Show #102: The Braves Start the Season 3 – 3
Reviewing the Cubs series. Chipper’s injury. The Glaus Ceiling. And grading the team on week 1.
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April 17th, 2010 at 12:15 am
Good game…slow game…good to be there. AND Friday night fireworks. Real ones, not describing TMI of my recent dating life.
I think it was Steve who mentioned last podcast that DLowe is the luckiest pitcher in the major leagues. Agreed.
Can’t wait for game two!
April 17th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Lowe, Lowe,
Three and O.
Whouda thunkit?
April 17th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Bub – Smoltz is a type-A competitive person and it comes across as self centered. It has been tough for him to fade into retirement after being such a primma donna/dominant player. It was tough to watch as a fan. But he seems to be moving on. He’s trying hard to fit in as an announcer and he knows so much and is a smart guy…is much better than any alternative that I can think of. Hope he stays…good for the organization. My 1.8 yen.
April 17th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
hehehe…Joe Morgan on headphones…prefer waterboarding
April 17th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Just watched Precious. I may never be the same.
April 17th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
I told you. One of the toughest viewings ever.
April 17th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Will, I seriously doubt I’ll ever think much of John Smoltz. A complete egotist in my view. I browsed through articles & interviews one day – from before and after the fallout – and counted the times he said the equivilant of “I’m the type of guy who…” and it was unreal. Hardly a paragraph goes by without John Smoltz declaring his character to the world. The sort of clueless self-chatter that only goes unchecked when you are surrounded by yes-men (& yes-women). The kind of guy who never sees the eyes rolling behind him in the room.
His case against the Braves, too, was utterly ridiculous. He was hurt, and left for a rich team that took a foolish gamble and then regretted it – and he blew a fuse because the Braves wanted to see him heal up before making a big offer. There’s no way around this. Smoltz’s case was lame, lame, lame. And then he drug it out to the bitter end, yap yap yap, far past Glavine, who actually DID have a case against Wren. To me, he’s a pouty creep.
But that’s the last I’ll say about it on this blog. I know it isn’t pleasant conversation, and it’s not about to add anything new to a dead-horse topic. Just couldn’t help myself this once, and now I feel a bit obligated to defend my snarky remark. But that’s it, I’m done. Sorry to drag it up again.
April 17th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
And yes, I’m do see the irony in me saying somebody doesn’t see the eyes rolling behind him in the room.
April 17th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Yep, you warned me. I watched it by myself which made it worse. No other human in the room = ugly cry and I literally slammed the computer shut at one moment (right after Precious brought her son home from the hospital to meet grandma). Yikes!
April 17th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Yeah. To be honest, I saw that coming. I was moved by the movie, but it was relentlessly punishing and deterministic. I saw a reviewer call it voyeuristic and I’m not sure he wasn’t spot on. And the fantasy/escape scenes were about twice too long to be effective, to me.
But that’s all stuff that I’ve thought after the emotional sledgehammer wore off. I was more effected by it, while I was watching it, than by any film in a long time.
April 17th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Curt, Washington is now 6-5. Just sayin’.
April 17th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
I was actually afraid for the fantasy/escape scenes to end. I also wanted to reach into the screen and snatch her daughter (I won’t use her name) up and bring her home with me.
Go Braves! Come on KK!
April 17th, 2010 at 7:35 pm
I wonder how Glaus will do against the hard thrower.
April 17th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
He’s gonna do awesome Bub.
April 17th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
100 MPH on two pitches from Ubaldo. Yowzers.
April 17th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
That hit squarely would fall in AL. “offspeed” pitch is not on one of my charts. Does that just mean a change in that pitcher’s typical speed? I’m assuming so.
April 17th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
The best I understand it, “offspeed” is generic for any non-fastball, when the announcer can’t pick out the exact pitch. But don’t swear by that.
One thing to know: a fastball without movement is susceptible to exactly what you’re talking about. But squaring up a fastball with movement is what’s so hard. It’s no good thinking of it as an advantage because all you have to do is square it up, as squaring it up is what’s so hard. Not just because you have to catch up to it, speedwise, but because hitting it on the screws when it’s got movement is also superhard.
Pitchers whose FB don’t have any movement don’t make it in the majors very often. So you can usually assume both speed and movement.
April 17th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
*As always, the above “regular baseball talk from Bub” is liable to multiple errors.
April 17th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Come on CHip! I wish I could tell the difference. Really trying…
April 17th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
So close…
April 17th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Oh, KK. He’s gonna be feeling bad, messing up the bunt AND getting caught wandering.
April 17th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
It’s okk.
April 17th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
*blink*
April 17th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Dammit…don’t let the pitcher get a hit.
April 17th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
UGH. Not having a good feeling about this game.