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Buster in the General of Course! I have a new hero, and his name is Doug! http://youtu.be/qNhtvfEXrsQ

hope its a great one, HC!!!!

He really hasn't been the same since the all star break last year...don't know what the problem is. He was babied by the Rockies. (perhaps too much?) He used to throw an easy 99 MPH fastball, now it's more 95-96, which of course should be plenty fast, if it wasn't straight. He had movement on everything it seemed. He is still just 27... Well, sign Prince Fielder, and some bopper in the the outfield (is there such a beast this offseason?) and you guys should be able to compete again...

Nats will be natsty(get it? ) sooner, rather than later...they have played the Braves tough for years, now the Phils are having trouble beating them...

I'm a big fan of Thome but this is a goofy one. Gwynn was injury prone in his 30s so he rarely got the counting stats, especially as he played on some bad Padre teams (of course he also got to 2 World Series with them.) The '94 strike cost him a 3rd 100 R season. Kirby of course had a short career, out of the game around age 35. Dave & Tony also hit the 99 R mark. Meanwhile Thome walked a ton (none of the above did at his rate), knocked himself in a ton, and also had some firepower in the lineup with Cleveland, so it's not surprising he scored 100 runs as much as he did. Again I'm not knocking him, it's just sometimes writers make strange cases for people, namely taking the worst characteristics of a hall of famer and then comparing someone else's best against it. Do you remember Lee May? He was cursed with RBI, twice getting 98, twice getting 99. Hence why I was half expecting to see more 99s in the threesome. Well, semi goofy. Kirby and Tony could steal bases when they were younger, Winfield too. Kirby and Tony should have done it more times just cuz they were leading off... Thome didn't score more than 100 after the age of 35, either. And seeing he has 19 career stolen bases, I guess he was never a speed merchant??? Of course I remember Lee May, and remember reading his stats in my handy Dandy Baseball Encyclopedia. Always felt sorry for guys that just missed 100 RBI's Which of course leads me to...Ted Simmons. Remember him??? Have I ever mentioned his name before??? On top of the 3 seasons he drove in more than 100 RBI's , he also had seasons of 91, 96, 95, 98, and 97. 87 RBI's in 1979, when he only played 123 games because of a broken wrist. I've wondered if instead of 3 100 RBI years, folks saw 7 or 8 100 RBI years, if this catcher would be in the Hall now... Thanks, haven't mentioned Simba in quite some time!

Well, if they keep playing, very true! two very nice stories on a very nice guy.... http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/page/rumblings110816/jim-thome-truly-real-caring-person http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6847957/road-600-home-runs-memorable-one-jim-thome Love Thome. My only regret about the 2008 championship was that he wasn't there to be a part of it. I think Thome gets in HOF first ballot. He's only the 8th(okay 5th non steroid) player to get 600 home runs. That's out of 17,000+ men to play in the MLB. I haven't been able to find the video but the night that he hit #600 Thome went on and on about Charlie Manuel and how he owed his whole career to him. It was amazing. some amazing stats I didn't know about him, from those articles... Stark Someday, Jim Thome's Hall of Fame plaque will tell the story of a guy who hit 600 baseballs that seemed as if they'd never come down. Maybe, if he's lucky, it will also mention he had a higher on-base percentage (.403) than Tony Gwynn or Rod Carew. It might even tell you, as my pal Dave Schoenfield wrote, this fellow scored 100 runs as many times (eight) as Gwynn, Kirby Puckett and Dave Winfield combined. Tim K Thome's numbers came without flair, flash or controversy, especially involving steroids. But they are Hall of Fame worthy numbers: His on-base percentage is almost 50 points higher than that of Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, and his slugging percentage is almost 70 points higher than Jackson's. Obviously, there is no comparison defensively with Ken Griffey Jr., but Thome's slugging percentage is 20 points higher and his on-base percentage is 30 points higher than Griffey's.

Hey! We are rivals! Aren't we supposed to hate each other's teams??? It's funny, but never hated the Phils, like watching them play(Just not against the braves) used to hate the Mets(Mainly their online fans) but heck, I like the way they play these days... So...who should be the NL ROY??? Freeman? 16 HR's 60 RBI's, .295 BA, .360 OBP, all the while playing as good a 1st base defense as you will see, all at the age of 21....or Craig Kimbrel, with 36 saves, 1.81 ERA, and 94 K's in 59 innings??? Always liked the Braves. I miss not getting their games on TBS anymore. Though I do like to razz their fans about not showing up for playoff games, etc. RE: ROY. I think it's gotta be Freeman. Kimbrel has been spectacular but Freeman is an everyday player. And that game winning hit he had over the Giants this week sealed the deal me thinks. Hey, it's Hot down here, even in October! I go back and forth on ROY...Freeman's numbers at the end of the year I don't think are going to jump out, unless he stays above .300 ... Kimbrel is an everyotherday player, does that count?

