As I write this on Tuesday afternoon, I don’t know who’s starting this game but I’ve a feeling that The Vulture will make an appearance sooner or later.
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As I write this on Tuesday afternoon, I don’t know who’s starting this game but I’ve a feeling that The Vulture will make an appearance sooner or later.
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You should go ahead and put up the vulture doghouse, Mac.
Even if the Vulture doesn’t get in the game today…put him in the doghouse anyway for what he might have done.
We still need 1 more person for our Fantasy league…
Lets just go ahead and put the whole team in the doghouse before the game. Maybe that will change our luck.
Hmm, I am gong to say LaRoche will be in the dog house, he is due
Line Up:
Giles
Renteria
Chipper
McCann
LaRoche
Frenchy
Diaz
Chokerhans
Vulture
I was wondering how I could join the league.
Go to Yahoo…at the fantasy football page, and sign up
Yahoo League: 468603
Password: Braves
Make sure you pick the free game…not the “plus” game
Mac, got any books to put up for the winner of the BJ Fantasy football league?
Yeah, I want to see what I’m going to win.
1914 Update:
NY Giants 59-43 (–)
Boston Braves 56-46 (3 GB)
St. Louis Cardinals 58-52 (5)
Chicago Cubs 55-51 (6)
Brooklyn Robins 48-55 (11.5)
Philadelphia Phillies 48-56 (12)
Pittsburgh Pirates 47-56 (12.5)
Cincinnati Reds 47-59 (14)
Today’s Games:
Boston 202 230 011 – 11 11 0 WP- Rudolph
Cincy 100 000 000 – 1 7 4 LP- Benton
Boston 100 300 001 – 5 7 3 WP- James
Cincy 000 000 003 – 3 7 2 LP- Schneider
Man, playing a doubleheader in CIncinnati in August before air conditioning sounds like such fun.
Sad news to report: Today, the answer to one of the all-time most frequently asked trivia questions died today. Harry Steinfeldt passed away at 36.
And the Federal League fired an umpire midseason, Charles Van Sickle. Yes, you could get fired for incompetence as an ump, once upon a time.
How does everybody like the way the line-up will look, post “we can’t afford Andruw’s contract, because we’re a small market team”.
Of course, we may have Blanco, .400 OBP with no SLG at-all (the anti-frenchie) in CF.
I wish our lineup was:
rent
giles
chip
mccann
diaz
roach
french
langy
Today’s lineups.
Giley 2B
Renty SS
Chippa 3B
BMAC C
Roachy 1B
Frenchy RF
Diaz LF (what is Matt’s nickname)
Chokey CF
Vulture P
A.Soriano LF
F.Lopez SS
R.Zimmerman 3B
N.Johnson 1B
A.Kearns RF
R.Church CF
B.Schneider C
B.Castro 2B
J.Bergmann P
BTW,
BOS- Eric Hinske
TOR- PTBNL
Davey,
Glad you saw the sidearm haymaker….seeing that fight really gets me pumped for the premier of Ultimate Fighter 4 tonight.
Looks like we have 4 open spots left.
how hard did Langy kick Jones?
Ah, the vulture with the start. It’s been a long time coming.
And can we agree right now to just shut Ray down for the rest of the season? Would anyone be against this?
Who would you compare Gregor Blanco to?
Willy Tavares
Juan Pierre
I wonder what happened to Ray. Tired arm? Yet another hidden injury? The only problem with shutting Ray down is Yates would get more innings. Then again at this point it hardly matters anymore does it?
Well the report said he hit him right in the sweet spot, right on his patellar tendon. The same spot that has been nagging him since he was 19.
Ugh…2 players that I really really don’t like
Well, as long as we don’t have an odd number at the draft time, I think we are fine. 12 teams is perfect. 14 and 16 are great, too. Just don’t want any part of 13 and 15.
Who is The Immaculate Team?
Finally a game is coming on TBS.
I don’t have a book. I have something really special.
Wow Mac, what is this really special prize?
This is one of those pitchers that you have to try and be patient against.
Ahhhh, my third cousin twice removed on my father’s side makes a routine play.
I skipped out on school early to come home and see the game!
Damn.
Blanco is very different than at least Tavares. He has maintained a .400 OBP at both stops this year. he just has no power (not HR power; he doesn’t hit 2B’s or 3B’s either), and does not steal bases well, either.
Wow Miranda, you should skip school for things that are fun. Watching Soriano hit three dingers isn’t oging to be fun
cant find the game on Radio, anyone know where I can pick up a live stream?
Ok, so he is just a singles hitter.
ok, that kinda scared me.
If Soriano didn’t play in a canyon, he would have 60 home runs
I think Soriano just flew out at the wall.
K
1-2-3 inning ….give that man a cy young.
I’m starting the Villareal K counter, hopefully I’m not finished
He looks good today…I know it’s early but he didn’t give up a home to Soriano…that’s a win in my book.
I am the Immaculate Team
I think they should switch BMAC and Renty…that way he has a better shot at getting the batting title(unless Chipper has a shot at it.)
BMAC!!!!!!!!!
MCCANN!
BMAC!
MY MCCANN!!! WOOHOO!!!
I’m so glad I came home now!!! 🙂
Oh, ok.
Good for you Miranda, I used to do the same thing all the time. We took a field trip to a mortuary one time during a playoff game in ’00 or ’01 I think against the Astros and I took my AM radio with me and was listening and somebody for the Braves hit a HR and it got really quiet in the room that we were in and I got busted and they took away my radio. They might as well have chopped off my arm rather than not let me listen to a playoff game, so I just ditched class the rest of the day and went home and watched it.
Brian McCann: Athlete of the Century.
Is everyone going with Facial hair?
I got mine 🙂
THe stolen base pot on the radio is up to $5575. I need to enter and win.
Diaz!!
Diaz didn’t give me enough time to complement him.
I personally love mccann. I would pay for his bar tab at any bar we both happened to be at.
Damn, DAMN, DAMN.
We should just rip stolen bases out of our scouting reports.
Diaz was going for the money. Not a bad idea to try and steal there
Has anyone ever wrote in a know how question?
I thought about it a couple of times Jay..but my extreme laziness got in the way
I have done it couple of times, but I never get chosen. 🙁
I thought about it a couple of times Jay..but my extreme laziness got in the way
I hear that.
What did you ask about Jay?
jj.. haha that’s funny… I could picture somone doing that!
Best double play with two outs I’ve ever seen.
Wow jj, Miranda is laughing at your jokes! Hey buddy! 😉
I think Adam forgot the number of outs
I wish we could start off next half of the inning with 1 out.
Maybe someone forgot to take his pills today…
Oscar hits left handed !! Who knew ?? I wish I knew enough about computers to make my own Doghouses. I’ve never used Photoshop though.
“Hitting was optional today…”
An improvement on Tuesday, when hitting was apparently forbidden altogether.
our team ERA entering into today is 4.77. Villy’s is now 4.35. He isn’t Smoltzie, but no one else is…why do people hate Villereal? He has had a better season than any pitcher on the roster the entire season, save Smoltz, hasn’t he? Maybe Paranto has been better. We are paying a guy below league average to pitch better than everyone else on the team.
oh dear… here we go again…
anyways… yea Adam’s ADD kicked in again
Maybe Pete Orr can move into the rotation…
Hudson
Smoltz
Hampton
Orr
LaRoche
Looks good to me.
Bobby Rip him a new one!!!
That looked fair to me.
I like Oscar..I thought he should’ve been the Closer at the start of the year.
Looked like the Vulture was safe…
“Pete Orr was throwing batting practice”
I think Joe was being generous with the term “throw” there. Probably was more bouncing it up there…
Even Nick Johnson knew it was fair.
Marte is now batting .105 in 38 AB’s
MVP compared to Tony Jr.
csg, I noticed that yesterday, I was going to post that on here, he really was having a bad month when they called him up, looks like his slump has continued to the big leagues
Bfan, a few reasons:
First, Oscar led the team in wins most of the season. It is deeply wrong, especially on the Braves, to have a middle reliever lead the team in wins.
Second, he’s had his share of high-profile blowups, like that game against Philadelphia last week.
Third, he suffers from guilt by association with the rest of the bullpen and with Cormier whom we acquired at the same time.
Wish we would’ve had a dandy pick…I love that word, I also am very fond of nifty.
0 for his last 24…
bfan, I agree. He’s definitely better than Yates, maybe Ray, Shiell, Cormier, and Barry. He’s been good for most of the year.
Hey Miranda, I left a post for you on the last thread, but I will repeat it here:
I am going to watch the MS Braves play tomorrow (Friday) night, and I was wondering if you could clue me in as to who might be pitching, etc. I could probably just look it up on the net, but you always seem to know a lot about the team, so I thought I’d ask.
