Braves acquire Ankiel for Prado, Darrow; option Schafer

by sdp on Apr 1, 2009 10:46 AM EDT Comment 22 comments

The origin of April Fools' Day is obscure. One likely theory is that the modern holiday was first celebrated soon after the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar; the term referred to someone still adhering to the Julian Calendar, which it replaced. In many pre-Christian cultures May Day (May 1) was celebrated as the first day of summer, and signaled the start of the spring planting season. An April Fool was someone who did this prematurely. Another origin is that April 1 was counted the first day of the year in France. When King Charles IX changed that to January 1, some people stayed with April 1. Those who did were called "April Fools" and were taunted by their neighbors. In the eighteenth century the festival was often posited as going back to the times of Noah. An English newspaper article published on April 13th, 1789 said that the day had its origins when he sent the raven off too early, before the waters had receded. He did this on the first day of the Hebrew month that corresponds with April. A possible reference to April Fools' Day can be seen in the Canterbury Tales (ca 1400) in the Nun's Priest's tale, a tale of two fools: Chanticleer and the fox, which took place on March 32nd.

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a-hole…. dont do that to the Braves STL natives….

by traphicg on Apr 1, 2009 10:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Booo!

you HAD to be the one to make this post, didnt you…

Not that I believed the headline, but the fact that I expected someone else to make a post like this makes me wonder if you are our infamous mystery poster…

Penis

by justincredubil02 on Apr 1, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

known as

fatazzfoot

Penis

by justincredubil02 on Apr 1, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hmm

This fake post > another Haithcock reference

however

This fake post < The fake post about getting Conor Jackson and Max Scherzer for Mark Teixeira last season

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

by royhobbs on Apr 1, 2009 11:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This just in!!!

AJC reporting Haithcock to NYY for Teixeira and a pitching machine!

by Bmacbandwagon on Apr 1, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol...

… was that really me? I don’t really remember it, but I vaguely recal it.

Oh, Bobby.

by sdp on Apr 1, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

recall*

Oh, Bobby.

by sdp on Apr 1, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought I would beat you to it this time

by Bmacbandwagon on Apr 1, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i saw this post was by you, and knew it wasn’t real, but i just had to. One giveaway is that i am aware that you know how to do fanshots.

"Ohhhh shit"-Bobby Cox

by 10-4 on Apr 1, 2009 11:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

jerk

by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 1, 2009 11:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Love you.

Oh, Bobby.

by sdp on Apr 1, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had gotten all happy about everything but the schafer part. would have loved to have seen

"Braves acquire Ankiel for Prado, Darrow; Release G. Anderson

by drumzalicious on Apr 1, 2009 12:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

typical east coast guys. i see most of the angels games and Anderson is a great and incredibly clutch guy. outside of chipper, i think GA would be our best bet for a big hit in the 9th. give the man some time.

Be quick, but don't hurry.

by bravesfansc on Apr 1, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Close & late situations. Garret Anderson’s career OPS is….769. 2 outs with RISP? Yeah, .784. Career OPS? .796. Thats right, both of them are below his career average.

Guess how long THAT took me to find out.

SWAGGA LIKE BJONES, SWAGGA LIKE BJONES

by bigjoe on Apr 1, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can never remember if the standard is 10, or 20 seconds of research.

"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
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by cbwilk on Apr 1, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by yondaime4 on Apr 1, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

20 seconds?!?!????!

"…aren’t worthy enough to hold his (Pujols) ass cheeks apart while Playboy models wipe him with thousand dollar bills after he craps out the cure to whatever previously-incurable disease." by royhobbs 1/7/09

by buzzdeadwax on Apr 1, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs