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Wayne in Utah
May 3rd, 2009
3:03 pm
To start, I have always been a big Reyes fan (as I am with most Braves prospects). I find it comical that after one start, the blog was ready to deem him the next Blaine Boyer. Now, after 5 innings, some are already talking about him blocking Glavine and Hanson.
Talk about living in the moment.
Boo
May 3rd, 2009
3:03 pm
Joe “knows” talent.
Want a laugh? Look up Joe Simpson’s career stats and laugh next time he talks about what a hitter needs to do to produce.
bravos2249
May 3rd, 2009
3:04 pm
Omar did fine last year with only 300 ab….maybe not start him full time but every now and then…a little platoon wouldn’t hurt.
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
May 3rd, 2009
3:04 pm
The Braves should never have signed GA anyway…I don’t normally bash Bobby, and I think he is a GREAT manager, but he does get carried away with wanting that “veteran” presence. GA is washed up, has no fire, and you can completely tell he doesn’t want to be in the ATL. I know some will have gnashing of team at this suggestion, but I think he should be released. Yup, that’s right. Dump him. Eat the 2.5 million. About the worst 2.5 million this org has spent this side of Hampton.
JR
May 3rd, 2009
3:04 pm
Ah..There is that usual Jo-Jo Implosion
Jeff321
May 3rd, 2009
3:05 pm
Hey, at least Bobby Cox yanked the starting pitcher before we’re losing the game this time!
zephyr 8
May 3rd, 2009
3:05 pm
well its over, Jeff Bennett coming in after Reyes breaks down immediatly after being given a lead.
Coach (2010 or bust)
May 3rd, 2009
3:05 pm
O boy, speaking of the pitching.
vabravesfan
May 3rd, 2009
3:05 pm
ughh get him one more hitter bobby. He has dominated ivan today. No win for jojo again.
DirtyYuni
May 3rd, 2009
3:06 pm
Stat #1: The Braves are tied for 6th in the Majors, with 97 Runs Against on the season. That is a good thing.
Stat #2: The Braves are tied for 5th in the Majors for fewest Runs Scored, with 93. That is a bad thing.
That about sums it up, doesn’t it? Pitching’s great, offense isn’t.
Conclusion: this team needs to learn how to play small ball and execute on the fundamentals if they’re going to stay/be relevant because their pitching’ll keep them in games, but it can’t win it for them. Today’s a great example. You execute on the bunts and hit the sacrifice flies, and all of a sudden you’re up 3-1 with your fifth starter pitching extremely well…and as I say that, Reyes implodes. Ugh.
bravos2249
May 3rd, 2009
3:06 pm
Well Jojo did have to run the bases, that could have something to do with his troubles this inning.
Mark
May 3rd, 2009
3:06 pm
Get him a 2 run lead and he pulls out the typical Jo-Jo choke job…Can we at some point come to the realization that this guy doesn’t have it and never will? He’s been nothing but an inconsistent choke artist from the start. Can we please give up on him?
zephyr 8
May 3rd, 2009
3:07 pm
o and did i mention that this all happened against the Astros
Mixxo
May 3rd, 2009
3:07 pm
Boo – You’re a young feller huh? There’s an age-old saying…“The best coaches are not always the best players”. Look it up.
Jo Jo Reyes is a big tub of goo
May 3rd, 2009
3:07 pm
Ran out of gas – must have not eaten enough twinkies for breakfast.
zephyr 8
May 3rd, 2009
3:08 pm
Prediction: Jeff Bennett allows all three inherited runners to score, then quickly escapes the inning to save his own era
Carroll Rogers
May 3rd, 2009
3:08 pm
Anderson had the choice not to go on a rehab assignment and he chose not to. It wouldn’t have been hard for him to get up to Gwinnett – that, if anything, is the surprising part to me. Otherwise, I don’t know that it’s such a huge deal for him. He didn’t refuse, he was given a choice and chose no.
vabravesfan
May 3rd, 2009
3:08 pm
Gamecast didn’t have that as a deep fly
jonatuga
May 3rd, 2009
3:09 pm
Mark
You are an idiot.
Jonathan
Frank from KS
May 3rd, 2009
3:09 pm
vabravesfan re: your 3:00
OUCH!!
Lol
Jeff321
May 3rd, 2009
3:09 pm
Good pitching by Bennett.
DirtyYuni
May 3rd, 2009
3:09 pm
Leave it to Jeff Bennett to let the inherited runner score. If they gave out an award for that, he’d win it going away. Call it the “Deceptively Low ERA” award.
Mark
May 3rd, 2009
3:09 pm
Boo, Infante is the current flavor-of-the-week. Stick around, he’ll eventually put up two 0-4 games in a row and everyone here will hate him. Such is the case with the bandfwagon fans here, their opinions on any hitter not named Chipper literally change after each at-bat.
jonatuga
May 3rd, 2009
3:10 pm
Vabraves fan
Diaz had to make a sliding catch so he couldn’t throw him out.
LuisG
May 3rd, 2009
3:10 pm
Not funny the way that Bennett uses to lower his ERA
mbatl
May 3rd, 2009
3:10 pm
“Gamecast didn’t have that as a deep fly”
No, but sort of a sliding catch by Diaz. Throw was okay (cut off, as it should’ve been). No real hope of getting the runner.
StingerSplash
May 3rd, 2009
3:11 pm
Will the real Jo-Jo Reyes please stand up?
vabravesfan
May 3rd, 2009
3:11 pm
O okay now it makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
Coach (2010 or bust)
May 3rd, 2009
3:11 pm
Bennett did his job. 4-3 Astros.
Rob from SC
May 3rd, 2009
3:11 pm
Jo Jo pitched well. Everyone has a bad inning from time to time. A bunt hit, Francoeur should have caught Berkman’s ball in my opinion. Nobody jumped on Vazquez when he gave up 4 in a inning earlier this week.
JayDubu
May 3rd, 2009
3:11 pm
the radio anouncers just said that Cox brings Bennett in because he has a good sinker to produce a ground ball, and Bennet gives up a sac fly. Has he ever come in with runners on, and held them scoreless?
zephyr 8
May 3rd, 2009
3:12 pm
well this is frustrating
Chipper is a stiff
May 3rd, 2009
3:12 pm
He’s done! Washed up! Got no game left! No power anymore!
GET RID OF HIM NOW!
Steve from OH
May 3rd, 2009
3:12 pm
Umm…JoJo has kept us in this ballgame. That’s all you can really ask from a 5th starter. He didn’t really pitch all that badly today, either.
Steve from OH
May 3rd, 2009
3:13 pm
And it’s really hard to get all over a guy for limiting a bases-loaded inning to one run when brought in. Jeez…Bennett did his job.
Rob from SC
May 3rd, 2009
3:13 pm
better get him in
jonatuga
May 3rd, 2009
3:14 pm
Mark
Almost any team in the majors would take what Jo-Jo’s done this year. He pitched 5 and 2/3 and gave us a chance to win the game. That’s all you can ask of a 5th starter.
StingerSplash
May 3rd, 2009
3:14 pm
I’m beginning to get the impression that, aside from Chipper, McCann, maybe Frenchy and Lowe, JJ, Gonzo and Vazquez, this is a team of spare parts.
vabravesfan
May 3rd, 2009
3:14 pm
that a boy matty loving the new found speed
Jo Jo Reyes was lights out
May 3rd, 2009
3:14 pm
4 earned runs in 5.1 innings. Now that’s what I call pitching well.
Keep that up and he may lose 20 games.
Steve from OH
May 3rd, 2009
3:15 pm
Don’t look now, but Charlie Morton has been brilliant today for Gwinnett…7IP, 2H, 1ER, 2BB, 10K.
jonatuga
May 3rd, 2009
3:15 pm
steve from OH
sorry for copying your post… lol. Guess reasonable minds think alike.
choozer
May 3rd, 2009
3:16 pm
Paint a picture of the guy at third … he should still be there at the end of the inning.
NYCBrave
May 3rd, 2009
3:16 pm
What a frustrating start for Jo Jo. He is now in line for the loss.
LuisG
May 3rd, 2009
3:16 pm
PUT THE BALL IN PLAY SCHAFER!
vabravesfan
May 3rd, 2009
3:16 pm
Steve, I have been watching that online. Too bad he is still losing the game
bravos2249
May 3rd, 2009
3:17 pm
Steve
Just like Jojo was/is whatever you folks what to call it, as long as he can do that down the road in the ATL it’s all good.
Boo
May 3rd, 2009
3:19 pm
This team is SO blowing that leadoff Diaz triple.
Jo Jo Reyes is invaluable
May 3rd, 2009
3:20 pm
What wouldn’t you pay for a 5+ ERA?
N Nine
May 3rd, 2009
3:20 pm
JOJO is solid until the 6th!!!!! Lose a chuck James, gain a chuck James.
Frank from KS
May 3rd, 2009
3:20 pm
Wayne
With all due respect….I’m one that NEVER has been a fan of Mr. Reyes.
I’ve thought the same about him as I did Mr. Boyer….in that the Braves need to ship his *** out.
The Braves finally woke up about Boyer…..can they finally get smart about JoJo?
Time will tell.
vabravesfan
May 3rd, 2009
3:20 pm
come on norton pick the guys up
Mixxo
May 3rd, 2009
3:20 pm
Homerun in Philly ruined Schafer. Big time! I knew it.
DirtyYuni
May 3rd, 2009
3:21 pm
Like I was saying about fundamentals…
choozer
May 3rd, 2009
3:21 pm
Why is it when we get a guy on 3rd with 0 outs that we can’t even make contact to get a run with an out.
N Nine
May 3rd, 2009
3:21 pm
We’re all over the ABC baseball. How sad.
LuisG
May 3rd, 2009
3:21 pm
Is it over? Runner stranded at third?
mbatl
May 3rd, 2009
3:21 pm
Thumbs up to Jo-Jo. No HR, no really hard hit balls. Some tough luck (though the runs were all legit). He needs to learn to stay in the game better, but I’ll take him at the back end of the rotation.
How far up the Phillies and Mets rotations do you have to to find anyone who’s been better? (Answer, each team has ONE starter with an era better than Reyes’).
bravos2249
May 3rd, 2009
3:21 pm
Norton with a HIT!
Boo
May 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
Norton bailed Ross and Schafer’s FAIL out.
Rob from SC
May 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
HUGE
Run Heap Run
May 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
Great time to bust that slump, Norty!
DirtyYuni
May 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
Thank you, Mr. Norton.
jonatuga
May 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
Clutch hit!!
choozer
May 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
For good teams, a leadoff triple has to score 75% of the time!
abwright
May 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
Woo-hoo, Greg Norton. Way to pick up the team. Drives the runner in from third with 2 outs.
Mixxo
May 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
….and my man Norton comes through, like an old vet does.
Carroll Rogers
May 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
Norton bails them out with that single to tie it. And it was his second hit in 16 at-bats this season.
DirtyYuni
May 3rd, 2009
3:22 pm
Hahaha. I like “Norty.”
Chop Chop
May 3rd, 2009
3:23 pm
If I were Cecil Cooper, I’d punch Wright right square in the jaw.
jonatuga
May 3rd, 2009
3:23 pm
F’n Amstel Lite commercial
kirkinga
May 3rd, 2009
3:23 pm
Does there have to be 2 out before the Braves feel comfortable scoring?
Coach (2010 or bust)
May 3rd, 2009
3:23 pm
OMG , Norton does his job. 4-4 and all tied up. Battle of the bullpens now.
bravos2249
May 3rd, 2009
3:23 pm
mbatl
That’s what we really have to look at. Yes Jojo still gave up 4 but nothing really hard hit and no homers. And he pitched the same as last time. He just kept getting singles hit off him and Bobby wanted to pull him so he would not lose confidence over it.
Jo Jo Reyes is living large
May 3rd, 2009
3:24 pm
As big as his appetite! Now he’ll have to put more notches in his belt.
choozer
May 3rd, 2009
3:24 pm
I complain and then Norton comes through in the clutch.
vabravesfan
May 3rd, 2009
3:25 pm
Gwinnett – bases loaded 1 out and they ground into double play. Morton pulled. Still losing 1-0
Boo
May 3rd, 2009
3:25 pm
Seriously, I want NOTHING to do with Amsterdam and their beer because of that ONE (get a new one!) obnoxious television commercial.
Happy Mothers Day
May 3rd, 2009
3:25 pm
to the women of Atlanta from Chipper Jones. He’d like to make mothers out of most of you.
