The Atlanta Braves Thread (Terry Pendleton Edition)

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Arthur Blank originally wanted a straight-up open air stadium. It became a retractable dome as a compromise with the city/state/GWCC people because they were afraid of losing a lot of events without a roof. March Madness, concerts, the Super Bowl, etc -- and including the SEC championship game.

And yes, the Dome is coming down for parking.

Wow, how you gonna tear down a perfectly fine dome?

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Another ELI interception on his receivers

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Another ELI interception on his receivers

Yep

 

[Vercingetorix]

Another ELI interception on his receivers

What? Back it up and watch it again. There was nobody within eight yards of the guy, but Eli threw it so high he had to jump for it and try to catch it with his fingertips. Crappy throw.

 

[FalcoVol]

Wow, how you gonna tear down a perfectly fine dome?

That's what we're gonna do in the SEC Championship that year.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

What? Back it up and watch it again. There was nobody within eight yards of the guy, but Eli threw it so high he had to jump for it and try to catch it with his fingertips. Crappy throw.

Lemme ask you this. Did that ball not hit both his hands? He is a damn professional football player, if it hits both your hands, you catch it. Even the announcer said that. If he hits him stride it is a TD.

 

[GAVol]

Wow, how you gonna tear down a perfectly fine dome?

The same way they blew up the Omni and Fulton County Stadium. Atlanta has never had much of a problem with sports venue sentimentality.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

The same way they blew up the Omni and Fulton County Stadium. Atlanta has never had much of a problem with sentimentality.

Didn't they just renovate it fairly recently?

 

[Vercingetorix]

Lemme ask you this. Did that ball not hit both his hands? He is a damn professional football player, if it hits both your hands, you catch it. Even the announcer said that. If he hits him stride it is a TD.

It hit both his hands after he jumped in the air and reached all the way over his head with full extension. Terrible throw. He was wide open.

 

[Vercingetorix]

If I threw Verc Junior a pass like that out in the front yard, I'd apologize.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

It hit both his hands after he jumped in the air and reached all the way over his head with full extension. Terrible throw. He was wide open.

Should a professional tight end not catch a ball that hits both his hands? Not a good throw, I'll give you that. But it was VERY catchable. No?

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

If I threw Verc Junior a pass like that out in the front yard, I'd apologize.

Junior is not a damn professional tight end, is he?

 

[GAVol]

Didn't they just renovate it fairly recently?

Yeah. Th Falcons and the WCC dumped some money into it about 5 years ago to update it.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

If I threw Verc Junior a pass like that out in the front yard, I'd apologize.

Verc Junior still would have caught it though

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Put it this way Verc, you throw me that same pass 10 times, I guarantee you I catch it 8 out of 10 times.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Verc Junior still would have caught it though

Or he'd be running some damn laps.

 

[NochNoch]

Lemme ask you this. Did that ball not hit both his hands? He is a damn professional football player, if it hits both your hands, you catch it. Even the announcer said that. If he hits him stride it is a TD.

If he catches that, it's one hell of a great catch but that's still a bad throw.

 

[Vercingetorix]

In all seriousness: I don't really blame Eli. His team pretty well sucks, other than him; he's in a position where he has to try to make all the plays, or else his team loses.

In other words, now he's in a similar position to what his brother has had to deal with his whole career.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Sorry Verc but I think I'll trust Donte Stallworth on this one:

@DonteStallworth: That INT wasn't on Eli. The play was "All Go" from a 2x2 formation. Inside WRs supposed to run up seam/numbers, that's where Eli threw it.

@DonteStallworth: I've ran that play at least 1,001 times. Trust me on this one

RT @brian8556utube: @DonteStallworth Eli overthrew him.

@DonteStallworth: @JudyBoggan the ball was thrown to the outside edge of the numbers, it looked overthrown bc he was on the inside edge.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Yall watching the baseball game?

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Neeeevermind

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

I will grant you that what's good for Atlanta isn't necessarily good for fans of the sports team that plays in the world's largest French-speaking outdoor urinal, but that hardly counts as "America."

As expected...

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

If he catches that, it's one hell of a great catch but that's still a bad throw.

Your standards for one hell of catch are a tad low. He did not dive, he jumped, ball hit both his hands. Good catch? Yes. Hell of a catch? That's a bit of stretch.

It wasn't a good throw, but I am the only one crazy enough to think that a professional football player (paid in millions) should catch a ball that hits his hands (plural)?

 

[Vercingetorix]

Sorry Verc but I think I'll trust Donte Stallworth on this one:

@DonteStallworth: That INT wasn't on Eli. The play was "All Go" from a 2x2 formation. Inside WRs supposed to run up seam/numbers, that's where Eli threw it.

@DonteStallworth: I've ran that play at least 1,001 times. Trust me on this one

RT @brian8556utube: @DonteStallworth Eli overthrew him.

@DonteStallworth: @JudyBoggan the ball was thrown to the outside edge of the numbers, it looked overthrown bc he was on the inside edge.

Do you have similar excuses ready to go for his other 14 interceptions?

 

[NochNoch]

Your standards for one hell of catch are a tad low. He did not dive, he jumped, ball hit both his hands. Good catch? Yes. Hell of a catch? That's a bit of stretch.

Yes he jumped instead of dived but he jumped and had to spin back against his momentum and try to catch a ball that hit him at the tips of his fingers (plural) that would have made it a great catch.