Actual baseball games! Amazing.
New stadium or not, they’re still basically the Expos.
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Actual baseball games! Amazing.
New stadium or not, they’re still basically the Expos.
Use code “Journal” for a 5% discount.
GO BRAVES!!!
It’s like clockwork every year. 🙂
I am excited. Looking forward to seeing 6 strong innings by Hudson, some nice relief by Ohman, Moylan and a save by Soriano.
I’m getting that 2 HR, 5 RBI start to Tex’s free agent campaign vibe.
Hey 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?
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!
Baseball time. I don’t even care about March Madness anymore.
http://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.
Took the Braves season win over/under at 85.5 and feel like its free money.
what’s March Madness?
Yesssss! The season begins. Everyone is optimistic. I am. Loving ESPN right now.
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.
I am so freakin excited that the games are starting
come on…
come onnnnnnnnnnnnn
Haha Dix. By the way, folks, John Kruk has also picked us to win the East. What is going on here?
I think his actual words were “I’d wager my left testicle on the Braves winning the East this year”
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?
No.
I wanna see the all hate team
Eric Young picked the Braves to win the World Series on Baseball Tonight.
…so mark your calendars.
So, 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
Dix,
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
Dix, it’s under “400 Not Greatest Atlanta Braves” in the Categories menu in the right frame.
I’ve also got a worst Braves acquisitions page on my site too.
Hey-
Do 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.
I really love baseball.
For MLBTv…the game is blacked-out because it is a nationally televised game. Sucks for me…I don’t have cable.
Wow i saw two predictions on ESPN that has the bravos winning it all. When did we get love like that from them?
http://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?
So does everyone in the fantasy league have a Braves player?
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.
Mike, 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.
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.
The undefeated season begins…..
time for some more FJM fodder
Blue jerseys!
Those things are hideous.
Where do I buy one?
so the Braves are sportin’ new jerseys tonight
she almost messed up the anthem…
I think I’m gonna get my wife a blue Francoeur jersey
i like ’em
the caps remind of the 69 Braves’
Are those the new away jerseys? Did they change the home ones, too?
they’re alternate jerseys
we should weak all black this year
Why is ‘gold’ listed as one of our official colors? (Wikipedia can’t be wrong, right?)
so the lineup doesn’t sound that bad. let’s play ball!
…to mourn the impending loss of Teix.
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.
LETS GO BRAVES!
checking in…
First pitch in Natspos park
c’mon kj!
I like the blue. And I like KJ’s stirrups too.
odalis is throwing rocks tonite
less than 2 batters in and we have our first inane miller-morgan conversation.
CHIPPER!!!
chippa!
Love 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.
what would mike teix do?
Home cookin’ on strike three to Teixiera, boys..
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
pete rocks!
Would any of you ATL based guys be up for a meetup, say for a Sunday away game? Maybe East Atlanta or somewhere?
How old does Chip have to be before his voice stops cracking?
.. Guzman singles.
If we lose this game.. dang it.
Well that wasn’t what I had in mind
Hudson just dropped the f-bomb…
good start team!
ughhhh
Who got the error? (no audio in the Glenwood)
There’s one…
Hudson on a wild throw to first, Guzman to third.
and a strikeout to Milledge helps; 1 out, man on 3rd.
Zimmerman will get him in I’m afraid..
ANd Nick Johnson is not the guy you want to get to for a DP
Chipper will make that 9
2 K’s
Wow – go you Auburn Tiger!
i 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?
And Nick the Stick makes ’em pay
Damn.
Ugh…2 broken bat hits and an error.
I think Greg McMichael will make it 10, Dix.
may that be the last run they score tonight…johnson has got fatter and uglier.
I like how they called Bill James their buddy. Joe Morgan doesn’t buy a thing that James says
Hudson’s a little off with his control but his stuff looks pretty sick.
Double damn.
Christ even a half decent throw gets him
good to see all that work on defense is paying off
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.
U on the blackberry stu?
That DiMaggio quote should have a semicolon, not a comma. Well done, Nationals marketing team.
That’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
thank god
not a very Frenchy throw
How many of those runs count as earned?
both
1st pitch swinging by Frenchy–so much for working on being more patient
That’s arip – good sign
Nothing is going right.
Not a good sign
I 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.
Well, 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.
b-mac looks great
looks like they’re playing like they’re still in florida…
hopefully they’ll pull it together. quickly.
josh, where is here?
At least Huddy stopped the bleeding
Jon, Joe, and President Bush. Oh boy..
How quickly the excitement dissipates. Wait till the 2run HR Frenchy hits to tie the game.
@108
Blacksburg
oh my god Dubya and Morgan together.
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.
drinkin’ whiskey. now the bloggin will get fun
ummm…haven’t been there in a few years, but my gut feeling is good luck, old son.
AAR – 5 Guys just came to Atlanta – like the burgers, but haven’t tried the hot dogs. Good?
We are so awesome at baseball
Someone remind them that the games count now.
