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re: Honestly the only thing we can do is...

Posted by Patron Saint on 11/4/24 at 9:47 am to gizmothepug

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Blood is still blood

Not that this really matters, but since you keep saying this, I don’t think Rita is related to Tom Benson by blood. I think Rita’s mother was adopted by Tom Benson.

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re: The ATL Thread 10/1: Be Cocky All Da Time... It Playoff

Posted by Patron Saint on 10/1/24 at 9:49 pm to volfan30

Honestly it feels like our window is closed already after just a few years ago thinking we were set up for a decade. Repeated injuries to key players, losing Fried, and one bad trade (Murphy) have sapped my optimism.

re: The ATL Thread 10/1: Be Cocky All Da Time... It Playoff

Posted by Patron Saint on 10/1/24 at 9:42 pm to UltimaParadox

What a weird playoff game. The doubleheader made Snit manage the game like it’s the Sunday before the All-Star game after playing 22 games in 21 days. Just punted the game from the beginning.

re: The ATL Thread 10/1: Be Cocky All Da Time... It Playoff

Posted by Patron Saint on 10/1/24 at 9:34 pm to elposter

I wish we had just one guy like Arraez who could just hit the fricking ball and doesn’t swing for the fences and miss on every pitch.

re: The ATL Thread 10/1: Be Cocky All Da Time... It Playoff

Posted by Patron Saint on 10/1/24 at 9:31 pm to Patron Saint

I also don’t have a ton of faith in Ozzie going forward. Not a big OBP guy and he’s had a lot of injuries.

re: The ATL Thread 10/1: Be Cocky All Da Time... It Playoff

Posted by Patron Saint on 10/1/24 at 9:30 pm to volfan30

Acuña probably can’t play in the field every day. If we keep both Ozuna and Soler, that could be three guys splitting DH time.

re: The ATL Thread 10/1: Be Cocky All Da Time... It Playoff

Posted by Patron Saint on 10/1/24 at 9:18 pm to Patron Saint

Never mind. Zone doesn’t matter if we swing at pitches in the first base dugout.

re: The ATL Thread 10/1: Be Cocky All Da Time... It Playoff

Posted by Patron Saint on 10/1/24 at 9:13 pm to UltimaParadox

This is the type of game where you need your manager to go out there and get ejected. No energy from the Braves, a wide zone, and you need runs. Go off on the home plate ump. Maybe he tightens the zone a little (maybe not). If nothing else, it gives us fans some entertainment.

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re: The ATL Thread 9/30: I'm Terrified Edition

Posted by Patron Saint on 9/30/24 at 2:37 pm to Fat Bastard

Nothing like watching the Atlanta team you hate win, and the Atlanta team you like collapse.

re: tOfficial Berhalter Out

Posted by Patron Saint on 7/1/24 at 11:23 pm to MOT

Surely this was some kind of signal of how to defend the set piece? I can’t imagine any coach being a big enough idiot to call out the score of another game to his team.

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re: ATL thread 6/24 - Braves (Schwellenbach) at Cardinals (Frick) - 6:45 CDT

Posted by Patron Saint on 6/24/24 at 8:47 pm to UltimateHog

What’s the consensus on CJ Nitkowski? I find him annoying. I like advanced stats but he just beats you over the head with numbers. I enjoy the games with Glavine or Frenchy way more.

re: ATL Thread 5/20: Doubleheader Edition

Posted by Patron Saint on 5/20/24 at 2:06 pm to Patron Saint

Bad loss, maybe the worst of the season

re: ATL Thread 5/20: Doubleheader Edition

Posted by Patron Saint on 5/20/24 at 2:05 pm to tween the hedges

It was a nice play but Harris shouldn’t have swung at that ball in the dirt.

re: ATL Thread 5/20: Doubleheader Edition

Posted by Patron Saint on 5/20/24 at 2:04 pm to LSUJockStrap

The approach is pitiful. Both Harris and Duvall swinging at shite way out of the zone.

re: ATL Thread 5/20: Doubleheader Edition

Posted by Patron Saint on 5/20/24 at 1:48 pm to Murph4HOF

Snitker is allergic to pulling a reliever when he doesn’t have it in a high leverage spot.

re: ATL thread 4/19 - Braves (Sale) vs Rangers (Frick) - 6:20 CDT

Posted by Patron Saint on 4/19/24 at 6:23 pm to LSUJockStrap

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re: New In-Season Men’s College Basketball Tournament to Offer $2M in NIL Deals

Posted by Patron Saint on 3/9/24 at 9:31 pm to KillTheGophers

We are in the post Madonna era now.

re: Zion’s effort

Posted by Patron Saint on 12/7/23 at 11:00 pm to partywiththelombardi

Shaq and Barkley just killed him. Said he doesn’t run the floor, doesn’t work hard, doesn’t rebound. Barkley said there’s no reason he shouldn’t be averaging 11-12 rebounds per game, and he should be the best player on the team as the #1 pick but isn’t even close to being one of the two best on the team.

re: What we see with Zion is his ceiling

Posted by Patron Saint on 12/7/23 at 10:01 pm to DBeaux225

Middle schoolers usually put forth some effort on defense.

re: Pels vs Lakers:semis

Posted by Patron Saint on 12/7/23 at 9:51 pm to AboveTheRim

Fatass can’t even make a FT

re: Team is a reflection of their coach

Posted by Patron Saint on 12/7/23 at 9:49 pm to Geauxgurt

At one point he was yelling at them to get their hands up. Ingram looked up and just kept his hands by his sides. Seems pathetic to me that NBA players have to be told to put their hands up on defense like a bunch of children.

re: Zions lack of effort is concerning

Posted by Patron Saint on 12/7/23 at 9:22 pm to AboveTheRim

The announcers are calling Zion’s mental lapses out. And he gives nothing on the boards.

re: Zions lack of effort is concerning

Posted by Patron Saint on 12/7/23 at 9:18 pm to hassan whiteside

He looks like he’s getting fatter as the season goes on.

re: Carr

Posted by Patron Saint on 11/27/23 at 2:32 pm to nicholastiger

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Some coaches cut players when they fumble like that.

Has Allen cut a single player of consequence this season? It seems like Sean Payton would do that all the time, probably to send a message to the rest of the team. (Not saying we should cut Taysom).

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re: Carr

Posted by Patron Saint on 11/27/23 at 10:16 am to keakar

In 2006, the league-wide completion percentage was 59.8%. In 2023, it's 64.8%. So Brees was 4.5% above average and Carr is 0.7% above average.

Brees was 27 years old and hadn't peaked yet. Carr is 32 and probably has already peaked. QBs typically peak between the ages of 26 to 30.

Carr has sucked this year.

ETA:
Brees finished 2006 1st in yards, 5th in comp%, 3rd in TDs, and 3rd in passer rating.

Carr is currently 16th in yards, 16th in comp%, 22nd in TDs, and 17th in rating.

Comparing raw numbers from 2006 to 2023 is a bad comparison because the game has changed. Compared to the rest of the league, Carr in 2023 is nowhere close to Brees in 2006.

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