Show #105: The Braves Sweep Away the Losing Streak
Bobby’s hitting instructions for Heyward. The starting rotation. And the Jekyll/Hyde nature of the 2010 Braves.
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May 3rd, 2010 at 12:00 am
Breaking Bad is so good.
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:04 am
Great show.
I’ll go with 3-6 on the upcoming swing. One win in each series.
I hope you guys are right about Chipper retiring if he goes .230 with errors and 10 HR’s. But I have very, very severe doubts. Sometimes Chipper just says stuff. You haven’t noticed this?
I think part of the reason he’s coming totally unglued is that he said that about retiring having no intention whatsoever of repeating last year’s performance. And now that it’s staring him in the face as a reality, he’s miserable. Beyond miserable.
I see a “what I meant was” reneg coming right up. I hope he proves me wrong. Cuz if he takes it back and stays, and soaks up the #3 spot AND all those millions after saying emphatically he’d walk away, his legacy will be majorly stained.
Hammy, your theory on Cox’s steatlth deflection is pretty goofy. He just doesn’t strike me as the type. I’m glad Heyward handled it so well and turned poop into gold, but it was still a clumsy move to me. And I go with Steve: the little 45 phonograph in his brain just skipped a groove. He said it without thinking first.
This I will give Bobby: he is much more lively in his managerial moves this year than last. He acts like every game is important, and with the line-up he’s not afraid to bob and weave. And his advice to Heyward, minus the public part, was right. I reckon he’s got a trick or two left.
Go Braves (2011!)
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:18 am
The two most dominant player on the Braves have less than a year MLB experience combined. Can you believe graduation Hanson and Heyward from our farm within 9 months of each other? An obvious Cy Young contender, an obvious ROY contender (and MVP dark horse)… back to back.
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:28 am
Lol, English Major.
G’night.
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:43 am
And we got Hanson in the 23rd round or some such.
Lemke’s theory today was that Bobby was giving a complitment to Heyward.
My response, no.
Go Braves (2013)
May 3rd, 2010 at 1:31 am
Good show guys- I will start following the blog during games too. I’ve been following David O’Brien’s blog at the ajc site, but this one seems to be much more rational in your view of our team. DOB is cool, but some of the people on there are idiots. I got publicly ridiculed over their today for criticizing “The One That Shall Not Be Mentioned” while he was pitching today. At that moment I began to wonder if I was alone in my views of him, but it was refreshing to hear that I’m not when I listened to your show. Also, I think a good analogy for what’s happening to Chipper is that it’s like when your favorite t.v. show is coming to an end. Usually the writing is not nearly as good, and you can tell the actors are just going through the motions. All you can do is just hope for a good ending and pray that it is soon because it has become hard to watch. I love Chipper Jones in that awkward kind of way that every man loves his favorite player on his favorite team, but it’s getting painful to watch him struggle. Gotta get back to the studying. Have a good one, and I look forward to listening next week.
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:27 am
(what do y’all think of this “McOut” fella? Seems pretty cool.). Ok, we’ve talked it over and decided to let you in the club. #1 rule…no makng fun of stupid chick questions. Welcome! Haven’t listened to the show yet but looks good.
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:19 am
“Goofy!” I know you are, but what am I?!?
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:47 am
Chipper has officially jumped the shark
May 3rd, 2010 at 10:22 am
McOut – I do love your jumping the shark analogy with Chipper. It is right on. I had a related thought about him at the stadium this weekend as the cheering was so much louder for Heyward than for Chipper. And it made me happy. The cheering for Chipper the last few years seemed rote. Always the loudest, but not much heart in it. Not so with Heyward. Lusty, I’d say.
May 3rd, 2010 at 10:38 am
Good show guys. Hammy, I love VoldeLowe! That’s awesome. I’m going 6-3 on the road trip. Not as much cause I really think that’s how it will play out but rather how I really want it to play out. I was a little surprised you didn’t cover Wags announcement, not complaining just curious. It hasn’t gotten a lot of ink and I’m wondering if that’s because it’s no real surprise or no one thinks he’s serious.
May 3rd, 2010 at 10:39 am
I know I said it last night, but I totally agree with Bub. No way does Chipper leave this year. As much as some might want him to, he is not going out on a losing note. In fact, I think the only (slim) possibility that he does leave, is if he turns it around and has an MVP-type season. He could leave on a high note and go out with Bobby. Even that seems ridiculous when I read it. He ain’t leaving.
The bigger question is . . . . do we ‘Nique him? Do we Dale Murphy him? Would that EVER happen?
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:24 am
We can’t. He’s a 10-5 so he would have to sign off on it.
I do believe that if the Braves are out of it they will look to dump whomever they can – Ross, Infante, Hinske, Glaus, Wagner, Saito, McLouth, et al. Then they can go even cheaper and younger next year. Their goal is to have every guy under his rookie contract making the league minimum.
If Chip stinks it up and still comes back next year, he is no longer one of the greatest Braves because he will be doing it all for himself, and I have never really felt that way about him. Wonder is this all goes back to Jordan calling him out. The guys at 790 went after him a tiny bit this morning. Clearly, stealing from our superior product.
On other fronts, I read someting yesterday calling for Barbaro Canizares to be brought up.
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:32 am
NO NO NO Barbaro! I remember he was brought up for a little bit right after they shot the horse-version (of his name).
In other news…am basking in the glow of both yesterday’s sunburn AND my awesome purchases @ the ABT Store!
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:36 am
As long as they don’t dump Prado. Wherever he goes, so go I. Not to change the subject but…VoldeLowe is going to be himself which is unpredictable, JJ scares me because it seems like he’s hiding an injury or something…I don’t know. But don’t you think KK could get better as the hitting gets better? It seems like he’s the kinda guy who would get rattled if he doesn’t have bat support. Which clearly has been nonexistent.
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:39 am
Oh, and I thought Saito pitched well yesterday, I meant to say…which is saying something for the oldest Brave, and the only Brave on the team older than I am (by 8 months).
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Ham, even if Chipper would okay a trade, who in the world, with 12 or 13 million to spend on help for their team, would spend it on an oft-injured, oft-erring 3B with little power, hitting a quarter over the Mendoza line? Although I don’t think he’ll retire, it still seems more likely than a successful trade.
And I should say that if the writing is absolutely on the wall – if he is hitting .195, hurting all over, and the Atlanta Press is taking him to task (who ever knew Mark Bradley might come in handy after all?), he might hang it up before risking his dignity.
But there are many ways to rationalize yourself into 12 million dollars:
1. He could hit .450 over the last two weeks of the season, when it doesn’t matter, and say “yup, I’m back.”
2. He could come up with a new strategy – a lighter bat, an even shorter swing, a rabbit’s foot, squeeze his left buttocks at the release point, and convince himself he’s back. Starting next year.
3. Someone could make a case in the press for him. Someone could pour out the passionate “look what this man has done for us” article of all time, and Chipper could read it and go, “ya know what? He’s right! I HAVE done all that!”
4. He could come back and say, “but if I struggle out of the gate, I’m definitely gonna lay it down,” and then struggle, but never quite enough to be sure he’s not just about to turn it all around. Surge just enough in OBP and the occassional crowd pleasing hit to convince himself. Repeat, rinse.
I hope he keeps his word. How badly should he be treated, just for saying something foolish, if he completes the contract he earned? I’m not gonna turn on him. But MAN do I hope he somehow keeps his word and frees up those funds and that spot in the order.
Heck, the way Wren has iced Glav, Smoltz, and Cal Ripken Jr, he might just choose his next manager around “okay, which one of you fellas will sit Chipper Jones after one week of garbage production? You’re in.”
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:11 pm
In the category of “weird,” talking chop has been reporting Yunel to the DL since last night. Not a squeak of it in the AJC.
May 3rd, 2010 at 1:06 pm
“squeeze his left buttocks at the release point” – twss
Why on earth would people call for Barbaro after Glaus’ BEST three games in a Braves uniform?!?!?!?!
My fear about Chipper and his retiring at the end of the year is he could play the game of, “2010 was bad because I was so injured. It has nothing to do with my ability. I’ll just be healthier in 2011.” What needs to happen is that he retires at the end of the season and becomes our new hitting coach in ’11.
May 3rd, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Want a vivid glimpse at our suckitude? (Sure you do).
Moyer’s earned runs per start:
5
5
0 (ATL)
4
5
Kendrick’s earned runs per start:
5
6
0 (ATL)
5
4
That is awful. Pathetic. Heartbusting sick.
May 3rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Well sure Bub, it’s easy to point that out. But that was back when we were awful. Now we’ve swept the Astros and we’re good again. C’mon, man. Why so negative?
May 3rd, 2010 at 4:09 pm
My buddy Edmund, regular listener, has requested a name change. VoldeLowe to be changed to Lowedemort. I’m with him. But Hammy, as creator of the original, we need your blessing.
May 3rd, 2010 at 4:40 pm
I feel like I should open it to the gang for the final ruling. I am partial to Voldelowe, but I am not proud. I still claim the J-Hey Kid as my own.
May 3rd, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Bubdoubter, I watched that Phillies game last night, and when the Mets immediately started teeing-off on Moyer I got really bummed. What’s the deal with the Braves doing that against bad pitching? I think it has to be that mentality of “oh, were supposed to crush this guy”, and they assume it and never get ready mentally to actually do it. I live in TB, and the only reason the Bucs won any games last year is because teams took that mentality into the game against them. The Bucs were awful and should have lost every game, but they didn’t because the Packers and Saints never showed up- they may have won one more, too. I hope the Braves stop doing that because it seems like every year they throw away about 10 wins against pitchers they should demolish. I now expect them to struggle in games where they face a guy whose just been called up to spot start or against a team’s number 5 who has an astronomical ERA. My vote is for Lowedemort. Sorry Hammy.
May 3rd, 2010 at 5:32 pm
McOut, last night’s early thrashing of Moyer by the oft-hapless Metros are why I had to finally post the Kendrick/Moyer bizarro stats. Both pitchers are perfectly bookended now, so all hope is lost that they were just bad before they faced Atlanta, but were bound to become better. Nope. Bad, bad, Atlanta, bad, bad. In perfect symmetry.
Steve, that’s why. Sorry, but, I’ll be more positive as the ability comes to me.
It just really sticks with me, when as a fan, on the morning before we faced Moyer, I was saying to myself all day long, please, Bravos, have a gameplan. Don’t just think Moyer’s snailball is gonna be automatically easy to crush. Have an approach.
And then to just watch them go up there hacking like never heard of how to go after a slow-tosser. To have the fans literally more focussed on how to attack him than they are.
HOUSTON got to him. HOUSTON! The team that couldn’t to LOWE!
But okay. I’ll ease off. They did beat Houston, swept ‘em. I just don’t know how I’m supposed to believe that the same team that didn’t prepare for, or develop an approach to, Jamie Moyer, are going to suddenly play smarter and more focussed baseball because they swept Houston.
But I’ll try and pretend.
Go Braves! (2011!)
May 3rd, 2010 at 6:16 pm
A character like Edmund may know a great deal about white witches but what does he know of dark lords? I’m sticking with VoldeLowe. Steve, that twss was as funny as “rusty Wags”. I laughed way out loud. Ok…so the Braves should have done better against the slow throwing old men. Noted…again. And I would agree that Houston sucks the big one. But we didn’t just beat Houston. As Steve mentioned on the show…we dominated them as we should have. So can’t we, on this off day, hope this team has found a little fire and will be a lot better than they were during the 9 game losing streak?
May 3rd, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Nice move on the new format. I’m sure the iPhoners will be thankful about Wednesday.
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Glad you like the new comments format. Hammy’s idea, executed by our producer Mike.
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:31 pm
“So can’t we, on this off day, hope this team has found a little fire and will be a lot better than they were during the 9 game losing streak?
I think I’ve done a little of both, if you’ll go through the comments. I’m proud of them for stomping the Stros.
Moyer’s everybody-but-us egg layin’ brought out a delayed reaction, as I explained. After that, I responded to the conversation it started.
May 3rd, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Yikes. Sorry. Rough afternoon.
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Apology accepted. Sorry about the bad day. I’m sure you are using logic and statistics but to assume this team is going to be a .500 team would totally bum me out. I think we were half way through the dreaded losing streak before I changed my name from Mary Sunshine. I’m sure I’ll be even more bummed later but I’ll think about that tomorrow. Hey maybe my new name can be Scarlett O.
Thanks Hammy and Mike the Producer for the new format. I may or may not possibly be smitten with you both. Ok…I’m over it.
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Great show, as usual.
Lowedemort
6-3
Bobby’s advice: Cerebral flatulence
Chipper has to suck it up and switch to a lighter bat. When you can no longer catch up to a fastball, you have to drop your pride for the good of the team. I think that may be part of the reason he keeps “pulling a Chipper.” I mean, its not like he is the CEO of the lumber company anymore!
I think this is an above .500 team when McCann, Diaz, and a healthy Escobar come back around to their old selves. I’ll do even better, I predict a comeback to fight for the wild card. I think the Nats and Fish will fall. I still worry that the Mets are better when healthy.
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Let’s not forget that the Braves made Tony Saunders the first overall pick in the expansion draft in 97 by none other than McOut’s Rays. All he did was beat the Braves three times that year. And when I say that’s all he did that year, I mean that’s really all he did. He was pedestrian. Mediocre. Bad. But what he did was beat the Braves in his first three major league starts. In dominant fashion. He beat no one else, but it was enough to convince the D Rays to make the him the #1 overall pick. This is nothing new, sadly. That was 1997. It’s like their scouts don’t pay attention or something. I cringe when we face a rookie.
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:57 pm
I’m liking Lowedemort.
And I think the Mets got nothing. They will start to collapse even before the AS break. That pitching is bad and it will catch up with them.
May 3rd, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Well Hammy…I tried.
May 3rd, 2010 at 10:24 pm
I wonder about the Phils pitching, too. If the Braves can get their act together they could do something in this division. I like how one of you guys mentioned on the show that Infante should play more. He could play everyday. When Escobar comes back he could play middle infield- put Prado at 3rd to give Chipper a day off- or in the outfield. I wish Bobby would try him as our leadoff guy. I just don’t think my namesake has what it takes to consistently be the go to leadoff guy. Infante was great last year before he broke his hand. He reminds me a lot of Placido Polanco. Both guys always hit and play solid defense. I just think him and Prado would be a great one two punch all year.It would be a double shot of Venezuelan fire to get our lineup going everyday.
May 3rd, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Lowedemort it is (but only if we can change Edmund’s name to Munded – fair is fair).
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Hammy – I’ll inform Edmund of his name change in the morning. I don’t think he’s going to like it much.
The Phils pitching is extremely suspect, minus the ungodly Halladay, of course. My fear is that Blanton becomes some kind of stabilizing force when he returns. Happ had a set back yesterday, btw.
May 4th, 2010 at 11:57 am
Curtalicious cracks me up. I sure do love my new t-shirt!
May 4th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Wow…y’all just won’t shut up today.
May 4th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Livan headed to the showers..
May 4th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Bub, I sense a theme here.
May 4th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Expos doing it again..Grrrrrrrrr!
May 4th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Curt, is it the Bird & Brave theme?
May 4th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
This is quite discouraging. This is not the game to kick off this road trip. 3-6
May 4th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
The radio guys were talking about who might start on Saturday, and Jo-Jo’s name was mentioned. Please tell me this can’t be. Is he going to be given ANOTHER chance. Jo-JO vs the Phillies sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Why can’t we beat the Natinals?
May 4th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
I got dibs on 3-6 already.
Jurrjens missing Saturday, though… so… 2-7 might not be out of reach.
May 4th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Bubdoubter was right. We suck. I hate life.
May 4th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
The Hawks are losing 85-44 at the end of the third, which reminds me of a November college basketball score when D-I teams play much weaker I-AA teams. Not looking to be a good day for ATL sports. The Braves being down 3 with their offense feels about the same as the Hawks being down 41. You would think they would have a pretty good scouting report on Livan with his career 5-15 record against the Braves.
May 4th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Go ahead and Tase me, Bro…
May 4th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt.
May 4th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
While you’re at it, how about tasing Chip too.
May 4th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Another question: How is Jesse Chavez on this team and Mike Dunn isn’t?
May 4th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
His last 2 or 3 against the braves he has shut them down and it’s because they have no ability to adjust. Awful. And the Hawks…..
May 4th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
If Florida wins in extras, every team in the NL East wins but Atlanta today.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Thanks, Bub, knew I could count on you. It’s really better now. In each and every way.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
That whole winning thing they did over the weekend was fun. Why don’t they do that more?
May 4th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
I wish I was unconscious. I think I may need a muscle relaxer tonight.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
That’s what she said.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
The Braves should start a fight or something. Anything to get some life into these guys. They appear to be sleepwalking and getting paid a lot to do it. Except for Heyward! Curt, pretty sad that a 20 year old rookie makes adjustments as well as he does and the vets can’t do squat.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
How sad for her.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
If the Braves started a brawl, Chipper would be in a full body cast tomorrow. And who are Kawakami and McLouth gonna take on? Each other?
May 4th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Ooooh…Chipper in a full body cast…I like the thought of that. Go ahead and put him out of his misery.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Mac gets a single…awesome.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Melky left 7 men on base tonight.
Seven.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Chipper’s been on base 3 times tonight. Melky’s the one I want in a full body cast.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Send ‘em all down to the Minors and bring up a whole new team.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Bubdoubter, I wouldn’t mind seeing the two of them in cage match to the death. It might inspire the others to play better. IDK? I’m hoping absurd thinking will cheer me up. I put my money on KK in a fight with McOut.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Except Heyward and Prado and the pitching ‘sons’.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Huh? What? Oh, nevermind….back to sleep…
May 4th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
*crawls along floor with face scrubbing the carpet*
Ahhhhhhh, that feels goooooooood….
May 4th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Stupid Gnats. I wish I had never heard of baseball.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Welcome to the worst road record in MLB. Thanks Orioles for sucking as much as we do.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Have the Braves gotten a win after an off day all year?
May 4th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
That’s it…no more off days.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
I dunno. Shouldn’t take long to research it win by win, though.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Have I mentioned that I love the separate pages on the website?
May 4th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Hawks got beat by 43 points. Wow.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
They have, this is actually the first L. I’m going to stop trying to come up with clever questions now. Better luck tomorrow I hope.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
I don’t know if it’s because the Magic haven’t played in a while, and the Hawks played Sunday, or that the Hawks are the worst road team in the playoffs. My guess would be a little of both.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
But just before the dawn, I awake and find you gone.
I can’t help it, I can’t help it, if I cry.
I remember that you said goodbye….In Dreams.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Eeny Meeny Miny Mo
Braves suck AND blow.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
But, on the bright side, Bobby got that meaningless thing from Congress today.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
The government who can barely keep the most resourceful continent in history afloat awards the manager who drove a 3-HOF’er – rotation to one championship in 14 tries. I’d say there’s loads of meaning.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Absolutely not meaningless, Steve…for shame! The man deserves to be recognized for his accomplished career.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Separate pages not working for me. Multiple mouse clicks keeps me from reaching my full REM potential. Sknxxx, zzzZZZZ.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
So I need tips from all you long time Braves fans who endured the 80′s. How do I cope? Not watching is as impossible as not hoping. Thoughts? Miserable existence.
May 4th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Hey…don’t knock the multiple pages.
May 4th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Princess..in the ’80s, the Braves were awful, but Skip Caray was often entertaining, if a bit of an a**hole. We had Niekro, and his bro.
Basically, you just have to love the Braves and endure the times that they suck. Put more water in the soup, Mama, there’s better times a comin’. Back to sleep.
May 4th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
pppbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbttttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
uuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
Well, I’m proud to be an Atlanta Fan,
Where at least I know WE SUCK.
Good god, what a disaster.
#%*#$*%**#*@(*@$*#*!
To make all y’all happy and to wash the stink off of this evening, you should go do two things:
1) Go here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs) and watch “Miracles” by Insane Clown Posse. The language is a little “blue” here, so know that.
2) Then, go here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi08uLTOGxs) and watch the SNL parody.
The great part is I don’t know which one is funnier. You all may know all about this, but it was a great discovery for me today.
Then I came home to “Atlanta Sports Night” at the Hammy Household.
Then I cried.
Then I poured Texas Pete’s in my eyes.
I feel better.
May 4th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
lol, I put on Dan Patrick to try and forget this mess, and he’s interviewing Mark Teixeira “why I like the Yankees.”
May 4th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
I just posted something and it says “your comment is awaiting moderation”.
Me likey double entendre.
May 5th, 2010 at 1:51 am
What the hell has happened to my freaking baseball team?
McCann is 50 points under his career average.
Chipper is 100 points under his career average.
Escobar: -85
McLouth: -90
Glaus: -20
Diaz: -125
Melky: -50
Prado: +40
This is impossible! Has this ever even happened in baseball history? I mean, only one of these guys is over 35 years old! Only 2 of them are over 30! FIVE baseball players in the MIDDLE OF THEIR PRIME dropping off a cliff at the same time.
That’s an average of SIXTY points PER PLAYER under average, even with Prado included in the math.
I’ve just never heard of anything like this. Freaking sucks.
I thought I’d never seen anything like it before when it happened to Andruw.
Then when it happened to Frenchy, I was like, wow, we get TWO of these this close to each other?
Then when it happened to Kelly…
But THE WHOLE FREAKING TEAM MINUS TWO PLAYERS???????? I know it’s only a month – and the above players struggled for 1 to several years, but DANG, the WHOLE FLIPPIN’ TEAM???
May 5th, 2010 at 9:10 am
Let’s see if we can come up with a common denominator there……hmmmm. It’s like the transitive property.
Bobby Cox + Terry Pendleton = Gapping holes(squared)
In all fairness to this team – this is nothing like the 80s. This team has talent that isn’t being reached. Those teams were awful. Their rookies never panned out, their free agent signings were busts, their best players got hurt, Bobby Cox was their manager.
Wait a minute………………….
May 5th, 2010 at 10:44 am
It’s funny because it’s true, Curtis!
When does the Atlanta Dream’s season begin?
May 5th, 2010 at 10:49 am
You know who would make a great addition to the Braves (for the next two games)? Teddy Roosevelt from The Running of the Presidents there at the Nats park. He never wins, either.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Anne, too funny. Poor Teddy. Surely something has to give soon. They can’t ALL struggle this badly through the entire season. I want to see Infante or anybody better than Cabrera behind Hey Hey Hey.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:15 am
And don’t look now, but over the past games, Prado is 9 – 40. A .225 BA.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Sorry – that should read, past *10* games.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:27 am
Ham, bad news on that front too…..
http://www.ajc.com/sports/dream-fall-in-exhibition-519565.html
May 5th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Curt – We should all realize that Spring Training/Exhibition Season means nothing. Right Troy?
May 5th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Okay, you press pass people, you have a chance to change the team. During all this eyeball business with McCann, I’ve been wanting to say this, but didn’t want to be one more person with a long distance medical opinion, cuz generally those are dumb.
BUT,
Mac’s struggling and rubbing his eyes again. He is a candidate for Ocular Rosacea. Can somebody drop the hint when you get close enough? He gets the rosacea redness sometimes, and his last name starts with Mc (that’s no joke, Irish/Scotch heritage brings it a lot). He’s in the years when rosacea’s facial redness isn’t normally as bothersome as it is in the late 30′s & 40′s, but the ocular part which effects vision intermittently often sets in around now (20′s).
Optometrists (sp?) are slow to diagnose it. An eye test isn’t always reliable. It comes and goes, and it’s kind of a film/ inflammation. It’s treated differently than other vision problems. Antibiotics, special drops, and such. I have it, but it’s so mild I just drop in some natural tears when it flares and bear with it. But I’m not trying to look at a 95 MPH fastball. There have been days, though, when I couldn’t hit a 50 MPH beach ball with the vision in my right eye fuzzing over. And it apes regular vision trouble.
One reason it might be an especially slow diagnosis for Mac, if he has it, is that it is generally more associated with acne rosacea than non-acne (facial flushing) rosacea. But you can have ocular rosacea without the acne, as I do. Never had the acne part. Often had the ocular.
So, there it is. Your ameteur medical opinion of the day. Mac may need a dermatologist more than an eye doctor. Spread the word.
May 5th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Very interesting Dr. B-Oz. Makes sense to me. Is this a fairly common affliction?
