On Garret, Diaz and the Fish
The Marlins were probably as pleased to see Matt Diaz out of the Atlanta lineup Tuesday as the Braves would be to see a Florida lineup sans second baseman Dan Uggla, whose sometimes-uggla defense is more than offset by his bat.
All Diaz has done against the Marlins is hit .425 with seven homers, 21 RBI and a .446 OBP and .708 slugging percentage in 36 games, leading current Braves in each of those categories against Florida (to be renamed Miami Marlins when they get their new ballpark — more on that in a moment).
Anyway, Diaz was out of the lineup last night because Garret Anderson’s strained calf was healed and, well, they got Anderson to play left field against right-handers and against plenty of lefties, too.
And against 6-foot-7 sinkerballer Chris Volstad, Anderson fared about as well as most Braves did Tuesday night, going 0-for-4 in the game. The first five batters in the Braves lineup went a combined 1-for-19 with one walk. That group’s only hit was leadoff man Kelly Johnson’s solo homer.
But the worst part for Anderson wasn’t the 0-for-4, which wasn’t too surprising given Volstad’s stuff and it being the outfielder’s first game back from a four-game absence, etc. No, the really bad part was his two dropped fly balls in foul territory.
Garret's had better nights
Two errors, and his first boos from a home crowd that generally doesn’t shower the home nine with that type of reception, unless it feels it’s absolutely warranted (this ain’t Philly or Shea, where that sort of thing is common).
How unusual was it for Anderson to make two errors? Well, consider this astonishing stat, which I just came up with by going back in his day-by-days on our Stats Inc. service.
From July 18, 2005, through Monday, Anderson had played 452 games and made exactly two errors. Yes, he equaled that total in one game last night.
It should be noted Anderson DH’d in 160 games for the Angels during the 2005-2008 seasons. But he played the outfield in 367 games in that stretch. So while I don’t have access to exactly how many games he played in the outfield during that 452-game stretch of two-error baseball, it’s safe to assume it was between 350-400 games.
Uggla: ATL nemesis
And in one game last night, he equaled his error total from those 350-400 games.
As for Diaz, the Braves face a lefty tonight, Andrew Miller, so it won’t surprise me if he’s in there, given his career numbers against lefties (.328 average, .870 OPS), not to mention his work against the Marlins, plus the fact that Anderson played a full game in his first night back fro the calf re-injury.
If Diaz doesn’t play tonight, the Marlins will surely be thankful. Again.
By the way, in his last 11 games against Florida, Diaz has hit .452 (19-for-42) with four doubles, four homers, 10 RBI and an .833 slugging percentage.
Diaz: Fish-killer
Seven of his 24 career homers have come against the Marlins, and he’s not homered more than four times against any other team. Diaz is 2-for-6 with a homer against tonight’s starter, Miller. Anderson is 0-for-1 with a walk against him.
Oh, almost forgot to mention Uggla’s stats vs. the Braves. Since Sept. 2006, he’s hit .276 with 25 extra-base hits including 11 homers and 27 RBI in 38 games against them. Yes, he’s got 41 strikeouts (vs. only 12 walks) in 156 at-bats against them over that stretch, but that’s a .583 slugging percentage.
But here’s the eye-opening line: In his career at Turner Field, Uggla has hit a whopping .362 with eight homers and 25 RBI in 28 games, with a .406 OBP and .681 slugging percentage. Ouch.
♣ Lowe on a roll: Even your average Fish fan would probably concede that tonight’s pitching matchup strongly favors the Braves, with Derek Lowe going against Miller. But look a little closer.
Lowe is 7-1 with a 1.20 ERA in 12 starts since Aug. 11, including 5-0 with a 0.57 ERA and .167 opponents’ average in his past eight starts. He’s given up one run and six hits in 11 innings this season, with 10 strikeouts and two walks.
Lowe pitched eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball at Philly in the opening-day win, then got no decision in the home-opening win vs. Washington when he had to leave after three innings because of a two-hour rain delay.
However, he’s not fared particularly well against the Marlins in his career, going 5-4 with a 4.23 ERA and 3-for-3 saves in 14 games, including nine starts. And in his past six starts against them, he’s 2-3 with a 4.10 ERA, including 0-2 in three starts during the past two seasons (but only one last season).
Miller has worked out of the bullpen this season and last September, and will make his first start since July 13. He went 1-6 with a 5.94 ERA in his last 10 major league starts last summer, and the Marlins scored two runs or fewer while he was in eight of those games.
Against the Braves, Miller is 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA in four games, including two starts, both of which he won (in June 2007 and April 2008).
♣ About KJ leading off…. Anyone on the ol’ Braves/MIB blog still clamoring to move young Jordan Schafer to the leadoff role in place of Kelly Johnson?
Schafer is 1-for-7 with five strikeouts in his past three games, after going 8-for-19 (.421) with two doubles, two homers and four strikeouts in his first five games of his major league career. He hasn’t drawn his first walk.
Folks, everyone should realize that Schafer is going to have stretches like this, and probably a lot worse, during his first season in the majors. He’s a dynamic talent who’s going to play outstanding defense and have some torrid hitting stretches at the plate.
But he’s also going to have extended slumps, like just about every rookie. Which is why he was not thrust into the leadoff role to begin his career. Less pressure down in the order.
By the way, Johnson’s .458 OBP as a leadoff man is the second-highest among NL leadoff hitters in at least 10 plate appearances, trailing only Florida’s Emilio Bonifacio (.500).
In the two games when Omar Infante has hit leadoff instead of Johnson, Infante has a .667 OBP, reaching in six of nine plate appearances.
Kelly Johnson
Johnson finished the 2008 season on a surge, and now leads the Braves with three homers this season. Since Sept. 2, he’s hit .388 with 20 extra-base hits (six homers) and 26 RBI in 31 games, with a .427 OBP and .678 slugging percentage.
At Turner Field during that stretch, he’s hit .379 with 15 extra-base hits (four homers) and 14 RBI in 17 games.
♣ Etc.
Brian McCann is 1-for-10 in his past three games, after going 6-for-15 with three doubles, two homers and six RBI in his first four games. He’s likely to get his first day off Thursday in a day game against Florida, when David Ross is to expected to be activated from the DL…. The Braves have hit three homers in four home games, after hitting eight homers in the season-opening series at Philly…. The pitching-heavy Marlins, who have a majors-best 6-1 record, haven’t homered in their past three games or in three of their past four wins.
♣ Links
• In Newsday, my sister Kat O’Brien has this story about A.J. Burnett’s no-hit bid yesterday for the Yankees against the Rays, and how he wants to get another no-hitter to overshadow the first one he pitched in 2001, a nine-walk job against San Diego that Burnett said was sort of embarrassing. Hey, I covered that game. It wasn’t embarrassing. It was the very definition of effectively wild. (By the way, Kat’s not my sister.)….
• Speaking of Yankees, the Braves have to be thankful they didn’t trade for outfielder Xavier Nady, who could be headed for elbow surgery….
• Have to admit, I’m a bit surprised at how well Andruw Jones has accepted (so far) and thrived (so far) in a part-time role with the Rangers….
• Here’s a look at what the proposed $634 million ballpark in Miami, home of the to-be-renamed Miami Marlins, is supposed to look like. Pretty spectacular, though not at all a traditional ballpark. As I’ve said, having lived down there 13 years, I’ll believe it’s going to get done when I step through the doors.
What a night: I saw one of the best music performances I’ve seen in a long time last night, up there in a category with the two Tom Waits shows at the Fox and Tabernacle and a couple of James McMurtry shows in Atlanta and Athens. It was Alejandro Escovedo last night at Eddie’s Attic, where the legendary former punk and esteemed Texas songwriter and troubadour entertained for two hours.
Friends, if you have a chance to see the show tonight, I’d implore you to go. It’s sensational. He’s there one more night, though it’s just about sold out (might be by now; last night’s show was), then he heads to London to do a tribute to the Clash by Latin artistics who were influenced by that mighty band.
Anyway, last night it was just Alejandro and terrific guitarist David Pulkingham, both playing acoustics, but playing them with such energy at times, I was amazed that two guys could create such a beautiful fury with just two acoustic guitars (including their cover of Iggy & The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog.”
Escovedo played most of the tunes off his Real Animal CD, which was one of my favorite albums in 2008, and which I’ve been playing more than ever in the past month or so. At one point in the show, he went out in the crowd to play four songs, two at two different spots in that small venue. No amplification whatsoever, and it was just sublime stuff. Unforgettable. Amazing.
At one point, he played two songs literally 4-5 feet away from us in front of the bar, Hollywood Hills and Swallows of San Juan, both of which had to do with his growing up and living in Southern California. Intimate doesn’t begin to describe how special it was hearing those songs, with him telling stories to set up each, while standing that close to us. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Probably never will again.
Anyway, here’s a link to Escovedo playing “Always A Friend” (which he played last night) at last year’s SXSW festival in Austin, only with a full band at that event. He’s tremendous in either setting. Also, there’s a Lucinda Williams video on this same link. On the Alejandro song, you can fast-forward to about the 3:20 mark to get past the introduction, if you want.
Here’s another one he played last night, off that great Real Animal album….
SISTER LOST SOUL by Alejandro Escovedo
Nobody left unbroken
Nobody left unscarred
Nobody here is talking
That’s just the way things are
You had to go without me
You wandered off alone
And all the neon light reflects off the sidewalk
It all reminds me you’re not coming home
Sister lost soul, brother lost soul
I need you
Sister lost soul, brother lost soul
I need you
Every last heart is hardened
And every last tears’ been cried
Out on the street the water is frozen
And I feel like the only one alive
Sister lost soul, brother lost soul
I need you
Sister lost soul, brother lost soul
I need you
I long to lay down beside you
Feel your breath in my ear
You’re not the first or last I’ve lied to
I’m lyin’ to myself right now
You’re still here
Sister lost soul, brother lost soul
I need you
Sister lost soul, brother lost soul
I need you
Sister lost soul, brother lost soul
I need you
Sister lost soul, brother lost soul
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ellaguru
April 15th, 2009
2:13 pm
Can’t wait to see the show, Dave. Al rules. Hope you get a better game tonight now that you’re back to work.
Reid in EAV
April 15th, 2009
2:15 pm
Alejandro is sensational, and a really cool guy, too. Had the good fortune to meet him some years back. Very glad he bounced back from his health problems.
On that new Marlins stadium… um… wow. Looks like it pays homage to Florida’s official architectural symbol: an elevated freeway viaduct.
Random
April 15th, 2009
2:22 pm
MFin04 (April 13th, 2009 12:37 pm): “Problem with Hanson is he threw almost 100 pitches in 4.1 innings. That isnt going to get it done at the MLB level.”
That would actually be 84 pitches — 56 of them for strikes. To 19 batters.
Muffin: “Strikeouts are overrated when you have to go to 8-10 pitches an AB.”
To get his 10 Ks, Hanson threw a total of 50 pitches — that would be 5.00 pitches per strike-out, not 8-10. Overall, he threw an average of 4.42 pitches per batter.
Muffin: “Id rather have a guy that gets no K’s a game and has 4-6 pitch innings.”
I cannot disagree that 6 pitches per inning would be much better than Hanson’s 19.38 average in his first start, though most ML pitchers would settle for 10-12 (90-108 pitches for a complete game).
MFin04 (April 15th, 2009 12:38 pm): “Did anyone actually watch Vazquez pitch? He was awesome last night. Got some tough ball/strike calls in the inning he gave up three runs…other than that he looked great.”
Vazquez — 6.0 IP, 12 Ks, 106 pitches (73 strikes), 24 batters.
He threw a total of 59 pitches to get his 12 Ks, or an average of 4.92 pitches per strike-out (if he had needed just 1 more pitch, he’d've averaged an even 5.00 per strike-out).
Overall, Vazquez threw an average of 4.42 pitches per batter, and 17.67 pitches per inning.
So of course, MFin04 concludes the following:
Hanson with 5.00 pitches/K, 4.42 pitches per batter, 19.38 pitches/IP, a WHIP of 1.15 and 0 Earned Runs in 4.1 IP: “Problem . . . . isnt going to get it done at the MLB level.”
Vazquez with 4.92 pitches/K, 4.42 pitches per batter, 17.67 pitches/IP, a WHIP of 1.00 and 3 Earned Runs in 6.0 IP: “awesome . . . . he looked great.”
Yepper, that’s our little Muffin!
18 Wheels of Love
April 15th, 2009
2:25 pm
Wow, gotta love a stadium with a highway off ramp towering down the left field line…or is that the Monorail from, err, Dark Star? either way, it’ll be a much easier exit during those 15-2 losses for the Miami Marlins.
ncscoots
April 15th, 2009
2:30 pm
jeez, guys, it was hard enough to get the Florida stadium plans this far, and you want aesthetics, too?!? LOL
After the sucking chest wound of red ink they’ve had all these years, I imagine those guys would spit at the highway offramp and call it all good.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
2:30 pm
Random you have too much time on your hands…and your conclusions are still off base..when one guy is pitching to a team that is 6-1 in MLB ….and another guy is pitching to a AAA team that isnt very good offensively and is 2-5 on the year.
Any logical person wouldn’t compare the two. You pretty much just wasted your time…and looked stupid.
I’m not arguing that Hanson isn’t good, the kid is legit and will be up with the Braves hopefully sometime this year (hopefullly sooner rather than later).
But Vazquez has looked solid so far as well. He is a very good pitcher and if the Braves scored yesterday…he would have had a great chance to get a win (minus the whole bullpen sucking).
Hurricane Corky
April 15th, 2009
2:30 pm
DOB — did you like Bowman’s obit… errrr blog entry about Glavine today?
mattdrum
April 15th, 2009
2:31 pm
DOB, did you catch the opener for that show? A friend of mine named Kitty Snyder opened, I believe. I just talked to her the other day, and she told me she was asked to play that show. Personally, not a big fan of her music, but she’s a cool girl. Just wondering if you caught her show and what you thought. (Wouldn’t hurt my feelings either way, just curious).
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
2:31 pm
Medlen 5ip 1 hit 0runs 6ks and a pickoff (55 pitches)
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 15th, 2009
2:32 pm
I really hope our hitters tonight show a little more patience, and make these Marlins pitchers do something on their own account.
Willy Wally
April 15th, 2009
2:35 pm
Big Easy, that was funny. Dadgum, those were good points to consider.
Also for a small pitcher to throw at the same velocity as a tall pitcher requires more torque on his body and thus presumably more injury prone. (fleming)
Yeah, I can see that. They do tend to have to be max effort guys. That doesn’t bode well long-term considering the torque they put on their bodies to hit that velocity. But, again, to me, if you can burn ‘em up in the first six cheap years of their careers, why not? Why be too concerned whether or not they’re washed up right about the time they hit their late twenties and become eligible to be a multi-millionaire free agent?
The other thing I could see though is that torquing themselves like that may limit their ability to develop secondary pitches as well. Lack of deception is also an issue because tall guys can hide the ball better with their goofy limbs and clumsy mechanics.
NC Braves Fan
April 15th, 2009
2:36 pm
Seems like the Braves crowds are a little angrier these days. GA heard from the boo-birds last night, and I was really surprised when Moylan got booed in his first appearance at Turner Field last Friday. Granted he was part of the meltdown in Philly, but it seems like a guy like him coming off surgery would get some slack.
Perhaps the Braves fans are more impatient these days given the team’s recent lack of success, or it’s a reflection of the times we’re living in right now.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
2:36 pm
Good for Andruw.
That stadium rendering is heinous.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
2:36 pm
Who is the next relief pitcher to be called up to the Braves? Any ideas?
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 15th, 2009
2:38 pm
MFin04
Acosta
Andrew in P-tang
April 15th, 2009
2:40 pm
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=frontpage&pollId=70074
Andy K.
April 15th, 2009
2:40 pm
For those wondering, David Ross went 2-4 last night in his rehab appearance, with 1 HR, 3 RBI, and 1 Run. All three RBI’s were with two outs.
Tom O'Hawke
April 15th, 2009
2:41 pm
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DAP
April 15th, 2009
2:41 pm
i think the marlins stadium looks pretty cool, but not for a baseball stadium.
Tom O'Hawke
April 15th, 2009
2:42 pm
You mean, submit doesn’t refresh? Well I’ll be ….
RBraves Fan
April 15th, 2009
2:42 pm
DOB, any word on whether Chipper will play tonight?
ncscoots
April 15th, 2009
2:44 pm
Braveheart, maybe nolie can give you a perspective on smallish pitchers from the scout’s perspective. I’m sure that would be better than any explanation I might venture.
Bear
April 15th, 2009
2:44 pm
Nice save, Tom O’
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
2:44 pm
Oh the Yankees love Swisher now…but they werent too keen on him before when they were trying to ship him off all winter long. I think Nady also might be hurt as well. Probably glad they didnt get rid of him now.
How sweet would it be if both the Yankees and Red Sox didnt make the playoffs.
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
April 15th, 2009
2:45 pm
MFin04,
Thanks for the Medlin updates.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
2:45 pm
Anyone have a link to the new Marlins Stadium?
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
2:46 pm
What a ridiculous poll for the 2nd week of baseball season.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
2:48 pm
I heard DOB had one, MFin04, but he hid it in his new blog. He’s tricky like that! I hope I find it soon.
Swi
April 15th, 2009
2:49 pm
Any word on whether Cantu is playing today ? I think Gload was in yesterday because of his success against Vasquez… also, I wouldn’t mind if they rested McCann today against the lefty, instead of tomorrow. Wouldn’t want to see McCann and Chipper out of tomorrow’s lineup… day game after a night game… thoughts ?
Tomas
April 15th, 2009
2:49 pm
DOB Schafer has one walk.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
2:50 pm
Schafer has 3 walks
Kenny Powers
April 15th, 2009
2:50 pm
Kenny has been real real busy
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
2:50 pm
Medlin’s day is over
ellaguru
April 15th, 2009
2:51 pm
In that stadium rendering it kinda looks like the Marlins will be unfurling the World’s Largest Depends Undergarment when its time to close the roof.
Which in a lot of ways seems appropriate.
Ray K.
April 15th, 2009
2:52 pm
Do you folks remember when Diaz misjudged the liner in left field last week against the Nats? The one that should have been the third out but instead rolled to the wall? Do you remember the look of silent rage burbling beneath his eyes for the following several minutes, as he excoriated himself for failing to get the job done and help his team? And he had an excuse: the lights. Garret Anderson, after inexcusably dropping two gimme foul balls, the latter costing a run, looked utterly indifferent. Just a vacuous stare.
If Garrett doesn’t shape up in the next couple games in which he plays, then he sits. Period. We have another guy who can flat out hit, who cares an awful lot, and whose defense is obviously not any more of a liability. Garret looks unhappy, or unmotivated, or…WHO CARES what the reason is! Just play Diaz.
Tom O'Hawke
April 15th, 2009
2:54 pm
My 2 cents: I think one reason, of many, that there are so many taller pitchers today, compared to yesteryear, is because of the availability. Years ago, most players came from the good ol’ USA. Today, a good part of the world is involved. I think there’s something like 40% Latino’s, playing MLB. Basically, there’s more to choose from.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
2:54 pm
Just saw the movie “men out.” Those drops weren’t in a world series. What’s up?
bali
April 15th, 2009
2:54 pm
your articles are getting kind of stale, i still like your music reviews
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
2:55 pm
Alright Ray, the liner diaz lost in lights was the first batter of the inning, nick johnson. Show me a video or picture where he showed emotion as an angel
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
2:56 pm
Medlen threw 55 pitches in 5 innings. One AAA game, no big deal, but you gotta love that kind of efficiency.
Scott K.
April 15th, 2009
2:56 pm
Also, look at the game against the Phillies with the 8-run 7th inning. When Diaz was up to bat in the last inning, you could tell he was angry. When he hit that homer you could see the anger on his face , when he was in the batter’s box and as he rounded the bases. I really like Diaz because of how much he really cares about the games.
“Do you folks remember when Diaz misjudged the liner in left field last week against the Nats? The one that should have been the third out but instead rolled to the wall? Do you remember the look of silent rage burbling beneath his eyes for the following several minutes, as he excoriated himself for failing to get the job done and help his team?”
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
2:56 pm
Going to have a fried fish dinner tonight. Florida can’t be this good right?
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
2:59 pm
Marlins park looks pretty sweet…I just don’t understand…how they are going to fill it with more than 30,000 they usually look like they have 10,000 fans. And the Marlins are usually pretty good…and still cant fill their stadium.
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 15th, 2009
2:59 pm
I’d be interested in seeing how GA interacts and such around the clubhouse. I’m sure he is trying to adjust after being with the Angels for hsi entire career. But I’d still like to know how he is fitting in with everyone else.
Logan23
April 15th, 2009
2:59 pm
Run Heap Run
That stadium rendering is heinous.
Yea. Maybe they can add a really big cow to spruce up the place.
AndyC
April 15th, 2009
3:00 pm
DOB, you had me going for a minute about your sister being a beat writer for the Yankees. Good one.
DAP
April 15th, 2009
3:00 pm
ray k.Garret Anderson, after inexcusably dropping two gimme foul balls, the latter costing a run, looked utterly indifferent.
no, i think thats wrong. he looked pretty mad after the second one. but yeah, he needs to sit in favor of diaz for now.
Il Cattivo
April 15th, 2009
3:02 pm
DOB
Regarding Anderson’s errors in the field – ESPN last night said he had 2 errors in his prev 298 games in the field. So thats a pretty significant number of games, most of them however in ballparks he is familiar with in the AL, mainly AL west. Got to say, a new ballpark and its walls has to take sometime for him to get used to.
Youngerthan Thatnow
April 15th, 2009
3:02 pm
I’m really not one of those who gets down an individual player for one night’s woeful play, BUT… it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a major leaguer play a less inspired game than Garrett Anderson played last night. And I like Garrett Anderson… glad that the Braves picked him up for what should be considered a bargain basement price, and I’m not really talking about the two plays that he made the erors on. But he just looked like his mind was a hundred miles away… or maybe 2000 miles away (or whatever the distance from Atlanta to Anaheim is)!
Even when Andruw was having some terrible plate appearances here (and he had his share of them) he still went out and gave you all he had on defense, which was a lot. But Anderson’s play last night reminded me of the few games I watched Andruw play in LA… he just looked LOST… HOMESICK… OUT OF PLACE… or whatever you wish to call it.
I think that after seeing that last night and knowing that even though he may not make ALL the plays… still, Matt Diaz gives you everything he’s got on every play. (Which, BTW is one thing that Mike Martin at FSU said attracted him to Matt.) And I think he could roll out of the sack, wipe the sleep from his eyes and go out there and hit… especially against the fish.
One woeful night at the plate (or in leftfield) doesn’t make this team, but I think we’re a better team with Matt Diaz out there at this point.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
3:02 pm
G-Braves are one-hitting…Durham (5-0)…through 7 innings.
jtb
April 15th, 2009
3:03 pm
Ray K.
You shouldn’t judge how much people care by how they look after making a mistake. Everyone has different ways of reacting to things so to say that he was indifferent just because he didn’t have a look of silent rage isn’t fair. Anderson has been one of the most consistent players in baseball over the past 10 years. If he is given time to get back into the swing of things then he will produce.
Braves Fan
April 15th, 2009
3:04 pm
Watching Garett(sp?) Anderson was painful last night. His shoulders were slumped and he was staring off into the stands with his glove down. He looked like it was the last place on earth he wanted to be. Not to mention his effort with 2 errors. He probably should have cut off the ball in the corner too that allowed the run from first. Is he always like this (almost like the issue with Andrew Jones with the smirk all of the time). Hopefully this doesn’t mean we picked up a malcontent…
NRBQ
April 15th, 2009
3:04 pm
Can somebody ’splain who a major league manager could not know that Diaz has “hit .425 with seven homers, 21 RBI and a .446 OBP and .708 slugging percentage in 36 games, leading current Braves in each of those categories against Florida?”
Or did he know it, but start a rusty veteran coming off injury anyway?
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
3:06 pm
I thought they should have pulled Anderson to send a message. You just can’t drop two (possibly 3) fly balls in a game. Not when you were gifted a position in left over Diaz without much of a ST battle.
James
April 15th, 2009
3:07 pm
Guys when is chipper going to get his contract?
ease19
April 15th, 2009
3:07 pm
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monty
April 15th, 2009
3:07 pm
THe Braves are going to want to see a good deal of Hudson by the end of the year so they can evaluate whether or not to excercise his option, if he looks like he’s back and throwing his pitches and getting the groundballs as usuual, I expect they will keep him on in 2010, now that said, what if Vasquez say goes 16-10? Do you try to trade him thinking Hudson is back, but the question is, if Vazquez can be had a few million cheaper, why would you opt for Hudson over him when Hanson is waiting in the wings? We know too the problems Huddy has had with the side muscle pulls. I believe Carpenter went out of yesterday’s game with that problem. If Huddy can’t look like the old Hudson by the end of season I don’t believe Wren will roll the dice if Vasquez remains solid. I think it is foolish to base any arguments at this point on Huddy’s past performances coming off his surgery.
Reid in EAV
April 15th, 2009
3:08 pm
People, reality check. Long season — seven games down, 155 to go. An 0-for-4 and two E7s (on foul balls) does not suddenly make the rock-solid Garret Anderson a bum. (And have you noticed? That’s the only game face he has — it’s a poker face, and I have no problem with it.) Now if he’s hitting .201 with a sub-.600 OPS at the All-Star Break, then yes, that’s a problem. But c’mon — it’s one game.
Same goes for pretty much everything else — the beauty of a 162-game season is that over the weeks and months, you get the true measure of things. And on that score, I feel pretty good.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
3:08 pm
Diaz worked his butt off in the off-season only to have his position in left taken over by a guy that isnt hitting or fielding? That has got to be rough for Matty. No way Diaz sits tonight…no way.
Tomahawkin
April 15th, 2009
3:09 pm
MFin04
If you want more 411 on the Marlins new stadium check out these 2 links
http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/future/MiamiBallpark.htm
And…http://www.stadiumpage.com/
The stadiumpage link has better renderings than ballparksofbaseball.com
…I think the new stadium will be a mistake 5 years down the road…Has anyone noticed that the Nationals are already having issues filling out their new digs? And their fanbase isn’t no where near as bad as the fanbase is in S. Florida…
TRobb1
April 15th, 2009
3:09 pm
DOB, KOB is much hotter than you are. No offense.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
3:09 pm
james chipper already got an extension…don’t know where you have been
ease19
April 15th, 2009
3:10 pm
Hmmm, that was odd. I was not anywhere near the submit button.
BossLady
April 15th, 2009
3:12 pm
If my employer paid me the type of money that G Anderson is earning I would come to the stadium and plant my u kno in left field, march down the steps to the wall, the stands to make sure I learned my “territory”
They also practice and field balls everyday so shouldn’t he get some fly balls in his area to help him out. I have seen players walk in the outfield along the grass and the warning track to field out ground flaws
lighting and sunshine “what ifs”. So I say BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Youngerthan Thatnow
April 15th, 2009
3:13 pm
Good point Tomahawkin… but if you gave the Nats the Fish’s winning percentages (and future promise) just over the past couple of years I think that they would have very respectable crowds most every day.
Colbrave
April 15th, 2009
3:14 pm
Whats up with Chipper??? Is he playing tonight??
J Dub
April 15th, 2009
3:15 pm
I am not ready to write GA off yet but I too have noticed the look of indifference he shows. That may be his personality but it comes off as lackadasical.(sp?) I like Matt’s desire to win and the emotion that he shows as well but we need GA to get fired up and make that platoon work. For us Braves fans, we don’t like losing anymore. We have tried our best to block the 80’s out of our minds and we all feel a sense of urgency with Chipper getting a year older every year. We need to get Infante more at bats, he is automatic right now.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
3:17 pm
BossLady…good point…no excuse for not knowing your home park.
DAP
April 15th, 2009
3:20 pm
jamesGuys when is chipper going to get his contract?
a couple of weeks ago.
Mike S
April 15th, 2009
3:21 pm
Marlins will be good, but I think there offense will have problems over the long season. They’re all free swingers who strikeout way too much and don’t walk enough. Their streakiness will cause problems when they go through hitting slumps with a team comprised of all free swingers. Their starting pitching should keep them in a lot of games, but they’re also really young, so over a full season they’re going to have some problems too (injuries, adjustments, stamina, etc.), that a veteran staff would probably handle more easily.
I think they’ll have a season similar to recent years: stay in it for awhile, but tail off towards the end with a still respectable finish.
Tomahawkin
April 15th, 2009
3:21 pm
Youngerthan Thatnow….?
I’ve noticed that the marlins have 6 year-cycles for their development…
The prospects that they sell the team for takes 6 years to get into the playoffs. Its a funny thing I noticed…
They won in 97, and 2003 so they are due if that 6 year cycle remains true (hopefully it will not)…And after this offseason or next they are due to have another fire-sale…therefore It will be hard to retain a strong fanbase down there…Bank on it!
NC Braves Fan
April 15th, 2009
3:21 pm
All you Amazing Kreskins that seem to know whether a player is motivated or not should really get a clue. GA made a couple of boneheaded plays and isn’t hitting yet.
Long way to go, folks!
Bill
April 15th, 2009
3:22 pm
Cody Johnson is raking down at Myrtle Beach, and so is Freeman-
http://minorsandmajors.com
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
3:23 pm
G-Braves bullpen sucks too. Boone Logan/Luis Valdez…garbage. Game tied 3-3. 3-run homer
Renegator
April 15th, 2009
3:24 pm
Anybody going to the game tonight?
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 15th, 2009
3:24 pm
I couldn’t agree more Mike S. At least that’s the hope I have.
Bobby's Belly
April 15th, 2009
3:24 pm
says, “Diaz loves to sit next to me in the dugout.”
Fischerking04
April 15th, 2009
3:25 pm
GA looked bad not only on the errors but also on a misplayed ball later that scored Bonafacio. He just looked lazy jogging over to it while Bonafacio was flying around the bases. GA should realize that the fans will still root for their guys when they are struggling. But they aren’t going to cheer on a guy for playing half assed defense and looking like he could care less.
James I hope you’re not serious but he got his 3 year deal over a week ago.
monty
April 15th, 2009
3:28 pm
I can remember many years ago when Ray Knight and Harry Spilman who are from my hometown came back to their old ballpark right before reporting to spring training, Ray of course with the Reds and HArry with the Astros I believe. Any way, they were practicing(don’t know if this was a regular event or an impromptu deal) but they were hitting these huge infield pop-ups to each other and catching them bare-handed and not dropping many, if any at all. All of us high schoolers were in awe. I would like to think professionals like Garrett Anderson practiced in the off season to get ready for spring training. We keep hearing the excuse that “he didn’t get that much time in during spring training.” MAybe so, but surely he put time in in the off-season.
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
3:29 pm
Well, Boom Logan and the rest of the ‘pen have cost Medlen the win today, but Medlen’s started 2 games, given up a total of 1 hit and 1 walk, with 10 K’s, in 8 + innings so far. Not bad.
macdwolfpack
April 15th, 2009
3:31 pm
Someone remind me why the Braves brain trust signed Logan and O’FLaherty? Logan 1/3 inning two runs at AAA. Why didn’t they take the money for both and resign Ohlman?
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
3:32 pm
mbatl, medlin didn’t start during his first outing. He came in and relieved hanson but agreed he has looked awesome so far.
Kenny Powers
April 15th, 2009
3:33 pm
Kenny Powers cuts hiw own hair.
The ghost of Will......Ohlman?
April 15th, 2009
3:34 pm
You can’t keep a good ghost down!
BlawgDawg
April 15th, 2009
3:35 pm
macdwolfpack…..Logan was part of the Vazquez trade. And I don’t know the actual numbers, but I doubt what both are making together would’ve been enough to sign Ohman since he turned down at least one offer (two according to some reports I remember reading) the Braves had on the table for him.
ease19
April 15th, 2009
3:35 pm
Ummm…because they offered Ohman a contract and he turned them down…that could be why. Might just be me, though.
Fred
April 15th, 2009
3:35 pm
I noticed that Bueno is pitching quite well for Gwinnett. Could he be the Braves lefty specialist solution? He can’t be much worse than O’Flaherty.
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
3:36 pm
vabravesfan, yeah, noticed that right after my post… but he does look good (on the Internet, anyway!)
ease19
April 15th, 2009
3:37 pm
Kenny Powers – does the Floobee count?
The Patron Saint of the Lost Art
April 15th, 2009
3:37 pm
Fischerking04, I was sitting in LF last night and recall the play you are speaking of. Schafer covered twice as much ground as GA getting to the ball. GA is clearly still bothered by his strained calf. He was running very slowly and gingerly. I don’t think he is lacking desire. Have you ever run on a sprained ankle or with a hurt toe or foot? Maybe he shouldn’t be out there until he is healthier, I dont know. But I don’t think you can say he isn’t trying.