It's a different team than the one that got pounded on at Fenway with at least 4 new guys in the lineup. Forget Justin Smoak, now it's Mike Carp at 1st! You can't have enough 25 year old 1st base prospects to pin your hopes to I always say. A new kid at 3rd, a LF platoon, and we even threw Willie Mo Pena out there to haunt his former team. Not sure about giving Willie Mo at bats over the kids, but if it were between Willie & Cust at this point I'll vote the former. Maybe these guys can play spoiler in September - or start another losing streak. Did ya know, Willy Mo, (hey that...nevermind) had 5 HR's in 46 AB's in Arizona, and I think 2 game winning hits??? That's why I couldn't figure out them releasing him.... Hey! We are rivals! Aren't we supposed to hate each other's teams??? It's funny, but never hated the Phils, like watching them play(Just not against the braves) used to hate the Mets(Mainly their online fans) but heck, I like the way they play these days... So...who should be the NL ROY??? Freeman? 16 HR's 60 RBI's, .295 BA, .360 OBP, all the while playing as good a 1st base defense as you will see, all at the age of 21....or Craig Kimbrel, with 36 saves, 1.81 ERA, and 94 K's in 59 innings???

Well, if they keep playing, very true! two very nice stories on a very nice guy.... http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/page/rumblings110816/jim-thome-truly-real-caring-person http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6847957/road-600-home-runs-memorable-one-jim-thome

What I do when I am bored on a Thursday afternoon... http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/1647781/9dd1ae40/een_huis_om_te_wonen_.html

Yeah, too bad....He was almost on deck, Carlos Marmol was wild, already walked one, and Prado was up 3-1 and decided he had to swing, and popped it up...oh well...

Amazing! First AB as well! And another homer to boot. Couldn't happen to a better guy, I don't know how he held it together, coming to a new team, in the same division, and sucking for 3 months...but everyone said he was working his butt off and never wanted a day off... Longest since Chase Utley's 35 game streak in 2006 (In my head, it was Benito Santiago's 34 game streak in 1987, gettin' old) Here is the list of the longest streaks all time http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats-streak.shtml

Damn, that's terrible!

I remember John Sterling doing braves games...don't recall Dale Murphy , or Bob Horner getting text messages, or being called Grandymen, Swishalisious, etc, etc... It was also Skip Carey's birthday yesterday! Bill Tush did have some odd humor, didn't he??? Ok by me... my memories of sterling's atlanta sportscasting stint were that he was the dullest, most bland major broadcaster ever. i think john has slightly overcompensated. john sterling homerun call. Slightly. Here is a nice story with his son talking about Sr. http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2011/08/13/ernie-johnson-jr-emotional-grateful-proud-following-death-of-his-father/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog

I remember John Sterling doing braves games...don't recall Dale Murphy , or Bob Horner getting text messages, or being called Grandymen, Swishalisious, etc, etc... It was also Skip Carey's birthday yesterday! Bill Tush did have some odd humor, didn't he??? Ok by me...

But, to be fair, they did start with it on baseball tonight.... Sad news tonight, Ernie Johnson Sr, MLB pitcher and longtime Braves announcer has passed, he was 87. You would have had to have watched a TBS in the 80s's to remember him...or baseball fan in the 50s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Johnson_%28pitcher%29

Quincy, who hasn't wanted to slip and slide in a urinal? Uggla to 32 straight games! as of 10 PM EST, ESPN.com doesn't give a flying f***! Man, they covered Andre Ethier's 31 game streak like he was going to break DiMaggio's record....

Congrats!!!

Wow, more info than I thought would come about, thanks!!! I wonder if Duke found it hard to be friends with his fellow contemporaries...I remember reading (Somewheres) that Duke and Louis weren't particularly close, very different backgrounds of course, but one time on the road (in the 50's?) they crossed paths and they sat in a car, just the two of them, and talked for quite some time....

And what about Mr. Uggla??? Never seen anyone hit .173 for half a season then go on a tear like this...then again, don't think anyone else has either!

My Dad for some reason keeps asking me this...I said a week ago I'd mention it on this forum...you'd think at nearly 80 he'd forgot something like this, but nooooo, every day he asks if I asked here...so, help me out!

And of course no guarantee that Lawrie would have hit at the beginning of the year either...Too Bad Fielder is represented by Satan....

According to copies of the indictments available on the Web, none of the people arrested have, so far, been charged with anything more than distributing illegal and, need it be said, morally reprehensible porn videos. Bill has not been charged with personally harming any child, only with helping distribute the results via this bulletin board. Which is bad enough, of course, if the charges are accurate. I imagine it's easier to prove in court the possession part. How the fuck do you prove an infant was molested by someone without DNA. Man this makes me ill...IF and I am saying if he was a convicted Pedophile , how the hell was he able have to access to and run a child porn board(If I am remembering correctly, really don't want to re-read anything) in the first place??? Were they looking to ensnare more people over time??? How many more children were harmed while trying to build a bigger case??? He even used part of his real name in his handle, Blackbart 2010. Amazing. The bigger question to me though is, why we as a society allow these people back in society. Does anyone really believe any Pedophile is truly rehabilitated??? How about this, if you are ever convicted again, life in prison with no chance of parole. Seems like the absolute least we could do for children everywhere... I have known two women that were molested as children. One is an alcoholic, the other killed herself. Forget him, and see what you can do to help out those that were molested when they were young....

Cuz he's had trouble sleeping lately...

jlhoots, did you see Brett Lawrie's first homer??? http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17753533 hindsight being 20/20 , the Brewers might have done better to trade Prince for some pitching, and played Lawrie at 1st. Just listen to the ball go off his bat, and it sounded even better the first day he came up. Yankees and Red Sox fans are going to learn to hate seeing him up with runners on, mark my word. Why not do both at the same time???