Show #111: The Braves End Road Trip in High Fashion
The 11-game road trip finally ends. The Braves potential All Stars. Brooks Conrad.
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June 13th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Well I have been away from civilization for a few days but it’s good to see the boys get a series win at the twins, driving to Atlanta in a few hours. Hopefully the weather permits some good baseball! Go Braves!
June 14th, 2010 at 12:19 am
Good job taking the reigns, Curt. Awesome to hear some Ballpark Frank again. Good show all the way around.
Fair to the coolness of the fish tank.
Thumbs up to whoever said the 2nd game of the Twins series was the most important of the year. It’s hard to find a game that marks the transition from the April awfulness to the May goodness, or from there to the late May greatness… but the transition to the Okay, let’s just admit the sky is the limit greatness… was definitely the 2nd game of the Twins series.
Go Braves!
June 14th, 2010 at 3:00 am
http://talksportsphilly.com/?p=2027
Nice props from a philly phellow.
June 14th, 2010 at 11:53 am
Ball Park Frank! You promised to stop in on the message board and I’m holding you to it. Nice show…good job Curtis. I too am relieved when Chipper is not in the lineup. I like seeing him talking to the younger players. I love that he gave Conrad a scouting report right before he hit the Grand Slam to beat the Reds. He can still help this team and will still be the face of the Braves but maybe as a pinch hitter. I know…won’t happen.
My fear of Prado and the like getting hurt absolutely trumps any joy of seeing Braves players in the All Star game. I realize this makes me a bah humbug and I’m ok with that.
Great road trip! Glad for the day off. Excited about this homestand. Go Braves.
June 14th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Mara, the players aren’t going to break in the Allstar game. They’ll be fine.
June 14th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Dudes, I’m totally in line at Starbucks in Destin behind Kevin Bacon. Starbucks guy on intercom confirmed it. Of course I have no make up on.
June 14th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Ask him if he was in a movie with a guy who was in a movie with a guy who was in a movie with a guy who….
June 14th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Jurrjens roughed up a bit in rehab.
But his velocity topped out at 96 mph in last inning pitched.
June 14th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
I guess getting knocked around during you first rehab start is not totally unacceptable. Does anybody know if they were in Durham? If so I’m very sad.
Watching my kids night swim is boring.
June 14th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Nah, they were in Georgia.
June 14th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Thanks for the compliments. It was weird being in the chair.
June 14th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Braves looked great against the Twins. Can’t wait to see how they do against another of baseball’s top teams. ESPN power rankings had the Braves at 5 today by public vote
June 15th, 2010 at 12:07 am
Got back from Vegas about an hour ago. Two big sports-related highlights:
1. Watching the US/England World Cup match (yes Curt, I watched every moment of the game) in a packed sports book. Now there’s some cool fan energy. And those Brits can chant so much better than us.
2. By chance walking past the sports book in our hotel on Saturday and catching the last two innings of the Braves game. Damn that squeeze was a thing of beauty.
Curt – congrats on the show. I thought it would be really weird listening with no idea what it was going to be, but you guys didn’t miss a beat.
June 15th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Girl Question!! So, Jurrjens rehab start made me wonder: when an MLB player goes back to the minors for rehab, do his stats in that game count toward whatever his minor league stats were? I totally get that none of it counts in his MLB stats, but I figure whatever he does or doesn’t do has to record SOMEwhere, right?
June 15th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Mara Wanna: I just got it!
Is it bad to be happy about Nate’s headaches?
June 15th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Anne, those stats should count toward his minor league stats.
Danny, I think it’s a fine line. Obviusly, we are all happy he is out of the lineup – same with Chipper – but i guess we can’t revel in him being hurt. I know where you are coming from though.
June 15th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Thanks, young Curtis. I waste more grey cells thinking about crap like that. I’ll be at The Ted tonight schweating my (base)balls off. …but think how those poor guys feel down there playin’. Go Braves, and get KK some run support!!
June 15th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
KK get’s first win tonight…I’m totally calling!
June 15th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Breaking news…Chipper Jones retiring today. (??????!!!!!!!!!!)