Youngerthan Thatnow
April 15th, 2009
3:38 pm
Tomahawkin… I’m agreeing with you. I’m just adding that if the Nats were what the Fish are “on the field” today with their starting pitching and two or three can’t miss guys (Ramirez, Uggla, et al) that they probably wouldn’t have attendance issues.
Florida has all of those things and if anybody’s been down there lately, they sure as everything holy have the fannies to fill the seats and yet, as you say, they just don’t do it. And if history proves itself (the 6 year cycle you spoke of) all of their superstars will be gone before the parking lots are paved.
I ain’t ag-in ya… I’m wit ya.
Cameron
April 15th, 2009
3:40 pm
I am not one to overrreact. But, watching Garrett Anderson play last night was kind of concerning. He really doesn’t look like he wants to be out there. Supposedly, that is how he has looked since the day he started playing the game. Maybe, but I do not know for sure.
If he starts hitting and playing adequate defense, nobody will care. But, if he continues to suck it up, he will think he is playing in philly from all of the “Boo” birds. He needs to get it together. Diaz will probably be in there tonight against the lefty. Then again, Bobby might put Garrett back out there to have a chance to get last night’s game out of his head.
Braves#1
April 15th, 2009
3:41 pm
Kinda tired of the way the braves work. Waiting on Glavine putting Hanson off. Dealing with Anderson and sitting Diaz. Anderson and Glavine have no place on our team and Diaz needs to be giving the chance to play. Being loyal to Glavine is a joke. Same player who went to the Mets. Its not like hes a lifer or anything. Build the team with players who can win. Stop waiting on the old men for their last hurrah. Im tired of it. Lets sign and play to win shall we?
Schafer's Wafers
April 15th, 2009
3:41 pm
wolfpack we didnt sign logan he was part of the vasquez trade..
obvious
April 15th, 2009
3:41 pm
Kenny Powers, well um, duh!
macdwolfpack
April 15th, 2009
3:42 pm
Maybe, a better question might have been why didn’t we just save the money on O’Flaherty and go get us a LH reliever that is dependable.
I too think that maybe Bueno along with Reyes may be better answers than Logan and O’Flaherty
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
3:43 pm
Glavine needs to stop trying to rehab his shoulder…and just pitch one final game on adrenaline like in “For Love of the Game”. Then we can honor him and let him go.
Thrillhouse44
April 15th, 2009
3:46 pm
Kenny Powers could play on 3 strained calves.
brent a.
April 15th, 2009
3:46 pm
Lillibridge leading off for the W Sox today. 0for3 with a walk. He’s at .077 on the year.
Josh Anderson started in LF for the Tigers, is 2for2 and is at .308 on the young season.
Anderson is about to bat on WGN.
BlawgDawg
April 15th, 2009
3:46 pm
O’Flaherty makes the league minimum, don’t think you were going to find a “dependable” LH reliever for the league minimum. Anyone you sign is going to have the risk of being knocked around from time to time. I think it’s going to take a trade to really fix the LH reliever problem, but you still aren’t going to get top notch one without giving up something good from the minor leagues.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
3:47 pm
Josh Anderson batting .300 with a couple doubles and a SB. Glad to see him doing well. We might miss his speed off the bench…but we have the better center fielder playing everyday.
fleming
April 15th, 2009
3:47 pm
MFin04 – A one game Glavine start would cost 1 million.
BlawgDawg
April 15th, 2009
3:48 pm
Anyone you sign for the league minimum I meant to say
obamallama
April 15th, 2009
3:48 pm
I love the small, blurry photos with captions such as: “uggla: ATL nemesis” “Diaz: Fish-killer”. Makes me laugh everyday.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
3:48 pm
Chipper’s out, Infante at 3B. Diaz in LF.
Going down to talk to Chipper now
brent a.
April 15th, 2009
3:49 pm
yeah, but fleming,
it would be for the love of the game.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
3:50 pm
Well Glavine better make it a perfect game like Kevin Costner did in that movie!
Kenny Powers
April 15th, 2009
3:50 pm
Kenny Powers taught Eric O’Flaherty how to pitch.
brent a.
April 15th, 2009
3:50 pm
Chipper’s out. No complaining.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
3:51 pm
Chipper is out? IM SHOCKED. But seriously…hope he can get better and heal up so he can play a long stretch of games.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
3:52 pm
mbatl, yea it will be interesting what they do with medlin because they are stretching him out to be a starting pitcher but seems like we have a surplus of that right now. When I went to spring training I was blown away at how such a small guy could have nasty stuff. He told me that he was kind of in shock when he came in the first game and had to face 2 regulars versus the yankees(posada and nady) but he set them down easily
crap-wheelie
April 15th, 2009
3:53 pm
Maybe Chipper should sit a while and let that hand heel.
Cal Ripken Jr.
April 15th, 2009
3:53 pm
I know iron men, and Chipper Jones, you are no “Iron Man”.
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
3:54 pm
What NL East team has a really good lefty reliever?
I guess the Phillies have Eyre, who’s pretty good; and they’ve got JC Romero back after the 50 game suspension… but otherwise I don’t see any really imposing LH relievers in our division. Am I missing someone?
AndyC
April 15th, 2009
3:55 pm
I’m not surprised Chipper is out today. He looked like he was in a lot of pain last night after his last AB. I hope he can get his hand healed up soon. Hopefully Infante continues his good play.
Il Cattivo
April 15th, 2009
3:55 pm
Lets hope Chipper rests today and plays tomorrow. Already no BMAc for thursday, if we are without Chipper too that would be bad.
Colbrave
April 15th, 2009
3:56 pm
For how long is Chipper out?
brent a.
April 15th, 2009
3:56 pm
just a note:
Neal Boortz, Sean Hannity, their supporters, and a handful of protesters will be blocking traffic near the Capitol tonight. There’s gonna be some road shutdowns near TF.
If you’re heading to the game tonight, it’d be good to look into the traffic situation.
Tomahawkin
April 15th, 2009
3:56 pm
YoungerThanThatNow…? Didn’t the Marlins try to ship Uggla off last offseason, I wouldn’t be suprised if they try to sell off Hanley to the Yankees 2 years from now when his contract starts taking a 1/3 of the teams payroll…I only see the Yankees/Red Sox getting Hanley because they will need someone to replace Jeter. Jeter is already showing signs of decline…
Oh yea and don’t bank on the Marlins keeping all their starters once they reach Arbitration/Free Agency. Its just gonna be too much for the F.O. unless they double their payroll which I don’t see happening….
todd
April 15th, 2009
3:57 pm
hitting Schafer 8th is about the worst place you can put him in the lineup. once the pitchers figured out he was going to hurt them they stopped giving him pitches to hit. because they can do that with the pitcher up next. so now he’s racking up strikeouts. duh. thanks for the great insight there dave.
Mike S
April 15th, 2009
3:59 pm
Josh Anderson was hitting .183 before his 2 for 2 today, so let’s not go nuts about that .308 avg just yet…
brent a.
April 15th, 2009
3:59 pm
I will be happy if the Red Sox keep losing.
Pickin' Daisies
April 15th, 2009
3:59 pm
Hey Cal Ripken Jr. – Eat it.
At least Chipper sits out when he knows he can’t contribute at high level and doesn’t put personal streaks ahead of overall team performance. But, good job on that record. That one will never be touched.
brent a.
April 15th, 2009
4:01 pm
I’d like to think that Schafer’s strike-outs that he is “racking up” have something to do with the fact that he faced a guy last night that almost no one was hitting.
Tired of Braves#1
April 15th, 2009
4:03 pm
Then go somewher else.
Tomahawkin
April 15th, 2009
4:03 pm
I hope Everyone knows that GA is a notoriously slow starter…I still would’ve rather had Dunn/Abreu. Eespecially on the days that Chipper sits, which seems like it will be a once per week thing for the rest of the season…
Steve from OH
April 15th, 2009
4:03 pm
mbatl, I’m with you on Campbell…I haven’t given up on him yet either.
As for Vazquez/Hudson, give me both of them completely healthy and I pick Hudson. But keep in mind that a lot can happen between now and September that could make the Braves’ decision very easy either way. Let’s wait until at least the all-star break before we start anointing next year’s rotation.
On a side note, (as I posted last night and someone did earlier) Cody Johnson is doing well at Myrtle, as did JJ Hoover in his first appearance at Rome. Keep and eye on Hoover and Johnson…I expect them to make big leaps this season. Locke pitching tonight for Myrtle, hopefully he keeps up the good work.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
4:05 pm
Thanks for the update DOB.
McFann :Ô:
April 15th, 2009
4:05 pm
Thanks for the new Blog, Ms. Rogers!
Brian McCann is 1-for-10 in his past three games, after going 6-for-15 with three doubles, two homers and six RBI in his first four games. He’s likely to get his first day off Thursday in a day game against Florida, when David Ross is to expected to be activated from the DL
1-10? Eww…even I didn’t know it was that bad. GET WELL SOON, Ross!
Although, I’m kinda with the person on the last page who mentioned sitting McCann against the lefty tonight–he’s been having trouble against lefties. But he’s a good hitter; he’ll work out the problem.
McFann :Ô:
April 15th, 2009
4:06 pm
Eww…I pressed “post” too soon…
Thanks for the new Blog, Chief!
Skip & Pete Fan
April 15th, 2009
4:07 pm
Hi Everyone! I’m a little nervous about attendance! After taking a look at attendance around the league from 8 games last night, we were the fourth lowest! Take a look!
Kansas City – 11,756
Texas – 14,041
Toronto – 15,375
Atlanta – 16,293
St. Louis – 25,678
Milwaukee – 27,441
Tampa Bay – 36,973
Seattle – 45,958
O’brien, Do you think that we would ever have to worry about our Braves being moved for lack of support? Just wondering…
jmart1951
April 15th, 2009
4:09 pm
It seems that every year the Braves (and maybe all teams) have a pitcher that they just don’t support. Whether it be lack of hitting in his starts or poor bullpen efforts. Although it has started out that way this year I hope that Vasquez is not going to be that pitcher for us. He has terrific stuff and properly supported he could have a break out year.
J Dub
April 15th, 2009
4:09 pm
Hey Monty, I think we are from the same hometown.
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
4:09 pm
McFann, I think you are getting way too confused. This is DOB’s blog, not carrolls
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
4:10 pm
LOL, nevermind
Youngerthan Thatnow
April 15th, 2009
4:11 pm
Tomahawkin… that’s been the routine since the franchise started and I don’t see it changing either. Sad too really… think about the guys who have come thru their minor league system, proved that they have “the stuff” and then they either trade them in a 1 for 6 deal or let them leave via free agency.
Next year, 2010, they’re due to win a WS after making the playoffs as the wildcard, then have a fire sale before they can hand out WS rings, followed by a 3-5 year rebuilding period only to do it all again. And they’ll still draw less than 10,000 thru it all.
I’ve been to 8-10 games at Tampa and Miami over the past 3-4 years (will be in Miami again on 4/25) and so far I’ve bought one ticket, which was on my first trip to Tampa. Every other time we’ve walked up to get in the line at the ticket window and somebody would walk up to us and hand us tickets… 2-4, depending on how many there were of us. And parking in Tampa has been free up until this year. Unbelievable.
Bravedawg
April 15th, 2009
4:12 pm
We sure do have a lot of dime-store psychologists on the ol’ blog here.
“GA doesn’t look like he wants to be there!”
“Anderson doesn’t even look like he cares!”
“I want a player who shows that they care!”
I’ll echo what DOB said earlier today (on the previous blog). It’s not wise to make a judgment after 7 games. Why would you ignore Garret Anderson’s crazily consistent body of work over the last 10-15 years, to focus on the 5 games he’s played so far in this young season?
Like I’ve said before–take a deep breath…there’s a long way to go!
Bravedawg
April 15th, 2009
4:15 pm
Skip & Pete fan – I think it’s safe to say that DOB’s response to your question would be “no.”
The contract the team has with the city of Atlanta/Stadium Authority would make that next to impossible. Just like with the team’s performance on the field, it’s still early in the season. We’ve had horrible weather for the home opener, and then a crappy opponent for the other games (and even though Florida is good, they’re not drawing many fans to the stadium like a bigger name team would). So rest easy.
monty
April 15th, 2009
4:16 pm
J Dub
Albany?
fleming
April 15th, 2009
4:16 pm
Was hoping Chipper could play tonight vs the left hander since it would be less a strain on the ole thumb but guess sitting would be best.
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
April 15th, 2009
4:17 pm
I think we should all remember one thing about Garrett Anderson. He was an Angel last season, so was Kotchman…. With the recent Adenhart trajedy, maybe their heads aren’t completely back into the game yet.
Just a thought?
ncscoots
April 15th, 2009
4:17 pm
mbatl, I’m with you on Campbell…I haven’t given up on him yet either.
Well, it never pays to get married to an opinion on a minor leaguer, that’s for sure, regardless of the direction of that opinion. You never know when fortune might favor a kid with an epiphany, or decide to never ever bestow another smile on his sorry butt, LOL. Watch and learn, is about all you can do.
wisdom
April 15th, 2009
4:18 pm
It’s not wise to make a judgment after 7 games
errr, on this blog?…You mean the one where Vazquez and Kawakami have been traded, Hanson pitches every 2 days, Chipper has retired, Glavine has been shot and Anders has had a short stint as Mr. Anders and played blogmaster? Wise? Too funny.
sickofugafans
April 15th, 2009
4:19 pm
TOTALLY off topic here…but I am already in dire straits over the TV/Radio voices for the Braves. I knew I would miss Skip and Pete but these new guys are awful. The guy on radio with Sutton sounds like a younger Bob Ueker. UGH!
todd h
April 15th, 2009
4:19 pm
brent a,
i think the strikeouts have more to do with JS being a rookie that jumped AAA. i think he’ll have his rough moments but be better because of it. but, you’re right that the marlins were dealing last night.
man, this is gonna be a great division to watch. lots and lots of quality baseball.
CB
April 15th, 2009
4:21 pm
I hate it when Chipper is out but if he plays with an obvious injury better to sit and recover.I feel good about Infante over an injured Chipper
fleming
April 15th, 2009
4:22 pm
todd h – Don’t know if you can call the game last night quality baseball. Especially the Braves. UGH.
buzzmeat
April 15th, 2009
4:22 pm
jmart1951,
GOOD POINT, Steve avery is a good example, most people hated him
Joe Fan
April 15th, 2009
4:22 pm
It is very simple Wren made a mistake in signing both Glavine and G. Anderson. Whether he is willing to own up to these errors is the question. Diaz and Brandon Jones can certainly hold down left field until Heyward is ready and among Medlin, Hanson, Morton or Reyes there has to be a more than adequate replacement for Glavine. The Braves to need to get a clue and field the most competitive team not one with players that can’t field, pitch, hit or are prone to injuries.
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
4:23 pm
’scoots, don’t know if you saw my original post about Campbell, but I did acknowledge that “I’ve been warned.” Appreciate your insight on some of these guys… even if I choose to ignore it to make myself feel good.
cvbraves
April 15th, 2009
4:23 pm
Wonder if there has ever been a organization that had four rookies starting, each with a different team, in the same year…Jordan with the Braves, Josh with the Tigers, Brent with the White Sox, and Elvis with the Rangers?
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
4:24 pm
Oh good lord.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
4:24 pm
Brandon Jones vs Garret Anderson? Hmm…interesting debate…I’ll take the guy with 2,300 career hits. Just hope he can catch the ball soon
Do we have lineups yet tonight?
rupert
April 15th, 2009
4:28 pm
I would bet Chipper is out until Friday. He was really favoring that hand last night and it was affecting his swing. I hate it when people say stuff like this BUT these games in April are not worth making this anymore of a lingering problem than it has to be.
Bravedawg
April 15th, 2009
4:29 pm
Yeah, Joe Fan–Let’s wait and see if Frank Wren “owns up to it” when we all light torches and march to his house.
Do YOU know when Heyward is going to be ready? Because you’d be the only one. No one knows for sure. Most people thought (DOB included) that Schafer would be up with the Braves by the all-star break last year, if not sooner. And they weren’t crazy for thinking that. But HGH and an ego got in the way.
I know that it’s the internet, and you can say whatever you want without retribution (and you’re certainly entitled to your opinion) but let’s try to have a shred of fact to back up our opinions on here. We’re smarter than this.
todd h
April 15th, 2009
4:30 pm
fleming,
one night does not make a team. you have to admit, there seems to be 4 good teams in this division that have few weaknesses, but are built to compete at a high level. phillies have a great offense with a stud pitcher. mets have some a great bullpen. marlins are young and exciting.
and, the braves have depth in the rotation that no one can match.
we’ll see, but i really believe this will be a fun year.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
4:30 pm
everybody got on vasquez for throwing too many pitches last night. Check out rich harden’s line from today. 3IP 5H 4ER 4BB 8SO and it took him 92 pitches. Wow at least vasquez got through 6 innings
Brad
April 15th, 2009
4:31 pm
Monty, I believe I know you!
ncscoots
April 15th, 2009
4:32 pm
mbatl, nothing wrong with that, brah. I was actually talking to myself more than anything, about being “married to an opinion”, LOL. Campbell, for example, might have reached that point where maturity becomes more than a word in the dictionary. These kids don’t exactly have a train schedule to follow when it comes to development.
fleming
April 15th, 2009
4:32 pm
todd h – agree, just commenting about both offense and defense last night. Terrible.
Bravedawg
April 15th, 2009
4:33 pm
Not sure if anyone else shares this sentiment, but here goes…
I’ve realized in this young season how much I began to take for granted the wonderful starting pitching we had all those years…because we are experiencing great starting pitching again. It’s so nice not to sit on pins and needles and wait for a starter to give up “the big inning,” which is what I did the last couple of years with Carlyle, Morton, Bennett, Parr, James, Reyes, etc.
Call me an optimist, but I am so thankful that we have a strong rotation.
monty
April 15th, 2009
4:33 pm
It all boils down to pitching doesn’t it? Last night the MArlins shut our guys down completely. Vazquez would have had to thrown a shutout in order for us to win. Tonight we have our ace. THey have a potent lineup for sure. But I have always believed great pitching beats great hitting more often than not. The formula for the Braves in years past was great starting pitching and timely hitting, somethings never change. Tonight and tommorrow is a chance to send a statement to them,if we don’t they will, but make no mistake, a statement will be made. Every series you play against your arch rivals you just keep making statements until the other team starts believing it. When the team was on their 14 year run, other teams knew the Braves were better and that they were going to lose the series, and thats what the Braves did they took 2 out of three most every time, with most every team.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
4:33 pm
gwinnett is in the top of the 13th now. Acosta has pitched 2 good innings today.
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
4:34 pm
Acosta’s had a good day for Gwinnett (1 hit, 3 K’s in 2 innings). I’ve been a little down on him, but given his experience he’s probably the first guy in line if we need to replace a reliever. Good to see him pitching well.
jtb
April 15th, 2009
4:36 pm
Skip & Pete Fan
The Braves won’t get moved. They have been averaging somewhere in between 27,000 to 34,000 for the past 10 years which has been somewhere around 12th best to 17th best every year. Attendance will definitely be down the beginning of this year but if the Braves can stay in the race come July through September attendance should be really good.
Knuckle Sandwich (The Malcontent Left Fielder)
April 15th, 2009
4:39 pm
mbatl…Renyel Pinto is pretty dadgum good too.
AdirondackDave
April 15th, 2009
4:39 pm
Medlin pitched another strong game with Gwinnett today. Five innings, one hit, one walk, 6 k. This guy looks like a winner either starting or in the pen.
Josh H
April 15th, 2009
4:43 pm
Braves attendance is always bad during the week. Most casual fans probably don’t consider the Marline a “worthy opponent” yet.
Works for me. I can buy the $2 seats and hang out in the Chop House.
Brandon O
April 15th, 2009
4:44 pm
Medlin seems like a right handed version of Mr. Chuck James
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
4:47 pm
brandon please tell me you are kidding. James was a finese type guy with only 2 pitches. Medlin isn’t going to throwing blazing fastballs but he throws heat.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
4:48 pm
ahha and right as I say manny had pitched well today, he gives up a 2 run jack to end the game
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
4:49 pm
well, the game needed to end, vabravesfan (LOL).
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
4:50 pm
Acostus just gives up too many home runs…you just new it was coming. Granted he pitched 3 innings…but you cant give up homeruns as a relief pitcher.
brvs1fan
April 15th, 2009
4:50 pm
Brandon are you kidding? Why would you say that?
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
4:50 pm
yea well glad I could jinx him into ending the misery
A Hope
April 15th, 2009
4:50 pm
Time for Anderson’s honeymoon to end. If this was New York, he’d be getting death threats by now. He doesn’t even look like he cares.
Steve from OH
April 15th, 2009
4:51 pm
Medlin seems like a right handed version of Mr. Chuck James
Except that Medlen knows how to throw a (plus)curve. And an average slider.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
4:52 pm
Do the ushers let you move around when there is no one in the park?
Ed Glennon
April 15th, 2009
4:53 pm
I do not much about Garrett Anderson and after watching him last night I can see why. We also have another Angel problem at firstbase. Kotchman does nothing. I can’t remember anything of significance he has done since he got here. Prado has been up five times this year and had more RBI’s than Kotchman. Play Prado at first. If the Angels call
about a trade this year I hope Wren won’t answer the phone.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
4:54 pm
MFin04, are you asking about at Turner Field?
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
4:55 pm
We need to win tonight,we could get too far behind. DLowe, the season is in your hands
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
4:55 pm
Yeh at Turner Field.
Schafer's Wafers
April 15th, 2009
4:56 pm
Get off Kotchmans back geez….The kid has had nothing but tragedy since he got here….he will be fine and he is one hell of a good defensive first basemen
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
4:57 pm
“If the Angels call
about a trade this year I hope Wren won’t answer the phone”
Ya that Garret trade was a ripoff. So was the Tex trade, he was better than Kotchi
Marc
April 15th, 2009
4:58 pm
Like everyone else I was frustrated when GA dropped those two balls… But, we must remember – we are Braves fans. We’re not Yankee fans, or Boston fans, or Philly fans… We’re Braves fans. We encourage our players; that’s why people like comings here and playing for us.
If he continues to have horrid nights like that, then you earn the right to be boo’d. But not one bad night. We’re better than that, we’re the best fans in the game (or used to be). A guy’s facial expression has nothing to do with his passion for the game. I think people are looking too far into that.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
4:58 pm
I need a Schafer jersey
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
4:58 pm
The one time I went there, def didn’t let me move around to get autographs if thats what you are talking about. I was in a section behind the dugout and bmac and jeff were signing between the net and dugout and they wouldn’t let me go over there even though it was like 10 feet away. So don’t know if thats always how it is but that was my one experience.
Ken Overstreet
April 15th, 2009
4:59 pm
Does anybody here have DirecTv extra innings? If so, do you think it is weird that Peachtree TV goes silent between innings, instead of commercials? You just sit there and watch the players go on and off the field. If you watch Peachtree TV over the air, is it the same way?
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
4:59 pm
N Nine, pretty sure they haven’t come out yet. I looked the other day but I am right there with you once they do come out.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
4:59 pm
Well said Marc…I’ll try to remain calm a few games longer.
MGL
April 15th, 2009
5:01 pm
N Nine – “I need a Schafer jersey” They only make those in size small.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
5:02 pm
we are Braves fans. We’re not Yankee fans, or Boston fans, or Philly fans… We’re Braves fans. We encourage our players; that’s why people like comings here and playing for us
Well see about that! Frenchy will not get by this year if he repeats. But yes, were pretty chill.
Vabravesfan_Lets go shopping together! :}….
Tomahawk210
April 15th, 2009
5:02 pm
I have a Schafer player t-shirt already and I live in Illinois.
Tomahawk210
April 15th, 2009
5:04 pm
Any of those around yet? Schafer player t-shirt oh and mine is a XXL MGL. MEAT
The Real Don Steele
April 15th, 2009
5:04 pm
It’s amusing to see the AJC Braves’ beat writer emploring fans to forego the baseball game and go see a lounge act instead. Should we wonder why newspapers are failing left and right?
PAUL
April 15th, 2009
5:05 pm
HEY N-NINE WE DIDN NOT AQUIRE ANDERSON VIA TRADE U MORON WE SIGNED HIM AS A FREE AGENT GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!
buzzmeat
April 15th, 2009
5:06 pm
I ordered my lady freind one off of braves.com and a McCann shirt for myself
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
5:07 pm
If I can’t find a Schafer jersey then I’ll settle for a wafer-head outfit. You in Schafer’s Wafers? We can sell those stupid hotdog outfits.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
5:07 pm
Chipper’s gonna be out at least a few days, probably. Not DL, though. Said he’ll probably be “day-to-day” after tomorrow or Friday.
Mac will be off tomorrow, which means lineup will be without Chipper and him.
Bill in VA
April 15th, 2009
5:07 pm
Bill, Great link to minor leagues site, at 3:22 pm. Thanks.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
5:08 pm
LOL paul. You didn’t have to scream at me. I was just making a joke with the comment above that..I’m not too serious today
Willy Wally
April 15th, 2009
5:08 pm
Scoots, wasn’t necessarily disagreeing with you on the short pitcher thing. It’s just something I’ve always wondered about, and have never gotten an answer that has satisfied me.
Well, anyways, here’s an article I just found on hardball times discussing the tall vs. short, skinny vs. fat pitcher thing:
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/does-size-matter-part-5/
The final conclusion in part 6 says as follows:
Size does matter, both for pitchers and for hitters. For hitters, the effect is roughly twice as great, maybe seven runs at the extremes, instead of three to three-and-a-half. Size is one of those little things serious analysts tend to ignore, which matters nonetheless, and which mainstream analysts often make too big a deal out of (“look at what a towering hulk that ballplayer is!”).
We shouldn’t ignore size, but it’s down on the list of things we should worry about when it comes to evaluating players. Size has some effect on future performance, and I believe that in this series, I have quantified exactly what that effect is.
Tall pitchers, we find, are slightly worse-off than short pitchers, and overweight pitchers tend to perform better than their skinny brethren. Given that overweight pitchers also survive for much longer time periods in the major leagues, all else being equal, invest in fat guys. But generally, all else is not equal, in which the case the answer should be obvious: Go for the better ballplayer, always.
bravos2249
April 15th, 2009
5:09 pm
I know Chipper needs to sit…but how come our best players always end up sitting or getting hurt vs the teams we need them against but can play vs the teams we don’t need them against…via the Nats
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
5:11 pm
Lineup – Mac – Chipper=
Well we knew this was going to happen. AT LEAST WE HAE GARRET
Bravedawg
April 15th, 2009
5:11 pm
N-Nine,
Perhaps the fact that you think we TRADED for Garret Anderson should prevent you from giving your opinion on him. If that doesn’t, then the “We need to win tonight,we could get too far behind. DLowe, the season is in your hands,” comment should.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
5:13 pm
Geez why is everyone taking me serious today..
Bravedawg
April 15th, 2009
5:13 pm
Bravos249 – a game against the Marlins counts exactly the same as a game against the Nats.
Bravedawg
April 15th, 2009
5:14 pm
Sorry, N-Nine…unfortunately, there are too many people on here lately that are saying those kinds of things and meaning them.
StingerSplash
April 15th, 2009
5:14 pm
All I can remember about the Orange Bowl is it was not a great neighborhood, no?
My parents had some friends who lived in Miami Lakes and we went to spend a holiday (Thanksgiving, maybe? It was 35 years ago.) with them. Went to Saturday mass with them and Don Shula was 10 rows behind us.
Derick Richards
April 15th, 2009
5:15 pm
I remember playing in a game when I caught a fly ball off my chest. I’d run hard to reach the ball, and didn’t even take my eye off the ball,but if you run hard, but not smoothly, the ball seems to jump, an illusion from your own running. It’s hard to explain, but neither of those fly balls feel close to the inner pocket of Garret’s glove. You can attribute it to the injury, perhaps, causing a slight limp, but making the ball to appear to jump. Not to excuse the errors, because Diaz, who kills the Marlins, should have been playing instead. But I thought as I watched both foul balls hit off his body, that Garret’s problem was that he didn’t really see those balls well.
sri
April 15th, 2009
5:16 pm
Wakefield has a no-hitter through 7 innings against Oakland. It would have been a perfect game so far, if not for an error by Lowell (grammar?). Or is it still a perfect game?
todd h
April 15th, 2009
5:18 pm
note to self… do not take n nine serious.
Mitchie-san
April 15th, 2009
5:19 pm
DOB, I have a selfish question. Do you know if Cantu is gonna play? I got him on my fantasy team. Sorry to bug ya.
Bobby's Belly
April 15th, 2009
5:20 pm
Oak’s icing Wakefield right now. ’bout a 20 minute top of 8th
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
5:21 pm
Mitchie-san He’s on mine too. Just day to day
bravos2249
April 15th, 2009
5:22 pm
Bravedawg
Did you see that game last night Volstad and their starting pitching come nowhere close to whatever AAAA pitchers the Nats throw out there…granted since the game tomorrow starts so early neither Chipper or Mac probably would’ve played anyway.
bravos2249
April 15th, 2009
5:22 pm
My bad I know McCann isn’t going to play but I mean Chipper probably wouldn’t play anyway.lol
18 Wheels of Love
April 15th, 2009
5:23 pm
Madoff’s Gone (to the tune of Gravity’s Gone by The Drive-By Truckers)
I went surfin’ thorugh the blog, trying to find the reason for Anders’ scoldin’
He woke up runnin’ his mouth and I figured DOB was too slow to say ‘I told ya’
Between the Sheffield man-love and the dropping balls by everyone involved
Citi Field looks slick but I see the pop flys all seem to fall
So we’ll see you at the botton since the Mets are done
They always fold it when they see that it’s over
Cause they’ll be losing so long now that Madoff’s gone and Wilpon’s poorer
Those early losses ain’t the causes for the booing uncontrolled the teams been getting
They’ll never lose again as long as Wilpon can find his money where he left it
And don’t ever let Anders make you feel like your team is not number one
If the Mets had a blog worth watching all the time I doubt his browser would be on it
Between the Sheffield man-love and the dropping balls by everyone involved
Shea used to be home but what ought to be ought not be a credit card
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
5:23 pm
Wakefield working on no-no thru 7
rob from sc
April 15th, 2009
5:25 pm
listening to Bill Shanks
he just said we should release Garret Anderson now/ lew him go back to L.A. that he doesn’t want to be hear anyway
I Support Ron Paul '08
April 15th, 2009
5:27 pm
I’ll be at the tea party and the game!
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
5:28 pm
What you think about that rob from sc? He does look unmotivated..
Il Cattivo
April 15th, 2009
5:29 pm
Bah – a walk followed by a hit. So much for a perfect game.
The Secret Society
April 15th, 2009
5:30 pm
OK. O’Brien’s back today and his watching his pet blog like a hawk. So if we want to talk politics we have to do it in code:
The EAGLE is in the CHESTNUT tree. A PIE is for SALE. All BISHOPS must return to the CISTERN.
Skip & Pete Fan
April 15th, 2009
5:31 pm
I realize that we’re in a recession and last night was a school night but was a little concerned about attendance! Any input DOB?
King521
April 15th, 2009
5:31 pm
So Garret is the latest B.J. Surhoff to join the Braves???
joe from central coast ca
April 15th, 2009
5:32 pm
For all of you who are questioning GA’s appearence in the field after his misplays I have a couple of comments. First, having lived in southern cal for the last 15 years I’ve seen alot of GA and his Angels. His nickname amongst many Angel fans was “Lazy Boy” Anderson. Its not that he doesn’t care its really just his laid back demeanor. His demeanor would seem to indicate a carefree or non-caring approach. However, his career numbers don’t lie. He just doesn’t wear his heart on his sleeve for everyone to see. He’s just different and its something we as Braves fans will have to accept, or not. One thing I know the guy is a professional in every sense of the word, no doubt. Just give him a little time to adjust and you’ll see the real GA and the reason Wren got him. Happy Tax Day everyone!
Skip & Pete Fan
April 15th, 2009
5:32 pm
You know, it’s times like these that teams are made or broken! Someone needs to step up and fill the gap with Chipper out! Very disappointing!
Ray K.
April 15th, 2009
5:32 pm
JTB-
“You shouldn’t judge how much people care by how they look after making a mistake. Everyone has different ways of reacting to things so to say that he was indifferent just because he didn’t have a look of silent rage isn’t fair. Anderson has been one of the most consistent players in baseball over the past 10 years. If he is given time to get back into the swing of things then he will produce.”
JTB, 2 things: I didn’t say he should have a look of silent rage–that’s simply how I perceived Diaz’s countenance. Period.
Second, what in the world does Anderson’s consistency over the past 10 years have to do with his dedication or lack thereof to the Atlanta Braves in 2009, especially as this incarnation: a 36 year old, recently traded Angel, who just committed as many errors in one night as he did in over 200 in Anaheim)? So, no red flags have gone up for you, JTB? I was merely stating a fact: he looks apathetic. And wouldn’t you concede that perhaps the Angels recognized a slight drop off in ability if they were willing to let him go?
