Author Topic: A Moment of Silence is in Order (Read 3800 times)

Don · « **on:** September 19, 2006, 02:11:19 pm »

...in honor of Braves fans everywhere, whose team is OFFICIALLY NOT the National League Eastern Division Champions for the first time in [EDITED TO READ] a long freaking time.

I wonder if this means that Braves fans will now have any motivation to go to future Division Series home games?

Duman · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2006, 02:18:23 pm »

I grew up a Braves fan through the rough 70's and 80's. I still follow them as one of my preferred teams. I have enjoyed the run. I still remember where I was when Sid Bream rounded third and lumbered home like he was carrying the weight of the hopes of all southeastern baseball fans.

They had to lose sometime and to lose with the hope provided by young talent and a fairly well stocked farm system takes the sting away for most Braves fans.

Alkie · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2006, 02:21:40 pm »

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...in honor of Braves fans everywhere, whose team is OFFICIALLY NOT the National League Eastern Division Champions for the first time in 15 years.

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt.

Who won the NL East in 1993?

Don · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2006, 02:26:00 pm »

Apparently the Phillies. My bad. I did look, but not hard enough apparently.

Still a long ride though.

Alkie · « **Reply #5 on:** September 19, 2006, 02:27:38 pm »

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt. (Phils did win the NL East, yes).

Who won the NL WEST in 1993?

mihoba · « **Reply #9 on:** September 19, 2006, 02:48:52 pm »

Aye, in udder words, hork th' Braves an' th' TBS bandwagon ya landlubbers who ortin' t' be keel hauled.

No? in Austin · « **Reply #11 on:** September 19, 2006, 03:13:21 pm »

When I saw the FoxSports game this Saturday and they kept repeating the crying Astro boy in the Crawford Boxes, it reminded me that karma is a bitch sometimes. We loved the crying Bravo boy in the 2004 NLDS... it became an avatar in this here venerated forum.

Now, in honor of 2006, it would be only fair to get a screen cap of crying Astro boy 2006 for TZ induction. It is a way of reminding us that pride usually goes before the fall or better still, there *IS* crying in baseball.

Mostly fans, mostly whining... but crying nonetheless!

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #12 on:** September 19, 2006, 03:16:22 pm »

...and to lose with the hope provided by young talent and a fairly well stocked farm system takes the sting away for most Braves fans.

Right.

JimR · « **Reply #13 on:** September 19, 2006, 03:22:00 pm »

anyone who admits to being a Braves fan should be banned forever.

Alkie · « **Reply #15 on:** September 19, 2006, 03:46:46 pm »

October, 1990. I was 14 years old and hardly an itch in my daddy's crotch. I remember the times. They was tough.

I had just started high school. Hadn't had an alcoholic beverage yet. Hadn't had sex (with a partner) yet. Couldn't drive. Couldn't buy a lottery ticket; mostly because there wasn't one yet in Texas (right?). The Astros were properly in the NL West and the St Louis Cardinals were some team we played a few times a year, but no one really cared much. I hated the Mets as much as any team who ever existed and the Braves were the perennial doormat of the NL. Bad uniforms, bad pitching, terrible records.

Little did we know.

So, raise your glass and have a hearty fuck you Ted Turner! As much as my father grew up hating the Yankees for boring him to tears every postseason, I hate you for ruining my teens and 20s with the Braves.

The Astros may not be playing for anything this October, but at least you won't be either.

So I go back to an old familiar friend, after 16 years. "GOD, I hate the FUCKING METS."

Alkie · « **Reply #18 on:** September 19, 2006, 03:58:45 pm »

In HERE, yes, but I wouldn't have said anything that filthy at 14.

Alkie · « **Reply #20 on:** September 19, 2006, 04:00:45 pm »

I don't follow, what are you guys trying to say?

Froback · « **Reply #21 on:** September 19, 2006, 04:07:19 pm »

Thanks for bringing back memories of the NL West days when the hatred for Dodgers, Giants and Mets were the ones we held the strongest....

For me it definately went:
Mets
Dodgers
Giants

But then I have always hated the NY teams and the over-hype they have always received.

Alkie · « **Reply #23 on:** September 19, 2006, 04:29:13 pm »

I think Padres/Twins ought to be a proper send off for Fox doing the World Series. Isn't this their last year or am I thinking of another sport that Fox has ruined for me?

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