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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 […]
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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 […]
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The Langerhans Primer
Since the Braves have a much needed off day after one exhausting day of regular season play, now seems like a good time to bring my new readers up to speed on my theory about Langerhans. Readers of my previous semi-Braves blog will remember this one. Ready? Okay: he’s a robot. How else to explain […]
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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 […]
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Opening Day
Of course, it’s not our opening day, but it’s the opening day nonetheless. I know I’ll be tuning in to root for the Mets to lose tonight, as much as rooting for the Cardinals to win makes my skin crawl. But whatever works — I sure enjoyed knocking the Astros out of the playoff race […]
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That Looked A Little Familiar
How happy did Orr look last night, knowing he made the 25 man roster? Kind of makes you want to slap him, eh? He had a decent spring, and Prado would be wasted on the bench, but it’s still sad to see him get sent down in favor of our little Canadian pal. I’m starting […]
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BREAKING NEWS
Frenchy just WALKED. First one of the spring! During our last game in Florida, naturally. Also, he’s the team’s player rep? Apparently? I find that funny. Maybe it’s the kind of thing the older guys just schlep off onto the most gullible youngster.
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When Your Batting Coach Laughs In Your Face . . .
You know what, Terry, when Frenchy comes up to you and says he wants to improve his plate discipline, your response probably shouldn’t be “yeah, right.” You can think it, I don’t blame you, but damn. As if the press isn’t giving him enough of a (deserved, but still) complex. How many times now has […]
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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 […]
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You’re Kidding Me . . .?
Cormier just came out of the game with some kind of injury. Something happened on his right side, or possibly to his right arm, haven’t heard what yet . . . And I was just wondering what sort of omen Diaz getting his tooth chipped while watching batting practice was. A bad one, apparently. Update: […]