john

[john @john_higg]

I’ve over there in that nice field looking up at the sky. If any of you’d like, you can meet me over there @johnhigg

[john @john_higg]

Maybe the best thing ever posted on this site. Rest In Peace

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Super Sky Point to Bob Horner. He was the NL Rookie of the Year and an All-Star but if you were around back then you know he was more than that. Much more. He was a fixture in the homes of millions of us through the miracle of cable television during those epic childhood summers that seemed like they’d never end.

I was a fan for over 40 years but had never met Bob until I interviewed him last December about Dale Murphy’s Hall of Fame case. As you’d expect, Bob was a fierce advocate for his fellow Fulton County basher. How could he not be? They were Murph and Horner. Horner and Murph. The Hall and Oates of the Launching Pad.

You know, these sky points all suck to write but this one hurts more than most. The four-homer game, the bad perm, Chief Noc-A-Homa waiting by his teepee for another Horner long ball. I have tweeted a lot about Bob Horner through the years and it’s because he represents to me, and I suspect many of you too, something far bigger than baseball: WTBS coming out of the magic box on top of my 400-pound Zenith, cool air coming through my bedroom window after another afternoon of Wiffle Ball, and Rick Mahler (probably) toeing the rubber at about 7:05 while hoping to keep the Braves in it with smoke and mirrors long enough for Horner and Murph to do some damage. And me sprawled out on green and yellow shag carpet in Kentucky paying 100 times more attention to Skip Caray, Ernie Johnson, and Pete Van Wieren than any of my teachers.

Farewell, you sweet slugging bastard. Tell St. Peter you brought your glove for the hot corner and to write you into the cleanup spot. #RIP

[john @john_higg]

Growing up we lived too far out of town for cable. My mom wouldn’t so I had to pay for primestar satellite so I could watch braves games on tv. RIP Ted Turner

[Braves on TBS @BravesOnWTBS]

This one hurts. I’m a first generation Braves fan in my family. I didn’t grow up in the south. I’m from Pennsylvania. But because of Ted Turner and TBS I fell in love with this team at a young age. Every chance I had as a kid to watch television, I had TBS or TNT on. Because of Ted Turner I loved rasslin’. Because of Ted Turner I was introduced to a fictional small town named Mayberry and learned many great life lessons from Sheriff Andy Taylor. Because of Ted Turner I love Westerns. Thank you Ted for making me a Braves fan and influencing my life in so many positive ways. May you rest in peace.

[Kalyn Kahler @kalynkahler]

Prospect X was on the phone with a defensive coordinator from another club, who was recruiting him as a free agent, when the Jaguars called to take him with Pick 233. He cried so hard he couldn’t talk and left Jags exec waiting in awk silence
https://t.co/bQGU0ZoJqt

[john @john_higg]

@MikeSilver It’s bad business what the Ravens did, but NFL teams clutching their pearls is somewhat laughable to me. Seems the agents would have the bigger beef with Baltimore,because the team certainly didn’t mind torpedoing a player’s possible opportunities by using failed physical excuse

[john @john_higg]

This is a very well written, thought-provoking, and entertaining series. I’m excited about this release

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

★ Novelist Elliot Ackerman and former NATO supreme allied commander James Stavridis continue to offer chilling global forecasts with their grim yet gripping third geopolitical thriller. It's equal parts haunting and entertaining. @penguinpress https://t.co/StERHEoY1H

[NFL @NFL]

The top 10 plays from the @Jaguars 2025 season 🐆

[Tom Friend @TomFriendWriter]

The two men who WERE the Washington Post. My column @SBJ:

https://t.co/gqFQkPBQNk

[john @john_higg]

@PriscoCBS Agree with you 100%. I love watching these world class athletes do what they do best- not struggle around in crap weather. Hell I can do that.

[john @john_higg]

@BravesOnWTBS Sorry can’t forget Joe

[john @john_higg]

@BravesOnWTBS Skip,Pete, and Don-man they were such an important part of my life. No broadcast team has ever done it better.

[john @john_higg]

@adampensel Baalke shit

[john @john_higg]

@tropicalupdate Great Looking Nails Sarah!!!

[john @john_higg]

@Nate_Tice I thought this was a euphemism but no actual popcorn was tossed.

[john @john_higg]

@jeffphowe Very well done. Thanks for taking us behind the ropes a bit.

[john @john_higg]

This times a million.

[Steve Schale @steveschale]

I’m a big fan of the role of the media, but the handwringing from some sports reporters about this one-time, 30 second moment is absurd.

Frankly on behalf of the 70k jags fans in the building yesterday, I appreciate her sharing the sentiment for the rest of us who couldn’t.

[john @john_higg]

@CPW11_ @TenikkaANjax If Duval was a person it’d be you 11.

[john @john_higg]

@BaldyNFL @Jaguars It went around for like seven or eight straight minutes.
People on our section were pressuring the next section to keep it going. Even Josh Hines Allen mentioned it in his press availability. It was pretty funny.

[john @john_higg]

@Jaguars I see what you’re doing. Go 1-0 next week.

[john @john_higg]

@HaysCarlyon This more than anything else proves how different this team is. There were a few moments in this game that Jaguars teams of the past would’ve folded in on themselves and lost.