4 games after tonight.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:16 pm
Downtime trivia: Jerry Royster is now manager of the Sotte Giants of Korea.
http://www.allkpop.com/2010/03/kara-poses-with-lotte-giants-manager-jerry-royster
Brandon Ash
September 1st, 2010
7:16 pm
Anyone have a link???
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:17 pm
POAD, the Phillies won this afternoon by three.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:17 pm
sorry poad but the stinkin phils already won
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:18 pm
A link to what, Brandon Ash?
chattadawg
September 1st, 2010
7:18 pm
might want to reconsider 5150 p.o.a.d. philths won 5-1 earlirt
Brandon Ash
September 1st, 2010
7:18 pm
a radio broadcast of the game maybe
DaveInDallas(NC)
September 1st, 2010
7:19 pm
Manny Ramirez song would be “Dude Looks Like A Lady”
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:19 pm
Phils won by four runs, not three. I erred.
kurula
September 1st, 2010
7:19 pm
okay, the only way that freeman can top heyward is three solo shots.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:19 pm
google it BA, you can find them on any number of stations
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:19 pm
I don’t, Brandon Ash. Maybe somebody else would.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
7:20 pm
I love IT. The Braves have some new YOUNG GUNS and they are not Smoltz, Glavine, and Avery. They are now Heywood, Mason and Freddy.
Athens
September 1st, 2010
7:20 pm
All that guy does is hit!
Brandon Ash
September 1st, 2010
7:20 pm
ok its cool the one on ustream that usually works for me is not playing it tonight
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:20 pm
Second and third already.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:20 pm
nice start!!
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:20 pm
Try this link. Pleanty of stations here:
http://radiotime.com/affiliate/a_37913/station/Atlanta_Braves_Radio_Stations.aspx
Nate Butler Jr.
September 1st, 2010
7:20 pm
LET’S GO HEYWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
7:21 pm
Sorry MB i read hat wrong. Damn. We just need to do our part tonight now for sure.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:21 pm
look whos playin lf tonite …duda duda….lol
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:23 pm
Nothing to it.
Nate Butler Jr.
September 1st, 2010
7:23 pm
Great job by Prado
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:23 pm
Three up. Three on. Two in.
Athens
September 1st, 2010
7:23 pm
Bravissimo-At least that was better than most of Smoltzie’s jokes.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:23 pm
We was glad when we found out you was blogging tonight, Mark. We had written a long post and was getting ready to send it but we could hear a voice in our head saying, “Rosebud” and we cut it down to this.
Nate Butler Jr.
September 1st, 2010
7:24 pm
look whos playin lf tonite …duda duda….lol
thats hilarious
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:24 pm
I guess no appearances from Dan tonight.
Athens
September 1st, 2010
7:24 pm
How about back to back walks and up comes FF with the bases loaded?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:25 pm
You’re a fine citizen, Sonny Clusters.
chattadawg
September 1st, 2010
7:25 pm
get a couple more the mets will quit
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:26 pm
The Mets have already quit.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:26 pm
When we was doing journalism we was always excited about a new player like Freddie coming to town.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:27 pm
Freddie on deck..??
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:27 pm
It is exciting. And he’ll be stepping in very soon now.
kurula
September 1st, 2010
7:28 pm
now when the mets make a good play, the announcer can say they made a duda.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:28 pm
Freddie!
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:28 pm
My thoughts exactly. They had given up before the game.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:28 pm
Swings and misses. Bum.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:29 pm
No nickname yet. Bobby calls him Freddie.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:29 pm
Doesn’t miss that. Grounds it up the middle, but the shortstop is overshifted. Hard-hit 6-3.
kurula
September 1st, 2010
7:29 pm
they took away the 5-hole.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:30 pm
at least he made contact…..
Athens
September 1st, 2010
7:30 pm
First plate appearance and they already have a shift on him. What the heck was that MB?
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:31 pm
That deserves a new DQ mini-blizzard huh Sonny?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:32 pm
That, I’d say, was respect, Athens.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:32 pm
I still cant figure out how the Mets got this bad so quick.
Craig
September 1st, 2010
7:32 pm
Prediction. Freddie Freeman starts off slow the when he catches on he’ll be unstoppable.
Ew
September 1st, 2010
7:33 pm
We should have traded Hanson and picked up a bat. He’s terrible now.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:33 pm
Mets weren’t all that good to begin with, Bravissimo. Even though the Phillies were in third place, you’d knew they’d fly past NY.
Coach (2011 or Bust)
September 1st, 2010
7:33 pm
What an incredibly bad PR stunt by Bobby Cox. They have a proven veteran 1st sacker in Derrek Lee and go with a rookie in the middle of a playoff race late in the season.
It’s just mindless. God am I glad Cox is gone in 30 games……..forever!
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:33 pm
Hanson is terrible?
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:34 pm
I still the the Fish catch the Phillies. They’re up 4-1.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:35 pm
I meant over the last 2 or 3 years MB
kurula
September 1st, 2010
7:35 pm
who’s more upset, the mets fans whose team loses with that payroll, or the marlins fans whose team is mediocre in spite of money to spend?
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
7:35 pm
Hi Folks! The “PieDaddy” is in the house!
Ew
September 1st, 2010
7:36 pm
Lately he has been. He hasn’t won a game since June and his past 2 starts have been dreadful.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:37 pm
Cant wait to see if the organist plays camptown ladies when Duda comes to bat
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
7:37 pm
2 or 3 years ? Hanson was better last year !
Drake
September 1st, 2010
7:37 pm
He was out
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
7:38 pm
Injuries is why Mets are bad. Beltran,Santana,Reyes,etc.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
7:39 pm
Bob Davison proving yet once again he can blow em anywhere on the field.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:39 pm
Chef! How about that kid Freeman?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:39 pm
what’s a lucas duda
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:39 pm
Mark, is Bob Davidson on the field?
Allen
September 1st, 2010
7:40 pm
rick ankiel ties a record held by many
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:40 pm
Bravissimo, I’d pay the organist to do that.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
7:40 pm
robdawg08: The Mets are bad becuase those guys ARE Mets.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
7:40 pm
Should play “Dude Looks Like A Lady” for Duda…
TM
September 1st, 2010
7:40 pm
ANOTHER bad call of BAD (balk a day) Bob.
If he paid as much attention to actual calls as he did to pitchers making “so called” balk moves.
He might be a decent ump.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:40 pm
We was always wanting to play major league ball but we was a lot like McCann and was in somebody’s shadow most of the time. We was the smart one, though.
