Hot Stove Braves Preview

by gondeee on Feb 3, 2010 9:18 PM EST

Here is the blog radio interview I did with HotStove.com last week. I had no idea they were doing it on video, lucky for you I refused to give them a mug shot.

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Good interview other than the guy that wouldn’t shut up about the Mets. We get it, you are a Mets fan.

by HTF on Feb 3, 2010 10:15 PM EST reply actions

I agree, nice interview. they really kept pursuing the Smoltz/Glavine/Maddux question there at the end. They seemed to be getting a little joy out of making a Braves fan choose.

"Dum spiro spero"

by Bravely going forward on Feb 3, 2010 10:38 PM EST reply actions

Just a heads up...

figured I’d put it here. On Yahoo’s pre-spring training team preview deal, they’ve been going 30th to #1, finally reaching the Atlanta Braves at #8, which will post sometime tomorrow morning. Just wanted to give y’all a heads up on it, though I’m sure many of you already know, since this is a Yahoo blog. Anyway, it’ll probably tell us a lot of stuff we know, maybe a couple things we don’t, but I’ll try and get the link up in a fanshot if no one else has hopped on it by the time I go to work in the morning. By the way… I’ll definitely take 8th in the initial Yahoo power rankings… cause we’re only gonna get better. It’s almost that sweet, sweet time of year, folks:)

"...Braves tie! ...Braves tie! ...Braves tie!"

by The Keith Lockhart Era on Feb 3, 2010 11:52 PM EST reply actions

Ugh

I remember we were #1 on a lot of PRs after the first week of the season…and then we
started to suck. No thanks in 2010.

Remember folks, I'm almost always wrong.
My sig was too long...

by Scott Coleman on Feb 3, 2010 11:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Haha

Well, if you put up 10 runs a game and dominate the first week that will happen. Until a certain unmentionable game against the Phillies is blown and the universe rectifies itself once more.

"...Braves tie! ...Braves tie! ...Braves tie!"

by The Keith Lockhart Era on Feb 4, 2010 9:48 AM EST up reply actions

Thank you, sir.

"Sometimes I wonder what'd it be like to be outside and not hear the birds chirping...I think it'd be kind of nice."

by alligatorimpersonator on Feb 4, 2010 1:10 AM EST up reply actions

I’m kind of curious what that mugshot would look like…

"Sometimes I wonder what'd it be like to be outside and not hear the birds chirping...I think it'd be kind of nice."

by alligatorimpersonator on Feb 4, 2010 1:11 AM EST reply actions

"Matt Diaz is a baseball player."-Joe Simpson

by 10-4 on Feb 4, 2010 8:35 AM EST up reply actions

Is that Rip Torn?

"...Braves tie! ...Braves tie! ...Braves tie!"

by The Keith Lockhart Era on Feb 4, 2010 9:48 AM EST up reply actions

yep. From his recent drunken attempted bank robbery.

"Matt Diaz is a baseball player."-Joe Simpson

by 10-4 on Feb 4, 2010 9:58 AM EST up reply actions

I would say "how the mighty have fallen"

…but was he ever really mighty?

"...Braves tie! ...Braves tie! ...Braves tie!"

by The Keith Lockhart Era on Feb 4, 2010 8:25 PM EST up reply actions

Don’t you dare talk about Patches O’ Hoolahan!

"Matt Diaz is a baseball player."-Joe Simpson

by 10-4 on Feb 4, 2010 8:34 PM EST up reply actions

We're not hosting an intergalactic kegger down here!

by J-Freak on Feb 5, 2010 12:42 AM EST up reply actions

HotStove.com

Sorry about the Mets overload. I guess I just need to get my frustrations out! What, no sympathy from Braves fans! LOL! We love doing these chats and Martin was a great guest for us. We can’t wait to see how the Braves bring it this season. I am pumped to see Jason Heyward and what he can do.

Paul Rubillo

by hotstove on Feb 4, 2010 5:44 AM EST reply actions

It’s all good. You guys got a good thing going.

by HTF on Feb 4, 2010 12:21 PM EST up reply actions

Derek Lowe

I rolled my eyes a bit with the “Is Derek Lowe still available” question, believing that the Vazquez trade completely negated the possibility, but your answer surprised me some. I suppose I underestimate that he could still get dealt if the circumstances were favorable.

by hoboken_wood on Feb 4, 2010 11:51 AM EST reply actions

Way off topic

I am bored at work and decided to look at the Braves projected line-up.
1.McClouth
2.Prado
3.Chipper
4.Glaus
5.McCann
6.Escobar
7.Diaz
8.Heyward/Cabrera
With this lineup our projected team bating avg. would be .287 with an OBP of .360. I used the players career numbers. I also used Cabrera since we have nothing to go by with Heyward.
That is pretty fantastic team batting. We may not have the fire power that some teams have but we certainly have some hitters. Lineup may not be in the perfect order but it’s close..

by rcates on Feb 4, 2010 4:32 PM EST reply actions