Even Joe Simpson said he didn’t look right out there. I didnh’t say get rid of him: simply to not fritter away too much time on him if he doesn’t show improvement. Or would you recommend doing what we did with Raul Mondesi and Reggie Sanders and just keep sending them out there on their legacies instead of real time ability?
spotts
April 15th, 2009
5:33 pm
Oh good, the game’s on Peachtree TV. At least we won’t have to worry about any sentences ending in prepositions thanks to Chip Caray.
Garret Anderson's personal trainer
April 15th, 2009
5:34 pm
Garrett Anderson made only two errors on his tax return. I think one of them involved the alternative minimum tax.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
5:34 pm
Here’s a quick story I just wrote for onlne
By DAVID O’BRIEN
dobrien@ajc.com
Chipper Jones is out of the Braves lineup tonight and could miss at least a few more games after aggravating his left-thumb injury during Tuesday night’s loss against Florida.
“Last night was the worst I’ve done it,” said the third baseman, who was initially injured when he got jammed by in inside pitch in an April 2 spring-training game. “I keep aggravating it and aggravating it, just not giving it enough time to get better.”
Jones was jammed by at least two more pitches after his initial injury and missed an April 8 game at Philadelphia with bruising around the left thumb, index finger, and hand.
The Braves had an off day April 9, and he returned to the lineup April 10. He played the first four games of the homestand before being replaced Wednesday by Omar Infante.
Jones was 4-for-16 with four singles and three RBIs in those games, and said the soreness had returned in the past couple of days. He wore a small guard on the thumb during Tuesday’s game, but said it felt awkward and didn’t help him.
“Usually it feels pretty good after a couple of days,” said Jones, who’s had similar injuries in the past after being jammed by pitches. “But a couple of days didn’t prevent it from coming back [this time].”
He said that because he could easily reinjure the area while fielding a hard-hit ball at third base or batting, he wanted to do what he could to let it heal completely this time. He said, however, that the 15-day disabled list was not considered.
Manager Bobby Cox said Jones would probably miss a few games, but that it was too early to know the specific length of his expected absence.
Jones thinks he’ll will be evaluated “day-to-day” after Thursday or Friday, meaning he could return at any point after that, depending upon when the thumb and hand improve. He had the area taped Wednesday, and displayed the dark bruising around the base of the thumb and index finger.
Jones said no MRI or X-rays were taken because simple strength and movement tests done by team medical staff basically eliminated the possibility of structural damage.
I Support Ron Paul '08
April 15th, 2009
5:34 pm
So the SHRIMPER proposed a WILLIAM today that would give BLACKBEARDS a MARQUEE MESSAGE.
Will the USURPER in DA HOUSE support such a SAGE THOUGHT?
Il Cattivo
April 15th, 2009
5:36 pm
“rob from sc
listening to Bill Shanks
he just said we should release Garret Anderson now/ lew him go back to L.A. that he doesn’t want to be hear anyway ”
GA probably didnt bow low enough to Bill Shanks when he was introduced. He has some extreme reactions sometimes.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
5:36 pm
Skip & Pete Fan: Only 16,293 announced last night for two 5-1 teams. Hey, Marlins never a big draw, and it was chilly, etc. Still, that’s pretty bad, and I’m assuming there were quite a bit fewer fans here than tix sold, though I don’t know for sure since I wasn’t here to see.
Efrim
April 15th, 2009
5:37 pm
Chipper taking off a few days is a good thing. He hasn’t looked right. Even though he is still hitting well. I think he has struck out 7 or 8 times this year. I wouldn’t mind him resting a full week. Anything to get him healthy for the long haul.
jbutler
April 15th, 2009
5:37 pm
Think tax day and a loss last night are making some of the gang here a little uptight.
N-Nine…got your sarcasm..don’t think just because all the facts aren’t in line 100% should totally eliminate you from the conversation. Truly..who actually knows everything 100%. Except McFann???? If you think you do…thats another story.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
5:38 pm
Secret Society: here’s a better solution than talking code — go to a political blog.
Nah, that’d be too difficult, wouldn’t it? I’m guessing those people on those blogs are probably too serious about their politics for you anyway, right?
Skip & Pete Fan
April 15th, 2009
5:38 pm
DOB, do you think MLB would ever consider moving the Braves from Atlanta because of waning attendance over recent years?
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
5:39 pm
Mitchie-San, Cantu’s in Marlins lineup
bravos2249
April 15th, 2009
5:40 pm
I mean down here in the south people aren’t going to drive from the neighboring states in the middle of the week for a Braves game people calm down about the attendance…until the summer or a big series or the weekend expect low crowds
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
5:41 pm
LINEUPS
Marlins
1. Bonifacio, 3B
2. Baker, C
3. Ramirez, SS
4. Cantu, 1B
5. Uggla, 2B
6. Hermida, LF
7. Ross, RF
8. Maybin, CF
9. Miller, LH
BRAVES
1. KJ, 2B
2. Infante, 3B
3. Escobar, SS
4. McCann, C
5. Diaz, LF
6. Francoeur, RF
7. Kotchman, 1B
8. Schafer, CF
Mitchie-san
April 15th, 2009
5:41 pm
Thats why you are the best, DOB. Thanks!
GoBraves
April 15th, 2009
5:42 pm
I don’t know if this has already been asked or mentioned, but have the Braves gone to wearing the navy blue hat on the road full time with both the blue and grey jerseys?
Scott
April 15th, 2009
5:44 pm
Thank god Anderson is out tonight. He single handedly lost that game for us last night.
Skip & Pete Fan
April 15th, 2009
5:45 pm
That’s a little harsh isn’t it, Scott?
Garret Anderson's personal trainer
April 15th, 2009
5:45 pm
“He single handedly lost that game for us last night.”
That is totally unfair. Garrett ALWAYS uses two hands when trying to catch a ball – even if he misses.
Gil In Mechanicsville
April 15th, 2009
5:46 pm
Want to see attendance rise, build more seats in Gwinnett and trade places with the AAA team. For the life of me I cannot understand why people insist on driving the square peg into the round hole.
George
April 15th, 2009
5:46 pm
I will always be a big fan of Bobby Cox…..but cannot understand why Matt sits and Anderson plays. I am not sure what Matt has to do to prove himself; he hits everybody well, left or right and plays good left field. Bobby has won a few more games than I have as a manager but I sure don’t understand this one.
Skip & Pete Fan
April 15th, 2009
5:46 pm
That’s why Mattie’s in the lineup tonight!
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
5:47 pm
I was there and if they counted 16000 they must have been counting hairs on heads rather than butts in seats because it seriously looked like about 3000 people by the end of the game, but I know that can’t be right so yeah…not even close to 16000 there at any time last night. Thats too bad..
Braddd
April 15th, 2009
5:48 pm
Dear Paul,
STFU retard
joe from central coast ca
April 15th, 2009
5:49 pm
Funny how no one wants to remember that Diaz missed a easy fly ball the other night. Perhaps because we won the game.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
5:50 pm
mattdrum: Your friend’s opening for Alejandro tonight. last night it was the two women from Atlanta band Magnapop as opening act. They were good.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
5:51 pm
Skip & Pete Fan: i’m going to assume you’re serious about waning attendance and your question about whether Braves would move, and answer you with a simple one-word reply: No.
Or two words: No. Period.
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
5:54 pm
Let’s hope the Bravos get a little double pits to chesty with it tonight!
kagevsu
April 15th, 2009
5:55 pm
DOB, I know we are still a couple weeks away from knowing anything, but if Glavine isn’t able to pitch would you see him being able to stay with the team in some sort of role this year? Do you think that is something Glavine would even want?
brvs1fan
April 15th, 2009
5:59 pm
Take your meds Scott everything will be OK
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
6:01 pm
Derek let me ask you a question. Do you laugh to yourself like everytime you say that like some immature nerd?
Campaign for Chesty, Shrimp-free blog
April 15th, 2009
6:06 pm
I swear I’m gonna go postal if I read something about “DOUBLE PITS TO CHESTY” or “SHRIMP” here one more time.
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 15th, 2009
6:07 pm
Ok, back to relevancy…can we establish an offical play-by-play blogger before the game begins?
Coach (Skip and Pete will be missed)
April 15th, 2009
6:10 pm
Baseball reference.com has Garret Anderson playing 367 games in the field while being the DH in 160 games from 2005-2008.
Doc Holiday
April 15th, 2009
6:12 pm
Lew,
I think they should give it a try, you have to take risks…….baseball is like war………and no one will die just by trying to use JoJo as a reliever……. we could try it for 3 games and see what happens.
Salamander
April 15th, 2009
6:13 pm
Marietta ’snoozefest’ Derek
Sill unable to come up with anything original? How’s life as a corporate tool treating you?
AdirondackDave
April 15th, 2009
6:15 pm
Not too hopeful about the next few games. DOB produced some numbers a while back that clearly showed the Braves W-L ratio was way worse with Chipper out of action. But that’s stating the obvious I guess.
Skip & Pete Fan
April 15th, 2009
6:16 pm
I am a huge fan of Bobby Cox and I’m not trying to second-guess him. But does anyone know why Garret started last night given Matt’s success against the Marlins?
Doc Holiday
April 15th, 2009
6:17 pm
DOB,
Even Chipper can have a 1 for 10 slump……….all we are saying is………give it a try.
I would even hit KJ 2nd or 5th in order for him to find runners on base since he is hitting for power.
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
6:20 pm
Just reading the headlines on MLB.com (haven’t even read the articles), but Dice-K and Chris Carpenter both headed to the DL, apparently. Just shows the fleeting nature of starting pitching “depth”. Hang on to Reyes, Morton, Hanson (of course), Medlen, etc, (and anyone else who can throw 5-6 innings in the bigs) as long as possible, Braves!
Steve from OH
April 15th, 2009
6:23 pm
Question for the denizens…a few buddies and I are thinking of seeing Queensryche in a month or so but the tickets are kinda pricey…are they worth the price of admission live or is it likely we’ll be disappointed?
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
6:24 pm
It is sofa king annoying to add music to an ipod. I love my shuffle dearly but could this BE more annoying. I want to run before the game but I stupidly decided to add some new stuff to my ipod . That was oh 30 minutes ago? Or more? Big mistake. Huge.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
6:26 pm
Could it be!?! Yes! ipod is finished synching…ok to disconnect! Yes by all means someone do the play by play at the start because I’m clearly going to miss an inning or three now.
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
6:28 pm
Run Heap Run, I find your “dilemma” kinda funny. God forbid you try running without the plugs in your ears! Hope it works out.
Steve from OH
April 15th, 2009
6:28 pm
DAP, who all is in the fantasy league? I’ve only been able to figure out a few players and I’m curious as to the rest…
McFann :Ô:
April 15th, 2009
6:33 pm
Original Jon–
Just a typographical error…or maybe I am confused…
JButler–
Not sure what’s going on, but I sure don’t know everything 100%…thanks for the compliment, though!
McFann :Ô:
April 15th, 2009
6:35 pm
I want to run before the game but I stupidly decided to add some new stuff to my ipod .
Run, Run Heap Run, run!
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
6:35 pm
GWINNETT HITTING STATE 7 games:
Player POS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG OPS E
J.C. Holt 2B 3 15 5 6 2 0 0 4 8 0 1 0 0 .400 .533 .400 .933 0
BarbaroCanizares DH 7 28 5 11 4 0 1 4 18 1 5 0 0 .414 .643 .393 1.057 0
Diory Hernandez 2B 7 28 4 9 4 0 0 6 13 2 4 1 2 .387 .464 .321 .851 2
Alvin Colina C 3 13 2 4 2 0 1 5 9 2 5 0 0 .400 .692 .308 1.092 0
Brooks Conrad 3B 4 17 3 5 0 0 2 7 11 1 5 0 0 .333 .647 .294 .980 0
J.C. Boscan C 5 14 3 4 1 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 .333 .357 .286 .690 0
Brandon Jones LF 6 20 0 5 1 0 0 2 6 5 6 1 0 .385 .300 .250 .685 0
Gregor Blanco CF 7 32 5 7 1 0 0 1 8 1 10 2 0 .242 .250 .219 .492 0
Wes Timmons 3B 6 14 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 .350 .214 .214 .564 0
Van Pope 3B 5 20 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 .150 .200 .150 .350 0
Reid Gorecki RF 6 21 4 3 2 0 0 2 5 2 5 2 1 .308 .238 .143 .546 0
Joe Borchard RF 6 24 4 2 1 0 0 3 3 4 8 0 0 .214 .125 .083 .339 0
CANIZARES is batting ALL-WORLD again through 7. Seems to be his mantra. He’s hot for a month then cools off and surges late in the season. Same pattern in ‘07 and ‘08.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
6:37 pm
BTW KRIS MEDLIN pitched 5.0 strong innings last night-6 SO.
joe from central coast ca
April 15th, 2009
6:41 pm
Just orderd the MLB package on cable and every Braves game I’ve watched has been the other teams broadcast. Why is that? Do I have to wait for the Braves to go on the road before I can hear the Braves announcers?
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
6:42 pm
DOB
My question is a little bit like kagevsu at 5:55 pm.
What’s your gut feeling about Tom Glavine? Do ya feel this is it…or will he be able to give something to the team this year at all?
Larry
April 15th, 2009
6:48 pm
With Bobby Cox,
as the manager,
in the end,
it will not matter.
1-14 in the last game–and series–of his postseason career.
The Marlins are built for the postseason, Great starting power pitchers, speed and contact, situational hitters.
The Braves are always the same under Cox–no speed and streaky hitting. As for Josh Anderson who’s surprised? Doe it not make since for Bobby Cox to trade the fastest guy and best fielder for a modest pitching prospect?
Boring, predictable baseball. Now the Marlins on the other hand, how excited would we be if only in last night’s game the Marlins had on the Braves uniforms and we had the fresh, aggressive approach from our manager? By the All Star break we will see many more empty seats behind home plate than we did last night.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
6:48 pm
richbraveDidn’t know Gregor Blanco was doing so poorly. Thanks for update. Aren’t you from richmond?
Mitchie-san I wouldn’t count on him too much tonight…
cabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
6:50 pm
joe from central coast ca-
You should be able to get both feeds. I have the MLB package (on DirecTV) and I get multiple feeds of every game. Peachtree is labeled BRVS by the way
joe from central coast ca
April 15th, 2009
6:56 pm
cabravesfan…thanks, however unfortunately I have cable (Cox) and while I’ve seen other games of teams labled (H) and (A), for some reason the Braves thus far have only had one choice for broadcast and its been the other teams numbnuts (ie. Rob Dibble/Nats). Horrible! At least I get to see them since TBS gave’em up.
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 15th, 2009
6:56 pm
So Larry, Schafer is a slow poke then?
Tomas
April 15th, 2009
7:00 pm
Well Kelly Johnson would seem to be the guy to have batting 3rd with Chipper out. He is super hot right now, and it’s a table setter for his ability to get on base, hit for power, and come through with big hits. Maybe have Schafer lead off, and have him steal a base for a change.
Interested Observer
April 15th, 2009
7:01 pm
The cable Extra Innings package, which I have, apparently doesn’t have as many channels as DirecTV and doesn’t always show both teams feeds. They usually show the home teams’s feed, but doesn’t seem to be showing Peachtree games. I don’t know why since it is available this year for Extra Innings. I’m beginning to really hate my cable.
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:02 pm
JOE SIMPSON “He [Chipper] is feelin’ kinda like the weather tonight- under it”
What the hell does that mean?
Roman Gal
April 15th, 2009
7:04 pm
I seem to remember there being some really puny crowds at the beginning of last season, too. Once people start getting out of school, attendance will go up. I know I’ll be going to a lot of games come May. I wouldn’t worry too much about it if I were you.
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
7:05 pm
jonatuga,
Do not try to understand Joe Simpson.
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:05 pm
I’m going tomorrow and hoping I can find some cheap tix from a scalper.
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
7:06 pm
Larry, there is nothing “fresh” or “aggressive” about the Marlins’ approach. Their leadoff hitter (who had never really hit in the majors) has a .458 batting average and has hit his only major league HR this week, and their pitching staff has a 3.14 era.
(and I GUARANTEE you that Bonifacio’s .667 SLG PCT is a mirage)
If those things continue, the Marlins will win the division. I don’t think it’s likely, but regardless, let’s not credit Fredi Gonzalez with some great new approach. He’s as good as his players make him.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
7:06 pm
richbrave, medlin pitched today and the bullpen blow the game, thanks in part to logan and acosta.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
7:07 pm
Man that J.J. (peachtree dude), how did he keep his job?
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:07 pm
I’ll keep that in mind Chop Chop
Epinephrine
April 15th, 2009
7:08 pm
Medlen needs to be in Atlanta before June, period.
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:08 pm
JJ is right up there with mark fein
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
7:09 pm
That’s right, mbatl. I’ll take that a step further and propose that a manager should never lose his job due to team performance. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say that a skipper should have keep his job for life as long as guys aren’t knifing each other in the clubhouse. Am I right, or am I right?
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
7:10 pm
mbatl, the same people slobbering all over the Fish are the same ones that will echo what you just posted WHEN they come back down to earth. Yes, they have good pitching, but KC brought a good point earlier about Josh Johnson’s health history and their not so great pen. Denfense?…YUK!
John Radney
April 15th, 2009
7:10 pm
Play Diez everyday for 2 munths and I know you will see a .325 ave. My other prediction has proved true once again. Chippie is hurt. Trade the bum. He won’t play a 100 games.
Mass Hysteria
April 15th, 2009
7:10 pm
N Nine
I question who/what made someone believe that the JJ cut-ins before during or after the game was a good idea? Who is that guy and who on earth thought he would add anything to a broadcast?
Salamander
April 15th, 2009
7:10 pm
Larry
I’ve read most of that horse sh-t post at least 3 times. Here’s a suggestion – instead of copy+paste, how about you put some effort into your argument and write something new?
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:10 pm
As soon as public schools let out for summer, attendance will go up. It’s like this every year. What do you expect when your team was atrocious the year before, though? I realize there are some die hard braves fans out there, but not everyone has extra money to spend right now on baseball tickets. Stop complaining about something that won’t be fixed until this teams proves it can get past the first round in the play-offs.
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
7:11 pm
Minus the “have”…
I seem to be making more errors. It’s like I’ve gotten all Garret-y up in here.
(A cheap shot, no doubt.)
Interested Observer
April 15th, 2009
7:12 pm
Play by play:
#42 pitches to #42 who singles to left. #42 fields it and throws to #42 to hold #42 to a single.
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
7:12 pm
Avery Johnson just called Mariano Rivera “Mario-no Revere-uh.”
Time to watch the game. Later.
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 15th, 2009
7:13 pm
Let’s do this!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:13 pm
Good recovery so far.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:14 pm
Wow, cmon.
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 15th, 2009
7:15 pm
What’s goin’ on?
propp
April 15th, 2009
7:15 pm
someone remind brian to bring his glove next inning
propp
April 15th, 2009
7:16 pm
runner on 2nd 2 outs, top of 1
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:16 pm
That was a wild pitch, propp.
Schafer's Wafers
April 15th, 2009
7:16 pm
Stephen can you do play by play for us folk who are working???
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
7:17 pm
I hate uggla
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:17 pm
Uggla singles to left, Bonafacio scores. Bonafacio moved to 2nd on a past ball and to third on a wild pitch.
McFann :Ô:
April 15th, 2009
7:17 pm
PB? Bunny poo…
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
7:18 pm
Please no play by play. Give results at end of innings. Otherwise to much to read.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:18 pm
Then don’t read it.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
7:19 pm
Wow, Padres have won 5 in a row. I thought they were rebuilding?
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
7:20 pm
#42 looked pretty good there, but #42 got the better of him.
(wouldn’t a simple arm band be adequate?)
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:20 pm
Ball 4, bases loaded, 2 outs.
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:20 pm
lowe has a little too much sink on his sinker
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 15th, 2009
7:20 pm
yes to play by play!
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:20 pm
2-0 count
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
7:20 pm
You cant just not read it. You dont know what it is til you read it.
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:21 pm
3-0
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
7:21 pm
Maybe I shouldn’t have watched this game tonight. By the way, thanks ump for your SH** call that woulda ended the inning!
Gil In Mechanicsville
April 15th, 2009
7:22 pm
early days folks, early days…
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
7:22 pm
TnBrian it was a ball.
mustrdgasnroses
April 15th, 2009
7:22 pm
Is it just me, or is this strike zone a little tight?
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
7:22 pm
30 pitches…grrrrr
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:22 pm
i like that unnecessary spin by infante… smooth
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:23 pm
ground out to third, bottom of the first
Tn: The pitch was outside, if the marlins starter had gotten that called, the board would’ve been lit up with: “WOW UMP WAY TO BLOW THAT FREEKING CALL OMG”
brvs1fan
April 15th, 2009
7:24 pm
Lary Cox doesn”t Make the trades thats Wrens job. Get A Life
jbutler
April 15th, 2009
7:25 pm
Chop Chop..did you hear the introduction at Florida International Univ. of Isiah Thomas by the school Pres? He called him “Isiah Thompson” Hilarious. That’s funnier than him getting hired there in the first place.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:26 pm
Kelly with the Triple.
Smyrna Jim
April 15th, 2009
7:26 pm
We need Schafer leading off!!!!!
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
7:26 pm
KELLY!!
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
7:26 pm
Damn Kelly is raking this year!
propp
April 15th, 2009
7:26 pm
KJ is on a mission
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:26 pm
jbutler
that was amazingly funny.
let’s go Kelly!
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
7:26 pm
KJ continues to rake! Way to start us off! Getting double pits to chesty right off the bat!
Steve from OH
April 15th, 2009
7:26 pm
Aren’t we glad we don’t have Rick Ankiel right now?
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:27 pm
Infante sac flies to center 1-1.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
7:27 pm
Smyrna Jim Johnson is doing fine leading off. Dont fix something that aint broke.
eltrompoBRAVESfan
April 15th, 2009
7:28 pm
Thanks Stephen for the updates.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:28 pm
Escobar grounds out to first.
LT-A blogger
April 15th, 2009
7:28 pm
KJ gets it right back- really impressive start to the season. Nice work by Omar.
Schafer's Wafers
April 15th, 2009
7:28 pm
Imagine if people were on when kelly is doing this….wow…Amazing….that such a great idea…
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:29 pm
B-mac grounds out to the pitcher.
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
April 15th, 2009
7:30 pm
Stephen,
Thanks for the play by play.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:30 pm
Conan O’Brian drinks bud light, vroom vrooms da party starta.
Smyrna Jim
April 15th, 2009
7:31 pm
Eric – let me introduce you to sarcasm.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
7:32 pm
What’s with the hilights in Yunel’s hair? Is he going to see Hannah Montana after the game tonight?
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
April 15th, 2009
7:32 pm
It looks like tonight Kelly is da party starta……
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:32 pm
6 pitch walk -_-
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:33 pm
Sac bunt gets the runner to 2nd, one out. Top of the order up.
propp
April 15th, 2009
7:33 pm
yunel wants to be ARod
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
7:34 pm
Um…I am guessing D-Lowe doesn’t quite have it tonight?
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
7:34 pm
I know we are 5-2 (should be 6-1), but eventually these walks are going to catch up with us. You can’t walk people. Throw. Strikes.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
7:35 pm
Those people are from my hometown of Sumter SC… I think I knew them.
I’m getting the feeling that the Marlins will continue to either walk,get a hit, or K the rest of the series.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:35 pm
Lowe is not looking very good
H.M.
April 15th, 2009
7:35 pm
You get the Best of Both Worlds
Chill it out take it slow
Then you rock out the show
You get the Best of Both Worlds
Mix it all together and you know that it’s the Best of Both worlds!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:36 pm
Strike out to bonafacio, two outs.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:37 pm
Lowe has 45 pitches through 1 2/3 innings, meh.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
7:38 pm
Marlins game plan: RUN THE PITCH COUNT UP… REGARDLESS!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:38 pm
Strikes out Baker, bottom of the 2nd.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
7:38 pm
Are we gonna keep doing this “should be” thing all season?
“I know we’re 65-43, but we should be 66-42.”
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
7:39 pm
lol on spotts at 7:38
NYCBrave
April 15th, 2009
7:41 pm
Prediction: Frenchy goes deep tonight
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:41 pm
Prediction: Frenchy grounds out to 2nd his first at bat
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:41 pm
Prediction: Diaz doesn’t go 0-4 with two errors
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:42 pm
I lol’d Jona.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:43 pm
Diaz grounds out to third.
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
7:43 pm
man, that’s cold, jonatuga.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
7:43 pm
prediction Francouer groundsout to short
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:44 pm
Popped out to 2nd, couldn’t have been any closer now could I?
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:45 pm
Kotchman rolls out to 1st.
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
7:46 pm
not bad
MariettaDork
April 15th, 2009
7:46 pm
Prediction: Frenchy does a double pits to chesty in my bed
Rex in Effect
April 15th, 2009
7:47 pm
Prediction: Braves need to get the sticks going to win.
Francoeur's therapist
April 15th, 2009
7:47 pm
After Jeff’s recent performances, I’m seeing $$$$$$!!!! WOOOO-HOOOO
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
7:47 pm
Yeah you could of said popped out. That would of been closer.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
7:49 pm
Lowe not looking good. Offense not looking good either. Hope we can get it all going soon. KJ heck of a ball player.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:49 pm
Somebody’s being a little negative nancy tonight aren’t they?
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:50 pm
Hanley grounds out, 1 out, so does batter number two. Two outs.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
7:51 pm
Okay, got that sun out of his face and now Lowe has warmed up, it took 60 pitches but were good
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:51 pm
Uggly flies out to Diaz, bottom of the third.
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
7:51 pm
Nice quick, low pitch inning by DLowe. Needed that double pits to chesty 1-2-3.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
7:52 pm
Lowe looks like he might have found some command. I’m hopeful.
jjrfoster
April 15th, 2009
7:53 pm
Wow how much do we need Jordan and Matt hurt right now that was a close one.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:55 pm
Schafer strikes out 89 mph fastball.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:55 pm
D.Lowe pops out to 1st.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:57 pm
Kelly flies out to the right field wall, guy is hitting every thing, very close :/
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
7:57 pm
Kelly Johnson came very close to getting another one out of here on that drive to the wall. Long out.
Plato
April 15th, 2009
7:57 pm
Joe “Homer” Simpson is already in mid-season form, complaining about a first inning pitch that was a foot outside. How proud his journalism teacher must be.
Boyer LOVES Cox
April 15th, 2009
7:58 pm
god, i dont know whats worse, krotchman’s bat or escobar’s hair.
zephyr 8
April 15th, 2009
7:58 pm
Something tells me andrew miller wont be this good all night.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
7:58 pm
I think KJ needs to be our cleanup hitter tomorrow
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
7:59 pm
Hermida singles to center.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
7:59 pm
Too bad KJ can’t bat every AB 1-9.
brvs1fan
April 15th, 2009
8:00 pm
That was a nice double dumbass to Derek
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:00 pm
KEN WE PLZ MOVE SCHAFER TO LEED OFF NOW KELLY ISNT VERI GUD
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
8:00 pm
DOB please find out what KJ is eating for breakfast these days.
To whoever suggested I run without music..are you kidding me? I’d last like maybe a mile without my tunes but give me the tunes and I’m good for 5 or so.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:00 pm
Grounds out to 2nd, 1 out.
BabyGoatEater
April 15th, 2009
8:01 pm
I wish Kelly was in the three hole…….
H.M.
April 15th, 2009
8:01 pm
I think KJ needs to be our cleanup hitter tomorrow
Cleanup spot sucks. Doesn’t get a guaranteed first inning at-bat.
brvs1fan
April 15th, 2009
8:02 pm
Stephen your mama wants you of the net. Need to study your spelling
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:03 pm
Low K’s out number two, pitcher is up with two outs.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
8:03 pm
H.M. Ya, but we don’t have Chipper or Mac tomorrow. Who we going to use? Garret?
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:04 pm
I wont back down…everyone wearing the #42 was a stupid idea. They should atleast have their names on the back of the jerseys. Stupid idea. Maybe a #42 patch on everyone’s jerseys….but this is just a little ridiculous.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:04 pm
Lowe k’s the pitcher, bottom of the 4th.
mustrdgasnroses
April 15th, 2009
8:04 pm
brvs1fan
“Stephen your mama wants you of the net”
Wants him “of” the net?
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
8:05 pm
Lowe seems capable of getting a strikeout or ground ball when he needs it most, doesn’t he?
Joe Morgan
April 15th, 2009
8:05 pm
No! KJ’s streak is a lie! Prado is way more consistent, scrappy, intangible and gritty and grindy.
Loaf Garret
April 15th, 2009
8:05 pm
Don’t look at me guys, I ain’t playing no day game.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:06 pm
#42…ground ball to #42….throws to #42….#42 out at first.
H.M.
April 15th, 2009
8:06 pm
I don’t know. I don’t think giving Johnson LESS at-bats, which is what you do moving somebody down in the order in the long-term, is wise. If Chipper and McCann are out, bat him leadoff or third.
Coach (Skip and Pete will be missed)
April 15th, 2009
8:06 pm
It’s an old fashioned pitching duel. Stay tuned for the bullpen/blowpen.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:07 pm
Infante grounds out to second.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:08 pm
err, shortstop.
Bryan Pena
April 15th, 2009
8:08 pm
I approve Yunel’s new hair style. We go waay back.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:08 pm
Wow he might have been safe. Close play.
Coach (Skip and Pete will be missed)
April 15th, 2009
8:09 pm
Lowe is at 75 pitches after four innings of work. O boy. Gotta love those pitch counts.
Andy K.
April 15th, 2009
8:09 pm
B. Pena, way to spell the guy’s name wrong…it’s Brayan Pena…idiot
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:09 pm
Escobar grounds out to short, 2 outs. Some of these outs aren’t terrible they’re at least getting good wood on the ball, should see some more runs in the next couple of innings.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
8:09 pm
I’d like to know where Miller’s pitch count is at. Our ace against their #5 and our guy might just get out pitched tonight. So far, he is.
bravos2249
April 15th, 2009
8:10 pm
I’m not complain about Schafer But if he hasn’t hit pretty well recently….he will get back on track though…but Kelly is much needed for lead off right now
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:10 pm
McCann hit that ball hard as well….no luck.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:10 pm
McCann lines out to center, another hard hit ball.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:10 pm
TnBrian: Some where around 45 I believe.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
8:10 pm
McFann What’s up with your mann?
Record-Keeper
April 15th, 2009
8:11 pm
At this pace, Yunel Escobar will set the all-time major league record for most groundouts to shortstop in a single season.
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
8:11 pm
Well, like in years past, the Braves can’t seem to hit a young, inexperienced pitcher that most teams would probably hit hard. Seems like we do better against older veterans. Wish we could get double pits to chesty against Miller tonight!
McFann :Ô:
April 15th, 2009
8:11 pm
.250? .250?? What the devil is this?
Coulda gotten Sammons in once before Ross came up…
LT-A blogger
April 15th, 2009
8:11 pm
Andrew Miller is their 5th starter?
McFann :Ô:
April 15th, 2009
8:12 pm
N Nine–
I wish I knew…Better yet, I wish he’d fix it.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:13 pm
Bonafacio flys out to left.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:13 pm
I agree with the Braves never seem to hit young pitchers….not sure whats up with that.
mbatl
April 15th, 2009
8:13 pm
“Andrew Miller is their 5th starter?”
Most definitely.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
8:14 pm
Heap and Chipper seem to get hot and cold at the same time.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:15 pm
Baker singles to center.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:15 pm
Can we not get a called third strike? My goodness!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:15 pm
Ramirez doubles to right center, second and third, one out.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
8:16 pm
I thought the wind was a braves fan. Must’ve been a bandwagoner.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:16 pm
This is why umps need to call the THIRD STRIKE!!!! We keep getting screwed…Vazquez same thing last night.
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
8:17 pm
Letting two people get on an inning is not conducive to success…how’s that for some in-depth analysis?
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:17 pm
Single to left, baker scores. : /
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
8:17 pm
Like I said, if only Lowe could get a strikeout or groundball when he needs it most….
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
8:18 pm
Dun dun dun.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:18 pm
Uggly doubles down the freeking right field line. 4-1.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:19 pm
Lower struck out Baker to start this whole DARN thing. Such garbage someone shoot the ump.
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
8:19 pm
Except for there…Lowe being able to get a ground out or K when he needs it most…he allowed a lot of runners in his 3 innings in his last start as well…
All Seeing Eye
April 15th, 2009
8:19 pm
Frenchy just trotted over to that one, eh? And why did it take him so long to get the ball back in?
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:19 pm
Atleast if Prado was at first he would have missed that…and be able to hit when he was up to bat.
LT-A blogger
April 15th, 2009
8:20 pm
Uggla kills
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:20 pm
Hermida strikes out, two outs.
