GS Baseball is getting some good pub. Big fan. I am.
But here is the thing that no one is talking about. With Elon and GSU tied in the loss column at 4 apiece and Elon down 3 SoCon games to GS's only 2, the Eagles are in the driver seat. Win out and there is nothing else anyone can do.
Thats a nice spot to be in.
As far as regional prediction, I will go ahead and assume UGA and GT will host. Now, the questions begin. Which would you prefer?
GT is solid, but beatable, obviously. UGA is tough at home, especially when they are facing elimination in Athens.
GT maybe the answer, but I am taking UGA. If the ultimate goal is to win it all, then you have to beat a 'UGA' at some point, might as well be in Athens.
And I think from a 'storyline' standpoint, it would do this fan base some good. UGA is coming off quite a high from last years title game, Omaha run. And those in the Classic City who have not noticed Perno's crew yet will certainly will come postseason time. Think of the statewide attention it would get. This fan base needs something like that in a time that I feel, quite frankly, is about to be another bright, sucessful run for GS athletics.
I would say that beating GT would give you that same kind of pub. Maybe if if it were by, say, 20 runs.
But you and I know better. To get that kind of press from the Atlanta media, the beating would have to come from outside its city limits.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
A few thoughts from last night's game 1 vs. Davidson
1.) Mederos is a big game pitcher. He gets better the bigger the situation. His best fastball was his last to end the eighth.
A quote to me after the game..."Friday before the game, he's like Tiger coming out on Sunday..." Brian Pierce, commenting about Medorus focus taking the bump. Impressive.
And it will get no bigger than when he's on the mound in Greenville in that pro park.
2.) Will Southwell looks back to his old self. He has a chance this weekend to get back into the lineup for good.
3.) Bobo never recovered from the Homerun. Plain and simple. It happens and hopefully not in the near future for Dex.
4.) If GS keeps this up, look for some movement in the polls monday morning.
A quote to me after the game..."Friday before the game, he's like Tiger coming out on Sunday..." Brian Pierce, commenting about Medorus focus taking the bump. Impressive.
And it will get no bigger than when he's on the mound in Greenville in that pro park.
2.) Will Southwell looks back to his old self. He has a chance this weekend to get back into the lineup for good.
3.) Bobo never recovered from the Homerun. Plain and simple. It happens and hopefully not in the near future for Dex.
4.) If GS keeps this up, look for some movement in the polls monday morning.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
An open letter to Jump TV....
Dear Jump TV,
Hey there. Ryan Chambers here. Recently - and by recently, I clearly mean since you've started - you have been missing some good baseball. You have had your problems, dropped the ball a time or two or every other time you are responsible for streaming our broadcast. And people are complaining. And you tell us its just one of those "quirks." Last night it was, "we rent server space from Cisco Systems and Cisco is on strike so its out of our hands."
I am writing today just to say I understand. You guys do the big stuff 50-50 and get games on the Web more times than not and so what if some of the small details get mixed up. Details??? Psss. Details are for suckers, I say.
I mean, take my dog, Gus. I feed her most of the time. So what if I miss a meal or two or six. She gets some food, right? And some is better than none, I say.
And the Cisco thing I totally understand. Not your fault they don't do their job. I was supposed to be calling a game the other day and I told my wife to fill up the gas tank before she got home. And you know wives. She doesn't, so I - even though I had time to A.) find alternate route, B.) find a ride or C.) try anything other than doing nothing at all - kicked back and got drunk. Forget it, I say. Sure I could have called them and let then know something was wrong. But I, like you, don't think that is necessary. Communication and educated conversation from "informed customer service providers" are for suckers.
So I say, keep on keepin on Jump TV. Live it up. Those that whine will whine because they want "satisfaction" or "what they paid for" or other whiney nonsense like "a decent response in a timely fashion that humans at their core deserve, if for nothing else, as a right of birth."
Bunch of babies.
Sincerely,
RC
Hey there. Ryan Chambers here. Recently - and by recently, I clearly mean since you've started - you have been missing some good baseball. You have had your problems, dropped the ball a time or two or every other time you are responsible for streaming our broadcast. And people are complaining. And you tell us its just one of those "quirks." Last night it was, "we rent server space from Cisco Systems and Cisco is on strike so its out of our hands."