Vince Lombardi
September 1st, 2010
7:41 pm
what the hecks going on here????
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
7:41 pm
Heath: He stands in the box like a future HOF’er: Chipper Jones.
Darryl Blackberry
September 1st, 2010
7:41 pm
I dunno. If Beltran had come back and been, well, Beltran, then the Mets might be right there with the Braves in the standings. (That’s assuming K-Rod thinks twice about b**ch-slapping a guy and causing damage to his pitching hand.)
Allen
September 1st, 2010
7:41 pm
i know why the stands are empty
kurula
September 1st, 2010
7:41 pm
if duda were my last name and i had hopes of being a ballplayer in new york, i’d have to change it to McAwesome or something. anything. i wouldn’t want to give people the ammo.
Bat Masterson
September 1st, 2010
7:41 pm
You have not heard that Hanson is terrible Mark. It’s all over the blogs, dudes toast, washed up wanna be. Try to keep up.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:42 pm
something is wrong when your center fielder is in the last third of the batting order.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:42 pm
They just showed Ma and Pa Kettle on television. Hope they enjoy the game. Kentucky, right?
lucas duda
September 1st, 2010
7:42 pm
my at bat song: camptown race track 5 miles long…
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:43 pm
Sure hope Bobby dosnt call Conrad …Connie…yikes
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
SI Headline: Lowe Can’t Throw, Will Miss Next Start
They could have left the 2nd part off
Chris Carter
September 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
My at bat song: the theme from “The X-Files”…
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
Ankiel- 5 homers and 22 rbis. pretty weak
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
“Ricky” at bat. Bobby needs a nickname now for Freddie.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
I saw that Sonny…i thought it was santa claus
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
ankiel can hit only a fastball. Throw him offspeed and he hits like a 4 year-old girl…
kurula
September 1st, 2010
7:44 pm
if lucas duda played for the braves, would bobby call him dudy?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:45 pm
My next-door neighbors, Sonny C.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
7:45 pm
Fastball, base hit.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:45 pm
A duda is a Hungarian bagpipe. That must mean something.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
7:46 pm
Just a fun question! Are any of you blogers going to the first GSU football game?
Nice bunt with OMAR coming to the plate.
Sully
September 1st, 2010
7:46 pm
Nice road trip by the phillies. 5/6 so far with one left. No one expected that after the houston series. But they haven’t made any ground unless the braves lose tonight. This is going to go down to the wire. Braves in good shape to get the wild card if Philly does pass them.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
7:46 pm
Omar…He, RAKES!
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:47 pm
I’m going to Georgia State’s Inaugural Game. POAD.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
7:47 pm
I’d just walk Omar.
Darryl Blackberry
September 1st, 2010
7:47 pm
This guy, Infante. Other teams must hate him.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:47 pm
Wish Infante could do a little bit more with the bat. Guy never gets on base.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
7:47 pm
Rip me a run scoring single in the hole. Go BRAVES.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:47 pm
Once, we was playing ball over at Grant Park and this 2-foot long tiger rattlesnake slithered by us and we didn’t even move we was concentrating so much on getting a hit. That’s something they might try with McLouth next time he plays.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:47 pm
oh yea….keep this up and who cares what the phillies do!!! chop chop chop
Vino Fino
September 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
I haven’t read the whole thread, so it may have been mentioned already, but you have to love Bobby Cox for throwing Freddie Freeman right into the line-up tonight. Say what you will about him, but he knows how to make everyone feel like they’re an important part of the team. I think that’s one of the great things he does (and part of why player’s love him)- you make his roster, you’re getting into the mix. I think FF is going to contribute signifcantly before it’s all said and done.
kurula
September 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
if infante is 0 for his last 2, is that considered a slump?
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
I’m going to the first Kennesaw State game when they get their crap together. Mark, what’s your dentist say the status is on that anyway? Isn’t he on the committee?
Sully
September 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
Nice road trip by the Phillies. 5/6 But the lead will only be 2 if the Braves lose tonight, which doesn’t look likely now.
Both will likely make the playoffs and it will likely be us against them in the NLCS.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
Still not covering the race MB?
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
7:48 pm
Mark will you GO LIVE on the BLOG? Do you know if the AJC has a FAN ready to be a PANTHER BLOG submitter?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:49 pm
It’s hard to believe Nate McLouth, a former All-Star, can’t beat out Rick Ankiel, a former pitcher.
Sully
September 1st, 2010
7:49 pm
Sometimes my post doesn’t show up and I retype it. Ugh. Sorry for double posts.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:49 pm
It’s my orthopaedist, Heath. And he’s playing his cards close to the vest.
Athens
September 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
Anyone else wondering how the home plate ump knew Ankiel touched home?
Sully
September 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
Wow what a game!!
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
Braves up 4-0. Heyward another double.
Sully
September 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
Duda is getting a workout tonight.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
WOW get me a well earnde run on that play. Braves using the baseoaths to their advantage.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
that mets catcher just got spiked right in the ankle, thats gotta hurt
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
Wooh! Say Hey!
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:51 pm
Mark, have you read Curry’s book “10 men you meet in the huddle”?
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:52 pm
ok…tool race…..drill,paintbrush,hammer…thats my pick
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:52 pm
Good book. it seems that no man that has never played pro football can imagine the pain involved.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:53 pm
did i hear Bobby calling Freeman “freeby”?
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
7:54 pm
Todd I just found some LOVE for you. Bill may not be the winningest coach but he is like Wooden when it comes to raising good MEN.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:54 pm
I have it in the personal Bradley storage compartment, Coach Todd. Otherwise known as the basement.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:54 pm
They just did a biscuit commercial on TV. Mark, did the AJC ever find Atlanta’s best biscuit? That’s some fine investigative journalism and useful, too. We was noticing they wasn’t looking for the rattlesnake, though.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:55 pm
Ankiel makes a grab.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:55 pm
Great play.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
7:55 pm
RIIIIIIICK!!!!!!
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:55 pm
Nice catch by Ankiel
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
7:55 pm
WOW that guy used to be a PICTHER? NICE!!!!!
Allen
September 1st, 2010
7:55 pm
Pitching and Defense
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:56 pm
McLouth will never again play after that catch by Ankiel.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
7:56 pm
I believe that’s coming up next week, Mr. Clusters: Vote on Atlanta’s favorite poisonous snake!
jb
September 1st, 2010
7:56 pm
Bradley…that’s why Ankiel starts
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:57 pm
Has to be in City Hall somewhere.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
7:57 pm
Mark, it was Michael who killed Sollozo. But he’s safe, and we’re working to bring him back home.
kurula
September 1st, 2010
7:57 pm
this team just isn’t the same since they traded their best player yesterday…..
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:58 pm
I always wanted to write headlines for the Montgomery Biscuits. “Biscuits Rise To The Occasion,” “Biscuits Fall Flat.”
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
7:58 pm
wow….26 scouts at the game……impressive
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
7:58 pm
Gotta be copperheads…
Allen
September 1st, 2010
7:59 pm
thats the mets, the pitcher and 8 hole guy hit the ball the leadoff man they traded for strikes out weakly
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
7:59 pm
We was always wanting to be a big game hunter and we went hunting a lot when we was younger but when we saw how silly those Buck Commanders look we decided we’d rather fish. What Buck Commanders are at the park tonight?
Heath
September 1st, 2010
7:59 pm
Boy, Alex Remington is getting slaughtered by Philthy fans on yahoo for saying Braves win the division.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:00 pm
I always wanted to write headlines for the Montgomery Biscuits. “Biscuits Rise To The Occasion,” “Biscuits Fall Flat.”
Sorry heath that dough did not rise, muhahahaha the power of puns!!!
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:00 pm
Fred up third in the third.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:01 pm
McCann also has pain in his elbow
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:01 pm
We kill ouselves, Allen
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:02 pm
Something you did not know about the Chef: I have no ulna.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:02 pm
Are you jinxing the no hitter mentioning it this early?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:02 pm
Good book. if there was a ghost writer, i didnt see him credited.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
8:03 pm
Freddie on deck again…
Jesse
September 1st, 2010
8:03 pm
If Funky Freddie goes 0-4 what will people say about him? How much pressure is riding on this kid?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:03 pm
sonny if you go after tataglia all hecks gonna break loose
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:03 pm
“We Could Have Finished Last Without You” is a great Braves book by one of their former pr men.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:03 pm
Something you didn’t know about the big Brad: I have one kneecap, period.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:04 pm
Ready Freddie. Crazy little thing called love.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:04 pm
Freeman takes a ball.
Jesse
September 1st, 2010
8:04 pm
It’s like Ryan Klesko Jr. up there….
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:04 pm
FROM OUR BLACKBERRY. We are going to the DQ right now but will check in soon.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:04 pm
Then swings late on a heater.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
and i have one brain, but My God it works good for me. heh
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
easy on the swing freddie i felt that breeze here
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
Takes inside pitch.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
Then lines or grounds into a double play.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
Taking pitches, good sign.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
that sucked
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
davidson called it a balk!!
Jesse
September 1st, 2010
8:05 pm
Well, at least he hits the ball hard….
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:06 pm
Thank goodness it’s only the Mets.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:06 pm
Ejection upcoming?
chattadawg
September 1st, 2010
8:06 pm
bob davidson strikes again
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:06 pm
davidson admits a mistake? Saints be praised!
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:07 pm
without the shift freddie is two for two i guess the mets do minor league scouting well…but not so much on infante or heyward…oh well good for us.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:07 pm
Davidson is the absolute worst crew chief ever.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:07 pm
Classic!
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
8:07 pm
ooooo…thought Bobby was gonna get tossed for a min..oh that was mon nite,,,no tshirts
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:07 pm
That’s twice Freeman has hit it where there were Mets. Which sometimes is a good tactic. Not tonight, though.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:07 pm
no ejection tonight without the lottery.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:08 pm
Oh Mr. Bradley dont you know that Bobby Cox only wants to have nice conversations with the umps but the just dont want to be told that they are wrong
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:09 pm
Bobby should have gotten ejected and arrested for finishing off Davison.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:10 pm
Was your other knee cap mistaken and stolen as a hub cap ?
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:10 pm
david wright is 0 for 29 at turner and 3 for 47 against the braves? how can you do that against a division opponent
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
No-hit pool has been won by … someone.
Bob Davidson
September 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
Yes, I love the balks
better than the walks
its all so just funny
to walk an easter bunny
even when the passersby
just galk
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
well i jinxed that
Gil in Mechanicsville
September 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
I feel pretty confident Wright is still not going to name his kid Turner
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
My kneecap was shattered and removed.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
If that was a one hopper then McCann was safe to stay at 1B.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:12 pm
ahhh freeman can field
Bob Davidson
September 1st, 2010
8:12 pm
Easter Parade, get it? heh heh
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
8:12 pm
Trivia question answer is Howard Johnson 38 hrs in ‘91
otisnixonsmokescrack!
September 1st, 2010
8:12 pm
the amazin mutts. game was over before it started
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:12 pm
I don’t know, scottbravesfan. This is a sparse congregation.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:12 pm
I lost one nut at war.
Bob Davidson
September 1st, 2010
8:12 pm
you werent kneecapped by Fred Tokars were you?
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:13 pm
If that was a one hopper then McCann was safe to stay at 1B.
no the batter forces him to take second.
DesiBrave
September 1st, 2010
8:13 pm
Shucks, we jinxed it.., now Wright has a hit at TED, that also breaks the no hit bid by Hanson
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:13 pm
I won the battle but my sister won the war…
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:13 pm
shattered? that has to be the most painful injury that someone can recover from.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:13 pm
Trivia question answer is Howard Johnson 38 hrs in ‘91
You hawking hotels?
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:14 pm
Mini-Blizzards just introduced for Clusters watching their weight. Blizzard of the Month for September is Double-chocolate brownie batter blended with real fudge brownie pieces and creamy vanilla soft serve. We bought two.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:14 pm
I was kneecapped by the bathroom floor.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:14 pm
I meant SMART to stay at 2nd but out none the less…
Gil in Mechanicsville
September 1st, 2010
8:14 pm
Tommy is finally getting the ball down
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:14 pm
shattered? that has to be the most painful injury that someone can recover from.
herniated disk
rc35
September 1st, 2010
8:15 pm
At least Freddie is having a better start than poor Leo Foster back in the 70’s. Leo hit into two double plays and a triple play in his first MLB game.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:15 pm
That was not a pleasant moment, Allen. Happened in 1997. Just before the playoffs started. Missed them completely.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:16 pm
That was an interesting shot.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:16 pm
I was kneecapped by the bathroom floor.
If you dont pay the toll to the toilet those bathroom floors know how to handle a bat
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
8:16 pm
geez sonny…now im gonna have to run to DQ…..yummeee
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:16 pm
Leo Foster? Good one, rc35.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:16 pm
Mark, do you think the Good Dr Bradley could have done anything about curing Bob Davidson of this balk proclivity?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:16 pm
My dad was a dentist, Coach TG, not a psychiatrist.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:17 pm
i broke my leg a while back
gcs
September 1st, 2010
8:17 pm
Why did the Braves bring up Proctor? He had a 7+ ERA at AAA.
Marek & Kimbrell are both under 2 in ERA.
.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:18 pm
You know who never believed that I slipped on the wet floor? Larry Munson. He always said, “I know there was something wild going on.”
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:18 pm
well, i know, but i think all physicians take at least a few courses in analyzing the mind.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:19 pm
what is on Howard Johnson’s nose?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:19 pm
So Munson thought you were pulling a Damon Evans?
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:19 pm
Mark, did you ever meet Wonderful Monds?
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:20 pm
hurray for rick
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:20 pm
Let’s just say Mr. Munson has long been suspicious of certain aspects of human behavior.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:20 pm
What about Fab 5 Freddy or Freddy Krueger ?
Aaron Shelton
September 1st, 2010
8:20 pm
Rick Ankiel is swinging the bat well tonight.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:21 pm
I never met Wonder Monds. I have, however, met a professional ballplayer named Mark A. Bradley, and he was from the Bluegrass State.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:21 pm
tommy hanson may need to teach derek lowe how to bunt
Aaron Shelton
September 1st, 2010
8:21 pm
Rick Ankiel is swinging the bat well tonight. Ofante and Heyward are just awesome
Metro Coach
September 1st, 2010
8:22 pm
Hot dog, Tommy Hanson can sac bunt. The team’s been struggling with that lately.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:23 pm
There was also a guy named Pork Chop Pough.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:23 pm
Infante with another hit. Machine. But Ankiel out at HP.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:23 pm
pelfrey is like oh no not this again
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:23 pm
OMARmatic!
SG10
September 1st, 2010
8:23 pm
Mark,
Do you have to travel when the team is on the road? May be for the playoffs? If yes, what is your favorite ballpark?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:24 pm
You know, the Falcons have a linebacker: Bear Woods.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:24 pm
he got lucky, beltran might have twisted his ankle on the play though, be out for the rest of the year
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:24 pm
He was in the NL! I remember that.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:25 pm
I don’t know what the travel schedule will be, SG10. I really like Houston’s place, but I’m pretty certain I won’t be headed there.
SG10
September 1st, 2010
8:25 pm
Braves have had way too many runners thrown out at home this series..of course, they have scored way too many times as well (by their usual standards I mean)
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:25 pm
when my kids were growing up, our next door neighbor was an old shrew with the surname davidson. when the kids were playing baseball, she was constantly hollering over the fence “BALK!!” i kid you not.
steve
September 1st, 2010
8:26 pm
Mark,
Skyla says hi. We are down in section 101, row 9. Pathetic crowd.
Steve
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:26 pm
you got to see target field right, how was that Mr. Bradley
MightyQuinn
September 1st, 2010
8:26 pm
Is Bear Woods Tigers love child?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:26 pm
Hey to both of you, steve. And it is another disappointing game, crowd-wise.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:27 pm
Betran: Go! There’s nothing stopping you.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:27 pm
Put some jam on Ankiel, he was toasted by Beltran…
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:27 pm
If the name ends with an “ie” or a “y” Bobby seems unprepared with a nickname. Sometimes he calls somebody “kid” but a lot of times he just goes with the real name. Now, some players already have a nickname like “Chipper” and Bobby just goes with Chip. What would he have called Wonderful Monds if he’d made the team?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:27 pm
ANOTHER give away line. Bear in the woods.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:27 pm
I’ve not seen Target Field, Allen.
I’ve been to the Target in Austell, though.
DesiBrave
September 1st, 2010
8:27 pm
I want braves to win the division by the time we face Phillies the final time, and then want our STARTING ROTATION for that series to be
RICK ANKIEL
KAWAKAMI
FRANSWORTH
and SWEEEEP THE PHILLIES
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:28 pm
I think Davidson is swahili for “bad call”.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:28 pm
“Won.” He’d have called him “Won.”
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:29 pm
tommy hanson has the fly ball working, is that a good thing?
Flourescent Orange Guy
September 1st, 2010
8:29 pm
Mr Bradley, I am please you and your ilk are not speaking badly about my partner and I tonight.
Darryl Blackberry
September 1st, 2010
8:29 pm
So nice to see Hanson NOT get in trouble in the first two innings.
Does anyone know what the probable pitchers for the Braves will be against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park? Personally, I’m hoping for a Hudson-Minor-Hanson setup…
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:29 pm
Even if we were swept, that would be a hilarious rotation to rest the top 3.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:29 pm
Who removed me bear post mate ? Bloody hail !
SG10
September 1st, 2010
8:30 pm
Mark,
Did you ever get any answer from Bobby Cox why he ever stuck with Norton last year when the whole world was collectively against it…? Even Chipper hinted at it after one of our games.. That was by far the most stubborn thing he did…Having said that, this year is the best managerial job he has done in years…I would be very surprised if he doesn’t win the award for that.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:30 pm
rueben tejada looks like he’s twelve
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:30 pm
Would have called him Brad.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:31 pm
“Bark Madley” yields 48,300 results on Google.
Just sayin.’
Flourescent Orange Guy
September 1st, 2010
8:31 pm
Won Who?
chattadawg
September 1st, 2010
8:31 pm
I have always wondered why Beltran is a star. A couple of above avg seasons (one with kc) and one good post-season. Yet he has the rep of a super star. I dont see it. He’s an average player or an underachiever
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:32 pm
I would think Cox will be manager of the year. On merit, not sentiment.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:32 pm
Marathon Oil has the absolutely worst commercials in advertising history.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:33 pm
We was reading that Burger King may be sold to Dairy Queen. Anything to that?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:33 pm
Mark, how many position players starting tonight started in those positions on opening day other than McCann?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:34 pm
If Burger King married Dairy Queen and they had a baby, would she be named Wendy?
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:34 pm
KK starts for D. Lowe….Lock for Bobby’s next ejection.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:34 pm
I don’t know, those Goodies Headache Powders are pretty amatuer night themselves.
SG10
September 1st, 2010
8:34 pm
I would think the only other possibility is San Diego manager.. Certainly, Padres have over-achieved lot more than Braves have..