OK
April 15th, 2009
8:20 pm
This is the Braves we all know and love. The shitty team from 08 that can’t score runs or even get more than 1 hit. Looking forward to a 70 win season and thats being optimistic.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:20 pm
Frenchy…bobbled it in the corner…probably should have gotten an error allowing the runner to score.
Record-Keeper
April 15th, 2009
8:20 pm
What is with Cox and his Jeff Bennett love?
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:21 pm
Intentional walk to ross.
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
8:21 pm
Where the heck is our “Ace” at? Gettin beat by the Marlins #5 guy is not what we paid him for.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
8:21 pm
Bennett up in ‘pen.
Oy.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
8:21 pm
I can do without the constant analysis of the Marlins. Just call the game is what I like…maybe that’s just me. We had to know our luck would shift here soon, and it definitely has. Marlins are good though, but Lowe got screwed on some tough calls.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:22 pm
Is that a good Oy or a bad Oy?
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:23 pm
Do the Braves just concede a 4-1 game? Our offense really cant score 3 runs? That’s sad.
Dennis Green
April 15th, 2009
8:24 pm
If you guys wanna crown em’, then crown em’. But the Marlins ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!!!
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:24 pm
LOWE IS A DOUCHE!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:24 pm
And lowe walks the bases loaded after an intentional walk. Pitcher grounds out to Kelly.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
8:24 pm
I love Lowe and he was, to me, the best FA pitcher aside from Sabathia, but the days of Maddux/Smoltz are gone in the wind. Sure, they had their share of bad outings, but I’d like to know when Maddux walked five guys in a soon to be blowout.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:25 pm
Get over it Mf, he’s not going to go 30-0 with a 0.00 era.
Tokyo Bravo
April 15th, 2009
8:26 pm
Geez, turn the other way to get some work done, and the Fish score three.
Clearly, logic dictates that I shouldn’t be working.
jbutler
April 15th, 2009
8:26 pm
Oh…Bennett? He’s basically hanging up there like a pinata. Everyone here should have fun taking a whack at him.
Steve from OH
April 15th, 2009
8:26 pm
MFin04, you’re just a hateful guy, ain’t ya? Shoot the ump? Lowe a douche? A fresh dose of reality is in order, I think.
Schafer's Wafers
April 15th, 2009
8:26 pm
Mfin how can you say we wont score 3 runs you dont know.. We havent look good yet doesnt mean you can get hot
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:26 pm
He aint going to go 10-10 with this kind of outing either.
NCBravesFan
April 15th, 2009
8:27 pm
Ah the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism are in full flower here in game eight. Is the game over already or something?
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
8:28 pm
ouch…106 pitches and 12 baserunners in 5 innings…not good…not at 15 mill…need more starts like his opening night start…I was really hoping Lowe would have a year like he had in 2002 for the Sox…when he is missing with that sinker…not much else to go to really…
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:28 pm
I said we could score three runs….but not if we bring in Bennett…it will end up being more than 3. Read the post again.
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
8:28 pm
i like the ellipse…
McFann :Ô:
April 15th, 2009
8:28 pm
probably should have gotten an error allowing the runner to score.
Outfielders always get the breaks when it comes to errors. Then there’s Utley, who never touched the ball, yet they called an error on him…
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:28 pm
Diaz walks, Francouer is up.
N8
April 15th, 2009
8:29 pm
Well, fair is fair. If I’m gonna rag on Vazquez, then one must rip on Lowe a little bit tonight for needing 106 pitches to get through 5 innings against this young team.
What’s that? You say that young, doesn’t neccesarily mean aggressive? That young guys can be patient and draw walks? Hmm.
Folks, this Marlins team ain’t goin anywhere but up.
But hey. Jeff Bennett is warming up, so we’ve got that going for us….
…which is nice.
brvs1fan
April 15th, 2009
8:29 pm
MFin04 is an A-HOLE!!!!!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:30 pm
Francouer base hit to left.
Schafer's Wafers
April 15th, 2009
8:30 pm
MFin04 Our offense really cant score 3 runs? what???
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:30 pm
Thataboy Matty and Frenchy, lets get this thing going…please dont bring in Bennett though.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:30 pm
I SAID THAT WE COULD SCORE THREE RUNS!
Steve from OH
April 15th, 2009
8:31 pm
JasoninFL…me too!
Record-Keeper
April 15th, 2009
8:31 pm
New nickname for J. Bennett: WHITE FLAG
When Cox sends him out there to pitch, he has officially given up on winning the game that day.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:31 pm
The question mark on the end indicates that we obviously can score 3 runs…but there isnt a point if we put Bennett in to blow it open again.
Record-Keeper
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
KOTCHMAN DID SOMETHING RIGHT!
Schafer's Wafers
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
oo well that was copied straight from your post….I see you have a grammatical error my fault
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
Kasey doubles to left Diaz scores Francouer to third. 2nd and third 0 outs.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
LMAO @ Dennis Green.
Way to hit Krotchy!!!!
Here we go, it’s ON now.
Coach (Skip and Pete will be missed)
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
As I was saying, old fashioned pitching duel.
Open mouth, insert foot.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
Three-run jack would’ve been nice, but Braves will take that dub-piece….
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
Kotchman RBI! 2nd and 3rd, 0 outs! Let’s get double pits to chesty boys!
bravos2249
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
OMG Kasey Got a Hit and an RBI…the Sky is falling!!!!!!
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
Let us at that bullpen.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
Good job Casey…way to get to second as well…heads up baserunning too.
Jeff321
April 15th, 2009
8:32 pm
Now would be an opportune time for all the Kotchman haters to step right up!
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
8:33 pm
The pagan bovine idol’s arm is moving. or paw. or whatever. they shot that baby with some WD40 and the Braves are in bidness.
Tokyo Bravo
April 15th, 2009
8:33 pm
Lowe has pitched brilliantly to start the season. Tough inning just now, but he’s been very good thus far.
Looking forward to seeing what Kotch and The Elfin One do against Miller here…
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
8:33 pm
Here come the Bravos! This game will absolutely drive you NUTS!
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
8:33 pm
I wish it had been this fun last night. I think they only did the chop once all night last night. It was dead, this is a much better crowd watching a much better game.
Poorbrave
April 15th, 2009
8:33 pm
04 here we go.
More people at tea party than ball game.
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
8:33 pm
Record Keeper, that was pretty funny…
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
8:34 pm
Oh hell no.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:34 pm
IF IT’S FAIR IT’S GONE. Lol, it was about 10 feet short.
Record-Keeper
April 15th, 2009
8:34 pm
I hate Chip Caray.
Douchebag Dayn Perry
April 15th, 2009
8:35 pm
Lowe is a douche? I don’t think so.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:35 pm
SCHAFER KILLING ME MAN….KILLING ME!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:35 pm
Wow, Bobby had to remind him to run. Schafer k’s.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:36 pm
Schafer may have beaten that out if he ran…but it kills his check swing argument.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:36 pm
Ground out to the pitcher, Francouer scores.
N8
April 15th, 2009
8:37 pm
I don’t care what any of you say about Prado. From what I’ve seen, dude can hit.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:37 pm
Good job Martin, way to get the run in.
bravos2249
April 15th, 2009
8:37 pm
ohhh that was not good…when Bobby says run…you run…I sense a Benching..ala Andruw Jones
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
8:37 pm
Left to eat dinner we were tied 1-1. Came back and we were down 4-1. Now its 4-3. I aint leaving. Im good luck!
Tokyo Bravo
April 15th, 2009
8:37 pm
Base knock by KJ and we’re back square.
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
8:38 pm
Hey, 4-3 boys.
We’re within a run now…opps…wait, Bennett is coming in, ain’t he?
Lol
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:38 pm
Kelly walks, probably pitched around him to get to Infante, maybe?
Tokyo Bravo
April 15th, 2009
8:39 pm
A walk’s not all bad either, though…
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:40 pm
Come on Omar!!!
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
8:40 pm
bravos he wont get benched. When Andruw did it was because he wasnt trying. Schafer just didnt know the pitch got away from the catcher and he was argueing he didnt swing. Schafer has played plenty hard. He will get a pass.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
8:40 pm
Miller is on the ropes. He looks turrible right now, meatball coming right up.
Poorbrave
April 15th, 2009
8:42 pm
That my man omarrrrrrrrrrrrrr. great hitting.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:42 pm
Infante bloops to center GAME TIED BABY.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
8:42 pm
OH YEAH!!
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
8:42 pm
Awesome AB Omar! Way to get double pits to chesty! Lowe off the hook!
Jeff321
April 15th, 2009
8:43 pm
Excellent at bat by Infante.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
8:43 pm
Infante blooped that one right into no-man’s land there in shallow CF. Tie game. My, my.
LT-A blogger
April 15th, 2009
8:43 pm
Omar! This team does have a great bench.
Shamus Thacker
April 15th, 2009
8:43 pm
Very entertaining game
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:43 pm
Lowe off the hook. Infante is a stud….heal up Chipper…he’s got your back until you’re good.
Steve from OH
April 15th, 2009
8:44 pm
Wow couldn’t have thrown it out there any better…Braves catch a break, it’s about time.
Hayden Penn in…it’ll be interesting to see what he does. Remember when the denizens were foaming at the mouth over him?
Tokyo Bravo
April 15th, 2009
8:44 pm
Has MF04 had a seizure yet?
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
8:44 pm
how ’bout a big hit by Esco??
NCBravesFan
April 15th, 2009
8:44 pm
Nice comeback by the Braves! Good at-bats – they let Miller hang himself.
Coach (Skip and Pete will be missed)
April 15th, 2009
8:44 pm
Lowe is off the hook, here comes the bullpen or will it be the blowpen? I can’t watch.
N8
April 15th, 2009
8:45 pm
While it sounds like Omar found a “hole” with that hit, he certainly earned it, as has the rest of the lineup this inning.
I understand that there is a time to be aggressive at the plate. But this inning is a perfect example of what guys not hacking can do by being patient and not getting off balance. 3 runs without the benefit of a 3R HR. Hmmm. Imagine that.
Nicely done boys.
Too bad its now up to the bullpen to hold it. LOL!
brvs1fan
April 15th, 2009
8:46 pm
DOB;sMom why don’t you use you real name. You are an A-Hole
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:46 pm
Escobar lines out to center :/
rob from sc
April 15th, 2009
8:47 pm
Esco hit that haard
7
April 15th, 2009
8:47 pm
Did someone order 3 runs?
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
8:47 pm
damn, i needed esco to get a hit so Lowe could get the win for my fantasy team (:
come on bravos, we need to win this series…which obviously starts with a win tonight!!
Boyer LOVES Cox
April 15th, 2009
8:47 pm
zephyr 8,
good call…
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
8:48 pm
Just stay away from Bennett. O’Flarahty too, since he was used last night.
Daybed Wagmoe
April 15th, 2009
8:48 pm
WOOHOO! Way to tie it up boys!!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:48 pm
N8, you mean you don’t have faith in Jeff Bennett? BLASPHEMY, SIR, BLASPHEMY.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:49 pm
What’s with Esco tonight?
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:49 pm
Lol gotta love Bobby…he thought the game was over at 4-1….but at 4-4 he puts in Buddy…what a character he is.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:50 pm
He better not start walking people.
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
8:50 pm
Anyone else stuck watching the Mets-Padres game? Joe Morgan is driving me insane.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:50 pm
Buddy K’s bonafacio, great start.
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
8:52 pm
The one thing that stands out to me in the pitching line is Lowe’s 5 walks tonight. Doesnt he normally have pretty good command?
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:52 pm
Baker grounds out to Escobar, terrible throw to 1st, Kotchman saves an error.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
8:52 pm
MFin you complain about everything. Escobar is hitting .500 with RISP. Geeze, he cant get a hit everytime.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:53 pm
As rough as we have been on Casey for his bat….the kid is darn good at first with his glove.
Jeff321
April 15th, 2009
8:53 pm
Kotchman almost got hit in the choppers’ with that bouncer from Escobar.
Interested Observer
April 15th, 2009
8:53 pm
I don’t want to pile on Schafer, but there was no argument to be had there. The umpire already said they he swung. He would have had a better chance of beating the throw to first then convincing the umpire to change his call by not running. With that said, Schafer’s been playing his rear off, so I’m willing to give him a little mistake.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:54 pm
Ramirez flys out to Francouer.
1
2
3 Inning.
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
8:54 pm
Eric,
Esco is hitting over .300, which we have learned from MFin, means he’s doing awful and is probably injured.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
8:54 pm
What do you think…Buddy going one more?
rob from sc
April 15th, 2009
8:54 pm
Great pick by Kotchman, great work by Buddy
jbutler
April 15th, 2009
8:54 pm
I don’t have the game on TV- what’s the size of the crowd? The games here in Coors for the Rox are pitiful. Wondering if the Braves are putting more backsides in the seats. Do you have to pay extra to sit next to the talking cow?
Jeff321
April 15th, 2009
8:54 pm
Where is my post? Anyway here it is again..
Kotchman almost got hit in the choppers’ on that throw from Escobar!
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
8:55 pm
Nice inning by Buddy.
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
8:55 pm
I am Arizona.
They just talked about the NBA playoffs.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
8:55 pm
Interested while you are right, I dont think Scafer realized the ball got away. You have to remember everything happens in the matter of sec.
Dutchie
April 15th, 2009
8:56 pm
Eeerrr…..anyone still want to nag on Kotchman….GREAT D
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:57 pm
McCann grounds out to 1st :/
Shamus Thacker
April 15th, 2009
8:58 pm
Good to see the passion from Schafer; he’ll learn to control it.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
8:58 pm
Terrible swing by Diaz, K.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:00 pm
Francouer flys out to center.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:00 pm
Francoeur has a good AB there…took some pitches…got something he liked…just didnt get enough of it.
Ian Curtis
April 15th, 2009
9:00 pm
Jeff gave that a ride.
Boyer LOVES Cox
April 15th, 2009
9:01 pm
siap, but chip just said that schafer has struck out 7 of his last 9 ABs. thats a little troubling. the pitchers seem to have adjusted to him, now its time for him to adjust to the pitchers adjustment. i have faith in the kid though…
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:02 pm
Frank,
They went on and on about the play by Murphy in LF when he threw it in on what appeared to be a designed play and how it cost them the run because its an odd play and he bounced it to Reyes. But they didn’t even mention the fact that Reyes’ throw didn’t make it to the mound before it skipped to the catcher! They seriously talked about it for like 10 min and never mentioned Reyes’ poor throw!!
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
9:02 pm
What is the deal with McCann past couple of games? 0 for 3 today and I dont remember what he did yesterday.
McFann Ô
April 15th, 2009
9:03 pm
JasonInFL needed esco to get a hit so Lowe could get the win for my fantasy team
Yeah, it woulda been nice if Escobar woulda gotten on base…but that woulda made McCann’s out that much uglier.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:03 pm
Is there any reason Buddy didnt stay in? He looked good.
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:03 pm
We ready for ERA updates on Pete?
McFann Ô
April 15th, 2009
9:04 pm
Original Jon 0 for 3 today and I dont remember what he did yesterday.
I do–0-4. Sunday he was 1-3, and Saturday he was 0-4. Dude’s not been good lately.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:04 pm
Bobby is probably hoping that with the top of the line up coming up, Moylan/Ramirez/Soriano will hold them at four runs MF.
Shamus Thacker
April 15th, 2009
9:05 pm
Francoeur looks a helluva lot better than last year. He’s proved he’ll listen and be open to change.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:06 pm
Im thinking Buddy goes 7, Moylan Soriano Gonzo could get 8/9
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:06 pm
Cantu singles to center, here we go.
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
9:07 pm
Well, not sure with Chipper being out that we can afford to really have Mac go 0 for whatever. Maybe move Kelly into cleanup and Mac 5th until he gets his stroke back, IDK, what do you think?
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:07 pm
Uggla is killing us this series and carrying my fantasy squad.
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
9:08 pm
Boyer LOVES Cox
How could have pichers have adjusted to him?
This is what….game #7 and they’ve only played 2 teams before tonight (3 now counting the Marlins).
I would imagine after 15, 20, 25 or so games…..the scouting report will get around the league somewhat on Schafer…then pitchers will begin to disect him…but until then, he’s somewhat of a unknown, as to his batting/swing and what he does with the bat.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:08 pm
McCann isnt playing tomorrow…it will most likely be Ross.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:09 pm
Moylan K’s Uggly, 1 out.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:09 pm
Uggla missed that pitch by 3 or 4 feet, lol
McFann Ô
April 15th, 2009
9:10 pm
MFin04 McCann isnt playing tomorrow…it will most likely be Ross.
Alleluia!!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:10 pm
Cantu steals 2nd.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:11 pm
Intentional walk to Hermida.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:11 pm
Moylan hit ross, bases freeking loaded.
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:12 pm
My ulcer is growing…
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
9:13 pm
Arizona
Yeah, that was quite wrong to not mention Reyes’s throw.
On a side note…it kinda sucks Erin Andrews isn’t on tonight…(Lol)
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
9:13 pm
did joe and chip smoke one?
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:14 pm
Frank,
She’s over here at my place doing some investigatory work.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:14 pm
Moylan K’s Mayben, two outs.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
9:14 pm
WOW! How did he chase that one?
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:15 pm
3-0 with the bases loaded, not again…
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
9:16 pm
Really?
Record-Keeper
April 15th, 2009
9:16 pm
What is with this team and the walks? It’s frickin’ absurd.
cheld
April 15th, 2009
9:16 pm
Is it just me, or does Moylan’s delivery look different?
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
9:16 pm
That’s ugly. We’ve seen enough bases-loaded walks for a season — in the first seven games.
Jeff321
April 15th, 2009
9:17 pm
Cox sure does love those intentional walks! Which of course didn’t quite pan out this time. Imagine my shock.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
9:17 pm
Pathetic. Damn listen to the boo birds. 5 bases loaded walks in the first 8 games of the season? They deserve to get boo’ed.
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:17 pm
Friggin bases loaded walk!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:17 pm
And Peter Moylan walks in a run, beautiful.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:17 pm
Wow, Moylan a little wild…maybe we should have left Buddy in? He did get a 1-2-3 inning and all? Dont overthink everything Bobby.
zephyr 8
April 15th, 2009
9:17 pm
I’m just not convinced that Moylan is right
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:18 pm
Unbelievable how you cannot throw strikes.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
9:18 pm
I normally dont complain about Cox but why not leave Buddy in for the 7th. If he brought Moylan in for the 8th fine but Buddy isnt a one inning specialist. He could of gone the 7th. If he got a guy on then yank him.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
9:18 pm
What IS Buddy’s pitch count? 10? 12?
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
9:18 pm
Can’t catch walks…
Derek
April 15th, 2009
9:19 pm
This team needs bullpen help. Badly.
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
9:19 pm
We walked in another run?! Definitely NOT double pits to chesty.
zephyr 8
April 15th, 2009
9:19 pm
I can throw strikes
A FAN
April 15th, 2009
9:19 pm
man they complain ST is to long but obviously it wasnt long enough moylan couldn’t perfect the get me over fastball that is needed by a pitcher!!!!!
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
9:19 pm
Moylan needs to be down in AAA building up arm strength, he hasnt even gone the full term for recovery for Tommy John surgery. He doesnt have it yet. Bring up Medlen, someone, anyone, please!!!!
FlaBravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:19 pm
Dammit !
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:19 pm
O’FLAHERTY TO THE RESCUE.
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:19 pm
Let’s bring in our Loogy against a switch hitter! Brilliant!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:20 pm
2-0, let’s walk another run in.
Bobby Cox is Deedadee
April 15th, 2009
9:20 pm
Bobby why the hell would you let moylan pitch with the bases loaded he is the wildest pitcher ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
9:20 pm
So a Loogy against righty. Bet he gives up a run.
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:20 pm
Ball 1
ncbravesgirl
April 15th, 2009
9:20 pm
Seriously, They cannot throw strikes!
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:20 pm
Eric I think you are coming to my side and agreeing with me
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:20 pm
Ball 2
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:21 pm
Ball 3
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:21 pm
You cannot get these guys out.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
9:22 pm
No Mfin I am not. You complain about everything which is dumb because baseball is a game of failures.
10 Year Old Girl
April 15th, 2009
9:22 pm
I can throw strikes more consistently than the Braves’ pitching staff.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:22 pm
wow, a strike out.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
9:22 pm
That would of been ball 4.
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
9:22 pm
EO to the F, gets DP to the C!
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:22 pm
THATABOY #42!!!!!!!
ncbravesgirl
April 15th, 2009
9:22 pm
Thank goodness!
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
9:22 pm
leave it to an Irishman to bail out the Aussie.
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:23 pm
Strikeout thank you…now get SOME RUNS!
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:23 pm
Good job O’Flaherty.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:23 pm
I can’t handle failure well
But we should have left Buddy in regardless. Even if Moylan pitched the 8th or not.
jjrfoster
April 15th, 2009
9:24 pm
Who is that #42 he is everywhere just like Bugs Bunny
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
9:24 pm
For the love of god MariettaDerek stop it. You’re never going to get a date acting like that.
zephyr 8
April 15th, 2009
9:25 pm
If the Braves are gonna come back McCann will be the determining factor. Hes gotta get involved next time around.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:26 pm
We’ve matched them run for run every inning…looks like we are due for one this inning.
Frankie Knuckles
April 15th, 2009
9:26 pm
Ya’ll know why God invented Whiskey right? To keep the Irishmen from ruling the world…..
Good work O-dog!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:27 pm
Kotchman flies out to the warning track, should’ve ate his wheaties.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:28 pm
Schafer lines out to ss.
Jeff Blauser
April 15th, 2009
9:28 pm
Kotchman needs to get more aggressive. He swings at one pitch per at bat, almost always with 2 strikes.
Yawn
April 15th, 2009
9:28 pm
Is it time already for the Braves to roll over and lose without a whimper?
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
9:29 pm
Arizona
Investigatory work, eh?
I’ll give her something to investigate…(Lol)…..ME!!!!!!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:29 pm
Terrible at bat by norton. top of the 8th
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:30 pm
We should ask the Marlins how they built their bullpen…its looked good so far this series.
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:30 pm
Nice at bat Norton
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:30 pm
Moylan’s ERA dropped from 22.50 to a robust 20.25
7
April 15th, 2009
9:33 pm
Where’s Leo when we need him?
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
9:33 pm
jjrfoster
Every ballplayer tonight (AL & NL) is wearing #42 in rememberance of the day Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in MLB when he played for the old Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie wore #42.
ArkyTech
April 15th, 2009
9:33 pm
Why must we use 5 relievers to get through every single game? Why did Buddy come out? I just don’t get it! Our pen will be toast by August AGAIN this year!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:33 pm
Wish Garret Anderson was out there.
Garret Anderson's personal trainer
April 15th, 2009
9:33 pm
Garrett is applying linament and warming his bones by the fire. He should be all ready to pinch hit by inning 12 or so, if needed.
Ian Curtis
April 15th, 2009
9:34 pm
Nice play, Diaz.
Loaf Garret
April 15th, 2009
9:34 pm
I coulda had that. Maybe. Eh whatever.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:34 pm
Fly out to diaz, one out.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:34 pm
The announcer for the Marlins…just said Garret Anderson wouldnt have made that play…lol.
Question
April 15th, 2009
9:34 pm
Shouldn’t we be waiting to use Gonzo and Soriano when we have a lead? Where is Blaine Boyer?
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
9:34 pm
By the way, it’s 1-for-10 with seven strikeouts for Schafer in his past four games.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
9:35 pm
Frank I think that was sarcasm.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:35 pm
Ramirez flys out to Francouer.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
9:35 pm
I wonder if any baseball cards will be made tonight? Would be rare to see any of these guys wearing 42.
7
April 15th, 2009
9:36 pm
My 8 year old son could have made that play.
BravesinNJ
April 15th, 2009
9:36 pm
Can someone (maybe DOB in his infinite wisdom) tell me why Kotchman is NOT BATTING IN THE 8-HOLE? No one else should be batting behind Casey with the exception of the pitcher?
also, is there a reason that Garret Anderson is starting over Diaz? His defense is not much better than Matt’s; and we all see how he has started the season with the bat (.143). I’d rather see Matt Diaz have the starting job to lose than sit the bench and watch some FA drop foul ball outs.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:37 pm
Cantu grounds out to Kelly.
Jane Austen
April 15th, 2009
9:37 pm
Greg Norton’s name should be Edgar Trollope.
He looks like a character in one of my novels: the rich but awkward and homely man who tries to marry the heroine but she follows her heart in the end and chooses the true hero instead.
The end.
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
9:37 pm
Eric from MO
What was sarcasm?
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:37 pm
Soriano has looked great every appearance so far. Way to go!
Doc Holiday
April 15th, 2009
9:38 pm
was that GA on that sliding catch?………….nah -I didnt think so
This is starting to look like the past 2 seasons…….relievers parade night after night after night
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:39 pm
Sorry DOB Schafer is not the problem.
Reg Mackworthy
April 15th, 2009
9:39 pm
Kenny Powers is available. The Braves may want to look into signing him for the pen.
I was a teenage Francophile
April 15th, 2009
9:39 pm
It’s beginning to look like Frenchy gets to strike out to end the game.
Bra Burner
April 15th, 2009
9:39 pm
My 8 year old son could have made that play.
I too know the pain of having a damn boy. Sucks.
o-me
April 15th, 2009
9:39 pm
Just saw Melissa at the Capital drinking glass of tea. Hope she saves me one.
McFann Ô
April 15th, 2009
9:39 pm
Zephr If the Braves are gonna come back McCann will be the determining factor. Hes gotta get involved next time around.
Yeah, no kidding.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:40 pm
Kelly grounds out to 1st.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
9:40 pm
By the way, it’s 1-for-10 with seven strikeouts for Schafer in his past four games
.Has MF04 had a seizure yet?
Yep, he just fell and hit his head on the stairs.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
9:41 pm
BravesinNJ have you watchd the game tonight. First of all Diaz started and also Kotchman got a big rbi hit. Hell he is batting .280. He is not that bad.
Garret Anderson's personal trainer
April 15th, 2009
9:42 pm
Garrett fell asleep. Quick – get him an energy drink.
Tokyo Bravo
April 15th, 2009
9:42 pm
Would love to see us raslly for a couple of runs here. Getting tired of the cranky blogging.
melissa
April 15th, 2009
9:42 pm
How did I look ?!!
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
9:43 pm
Seriously Kelly? Swinging at the first friggin pitch??? Down by one in the 8th and you are swinging at the first frigging pitch?? What a joke!!!!!!!!!!
BravesinNJ
April 15th, 2009
9:43 pm
this team is starting to look a lot like the last 2-3 braves teams. when the starters are on, the pen is off. when the pitching overall is on; the hitting takes a dive. when the offense scores 11 (yes, 11 friggin runs) the pitching takes a huge dump. the last 3 years the braves have found ways to lose; instead of having off days and finding ways to win those games.
hopefully i’m overreacting to a couple bad games and this year is not even being close to indicative of the past 3 years. if not; it will be an awfully long year.
Did you know?
April 15th, 2009
9:43 pm
Hayden Penn is the son of Sean Penn. He was named after his godfather, Tom Hayden.
o-me
April 15th, 2009
9:43 pm
That Trans Air commercial, Sucks.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
9:44 pm
Frank the guy that was talking about Bunny Bugs. Pretty sure he knew why everyone was wearing 42.
Rob Reiner
April 15th, 2009
9:45 pm
Who should I cast as “melissa” in my next movie: Rosanne Barr or Whoopie Goldberg?
Andy K.
April 15th, 2009
9:46 pm
DOB, any idea why David Ross left his last rehab game after 3 AB’s? Or was it just to get an early start on heading back to Atlanta?
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:46 pm
McFann here is your shot!
FCC
April 15th, 2009
9:46 pm
Chip Caray doesn’t even know what inning it is. Not very double pits to chesty.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:47 pm
McCann please do something that does not involve creating an out :/
I was a teenage Francophile
April 15th, 2009
9:47 pm
Dang. Now Frenchy can’t strike out to end the game.
Tokyo Bravo
April 15th, 2009
9:49 pm
Glad to see the Escobar single, but down a run in the 8th, you’d like your batters to work the count at least a bit, wouldn’t you? That’s two of three batters swinging at the first pitch.
Then again, things like bunting and situational hitting have never been a hallmark of Bobby’s teams. The man does love the 3-run homer approach.
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:49 pm
Here we go, Diaz.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
9:49 pm
ABravesFan: Thanks for that tutorial. Sure thought Schafer was the cause of the bases-loaded walk Moylan issued.
(Can someone point out a stat to you without you deducing that that stat is being cited as THE problem? Just checking)
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:50 pm
Lets go Marlin killer!
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:50 pm
Thataboy Esco.
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
9:50 pm
Eric from MO re: your 9:44 p.m.
Oh..okay.
Well….ya never can be sure these days what people know and don’t know as far as history of the game, etc.
I mean, shoot….there’s a guy I work with can’t remember what year he graduated HS. He figured it wasn’t something he needed to know for the rest of his life.
I was like :>O “Your kidding?”
BravesinNJ
April 15th, 2009
9:50 pm
yes. i’m watching tonight. kotchman is hitting 269 (and that is after going 1-3 tonight), which means his avg coming into tonight was not 280. corner fielding positions (1B, 3B, RF/LF) should have better production than that. I’m not saying he is a bad player, but we need a hitting 1st baseman, not someone just known for his D. all I’m saying is bat him 8th.
Diaz did start tonight. But i wouldn’t call Diaz the starter in left, would you eric? GA was not brought in to platoon.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
9:50 pm
Man, after reading all your comments, it’s a shame you guys don’t play for the Braves. We would’ve just mercy ruled the Marlins.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
9:51 pm
who is more aggressive? Frenchy or Diaz? They could be unknown twins
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:51 pm
Three pitches, seriously? Wow diaz.
FCC
April 15th, 2009
9:51 pm
That was worse than a Frenchy at-bat.
All swings, all the time.
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
9:51 pm
Absolutely horrible AB by Diaz. Definitely NOT double pits to chesty.
bravesfan
April 15th, 2009
9:51 pm
horrible at-bat by diaz… not even close
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
9:52 pm
ugly ab
The art of teabaggin'
April 15th, 2009
9:52 pm
Matt Diaz needs to get double pits to the teabags.
Arizona Brave
April 15th, 2009
9:52 pm
A 3-pitch friggin strike out!
KP55
April 15th, 2009
9:52 pm
Where are all you Matt Diaz fans at now?
JJ
April 15th, 2009
9:52 pm
Yep…definitely a “fish killer”.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
9:53 pm
see?!
Steve from OH
April 15th, 2009
9:53 pm
Right here…
I was a teenage Francophile
April 15th, 2009
9:53 pm
All this swinging has made me diazzy. I better sit down.
Mass Hysteria
April 15th, 2009
9:53 pm
I really liked the Braves chances with Diaz hitting in that spot.
Of course I really liked the Detroit Lions chances of making the playoffs this past NFL season.
Rusty
April 15th, 2009
9:53 pm
I have to wonder if Chipper hurt his finger signing his new contract. This team isnt going anywhere.
bf braves fan
April 15th, 2009
9:53 pm
sshooot
McFann Ô
April 15th, 2009
9:53 pm
MFin04–
Yeah…and he walked! That was amazing…
Matty, Matty, Matty…that was not good…
FlaBravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:53 pm
GA = GOD AWFUL
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
9:54 pm
MOTHER EFFIN SERIOUSLY???????????? 2 sliders that were nowhere near the zone and he strikes out? WTF?!?!?!?
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:54 pm
Jackie Robinson stole home 19 times in his career. Wow. Maybe Escobar should have tried.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
9:54 pm
They promptly show the defensive play right after that rough AB. Thinking positive
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
9:54 pm
Oh, and here comes Boyer to completely put the game out of reach. JUST GREAT!!!
Blaine Boyer is in the house
April 15th, 2009
9:55 pm
Run for your lives.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:55 pm
Blaine Homerun Boyer in….hope he can get three outs…come on Blaine!
KP55
April 15th, 2009
9:55 pm
I think Andruw looks better at the outside slider than Diaz JC
c jonze
April 15th, 2009
9:55 pm
Matt Diaz is not clutch. Never was, great batting avg., where are the RBI’s?
kirkinga
April 15th, 2009
9:56 pm
Visions of Francouer circa 2008 or Andruw 2006-2007,on that at bat by Diaz
spotts
April 15th, 2009
9:56 pm
Outside slider was Andruw’s bread-and-butter
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:56 pm
Great job Boyer.
Garret Anderson's personal trainer
April 15th, 2009
9:56 pm
GA = generally achy.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
9:56 pm
Nice work Boyer, you stink
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
9:56 pm
Hmm the bullpen walking someone….lol…is this really happening?
Blaine Boyer is a Tub of Goo
April 15th, 2009
9:56 pm
Won’t be a “one swing game” in the bottom of the ninth by the time the GOO is done.
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
9:56 pm
let’s get our first come back win of the year…can’t lose 2 in a row to the fish!!!
