Braves Dissent Of The Day ... We Are Apparently Bourgeoisie Swine
by gondeee on Oct 7, 2010 11:25 AM EDT
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PrintI one hundred percent love way that Grant at McCovey Chronicles blogs, even when he insults you it's hilarious. I only wish I had one tenth the crazy humorous writing ability that he has. One of the things I will enjoy most about this Braves - Giants series is reading his daily rabble. Here is his latest:
My distaste for the Braves is rooted in a couple of things:
They’ve been good for several decades now. When their franchise-type catcher gets old, they put an ad on Craigslist and get another one within a week. When they give a big deal to an ex-Oakland ace, it works out. When they get rid of Andruw Jones, he craters. When they keep Chipper Jones, he just puts up fantastic season after fantastic season. They’ve had two seasons under .500 in the past twenty years. Seriously, that’s a bunch of nonsense. What a bunch of bourgeoisie swine. Spread it around, you jackals.
He goes on to list what he sees as his most annoying Braves of the past 20 years, reserving a special spot at number-7 for ... wait for it ... Melvin Nieves. Even if Braves fans have forgotten that name, Grant has not. Nieves was the "key piece" of likely the most important trade deadline deal ever when we flipped him and two other neveramountedtoanything prospects for the Crime Dog in 1993 -- then caught the Giants to win the NL West, despite San Fran winning 103 games. That crazy race had a lot to do with the creation of the Wild Card ... the next year. That probably just makes Giants fans even more bitter.
Or maybe they're bitter because the four times they've made the playoffs since the Wild Card came into existence, they've been beaten by the Wild Card team each time.
1997: Lost NLDS to Marlins
2000: Lost NLDS to Mets
2002: Lost World Series to Angels
2003: Lost NLDS to Marlins
Three times the team they lost to has won the World Series.
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I just visited their site when you posted the Q&A, and I have to admit, they may be my favorite non-Braves site out there.
Great people who seem smart, and are really nice.
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Oct 7, 2010 11:33 AM EDT reply actions
Really, Justin? Your FAVORITE ‘non-Braves’ website?
Okay…
I hate the Phillies so much...
by frozendesert on Oct 7, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Aside from Vagtastic Voyage
I thought hurricane season was over........
by bravesguy311 on Oct 7, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not Googling that.
I hate the Phillies so much...
by frozendesert on Oct 7, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Superbad FTW
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
I stand corrected…non-braves fan site.
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Oct 7, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahahaha
Great stuff. That line about Zito and Hudson was great.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 7, 2010 11:34 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
We are in SF tonight…
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Oct 7, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
hetero life-partner
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
The Tomahawk Chop. Remember when everyone was up in arms about the vuvuzela noise in the World Cup? So, so annoying. Yet I would rather listen to someone hum the melody to “Mambo No. 5” on a vuvuzela for seventeen hours straight while I tried to pass a kidney stone in the back of a garbage truck that had video of Scott Speizio’s home run in 2002 on a non-stop loop while my feet were in Kleenex boxes filled with tarantulas and A.J. Pierzynski’s toenail clippings if it meant that I didn’t have to listen to the Tomahawk Chop one more time. Truth. I would allow players to gamble openly between innings if it meant the Tomahawk Chop would go away. It’s like the worst humanity has to offer, condensed into one awful bouillon cube of awful.
lol
LOL that's awesome -- totally disrespectful, but awesome
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." ~ David Foster Wallace
This is amazing.
I think I might start reading all their posts just for this kind of stuff.
the comments
Damn, people do hate them some lovable Braves. People exist who hate Lemke? Seriously? I can understand the dislike for players like John Rocker, Deion, and Dave Justice. But so many of those others are just nondescript with little personality. It’s not like we had a team of A-rods. Or as frozendesert said, Barry Bonds.
It’s kind of like the hate I have for Roy Halladay. The dude is amazingly talented, and by all accounts, an extremely nice guy. But, my God, would my life (not his life, my life) be better if:
a) He had never made it out of the minors
b) If he had lost his arm in a farm accident
c) If he got called as a General Authority of the LDS church (as he is Mormon) and therefore could not play baseball ever again (preferably before the NLCS)
d) If he died in a fire
e) etc…
I hate the Phillies so much...
by frozendesert on Oct 7, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
the origins of hate
I was thinking more on this and talking with a friend and Braves fan. We sort of agree that we tend to “hate” players who:
- Have dickish, douchey, whatever personalities (Barry Bonds)
- Receive a ton of media attention (Derek Jeter)
- Do cheating or suspicious things (Kent Hrbek)
We don’t tend to dislike players who just make good plays against my team. Mariano Rivera is a good example of this. We just can’t bring myself to hate the guy. We hate his team, his owning family, his teammates, and his stereotypical fans. But not he.
Upon reflection, I can think of one player I dislike based on one play he made against the Braves: Jim Leyritz.
I agree. I would add though that although we can respect a player, I find myself actively rooting for such things as abysmal performance or injury.
I hate the Phillies so much...
by frozendesert on Oct 7, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Leyritz is a murderer, so there’s a valid reason to hate him.
I wrote a novel, it's about baseball, you should buy it:
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So are probably half the regulars here.
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
Like that's a bad thing.
Shit.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Yes
but I have never been caught after my DUI manslaughters
"I am here to be real and state the things you are all to scared to say because you don’t want to get your feelings hurt or you don’t want to hurt these bloggers feelings. I mean did you read this garbage preview? I mean seriously, it was a pile of crap." - Mastermike
Mike Piazza...
but I guess he fits all three criteria.
Yes, I definitely hate Leyritz
…and Wohlers’ f@#$ing slider. Why the hell did he throw his third-best pitch in that situation?
Don't kiss an ass if it's in the process of shitting on you.
"…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
I should not have read Grant's post in class
I was laughing my ass off and disturbing every around me. That was hilarious.
Wild card
That SF/ATL race for the NL West was Beyond Epic, a 34 on the scale from Pretty Awesomely Epic to Insanely Preposterously Epic. I remember that race like it was yesterday.
Thanks for the memory!
If Albert played in the AFL, they’d have to rename it the AZ/NM Fall League, based on where his homers landed.
If you people haven't read this
Arguably, the best thing ever written in the dregs of ESPN.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Thanks
Oh, this is awesome. Bonds came up to Leo at the ASB and told him the NL West race was over? Classic.
David Nied, John Burkett, and Neon Deion. Love it.
1995 was the year that will live on in the history books, but me, I’ll never forget ’93.
If Albert played in the AFL, they’d have to rename it the AZ/NM Fall League, based on where his homers landed.
Strongest Braves team of the run.
Glavine, Maddux, Smoltz and Avery, in his last great season, plus a lineup that included Justice, Gant and Fred McGriff. Best pennant race of the 2 division era.
My current bone-deep loathing of the Phillies originated with that bunch of grimy, bemulletted assholes. I will always have a place in my heart for Joe Carter and Cito Gaston for saving the world from the squalid spectacle of a World Series parade featuring Dykstra, Darren Daulton and John Kruk.
"Everybody's gotta do what they've gotta do." - Joe Simpson
Daulton, LOL
Didn’t he get beat up by his girlfriend, or was that Chuck Finley? Did they both date the Whitesnake girl? It’s all a little fuzzy.
Oh, and don’t forget…Chipper’s September call-up was 1993 as well.
If Albert played in the AFL, they’d have to rename it the AZ/NM Fall League, based on where his homers landed.
Postseason roster announced!
And yours truly correctly predicted it.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 7, 2010 1:06 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Did we get all 948289247 OFs on the roster?
DON'T GO TO SLEEP EARLY OR JEFF FRANCOEUR WILL HAUNT YOUR DREAMS AND LOWER YOUR OBP. - Scott
Melky, Heyward, Diaz, Rick and McLouth. Hinske is listed as an IF.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 7, 2010 1:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Melky, Heyward, Diaz, Rick and McLouth. Hinske is listed as an IF.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 7, 2010 1:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
This thread
Would read again.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
They are ragging on us for not having many comments…out of curiously, where did TC rank in the SBNation mlb blogs? I’m pretty sure I read it earler in the season.