June 15th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Anne – looks like he will announce that he’s retiring at the end of the season: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/06/15/jones-to-announce-hes-likely-leaning-to-retirement-after-2010/
Wow.
June 15th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
DOB’s recent tweet.
Chipper retiring? I haven’t confirmed this, but heard from 2 people that Larry Wayne Jones is set to announce he’s retiring at end of season
June 15th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
And another post from DOB’s blog said that for the rest of this year, he’ll take on a reduced role and that Infante would become the regular 3rd basemen. Double wow.
June 15th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
I didn’t see that Steve! Are you pulling a Bub? I gotta check that out for myself.
June 15th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Chipper Jones: Braves batting coach next season??? (that’s conjecture)
June 15th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Don’t blow a gasket Bub…
RT @mlbbowman: After talking w/ Braves mgt. Chipper does not plan to address the media. Believes it’s premature 2 talk potential retirement.
June 15th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I think I am going to start calling him the Waffler
June 15th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Quite a strange couple of hours. The Braves PR department just sent out a press release stating that Chipper would not be holding a press conference today and that he was not available to the media prior to the game this afternoon.
June 15th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
McWaffler is in the 3 hole…per protocol.
June 15th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
And what, pray tell, is “pulling a Bub?” Grumble.
June 15th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Sigh. Chipper. And don’t look now, but ESPN took the ball and ran away with it.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5289293
Just what we wanted to be concentrating on during the Rays series. Why can’t he just stop saying stuff until he’s ready to say something decisive. We’ve all seen this show before. At least Bobby wasn’t Waffled.
June 15th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
For the record, I don’t think this is as big a distraction as it’s being made to be. This should actually put to rest a lot of the speculation that’s been in the air.
Tweet from the AJC a few minutes ago: Bobby Cox on meeting w Jones: The best I can say is he’s planning on retiring after this year, but we won’t know until he tells you guys.
June 15th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
I’m only distracted by the sweet smell of waffles. …or maybe that’s the funnel cake talkin’.
June 15th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
“pulling a Bub” is posting something borderline absurd as a joke. However, some of us tha will remain nameless tend to buy hook, line an sinker.
June 15th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Bub – I’m gonna guess that “pulling a Bub” means having a little fun with the Board via misleading hilarity. Like…go to this site and you’ll see Chipper’s press conference live!! http://beedogs.com/index_files/page0008.htm
June 15th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
#33 & #34 – “that’s what she said” LITERALLY!!
Headed to The Ted…Go Braves!!
June 15th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
So jealous of Anne right now…can’t see straight.
June 15th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Anne, are you going tomorrow? I shall be there then.
June 15th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Rain delay gave me time to finally listen to the show. Good job Curt, Ball Park and Scot. Speaking of the delay..on the radio show a caller asked, with Diaz out, who is the emergency catcher? They said it’s actually Tommy Hanson!! Could that be real?
Chipper as batting coach?? Well that would solve at least two problems!
Go Braves!
June 15th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Rain Delay (equivalent to a West Coast start) = Bedtime before the Bravos come to bat. Daggum it!
June 15th, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Tedious…
June 15th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Curt – plannin’ to be here, yes. I might just camp out in the parking lot!
June 15th, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Go Bravos! Beat the Rays! (tomorrow
)
June 15th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
I’m not giving up. We can come back.
June 15th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Hey, maybe the Braves will give KK no run support and then come back late and win!!! Has that ever happened before??
June 15th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Not with Price pitching and 4 errors
June 15th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Oh Brooksy. I always assume serious clutch hits from him but I guess I have to allow him to be human. I wish Melky had made it to 2nd. I’m listening to the game on my phone which means I can’t talk to you fine people AND listen at the same time. I miss my peeps!
June 16th, 2010 at 12:16 am
I’m glad we got all the wrinkles out tonight. Gotta beat ‘em tomorrow.
June 16th, 2010 at 1:16 am
Great show this time. Missed Steve & Hammy…but very glad to hear from Ballpark Frank & Scott.
Concerning tonight’s game…Hello Chris Resop…GOODBYE Chris Resop.
