New stadium or not, they’re still basically the Expos.
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As someone who lives “out of market”, its going to be nice to watch the game tonite. Can anyone recommend a good way to catch all the games this year? (cable package, web, dish, etc) I’m not home alot, so I’m leaning towards a web package.
Second Spitter, I have been subscribing for MLB.tv for since they have started the service three or four years ago. Living overseas and can really recommend it, the quality is finally pretty good this year.
Hey y’all. Who’s excited about Braves baseball starting against the Natspos?
I m looking forward to seeing a nice new stadium and getting a little “tour” of Nationals stadium.
I’m doing a live thread tonight if anyone wants to join in and post as the game progresses. http://bravesblog.net
JB
Second Splitter,
MLB TV is a good way to go but also XM/Sirius is a good bet if you’re like me and like listening to games on the ol’ radio. Good luck!
sitting in a car from daytona to Columbia sc- the only thing not making we to kill all these awful Yankee drivers on I-95 is the thought of watching the braves. Go Huddy!
Another option for those who want to hear Braves games but can’t get a local radio station to carry the broadcast and do not subscribe to satellite radio:
MLB.com offers every game, all season plus playoffs, for every team at a cost of $15 for the year. All games are available on archives, too.
It’s a steal for those of us in the minority described above.
Hey Mac, I noticed you have Roger McDowell as one of the coaches on your All-Hate Braves team. What is your opinion of him nowadays? Has it changed at all?
Just to pre-empt the inevitable… this is a politics-free zone, therefore it is a Bush-free zone. I will allow mockery if he looks particularly absurd throwing out the first pitch, or praise if his form is especially good, but that is the limit.
I didnt really mean spam in the chat room, I meant more like, would a bunch of immature Mets fans or children come in and ruin the room. That’s why I was thinking a password for members who have “earned” it by proving they’re actually Braves fans.
They’re new road alternative jerseys and caps. The Braves will only wear them a handful of times throughtout the season, like with their home alternative uniforms (the tomato red ones) that they only wear for Sunday home games.
59–spot on–Miller and Morgan are AWFUL–Miller just bloviated something about Francoeur emerging as a power hitter even though his power was off last year
time to mute the tube and find the game on the radio–even Chip Caray isn’t as bad as these fools
81- I don’t know about XM, but with MLB.com gameday audio, it was delayed about one pitch compared to watching on TV. So, unfortunately, Miller and Morgan had to come back on, and I’m about two innings away from scraping my ear drums out.
I tried to get into the field for some $5 seats, but they ran out somewhere around 30 people in front of us. So right now I’m at my place, listening on WGST through mlb.com, watching on ESPN (muted, thank God), drinking some beer and eating Five Guys hot dogs.
So life could be worse, but right now, my team needs to suck less.
Counting Huson’s error, Francoeur’s terrible throws, and McCann’s and KJ’s run-ins with Christian Guzman, we’re something like -7 on baserunning differential tonight. Good to see that crispness on Opening Night.
I hope their new infield actually might be able to take some rain, unlike the great RFK. Mac, I was also looking for his most notable big league accomplishment to be “marrying his wife, Jamie.”
Dix, my point was not that he gets credit for having a hot wife, it was that he sucks, and that was his most notable big league accomplishment was getting married.
My point isn’t that they’re equally good accomplishments in the grand scheme of the universe. Just that, you expect a baseball player to have a hotter than average wife, just like you expect him to bat over .250
Just making it to the majors is an accomplishment yes…but so is getting laid if you’re just an average guy. You’re not judged by the general accomplishment though.
The ballplayer is judged by the quality of his play once he makes it. The average guy, judged by the quality of the girl he makes it with.
Hudson got some bad breaks in the first…no pun intended. Two broken bat SINGLES. Fatboy Nick Johnson taking second was just sad. But Huddy has settled down and has looked great.
Anyone taken a peek at Guzman’s stats? Before last year he had opb less than .300 but last year he had .380. I couldn’t believe the Nats were batting him leadoff but I guess last year is the reason. Talk about a career year.
Since Diaz doesn’t have a hit tonight, do you think Bobby has already decided to start platooning him? Hudson has pitched way too good to take a loss on this, but I agree with Mac — asking Kotsay to actually get something started might be too much.
Amazing, so frustrating to watch the Braves’ offense sometimes. Seems like they are trying to lose a game they can’t possibly lose…Odalis Perez?! Ray King?!
I sort of hate Yunel’s bat-flip. Anybody else feeling that?
Chad Cordero does not scare me at all, and I’m sure our guys feel the same way. If course, we all probably felt the same way about Odalis. Let’s hold ‘em here and see what happens, eh?
