Show #118: Our Interview with Braves Great, Otis Nixon
Otis discusses missing the ’91 postseason, why there are fewer stolen bases today, The Catch, and much more.
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July 27th, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Boy, the team came to play today, didn’t they?
July 27th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Hey, look…Family Guy reruns on TBS. Sounds good to me…
July 27th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
I am mystified at this Tommy Hanson business. Except for the fat pitch to Pudge, Tommy his pitching on the edges and corners, and batters are, once again, just reaching out and spanking those edge pitches like it’s no big deal.
I’ve never seen a pitcher get crushed on the edges and corners like Tommy Hanson does in 2010.
July 27th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
I can’t remember a Hanson start where he wasn’t over 40 pitches after 2. He is in love with his fastball…
July 27th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
All of MLB is in love with his fastball.
July 27th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
It could be that teams know he has trouble locating pitches other than his fastball, so they just sit on that pitch and do with it what they can.
July 27th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
See, he needs to pitch two simulated innings. I’m telling you. Am I the only one who notices this? 2nd inning trouble almost every game.
To be sure, I just looked it up. His ERA in the 2nd inning this year? 10.07, wow.
There’s no other inning like that. Just… odd.
July 27th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Man, this is as frustrating a game as game one in Florida. Getting owned by a 4.5 ERA reliever into his 85th pitch after not even knowing he was going to start.
And erroring in two runs.
On the bright side, Tommy’s looking good now. And only one run was earned off him, so he could conceivable work his ERA down into the three’s tonight.
July 27th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Ugh. I hate this game. So far.
July 27th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
*raises laptop above head*
HULK SMASH!!
July 27th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPIPhmMybQg
July 27th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
To change subjects, Bub, you asked about Arthur Blank owning the Braves. It is well known that Blank’s true love is baseball and his first choice in franchises was the Braves, not the Falcons. He bought the Falcons because they were for sale at the time. It is also true that Blank put together a substantial offer to buy the Braves when Time Warner put them on the market, but the Liberty Media deal was an asset swap that saved both companies tons of money. Interviews with Blank at the time really conveyed his disappointment. So, given all that, I would assume that if he has the money, he would certainly be a player. There used to be rules in the NFL that if you owned one of their teams, you could not own any other sports franchise. But given his attempts to buy the Braves before, I assume those rules are no longer in place.
July 27th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Just an awful game. 3.5 lead
July 27th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Bub – very, very clever link. I really love that song, by the way. It doesn’t get the love it should like other songs in the S & G canon.
And yes, this game has been much misery. Maybe the team decided to pretend to be offensively challenged to force Wren’s hand this week and bring in another bat.
July 27th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
What a terrible disappointment. Not proud of the Atlanta Braves tonight. They ought to be ashamed of that performance. No way to be sure, but it sure looks like they took a day off. They’ll be lucky to leave Cincy in first place if they don’t turn around immediately. Been a while since I pulled out the D word, but I think it applies:
Disgusting.
July 27th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Mara doesn’t Wanna talk about it.
July 27th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Curt, that sounds great. Get on it, Mr. Blank. (If my last name was Blank, my head would explode with pun possibilities. A son named Henry… just for starters…)
Steve, agreed on S&G’s ACSW. My first song on guitar. (Not that I could do that fingerpicking… at all.)
Two things about today’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad game:
Tommy Hanson and Jonny Venters.
July 27th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
I was going to save this for a show, but here goes – I actually think that Hanson is frustrated with high pitch counts in the early innings and not going late into the game, so he is overly aggressive at throwing strikes early on in an attempt to get quicker outs. I think other batters know this, so they come up looking for strikes. I think that he settles down after a while, but the temptation might be hard to resist. I don’t know if I buy the release point issues – I think that he throws too many strikes and is too aggressive, it doesn’t seem like a control issue.
I could be completely wrong, of course. Just like Steve was about Prado.
July 27th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
“I could be completely wrong, of course. Just like Steve was about Prado.”
hahahaha. That’s great.
I agree, Ham. It reminds me of the way the Braves pressured Chuck James to get later into games, and instead of having a two-pitch lefty that was good for 6 innings, we suddenly had a no-pitch lefty that was good for no innings.
Sometimes a pitcher just is what he is. If Tommy can be an ace for 5-6 innings per game every five days until he’s been in the league a few years, let the guy adjust slowly, says I.
Having a full time LF or CF would certainly help in this department, as it would provide an extra reliever to the roster.
July 27th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Hanson’s ERA: 3.99
July 27th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
This is what Philly did around this time last year. That team just goes on stretches where they don’t lose. The Braves need to get their act together quickly.
July 27th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
If Strasburg had pitched tonight Mara might have seen a no hitter in person.
July 27th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Just saw Huddy on the subway. I know how that sounds but it’s true. We yelled War Eagle he waved. He looked sad. I know how he feels. I feel like our fun is over.
July 27th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Mara – Hudson was just riding on the subway? Were there other Braves with him? More details. please.
July 27th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Nice going, Mara. The poor guy’s ballteam squanders half their lead in a week and then you go and remind him that his football team is… Auburn. That’s low.