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Lew
March 14th, 2009
11:41 am
Anders-All except one year. Since the Braves used to be in Boston, they are considered our natural rivals.
C's
March 14th, 2009
11:43 am
David Walker – Weird, I was just about to post something on Ohman. {cue Twilight Zone music}
Anyway, the Braves had an offer on the table for months. Ohman let it sit there while he explored other options to see if he could get more. Eventually, the Braves had to move on so they pulled the offer.
I think we should throw out another offer to him. He is getting little interest (the Mets and Phills had interest, but have recently said otherwise). I guess the Pads have mild interest. He’s not gonna get more than $1 million, so I think the Braves should offer him that and really shore up the bullpen.
McFann :Ô:
March 14th, 2009
11:44 am
PTBNL–
Oh yeah. That’s OK.
But it will be hard to leave McCann on the bench for long.
I agree, but Clint Hurdle would beg to differ.
PTBNL
March 14th, 2009
11:51 am
I thought that was true, Lew, but didn’t want to say for sure. And I was not going to take the time to look it up. I knew we had played them two series several times.
Lew
March 14th, 2009
11:58 am
PTBNL-I think it was just one year. I do know for a fact that if we weren’t playing the Sox, we DID play Division winners and wild card teams the year/years we didn’t play the Red Sox and several years we played Boston AND the Yankees. The Braves have always had one of the toughest interleague schedules.
PTBNL
March 14th, 2009
12:03 pm
That is true, Lew. I remember those Sox/Yanks years also.
McFann :Ô:
March 14th, 2009
12:07 pm
BTW–Happy Pi Day, Denizens!!
KC
March 14th, 2009
12:08 pm
Anders: “KC, you are an insufferable homer”
Anders, you are an insufferable awayer.
Oh, and being a homer doesn’t change the fact the fact that the Mets (and Phillies) have one more team to worry about, Rihanna… Uh, I mean Anders.
Anders
March 14th, 2009
12:08 pm
I remember looking up the interleague histories of the Mets and Braves and I don’t recall the Braves playing the Red Sox 6 times a year nearly as much as the Mets and Yanks have. I’m to lazy to look now. As for them playing the RedSox and Yanks in the same season, That happens to both teams in seasons like this year when the NL east and AL east face each other in interleague.This hurts both of our chances regarding the WC.
Anders
March 14th, 2009
12:11 pm
BTW- From Met camp. The Mets have shut down Tim Redding. They’re saying he isn’t hurting but he doesn’t have full shoulder strength back yet. Looks like he won’t make the team out of camp.
Hmm…Pedro has to be on Omar’s mind.
Jim
March 14th, 2009
12:16 pm
Assuming that the AAA roster at Gwinett has:
SP: Hanson, Morton, Reyes, Parr, (Campillo/Bennett/Carlyle)
RP: Medlen, Marek, Vargas
OF: Blanco, Schafer, B. Jones
C: Sammons
IF: D. Hernandez, Conrad
and the 25-man includes Infante, Prado, and Norton for infield reserve –
I don’t think that team health will be a major issue this year. With the depth that the Braves have, they are in better shape to withstand an injury than any of the other teams in the division, if not the entire league. Even if Chipper were to miss up to 40 games during the course of the season, the lineup with Infante or Prado playing 3B would still be good. If a starting pitcher goes down, there’s a replacement in AAA that might be as good or better. When McCann sits we have a much better option than the backup we went with last year. (By the way — What has happened to B. Pena? It seems the love he got here on the blog last year is not to be found at his new place of employment.)
N Nine (eta22)
March 14th, 2009
12:21 pm
Baby Braves Pics, aww, Mccann and KJ look young… http://www.homeruncards.com/rookiecards/atlanta-braves-rookies.shtml
Billy
March 14th, 2009
12:22 pm
KK is going to start today. Who is set to start tomorrow?
Jim
March 14th, 2009
12:29 pm
For the first few years of inter-league play, the respective divisions played one another NL East vs AL East. The natural rivalries (3 additional games) were Mets -Yankees, Braves – Red Sox, Expos – Blue Jays, Phillies – Orioles, Marlins – (Devil) Rays. When Montreal moved to Washington, the rivalry games for the Phillies alternated between Boston and Baltimore. There may have been at most 2 years when the Braves didn’t play the Red Sox 6 games.
cvbraves
March 14th, 2009
12:30 pm
Billy: Without Vazquez and Glavine…I think the starting pitcher rotation has been Jurrgens, Jo Jo, Hanson, Kawakami and Lowe. So, Lowe’s my guess for tomorrow.
monty
March 14th, 2009
12:33 pm
For all the talk about Schaeffer not starting with the big club this spring,”he still needs to play above the AA level.” I looked up Andrew Jones’ minor league stats and saw where he only played 38 AA games and only 12 AAA games before starting for the big club, plus I believe he was only 19 at the time. I would say Schaeffer has as much minor league experience as Andrew did and he is more mature at 22-23 years old. If he has played the best this spring I say play him!
C's
March 14th, 2009
12:37 pm
Pretty sure Lowe starts tomorrow.
Steve McP
March 14th, 2009
12:43 pm
McFann – surely Pi day should be 22/7? Of course that only works using the European date system (day first, month second)
McFann :Ô:
March 14th, 2009
12:43 pm
N Nine–
LOL! THanks for the link! Derek Lowe’s is great–he’s not even in a uniform!
Anders
March 14th, 2009
12:46 pm
Well, someone had to roll up their sleeves and get the facts. In the beginning of interleague(1997- 2002) the teams seemed to have played similar level of teams. I didn’t vet this out completely but the Braves played 6-9 games each of these seasons against the Yanks and Sox.
However in 2003 the Braves played zero games against the Yanks and Sox. In 2004 and 2005 they played 3 against the Sox each season.2006 they played 3 each against the Yanks and Red Sox. 2007 they played 6 against the Sox. 2008 they didn’t play the Sox or Yanks again.
In every season since interleague the Mets play the Yanks 6 times plus a series against the Sox every three years or more. Clearly this is not a level schedule based on the dominance of the Yanks and Sox over this time.
Just sayin
N Nine (eta22)
March 14th, 2009
12:53 pm
YW McFann. Just wondering why they price gauged McCann!
cvbraves
March 14th, 2009
1:00 pm
According to MLB, Braves lineup today is: Josh, cf; Omar, ss: Kelly, 2b;
Casey, 1b; Jeff, rf; Matt, lf; Prado, 3b; Ross, c; KK, p.
Ritchie from Scotland
March 14th, 2009
1:00 pm
yesterday it had today’s game listed on MLB for MLB.TV coverage, today it is not. What’s that all about then?? I wanted to see our new import pitch.
Bubdylan
March 14th, 2009
1:03 pm
Anders, you’re a good sport.
Bobby's Belly
March 14th, 2009
1:04 pm
Josh Anderson doing Jimmy Johns commercials. Fast, really fast.
Bobby's Belly
March 14th, 2009
1:04 pm
Did Anderson steal first yet?
Travis
March 14th, 2009
1:11 pm
Braves schedule shows this game on MLB TV. where is it?
cvbraves
March 14th, 2009
1:13 pm
On radio…no TV!
Josh B
March 14th, 2009
1:14 pm
can someone keep me updated i am at work
cvbraves
March 14th, 2009
1:16 pm
Not sure blog is working today…no DOB…no new blog that I can find…but Braves went 1-2-3 in first. Casey just made super play on lineup for third out for Cards. 0-0 after 1.
Bubdylan
March 14th, 2009
1:17 pm
Kotch!
David O'Brien
March 14th, 2009
1:18 pm
NEW BLOG IS UP
Bubdylan
March 14th, 2009
1:18 pm
According to Powell(?), that ball Casey snagged was hit ten thousand miles per hour.
Miss you, Skip.
DiamondbackMac
March 14th, 2009
1:23 pm
I can’t find the new blog.
Travis
March 14th, 2009
1:23 pm
what radio station in atl
David O'Brien
March 14th, 2009
1:24 pm
Kawakami gave up a single in the first inning, but Kotchman stabbe of a Chris Duncan line drive to end inning.
Braves have singles by Francoeur (to center field) and Kotchman in the top of the second, Prado batting with one out and runners at first and second.
David O'Brien
March 14th, 2009
1:24 pm
Prado singles up middle, loads bases
David O'Brien
March 14th, 2009
1:27 pm
Ross popup to first base, still bases loaded with two out for Kawakami.
Frank from KS
March 14th, 2009
1:34 pm
Anders
As much as I dispise both NY teams……the Muts will ALWAYS take backseat to the Stankees.
but just to make ya feel better….I did pull for the Muts in the 2000 WS cause I have more hatred for the Stankees.
benjamin
March 14th, 2009
2:31 pm
Where is the new blog?