Dixie Dawg
April 15th, 2009
9:56 pm
Wouldn’t you know it. Blaine Boyer would come in. Nice “Hall of Fame” tactics there, Booby!
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
WOW so there is one guy in the bullpen that can throw strikes.
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
blaine f’n boyer
Blaine Boyer is a Tub of Goo
April 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
Hey look, the Braves bullpen walked a batter. I’ve never seen that before.
bf braves fan
April 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
think garret pinch hits for jordan?
A FAN
April 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
same buch moylan bennett and boyer. all of them need to get it together!!!!!!!!
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
ARE YOU SERIOUS BOYER? OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
ummm…how in the h e double hockey sticks can our entire team not throw strikes? I don’t get it.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
And you guys said Boyer would give up a homerun. Suckers
Blaine Boyer's Mom
April 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
Blaine, son, you suck…you need to come home to mommy.
Tokyo Bravo
April 15th, 2009
9:57 pm
Wow. Just. Wow.
How can a so-called reliever come in and so consistently issue either a hit or walk to the first guy he faces. How many times is that this season for Boyer? How often over hjis last, say, 15-20 appearances?
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
Boyer a walk and a hit batsman. Nice work buddy boy. Way to NOT get double pits to chesty.
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
Boyer should be sent down after this game…bring up someone that can throw the ball over the plate.
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
Just as i FRICKING thought, Blaine ‘I suck massively’ Boyer walks the first batter he faces. I have no faith in this team when trailing going into the bottom of the ninth. Who wants to make a bet that the Marlins pitcher will throw a total of 6 pitches, or less in the 9th? Anybody?
Mass Hysteria
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
Moylan WILL get better once he gets some innings under his belt. Being out a year has him searching for his command. He’ll find it.
Boyer WILL NOT get better.
Dixie Dawg
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
WTF was Soriano taking out??? Cox, you’re killing us!!! Oh great, now Boyer not only walks Ugly, but hits Herpes!
Blaine Boyer is known for his pinpoint accuracy
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
Far and wide.
ncbravesgirl
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
no bullpen problems here! geez…
spotts
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
Looks like we should’ve traded for Swisher after all. At least he can stop the bleeding
SOS
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
Boyer definately has something on that old fat ugly stupid fool Bobby Cox. Nobody but Cox is stupid enough to put Boyer in ANY game.
BravesinNJ
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
KP55 I’m still here and I still think Diaz should start over GA, especially against lefties. I’d rather see Diaz out in left. i know he sucked tonight, but even still. he usually kills the marlins.
Loaf Garret
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
Don’t you wish my 2 errors were the only thing you had to be mad at tonight?!
JEFF
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
lets see here .. Bobby blows another game by leaving a pitcher in way too long and the marlins are gonna win this game on a walk given my moylan. the braves bullpen MO.. give the opposing team free passes dont make them earn it and give them runs.. thats how the marlins will win this game… and now BOYER.. wow walks the first guy and now runners on 1st and 2nd.. nobody out way to go bobby ….. wow can bobby get anymore pathetic… and diaz what a awful at bat
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
9:58 pm
Funny how the “GOO” shows up right when Boyer is up pitching
Blaine Boyer is a Tub of Goo
April 15th, 2009
9:59 pm
BOO THE GOO!
BravesinNJ
April 15th, 2009
9:59 pm
our BP sucks.
Frankie Knuckles
April 15th, 2009
9:59 pm
I think Blaine’s career might hinge on the rest of this inning.
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
9:59 pm
Boyer, you freeking suck, please go back to wherever you came from.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
9:59 pm
I’m guessing this is Boyer’s last game here
kirkinga
April 15th, 2009
9:59 pm
Boyer’s fighting it. He looked down the entire time McDowell was out to the mound.I wonder if he has any confidence left.
Question
April 15th, 2009
9:59 pm
Why can’t the Braves have inexpensive relievers that are good? Every other team in the majors has them. The Braves haven’t had one in a while. Chris Hammond?
An early season trade for a reliever might have to happen.
JEFF
April 15th, 2009
9:59 pm
chalk up another LOSS.. Blaine Boyer just sucks. please fire bobby cox and get rid of boyer.. come on…..
ncbravesgirl
April 15th, 2009
10:00 pm
I wish spotts, I wish.
zephyr 8
April 15th, 2009
10:00 pm
I actually feel like i could come in for the braves and get three outs by simply pitching to contact
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
10:00 pm
Boyer please dont give up two more I need this save for my fantasy team.
Eric from MO
April 15th, 2009
10:00 pm
Well I have defended Boyer, but I must admit, I may be wrong. I dont get it, he has the stuff. Time to cut your losses and let him go.
Blaine Boyer is a Tub of Goo
April 15th, 2009
10:00 pm
Way to NOT get double pits to chesty.
Nope. Goo never gets double pits to chesty with it. The Goo is the opposite of double pits to chesty.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
10:00 pm
Breaking News:Boyer sent down for JoJO
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
10:00 pm
What the #$@# is Bobby doing? Honestly…Boyer sucks….should not still be in the game…but Bobby runs him out there to give up runs…makes no sense at all. Getting 2 runs in the ninth is tough…1 not as tough…look at the game against the Phillies…Diaz went yard off of Lidge…but of course we gave up a run the inning earlier…if we have a chance in the game dont put Boyer in…its not that hard. He blows.
LivininAL
April 15th, 2009
10:01 pm
Well, Boyer is consistant every game.
bravesfan
April 15th, 2009
10:01 pm
DOB, how much of the bullpen struggles can the braves blame on Roger mcdowell? I understand moylan and soriano are coming back from injuries, but the bullpen isn’t in very good shape and it hasn’t changed since the beginning of the season.
Tokyo Bravo
April 15th, 2009
10:01 pm
At what point do we just pull the plug on the Blaine Boyer Experience? this is atrocious. I try not to slam bobby- they guy does have a few wins under his belt, but geez he can be stubborn. The kid has shown nothing for the last half-season plus and keeps getting trotted out there.
Blaine Boyer is a large sack of frass
April 15th, 2009
10:01 pm
The “boo the goo” movement is taking off faster than “teabagging”.
People are angry, darn it!
SOS
April 15th, 2009
10:01 pm
What is everyone surprised about. Cox has been mishandling the bullpen for the last 3 years or more. And he continues to do so. MY GOD. Please retire you old #$%$^$&^$%&&%*((#(#)@)#
Rusty
April 15th, 2009
10:01 pm
How can one player get hurt so often as Chipper does? Its cute that he will retire a brave but why cant he actually play and not get hurt. Thats more frustrating to me than the pin
Kevin in Chatty
April 15th, 2009
10:01 pm
Blaine Boyer is the worst insert explicit pitcher on the Braves squad. We have no chance to win games if he pitches with the game on the line.
In other news, I think 100 games is realistic for Chipper this year. I think that long term deal was premature.
Ok, maybe Im a little mad but Boyer SUCKS
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
10:02 pm
Congratulations on losing your job mr. Boyer.
ncbravesgirl
April 15th, 2009
10:02 pm
How bad does he have to be??
Dixie Dawg
April 15th, 2009
10:02 pm
This bullpen sucks on so many different levels. Why in the hell was Ohman not signed??? Oh yeah, cheap @sses at Libery Media wouldn’t anti up!
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
10:02 pm
The Goo is the opposite of double pits to chesty. GOO I’m on your side
Knuckle Sandwich
April 15th, 2009
10:02 pm
Boyer = Peice of Garbage. How long can we keep this no talent a$$ clown on the dadgum roster???
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:02 pm
They should play circus music as Boyer warms up
Edward
April 15th, 2009
10:02 pm
I don’t even think I blame Bobby anymore. Its the pitchers. They arent doing their job. It doesnt seem to matter who he puts in.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
I know everyone’s upset, but wouldn’t it be funny if Bobby slipped on a banana peel on the way to the mound?
o-me
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
**Where’s Leo to run the bullpen.**
macdwolfpack
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
If Braves think they can win with this bullpen they are only kidding themselves. I know it’s early but other than Soriano, Carlyle, and Gonzalez the rest of this bullpen right now is very suspect. Who in the world ever thought Boyer deserved to be in the Braves bullpen needs to be fired! He is the Chris Rietsma/Dan Kolb of this Braves team. Awful, just absolutely awful for a team that has so much potential.
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THis is the biggest load of BullSH3T I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We need a whole new bullpen! Boyer and O’Flaherty need to be DFA’d, Moylan needs to be sent to AAA to build arm strength. Bennett needs to be DFA’d as well. Trade Campillo for some bats. Keep Soriano and Gonzalez, bring up Medlen, Morton, Logan and whoever. Just get those losers out of our bullpen@!!!!!
643dp
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
Take that f-ing jersey Boyer you are a discrace to greatness fatboy.
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
LOL what? He’s not going anywhere. I mean really guys. Is this your first time being a Braves fan?
bravos2249
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
Can I ask one question?
I know Gonzo has had his struggles but why not at home in the 9th bring in your closer with a 1 run deficit when you know all you have left in the pen is duds?
NH
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
Boyer couldn’t get out anybody on my cousins little league team. He ought to be the one sent down this weekend
Knuckle Sandwich
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
“piece”…sorry, missed that day in spelling class.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
Is it time for the fire Bobby chants? He runs his boys out there…but he puts them in situations to fail…just assassin. Boyer sucks…we all called it before the inning started sooo why the hell do managers put guys in like that? If he cant get out of an inning without giving up runs…why the hell do you put him in when its 5-4? Now its 7-4 this is not that complicated.
geauxbraves2000
April 15th, 2009
10:03 pm
Same stuff. Different year.
bravesfan
April 15th, 2009
10:04 pm
this is horrible… i can’t watch anymore until this bullpen gets their s**t together. goodnight
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:04 pm
Edward – granted some of the pitchers suck, but why was Boyer left in so long? A walk, hit batsman, 2 hits…was Bobby waiting for the cycle?
Erod
April 15th, 2009
10:04 pm
Just WOW!!…talk about Bullpen woes…i hope Wren watched or at least DVR this game….looks like we’re going to need some Middle Relievers come June/July…what a shame…
melissa
April 15th, 2009
10:04 pm
Cox pat Boyer on the back ! What the #@!%$ ?!!!!!!!!!!!
Blaine Boyer is a bearded lady
April 15th, 2009
10:04 pm
“They should play circus music as Boyer warms up”
And then he can come to the mound in a tiny car.
JP
April 15th, 2009
10:04 pm
I have a thought: maybe our guys should try to throw strikes and stop hitting batters.
Mass Hysteria
April 15th, 2009
10:04 pm
This is a serious question not posed out of anger or frustration.
Should the Braves seriously consider releasing Boyer? It’s early but he hasn’t even shown small flashes of flirting with effectivness.
o-me
April 15th, 2009
10:05 pm
E7 Diaz & GA?..Still need a LF..calling B Jones.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
10:05 pm
Ive said this before and ill say it again…Campillo is not good with runners on. He is good when he starts the inning himself.
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
10:05 pm
not sure how everyone else feels, but our bullpen sucks.
John
April 15th, 2009
10:05 pm
UMMM…………..WTF is wrong with our relief crew???? Moylan shows that hes still not back from TJ…. O’Crappy finally gets a strike out and then Boyer stinks up the place! God why do we still have Boyer??????? The kid has NEVER been good.
Thank god we have Soriano or we will give up EVERY game!
Wren better make a trade for a PROVEN arm or bring Medlen up.
These games are getting UGLY!
SOS
April 15th, 2009
10:06 pm
Cox. Why don’t you just give every game away. Wren, Schuerholz, or whoever. Can you please make sure Cox retires or goes away or just spontaneously combusts.
JJ
April 15th, 2009
10:06 pm
That sure as hell better have been the last we see of BB for a very VERY long time. How much more proof does Bobby and Wren need?
Mike
April 15th, 2009
10:06 pm
Well after such an impressive start our Bravos are now failing at all aspects except maybe starting pitching. but given that are starters are not exactly pitching efficiently, they are coming out by the 5th and 6th, which leaves plenty of time for our bullpen to blow it.
Garret Anderson's personal trainer
April 15th, 2009
10:06 pm
Matt Diaz is using Garrett’s glove tonight. It’s a little slick from all the linament Garrett has to use.
o-me
April 15th, 2009
10:06 pm
Welcome back-Melissa.
Karl
April 15th, 2009
10:06 pm
Here come two more runs. Campillo will not keep any of these guys from scoring.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
10:07 pm
“looks like we’re going to need some Middle Relievers come June/July…what a shame…”
Middle of April…early May perhaps?
Red Stripe Black Guy
April 15th, 2009
10:07 pm
Boo Blaine Boyer.
Hooray beer!
bravefaninok
April 15th, 2009
10:07 pm
Blain Blowsitagain Boyer
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
10:07 pm
why do people keep mentioning brandon jones?? He has talent but hasn’t done anything this year in AAA
JJ
April 15th, 2009
10:07 pm
So Campillo comes in throwing strikes but we can only bring him in AFTER we let boyer get shelled? WTH?
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
10:07 pm
Shoulda known Boyer would not pitch well against this team
Shoulda known Boyer would not pitch well once he walked the leadoff guy
Shoulda known Boyer would not pitch well once he hit a batter
Shoulda known Boyer would not pitch well once he gave a sharp single
Shoulda Shoulda Shoulda Shoulda. When will you learn Booby Cox?
bravos2249
April 15th, 2009
10:07 pm
Mass Hysteria
They shouldn’t release him they should trade him…if someone wanted Davies…someone should want Boyer…lol
jbutler
April 15th, 2009
10:07 pm
Its a little frightening the venom that comes out when someone is down…I’ve been a big Boyer supporter- but who knows. Maybe its just not there. Kind of a drag.
outsider
April 15th, 2009
10:08 pm
this is my first post on the great DOB blog. I am a long time braves fan and understand that the season is veery young. However, if this is the result we will be getting from our bullpen all year its gonna be a long one. I mean is it really too much to expect guys to throw strikes. And Boyer needs to find himself the next bus out of the Atl. My 11 year old daughter would at least throw a freakin strike
Brian
April 15th, 2009
10:08 pm
How in the he** is Blaine Boyer on the Braves?!?!?!??!
indybravesfan
April 15th, 2009
10:08 pm
We signed Chipper for three more years becasue???????
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:08 pm
“not sure how everyone else feels, but our bullpen sucks”
Not sure how everyone feels? Have you read this blog before? You’d think our bullpen was full of amputees
Red Stripe Black Guy
April 15th, 2009
10:08 pm
I’m for circus music as Boyer’s entrance music.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
10:08 pm
Why didnt Campillo start the inning? What the heck is Bobby doing? Is he trying to lose games? Honestly…is he?
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
10:09 pm
You have got to be kidding me.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
10:09 pm
OK, this game just slipped to utter embarrassment levels.
macdwolfpack
April 15th, 2009
10:09 pm
How in the hell did we leave spring training with this bullpen? You really have to wonder about the judgement of those who thought this was a winning bullpen.
Dixie Dawg
April 15th, 2009
10:09 pm
Boyer is indeed a big tub of goo and Bobby Cox is a stubborn Donkey!
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
10:09 pm
anyone got the Boyer ERA update?
MariettaDerek
April 15th, 2009
10:09 pm
Game officially over. What an ugly night. I was all ready to get double pits to chesty with it tonight, and the braves show up and do everything BUT get double pits to chesty with it.
Winks
April 15th, 2009
10:09 pm
something has to be done about Boyer. Are there really not better options? He hasn’t had a successful outing this year. . . Maybe give him another shot or two but I would hope his leash is short.
bravesfan
April 15th, 2009
10:09 pm
maybe we should just start playing circus music when the starter leaves the game… this is unreal… okay… good-night for real now
Harold
April 15th, 2009
10:10 pm
For this team to make the Playoffs….they’re missing at LEAST…two or three quality arms in the ‘Pen…other than Soriano, Carlyle and Gonzo…everyone is worthless except Moylan who just needs arm strength(AAA may do some good)…
Eman
April 15th, 2009
10:10 pm
time to start assuming: the braves will be 5-4 after this sweep and probably the best place to go to get back on track is Pittsburgh
Knuckle Sandwich
April 15th, 2009
10:10 pm
I know Wren made a lot of moves this off season…but how was this pen not addressed? This is pi$$ poor. Tough to watch.
o-me
April 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
VABRAVESFAN, who you got better? just get someone.
Tarantino
April 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
it really makes me wonder Guys…how bad does the bullpen need to perform before moves are actually made?
Mass Hysteria
April 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
Wow! This pen could make a preacher cuss!
Will
April 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
This is already the same old Braves of late. Chipper is gonna be hurt every other week, cant beat good teams at home, cox is gonna keep running the same people out of the bullpen that cant get the job done. I have been saying this for several years and i am gonna say it again, Boyer sucks and its that simple!!
Jeff Blauser
April 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
Infuriating. Can we tar and feather Boyer?
Intramural Team is Aggressive
April 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
N Nine: I believe that’s 27.00. Words can’t express how horrendous that is.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
Schafer makes a bad play there should have held the runner…but instead lets him go to third…which ends up costing the Braves a run. Campillo is great when he starts innings…he isnt good in the middle…why then would Bobby bring him in to fail? does he watch the Braves games? CAMPILLO HAS TO START INNINGS!!!
Run Heap Run
April 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
Why do we never get to be on the other side of games like this?
JEFF
April 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
heres why we dont have a good bullpen.. because we have 2 idiots running this team…. First is Frank Wren… congrats on another pathetic job… you improved one area.. the bullpen just sucks and no offense … we were in this game until bobby cox started touching it.. congrats .. busted wide open Frank wren and bobby cox please go byye byeeee ……
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:11 pm
That’s funny…I can sum up Chip Caray in one word – suck
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
10:12 pm
From the looks of it, the Braves never deserved to be tied for first. This team absolutely sucks. Its either try to hit a homer every time or if that fails the bullpen just totally puts the game out of reach.
Mike
April 15th, 2009
10:12 pm
Wow….a 5 run 9th by our incredible bullpen. I know its early, but we need to shake things up in the bullpen.
Tomas
April 15th, 2009
10:12 pm
I hope that the next time the Braves need to make a roster move, they designate Boyer for assignment, either trade him or reassign him to the minors, to fix his mechanics and throw strikes for a change.
Turtsnap
April 15th, 2009
10:13 pm
Hey DOB, don’t know if it has been covered here, but on TV they announced that in 20+ innings by our relievers 40+ batters have reached base via either hit, walk or HBP… That is UNREAL!!! (and pathetic)
jared
April 15th, 2009
10:13 pm
What the hell is this clown Boyer doing on the team with all of the pitching depth we have? Bring up Acosta now!
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
10:13 pm
Bring up the kids for the bullpen
McFann Ô
April 15th, 2009
10:13 pm
HOW IS THAT AN ERROR ON MCCANN??? Wow…I couldn’t be more t’d…I need to vent, but I’m too flabbergasted for words…
Poorjeff
April 15th, 2009
10:13 pm
The fish may be the team to beat this year…they look good.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
10:13 pm
I feel I need to apologize to Boyer too…he didnt give up any homers…to Blaine…I’m sorry.
Knuckle Sandwich
April 15th, 2009
10:13 pm
spotts…double amputees
Winks
April 15th, 2009
10:14 pm
Soriano looks good, Gonz ok so far but a little iffy, Carlyle looks good, O’Lefty is hit or miss, Moylan should be good in a couple more weeks, Campizie not too bad, (Boyer needs to go) . . but just what if we would have given the 1mil we gave to Glavine to Ohman. Wren has to be looking back at letting Ohman go as a mistake.
jcfromut
April 15th, 2009
10:14 pm
hows long until Medlin gets called up?
Jorge Campillo's song
April 15th, 2009
10:14 pm
I didn’t start the fire…
Poorjeff
April 15th, 2009
10:14 pm
Maybe Cox is trying to tell Frank Wren something?
patrocket
April 15th, 2009
10:14 pm
What’s wrong with Gonzalez?
Knuckle Sandwich
April 15th, 2009
10:15 pm
*click*
NH
April 15th, 2009
10:15 pm
Gotta wonder how long its gonna be until Bobby starts pullin folks outa the stands. They may get hit around some but anything is better than this crap
Stephen
April 15th, 2009
10:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
Describes this game perfectly
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
10:15 pm
HEY Derek
Ya know, all your *Double Pits To Chesty* sounds gay and IMO….is annoying to read.
Well…the last blog was named Braves go Fishing…and from the looks of it, they haven’t found the right bait to use. (Lol)
chip off the ol block
April 15th, 2009
10:15 pm
wow bullpen gave it up again, the D was good, the starting was pretty good, our offense was atleast producing but now we’re back tot he Braves of 07… HORRIBLE bullpen… i know its early but this is unacceptable… moves need to be made, or something, AND WHY WASNT GONZO BROUGHT IN?? instead we used the same bunch that blew our sweep against the phils..
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
This team won’t contend with this bullpen…and without another big bat in the lineup for the 40+ games Chip will miss…GA wasn’t the answer. If he is, we were asking the wrong question. I don’t think we are that far off, but as everyone knows; spending money on Tommy G instead of the bullpen was a mistake.
Tarantino
April 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
Sooo i got one Reliever who is “lights out” on our own team…..Schafer was 11-0 with a 0.71 ERA, striking out 140 batters in 76 innings during his senior year in high school…..Just saying… lol
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
jared might want to reconsider that, acosta gave up a 2 run homer today
John
April 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
“LivininAL
April 15th, 2009
10:01 pm
Well, Boyer is consistant every game.”
HAHAHHAAHHA God this is sad but so true!
jonatuga
April 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
ga is warmin’ up
Dixie Dawg
April 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
We need Ned Yost as manager, Blaine GOO Boyer needs to be shipped off, and new owners!
P.S. Can we please get rid of that damn cow in left field?!?!?!
zephyr 8
April 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
Boyer ERA 40.50. And thats exactly why he shouldnt pitch a whole game.
But no seriously, what happened to ST Boyer.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
Send Bobby to AAA to learn how to manage…and release Boyer…seriously…just cut him from the team…you dont need any special day or move to cut a guy right?
Red Stripe Black Guy
April 15th, 2009
10:16 pm
Blaine Boyer’s ERA is now: 40.50.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:17 pm
Maybe we can still trade for Swisher.
Sam
April 15th, 2009
10:17 pm
MADARCHOD Garret ANDERSON !!!!
SOS
April 15th, 2009
10:17 pm
What is all the complaining about? If you have been following the Braves for the last 3 years you are seeing the EXACT same thing that happens night after night. Bullpen sux, Cox makes STUPID managing moves, and front office does NOTHING about it. SOS. Cox has to go. I don’t care how much he is revered in this town. He is horrible and we still put up with the SOS.
NYCBrave
April 15th, 2009
10:17 pm
What an embarrassment. Two weeks and two embarrassing games by our bullpen. Braves front office, please, please make a statement and send some of these clowns down.
Loaf Garret
April 15th, 2009
10:17 pm
Everybody chill! I got this!
7
April 15th, 2009
10:17 pm
Whats cox trying to say to Wren. Get a damn bull pen and lf.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
10:17 pm
N Nine: I believe that’s 27.00. Words can’t express how horrendous that is
Actually you must be thinking Moylan’s 20.25!!! Boyer 2 x worse @ 40.50 Yes that is correct!! …and we lose
ABravesFan
April 15th, 2009
10:18 pm
Hey DOB can you please update us on Schafer’s numbers now? Thanks
Intramural Team is Aggressive
April 15th, 2009
10:18 pm
Pardon me, I didn’t have the full update. It’s even worse than what I claimed.
Jeff321
April 15th, 2009
10:18 pm
Ah, do you think Bobby will get rid of his BOYer now?
outsider
April 15th, 2009
10:18 pm
what can i say i am utterly disgusted with the shape of this teams pen. after a great start i guess we are quickly showing that against superior competition we are simply inept. sad to say but i have a feeling of dread at the beginning of each game just wondering who is gonna screw up next.
Tokyo Bravo
April 15th, 2009
10:18 pm
Sad to see all the feel-good qualities of the first week of the season dissipate so quickly, but there you have it. A bullpen with a couple of pieces that probably simply need to go (Boyer, Bennet), and few roles well-defined, and still no real answers in LF- a situation exacerbated by GA’s adventures out there last night.
It’d be nice to see the Braves make a move to at least shuffle the ‘pen, but not sure how likely that is.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
10:18 pm
here comes the blog’s favorite player. See if he shows emotion enough for yall tonight
zephyr 8
April 15th, 2009
10:18 pm
On a positive noted Frncoeur hit an opposite field single.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:18 pm
Well the bright side is at least we won’t have to hear Chip Caray for a couple weeks.
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
April 15th, 2009
10:18 pm
Andruw is 1-2 tonight with 3 runs scored and a walk (intentional)…he really may be finding his stroke…
Jake W.
April 15th, 2009
10:19 pm
Boyer has got to be the odd man out when Jojo comes up. Going on last year and this year its obvious more times than not he will not get the job done when it counts.
Hopefully the Braves take a different approach tommorow like they did in the 5th and work the count. It proved to work very well and its what the marlins have been doing. By doing that they have gotten out our starters and exploited our middle relief. We need to find a way to do the same. Much luck to Kawakami tomorrow. Hopefully his command is much better than his last game.
McFann Ô
April 15th, 2009
10:19 pm
Well, that was disgusting. Still don’t get the error call, but what the heck ever.
Night.
Interested Observer
April 15th, 2009
10:19 pm
Bennett and Boyer have a stiff competition going for the first ticket out of town. Just when you think Bennett has it sewn up…here comes Boyer!
MESSAGE TO BLAINE BOYER
April 15th, 2009
10:19 pm
http://tinyurl.com/c23xnd
A MESSAGE TO BOYER FROM THE OFFICIAL BRAVES FAN CAT
Boyer LOVES Cox
April 15th, 2009
10:20 pm
spotts,
that is the funniest $@*# i have heard all day!!!!
since we are critiquing booby…i think the bullpen problem started with bringing moylan out to pitch the 7th. why not let buddy go two innings? i thought he was our long reliever? 3 up 3 down should definitely warrant another inning from buddy, especially since he only pitched one inning before the 7th. we are not even two weeks in to the season, so the guys “being tired” bull%$#$ is a poor excuse.
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
10:20 pm
10 pitches thrown in the inning for the Marlins. Our bullpen is deflating our team, there was no fight at all in that inning. We didnt make that pitcher work at all. We made two outs on 4 pitches total, and the third out on 3 pitches. WTF.
kirkinga
April 15th, 2009
10:20 pm
Let’s hope Kawakami can go 7 tomorrow afternoon.Otherwise it’ll be another long day.
chip off the ol block
April 15th, 2009
10:20 pm
hey DOB
what do you think the Braves should do about the Braves bullpen right now?
what moves do you think need to be made
Garret Anderson's personal trainer
April 15th, 2009
10:20 pm
Almost got a hold of one.
Garrett still is in line to be celebrity endorser for Red Stripe.
Epinephrine
April 15th, 2009
10:21 pm
Wow. What can you say? We can get one arm in Medlen. I honestly don’t know where we find the rest.
Gerror Anderson
April 15th, 2009
10:21 pm
how is he going to hit it well stepping 3 feet out the box with his right foot..Jesuschristh. please cut anderson and the bums in the bullpen and have an open tryout over the weekend in Venezuela…Sooo…
Richard
April 15th, 2009
10:22 pm
Has Garrett Anderson always stepped toward 1st base as soon as the pitcher releases the ball?? It looks really bad, like he is bailing on every pitch. I haven’t gotten to watch him play much (due to him playing in the A.L.) so I don’t know whether that is how he has always hit or whether it is a short-term mechanical flaw. Anyone have any thoughts?
bf braves fan
April 15th, 2009
10:23 pm
anyone know how blanco is doing in gwinnett
Blaine Boyer's swan song
April 15th, 2009
10:23 pm
Bid adieu to the tub of goo.
GoBraves
April 15th, 2009
10:24 pm
The biggest mistake this offseason was Frank Wrens PRIDE getting in the way of us resigning Ohman! He thought 2 average/crap lefties could take the place of our most dependable guy out of the pen last year! BIG MISTAKE!!
And whats with Bobby not letting Buddy Carlyle go 2 or 3 innings… he was doing FINE!
This using a different guy every inning is going to KILL our pen!
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
10:24 pm
If we win tomorrow we are 6-3….I’d be happy with that…everything considered.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
10:25 pm
blanco not doing good at all. ,219 with 10SO in 30AB
Richard
April 15th, 2009
10:25 pm
BOYER Loves Cox,
IMO that is an excellent point. I was thinking the same thing. It’s no wonder that the bullpen is always “burned up”. We used 6 relievers tonight when we could’ve used at least a couple less by letting Buddy keep throwing. I have all the respect in the world for Bobby Cox but his handling of the bullpen is consistently questionable at best.
Tarantweeeno
April 15th, 2009
10:25 pm
I just want to know what the hell bobby has to say about this bullpen…you know Cox..where not in Philly anymore…poor old man must not even know…this its just coming a nightly trend for the ‘Pen…WalkS ,RunS, Hits, HBP..jeez…
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:26 pm
Some thoughts from the game (I’ll leave out the obvious):
-I don’t know about you guys, but having all fifty players wear #42 was a bit much
-I thought it was really funny that with 2 on, 2 out, Braves down by 2 and Jordan Schafer up, the game was pretty intense. What does the PTV crew cut to? Bobby wiping his nose.
-JJ really annoys me
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
10:27 pm
The biggest mistake this offseason was Frank Wrens PRIDE getting in the way of us resigning Ohman!
It’s okay, we have Glavine and Garret!!!! , I think the two are wise dark horse moves
Efrim
April 15th, 2009
10:28 pm
It’s early. Real early. But maybe Boyer just needs a change of scenery. This has to be expected from Moylan. Guy is 11 months off from Tommy John. Jeff Bennett? Well, I’m not sure what to say about him. He has given up 10 hits already. Not sure what else to say. O’Flaherty is left-handed, that is basically the only reason he is here.
And as someone said above, where are all those people who hated the idea of trading for Nick Swisher? Excellent trade by Cashman.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
10:28 pm
Spotts___
-agree too much
-agree
-agree
Pulp Fiction
April 15th, 2009
10:29 pm
The bullpen is such a mess, we need to get Winston Wolfe in here to clean it up.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:30 pm
Bobby was really going to town on his nose with that tissue thing. At least the cameras don’t cut to him knuckle deep in nostril anymore.
Blaine Boyer marches like a penguin
April 15th, 2009
10:31 pm
“But maybe Boyer just needs a change of scenery.”
How about Antartica.
Dextwer
April 15th, 2009
10:31 pm
This Saturday…..on a baseball field near you…Atlanta Braves Bullpen Tryouts…it doesnt matter who you are…just Throw strikes…
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
10:32 pm
Ya know, after this mess and the blowup in Phily by the pen…
I’m thinkin’ maybe Tommy Glavine may not WANT to come back to this even IF the pain subsides and he’s able to pitch….(Lol).
Frankie Knuckles
April 15th, 2009
10:32 pm
Pulp Fiction – its 30 minutes away he’ll be there in 10
Gambino
April 15th, 2009
10:32 pm
Can anyone here pitch? I hear the Braves might be having open tryouts for the bullpen pretty soon.
Send A Message
April 15th, 2009
10:32 pm
The “everything is going to be ok” management style has met with little success since all the “Cy’s” got old/left/retired.
IMO Boyer should be DFA’d and so should Bennett. The pen should be sent a message that they must produce, or we’ll empty Gwinnett and go with a crew of youngsters. Teams have done it before and some have even been successful doing that. Would it put pressure on the pen to concentrate on their job of face the door? Sure it would! Would it put pressure on those guys? Heck yeah it would but if they can’t produce under pressure, they aren’t going to help this team win anyway!
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
10:32 pm
haven’t changed channel and saw J J on a commercial. Ha
bf braves fan
April 15th, 2009
10:33 pm
Thanks vabravesfan
Billy Mays
April 15th, 2009
10:33 pm
“Can anyone here pitch?”
If you want a pitch, I’m your man.
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
10:34 pm
Blaine Boyer marches like a penguin
How bout Timbucktu?
Lol
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:35 pm
That’s not really Billy Mays, guys. Notice the abscence of all caps and exclamation points
The type of pitch that best suits Blaine Boyer
April 15th, 2009
10:35 pm
A pitchfork.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
10:35 pm
I’m taking Boyer off my fantasy team. I’m fed up, my patience can’t take it anymore.
Hey tub of goo, we’re going to miss you once he leaves in few days. Your days are numbered
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
10:36 pm
JJ is my favorite TV personality. He really likes “Con Air,” man. While Nic Cage’s attempt at a Southern accent is laughable, the movie has few redeeming qualities. Also, TBS used to show that thing ten times a week seven years ago.
A better move would be to show “Face/Off” ten times a week. That movie never gets old.