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:35 pm
We was also noticing that somebody in the dugout has resumed his nose picking. Probably sensing the playoffs.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:35 pm
I think Lowe is Swahili for “Six Run Inning”…
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:35 pm
Heyward started in RF. That’s it, I believe.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:35 pm
she would be named Krystal.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:36 pm
So that alone should make Bobby manager of the year
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:36 pm
any fiber commercial sucks, so does extenze
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:36 pm
If Burger King married the Dairy Queen, they’d live in a White Castle.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:36 pm
Wendy’s too young for a brazier.
Andy
September 1st, 2010
8:37 pm
Pretty funny stuff tonight Mark. You must be in a good mood or maybe had a few drinks? Have you been drinking and blogging?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:37 pm
Actually, the Hawks PR guy Arthur Treacher was Wendy’s pop.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:37 pm
those new old spice commercials are pretty terrible too
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:38 pm
Was he a fish and chips guy, too?
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:38 pm
new old spice commercials are atrocious too
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:38 pm
I see a Pulitzer in somebody’s future.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:38 pm
Actually, if burger king married the dairy queen they’d live in Buckhead. heh, heh
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:39 pm
I actually don’t feel very well and am tired as all get-out, Andy. But, as Mike Mills of R.E.M. told me after breaking a toe onstage — he kicked a monitor in disgust — and then finishing the concert: “I’m a professional.”
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:39 pm
and if they gave her a pet dog, it’s name would be Checkers. And they’d keep it. Just like Dick Nixson.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:39 pm
mmmm weekly required tests why cant you happen during commercials
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:39 pm
Beltran has been a 5 tool player over his career. Don’t dis Carlos. He single handedly led the Astros over the Braves.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:40 pm
Good one, Chef Tim Dix.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:40 pm
Mark, will you finish the drill?
Heath
September 1st, 2010
8:40 pm
Tommy Hanson just needed to pitch against the AA Mets to break out of his funk.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:40 pm
What about naming her Krispy Kreme ? She might wing up a call girl ?
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:41 pm
Todd, Mark is not in the tool race.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:41 pm
I sincerely hope so, Coach TG.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:42 pm
Me too. you know, they have many a blizzard at the white castle.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:42 pm
The Mets have been outscored 22-5 this series. But that’s misleading.
Darryl Blackberry
September 1st, 2010
8:42 pm
No way Cox gets Manager of the Year. Not this year. Not while the Padres are (some would say) overachieving, thanks to Bud Black.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:42 pm
tim hudson wins the being human award over roy halladay any day
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:43 pm
I can solve Davidson fast. Just let Hanson drill him in the family jewels with a 98 mph fastball. McCann can move his glove out of the way…
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:43 pm
Mark, if you are too weary to drive to unfashionable south Cobb, i can send Damon Evans to drive you home.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:44 pm
what? it should be 35-5
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:45 pm
Thanks, Coach TG.
The next millionaire is the person who starts a taxi service for Georgia Bulldogs. Just sayin
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
8:45 pm
OK Sonny..Im back from DQ with the new blizzard…im gonna gain 10 lbs after eating all that choc!
Sure is tasty though
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:46 pm
Freddie with a scoop! (Dairy Queen tie-in!)
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:46 pm
freddie freeman may need a mirror some tweezers and about 5 minutes on those eye brows, other than that all good so far
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:47 pm
Who’s that hollering like little bitc…
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:48 pm
i dont know rod but it needs to stop
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:48 pm
Is somebody strangling a cat?
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
8:48 pm
Just noticed Freddie throws righty….
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:49 pm
wes helms with 4 rbis whats that about
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:49 pm
Mark, if this game gets like 14-0 Braves any chance Ankiel could come in and mop up ? Then he could hit Davidson accidentally…
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:49 pm
Tool Race. Drop the Hammer!
kurula
September 1st, 2010
8:49 pm
the difference in mclouth and ankiel: mclouth plays center like a pitcher.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:49 pm
those do sound like really loud meows sonny
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:50 pm
Order of finish: Saw, Drill, Hammer and Paintbrush.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:51 pm
I’m not hearing what you folks are hearing. Sorry.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:51 pm
Robdawg08: it would require a pick off throw to second…
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:51 pm
FF up
Boatdoc
September 1st, 2010
8:52 pm
Mark – assuming Chipper rehabs and returns to play 3B next year – where will Prado and Infante play? Barring injury, neither can be kept out of the starting lineup, can they? Is it ridiculous to think a starting infield would be Chipper, Marteen, Omar and Freddie?
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
8:52 pm
We have Florida but the Braves play bad aginst the FISH. Pittsburgh has never been the same since the BREAM SLIDE.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:52 pm
there must be a mic near her Mark
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:53 pm
Davidson should have been in the TOOL race as a FLATHEAD Screwdriver…
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:53 pm
I’ve FF’d up too before Mark. It’s alright.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:54 pm
Freddie strikes out. Tough task on your first night — seeing Pedro Feliciano and seeking to light his fire.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:54 pm
Mark, i think we are all getting weary tonight.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:54 pm
It sounds like a grandma being raped.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:54 pm
Boatdoc, that could well be the 2011 infield. But I will say the Braves like Alex Gonzalez very much, too.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
8:55 pm
Damn I stiil have Chin Wiskers older looking than that young man. Rip to 3rd and is that an E or just a HOT SHOT?
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:55 pm
bummer
5150 P.O.A.D
September 1st, 2010
8:55 pm
rick ANCLE you have to do better please. Not DP hits.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:55 pm
hot shot
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
8:56 pm
The Ramblin’ Wreck and the Tech cheerleaders are driving around the field. Getting booed big-time.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:56 pm
Omar is a free agent….
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:56 pm
i do believe that Pedro is Jose’s brother. Chico and the Man. remember?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
8:56 pm
gonzalaz the fish wont be with the braves past next year
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
8:57 pm
Washington was with Clusters when we crossed the Delaware and he stood up in the boat and got all the credit. Same kind of thing happened when we was playing ball back in school and somebody who is now in the American League was always hogging the attention.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
8:57 pm
what a merciless crowd
Allen
September 1st, 2010
8:57 pm
Omar is a free agent….
signed for 3 mil
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
8:57 pm
Sad. Tech has only one cheerleader. Probably has to pay to get in too.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
8:58 pm
I hate Tech but I’m sure I’d like their cheerleaders ! Go Dawgs !