It's presumptuous of me to say this
But blogging and internet geeking seems more prevalent in the Pacific/Pacific Northwest. I look at the SBN blogs for the Giants, A’s, and Mariners, and they all have gigantic readerships, full of intelligent, debate-enjoying, albeit often smarmy and arrogant at time members.
Personally, I think ragging on other teams’ blogs based on solely their comment count is about as cool of a thing to do as Limp Bizkit, but if they want to feel superior over us as much as possible, to each their own.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Much like bringing up a poster's post total
to win an argument. You may be right, but you just look like a douche doing it.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Not going to say I don't check from time to time
But sometimes it’s useful to get an idea of how long a person’s been around, because sometimes people show up just to deliberately pick fights, troll, or to spout off, or sometimes people have had a bad day, or an opinion that they’re vehemently adamant passionate about. But I pretty much agree with your assessment.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
There’s a difference between dismissing a comment because it came from someone new, and dismissing it because it’s stupid. Stupid comments should be challenged no matter who they come from. Hell, I’ve been here only 7 months, but I say dumb shit from time to time.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Depends
If someone who signed up a day ago, and is making umbrella statements about the community as a whole, then it’s nice to somewhat verify the absurdity of it. That could also be chalked up as a stupid statement, too, however. Granted, nine times out of ten, when called out, such people always claim that they’ve “been around for years, but never signed up,” but it’s the discretion of the reader on whether or not they’re believed.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
I think I win that one. :)
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Oct 7, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I will say in fairness to them
The majority seem to be nice, level headed posters from what I have read. A little ribbing is always fun, except their hating on Skip Caray. I’m just suprised so many of them are able to post during working hours.
I'm not saying they're all arrogant dotcom nerds
And I agree, there are plenty of posters on the aforementioned sites who write a lot of great things, as well as the decent quality of writing from their staffs. But poking fun at the sites themselves and their user bases seems kind of petty, to me.
Regardless, I try not to make that big of a habit of really concerning myself with what goes at the current opposition’s SBN site. It’s often times time consuming enough combing through our own threads, let alone the quadruplicate contributions of that of a McC. But honestly, most of the time, I just don’t really care of what the McCs, TGPs, and AAs general consensuses of TC and the Atlanta Braves are, but it doesn’t mean I can’t respect and admire some of the intellects and writers of our oppositions’ sites.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Yeah
I rarely go over to the other sites but I just couldn’t help myself, this being the playoffs and all. Now note that I just go and read, I find it better not to even try and get involved.
There are no Giants in Braves Country. Well, except Jason Heyward.
The Mariners blog is amazing
Great writers over there.
by E-Lizz on Oct 7, 2010 1:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
LL had me
With the endless hilarity of the Raul Ibanez gifs. Unfortunately, such absurdity has mostly been avoided with his tenure in Philadelphia.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
No disrespect to any other blogger
But Jeff Sullivan over at LL is my favorite SB blogger. Always posts intelligent and insightful stuff. And he’s a comedic genius I am convinced.
by E-Lizz on Oct 7, 2010 3:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Not at all
Jeff Sullivan’s humility is charming, and I enjoy reading his stuff myself.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Yeah, we do that a lot
I, for one, don’t particularly like it.
Juan "Doesn't Cheat The Game" Perez, please keep hitting.
Why does he hate Quilvio Veras? I forgot he existed.
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.
Over the line!
1. Klesko at #3?! Nobody hates the great Ryan Klesko!
B. They dog the hell out of poor Skip Caray, how dare they! (Although the picture of Don Sutton referencing AC Slater was pretty good.)
I will burn their blog to the ground, deuce on the ashes, and set up a Justin Bieber fan site in its place.
Coming soon: winningugly visits Atlanta, takes dump in royhobbs’ Braves hat.
Grant is thinking on an entirely different plane (or maybe 'planet')
Names that failed to make his list: Rocker, Wohlers, Gant and McGriff (though these last two were probably an accident).
Should Have Been Honorable Mention: William Eckert – baseball commissioner when the Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta… and yet stayed in the NL Western division.
