Comments on: All-Joy Team: All the Right Moves (and Other Notes)

By: Lorinda Appelt

Lorinda Appelt — Sun, 30 May 2010 08:56:30 +0000

Paper or Plastic? None. We always tell our grocery store after buying $100 of groceries. Since we started using the green supply bags, we have save some headache of thinking how to use all the plastic bags in the house that we got from the grocery store everyweek. These green reusable bags had helped me clean up our kitchen to a manageable way.

By: Steven Ellingson

Steven Ellingson — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:25:49 +0000

How do you pronouce YOUR name? ‘Tis Goo-ey?

By: ofMontreal

ofMontreal — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:38:47 +0000

Now, just to be clear, if say Kelly Johnson were to regress to the point of being optioned out, would he revert to the all-sadness team? Cause I think that in fairness to the universe, a team of expected failures/bad ideas needs equal time. Carson.

And Andy indeed smeared you something good there.

By: Carson Cistulli

Carson Cistulli — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:29:39 +0000

That’s true.

Also: I’m glad that the words “cyst” and “tool” are now attached to my name for posterity.

Thanks alot.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:19:56 +0000

I’ve always assumed it was, broken down phonetically, “Cyst-tool-ee”

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:24:53 +0000

Brandon League belongs on every single baseball fan’s All Joy team. I’m going to miss him something fierce.

By: ?

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:58:11 +0000

Carson,

How the hell do you pronounce your last name?

Love,

This Guy

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:05:02 +0000

moar garret jones damnit

By: Levi

Levi — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:35:36 +0000

Bringing such joy to such a mundane Thursday could only be done by you, Mr. Cistulli.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:00:38 +0000

As a Braves fan it’s been frustrating to see how they’ve handled KJ. Even during his good years, it never seemed like the Braves were quite committed to giving him the starting job (which, apparently, they are to Prado after a similar season).

I think part of the reason they didn’t appreciate him was his high K% (21% for career, 12% for Prado) and at times he looked a little lost on defense. Based purely on observation, he was awful at turning double plays and statistically he is not a good defender either (-7.4/150 for career).

Ironically, I think the predominant reason he wasn’t a favorite of Bobby’s was that he just didn’t seem to be having fun. He had no fire, no intensity, and frankly, no joy while he was playing the game. “Let’s go Kelly,” was a frequently heard during his at-bats.

Still, he was productive and underappreciated and it’s too bad he didn’t get the management’s support in Atlanta. Wish him the best in Arizona.