I really love KK’s quotes at the end of DOB’s blog…not blaming the lack of run support or his blister but rather his poor pitching for the loss. I think we win tonight. We just can’t keep losing. They can’t ALL hit this bad forever. I hate when we play in Washington cause I’m blacked out…too close.
May 5th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
About 16 million Americans have Rosacea. The mild cases are the most common, and frequently go undiagnosed. (It’s not that destructive to most people – just to be red-faced more often than usual, or have dry eyes, etc.) Up to 60% of rosacea victims are believed to have some ocular symptoms.
May 5th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Sorry, that Princess is such an imposter. Quick guys, call Megan and set up a meeting with Mac and his quack Dr!
May 5th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
“I hate when we play in Washington cause I’m blacked out…too close.” You don’t hate when we play Washington because…we tend to lose??
May 5th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Anne, I think what you’re looking for there is “I hate when we play baseball teams.”
May 5th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Well, I’ve come to the conclusion that i enjoy watching them play even if their losing is probable. I wish I could help it but, alas, I cannot.
@Braves tweeted “ESPN Magazine polled 100 MLB players on various topics. When asked who is the best maager – Bobby Cox was the winner.”
May 5th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Well, I’ll admit he’s a better maager than he is a manager. I once got maag’d in Central Park. I tried to defend myself, but my punch to his face was ineffective. He was so nice, though, he took my money but said as he ran away “You threw a good punch… it just didn’t land… get ‘em tomorrow…”
May 5th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
p.s. I don’t mind losing as much if I can at least enjoy the privelege of being grumpy about it. I think that’s something I always misunderstood about the whiney fans. It’s a legit way to follow a team: griping about it. It’s not always as serious as you think. Sometimes it’s just the funnest shtick available given the team at hand.
May 5th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Bubdylan, you’re hilarious. I didn’t even notice that. You have a crazy and entertaining brain. Go Braves!!! I feel a win tonight…in my gut. Of course I did eat lunch that was prepared by a bunch of sweet, very old ladies. Have I mentioned how I love the new format?
May 5th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Well, for the record, I never thought of you as whiney. Sometimes I just crave a glimmer of hope. If this is how the season is going to play out week after week eventually I’ll accept it. I’m just not ready yet even though logic and really smart brainy baseball people tell me too.
May 5th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
The Braves should win tonight, I’ll give ya that.
May 5th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
JJ to the DL with the hammy. Don’t like the idea of throwing Meds to the lions (Philly) before he can get stretched out properly. He’s a confident dude, let’s hope it holds up.
Good news: Kimbrel up.
May 5th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Thank goodness it’s not Jo Jo. I mean Bobby would never start him right? McOut heard the radio guys correctly, they mentioned him last night as an option.
May 5th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Can you guys believe this? Too funny.
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2010/05/05/cake-honoring-bobby-cox-has-unfortunate-misspelling/?cxntfid=blogs_jeff_schultz_blog
May 5th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Lowedomort and PettigReyes is not the 1 2 punch I was hoping for this season. That cake business is really funny. I wonder if anyone got fired.
May 5th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Bub – the ocular rosacea thing is very interesting. And the fan in me really wants to figure out how to turn him on to it. Perhaps I can drop an anonymous note in his locker.
It is really crazy how little talk there’s been about his eyes given his recent swoon. And yes, the Bobby Cocks cake is absolutely hilarious.
Also hilarious… I think what you’re looking for there is “I hate when we play baseball teams.”
May 5th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
“Lowedomort and PettigReyes” – also very, very nice.
May 5th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Hammy and Will, what about LOST this week? I have a theory but don’t want spoil if you haven’t seen it.
May 5th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
By the way, the Braves don’t fire anyone….. In fact, the cake guy is now our new scouting director.
May 5th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Curt, I was thinking the cake guy was probably already affiliated with the team.
May 5th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Or a fan…wait a minute…ok…who did it?
May 5th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Now that I’ve lost my summer job, I can blog more. Who did what, Mara?
May 5th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
… maybe nobody gotted my joke…
May 5th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
I got it…just feeding all these people calling me Mama. Where did they come from and why so many?
May 5th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
… well, I just wanted to make sure nobody thought I ACTUALLY had a job. I hate those things.
May 5th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Lol! Come on 7:10! Hurry your ass up!
May 5th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
I’m gonna throw this out there and see what happens (insert guy humor). No judging allowed, especially by you Curtalicious and I ask everyone to remember that I have a tween. Ok…ready? I’m so nervous…here it comes.
Crystal Bowersox.
May 5th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Well… my first response is Rated … not tween. 8)
May 5th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Hmmm…you must have come up with a differnet link than anything related to American Idol.
This is sweetness…http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/prado-puts-advice-into-520624.html?cxtype=rss_sports_82062
May 5th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Oh wait…are you saying you think she’s hot? So much gets lost in print.
May 5th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
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What?
May 5th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Sorry. No idea what happened.
May 5th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
Hello? Hello? Bub? You ok? That was crazy!
Ballgame is riveting.
May 5th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
lol, we’re behind before I can get the radio broadcast to come up.
May 5th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Thank goodness for Willie Harris.
May 5th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
OOOOOOOOO-MAAAAAAR!!! Keep that one in the line up Bobby.
May 5th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
This is not going well. No Hey and the younger “son” gives up a homer. Sad.
May 5th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
I sound a little like Lloyd Bridges a la “Airplane,” (Guess I picked the wrong day to…quit methamphetamines…) but: “Guess I picked the wrong season to…buy season tickets.”
May 5th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Tommy getting smacked around.
May 5th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Good grief, who picked Heyward, Escobar and Jurrjens out of this group to be the injuries?
Wonder who we’ll pick up with the sweet draft pick?
May 5th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
havent seen lost yet…will watch tonite
like the new page format
chipper got a ribbie…
May 5th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
What happened to Heyward?
May 5th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
I think I am going to officially change my name to CurtSocial Media
May 5th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Strained hamstring
May 5th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
“Sore right groin” for Heyward, the radio guys are saying.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Curt, who is saying hamstring? AJC?
May 5th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
I just got home to my tv a few minutes ago. Bummer!
May 5th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
will like lost
better format for iphone
yes but heys hurt
May 5th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
“The Braves were in town to play the Nationals, and Cox was saluted for his long time in baseball.” -ESPN
Now there is an honest way to put it, finally.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Careful Chipper…easy does it.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Even his gameday photo is red-cheeked. Strike Out. It’s ocular, I’m tellin’ ya.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Bub, I think you’re right! How’re we gonna let him know? We can hold up a big sign on June 1st but…will he see it? HAH!
May 5th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
If the sleuths at ABT can’t get a note slipped into his locker, maybe we can send a private email to DOB. I can’t do it, guy hates me. But somebody can.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
He does not hate you. How can he after your last post…pure brilliance. I say we sneak in before a game pretending to be hot dog venders. Don Sutton’s cold is grossing me out.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
…. and the rest of that thought, of course, is that DOB might mention it in a tactful way to Mac.
Tommy Hanson on the other hand has knockular rosacea.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Is he snorting again? He needs to work that “cough” button a little more.
May 5th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
He’s not even making the effort, he’s just doing the ole cover the mic, turn and cough.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Ugh, he just let out a huge snortle. Yeeeuck. Might as well just bust out with a HHGhghHOCK TOOEY!
2 on, 1 out. Let’s see how we can strand these runners. Something new I hope. Not a DP. Maybeeeee…. a strike out, and then a pop up. That’s my bet.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Hey! They scoreded!
May 5th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
They scorded agained!
May 5th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Sorry, groin.
Yes, yes. That’s what she said
May 5th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
I’m really enjoying this game…wish I could see it.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Mac just swinging and missing like crazy.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
He’s not so much snorting and coughing into the mic but making it sound like the guy next to him is close to death.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Seriously, somebody tell the guy he’s got that condition, disease, disorder Bub was talking about!
Mac that is…distracted by Modern Family
May 5th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
As am I. She clearly is the perfect woman
May 5th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Who does Melky’s pudgy ass think he’s gonna outrun with all these bases empty bunt attempts?
May 5th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Schafer with a single, double, and a walk with Rome tonight. Hitting .364 so far.
Teheran with another amazing night. Struck out 10 and walked zero, 4 hits, no runs. 0.81 ERA so far this season.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Shoulda had that one, Omie Baby..
May 5th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Dangit!!! Stop the bleeding!!!1
May 5th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
lol, that is the absolute least I’ve ever cared about giving up the lead. Such a weird feeling.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
That makes me so sad and happy for you all at the same time.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Well, it’s not that I didn’t care at all. Just, it was such a small thing compared with usual.
Saito’s ERA ballooning pretty quickly compared with his nice start.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
1st cousin to the Mexidog is the KFC Double Down.
May 5th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Ok…that makes sense. I can relate although I do still care very very much. Which I hate. Make sense? Yeah…me either.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Hat trick for McCann. UGH!
May 5th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
I’m afraid…very, very afraid.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
I hate to complain (right) cause I DO LOVE the new format however, is there any way the pages can be flip flopped? So when the website downloads the latest page automatically comes up and if you wanted to see previous comments you could go to previous pages? Just curious…no biggy.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Steve, where you atz?
May 5th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
ESPN said Heyward wasn’t stretched correctly.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
I guess I can quit b*tching about Kyle Kendrick beating us. He shut down St. Louis tonight.
Of course, that’s not exactly good news.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
This Nationals announcer is killing me! Worse than Chip Carey…yeah…way worse. He made it sound like the last out was a homer ‘fo shizzle.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
ESPN said that? Can you elaborate??
May 5th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Pinch running for Glaus? Why ever would they do that?
May 5th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Great managing by Cox this inning. He’s better this year, no doubt about it.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
He he…no idea, dude can fly. Elaborate? I learned from you never to elaborate.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Good to see Matty D have a couple hits against right handed pitching.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Now they’re talking about Milton Bradley being asking his team for support as he works through issues. Again, I’m always wrong, Bub’s always right. Sucks.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Wags
May 5th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
COME ON WAGS!!!! I REALLY WANT TO WIN!!!
May 5th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
“being asking” was originally “being an ass” and I felt badly for the guy. He asked for help. In my mind that shows transparency thus my compassion.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
COME ON WAGS!! I REALLY… uh… dang, what was I… mmmmm, ice cream.
(You were way right about Damon.)
May 5th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
I WAS right about Damon. Can you repeat that…say…weekly?
May 5th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
I was trying not to eat chocolate during this game and made it thus far. If they go into extra innings I’m breaking out the Symphony bar I hid in the freezer.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Wags sounds pretty.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
mmmmm, Symphony bar. Those are good. Frozen, though? Hmm.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Winnah winnah chicken dinnah.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
ahhhhh…that-was-fun. Still not changing my name. A deal’s a deal.
I would breath on it…warm it up.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Oh come on people! I left that one locked and loaded!
May 5th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
“ahhhhh…that-was-fun. Still not changing my name. A deal’s a deal.
I would breath on it…warm it up.”
That’s what she said.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Be patient, silly. I was copypasting.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
tee hee…I thought following up with “locked and loaded” made it even better.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Great win! Princess..didn’t know you were a heavy metal kinda gal..Ka Bang!
May 5th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Ok…Paper bag mentioned Matty D hitting the ball tonight, McCann still can’t see but we’re working on that, Chip did good…do we feel better? How concerned are we about a pulled groin? 10 hits sounds a lot better.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
This might be the only game we win with Heyward out….
May 5th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Oh Cledus…you don’t remember the discussion when my sawed off shot gun came into play?
May 5th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
That’s funny Curtalicious. I hope we don’t have to play enough without him to form any sort of sample size.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
When you call him Curtalicious… it just … hurts.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
I TRIED! You said it wasn’t cool.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
C’mon, Spurs. Pick it up.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
And how do you think I feel when you give your best rally poems to the litter box? Funny…dude on ESPN just said “Swisherlicious” about Nick Swisher’s homer. I swear EVERYBODY reads this message board.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
No, no. That’s NOT what I said. *crosses arms*
May 5th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
I could copy and paste but I’m too tired.
May 5th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Princess…sorry I don’t remember the SOSG talk. Obviously, I should pay closer attention! And, btw, one of the c’s in tcc stands for Curtis. Curt “I ain’t your daddy” so don’t worry, but probably old enough to be
May 5th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Did they really say on ESPN that Heyward wasn’t stretched properly??
