I like this song, I’m just saying that there weren’t a whole lot of options here.
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I like this song, I’m just saying that there weren’t a whole lot of options here.
Use code “Journal” for a 5% discount.
Glad you didn’t pick Xanadu.
um, how about X?
…and for XTC you could have chosen “No Drugs In Our House” for Alex’ sake. 🙂
X at least would be somewhat math based if you want to stretch Roman numerals that far
Bands starting with X?
How about…X?
http://www.xtheband.com
Dont they all start with X and finish with Heroine?
You have to love a band whose lead singer is named John Doe.
Not to mention a drummer named DJ Bonebrake.
Better still if DJ stands for Don Joe
XTC is such a great band.
John Doe’s latest album is actually quite good, but it peaks fairly quickly — the best, fastest, hardest rocking song, “Hotel Ghost,” is basically the first two and a half minutes of the album, and the rest is much more singer-songwritery.
Don’t forget X-Ray Spex, guys!
I actually owe Andy Partridge quite a bit.
I drove from DC to New York for a Passover seder last weekend, so I loaded up a wallet with about 20 CDs for the trip. There are few words in my vocabulary to describe how much I hate the New Jersey Turnpike. If it hadn’t been for Skylarking and Oranges & Lemons, my head might have exploded somewhere on Sunday afternoon.
AAR,
I gotta do the NJ Tpk from NYC to Philly next Wednesday. The day ride’s gonna suck–that area around Exit 10 is brutal— but the return’s gonna be a breeze.
Here’s the key: drive afterhours, if you can. Nothing weirder that being on a relatively empty turnpike. (Yes, the lyrics from Springsteen’s “Open All Night” are very true.)
And yes, XTC is really great. They didn’t like to tour much, but here’s an early gig they did in America: XTC at Tyrone’s O.C. in Athens. Opening act, a very young REM.
hey look here’s some good news, finally
Gonzalez, who was originally targeted to return in early June, threw 23 pitches during a two-inning simulated game at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Tuesday. He plans to throw one-inning simulated games on Thursday and Saturday.
“He’s getting real close,” Cox said of Gonzalez, who has encountered few problems while making his bid to return from Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery.
If all goes well, Cox said Gonzalez, who converted each of his 24 save opportunities for the Pirates in 2006, could immediately begin a Minor League rehab assignment and potentially join the Atlanta bullpen in mid-May.
Attn: UGA Peeps
http://tinyurl.com/3vvxa5
From Carroll Rogers at the ajc, the Braves’ NL rank:
Hitting (overall BA) – 2nd
w/ RISP – 7th
Close and late – 15th
There is no greater road in America than the New Jersey Turnpike. Exit 18W in the house.
As a Devils fan, I was always partial to Exit 16W.
no Kotsay tonight
Johnson
Escobar
Jones
Tex
Bmac
Frenchy
Diaz
Blanco
article on Blanco
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080424&content_id=2581664&vkey=news_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl
Frency and Diaz (facing a RH) is not a pretty thought.
I meant Frenchy and Diaz back to back is not a pretty thought … sigh.
18w here.
The 3.5 hole is wide open tonight.
Jeez…if Francoeur repeats that at-bat for the rest of the year, he’s gonna be as good as anybody said he could be.
nice forecast (@21) by yours truly eh?
Snitker is the Resop of third base coaches, but sometimes you get lucky.
Doing the ‘blowout win’ thing tonight. If you like close Braves wins this is not the season for you.
we’ll win a close one at some point, I kind of hope its not tonight though
Alrighty. Just need 8 innings of not-abysmal pitching and we’ve got a win! 😀
Andruw would have caught that with one hand while look bored.
Now this is more like it.
Gotta concur with AAR, X-Ray Spex were a killer band. “Oh Bondage, Up Yours” is pure joy.
Ah…walking the eight hitter to let them clear the pitcher. One of my pet peeves.
Wow, Chip killed that one.
show a replay instead of Escobar you maroons
How stupid are the Marlins?
35–they may have run themselves out of a big inning
Hate that a run scored, but that play to the plate was a thing of beauty.
How close was the play at home? Did they pull a Snitker?
And if it takes a perfect play to get you, I think you were right to go for it IMO…
If you’re the Marlins, you can’t get thrown out on that play. You’re down by 4 runs, the middle of your order is up and that’s the second out.
If there’s any doubt at all, you hold up. Just idiotic.
It was close, but you can’t get thrown out there. Chuck is willing to let you back in the game if you let him.
#38
About as close as it’s possible to be.
close enought that I wouldn’t call it a Snitker–the Braves had to excecute perfertly to get the runner
probably still a dumb move, though, b/c down 4 runs
Thanks — I’ll catch it on Sportscenter tonight.