June 16th, 2010 at 1:21 am
As a younger fan, this is a sad day. I will always respect and love CJ for what he was and admire him for what he is doing. My brothers and father are comparing it to being bigger than Ozzie Smith’s retirement (The other 1/2 of fam is from StL), so I hope he gets the fanfare he deserves. For a Cards fan since the 40s, my Dad, to say that to me, it says a lot. (but he has been a closet Braves fan since I started rooting for them.- age 5) Chipper will be respected forever, especially if he ends it on his own terms. My dad doesn’t get on his high horse for many athletes, since he was an olympian (and I will leave it at that for privacy reasons- he kicked a ball for a while), but to hear what he said about CJ was pretty special for me. He went pretty far back in Cards folklore for comparisons. I love this game.GO BRAVES!
June 16th, 2010 at 1:48 am
Bub, You were upset or annoyed (you did quote it) that I called the offensive performance aganst Ian Kennedy “pathetic”. You did pedict the Braves making the playoffs. My obvious assumption is that pitchers who are better than Ian Kennedy will be pitching at that time (the playoffs), and that is why I called the performance on that day pathetic. I usually don’t defend a post, but a critique of a critique from you, of all people, is amusing. I’m sorry I offended you, but I feel no runs against Ian Kennedy is a sign of bad things to come. I’m sorry if I have offended you, and I’m sure you’ll let me know if a I have. Also, please excuse any grammatical errors. I haven’t taken an English class in over half a decade, nor do I work in a profession that requirea it.
June 16th, 2010 at 2:07 am
Great show Curt. Looking forward to seeing your TB series predictions come true! Just wrapped up game 1 here in Hong Kong. Now 0-9 for KK.
I think the Chipper Jones news is good. Great to see him taking one for the team yet again. You just don’t find baseball players like that anymore. I would hate to see him become the Cal Ripkin Jr. of the Braves. Although, with a homer and a double in today’s game I do wonder..
For a bit of the Glory Days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A10IfZtTbkI
June 16th, 2010 at 9:07 am
Atlanta has a knack for discarding its former sports heroes and it seems Chipper will fall right in that category. He has been a HOFer for us and we should all remember that. I know he has been awful the past couple of years, and I know I have led the charge for him to be replaced with full throated furry, but that should not overshadow his vast contributions to this franchise.
Look at Murphy’s last couple of seasons. Wonder how we might feel had those been in a Braves uniform. How this town embraces Julio Franco and dumps on Tom Glavine is beyond me.
I’m certainly more guilty than anyone, again, but let’s remember the good too. I’ll try and take my own advice when we are finally rid of Bobby.
June 16th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Losing is not as much fun as winning.
June 16th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Nate, the key phrase in your post is “from you of all people.” Taking me seriously is bad for your health. Believe me there is no waffler more waffly than me. Brett Favre was like “damn, Bub, make up your mind.” So, please, just shove aside any fit of passion from me as likely to change in five minutes to the opposite opinion.
This morning’s answer to recent Braves failings:
The Braves escape my wrath (and I’m sure they’re quite relieved) by building up breathing room with my patience. No matter how lame they play on a given day, it’s balanced against what they’ve been showing me recently. There’s not a team in the league whose fans don’t believe they lack the killer instinct to win win win. Realistically, all teams, Yankees, Rays, everybody, puts in poor days at the office. It’s June 16, and the Braves have not lost a series since the 9th of MAY.
They might lose this one, and they might fall out of 1st to the surging Mets. But they are a long, long way from using up the good feelings they’ve built up for me the last month. Just like I was the slowest to come around to loving them again when they turned it on in early May, I will probably be the slowest to get upset if they start to get shakey.
So, that’s the sort of visceral motivation behind anything I say to defend or critique the team. Once they’re on my good side, I can ignore whatever the particulars of this or that loss may be. I’m sure that’s not good for analysis, but it’s good for my sanity, such as remains.
June 16th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
I swear by all that is holy if I had money laying around I’d pay Bubdylan to write a Blog.
Brett Favre was like “damn, Bub, make up your mind.”
Very funny.
