Braves' Television Shows - A John Smoltz-like Game
by Wren_and_Stimpy on Oct 18, 2010 6:14 PM EDT
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So, the season for the Braves (therefore, in my mind, baseball season as a whole) is over. This was just something I started doing at work to try to get me busy. My goal is to assign a television show to each of 2010 Braves (plus a few others, if they're really good). I would love some input to help me finish my list!!
The show can EITHER describe the person OR describe how you feel about the person/player. Some of the ones I came up with are good, and some are a little bit of a stretch. If I get better ideas, I'll switch them out. If I have multiple, then I'll list them all.
Also, if you're one of the really witty TC'ers, feel free to combine Braves players to create a show : for instance "Brian McCann + Jeff Francoeur = 'Friends'". If It's a non-Brave but just terribly funny, we could probably include that also; for instance: something better than "Francisco Rodriguez = Conviction".
So, here's my list so far:
Tim Hudson - The Locator ; Face the Ace ; Light's Out
Tommy Hanson - Raising Hope ; My Own Worst Enemy
Derek Lowe - LOST ; Lucky
Brandon Beachy - The Pretender
Kris Medlen - Gay, Straight or Taken?
Kenshin Kawakami - The Biggest Loser ; The Fall Guy
Brian McCann - Human Target
David Ross - Dave the Barbarian ; Human Target
Troy Glaus - Two and a Half Men
Derrek Lee - Big Brother
Freddie Freeman - Boy Meets World ; Rookie Blue
Brooks Conrad - The Late Show ; Comeback ; Minute to Win it
Alex Gonzalez - Family Matters
Omar Infante - Jack of All Trades
Chipper Jones - Covert Affairs ; Hello, Larry
Melky Cabrera - The Root of All Evil ; 10 Things I Hate About You ; Just Shoot Me
Rick Ankiel - Have Gun - Will Travel ; Cannon
Nate McLouth - Deadwood ; 24
Jason Heyward - King of the Hill ; 20/20 ; The Beast ; Hercules ; Highlander
Billy Wagner - Billy the Exterminator ; The Closer
Peter Moylan - Cracking Up ; The Crocodile Hunter
Johnny Venters - Bridge ; The Daily Show ; The Middle ; Rescue Me
Craig Kimbrel - The Closer ; The Apprentice
Kyle Farnsworth - The Last Resort
Frank Wren - The Office
Bobby Cox - American Idol ; Cheers ; Man of the People
Jeff Francoeur - I Love Money ; Press Your Luck
Freddie Gonzalez - Coach ; The Apprentice
Dale Murphy - Fringe ; Father Murphy
Greg Maddux - The Mentalist ; The Locator ; Light's Out
John Smoltz : Light's Out
Multiples:
Braves bench - Heroes
Jason Heyward & Freddie Freeman - Futurama
Jason Heyward & Nate McLouth - M*A*S*H
Chipper Jones, Takashi Saito, & Billy Wagner - Men of a Certain Age
Non-Braves:
Tim Lincecum - Weeds
Scott Boras - Jackass ; How'd I Get So Rich?
Brian Cashman & the Yankees FO - Hoarders
New York Mets' fans - Mad Men
Here's who I'm missing:
Mike Minor, Jair Jurrjens, Martin Prado, Yunel Escobar, Diory Hernandez, Matt Diaz, Eric Hinske, Gregor Blanco, Takashi Saito & Jo-Jo Reyes
Again, feel free to add any former Braves, come up with better options for the ones I have, or add any non-Braves if it's really, REALLY funny!
If this works out well, maybe we can try movies, bands/songs, or something else too.
TC'ers suggestions:
Braves bench - Heroes, Freddie Freeman & Jason Heyward - Futurama, John Rocker - Eastbound & Down, Omar Infante - Jack of All Trades, Brooks Conrad - Minute to Win it ; The Late Show, Melky Cabrera - The Root of All Evil, Johnny Venters - Rescue Me, Nate McLouth - Deadwood, Brian McCann & David Ross - Human Target, Kris Medlen & Craig Kimbrel - Kids in the Hall, Chipper Jones, Billy Wagner & Takashi Saito - Men of a Certain Age, Tim Lincecum - Weeds
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I definitely like the one for Troy.
How about ’’Heroes’’ for the whole Braves bench?
added.
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by Wren_and_Stimpy on Oct 18, 2010 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
This is phenomenal
Melky Cabrera – 10 Things I Hate About You ; Just Shoot Me
Win.
Rec’d.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 18, 2010 8:15 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd
For straight up creativity.
and what the hell I’ll toss an easy one out there,
John Rocker – Eastbound and Down
"Funny scene in clubhouse, reporters surrounding Prado, pointing recorders toward him. Moylan sneaks into group quietly, points Klondike bar." - DOB
by McCann and McWill on Oct 18, 2010 9:32 PM EDT reply actions
Mike Minor- To Catch a Predator
Chipper- Shit My Dad Says (Fixes My Swing)
Bobby and Roger- Law and Order
Yunel- The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret Yunel Escobar
Venters- Rescue Me
Medlen/Brooks- Rugrats
McCann/Ross- Human Target
Diaz’s career numbers against righties- Leverage
Melky- the Root of All Evil, Ugly Betty
Brooks- The Late Show, Minute to Win it
Diory- Fringe
Jo-Jo- Arrested Development
Freddie and Jason- Futurama
Omar- Jack of All Trades
McLouth- Deadwood
Some good ones here – I’ll add them this afternoon at work.