I am writing today just to say I understand. You guys do the big stuff 50-50 and get games on the Web more times than not and so what if some of the small details get mixed up. Details??? Psss. Details are for suckers, I say.
I mean, take my dog, Gus. I feed her most of the time. So what if I miss a meal or two or six. She gets some food, right? And some is better than none, I say.
And the Cisco thing I totally understand. Not your fault they don't do their job. I was supposed to be calling a game the other day and I told my wife to fill up the gas tank before she got home. And you know wives. She doesn't, so I - even though I had time to A.) find alternate route, B.) find a ride or C.) try anything other than doing nothing at all - kicked back and got drunk. Forget it, I say. Sure I could have called them and let then know something was wrong. But I, like you, don't think that is necessary. Communication and educated conversation from "informed customer service providers" are for suckers.
So I say, keep on keepin on Jump TV. Live it up. Those that whine will whine because they want "satisfaction" or "what they paid for" or other whiney nonsense like "a decent response in a timely fashion that humans at their core deserve, if for nothing else, as a right of birth."
Bunch of babies.
Sincerely,
RC
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
What makes me tick...
Let me first say that I have been wanting to do this for some time. I am not the most 'techie' guy in the world, thus it took Chris Blair to get this going. For those that have not spent a lot of time with Chris and I, we are like the odd couple of broadcasting, which makes it work as well as I think it does. Chris is the polished, talented cousin that everyone knew was destined for big things. I am like the drunk uncle the little kids go up to to see if he'll get angry and curse.
So I have decided to write this first blog to let you know some things about me. And why I am the way I am.
First, YES, I will defend my teams to the death. Not to the point of absurdity, though that has happened twice. Mike Vick during my sports talk radio days and a football coach I once worked with. We will leave it at that. I regret both.
I wasn't always like that. Sec. 124, row 5, seat 15. That was my seat for Falcons games with one Russ Brown. (You may know him as Producer Russ with the Bill Shanks Show. We have been best friends since we were kids.) So Russ and I are sitting there after another loss and one of the coaches is running off the field and I tear into him. I mean as nasty as nasty gets. I wanted him and the rest of those bums out.
Later, when I got into the newspaper business, I ran into this coach out at a high school football game. We sit and chat and I ask him about his time in Atlanta. He looks at me and says, "wish we could have done better. It was rough on all of us. My family, staff. Not a hole lotta sleep back then."
You see, I thought that this guy was dive bombing my Falcons into the mountain on purpose. I had told him so, looked into his eyes years before, and told him as much.
That conversation stuck with me. He felt miserable talking about it. But not about the booing. He hated the failure. And I am thinking, what was the booing supposed to help.
The answer is that it doesn't help a thing. I am not saying that you shouldn't let your voice be heard. You should. I do all the time and more times than I should. But never again in public. Never again in front of my team. To be frank, I have learned that absence is a lot louder than a noise a cow would make.
I say all this because I have always gotten the feeling that people think I am too naive or am chugging the Kool Aide. The reality is that I AM. I mean when the Braves give up a lead in the 8th or the Falcons defense can't stop the Saints up the middle with an over-the-hill Antoine Whatshisname in the backfield or the Hawks are, well, being the Hawks or the Eagles hit a slow spell, I choose to focus on the positive. I am a big believer in positive thinking. Right now I am listening to Braves down 3-0 to the Marlins. I am not going to start cussing about the deficit. I am the type that slaps the desk in front of me and rallys.
I am not dumb. If we lose, I am not happy. I am not always happy with the coaches. We can discuss X&Os afterward. But right now....
Whoa, look a there. Homerun Kelly Johnson. 3-1.
Ahh. The power of positive blogging.
Also, I love life. Love it. I get to watch sports and run my mouth for a living. But I also get to meet some great people who I know are as happy to be at the ballpark as I am. I can tell within a handshake those that are as genuinely excited as I am. I am very black and white. You know what I am thinking because I come right out with it. There is no "I wonder what he is thinking or I wonder if there is more to Ryan?" There isn't, trust me. If I am fired up - true about 99 percent of the time - its obvious. If you are getting a bad vibe, well, you are getting a bad vibe.
