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[Oriole85]

Damn..

 

Watching WTBS back in the 80s with Ernie Johnson Sr, Skip Caray, and Pete Van Weiren many a night with some terrible Braves teams. 

 

RIP

I'm probably showing my age here, but I can't ever remember the Braves being bad. Still having a hard time realizing Bobby Cox isn't managing them anymore.

[SBTarheel]

I'm probably showing my age here, but I can't ever remember the Braves being bad. Still having a hard time realizing Bobby Cox isn't managing them anymore.

Go back and look at the NL Standings from 1983-1990..Bad is an understatement. 

 

I'd say we got Cable in 1982 or '83, and WTBS literally showed every game. We had WOR, which had about 50 Mets games, but no WGN, and HTS wasn't around yet. ESPN didn't have Baseball, so we got one game on NBC every Saturday. So it was a lot of Bad Braves baseball. 

[Oriole85]

Go back and look at the NL Standings from 1983-1990..Bad is an understatement. 

 

I'd say we got Cable in 1982 or '83, and WTBS literally showed every game. We had WOR, which had about 50 Mets games, but no WGN, and HTS wasn't around yet. ESPN didn't have Baseball, so we got one game on NBC every Saturday. So it was a lot of Bad Braves baseball. 

I know, remember reading that Ted Turner told Dale Murphy when he asked for a raise, "We finished last with you, we'll finish last without you."

[SBTarheel]

1985: 66-96

1986:72-89

1987: 69-92

1988: 54-106

1989: 63-97

1990-65-97

 

They won the next 15 NL West/East titles. 

 

weird. 

[Oriole85]

1985: 66-96

1986:72-89

1987: 69-92

1988: 54-106

1989: 63-97

1990-65-97

 

They won the next 15 NL West/East titles. 

 

weird. 

O's are about to have a similar run right?, now we can complain about only winning ONE World Series.

[SBTarheel]

O's are about to have a similar run right?, now we can complain about only winning ONE World Series.

Amen, brother!

Oh wait, you're way younger than me. 

 

 

Amen, "Son"! 

[Oriole85]

Amen, brother!

Oh wait, you're way younger than me. 

 

 

Amen, "Son"! 

Just a big age difference, you're not old enough to be my father.

[SBTarheel]

Just a big age difference, you're not old enough to be my father.

I know..just thought it was funny. 

[McNulty]

Shit dude Robin Williams.  Damn.

[Russ]

Shit dude Robin Williams.  Damn.

What? I don't see that anywhere.

[SammyBirdland]

Shit dude Robin Williams.  Damn.

Whoa.

[BSLMikeLowe]

All over the Twitter. Found unconscious and not breathing at his home around noon PT. Shit.

 

EDIT: Apparent cause is asphyxiation....possible suicide.

[SammyBirdland]

This article seems to be implying suicide. http://insidemovies....ams-dead-at-63/

[You Play to Win the Game]

Fuck that. Awful.

[Icterus galbula]

When he was promoting his new TV series on late night shows about a year ago he was talking about a recent relapse with alcoholism that he had. Looked pretty world weary and uncomfortable to me.

[SportsGuy]

What a brilliant comedian he was. Such a shame.

[Mike in STL]

Robin Williams live on Broadway is the hardest I have ever laughed at anything ever. Terrible. They interrupted the Os game on the radio to break the news.

[Dupin]

This is the biggest celebrity loss I've experienced, I loved his work.

[fishteacher]

Losing Robin Williams hurts my childhood.....FUCK!  RIP Robin....I hope you find peace in death that you obviously could not find within yourself in life.  Ugh...heart broken.  #NANU NANU my friend.

[BSLMikeLowe]

Let the tributes begin...

 

Robin Williams was funny as hell, but this was always my favorite.