May 5th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
SHUT UP! Thaddeus Cledus Curtis? Awesome! BubALICIOUS, the big fella on Baseball Tonight with the butt cut and scruffy beard did say he didn’t like hearing that about Hey Hey Hey cause his guess is someone’s not stretching him right.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
What an unlikely win tonight. Did anyone have any faith after losing Heyward and then blowing the lead in the 8th that we’d get the momentum back and actually pull it out? Big props to Medlen in the 9th for shutting them down and breathing some life back in the team. And Glaus with the big hit to start the 10th. I’m hating him less and less.
Leah – I kinda like the order of the pages as they are, ala DOB’s blog. But I will see if, after you post a comment, you can stay on the current page and not be sent back to page 1. Working on that.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:23 pm
Wait…so it’s…not…all about me? I’m so confu…o…ok.
Actually, that sounds ideal Stevalici… (ahem) Steve. Sounds about 10 times better than what I was thinkng.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Steve..the new format is a little more work as is, but we will work with it. Last year we saw the Braves win when Chipper was out. That was big. Tonight the Braves won when Heyward was out. There must be a message there somewhere. Seems like this team could just “click” and then….Ka Boom!
May 5th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
In other news, the Nationals are a couple pieces from having a heck of a ball club. And I guess they’re about to add Bryce Harper to the fold.
This is why it’s crap to be mid-market. Either be the Yankees & Phillies and spend money. Or soak up enough last place finishes to build an entire team out of first draft picks like Nats, Fish, and Rays. Being in the middle is just going to be endless frustration.
Think of it, our limited success right now is built on snagging a player so late in the draft our scouts had to hide in the damn woods to deflect attention, and a draft & follow pitcher that turned to gold. In Tampa, they just pick the best right off the tree for, what, 5 years in a row? Seven? Ten? Heck, I don’t know. But can you imagine a few years in a row of Strasberg/Harper/Longoria/Lincecum, etc? Those types?
You know what would be brilliant? To plan a 10 year swing of coming in dead last for 7 years and then starting to spend a ton of money after all the draft picks start coming on strong. You could build a dynasty like that.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
(a)Definition of torture: Replay of the game came on after the real game ended. We’re still tied and I’m still stressin’ even though I know we won…dammit!
May 5th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Wait for it!
May 5th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
lol!
May 6th, 2010 at 12:51 am
Bub, that’s a good point, but there are lots of teams that are awful and stay awful because despite the fact that they pick early and often, their scouting department is crap – see the Clippers. I mean, Kansas City has to have had as many high picks as Tampa and they are still terrible. So there is some skill to developing a team from the dregs. And some luck too. The Braves were hell-bent on drafting Todd Van Poppel until he told them that if they did he would go to college. The Braves were forced to settle on their second choice and thus Chipper Jones became a Brave.
May 6th, 2010 at 12:52 am
“We had some clutchies,” Cox said.
Good Lord.
May 6th, 2010 at 12:54 am
Points taken, Curtali… Curt.
May 6th, 2010 at 7:42 am
Is that better
May 6th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Curtkapedia is more like it. Is anyone else continuously amazed by this guys ability to remember stuff? Names, stats, etc.?
May 6th, 2010 at 9:39 am
He’s also a very good driver
May 6th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Will…LOST?
May 6th, 2010 at 10:26 am
I dreamed last night that I was on a long journey in the company of an eccentric old priest. It was too crazy for words. We were hitchhiking on interstates, and he was devising a way to make money for the trip by selling medicines (they were real medicines, too) that he could make. But in order to be trusted, he had to make some spectacles out of scrap glass and wire. People trust a man with glasses, he says.
Does I-65 go to Jersey? Well this crazy black lady told us it did and we walked the interstate at night. Every exit ramp was like as high as a mountain, though. And every time we would start walking or climbing anywhere, the priest guy would start singing the Jefferson’s theme song. I know there’s limited entertainment value in other people’s dreams, but I had to tell this one. It really was like a movie.
Go Braves!
May 6th, 2010 at 10:38 am
LOST…just watched it.
First impression…mostly just pushed the plot along, good to get clarification that Locke/Smoky is evil.
Wiped out a few of the main characters, but gotta expect that nearing the end.
Saeed mini redemption was a little forced.
B/B-
May 6th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Bub, stop eating raw pork before you go to sleep
May 6th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Ca-razy dream Mr. Licious. I guess I’m super easy to please cause I loved it. I had no idea of the watch’s significance until it was too late. Did you notice that most with any real ties to life back home are no longer with us? With the exception of Claire and Desmond, get rid of Smokey and the rest are living a vacation!
May 6th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Actually, I went to sleep watching Annie Hall. I think that did it. That dream was the offspring of a cerebral whirlwind. No Diane Keaton, though. Bummer. Hell, I’d have settled for Shelley Duvall. I forgot she was such a cutie, I’m used to thinking of her as Mrs. Torrance.
May 6th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Oh, this is bad. No Hudson or Hanson in the Philly series? Over/Under on runs Lowe, Medlen, and Kawakami give up at CBP? I’ll set it at 25 runs.
May 6th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Quick Bub…now’s your chance. DOB’s blog mentions McCann’s struggles. Sign on as “Dr. Imposter” if you must but get your white hiney over there and spread the word!
May 6th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
I don’t think launching it to those bloodhounds would be smart. A private email would be better.
If somebody fetches me his email address, I’ll give it a shot.
May 6th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
*DOB’s, I mean. Not McCann’s, obviously.
May 6th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Bub – here you go: dobrien@ajc.com
We win tonight. And take at least one in Philly. We miss Halladay and the starting pitching in Philly continues to struggle. And I’m feeling very good about Medlen’s start.
May 6th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
I love when Steve’s positive. I concur. Win tonight and take one from the smelly Phils.
Does DOB really read his email? I’m not 100% positive it’ll work but…*cosses fingers*
May 6th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
The deed is did.
I don’t have such a great feeling about Meds at CBP. Not at all.
May 6th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Well, it may or may not work, but here’s where I’m coming from: suppose you’re DOB, and some ruckus gets started on the blog involving 85 medical opinions from 84 bloggers on a player they’ve never met in their lives (including me). Would you validate that rigmarole by mentioning it to the player? I wouldn’t.
But if you got one private message about one condition, maybe.
May 6th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
“Ain’t it like most people? I’m no different
We love to talk on things we don’t know about.”
Too true. Again…you are wiser. Must come with age.
May 6th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
That’s one of their best lines for sure.
My ex-girlfriend said I had nice fits of wisdom between long spells of complete idiocy. I think she was calling me lucky. (I should’a married her.)
May 6th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
“Crash, you do like to give speeches”
May 6th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
The game hasn’t even started and Chip’s in fine form: “That Texas drawl of Chipper Jones…” I’m not looking it up, I’m going to state what I’m 99% sure of: Chipper’s from Florida. Right??
In other news – I’m with Leah that I’m loving my ABT t-shirts and my office will love my ABT mousepad tomorrow.
GO Braves!!
May 6th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Point to Curt.
May 6th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
McCann out of the line up. No Esco, no J-Hey, no Mac.
Beautiful.
May 6th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
no win
And Bub, that comment was coming from a world class blatherer
May 6th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
On encouraging note, the words McCann used to describe his slump sound to me like it isn’t his eyes.
“Things aren’t where I need them to be, just not putting together good at-bats. I’ve just got to ride it out. I haven’t really been here before in this position where I’m at right now. I’ll find a way to get back.”
McCann’s too honest for me to think he’d say he hasn’t really been here before if it was his eye(s), which of course is right where he’s been twice before. Just doesn’t sound like the language he’d use to describe it, even if he didn’t want to talk about his eyes again.
May 6th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Yeah, Curt, I’ve been meaning to say something about your rambling posts.
May 6th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
We’re some non-hittin’ fools.
May 6th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
We’re being no-hit by Scott Olsen. Swell.
May 6th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Curt, your beat-bucs-then-swept-by-magic prediction is still alive. Alive and well, even.
May 6th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Hm. Power hitters are neat. Can we get one?
May 6th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Can’t we just lose like a normal team? Not be humiliated. Not ensure round the clock lead stories on ESPN. So frustrating.
May 6th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Hawks showing some life.
May 6th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Heyward’s thinking to himself, “I’m glad I at least know it won’t be me to make the last out on the news.”
Meanwhile Bobby’s thinking, “I wonder if that new kid’s got one at-bat in him…”
May 6th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Pile of poo…
May 6th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
I did some research to see if a team that was no-hit had ever gone on to win the WS, and surprisingly there were 8 teams that had accomplished just that. I am willing to bet that none of those teams was no-hit twice. Is this just not the most damning indictment of how bad this team is offensively? Seriously? And Huddy throwing another gem for nothing.
May 6th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Actually, I favor the Braves to win the game now that the no-no is broken up.
May 6th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Hawks up 8, Curt. Any predictions for the final score/ differential?
May 6th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Clark Kent, meet Superman.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
YESSSSSSS!!!!!!! My reverse jinx worked perfectly.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Hawks lose by 12. the 4th quarter looms
May 6th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
I don’t know what all the complaining’s been about all night on the board. Sure, I’ve just turned the game on but the boys look pretty good to me. Especially that J-Hey kid.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Oh David.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
It’s all clearing up for me. I think I get it.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Meh. We got this.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Dammit! Scoring there would have really been much better.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
And we hit into another Frenchy
May 6th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Would that have been ball 4 to Ross? Just curious. I like torture.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
lol, Nats’ manager took Dunn and Willingham out of the game. They were due up 3rd and 4th in the 9th. What the heck?
May 6th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Sadness. I gotta bad feeling.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Steve, Ross’s DP pitch was a ball, low. And his first strike of the AB was ball high.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
We got it. Weeeeee gooooooot iiiiiiiiiiiit. No worries. At all.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Wait… we don’t get to play any more innings? I’m confused. Why is it over?
May 6th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Well, at least we weren’t no hit. Sigh. How low the bar has fallen.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
lol, right on cue, the Hawks lead is down the drain.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Well, it’s good to head to Philly on a high note…wait.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
We’re awful. What a bad, bad ballteam. Who could have ever dreamed this sh*t up for Atlanta coming into this year? Amazing.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
I say this with all sincerity, I’m growing really bored of watching this team.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
I don’t think these win-one-for-the-gipper lame duck seasons normally work out too well for anybody by the way. The few I’ve witnessed, even at high school football level… they just seem neat up front and then, meh, this is the back end of an era. Yawn. Let’s get to next year.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
I need chocolate.
May 6th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Hawks
May 6th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Seriously…can we pick another team? Just this year? Please!!!!!
May 6th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Only 134 more games until Bobby retires.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Rays. I already follow them.
(Did I say that outloud?)
May 6th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
I like counting down Bobby’s games and I also like the Rays. Especially that Longoria fella. When you say follow dobyou mean watch? I also like frozen symphony bars. I’m eating the entire thing by myself and I’m NOT folding laundry although there’s a mountain of it.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Look on the bright side. We’re only behind 11 teams in the Wild Card race.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Dang. Jameel.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
No, madam symphony. I don’t watch the Rays. I thought about it. But… this is so fun.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Btw, I’m overlooking how you told Steve the answer to the question I asked. I’m gonna let that go.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Wow. Hawks getting plastered.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
I don’t know about following the next series…. This is just really really bad. I would much rather watch Freeman and a rehabbing Schafer than this group. I would think those two could do better than these guys hitting below .230 and .200. Maybe bring up Clevlen too. I don’t know. I got home to see us being no hit through six by Olsen. I wish they had been no hit just so it would sink into Wren’s head how bad this group he put together really is. They are pathetic. I hope we don’t have to see an entire miserable season from McLouth and Melky. I really don’t see Glaus coming around. I think the first 28 give a pretty telling glimpse at what he’s going to do for the year. The 3-8 hitters in tonight’s lineup are now hitting under .230. I think 5-8 are now all below .200. I guess there was Ross substituting for McCann hitting a scorching .261.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
If this were SEC football we would be Vanderbilt.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Gave the Hawks a little too much credit. Outscored 28-15 in the 4th.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
If this were Major League Baseball we would suck.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Few things . . .