1062.59
April 15th, 2009
10:37 pm
Chipper is the heart, soul, and engine of this team. That is not good news! When he’s out of the lineup, this team augers into the Earth. He already is sidelined with a nagging injury that will last much of the season! And it’s not his oblique, foot, or . What in the hell will he come down with in 2010, 2011 ????
Chip is a great ballplayer, but this new contract is an albatross.
Blaine Boyer symbolizes everything wrong with this team
April 15th, 2009
10:38 pm
“Hey tub of goo, we’re going to miss you once he leaves in few days. Your days are numbered”
But I will be at peace for I have fought the good fight.
spotts
April 15th, 2009
10:38 pm
albatross…..now there’s a word
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
10:39 pm
If you have Blaine Boyer on your fantasy team, then you are not trying to compete.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
10:39 pm
I give Bobby an F for his performance tonight. But, he’s a HOF manager and I’m only a fan, so whatever. But I’ll tell you one doggon thing, whatever got in Bobby’s head by not letting Carlyle go another inning is VERY strange… VERY! You guys have hit the nail on the head about him using so many arms out of the pen per game…UNBELIEVABLE!
Boyer has no confidence and needs to be sent down and put the guy out of his misery. Think about it, that’s torcher having him implode like that in front of everybody. ENOUGH
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
10:40 pm
Chop Chop
Another movie that never gets old is one of Cage’s…..Leaving Las Vegas with Elisabeth Shue.
Tomas
April 15th, 2009
10:41 pm
If this were a democracy, Boyer would be packing his bags right now. Going to either Gwinnet or whichever team is stupid enough to want him.
jbutler
April 15th, 2009
10:41 pm
Yikes. That turned into Bad News Bears awful quickly. When one of the BP guys go off the rails like apparently Boyer has…who on the team steps up to give him counsel? Smoltz seemed to tutor Boyer- but maybe he knew he was going to the Red Sox when he was doing it
Doesn’t seem to be an obvious person in the rotation anymore- just curious.
kirkinga
April 15th, 2009
10:41 pm
I don’t know why people are blaming these loses on our LF’s, but Diaz looks the same as he did last season before he got hurt. As far as Anderson is concerned, he’s a proven hitter, but he’s hurt, just like Chipper..again.
You can go prospects for Swisher, but it’s not going to help much. The Braves have scored plenty of runs, they’ve just given up too many.
The defense has been shaky, but the last I looked, Anderson wasn’t the only one that has made defensive mistakes.
Send A Message
April 15th, 2009
10:41 pm
Elisabeth Shue is chesty.
Blaine Boyer never listens to John Lennon
April 15th, 2009
10:42 pm
Imagine there’s no goo.
It’s easy if you try.
Mother, you had me,
but I never had goo.
Instant Karma’s gonna get goo
knock him right off his feet.
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
10:42 pm
Frank from KS,
The difference between your comment about “Leaving Las Vegas” and my comment about “Face/Off” is that you’re being genuine. “Face/Off” makes me wanna hate motion pictures.
Original Jon
April 15th, 2009
10:43 pm
lol!!!!!\
Think about it, that’s torcher having him implode like that in front of everybody. TnBrian
HAHA, thats great, even though its spelled wrong, it fits perfectly in that sentence, lol.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
10:43 pm
I’m guessing from the angst contained in the 10:00 p.m. posts that the pen blew a win tonight. I left it at 4-4. Figured with LOWE leaving after 5 we were done.
monty
April 15th, 2009
10:43 pm
Wow! What a terrible way to end what had been a fairly competitive game. It looks like we underspent on middle relief. Boyer needs to go back down and work on his game in AAA and develop another pitch. What happened to his 95-96 mph fastball Smoltz was bragging on, I seem to remember him saying Boyer would one day hit 100. Now his good fastball is 92. Right now he’s a thrower and not a pitcher. I had hoped we would send a statement tonight and I guess we did, just the wrong one. RIght now and until the bullpen changes we are looking at 4th place and no wild card. How a couple of games (Philly meltdown and tonight)can change optimism into pessimism.
cvbraves
April 15th, 2009
10:43 pm
Ease up, folks. At 5-3, Braves are on pace to finish 100-60. plus or minus one or two.
Have a good night!
Salamander
April 15th, 2009
10:44 pm
I haven’t seen a Nic Cage movie I liked – ever.
There i said it. Nic Cage sucks…
OK, OK, “Raising Arizona” was good.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
10:46 pm
Always enjoyed ELISABETH SHUE in THE SAINT with VAL KILMER.
N Nine
April 15th, 2009
10:46 pm
You can go prospects for Swisher, but it’s not going to help much.kirkinga
Old news. Yankees need him as Nady is on DL, while Swisher leads the team in HR’s. Maybe we should have gotten Ohman and Swisher instead of Glavine and Garret.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
10:46 pm
Shutup about Chipper… Oh my God! His thumb or whatever it is, is purple from what I’ve heard. You don’t want to take the risk of having him out way longer than just having it heal, so shut it!
A weird game from the start:
- Lowe was obviously out of whack from the rainout, which was so obvious by the wildness.
- Lowe got SCREWED by the ump which would have probably been game changing K’s for him.
- Chipper is out and Mac looked a bit lost…very unusual.
Could be argued as a wierd game or just the game of baseball, who knows.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
10:47 pm
How about “RACING WITH THE MOON?”
steve_97060
April 15th, 2009
10:47 pm
oh well, season is young but that was some serious ugly tonight (again). you can’t blame Bobby for the piss poor performance of a few relievers, if they are on the team they need to perform. I can second guess the decision to have Carlyle pitch only one inning though, that is a strange one…
oh well, now I’ll watch the blazers hopefully put the smack down on the nuggets so the night isn’t a total loss..
anthony berry
April 15th, 2009
10:48 pm
Where is LEO M. when we need him, We need a real!!!!!!!!!! Pitching Coach.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
10:48 pm
I’ll scratch Chipper being out as “wierd”, definitely not weird.
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
10:48 pm
Lowe pitched well enough to lose tonight. Not a quality start at all. Six innings, three runs allowed, Lowe. What about that do you not understand? I’d cut your a$$ right now. I’m sick of the inconsistency you showed during your five innings tonight. Someone needs to make it stop. It happened too often during this 1/162nd of the season.
(And no, I’m not trying to get people to be patient. I just wanted to try my hand at being angry. It’s fun.)
JEFF
April 15th, 2009
10:50 pm
until liberty media starts actually caring about this baseball team. Hoser Frank Wren and Old fart Bobby cox are still in charge. When will this Ownership Group get serious and Hire True Baseball People.. Bobby Cox has lost it and its TIME for him to go NOW… Frank Wren deserves to be fired for not making one key signing for a bullpen that is the laughing stock of the Majors or No offensive power…. or making one roster move. yet we still have losers like bennett and boyer on this roster. they dont deserve to be there… we need a new GM and a NEW Manager … until that happens this team sucks…and start stealing bases for goodness sake oh wait BOBBY doesnt believe in stealing bases. its a crime…
Blaine Boyer's secret of success
April 15th, 2009
10:50 pm
Every time out, Blaine tries to pitch a “quality inning”.
That’s one where he gets three outs and gives up three runs or less.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
10:50 pm
Well, WIL OHMAN was always a favorite of mine, but I’m sorry I’m regretting his departure. I’m sure management is convinced of the rightousness of their move where he was concerned however.
Doc Holiday
April 15th, 2009
10:50 pm
Can we start saying bad words? Or do we have to wait until we have a losing record?
The fish are making a statement and the braves are making their own also.
Doc Holiday
April 15th, 2009
10:52 pm
I would ship Boyer in split second……….enough damage………it reminds me of AJ……….they wait forever until he cost us an entire season.
Couch Tater
April 15th, 2009
10:52 pm
It looks like we underspent on middle relief…
The Marlins have a payroll of $35million and no Will Ohman.
Scorby Jones
April 15th, 2009
10:54 pm
What was the process behind making the decision to put Boyer out on the mound in a one-run game, in the ninth inning? It is very frustrating to know that some of our bullpen could have handled that inning much better, and kept it a close game, but that we put out a guy who’s been our worst pitcher this year, instead!!
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
10:54 pm
Original Jon, spelled wrong? ok
Dixie Dawg
April 15th, 2009
10:55 pm
Well said, Jeff. Actually, Arthur Blank needs to instigate a “hostile takeover” of the Braves. I am convinced that as long as penny-pinching Liberty Media is in control, the Braves are going no where!!!
And BTW, there will be a lot more empty blue seats this year at the Ted!
7
April 15th, 2009
10:56 pm
Hulk- I understand O J . Get a life.
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
10:57 pm
Moylan ought to put on some glasses with no prescription to see if that will help.
Blaine Boyer deserves another chance
April 15th, 2009
10:57 pm
You can support this desolate and sad boy.
Only 35 hundred dollars a day will feed and clothe hime and give him shelter.
That’s a small amount to contribute but it would mean so much to this Boyer in desperate need.
kirkinga
April 15th, 2009
10:58 pm
N Nine, many here didn’t want Anderson in the first place.
It’s not like we haven’t had players not start well only to go on and have good seasons. I just wonder what it is about Anderson that he doesn’t get any grace period at all. I find that strange, especially since the guy is coming from the AL and has a bad calf.
I agree about Ohman, but then people told me it would be ok so let’s see how it turns out.
I have no regrets over the Braves resigning Glavine at all.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
10:59 pm
Scorby…only thing we can figure is Bobby wanted to lose the game…it makes no sense to put your worst pitcher in the most important inning of the game…no sense.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
10:59 pm
N NINE:
Sorry, I missed your earlier post. RICHMOND. Yeah, but I saw a lot of CANIZARES here the past two years.
Lou Vales
April 15th, 2009
11:01 pm
Just got back to the hotel. Will definitely be there tomorrow. Will wear a University of Utah(Thank them for Meyer and the Florida sweater is too provocative) sweater tomorrow and will be raising Hell with Maybin. I’m going to tell him–LOUDLY__that it is about time an alleged 5 Tool player starts to at least resemble Schaefer.
Atlanta hit some ball really hard tonight and the game could have easily turned with the Braves having a 1 run lead going to the 9th. i still don’t think the Marlins can win with that bullpen–except for Nunez and Lindstrom—and Miller CONTINUES to show all the courage of Bambi with an 18 wheeler bearing down.
You can tell I tend to be overly OBJECTIVE about teams I care about. I’m proud as a 1969 Florida grad that I’ve been banned from the Gainesville Sun, Gator Country and Gator Bait BECAUSE I refuse to be a sycophant.
Look for the Utah sweater tomorrow.
I’m now going down to the bar and make sure everyone is getting off to bed early with that silly start time tomorrow.
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
11:01 pm
No one’s getting any grace periods this time, kirk. Despite all the whining about a “lack of respect” from national media by some of the denizens, a lot of people here seem to expect an awful lot out of the hometown team this season. I believe we’re seeing the fruits of that.
(With more than a few fruitcakes thrown in, too.)
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
11:03 pm
I don’t know why I said “despite,” but…whatever. Fans aren’t letting that perceived lack of respect tamp down their expectations. I guess that was the point I was trying to make.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
11:03 pm
kirkinga:
Agreed on the poor start by GARRETT. KOTCHMAN comes immediately to mind in that department. He’s come around O.K.
me
April 15th, 2009
11:05 pm
Fix this bullpen now!
Bright Future
April 15th, 2009
11:06 pm
I actually think Boyer has a bright future……..selling paint at Home Depot.
Daybed Wagmoe
April 15th, 2009
11:07 pm
The more Moylan and Boyer perform like this, the more I’m in favor of bringing of Reyes and/or Hanson to pitch in the bullpen. I know that their long-term value is as starters, but if they can help the big-league club as relievers now, and can do a better job then Boyer and and/or Moylan, then do it.
It also seems that Boyer has assigned himself to mop-up duty and should not be brought in at any pivotal moment in the game.
Scorby Jones
April 15th, 2009
11:08 pm
ohhhhhhh, thanks MFin04.
I’d always thought Bobby was the competitive, wants-to-win type, but I guess I was wrong!
ha.
If I was Bobby, I’d probably be ripping that guy’s arm off and beating him to death with it.
… then, I’d get the arm stuffed and mounted in the dugout to remind the other relievers that they’d better perform.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
11:09 pm
Cox expressed full confidence in one of the relievers that struggled tonight. But you can probably guess, it wasn’t Boyer. From my game story:
“We can’t hit guys and walk guys in the late innings – we’ve never done that before, not much,” said manager Bobby Cox, who watched Moylan and Boyer hit a batter apiece, and give up a combined five hits and three walks. “But we’ve done it this year.”
The Braves need a win in Thursday afernoon’s series finale to avoid being swept by the Marlins, after starting this six-game homestand by sweeping Washington.
After scoring four runs in five innings against Braves ace Derek Lowe, the Marlins got their fifth run when Moylan hit Cody Ross and walked Ross Gload with the bases loaded and two out in the seventh to give Florida a 5-4 lead.
“I’m just at a frustrating point right now,” said Moylan (0-1), who had struck out four in two perfect innings in his previous two appearances, before reverting to April 8 form Wednesday.
In the Braves’ 12-11 loss at Philadelphia on April 8, relievers issued four bases-loaded walks – including one by Moylan and two by Boyer — during an eight-run seventh inning that obliterated a seven-run lead.
“Two outings in a row, I’m lights-out,” Moylan said. “Tonight the ball was sinking, but I just couldn’t control it. Coming back from Tommy John [elbow] surgery, that’s one of the last things to come, is control.”
Moylan had ligament-transplant elbow surgery 11-1/2 months ago, an operation that typically requires a 12-month (or longer) rehab for pitchers. He said his arm felt great again Wednesday.
Moylan has a 20.25 ERA in five appearances, while Boyer has a 40.50 ERA in three after giving up four runs while recording one out Wednesday. He has been charged with six runs in 1-1/3 innings.
“I’m not worried about Moylan — at all,” Cox said.
monty
April 15th, 2009
11:12 pm
I guess all the simpletons will start their “it’s still early” , “don’t over react”, “it’s a long season” speech about now. Last year when after about the 7th or 8th one run loss I and others said, “this is a pattern this isn’t just some anomaly”, “oh no” they said, “it’s too early to be a pattern” and what did the streak go to? I forget, something like 25 games? Well folks it doesn’t take a expert to see that this bullpen stinks. And no it’s not too early to say that. I believed, like most, that the bullpen would be solid this year. But Bennet, Boyer, and the little junk ball pitcher who is more of a starter who is miscast (Campillo) they don’t inspire confidence in me,and I’m sure the team either, and they sure couldn’t strike fear in opposing batters. Gonna be another long season watching a closely pitched game by the starters turn into a laugher by the 9th inning.
N8
April 15th, 2009
11:12 pm
Call up Hanson, Medlen, Morton and Jo-Jo.
Ship off Boyer, O’Suckity and Bennett. Along with giving Moylan time to get right.
Let JJJ, Lowe and Vazquez do their 5-6 inning crap. And use one of those guys EVERY NIGHT (kind of like a 2nd starter), to get through the 7th and 8th.
Then pray like hell that Gonzo and Soriano can nail it down between the two of them in the 9th inning of games.
Hell. Start those other guys. Let them go 2 or 3 innings. THEN bring in Lowe, JJJ or Vazquez to “close it out”. Is there a “stat” for 7 inning saves?
I just think it’s amusing that we’ve got this ridiculous amount of (ahem) depth for starting pitchers. But JS and Wren for three years now, can’t figure out a way to find a fricking bullpen to save their own azzes.
These bullpen meltdowns are more embarrassing than the 1-run losses last year. You have to have a “special” kind of suck to lose a bunch of 1-run games.
You just plain old suck, when your bullpen can’t go an inning or 4 without giving up 5, 6, or 10 runs.
Sure would be nice to have some of those arms we gave up for Tex, huh? Perhaps Wainwright would fit into our pen just fine.
Hell, at this point, I’d take Oscar Frickin’ Villere-ally-not that good!
Hey. That being said…. we’re only a half game out of the NL wildcard.
GUARANTEE, that there are 29 other clubs out there that Blain Boyer would NOT be on the 25 man roster of. Luck us, that we follow the one that he would.
tvsportscaster
April 15th, 2009
11:13 pm
The why didn’t we sign Will Ohman crap on this board is really getting old. Apparently some of you have not read or heard the quotes from Wren and even admitted by Ohman that the Braves made him a very fair offer.
Problem is, Ohman overestimated his worth and the market and in turn had to settle for only 1.5 million dollars from the Dodgers. So lay off the Ohman crap, they did make him a fair offer and he was too stupid to take it.
hydee
April 15th, 2009
11:14 pm
Wow you guys are killing me with the Boyer comments, the one about having circus music play when he warms up made me laugh out loud. Anyway ya’ll should have kept Tavarez, seriously.
winterville
April 15th, 2009
11:14 pm
Our bullpen and team in general seems to play much better with a lead. It reminds me of last year, the longer we stay tied or behind, the more it feels like we’re gonna lose. I was happy to see them tie it tonight but sure enough, it all fell apart the longer we waited. I think we’ll get over it, we just need to play with more leads.
kirkinga
April 15th, 2009
11:14 pm
Chop Chop, I’m sorry but this is baseball, 162 games and it’s just not realistic to write people off this early.
We all have high expectations but that’s no excuse for being knee-jerk, or singling out 1-2 players as “the problem” while giving others a pass.
PMC
April 15th, 2009
11:15 pm
I can only imagine how difficult it is to keep your media credentials and tip toe around the questions about the bullpen. Watching Bobby’s reactions in the game… he knows they are awful but he just keeps hoping they will perform better the next night. This is becoming in the 2nd week the Francouer situation from last year. 300lb elephant in the room. I love that these guys all cover for each other but this is a continuing miserable thing. Gas on the fire night in and night out for the last several non playoff seasons. They might have to make some roster moves very shortly and send some of these guys back down to Mississippi where they can learn and rebuild confidence on thier own time.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
11:15 pm
Im not worried about Moylan either…Im not even worried about Boyer. Moylan will be fine…Boyer will be released…enough said.
Kurdt Kobain
April 15th, 2009
11:16 pm
No no no, don’t hold back anybody. Your expert opinions are extremely valuable to the Braves, who are obviously idiots for not hammering on the panic button in mid-April.
winterville
April 15th, 2009
11:18 pm
Boyer was actually pretty solid in spring training. I was really hoping he would turn it around this year and throw strikes and be solid. It’s not looking too good for him.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
11:20 pm
Salamander, he puts out a bunch of big-box-office tripe most of the time these days, but Cage used to make some damn fine movies.
Here’s some I can think of, besides obviously the terrific Raising Arizona:
Leaving Las Vegas
Adaptation
Moonstruck
Matchstick Men
Face Off (silly, but pretty cool)
Red Rock West
Wild at Heart
Birdy
Valley Girl
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
11:20 pm
Probably too much seratonin from that adrenaline rush he has coming in from the pen. Maybe a little lobotomy…..
Legend of Len Barker
April 15th, 2009
11:20 pm
I’m not going to say that Chipper doesn’t play through pain, but dadgummit that boy is injured way too much. Every single game, the announcers tell me that Chipper is hurt, Chipper may be available for pinch hitting duty, or Chipper is out for a few more days. Even when he is playing, there is seemingly always something wrong with him.
He’s beginning to be an albatross. When he is available, his numbers are good but to me it doesn’t justify all that he messes up by being hurt. He rarely goes on the disabled list, so we’re constantly short a body.
Perhaps he should just sit out an entire year and possibly drop about 15 pounds (weight might be a factor in his frequent hamstring injuries). I’m tired of the Braves having to revolve around him and his maladies.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
11:21 pm
Oh, and Peggy Sue Got Married was good, too.
Now, about Boyer’s appearance tonight….
Salamander
April 15th, 2009
11:25 pm
Last year when after about the 7th or 8th one run loss I and others said, “this is a pattern this isn’t just some anomaly”, “oh no” they said, “it’s too early to be a pattern” and what did the streak go to? I forget, something like 25 games?
Monty
With the advantage of hindsight anyone looks like a genius. Lots of people were worried about the 1-run losses early last year. You were not the brilliant soothsayer that pieced the dark cloud of confusion that was baffling the rest of us.
You think our bullpen has issues? No sh-t? If you had been reading this blog since ST, you’d realize that most of us had concerns going into the season, but chances are you’d rather just rely on hindsight some more, and comeback in two weeks and tell us you are on a quest to rid us of our naive, bullpen-lovin’ ways.
Lou Vales
April 15th, 2009
11:25 pm
I need my rest, and I’m not asking any human being–Well, Al Pacino–for an autograph.
I always get a kick out of the “It’s a marathon, not a sprint” crowd. Of course that is true, BUT have you ever noticed how SO MANy races are decided by about 5 games when all is said and done, and those games you should not have lost in April–still count in September.
The Braves are–and I hate this expression–”Are not going away” however, it’s just the fact of how good they are that makes it NEVER too early. Because they all count.
AND I guarantee, there will be at least 2 pretty good teams that are buried by June 1 according to EVERYTHING that has ever happened since 1969.
I think I’ll wear the Florida sweater under the Utah sweater.
PS__Chip Caray is horrific.
Giid night all. I like this new, nicer Lou. I’m sick of the agent provacateur crap.
BravesfanfromBirth
April 15th, 2009
11:26 pm
I recorded the game on DVR tonight, but I will not watch it.. When I got home I saw that score was 10-4 and that the Braves bullpen fell apart again.. For some reason I knew that Boyer played a leading role in that breakdown, and after reading this blog, I was exactly right.. I really hope the Braves release that fool soon.. The guy is horrible and has no place in our bullpen.. Hopefully we can salvage the final game in this series and be able to give the Marlins their 2nd loss of the season.. Were we facing crappy pitchers in the series with Philadelphia and Washington, or are our bats just going limp now?
N8
April 15th, 2009
11:27 pm
DOB, any reason the blog “eats” random posts (not to be confused wth “posts by random”)??
It’s frustrating.
Salamander
April 15th, 2009
11:28 pm
‘pierced’ not pieced in that rant on Monty…
Wow, to be honest – other than ‘Face off,’ I haven’t seen any of those movies DOB. I’ll have to check some of those out.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
11:28 pm
DOB:
Did you enjoy NIC CAGE in “RACING WITH THE MOON?”
testing braves fan
April 15th, 2009
11:28 pm
testing one more time testing Braves Bravos
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
11:28 pm
Cages best two movies were The Rock…Top 10 film of all time…..and Con Air…both amazing movies….great plots.
DamnTheButcher
April 15th, 2009
11:29 pm
Is the radio guy Jim Powell not the worse in baseball. That SOB is boring. You can’t tell if someone just fell over dead with a heart attack or if someone just hit a gran smam to win the 7th game of the world series. That guy is pathetic.
Salamander
April 15th, 2009
11:29 pm
DOB, any reason the blog “eats” random posts (not to be confused wth “posts by random”)??
It doesn’t eat them. Just keep refreshing the page. Sometimes (especially late at night) it can take up to 20-30 minutes to update the blog. Sometimes no delay at all – go figure.
testing braves fan
April 15th, 2009
11:31 pm
With the advantage of hindsight anyone looks like a genius
So very true Salamander
N8
April 15th, 2009
11:32 pm
Salamander
Nope. It eats them. I’ve had AT LEAST 20 posts in the past week that NEVER have shown up. No matter how many times I refresh.
Also, how come the posts that actually show up, are the ones when I ask what the deal with the blog is?
Like this one. I’m sure since I’m griping about it NOT showing up. This one will.
Lou Vales
April 15th, 2009
11:33 pm
See!!! Now I want to stay up and post on the BEST baseball blog in America.
Can ANY(if there is one) Marlins fan tell me why Fredo(reminds me of Fredo) seemed to almost care more about salvaging Miller’s 5 innings than he was about winning the game. Andrew had obviously spit the bit–he actually threw 33 pitches that inning–and had that Fraidy Cat look plastered on his face, and yet Fredo had nobody warming up until it was almost gone. Little Andrew will not have his confidence bolstered by giving up 3 run leads faster than you can say Andruw Jones and gentleman’s club.
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
11:33 pm
Salamander, you haven’t seen ANY of those movies? You’re either 15 or, in fact, a Salamanager (i.e., living under a rock).
We kid…. But seriously, you should see some movies on that list, man. He’s been in some great ones. Rent Adaptation from about 6-7 years ago. Great movie. Moonstruck, great. Leaving Las Vegas, wrenching movie, great performances by him and the gorgeous Elisabeth Shue.
Larry
April 15th, 2009
11:34 pm
Salamander,
See just how dumb you are boy? Let me say it again for sewer lizzards like you:
In the end,
it will not matter,
with Bobby Cox,
as the manager.
He is only as good as his starting pitching and it took Tom Glavine’s one hit shutout against the great hitting Indians in game six of the 1995 World Series to keep Cox from losing every single last game in his postseason career. He fills out the linup card and the rest of the game is anyone’s guess.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
11:34 pm
Matchstick Men was a bummer man! The trailer looked good, but the actual movie was just bad.
MFin04, you said it… Boyer will be gone, enough said. Really, whether or not Boyer K’s three in a row or not, Moylan phucked up first and gave them Marlins the momentum back. Whatever, Kawakami better have the “soul” in his pitches tomorrow or the Fish will swim away with a sweep.
uga-brave
April 15th, 2009
11:34 pm
KC,
one bright spot, the braves will probably lead the league in one outfield categoy.
errors by their left fielder’s.
diaz has proven that he is not a everyday outfielder. he cant field his position, does not hit for power, and in late game oppurtuities he does not shrink the strike zone.
why all of the sudden suprise we have already read this book.
for all of you garret anderson haters, give him time.
until he absolutely melts down, he is a better option.
not gonna win many games with 6 or 7 hits, we got into their bullpen and did not work them.
this is a average team, some nights will look great, some nights it will look terrible, but it will never be consistent until they get help in the pen.
diaz is a fourth outfielder, schaffer is young and will go through a lot of these tough stretches, francoeur is trying but he is not a cornerstone kinda of guy.
so braves fans wake up, we will have a lot these stretches.
look great, look terrible, but rarely consistent.
N8
April 15th, 2009
11:35 pm
I sure would like to hear Powell calling it if anybody ever hit a “gran smam”, whatever the hell that is.
MarlinsManiac
April 15th, 2009
11:35 pm
Two down. One to go for the sweep. I’m liking the series so far. How about you Lou?
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
11:35 pm
Richbrave, oh, yes. Forgot about Racing With the Moon. One of his best, for sure. With Sean Penn and … I forget, who was the good-looking woman in that?
Larry
April 15th, 2009
11:36 pm
DOB,
This back and forth with the foul mouth, small brain lizzard, “Salamander”, is not making you look real good right now. At least debate with one who owns more than a double digit IQ!
brewdawg
April 15th, 2009
11:38 pm
Salamander,
Matchstick Men is the one I’d start out with. Very good movie. Leaving Las Vegas is great, but it is very depressing. Cage gives one of the finest performances I’ve seen (right up there with Norton in American History X). I need to see Adaptation myself.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
11:38 pm
KRIS MEDLEN’s numbers at GWINNETT. 1-0; 0.00 ERA; 0.23 WHIP; 2 G; 1 GS; 8.2 IP; 1 H; 1 BB; 10 SO. JUST a thought!!!!
David O'Brien
April 15th, 2009
11:38 pm
TnBrian: No, it wasn’t just bad. But, hey, different opinions. I mean, we have someone here saying The Rock is an all-time top 10 movie.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
11:38 pm
I liked Elizabeth Shue’s butt on the beach in The Karate Kid! Love to do the motor boat in those cheeks!
Lou Vales
April 15th, 2009
11:39 pm
DOB, Do you look just like your picture?? I will say “Hi” before the game. If you ever get the chance ask Scambi if he FINALLY believes Rose bet on baseball?/ Boog has evolved into an exceptional announcer, but the trust in Pete was a shade misplaced. Of course he hung around with Goldberg who actually ran Dowd off of his radio show in South Florida because of those disparaging comments.
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
11:39 pm
“Adaptation” and “Raising Arizona” = two damn good Nic Cage movies.
Texas beat Baltimore 19-6. Nelson Cruz, who I’m so sure could have been easily acquired by Frank Wren, has six RBI. He’s up to 5 HR and 12 RBI for the season. The erstwhile Andruw Jones is 1-3 with 2 BBs and 4 R. Elvis Andrus has 2 H (1 3B), an RBI, and 4 R scored.
MFin04
April 15th, 2009
11:39 pm
DOB THE ROCK…..THE ROCK!!!!!! i could watch that movie over and over again.
CaliChopper
April 15th, 2009
11:40 pm
Medlen seems to be pitching at the wrong level…..
Salamander
April 15th, 2009
11:42 pm
DOB
Ha! not quite 15 anymore (try doubling that). I really have no clue how I missed so many Nic Cage movies. I mean , at some point – if I saw his name associated with a flick, then I’d reflexively change the channel or say “hell no, not going to see that crap,” but that wasn’t until much later in his career… somehow I almost completely dodged the Nic Cage library.
Anyway, I’ll backtrack and watch some of his early stuff.
Chop Chop
April 15th, 2009
11:42 pm
“Con Air” is a movie about a hair dryer. Even so, Malkovich, Buscemi, Chappelle and Rhames make it worth giving it a look-see.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
11:42 pm
DOB, unless I’m thinking of another movie, it wasn’t good to me. It’s the one where he gets trapped on the island with the weird cult, right? Sorry if I’m wrong, that might be called Wicker Man. They kinda sound alike.
brian
April 15th, 2009
11:43 pm
DOB – please consider bringing this up with Matt Diaz when you get a chance.
During the spring training blog when Diaz hopped on for a while he answered my question in regards to his back stretching, my son imitating him, and autographs for children. He said that they like signing for children.
We drove in from NC for tonights and tomorrows game. We got there as the gate opened, and were 2nd in line by the dugouts for the autographs. There were all children along the wall with a few dads. Not a single Brave, let me repeat, not a single Brave stopped to sign autographs or say hi. One Brave walked pretty close – the aforementioned Matt Diaz. My son and I called out to him – he simply waived his glove, looked the other way, and walked off.
I know that times have changed with players demands and with the whole business of autographs, but these were children and dads waiting in the proper place for autographs. There may have been 20 children, not more than 30 so it would not have been overwhelming. I was disappointed. My son was disappointed and everyone had a bad taste in their mouth.
Not exactly good PR. With the economy and the loads of empty seats you would think that the players could be a little nicer to the fans.
My son was so excited to see the guys and yes Matt Diaz especially since he still remembered Matt “talking” with us on the computer. Thanks Matt
Douchebag Dayn Perry
April 15th, 2009
11:43 pm
Dammit! You SOB’s!! Your team is making me look bad.
NOW, I’m gonna have to write a NEW story next week saying the Marlins are the “class of the NL East”.
Thanks a bunch.
Lou Vales
April 15th, 2009
11:44 pm
Dear Marlins Maniac, I’m such a pessimist that I REALLY left the stadium going to the bottom of the 9th. I thought Reynal would melt down and necessitate Nunez coming in, and I would have been distressed.
As far as the game tomorrow, the main thing is just getting Sanchez back to 2006 form. If they can throw Johnson, Nolasco, Volstad and a SOUND Anibal out there–they will then have the time for West to arrive from Double A.
brewdawg
April 15th, 2009
11:44 pm
That was the Wicker Man Brian, not Matchstick Men. I actually liked Wicker Man though.
richbrave
April 15th, 2009
11:44 pm
DOB:
ELIZABETH ??? McGOVERN…had to google it. Memory’s not worth a hoot since my last surgery. Couldn’t even dredge up SEAN PENN. But reminded me of life the way it was as my older brother and sister described it. Well… the better parts anyway.
Salamander
April 15th, 2009
11:45 pm
DOB THE ROCK…..THE ROCK!!!!!! i could watch that movie over and over again. MFin04
OK, I saw that one as well – total load of garbage. Even when I was in high school and was pretty OK with plot holes, I hated that crap.
N8 – thats weird. One time I had a post eaten, but it had a naughty word in it, so I figured I just fu-ked up.
ccrider
April 15th, 2009
11:46 pm
Dave, I know you and many of the bloggers that have been here since it started knew we had serious questions, if not known problems, with the bullpen as it was constituted coming out of spring training. My biggest worry though is starting to be Bobby’s in game substitutions. I can’t come up with a logical reason why he used Norton in the 7th with 2 out and nobody on against a lefthander, when he hits lefthanders so poorly. Bobby’s other mistake was leaving Diaz in against Kiko Calero. Diaz is horrible against righthanders pitchers whose out pitch is a slider which breaks off the plate. If, Norton had been saved, Bobby could have used him or Garrett Anderson against Calero with the trying run in scoring postion. I am beginning to believe Bobby is not as sharp as he once was.