I would like for the Braves to not make a habit of pinch running for Tex, but right there, I doubt he scores on the wild pitch/passed ball. Prado at first is what I think we’ll see
ESPN showed the 24-23 statistic for home team wins when the President throws out the first pitch. With numbers like that, there was nothing the Braves could do.
GO BRAVES!!!
March 30th, 2008 at 2:03 pmIt’s like clockwork every year.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:07 pmI am excited. Looking forward to seeing 6 strong innings by Hudson, some nice relief by Ohman, Moylan and a save by Soriano.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:13 pmI’m getting that 2 HR, 5 RBI start to Tex’s free agent campaign vibe.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:16 pmHey everyone,
I am shortly headed to the new Nats stadium, Braves hat in hand, and looking forward to opening the season with a win.
Mac, I will try to email you pics from the game from my phone.
I assume, AAR and Marc and other local Braves fans are going?
March 30th, 2008 at 2:20 pmAs someone who lives “out of market”, its going to be nice to watch the game tonite. Can anyone recommend a good way to catch all the games this year? (cable package, web, dish, etc) I’m not home alot, so I’m leaning towards a web package.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:25 pmSecond Spitter, I have been subscribing for MLB.tv for since they have started the service three or four years ago. Living overseas and can really recommend it, the quality is finally pretty good this year.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:27 pmHey y’all. Who’s excited about Braves baseball starting against the Natspos?
I m looking forward to seeing a nice new stadium and getting a little “tour” of Nationals stadium.
I’m doing a live thread tonight if anyone wants to join in and post as the game progresses.
http://bravesblog.net
JB
Second Splitter,
March 30th, 2008 at 2:33 pmMLB TV is a good way to go but also XM/Sirius is a good bet if you’re like me and like listening to games on the ol’ radio. Good luck!
Baseball time. I don’t even care about March Madness anymore.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:37 pmhttp://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v192/41/8/1007100034/n1007100034_30119537_2140.jpg
There! That’s proof we’ll beat the Natspos.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:46 pmTook the Braves season win over/under at 85.5 and feel like its free money.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:49 pmwhat’s March Madness?
March 30th, 2008 at 2:56 pmYesssss! The season begins. Everyone is optimistic. I am. Loving ESPN right now.
March 30th, 2008 at 3:06 pmsitting in a car from daytona to Columbia sc- the only thing not making we to kill all these awful Yankee drivers on I-95 is the thought of watching the braves. Go Huddy!
March 30th, 2008 at 3:19 pmAnother option for those who want to hear Braves games but can’t get a local radio station to carry the broadcast and do not subscribe to satellite radio:
MLB.com offers every game, all season plus playoffs, for every team at a cost of $15 for the year. All games are available on archives, too.
It’s a steal for those of us in the minority described above.
March 30th, 2008 at 3:43 pmI am so freakin excited that the games are starting
March 30th, 2008 at 3:44 pmcome on…
come onnnnnnnnnnnnn
March 30th, 2008 at 4:11 pmHaha Dix. By the way, folks, John Kruk has also picked us to win the East. What is going on here?
March 30th, 2008 at 4:30 pmI think his actual words were “I’d wager my left testicle on the Braves winning the East this year”
March 30th, 2008 at 4:39 pmHey Mac, I noticed you have Roger McDowell as one of the coaches on your All-Hate Braves team. What is your opinion of him nowadays? Has it changed at all?
March 30th, 2008 at 4:39 pmNo.
March 30th, 2008 at 4:43 pmI wanna see the all hate team
March 30th, 2008 at 4:47 pmEric Young picked the Braves to win the World Series on Baseball Tonight.
…so mark your calendars.
March 30th, 2008 at 4:48 pmSo, would a Braves Journal chat room just get spammed by idiots?
Perhaps one could be set up with a password to be emailed to regular posters.
Could be cool for during game chats
March 30th, 2008 at 4:49 pmDix,
That’s not a bad idea but most spam posts get blocked on these sites.
Anyone else hear rumors about new visiting unis? or is this a fish tale?
JB
March 30th, 2008 at 4:57 pmDix, it’s under “400 Not Greatest Atlanta Braves” in the Categories menu in the right frame.
March 30th, 2008 at 4:58 pmI’ve also got a worst Braves acquisitions page on my site too.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:01 pmHey-
March 30th, 2008 at 5:07 pmDo you guys know if I can watch tonight’s game on the MLBtv website- or is it blacked out b/c of ESPN?
Less than an hour until W throws out the first pitch.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:14 pmI really love baseball.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:14 pmFor MLBTv…the game is blacked-out because it is a nationally televised game. Sucks for me…I don’t have cable.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:28 pmWow i saw two predictions on ESPN that has the bravos winning it all. When did we get love like that from them?
March 30th, 2008 at 5:33 pmhttp://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview08/news/story?page=08expertpicks
OK kids….which would you choose? A braves championship this season, or banging Angelina Jolie?
March 30th, 2008 at 5:33 pmSo does everyone in the fantasy league have a Braves player?
March 30th, 2008 at 5:33 pmJust to pre-empt the inevitable… this is a politics-free zone, therefore it is a Bush-free zone. I will allow mockery if he looks particularly absurd throwing out the first pitch, or praise if his form is especially good, but that is the limit.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:41 pmMike, I have a ton of Braves on my fantasy team
Tex
Chipper
McCann
KJ
and I even have Edgar at short
Just got lucky in the draft but my outfield isn’t very impressive.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:49 pmI didnt really mean spam in the chat room, I meant more like, would a bunch of immature Mets fans or children come in and ruin the room. That’s why I was thinking a password for members who have “earned” it by proving they’re actually Braves fans.
March 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pmThe undefeated season begins…..
March 30th, 2008 at 5:56 pmtime for some more FJM fodder
March 30th, 2008 at 6:03 pmBlue jerseys!
March 30th, 2008 at 6:04 pmThose things are hideous.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:05 pmWhere do I buy one?
March 30th, 2008 at 6:05 pmso the Braves are sportin’ new jerseys tonight
March 30th, 2008 at 6:09 pmshe almost messed up the anthem…
March 30th, 2008 at 6:09 pmI think I’m gonna get my wife a blue Francoeur jersey
March 30th, 2008 at 6:10 pmi like ‘em
the caps remind of the 69 Braves’
March 30th, 2008 at 6:11 pmAre those the new away jerseys? Did they change the home ones, too?
March 30th, 2008 at 6:13 pmthey’re alternate jerseys
March 30th, 2008 at 6:14 pmwe should weak all black this year
March 30th, 2008 at 6:15 pmWhy is ‘gold’ listed as one of our official colors? (Wikipedia can’t be wrong, right?)
March 30th, 2008 at 6:16 pmso the lineup doesn’t sound that bad. let’s play ball!
March 30th, 2008 at 6:16 pm…to mourn the impending loss of Teix.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:16 pmThey’re new road alternative jerseys and caps. The Braves will only wear them a handful of times throughtout the season, like with their home alternative uniforms (the tomato red ones) that they only wear for Sunday home games.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:16 pmLETS GO BRAVES!
checking in…
March 30th, 2008 at 6:21 pmFirst pitch in Natspos park
March 30th, 2008 at 6:22 pmc’mon kj!
March 30th, 2008 at 6:22 pmI like the blue. And I like KJ’s stirrups too.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:22 pmodalis is throwing rocks tonite
March 30th, 2008 at 6:25 pmless than 2 batters in and we have our first inane miller-morgan conversation.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:26 pmCHIPPER!!!
March 30th, 2008 at 6:26 pmchippa!
March 30th, 2008 at 6:27 pmLove the blue jerseys. The blue-on-blue numbering on the back seals the win for me. Get rid of the red and wear these on Sundays.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:29 pmwhat would mike teix do?
March 30th, 2008 at 6:29 pmHome cookin’ on strike three to Teixiera, boys..
March 30th, 2008 at 6:29 pm59–spot on–Miller and Morgan are AWFUL–Miller just bloviated something about Francoeur emerging as a power hitter even though his power was off last year
time to mute the tube and find the game on the radio–even Chip Caray isn’t as bad as these fools
March 30th, 2008 at 6:31 pmpete rocks!
March 30th, 2008 at 6:32 pmWould any of you ATL based guys be up for a meetup, say for a Sunday away game? Maybe East Atlanta or somewhere?
March 30th, 2008 at 6:32 pmHow old does Chip have to be before his voice stops cracking?
.. Guzman singles.
If we lose this game.. dang it.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:32 pmWell that wasn’t what I had in mind
March 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pmHudson just dropped the f-bomb…
March 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pmgood start team!
March 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pmughhhh
March 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pmWho got the error? (no audio in the Glenwood)
March 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pmThere’s one…
March 30th, 2008 at 6:36 pmHudson on a wild throw to first, Guzman to third.
and a strikeout to Milledge helps; 1 out, man on 3rd.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:36 pmZimmerman will get him in I’m afraid..