Wilbur, I know this will sound subjective, but you are wrong. Lost was good. Some of the best acting in a while. Just like the Wire, I love that none of the characters are sacred (even though we saw Jin in Sideways world, which was a little anti-climactic.) Didn’t like the Titanic like scene with Jin and Sun and thought it was weird that they were talking to each other in English. (Dear everyone not named Leah or Will, isn’t this fascinating?!) I give it an A-.
Braves – uggh. Um at least we didn’t get no-hit twice in a month? Poor starting pitchers – at least with JJ out we are spreading the lack of support around, (except for Edmund of course).
Hawks – 3 out of 8 quarters isn’t bad right? We don’t have to play the whole game do we? That seems to be asking a lot; I mean we have been playing all season. We shouldn’t have to keep playing after the original 82 games. Then again, I could be wrong – I have been banging my head against the coffee table for the past 15 minutes.
May 6th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Curtis – just read post 268 – you are an evil prophet.
May 6th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
It’s just too easy Ham. As much as we all want these teams to perform, they keep doing what deep down we know they are going to. Braves can’t hit (in the clutch), and the Hawks are awful in the 4th.
I’m now thinking we might get 2 on this road trip. I need to read some quotes from Bobby about how great they played tonight.
May 6th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Steve, I got a great laugh out of #301.
May 6th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Steve it’s Major League staring Chipper Dorn and Troy Cerrano. Nate McLouth can play the roll of Wlllie Mays Hayes and Cox will play the part of Lou Brown, the foul mouthed manager all the players love.
May 6th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
This series really is a good microcosm of what the season has been so far. We go 1-11 with RISP in game one and lose with Livan Hernandez getting the win with Moyeresque stuff. In game two we somehow score 7. Cox is convinced the team can hit. In game three Reality comes knocking, and we almost get no-hit by Scott Olsen, an inconsistent pitcher the Braves usually crush.
May 7th, 2010 at 12:04 am
Can you imagine what Ozzie Guillen might say in a post-game press conference about the way our team plays? It would be refreshing to hear that instead of “we hit the ball hard right at people.” “Zimmerman put on a show in the field.” Seriously Bobby? Didn’t Zimmerman have 2 errors. I guess he’s throwing the guy some props because he knows if Zimmerman hadn’t thrown the ball around we wouldn’t have scored at all. OK I’m done.
May 7th, 2010 at 12:32 am
Ham – de gustibus non est disputandum, but I hear ya.
Mabye I can change the grade to a B/B+ for pure evil of Smoky but …
- the Arab character blows himself up?
- the beelabored reuinion sub plot ends with…the stuck in a sinking car/ship/boat bit
- the fat guy….cries?
- Kate gets shot with a rifle…a rifle…like a 30-06…in the chest, but hops on a submarine, hangs out for 10 minutes, then escapes said flooded sub at 80 feet below the surface…and swims to shore… and hangs out while the fat guy crys a bit…sort of clutching her chest, like her bra is on too tight
- Sawyer gets everybody killed…now that I believe
I could go on…just rang a bit phony to me.. Jack’s acting was excellent..he gets an A.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:46 am
Late Night POOOOOOOOOOST!
I’m going to briefly state my case for abandoning the Braves in favor of following the Rays for just one summer. And then I’m going to ask you all to give me your honest opinion; on a scale of 1-10, 1 being scum of the earth and 10 being perfectly forgivable; how bad of a fan do you think I would be to pull the trigger.
1. I find Joe Maddon fascinating.
2. I find the Rays fascinating, and this is the last year they’ll be this dominant, most likely, with Crawford and others pricing themselves out of range starting in 2011. This year only they can take it to the Evil Empire in amazing fashion. Do you guys know how good this team is?
Listen, they’ve scored 168 runs and allowed 85. That’s right, 2 runs short of DOUBLING the runs that have been scored against them. They’ve scored THE MOST RUNS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES. And they’ve allowed, get this, the second least, AND San Fran, who leads that total by 4 runs, has played one game less than the Rays.
The Rays are 21-7. WHAT? .750. They stomp teams. 70 million dollar payroll and they beat the crap out of teams the livelong day.
PLEASE, mama, I WANNA! Say it won’t make me scummy. SAY IT!
3. I genuinely do not like the Braves team. I don’t like them. Don’t believe they are committed either in the front office or on the field. I actually believe Brian Jordan; that Chipper phones in the winter routine and the stretches. That Cox grandpas the team into complacency. That Escobar and Glaus are about three pouts short of being unlikable personalities. Not only will the team lose all year, it’s going to be agonizing, with good pitchers being constantly punished and the NL East swallowing them whole. I’d like to be excused please. I don’t feel well.
4. I like the DH. I know I’m alone on ABT in that, but I like think it’s a more elegant and fitting version of the game, no matter which version is older.
5. I half think the Rays will wear down and submit to the Evil Empire. So, while I’d be jumping on a bandwagon, I would at least be opening myself up to the clutches of the most disgusting sports franchise in the universe. Over here I’m safe. I don’t hate the Phillies. I do hate the Yankees. I could actually take a worse beating over there, so… I get SOME points for that, yeah? YEAH?
Alright, so there it is: Would you blame me? Does it sound like a slimey thing to do? Because… what do I owe this group? It’s not like I became a fan in ’91. I was around for the sucko years. I feel I have certain rights.
6. Rays hustle. All day, every day. They run like their asses are on fire. That’s almost enough by itself. I think it’s a rare window to follow a team that could do something historic. And I just don’t want to lose that out of loyalty to…
This awful, awful, awful team.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:47 am
lol… “briefly…”
May 7th, 2010 at 5:54 am
It’s a marriage, Bub. For a true fan, til death do we part. I certainly think that you can take interest in another team, but at the end of the day, for better or worse, this is YOUR team.
Then again, this is really painful, so I give you a 3.
May 7th, 2010 at 9:39 am
Bub – I’ll give you a 3.5, but only to make myself seem more compassionate than Hammy.
Everything you’ve said is absolutely correct. The Rays are immenently more rootable, more successful, apparently filled with more heart, soul and cool thick plastic glasses frames. But, the problem for me, at the end of the day, is that I don’t give a sh*t about the Rays or any other team in the league. You may claim that I’m just rooting for laundry but I love this franchise and care deeply about their outcome every day of the year. It’s unconditional love for me. My love for the Braves is much, much bigger than my love for MLB. I’m not saying you’re wrong about your opinion (but, you are and so is Will about Lost). I just think we come to it from different places. Am I pissed and frustrated and disgusted beyond belief? Yes. Do I secretly think they have a run in them in the 2nd half like they did last year? Absolutely. Is it based on any empirical evidence? Hell, no. But this is what I do. Go Braves!
May 7th, 2010 at 10:11 am
This is sad, but I look forward to the Braves return home because: it’ll be Friday Night Fireworks. Oh, and Kelly & Roche-y will be there.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:28 am
I…need a moment…*presses hanky to trembling lips, squeezes eyes tightly shut to keep the tears at bay*
What is up with our LOST website? I guess it’s down so I’ll have to use this one. Sorry guys. Will, Sayeed was totally sacrificial. Sure he hasn’t felt any emotion for weeks but still. And Jack told you…the bullet went all the way through. I am in love with Hurley, Hugo, tub of love and when he cries, I cry.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:46 am
fine….ill have to watch the episode again….but i dont think ill change my opinion. dont like being ganged up on…it usually means im right.
i too am a braves only guy…grew up in atl the main reason, but also for lack of bandwidth to follow anyone else.
Will recalls that on paper, things looked pretty darn good. spring training…pretty darn good. could easily turn around. agree w steve. too early to roll over. Go Bravos
question..any interest in reading my bat$hit crazy mother’s email description of a tour of Derek Lowe’s house on Peachtree Battle? It was with some woman’s group she joined…This woman could care less about the braves….actually mildly hates them since she is a braves widow…but her reaction to this house is funny. Teaser: disco ball in the garage…and then they toured Turner field. Any interest?.maybe to lighten the somber mood..? she sent me a bunch of photos of Turner field, the dugout, the locker room..
May 7th, 2010 at 10:48 am
what Steve said, without all the mushy, lovey stuff.
I can see pulling for the Rays if the get to the WS and are playing the Phils, as I did, and following them during the season as a casual observer, but the Braves are it for me. I remember a friend saying that he cheered for Michael Jordan after he hit a shot to beat the Hawks. This guy was an Atlanta native, but he just rooted more for a winner than for his hometown team. I was mystified. Not saying that you are a frontrunner, and they would be a fun team to follow, but I can’t support other teams. We play those guys this year. I do like that team alot, and would love if they had Atlanta on their chests, but they don’t, so I can’t.
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May 7th, 2010 at 10:51 am
Will – YES. Share the stuff about Lowe’s house.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:03 am
OK….Warning….just going to post it as is.. kinda better that way…Ill delete some family names she mentions to protect the innocent…
May 7th, 2010 at 11:06 am
I AM SOOOO COOL
From: Sally Montgomery (xxxxxxxx)
Sent: Thu 5/06/10 12:02 AM
To: Ben Montgomery; Will Montgomery; Sam Montgomery; Miwa Montgomery; Christina Montgomery
Oh My Gawd!!!! I’m just way beYOND Cool! Yesterday I went all through the “summer” home of Braves pitcher Derrick Lowe (did I get the spellin kerik) ALL through this huge imperesssssive humongous house on Peachtree Battle. WAY OUT OF PLACE on Ptree battle – doesn’t fit – but GORJESUS. Hits his summer house – other homes in california and Florida. Had draperies in the garage! with a disco ball hanging from the cathedral ceiling (of the garage). Beautiful pool, kitchen, downstairs decorated beyond belief – like straight out of ADAK – if that’s yer thang. Upstairs – one bedroom had purple – dark purple walls – very contemporary – wonderful to look at – great colors all over (know you guys would just adore the colors). Lots of televisions – one you can watch through the mirror hanging over it – can’t tell it’s a TV til you turn it on so you can watch all he sports events. Incredible basement – or “Lower floor” or “below ground” or whatever – huge weight/training room – mirrors, etc, wine celler, vented cigar smoking room, more huge TVs in a row with reclining chairs – indescribable – twas lots of fun. Can’t imagine anybody getting it dirty – much less kids runnin around it. Boy all our kids would have had a blast in it – bet we could get it messy
Then TODAY I toured Turner Field – had lunch at the 755 Club – I could have CARED Less but it was such fun. Went with the Tomodachi group of the Japan American Society – Miwa you’ll love this – lots of cute Japanese women – tho they don’t meet in the summer. Maybe I’ll be able to get some names – but they are so friendly. Most are wives of Japanese businessmen – have the same problem that American women have in Japan – can’t work – can’t get work visas – so stupid! But they have lots of free time to go through Turner Field and do other fun stuff. we had a tour – I sent email photos – couldn’t send the SMELL!!! and it DID – like dirty sports equipment – yuk! We went through some of the corporate boxes (stanky), the press stuff (needs renovating! let the Lowe’s decorator up there) – where the announcers sit and the TV interviews take place – and the press sit – went to the Sun Trust Club, out on the field, in to the dugout – to the locker room – through the Museum – also up on the top where the Cow, Coke bottle and cannon are. Then we had great food at the 755 Club – fun people – Americans are mostly old ladies like me. Actually there are several members that I’ve known for a long time from other activities I’ve done – like XXXX (XXXX’ mom). One very elderly lady – very interesting – and lively – woman (had a large dressing on her neck from carotid endarterectomy surgery – didn’t slow her down a bit)- is Hungarian with an American husband – and they lived in Japan long ago – he was with AMEX then – but she was a nurse in WWII – in Hungary – spent 2 months on a German railroad boxcar in the winter – and she’s a hoot!
So that’s what I’ve been doing – GO BRAVES!!!!!!
May 7th, 2010 at 11:18 am
FYI: There will be a story about Heyward on ESPN’s E:60 show on Tuesday, May 11, at 7 p.m. ET. Buster Olney is doing it.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:19 am
Glad to know Lowedemort is spending his money wisely. Really cool email. I wish I had an hour or two to converse with the Hungarian WWII nurse. I hope she’s written her stories down. The WWII heros are dying and their stories with them. My friend spends an hour or two interviewing her great uncle who fought on D-day everytime she gets back to B’Ham. Must document that time period. Ok…done harping. Thanks for sharing Will.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Yes, Will. That was terrific. And crazy (and by that, I mean your mom, not Lowe’s house).
