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MetalDog

#135
May 16, 2016, 07:51:11 PM
A couple of those trains have already been sent back down to the minors.
And the One Song to Rule Them All is Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones


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Arctic Blast

#136
May 18, 2016, 02:03:35 PM
The firing of Fredi Gonzalez was really more of a mercy killing. That team is godawful.

MetalDog

#137
May 18, 2016, 07:26:26 PM
Fredi is a sacrificial lamb.  The Braves made some questionable trades and then decided to chuck it in order to open their new park with some optimism for the future.  What's even worse is, that Terry Pendleton got passed over to replace Fredi.  That's a crime.
And the One Song to Rule Them All is Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones


"If its a Balrog, I don't think you get an option to not consent......." - bob

KyzBP

#138
May 19, 2016, 04:14:36 AM
The Braves are trying to rebuild in the image of the Cubs.  Fredi kept playing the older veterans rather than starting the younger players that will eventually form the nucleus of the future Braves.  He began butting heads with management because he wanted to win now.  They'll still suck this year and probably next year as well but we should see them start to climb out of the rebuilding phase after that. 

Arctic Blast

#139
May 21, 2016, 06:01:43 PM
Oh, I agree that he was a horrible manager AND they're a bad team.

And they're probably waiting to give Pendleton the job when they actually have a shot at winning again. Otherwise you're just tossing the local folk hero to the wolves.

mirth

#140
July 01, 2016, 03:25:41 PM
Now that any real sports have ended, I have been forced to watch baseball. Let me just say Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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bbmike

#141
July 01, 2016, 04:52:21 PM
Quote from: mirth on July 01, 2016, 03:25:41 PM
Now that any real sports have ended, I have been forced to watch baseball. Let me just say Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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bayonetbrant

#142
July 01, 2016, 04:53:21 PM
Quote from: bbmike on July 01, 2016, 04:52:21 PM
Quote from: mirth on July 01, 2016, 03:25:41 PM
Now that any real sports have ended, I have been forced to watch baseball. Let me just say Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

What are you, a communist?

worse...  a vegetarian!
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mirth

#143
July 01, 2016, 04:57:20 PM
Real sports and trimmed counters for all!
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

#144
July 01, 2016, 05:01:54 PM
It's a counter revolution!
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bayonetbrant

#145
July 11, 2016, 06:19:56 PM
Fun story about a Home Run Derby from 20 years ago...

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/page/allstar2016_96hrderby/how-david-ortiz-stole-show-ken-griffey-alex-rodriguez-home-run-derby

It's cool how they salvaged the rain-out of an exhibition game.
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bayonetbrant

#146
July 14, 2016, 11:28:37 PM
just recently saw this stat about Lou Gehrig

QuoteOf the top six RBI seasons of all time, Lou Gehrig had three of them. In 1927, hitting behind Babe Ruth, who hit 60 homers that year, Gehrig drove in 175 runs.
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MetalDog

#147
July 14, 2016, 11:46:11 PM
As awesome as Babe Ruth was, Lou Gehrig truly deserves to be as big a star or bigger.
And the One Song to Rule Them All is Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones


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bayonetbrant

#148
July 14, 2016, 11:57:55 PM
Gehrig didn't pitch.  Ruth was a pretty decent pitcher in his day, too :)
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MetalDog

#149
July 15, 2016, 05:45:06 AM
And Ruth wouldn't have been able to put up the numbers he did without a dangerous bat behind him in the lineup.  It was Gehrig what hit cleanup, not the Babe.  They didn't call it 'Murderer's Row' for nothing.
And the One Song to Rule Them All is Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones


"If its a Balrog, I don't think you get an option to not consent......." - bob
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