March 30th, 2008 at 6:37 pmANd Nick Johnson is not the guy you want to get to for a DP
March 30th, 2008 at 6:39 pmChipper will make that 9
March 30th, 2008 at 6:39 pm2 K’s
March 30th, 2008 at 6:39 pmWow – go you Auburn Tiger!
March 30th, 2008 at 6:39 pmi really cannot handle this commentating. they dont even call the game. its just like 2 uncles you hate rambling on about god knows what.
i think tomorrow is when i buy mlb.tv.
does anyone here have xm? is there any sort of delay so watching the game on tv and listening to the local radio broadcast would be annoying?
March 30th, 2008 at 6:40 pmAnd Nick the Stick makes ‘em pay
March 30th, 2008 at 6:41 pmDamn.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:42 pmUgh…2 broken bat hits and an error.
I think Greg McMichael will make it 10, Dix.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:42 pmmay that be the last run they score tonight…johnson has got fatter and uglier.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:43 pmI like how they called Bill James their buddy. Joe Morgan doesn’t buy a thing that James says
March 30th, 2008 at 6:43 pmHudson’s a little off with his control but his stuff looks pretty sick.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:43 pmDouble damn.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:44 pmChrist even a half decent throw gets him
March 30th, 2008 at 6:44 pmgood to see all that work on defense is paying off
March 30th, 2008 at 6:45 pm81- I don’t know about XM, but with MLB.com gameday audio, it was delayed about one pitch compared to watching on TV. So, unfortunately, Miller and Morgan had to come back on, and I’m about two innings away from scraping my ear drums out.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:45 pmU on the blackberry stu?
March 30th, 2008 at 6:46 pmThat DiMaggio quote should have a semicolon, not a comma. Well done, Nationals marketing team.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:46 pmThat’s the yin and yang about watching in a bar – no audio, the drinks are tasty (Storm King Stout – 9% alc) but you miss a bit of continuity
March 30th, 2008 at 6:46 pmthank god
March 30th, 2008 at 6:48 pmnot a very Frenchy throw
March 30th, 2008 at 6:48 pmHow many of those runs count as earned?
March 30th, 2008 at 6:50 pmboth
March 30th, 2008 at 6:50 pm1st pitch swinging by Frenchy–so much for working on being more patient
March 30th, 2008 at 6:51 pmThat’s arip – good sign
March 30th, 2008 at 6:52 pmNothing is going right.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:53 pmNot a good sign
March 30th, 2008 at 6:53 pmI was so looking forward to this game, and now it feels like the sort of game I’ll be turning off in about the fourth inning.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:53 pmWell, at least McCann hammered it. Ha, only 1.5 innings into the year and I’m already getting the Braves Blues.
I need to find a good baseball bar here.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:54 pmb-mac looks great
March 30th, 2008 at 6:54 pmlooks like they’re playing like they’re still in florida…
March 30th, 2008 at 6:54 pmhopefully they’ll pull it together. quickly.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:55 pmjosh, where is here?
March 30th, 2008 at 6:55 pmAt least Huddy stopped the bleeding
March 30th, 2008 at 6:58 pmJon, Joe, and President Bush. Oh boy..
March 30th, 2008 at 6:59 pmHow quickly the excitement dissipates. Wait till the 2run HR Frenchy hits to tie the game.
March 30th, 2008 at 6:59 pm@108
Blacksburg
March 30th, 2008 at 7:00 pmoh my god Dubya and Morgan together.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:01 pmI tried to get into the field for some $5 seats, but they ran out somewhere around 30 people in front of us. So right now I’m at my place, listening on WGST through mlb.com, watching on ESPN (muted, thank God), drinking some beer and eating Five Guys hot dogs.
So life could be worse, but right now, my team needs to suck less.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:02 pmdrinkin’ whiskey. now the bloggin will get fun
March 30th, 2008 at 7:02 pmummm…haven’t been there in a few years, but my gut feeling is good luck, old son.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:02 pmAAR – 5 Guys just came to Atlanta – like the burgers, but haven’t tried the hot dogs. Good?
March 30th, 2008 at 7:03 pmWe are so awesome at baseball
March 30th, 2008 at 7:04 pmSomeone remind them that the games count now.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:04 pmI am in awe of how bad this game is going.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:05 pmthis is getting rediculous
March 30th, 2008 at 7:05 pmOh for cryin’ out loud Kelly.
Looking like one of those nights.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:05 pmThe hot dogs up here are terrific, Spike — hope they taste as good down there!
Damn it, Kelly… why is it that when we throw a pickoff, we throw it away, and when they do, they pick off our leadoff hitter?
We’ve got two hits, one erased trying to stretch a single to a double, and the other erased trying to steal second. Can’t anybody here play this game?
March 30th, 2008 at 7:06 pmCounting Huson’s error, Francoeur’s terrible throws, and McCann’s and KJ’s run-ins with Christian Guzman, we’re something like -7 on baserunning differential tonight. Good to see that crispness on Opening Night.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:07 pmAndruw would have gotten that
March 30th, 2008 at 7:07 pmKeep breakin’ those bats huddy – good things will happen
March 30th, 2008 at 7:08 pmthis is more like it
March 30th, 2008 at 7:08 pmRenteria would NOT have gotten that…
Furcal would have though
March 30th, 2008 at 7:09 pm@128
March 30th, 2008 at 7:11 pmnot for as cheep though
Okay – let’s get some runs!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:12 pmawful baserunning so far
I like the new uniforms though.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:12 pmCan we also talk about Bush’s commentating as it compares (favorably) to Joe Morgan’s?
March 30th, 2008 at 7:14 pmGOOD BYE
March 30th, 2008 at 7:14 pmHey there’s one now!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:14 pmCHIPPER HOME RUN!!!!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:14 pmBush is almost as awkward as Joe…
BUT YEAH CHIPPER WOO
March 30th, 2008 at 7:14 pmwoohoo!!! Chipper goes yard!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pmawesome
March 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pmPUT IT IN THE BOOKS!
Make it back to back!!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pmChipper will now name his next-born Nationals.
Thank you, thank you..
March 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pmChipper Jones reminds Odalis Perez why he isn’t a good pitcher.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pm“Really nice guy. Got hit in the mouth in spring training” — George W Bush
March 30th, 2008 at 7:16 pmAndruw would have gotten that!
By the way, duplicate posting detection won’t let me say “Andruw would have gotten that” again….
Its going to ruin my joke
March 30th, 2008 at 7:16 pmI’ll say it for you when need be, Dix
March 30th, 2008 at 7:17 pmwell, you have to say it any time Kostay catches a fly ball….
March 30th, 2008 at 7:18 pmHacky McHackalot strikes again
March 30th, 2008 at 7:19 pmI know, Dix or if he drops one
March 30th, 2008 at 7:20 pmJeff is slugging .500 on 2 weak grounders to 3rd. Just imagine the kind of year he’s gonna have once he starts hitting it to the OF.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:20 pmno no no, if he drops one then its not funny
March 30th, 2008 at 7:21 pmStrategery….
March 30th, 2008 at 7:21 pmI’m not sure why I found W talking about Frenchy getting hit it the mouth amusing, but I did.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:22 pmAlso, the thought of Joe Morgan being the GM of a team, as W mentioned, would probably drive the fine folks at FJM crazy.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:24 pmLet’s just say that I commented on Bush’s stint in the booth at Thomason Tracts and leave it at that.
Andruw would have gotten that sooner.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:25 pmDix, Andruw def woulda had that
March 30th, 2008 at 7:25 pmAndruw would have gotten that.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:25 pmAs long as I change the punctuation I can say it as many times as I want.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:26 pmNice one Huddy!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:26 pm“Also, the thought of Joe Morgan being the GM of a team, as W mentioned, would probably drive the fine folks at FJM crazy.”
Especially if Joe Morgan’s team finished above Billy Beane’s Oakland A’s.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:26 pmgood way to beat the system Dix
March 30th, 2008 at 7:27 pmDan, I really want that to happen now
March 30th, 2008 at 7:27 pmHuddy looks to be on track now!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:28 pmI guess Acta is short enough that JM can’t mispronounce it
March 30th, 2008 at 7:29 pmhey joe, it’s dmitri young not delmon young (not sure I spelled their names correctly)
March 30th, 2008 at 7:30 pmThey aren’t used to the new field……………………………………………………………………………………..
March 30th, 2008 at 7:31 pmdid you see Kris-tee-an Gooz-man miss that ball?
March 30th, 2008 at 7:31 pmThey forgot “sucks” in their breakdown of Kotsay’s career.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:32 pmSo, when do we say “Andruw would have swung at that”?
When Kotsay bats, or when Francoeur bats after Teix (because thats there Andruw would be batting in the order if we still had him)
March 30th, 2008 at 7:33 pmhahaha i love christian guzman
March 30th, 2008 at 7:33 pmI hope their new infield actually might be able to take some rain, unlike the great RFK. Mac, I was also looking for his most notable big league accomplishment to be “marrying his wife, Jamie.”