May 7th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Taking my son to the Rick Riordan (the Percy Jackson and the Olympians author) book signing at Emory tonight. Will only catch the game via my blackberry. Which I think may be a good thing. I smell a vintage 5 earned run outing from Lowedemort tonight. Final score: 7 – 1 Phils.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Each gameday I look forward to the lineup. Like there’s gonna be something special about it. Something hopeful.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Bub, I need more info. When you say “abandon the Braves to follow the Rays” what all does that entail? Are you driving down to Tampa instead of Turning Field? Are you pretending ABT doesn’t exist and finding some sorry blog to post with your sorrier new Tampa friends? Watching a game or two, parts of games, keeping track of where they fall in the standings… all ok with me. I’d give you a 6. You disappear for the summer due to your new found love of the Rays? Unacceptable. You are scum.
May 7th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Wow – I thought I was being generous with a 3. Sorry Bub. You can take a shorty on the side, but you can’t change your squeezie-poo.
Will – I could actually hear Sally in that email (even though she sort of writes like a Kool Katz or whatever those weird cats on the web are).
My mom lives 4 houses down from Lowe (I can give you his address if you want). All she ever talks about is his azaleas.
May 7th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
That’s so funny because all I kept thinking to myself was “I can’t believe Will’s mom faded his azaleas.”
He must not do his own gardening because if he did they would all be dead and really expensive to get rid of.
May 7th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Maybe I just don’t understand fandom, then. I got into the Braves because they were on t.v. I stayed with them because I knew their names and faces. Well, and I was born in Atlanta, but I was born at a very young age and nobody asked me if I liked Atlanta or not.
So, you can’t choose your family, as they say. But is that the deal with baseball teams, too? I dunno if I can get behind that. I never really stepped aside and said to myself, “Self, what baseball team do you REALLY like, and why?” If I had, I can tell you immediately, it would probably be a DH team.
And I wouldn’t be stepping aside and asking it now if the baseball team I habitually follow was winning games. There’s no way around that. Abandoning ship when times are hard: that smells bad. I know it does. And for a first place team. That’s worse. I get it.
But, what marriage? I didn’t take any vows. The Braves didn’t woo me, they just broke into my television set and TBS’d me into submission. I hate driving in Atlanta. Mapquest tells me I’m 9 hours from a Ray’s game, which sucks. But for the two or three times per season I get to the Ted… well, I dunno. This isn’t going the way I wanted.
But… what marraige? And if I go root for the Rays this year and then decide to root for… I dunno, the Twins next year, in an age where about 0.01% of ballplayers ever go anywhere besides the precise ballclub that forks over the most millions, what is it exactly I’m supposed to be tied to here? A city I don’t live in? An owner who doesn’t care about baseball? Turner Field itself? The Braves logo and uniform?
So, IF I was gonna look around for the first time in full awareness and pick a team, would it even be the Braves? And WHY would I necessarily do that anyway? Teams change every single year. The things I like about the teams change, too. You say it’s a marriage, but I wouldn’t marry a woman that promised to surgically remove and replace a third of her parts every year, including her brain and heart. That does make a difference.
What I like is the sport itself. And I like some players, too. A couple of managers. I may go free lance. Or, call it Free Agent Fan, right? Doesn’t a Free Agent player at least claim to take the situation of the teams into account before he signs on? And they get paid a gagillion dollars. I’m do my part for free… I even pay money to it. Can I not size up each team each year and decide what’s best for my career as a fan?
Baseball had evolved into the haves, the have-nots, and the have-a-windows. The Rays have a window right now. Maybe I’ll root for a team with a window the rest of my life. If that makes your knee jerk, I have to ask again: WHY stay with one baseball team? I know it SEEMS proper and loyal, but what is the real baseball morality here? Where does it come from? Why am I being asked to stay with one team when changing jobs is acceptable, changing hobbies, changing clothing styles, changing favorite t.v. shows, changing neighborhoods, states, and even countries is considered adventurous and liberating?
Its ISN’T marriage. There are few things in life that require or even request that kind of loyalty. I understand why you guys feel the Braves is one of them. I’m not sure I’m with you on that, that’s all.
May 7th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
In other news, Mac is back to glasses. Maybe the timing of my email – coming before anybody on the team said BOO about his eyes – will prompt DOB to act. But that’s probably my own naivety.
May 7th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
lol @ “Curthlic”
May 7th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Ok, so you have a few logically points and I think just maybe you could, for a season, pull for a different team. However, Bubdylan, you operate on way more than logic. You are all heart with a huge side of loyalty. You’d come back. I’d wager it wouldn’t even take an entire season. It just feels better if I have to suffer through the season, and I don’t have a choice, you should HAVE to also. But your right (ugh) you do have a choice. And if you DO become a freelance Baseball fan you should create a blog cause comment #329 would be a kickass post.
May 7th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
<http://rosacea-support.org/treating-ocular-rosacea-from-aao.html
“The variability in response of patients with ocular rosacea to these immune reactions may account for the extreme variability in clinical signs and symptoms associated with this disorder.”
Also just read another account yesterday of a sufferer having to revert back to glasses from contacts. It really does start to look more likely. But then again, that’s how hypochondria always works, so I guess it could work that way for paranoia regarding somone else’s health, too.
May 7th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Oops.
Here: http://rosacea-support.org/treating-ocular-rosacea-from-aao.html
Leah, thanks for the kind words. Of course I won’t completely abandon the Braves. Being hyperbolic again. Also was exaggerating. 8)
May 7th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
“Braves-Nation >> 5/6: Nationals 3, Heyward 2″.
Lol. Seriously hoping DOB checks his email. Of course if he responds we’ll never know cause Bub will be in Tampa.
May 7th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
If DOB opts to ignore it (understandable), and Brian announces another LASIK, I’ll be a little more alarmed. LASIK, I believe, is especially not a good idea with O.R.
May 7th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
All right folks…tacos don’t cook themselves and my friends can’t possibly have fun without me so I’ll miss the first part of the butt whipping. I’ll check in later and Go Braves!
May 7th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Kevin Goldstein in an insider article highlighting NL East minors:
The Most Dominant Pitcher In The Minors?
Julio Teheran, RHP, Atlanta Braves (Low-A Rome)
Wednesday’s stats: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 10 K
While he doesn’t have anywhere near the publicity of Stephen Strasburg — and understandably so — Teheran is one of the best pitchers in the entirety of the minor leagues. In his first six starts, his ERA is 0.81 — with 40 strikeouts in 33.1 IP and just 17 hits allowed. Signed out of Columbia in 20007, the 19-year-old has the stuff to match the stats, with a 94-96 mph fastball and two secondary pitches — a slow curve and classic changeup — that project as above average. He’s still a long way off, but he’s one of the few pitching prospects in baseball with true ace potential.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Watch out, we got Jamie “The Fossil” Moyer against our lineup from last night. Big Sweaty on the mound for the Braves. This could be over after 3 innings. At least the Hawks have no chance of being disappointing tonight.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Bub, think back to what Mets did in their first inning against Moyer on Sunday and what we just did tonight. Still early in the game, but…. Chipper resembles the character of Charlie Kelly’s Mother on It’s Always Sunny On Philadelphia. For those no familiar with the show, the character Charlie Kelly’s Mother is a chain-smoking drunk.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Heyward’s groin is worse. No longer day-to-day.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
McOut, I have no doubts we’ll lay another egg vs. Methuselah.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
14 pitches for Moyer to record his first 6 outs. No Approach, Volume Two.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Okay, I can’t rock the Scum name all night.
May 7th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Um… Celtics? H’llo?
May 7th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Ha ha. I’m at dinner with my mom and kids and just checked the score on a lark. The nameless one should have to dress like the Hamburglar when he pitches. What a joke. Bub, I’m switching to Tampa too.
May 7th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Curt, if you didn’t check the box score, you ain’t seen nothing. 1 hit off Jamie Moyer through 6 innings. He’s faced the minimum.
The Braves have single handedly shaved 2.38 runs off Moyer’s ERA. I added it up. Without us, he’s over 7ERA. With us, under 5.
May 7th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
I’m also now a Cavs fan
May 7th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
And Kendrick dropped 10 off of his in Atlanta
May 7th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
I’m honestly embarrased
May 7th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Facing the minimum through 7. One hit. No walks.
Let me just repeat that. Jamie Moyer. 2010. 1 hit. No walks. 7 innings. In CBP, no less.
May 7th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Freaking brilliant, Bobby. An unwinnable game and you bring in Kimbrel to make his MLB debut in CBP against the PHILLIES. Because, confidence doesn’t matter to a rookie. I wish Bobby would retire right now. Tonight. Don’t wait another day. Please call a press conference and say the words.
May 7th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
KIMBREL!!!!
Good job. Whew.
One hour till my first Rays broadcast. Getting excited.
May 7th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Moyer hasn’t seen one pitch in the 7th inning all year before today. Now he’s in the 8th.
At least Strasberg also 1 hit us in the Gwinett game.
May 7th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
2 hit shut out complete game for Jamie freakin’ Moyer. I’m literally laughing hysterically. I’m laughing all over myself.
May 7th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Scumdylan, got an extra spot in your ’74 tan van headed to Tampa?
May 7th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Everyone even remotely affiliated with the Braves should either resign or be fired immediately. Including the players. Have they no pride? Seriously? Have they no pride? As men? As professional baseball players? You just got a 2 hitter thrown against you by my 8th grade science teacher. He was THROWING 70 MILES PER HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I honestly read quotes from Bobby or any other Brave praising Moyers and talking about what a quality game we played I might never watch a Braves game again.
May 7th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Seriously. At what point does someone get fired? When does TP go? Even as a scapegoat? There must be a shake up. Coming out of ST, the two teams I read so much about – so much about how sharp they were and good they looked – the two teams were the Braves and the Rays. Um, one of these things just doesn’t belong. I’m so disgusted right now. 1-8?
May 7th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Curt, I don’t know what it’ll take. But with their mentality, I can’t see them letting anybody go based on a game with McCann, Heyward, and Esco all out hurt. It shouldn’t matter, but it looks bad in the papers.
Maybe at the end of the road trip, they’ll do something. But I doubt it.
The Braves just can’t get up once they’re down. They showed this at the end of last season. Those last 6 games mattered to me, and I was disgusted with them for mailing them in. They just don’t seem to have any mental strength or something. Hell I don’t know. I hate to keep coming back to this, but I firmly believe the playing for grandpa mentality is killing them. Baseball at the top level is hard, soul-busting work mentally and physically. It’s a grind. They just get tired and, that’s it. Jim Powell said their shoulders were slouched. Diaz made a late dive, so that’s good on him. But for the most part they literally have quit.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
Climb on in, Mara.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
It’s always nice when your team quits 29 games into the season.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I always feel like they don’t try hard enough or they don’t want it bad enough but then I read quotes from the players and they seem as discouraged as the rest of us. David Ross sounded like he needed to be on suicide watch after last night’s game. I didn’t get to watch tonight so I shouldn’t even comment. Of course that’s never stopped me before. Just wondering what the hell’s gone wrong. I’m with Curtacular or whatever his name is at present. I want a scapegoat.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
This will blow your mind. Before today, Jamie Moyer hadn’t pitched 9 innings against the Braves since my birthday. My 15th birthday. Oberkfell drove Dale Murphy in on a double in the 10th to with the game. Bruce Sutter with the save.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
*to win the game.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
That is so sad. I had no idea Moyer had been playing THAT long. Wow. He IS old. Watching other teams for me is counter effective. I get jealous and more angry that my team can’t perform.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
How’d Kimbrel look? I know he lost and the Phillies crushed him but any highlights? Silver linings?
