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braves70
April 28th, 2009
8:38 pm
Why does Cox hate the stolen base so much? It was a main part of our attack in 1991-93 when we had Otis Nixon & Deion Sanders at the top of our order. That was some fun baseball. Not boring like waiting for a three run homer that never comes.
winterville
April 28th, 2009
8:38 pm
They are giving Chipper zero to hit.
MEB
April 28th, 2009
8:38 pm
FUTURE BRAVES OWNER
Kotchman is batting fourth, clean-up. Right now he’s one of the few in this lineup that has a clue at the plate.
GO BRAVES!!!
GO BRAVES!!!
MP31
April 28th, 2009
8:38 pm
some free agent hitters next yr. jason bay and matt holliday doubt braves have enough money for them plus doubt they would want to come here to atlanta. we are screwed.
MFin04
April 28th, 2009
8:38 pm
The way they are pitching Chipper…you’d think he was Albert Pujols!!!!
David Athens, Al
April 28th, 2009
8:38 pm
great pitching … i hope is not going to waste
Jake W.
April 28th, 2009
8:39 pm
My advice to Kotchman here, try to draw a walk. In fact let’s try that till we get to Ross. When we do walk we actually do pretty good.
WOW
April 28th, 2009
8:39 pm
If we start scoring runs consistintly we will be dangerous.
zephyr 8
April 28th, 2009
8:39 pm
Fun thought. Jojo had 48 pitches in 2 innings and has just finished the sixth with 83. thats 35 pitches in 4 innings. about 9 pitches an inning after the second.
Tomas
April 28th, 2009
8:39 pm
The offense is starting to piss me off…..Jo-jo’s best game of his life and he is gonna lose it, unbelievable.
Heath (Cleveland)
April 28th, 2009
8:39 pm
Have to give LaRussa credit…as a team the Cards have been pretty clear in these two games that someone other than Chipper has to provide the offense. He knows what we know apparently.
spotts
April 28th, 2009
8:39 pm
Yea…I love Hanson, but there’s no reason to call him up yet.
Well, maybe a couple reasons, but it makes more sense not to call him up.
CorkylikesBeer
April 28th, 2009
8:40 pm
At least he didn’t hit into a double play..
nolie
April 28th, 2009
8:40 pm
While he may be close to his career OPS batting 1st, I’d rather have the guy with the .819+ OPS in my lineup than the one with the .794 OPS. (TED)
it’s all about sample size Ted. If one gonna throw stats around it helps to realize their limitations.
Treehouse
April 28th, 2009
8:40 pm
Kotchman K. Ugh.
Jair Jurrjens
April 28th, 2009
8:40 pm
I told Jo-Jo he would have to be perfect..and he didnt pitch a shutout…stupid kid.
MP31
April 28th, 2009
8:40 pm
whats good is that the braves arnt that far away in divison or wild card right now. still give us a chance i hope
Jeff321
April 28th, 2009
8:41 pm
Frenchy with yet another first pitch swing..
Treehouse
April 28th, 2009
8:41 pm
AAHAHAHAHAHGH! This is infuriating!
Run Heap Run
April 28th, 2009
8:41 pm
I almost called that before it happened but I didn’t want to be negative.
Ian Curtis
April 28th, 2009
8:41 pm
This offense sucks. Pathetic.
MFin04
April 28th, 2009
8:41 pm
DP Frenchy…Thataboy. This offense is bad. We’d be better off bringing up all of AAA.
spotts
April 28th, 2009
8:41 pm
“If we start scoring runs consistintly we will be dangerous.”
In other news, you can’t swim in a frozen lake because the water’s too hard.
WOW
April 28th, 2009
8:41 pm
Braves suck i mean that offense is horrendus gosh this is utterly ridiculous.
Steve from OH
April 28th, 2009
8:41 pm
nolie, haven’t you heard? Sample size is an opinion, not a fact…
Mixxo
April 28th, 2009
8:42 pm
GIDPTTC!
Our best play!
BaseKnock
April 28th, 2009
8:42 pm
We’re just sitting here torturing ourselves.
TNScott
April 28th, 2009
8:42 pm
Another first pitch DP by Frenchy. I feel like I’m in a 2008 time warp.
CorkylikesBeer
April 28th, 2009
8:42 pm
has anyone been to amsterdam
zephyr 8
April 28th, 2009
8:42 pm
Look at it this way if we never get on base, then we can never get into a double play.
zmerk13
April 28th, 2009
8:42 pm
If Jo Jo would just hold the cards to negative runs we would be winning! What is wrong with him? Our offense can’t do everything.
MP31
April 28th, 2009
8:42 pm
why arnt the hitters patient when they have to be i hate that they swing at the first pitch to help opposing pitchers once we get people on base
I was a teenage Francophile
April 28th, 2009
8:42 pm
Frenchy is now batting below .270
How low can he go?