Tom O'Hawke
May 3rd, 2009
3:25 pm
Anyone else having trouble with MLB’s compucast?
Jo Jo Reyes smells like...
May 3rd, 2009
3:26 pm
…Amsterdam.
P-TnJeff04 (MFinBrian321-Brave)
May 3rd, 2009
3:27 pm
P-Town Brave(TN Jeff can SUCK IT!) (2:13 am): “<—— My thoughts exactly!”
I see you’ve been reduced to citing yourself.
Sure sell nobody else is gonna.
Mark
May 3rd, 2009
3:27 pm
Got a bunch of you still drinking the ‘Jo-Jo’ has a ton of potential kool-aid. I’ve had it with inconsistency on this team. The last thing the braves need is another guy who could come out and dazzle on month or be absolute garbage another. (See Kelly Johnson, Yunel Escobar, Charlie Morton, etc.) Trade these guys while they still have some value, bring up the talent (see Hanson), and go get some guys who can consistently produce. 7-12 one week and 4-39 the next 2 isn’t winning ballgames for this team as we have seen for the past 3 years. The braves spent 14 years on top because they were a model of consistency and for the past 3 they have been anything but that.
jonatuga
May 3rd, 2009
3:28 pm
Lookin’ forward to a good golf finish after the Braves w.
Garret Anderson's spokesperson
May 3rd, 2009
3:28 pm
Garret had the choice of watchinng today’s game but he decided that the Hawks/Heat game would be more entertaining. It was a choice!
Run Heap Run
May 3rd, 2009
3:29 pm
Proud to see the Hawks not being the latest Atlanta team to choke in the 1st round.
Frank from KS
May 3rd, 2009
3:30 pm
Boo
A harlious commercial that’s going right now……..is the Burger King one where the girl comes along and gives this guy sitting on the park bench her phone # and then gets in her car and as if to say..”Call me”…..and then he opens up the piece of paper and the last part of her number has been messed up and is unreadable.
choozer
May 3rd, 2009
3:32 pm
Gwinnett – bases loaded 1 out and they ground into double play. Morton pulled. Still losing 1-0
Sounds an awful lot like what happens at Turner Field. Perhaps they should trade a pitcher and starting position player and replace the position player with one who can hit. 1B or LF come to mind.
Rob from SC
May 3rd, 2009
3:32 pm
lead off walks kill us
Glad Schafer is out of the leadoff spot
May 3rd, 2009
3:32 pm
I’m glad Bobby Cox made the right decision and put Schafer back at the bottom of the order where he belongs:)
abwright
May 3rd, 2009
3:33 pm
Moylan walks the lead off man. Runner bunted over to second by Masui. One out. Man on second.
Justice David Souter
May 3rd, 2009
3:33 pm
I applaud Garret Anderson. He is a staunch defender of a left-fielder’s RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
Garret Anderson is a true American.
Glad Schafer is out of the leadoff spot
May 3rd, 2009
3:34 pm
the leadoff spot is tooo big for schafer he cant handle it
Rodney Derrick
May 3rd, 2009
3:34 pm
The MLB computer option is much better this year, but there are always times when picture and sound stalls. However, it is hard to say whether this is fault of MLB or quality of broadband. Game always finishes at least a couple of minutes later than real time.
Boo
May 3rd, 2009
3:34 pm
Frank: when I first started reading your comment, I thought you were going to mention that cringe-inducing “square butts” Burger King commercial.
abwright
May 3rd, 2009
3:35 pm
Base hit up the middle. Lead off walk comes in to score. 5-4 Astros.
Efrim
May 3rd, 2009
3:35 pm
Just trade Johnson and get it over with. A platoon at second? I understand he wants to get Infante’s hot bat in there, but give him a spot start in left field. Doesn’t make any sense to me. Kelly Johnson is not on this team next year. That I am certain of. Hell, he may not be on this team by July 31st. Wouldn’t suprise me at all. Why not sit Yunel once and a while?
Jeff321
May 3rd, 2009
3:35 pm
I like Moylan but this is classic GIVE IT UP BOY action.
Macon Braves (RIP)
May 3rd, 2009
3:35 pm
Good grief………….
zephyr 8
May 3rd, 2009
3:35 pm
ABC again from Houston.