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Rob from SC
April 8th, 2009
4:14 pm
I would get Buddy Carlyle up now
Slugger
April 8th, 2009
4:14 pm
ease19 -
I played at Pope ( i think i said that, but just to clarify).
Milton is a porch, launching pad, little league field… all of the above.
One time Bruce Chen’s brother hit a ball there against my summer team that just vanished somehwere 300 ft above the right field wall.
What a bomb, and he raked.
Speaking of raking – go Braves. If Diaz is hitting righties like this, I don’t mind having Garret’s professionalism as a professional pinch hitter.
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
April 8th, 2009
4:14 pm
Can schafer catch anything?
lewie
April 8th, 2009
4:14 pm
could be a long one this afternoon…may get to see some of the game afterall
bravefaninok
April 8th, 2009
4:14 pm
happy birthday mcfann.
Rob from SC
April 8th, 2009
4:14 pm
We all were really spoiled with Andruw all those years
John
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
Is this guy playing center ready for the majors?
cricket
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
Updates please.
Nick
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
Aw come on guys (again)
Rob from SC
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
F***, we are falling apart
sickofugafans
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
Ugh…from bad to worse
Stephen
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
7-3 error on the 3b
lewie
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
so these have been catchable balls out there to center?
Kurdt Kobain
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
What the hell happened to our defense? Kotchman’s got to get that.
Goldenglove002
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
thats where we miss chipper
RemoW
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
Ok. Sometimes I miss old Andruw Jones. I realize he isn’t what he used to be. But both fly balls Schafer missed. ‘Druw would have caught them.
jwilli120
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
now grace muttley is up and we threw it away
RHR
April 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
Schafer has had some smart at bats and has been phenomenal in CF, get off his case right now. Or else.
MFin04
April 8th, 2009
4:16 pm
Schafer is looking bad in center. Had a good AB last inning though. Just has to keep his head up. Come on Javy get us out of this mess.
Jeff321
April 8th, 2009
4:16 pm
Infante buckles under pressure..
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
April 8th, 2009
4:16 pm
Kinda miss josh Anderson right about now.
jwilli120
April 8th, 2009
4:16 pm
howard out to schafer
ground_fog
April 8th, 2009
4:16 pm
I bet Kotchman makes that play 9 out of 10 times ugh!!
Stephen
April 8th, 2009
4:16 pm
Get out of this with just 1
18 Wheels of Love
April 8th, 2009
4:17 pm
Yes, we were spoiled with AJ’s defense. Scahfer is and will be fine. Small adjustment period but no worries from me. But yeah, the defensive bar has been set reeeaaalll high.
Stephen
April 8th, 2009
4:17 pm
Not really, Lewie. It’s not like he’s dropping routine fly balls, these are difficult plays.
RC
April 8th, 2009
4:17 pm
Glad the bullpen is rested and has an off day tomorrow….looks like we might need to go to them pretty early in this one.
jwilli120
April 8th, 2009
4:17 pm
schafer slipped a little bit that caused him not to get to the ball
winterville
April 8th, 2009
4:17 pm
Neither of those plays by Schafer were easy. Give me a break. He was fully extended on the second one and laid out for it. The kid can play D.
Heath (Cleveland)
April 8th, 2009
4:17 pm
3-1 Chelsea….streak stays alive
Now on to the business at hand…LET’S GO BRAVES!
ground_fog
April 8th, 2009
4:18 pm
Maybe DOB can tell us if the wind is really swirling in the outfield more than normal.
Stephen
April 8th, 2009
4:18 pm
Much better throw, retard slid into 1st.
Kurdt Kobain
April 8th, 2009
4:18 pm
Muuuuuuuccch better, Infante.
David O'Brien
April 8th, 2009
4:18 pm
Renegator, Kelly Johnson was the leadoff hitter in each of the first two lineups, the original plus after Chipper got scratched. But after G. Anderson also got scratched, he adjusted the lineup at the top, because he had to have a new No. 3 hitter and wasn’t going to put Diaz or Infante there.
Nick
April 8th, 2009
4:18 pm
Ibanez up, come on Javy
TnBrian
April 8th, 2009
4:18 pm
I think Vazquez is a humidity pitcher. The cold has to affecting him right now. Maybe that’s why he doesn’t pitch well in Oct. cause it’s colder. Who knows, but I do know he better not blow this big lead!
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
April 8th, 2009
4:18 pm
javy is not pitching badly and is pitching to contact, just some near misses in the field.
Brett
April 8th, 2009
4:18 pm
Bruised Thumb!!!! Give me a break! Baseball players are a bunch of overpaid pansies. You wouldn’t see a hockey player missing a game because he got a whittle bruise on his thumb. 3rd game of the season….what a joke! Go Braves!!
lewie
April 8th, 2009
4:18 pm
thanks stephen…all i have is a gameday and this and the gameday keeps saying that the ball was deflected by him and had no idea what that meant
jwilli120
April 8th, 2009
4:19 pm
javy is pitching good don’t need the bull pen yet, so we gave up 1 run so far chill out braves 7 phillies 3
lewie
April 8th, 2009
4:19 pm
i’d drill raul
Slugger
April 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
From an ex CF – I don’t understand where the praise has come from with Schafer in CF. I watched his routes in ST and saw him take a terrible route to a fly ball…since BA normally takes great routes, I found it interesting the announcer kept saying it was BA screwing up.
Turned out to be Jordan, and you could tell by his routes. Speed and a great arm can only go so far in CF. Pre-pitch position, first steps and routes really define a great CF.
They did say he worked really hard this spring on his fielding every day, so hopefully he’s just getting used to the 2nd and 3rd level of seats (major adjustment) behind home plate and down the 1st/3rd baselines on all the stadiums now that he’s playing in.
BLowe
April 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
ok so the Phillies play by play guy, forget his name, keeps BREATHING on the mic and its freaking annoying
MFin04
April 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
Infante has had some tough plays at 3rd….looking good. First one should have been caught by Kotch.
GboroBravo
April 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
What is the pitch count on Javier?
35YrBravesFan
April 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
Ease up folks, this ain’t September… Schafer is a ROOKIE.
Kurdt Kobain
April 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
For those who hadn’t figured it out, this is why Jurrjens is the #2 guy…
eatPhillie
April 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
im here stephen. Okay-we’ll throw in Braves as a contender. You will have to go thru phillie if you want this division
BLowe
April 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
way to get out of that, lets get some more here
lewie
April 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
what’s going on?
Stephen
April 8th, 2009
4:21 pm
Nice play infante, looking a little chipper like, top of the 4th.
Kurdt Kobain
April 8th, 2009
4:21 pm
Good damage control
Notewise
April 8th, 2009
4:21 pm
DOB, any idea what type of pitch count Javy is on today? Will he be able to hang around through 5 and qualify for the win?
mbatl
April 8th, 2009
4:21 pm
Tough luck for Javy today. One of the runs on the HR shouldn’t have been on base (Schafer should’ve caught that ball off Howard); and this run shouldn’t have either (Schafer should’ve caught the Victorino triple too). Both of those runs are earned, but never should’ve scored. (and I’m not down on Schafer… he’s just not having a good day)
BLowe
April 8th, 2009
4:21 pm
that triple by Victorino, I was surprised Schafer even got that close, the majority of major league CF’s let it drop and he almost had it diving
RC
April 8th, 2009
4:21 pm
Pitch count is 58 on Javy….should have at least a couple more innings in him, hopefully can get through 6.
TnBrian
April 8th, 2009
4:21 pm
Schafer doesn’t look bad in center… MY GOD!
Chixlovethebraves2
April 8th, 2009
4:21 pm
gamecenter is showing 58 pitches
ease19
April 8th, 2009
4:21 pm
Slugger, George Lombard did the same off me…twice. Pope was a nice field, the year after I graduated, one of the East Cobb traveling teams really spruced it up. You know Steve Loureiro?
Darrin "The Vent King"
April 8th, 2009
4:22 pm
7-2 in the third, looking good. Crap, Schaffer just blew a center field catch- anyway the Bravos are looking decent in this series. I hope they can do well this season. I still have my lingering doubts about the hitting despite of today’s results, but so far this pitching has been superb. If Soriano and Gonzo can stay healthy they may just have a shot at the wildcard. I’ve always like Gonzo and like seeing him close games. He’s a gamer…
GO BRAVES!!
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
April 8th, 2009
4:22 pm
I like Omar, but i am a big martin prado fan. That guy can hit and pick it in the infield
McFann ;Ô;
April 8th, 2009
4:22 pm
Thanks, bravefaninok!
Beat them Fillies!!
Kyle
April 8th, 2009
4:22 pm
Kurdt…to be fair to Vasquez, Jurrjens didn’t pitch up to his ability either. He left balls up, and the Phillies were just not hitting them. You can’t leave balls up against these boppers or they will be hit out of this matchbox. Vasquez is getting bad breaks but he is fine.
MFin04
April 8th, 2009
4:22 pm
HOLY CRAP OMAR INFANTE IS A STUD AT THIRD!
RC
April 8th, 2009
4:22 pm
Of those 58 pitches, only 33 strikes though.
GboroBravo
April 8th, 2009
4:23 pm
Thanks for the pitch count guys. He should have a easy inning next time as long as he can locate and not walk as many.
BBFCFM
April 8th, 2009
4:23 pm
I was just looking at the bench on CBS Sports Game center, and it said we have a “J. Perry” as a backup RF. Anyone? don’t remember this guy at all
Stephen
April 8th, 2009
4:23 pm
double by infante.
sickofugafans
April 8th, 2009
4:23 pm
Infante can rake!
braker19
April 8th, 2009
4:24 pm
i don’t know if i can think of many guys i’d rather have off the bench than omar infante.
Slugger
April 8th, 2009
4:24 pm
ease -
No offense. That field looks the way it does because of Jeff Rowland (coach).