MFin04
April 28th, 2009
8:42 pm
Frenchy has regressed tonight! Jo-Jo is probably depressed and going to give up a lot of runs like he did in his last start when he got no run support. EXACT SAME THING happened last time and he gave up a lot of runs. I think they just give up pitching well.
spotts
April 28th, 2009
8:42 pm
It doesn’t matter that we’re CLOSE in the standings. What matters is that from the looks of it, we’re nowhere NEAR ready to compete with some of the best teams in the league.
…some of the average teams in the league.
…slow pitch softball.
Run Heap Run
April 28th, 2009
8:43 pm
Seriously Chipper, whoop some butt in the clubhouse, would ya?
WOW
April 28th, 2009
8:43 pm
this team is horrundes i mean it is utterly ridiculous where is the offense GARBAGEEEEEEEE
BaseKnock
April 28th, 2009
8:43 pm
JoJo will hit the wall this inning. Then we’re done. Good night.
MFin04
April 28th, 2009
8:43 pm
Lead off hit…Jo-Jo has given up…I called it. Here comes a big inning.
zephyr 8
April 28th, 2009
8:43 pm
i know zmerk13,
Jojo just hasnt given up enough anti-homeruns.
jonatuga
April 28th, 2009
8:43 pm
better get the bp ready stat
Mixxo
April 28th, 2009
8:43 pm
*gets a Goody’s powder*
WOW
April 28th, 2009
8:43 pm
BRAVES SUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
spotts
April 28th, 2009
8:44 pm
At least we’ve gotten a runner past 3rd tonight. Remember Escobar?
WOW
April 28th, 2009
8:44 pm
RIDICULOUS UTTERLY RIDICULOUS
Jake W.
April 28th, 2009
8:44 pm
It’s obvious. Everyone on this team needs to learn how to bunt. Looks like with runners on we can never hit the ball out of the infield.
I was a teenage Francophile
April 28th, 2009
8:44 pm
Corky – Frenchy hits baseballs all the way to Amsterdam.
mustrdgasnroses
April 28th, 2009
8:44 pm
Cardinals strategy: Walk Hoss, let Kotch or Jeff hit into a double play. It seems to be effective.
TNScott
April 28th, 2009
8:44 pm
Better get the bullpen ready. If he loses it, he usually loses it fast.
spotts
April 28th, 2009
8:45 pm
Mixxo – soon you’ll learn to start taking Goody’s (or Pepto) with your dinner. It’ll get you ready by 7:10.
Matt Keuler
April 28th, 2009
8:45 pm
Someone wake up Cox, he is sleeping again
MP31
April 28th, 2009
8:45 pm
people need to start being traded or sent down seriously!!
JEFF
April 28th, 2009
8:45 pm
wow this team cant hit worth a lick and escobar for the 2nd day in a row makes a boneheaded and awful mistake.. but again no patience whatsoever for the braves.. and its so easy to walk chipper then get everyone else. great offense frank wren and bobby cox.. kyle lohse is not a great pitcher and we cant score a run against this guy..
Tomas
April 28th, 2009
8:45 pm
Another one. Wren all the pitching you got is great, but for god sake another bat is urgent. Our cleanup hitter has 0 homers, and Chipper doesn’t have an official at bat tonight.
MFin04
April 28th, 2009
8:45 pm
It’s sad when they walk to get to your cleanup hitter every inning. Gives a new meaning to Clean Up Hitter.
spotts
April 28th, 2009
8:45 pm
“Cardinals strategy: Walk Hoss, let Kotch or Jeff hit into a double play. It seems to be effective.”
Rats! They’ve found our Achille’s Heal!
CorkylikesBeer
April 28th, 2009
8:45 pm
Do the Gwinnett Braves have all you can eat and drink seats?
PWHjort
April 28th, 2009
8:46 pm
Francoeur’s 4th GIDP of the year. He now leads the team, he’s got 1 on Escobar.
Dan DC
April 28th, 2009
8:46 pm
If Chipper realizes has to keep playing with these scrubs, he might wave his no trade clause and jump to the American League to DH.
BT
April 28th, 2009
8:46 pm
Chipper is going to have to start swinging at everything. I am not a stats geek but Chipper is on his way to being involved in more double plays in a loong time.
Greg Norton's mission statement
April 28th, 2009
8:46 pm
When the moment is reight, I want to be ready!
Matt Keuler
April 28th, 2009
8:46 pm
Frenchy back to his old ways, release glavine
, omar in left, prado at second
Jeff321
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
Can KJ make that play? Ha!
CorkylikesBeer
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
Omar….doesn’t play more because……………….
Ian Curtis
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
JoJo the man!
MFin04
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
HOLY CRAP WE DID SOMETHING RIGHT!!!!!!
jonatuga
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
Corky
Have fun during twilight?… I had to call it an early night after getting seriously ill (from alcohol, cigars, and various other smokes) around 8ish.
MariettaDerek
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
Wow! That DP was DP to C! That’ll fire the boys up!
