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Title: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: cbbama99 on July 11, 2012, 10:46:07 AM As I read about Chipper Jones' speech and then subsequent hit last night in the All Star Game, it started me to thinking about who may be the most beloved Braves player. While Hank Aaron may seem logical to many, and Dale Murphy is a sentimental favorite for many more, Chipper having played his entire career in an Atlanta uniform may also be worth many votes as well. My personal favorite (and my favorite player ever) is John Smoltz, but I think C. Jones deserves consideration. Being as there are many guys on here who follow the Bravos, what say you? Are there other players who deserve mention in that category? (Andres Thomas, Rick Mahler, Ken Oberkfell? :lol: )
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: pmull on July 11, 2012, 11:08:31 AM Announcer Ernie Johnson.
How he stayed positive through watching the worst team in baseball all those years gets him my vote. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: crtuneman on July 11, 2012, 01:08:25 PM How about Phil Niekro? Sid Bream is also a candidate just because of his famous slide. And what about Tom Glavine? He spent the majority of his career with the Braves and was one of the main leaders in all of their championship teams. Finally, don't forget about Bob Horner. Nobody had better hair than Bob, and he could eat more hot dogs than any other Brave. lol
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: 2Stater on July 11, 2012, 01:40:49 PM You can't forget Alabama native Bruce Benedict. He was the "Bob Uecker" (unheralded catcher status) for mostly bad Atlanta teams. And ole Yosemite Sam (Glenn Hubbard). But, I will always think of Hank & Chipper when it comes to the Braves.
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: hscoach on July 11, 2012, 03:00:18 PM Growing up a Braves fan, there were many players I admired. My Brother's favorite was Orlando Cepada. I had many who I would call favorites. One was Steve Avery, don't know why, but at a time I thought he had the best stuff of all pitchers. I also like Andruw Jones. Actually, there are just too many to list.
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: Crimson Legend on July 11, 2012, 03:05:28 PM Skip was fun to listen to.
One of my favs was Bob Horner..too bad he didn't last very long. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: Chechem on July 11, 2012, 03:05:33 PM Growing up a Braves fan, there were many players I admired. My Brother's favorite was Orlando Cepada. I had many who I would call favorites. One was Steve Avery, don't know why, but at a time I thought he had the best stuff of all pitchers. I also like Andruw Jones. Actually, there are just too many to list. Always enjoyed the 90s Braves, especially the pitchers. BTW, hsCoach, did you check out the football recruit (Bo Scarbrough) in the other thread? Interested to know what you think. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: ricky023 on July 11, 2012, 03:08:43 PM Well my most thought of is NOCOHOMA. He had a cool dance every time the Braves accidentally hit a home run. I use to love the smoke coming out of the top of the TeePee.RTR!
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: hscoach on July 11, 2012, 03:48:15 PM Growing up a Braves fan, there were many players I admired. My Brother's favorite was Orlando Cepada. I had many who I would call favorites. One was Steve Avery, don't know why, but at a time I thought he had the best stuff of all pitchers. I also like Andruw Jones. Actually, there are just too many to list. Always enjoyed the 90s Braves, especially the pitchers. BTW, hsCoach, did you check out the football recruit (Bo Scarbrough) in the other thread? Interested to know what you think. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: Marshal Dillon on July 11, 2012, 04:55:04 PM Henry Aaron was my boyhood hero. Other favorites include Phil Niekro, Glavine, Dave Justice, Smoltz, & Felix Milan, Maddox.
(http://www.1960sbaseballprofilesnl.info/attachments/Image/Aaron.jpg) :clap: Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: XBAMA on July 11, 2012, 05:45:39 PM the 95' team was my favorite , you know who they are
always liked for no special reason Andres Galarraga , big bat , loved the the big bat hated to see him leave Andruw Jones , he made it look effortless in the field so much so he was accused of being lazy Ryan Klesko and Bret Boone , both are great guys they treated my youngest son like a rock star , I really appreciated what they did , and I got mad as hell when they got traded to SD Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: Jamos on July 11, 2012, 05:57:18 PM Wow, you guys really opened the memory box. It's been a long time since I've heard some of those names but it sure brings back some great memories, thanks. :clap:
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: XBAMA on July 11, 2012, 06:05:19 PM Wow, you guys really opened the memory box. It's been a long time since I've heard some of those names but it sure brings back some great memories, thanks. :clap: ain't that the truth ! :clap: it's just great to see folks interested in baseball to me you know , because all the cool kids are football players ... LoL ! it's enough to make Coach Riley say , we won the SEC and still get leftovers :lol: Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: 2Stater on July 11, 2012, 06:29:42 PM John Rocker........... What? :dunno:
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: XBAMA on July 11, 2012, 06:33:43 PM John Rocker........... What? :dunno: didn't they give him the key to New York City one time ? :lol: Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: 2Stater on July 11, 2012, 06:36:57 PM John Rocker........... What? :dunno: didn't they give him the key to New York City one time ? :lol: Yeah , but they shoved it up his........um, they didn't put it in his hand. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: cbbama99 on July 12, 2012, 12:57:48 PM Glen Hubbard and Bob Horner are both good ones, as well.