June 16th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Tonight’s lineup: Prado – 4 Heyward – 9 Chipper- 5 McCann- 2 Glaus – 3 Hinske – 7 Escobar- 6 Cabrera – 8 Hanson – 1
June 16th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
That’s a winning line up. Tongiht, the Rays will wish they had joined the circus and cleaned elephant caca for a living. We will crush them.
June 16th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
On a note I wish I could avoid, if Chipper retires, I’ll be eating crow for weeks. Good grief will I have misjudged a character. First time I’ve ever done that, too.
June 16th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
As unfortunate as the outcome was last night, coupled with the errors and the woeful hitting with RISP, the Braves still remained true to their new
AL-like playing personality of being very patient and taking a lot of pitches. They made one of the best pitchers in the AL work very hard last night. Which, for me, mitigates a lot. To Bub’s point earlier, nothing about that game last night really depressed me. It was just one of those games. Except Resop, of course. He REALLY depressed me.
Loved this poem from DOB’s blog earlier in the day:
I have to say that I love KK
He is somehwere below greatness every 5fth day
He makes no excuses,
But always he loses,
Still, I will defend him no matter what you say,
He walks a few,
He gives up a hit or two,
Still, down he will never lay,
People may hate his loses, there are nine,
People may hate his era, way above prime,
Still, He is a decent starter every fifth day.
He MOST CERTAINLY is not suited for the pen,
His margin for error IS ALWAYS razor thin,
Thus, KK MUST REMAIN in the rotation I pray,
He gives up runs in bunches,
But Bobby sticks with him, playing his hunches,
Never from KK shall I stray,
But now the end is sadly near I can feel,
JJ’s hamstring is on the heel,
Now KK will demoted….NO WAY!!
June 16th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
By the way Curtis, I loved this tweet from last night: John Jaso Jingleheinerschmidt. His name is my name too.
June 16th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Braves put Chris Resop on the disabled list with a strained left oblique and called Jesse Chavez back up from Gwinnett. Wow.
June 16th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
I like it when we score. It’s…fun.
June 16th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Scoring is more fun than not scoring. Go Braves!
June 16th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Just found the SunRays channel! Wahoo! I still have to listen to MLB…the sound on this channel gives a new meaning to the word “sucks”. Anne, I’m looking for you. Do something crazy! Tell Allen I said hello. Isn’t that the usher’s name?
June 16th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Steve, to that point, the organist is playing John Jacob jingleheinerschmidt when Jaso bats. Wonder if he reads my tweets.
June 16th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Inexplicable reasons: I’m not there. Won’t be back till Friday, so you can stop looking. I will certainly say hello to Alan. Were I dating older married men still…he’d be on my list.
June 16th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Hinske!!
June 16th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
GREAT pic, Curt! Did the wifey score those tix? (I’m just assumin’ since she did such a great job earlier in the season)
June 16th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
I hate Curt.
June 16th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Yeah. The old lady scored the seats again. I’ll give her a hug or something. Slap on the back maybe
June 16th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
At the very least, a fist bump. Nice work, Mrs. Curt.
June 16th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
Did you guys see Hinske and McCann do the jumpin’ hip bump in the dugout. They both must have cleared the deck by a good 2 1/2 inches!!
June 16th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Damn. Really wanted the shutout. Oh well. Shut it down Jonny!
June 16th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Wagner would have finished this off. Johnny???
June 16th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Bub, right on with your prediction. We wore them out tonight. Great fun to be down here. Venters a little shaky but better to do it with a 6 run lead
June 16th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
Nicest thing about tonight was not being the least bit surprised to find the Braves methodically beating the Tampa Bay Rays.
I don’t know about Hudson’s sinking two-seamer in the sweltering heat tomorrow. I’ve either observed or imagined that heat+humidity brings trouble to Huddy sometimes, but it’s a tough call since he plays in Atlanta after all. But I did notice his awesome performace in Minnesota came in cooler temps.
Great game! Go Braves!!
June 16th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
What an absolute pleasure tonight was. A methodical beating indeed. Do the Rays really look significantly better than the Braves? I don’t think so.
Curt – that’s hilarious about the organist. You’re a genius is really what I took away from that story.
