2006: still the year the Braves won't lose the division

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I'd be entirely happy with a John Thomson for Craig Wilson trade, even though relief is more of a pressing need.

I fully expect to be about the only person here with a kind word for the Braves, excepting maybe Blount.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

No, I'm a total, unapologetic Braves fan, I just don't post as much. Life After Leo worries me, but it should at least be interesting.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

I'd say they're the favorite, just cuz the Phillies are the Phillies and Willie Randolph is a dope.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 17:01 (twenty years ago)

Go Nats go!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 17:01 (twenty years ago)

and yeah, Leo is probably the biggest of many concerns. Although if there's anything behind the copious sorta-anti-Leo talk of the last few months, perhaps his absence won't be too sorely felt. At least with McDowell we know the dugout'll be at least 18% kookier.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 17:04 (twenty years ago)

They really have been lucky, in that the rest of their division has been generally incompetent for so long. And as long as Cox and Schuerholz are there, I don't really see how anybody can count them out, especially after last year.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 17:05 (twenty years ago)

You can't count them out until the finally lose, period. Each of the past six or seven years was supposed to be the season when the NL East was wide open and the Braves couldn't *possibly* win again, and they did.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 17:12 (twenty years ago)

But this year HAS to be the year they lose!

(Go Marlins!)

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

The Braves are tricky for me because I've always hated "The Braves" but I've always liked just about every player on the team. John Rocker was easy to hate, but then the Braves got rid of him pretty quickly. I hate Chipper Jones for roughly the same reason most people hate Derek Jeter, but he's probably an okay guy.

But Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, and Andruw are all awesome, and I love all the new rookie kids.

Mostly I just hate the Tomahawk chop and the chanting and shit. Jesus.

Anyway, I don't think they're going to win again but it would not surprise me if they did.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

You can't even count them out the year after they lose, because why would that matter? They're talented and have intelligent people in the right positions, and enough money to stay relevant.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 17:22 (twenty years ago)

My #1 question is, does McDowell use the "Leo Method" regarding throwing between starts? If I were Schuerholz, I'd have been tempted to require it in a potential pitching coach.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 18:03 (twenty years ago)

You can't even count them out the year after they lose, because why would that matter?

It's a bit like the Patriots in the NFL (until the loss to Denver) -- they went on a crazy run and always won somehow, so it seemed silly to assume that they would lose until they finally did.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 18:07 (twenty years ago)

chipper jones is not an okay guy! i did like his comparing clemens to jesus 'cuz when he enters a lockerroom it's like the red sea parting'.

i became a braves fan gradually, despite myself - followed them sorta/mightaswell during the eighties when tbs would promote games 'watch gerald perry and the braves face off against eric davis and the reds', would probably toss a vote in dale's direction for the hof given the opp, really didn't care for the bandwagon in 91, they got enough players i liked (maddux, andruw, furcal)(basically bros that know how to party)(rip billy martin), go to enough home games and get a job where you're driving and hence listening to alot of braves games on the radio and pow - i'm a fan. have alternately winced at and embraced the chop (does that seminole approval carryover when it's a degree removed?)(even with deion long gone?). i hope the streak continues if only cuz i like being able to take for granted that every october i'm going to be able to go to some postseason games and that it's not gonna be too hard to get tickets. schuerholz's chapter on moneyball in his book is slightly smarter than yr joe morgans. slightly.

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

i hate it when fsu fans do it/chiefs fans did it too, but it somehow seems even lamer when braves fans do it.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 18:28 (twenty years ago)

Now granted, they're playing an NL West team, but this team looks very solid on Day 1. Their outfield is a combined 41 years younger than the SF Giants.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 3 April 2006 20:38 (twenty years ago)

Wow, these jinxy kisses of death really do work, huh? Neat.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 3 April 2006 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Now cut that out!

(hooray Reitsma)

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Monday, 3 April 2006 22:08 (twenty years ago)

oh man!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 3 April 2006 22:24 (twenty years ago)

Is the National League really that much weaker than the AL or is it just my imagination?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 3 April 2006 22:27 (twenty years ago)

Nope, aside from St. Louis, very few NL teams have the depth (or the payroll).

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 3 April 2006 22:30 (twenty years ago)

The Braves pitching did not look too good today.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 3 April 2006 22:37 (twenty years ago)

Holy Hannah, will this bullpen kill 'em.

And you gotta wonder what Thomson did for Cox to so utterly lose faith in him.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 13:01 (twenty years ago)

wouldn't moses have been the right analogy to make there?

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:20 (twenty years ago)

GOD DAMN PISS-GARGLING SONS OF BITCHES AT MLB HAVE EXPANDED THE BLACKOUT ZONES FOR "LOCAL" TEAMS... I LIVE FIVE HOURS + ONE TIME ZONE AWAY FROM ATLANTA AND APPARENTLY THEY THINK I SHOULD BE AT THE GAME IN LOS ANGELES NO LESS) INSTEAD OF WATCHING IT AT HOME.

DEVELOPING...

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 01:47 (twenty years ago)

That doesn't sound right - if you're in the Braves home market, you should have gotten the game on TBS (assuming that's who carried it), and in LA they would have had TBS blacked out in favor of the Dodgers carrier.

― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 02:13 (twenty years ago)

DirecTV punted, said "the league and the teams tell us what to black out, sometimes on a game by game basis; sometimes we don't get word about what's blacked out until the day of the game." The game is on Turner South, a regional spinoff of TBS that has most of their games now. I've been watching Braves games on Turner South for years with no blackout, but suddenly this year the blackout zone has apparently expanded. Fucking MLB... they might sell a couple of Extra Innings packages to suckers with this stunt, but aren't they going to piss it all away in fan ill-will?

I'm on hold with MLB customer service now. (40 minutes and counting...)

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 02:25 (twenty years ago)

Probably gonna get rained out anyway.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 02:31 (twenty years ago)

So Turner South still exists? I wonder when the Fox takeover's gonna be official.

Turner selling out to Time Warner is maybe the worst thing to ever happen in this world ever. At least for wrestling/Braves/Andy Griffith fans.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 12:18 (twenty years ago)

A Turner South rep on their message boards says this was unforeseen, they're looking into it, and hopefully it was a one-time FUBAR.

In the meantime, anybody here lucky enough to have Oscar Villarreal on their fantasy team?

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 6 April 2006 15:10 (twenty years ago)

Actually, yes, I've got Villarreal on a couple of my teams. Only been starting him in one league, though, but thankfully that's the one with the big prize.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Thursday, 6 April 2006 19:03 (twenty years ago)

he's responsible for two of the three wins I have in that league.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Thursday, 6 April 2006 19:04 (twenty years ago)

One of his wins came at the expense of a blown save...

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 6 April 2006 21:11 (twenty years ago)

i've always been lukewarm/undecided on the braves. when i was in elementary school i would root for the twins or the blue jays or who the fuck ever to piss my friends off, lol. still, i saw a ton of those games on tbs with my fam, and they've had a lot of cool dudes on the roster over the years. i've always been undecided on chipper too, he seems like an asshole but i also find him kind of hilarious.

i pretty much stopped paying attn to baseball from like... 1998-2004, and even then i really didn't care much. i did end up listening to a lot of braves games on the radio last season (i just want to hear some fucking foghat you assholes), so I might end up getting into them more this year.

― BUTT IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER (Adrian Langston), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 04:51 (twenty years ago)

You picked a weird year for it.

I think they need to figure out how to keep Betemit in the lineup every day after (if) Chipper comes back. I wonder if he plays any right field, because Frenchy is a guaranteed out right now.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

My boloney has a first name
It's F R A N K
My boloney has a second name
It's O E U R K

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 14:59 (twenty years ago)

I think there was talk of Betemit in left, so perhaps he could go there and Langerhans could hop over to right. Although I'd think they'd have to recall Kelly Johnson if they send Francoeur down, and he'd maybe get the start over Betemit.

They gave Mondesi six weeks last year. I wonder if they'll be as patient with their golden boy. Although last night he probably would have had a hit or two if it weren't for a good play and a fortuitous defensive alignment.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

They gave Mondesi six exquisitely agonizing weeks last year.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

i've liked the braves over the past several years a little more than i had previously through a combination of a) winning despite everyone thinking they were due for a third-place finish and b) julio franco

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

kelly johnson is supposedly on the dl now.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

The Braves are not off to too slow a start considering how bad their starting pitching has been. Hudson has been terrible in his two starts and the rest of the gang not much better.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 23:13 (twenty years ago)

Okay, is it weird to have an off day in the middle of a 3-game series (instead of between series), or is it normal and I just haven't been paying attention?

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 00:34 (twenty years ago)

it's weird, but it's probably a union thing. i think you can't go more than 10 days w/o a day off?

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 13:11 (twenty years ago)

I'm thinking ESPN had something to do with it.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 16:54 (twenty years ago)

An off day in the middle of a 3-game series is fairly common in the first 2 weeks, usually covering for postponement makeups.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 17:18 (twenty years ago)

BRIAN GILES BLAMES CHRISTIANS FOR CHIPPER'S SPRAINED KNEE.

― c(''c) (Leee), Thursday, 13 April 2006 19:09 (twenty years ago)

brothel

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 13 April 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

marcus, even.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 13 April 2006 19:19 (twenty years ago)

brother

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 13 April 2006 19:24 (twenty years ago)

I think it was just the idea of concerts in the ballpark he has a beef with there.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 April 2006 20:48 (twenty years ago)

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Cox was thrown out of Friday's game in the seventh inning, moving him within 14 ejections of John McGraw, the career leader with 131. It was the 117th ejection for Cox, who is third behind Leo Durocher (124)."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 April 2006 19:52 (twenty years ago)

A totally righteous ejection -- that was a horrible call.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Monday, 17 April 2006 21:31 (twenty years ago)

when andruw hit that ball tonight i blurted out 'oh my god' which brought my wife in from the other room

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 00:57 (twenty years ago)

My primary-care doctor (who comes from Atlanta) was giving me the annual once-over today; he says as he places the stethoscope: "You're wearing a Mets shirt ... I should just send you to my passive euthanasia clinic."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 16:25 (twenty years ago)

Holy Shit, Andruw! Two more tacos tonight (so far, it's only the 5th inning.)

It's hard to imagine saying this, but if only Atl. had some pitching.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 23:20 (twenty years ago)

And of course Kyle Davies throws a 3-hit CG.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 00:22 (twenty years ago)

Thomson has been good so far, Smoltz should remain solid, and the bullpen is certainly decent. If Hudson can get back on track then you won't have to worry too much about pitching.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 00:27 (twenty years ago)

i fucking love andruw

GARRETT DID YOU WRITE SOMETHING IN FLAGPOLE THIS WEEK??? ARE YOU IN ATHENS DUDE?

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 02:57 (twenty years ago)

BLOUNT WHY YES I HAVE SOMETHING IN THE FLAGPOLE AND I FORMERLY AN ATHENS DUDE now a Somerville lady.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:12 (twenty years ago)

and I'm glad they didn't trade Thomson, now. Although Wilson is goin' nuts with the bat, and everything.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:13 (twenty years ago)

conflicted: hate the braves, but a. jones is on the Denny Neagle's $40. kind of a painful game to watch from perspective of a mets fan, last night.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

http://www.covers.com/images/2006/180x180/jones_andruw060419.jpg

my nigga! also, i found out that a girl i hooked up w/this weekend went out with jeff francoeur in hs. my wang is now one person removed from him~~~

― BUTT IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 14:42 (twenty years ago)

CHIP CARAY PLEASE DROP DEAD IMMEDIATELY, THANK YOU.

I don't know if it's a new thing for him, but when he's trying to be funny, his voice breaks and he sounds like Mr. Haney from Green Acres. Either that or he's just now going through puberty.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 16:51 (twenty years ago)

a. jones is on the Denny Neagle's $40.

Not English, but I SUSPECT FANTASY.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 17:53 (twenty years ago)

ade odds are your wang is one person removed from andruw too

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 18:29 (twenty years ago)

this reminds me of that time i found a cardboard tube on the ground and decided to stuff my junk inside it and yell "look at my balls in a cardboard tube", and then all my friends took turns peering inside

― BUTT IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 20 April 2006 19:53 (twenty years ago)

Joe Sheehan at BP:

Jeff Francoeur isn’t ready for the majors. His MLB strikeout-to-walk ratio is now 76/11, 76/8 if you toss out the intentional walks. There’s never been a player in history able to hold a job with that kind of K/BB. The numbers are 18/0 in 2006, which is a big part of the reason why he’s hitting .190/.207/.333.

Francoeur has terrific tools, and the success he had in his first 100 at-bats may have actually hurt him developmentally, confirming for him that his approach at the plate was the correct one. It’s not; he has to learn the component skills that go into what we describe as plate discipline: pitch recognition, patience, willingness to hit with one and two strikes. That second one seems to be Francoeur’s big problem, but take that opinion with a considerable grain of salt.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 April 2006 19:45 (twenty years ago)

He's the 2nd coming of Rob Deer.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 28 April 2006 19:54 (twenty years ago)

except rob deer actually walked a lot!

― gear (gear), Friday, 28 April 2006 19:56 (twenty years ago)

Sheehan OTM. My heart skips a little beat whenever a ball's hit to him with runners on, but offensively he needs an intervention that apparently Terry Pendleton isn't giving him. Go directly to Richmond, Frenchy, and take the hint.

My daughter's at the game tonight, assuming she didn't burn to a crisp at Six Flags.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Friday, 28 April 2006 21:32 (twenty years ago)

John Thomson: 1.32 ERA, given up two ER in his four starts ... and he's 0-1??? Worst luck in the majors so far this season.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 30 April 2006 00:53 (twenty years ago)

pwnj

― timmy tannin (pompous), Sunday, 30 April 2006 01:05 (twenty years ago)

So Turner South still exists? I wonder when the Fox takeover's gonna be official.

Today.

Time Warner already sold off Turner South to Fox Cable Networks for $375 million. The longtime announcing team of Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Don Sutton and Joe Simpson (along with Caray's son, Chip, a more recent addition) will be dumped from the remainder of the 58 Braves games shown by Turner South.

Bob Rathburn and Jeff Torborg, who were calling a limited slate of games on Fox Sports Net South, will take over the telecasts on Turner South as well. Van Wieren, Sutton, Simpson and the Carays will be relegated to radio and the 70 games shown by TBS _ the superstation that once had the Braves as the centerpiece of its cable programming but switched to a more diversified format after Time Warner took over.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Monday, 1 May 2006 22:54 (twenty years ago)

Bob Rathburn and Jeff Torborg, who were calling a limited slate of games on Fox Sports Net South, will take over the telecasts on Turner South as well.

I was in Georgia over the weekend, and my brother was telling me about this. It's kinda hard to tell which dude is worse, Rathburn or Torborg. They're both amazingly awful, and together, well, shit. Man, what a crock.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 15:57 (twenty years ago)

Seems like, with Francoeur, just when it's getting impossible for anybody to deny that he needs to go to AAA, he goes 4 for 5 with a homer and 5 RBI, or something like that.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 16:01 (twenty years ago)

That should buy him another shitty 40 ABs.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 16:03 (twenty years ago)

First time I saw that disgusting heartwarming Delta Airlines commercial last weekend, I figured they wouldn't be able to send him down in mid-season.

