bobby cox is retiring, the 07 BRAVES THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

via SABR-L:

on May 2, Braves catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia broke the
prestigious record for "longest MLB surname", with 14 letters. The
previous record of 13 had lasted 113 years since Gene DeMontreville
set it in 1894, and was shared by 15 players.

the Mets shall fall before ATL's freakishly long surnames!

short names were the prob last night, Sosa and Sele.

Until last night I figured Sele was selling tires somewhere.

i think ryan howard will be fuking you in the ass
-- james blount, Thursday, March 8, 2007 5:42 AM (2 months ago)

indeed

haha, and i was just idly thinking to myself the other day, "ha, serves blount right!!!!"

braves have lost 10 of last 14. what does it mean that they've won every series versus the mets, but have gotten their asses kicked by the nats and phillies?

omfg LOL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ciaR9Xv6c

its the minor league braves but still..

i'm so proud!!! the part where he makes a sandcastle is amazing.

that and the grenade throw of the pitchers rosin !

Man, there's going to be FITES before the night's over.

It sounds like Lilly got a raw deal.

Woody Williams is some bullshit.

braves have scorned 50 runs in the last 4 games

wait my bad, 49

And the Astros have now given up 53 runs in their last 4 games.

And for the first time in franchise history have given up double digit runs in 4 straight games.

this game tampered with my emotions

and actually made me like twenty minutes late to work, god dammit

Dear folks who think signing Willie Harris to an actual contract & having him man CF full-time qualifies as a "smart move":

2004 (w/ the White Sox): 129 games played, 262 / 343 / 323

-- David R., Wednesday, August 1, 2007 12:04 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

Thanks, Morbs.

-- Rock Hardy, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 12:22 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Link

Yeah Daver, don't cite ACTUAL PERFORMANCE facts around the Krukites here! They hate numbers!

One thing that's assured is that Willie Harris shouldn't play 3B.

I love numbers! But I also think the numbers from 130 games in 2004 mean as much or as little as the numbers from 225 ABs this year. I sure as hell don't advocate paying Harris $5M/year based on anything he's ever done -- Dave brought that number up, not me.

Joe M credits Glavine's ability to throw strikes.

Will he do it TONITE?

P Niekro looks younger than I remember him from his last playing years.

I am senile LOL.

Frenchy has made two great throws catching runners at the plate tonight against the Phillies.

...and then a third into the crowd

his glove has been getting better and better all year. and honestly he is really awesome at the plate since the ASB. i guess i wrote him off too soon!~

great Miller call on Frenchy overthrow: TOUCHDOWN!

This in-game interview garbage is going to be all 9 innings soon, isn't it?

I love how they missed the Braves scoring a run because they were too busy showing another replay of Hank Aaron's congratulatory video from last week.

Big Tex!

2 multihomer games in a row = okay i'm sold

WICKMAN SENT DOWN, ABOUT FUCKIN TIME YOU FAT FUCKIN COCKSUCKER SHITBALLS DOUCHEBABY

so uh now who's gonna close

the Braves are closed for the season. put yr Falcons stuff on.

lol why u think i'm even paying attn to the braves rn? the falcons are DEAD TO ME now~

the Braves are closed for the season. put yr Falcons stuff on.

I was holding out hope until this roadtrip, but yeah, they're done.

ya this team aint winning shit

Hudson picks a fine time to drop out of the Cy Young race.

It's like everybody else said "whew, Big Tex is here, he'll save us" and quit trying.

uh, okay, I made that happen with the power of my doubting mind.

YAY BRAVES!!!!!

hahaha, I QUIT WATCHING IN THE SEVENTH INNING :(

my only hope for them at this point is that they can ruin the playoff hopes of other teams (like, say, philly). even if they did make the playoffs they wouldn't get anywhere, since you can count all their decent pitchers on one hand.

JOHN SMOLTZ IS DOING SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES THE LETTER N AND H

I HOPE THIS IS NOT A JINX

His slider is insane.

Except for that last one.

he was pretty nasty last night, but, y'know... it's the nats :/

lol

well, the Bravos are just 3 behind the Phils going into Tuesday. Sufficient motive to sweep 'em.

i'm not sure whose playoffs hopes i'm more interested in seeing be crushed - philly's or nym's. either way we win~~

atlanta has the most pythagorean wins in the division btw~~

you win the RS/RA trophy then (or Bobby Cox SHOULD retire)

i hope he fucking does, that shitbag is a fraud and always has been. i can't wait until pendleton takes over.

he's gonna be a Hall of Famer,dude!

hahaha dude i was going to make an aside along the lines of "if he gets into the HoF you can officially write the whole thing off as a joke," the guy's a chickenshit and should've been run outta town years ago. what the hell does he bring to the table anyway? besides his masterful strategic acumen. will it really be so hard to find another guy who can clap and shout "go get 'em Jeffery!!!" from the bench?

Dude, you are HIGH. On DRUGS. Cox is grebt.

He certainly belongs there as much as Lasorda.

Hudson and Smoltz better come through...

THANKS, LARRY

So long, Andruw

Brooklynsnakes (33 minutes ago)
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR DAMN MIND??????? Who do you think is going to give you Andruw $20 MILLION A YEAR! My Yankees would not give you that if they were hungry for a centerfielder (ok maybe they would sign you if Melky had not come on so strong). Dude, in your walk year you hit .222! You are the Venezuelan Richie Sexson. Go dive into the Dodgers. They're waiting for you. Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!

lol, ya i heard this afternoon. it's amazing... a year ago now i would've been ready to boycott this team if they let my nigga go. and i honestly still do LUV ANDRUW. i love watching dude play center, and i just love how *~*~*~*kewl*~*~*~* he is. but dude just fukkin sux now.

btw, just for kicks go back and look at his pecota writeups from 10 years ago, they're.... something.

1997

A comparable prospect to Alex Rodriguez. He’s going to be a slightly better hitter than Rodriguez, and probably will develop more strongly. I wouldn’t trade him for Rodriguez or vice versa. Probably one of the top ten outfielders in baseball right now, and will be the very best within four years. The Vladimir projections aren’t meant to be more than a one-year tool, and we all know that iterative modeling is a dicey proposition at best, but let’s throw caution to the wind and let Vladimir project his entire career. Just for fun.

Works for me. Alex vs. Andruw will be the next generation’s DiMaggio vs. Williams, but the arguments will be more equal. Why hasn’t Atlanta offered him a 10-year, $50 million deal? I don’t know. The scary part is that Andruw could take it, and be 30 when it ended.

But that's before A-Rod started juicing.

Scheuerhoelz out as GM, in as president.

I wouldn’t trade him for Rodriguez or vice versa

What does this even mean.

Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!
Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!
Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!
Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!
Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!
Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!
Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!
Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!
Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!
Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!
Juan Pierre, please pick up the white courtesy phone!!