May 7th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
The quitter mentality is nothing new. I distinctly remember the playoff series against the Cubs and once we were down 1 run we quit. The only guys with any energy were Marcus Giles and DeRosa. And I still love DeRosa because of that series. He would get on base and look into the dugout and beg them to get fired up. I hate Bobby Cox so much. Bub, I don’t know if you listened to us last season, but I made a big point about the grandfather thing. That quote came out over and over and I just couldn’t get beyond it. My grandfathers are dead, and I was only close to one of them, but I will say I loved him and loved being with him, but in no way was their any discipline associated with being with him. Nor is there with the clown that manages this team.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Kimbrel sounded like he looked good. One inning, one hit, no runs, no walks, two strike outs. I think he threw a wild pitch, but I can’t remember. But sounded like his stuff on the two K’s was really strong.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
lol, the Rays are being no-hit through the 4th inning. I’m not giving up, though. I’m LOYAL.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Lol. Whew…sleepytime.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Night.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Curt, I’ve been around since just before the Glavine interview. I was a slow convert to the theory of the Grandpa Badness. I forgot you were an original advocate. “I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.” Or… reverse that.
May 7th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I missed the entire game (the book signing thing was pretty cool). And I have NEVER, NEVER been so pissed looking at a box score. NEVER. Forget the obvious and insane fact that we were 2 hit by Moyer. But ZERO walks. And 7 runs given up by Lowe?!?!?! The 5 a game was ridiculous enough. But 7!!!! Utterly pathetic. I can’t think of any other way to describe it. Go Braves!
May 8th, 2010 at 1:26 am
lol, the whole team is convinced – genuinely convinced – that Jamie Moyer threw some kind of brilliant, once-in-a-lifetime pitching performance tonight! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I’ve never seen anything so clownish in my whole life. Is this One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest? Or, maybe it was twice in a lifetime. Both times coming in his first two outings against the Atlanta Braves. Have they completely lost their minds?
He didn’t carve anything up. He’s terrible. He was terrible before he faced Atlanta the first time, terrible between that time and this one, and he’ll go right back to being terrible in his very next performance. They’ve flown the coop, I swear. I can’t believe those comments. Best game ever pitched by a blah blah blah. The Braves have been shut out more times than ANY TEAM IN BASEBALL. It’s not them! It’s YOU, Atlanta! YOU and YOU ONLY! Am I TAKING CRAZY PILLS?
This team has jumped the shark, no kidding. You guys are certifiable if you ride this out. I love you all, but you need perscription meds if you keep going.
I swear I will not listen to one more broadcast watch one more game on television until Bob Cox is gone from here. Not one. I’ll look in on a box score once in a while and check in with you guys, but no more games. None. No, not one. I promise.
I honestly thought I was beyond getting enraged about it any more. (And I did enjoy Tampa’s game. Did you guys know that Soriano has been doing very well? I thought he would punk out down there.) But I am mad as hell to read the postgame comments. – “He’s the same pitcher night-in, night-out. He’s going to sink and cut the ball, change speeds, frustrate you a little as a hitter, and you’ve got to be patient and make him come to you.” BLAH BLAH M*&^%f$#^ BLAH. If he’s the same pitcher night in and night out, then HIT THE DAMN BALL like HOUSTON – HOOOOUUUUUSSSTOOONNNNN!!!!!! did, scoring the same 5 runs off him as everybody else besides ATL who got SHUT DOWN by him TWICE!
I honestly, absolutely, CAN NOT believe they would open their mouths to say ANYTHING besides “we’re just playing piss poor baseball.” Even if they think there’s a CHANCE it was a good performance, SHUT THE HELL UP. Nobody wants to hear it. Poor pitcher after poor pitcher after poor pitcher CAN NOT be having the same good performance against ONLY ATLANTA! SHUT UPPPPPPP!!!!!
Done. Finished. Caput. Adios. No more. Zippo. Nada. Cero. Ziltch. Nothing. Fried. Burnt. Blown. Baked. Ticket punched. Ship sailed. Game over. Lights out. Carnival closed. Out of business. Out to lunch. Wrecked. Case closed, door closed, coffin closed, and need their mouths closed. This team is the stupidest team in all the stupid history of all the stupid world. Dumber than a glue-eating monkey. I could smoke ten pounds of crack and perform brain surgery in the dark better than these dunkheads can play baseball.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH
MAKE
IT
STOP!!!!!!!!! MAAAAAAKE IIIIIIITTTT STOOOOOOPPPPPP!!!!
go braves.
May 8th, 2010 at 8:17 am
Howard Johnson is right
May 8th, 2010 at 9:01 am
See…all heart. Something HAS to give. If I were TP I’d turn in my resignation and say “Sorry fellas. I guess I ain’t got it.”. I expect them to lose today but man I hope they win tomorrow. Come on guys…for the Brave Mother’s!
May 8th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Brave Mother’s pea picking hearts! Or *Brave Mothers*. Which ever.
May 8th, 2010 at 9:38 am
What did Howard Johnson say?
May 8th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Blazing Saddles?
May 8th, 2010 at 10:48 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5Mr5eCF2U
May 8th, 2010 at 10:49 am
Gabby Johnson……………
May 8th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Heh. I love it. I haven’t seen Blazing Saddles since I was a teenager. I know, I know.
Authentic Last Tier gibberish?
May 8th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Kelly Johnson hit his 10th. 2 more than he hit last year. He will actually hit 30 homeruns this year. 30. Thir. Tee.
May 8th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
This is pretty hilarious. Rated PG-13, to say the least. MLB is taking it down left and right, so you’d better hurry if you want to catch it.
http://nextround.net/2010/05/04/the-jim-brockmire-story-a-legend-in-the-booth/
May 8th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
*Do not watch it at work.
May 8th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
I hate baseball. I hate my love of baseball even more. Why couldn’t Glaus gotten one of last night’s hits today? Why baseball gods…WHY WHY WHY?
May 8th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
We do have a sweet team down here in TB. Watching them and listening to the Braves…. there should of never been a comparison between the two. Joe Maddon’s players would never quit on him. These guys on the Braves are a bunch of overpaid losers. No wonder the underpaid latino players hate playing on this team.
May 8th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
The Phillies pitchers have looked better at the plate than our hitters this series. What dimension of reality is our team functioning in.
May 8th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Yeah, pretty exciting when their pitcher can get a 2 out hit and our cleanup guy has left 5 on in his 2 ABs. God, he is terrible. Another ridiculous effort with scoring opportunities.
May 8th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
I’m glad Medlen got the start…I’ll say that.
May 8th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Just heard over the Phillies loudspeaker: “Now batting for the opposition…The Philly Phanatic.” They’re being right neighborly.
May 8th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Atta boy, Medlen. Help yourself out.
May 8th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Atta boy, Nate. Pulled you a Frenchy. Christ.
May 8th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
LOL @ Tampa Bub at your 1:26 am post. You really got your frustration across there.
I am so disgusted by the excuses coming from the Braves. They seem to give all of the credit to the opposition and take none of the credit for their poor performance. You CANNOT expect to get a fastball down the middle, you need to MAKE hits and figure out HOW to win a game. Completely unacceptable.
May 8th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
…um, why are we pulling Medlen??
May 8th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Perhaps Medlen was pulled because this is his first start of the season. That must have been his longest appearance this year.
May 8th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Good job Medlen and happy to see a crooked number on the board. I know, we still suck but I wanted to say something positive. I miss Cledus and the negativity gets to him.
So does the fact that McCann is wearing glasses again and that he sees better during the day support the funky eye disorder theory?
May 8th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Wearing glasses again does support the theory. But O.R. isn’t the only thing that can make contacts a pain.
Yes and no to the day/night thing. Yes because at night, lights are goofy looking – extra large halos, etc. But almost all vision troubles are worse at night, so it’s not an especially telling clue.
No because O.R. is aggravated by sun exposure. If I had to make a call, I’d say the day/night is evidence against the O.R. theory. But the all these parts of the condition are variable, which is why it’s so hard to diagnose unless the skin symptoms accompany it. (Even that is tricky, as many skin troubles ape Rosacea. Misdiagnoses abound.)
May 8th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
VENTERS!!! Go, Braves!!
May 8th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Ape? That sounds terrible!:). Y’all think BC learned a thing or two about Howard vs. righties last year. Nice management in the 7th (see Cledus?).
May 8th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Saito! Go, old man!!
May 8th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Bets on Glaus stranding…11??
May 8th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
(I never win a bet…glad I typed that). Go, Glaus!!
May 8th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Could the Fox announcers be more excited about resumation of the Yankees/Sox game? Good lord.
May 8th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
C’mon Wags…c’mon kid!
May 8th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Thanks, Matty. Whew. Let’s do that again tomorrow.
May 8th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
Great catch Diaz!!
May 8th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Exhale…you need to type stuff like that more often Anne. Great win. Gonna try and remember this feeling tomorrow.
May 8th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
No way the Hamburglar or KK should get starts over Medlen
May 8th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
Excellent observation. Maybe that’s the good that will come from JJ’s injury.
May 8th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Wow. I’m very disturbed at how much happier I am when Braves win. I do seriously need help.
May 8th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Mara, that’s exactly the deal with me. I’m not stable enough to be the fan of a 90 loss baseball team. I need the happiness. This was the first time in memory when I’ve had the complete leisure to watch/listen to a Braves game and did something else. I tuned into the Rays game. We lost. It didn’t mean that much to me, so I guess Steve has it right with “cuz I just don’t give a sh*t about the Rays.” But maybe that’s honestly what I need.
I’m gonna stick it out, just… to do it. It might not be a passion (I don’t know, it might be, I did get very excited during the one part of the Rays game I was genuinely interested in and had some knowledge of – hearing Maddon’s pre and post game comments, refreshing would be too small a word)… it might not develop into a passion but the truth is I need the release from the mindbusting frustration of being the fan of an inept ballclub more than I need the thrill of following a team that plays well. I’ll take both if I can get it, of course. But I doubt that thrill will be available to me as a first year Rays fan. You can’t replace the years invested, it’s true. But, like I said, I’m sticking with it. Damn the torpedos. Full speed ahead.
May 8th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
p.s. I’ll feel less like a frontrunner soon enough. I had a look at the Rays April schedule. You think the Phils had it easy? The Rays played one good team. One. And the lost that series. At home.
Alright, I’ll knock off/ severely limit Rays talk now. I’m sure first time podcast listeners visiting the comments are like “what the?” Not a great way to follow the show where Steve invites in-game chat.
Go Braves!
May 8th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
“We lost.” Owwwwwiiiiiiieeeee! You do what you gotta do. I figured you were doing something different today than watching the Bravos. It actually was a good game, besides, ya know, all the no hitting by players that should definitely hit. Bobby put in lefties to face Ryan Howard…TWICE! Medlen was stellar and you could tell the bullpen felt like they were one unit. Didn’t matter which pitcher was on the mound they were part of something going right for this team and they were proud.
May 9th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Ok…I promise I’m gonna let this go. I’m sure everyone’s sick of me hounding you however, I just have to say you should watch the top of the 6th inning as well as the bottom of the 8th and the bottom of the 9th. Some good small ball in the top of the 9th as well but it’s just depressing how shocked we all are when Glaus get’s a hit. The bottom of the 7th was difficult and nerve wracking but noteworthy. There could have been a huge momentum shift. We had just left two guys on base and Moylan threw 8 consecutive balls. Enter stage left, B Mac. he calms down Moylan who then gets the out and as Ryan Howard steps up to the plate, the crowd goes wild, Venters jogs across the outfield. Ryan hits a pop up fly. That could have gone many different ways of bad but it didn’t. My point in all that blabber iiiiiiiiiis…had the Braves lost today? I would rather see all those good things amidst the Glaus leaving 9 on base and Chip reaching through errors and walks than watching a team win I care nothing about. Wagner is retiring. He’s a legend and we get to watch him close out ballgames that OUR team is winning!
I won’t be selfish and lay on a huge guilt trip. Your mental health is more important than that. I’m just saying I’d rather hurt from a loss than not feel much at all over a win.
Done, I promise.
May 9th, 2010 at 1:39 am
Is that you, mom? KILLING ME!
I’m sorry. I’ve been down that road too many times. The nature of baseball dictates that even an awful team will win some games. And the Braves are an awful team. And it isn’t necessary for them to be this awful. That’s a fact I just can’t get around. I’m not wasting my time on a team that is unnecessarily terrible.
Since the day before the first Moyer game, I’ve been screaming at them to develop an approach to Moyer. But they won’t. How can I stand behind a team that is blatantly lazy in their game? From today’s INSIDER, a small piece called “Why They Won,” that picks out a few pitchers and explains their win in a nutshell:
“- The off-speed was effective because the Braves chased 47 percent of pitches (MLB Avg. 31 percent). Moyer also threw a strike on 70 percent of off-speed pitches thrown.
