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JUNE 18-24, 2010 CHECK US OUT AT SCOREATL.COM VOL 6 NO 25 02 I SCORE ATLANTA Get In The Game! ALW A Y S AT SCOREA TL.COM JUNE 18-24, 2010 SCORE ATLANTA I 03 ™ STARTING SHOT OF THE CCAANN’’TT LINEUP MMIISSSS THIS WEEK PUBLISHER/EDITOR I.J. Rosenberg Braves RP GENERAL MANAGER Bob Houghton WEEK… Is Perry Laurentino a front-runner? Does Terry Jonny Venters MANAGING EDITOR Stephen Black Pendleton deserve praise? “The Fletch” weighs ART/CREATIVE DIRECTOR DJ Galbiati 4 BUSINESS MANAGER Marvin Botnick these issues and more in his weekly sports SALES Mark Mayo, Mike Nale media column. 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Laurentino plays the scoundrel role well; Oliver knows his college football f you’ve never listened to 680 The Fan’s was by himself last week as Matt Chernoff trip to see the Texas Rangers hitting coach Imorning show “The Rude Awakening”, you was out and while Friday became Paul opposed to his own. Here is the thing though, wouldn’t know that one of the co-host Perry Finebaum-East, that was OK! On Friday, and Sports Illustrated pointed this out as well CAN YOU BELIEVE... Laurentino is an “any front-runner other than Kang took consecutive calls that would make in an issue a few weeks back: the reason the Atlanta” fan. Perry “roots” for the Pittsburgh Finebaum (a popular Alabama radio host who Braves’ offense has come around has been due ...HE SAID THAT? Steelers, the New York Mets and the USC is known for inciting college football fans to an increase in walks and OBP. “A couple of more years of (Troy) Glaus Trojans. (He doesn’t appear to have an NBA with crazy, unfounded rumors and generally The SI piece interviewed Pendleton, ask- would sound mighty good.” The AJC’s or NHL team, probably because the show talking college football all year long) proud. ing him if he made it a point to emphasize the Mark Bradley. Yep, the same Mark Bradley doesn’t address basketball or hockey enough The first caller asked about Alabama’s offen- higher OBP approach. He said it was not his that wanted Glaus run out of town on a rail for him to try to incite the fans by cheering sive line before the classic “I’ll hang up and idea. Interesting. TP, who won an MVP in his earlier this off-season now wants Frank for a major rival or front-runner.) listen” line. Then, the next caller asked about day as a player and spent time with the Braves Wren, a guy he slammed for signing Glaus Recently, when his alma mater, USC, was new South Carolina tailback Marcus during his career before becoming the hitting to a one-year deal, to sign the aforemen- smacked around by the NCAA, Perry went Lattimore, but he hung up and listened. instructor, didn’t preach the take, take, take off, not on his school for doing wrong, but on Kang is certainly at his best when he is approach. So, sorry Jeff, it doesn’t appear that tioned Glaus to a multi-year deal to take everyone else. First he bashed the NCAA for dishing on college football. True he knows he deserves all of the credit in this situation. over for Chipper Jones. Tell me Mark, you coming down too hard. Then he bashed ALL plenty about the other sports he talks about, Earlier this season, it was Bobby Cox and haven’t twisted an ankle jumping on and of the school presidents, likening them to but he is the “King of College Football” for a Pendleton who wanted Heyward to be more off and on again the Frank Wren and Troy pimps doing anything for money. After this reason. The guy knows his stuff. He devours aggressive, going away from the strategy that Glaus bandwagons, have you? Could you failed deflection, he openly wished for Reggie all of the magazines and talks to the right seemed to be working. No, I cannot heap praise still type about how Mark Richt is on the Bush to have been able to “do it again!” people through his connections with CSS and upon him just yet. He has earned a reprieve from hotseat with a twisted ankle? Said the Trojan fan, “Go for $400,000 Auburn. His discussions on college football all of the “Let’s Fire Terry” talk, but let’s not give instead of $300,000. Go for more next time!” put to shame when anyone else on Atlanta the man a huge raise just yet. Remember, I will say this that I am sure this was tongue- radio tries to go solo on the topic, including Chipper Jones and Brian McCann are not having sion. 790 The Zone’s Mike Bell ripped her, in-cheek as Perry wasn’t using his Buck Belue at his own station as well as if their typical seasons and Yunel Escobar is just with good reason, for that the next Monday. interview/commercial voice which is his anyone from 790 tried to do it, which I cannot now starting to come around. Hey, how is your Could someone get Bell on the line “serious” voice. Instead he was in “quasi- recall anyone since Chuck even trying. work going with McLouth these days? There are again, because she managed to butcher the scream with disbelief ” mode. Please, as a college football fan, give us more still too many negatives, especially historically, Super Regional between UVA and OU. It He made me laugh as well (which might Kang talking college football. The guy knows for me to pull a Mark Bradley and be the first to seems like perhaps she thought the baseball have been his goal the entire time?) when he his stuff. We want more! flip-flop and jump on the Terry is Great band- game would end after seven innings (maybe said for everyone to wait three years when wagon. I just cannot do it. like softball does?) and she seemed surprised USC is preseason No. 3. His logic? “You think NO LOVE FOR T.P. … Finally, Georgia Tech fans will be able to to be calling an eighth inning. Other times Alabama would have suffered on probation The AJC’s Jeff Schultz came to the commiserate with University of Virginia and she just didn’t talk while her two color com- with Saban as coach? No they had Shula!” defense of Atlanta Braves hitting coach Terry Oklahoma college baseball fans as Pam Ward mentators took us through the action.