Rathburn is definitely worse than Torborg. Torborg is actually a big improvement over whoever it was last year (Paciorek?), but that's not saying a lot. Fuck one Time Warner, especially if they sell the team to Liberty Media instead of Arthur Blank.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 16:23 (twenty years ago)

God, these guys suck out loud. Or they're jinxed by this thread title.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 7 May 2006 02:54 (twenty years ago)

STILL EARLY

or so I keep telling myself

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Sunday, 7 May 2006 12:55 (twenty years ago)

god, i should just become a red sox fan

― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 11 May 2006 15:54 (twenty years ago)

Nice to have a couple of BP sessions against the nether regions of the division.

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 13 May 2006 01:08 (twenty years ago)

Looking at the schedule, I'd say if the Braves are going to make a run it will be between now and early June, as they are playing the Nationals, Marlins, Cubs and the NL West.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Saturday, 13 May 2006 07:59 (twenty years ago)

haaaaaaahahahahaha
Goddamn, that frenchman puts me through too much.

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 14 May 2006 01:30 (twenty years ago)

That is the second time this week the Nationals have gotten beat on a big walk off homerun, as Griffey hit a three run jack to beat them two nights ago in his first game back from the DL.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Sunday, 14 May 2006 01:53 (twenty years ago)

That was a dumb mistake by Robinson, forgetting to go to the ump first before a double-switch, and not worth getting tossed over.

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 14 May 2006 02:12 (twenty years ago)

Two 11th-inning come-from-behind wins in a row...a hard way to get to .500, but I'll take it.

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 18 May 2006 02:19 (twenty years ago)

Meanwhile, Jeff Francoeur swings & misses where Jose Reyes now takes:

JR: 172 ABs, 14 BBs
JF: 171 ABs, ONE BB

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 18 May 2006 17:57 (twenty years ago)

god I JUST BENCHED REYES TOO. I AM SO NOT LISTENING 2 U GUYS AGAIN

― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 18 May 2006 19:05 (twenty years ago)

I agree Frenchy needs to draw some more walks, but Francoeur is having a pretty good month.

15 games, 23-69 .333 6 HR 24 RBI
His BA is up from .185 on April 29 to .269 at the end of today's game.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 18 May 2006 22:08 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe that guy has 450 or so plate appearances and exactly NINE unintentional base on balls. I mean that's a really really impressive lack of plate discipline.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 18 May 2006 22:33 (twenty years ago)

Roffles:

Actually, Francoeur feels like he's a much better hitter than he was during his brilliant rookie season.

"I'm seeing tougher pitches to hit," he said. "Last year, I was getting a lot of fastballs. This year, I'm working the count. My second homer came on a 2-2 slider. Last year, I probably would have grounded out on that pitch."

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 18 May 2006 23:20 (twenty years ago)

And walk number two for Francoeur. He'll have that OBP up to .280 in no time.

― chocolate kuegelhopf (Garrett Martin), Sunday, 21 May 2006 21:51 (twenty years ago)

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― gear (gear), Sunday, 21 May 2006 22:11 (twenty years ago)

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 28 May 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

roffle

― Jimmy Mod: NOIZE BOARD GRIL COMPARISON ANALYST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 28 May 2006 21:36 (twenty years ago)

That was like a week's worth of runs for the Cubs.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 28 May 2006 21:46 (twenty years ago)

The Braves don't have any uninjured catchers. A little nerve-wracking.

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Monday, 29 May 2006 00:20 (twenty years ago)

TANNED RESTED READY

― HE ONLY NEEDS 2 HRs (papa la bas), Monday, 29 May 2006 02:50 (twenty years ago)

Looking at the schedule, I'd say if the Braves are going to make a run it will be between now and early June, as they are playing the Nationals, Marlins, Cubs and the NL West.

NL West = Braves kryptonite. :(

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 4 June 2006 00:28 (twenty years ago)

swept by SNAKES!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 June 2006 14:14 (twenty years ago)

SNAKES ON A MOTHERFUCKIN' BASEBALL FIELD

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Monday, 5 June 2006 14:57 (twenty years ago)

that was about the worst weekend of baseball I've ever damn seen.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Monday, 5 June 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

That's it. Braves can eat a bag of dicks every day at least until the World Cup is over. It's bad enough to have Bob Rathbun jabbering at me, but everybody on the team except for Smoltz and McCann are phoning it in.

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 10 June 2006 01:58 (twenty years ago)

tied with Washington!

Looks like this thread title nailed it about as well as mine did last year.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 June 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

FUCK yeah eat a BAG OF DICKS, Francoeur.

-- Tracey Hand (tracerhan...), June 18th, 2006 11:29 PM. (tracerhand) (later)

hahahaha...

DEAD LAST MY BITCHZ

― Offisa Pump (Rock Hardy), Monday, 19 June 2006 03:47 (twenty years ago)

Some weird similarities thus far, but some more telling stats this year... (why does anybody throw him a fastball anymore?)

Francoeur 05:
GP: 70
H: 77
HR: 14
K/BB: 58:11
SB/CS: 3:2
BA/OBP/SLG: .300/.336/.549

Francouer 06
GP: 70
H: 71
HR: 15
K/BB: 58:5
SB/CS: 0:5
BA/OBP/SLG: .246/.263/.453

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 19 June 2006 04:13 (twenty years ago)

yeah, uh, i think i'm just gonna become a sox fan. papelbon - wicked closah!!!!

― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Monday, 19 June 2006 05:17 (twenty years ago)

francouer is one of the worst fulltime players right now! good thing he hits an alright number of homers, otherwise he might be the worst.

― gear (gear), Monday, 19 June 2006 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Frenchy is also a bit of a terror in the field, I think he already has a half dozen errors.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 19 June 2006 22:09 (twenty years ago)

It's pretty fun to hearthe TBS announcers these days, on topics like Tampa Bay having a better record than the Coxies.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 June 2006 13:02 (twenty years ago)

I wonder how much Wilpon's paying this bullpen?

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Friday, 23 June 2006 14:16 (twenty years ago)

They haven't lost their division since I was in the damn 8th grade. I'm not surprised at all that they aren't in first, but it's absolutely shocking how horrible they've become. I feel like I'm back in elementary school.

And what really sucks is that a full-on rebuilding phase doesn't seem necessary. Plug a few holes and they could easily compete next year. Thus we fans can't even get excited about what prospects they'll be trading for because it probably won't happen.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Friday, 23 June 2006 14:20 (twenty years ago)

lost 20 of the last 23, amirite?

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:11 (twenty years ago)

It's a relief to have four games in a row on TBS instead of Fux. Also refreshing, since the TBS broadcast crew have been crapped on this year enough that they don't seem to be interested in PR puffery. Always good to hear a broadcaster start a sentence with "This may not sit well with the front office, but..." (In other words, Morbs OTM.)

― Offisa Pump (Rock Hardy), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:19 (twenty years ago)

xpost: Yup. Two wins for all of June. This is even worse than the '70's and the '80's. They went from three games over .500, four or five games behind the Mets, to 30-44 and, like, 16 games out.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:20 (twenty years ago)

Didn't stirring the turd on air get Chip in trouble at his last job? Not in trouble with the front office so much as Kent Mercker, but still!

― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:28 (twenty years ago)

I thought Steve Stone was the one who got into real trouble, and Chip was just collateral damage. But his Mr. Haney impression is so irritating, he deserves all the trouble he gets.

― Offisa Pump (Rock Hardy), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

Pete Van Wieren is cool.

Bring back Biff Pocoroba.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 June 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

Chip got into his own trouble, especially in the later half of the year when he must have known he was leaving. All of a sudden he wasn't such a homer anymore and the team voted to not have him travel on their charter. babies.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 23 June 2006 16:10 (twenty years ago)

julio franco was obv more valuable than thought

― gear (gear), Friday, 23 June 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

steve stone = best analyst in baseball broadcasting, imo.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 23 June 2006 16:27 (twenty years ago)

are francoeur's stats really that bad? they look about the same as, say, brad wilkerson's. and don't get me wrong, i can't stand frenchy and the way that white ppl in this city are constantly sucking him off.

― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:27 (twenty years ago)

all i know is i saw francouer take one of the ugliest swings ever at a ball in the dirt yesterday.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:36 (twenty years ago)

will anyone have to eat their words over the Wilkerson/Soriano trade at some point? Soriano has been so awesome this year, and Wilkerson leads the league in strikeouts with a pretty shitty OBP.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:37 (twenty years ago)

anyone meaning steve shasta?

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:42 (twenty years ago)

What did I say? I don't remember having much of an opinion on either of these guys.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:51 (twenty years ago)

i don't remember but i could swear you didn't like him, either.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 23 June 2006 21:09 (twenty years ago)

Rob Neyer, for one, ridiculed Bowden for that trade.

This should probably be in a different thread.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 23 June 2006 21:11 (twenty years ago)

Francoeur drew a leadoff walk from Chad Harville (0-1) and moved to second on Matt Diaz's sacrifice bunt. After Betemit was walked intentionally, the Braves pulled off a double steal to set the stage for Pratt.

If he would just take the freaking hint...

― I will commence to drop a knowledge bomb. (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 24 June 2006 13:21 (twenty years ago)

bowden pulled the wool over the rangers' eyes with that trade, at least insofar as soriano being much better than wilkerson. whether or not they can keep soriano, that's another story...

― gear (gear), Saturday, 24 June 2006 16:03 (twenty years ago)

francoeur is pretty bad this year. he's got the 15 hr and 50 something rbi, but he's only hitting .240 something on top of the 7 walks, he's only scored 35 runs in 74 games, he has only 9 doubles, and for some reason he's tried to steal 6 bases and been caught 5 times. his ops is hovering just above .700, which reaaaally sucks for a guy who's supposed to be a slugger.

― gear (gear), Saturday, 24 June 2006 16:06 (twenty years ago)

Soriano was going from a hitter's park to a pronounced pitcher's park, was going into his walk year, and was bound to require beaucoup buxxxx in the long run for a player whose skill set is heavily reliant on speed and batting average. Anyone that predicted a wacko jacko career year from Soriano that's not named Kruk is a lying liar.

The Young / Eaton deal, OTOH, was just whoa.

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 24 June 2006 17:07 (twenty years ago)

Skip and Joe bitching about the heat...

Skip: We used to have a nice fan in here for days like today, but I guess Fox got that too.

― I will commence to drop a knowledge bomb. (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 2 July 2006 17:54 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Thanks to NL 'parity,' only 5-1/2 out in the w.c. race. And Larry's got a XBH streak going.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

Larry?