March 30th, 2008 at 7:34 pmA baseball player should not be applauded for having a hot wife. Its like applauding him for batting .250
March 30th, 2008 at 7:35 pmhaving hot wife > batting .250
March 30th, 2008 at 7:36 pmDix, just abbreviate to AWHGT.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:36 pmDix, my point was not that he gets credit for having a hot wife, it was that he sucks, and that was his most notable big league accomplishment was getting married.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:37 pmhomely wife = hitting below Mendoza line?
March 30th, 2008 at 7:40 pmWhen you see a breaking ball low and away with men on base….Andruw woulda swung at that
March 30th, 2008 at 7:40 pmMac, sometime down the line, I would be intrigued to see the results of a “stronger arm” poll featuring Esco vs Furcal.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:41 pm12 in a row now
March 30th, 2008 at 7:41 pmMy point isn’t that they’re equally good accomplishments in the grand scheme of the universe. Just that, you expect a baseball player to have a hotter than average wife, just like you expect him to bat over .250
March 30th, 2008 at 7:41 pmno, some individuals would argue that hitting below Mendoza line in MLB is still an accomplishment. The other, maybe not.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:41 pmWell, I think only the person hitting where Andruw would have hit should get the AWHSAT treatment.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:42 pmAm I crazy, or was that a year-old spiel about Chipper by Gammons?
March 30th, 2008 at 7:44 pmJust making it to the majors is an accomplishment yes…but so is getting laid if you’re just an average guy. You’re not judged by the general accomplishment though.
The ballplayer is judged by the quality of his play once he makes it. The average guy, judged by the quality of the girl he makes it with.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:45 pmTeixeira is on pace to earn a 2-year, $36.2 million deal next offseason.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:48 pmCome on boys…let’s get this show on the road.
Hudson got some bad breaks in the first…no pun intended. Two broken bat SINGLES. Fatboy Nick Johnson taking second was just sad. But Huddy has settled down and has looked great.
Offense needs to get it going dammit.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:48 pmStu, that was pretty damn funny, must be something about batting cleanup in March.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:50 pmThats a good post Stu
March 30th, 2008 at 7:50 pmThe average guy, judged by the quality of the girl he makes it with.
Who does the judging? What a sorry statement.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:50 pmwhoever does the judging, thats what they judge.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:51 pmI know no one asked me to be the judge, but in my opinion, the hot wife joke has been officially beaten to death.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:53 pmI must endeavor to meet with this star chamber one day. I’d like to get my readout.
Go Braves!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:55 pmAnyone taken a peek at Guzman’s stats? Before last year he had opb less than .300 but last year he had .380. I couldn’t believe the Nats were batting him leadoff but I guess last year is the reason. Talk about a career year.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:55 pmanother first pitch lame AB for Frenchy
March 30th, 2008 at 7:56 pmwe need some baserunners
March 30th, 2008 at 7:56 pmHey Jeff, take a pitch.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:56 pmI hate when we just wait for the HRs
March 30th, 2008 at 7:57 pmI honestly forgot how much I disliked these announcers, but they have quickly reminded me.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:57 pmGood to see Pat Corrales again, somewhere Dennis Cook just turned off his tv.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:58 pmI wish our offense weren’t terrible. We have one run against Odalis Perez and the Nationals through 7 innings. At least Huddy’s been terrific.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:58 pmThe Braves just haven’t gotten used to the new batters box yet
March 30th, 2008 at 7:59 pmI don’t want to have to read a depressing write up tomorrow when I get to work. Score some runs dammit!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:01 pmOffense isn’t terrible. Quit bitchin Stu. It’s only the first 7 innings of the 08 season.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:01 pmAlso the first 7 innings of a 9 inning game though
March 30th, 2008 at 8:02 pmThe offense has been terrible tonight. That’s all I meant.
Thanks for the productive input, Tiger.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:04 pmOkay, you’re right Dix. This offense is TERRIBLE.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:04 pmSo this will be the last inning for Hudson unless Kotsay gets on base. So it’s going to be the last inning for Hudson.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:05 pmOk, everyone be nice. The offense is good. Tonight it is terrible.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:05 pmSay what you mean then.
This offense will score 850+ runs this year.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:05 pmAndruw woulda had that…and my grandma too
March 30th, 2008 at 8:05 pmThanks also for the capitalization to emphasize just how horrible it’s been today.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:06 pmStu, you’ve offended the post police….
March 30th, 2008 at 8:07 pmNo problem Dick(s).
