Braves Quote For The Day

by gondeee on Mar 30, 2010 9:40 AM EDT in Braves Quote For The Day

This article from Yahoo is a couple of days old, but worth a read, if not for the gushing praise of our young right fielder:

Al Goetz needed to make the rest of the baseball world think the Atlanta Braves wanted nothing to do with Jason Heyward(notes). So he did what any reasonable scout would. Goetz turned into a stalker.

Past the outfield fence at Henry County High School stands a small forest, and as all the other scouts passing through suburban Atlanta sneaked peeks at Heyward from behind home plate, Goetz settled in the thicket. Scouting success often necessitates subterfuge, and in order to watch Heyward without giving away the Braves' desire to draft him, Goetz played woodsman.

It actually gets better after that.

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Great read

I’m sure there was the feeling of, “This guy can’t be as good as I think he is going to be”. Heyward fell into our laps and I hope he’ll be with us for a long long time.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
~Earl Wilson

by BeantownVol on Mar 30, 2010 9:56 AM EDT reply actions

I wonder if scouts recognize each other…

"Hey Fat Kid...the monster is right behind you! RUNNNN!!" -The Host

by bwellnjonesco on Mar 30, 2010 10:04 AM EDT reply actions

Guys who work in the same area do. And usually they have a bag with them that has both their name and the team they work for, so it’s pretty hard not to spot a scout most times.

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by cbwilk on Mar 30, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions

That is is…he is LArry Walker…i was trying to figure out the perfect comparison and that is it… Can Heyward play hockey?

I guess Heyward is taller, but in terms of skill set they are almost identical. If Heyward has the career Walker had (he’s a 300/400/500 hitter for his career) then we should feel very blessed

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Mar 30, 2010 10:28 AM EDT reply actions

wasnt this fanshotted a while ago?

"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"

"You look like you should be married to one of the San Diego Padres."

by Doghnut on Mar 30, 2010 10:47 AM EDT reply actions

Yes, yesterday

because I read and commented on it!

by HEYJUDE on Mar 30, 2010 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Here's how my mind tends to work when I read things like this

…6-foot-5, 245-pound leviathan whose spring-training showcase forced Atlanta to summon him.

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

by royhobbs on Mar 30, 2010 3:56 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Man, you are such a nerd. It’s awesome.

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by cbwilk on Mar 30, 2010 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Arguably the biggest one here.

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

by royhobbs on Mar 30, 2010 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Is that old-school Final Fantasy?

I haven’t played any of the pre-FFVIII games. I tried FFVII, but I couldn’t get past the graphics.

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by buzzdeadwax on Mar 30, 2010 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm the opposite

I hate all the new Final Fantasies because they’re all fluff and no story. The older you go, the more actual challenging difficulty there is, and some good stories to boot, graphics be damned.

Seriously, the commercial for FFXIIIIIIIII or wahtever they’re at sounded like a Mariah Carey concert instead of a video game of any quality.

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

by royhobbs on Mar 30, 2010 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions