Braves Rainout Theater, Round 2

With Tuesday's game a washout, our next scheduled game is 9 a.m. Saturday May 15 at Water Tower, vs. the As. Expect Coach Ross Harmsen to request that players be at Water Tower at 8 a.m. Saturday.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, another round of Braves Rainout Theater:

Braves Rainout Theater

When I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh, televised baseball was much rarer than it is today. We could see only one national game of the week on Saturday afternoon, plus the road games of our hometown team, the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Sometimes those road games were rained out. So the local TV would substitute something called Pirate Rainout Theater, and throw any old movie they had laying around on the air.

Here at Braves Blog Central, we aren't going to throw any old video up on the blog. Only baseball video. I hope you enjoy these clips.







And who could forget this moment?

Braves Rainout Theater: Bloopers Edition

With an assist from Mother Nature, we are proud to once again bring you an online edition of Braves Rainout Theater.

Braves players, please note: Don't do any of this in our games. Thanks.

Sunday practice cancelled, schedule updates

Braves,
With standing water on all of the practice fields Saturday evening, a 90% chance of more rain overnight, and a 70% chance of thundershowers Sunday, we are canceling the practice we had hoped to have at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Meanwhile, we have been trying to reschedule our April 30 game to accommodate the White Sox, but so far it has been impossible to find a date that works any better. Lots of our guys would have had to miss a game July 2. So, barring further word from the Majors commissioner, we are planning to play that game as scheduled on Thursday.
It would be really useful to have one more practice before Thursday, so please check e-mail early in the day Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The first day that practice fields are dry enough, we will call a practice.
No word yet on when Saturday's rain-out will be made up.
Dave, Ross, Rick

Braves Rainout Theater

When I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh, televised baseball was much rarer than it is today. We could see only one national game of the week on Saturday afternoon, plus the road games of our hometown team, the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Sometimes those road games were rained out. So the local TV would substitute something called Pirate Rainout Theater, and throw any old movie they had laying around on the air.

Here at Braves Blog Central, we aren't going to throw any old video up on the blog. Only baseball video. So relax and enjoy these clips.


unbelievable baseball pickle (4-13-09) from jay be-gone on Vimeo.