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Final Spring Training Open Thread: Tigers at Braves

Kenshin Kawakami gets the final start of the spring for the Braves before they leave for Philly to open the season. The game will be live on Sports South. Oh, and I was just clicking through my Comcast channels, and they have added the MLB Network in High Definition -- truely awesome! Yes, folks, baseball for real is almost here.

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Tommy G

on Braves Live. Calling Frenchy “Jeffey”? Cute.
They’ll have Jordan on next.
Wish I was there – it’s a gorgeous day.

Ditto

At least you aren’t at work till 7p (I assume)

Not today, have to do a road trip in about an hour or so.
Feel for ya! Hope you at least have a window – that doesn’t look into a parking deck like mine. Monday through Friday I never know whether the sun is out or not.

Schafer's Interview

What did Schafer have to say?

Sorry, I missed most of it while in the bathroom throwing up due to “#10…Fred”’s comment (see my post below). Thanks for the follow up info, Weldon!
Turns out it was a pre-recorded segment with Joe Simpleton – not live, and all I heard was them talking about him taking #24 & the history of the number…

I wonder...

why she’s not working with Braves Live this year.

Katie Temple...

that is.

i went! (not to rub it in)

It was a great day, but i’m fried.

These "analysts" on CSS are utter tools.
Oh no, he didn't...

the new BL guy, Fred whatever, just called the Braves the yankees. Get rid of him and bring back OKT!

Hickman's got quite a history...

http://deadspin.com/5100372/the-curious-case-of-fred-hickman

God knows why he was hired. He doesn’t seem, you know, competent. And OKT was a lot easier on the eyes…

Is there a link to this game today?

2-0 tigers
2nd inning

yes— i bet directv started up the extra innings channel too (i have it)

Worried?

Is anyone else worried about the Kawakami situation this year?

Could Hanson entering the game here foreshadow a midseason KK breakdown and the big call-up of Hanson? haha

I'm going to write this one off...

…to nerves. First time pitching in the big-boy park… new mound, wanting to impress, etc. I was less than thrilled with the goomba who was booing so loudly…he needs to move to Philly or New York.

yeah, but seriously, you’re probably right

THAT'S WHAT....

I’M TALKING BOUT BABY!!!!!!

FUCKING CHRIST!

Did you see that curveball from Hanson! Dear God!

Haithcockesque…

We're no strangers to loooove

you know the rule and so do i

lmao. It was worth it to see Hanson get that out.

That pitch was nasty. Tommy all day long. Now the game gets interesting. Let’s put up some runs guys!!

Sweet!

Way to go Tommy H.

My mouth fell open when I saw that TH curve. Dang…

You could tell...

that KK was getting frustrated in that last inning.

awesomeness

baseball is on tv here in texas!!!

sadly, it is the yanks vs the redsox…

Must be an old game...

Red sox are playing the Mets right now. 6-0 Boston in the third.
Skanks are playing Cubs…don’t know the score ‘cause I don’t care.

(Some) free MLB.tv games this weekend:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp

must be...

i just found kc vs the rangers…i think i will watch that instead.

FYF

with a homer!

looks like the power is starting to come back

i just hope he doesnt think it IS* (see what I did there?) back and regress now.

FRF is the new FYF

Fuckin right Frenchy…. STOP HATIN’ ON HIM PEOPLE!!

Check back on the older threads…fyf goes both ways, sweetie.

FRF just doesn’t sound right

MattE

Lean mean stealin’ machine!

So what was KKs deal today?

2.2 ip, 3h, 4r, 4er, 7bb, 0k

Was it just one of those days where he couldnt locate, or was it something else?

Just had trouble locating his fastball. He wasn’t barely missing, he was a good foot off the plate a lot. That’s very unlike him, so I’ll chalk it up to nerves/end of spring training.

can we just say he was tinkering with a pitch?

Please? I hope he wasnt this bad without expirementing

He didn’t look bad, I think he’ll be successful – just one of those days.

Should have said "Sorry" to Glavine...

… Hanson is ready—he made Magglio Ordonez look foolish.

why didn’t we trade hanson to San Diego?

Because of his sexy goatee.

But since he shaved it, we should just go ahead and ship him off.

They mad him shave it off when they sent him to minor league camp. He’s still sexy on the inside.

Was Kawakami getting squeezed? Because jesus christ, 7 walks and no Ks in less than 3 innings is frightening.

A little bit...

But it really didn’t matter that much because most of the time he was missing very badly.

Christ, that makes me a little sick.

Back from the game...

So the game wasn’t very good, but it was a pleasure to be back at the ballpark. I got some good pics of Kawakami and Hanson in the bullpen before the game, but for some reason photobucket is not loading my pictures. Once i figure out what the deal is i’ll put em up. Best part of all: Tommy Hanson autograph baseball! Woo hoo!

Awesome!

I went to the game last night and Vasquez looked really good. I look forward to seeing your photos.

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