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: Leroy on July 12, 2012, 01:45:12 PM Dale Murphy would have to be on the short list along with some of the others already mentioned. I always enjoyed watching Otis Nixon and little Belliard (sp?) too although don't know if I'd call them beloved...
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: pmull on July 12, 2012, 02:16:22 PM Here is the Wikipedia site that has all the braves records.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlanta_Braves_team_records Dale Murphy has the most skikeouts in Braves history with 1581. He was only a career .265 hitter. You Braves fans need to set your sights higher if he is one of your "most beloved". The Braves pitcher with most career wins never played for Atlanta - Warren Spahn with 363 wins and 63 shutouts. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: bama57 on July 12, 2012, 02:26:44 PM The sultan of swat, and then Hank! I grew up listening/watching Hank, and read everything I could find about the sultan
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: Marshal Dillon on July 12, 2012, 02:51:10 PM Here is the Wikipedia site that has all the braves records. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlanta_Braves_team_records Dale Murphy has the most skikeouts in Braves history with 1581. He was only a career .265 hitter. You Braves fans need to set your sights higher if he is one of your "most beloved". The Braves pitcher with most career wins never played for Atlanta - Warren Spahn with 363 wins and 63 shutouts. As a baseball fan, you are missing the point. Murphy was a power hitter, not a for average hitter. He was a two-time MVP in the NL. He was an outstanding right fielder & center fielder. Being beloved has nothing to do with stats, even though they are important. Barry Bonds and Jose Canseco were awesome hitters, but hated by most. http://xosports.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/dale_si_cover23.jpg Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: pmull on July 12, 2012, 03:37:05 PM MD, the Braves were horrible during most of Murphy's career. They won one divison title (1982) and no pennents until he was in the twilight of his career in the early 90's. I know he hit 398 HR and had his number retired. He was a good player. If you strikeout a lot and don't hit for average you better hit with power and drive in runs. If you want to pick a "most beloved Brave" that played on bad teams and hit for power and drove it runs it has to be Hank Arron. If you want to add an 's' to the title of this thread and make it plural Murphy would be a good choice.
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: Marshal Dillon on July 12, 2012, 03:58:12 PM MD, the Braves were horrible during most of Murphy's career. They won one divison title (1982) and no pennents until he was in the twilight of his career in the early 90's. I know he hit 398 HR and had his number retired. He was a good player. If you strikeout a lot and don't hit for average you better hit with power and drive in runs. If you want to pick a "most beloved Brave" that played on bad teams and hit for power and drove it runs it has to be Hank Arron. If you want to add an 's' to the title of this thread and make it plural Murphy would be a good choice. Another reason he was so beloved was he was a great person. He was very humble and religious and a great role model for kids. No player in baseball ever said a bad word about him. The reason the Braves were so lousy in the 1980's was very simple, very poor pitching and fielding. It took them over 10 years to restock and build up their minor leagues. That led to their great run in the 1990's. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: 2Stater on July 12, 2012, 09:31:34 PM MD, the Braves were horrible during most of Murphy's career. They won one divison title (1982) and no pennents until he was in the twilight of his career in the early 90's. I know he hit 398 HR and had his number retired. He was a good player. If you strikeout a lot and don't hit for average you better hit with power and drive in runs. If you want to pick a "most beloved Brave" that played on bad teams and hit for power and drove it runs it has to be Hank Arron. If you want to add an 's' to the title of this thread and make it plural Murphy would be a good choice. Another reason he was so beloved was he was a great person. He was very humble and religious and a great role model for kids. No player in baseball ever said a bad word about him. The reason the Braves were so lousy in the 1980's was very simple, very poor pitching and fielding. It took them over 10 years to restock and build up their minor leagues. That led to their great run in the 1990's. I'm with you, MD, stats have nothing to do with who is most beloved. Dale Murphy was an icon to me and most Brave fans. I mentioned Bruce Benedict earlier and there was also Rafael Ramirez, Jeff Burroughs, Pascual Perez, Gerald Perry, Claudell Washington, Jeff Blauser, Ron Gant, Mark Lemke, Lonnie Smith, Javy Lopez, Fred McGriff, and many others. Not many superstars, but many favorites to many people who followed the Braves. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: pmull on July 12, 2012, 09:51:41 PM MD, the Braves were horrible during most of Murphy's career. They won one divison title (1982) and no pennents until he was in the twilight of his career in the early 90's. I know he hit 398 HR and had his number retired. He was a good player. If you strikeout a lot and don't hit for average you better hit with power and drive in runs. If you want to pick a "most beloved Brave" that played on bad teams and hit for power and drove it runs it has to be Hank Arron. If you want to add an 's' to the title of this thread and make it plural Murphy would be a good choice. Another reason he was so beloved was he was a great person. He was very humble and religious and a great role model for kids. No player in baseball ever said a bad word about him. The reason the Braves were so lousy in the 1980's was very simple, very poor pitching and fielding. It took them over 10 years to restock and build up their minor leagues. That led to their great run in the 1990's. I'm with you, MD, stats have nothing to do with who is most beloved. Dale Murphy was an icon to me and most Brave fans. I mentioned Bruce Benedict earlier and there was also Rafael Ramirez, Jeff Burroughs, Pascual Perez, Gerald Perry, Claudell Washington, Jeff Blauser, Ron Gant, Mark Lemke, Lonnie Smith, Javy Lopez, Fred McGriff, and many others. Not many superstars, but many favorites to many people who followed the Braves. Stats do matter. This is not Dixie Youth baseball. They don't give out participation trophies. The Braves sucked when Murphy played for them. They averaged about 70 wins a year but they had a lot of beloved players. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: Marshal Dillon on July 12, 2012, 10:06:38 PM MD, the Braves were horrible during most of Murphy's career. They won one divison title (1982) and no pennents until he was in the twilight of his career in the early 90's. I know he hit 398 HR and had his number retired. He was a good player. If you strikeout a lot and don't hit for average you better hit with power and drive in runs. If you want to pick a "most beloved Brave" that played on bad teams and hit for power and drove it runs it has to be Hank Arron. If you want to add an 's' to the title of this thread and make it plural Murphy would be a good choice. Another reason he was so beloved was he was a great person. He was very humble and religious and a great role model for kids. No player in baseball ever said a bad word about him. The reason the Braves were so lousy in the 1980's was very simple, very poor pitching and fielding. It took them over 10 years to restock and build up their minor leagues. That led to their great run in the 1990's. I'm with you, MD, stats have nothing to do with who is most beloved. Dale Murphy was an icon to me and most Brave fans. I mentioned Bruce Benedict earlier and there was also Rafael Ramirez, Jeff Burroughs, Pascual Perez, Gerald Perry, Claudell Washington, Jeff Blauser, Ron Gant, Mark Lemke, Lonnie Smith, Javy Lopez, Fred McGriff, and many others. Not many superstars, but many favorites to many people who followed the Braves. Stats do matter. This is not Dixie Youth baseball. They don't give out participation trophies. The Braves sucked when Murphy played for them. They averaged about 70 wins a year but they had a lot of beloved players. Your total stubbornness and lack of understanding on this matter is totally stunning to me. True fans of a team have beloved players because of who the player is and how he acts and his efforts for his team. Ernie Banks was an incredible shortstop for the Cubs and they never won but he was a truly beloved player. Maybe I just don't understand your point. ??? Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: 2Stater on July 12, 2012, 10:15:18 PM MD, the Braves were horrible during most of Murphy's career. They won one divison title (1982) and no pennents until he was in the twilight of his career in the early 90's. I know he hit 398 HR and had his number retired. He was a good player. If you strikeout a lot and don't hit for average you better hit with power and drive in runs. If you want to pick a "most beloved Brave" that played on bad teams and hit for power and drove it runs it has to be Hank Arron. If you want to add an 's' to the title of this thread and make it plural Murphy would be a good choice. Another reason he was so beloved was he was a great person. He was very humble and religious and a great role model for kids. No player in baseball ever said a bad word about him. The reason the Braves were so lousy in the 1980's was very simple, very poor pitching and fielding. It took them over 10 years to restock and build up their minor leagues. That led to their great run in the 1990's. I'm with you, MD, stats have nothing to do with who is most beloved. Dale Murphy was an icon to me and most Brave fans. I mentioned Bruce Benedict earlier and there was also Rafael Ramirez, Jeff Burroughs, Pascual Perez, Gerald Perry, Claudell Washington, Jeff Blauser, Ron Gant, Mark Lemke, Lonnie Smith, Javy Lopez, Fred McGriff, and many others. Not many superstars, but many favorites to many people who followed the Braves. Stats do matter. This is not Dixie Youth baseball. They don't give out participation trophies. The Braves sucked when Murphy played for them. They averaged about 70 wins a year but they had a lot of beloved players. And I was one of those people that watched them when they were horrible and still loved them. You have to realize we are talking about players we admire. As MD pointed out, Jose Conseco and Barry Bonds had great stats, but few admire them. Has nothing to do with Dixie Youth baseball, participation trophies or anything else you may wish to make light of. Ask the people in Cleveland what they thought of Rocky Calavito or Jim Thome. Ask anyone in Chicago what they thought of (pick one) over the years. The Cubs eternally suck, but they love or admire many, many players that got them nowhere. I totally disagree with you, pmull. Stats, in this situation, do not matter. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: hscoach on July 12, 2012, 10:16:21 PM What about Ralph Garr?
Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: pmull on July 12, 2012, 10:24:25 PM MD, the Braves were horrible during most of Murphy's career. They won one divison title (1982) and no pennents until he was in the twilight of his career in the early 90's. I know he hit 398 HR and had his number retired. He was a good player. If you strikeout a lot and don't hit for average you better hit with power and drive in runs. If you want to pick a "most beloved Brave" that played on bad teams and hit for power and drove it runs it has to be Hank Arron. If you want to add an 's' to the title of this thread and make it plural Murphy would be a good choice. Another reason he was so beloved was he was a great person. He was very humble and religious and a great role model for kids. No player in baseball ever said a bad word about him. The reason the Braves were so lousy in the 1980's was very simple, very poor pitching and fielding. It took them over 10 years to restock and build up their minor leagues. That led to their great run in the 1990's. I'm with you, MD, stats have nothing to do with who is most beloved. Dale Murphy was an icon to me and most Brave fans. I mentioned Bruce Benedict earlier and there was also Rafael Ramirez, Jeff Burroughs, Pascual Perez, Gerald Perry, Claudell Washington, Jeff Blauser, Ron Gant, Mark Lemke, Lonnie Smith, Javy Lopez, Fred McGriff, and many others. Not many superstars, but many favorites to many people who followed the Braves. Stats do matter. This is not Dixie Youth baseball. They don't give out participation trophies. The Braves sucked when Murphy played for them. They averaged about 70 wins a year but they had a lot of beloved players. Your total stubbornness and lack of understanding on this matter is totally stunning to me. True fans of a team have beloved players because of who the player is and how he acts and his efforts for his team. Ernie Banks was an incredible shortstop for the Cubs and they never won but he was a truly beloved player. Maybe I just don't understand your point. ??? Ernie Banks is not a good example to make your point. He played on poor Cubs teams but he is one of the best players to ever play the game. He had a .274 avg with 512 HR. He is a 14 time all star and a member of Major League Ballball All Century Team. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year. I said Murphy was good but I don't have to like him just because you do. Title: Re: Most Beloved Brave? Post by: BAMAWV on July 15, 2012, 11:07:25 PM MD, the Braves were horrible during most of Murphy's career. They won one divison title (1982) and no pennents until he was in the twilight of his career in the early 90's. I know he hit 398 HR and had his number retired. He was a good player. If you strikeout a lot and don't hit for average you better hit with power and drive in runs. If you want to pick a "most beloved Brave" that played on bad teams and hit for power and drove it runs it has to be Hank Arron. If you want to add an 's' to the title of this thread and make it plural Murphy would be a good choice. Another reason he was so beloved was he was a great person. He was very humble and religious and a great role model for kids. No player in baseball ever said a bad word about him. The reason the Braves were so lousy in the 1980's was very simple, very poor pitching and fielding. It took them over 10 years to restock and build up their minor leagues. That led to their great run in the 1990's. I'm with you, MD, stats have nothing to do with who is most beloved. Dale Murphy was an icon to me and most Brave fans. I mentioned Bruce Benedict earlier and there was also Rafael Ramirez, Jeff Burroughs, Pascual Perez, Gerald Perry, Claudell Washington, Jeff Blauser, Ron Gant, Mark Lemke, Lonnie Smith, Javy Lopez, Fred McGriff, and many others. Not many superstars, but many favorites to many people who followed the Braves. Stats do matter. This is not Dixie Youth baseball. They don't give out participation trophies. The Braves sucked when Murphy played for them. They averaged about 70 wins a year but they had a lot of beloved players. Your total stubbornness and lack of understanding on this matter is totally stunning to me. True fans of a team have beloved players because of who the player is and how he acts and his efforts for his team. Ernie Banks was an incredible shortstop for the Cubs and they never won but he was a truly beloved player. Maybe I just don't understand your point. ??? Ernie Banks is not a good example to make your point. He played on poor Cubs teams but he is one of the best players to ever play the game. He had a .274 avg with 512 HR. He is a 14 time all star and a member of Major League Ballball All Century Team. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year. I said Murphy was good but I don't have to like him just because you do. |