Brandon Gaudin: The Voice of the Braves

[Nehru Jacket]

I cannot forget from where it is that I come from

In this ever changing world in which we live in.

 

[stinger78]

I use to tell people when Biff Pocorroba is your best player - you know you have problems.

Pocoroba was great for one year.

 

[CornerBlitz]

Pocoroba was great for one year.

The great Biff Pocoroba was no Paul Assenmacher…vintage late 70s/80s Braves talent. I’m still waiting for Brad Kominsks’ breakout year.

 

[CornerBlitz]

Wrong thread, but screw it…All time Braves 80s team by awesomeness…not necessarily talent:

1B. Chris Chambliss (quintessential 80s baseball physic…tall, strong, and overweight, interchangeable with PGA golfers and NASCAR drivers of the era)
2B. Glen Hubbard ( amazing beard and had a huge snake wrapped around his neck in his baseball card)
SS. Rafael Ramirez (Pogo)
3B. Bob Horner (poor man’s Babe Ruth..loved his beer and hot dogs)
LF. Brad Kominsk (he’s going to break out…really)
CF. Dale Murphy. (catcher turned OF…stood way off the plate, never could hit an outside pitch, still an MVP)
RF. Claudel Washington ( you know the jokes)
C. Bruce Benedict (for how long?)
P. Pasquel Perez (285 road warrior)

 

[Nehru Jacket]

The great Biff Pocoroba was no Paul Assenmacher…vintage late 70s/80s Braves talent. I’m still waiting for Brad Kominsks’ breakout year.

Paul Assenmacher was a fair hitter but was always a slow runner. In one game he was on first base and the next batter hit a ball in the gap. The batter almost caught up with Assenmacher at second base and had to stop at second because Assenmacher barely made it to third base. I think Assenmacher was released not soon after this.

 

[swampsting]

The great Biff Pocoroba was no Paul Assenmacher…vintage late 70s/80s Braves talent. I’m still waiting for Brad Kominsks’ breakout year.

Assenmacher fashioned a fairly solid career - pitched several seasons with the Cubs, which is further proof that if you throw left handed and can fog a mirror, they’ll find a spot for you

If only Barry Bonnell hadn’t torn up his knee….

 

[swampsting]

Paul Assenmacher was a fair hitter but was always a slow runner. In one game he was on first base and the next batter hit a ball in the gap. The batter almost caught up with Assenmacher at second base and had to stop at second because Assenmacher barely made it to third base. I think Assenmacher was released not soon after this.

Assenmacher was a pitcher by trade

 

[Nehru Jacket]

Assenmacher was a pitcher by trade

What was the name of the Braves outfielder who was slow and the injured his ankle and was even slower. Was it Asselstein?

 

[CornerBlitz]

Assenmacher fashioned a fairly solid career - pitched several seasons with the Cubs, which is further proof that if you throw left handed and can fog a mirror, they’ll find a spot for you

If only Barry Bonnell hadn’t torn up his knee….

Seriously … and if Brian Asselstine had live up to potential, Braves would have won a seriesin the early 80s

 

[Nehru Jacket]

Seriously … and if Brian Asselstine had live up to potential, Braves would have won a seriesin the early 80s

Thank you Brian Asselstine was his name. I was beginning to think that I was living in my own bizarre reality.

 

[swampsting]

There was a lot of ass in Atlanta in the late 70s/early 80s, so don't feel bad.

 

[The Jacket]

There was a lot of ass in Atlanta in the late 70s/early 80s, so don't feel bad.

Ass.

 

[00Burdell]

Wrong thread, but screw it…All time Braves 80s team by awesomeness…not necessarily talent:

1B. Chris Chambliss (quintessential 80s baseball physic…tall, strong, and overweight, interchangeable with PGA golfers and NASCAR drivers of the era)

Chris Chambliss could and frequently did a full split to get his glove as close as possible to an infield throw from 2B, SS or 3B. Amazing, considering his size.

 

[madRazor]

Chris Chambliss could and frequently did a full split to get his glove as close as possible to an infield throw from 2B, SS or 3B. Amazing, considering his size.

I mean it's actually kinda gross if you think about it. And I do really think about it.

 

[The Jacket]

I mean it's actually kinda gross if you think about it. And I do really think about it.

Eh, depends on your perspective. The reason he was able to do those splits was, and you can look this up, his scrotum was double-jointed.

 

[GTFLETCH]

Brandon Gaudin was the voice of the Jackets after Wes Durham left for TV ( 2013-2015 seasons). Here is his top 15 calls.

 

[coit]

Brandon Gaudin was the voice of the Jackets after Wes Durham left for TV ( 2013-2015 seasons).

 

[ClydeBrick]

Brandon Gaudin was the voice of the Jackets after Wes Durham left for TV ( 2013-2015 seasons). Here is his top 15 calls.

I still want Smelter to take a knee in the red zone.

 

[clapper]

Seriously … and if Brian Asselstine had live up to potential, Braves would have won a seriesin the early 80s

If Asselstine had lived up to his potential (and not gotten injured), that Murphy kid never would have played centerfield.

 

[CornerBlitz]

If Asselstine had lived up to his potential (and not gotten injured), that Murphy kid never would have played centerfield.

I recall Murphy was originally a catcher who continually air mailed throws to second base, hence the move to OF. A Murphy/Asselstine OF would have been fun.