No amount of La Stella is going to fix this team.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 8 May 2014 03:10 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRfPspjKj08
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 May 2014 03:16 (ten years ago) link
@BRefPlayIndex: Career batting average with #Braves:Warren Spahn .196B.J. Upton .188
Warren Spahn .196B.J. Upton .188
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 May 2014 02:25 (ten years ago) link
47-minute bottom of the 7th
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Friday, 23 May 2014 02:20 (ten years ago) link
Looks like Chris Johnson has had another meltdown/flipout. Replaced by Peña.
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Saturday, 24 May 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
no doubt upset that bj has passed him on the ops list
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 May 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
I rewound the game to his strikeout (I'm just now starting to realize how freaking awesome DVRs are, after 8 months of having one) and you can hear something going WHAM-WHAM-WHAM and then a bunch of bats clattering as Simmons was coming up for his at-bat.
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Saturday, 24 May 2014 01:31 (ten years ago) link
Bossman Jr. finally putting it all together.
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Monday, 26 May 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
It must really be muggy in Atlanta tonight. It's not that hot, but Lester's drenched and a bunch of other players are lathered up.
― Deep brain stimulation leads patient to become huge Johnny Cash fan (WilliamC), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 00:22 (ten years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/opponents-barred-from-speaking-as-cobb-county-approves-1582556255
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
county guvmint at its classical best
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 May 2014 13:59 (ten years ago) link
la stella up
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
These guys baffle the hell out of me, but considering the division they play in, they may manage to bluff their way into October. Good work by the new kids this weekend.
― WilliamC, Sunday, 1 June 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
Congrats Craigzilla.
http://www.talkingchop.com/2014/6/7/5788526/as-craig-kimbrel-breaks-braves-saves-record-we-look-back-at-his
Since debuting in 2010, Kimbrel has been worth 10.3 WAR. The next highest is Greg Holland at 8.4.
His 43.1% strikeout rate leads all relievers during that same span. As does his 33.7% strikeout minus walk rate. In fact, when looking back at the history of baseball, both of those numbers are the best.
The 155 saves he has recorded are tops in the league, above Jonathan Papelbon's 148. If you recall, Kimbrel came up late in 2010 and acted as a set up man for Billy Wagner, so he hasn't even been a closer for each of the years in this example.
His 1.41 ERA is by far the best in the league since his debut as well. With our old friend Eric O'Flaherty finishing behind him with a 1.68 mark.
― WilliamC, Saturday, 7 June 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
Jeez, gonna be a long night.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Wednesday, 11 June 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
GATTIS
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Saturday, 14 June 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
i might like this team if they weren't the braves
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 June 2014 00:12 (ten years ago) link
lol
I'm squeezing the last couple of years of homerism out of them before they move to White Flight Stadium and I become a Pirates fan. My wife suggested I become a Cards fan but that whole conversation ended with her saying "okay, okay, jeez, you weirdo."
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Saturday, 14 June 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
I don't want to overdo the "omg Andrelton" stuff but this one is worth it.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_13_anamlb_atlmlb_1&mode=video&content_id=33684561&tcid=vpp_copy_33684561
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Saturday, 14 June 2014 12:49 (ten years ago) link
braves 'considering' calling up christian bethancourt, moving heyward to center, jupton to right, oso blanco to left, bupton to bench
― mookieproof, Monday, 16 June 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
I saw that this morning. I mostly agree with the Talking Chop guy who said it would make zero sense -- I would upgrade that to very little sense.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Monday, 16 June 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
paplolbon
Ryan Doumit is a creepy-looking motherfucker -- his eyeballs are solid black, no whites.
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:14 (ten years ago) link
hahaha, I googled him and it autocompleted to "ryan doumit eyes"
― no matter how crabby of a mood I’m in because of the New World Order (WilliamC), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 02:19 (ten years ago) link
http://twinstrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Doumit-Ryan.jpg
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 06:20 (ten years ago) link
I think this team has had its last look at 1st place in the division this year.
http://i.imgur.com/vI0KPD5.jpg
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 20:30 (ten years ago) link
Now that it's happened on the Fox game of the week, I expect some national press about the ongoing friction or miscommunication between Gattis and the Braves starters (Teheran and Santana in particular). It's been going on for a while. Tonight at one point Gattis went through a series of signs, Teheran shook them all off; Gattis went through a bunch more, Teheran shook them all off; then they just had a staring contest for a while. It felt like forever, but was probably between 5-10 seconds. A couple of weeks ago, Gattis and Santana were so off the same page, I swear they were having a couple of mound conferences per batter.
