Show #116: The 2010 Braves at the Halfway Point
Omar Infante backlash, All Star no shows, Yunel Escobar, and looking back at the first half of the Braves’ season.
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July 12th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
I think there should be a moratorium on the steroid ban for all HR Derby entrants. In fact, have andro sponsor it.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
J-Hey
July 12th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Hmmm…. looks like we have some attractive team members for the celebrity softball game, and no I don’t mean Ricky Henderson.
July 12th, 2010 at 11:54 pm
Mara, I drove from campus to the lake with “I and Love and You” on a rather nice car stereo (not my car) today. Very good driving tunage.
July 13th, 2010 at 9:20 am
That’s awesome Bubdylan. I think that album is timeless. Again…you must see them in concert one day.
Couldn’t watch all of the derby I got so bored, don’t even know who won. My boy and I are gearing up for the game tonight. Let’s get ‘em NL!
July 13th, 2010 at 9:40 am
Braves are once again top-3 amongst most poular MLB teams trailing only the juggernauts that are the Yanks and the Sox.
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/mid/1508/articleId/434/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/Default.aspx
July 13th, 2010 at 9:56 am
The last thing I want to see tonight is a moment of silence for Steinbrenner. Hang in one more day, Steiny!
July 13th, 2010 at 9:59 am
Too late
July 13th, 2010 at 10:03 am
“No, I never got nervous,” he said “It’s the game of baseball, not a game that relies on one person. It’s a team game, so I just go out there and have fun.”
Gotta love the kid. I meant to include in my rant…Fair on his not playing in the AS game. Partly because I want him ready but also because who knows if he’ll come out of the gate in rare form. I would hate for him to strike out swinging in front of all the people. Fair on Wags as well. I love his dedication to the team and the 2nd half.
I was visiting friends in Pittsburgh who try and pretend baseball doesn’t exist. They knew exactly who Jason Heyward was and asked a dozen questions about him. I felt like they were trying to make sure he was in fact a legend rather than a myth.
RIP George Steinbrenner.
July 13th, 2010 at 10:05 am
I can NEVER have nice things.
July 13th, 2010 at 10:17 am
Anne – that’s pretty funny. I saw the “Steinbrenner to the hospital” story an hour ago and had the same exact thought – just hold on one more day so that the entire telecast doesn’t become about him tonight. And now Curt’s comment broke the news for me. Oh well. Fox is SCA-RAMBLING right now shuffling around their pre-game show I’d bet.
It will all drop to the background when Omar hits the game winner for the NL tonight.
July 13th, 2010 at 10:30 am
Steve, I hope so. That would be so awesome. I don’t get the fuss over his selection. They told Manuel to pick a super utility guy for the team, and Omar’s the best in the league. Mara, the interview with the Masher last night was fantastic. The ESPN dudes were groveling in his presence afterwards. It says a lot about the kid that he’s not even participating, and they still gave him about a minute of airtime last night. It was the only part of the event for which I took my headphones off.
July 13th, 2010 at 10:31 am
ESPN is pretty much proving they’re the Yankees bitch right now. If any other owner had died, aside from maybe Jerry Jones, there is no way it takes over ESPN entirely.
July 13th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Mara, Bub, I checked out that album this morning out of curiosity. Thank You. They’re quite good.
July 13th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Welcome to the club Nate.
July 13th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Of all the seasons, 96 was so far and away the worst, and for that I will forever hate Steinbrenner and the Yankees. That season effectively ruined baseball.
July 13th, 2010 at 11:30 am
I’m changing my name to Carter. @Braves re-tweeted me one time and I loved it! Everybody should also follow the braves Organist. He’s always looking for song suggestions for opposing players
http://buzztap.com/-vF670W
July 13th, 2010 at 11:51 am
I guess ESPN doesn’t realize the Yankees already have their own network. Curt, agreed on 96. I hope some reporter out there grows a pair and does the story on how “The Boss” ruined modern baseball, which he did. A story could also be done on how a large number of the players on his teams used PEDs, and for that reason I count none of their championships. Glavine never juiced. Go Braves!
July 13th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Nate, they have had that programming in the can for years. Those sappy, pre-produced sobfests about a genuine jerk. Boo hoo. And his son is worse than he was.
July 13th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
“Those sappy, pre-produced sobfests about a genuine jerk.”
It’s a puzzle how our culture, which lives to detest famous jerks and hold them in absolute contempt, can’t resist these “he was such a character” turnabouts when they die. I can’t help wondering what we’d say if Hitler was a 21st Century American. “He sure had a way with words?” “Underneath it all, he shared a mustache with Charlie Chaplin?”
If I outlive Terrell Owens and Barry Bonds, I know there are two weeks of my life when I absolutely will not watch television.
July 13th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Anne called it…
“MLB will have a moment of silence for Steinbrenner before tonight’s All-Star Game.”
Watching Despicable Me with the offspring. Big ugly lady frowning at my use of cell phone in theatre. I turned down the brightness for crying out loud. It’s alright…I can take her.
July 13th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
I guess everyone’s forgetting he was banned from baseball for being a complete scum bag. After he was let back in, he went about winning by any means necessary….
July 13th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
$5 on the Big Ugly.
I wish they’d have a moment of silence for Steinbrenner that lasted until tomorrow.
July 13th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Shocking to read a Yankee loving interview with Bobby Cox on the ajc page…
July 13th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Bobby Cox talking to the bathroom mirror after hearing Steinbrenner died:
“You’ve glossed over Escobar for three years. You told live reporters that one of Kawakami’s best games was giving up 6 runs. You… support … Terry… Pendleton.”
*straightens tie*
“You can do this. You can do this.”