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
8:59 pm
Well I dont hate Tech and i like all the cheerleaders
…and im a grandpa 
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:00 pm
Speaking of Tech’s cheerleaders, they’re featured on Nesbitt4Heisman.com.
gcs
September 1st, 2010
9:00 pm
Check this out. Braves 2010 Opening Day lineup:
Melky Cabrera, LF
Martin Prado, 2B
Chipper Jones, 3B
Brian McCann, C
Troy Glaus, 1B
Yunel Escobar, SS
Jason Heyward, RF
Nate McLouth, CF
Derek Lowe, P
Allen
September 1st, 2010
9:00 pm
he just dropped the hammer on david wright
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:01 pm
you ever thought about the name if bob davidson and kk had a child together? they could call him “Son-Sohn”
Russ, the Temporary Mascot
September 1st, 2010
9:01 pm
Mark, I am ready to talk. You can have an exclusive if you will tell the whole shabby story. Little dogs should not be treated like this.
kurula
September 1st, 2010
9:03 pm
david wright has the only hit. was 0 for 29 when he got it. strange game, this baseball.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:03 pm
When you are 10 years-old in SW Ga. and watch Herschel Walker make Georgia football relevant then you become a Dawgs fan…
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
9:03 pm
While were on the subject…..Kirk Herbstreet picked Oklahoma and Ohio St. in the nat champ game.
I dont know enough yet to say what i think of that.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:04 pm
gcs, makes you want to puke, doesnt it?
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:04 pm
All I know is Davidson would be the feminine one in that sordid relationship…
Allen
September 1st, 2010
9:05 pm
While were on the subject…..Kirk Herbstreet picked Oklahoma and Ohio St. in the nat champ game.
I dont know enough yet to say what i think of that.
when was the last time herbstreet was right about anything
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:05 pm
if vince lombardi and tom landry had had a child together his name would have been elmer gantry.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:05 pm
Tommy Hanson leaves having yielded one hit. McLouth pinch-hits
kurula
September 1st, 2010
9:05 pm
i’m sick of ohio state getting all the love… seems like they would eventually have to prove something.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:06 pm
All you got to know is that Herbstreit is an Ohio St. alumni.
When you play only 3 good teams out of 12 like Ohio St. does then you can go undefeated possibly. But when you play 7 good teams like the Dawgs do its almost impossible to go undefeated…
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:06 pm
if Bart Starr and Jim Ringo had had a child together his name would be Ringo Starr
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
9:07 pm
Ringo starr…thats funny
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
9:07 pm
Wanna know who Greg Norton would look like had he ever made contact? Nate M.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
9:08 pm
all i have to say about ohio st, is that kent st. doesnt exactly prepare you for the sec
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
9:08 pm
It happened so fast . . . how did McLouth do? Nortonish?
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
9:09 pm
One day I’m going wake my dog up and he won’t.
Katherine
September 1st, 2010
9:09 pm
Hey everyone….I see McLouth still sucks lol
Allen
September 1st, 2010
9:10 pm
i rember people bashing Florida and Alabama for their out of conference schedules, what more could you want? sec in conference schedules is ridiculous, what do you want? match ups against USC Boise St. and Utah on top of that?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:11 pm
if paul hornung and susan st james had a child together they could call him st hornung
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
9:11 pm
I think my dog smells bark in the park…still.
Sonny Clusters
September 1st, 2010
9:11 pm
Maybe Jimmy Carter could get McLouth released.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
9:12 pm
david wright cant get on the base paths and they cant keep jason off of um
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
9:13 pm
Wreckless Braves basrunning tonight but hey, it’s just the Mets.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:13 pm
An amazing thing: Heyward has been caught on the bases. Picked off first.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:14 pm
if allie sherman had a child with herman munster they could call him herman sherman
niekro's knuckles
September 1st, 2010
9:14 pm
Hey Coach Grantham,
I see where Florida is gonna wear Gator skin uniforms against us this year. Nike pro combat ones at that.
kurula
September 1st, 2010
9:14 pm
mark, it was still close…i thought he beat the high tag.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
9:15 pm
A guy saw a dog licking himself and he told his friend “I wished I could do that”. His friend replied “That dog would bite you”.
that friend is a smart a**, my kind of guy
Katherine
September 1st, 2010
9:16 pm
don’t you mean gaytor skin uniforms
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:16 pm
knucksie, only their shoes are made of alligator
kurula
September 1st, 2010
9:16 pm
i wouldn’t use venters here…
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:17 pm
george carlin said if he could do that he wouldnt ever leave the house
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
9:17 pm
ahhh the prganist played it!!!…i love it
ATLcracker
September 1st, 2010
9:17 pm
When I started at Tech in 1967 the front page article in the Technique (student paper) was that there was finally a Tech student pretty enough to be a cheerleader. We had been getting all of them from Agnes Scott. I think there were only about 20 girls on the whole campus then. Now it’s almost 40 % female.
kurula
September 1st, 2010
9:17 pm
george carlin must have been close to his dog.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
9:17 pm
*organist…lol
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:18 pm
katherine, you’re joining us late tonight
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:18 pm
OK, folks. Find another conversational thread. Please.
TSAPP
September 1st, 2010
9:18 pm
Kurula Venters has been pitching great who else who we rather have in the 8th inning to set up for Wags?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:19 pm
Mark, i can tell you ARE weary tonight.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
9:19 pm
Kurula Venters has been pitching great who else who we rather have in the 8th inning to set up for Wags?
not a save situation
Jimmy
September 1st, 2010
9:19 pm
Just tuning in—what has Freeman done tonight?
kurula
September 1st, 2010
9:19 pm
well, up 4 with the mets not showing any life and a bullpen full of under used arms…i’d say save venters and wags.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:19 pm
Sorry Mark. I’ve been censored…
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
9:20 pm
And now for something completely different, a man with three buttocks.
Allen
September 1st, 2010
9:20 pm
oh man what a play
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
9:20 pm
So youre NOT gonna be at AMS this weekend MB?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:20 pm
new, good material is hard to come by tonight, im afraid.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:21 pm
Freeman: 0-for-3. Groundout, lineout, strikeout
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:21 pm
Freeman has hit two balls real hard. Not too bad.
niekro's knuckles
September 1st, 2010
9:22 pm
good. I was jealous that nike didn’t give us unis that look like Russ.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:22 pm
I’m not sure, Bravissimo.
Ree Roe
September 1st, 2010
9:22 pm
lol @ Simpson & Ernie taking shots at Techies just a few minutes ago…nerd fans just can’t catch a break.