That field is his baby. Our park was a porch (360 to CF, 315 L and R) but the air was just always dead there. Brandon Boggs’ bombs even had a tough time going out. It’s an odd field to try to hit, that’s for sure.
ButItHurts
April 8th, 2009
4:24 pm
A bruise and a tweak? Lou Gehrig is out their laughing hysterically.
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 8th, 2009
4:25 pm
Go Infante!!! Good signs!
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
April 8th, 2009
4:25 pm
Javy is professional pitcher, every pitch dosen’t need to be a strike. he may be setting up other pitches. You gotta be careful with the Phillies lineup
Way to go Omar!
Kurdt Kobain
April 8th, 2009
4:25 pm
I also think part of the reason Jurrjens is 2 is because of what he did for the team last year. He earned that spot.
MFin04
April 8th, 2009
4:25 pm
Umm….anyone else want to order an Infante jersey at MLB.com?
Stephen
April 8th, 2009
4:25 pm
Wow, completely outside. Retarded umpire.
Bobby's Belly
April 8th, 2009
4:25 pm
Schafer should have had 1st ball (tough play). 2nd ball maybe Sizemore gets it, but no one else.
sickofugafans
April 8th, 2009
4:25 pm
Is Eric Gregg behind the plate?
Kurdt Kobain
April 8th, 2009
4:25 pm
Kelly just got hosed.
Chixlovethebraves2
April 8th, 2009
4:25 pm
BBFCFM,
LOL, i was thinking the same thing. But it also shows ridgeway in our ‘pen so im not sure how accurate that is. according to them the braves have a 27 man roster. no wonder we are doing so well……
McPoyle
April 8th, 2009
4:26 pm
bruises and tweaks are a lot bigger deals early in the season in cold weather games… if they can ride the pine to get better and the team wins (winning) then so be it.
RC
April 8th, 2009
4:26 pm
Wow….if gametracker is accurate at all, that K on Kelly was a terrible call….
Brooklyn Braves Brawler
April 8th, 2009
4:26 pm
Lou Gherig is dead, not laughing. LOL!
cabravesfan
April 8th, 2009
4:26 pm
Was that pitch to KJ really as outside as Gameday made it look?
Nate from NCState
April 8th, 2009
4:26 pm
BBFCFM that would be Javarious Perry.. a lucky fan who won a contest to be a back up for the Atlanta Braves. Kind of like “Knight School”, or what the Dallas Cowboys are doing.
D-Bo
April 8th, 2009
4:26 pm
I’m not sure how that was a strike….
mbatl
April 8th, 2009
4:27 pm
Ump must have an early flight.
Slugger
April 8th, 2009
4:27 pm
Lassiter’s field is 2 miles down the road and the ball just FLYS out of there (the way the wind is set up).
Yall shoulda seen Jeff Francouer hit there in the playoffs… their head coach was quoted in the playoffs saying “We’re not afraid of him, and we won’t let one guy beat us.”
He did. I think he had 4 HR and two saves both years they beat Lassiter.
Stephen
April 8th, 2009
4:27 pm
Yeah, it was caba. I realize it’s cold out there but call strikes, seriously.
GboroBravo
April 8th, 2009
4:27 pm
As far as the future goes, doesnt Escobar look pretty solid in the #3 spot. Also, I get that feeling this will be the 1st ejection of the season for Bobby
MFin04
April 8th, 2009
4:27 pm
That was GARBAGE!
D-Bo
April 8th, 2009
4:27 pm
Lol, another worthless call. Come on McCann.
Nick
April 8th, 2009
4:27 pm
Where’d they find these Umps?
18 Wheels of Love
April 8th, 2009
4:27 pm
I’ve always wondered who has better judgment making up a lineup card, an ex-CF’er on a blog or a future HOF’er with 14 straight titles and a world series ring? I have an idea but I am just not 100%.
ncscoots
April 8th, 2009
4:28 pm
From an ex CF – I don’t understand where the praise has come from with Schafer in CF. I watched his routes in ST and saw him take a terrible route to a fly ball
No offense, but you watched in ST, he took a bad route, and from that you conclude that he’s subpar? Based on your previous playing experience at whatever level?
I’ve watched the kid for two years in the minors, and, believe me, you couldn’t be more wrong in your analysis. I’ll put that down to not having seen him enough to make an informed decision. It’s often wise to refrain from drawing conclusions without enough data to support them.
Josephw000
April 8th, 2009
4:28 pm
Our bench is legit yall…Infante is doing it.
Kepp goin Javy, get your W man. This is a tough tough team that will get hot, hopefully after we leave
BBFCFM
April 8th, 2009
4:28 pm
Chixlovethebraves
Touche on the ridgeway. Hadn’t noticed. Yep I have no idea
jwilli120
April 8th, 2009
4:28 pm
infante double to lead off the inning
Josephw000
April 8th, 2009
4:28 pm
An ex CF? Get real…..H.S and Softball don’t count. Schafer is LEGIT in CF…but hes a friggin rookie yall, relax!