Everyone gets two free stupid comments. After that, I start charging.
by Wren_and_Stimpy on Oct 19, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Crap. After all the TV show ideas I had this season, I can’t think of a contemporary one that matches a Brave.
Gimme a minute.
Oh! Oh! Brian McCann in The Deadliest Catch. That doesn’t really make sense, does it?
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing Matt Cain.
Maybe if it was Catch(er) :(
Added all of the ones I really liked :)
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by Wren_and_Stimpy on Oct 19, 2010 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
hah...i like it
medlen, kimbrel – kids in the hall
chipper, wagner and saito – men of a certain age
heap, j hey – m.a.s.h.
moylan – rocko’s modern life
"Now, I'm gonna go get off my horse by getting onto a smaller horse, and then onto a large dog, until I'm near enough to the ground to roll off."
by Bravely going forward on Oct 19, 2010 8:07 PM EDT reply actions
2 rec's?
What gives?
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
This is silly, but fun
Here are some non-Braves:
Elijah Dukes - Eight is Enough- Lie to Me
Jeff Kent -
Tim Lincecum — Weeds
Apparently I had a dash fail...
…but now I am closer to learning how to do the cross out script, lol.
Really like the “Weeds” one. I’m mad at myself for not thinking about it first.
Everyone gets two free stupid comments. After that, I start charging.
by Wren_and_Stimpy on Oct 20, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Yunel Escobar
Spaced…
On a related note, thank you Simon Pegg and BBN. If you haven’t seen it, check it out. A little weird, but hilarious once you fully pick up on all the Brit humor.
-C
It’s rough to sit through these games and not have someone that can’t hit a Ball?
Billy Wagner.... Billy the Exterminator
Bobby Cox, advising Jeff Francoeur about being thrown out of a game: "you’ll probably have to write a $500 check. Or you can do what I do, write a $10,000 one and tell them when it runs out, let me know."
Gee, what channelos do I watch the most?
Ed Mangan – Dirty Jobs
Jason Heyward – Modern Marvels, Build it Bigger
Brian Cashman – Hoarders
Frank Wren – the Price is Right
Bobby Cox, advising Jeff Francoeur about being thrown out of a game: "you’ll probably have to write a $500 check. Or you can do what I do, write a $10,000 one and tell them when it runs out, let me know."
I'm just wondering who qualifies as - Good Eats.
(I’ll bet I’m not the only one)
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Hey, I could have said “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” but I thought it might be too racy and totally out of character . . ;-)
My avatar has a message for Bobby.
"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~ Mae West
More TV shows (the last one is a bit obscure)
John Rocker- Eastbound and Down
Nyjer Morgan and Dan Uggla- Angry Beavers
Freddie Freeman- Almost Grown
Alex Gonzalez- Jersey Shore (kinda reminds me of Vinny)
Melky Cabrera/Troy Glaus- Scrubs
Jim Joyce- Woops!
"That's my teammate, man... That's my quarterback"
by TurnerTheBurner on Oct 21, 2010 11:01 AM EDT reply actions
Chino Cadahia = The Biggest Loser, Superzize vs Superskinny, Weighing In, Celebrity Fit Club, Jake and the Fatman
Morgan: Do you think I could come into the clubhouse after the game and display my ass for both those veterans and the younger guys?
Baker: Well, Joe, you are on the payroll of the team, and you're a legend, so I suppose — holy shit!
[Joe has appeared next to Dusty, in the dugout, completely naked]
Morgan: Hey.
Kris Medlen – 17 again (its a movie, but it works)
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Oct 21, 2010 3:34 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
This isn't really for the Braves, but...
New York Mets – Mad Men
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
I’m adding some of the good ones and changing a few up.
Once we get the list finished, maybe we’ll start with movies (MLB1) and instead of me starting a list, we’ll just let TC’ers come up with the entire list themselves.
Everyone gets two free stupid comments. After that, I start charging.
by Wren_and_Stimpy on Oct 21, 2010 6:42 PM EDT reply actions
Peter Moylan = Looney Tunes
And a TCer one:
TheLetter2 = Man Tracker
My avatar has a message for Bobby.
"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~ Mae West
Melky (and others) = Chopped
Billy Wagner = Gunsmoke, In The Heat Of The Night
Tim Hudson = Throwdown
Matt Diaz = The Good Guys
Chipper Jones = Top Shot, Twin Peaks (switch hitter)
Nate & Conrad = The Little Couple
Tommy Hanson = Making History
Greg Kimbrel = Lockdown
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Non-Brave: Jason Werth = Wife Swap
My avatar has a message for Bobby.
"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~ Mae West
Who is Greg Kimbrel?
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Oct 22, 2010 2:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He is the twin brother of Craig.
He is also a pitcher, but he is lefty. He has 3-digit fastball, nasty slider and changeup.
The scout reports compare him with Billy Wagner.
Melky = The Weakest Link, Lost in Space
Prado & Infante = The Adventures of Chico and Guapo
Derrek Lee = Chicago Hope
Kris Medlen = Car 54, Where Are You?
Kyle Farnsworth = Journeyman
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." ~ David Foster Wallace
I like the Melky one.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 31, 2010 3:50 AM EDT up reply actions
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