i'm sure there's good public transportation going out there
― na (NA), Friday, 31 March 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
that was sarcasm
― na (NA), Friday, 31 March 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
20-lol pileup
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Friday, 31 March 2017 20:35 (seven years ago) link
Stadium looks shitty imo
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Saturday, 1 April 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
nice gasoline 'relief' by O'Flaherty
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 April 2017 19:59 (seven years ago) link
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Monday, 3 April 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
RYAN HOWARD TO THE BARVES
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 April 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
wow, they're playing for... 2008
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 April 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
R.A. Dickey pitched at Fulton Co. Stadium (as a member of the US team in the '96 Olympics, not in an MLB game) and Turner Field, and will pitch at the new place tonight. I wonder if Bartolo ever pitched at Fulton Co.?
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Saturday, 15 April 2017 19:55 (seven years ago) link
he did not, alas
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 April 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
he didn't pitch at fulton co., but rumor has is that he did chaperone a class of unruly middle schoolers on a school trip there
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 15 April 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
sad to see Chase d'Arnaud DFA'd
any panic about Dansby yet?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
Worried glances back 'n' forth, not quite panic afaict.
― 20-lol pileup (WilliamC), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
@DOBrienAJC#Braves now have Big City (Matt Adams), Big Sexy (Bartolo Colon) and Big River (Rio Ruiz).
― Andy K, Sunday, 21 May 2017 02:10 (six years ago) link
@mlbbowmanThe Braves bullpen hasn't allowed a hit over its past 15.1 IP. This is the club's longest such streak in Atlanta history (since 1966).
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
!!!
― 20-lol pileup (WilliamC), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 22:10 (six years ago) link
damn you Atlanta for trying to rob James Loney of his MLB pension!
(I dont know why he's the only player I care about getting it - hes a couple months of service time short)
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
rip josh collmenter
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 May 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5a_pXZdwls
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Thursday, 1 June 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
I turned the Barves-Reds game on late, but I get the impression there've been a lot of crappy, inconsistent calls behind the plate tonight.
― a warm bowl of soap (WilliamC), Saturday, 3 June 2017 01:38 (six years ago) link
I'm sure some Braves fans cussed out their TV on how the 9th and 10th went down.
The guy calling the game was calling a wide zone, but he did ring up both sides on it, it's just the Reds got caught on like 5 called strike threes that by the zone cast stuff said were balls.
― earlnash, Saturday, 3 June 2017 13:20 (six years ago) link
Kevin: How concerned are you with Dansby Swanson? Is he gonna be a guy who might take a year or two to start hitting better? We hear Brandon Crawford as a comp quite often and he was horrible with the bat for a long time.
Jeff Sullivan: Here’s the only major difference between 2016 Swanson and 2017 Swanson: 153 points of BABIP. Everything else is basically the same. Now, that does or could reflect worse contact quality, but Swanson was already far better in May than he was in April. He’s not a real good hitter. He should be an acceptable hitter. The hype got a little out of control because of how Swanson’s career opened
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 3 June 2017 15:34 (six years ago) link
solid debut for newcomb
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 June 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
THE FREEZE HAS LOST
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 17 June 2017 00:35 (six years ago) link
what the hell was up with the radar gun at last night's game? the braves pitchers were at least 5 mph fast but the marlins readings seemed to be accurate. newcomb looked pretty good though against a tough lineup.
― dynamicinterface, Saturday, 17 June 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
Freddie Freeman to move to third after coming back from the DL from what I was reading. Article I was reading said he played it last in high school. Always curious to see how these things work out.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 23:46 (six years ago) link
I'm still getting my head around the idea. I assume it was Freddie who leaked the idea to Mark Bowman/beat writers to put pressure on the team to let him do it, since he brought it up to Snitker and the front office 2 weeks ago.
― Mr. Crackpots (WilliamC), Thursday, 22 June 2017 00:20 (six years ago) link
I think they have to be in a "quality start or GTFO" position with Bartolo tonight.
― Mr. Crackpots (WilliamC), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
trade him to the mets for a sack of bagels imo u need pitchors
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
bartolo dfa'd ;_;
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 June 2017 18:15 (six years ago) link
welp
― Mr. Crackpots (WilliamC), Thursday, 29 June 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
We may have seen the last MLB pitch ever thrown by someone who played in the 1900s.— Jason Lukehart (@JasonLukehart) June 29, 2017
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 29 June 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
Stoked for the Freddie @ 3rd show.