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

JONES

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

I KNOW

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:30 (nineteen years ago)

the wrong jones, the jackass hooters one that pwns the mets

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

I did not, however, know that his real name was Larry!

xpost - ha ha

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

Wait... hooters?

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

An illegitimate child! Boy I'm learning a lot about ol' Chipper today!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

BREASTS

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

Yep, he fathered a child out of wedlock with a Hooters waitress, while married to another lady. This spoiled his golden-boyness for a substantial segment of the Braves fanbase.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, and if any franchise can make it to the playoffs with this shitty of a team, it's probably the Braves.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:36 (nineteen years ago)

Especially if the Mets can't find someone that can pitch for Pedro!

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

not missin' Pedro enormously (esp since the bullpen spent 8 weeks blowing games for him).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

What'd they get for Jorge again?

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

I hope Larry gets the XBH tonight. Also, I hope nobody drops dead from the heat.

They were so listless in June, but they're starting to swagger a little now. Francoeur calling the ump a barrel of motherfuckers yesterday was fun.

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Monday, 17 July 2006 19:08 (nineteen years ago)

Winners of 5 in a row and are in 2nd in the NL East = Morbs getting skurred.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 17 July 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

Shit, 49 runs in the last 33 innings.

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 00:28 (nineteen years ago)

How many innings were against Jeff Weaver in that stretch?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 00:35 (nineteen years ago)

ALL OF 'EM. IT WAS THE WEIRDEST THING.

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 01:10 (nineteen years ago)

FUCK YOU LARRY

so russ ortiz has to be the ultimate test of leo. i am intrigued.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

I missed Cox chewing out Sosa. Was it Billy-Reggie-esque?

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 01:54 (nineteen years ago)

Shit, what's the record for consecutive 10+-run games by a team?

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

DAMN

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 00:44 (nineteen years ago)

motherfuck!

― BUTT LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS UR SOUL (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 02:43 (nineteen years ago)

Andruw Jones was 5-for-5 with two homers and matched his career high with six RBIs, helping the Atlanta Braves become the first team since the 1930 New York Yankees to score 10 or more runs in five straight games with a 14-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.

― BUTT LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS UR SOUL (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 02:57 (nineteen years ago)

Serious darke magicks performed at the Schuerholz household over the braek. Maybe Sosa's mad these days because Satan gets his guts for garters in November.

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 03:16 (nineteen years ago)

bold clam: red sox v. braves WS

― BUTT LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS UR SOUL (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 04:47 (nineteen years ago)

They must have some funky pythagorean ratings after this week.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 05:45 (nineteen years ago)

Morbs getting skurred

Not even li'l bit.

They have the consec 10+ record tho.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

Bbbbut ... weren't they about 11 games back of the Giants at this point in 1993?

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

They don't have primestuff like Maddux& Glavine this year, do they? Am I scared of laundry, as Shea box-seater Seinfeld might ask?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 16:13 (nineteen years ago)

Morbs, the have a name for this feeling: "footsteps".

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

haha the mets have primestuff glavine this year!

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

fieldofdreams (minneapolis): Do you think Chipper Jones is really over his oblique or is this his typical injury stubborness?

Will Carroll: Stubbornness. That's a fun word. It's kind of folksy, like something you'd read on a Hooters menu.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 July 2006 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

vs. Pedro tonight. Rest vs. Rust?

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Friday, 28 July 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

Meaning, will Pedro be rested or rusted...

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Friday, 28 July 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

At a minimum, he'll improve on his start in Boston, I'm guessing.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 July 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

Ugh. Chipper out for the rest of the series, and Betemit sent to LA for Danys Baez, Willy Aybar, and cash. The bucks and Aybar make that deal pretty alright, I guess, but Baez isn't much of an improvement over any of the "set-up" guys they've already got. If Aybar develops moderate power he could be a better offensive player than Betemit, but I won't feel as comfortable with him filling in for Chipper this season as I have been with Betemit.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Saturday, 29 July 2006 03:23 (nineteen years ago)

PROVEN CLOSER AHOYHOY

― David R. (popshots75`), Saturday, 29 July 2006 04:34 (nineteen years ago)

el duque

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Sunday, 30 July 2006 00:12 (nineteen years ago)

Pitcher rib-eyes are the most tender.

― David R. (popshots75`), Sunday, 30 July 2006 00:27 (nineteen years ago)

ouch

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 31 July 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

Andruw for Lester, Hansen, and Crisp would've been a great trade. Too bad Theo's not the drooling moron Schuerholz apparently thinks he is.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Monday, 31 July 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

JEFF FRANCOUER CAN EAT A BAG OF DICKS

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 31 July 2006 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

REAL MUHCHURR

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Monday, 31 July 2006 18:33 (nineteen years ago)

don't blame me, dood, i didn't jinx my team with bullshit swagger.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 31 July 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)

bullshit swagger is redundant.

so winning's not enough for you?