TnBrian
April 15th, 2009
11:47 pm
brewdawg, yeah I just looked that up. That’s probably on one of DOB’s Cage crap list movies. You liked that?? I’ll check out Matchstick Men sometime though.
brewdawg
April 15th, 2009
11:47 pm
Oh, and another “earlier” Cage film, was “Bringing Out the Dead”. I didn’t like it personally, but it was “critically acclaimed” or whatever.
ATL Bullpen
April 15th, 2009
11:47 pm
*slurp, slurp, slurp….mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, slurp, slurp, slurp…*
brian
April 15th, 2009
11:48 pm
I don’t know what is up with Boyer but the words release were muttered quite a bit in the stands. For someone with such great stuff he sure struggles to put it together on the field. Where is Smoltz’s old sports psychologist? The Irish lefty sure came up huge tonight. Soriano is getting back to being Soriano and Buddy looked good. Even when Kelly made an out he made great contact – the ball seems to jump off his bat.
brewdawg
April 15th, 2009
11:48 pm
Brian,
Not many liked it, but yeah, I did.
N8
April 15th, 2009
11:49 pm
Arguing with DOB that Van Wilder is funnier than Animal house, needing to purchase a potatoe sack to wear over your head? $5.00
Claiming Whitsnake rocks, then needing to buy an ice-back from the “blog-beat down” you will receive? $20.00
Having somebody claim “The Rock” is in the all-time Top 10 list of movies every maid, making people forget (for the time being) about some of N8’s dumb comments….
Priceless.
N8
April 15th, 2009
11:51 pm
Wow. That might have been funnier, had I used spellcheck.
ATL Bullpen
April 15th, 2009
11:52 pm
N8, you need failcheck.
vabravesfan
April 15th, 2009
11:53 pm
brian should consider going to spring training where the players are more accessible and willing to sign esp for children
Lou Vales
April 15th, 2009
11:54 pm
Brian, Sorry that happened to your son. I saw Rocky Colavito humiliate a kid in 1961 when I was 13. Colavito was inisting the boy “ASK” Rocky for an autograph in the proper way. That was one of the moments that got me to really believe “You can judge the worth of a man by the way he treats those who can do nothing for him”– i remember as if it was yesterday telling my dad “Why am I going to ask this guy to sign a piece of paper?? I tucked the program under my arm and got out of line. Ever since that day I have COMPLIMENTED people I greatly admire like Philip Seymour Hoffman outside of a theatre, but will never ask for an autograph.
Renegator
April 15th, 2009
11:57 pm
This team is going nowhere with THIS bullpen.
Now I wish I had taken KC up on his “This team will win well over 90 games” bet.
uga-brave
April 15th, 2009
11:57 pm
DOB,
consider the audience.
adaptation was a great film. dollars to donuts that there are very few here that can tell you that there was an actor in that film that won a supporting actor role.
as for boyer, he has better stuff then both campillo and bennett.
that may not make him better, but he has better stuff.
boyer has always been full of himself.
whether he gets dfa’d is yet to be seen.
i dont particularly like him, but he has better stuff then both bennett and campillo.
Renegator
April 15th, 2009
11:58 pm
I think my last post got eaten.
Frank from KS
April 15th, 2009
11:59 pm
The one scene in Leaving Las Vegas…during the first part of the movie where Cage’s character first meets Sera (Shue) on the street as she walks across in front of him in the car in the black leather skirt. While I like the whole movie….that is the best scene in the movie, by far.
And might I add that Shue looks mighty hot in the black leather skirt. :>)
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
12:00 am
lou vales,
i thought you said the fish had no lefthanders in the pen?
Rosa Parks
April 16th, 2009
12:01 am
Having everybody wear 42 is confusing and a damn joke and I am a civil rights icon, only one person per team should wear it on the anniversary, ever heard of overkill, MLB.
Chop Chop
April 16th, 2009
12:01 am
Chris Cooper earned that Oscar, uga. Cool character…and he pulled it off really well.
Bubdylan
April 16th, 2009
12:02 am
Weird, I read the post about Adaptation right as Radio Paradise spun “So Happy Together.”
ground_fog
April 16th, 2009
12:03 am
3 favorite Cage movies after raising arizona: Guarding Tess,Red Rock West and Honeymoon in Vegas
Captain Correlli’s Mandolin-no doubt the worst accent(played a greek soldier) in movie history right after that sorry southern accent in con Air lol
But overall very entertaining usually
Tokyo Bravo
April 16th, 2009
12:04 am
Wow, DOB going old school with the mention of “Birdy”.
If memory serves, didn’t Cage have a couple of teeth actually pulled to get into character for that film?
And as long as we’re talking Elizabeth Shue… “Adventures in Babysitting,” while certainly not on anyone’s Top 10 (especially against such sturdy competition as “The Rock”!) is a pretty charming little movie.
Bubdylan
April 16th, 2009
12:04 am
Chris Cooper knocked that role out of the park. I’ve liked him for a while, but I wasn’t prepared for something that sharp. The opening scene where they’re stealing the flowers and the “f*ck fish* van ride are about as good as it gets.
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
12:04 am
that lefty, dan meyers was the cornerstone in the hudson trade.
whatever happened to chuck thomas, KC had him penciled in as a braves all star. sorrry KC, that was a low blow. i always read your posts.
N8
April 16th, 2009
12:05 am
“This team is going nowhere with THIS bullpen.” renegator
Now, now. Even last place is “somewhere”, right? Just kidding. But of course, I agree with you.
I suspect that it won’t be too long before we have our yearly “taking out of the trash” of the bullpen. Where a few of the guys that broke camp get released or sent back down, and some young un’s get called up.
Perhaps even having a starter or two fill a void in the bullpen (Jo-Jo, Medlen, Morton).
jbutler
April 16th, 2009
12:05 am
uga-brave – loved adaptation. I really like Chris Cooper- haven’t seen him in anything in awhile.
Isn’t the “hot” girl (you can tell its the movies..even Sean Penn gets the gorgeous girls) in Racing with the Moon Elizabeth Perkins? I remember seeing that movie and blushing big time…can’t remember what it was- but I saw my first ____ in that movie. Good memories
TnBrian
April 16th, 2009
12:06 am
brian, that would be a punch in the gut with that Diaz thing. But, they might have had a team meeting or he could’ve been just having a bad day/morning. He seems like a cool Christian guy, so I don’t think he meant to hurt anybody’s feelings.
RIPSkip
April 16th, 2009
12:06 am
I said it last week but it bears repeating…
Someone should have been released last week to send a message. Chipper gave the “no mediocrity” speech before game 1, and a perfect follow up would have been for management to release someone after the bullpen meltdown in Philadelphia. Now, here we go again.
Chipper says, “mediocrity wont be tolerated”, then management sends another message. I’m not a reactionary; I simply feel strongly in this case that someone should have been made an example of.
Obviously at this point, it looks like Boyer.
I’m very happy with 5-3 at this point. It’s early, and there are positive signs overall. But accountability should be the message NOW before it gets out of hand.
Btw..I’ll be at the Pittsburgh game Friday night. GO BRAVES!!!
brian
April 16th, 2009
12:06 am
when you make at least hundreds of thousands, if not millions, to play baseball you should at least be able to sign some autographs for the kids. Or at least come over say hi and that you are running behind on warm ups or something. For some reason I thought that came with the job description. Part of going to games has always involved seeing BP and getting an autograph or two.
These players could learn something from the minor leaguers. Those guys are great with the kids and us adult kids/fans. Same with ACC basketball and football players (at UNC and Wake I can speak to personally).
The only person who was going to come over and sign (and no surprise to me) was Glenn Hubbard but when he saw us it was as the announcement that 1 hour to game time arrived and no more autographs.
jbutler
April 16th, 2009
12:07 am
Hey N8…hilarious. I have to agree. This team is going somewhere. Just not the direction we were hoping. Kind of sad to have the season honeymoon over so quickly.
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
12:08 am
chop chop and bubdylan,
well at least i was right. two denizen’s posts i always read.
N8
April 16th, 2009
12:08 am
Alright, I have to jump into the Nic Cage conversation. I’m not saying this show belongs in any sort of Top 10 list (it might not even be in Cages’ Top 10 list), but one of my favorites is Snake Eyes.
Don’t know why. Decent show. Nothing more, nothing less. I own it, but if I’m not mistaken, I bought it in the $5.00 bin at Wal-Mart.
Chop Chop
April 16th, 2009
12:08 am
We studied “Adaptation” in a creative writing class. Our teacher was named Dale Murphy. She’s a she. She’s half-crazy, too. She really dug that movie, man.
brian
April 16th, 2009
12:10 am
thanks Tn Brian – it was during batting practice and they were walking by the designated autograph area. It seemed they had a team meeting saying no autographs today because as I said not a single Brave came over during the 1 hour allotted time where fans can get close.
brian
April 16th, 2009
12:12 am
we may have figured out Miller in the 5th, but how about the young Marlins pitching staff. Volstad was incredible yesterday. Miller also has outstanding stuff – what was it a hit by Kelly to lead off the game and no other baserunner until Diaz’s walk in the 5th? Johnson just pitched a complete game and now we face Anibal Sanchez. Dynamic young pitchers.
Run Heap Run
April 16th, 2009
12:14 am
Brian, stinks that happened to your kid…I guess the players have their reasons for stuff like that…maybe he had a reason he couldn’t stop, I don’t know. There are always a few guys who will sign during or after BP, I always always always see at least a few guys signing then. Maybe you were just in the wrong place? It really changes your opinion of a player, no matter how great you think they are, when you experience something like that or hear stories about stuff like that. I can forgive not signing but sometimes you hear of guys that are just absolute jerks to everyone they come in contact with, kids included, and it really lowers your opinion of them. I have friends in the sports radio industry and man the stories they tell….
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
12:15 am
chop chop,
took a film class as an elective at georgia. back in the eighties the film our professor showcased was “the graduate”
mike nichols camera shots and angles were very new to the film industry.
by the way it was a top twenty film for me.
brian
April 16th, 2009
12:18 am
The Rock was a good entertaining movie – top 10? Uh, no
Tomahawkin
April 16th, 2009
12:20 am
Chop Chop
I thought I was the only one who suggested that we go after Nelson (Nellie) Cruz in the offseason…
This team seriously has looked like last years version of the AAA Braves that lost 90 games. What the hell happened…?
I told everyone that A week ago that I was going to be first on the ship of trying to hold Roger McDowell Accountable for this crappy A..s Blow-pen we’d had over the last 3 years….
Any Takers…?
BTW Moylan needs to work on his control down in AAA You simply can’t
Hotspur
April 16th, 2009
12:21 am
“Moonstruck”
“I LOST MY HAND! I LOST MY BRIDE! JOHNNY HAS HIS HAND! JOHNNY HAS HIS BRIDE!”
brian
April 16th, 2009
12:21 am
no, run heap run, we were in the correct place verified by the usher and everyone else around – just to the OF side of the dugout – I think 117 section on the front row. No one allowed behind the dugout unless you have tickets in that section. Autographs, and fans in this area on the front row, are allowed from 2 hours prior to game time until 1 hour prior to gametime at which time an overhead announcement occurs and then the usher clears people out. It is even mentioned online on the Braves website as the place for autograph. I was there the entire time. Not a single Brave. No one expected the entire team but you would hope that at least 1 or 2 would come over and say hi and sign a few. I know they get tired of all the ebayers but these were fans and most importantly children.
Bubdylan
April 16th, 2009
12:22 am
N8, I love DePalma (directed Snake Eyes), but I couldn’t like the movie, much as I wanted to. My best bud loves it, says I’m nuts. Oh well.
Chop Chop, I went pretty fanboy freakout over Adaptation for a while myself. It’s just so darned clever and neurotic. Plus if Maggie Gylenhaal (sp?) shows up in something for even two seconds, I glaze over. ’specially if it’s an art flick…
Run Heap Run
April 16th, 2009
12:23 am
Yeah Brian I saw all that after I submitted my long post.
N8
April 16th, 2009
12:26 am
Bubdylan, oh believe me. I can see why some people couldn’t or wouldn’t like Snake Eyes. Which is why I would never argue with somebody about that one.
I enjoyed the premise (which might not be the first time it was done) of showing the movie from others perspective. That and I liked Cages’ obnoxious character in that show.
But in general, the storyline isn’t that great. Just the way they told it.
Tokyo Bravo
April 16th, 2009
12:27 am
UGA-Brave- I saw “The Graduate” in an undergrad class at Georgia too. Would’ve been… Fall ‘85? 1986 maybe?
Brilliant film.
brian
April 16th, 2009
12:27 am
the thing that burns me the most is that Matt Diaz said on this blog during his spring training appearance in response to my question (which was very cool by the way) that they do enjoy signing autographs still, especially for children and fans, but the ebayers get old or something like that.
My wife has learned the Braves through me and especially through my 7 year old who imitates the Braves stances going through the lineup day in and day out with my wife pitching the whiffle ball to him. This was her first Braves game tonight. Let me tell you how well it went over for her to see the guys ignore the children, especially her child. She may come in Grasshopper attire tomorrow (Marlins minor league team that by the way does a great job with the fans – signing autos, taking pictures with fans, etc. Great stadium that probably had as many fans at the game I went to last weekend as the Braves had in the stands tonight, especially after the 7th inning)
brian
April 16th, 2009
12:28 am
Run Heap Run – thanks for the moral support
brian
April 16th, 2009
12:29 am
good thing for DOB I did not see him on the field or I would have bitched to him in person about it. Of course that would occur after I kissed his butt for running such a great blog – the Braves should actually be the ones kissing his butt. I bet DOB would have signed a baseball for me and my son.
Coach (Skip and Pete will be missed)
April 16th, 2009
12:30 am
Nicholas Cage: Raising Arizona (instant comedic classic) and Moonstruck (Cher won an Oscar for best actress). Two incredible films to watch.
I confess, I shut the game off after the fifth inning. Needed some shut eye and could not bear to watch the blowpen. It would seem the choice was correct.
Our Braves have issues, obviously. Until they are addressed, we can put all the playoff hopes on hold.
MarlinsManiac
April 16th, 2009
12:31 am
here’s some I can think of, besides obviously the terrific Raising Arizona: (DOB)
I also like Guarding Tess and his early big box office hit The Rock.
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
12:32 am
so offensively what really is different about this team?
sure kelly is banging the ball, but would he not be better served by hitting fifth or sixth. or when chip is out maybe third.
right now we really dont have a five hole hitter. do we?
kelly, esco chip, macc, then what?
it really needs to be garrett anderson. whether he is still capaable or not is yet to be seen, but this is pretty much the same offense as last year sans TEX.
plus we are even more lethanded now.
N8
April 16th, 2009
12:32 am
“He seems like a cool Christian guy, so I don’t think he meant to hurt anybody’s feelings.” TNBrian
While I agree with you, that Diaz appears to be a nice guy with a decent sense of values along with being fan friendly (why else would he come blog?).
But need I remind you that Hitler was raised Catholic? A bit over the top and harsh? Sure. A tad. But that’s as far as I’m willing to go on the topic of religion.
That oughta get the dogs howling.
David
April 16th, 2009
12:32 am
brian, I see your from Greensboro? I don’t know how long you’ve lived there (i.e. were you there for the old bats games when jeter and petitte came through the system?) The new stadium is great, especially for an A ball team. Gotta love Thirsty Thursdays
N8
April 16th, 2009
12:32 am
Sorry. Didn’t mean to “yell” in all bold.
brian
April 16th, 2009
12:33 am
thanks for putting up with the posts everyone. I had to vent to people I know love the braves as much as I did – and the regulars here I know would understand
Run Heap Run
April 16th, 2009
12:35 am
Raising Arizona is Nic Cage’s best movie period.
Anyway…
Moylan has a 20.25 ERA in five appearances, while Boyer has a 40.50 ERA in three after giving up four runs while recording one out Wednesday. He has been charged with six runs in 1-1/3 innings.
“I’m not worried about Moylan — at all,” Cox said.
But no comment on Boyer? Hmmm maybe dreams do come true.
Or maybe we’ll run somebody worse out there and leave them in too long again. And again. And again. 5 runs walked in in only 8 games is just…who does that? Oh that’s right..the Braves ‘pen. Atrocious.
The most glaring thing besides the obvious bullpen is that the Marlins are very patient at the plate and the Braves haven’t been. They know if they can wear our starters out in 2-3 innings and get to the bullpen they’re in business. Why haven’t the Braves figured that out? Fredi Gonzalez is a smart manager….
nolie
April 16th, 2009
12:35 am
It doesn’t eat them. Salamander
yes it does eat them sometimes. I have had any number that have never shown up and I looked for them.
brian
April 16th, 2009
12:35 am
I missed out on all the Yankees top players, but I tell you what watching Mike Stanton and Matt Dominguez last year was an honor ( would have been like watching Heyward and Freeman develop but with more HRs)
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
12:36 am
tokyo,
i was there from ‘85 thru ‘90. class i took was cica 89. probably just behind you but i guarantee we spit on the same street at some point.
Bobby's Cox
April 16th, 2009
12:37 am
time to bring up the kids. I’m not talking about Freeman, Heyward, or even Hanson. I’m talking about Medlin, Parr, Acosta. Our bullpen sucks. I know it’s early, but the those arms seem better than what we’ve got.
Tomahawkin
April 16th, 2009
12:37 am
I meant to say that Moylan and Boyer Need to be sent down ASAP since they need to get their control straightened out. You can’t blow games in the second hardest division in baseball just because your Blow-pen relievers have control problems, WTF?
Everygame we lose now because of a bad Blow-pen will cost us games in the standings come September, And many will be looking back and wondering why we didn’t win some of those games in April thanks to our Beloved Blow-pen
Games like this makes me want to Blast some Pantera, because like most on this blog are P’d off to the limit because we are tired of these guys getting clowned like this…and this crap has been going on for the last 3 years running….!
nolie
April 16th, 2009
12:38 am
Matchstick Men was a bummer man! The trailer looked good, but the actual movie was just bad. (TnBrian)
no so. I liked it a lot
Chop Chop
April 16th, 2009
12:39 am
Bub,
I’m not really an artsy type, but as a mild neurotic, I could appreciate that movie. The funny thing is that I don’t really obsess over writing. I just search around for some stream of consciousness to take me somewhere that might lead to something. That’s a lot less stressful. Of course, if I were writing for pay (I haven’t), I might succumb to all manner of neuroses.
Tomahawkin,
What’s up?
There were a few others that wanted Cruz, but he’s too good of a hitter for the Rangers to have given up for nothing (which is basically what those here wanted to trade for him). You’re right about Moylan. Bobby may not be worried about the guy, but allowing him to work on his control in close big-league ballgames is absolutely not a good idea.
N8,
People who somehow believe that faith precludes somebody from screwing up really don’t understand people…or faith.
Run Heap Run
April 16th, 2009
12:40 am
Yeah, just ask Mel Gibson.
N8
April 16th, 2009
12:41 am
uga, you are aware of the fact that the Braves averaged more runs per game AFTER Tex was traded, right?
Scoring runs isn’t the main problem of this team. The bullpen is.
It was last year too (along with the starting pitching after the break).
I think the fact that some are missing here, is that if the Braves bullpen was lock solid, Bobby could play for one run at a time. Even in the 6th inning, if we’re down by 2 or 3 runs, he could play for 1 run an inning, if the cards fall on the table the right way.
But with the busted levee that is the Braves bullpen, Bobby has to play for 2 late inning 3-run HR just to catch up.
This bullpen being unreliable, changes the whole way the first 6 or seven innings are played. From the starting pitchers mentality, to the hitters approaches, knowing they HAVE TO score a ton of runs to have a chance.
Ever watch a team like the Twins last year, who had a lights out back end of the bullpen? Essentially making every game a 6 inning game. Even when that team was down in the middle of the game, or tied, they would play like they had a shot. Enthusiastic, with fire, rarin’ and ready to go.
This team is DANGEROUSLY close to having that look on their face like last year’s team. Where, the second they lose a lead, they basically concede.
Sure could use Smoltz in that bullpen, huh?
TnBrian
April 16th, 2009
12:43 am
Coach, no doubt. The middle relief guys have ALREADY been tested in the first eight games of the dang season and have blown two. It must and will be addressed at some point, and we can only hope, very soon. I’ve seen all I need to see of Blain- God Bless him, but it’s a very competetive game. Disappointed in Bennett for as much as his results as his weight gain.
Like you said, no playoffs for the Braves unless we get at least two more Carlyle’s for middle relief. That’s not a lot to ask for, but that’s the issue right this minute.
monty
April 16th, 2009
12:44 am
Salamander
Why all the rage?
GO back and read my post again.You quoted what I said accurately but then turned around and misapplied what I said. I don’t think saying “I and OTHERS” is trying to make myself out to be a “soothsayer.” I do stand by my perceiving along with “others” early on that all the one run losses were symptomatic and not just an unlucky abberation. I guess I struck a nerve with you for saying the bullpen stinks.Everyone else seems to be saying the same thing. Can I not put my 2 cents in? I was honest in saying “I thought we would be solid.” I’m not looking back speaking with “hindsight” claiming that I knew we had a problem in ST like I guess you claim you did. Are you mad because you want the credit for saying they stink first? You want to be the cheif soothsayer? Go ahead dude take it. I crown thee the Chief Soothsayer on the AJC blog. There’s your 15 minutes of fame, enjoy! I don’t get the rage, maybe somebody didn’t love you enough when you were little.
TnBrian
April 16th, 2009
12:44 am
nolie, I was thinking of The Wicker Man when I posted that. Never seen Matchstick Men.
N8
April 16th, 2009
12:45 am
Chop Chop Are you directing that comment at me?
If you are, you’re barking up the wrong tree. Spent the first 9 years of school going to Catholic school.
My comment (if you were ragging on me for making the sarcastic – yet true – comment), was intended to point out that plenty of Christians have made bad judgements. Some of them of EPIC proportions.
I don’t think Hitler was an ass BECAUSE he was raised Catholic. I’m just saying that because he was a Christian, doesn’t mean he was immune to poor judgement.
Please don’t assume that I’m comparing Matt Diaz not signing an autograph to Hitler. (I can’t believe I just typed that).
Bubdylan
April 16th, 2009
12:46 am
Chop Chop, I’ve never not been obsessive about writing…
and becoming (only) mildly neurotic is my goal in life.
Night, blog.
nolie
April 16th, 2009
12:47 am
And as long as we’re talking Elizabeth Shue… “Adventures in Babysitting,” while certainly not on anyone’s Top 10 (especially against such sturdy competition as “The Rock”!) is a pretty charming little movie (TokyoBravo)
I totally agree. she was cute as a button and the movie was fun. I especially liked the scene in the blues bar where they ad-lib that song with Albert Collins.
scottbravesfan
April 16th, 2009
12:49 am
Blaine Boyer should be sent down the guy is awful.
N8
April 16th, 2009
12:49 am
Ah….the Baby Sittin’ Blues. My favorite quote from that movie (just watched it about 3 months ago with my kids), is when they’re in the auto repair place and the little girl thinks shes met Thor (her idol), and she says…. “My brother thinks you’re a homo”
Too funny.
scottbravesfan
April 16th, 2009
12:52 am
Matchstick men was a good movie
TnBrian
April 16th, 2009
12:53 am
Adventures in Babysitting? Guess who “Thor” is in that movie. No, I didn’t look it up…I’m just full of useless information. I’m telling you, that’s my talent. Wish I had a talent that could actually make me some good money.
Chop Chop
April 16th, 2009
12:53 am
Not directing it to you, N8. I’m directing it at people who think Diaz obviously must have had some valid reason why he didn’t sign an autograph.
(Long sidenote here:
Diaz may have had a valid reason, but being a Christian doesn’t always mean you’re nice. Also, in keeping with blog SOP, it’s possible that brian could have made that story up in order to take a shot at Diaz for some crazy reason. This would be the coolest possibility, but as we all know, blogs are full of…uh…possibilities.)
Anyway, a person doesn’t always need a reason, and it doesn’t matter if he’s a good Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Wiccan, Mormon, Zoroastrian, Shinto, Buddhist or Met fan.
Okay. A Met fan can’t be good.
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
12:57 am
n8,
we have been down this road before, right?
tex or kotch at first? whether or not they scored more runs after his departure is relative.
chip,tex,macc: chip, macc, ??
braves dont have a threat in the middle PERIOD.
marlins; hanley, cantu, and uggla
phils; howard, utley, and ibanez
mets; wright, beltran, and delgado.
all of them hit more then 27 dingers last year. note to KC.
speaking of depalma anyone remember the movie he made with angie dickinson?
Coach (Skip and Pete will be missed)
April 16th, 2009
12:59 am
I think we can all agree on one point. Bobby Cox is finally coming under fire. Losing can do that. When it happened in the post season, everybody said: at least we got here and we will be back next season.
But the past three regular seasons have exposed our managers deficiencies. Bobby Cox is no Leo Mazzone when it comes to managing the pitching as we have seen with the innings totaled up by the bullpen during the previous three seasons.
Cox has a penchant for relying heavily on his pen as the following numbers illustrate:
2006 bullpen: 512.1 innings.
2007 bullpen: 539.1 innings.
2008 bullpen: 554.1 innings.
These are the three highest totals in franchise history. Leo left after 2005.
Tokyo Bravo
April 16th, 2009
1:00 am
UGA- spit on the same street? If you were there then we probably noshed burgers at the Grill’s old location at the same time. May have even seen you pass by while sharing a pitcher of Killian’s at the Globe with my (now long former) sweetie.
Killians. Man. I used to think that was pretty uptown stuff!
nolie
April 16th, 2009
1:01 am
nolie, I was thinking of The Wicker Man when I posted that. Never seen Matchstick Men. (TnBrian)
yup it sucked. remake of a British film staring Ed Woodward which was fairly decent, but Cage & company butchered this version. Matchstick Men is a neurotic little dark comedy. I liked it pretty good. I hafta say that I don’t have the disdain for big budget action films that Dave and some others express here. I liked The Rock and the National treasure movies not to say they were great movies. Red Rock West and Guarding Tess are my favorites I think.
Coach (Skip and Pete will be missed)
April 16th, 2009
1:01 am
And the religious stuff has got to stop.
MFin04
April 16th, 2009
1:03 am
What’s the lineup going to look like tomorrow without Chipper and McCann…that’s gonna be interesting..but they way they’ve been hitting the last few games…might be ok to get some fresh guys in. Should make for an interesting order though…any thoughts?
TnBrian
April 16th, 2009
1:03 am
religion/politics bring out the claws and upsets people like nothing else!!
Salamander
April 16th, 2009
1:06 am
Monty
I was raised by wolves, hence the rage.
To your point – I and others said, “this is a pattern this isn’t just some anomaly”
Its easy to make that statement because the Braves followed up those 8 1-run loses with another 17 or so (or w/e the exact number was) before winning one. If they had won a few of those 1-run loses, no streak occurs, and your point holds less weight and you probably wouldn’t even bother making it.
I believed, like most, that the bullpen would be solid this year
This is where my ST rant came in – most of us said the bullpen had issues, and was NOT deep enough for the 162 game season. If you really believed the ‘pen looked OK coming out of spring, then… well – we probably both wish you were had been right about that given the early season antics of the blowpen so far.
I guess all the simpletons will start their “it’s still early” , “don’t over react”, “it’s a long season” speech about now.
You pis-ed me off right there from the get go. Braves have played only 8 games so far. Plenty of time for the bullpen to get shuffled around and Wren to make some deals. As such, I think its perfectly fine for people to say things like “don’t overeact – its still early” because they (or at least I) expect Wren and Cox to get this bullpen sh-tstorm under control before the end of April.
Tokyo Bravo
April 16th, 2009
1:07 am
Tn – Thor was Full Metal Jacket’s lovable loser, Vincent D’Onofrio.
Man, I really need to get on Amazon and grab a copy of that movie- nice to have a little mid- ’80s goodness from time to time.
brian
April 16th, 2009
1:08 am
N8 – this is not made up. It was a shot at Diaz in particular (especially with his statements here on the blog) but it was more a shot at the Braves as a whole. We were first in line at the gates when they opened at about 4:40. I was there in Section 119 row 24. I have a picture of my son with Homer the mascot while we were waiting for autographs.
My main beef is that without the fans these guys have nothing. If attendence drops and even worse for the players, ratings drop guess what drops next – salaries. I have always been pro-sports but if the guys are going to be above it all, I could jump on the side of the argument that with all the problems facing this country and society – economy, health care, etc, why are ballplayers signing contracts like the ones signed this past offseason – CC, Burnett, Lowe, etc. Baseball gets quite a bit of money from countries receiving bailout money (Citi stadium, etc) and if the popularity drops at all, that sponsoship money will go bye bye as long as the companies are receiving tax payer dollars. If the talk has started that NASCAR may be hard hit because Chevy/GM and Dodge/Chrysler are receiving bailout money so these companies cannot put so much into NASCAR, this will hit other major sports as well. No sponsors, no advertising dollars for TV, decreased attendence, ….
that being said, go Braves, I will be there tomorrow early again with my son hoping to see somebody who will sign a ball
N8
April 16th, 2009
1:08 am
Chop Chop, thanks. Didn’t think so. But thought I’d react and ask questions later. Would you expect any different? I pretty much agree with you 100 percent.
uga, yes. We’ve gone down this road many times. But I’m insane, so I like to repeat the arguement, and hope to get different results. Just kidding.
I agree with you that we don’t have a middle of the order guy (especialy when Chipper is out). But I’ve said many times, I’m OK with the having good hitters up and down the lineup. I think good hitters have a better shot at stringing a rally together against a good/great pitcher, than guys expecting a couple of walks, HBP and then a 3-run bomb on a mistake pitch.
Why do you think that so many teams beat Maddux and Glavine in the playoffs? Because those teams had GOOD HITTERS. I don’t really recall Glavine or Maddux getting hammered by HR in the playoffs. Guys took pitches the other way and strung together some good AB’s. Most importantly, making those guys work to get them out of the game and get to Cox’s greatest weakness as a manager….. his bullpens.
Having said all that, I’m not really arguing with you. I respect your opinion, and if you want a big bopper in the lineup, I’m cool with that.
But, when I bitch, I like to set a priority list in the order of which I’d like to bitch about.
I think this bullpen is by far a greater area of concern than the lineup. That doesn’t mean that I don’t think the lineup needs any help. I just think that if the bullpen gets fixed, and our 1-2 free agent punch of Lowe/Vazquez eat the innings they were signed and traded for to do, we’ll win more games than we lose.
But, even if you added Albert Pujols to this lineup, with this bullpen we’ll lose more than we win.
Go Braves!
April 16th, 2009
1:08 am
Reality has hit!
The Marlins came to town and further exposed the Braves (hate to use that name).
The bullpen sucks, the outfield sucks. Many players are not giving their best effort and it’s rubbing off on the ones who usually do.
Do not tell me it’s early. The only thing we’ll see later is that we’ll be out of it by mid May. The team does not even resemble the Division winners of 14 years when they felt 1st place and the playoffs was their birthright.
We need someone to chew their butts or bring up more youth and let us lose with it rather than those who will never make it or those who are past their prime. Too bad for veterans like Chipper, Lowe and newbies like McCann, Jurrjens.
TnBrian
April 16th, 2009
1:09 am
MFin04, that’s a bad thought, but I’ll try:
1) KJ
2) Infante
3) Escobar
4) KJ
5) Francoeur
6) Kotchman
7) Schafer
Braves win, 4-2
Tomahawkin
April 16th, 2009
1:10 am
Coach…?
I hope You didn’t throw a 6-pack of empty beer cans at the TV tonight…?
I broke my remote tonight throwing it at the TV. I’m so sick of the last three years of a crappy Blow-pen, sloppy defense and incompotent hitting…The hitting part really plays with my emotions because this team is so much better than that, which was witnessed in Philly, WTF…?
TnBrian
April 16th, 2009
1:13 am
My bad, 1)Infante, 2)Diaz
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
1:14 am
tokyo,
you hung out at the globe?
i used to go to the oddysey across the street. lived right down the road on south lumpkin street.
when we were there the georgia theatre used to be a cinema and draft house.
i remember seeing WALL STREET there one night and seeing LESS THEN ZERO on another. talk about a dichotomy.
Salamander
April 16th, 2009
1:15 am
religion/politics bring out the claws and upsets people like nothing else!!
That’s why I don’t indulge either subject area when they come up on this blog – I have some serious beef with certain “things” that are better left unstated I would imagine. But I’m guessing that goes for many who post regularly – it would be nice to see less, ahem, religious decoration used in people’s word choices, but… gosh, I can’t even finish that sentence. Best I leave this one alone.
N8
April 16th, 2009
1:16 am
TnBrian I wasn’t directly insultin you for that comment. No malace intended, dude. The comment just struck me as funny. Nothing more.
brian, I beleive you. I didn’t say you made it up. I wasn’t there, and it bothers me. Because I’ve got kids. I know how they would feel, with the road-trip we’d have to take to go to a Braves game, if they got dissed like that.
Totally agree with everything you said at 1:08. Especially the part where without the fans the players would have nothing. Amen to that. Even the nutjob ones like myself.
