Show #130: The Braves 2010 Season Comes To A Close
The NLDS loss. Fredi Gonzalez is announced. TP moves gigs. And our 2010 season awards.
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October 18th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Aw Hammy…you’ve come so far this season! Martin Prado MVP indeed! I say Gonzalez is the LVP for the series for sure. Conrad’s errors were way easier to swallow than his lame attempt (or lack there of) to run to first base with an elimination game on the line…NO EXCUSE! Still mad…can you tell?
October 18th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
Hey Mara – I considered Gonzo for LVP, but his 2 run double in game 2 just wouldn’t let me do it. And he was pretty stellar in the field as well. Remember, he played half of 3rd base for Troy on Monday night as well.
Anyone have thoughts on how game 3 (ALCS) will go tonight? I think Cliff Lee dominates. Curt is pretty sure it goes the other way.
October 18th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Right, as always
October 18th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
I don’t care Steve…anything before his infield bobbled by Renteria supposed to be hit is lost on me. I can’t get over it.
October 18th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
I pretty much love the Rangers right now. I don’t get the whole “claw” but I love watching Yankee fans leaving their seats.
October 19th, 2010 at 7:40 am
How much sweeter would it be if it was 3-0 right now.
October 19th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Curt – agreed. But I think that 3 – 1 is just around the corner.
October 19th, 2010 at 10:53 am
Mara – the claw is just a long distance high five.
October 19th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Both Melky and Saito just released by the Bravos.
October 19th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
interesting, but not surprising.
October 19th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Greg Norton-batting coach. Assess.
October 20th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
I would like Norton. He has a good sense of humor, which they say is a sign of a good teacher. Not because being funny while you teach is so great (though it is), but humorous minds are well equipped to teach anecdotally.
I made all that up. Could you tell?
October 20th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
I saw the stuff about Norton as well. But also that it’s totally untrue and that he will remain with the Marlins AAA team.
October 20th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Why do people mess with me?
October 20th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Finally got to listen to the show. Pretty cathartic & also funny.
Appreciated the positive moments from the Ted being reported.
October 20th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Thanks, Bub. Glad you liked it.
October 20th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Rank the personalities of the 2010 team if you’re bored enough. I’ll go first:
1. Kenshin Kawakami
2. Billy Wagner
3. Matt Diaz
4. Martin Prado
5. David Ross
6. Derrek Lee
7. Brooks Conrad
8. Jair Jurrjens
9. Derek Lowe
10. Brian McCann
October 20th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
11. Jonny Venters
Our goes to eleven…
October 20th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Is it bad that I’m cheering for the Yankees because I hate George Bush?
October 21st, 2010 at 10:23 am
Freeman hurt his thumb in an Arizona Fall League game. I sense a hidden problem coming next season from another Braves’ player.
October 21st, 2010 at 10:41 am
Fellas – finally got a chance to listen to the show last night on my way home from work. The nostalgia and good feelings about this past season were just great – I had a mini-smile on my face the whole drive.
Bub – personality chart – don’t know how you’re listing your eleven by rank. Having nothing to do with playing the game, but just on personality: my zero personality ranking is Jason Heyward and my 10 personality ranking is Peter Moylan. (11 is, of course, his change-up, Dave.)
October 21st, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Curt, me, too.
Anne, I meant KK was my favorite and on down to Venters being my 11th favorite. I forgot about Peter.
I miss Ohman.
I guess I hope the Yankees go on and lose, but I have this fantasy where the Yankees buy 3 championships in a row and the outcry is enough to force action.
But it’s a dumb fantasy. Even if the machine/empire could be beaten that way, you just CAN’T buy championships in baseball, period. Even if the Yankees got so good they won 75% of their games – that’s 120 wins per year!! – they would still have to defeat a team that won 60% of their games in a 7-game series. It’s still a coin toss. It’s still a game where 2 hits in ten tries means you go back to the minors and 3 hits in ten tries gets you in the hall of fame. It’s SO impossible to separate the best team from the second best in 7 games under those conditions.
So all the Yankee travesty really gets you is a perpetually frozen American League East.
October 22nd, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Bub,
I don’t even get the sense that there is an outcry. There might be some under the breath mumbling about what the Yankees do, but with revenue sharing these small teams are content to sit back and make money by not fielding a team. I wish we had owners like the Yanks. Win at any cost. Literally. I can’t fathom owning a professional sports team and having no desire to win. Why even do it? Where is your spirit? Where is your commitment to your fans? (And I’m not even talking about Liberty). If I’m a Royals fan, I would boycott that team until it was sold. It’s disgraceful. I hate the Yankees, but they have the cash and they sure as hell spend it on fielding that team to win championships, not the wild card.
Would you guys trade JJ to get a bat? Seems to be a lot of chatter around to that end lately.
October 22nd, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I don’t fault the Yankees’ ownership at all. They’re playing within the system. I do hate the system, though. You can’t have a team with full of all stars and still pretend you’re providing a great product for the fans (other than the lucky ones that happen to root for that team).
BTW, “Seven Samurai” isn’t just some art flick you’re supposed to like. It’s actually way good.
October 22nd, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Agreed. System sucks.
Did you get a chance to see Lives of Others yet?
I was watching some Harold Lloyd films with my kids the other night. I don’t know if anyone knows him, but he is truly amazing. Just poetic. It’s old black and white silent stuff, like Buster Keaton. The kids couldn’t stop laughing.