Tcc – LOVED the jumpin’ hip bump thing that Hinske and McCann did. It may have been my favorite part of the game. It speaks to the fun this team is having and the HUGE positive impact Hinske is clearly having on everyone. I love it.
June 16th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
“Pitches slower than Grandma” beat the Yankees tonight. Does that make us feel better?
June 17th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Mara – I had that same thought when I saw the score last night. And to answer your question – yes.
June 17th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Tonight’s lineup: Prado – 4 Conrad – 5 Heyward – 9 McCann – 2 Glaus – 3 Hinske – 7 Escobar – 6 Cabrera – 8 Hudson – 1
June 17th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
3 up, three grounders. Ohhhh, I’ve got a gooooood feeling about this one! If we win this series, I’m throwing a party. Straight up, I really am.
June 17th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Heyward swings at a balls in the dirt a lot. It’s weird, since his eye is so good left to right.
June 17th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
“After seeming on the verge of announcing his retirement, Chipper Jones(notes) changed course Thursday and said he won’t make a decision until after the season.”
Geez Louise.
June 17th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Heyward.
June 17th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Attaboy kid
June 17th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
GLAUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 17th, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Amazing how the fortunes of Glaus and the Braves are so intricately tied right now.
June 17th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Curt, it is. In April it was “as Heyward goes, so goes the Braves” and we only won when he produced. Glaus took that over in May and hasn’t given it back.
Be great to have both hot.
June 17th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I tell you Bub, being at the game last night, they are a machine. Prado getting on seemingly every time. Glaus knocking in runs. Everyone chipping in. The starting pitching is solid. The bullpen is superb. You look over the entire team and there are only 2 or 3 guys – McLouth, Chavez, Chipper – that you don’t feel completely positive about. It’s hard for me to grapple with after how terrible we have been the past few years.
Amazing we just took 4 of 6 from the Twins and Rays. When we were being swept in St. Louis I’m not sure we ever thought that was possible.
June 17th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Party at Bub’s house!!!!
June 17th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Were I still in Alabama I would crash Bubdylan’s party. What a game. What a series. Loving Braves baseball right now. I also love that we face KC while the Mets face the Yankees. Seems like the Phillies are starting to figure out their woes.
June 17th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Bub, I’ll be there in about 6 hours or so (since I have no idea where you are) and I’m bringing a big bag of Cheetohs and a bottle of Bourbon. See ya!
June 17th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
To hell with it…Cledus, swing by the beach on your way and pick me up.
June 17th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
On my way, Princess! Go Braves!
June 17th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
How big was Mac’s throwing out Crawford at 2nd base in the 6th? The game turned right there. Go Braves!
June 17th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
(I had to drive my sister to the lake, but now I’m ready to PARTY DOWN!!!!!)
What a freaking team, huh??? I’m high on Bravesness. Damn, DAMN, what a great run.
Twins have the most home wins in baseball, and the Rays have the most road wins in baseball, on top of being 1st place teams. And we beat BOTH of them at their strongest venue, after losing the 1st game in both series!
What else can you say? This is some awesome, awesome baseball. This isn’t some well-maybe-if-we-keep-this-up-and-such-and-such-comes-true baseball. It’s solid, bonafide, no more waiting, happy right now baseball.
GO FREAKING BRAVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUMMER HAPPY TIME!!!!!
June 18th, 2010 at 3:07 am
Late Night BRAVES ROCK THE WORLD Post.
June 18th, 2010 at 9:21 am
Are we ready to beat up on some Kansas CityPansies? Greinke hasn’t been this year what he was last year has he?
June 18th, 2010 at 11:56 am
I’m not a huge soccer fan but as an American I feel cheated. Also, So. Africa must have enormous Mosquitos.
June 18th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Mara – he’s no Cy Young candidate this year. In his last 6 starts his ERA is 5.70, his BA against in .280 and OBP against is .316. His numbers were much better to start the year.
June 18th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
KK gets Kyle Davies on Sunday. Finally he’s not up against some stud. Remember when it was good if KK went up against an ace last year. Seems like a long, long time ago.