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Monday, 31 July 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

where are those footsteps I read about last week? were they Wickman's, trotting to the buffet table?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:05 (nineteen years ago)

They are Carlos Beltran's as he crosses home plate about 29 times.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

"where are those footsteps I read about last week? were they Wickman's, trotting to the buffet table?"

lol, that's funny because he is fat

― BUJU DANSON (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

Getting a GM with at least a double-digit IQ has done wonders for the Mets. Now when they go dump prospects and bucks to get battle-proven vets they're at least getting good ones, and not the Alomars and Vaughns of the world. Beltran and Delgado absolutely kill the Braves, and I suppose shitty pitching in general. At least now I guess I'll be able to check out the fantastic new Fall programming on the CW instead of listening to Buck and McCarver every night*.

*: for four days, at most.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 12:11 (nineteen years ago)

any of the brave-lovers here actually live in atlanta? i'll be down there in a few days and was planning on catching one of the games against philly next week.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)

i think the only atlantans on ilx are trife and ade. me, jena, doctor casino, one of the emilys, josh love and hillary brown if she still posts on ilx are in athens, curt1s is in snellville, and i think that's it for georgia.

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)

no longer in Atlanta or Georgia, semi-unfortunately.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, now Brave fans can put their Georgia Bulldog stuff on.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, your team's best reliever (stats schmats) just got sonned in a beef with a runaway Ford. Don't tempt fate.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

Fate carries a foam-rubber tomahawk.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

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― BUJU DANSON (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)

Chip Caray gets fresh!

― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

Bottom 5 2006 NL Right Fielders, by VORP

Jose Guillen WAS -6.8
Jeff Francoeur ATL -5.6
Chris Aguila FLO -3.9
Matt Cepicky FLO -3.5
Lastings Milledge NYN -3.1

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

Florence, South Carolina, has a team?

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

jeff francoeur is really, really bad. they should trade him to some dumbass GM for a handful of prospects (i hear baltimore needs an OF?)

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)

They could do Francoeur in a straight-swap for either Markakis or Corey Patterson and still maintain the local-boy-made-good spin.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

i'm just sick of the motherfucker. i hate how the whole city has a hardon for the dude. and by 'whole city' i mean white people who live outside the perimeter.

we should trade him for FIGGINZ!!! the angels wouldn't be dum enough to do that tho, would they :(

― SLUTSPIRIA (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

according to baseball prospectus, dude is 853rd out of 910 in VORP in MLB. just ahead of bubba crosby and just behind eric reed

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 23:53 (nineteen years ago)

If they don't do something with Francoeur while he still has some trade value, that would be a sign to me that Schuerholz is coasting or looking for another job.

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 23:54 (nineteen years ago)

can we just trade, like, the entire team for the tigers?

― SLUTSPIRIA (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:01 (nineteen years ago)

i can't believe they traded betemit and kept francoeur

― gear (gear), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:17 (nineteen years ago)

askhfalksfh;l godddd, and he was one of the few rays of hope i had left. can bobby cox be traded? does it work like that? why is he still employed by a major league baseball organization?

― SLUTSPIRIA (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

Eh...Cox isn't the problem, he just got dealt a bad hand. I put this on the GM and the Time-Warner bean counters.

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 17 August 2006 00:54 (nineteen years ago)

cox sux anyway tho, can the homo

― SLUTSPIRIA (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 17 August 2006 02:09 (nineteen years ago)

dude who wins the division fourteen straight years sucks. okay, then, who's a good manager, in your opinion?

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Thursday, 17 August 2006 03:45 (nineteen years ago)

A Modest List:

1) Stump Merrill
2) Ray Knight
3) That Vietnam vet what managed the Blue Jays
4) Butch Hobson (w/ or w/out blow)
5) Tony Muser
6) Jimy Williams
7) The little man in Jimy Williams' mouth
8) Bucky F*cking Dent
9) Grady Little
10) Chorizo

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)

#3 = Tim Johnson. I'm sure he could contribute all sorts of fake stories about *patiently* hunting down the Viet Cong that would help Franceour improve his walk rate.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:22 (nineteen years ago)

OH SHIT I FORGOT

11) Theodore Q. Turner-Fonda, Esq.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:28 (nineteen years ago)

Ted Turner is the best anything ever, yes. My only criteria for judging managers is by their level of hilarity, which makes him and Ozzie Guillen the greatest ever. I have to say tho - maybe I mentioned this before when I took that baseball knowledge test - I am constantly amazed by how many hilarious names there are in baseball.

― SLUTSPIRIA (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 17 August 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)

Ted Turner gave the commencement speech at my college graduation. He ended up by telling us to enjoy life while we could, 'cuz who knows, China might nuke us next week.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Friday, 18 August 2006 00:20 (nineteen years ago)

haha bill bradley gave the commencement speech at my college graduation. he talked at great length about the perils of running a national budget deficit.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 18 August 2006 03:19 (nineteen years ago)

Not that it's going to get them to the playoffs, but Wickman has been nothing but solid in ATL. Heh... "solid."

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 19 August 2006 04:19 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

I really do hope y'all have yr U of G stuff on.

WOOOOOOOAHHH-OHHHH-OHHHH....

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 September 2006 12:26 (nineteen years ago)

Was that the Tomahawk Chop chant, or you passing a kidney stone?

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 7 September 2006 12:54 (nineteen years ago)

It can't be both?

― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 7 September 2006 13:20 (nineteen years ago)

Rapozer, you are the Mario Mendoza of cruelty.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 September 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED!

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 03:45 (nineteen years ago)

14 years couldn't end any sooner from this Mets fan.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 03:47 (nineteen years ago)

*for this

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 03:47 (nineteen years ago)

What are you talking about? They're only 5 out of the Wild Card

Stranger things have happened...

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 03:59 (nineteen years ago)

― j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 11:22 (nineteen years ago)

What are you talking about? They're only 5 out of the Wild Card

but this thread isn't called 'still the year the Braves will get into the playoffs and lose in the first round'

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 11:27 (nineteen years ago)

you're absolutely right maura, it's the Mets year to do that.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 12:26 (nineteen years ago)

Dude, you're a Giants fan! Worry about your team missing the playoffs and breaking a hip!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

Eliminated = out of the playoffs, something that neither the Braves nor the Giants are.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 13:20 (nineteen years ago)

Osteoporosis = a disease in which the bones become extremely porous, are subject to fracture, and heal slowly, occurring especially in women following menopause and often leading to curvature of the spine from vertebral collapse.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

That is no way to talk about Dr. Morbius. You have been warned.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

Giants just called up Tim the Enchanter Lincecum, id est NOT A DREAM, NOT A CHOKE! GIANTS ARE LOCK TO WIN WS YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLX. SPLENDID GUARANTEE 100%!

― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

those who point out the thread title: it's a direct reference to this, last year's Braves thread, the title of which was just as prophetically incorrect as 2006's has unfortunately been.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

Shasta that is too mundane to be one of my afflictions...

perhaps 2007 Braves thread shd be "Waiting for Hampton."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 September 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

blount otm

― FUCK BABY SURI I HOPE IT CHOKES TO DEATH ON HUBBARD WAFERS (Adrian Langston), Thursday, 14 September 2006 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

The postmortem --

Search: Smoltz, Wickman, McCann, 2nd-half LaRoche, Andruw (but how much longer?)
Destroy: Larry, 1st-half LaRoche, most of the relievers
Improving: Frenchie (but I had to laugh when he said he might walk 50 times next year)

Any chance for improvement in '07?

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 28 September 2006 02:04 (nineteen years ago)

Destroy the most: Tim Hudson.

Most disappointing dude ever.

Definite chance for improvement in '07, but probably not enough to catch the Mets. If they had a decent closer all season, they'd probably have the wild card this year. If they can pick up a solid starter or two and find two or three reliable bullpen arms, they should be able to contend for at least the WC again next year.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Thursday, 28 September 2006 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

Also: Larry's been great, those three or four weeks he's been healthy. If he could scratch his ass without pulling a muscle he could've have a really great year, and not just the pretty good one he had.

But yes, if Larry can stay healthy next year, if Hampton and Ramirez can stay healthy and not completely suck, if LaRoche can keep his 2nd half going for a full season, if McCann's year is a sign of true greatness and not just a fluke, if they can find a guy to get to Wickman, and if Wickman can somehow keep from falling off that cliff he's been precariously perched on for years now, then the Braves should be pretty good next year.

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Thursday, 28 September 2006 13:02 (nineteen years ago)

If he could scratch his ass without pulling a muscle

That's too much to ask at this point. I wish they'd have kept Betemit and found a sucker to take Larry. I wonder if Andruw will be dealt over the winter or if they'll wait until next July.

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 28 September 2006 13:40 (nineteen years ago)

Judging by runs scored/allowed, the Braves were the unluckiest team in baseball besides the Indians.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 28 September 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

Isn't Francoeur likely to net the most, considering how generally overrated he still is? at least by the dummy GMs?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 September 2006 16:08 (nineteen years ago)

I honestly think that the people above Schuerholz would ask him not to deal the homegrown golden boy, to keep butts in seats (what few they have). There's a subtle (or maybe not subtle) transference of the public face of the team happening, from the Jones Brothers, Smoltz, etc., to the new breed -- Francoeur, McCann, Langerhans, etc.

Or maybe I'm talking out my ass. Blount might be able to address that better than I can; all I see is the FSN crew anymore, and they've sucked all the fun out of the team.

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 28 September 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

I'd be amazingly shocked if Francoeur got traded. Everything I've read in the Atlanta paper makes it sound like the organization is mostly blind to the kid's shortcomings. That shock would decrease if Delta finally goes out of business, or if Schuerholz retires soon.

I'd think Chipper is one of the most untradeable guys around. Oldish, oft-hurt, defensively subpar 3B's aren't really hot property, at least not when they're making $15 million a year. Plus he's restructured his contract twice now to stay with them longer and free up payroll space for folks like Renteria and Wickman, so I doubt he'd accept a trade even if the club could find a taker.

Now that Lester's got the cancer, what could they get from Boston that'd make an Andruw trade worthwhile? Buchholz, Hansen, and Crisp? Or maybe Buchholz and Ellsbury?

― barefoot manthing (Garrett Martin), Thursday, 28 September 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 28 September 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

;)

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 28 September 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

"Now that Lester's got the cancer, what could they get from Boston that'd make an Andruw trade worthwhile? Buchholz, Hansen, and Crisp? Or maybe Buchholz and Ellsbury?"

all those dudes SUKK!!!!! imo. i can't believe anyone would wanna trade andruw, i know he's worth a lot but that's because he's a PIMP! whateva. baseball - SO OVA IT

― Scott Fajita :( (Adrian Langston), Friday, 29 September 2006 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

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