Braves Quote For The Day II ... O'Ventbrel, Ctd
by gondeee on Sep 9, 2011 3:55 PM EDT
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From this week's Sports Illustrated, comes a great article about the Braves bullpen trio of Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters, and Eric O'Flaherty:
The triumvirate is more than filthy. They are nasty, in a manner similar to that of the famous Nasty Boys—the Reds' relief trio of Norm Charlton, Rob Dibble and Randy Myers, who in 1990 posted a combined ERA of 2.28 and carried Cincinnati to a world championship. O'Flaherty, Venters and Kimbrel are in most ways outpacing that group—their combined ERA this year is 1.63—but they fall short in one: branding. While Venters is ironically known in his clubhouse as Jonny Badass (thanks to a July 2010 ejection for beaning the Brewers' Prince Fielder), O'Flaherty's nickname is the much blander "O." Kimbrel's is still less creative: "Everyone calls me Craig," he says. "That, or Dips---."
No one has come up with anything more evocative for them as a trio. "The Nasty Boys is pretty cool sounding," says O'Flaherty, the most extroverted of the three. "We need something like that." A Braves radio announcer proposed Sit Down, Shut Up and Go Home, but that's a lot of words to print on a T-shirt. For now they are known, simply, as O'Ventbrel. "We need something tougher than that going forward," says O'Flaherty.
"Jonny Badass!" I don't know how I hadn't heard that one yet, but I LIKE IT!
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How about we add Vizcaino
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/01/goro530.jpg
And just call the foursome GORO? Two strong righties, two strong lefties. Simple, and we could sell printed t-shirts with four sleeve holes instead of two.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Sep 9, 2011 3:59 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I want that badly
but I think we have to wait for Vizcaino to add himself..
He is nasty, but putting him in with the other three is unfair to O’ventbrel in my mind.
He can be the bottom right arm
The lesser-used one that holds the kombatant while the top right and top left arms pound them
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
hahahahahaha
I would support that if only for the GIF
In the South?
Naaaahhhhh.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Loooove that lineup!!
I am such a fan of Chipper batting second
yeah...
but winning game one against the cards would be huge I think..
They need a sweep, and if we win game 1 we knock the wind out of them
I like that Wilson is getting a start. Like it a lot.
Good lineup. Just need to execute.
Very glad we don’t have to see Wainwright this year.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Fredi is dragging them kicking and screaming out of these recent rut. I wish Constanza would get more of a run because he adds more than Heyward at this point, but Fredi’s brilliance shines through again.
Re: Constanza, no he doesn't.
"If you go out to a bar, pick up a chick, take her home, but can't close the deal, we used to call that "Calling Dan Kolb in for relief."-Talking Head
by SCrebel10 on Sep 9, 2011 5:02 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Brainstorm session?
I say we let everythought that comes up fly.. then we’ll narrow it down.
In my mind, it’s our place to come up with the name over any announcers… only the clubhouse could trump our support
I thought Cerberus was perfect. I even commented the fanshot saying that was almost perfect.
by Index_Fossil on Sep 9, 2011 5:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm liking Triumverate and Armageddon
Hasn’t someone labeled them Unholy Trinity somewhere? Leaving it Holy Trinity would work, too.
If you're going biblical
Son’s of Thunder
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
Boston Braves
If we were still in Boston we could steal the ESPN line and go with " The Boston 3 Party"… funny commercial
by RichmondBravesFan on Sep 9, 2011 4:21 PM EDT reply actions
Maybe we start with their three individual nicknames
Johnny Badass
BlitzKraig
O???
Eric the Red?
If we can land [Stephen Drew], I will give FW a bj.
~justincredubil02
by king of games on Sep 9, 2011 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
i love the nordic reference…
and for the record we need an official decree that requires Venters to henceforth be referred to as Johnny Badass…bc, well if you need an explanation you don’t understand what badass is.
"No. Lonely people mixing with one another? Breeding? Creating an even lonelier generation? You're not even allowing natural selection do its work. Pssh. You're like the guy who invented the seat belt."
Dwight Schrute
SI needs better fact checkers.
Venters didn’t bean Prince, Fielder’s gravitational field pulled in the ball.
If we can land [Stephen Drew], I will give FW a bj.
~justincredubil02
lol…almost sounds like a fat mama joke
by RichmondBravesFan on Sep 9, 2011 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Menage K Trois
"You come at the king, you best not miss."
by a hooter's baby on Sep 9, 2011 4:38 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Game O’Ver….
Fredi’s Angels…
ARMageddon sounds good, from what I saw previously.
by WeStillHaveBobby on Sep 9, 2011 6:48 PM EDT reply actions
that was the new york giants’ nickname for bradshaw, jacobs, and ward
"I heard that Tits was "well rounded" and his brother Cans was a "stand out." :D"
by Old Braves' Fan on Aug 18, 2010 3:05 PM PDT
by BravesRaleigh on Sep 9, 2011 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm cool with
simply STFD
Melky was a fail, but that was Melky’s fault, or the fault of Atlanta for having awesome cheeseburgers and ribs.
by Broccoman on Feb 21, 2011 4:11 PM EST
let me drop cerberus back in the bottom of the thread..
He guards the entrance to death.. Cerberus is THE game ender
and he is the archetypal triple headed monster
Doggie wanna bone?
"Forget Roy Halladay or Clayton Kershaw or Cliff Lee, the NL Cy Young Award should go to O’Ventrel." - David Schoenfield, ESPN.com, 8/19/11
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