For the love of God, can we sign Will Ohman

by gondeee on Mar 26, 2009 9:07 AM EDT in Free Agents Comment 52 comments

There wasn't a more valuable reliever on the Braves last year than Will Ohman, and somehow he's managed to still go unsigned. From K-Ros:

The Marlins would like to sign free-agent left-hander Will Ohman, but the pitcher is believed to be seeking terms similar to what the Nationals gave Joe Beimel — one year, $2 million. That's too pricey for the Fish.

Surely, surely, surely we have $2 million laying around. Could we void Garret Anderson's contract and use that $2 million on Ohman. Our LOOGY options this spring look like this:

Boone Logan - 4.26 ERA, 4BB in 6.1IP
Eric O'Flaherty - 14.21 ERA, 16 hits (16 hits!) in 6.1IP
Jeff Ridgway - 40.50 ERA, and that doesn't even count the times he got blown up in exhibition games

That's bad, worse, and worser. All the other LOOGY options are in minor league camp.

Come On Frank Wren, just give him a call and give him one year and $2 million. Ohman is a guy who can pitch in 80-plus games and get lefties out (they hit just .200 off him last year). The whole reason we traded for Ohman last year was because we didn't have any lefthanders who could get anyone out in 2007. Are we going to repeat that this year?

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I agree. We need to have him on the team to seal up the bullpen. Our options right now lead me to believe that in the current circumstance we would be better off keeping another righty and leaving these other guys off the roster.

by Fischerking on Mar 26, 2009 10:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Braves could usually add modest payroll at their behest...

… but I don’t think so in this economy. I wish we could get him, though. It really sucks for all parties, especially having to see Ohman still sitting at home 10 days from Opening Day.

Oh, Bobby.

by sdp on Mar 26, 2009 10:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

What about Haithcock?

What did you do with the real sdp???

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey! We could always sign Royce Ring again. Looks like he was put on waivers by the Cards. I would be TOTALLY confindent in our bullpen if we only had Ring!

by Bmacbandwagon on Mar 26, 2009 10:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No

Give Ring anything other than one lefty at a time, and the results are disastrous. Ring is a LOOGY; Ohman is a decent lefty-reliever.

But I digress; Ohman has a cute wife, but adding Ring back to the roster gives me excuse to post the following image:

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Mar 26, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The ring is the light coming through the top cover of the well…

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Depending on the month last season, the Ring was also Royce shutting down the opposing team’s best lefty batter with RISP, or the Ring was the Braves’ chances of staying in the game after Royce gets stuck in the game too long because all the other bullpen arms were gassed, and Bobby had no choice but to let him pitch an entire inning in which he would get shelled.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Mar 26, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe his ears wiggle and tip his pitches to right-handers or something

by Bmacbandwagon on Mar 26, 2009 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, I never saw the sequel...

Thanks for ruining it…

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sequel was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen.

by Smoltz's Beard on Mar 26, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks for confirming to me

that i should never watch it.

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." -John Stewart Mill-

by justincredubil02 on Mar 26, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and…?

by Smoltz's Beard on Mar 26, 2009 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hahahahah

thanks for the clarification.

by justincredubil02 on Mar 26, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had to compose myself before I scrolled down since I knew it was coming.

by Smoltz's Beard on Mar 26, 2009 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

camel spiders

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I was thankful that wasn’t included, haha

by Smoltz's Beard on Mar 26, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This conjures up creepy images of Ring crawling out of your TV after you watch the Braves bullpen blow another lead.

by soup du jour on Mar 26, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wanted to crawl into the TV and beat the crap out of him sevral times last year.

by TradeAndruw on Mar 26, 2009 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

ZING!

by justincredubil02 on Mar 26, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For me

the scariest part(s) about The Ring was A.) The dead girl in the closet – her face was horrific B.) the black and white movie…seriously, they should have based the rest of the movie off of that woman in the mirror.

by justincredubil02 on Mar 26, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The face of the girl in the closet was shocking, especially at the age when I first saw it. The tone and atmosphere of the movie is what made it really creepy.