June 18th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Did someone say Friday Night Fireworks? Go Braves!!!
June 18th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
TMI Anne.
June 18th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
You funny girl, “Mara!” Diaz ain’t yet back in the line-up…they won’t be MY fireworks…
June 18th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
For Anne…
Come meet Matt Diaz at the New Era Store at 117 Luckie St from 12-1pm tomorrow. Get an autograph and enter to win free tickets!
June 18th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
RT @mlbbowman: McCann will no longer wear glasses. His chronic dry eye problem has improved since he stopped consuming caffeine.
No wonder her had a slump. No caffeine? Poor fella.
June 18th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
I could not bring myself to get that close to Matty D. That, and the restraining order…
The program says it’s 70s night but the freebies at the gate say it’s Chick fil A Cow night! Nothing like a miniature cow sportin’ a sandwich board to make me happy! Go Braves!!
June 18th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
I love that Martin’s had one at bat and he’s just filthy.
June 18th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
I love that Lowe has as many RBI’s as SO’s. Keep it up dude!
BTW, Mara, thanks for driving home last night. Bub’s party was awesome, I think…kinda blurry. Funny thing, that cute friend of his..was her name Candy? Every time I try to call her I get the County Library…huh!
Go Braves!
June 18th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
I get the sense Hinske slides just to get his uni dirty
June 18th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Dang it.
June 18th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
How do we let Wags play one year and then quit? Does he need more cash? Pay it!!!
June 18th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
I agree Mario.
No prob Cledus and don’t worry about Candy’s number. I’m pretty sure she works there and she’s totally into you. Careful what you say about her though…Bub’s second cousin once removed.
June 18th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Great game. Meant to say this earlier, but: Royals 1st Base Coach…Rusty Kuntz. Poor, poor guy.
June 18th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
OUCH!!!
June 18th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Yeah, Mara, you were right. Finally got her on the line but she had a previous engagement with her cousin Dewey Decimal. Sounds like some Italian nerd.
June 18th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Rusty Kuntz. Wow. http://www.sportsmansdaily.com/Rusty_Kuntz.html
June 19th, 2010 at 9:40 am
That is terrible! Didn’t think it was possible to have a name worse than Dick Trickle.
June 19th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Hey, and how about that squeeze play! With the bases loaded!
June 19th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Caffeine is an Ocular Rosacea trigger. Not saying anything, just sayin’….
June 19th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Gotta give a shout-out to Ballpark Frank, who recommended that I watch Ken Burns’ “Baseball” series. He’s right that the first disc is historical and slow…but this series is just a treat. Go Braves!!
June 19th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Anne, I’m watching it as we [type]. Disc 2, with Cobb, Johnson, and Wagner is my favorite.
June 19th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Bub – what a coincidence! The Pony Express just took away Disc 1 back to Netflix. Looking forward to the rest.
June 19th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
The Phillies/Twins game this afternoon is like a Marx Brothers movie and it’s on the 1st inning. Poor Phils! (nah, not really)
June 19th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
^ ONLY the first inning. Silly typing.
June 19th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Phreaking Phillies can score in their sleep. C’mon, Twins. I know it’s a road game, but…
June 19th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
I don’t think the Phillies are ever going to lose again.
June 19th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Omg! Twins tied it up!
June 19th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Twins are up by 1!
June 19th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Now… that is just disgusting. Phils down to their last out and hit another damn homerun. And the top of their order will be due up in the bottom of the 11th. This has walk off written all over it.
C’mon, Twins, do something… sigh … impossible.
June 19th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
I’m not getting a bit excited about that 11th run the Twins just scored. Not with the top of the order due up for the Phillies.
But, PLEASE, hang on, Twins. Phils Phrighten me.
June 19th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Okay, the 12th and 13th runs by the Twins excite me a little. The Phils fans must be in absolute agony.
June 19th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Phils lose. Howard K’s swinging to end their last scoring threat.
Now they know how we felt third game of 2009.
June 19th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Can’t lose on a day when the NL East goes 0-4.
June 19th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Well, we can.
But we don’t.
Royals, meet.. the Troyals. (worse pun of the decade, and yep, I’m proud)
June 19th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
Wahoo! Great game! I love how this team fights and fights. No way we win that game last year.
I’m having serious troubles with my mlb account. Here’s what’s happening: I’m listening to the game on my phone and all of a sudden it stops and music from my iPod starts playing. I restart the game and it continues to sporadically switch to my iPod (maddening). So I finished my very long 3 mile run and try to watch the game on my phone but it continued to stop. I would push the play button and it would pause again…and again…and again. So I break out the Rev’s mac and try to watch on mlb.tv. I’m watching the game and all of the sudden my iTunes randomly starts playing in addition to the audio and video of mlb. AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! Has this happened to anyone else, ever? Any computer geeks that can come to the rescue?
Bub, I was wondering what Mac’s new caffeine free diet reveals about his condition. Seriously, no wonder he struggled for a bit at the plate. Couldn’t keep his eyes open.
June 19th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Satisfying win.
June 19th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Curt…that comment made me laugh out loud. Satisfying? FANTABULOUSLY SATISFYING!
June 19th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Curt types his comments with his pinky finger raised.
June 19th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
I’m listeing to the mlb gameday archive of the Phillies’ 9th inning.
June 19th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Walking out of the Ted tonight there were lots and lots of folks breaking into the chant. And 39K in attendance. For the freaking Royals! Nice vibe going on at the home ballpark these days.
June 19th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Mara, going to see Toy Story 3 tomorrow. Jealous?
(Phillies have a 5 run lead in the 9th. No way they lose this one….)
June 19th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Bub – I know that the Phillies bats are waking up again. But go look at the box score of today’s Phillies game one more time. Soak in the numbers put up by the Phillies bullpen. It will make you feel better.
June 19th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Does anyone have any Grey Poupon?
June 19th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
Bub, very.
June 19th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
[passes GP to Curt] Don’t get it on your plaid tie.
Hey, I just realized I was talking… to Mara about tomorrow.
Steve, that sounds awesome. Would love to see the crowds pick up and maybe secure us a deadline acquisition.
Winning run in scoring position with Howard coming up in the bottom of the ninth. Makes me happy to realize he failed twice.
June 19th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Saw Toy Story 3 today with the oldest kid. Just a wonderful, beautiful film. Really heart warming. Enjoy.
I was pretty excited about the 39k crowd. It’s funny that I almost fear a mid season acquisition as it might screw the chemistry up on the team.
June 20th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Passed a place called Maraville today. Who would stay there? Also passed Andrews Institute. Told him you guys said hello.
June 20th, 2010 at 12:36 am
I can’t think that far – midseason acquisitions, I mean. I worry about tomorrow. Literally. Because Kawakami is pitching. Oh, well – we won the series, at least.
June 20th, 2010 at 12:51 am
Anne, the only antidote for an awful Braves pitcher, is an even more awful ex-Braves pitcher. If you weren’t around for the Kyle Davies era… put on a happy face and get ready to meet Kawakami’s first win.
June 20th, 2010 at 1:21 am
GREAT WIN Tonight!!!
I take it at this point there will be no more ‘Glaus Ceiling’ segments….:) As far as KK goes…He’s pitched better than his record. There’s no real debate amongst us there. There are trolls on the AJC website who think he needs to be traded. I think we should be thankful for KK’s effort & heart in the game. I’ve got two reasons Braves fans should be grateful…Kyle Davies, & Mike Hampton.
Peace all! FEAR THE CHOP SHOP!!! Night.
June 20th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Braves are 38 – 18 when KK doesn’t pitch. Ouch.
June 20th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
At least he won’t be batting…right?
June 20th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Bub- totally agree with your #150. The Braves will CRUSH Davies today. Doesn’t matter what KK does. I predict he gives up 3 runs over 5 innings and gets his first win. He knows he could be LVP tonight if he screws this up today.
June 20th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Chip Caray (of all people) just reminded me: Happy Father’s Day, ABT dudes (including Ballpark Frank & Scott) In completely unrelated news, Scott: there’s something you & I need to talk about…
June 20th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Love Prado’s steal. Bobby’s become very, very aggressive. It is heaven.