Names that DID make the list: Mike Hampton?? Seriously?? Maybe only because two other teams paid the Braves so that he could occupy a roster spot.
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."
Nieves IS the McGriff mention on this list. he was the man that San Diego received for Fred McGriff.
Obviously any links in the above post are probably NSFW
The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
I can't get these butterflies out of my stomach....
and there is still over 7 hours….
There are no Giants in Braves Country. Well, except Jason Heyward.
I feel
strangely calm.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
I’m wondering how much I’ll get to watch tonight… Central Time zone, but I gotta get up at 5am in the morning. Ugh.
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."
This has bugged me all year.
How do you pronounce your handle? Car-PEN-guy? CAR-;pen-guy? Car-PEN-gee? CAR-pen-gee?
IT’S DRIVING ME MAD
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
I always hear car-Pen-gooey
If Albert played in the AFL, they’d have to rename it the AZ/NM Fall League, based on where his homers landed.
This is awesome.
From TheLetter2:
Meanwhile, on a scratchy phone line somewhere in San Francisco
He picked up on the third ring. "Zeets! What’s up?"
"I’m off the roster."
Hudson rubbed his forehead. "What?"
"The postseason roster," Zito said. "I’m not on it. Boch told me this afternoon."
Hudson closed his eyes. "Christ, Barry. I’m sorry."
"Yeah." Zito’s plaintive reply broke Hudson’s heart. How had two of the Big Three fallen so far, so quickly?
"I’ve been tryin’ my best, you know that," Zito said.
"I know you have." Hudson sighed, shifted the phone from one ear to the other. "Look, I’m sure it isn’t personal. Maybe they just wanted to give Bumgarner a shot." The words immediately rang false, even to his own ears.
There was a long silence on the other end of the line. Finally, a bitter laugh escaped Zito’s mouth. "Oakland seems like a hundred years ago, doesn’t it, Huddy? Maybe I should hook up with Mulder and work on my golf swing. God knows I won’t be much use around here."
Hudson winced. "Don’t say that."
Another pause. "You’re gonna do good for ’em," Zito said. "But you know I can’t root for you."
"I know." Hudson bit his lower lip. "Listen, if you want, we could have lunch or somethin’ while I’m in town. Catch up a little or whatever. We don’t have to talk baseball or anything."
"I think I’m going to stay close to home this weekend," Zito said. "But thanks."
"Okay," Hudson replied. "But, y’know, if you change your mind or something…"
"Yeah, yeah. I’ll call you," Zito said, though he knew he wouldn’t do any such thing.
"I really am sorry about the roster thing."
"Eh, gives me time to work on my paddleball skills."
"Heh. I guess."
"I better let you go. You’ve got stuff to do."
"It can wait."
"No, it can’t. Go out there and do what they pay you do, Huddy. I’ll catch you later. Bye."
"Bye, Zito," Hudson replied, but the phone line had already gone dead.
Seriously...
I’ve told you guys before that I don’t like to troll, but rather read other team’s blogs to find out the kind of insight on a team that only the fanbase has. The quality varies from blog to blog. As does the fan participation…. Fishstripes…. just makes me really really sad.
You guys, {disclaimer} although I hate you and your club and your players and their pets and their pets fleas with the burning intensity of a thousand suns, {/disclaimer} tend to be passionate, knowledgable and – most importantly funny – fans.
I LOVE The Good Phight and laugh hard every day at some regulars and their posts and my god do they know their shit.
All that said…
McCovey Chronicles is the funniest goddamned baseball blog I’ve come across on the interwebs. I’m not saying it’s the best. I’m not saying it’s the most baseball savvy. I’m not saying it has the most die-hards.
But it is the opposing team blog with the highest Laughing-My-Ass-Off-on-jokes-in-Game-Thread average in SBNation.
Any group of fans that after 3 months with him pick up on Pat Burrell’s chain-smoking, hard-drinking, skirt-dropping ways an love him for it can’t be too bad….
by Chutley's Impressed by Mac's Speed on Oct 7, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
:(
Poor Zeets
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
I cried a little.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
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