Sometimes I love DOB.
AJC Braves BlogAfter the first day of Roger McDowell’s Braves pitching camp at Turner Field, we can say with a great deal of certainty that reliever Peter Moylan has the most heavily tattoed pitching arm in major league baseball.
The good-natured Aussie has lost his mind.
OK, that’s not fair, especially coming from an idiot who has Johnny Cash and Hunter Thompson tattoos.
But really, Moylan has every square inch of his right arm illustrated with ink, after adding a large koi fish tattoo to his inner biceps over the winter — the last significant previously unadorned space he had from wrist to shoulder. I will say, he’s got good work. These aren’t amateur-hour tatts.
If pitchers were permitted to work with uniform sleeves cut at the shoulders, Moylan’s intricate tattoos alone could mesmerize batters into 0-2 counts, where they might be defenseless against the slider he perfected last season.
But anyway ...
Let’s get serious here.
Thanks for telling us what we want to hear, DOB! ;)
Oh, also from the article, and this cracks me up, because I'm 12 today:
Speaking of Frenchy: He’s bigger.
I'm very much looking forward to some GL pics with McFrenchy (™ Jenny), with Baby's "leaner" yogariffic physique and Frenchy's "bigger"...arms.
By Alison W. April 17, 2011 - 9:29 am
♥ Brandon Beachy! So nice! So cute. :D And for once… I took ZERO photos.
By Ariana April 17, 2011 - 7:33 pm
I can't believe there wasn't more people there! And also, LOOOVE that he's wearing flannel under his jersey…that makes me laugh inside. Cute, very cute.
By Karen T April 18, 2011 - 7:53 am
Wow cant believe the line.. Was it published soon enuff?? I was in atlanta this weekend for tha doubleheader but didnt know Beachy was signing.we wouldnt have had time to go downtown anyway cause we had to check in hotel and get packed for game cuz we had to be at TF at 1:00 for a STH meeting in the 755 Club with Frank Wren.. I really like Beachy , i met him in Greenville/ Spatanburg SC at the Braves Caravan..he was really nice..
By Alison W. April 21, 2011 - 6:50 am
1. Picture 3 freaks me out…
2. Marteen's lash/lips picture is perfect.
3. Jonny looks vaguely Billy Wagner-y over there…. NICE.
4. GONZO. WHAT A SMILE.
<3
By MollyG April 21, 2011 - 6:56 pm
1. Picture 3 freaks me out as well. Do normal arms do that?
2. Marteen's picture is perfect because he's "made of magic". My favorite Alison quote to date.
4.Gonzo has a great smile and Chipper…well I know why you posted that picture and I'm laughing. Maybe he's asking him to come spend the weekend filming buck commander ;)
By Lauren T. April 21, 2011 - 6:58 pm
Pic 3 has to be his sleeve, but pitching isn't a natural motion and that's why so many arms get wonked out. :/
What's wrong with that picture of Chipper? ;D