― WilliamC, Sunday, 22 June 2014 01:53 (ten years ago) link
File under "are you fucking kidding me?" -- B.J. Upton is batting leadoff tonight.
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 19:39 (ten years ago) link
Tom Hart, the Barveses field reporter, is in the booth tonight. (Joe Simpson is still out from achilles tendon surgery.) I would say that anything that takes oxygen away from Chip Caray is a good thing, but Paul Byrd has been the main fill-in for Simpson, and he's been terrible. Hart is good, though.
Unfortunately, Uggla's still on the team and Stella! has the night off.
― How Suarez's biting affects housing prices, in 3 charts (WilliamC), Friday, 27 June 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
http://images.cdn.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/138139087/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/FCC-Red_01.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 July 2014 01:04 (ten years ago) link
Ha, might get one of those.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 4 July 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
I have no idea where this gang of run-manufacturers came from, but suddenly their percentage of runs from homer is way down and they're 9-1 in their last 10. Admittedly vs. Astros/Phils/Mets, but still, I love this crazy "put the ball in play" concept.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Saturday, 5 July 2014 00:09 (ten years ago) link
Lol, Gerald Laird, master of the bunt single. (He just got career #44.) They never expect it!
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Thursday, 10 July 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
It works approximately 24.6% of the time for the .246 lifetime hitter.
― Andy K, Thursday, 10 July 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
Phil Gosselin called up from AAA; the corresponding roster move is that Dan Uggla has been suspended for one game by the team. Fredi won't say why but Dave O'Brien at the AJC says it's for being "late."
After sorta Kawakami-ing him for a month and a half, it looks like the Popeye era is nearly done.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Sunday, 13 July 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
rosenthal saying uggla is done, though whether dfa'd or outright released remains unclear
― mookieproof, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
plz SOMEONE snap him up so I can at least get another 25 HM points
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
xp - I've been waiting/hoping for that news today.
― catfishers of men (WilliamC), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
― WilliamC, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 10:10 PM (2 months ago)
...although I'd love to be proven wrong. STELLLLLLLLAAAAAAAA!
― WilliamC, Sunday, 20 July 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
btw this 20yo ss jose peraza is tearing shit up
no power and he doesn't walk, but it's less of a big deal when you hit .350
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 01:31 (ten years ago) link
also he doesn't strike out
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
I'm terrible about following prospects -- I've heard a little about Peraza but not a lot. Just read his profile at Talking Chop and they've moved him from SS to 2B, with a timeline to reach the bigs in 2016.
no power and he doesn't walk, but it's less of a big deal when you hit .350 -- he'd fit right in with these weird nu-look small-ball Braves. Homers way down (only 7 in July), slash numbers all up.
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 02:02 (ten years ago) link
Simba Is Not Human, 7/22/14 edition: http://deadspin.com/andrelton-simmons-makes-another-superhuman-defensive-pl-1608860163
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
Went to the Friday night game -- too bad the Braves didn't show up. I'm done paying to see these guys in person.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Monday, 28 July 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
https://sports.vice.com/article/baseball-erotica-1-john-smoltz-and-tom-glavine
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
Pete Van Wieren died of cancer today at 69 -- RIP.
After moving back to MS in 2001 and making a point of going to a couple of Braves games a year, I briefly had the idea of getting the four main broadcasters' (PVW, Simpson, Caray, Sutton) autographs on my glove. The Professor's was the only one I got before I gave that up.
― rockist papist scissorist (WilliamC), Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:52 (ten years ago) link
But getting back to this year's Braves:
http://funnyasduck.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/funny-cat-pushing-things-off-table-fuck-this-animated-gif-pics.gif
― rockist papist scissorist (WilliamC), Monday, 4 August 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
BJ Upton is batting eighth today.
The apocalypse is nigh.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
sombrero for jupton
also i saw la stella dive for a grounder that was probably five feet away lol
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link
Penance for last night.
The upside is that they're making it really easy for me to shift from watching games to watching movies.
― Harper Valley PTSD (WilliamC), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 22:18 (ten years ago) link
So glad the collapse is happening in the first half of August instead of the second half of September.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Friday, 15 August 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
Saving these for next season, hope I have a reason to use 'em.
http://mlb.com/assets/images/7/9/2/75569792/FreemanDancing1_sntuy6i6.gif
http://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/freemandancing2_p7n7ls6v.gif
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link