- When Moyer got behind, he still got outs. Braves hitters were 0-8 when ahead in the count. Opposing hitters were hitting .458 coming into Friday against Moyer when ahead.”
That’s a writer with absolutely no motivation to disparge Jamie’s performance, basically saying, without trying to sound obvious, that the BRAVES were behind Jamie’s peformance more than Jamie was.
The only team Moyer faced twice all year, and yet the only team so backwards, so inept, so unprepared mentally that they can’t get three hits off him in 9 innings. Up there trying to hit that 80MPH garbage like it’s a regular pitcher. Like they’ve never heard of him before, much less seen him.
And today’s box score tells me plenty even in one glance. Glaus still leaving gobs of men on the bases, and still sitting right there at #5 where he can soak up the most baserunners on the whole team. I’m sorry, I’m just not into it. I’m done. I feel bad about it, but not bad enough to keep torturing myself the way I did last year. I remember it so well, winning a game or two and believing this is the start of so and so and such and such if only they’ll start yadda yadda yadda.
They’re not going to start anything. No team that can show me this against Jamie Moyer twice in a couple of weeks is suddenly going to turn into a disciplined, focused team with a smart game plan and solid fundamentals because they caught a lift from Medlen and the luck of baseball. They’re awful. And it isn’t necessary. They don’t have the horses to be great, but look at these averages compared with their careers. They just aren’t prepared for good baseball. They blew it. The leadership from Bobby is terrible, and there aren’t enough McCann’s and Diaz’s and Prados to overcome the Chippers, Escobars, and Glauses. Go back to Glaus’s face in the tunnel the night he hit the big homer against Philly. That’s your power hitter. Your first baseman. Loaf 2.0, a mercenary who hates it here. Not unlike your most expensive pitcher, Lowe. Not unlike your pouting icon who’s calling out players again in half-veiled snarks. What a mess. Can’t do it.
May 9th, 2010 at 1:52 am
And now I’m really done. I can’t imagine how obnoxious it is to read my crap, and I’d be saying, “okay already, go root for your new team and quite griping about your old one.” Sorry, breaking up is hard to do. I loved this freaking team and I’m sincerely hurt at them over what I got in return for my passions.
May 9th, 2010 at 5:18 am
When I feel down, I always try to think happy thoughts. Like puppies, or ice cream. Or listen to comforting music. Like “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips. That one always comes through for me.
May 9th, 2010 at 8:40 am
Will, have you done your homework?
May 9th, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Today’s lineup is just beyond my comprehesion. Melky in the 3 hole?!?! No Hinske?
May 9th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
It really is a joke. As if you are simply not trying to win. As if you have games to give away. Shameful that even with some injuries that’s the best we can do. Conrad over Hinske?
May 9th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
So I’m on my way home listening to the game and I hear Infante getting thrown out at home plate, KK pitching as expected, ChUtley scoring on a shallow fly ball and I can’t wait to get home so I can watch. Certifiable, in need of therapy and meds. Can’t be helped. I’ve tried and cannot reach apathy.
May 9th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
O.K.- 2 things.
Melky Cabrera is a disaster.
Is is just me… or should we lay some of the blame for the hitting woes at the feet of Terry Pendleton?
Just some thoughts!!
Rob
May 9th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Can we blame ALL the hitting woes on TP?
May 9th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Ouch…shake it off Nate. You’re ok.
May 9th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
If I were BC I’d schedule a mandatory bunting workshop for entire pitching staff. Should be 3-1.
May 9th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I’m not so much a Jason Werth fan.
May 9th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
I say we hit Werth next time at bat. His torso IS the strike zone when he sets up. Yea…I know I’m talking to myself…I’m ok with that.
May 9th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Hamels momentarily has lost the strike zone. Gotta score the lead off walk.
May 9th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Come on Prado! Don’t you love your Mama?
May 9th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
“Cannot open socket”.
May 9th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Lice Prado running through the stop sign to score. Come on BMac! I heard Hamels call you 4 eyes.
May 9th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Lol…Lice. Sausage thumbs.
May 9th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Keep us in it KK!
May 9th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Bring on EOF although I’m almost possitive I saw him blow snot without cover in the dugout in yesterday’s highlight reel.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Homeplate ump has twice now had two exact same pitches back to back and he called one a ball and one a strike. Huh? Exactly.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
I hope EOF hits Werth.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Oh well…next time.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Bad wind…very bad wicked ass wind.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Naptime.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Keep the faith Leah. You merit some points for hanging in on this game.
May 9th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Just so y’all know Hinske and Infante hit homers off Lidge in the 9th. The wind blew them back to the warning track. If Infante isn’t thrown out at home in the 1st or Cabrera grows a pair and throws out ChUtley we win. Call me a simpleton or an idiot but with KK pitching and without Heyward and Chipper this was a winable ballgame. I’m not ready to give up on 2010. Will we win the division? No. Am I setting myself up for heartache? Probably. So stuff that in your pipe and smoke it. Go braves!
May 9th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
As I said about the Hawks, I will believe they are going to win until the point they don’t. They just don’t a lot this year.
May 9th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Rays 3 outs away from being no-hit. Perfect game, too. Baseball gods giving me the hammer. Rays about to be 0-2 since I switched to their broadcasts … after losing only 2 games on the road all season.
Bring it on, baseball gods. I’ll take on every one of you $^#*&^#s.
(I know… I’m going away… really am… really… soon…)
May 9th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Don’t! You don’t have to go! Steve said this was a non discriminatory podcast. Braden’s mom died of melanoma and he was raised by his grandma. Baseball gods got it right today.
May 9th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Wait, it’s not about me? Well, that’s boring.
May 9th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
*Congrats to Braden, and Happy Mother’s Day everyone.
May 9th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
When he says “everyone” he means me.
May 9th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
“#mlb A heart-warming moment for the ages: Braden hugging his grandmother, who raised him, after his mother died of cancer_on Mother’s Day”
previous tweet was how he turned the 15 minutes of fame given him by ARod into a lifetime. I LOVE that!!!!!
May 9th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
I love when ESPN makes me cry. That clip of the last three outs and then ole Dallas huggin his grandma. *sniff*. New show!!!!!!
May 9th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
How did Bobby leave Hinske out of the lineup? Hinske can play THIRD, LF, RF, 1st, and he should probably start there over anyone not named Heyward or Jones. Earth to Bobby, you have been consistently benching a Major League hitter and throwing out a lineup full of talentless losers. Really unbelievable guys. That was a sweepable series. But noooooooooo……… I’m Bobby Cox, I am going to take the same lineup that almost got no hit by Scott Olsen, and throw it up there against Jamie “The Fossil” Moyer, and then see if he can do the job. OOOOhhhhh, too bad, Glaus got a couple of singles. In one inning these geniuses looked at 3 pitches. 3. The inning took less than 2 minutes. The Hamburglar gives his usual performance that reminds Frank Wren every five days of what an idiot he truly is. Then Medlen comes out of the pen to look better than our two other starters who, combined, make about 23 million more a year than he does. In spite of Glaus’s 9 men LOB, we still win. Hinske, who finally starts, is an essential part of the win, so what do we do the next day. Infante, Prado, Melky, Glaus, McCan’t, Diaz, Conrad, McOut, Kawakami, BARFOLA! Cox is a baseball wizard ladies and gents. Were it not for three hall of fame pitchers, the man’s likeness would be going no where near the Hall of Fame. No logic explains not playing Hinske. If you wanna play Melky because he’s a righty, sit McLouth, put Melky in Center, and put Hinske in left. OR, if you’re even smarter, you leave Brooks Conrad at the hotel and you play Hinske at third. Either option would have been better than benching Hinske after he won the game the day before. Also, if you use the righty/lefty argument for plauying Melky over Hinske, then don’t you play Ross over McCan’t, who might be going blind for all we know. Everytime he gets in the box and squints I lose my mind over the absurdity of our team. And then Melky tries to bunt for a single and gets thrown out by 30 feet. How high is Melk Dud? I wish Hinske had hit that ball out in the ninth and then told Bobby he’s a moron when he got back to the dugout. GM, coaches, they’re all bad. That’s why this is a bad team. I bet Frank Wren opens the sports section every morning, flips to the standings, and then laughs like Claw from Inspector Gadget at the Braves and O’s in last place. It really has become a laughing stock of an organization. Oh, and I forgot to mention, Larry’s hurt again. Well surprise, surprise.
May 9th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Yeah…shoulda had Hinske in. I don’t get it either. Go Braves!
May 9th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
“I love you Mama. You’re beautiful.”
May 9th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Name change post so no one knows it was me.
May 9th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
McOut – I am so with you on the Hinske thing today. HOW, HOW, HOW is he not in today? And Melky batting third?!?!?! I’m still not over that. Hinkse plays the outfield. And actually HITS! I’m wearing out the stupid exclamation mark key!!!!!!! Argggghhhh. 10 minutes until show time.
May 9th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
No card. No phone call. And batted Melky Cabrera 3rd.
May 9th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
NEW SHOW!!!!!!
May 9th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
My son’s a logger. I’m very proud.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
How excited can I be about a new show…it’s going to be very depressing.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Curt’s going to be in an exceptionally bad mood. He’s missing Breaking Bad. Thanks Curterrific!
May 9th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Ahem.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
When I was crabby my mom made me list 3 things I was thankful for. I think they should be forced to do the same. Shorthops then 3 reasons you like this team.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Here’s my 3 then I’m off to bed:
1 Tommy Hanson
2 Martin Prado
3 Omar Infante
Go Braves
May 9th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
1. Bobby’s leaving
2. Chipper’s leaving
3. Some day, Lowe will leave.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
New show is going to be brutal. Might have to skip it.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
So, Curt, how are you?
Umm… whatever.
Yeah.
[long silence]
It’s time for Fair or Foul. This is where I…
Foul. It’s foul.
[long silence]
Yeah.
So, that’s our show. Be sure to visit our… *sigh*… happy Mother’s Day everyone, and Go Bra*cough*…
… GO BR*chokingsound*
GO …. team.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Maybe we should go ahead and get our list of 3 things we like about the podcast ready.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
1. Curt’s laugh makes me smile.
2. Steve sounds upbeat even when he’s saying something negative.
3. Hammy’s got a huge mancrush on Prado.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
1. Steve
2. Curt
3. Hammy
May 9th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Stole my thunder.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Don’t go Bubalicious…
May 9th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Sox making it difficult for the nasties.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Pssh, do you really think I’m leaving this freaking baseball team? I would if I could.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Maybe the fellas can give us a little pre-show prep. Should I go ahead and hide the knives?
May 9th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Can I get that in writing?
May 9th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Has everyone read BraveinNY’s latest blog? Pretty cool and bonus points for having such a witty name.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Believe me, it’s not necessary. I’m telling, if I COULD stop being a Braves fan, if there was a button I could push and do it, I would push it right now. There’s no merit in my loyalty. I’m not saying I’ll stick with them thick or thin. I’m saying there’s nothing I can do about it.
Shaking your fists at the baseball gods is about as useful as shaking them at the Real One. I lose.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Me too. Today’s game wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It’ll be good to get Heyward back in the lineup. Woulda won today with him I just know it! I liked the quotes from Diaz, Hinske and others today. Not much but it’s something.
May 9th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Show will be up in 30 – 45 minutes. It’s really upbeat! (Not really)
May 9th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Certainly not the most upbeat show. How many ways to say the same thing. But I hope that even with this you guys will hang with us.
My three:
1. Heyward
2. Hanson
3a. Hudson
3b. Prado
Happy mothers day Leah. Hope it was a nice one.
May 9th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
And AMC replays Breaking Bad at 11 p.m.
May 9th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
“not really” I should listen to it tonight so I can sleep it off or “not really” listen to it in the morning and put on a happy face?
May 9th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Awe…thanks Curt. It was actually wonderful. I did pretty much nothing and was promised the ability to watch the game without interruptions. It almost happened, only one interruption and he’s adorable so it was ok.
May 9th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
I promise not to call you during the game ever again.
May 9th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
LOL!
May 9th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
Yeah…I’ve told you just to be patient. I’ll get all “your” answers to Steve’s podcast questions on time.