Last I checked, the Vulture was actually the Braves’ second-most-valuable pitcher this season after Smoltz, though Hudson may have passed him with his recent good outings.
get Giles back in the 2 hole, he’s definitely got it in his head that he cant bat leadoff
Sheill was awful. I hope his wife doesn’t see this…
That kid is fast…
Smitty, that’s hilarious, I wonder “how pleased” the Braves are with his performances
Mac,
Have you heard anyhing from BB Abbot latley?
Can you say “make-up call?” Sure. I knew you could.
So that’s two out, right?
Well at least the bad calls at first are even now.
was Castro safe or something?
It was very very close.
Vulture is cruising.
Wow..he got Soriano again
Tennessee… sorry didn’t see it…
tonight is Chris Waters …games on CSS for those that get that channel
I belive tomorrow should be Matt Harrison
K K , I’ll probably skip the 3rd one for precautionary reasons!
Thanks Miranda – it’ll be my first time down at that park. My sister is starting college at MC, and I am helping her move in this weekend.
I checked to make sure…
8/17 AT TENNESSEE LHP CHRIS WATERS (7-11, 4.75) VS RHP AJ SHAPPI (0-0, 7.20) 7:15 CT
8/18 AT TENNESSEE LHP MATT HARRISON (3-2, 3.04) VS RHP ROSS OHLENDORF (8-8, 3.25) 7:15 CT
8/19 AT TENNESSEE LHP DAN SMITH (3-6, 3.10) VS RHP STEVEN JACKSON (7-9, 2.78) 7:15 CT
…unless something changes
awesome… enjoy and let us know how it goes
I’m going to ride up to Pearl to see the guys when they get back on Sunday! I can’t wait… I miss em! pretty sad I know! It’s going to be a LONG off season!
I saw Harrison last weekend I think. He looked good
I have a bad feeeling about this inning
Time to randomly mention “Snakes on a Plane”…
The Aflac Trivia Question.
Barry Bonds
Bobby Bonds
Willy Mays
Andre Dawson
Steve Finley
Reggie Sanders
Ricky Henderson missed the cut by 3 homeruns.
Another k.
KK and K. That’s not bad.
Anyone else think “Snakes on a Plane” is gong to be the number one boxoffice movie this weekend?
Yea it took him a couple starts to settle in but he’s done great lately!
Yeah probaly.
Could be worse, Davey. The Diamondbacks are going to hear “Snakes on a Plane” 1000 times on every road trip for the rest of the season, from people who think they’re clever.
I’ll be seeing it on saturday, with a bunch of buddies.
1-2-3 again!!!
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/08/17/bigten.summer/index.html
Poor AJ Hawk
It just occurred to me the Braves converted Johnny Estrada into 2/5 of their starting rotation. Maybe that trade wasn’t so bad after all. 😉
Ron, they may be 40% of our strating rotation, but that doesn’t mean they’re any good.
Yeah, we should charge every team that faces Cormier for the batting practice.
Now that shows some class…Under Armour shirt when your trading vows.
Diaz!!!!
Was that off the pole or the wall?
Rally, Rally.
From what I read…he did put on a tie. So, Under Armour shirt and a tie….how weird is that
Giley!!!!
GREAT SLIDE!!!!
Marcus!
That wasn’t close. The Nats announcers are really reaching.
0-24? I could do that.
RENTY!!!!
GILES!!!!
Did Giles beat it?
97 marlin!
LOL!!! I think he got him.
Yeah he was out..
BUT I DON”T CARE 4-0!!!
Glad to see Renty coming through on that one!
Marcus may have actually been out, but there’s no way the umpire can tell that his out-stretched leg is over-not-touching the plate.
I think people should stop running on Soriano, he has a good arm
Roger leave him alone…He’s fine.
Anybody else think it would be dramatic irony if The Vulture puts on a couple of runners and then Paronto would come in a give up those runs Gyrbo style and then gives up a couple of his own to tie the game and then the Braves would come back to win, thus having Paronto vulture the win from The Vulture himself and giving The Vulture a taste of his own medicine ??
jj, it would be better if Smoltz came in to get the win
That would be ironic but I don’t want to see that at all.
This is a game with great karmic possibilities.
No complaints about the Vulture today. Five innings and one hit? He’s the ace of the staff now.
Davey,
Sorry I didn’t see #62.
I don’t remember alot of them but 1 that I do is pretty funny. When I was like 12 or 13 I got mad at my dad so I asked if they could ask Chipper Jones if he would be my new Dad.
If I would write…I think I would ask them to take care of Chip’s unibrow..or give BMac a high five for me
My dad didn’t find it too funny.