I do two things. Work (if you can call what I do work) and spend time with my beautiful wife, Jodie and my dog, Gus. That's all I have time for. I love doing both and that's enough for me to do.
I can also go on and on, and why I will stop here for now. From time to time, I will get on here and post after ballgames and let you know what I thought about the performance, etc. Most times, as stated earlier, you will have to understand, I will be more fired up about the positives than I will be down about the negatives. Not that I will not talk about the negatives. And not because I have been told not to talk about the negatives. But because that's just how I roll. But I will also throw out my best predictions, which makes for the best blogging. Unsubstantiated rumors. Good stuff.
That last line about how I roll made me sound hip, I think.
So I have decided to write this first blog to let you know some things about me. And why I am the way I am.
First, YES, I will defend my teams to the death. Not to the point of absurdity, though that has happened twice. Mike Vick during my sports talk radio days and a football coach I once worked with. We will leave it at that. I regret both.
I wasn't always like that. Sec. 124, row 5, seat 15. That was my seat for Falcons games with one Russ Brown. (You may know him as Producer Russ with the Bill Shanks Show. We have been best friends since we were kids.) So Russ and I are sitting there after another loss and one of the coaches is running off the field and I tear into him. I mean as nasty as nasty gets. I wanted him and the rest of those bums out.
Later, when I got into the newspaper business, I ran into this coach out at a high school football game. We sit and chat and I ask him about his time in Atlanta. He looks at me and says, "wish we could have done better. It was rough on all of us. My family, staff. Not a hole lotta sleep back then."
You see, I thought that this guy was dive bombing my Falcons into the mountain on purpose. I had told him so, looked into his eyes years before, and told him as much.
That conversation stuck with me. He felt miserable talking about it. But not about the booing. He hated the failure. And I am thinking, what was the booing supposed to help.
The answer is that it doesn't help a thing. I am not saying that you shouldn't let your voice be heard. You should. I do all the time and more times than I should. But never again in public. Never again in front of my team. To be frank, I have learned that absence is a lot louder than a noise a cow would make.
I say all this because I have always gotten the feeling that people think I am too naive or am chugging the Kool Aide. The reality is that I AM. I mean when the Braves give up a lead in the 8th or the Falcons defense can't stop the Saints up the middle with an over-the-hill Antoine Whatshisname in the backfield or the Hawks are, well, being the Hawks or the Eagles hit a slow spell, I choose to focus on the positive. I am a big believer in positive thinking. Right now I am listening to Braves down 3-0 to the Marlins. I am not going to start cussing about the deficit. I am the type that slaps the desk in front of me and rallys.
I am not dumb. If we lose, I am not happy. I am not always happy with the coaches. We can discuss X&Os afterward. But right now....
Whoa, look a there. Homerun Kelly Johnson. 3-1.
Ahh. The power of positive blogging.
Also, I love life. Love it. I get to watch sports and run my mouth for a living. But I also get to meet some great people who I know are as happy to be at the ballpark as I am. I can tell within a handshake those that are as genuinely excited as I am. I am very black and white. You know what I am thinking because I come right out with it. There is no "I wonder what he is thinking or I wonder if there is more to Ryan?" There isn't, trust me. If I am fired up - true about 99 percent of the time - its obvious. If you are getting a bad vibe, well, you are getting a bad vibe.
I do two things. Work (if you can call what I do work) and spend time with my beautiful wife, Jodie and my dog, Gus. That's all I have time for. I love doing both and that's enough for me to do.
I can also go on and on, and why I will stop here for now. From time to time, I will get on here and post after ballgames and let you know what I thought about the performance, etc. Most times, as stated earlier, you will have to understand, I will be more fired up about the positives than I will be down about the negatives. Not that I will not talk about the negatives. And not because I have been told not to talk about the negatives. But because that's just how I roll. But I will also throw out my best predictions, which makes for the best blogging. Unsubstantiated rumors. Good stuff.
That last line about how I roll made me sound hip, I think.
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