― Cannibal Adderley (WilliamC), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 23:19 (six years ago) link
xp that's bullshit javier vazquez is going to make his comeback any day now
― qualx, Thursday, 6 July 2017 00:49 (six years ago) link
AJC's DOB takes no prisoners.
Batten down the hatches, this is getting torrential. Stay in your homes. #NationalsRainDelay approaching 1 hour. No rain yet. Not a drop. pic.twitter.com/vG9Ru0Ivul— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 6, 2017
Rain delay officially passed the 1-hour mark with nary a drop. Hey, wait long enough, it'll rain. #NatsRainDelay.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
Don't worry, fans here at #NationalsPark, just keep consuming. It'll eventually rain. Maybe.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
Hey, great work: Tarp goes on the field 1 hour and 15 minutes into the rain delay. Guess it might finally start raining. Drive safely.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
That was the worst mishandling of a weather situation that I've ever seen at a baseball game. Just total bush league. #NatsRainDelay.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
Fans leaving in droves. What an experience for them. "Went to the #Nats game last night. Left after 1 1/2 hrs of rain delay w/ no rain."— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
8:35 p.m. Rain delay has reached 1 1/2 hours without so much as a drop of rain. #NatsRainDelay. What a circus.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
MLB needs to step forward and send a directive to teams making it clear they won't abide by the kind of garbage the #Nats pulled tonight.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
Will epic failure of rainless delay reach 2 hours without a drop of the wet stuff? Stay tuned. 12 more minutes. #NatsRainDelay. #ClownShow.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
Light rain has begun to fall 2 hours into rain delay. Light enough that it wouldn't even stop a normal game if it were being played.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
We need Tanner to run out onto the cruddy field here at #NatsPark. https://t.co/hKLoNPtKeF— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
There are about 300 people left in seats at #NatsPark. No truth to rumor that Nats front office is throwing them crumbly pieces of cake.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
because of #Natitude. https://t.co/DDez19Cl58— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
The next time someone from north of Georgia busts on ATL for our gridlock in icestorms, let's show footage of this rain delay.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
Un. Be. Liev. Able. Message on scoreboard for few hundred fans here says it's "our sincere hope that we will be able to play this game"— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
― Andy K, Friday, 7 July 2017 01:43 (six years ago) link
They are pulling dry tarp off the field at 9:40 p.m. Seriously, this could not have been handled worse by #Nats officials. Total, epic fail.— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
― Andy K, Friday, 7 July 2017 01:44 (six years ago) link
Your remaining crowd after the 3-hour rainless delay debacle at #NatsPark pic.twitter.com/amZX2rZAH0— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) July 7, 2017
― Andy K, Friday, 7 July 2017 02:28 (six years ago) link
Deadspin has a story up about this already, the Braves booth is delivering a steady stream of mockery, and the Nats just said water, soda and "ice cream novelties" are free for the rest of the game for the people who stuck around.
― Cannibal Adderley (WilliamC), Friday, 7 July 2017 02:46 (six years ago) link
Rizzo says he wanted to be "proactive."
― Andy K, Friday, 7 July 2017 03:17 (six years ago) link
If this was shenaniganistic by the Nats, what were they trying to achieve?
― Cannibal Adderley (WilliamC), Friday, 7 July 2017 13:11 (six years ago) link
six 'finalists' for the triple-a team's new name
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 July 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
If I had a vote in that, I'd go with Hush Puppies. Sweet Teas would get shortened to Sweeties in about five seconds.
― Cannibal Adderley (WilliamC), Thursday, 13 July 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
aside from the wtf lambchops description those are all good minor league names
― qualx, Thursday, 13 July 2017 15:19 (six years ago) link
Gobblers imo
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 July 2017 15:19 (six years ago) link
Kurt Wagner should change his band's name to the Nashville Lambchops.
