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I remember when Schuerholz took over, the thing fans a lot of fans were most excited about was that he promised to have a better grounds crew. The Braves had a really shitty grounds crew before that, and the new crew would get a standing ovation sometimes after they dragged the infield.

And they also started playing Put Me In Coach when the team took the field. And then the team started winning and they'd draw 55,000 on a Wednesday night.

There will never be energy lke that around an Atlanta sports team ever again. It was lightning in a bottle, It's hard to appreciate if you're not old enough.

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I was a huge Braves fan from the late 70's onwards. I grew up going to see the Richmond Braves and later moved down to SC. By the late 80's I was really burned out. I think it was the year Ted did that "One Crazy Summer" promotion and they lost over 100 games. I think it was maybe 1988. I was really skeptical in 91. I was at UGA and I remember going to the first Braves game I had been to in years right in the middle of the Fall division battle. I think at the time we were battling the Dodgers for the West division. The energy at Fulton County stadium was electirc.

Interesting thread. Agree w/ an early thread - I think Kemp is done. He's in his late 50's and can do pretty much whatever he wants - TV, think tank, consulting, speaking, golf, or whatever he wants. It wouldn't surprise me if he took some post at UGA like Sonny Perdue. I am hoping he takes some time off and then decides to run for President.

The Republican governor primary will likely go to a runoff with Jackson, Jones, and Raffensperger.

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PS To the poster above who mentioned Ed Thilenius. He was the play by play announcer before Munson and not his color guy.

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Thanks for clearing that up. I asked Chatgpt and it was wrong. I asked it again and just said Scott Howard and that Loran Smith was his main on-air partner. I think in the 80's it was just Larry in the booth and he would frequently call down to Loran on the field; "Loran what ya got?"

I never heard about that Indianapolis property destroyed joke he told. Crazy if true. Howard had a really tough job following Munson. He seemed better suited as the color analyst and I had to look back but he did that from 1993 to 2008. I had to look up who was Larry's color analyst before that - Ed Thilenius. I really don't remember his voice.

I had heard Dantzler was in the running to replace Munson but the off color comments he made on radio hurt his chances. Then later on he had a DUI arrest. I think I may have heard Buck Belue tossed his name in the hat as well. I've always liked Jeff. The post-game and call-in show he does with Bulter are good.

Side note, I thought Zeier was a great color analyst. I'm guessing he probably just stepped down due to time constraints. Last time i talked with him he had a a job with Bank of America.

Gunner should improve this year. Biggest thing I saw last year is he defaulted to his check down too much which was often a screen pass. I think it's tough for a QB like Gunner to transition to college. He was bigger and faster than everyone in AA HS ball. He doesn't have the speed to do what he did in HS so he has had to transition to more of.pocket passer. He's not scared to run but he probably being encouraged to do it less if he wants to go to the NFL. To me he's a lot like Fromm with a bit more speed and running power.

my GF lived in River Mill in 94 & 95 so I lived there part time for 2 years. It was actually a pretty decent apartment. Way better than my apt at Sussex.

Kirby has to be beside himself. If there's one thing that may drive him out of college coaching it's these boneheads. That Jordan Davis incident had to be real hard on him. He's had a few players with serious felony charges too.

I missed the game but watched the extended highlights w/o knowing the score. That first half was rough. I can't remember how many times we had solid season and then run into a hot team in the post season tourneys. Like we won the SECCG then hit a hot Xavier team. How did Ole Miss only win 13 games this season? That white dude could not miss it seemed. Some of the offensive lulls brought back memories of the Fox era. We are a tough physical team but 36/26% shooting is terrible and Ole Miss was 45/45%. Great comeback in the 2nd half though. I guess we are a 10 seed.

Mike White getting it done in Athens. He could be the first coach to make the NCAA's 2 years in a row since I think Harrick did it. If we win Saturday would be a winning SEC record and we already have 20 wins. Great job considering we lost our top 2 scorers. Hopefully they can work on make the UGA basketball brand stronger. Kind of like Auburn, Bama, and TN have done. They aren't JUST football schools.

Haven't heard definitively either. Seems like the charges could be dropped with a good attorney. Walmart self-checkout is really chaotic. I rarely shop at Walmart but going to make sure it's obvious that I scanned all my items next time.