March 30th, 2008 at 8:07 pmYou’re so wise. Any idea whether they’ll score 2 more tonight?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:08 pmSince Diaz doesn’t have a hit tonight, do you think Bobby has already decided to start platooning him? Hudson has pitched way too good to take a loss on this, but I agree with Mac — asking Kotsay to actually get something started might be too much.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:09 pmso 2+2=4 go get em Tiger…I also remember when I was 5 years old…
March 30th, 2008 at 8:09 pmOh man, conflict at Braves Journal.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:09 pmHope so. We’ll see.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:10 pmBurger King!!!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:10 pmOh, boy, Ray King. The resistable force meets the moveable object.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:10 pmBig Ray comes in. Here come the runs. Maybe.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:10 pmNo conflict. Just several frustrated fans that have been waiting for Opening Day and find themselves down a run with 6 outs to play with.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:11 pmAndruw definitely could have done that.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:11 pmit looks like we’re playing for the homer at this point
March 30th, 2008 at 8:11 pmalright ray king’s pitching, we should be able to do something against him
March 30th, 2008 at 8:11 pmBobby should institute a Willie Mays Hayes style punishment for everytime Kotsay hits something in the air.
And Corky Miller made the roster? wtf.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:12 pmoperative word. Should.
We should also be able to beat Odalis Perez.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:12 pmAmazing, so frustrating to watch the Braves’ offense sometimes. Seems like they are trying to lose a game they can’t possibly lose…Odalis Perez?! Ray King?!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:12 pmyeah but Kotsay does it for way cheaper, and smiles less.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:12 pmBrayan Pena: Rally Man!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:13 pmWalk is good. Lets go!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:13 pm“Greg or Blanco”, says Miller. Which one?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:13 pmcome on KJ
March 30th, 2008 at 8:13 pmI honestly like having Brayan on the bench.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:13 pmKotsay owes us money, the way he plays. I’d say that makes him overpriced.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:14 pmLo Duca already threw back to the pitcher by the time KJ swung.. that shouldnt be a strike
March 30th, 2008 at 8:14 pm“All of a sudden, Ray King is having trouble throwing strikes.”
And, in other news… “All of a sudden, water is wet.”
March 30th, 2008 at 8:15 pmI have missed the bitterness of this board
Thank God baseball is back, even if the Braves lose a million.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:15 pmWhy would the ball carry in the new stadium when it didn’t in the old?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:15 pmI am surprised Bobby doesn’t pinch hit for KJ with Prado!!!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:16 pmtake a walk Escobar
March 30th, 2008 at 8:16 pmCan’t believe the Braves are going to lose a Hudson-Perez matchup on opening day.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:16 pmI’m not sure why I expected a different result though.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:18 pmSomewhere, Joe Simpson is about to complain about the World Baseball Classic.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:18 pmCould be worse, Thorman could be up.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:18 pmTeix is going to earn that guaranteed 3rd year
March 30th, 2008 at 8:18 pmI should point out that Andruw is a career .333/.474/1.000 hitter against Chad Cordero.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:22 pmI’m starting to get bitter and these repeated Jose Reyes commercials are not helping.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:23 pmI sort of hate Yunel’s bat-flip. Anybody else feeling that?
Chad Cordero does not scare me at all, and I’m sure our guys feel the same way. If course, we all probably felt the same way about Odalis. Let’s hold ‘em here and see what happens, eh?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:23 pmIf Mark Teixeira did go .222/.311/.413 with 26 homeruns in 154 games, what kind of contract would he get?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:23 pmYeah, Willie is tres dangerous, we better get the LOOGY in there.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:24 pmWell, at least we ain’t down 9-0 vs the Fish like 2005. Let’s get two outs and then get two runs.
Let’s go boys.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:27 pmI am ready to bang my head onto a wall…
March 30th, 2008 at 8:28 pmWe have not allowed a besrunner since te first…..surely we can come through in the 9th!!!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:29 pmPeter Moylan = Beast
March 30th, 2008 at 8:30 pmCome on…Chipper gets a walk. Frenchy knocks it out over the left field wall.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:30 pmDid Cox really think Moylan couldn’t get Willie Harris out there?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:30 pmMoylan is sick nasty
March 30th, 2008 at 8:30 pmmoylan is nasty
March 30th, 2008 at 8:31 pmtime to rock the rally caps!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:31 pmI did already call a 2 run HR for Francoeur tonight.