June 20th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Happy Father’s Day to the Dads. Bub, TS 3 report?
I want to be able to cut and paste the wins and losses from yesterday. Go Braves! In unrelated news I think we should “trend” Ballpark Frank until he shows himself on the board. It’s a Twitter thang for those who still reside in the 90′s. And when I say those of you I mean Curt. So until BPF graces us with his wisdom I will end each comment with #ballparkfrank.
June 20th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Steve, agreed on Bobby’s aggressiveness. Almost makes up for the years of… well, almost.
2 runs before 1st out recorded. Lol, Davies.
Go Brave!!!!!
Mara, leaving at 2:20 for the show.
June 20th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Ballpark Frank = he’s what the ladies want.
June 20th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
After Boyer and Davies, whose next? Macay McBride? Tim Spooneybarger?
June 20th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Rey King? (that’s all I can haul out)
June 20th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
KK sucks.
June 20th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Get this freaking clown out of the rotation. Sorry, but he just doesn’t have much. I won’t say he’s got nothing. But he don’t have much.
June 20th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
KK should be permanent LVP (w/McClouth – even though he’s on the DL) even if we win this thing.
June 20th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Yanks have bases loaded, no outs against Santana. Tex up.
June 20th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Grand Slam Tex. Nice.
Two of KK’s outs in that inning were hard hit. Plus the 2 runs. It’s nauseating. I still think we’ll win, and I like KK’s personality – my favorite on the team, I think – but he’s terrible. With our depth, if he takes the mound as a starter in the second half, much less in 2011, it’s a shame.
June 20th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
We gave Kawakami 4.
He gave the ‘Royals 5.
June 20th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Poop! I can’t believe Kyle is beating KK.
#ballparkfrank
June 20th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Heh heh…Joe Simpson just said “Rusty Kuntz” on live TV and didn’t get censored.
June 20th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Gotta score right now
June 20th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
They heard you, Curt. GO BRAVES!!!
June 20th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
And now I want a pony
June 20th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
I’m pretty sure they can muster up a UNICORN today!!
June 20th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
How refreshing to have the heart of your lineup filled with guys who can hit, sans Chipster
June 20th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Now that was a satisfying win. Gaining more ground on the Mets and Phils in the process. Yippee
June 20th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Great game! Great win! Prado is a beast anywhere on the field!
#ballparkfrankrocks
June 20th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Come on Curt! Gotta find a better adj. than “satisfying”.
June 20th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
That was awesome. I had the Braves on a radio station that kept fading in and out on back roads taking a short cut to Oxford (movie theater). Through the crackling static I could tell Kimbrel loaded the bases with no outs. I had called my aunt (it’s her son I was taking to the movie, so she agreed to do this) and told her to buzz my phone if either team scored.
So, after the radio permanenty faded out with the bases loaded for KC, I just turned it off and waited for the phone to buzz. Talk about a watched pot never boils. I waited, and waited, and waited… the radio finally came in just enough to hear Jim’s excited voice, but I couldn’t tell what he said.
I called my aunt and said “Don’t tell me Kimbrel got out of that jackpot.” She said, yup. Couldn’t believe it.
She buzzed me two minutes before the movie started and let me listen to Wagner’s last two outs and told me NY and PHIL lost. AWESOME win.
Awesome movie, too. More than satisfying, even. Mara, take tissues. You never saw a group of grown man happier to have their eyes hidden by 3D glasses.
June 20th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
best record in NL!
almost as good as Rankees!
KILL! KILL! KILL!
June 20th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Sublime?
June 20th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Better.
June 20th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Go Braves!
Curt, you keep calling ‘em like that and we’ll get you that pony!
June 20th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
42-28=.600 Wow.
June 21st, 2010 at 12:15 am
Bub, you have a very nice Aunt…and her son has a very kind cousin. Speaking of cousins, the Rev’s cousin swung by today and he’s almost as big a Braves fan as I am. It’s very refreshing chatting Braves baseball with someone almost as insane as me. And, I was able to use the word Brave in scrabble tonight. It was freakin awesome!
#ballparkfrankisdabomb