I am in awe of how bad this game is going.
this is getting rediculous
Oh for cryin’ out loud Kelly.
Looking like one of those nights.
The 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?
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.
Andruw would have gotten that
Keep breakin’ those bats huddy – good things will happen
this is more like it
Renteria would NOT have gotten that…
Furcal would have though
@128
not for as cheep though
Okay – let’s get some runs!
awful baserunning so far
I like the new uniforms though.
Can we also talk about Bush’s commentating as it compares (favorably) to Joe Morgan’s?
GOOD BYE
Hey there’s one now!
CHIPPER HOME RUN!!!!
Bush is almost as awkward as Joe…
BUT YEAH CHIPPER WOO
woohoo!!! Chipper goes yard!
awesome
PUT IT IN THE BOOKS!
Make it back to back!!
Chipper will now name his next-born Nationals.
Thank you, thank you..
Chipper Jones reminds Odalis Perez why he isn’t a good pitcher.
“Really nice guy. Got hit in the mouth in spring training” — George W Bush
Andruw 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
I’ll say it for you when need be, Dix
well, you have to say it any time Kostay catches a fly ball….
Hacky McHackalot strikes again
I know, Dix or if he drops one
Jeff 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.
no no no, if he drops one then its not funny
Strategery….
I’m not sure why I found W talking about Frenchy getting hit it the mouth amusing, but I did.
Also, the thought of Joe Morgan being the GM of a team, as W mentioned, would probably drive the fine folks at FJM crazy.
Let’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.
Dix, Andruw def woulda had that
Andruw would have gotten that.
As long as I change the punctuation I can say it as many times as I want.
Nice one Huddy!
“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.
good way to beat the system Dix
Dan, I really want that to happen now
Huddy looks to be on track now!
I guess Acta is short enough that JM can’t mispronounce it
hey joe, it’s dmitri young not delmon young (not sure I spelled their names correctly)
They aren’t used to the new field……………………………………………………………………………………..
did you see Kris-tee-an Gooz-man miss that ball?
They forgot “sucks” in their breakdown of Kotsay’s career.
So, 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)
hahaha i love christian guzman
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.”
A baseball player should not be applauded for having a hot wife. Its like applauding him for batting .250
having hot wife > batting .250
Dix, just abbreviate to AWHGT.
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.
homely wife = hitting below Mendoza line?
When you see a breaking ball low and away with men on base….Andruw woulda swung at that
Mac, sometime down the line, I would be intrigued to see the results of a “stronger arm” poll featuring Esco vs Furcal.
12 in a row now
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
no, some individuals would argue that hitting below Mendoza line in MLB is still an accomplishment. The other, maybe not.
Well, I think only the person hitting where Andruw would have hit should get the AWHSAT treatment.
Am I crazy, or was that a year-old spiel about Chipper by Gammons?
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.
Teixeira is on pace to earn a 2-year, $36.2 million deal next offseason.
Come 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.
Stu, that was pretty damn funny, must be something about batting cleanup in March.
Thats a good post Stu
The average guy, judged by the quality of the girl he makes it with.
Who does the judging? What a sorry statement.
whoever does the judging, thats what they judge.
I know no one asked me to be the judge, but in my opinion, the hot wife joke has been officially beaten to death.
I must endeavor to meet with this star chamber one day. I’d like to get my readout.
Go Braves!
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.
another first pitch lame AB for Frenchy
we need some baserunners
Hey Jeff, take a pitch.
I hate when we just wait for the HRs
I honestly forgot how much I disliked these announcers, but they have quickly reminded me.
Good to see Pat Corrales again, somewhere Dennis Cook just turned off his tv.
I 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.
The Braves just haven’t gotten used to the new batters box yet
I don’t want to have to read a depressing write up tomorrow when I get to work. Score some runs dammit!
Offense isn’t terrible. Quit bitchin Stu. It’s only the first 7 innings of the 08 season.
Also the first 7 innings of a 9 inning game though
The offense has been terrible tonight. That’s all I meant.
Thanks for the productive input, Tiger.
Okay, you’re right Dix. This offense is TERRIBLE.
So this will be the last inning for Hudson unless Kotsay gets on base. So it’s going to be the last inning for Hudson.
Ok, everyone be nice. The offense is good. Tonight it is terrible.
Say what you mean then.
This offense will score 850+ runs this year.
Andruw woulda had that…and my grandma too
Thanks also for the capitalization to emphasize just how horrible it’s been today.
Stu, you’ve offended the post police….
No problem Dick(s).
You’re so wise. Any idea whether they’ll score 2 more tonight?
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.
so 2+2=4 go get em Tiger…I also remember when I was 5 years old…
Oh man, conflict at Braves Journal.
Hope so. We’ll see.
Burger King!!!
Oh, boy, Ray King. The resistable force meets the moveable object.
Big Ray comes in. Here come the runs. Maybe.
No conflict. Just several frustrated fans that have been waiting for Opening Day and find themselves down a run with 6 outs to play with.
Andruw definitely could have done that.
it looks like we’re playing for the homer at this point
alright ray king’s pitching, we should be able to do something against him
Bobby should institute a Willie Mays Hayes style punishment for everytime Kotsay hits something in the air.
And Corky Miller made the roster? wtf.
operative word. Should.
We should also be able to beat Odalis Perez.
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?!
yeah but Kotsay does it for way cheaper, and smiles less.
Brayan Pena: Rally Man!
Walk is good. Lets go!
“Greg or Blanco”, says Miller. Which one?
come on KJ
I honestly like having Brayan on the bench.
Kotsay owes us money, the way he plays. I’d say that makes him overpriced.
Lo Duca already threw back to the pitcher by the time KJ swung.. that shouldnt be a strike
“All of a sudden, Ray King is having trouble throwing strikes.”
And, in other news… “All of a sudden, water is wet.”
I have missed the bitterness of this board 🙂
Thank God baseball is back, even if the Braves lose a million.
Why would the ball carry in the new stadium when it didn’t in the old?
I am surprised Bobby doesn’t pinch hit for KJ with Prado!!!
take a walk Escobar
Can’t believe the Braves are going to lose a Hudson-Perez matchup on opening day.
I’m not sure why I expected a different result though.
Somewhere, Joe Simpson is about to complain about the World Baseball Classic.
Could be worse, Thorman could be up.
Teix is going to earn that guaranteed 3rd year
I should point out that Andruw is a career .333/.474/1.000 hitter against Chad Cordero.
I’m starting to get bitter and these repeated Jose Reyes commercials are not helping.
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?
If Mark Teixeira did go .222/.311/.413 with 26 homeruns in 154 games, what kind of contract would he get?
Yeah, Willie is tres dangerous, we better get the LOOGY in there.
Well, 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.
I am ready to bang my head onto a wall…
We have not allowed a besrunner since te first…..surely we can come through in the 9th!!!
Peter Moylan = Beast
Come on…Chipper gets a walk. Frenchy knocks it out over the left field wall.
Did Cox really think Moylan couldn’t get Willie Harris out there?
Moylan is sick nasty
moylan is nasty
time to rock the rally caps!
I did already call a 2 run HR for Francoeur tonight.
I say he’s the hero this time
HOPE SO (caps just for you Dix)
Hahahaha, Morgan just got burned by Miller….. and god damnit that was a lucky stab.
Jon Rauch sighting.
SO CLOSE.
tex!!
This is a move you’d rarely see from Bobby Cox. Someone other than the closer in the game.
Damn, one more foot…
Morgan, maybe you should have more free time on your hands like Mr. Cub.
Ugh
Prado ph for Francoeur? wtf?
Woulda scored the run if not for the lucky play by the pitcher
If we just tie this, is Prado going to play first base?
wtf is that tattoo on Rauch’s neck? looks like an I
Is Martin Prado really that much faster than Teixeira to justify this move?
come on BMAC!
YEAH BOI!
AHHHHH HAHAHAHA YES!
YES!!
did I hear Miller wrong–I thought he said ph Prado pulled the ball foul? now Prado is pr for Tex
THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING BOUT!
Whooooooo!
Ha! I love the nationals.
So, who’s going to play first?
Ha! Screw you, LoDuca. Score one for the world’s only Prado advocate!
Miller probably just misspoke Frank. Joe called Dmitri “Delmon” earlier.
So who is our backup 1B?
Did McCann fly out on a 3-0 pitch?
Prado? Gotay? Chipper? Bobby?
Yea he had the green light
Dubya comes in at first for the Bravos.
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
at least that’s what Morgan says
Gotta love LoDuca.
Chip Caray reveals that Chad Cordero’s unavailable for the game. Shoulder tightness or something.
Good call jj3bagger
Thats tough to hit….jeez
He’s gonna rack up the holds for my FBB team
Also, your new first baseman (and cleanup hitter): yes, that’s Martin Prado.
Let’s reiterate how stupid it is to slide into first base.
moylan indeed is looking dead on
Milledge’s baserunning is almost as cool as his rapping
shit.
of course that happens as soon as i say that moylan is dead on
Perfect.
OUCH!
fuck
161 to go.
Dang.
make that moylan is just looking dead
If they miss the playoffs by one game this is the one that will hurt.
I don’t think Andruw would have gotten that.
Wow, 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.
Enjoy it, Nats. You’re winning 69 more games this year.
This has to be MLB’s new home-opening gift for the Natspos…how on earth could we lose like that?
whatever. at least baseball is back and we’re through with this football nonsense and almost through with basketball.
welcome back Braves!
That’s what I get for putting Moylan on my fantasy team.
yeah, the nats are ready to win now. good luck with that.
not what i had in mind
only pitch moylan threw up in the zone
thats -1 in the one run game category
I choose to blame Joe Morgan.
For everything.
Hah.
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…
*1 run and 4 hits
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.