Matt Keuler
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
No steals, hit and runs, why watch baseball
TNScott
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
What a turn. Omar!!!
BT
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
We have a second baseman. Of course he will be riding the pine tomorrow.
jair wants to be traded....now jo jo too
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
this is pathetic. i feel so bad for the kid jo jo tonight.
MFin04
April 28th, 2009
8:47 pm
Where is Derek from Marietta when we need him!
bravos2249
April 28th, 2009
8:48 pm
I’m sorry but I don’t see Kelly making that play. Omar won’t start but I’m just speaking the truth.
BOO
April 28th, 2009
8:48 pm
I am FED UP with Amstel light and its one frickin’ commercial with the annoying noises. Make it end.
WOW
April 28th, 2009
8:48 pm
DIAZ=NO DEFENSE MINIMAL OFFENSE, Francouer=very strong arm good defense, offense refuse to discuss this, Kelly= very poor defense, very streaky hitter more cold streaks than hot, Kotchman very solid Defense average hitter with no power and slower than BMAC enough said.
MFin04
April 28th, 2009
8:48 pm
HaHa there he is!
Couch Tater
April 28th, 2009
8:48 pm
Is Casey Kotchman the reincarnation of Sid Bream? You know it is said that Pythagora believed in reincarnation.
Casey: career BA .271 OPS .752
Sid: career BA .264 OPS .755
MP31
April 28th, 2009
8:48 pm
im very suprised how jo-jo did today. but we will take his effort in a loss by one run. sorry jo-jo
FUTURE BRAVES OWNER
April 28th, 2009
8:48 pm
o my bad guys but i think we can all agree kelly would be better suited back in left
zephyr 8
April 28th, 2009
8:49 pm
Another inning for Jojo???…..
MFin04
April 28th, 2009
8:49 pm
We should try Prado, Infante, Ross and Schafer higher up in the order.
Ray K.
April 28th, 2009
8:49 pm
Okay let’s see if we can do a little opposing manager strategizing–The Braves clean up hitter is Casey Kotchman, whose career high of HR’s is 17. Behind him is Jeff Francoeur, who, aside from his homer a few days ago, hasn’t even so much as hit a ball into the gap in 2 weeks; he has officially become a hit the ball where it is thrown guy. His newfound affinity for opposite field singles is all well and good but his power is gone. The game plan against the Braves is excrutiatingly simple: walk Chipper. Take your chances with the 4, 5, 6 guys. Too damn easy.
I hate to say it, but I think I preferred the free swinging Jeff. And I miss McCann BIG TIME.
MP31
April 28th, 2009
8:49 pm
kelly would be better off traded for a bat!!!!
Heath (Cleveland)
April 28th, 2009
8:50 pm
After the first inning…who would have thought that Reyes would have gone 7 innings tonight? And only 92 pitches? Very nice rebound JoJo. The problem is that the little punk living next door to me scores more than the Braves…go figure.
jonatuga
April 28th, 2009
8:50 pm
What a game for ho-ho!
Jeff321
April 28th, 2009
8:50 pm
If I can quote Chip Caray, “First pitch swinging for Diaz.”
Run Heap Run
April 28th, 2009
8:50 pm
I hope B Jones gets the start in tomorrow…
TNScott
April 28th, 2009
8:50 pm
Another one pitch at bat. Imagine that!!!
MFin04
April 28th, 2009
8:50 pm
Jo-Jo is done for the night…nothing more he can do. No reason to leave him in.
CHICKSdigBOBBYball
April 28th, 2009
8:51 pm
chicks dig low scores
MP31
April 28th, 2009
8:51 pm
diaz, kelly johnson, and moylan need to be gone by end of the day
CorkylikesBeer
April 28th, 2009
8:51 pm
Jon..we had a blast…..Steeplechase was going on as well in rome..I am glad stuck around in athens…
Jake W.
April 28th, 2009
8:51 pm
Ok for tomorrow let’s try
1.Schafer CF
2.Infante 2B
3.Chipper 3B
4.Ross C
5.Escobar SS
6.Francoeur RF
7.Kotchman 1B
8.Norton LF
Bobby would have the perfect excuse as we can’t do any worse than what we’ve done lately.
zmerk13
April 28th, 2009
8:51 pm
STEAL A BASE! PLEASE!
bravos2249
April 28th, 2009
8:51 pm
It is safe to say with the combined errors/missplays by Anderson/Diaz that Kelly could have provided the same if not better or worse. But we all would be complain’ if he looked like D. Murphy looks out in LF for the Mets. Although he’s played it before, you never know what it would do to him.
mbatl
April 28th, 2009
8:51 pm
Ha! here we go again! Run, Jordan, Run!
BaseKnock
April 28th, 2009
8:51 pm
Nice single, Shafer. Now we can watch Bobby not send you yet again.
TNScott
April 28th, 2009
8:51 pm
Nice hit, Jordan!!!
keylargo
April 28th, 2009
8:51 pm
Is that Ted Kacynzki pitching for the Cards?