Show #125: No Longer Atop the NL East
The re-emergence of Nate McLouth. The decline of the starting pitching. And following the team day to day.
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September 13th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
We have offically depressed everyone into a stupor.
On a positive note, everyone should check out the Dawes and their album North Hills. From the limited knowledge of some musical tastes out there, I think everyone would enjoy it.
September 13th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
Curt, haven’t had time to listen.
Tonight’s lineup (7:10, SportSouth): Infante – 4 Heyward – 9 Prado – 5 McCann – 2 Lee – 3 McLouth – 8 Gonzalez – 6 Diaz – 7 Lowe – 1
September 13th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Hey Mara – then completely disregard Curt’s comment. The show is an absolute ray of sunshine.
Here’s my pop culture recommendation for the day: The Other Guys (the cop comedy with Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg). Damn funny. And not oppressively stupid like a lot of Will Ferrell vehicles. I’m not saying you should run out tonight and catch it in the theatre, but it is absolutely worth a rental.
September 13th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Steve, the Rev and I have been wanting to see that. I could use a ray of sunshine. A kid in our church was murdered two years ago and the trial is this week. Heavy.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
I’ll check out “The Other Guys.” I was already a little interested.
Pop Culture Rec’s? I wanna play! Five at random:
1. Frost/Nixon
2. Good Night and Good Luck
3. Seasame Street “40 Years of Sunny Days” (2 DVD compilation)
4. Yo Yo Ma’s “Appalachian Waltz”
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r-YuWWz5SM (Raising Arizona meets John Prine)
(The creator of #5 tells me his mood was trapped between making a spoof and being serious and thus the tone suffers, but he assures me the Coen Brothers have the same problem,)
September 13th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
I’m with Curt, and I’m not basing it on one game or series, cuz I haven’t been watching any. But the pitchers are giving up a lot of runs, the offense is still plenty bad, the Phillies are good at both more nights than not.
The upcoming road trip is going to knock the Braves out of the Wild Card lead.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
Awe…sad. After reading #6 do I even want to listen?
September 13th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
#5 has a copyright block on it now.
September 13th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Why is it that the Marlins only give us fits. The Phils beat them like a redheaded stepchild, seemingly every game.
September 13th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Copyright block? Not when I click on it. Oh well.
September 13th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Bub – I get the following message on that link: This video contains content from WMG, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.
Lowe is a stud and our best pitcher all of the sudden. Which I’m not saying is a good thing. But damn he was dominating tonight. Still very much in it, people.
Bub – I loved Frost/Nixon as well. I always intended to rent Good Night …, I will do it.
September 13th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Good Nihht is brilliant. Back when the news meant something.
September 13th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Yeah, Steve, do get GNAGL. There’s this slightly unnecessary featuring of a jazz singer between the scenes, but aside from that it’s an absolute masterpiece. Wonderfully cast small roles from R Downey Junior, Frank Langella (who plays Nixon in F/N), Jeff Daniels, and some other faces you’ve seen here and there in smart movies. Clooney’s great as usual, and David Straithern(sp?), who I loved in Eight Men Out and always wanted to see him get a leading role, really nailed the Murrow part. It’s more than an impersonation, but it definitely includes impersonation, and a good one.
One of the cleverest things they did was to use only real footage of McCarthy himself, and it’s seamlessly executed. The acting is subtle times ten. Let me know what you think. Unless you hated it. If you hate it, just tell me lies.
September 14th, 2010 at 6:51 am
I really enjoyed this podcast, even during our 9 game losing streak but at this point it is really a complete downer. We have played poorly but I have faith in this team to make that push and finish this season off on a good note. Now that things have gotten worse we seem to have lost a few things that made this podcast entertaining: witty humor, consistent segments and talking with any shred of optimism about our Atlanta braves. This has been replaced with sheer nonsense about college football, what we had for dinner last night and pessimism, pessimism and more pessimism. The thirty or so minutes seem forced and so little of it is about the Atlanta Braves. Stick to your guns or shut it down and let some true Braves fans host this podcast.
September 14th, 2010 at 7:51 am
DON’T SHUT IT DOWN! What would I DO? Still haven’t been able to listen but will soon. I wish I was as optimistic about the team as Jess. Even with last night’s win hope seems hard to come by.
September 14th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Jess – I think you should absolutely start your own Braves podcast. The more of us the better.
September 14th, 2010 at 9:31 am
I actually enjoyed the show. It was very cathartic for me, especially considered the way our team played last week. You beat Carpenter, but you can’t beat Lohse, Burress, or that other no name in Pittsburgh. Listening to it is like atoning for the sins of bad baseball. It makes you shred the thought of “Oh, we’re only 1 game out” and think about the fact that we blew a 7 game lead and are now treading water in the East while hotter teams nip at our heels in a Wild Card race.
I thought there were good segments on whether or not Bobby deserves credit for McLouth, which he doesn’t, and the worry over our starting pitching is necessary at this point. Huddy has had 3 stinkers in a row, JJ has really struggled, and Minor looks like a rookie with a lot of talent but an equal amount of inexperience. The show had some very funny moments. The line about Ankiel striking out on deck was brilliant. Steve remained the voice of optimism, and Curt and Ham sounded like 2 people who have been forced by their fandom to experience the Braves for the past 2 months. What more do you want? We dropped out of first and finished a 2-7 stretch on the road. Tell me if I missed something for the guys to be optimistic about. We’re being sandwiched by 2 races where the teams around us are playing much better, and we have 9 road games left.
September 14th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Braves lineup: 1. Infante 2B, 2. Heyward RF, 3. Prado 3B, 4. McCann C, 5. Lee 1B, 6. McLouth CF, 7. Gonzalez SS, 8. Diaz LF, 9. Jurrjens P
September 14th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
I really like this lineup, by the way. I am STILL a proponent of letting Diaz be our everyday left fielder. With the whole unlikely Nate resurgence (which I still find unfathomable, by the way), let’s just use Melky sparingly and Ankiel only as a pinch runner and go with this. Who’s with me?!?!?!?
September 14th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Good news is that Johan Santana and Josh Johnson are shut down for the year. Bad news is that Scott Olsen and Andrew Miller are not.
September 14th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Jess, the little red “X” in the top right had corner of your screen will adjust the podcast to your liking.
September 14th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
*or top right HAND. Depending on your operating system.
September 14th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
I’m in Chicago Thursday, Friday, and Saturday..
…just on the random chance anybody will be there..
…or wants to know more about a machine tool trade show
…or robots
September 14th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Where is SuperNate when you need him?
September 14th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Just got home. Livan Ruth? Who knew?