Who says Diaz is a defensive liability? ^_^
So they get what they deserve – no more runs. I hope Chuck can at least make it through the fifth.
#45 – for the record I’ve said some negative things about Diaz but that’s not one of them. He’s decent enough out there.
More runs for us, please.
#46, he’s done that maybe twice in his career so I doubt it.
Can Chipper hit .400?.. 🙂
#50 – I wouldnt bet against it
Will Chipper finish with enough plate appearances to qualify?
Diaz was inside the line there but that was a terrible throw. It would have hit him if he was on the line too. Gift out for the Marlins.
My next door neighbor’s kid Daniel Murphy is hitting .392 for the Muts AA team in Binghamton. Pretty cool that I used to play catch with him when he was in 7th grade.
I’ll pull for him when he gets to the majors, Muts or no.
It’s Barry Bonds and Eric Davis if you are trying to figure out the trivia. The ‘battled injuries’ clue gave it away for me.
Wow. It’s “Talk About How Dumb Chuck James Is” night at the ballpark.
Speaking of James, doesn’t it look like he’s throwing more fastballs? Well…medium balls for his speed
STOP PITCHING TO JOSH WILLINGHAM.
Looks like we might not need the bullpen to blow this one.
Wow, they’re dogging Chuck.
well here’s for the close game, Chipper didnt even turn around for the Willingham HR. Chuck has walked five and three have scored. How can you walk 5 guys when you’ve got a 5 run lead? Bobby and Roger have to be pissed about this outing
agreed–Homers aren’t great but the walks are the pisser
The whole “look how country-stupid Chucky is” thing is only funny when he’s not serving up batting practice. Which isn’t often.
Who’s gonna start the 6th?
Campillo.
Well, Chuck went his 5. What a mediocre pitcher.
Being positive…Francoeur had a good at-bat and Chipper is 3-3.
Did they just send James back down? As in having his stuff packed as he walked off the mound the last half inning?
Has there ever been a pitcher that lives up to his stereotype quite as often as Chuck James? It’s almost like watching a movie on rewind. Every start is almost identical to the last one.
Campillo is just one junkball after the next.
When Chuck James is pitching it is like Groundhog day.
Seems to work though.
Wow, just got home and tuned in. Chipper 3-3! Is he in a zone or what? Also, is Campillo for real?
LOOOOOOAD UP THE BAAASES!
FIRE UP THE CROOOOOWD!
HEEEERE COME THE BRAAA-AAVES!
WE’RE GONNA GET REAL LOOOOUD!
JUST THROOOW ME A FAASTBAAAWWLL!
SMOKE FROM THE MOOOOOOUND!
WE’RE GONNA END THIS THANG IN JUST ONE SWAAANG!
IM GONNA KNOCK ONE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUT!
:violent projectile vomit:
So I wonder if the JJ guy makes the trip to Shea for the road Peachtree TV broadcast..
My guess: no, and JJ (I forget his real name) is eliminated from Peachtree TV’s broadcasts.
McCann with his first ML triple!
McCann with the triple!!!
How did McCann hit a triple?
That was one funny slide.
McCann just hit a triple. it was pretty funny.
Anyone else here pleasantly suprised with Campillo?
McCann triple = inside the park hr for anyone else?
If Whiskey Falls were in my home, I’d kill them and plead self defense.
They are HORRIBLE. Big and Rich spawned this crap.
Okay, I just tuned into the MLB radio broadcast. Can anyone tell me how McCann tripled?
Flipping through the channels earlier and saw that a picture of Andruw was on ESPN. Jim Rome (tool) was giving his “Final Burn” on Andruw, stating, among other things that he should lose weight, he deserved to be booed at home, and…well he’s trying to pull everything.
AAR –
A right field play that was part Magellan, part Jason Bay.
Okay, Jorge Sosa just gave up an actual unearned run — Jose Reyes just muffed a completely routine ground ball, then a couple batters later Carlos Delgado just reached down to backhand a grounder and, well, missed.
It’s not the million-dollar-infield any more, guys.
The only thing missing from that Whiskey Falls promo is Jeff Francouer on stage with a guitar, rocking out with the band.
AAR-
Completed by a slide that was more of a flop because BMac was out of breath.
I wonder what Smoltz thinks when the Braves score seven runs on every night he doesn’t pitch.
AAR,
The CF (?) misjudged a ball he probably should have had, and the ball hit off the wall, bouncing back toward the infield, I guess. (I listen to satellite radio.)
Do I have that right?
It was the RF who misjudged the ball
Nice win. Most impressive part was that it only required three pitchers! :-O
Nice to see Acosta go two innings, but lets make sure he gets to rest for a game after that; we don’t need another Moylan. >_<