-REEaper is Roe!!!
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
9:23 pm
FF tending the bag extremely well though.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:23 pm
My new material is x-rated.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:23 pm
Attendance: 19,938.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:24 pm
Hessman hitting a cold .152
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:24 pm
Pardon the Hessman pun, I meant cool.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:24 pm
Hessman might be cold, but he used to be … Doctor Johnny Fever.
Katherine
September 1st, 2010
9:24 pm
don’t jinx it like the idiots on tv always do…..
kurula
September 1st, 2010
9:25 pm
i wonder if wags is gonna pitch the 9th. wish they would give them a break when they can. and this woulda been a good night.
SG10
September 1st, 2010
9:25 pm
Games has been rather dull..At least Wagner will get Saves opportunity here (assuming we keep losing baserunners in the 8th too)
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
9:25 pm
Really wish they’d show Wags coming through the wall…Chilling!
Katherine
September 1st, 2010
9:26 pm
did philly already play today?
niekro's knuckles
September 1st, 2010
9:26 pm
19,938. Reminds me of my playing days. And that was on a good night.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:26 pm
Philadelphia won this afternoon, Katherine.
Metro Coach
September 1st, 2010
9:26 pm
Yes Katherine, they won 5-1.
"Chef" Tim Dix
September 1st, 2010
9:27 pm
Hessman was also in “Billy Jack”. KRP highly underated.
SG10
September 1st, 2010
9:27 pm
Middle of the Braves line-up has gone asleep today..I hope they wake up in the tough game against Santana tomorrow
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:27 pm
He used to be called Cross-Dresser Hessman back in high school. i had a third cousin on my wife’s uncle’s ex-brother-in-law’s side that went to school with big Mike…
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
9:28 pm
Wow…is that Otis Nixon in LF replacing DooDah???
Katherine
September 1st, 2010
9:28 pm
oh ok…stupid dodgers lol
kurula
September 1st, 2010
9:29 pm
heyward is up to .284. 10 games ago he was hitting .257.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:29 pm
The eventually labeled him Cross-Dressman Hessman.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:30 pm
Getting four hits a night will bump up your average.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
9:30 pm
Camptown ladies sing his song
SG10
September 1st, 2010
9:31 pm
When was the last win for Hanson? Wasn’t it some time in mid-July? I hope Wagner has good outing.
niekro's knuckles
September 1st, 2010
9:31 pm
hey Mark, how many players can be on the postseason roster ? who do you think gets left off ?
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:31 pm
So good news lowe might be out. I hope its just something that keeps him out of the post season but nothing serious.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:32 pm
of WKRP in Cincinnati?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:33 pm
J C Boscan?
Ree Roe
September 1st, 2010
9:34 pm
Anyone see the brawl between Nyjer Morgan & Volstad down in FLA tonight? Volstad throws behind Morgan after he stole 2nd & 3rd base with WAS winning in a blowout. There are clotheslines, mound charging & “set” throwing. lol good times.
LANK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKFpkAtfx0o&feature=youtu.be
-REEviewed and STILL Roe!!!
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:34 pm
Lee in the on-deck circle to hit for FF.
kurula
September 1st, 2010
9:34 pm
san diego is really struggling. 7 straight losses now.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:34 pm
Early July for Hanson’s most recent win, SG10. July 3, I believe.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:35 pm
Melky said “Tu eres caca ombre” to the umpire.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:35 pm
Twenty-five men on the postseason roster, niekro’s knuckles.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
9:35 pm
So it St. Lou
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:35 pm
Ejection?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:35 pm
Nobody finds don sutton as funny as jim powell does
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:36 pm
Ball hit home plate. Foul ball.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:36 pm
Lee grounds out to the plate
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:36 pm
No thumb. Just another false alarm.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:37 pm
nah, just a profane double switch
kurula
September 1st, 2010
9:37 pm
i would almost say st. louis is done. the way san diego is going, it’s gonna be the braves and reds fighting for the best record in the NL. who saw that coming?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:37 pm
are we at 157?
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:37 pm
Bobby wussed out. He just made lineup changes. He’s getting nice in his old age…
TSAPP
September 1st, 2010
9:37 pm
now wags get the save!
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:37 pm
We are at 157.
Booyah
September 1st, 2010
9:38 pm
Mark – why start KK on Friday? Could we not find another Gwinnett starter and give him a shot?
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:38 pm
dang if i would retire if i was left handed and could throw a strike 95 miles an hour
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:38 pm
I don’t know, Booyah. Who else is there?
MightyQuinn
September 1st, 2010
9:39 pm
Guess D. Lee won’t be W. Pipp just yet.
Bravissimo
September 1st, 2010
9:39 pm
Ive gotta run…enjoyed it MB..hope you make it to AMS….and say hello to ev1 at Taco Bell…take care
SG10
September 1st, 2010
9:39 pm
Mark,
Do you think Braves will make an attempt to re-sign D-Lee or T-Glaus or any other veteran as back-up for FF? (Don’t think either of them would like to be back-up though)
niekro's knuckles
September 1st, 2010
9:39 pm
I hope Farnsworth is # 26
Heath
September 1st, 2010
9:39 pm
15 to 9 in the Marlins/Nationals game. Field goal battle!
Metro Coach
September 1st, 2010
9:40 pm
rob, it doesn’t matter if the ball hits home plate or not, its where it rolls afterward, in this case, the catcher grabbed it in fair territory, ump got it right.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:40 pm
I don’t, SG10.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:41 pm
416 saves. pretty darn good career so far.
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:41 pm
Braves win.
Booyah
September 1st, 2010
9:41 pm
Not sure – I thought a flier on a Gwinnett starter would be better than KK. The devil you know I guess.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:42 pm
31 saves so far. you think wagner is a hall of famer Mark?
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:42 pm
Dare I say that this victory stuff is getting tedious?
SG10
September 1st, 2010
9:42 pm
and Hanson wins…finally!
Katherine
September 1st, 2010
9:42 pm
Yay braves win
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:43 pm
i sure hope you can say that in the division series
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
9:43 pm
Not quite a Hall of Famer, Coach Todd.
Heath
September 1st, 2010
9:43 pm
I miss Dan, though.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:44 pm
Mark, did you catch that great line about bart and ringo? i made me laugh even as i typed it.
todd grantham
September 1st, 2010
9:44 pm
is that the bias against relievers?