Coach, my fellow statesman. Come on man. You gonna blame Bobby for Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz being gone or at the tail end of their careers.
If Leo was so damn good, why did he get fired? Why were the Orioles WORSE the two years after he got there, than the season before he arrived.
Time to face fact. The trio of Avery, Smoltz and Glavine, later to be joined and lead, by Maddux would make John Rocker look like a pretty good manager, if he was wearing #6 and yelling at umpires from the dugout.
Both Leo and Bobby road the coat-tails of those guys for a decade. Not saying they had NO PART in making them succesful. Those guys seem to give plenty of credit to Leo and Bobby.
But ask yourself the question. If Leo and Bobby had Pulsipher, Wilson and Isringhausen (and the Mets had Glavine, Maddux and Smoltz) in the early 90’s, who do you think would look like the greatest manager and pitching coach of the past two decades?
Let’s not discredit the relative HEALTH that Maddux and Glavine gave their team for 10 years (and more). Healthy players make managers/coaches look good.
Tom
April 16th, 2009
1:16 am
No sense getting all scientific and bogged down with stats on this group of players. Just use the brain you were given, watch the games, and see that the front office should apologize for what is being put on the field. If it continues there will be no one at the park by May and maybe that will get their attention. Sorry that it has to come down to that but its all about money!
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
1:17 am
tokyo,
my cousin works for CORNING, he loves tokyo. don’t really know where he lives but then again i have never been. he has lived there for close to six years. i do not think he is coming back.
Shamus Thacker
April 16th, 2009
1:17 am
Wonder what happened to trading one of our pitchers because the pen is so talented and deep. It’s deep alright; knee deep.
monty
April 16th, 2009
1:28 am
Salamander
My point in saying that “it’s not too early to panic” about the bullpen you evidently agree with, at least the way the bullpen stands right now. That was my point. You agree right? I give you and whoever else who said it credit for saying it in ST. I, like you, and many others hope that Wren will make some changes and get some people who can do the job. The present pen of Boyer, Campillo(guy should be a starter,or long reliever, he’s not a guy who can put out a fire) and Bennet are not capable of getting us back to the playoffs.I don’t hold out any illusions (now) that they will ever be dominant this season. I did have hopes until the Philly game and tonight’s game. Of course they will improve somewhat given enough chances, they’ve got no place to go but up in my opinion. New personnel means new hopes. Present personnel (of those mentioned) means no hope. Agree or disagree?
Shamus Thacker
April 16th, 2009
1:28 am
BUT, it’s April, plenty of time to correct things.
Chop Chop
April 16th, 2009
1:31 am
Let’s talk religion, Salamander.
I nearly lost mine when Boyer entered the game.
(End of hyperbole AND religion talk.)
Chop Chop
April 16th, 2009
1:33 am
I hope Diaz signs your son’s baseball, brian. That would be cool.
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
1:34 am
n8,
for arguments sake, and i do that because i like you.
so let’s say we had albert.
we would probably have more leads, right?
thus making vasquez more of a inning eater. he would have the lead, no need for a pinch hitter right?
same for lowe, right?
cant have inning eaters in the national league if your team is close or behind.
always are going to be lifted for a pinch hitter.
MFin04
April 16th, 2009
1:38 am
lol, why not KJ 1-8 thats what it seemed like after the first few innings of these two games….1-3 are giving me problems…they are interchangeable…obviously Diaz not one…but…
1) Infante
Schafer
2) Diaz
3) Escobar
4) KJ
5) Francoeur
6) Ross
7) Kotchman
spotts
April 16th, 2009
1:43 am
That lineup is downright puny. No matter how cool you think Schafer is.
Tokyo Bravo
April 16th, 2009
1:43 am
UGA- it does get in the blood. I first landed here in 1988, and have been back and forth in a variety of jobs ever since. about 13 years on the ground, all told. Safe, clean, endlessly fascinating country, and a great stepping-off point for other places in Asia.
The Odyssey. Man, that brings back memories. Seems like I saw “The Running Man” at the cinema and drafthouse too, one beer-soaked evening…
MFin04
April 16th, 2009
1:44 am
Perhaps…
1) Infante
Schafer
2) Escobar
3) Anderson
4) KJ
5) Francoeur
6) Ross
7) Kotchman
MFin04
April 16th, 2009
1:45 am
1) Infante
Schafer
2) Escobar
3) Pujols
4) KJ
5) Francoeur
6) Ross
7) Kotchman
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
1:45 am
scoots,
one thing i think we both agree on is don sutton’s continuance to here his own voice.
he was intlolerable on the tv, and he borderline intolerable on the radio.
everything is a long story or an opinion. note to don: when on the radio, inning, count, outs, score, and situation.
powell is good dont over power him.
TnBrian
April 16th, 2009
1:45 am
N8, you didn’t offend me at all. Actually, you made sense earlier, Nobody is perfect except the Man upstairs…
Salamander
April 16th, 2009
1:48 am
Monty
I think we are for the most part we’re on the same page. FYI – I’m not looking for credit for expressing concern over the bullpen in ST. I was certainly not the first to type “Oh gee, our bullpen might have issues this year” on this blog, but I was on that bandwagon for sure.
Anyway, I think a lot of the disagreement was over semantics/word choices to be honest. Although, if you really thought the bullpen was gonna be solid this year, then I’m not sure if you know the sky is actually up… hehe, just kidding.
Chop Chop
Boyer = The Void of Sinful Hopelessness?
Chop Chop
April 16th, 2009
1:52 am
Damn right, uga.
I listened to the radio a little bit tonight. I didn’t know what the hell was going on in one of those half-innings. I think it was the one where Uggla hit the ball over the first base bag. Powell was trying to jump in and explain what was going on, but Don wouldn’t shut up. He was just going on and on about something (probably Moon Pies, RC Cola and Walter Alston).
Chop Chop
April 16th, 2009
1:54 am
Boyer = A disgraced Russian boyar who was stripped of the title and attempted to change one letter in the name to fool, sadly, no one.
Chop Chop
April 16th, 2009
1:55 am
Bedtime.
BosnianBaller
April 16th, 2009
1:59 am
Can someone please tell me how Boyer earned a roster spot this year? I’m not even mad with the Braves losing it happens,but for this guy to have a roster spot is stupid as hell he sucked balls last year and screwed the Braves out of god knows how many saves.Is there any other pitcher in the minors of a FA.God damn what a douche bag.
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:02 am
Hey all Braves Fans. I was just over at the Braves site and read ina couple of places fromother fans that Glavine has retired. how true is that. Or is Glavine still thinking about it and has not retired. I know his shoulder problems is still going on. I just read also that his MRI revealed that he has an inflamed rotator cuff. How seriuos is that for a 43 year ld. But Glavine is still valauble for the Braves, but I feel it will be from being an excellent pitching coach in showing the his skills that made him such a pitcher for us for years…..
Legend of Len Barker
April 16th, 2009
2:04 am
Autographs:
I went to about eight games in old Atlanta Fulton-County stadium from 1991-95. Though I tried, I only got two autographs back then: David Justice and once when the ‘Stros were town I got Jeff Juden. I had much better luck during spring training.
While it is a shame that guys don’t sign nearly as often, I understand. Baseball cards and autographs quit being a kid thing in the early 1990s. While there are plenty of kids who are interested, the players can’t help but be wary.
At the G-Day game on Saturday, David Greene was being super accommodating. Unfortunately, half of his crowd were adults. And watching the people in the stands, you could tell another group of kids were being sent by parents. Greene can’t turn down a kid, can he?
I think some of it is also the backlash athletes receive when they finally walk away. Poor Greene was at one time down to two pieces to sign, then another deluge hit. I read stories on the internet where someone has signed 50+ autographs, but when he finally has to walk away to do what he’s paid to do, he’s all of a sudden a scumbag.
I’m not saying that this is the implication with Diaz and his teammates. I wish baseball were a kid’s game again and the kids could get signatures like I did when I was younger and attended spring training games (John Olerud and Gary Gaetti are two wonderful people). But unfortunately, it’s not and I don’t see it changing anytime soon.
N8
April 16th, 2009
2:04 am
uga, I can agree with that. Fine assesment.
The other night is a perfect example. If not trailing 3-1, Vazquez more than likely stays in. That being said, with this bullpen, then perhaps the “safer” move is to NOT bring in a PH, when “only” trailing by 2 runs. Because with this pen, that 2 run deficit can become 6 really quick.
Even if we come back, the pen has to pitch more than wanted. But since it’s early in the season, I’ll cut Cox some slack trying to find out who he can (and can’t) trust in the pen. Then again, isn’t that what ST is for? LOL!
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:06 am
Can we beat the Marlins in our early gmae against them. At least we should do whatever it takes to do this and at least win one out of the three game set.
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
2:07 am
other then i cant spell hear, or boyer has no confidence, or no one would tell me the name of the brian depalma movie with angie dickinson and the shower scene.
i guarantee that someone remembers that movie.
michael cain?
kirkinga
April 16th, 2009
2:09 am
uga-brave, according to IMDB, the movie with Angie Dickinson and directed by DePalma was Dress To Kill back in 1980.
For what it’s worth, only 3 teams(including the Marlins) have scored more runs than the Braves in the NL.If they continue to average better than 5 runs a game, they’ll be offensively.
MFin04
April 16th, 2009
2:13 am
It seems like Bobby Gave up on a game that was 5-4 by bringing in Boyer that makes no sense. Also Bennett was warming up when it was 4-1 (another example of giving up). Game ended up being tied 4-4 and Buddy pitched well…and he got taken out…doesnt make sense. I completely agree with not going to the bullpen/pinch hitting when u are down…especially if Boyer/Bennett are the options. They are going to give up 1 or 2 runs…while the pinch hitter can only drive in…one with a solo shot…lets say.
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:17 am
Hey can someone answer me about Glavine??? I blogged it 2:02 this evening. Just a wondering if anyone has heard???
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:19 am
One answer for Boyer. Use him for Trade bait for us and include buddy Carlyle with him.>>>
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:21 am
N8 have you heard anything about Glavines decision about retiring or trying to make it back??
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:23 am
MFin04 What about Glavines decsion. Has anybody know of any more recent decision on him???
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:24 am
Jeff Bennett why was he in the game at all. him and Boyer a good combo for losing a game for us>>
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:26 am
I will be loyal to the Braves, but want them to win this year………… Where can I go to learn more recent news on Glavines Decision????
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:27 am
Will chack back a little later>>>>>>>>>
MFin04
April 16th, 2009
2:27 am
Glavine isnt necessarily done…they are going to see if the inflammation goes down…if it does he could pitch again…but it will be a while before he does (at least a few weeks)
melissa
April 16th, 2009
2:29 am
Go google Tom glavine. It may answer your question.
MFin04
April 16th, 2009
2:29 am
It is also possible that after a few weeks and it doesnt get better…he could call it quits and retire. He said he didnt want to string himself/the Braves along if he cant pitch this year.
mr baseball
April 16th, 2009
2:29 am
Something to ponder at this late hour:
Why is it that Braves have produced an almost unending string of quality position players over the last 2 decades, but are utterly incapable of developing young pitching talent, especiallly relievers?
The only pitcher on the current roster who came up through the Braves’ system is Boyer, who is probably not going to be on the roster for long.
Other than the infamous Mr. Rocker, who is the last MLB caliber reliever the Braves have produced?
They’ve produced several starters of note the past 2 decades, but
Millwood is the only one I can think of who has actually made a major contribution to the Braves for more than 15 minutes.
Given the franchise’s abject failure to produce quality pitching talent of late, any second thoughts on here about how good Hanson — and some of the other hot shot prospects — might turn out to be?
I missed the game tonight, but I see that another ex-Brave minor league pitcher (Meyer) performed well for another team. Don’t think the Braves would want to re-do that trade, but it wouldn’t be bad to have Juan Cruz back. Or Mahay. Or Davies. The Royals can keep Farnsworth and Horacio.
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:32 am
I have returned for a little while. Does anyone have an answer fro me about Glavine???
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
2:33 am
kirknga,
thank you.
it is not about how many it is when you score those runs.
the braves are better front runners. their pen is set up that way.
get behind early and that current slop comes in, well?
this is not a roster that is constucted to work the count and put people on base.
it will depend on getting up early and trying to hang on.
The General
April 16th, 2009
2:35 am
Hey MFin04 thank you for your answer. Right now I am going to hit the sack for the night..
nolie
April 16th, 2009
2:44 am
remember all the groovy drugs that we did while watchin The Grateful Dead and all their groovyness man?? (Cheech Chong)
if you can rtemember them all that well then you couldn’t have been using them all that much. remember the 5 inches of rain and all that mud?
uga-brave
April 16th, 2009
2:46 am
mr. baseball,
dead on. but you forgot the pie eater. mckay mcbride. mckay mcbride what a dolt.
everytime bobby came out to get him he looked like he was gonna cry, but he was a local guy right?
devine had promise but we rushed him.
you are right. moylan, carlyle, campillo, o flarety, and bennett are all castoffs.
kirkinga
April 16th, 2009
2:47 am
uga-brave, I agree, and I would also add that the Braves are seem to be scoring more late runs than they did last season which will help with a shaky pen.
But as someone mentioned earlier, you kind of knew when Lowe needed 30 pitches to get out of the first, and up against a leftie starter, how the game was likely to turn out.
And it did.
mr baseball
April 16th, 2009
2:47 am
uga:
Rent the movie if you get a chance. Very entertaining with a quality cast and the usual DePalma multiple endings.
A final thought for the evening. Tha Braves have struggled in the ‘pen off and on over the years for several reasons. Cheap and short-sighted management has consistently refused to pay for a bullpen, preferring to rely on castoffs since they can’t develop their own.
We saw the consequences in the post-season during the glory years, and the team’s relievers are a big reason for the lousy results the past few seaaons.
Also, our alleged Hall of Fame manager has never displayed much feel for handling his bullpen, although it has frequently been sub-standard. One reason is that he is very reluctant to let anyone pitch a second inning after the sixth or so.
The more guys you pitch in a game, the more likely it is that one or more is gonna stink it up. Especially considering the lack of talent that usually occupies the Braves’ pen.
Not saying it’s all his fault, but those who watch Cox manage night in and night should have reached the conclusion long ago that the guy is a strategic liability in the dugout.
If he goes into the Hall, he should acknowledge what he knows but will probably never admit. The only reason he is even given consideration is because of Glavine, Smoltz and Maddux/Avery.
1995
April 16th, 2009
2:59 am
Six Atlanta relievers gave up five hits, three walks and six runs in four innings.
I SAID IT BEFORE THE SEASON STARTED – SIGNING ALL THESE STARTERS MEAN NOTHING WITH THE SAME CRAP BULLPEN WE HAD LAST SEASON!!! WHY WAS THIS NOT ADDRESSED IN THE OFF SEASON? GET RID OF ANDERSON AND BRING IN SOME REAL RELIEF BEFORE THE SEASON TURNS INTO 2008 ALL OVER!!!!!!!1
nolie
April 16th, 2009
3:08 am
ga-brave, according to IMDB, the movie with Angie Dickinson and directed by DePalma was Dress To Kill back in 1980. (KIRK)
that’s the one that a 50-ish Angie claimed it was her in the shower scene but it later was revealed that it was a body-double. (no body double in Big Bad Mama though) Which created the idea behind another DePalma movie called Body Double.
kirkinga
April 16th, 2009
3:27 am
1995 So since the bull pen has been shaky we “get rid of” a LF? Huh?
And where are we going to find safe bull pen help 1.5 weeks into the season?It’s too early to really know who is who in order to make a trade.And if we did make a trade which prospects you want to give up?
Chop Chop
April 16th, 2009
3:44 am
Ahhh…late-night bathroom trips.
Just checked my e-mail and noticed that I got another e-mail from bobdylan.com with some more interview links.
Here they are:
Fourth Installment
Fifth Installment
Lots of interesting stuff in those two links, including Dylan’s list of favorite songwriters (Zevon and Prine made the cut). I’ll leave it up to the Dylanologists and Dylanophiles to dissect the rest of it.
Braveheart
April 16th, 2009
6:36 am
Adventures in Babysitting? Haven’t seen it in 20 years, but whenever I’m going through a bad neighborhood, I imitate the cab driver and say, “In this neighborhood? Even I wouldn’t get out in this neighborhood.” No one else ever gets the joke, but I always crack myself up with it.
Coach (Skip and Pete wil be missed)
April 16th, 2009
6:39 am
N8 . Leo was a genius at getting the best out of his pitchers. The Orioles haven’t had a winning season since 1997, Mazzone couldn’t fix what he didn’t have to work with.
Here is the list of pitchers who had a career season in Atlanta under the tutelege of Leo Mazzone.
Horacio Ramirez 2003 12-4
John Thompson 2004 14-8
Russ Ortiz 2003 21-7
Greg Maddux 1993 20-10
Kevin Millwood 1999 18-7
Tom Glavine 1993 22-6
Denny Neagle 1997 20-5
Steve Avery 1993 18-6
John Smoltz 1996 24-8
Damian Moss 2002 12-6
Jorge Sosa 2005 13-3
Charlie Leibrandt 1992 15-7
And one more, Eric Bedard 2006 15-11 and 2007 13-5
Like my post at 12:59 AM, it’s all just one big coincidence. Right?
Bill M.
April 16th, 2009
6:43 am
The Braves have two huge problems, LF & BP. If Anderson doesn’t come around, bring up B. Jones or if Gorky Hernandez keeps improving try him. Diaz is a good guy but he’s not an everday player. He can’t play defense but made a good catch tonite. He needs to be in American League. Get rid of Bennett and Boyer and send down Moylan until he gets himself straightened out. Bring up Medlin and others, it can’t get any worse.
Greg
April 16th, 2009
7:27 am
I agree with Bill M. Moylan needs rehab. His velocity is poor. His command is even worse. Bennet and Boyer are done. Release them. Find somebody in the minors who can throw strikes. Maybe some of those starters we are coddling in Gwinnett should be in the pen at Turner Field. The pen has long been the place for good starters to learn their trade. This situation is intolerable. Another option may be to bring closers in when the game is really on the line, not just let them close. Saves are a silly stat anyway.
richbrave
April 16th, 2009
7:50 am
Ah, the early morning voices of reason. Micro-managing again lads?
Wesley Crusher--Yea the dork from Star Trek TNG
April 16th, 2009
7:59 am
Well,
Looks like reality is about to set in for the year…This game tonight is a must win for our young team. We cant get three losses in a row this early..
The bullpen is a disaster, and hopefully Wren will take notice and try to do something about it. Hopefully if this is the reason we lose this season, we will fire Mcdowell and bring back Leo.
Thrillhouse44
April 16th, 2009
8:11 am
Bring back Leo? Because of all the success he had Baltimore? If Leo is actually the answer to the bullpen problems, don’t you think someone – anyone – would have signed him by now?
I’m glad today’s game is early so we can get over all this hatin out of the way soon.
varoadrunner
April 16th, 2009
8:15 am
Blaine Boyer will ………… (scratch that) He won’t! He Can’t! Gwinnett needs Blaine.
jerry h.
April 16th, 2009
8:22 am
Dave,
I know this has come up before but why won’t cox move kelly back to left and put martin at second. Their defense would only be improved and martin will hit as well if not better than diaz and the defense should improve.
Jerbo
Jeff321
April 16th, 2009
8:26 am
I am highly amused some of you are finally coming around to realize Blaine Boyer has no business on this team. However, I find it very strange most of you are still making excuses for Bobby Cox. Because last time I checked, he was still the decider.
joe fan
April 16th, 2009
8:29 am
Hey Coach, you forgot some of the relievers that had career years and comebacks under Leo as well. like Darren Holmes and Chris Hammond.
NC Braves Fan
April 16th, 2009
8:38 am
Stinks to see Moylan struggling like he is, and you almost wonder if sending him out to Gwinnett for a couple of weeks to sort things out might be helpful (assuming he has options left).
As for Boyer, I think he is out of options at this point, so it’s either trade, waive or roll the dice and hope he eventually snaps out of it.
My take on the situation is that guys in the middle part of the BP are fringe major league players for the most part anyway (most would be starting or closing if they had the stuff to do so). This would suggest that a key addition or two could change the situation and could solve what is far-and-away our biggest weakness.
But it’s looking more-and-more like it’s a situation that is not going to improve on its own. But I could be wrong.
TheManMike
April 16th, 2009
8:38 am
Has anyone mentioned the great “Big Trouble in little China?”
I loved the dudes floating out of the sky with their cone hats on……greatness……
Drew
April 16th, 2009
8:41 am
Has anyone spoken of firing Roger McDowell? Maybe I’m just spoiled a bit from Leo but it’s hard to win games when the relievers are blowing them like this. I had to turn the game off last night in the 8th. (I turned it back on of course but I wish I hadn’t.)
Coach, by the way, Leo is pretty open-minded about being a pitching coach again. Would anyone want him back?
Run Heap Run
April 16th, 2009
8:56 am
So Wakefield’s almost no-no last night?
“Rarely cracking 70 mph on the Coliseum radar gun”
Wow. Really?
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090416-SPORTS-904160441
Also liked this:
“When Tim Wakefield stopped by Terry Francona’s office Wednesday morning, he already realized the Boston Red Sox were staggering. They had lost six of seven while struggling to hit, and their bullpen was gassed after pitching 11 innings last night.
“I understand the circumstances of today,” Wakefield recalled telling his manager. “No matter what, don’t take me out.”
ManOfTeal
April 16th, 2009
9:00 am
All I have to say is Braves = FAIL!!!!
You will NEVER compete with that bullpen.
Go Marlins!!!!
VaBrave
April 16th, 2009
9:06 am
CAN WE PLEASE CALL UP HANSON AND LET HIM SHUT THESE TEAMS DOWN IN THE 8TH? IF HE’S SO UNTOUCHABLE LETS LET HIM CLOSE. HE CAN IMPACT 2-3 GAMES A WEEK. ITS A NO BRAINER! THE BRAVES LOSE SO MANY GAMES IN THE LAST FEW INNINGS…..SAME OL STORY, DIFFERENT YEAR!ALL I HEARD AT THE END OF LAST YEAR…WE’RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE BULLPEN IN THE OFF SEASON…WHY IS BOYER STILL HERE?? BRING TOMMY UP NOW!
Kentavo
April 16th, 2009
9:08 am
Can Moylan go down(or up, rather) to Gwinnett to get things worked out?
Boyer? Send him packing. The guy does not have it – never did – does not know how to pitch. Yes, he can light up a radar gun, but he does not know how to pitch.
jbutler
April 16th, 2009
9:11 am
VaBrave – Makes no sense to bring Hanson up to pop him the BP. That will never happen. He’s a staff ace- not someone to trot out as a middle reliever waiting for the starting rotation to collapse and him take over a spot.
On a truly depressing note…my age is the same as Boyers ERA. Who its more depressing for is questionable.
Wesley Crusher--Yea the dork from Star Trek TNG
April 16th, 2009
9:12 am
i agree why the heck is the “star” hanson in the minors instead of up now, when we are struggling.
BlawgDawg
April 16th, 2009
9:14 am
VaBrave-Don’t agree at all with pulling Hanson up and throwing him into the bullpen, but I’m not going to go through the motions of disagreeing.
I will ask for you to please STOP YOUR FREAKIN YELLING!! Only idiots use the Caps Lock button when blogging or chatting.
Run Heap Run
April 16th, 2009
9:14 am
Far be it from me to defend Boyer but…
“The guy does not have it – never did – does not know how to pitch. Yes, he can light up a radar gun, but he does not know how to pitch.”
Really? Made it all the way to the major leagues without knowing how to pitch? Well I’ll be damned. Hey reckon the Braves would sign my son to a major league deal? As far as I know he doesn’t know how to pitch either.
Thrillhouse44
April 16th, 2009
9:17 am
Run Heap Run, if they do sign your son, I suggest you quit reading this blog unless you want to see personal attacks on your boy.
Game time: 2 hours, 45 minutes away.
SOS
April 16th, 2009
9:19 am
Hey Run Heap Run. I had rather have your son out there. Maybe he can manage the team as well. In fact he could not do any worse.
Knuckle Sandwich
April 16th, 2009
9:22 am
Man of Teal = Douche Bag
Rabid Rascal
April 16th, 2009
9:22 am
I find it amuzing how people, or Braves fans, act like the season is over and the sky is falling. So they have lost three games, big deal. How many games are in a season? 162. I agree that there are areas of weakness, especially the bullpen, but that is why we play the season. There are going to be ups and downs. Try to have a little faith and try being fans instead of whiney Azses. I would hate to see some of you coach a little league team with your attitudes. Talk about traumatizing the youth! Go Braves!!!
SOS
April 16th, 2009
9:29 am
Rabid. The fact is we have seen the same things going on for the last three years with Bobby Cox mishandling the bullpen, keeping his favorites in the lineup even when they are terrible (Blaine Boyer to mention just one), etc. I want the Braves to win as much as anyone, but based on the last 3 years of watching them and how things seem to be going this year, that’s why I for one am concerned for the rest of the year.
braves4ever
April 16th, 2009
9:30 am
Hey Run Heap Run, well expressed.
the fact we even have this kind of discussion on here this early in the season makes me wonder how deep and wide is that bullpen problem. this could get scary.
bravofan
April 16th, 2009
9:34 am
Kawakami please don’t let em sweep us!! Bullpen please tcb today!! I agree with the other bloggers bring up Hanson ASAP!!!!!!!!
ncscoots
April 16th, 2009
9:37 am
Try to have a little faith and try being fans instead of whiney Azses
That would be “whiny arse maroons”, for those of you keeping score.
No chance on this green earth to have that happen, though. The horror of two straight losses and a lost series is too much for clueless front-running hindsighters to bear in silence.
The season is certainly over, now that the Braves are two games behind with 154 to play. Totally. No chance to make up that ground. Sell your tickets and hang up your jersey. Maybe next year.
John
April 16th, 2009
9:37 am
Post-game analysis: That #42…that came outta the Braves bullpen last night…was pitiful…
Jersey Gil
April 16th, 2009
9:38 am
RABID RASCAL….Well done…agree with you in your assessment of must of the people in this blog….Also put in this way…from 154 games left we will loss 64 more time to end 95-67 and win the Division.
There’s will be lossess like last night in this 64 more loss people.
People Come down is only 8 games in the Season.
chip off the ol block
April 16th, 2009
9:41 am
well its a new day and i’m tired of talking about our bullpen haha
so who do yall think will take over for Glavie if indeed he does retire?? i think Jo Jo and Morton will take it for awhile atleast until all star break and matters on their performance but if they have lights out stuff we might not see Hanson this year, with Huddy coming back that would fill out our rotation
ManOfTeal
April 16th, 2009
9:41 am
@Knuckle Sandwich
You might want to go back home your village called and they miss their idiot.
And since I doubt that I will get three pro Marlins vents published to your Braves Vent this week (I already have two) I will publish it here:
“Thanks to the Braves bullpen for putting the ball on a tee for my boys to light them up like a Christmas tree. Go Marlins!!!!”
I told you people that the Braves’ GLARING weaknesses would be fully realized durning the series with the Marlins…..Oh how I love being right.
Go Marlins!!!!
J Dub
April 16th, 2009
9:42 am
Sorry for the late reply Monty, but yeah Albany
bravofan
April 16th, 2009
9:42 am
John thats funny
ManOfTeal
April 16th, 2009
9:44 am
durning = during.
PJ
April 16th, 2009
9:46 am
Boyer couldn’t get an out on the number 8 hitter on a retirement home softball team.
Dizzle
April 16th, 2009
9:50 am
DOB, I assume that Boyer is getting sent down to make room for Reyes, correct? Which brings me to this question: We only need a fifth starter for two starts (from what I’ve read), April 18 and 28(?), until May 4th(?). Why not give those two spot starts to Campillo and/or Carlyle and wait to see if Glav is ready by May 4 to avoid making two moves instead of hopefully just one move around May 4th? The two moves being Reyes for Boyer, then Glav for Reyes if Glav is ready May 4. Instead of just Glav for Reyes May 4. Obviously, Glav may not be ready by May 4, but by dropping Boyer and picking up Reyes, we effectively are wasting a bullpen spot. Does that make sense? Or is Bobby planning on sending Campillo or Carlyle down to make room for Reyes? Which would not make sense either given that Reyes will only pitch twice before May 4th and thus we are again wasting bullpen space. In other words, why are we bringing up Reyes for two spot starts 10 days apart? Seems like we are burning an option or two when it ain’t needed. Obviously, Wren and Cox are smarter than me about this stuff, so what am I missing? I guess Reyes could be used as a long reliever just as easily as the others but if we are sending Boyer down, we lose a power arm.
Jackie Moon
April 16th, 2009
9:52 am
Boyer is absolutlely horrible. The only thing he is consistent at is getting booed. They need to trade him or waive him. Do whatever it is to get rid of this a$$clown. He may have been good enough to get to the majors, but he is definitely not good enough to stay here. At least not for this team. And for the rest of the middle relievers, act like you gotta pair and start throwing strikes! There is no excuse for us to be walking batters so much. Especially with the bases loaded!
Richard Dawson
April 16th, 2009
9:52 am
Garrett Anderson and Matt Diaz are the worst LF combo in the minor leagues. What’s that? They’re in the major leagues? Yikes, even worse. They couldn’t field a fly ball if you put it into their glove. Terrible fielders, mediocre hitters. If the likes of Diaz and that professional hitter, Greg Norton, were so good, they would at least be able to crack a starting lineup somewhere.
LT- A Blogger
April 16th, 2009
9:53 am
Racing with the Moon was a great movie- Elizabeth McGovern sent a tingle up my leg back when I was just a lad.
This Marlins team has come out of the gate hot. I’m not too surprised with what they’ve done to the Braves. Their starting pitching could easily be the best in the NL if not the league.
Though it’s early, I still think that it’s apparent that Boyer needs to go. I really wasn’t for bringing up any of our minor league starters for the bull pen but I’m starting to change my mind. It looks like our starters pitch count is a huge limiting factor, and it’s gonna be rare to see a guy go past 6 innings.
Is there any possibility that we could send Boyer and Bennett down and bring up Medlen and Morton to play long term relief? I’d still like Hanson be starting in Gwinnett and ready to fill in as a starter. In my opinion, we need some middle relief that can throw 2-3 innings.
Also, I got pulled away from that debacle last night. Did anyone ever figure out why Buddy was pulled after one inning for Moylan?
Don’t have a lotta confidence KK will salvage a game for us today.
BlawgDawg
April 16th, 2009
9:54 am
ManofTeal= Troll
BravoJon
April 16th, 2009
9:54 am
Hey DOB,
Any chance we see Francisley Bueno in the bigs this season? Under a 2.00 ERA at Gwinnett so far … and could always use the lefty.
Josh
April 16th, 2009
9:56 am
It’s a new day fellas, lets get a win!
dogsbrekky - Fair Dinkum Moylan Aint Fit
April 16th, 2009
9:56 am
If Moylan is fit then I am a monkey’s uncle
My fantasy team is doing as well as Bonehead Boyer…… My team doesnt throw strikes and when it does they look like batting practice, much like Blaine !
Think we need to get Moys fit at AAA, drop Boyer until he knows how to pitch and bring up the little Maddux (Medlen), JoJo and the next Smoltz………. let’s put all of our best pitchers in MLB and call it a winning year
Garret is so lame it is lame, lets DL him and bring up Brandon Jones…….. give Chipper a break until his effed up hand is better maybe 2 weeks and let Omar play…….
Josh
April 16th, 2009
9:59 am
Man of Teal, you’re all excited over two games? It’s a long season there troll
bravofan
April 16th, 2009
10:02 am
Braves fans stay positive theres a lot of baseball left to be played! Look at the bright side at least were not winless like the Nats!
jbutler
April 16th, 2009
10:02 am
Run Heap Run…hey, if they’ll sign your son- maybe my son could play outfield. I mean if skills are no requirement- they’ll probably even take him in his pull up.
Boyers crash reminds me of Wohlers/Dontrelle Willis- in the sense that its not a minor correction that needs to be made. They just lost it.Say what you will about Boyer- but he has enough stuff to make it on the roster of a big league team and now he literally can’t find home plate. Guessing its mental gymnastics that will have him off the mound and on a couch soon enough.
McFann Ô
April 16th, 2009
10:03 am
Anyone read TM’s blog thingy??
Now, yes, I, like many of you, am not a huge TM fan, but you know what they say about broken clocks…
David O'Brien
April 16th, 2009
10:04 am
Brewdawg, forgot about Bringing Out the Dead, which was good, not great. Considering it was directed by Scorcese, I expected greatness going in. But it’s definitely worth seeing.
bravofan
April 16th, 2009
10:06 am
DOB how much longer will chipper be out?
McFann Ô
April 16th, 2009
10:07 am
David Ross will be activated from the 15-day disabled list in time to start for McCann, who has served as the catcher during each of the eight games the Braves have played this year.
David! David! David! David!
“At last, he has arromed from Rive!”
Thank Heavens.