― Cannibal Adderley (WilliamC), Thursday, 13 July 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link
barves are being super-aggressive promoting their prospects and it seems to be working?
yesterday they promoted 19yo ronald acuna to triple-a; he homered in his second at bat. he's hit .317.366/.516 across three levels this year, the lowest of which he is four years younger than average
19yo pitchers mike soroka (and to a slightly lesser extent) kolby allard are doing *really* well in double-a
if dansbae stops sucking they're gonna really have something
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:44 (six years ago) link
.500!
― Cannibal Adderley (WilliamC), Sunday, 16 July 2017 22:58 (six years ago) link
weird
https://www.talkingchop.com/2017/7/17/15986998/benching-dansby-swanson-is-a-mistake-atlanta-braves-sigh
p sure the Mets will take him
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
Dansby demoted!
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 July 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
Eagerly awaiting "Dansby to play his swansong" headlines in the future
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 29 July 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
albies (and sims) up!
poor dansby
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
Straight into the frying pan for Sims.
― I can see by the look on your face, you've got ring worm. (WilliamC), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
albies will be the first mlb player born in 1997
ffs
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 18:21 (six years ago) link
wait...matt adams has been playing in LF again? i always thought he seemed like a nice guy, what did he do to deserve this? freddie freeman is arguably the better option at 1B though
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 August 2017 15:22 (six years ago) link
― Cannibal Adderley (WilliamC), Sunday, July 16, 2017 5:58 PM (three weeks ago)
lol
― WilliamC, Friday, 11 August 2017 00:12 (six years ago) link
This might be the smallest crowd Gohara has ever pitched in front of. And it's his MLB debut. #Braves #Rangers pic.twitter.com/fFqBVBr8Wl— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) September 6, 2017
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link
Resignation of Coppolella believed to stem in part from issues with #Braves’ talent acquisition in Latin America.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 2, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 October 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
further...
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/10/mlb-investigating-braves-kevin-maitan-signing.html
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 October 2017 23:53 (six years ago) link
wtf, Coppy, it's MLB not NCAA
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 01:34 (six years ago) link
Illicit activity in the international market is rampant enough in baseball that contract agreements with players as young as 15, technically illegal, are accepted as industry standard and signed when the player is 16. Bundling of bonuses and bringing players to the U.S. to work out before signing are considered egregious enough for the league to crack down with sanctions . . .Agents across the game said Coppolella is particularly aggressive in trying to cut pre-draft deals with amateur players, a practice in which other teams engage but is frowned upon and, taken in concert with other violations, could deepen the team’s penalties. (passan)
Agents across the game said Coppolella is particularly aggressive in trying to cut pre-draft deals with amateur players, a practice in which other teams engage but is frowned upon and, taken in concert with other violations, could deepen the team’s penalties. (passan)
lol 'accepted as industry standard'
idk it kind of sounds like coppolella pushed the envelope but that his main problem was being an asshole whom no one liked
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 03:54 (six years ago) link
yeah, guy sent 2000-word texts
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
who knew the two front offices that made acquiring Matt Kemp a priority would be the most fucked up— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) October 3, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
At least one or two other team officials were believed to be in the crosshairs of the investigation. It’s unclear if more heads will roll either before or after MLB announces its findings and levies penalties that could include a heavy fine for the Braves, potential loss of players if rules were broken in their acquisition by the team and major restrictions on dealings in the international free-agent market, where the worst of the Braves’ alleged offenses occurred.
Meanwhile, word spread around the Braves’ offices soon after Coppolella’s forced resignation that he has hired a lawyer (or lawyers) and that lawsuits might be forthcoming. That’s surely caused plenty of sweating in certain departments with the Braves, as some fear that Coppolella might bring down others while attempting to show he, or he and Blakeley, didn’t act alone.
Underscoring that concern was a weekend report by the Macon Telegraph’s Bill Shanks, who wrote that he was told Coppolella was offered severance pay by the Braves. If true, that would seem a highly unusual step taken by a company with an employee forced to resign due to allegations of wrongdoing – even if, as president of baseball operations John Hart said in announcing Coppolella’s resignation, the offenses strictly involved MLB rules and not a criminal matter.
http://atlantabraves.blog.ajc.com/2017/10/16/plot-thickens-in-braves-scandal-investigation-nearing-end/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
https://deadspin.com/cobb-county-proposes-cutting-libraries-after-dumb-decis-1822781704
― na (NA), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link