V Vernacular

Category: Heap

  • Quotable

    This is probably obvious, but I’m ridiculously fond of ballplayers’ quotes in throwaway articles about their performances. The whole exercise is a little insane when you really think about it, and reminds me of an old episode of Dr. Katz where a Conan O’Brien-type late night host is interviewing a model and says, “So, you’re […]

  • You Said It, Pal

    Hey, you know what, Jimmy Rollins was right. The Phillies are the team to best in the National League East. The Braves enjoyed besting them so much, they did it three times in a row! Let’s hope many more teams get to best the Phillies as the season goes on. It was quite fun, what […]

  • Let the Wacky Races Begin!

    Every now and then, the Braves play a game that comes off looking like an episode of the Wacky Races. A Wacky Races game necessarily involves extra innings, some combination of weird errors and amazing plays, and fans acting like morons. Usually, it also involves the Cubs. Like that game last year, where we hit […]

  • Look Who Has A Bullpen

    What a great start to the season, a really exciting first game — I was up off my sofa jumping around when Rent hit that first homer to tie it up. It was such a perfect go-fuck-yourself for Slappy McWifebeater, knocking him out of the game with his tail between his legs. Skip had just […]

  • The Team That Looks for Teeth Together . . .

    Great image from Dave O’Brien’s blog today: Diaz lost part of a tooth during batting practice, as I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, and here’s Dave’s description of the ordeal: He was knocked to the ground by the impact, but got up and finished his round of batting practice as teammates and others looked […]

  • Baseball: Best Enjoyed In Your Boxers, With Donuts

    My notes from the game on ESPN today (we beat the Phillies 7-4), and explanations: Chipper mohawk? — Did anyone else notice that Chipper was rocking this kind of half-mohawk thing? The hair on the side of his head was shorter, and on top it was pointed in kind of a v-shape. Is that just […]

  • The Potential Injury Dilemma

    Joe Mauer is injured, hopefully not badly, but they’re still checking him out. He has the precursor to a stress fracture, and right now they’re predicting that he’ll be sidelined for just “a few days.” Hearing about any catcher’s injury always makes me wince, particularly when he’s Heap’s American League twin. I have been traumatized […]

  • “Long-Term Partners”

    I’m so mad that I’m not at home to capture this image, but if you go to the Braves official website right now, on the front page there is a story about Heap signing a six year extension cycling through their news links. If you click on the actual story there is a doofy picture […]

  • Hungry Hungry Bravos

    My boss, who is a big Braves fan, came up to me yesterday to chat about the games that were on TV over the weekend. She also mentioned that she’d seen one of the many Chipper interviews where he insinuated that the team had lost its “hunger” after so much success in the division for […]

  • “Dude, I Might Be Able To Throw”

    We won both of our games today, Hudson looked good, Heap and Frenchy almost simultaneously hit homers while playing across town from each other, our top outfield prospect (whose name is Jones, naturally) looked great at the plate, Chipper’s injury is minor (again) and hell, even on the Hampton front, things are looking up: he’s […]