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:44 pm
Chalk up another win for the Gimper !
bubba
September 1st, 2010
9:45 pm
I don’t know if it was somebody from the Braves or someone here or in the media that assumed McLouth was called up for his speed which isn’t the case. Apparently it was for his.165 and decreasing bat because all he has been used for thus far is a pinch hitter and not a pinch runner. (Can’t run around the basepaths relying on his bat to get him there) There will no longer be a Mendoza line ,it will soon to be replaced by the Mclouth line that is based on the Norton standard of hitting.
MitchC
September 1st, 2010
9:45 pm
Another win over the Metropolitans. Ho-hum. Just kidding. I know we need every single win we can get this time of year.
Again, I missed parts of the game, but I saw the scoring. It s good Freeman is here, and Hanson and Wagner pitched well. All in all, a solid game.
I know that before this series I said three out of four. Well, I’m greedy. I want a sweep, especially since Philly won two of three at LA, and is only three games out. They are wayyyy too close for comfort!
Heath
September 1st, 2010
9:45 pm
Boy, Bisher hated relievers.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:46 pm
All time strikeouts and saves by a lefty is HOF material.
robdawg08
September 1st, 2010
9:48 pm
If a Billy Goat & Big Show had a kid (pun intended) he’d be called Show Goat.
niekro's knuckles
September 1st, 2010
9:54 pm
HOF material doesn”t HOF make. Baseball writers are a wierd bunch. No offense Mark. Your a sports writer or blogger or something.
Swallows Fan
September 1st, 2010
9:54 pm
And if the kid went to Shanghai he would be a Show Goat to China
Go Braves- sweep tomorrow!
Swallows Fan
September 1st, 2010
9:58 pm
Oh- and for Kawakami on Friday: がんばっれ 川上さん (Gambarre Kawakami-san)!
Katherine
September 1st, 2010
10:01 pm
kawakami on friday omg…say it aint so…..noooooo
Jt
September 1st, 2010
10:44 pm
Heyward is becoming, for late August and Sept, what Glaus was in May and early June. Unbelievable for a rookie!! Wonder who else has done this? He is in the process of picking the Braves up (along with Infante and Prado) and putting them on his shoulders. Nice stretch! Hope he figured some things out- sure is fun to watch
Jeff
September 1st, 2010
10:51 pm
I don’t know about MB and you other Braves fans, but this team excites me… it has since late May when they went on a tear. You know what? That 7-run 9th to beat Cincinnati with Conrad’s grand slam on May 20 may have been just one game, but I think it absolutely ignited this team and this town’s passion for this team like we haven’t seen in several years.
This team has good pitching, gritty players who play hard, a veteran manager who has seen everything and is pushing all the right buttons, and a good mix of veterans, rookies, stars and supporting players. And despite all the superstar power of the Pujuols and Howards and Lincecums of these other teams, ya know what? It’s September first and the ATLANTA BRAVES are in first place!!!
And what excites me even MORE is that this team has a lot of good young talent… it’s not a first place team littered with Julio Francos and Tom Glavines and Andres Gallaragas and Steve Bedrosians and Terry Pendletons… this is a team where the core stars are, for the most part, 27 years old are youger… this team is primarily fueled by McCann and Heyward and Prado and Infante and Hanson and Jurrjens and Venters and Medlen. Yeah, we’ve got some older guys (Chipper, Huddy, Wagner, Hinske, etc.), but the nucleus of this team SHOULD be around for years to come… which means good things for 2011, 2012, 2013, etc. etc. etc. It starts with a rotation of Hudson, Jurrjens, Hanson, Medlen and Minor for next year, it includes fresh-faced kids like Heyward and Freeman anchoring the middle of the lineup, and it includes some great stories of guys who fit in to Atlanta’s team perfectly — Brooks Conrad, Melky Cabrera, Rick Ankiel, Omar Infante, etc.
I’m excited about this team — I hope you are too! Let’s sell out every home game in September, folks… and get ready for the playoffs because here we come! Go Braves!!!!!
Mark Bradley
September 1st, 2010
11:14 pm
Here’s the game column, if you’re inclined. If not, thanks for hanging with me again. Sorry if I was a little sluggish tonight. I’ll try to do better.
Jeff
September 1st, 2010
11:25 pm
You do a great job, MB…. don’t let the morons in life get ya down!
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Christopher Chance
September 2nd, 2010
7:12 pm
Mr. Bradley……do you think that the Braves are a better team with Infante and Lee replacing Chipper and Glaus in the line-up and on the field?
Christopher Chance
September 4th, 2010
7:30 pm
Chipper Jones just made his biggest contribution of the 2010 season to the Braves (other than graciously tearing his knee out so Omar Infante could be inserted into the lead-off spot in the order):
He took one for the team in ripping the home plate umpire and getting thrown out of the game after some of the horrible non calls he made with Jurrjens on the mound.
Christopher Chance
September 4th, 2010
8:56 pm
…I just dont understand how we can still be in first place. We have to have the WORST base running/defense of any first place team in the HISTORY of baseball.
Christopher Chance
September 4th, 2010
8:57 pm
Does Bobby Cox and his staff EVER do any coaching? Everything from when to take the extra base……to when not to throw the ball to the wrong base…………..has cost us runs AS WELL as giving up extra runs.
Christopher Chance
September 4th, 2010
9:01 pm
,,..Yet despite all that ……we are up 2-0 in the bottom of the sixth AND have a slim one game lead on the Phillies coming into tonight’s game against the Marlins
Christopher Chance
September 4th, 2010
9:02 pm
It’s a miracle that we still have a 1 game lead on the Phillies…despite shooting ourselves in the foot many times throughout the year.
Christopher Chance
September 5th, 2010
12:18 pm
This is a classic example of what baffles me when it comes to Bobby Cox: Troy “freaking” Glaus should not be in the line-up. A right hander is on the mound. Freddie Freeman should be playing 1st, not Glaus.
Just another example of Bobby trying to get one of his favored veterans “going” by giving him some welfare at-bats. Freeman plays better defense, plus is in position to hit righties better than Glaus is right now.
Christopher Chance
September 5th, 2010
12:22 pm
Nate “noodle arm” McLouth cant prevent a triple that is hit to left center.
Christopher Chance
September 5th, 2010
12:46 pm
By the looks of it, we could very well fall into a tie for first place by the end of the day.
Christopher Chance
September 5th, 2010
12:50 pm
One positive is that Minor is quickly establishing that he can pick runners off from both first and second. If word gets around that you’ll get picked off if you try to run on MInor, that will be a big plus.