I liked to mess with him when I was younger….If we were driving I would hold a piece of paper in the window that said something like “Help me i’ve been kidnapped”…He got pulled over 3 blocks later. Some lady called the cops. HAHAHA
Soriano 0-3…who would have thought that would happen today.
Damn Jay!
When I was a kid my mom got mad at me at a store. I knew I was in trouble and on the way out the door I started yelling, “Don’t break my arms again! Don’t break my arms again!”
LOL!!
Will Ray get the 7th?
Will Ray get the 7th?
Not if there is a God.
Well it will either be
Ray
Mcbride
Yates
Take you pick…i’m chosing Ray.
Great story Jay. We were on a church youth trip once and travelling in like four minivans. My friends and I were in a white one, the youth leader was in a maroon one. We had a CB and we were talking trash to the truckers on the interstate, calling them out as we passed them, when one started cursing us back. We told him he was all talk and that we were the maroon minivan about to pass him and he couldn’t do anything about it cause he was basically a little girl (to paraphrase, though we were in the van with the preacher so it wasn’t too bad). About an hour later everyone stopped at a rest area and our youth leader got out and was really exasperated, asking what was up with all the truckers driving crazy and about running him off the road. We laughed so hard. This doesn’t do justice to how funny it was, of course, CB’s were banned from then on.
I’ll go with Yates
Hahaha….good story Ermoore.
By the way if you into fantasy football, you should join our league 4 spots left.
Who was the last Brave to charge the mound? Otis Nixson?
Looks like Peterson Thomas Gord Orr might stay in at second.
I hoped Frenchy would in that cardinal series where he got hit and thrown at a bunch.
Baez…that is surprising.
I don’t see Frenchy ever charging the mound
did he say hittracker.com?
Marcy, who sent in the Home Depot Question today, has a hooded white rat named John.
I bet it wears itty bitty Royal blue suspenders.
No, that can’t be it.
Don’t forget Crackers the cat.
I remember Galarraga charging the mound back in ’98, on Darren Dreifort. Galarraga gave everyone fair warning that the next pitcher to throw at him would be charged, but Dreifort did it anyway.
yes..hittracker. They were talking about it last night aswell in the radio broadcast. Talking about the distances of the homers that the Braves hit this year..
I remember Eddie Perez charging the mound.. and Randall Simon being right in the thick of things..
http://www.hittrackeronline.com/
http://www.hittrackeronline.com
They have videos too.
Shortest homer is Vlad…295ft.
That would’ve been a pop-up to the 2nd baseman in RFK…
This site is cool…the have the speed of the bat. Reggie Abercrombie is 1st.
Haha, my little brother just called and is broke down outside of Knoxville. I’m in DC so all I could do was laugh at him (to keep his morale up). Anyways, I was on the phone with him and missed our last score. What happened?
I thought Chipper’s homer the other night was closer to 500 feet
Don has a message for Lando: Francoeur is 3 for 15 in the series.
Sorry, 3 for 16.
Our fastest is Andruw…of course.
Lando has a message for everyone: Francoeur is third in average hmoe run distance. So there…
Baez going two today. Has Bobby has lost faith in Ray? I have
John Smoltz is 3rd in longest homer distance. 403.3
Guess what….
if WIckman can pitch a SCORELESS 9th, then it will be our 1st shutout since May 1st. All thanks to the Vulture!
Tony Pena is going to hit for the pitcher. I would let Smoltz hit before Pena
the announcers said Chippers HR was only 456 feet. Then brought up the fact that it landed over the 465 sign about 25 to 30 feet. The way they measure HR’s you cant tell, but that ball was at least 490-500 feet. Oh yeah, it was on a change up!
At least he beat it out.
we should have kept Sosa for PH situations
If Tony Pena should square to bunt everytime.
Ryan Langerhans, today: 4 BB
Jeff Francoeur, since June 24: 4 BB
It hurts to watch Pena “bat”.
Mac,
Any chance BB Abbott will come by for som Q&A sometime again?
I haven’t heard anything from him.
Is this a Vulture win?
yep 9-1 4.13 ERA now.
McCann is the coolest guy in the world..
A shutout? By the bullpen.
Argh, sucks to be at work.
Wickemania, I love that fat bastard!
Hey we got another person in our league…Who is Brave Longhorn?
WE need one more in the football league
Yahoo League: 468603
Password: Braves
Well, that was pretty surprising.
HA HA A SHUT OUT and a true Vulture win! Who’s in the dog house today?
Good win today guys.
If I had to put someone in…..Tony Jr.
I don’t put people in the doghouse after wins.