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July 29 - August 4, 2011 CHECK US OUT aT SCOrEaTl.COm Vol 7 No 26 2 | score AtlAntA Get In The Game! A l w Ay s A t s c o r e a T l . c o m JUly 29 - AUGUst 4, 2011 score AtlAntA | 3 STarTing linEUp Can’T miSS THiS WEEK Publisher/editor I.J. Rosenberg the Fletch gives his opinion on the braves’ blown call and also weighs in on a major shift in Atlanta sports GeNerAl MANAGer Bob Houghton 4 radio. MANAGiNG editor Stephen Black Art/CreAtiVe direCtor DJ Galbiati busiNess MANAGer Marvin Botnick 5 in our cover story, evan shapiro breaks down the NFl labor agreement and how it affects the Falcons. sAles Rubin Reisler desiGN iNterN Julian Strayhorn II “big b” gives his insight on recent Atlanta sports news in his column. beAt Writers Josh Bagriansky (Hawks), Stephen Black 7 (UGA), Dave Cohen (Georgia State), Joe Deighton (Thrashers), Ricky Dimon (Falcons), Fletcher Proctor (Braves), Thomas Watson (Tech), Brian Jones (Preps) the sunbelt baseball league is in the midst of their playoff season, as Jason Parker reports. stAFF Writers Drew Collins, Erica Cohen, Sean Conway, 12 Sharon Jackson, Jack Morbitzer, Jason Parker, Ben Poplin, Scott St. Lifer, Jay Thomason, CoNtributors C.C., Brian Katrek, Alex Ewalt, Tad Arapoglou, TEAM SCOOp AND VOICES Dean Zindler, Zander Lentz, Kevin Dankosky, Mitch Evans, Chris SHOT OF THE WEEK... 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Blown call being overblown; Zone wins drive-time battle, causes lineup changes fter six hours, 39 minutes and 19 innings, shuFFliNG deCK … so tied to listening through commercials to Aa bad call on a play at the plate ended Speaking of Mike Bell, his radio show hear the outcome of teases like I have been CAN YOU BELIEVE... a marathon Atlanta Braves/Pittsburgh Pirates received a new time slot, apparently respond- recently with Matt Chernoff throwing out game and apparently signified the end of the ing to 680 The Fan’s response to 790’s rising teases during the afternoon drive. If he stays ...HE SAID That? world. At 1:50 A.M., Twitter was about to ex- ratings. Even though 680 didn’t do it because creative, fewer dials will be switched over to plode with #worstcallever messages flooding of ratings (per an AJC article), and I am sure P&B, considering the two seem synced up “there is not one cyberspace. (Do we still call it cyberspace?) 790 isn’t doing it in response to 680’s sched- commercial-wise these days. The obviously missed call was the topic of ule change (because Steak wouldn’t make fun sense of doom both sports radio morning shows the next day of the station he works for, right?). Pollack heWITT beiNG heWITT … and even ESPN.com ran a story called “Worst & Bell grew by 33 percent (it took a while Did I read correctly in a recent Sports or gloom.” Call Ever.” for the duo to figure out how much longer Illustrated that Paul Hewitt was the coach My response: really? The “worst call they’d be on the air), going from three hours of the US’s U-19 team? I guess I shouldn’t ever?” Are you serious? This is a July series (4-7 p.m.) to four hours (3-7 p.m.). This also be surprised that the team finished fifth that was Georgia head coach between the Braves and the Pirates. I realize in the recent 2011 FIBA U19, probably means that a bad past few months for the 2 Mark richt at SEC Media days. the Pirates are struggling to finish above .500 Live Stews just continued. First the 2LS’s because the timeouts were used incor- for the first time since 1992 while competing deal with Sporting News Radio ended and rectly. Hewitt, who now coaches George As a Georgia alum and diehard for the NL Central crown (and the right to they returned to simply being live and local Mason, had some interesting quotes in the bulldog football fan, i want lose to Philadelphia in the NLDS), but come SI piece, especially in regards to a player in Atlanta, then the show’s hours were re- nothing more than for this to be on. Worst call ever? How about last year duced by one. Doug and Ryan now just punch he missed out on while at Georgia Tech, when Jim Joyce called a runner safe, ruining the clock from 1-3 p.m. every day. I haven’t Jeremy Lamb, the former Norcross stand- true, but if richt really cannot a perfect game? How about the Cardinals/ tuned in much since the hour reduction, but out who just helped UConn win the na- feel the pressure on him then Royals World Series in 1985? How about a tional title. Hewitt at one point questioned I will be interested in hearing if the original his head is in the sand. i hope game that actually mattered? If the situation callers, some of which were ignored with the Lamb’s desire to be there. Lamb went out was reversed, I would probably be miffed… national show, will still call in now that the and scored 35 points in one of the elimina- richt turns it around but there for about 20 minutes. Then I’d move on. Stews have returned to their Atlanta roots. tion games, following it up with a 21-point is pressure, Coach. sorry. Perry Laurentino of 680 The Fan’s The The reason for the Pollack & Bell switch effort, so I wouldn’t question his desire to Rude Awakening was calling for instant re- probably has something to do with Chuck be there. Hewitt continues to astound and play on all plays. I am sure 790 The Zone’s & Chernoff’s move to afternoon drive, and amaze even though he isn’t even at Tech Mike Bell will now continue to beat the drum after two weeks of listening, I will say that anymore. Hmm. Georgia Dome in EARLY December (SEC for “lasers and sensors on the uniforms!” Pollack & Bell might just be in trouble. The SEC Media days was last week and I am Championship game) and in a bowl game on Can people just relax? Every year there Zone was clearly going after the younger amazed that no one locally called out Geor- or after January 1. I would have thought that are maybe two bad calls like this OVER audience while going against Buck & Kin- gia head coach Mark Richt. As a Georgia the AJC’s Mark Bradley would have jumped THE ENTIRE SEASON. Each team plays cade, but now Chuck & Chernoff can court grad and diehard Bulldogs football fan, even on this, but instead I guess he jumped off the 162 games. There are 30 teams. Think about that demographic. The Zone might be in a bit I can recognize that Richt is on the hotseat. “RICHT MUST GO” bandwagon to stand up that. It is like plane crashes. You only hear of a pickle. Chuck & Chernoff’s chemistry I have defended him the last two years from for him. Wow, things must be turning around about them because they are so rare. Un- doesn’t seem as forced as Pollack & Bell’s being called “on the hotseat” by various me- for Coach Richt. less every call, including balls and strikes, but you cannot split those two up because dia members, but there is no question about Finally, the ACC media days also took is reviewed, then people need to stop call- Pollack is your tie to college football, mo- it now.