I say he’s the hero this time
March 30th, 2008 at 8:31 pmHOPE SO (caps just for you Dix)
March 30th, 2008 at 8:32 pmHahahaha, Morgan just got burned by Miller….. and god damnit that was a lucky stab.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:32 pmJon Rauch sighting.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:32 pmSO CLOSE.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:33 pmtex!!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:33 pmThis is a move you’d rarely see from Bobby Cox. Someone other than the closer in the game.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:34 pmDamn, one more foot…
March 30th, 2008 at 8:34 pmMorgan, maybe you should have more free time on your hands like Mr. Cub.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:34 pmUgh
March 30th, 2008 at 8:34 pmPrado ph for Francoeur? wtf?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:35 pmWoulda scored the run if not for the lucky play by the pitcher
March 30th, 2008 at 8:35 pmIf we just tie this, is Prado going to play first base?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:35 pmwtf is that tattoo on Rauch’s neck? looks like an I
March 30th, 2008 at 8:35 pmIs Martin Prado really that much faster than Teixeira to justify this move?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:36 pmcome on BMAC!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:36 pmYEAH BOI!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:36 pmAHHHHH HAHAHAHA YES!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:36 pmYES!!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:36 pmdid I hear Miller wrong–I thought he said ph Prado pulled the ball foul? now Prado is pr for Tex
March 30th, 2008 at 8:36 pmTHAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING BOUT!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pmWhooooooo!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pmHa! I love the nationals.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pmSo, who’s going to play first?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pmHa! Screw you, LoDuca. Score one for the world’s only Prado advocate!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pmMiller probably just misspoke Frank. Joe called Dmitri “Delmon” earlier.
So who is our backup 1B?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:37 pmDid McCann fly out on a 3-0 pitch?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:38 pmPrado? Gotay? Chipper? Bobby?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:38 pmYea he had the green light
March 30th, 2008 at 8:39 pmDubya comes in at first for the Bravos.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:39 pmI would like for the Braves to not make a habit of pinch running for Tex, but right there, I doubt he scores on the wild pitch/passed ball. Prado at first is what I think we’ll see
March 30th, 2008 at 8:39 pmat least that’s what Morgan says
March 30th, 2008 at 8:40 pmGotta love LoDuca.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:40 pmChip Caray reveals that Chad Cordero’s unavailable for the game. Shoulder tightness or something.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:41 pmGood call jj3bagger
March 30th, 2008 at 8:41 pmThats tough to hit….jeez
He’s gonna rack up the holds for my FBB team
March 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pmAlso, your new first baseman (and cleanup hitter): yes, that’s Martin Prado.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pmLet’s reiterate how stupid it is to slide into first base.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:42 pmmoylan indeed is looking dead on
March 30th, 2008 at 8:43 pmMilledge’s baserunning is almost as cool as his rapping
March 30th, 2008 at 8:43 pmshit.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:43 pmof course that happens as soon as i say that moylan is dead on
March 30th, 2008 at 8:43 pmPerfect.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:43 pmOUCH!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:43 pmfuck
March 30th, 2008 at 8:43 pm161 to go.
Dang.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:44 pmmake that moylan is just looking dead
March 30th, 2008 at 8:44 pmIf they miss the playoffs by one game this is the one that will hurt.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:44 pmI don’t think Andruw would have gotten that.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:44 pmWow, that was just about the lamest start to a season I have ever had the displeasure of watching.
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:44 pmEnjoy it, Nats. You’re winning 69 more games this year.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:44 pmThis has to be MLB’s new home-opening gift for the Natspos…how on earth could we lose like that?
March 30th, 2008 at 8:45 pmwhatever. at least baseball is back and we’re through with this football nonsense and almost through with basketball.
welcome back Braves!
March 30th, 2008 at 8:45 pmThat’s what I get for putting Moylan on my fantasy team.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:45 pmyeah, the nats are ready to win now. good luck with that.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:46 pmnot what i had in mind
March 30th, 2008 at 8:46 pmonly pitch moylan threw up in the zone
March 30th, 2008 at 8:47 pmthats -1 in the one run game category
March 30th, 2008 at 8:49 pmI choose to blame Joe Morgan.
For everything.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:49 pmHah.
Well, let’s just chalk this one up as one of the 60 and go beat the snot out of the Pirates.
Man, how do you pitch 8/9ths of a perfect game and lose?
Positives: all of our pitchers who threw looked good tonight, and we had a good number of hard hit balls go for outs.
Negatives: 2 runs and 5 hits against Odalis Perez? Common, guys…
March 30th, 2008 at 8:52 pm*1 run and 4 hits
March 30th, 2008 at 8:53 pmESPN showed the 24-23 statistic for home team wins when the President throws out the first pitch. With numbers like that, there was nothing the Braves could do.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:56 pm