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My buddy’s dad owns an old theatre downtown where I used to live. We filled up a few coolers of beer and threw a blower, with all the lights off and The Ring playing. It was the creepiest movie I’ve ever seen. The buzz, theatre, and terrified girls made the movie worse.

by Mark Lempke on Mar 26, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Threw a blower"

I am not familiar with that phrase…

by justincredubil02 on Mar 26, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Think about it...

beer, dark, terrified girls, the ultra pimp Mark “Limp” Lempke, and his buddy…that ho in the closet wasn’t the only person going O.

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he showed her

his O face.

by justincredubil02 on Mar 26, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The dead girl in the closet

Without a doubt. The fucking well really crept me out too though, and the scene where they finally showed the girl crawling out of it pretty much sealed the deal that I would have nightmares (one of the only movies to do that to me). When she crawled through the TV it was pretty lame though.

What’d you guys think of The Grudge? I actually thought it was pretty good, but most people disagree with me.

by Smoltz's Beard on Mar 26, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am one of "most people"

I thought the Grudge was a stupid movie.

by justincredubil02 on Mar 26, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t really get into it either…although, Sarah Michelle Gellar was still beautiful….

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

as always.

even though the dripping saliva was pretty gross, i still love that scene in Cruel Intentions where she teaches the other girl how to kiss…

by justincredubil02 on Mar 26, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and here is the required visual evidence:

http://daytimeconfidential.com/system/files/images/Sarah_Michelle_Gellar.jpg

by justincredubil02 on Mar 26, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't peep the chicks on the AF's computer,

thats what the I-phone is for!

I originally fell for her when “I know what you did last summer” came out, back in like 7th grade or something…

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol...

I do…google images – cant get in trouble for that! (Unless i google “Vagina” or something.)
lol

by justincredubil02 on Mar 26, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

haha you perv...

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I never really got why people think she’s hot…i just dont think shes all that attractive…i feel like if she were an ordinary person, i wouldnt think twice about her

by Doghnut on Mar 26, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well look at Mr. High Standards...

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

dont get me wrong

i wouldnt turn her down :)

I just dont think shes fantastic or anything

by Doghnut on Mar 26, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You guys are so white

Obligatory: The original versions are better.

My favorite part of the American version of The Ring was when that horse jumped off the boat. I think my sides hurt from all the laughing.

by VictorW on Mar 26, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

on various levels

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Mar 26, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw bits and pieces of Ringu and Ju-on and wasn’t impressed, therefore your opinion is null.

by Smoltz's Beard on Mar 26, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plus Naomi Watts is really, really hot. Mulholland Drive, anyone?

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Mar 26, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

shes soooo cute...

even after she got ravaged/impregated by Victor Creed…

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait

isn’t Victor Creed the alias of Sabretooth? How the hell did she get knocked up by a comic book character?

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Mar 26, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Liev Schreiber is playing Sabretooth in the new Wolverine movie…

...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Mar 26, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

dang, I'm 2 out of 2

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...catsports...

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 26, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Have you seen "Muffins"?

My favorite are the Israeli/Palestinian conflict muffins …

"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."
- Bobby Cox (talking about Boyer)

by FrankyWren on Mar 26, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

by Smoltz's Beard on Mar 26, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here, here!!

"The future is no place to place your better days." - Dave Matthews

by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Mar 26, 2009 12:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I really am in favor of dropping Garret Anderson for the sake of signing Ohman. It does us no good to have a good rotation and a crappy bullpen just look how that worked out for the Mets last year.

Seriously we don’t need 2 guys thats supposed to be in the heart of our order over the age of 35 getting injured all the time. i would be perfectly fine either giving the job to Diaz or having him platoon with Brandon Jones cause Brandon Jones has been raking this Spring and so has Diaz. Meanwhile Garrett has just been Raking in money

by drumzalicious on Mar 26, 2009 12:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs