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bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:07 pm
I know the lineup but has DOB posted anything since meeting with the players?
SHEfer
May 27th, 2009
8:08 pm
Roman Gal: How do you spell that again?
BaseballNut
May 27th, 2009
8:09 pm
My kid is a big fan & he seems to think Chip will not be in the lineup because the Unit is on the mound. If he’s right he get’s a new transformers ……I win, he has to do extras chores.
We’re on pins and needles to see who is right!!!!!
Mixxo
May 27th, 2009
8:09 pm
Roman Gal: How do you spell that again?
It’s M-e-d-l-e-n.
semiballcoach
May 27th, 2009
8:11 pm
roman gal—you forgot che furr
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:12 pm
BaseballNut
Why would Chipper not hit against Randy, who he kills. You smart one just won extra chores from your youngin.
semiballcoach
May 27th, 2009
8:12 pm
too busy calling for shafer, anderson and francoeurs heads
SoWeGa Fanatic
May 27th, 2009
8:13 pm
Jerry, your opinions are . . . well, they’re . . . well, ignorant.
Mixxo
May 27th, 2009
8:13 pm
Tex with a moonshot in Texas!
Wow!
Bleu_Bayou42
May 27th, 2009
8:14 pm
I am getting wore out on the Josh Anderson stats myself.
Same Thing Said Last Year
May 27th, 2009
8:14 pm
Eric from Mo. Have you cast an all-star ballot yet? If not, go and cast one. When you get to the NL catchers, click the compare stats link and compare each NL catcher. Even though Mac was on the DL he still has better numbers than the other guys on the ballot!
Other than Ozzie Smith and a few others whose names are forgettable, when has the best defensive player been named to that all-star team based on being the best defensive guy at his position?
Last year the Cubs fans stuffed the boxes for their guy at catcher (and Fukodome). The year before that it was Martin. McCann has been the most consistent guy at his position in his league going on 4 years now. Ask any manager if they would rather have Yadier Molina or B Mac and unless you’re talking to LaRussa, I would say the vast majority would choose Mac. Molina is a good defensive catcher, without a doubt better than Mac in that department, but McCann should be the choice going away for the all-star game!
PWHjort
May 27th, 2009
8:14 pm
Guess who Josh Anderson was facing? I’ll give you a hint, he’s a former Brave and the Tigers were facing the Royals. I guess those are redundant hints.
semiballcoach
May 27th, 2009
8:14 pm
wish tex was on it
Ambrosine
May 27th, 2009
8:16 pm
Adam Dunn plum hit his 16th homer fo’ de season.
2YRS/20M…dat a steal!
CB
May 27th, 2009
8:17 pm
Hi Jerry I see you are entertaining the blog tonight with your funny, witty banter. Gee so glad to see you are making friends again with your clever repartee. Pretty soon may not be anybody here but you, but you keep it up you class act you.
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:18 pm
OK Tex has 15 homers….He’s a real product of the “can’t carry a lineup by himself”.
He’s hit 17,12,9, 25 (exception),18, and 14 homers before the ASB in each year before this one.
Braves GM
May 27th, 2009
8:18 pm
I think I am going to trade Frenchy, Glavine, Anderson and Shafer to the
Dodgers.
Think they will give me that Manny guy?
Bravesfan
May 27th, 2009
8:19 pm
Sub-par defense or not, we should have made a play for Adam Dunn.
P-Town Brave
May 27th, 2009
8:20 pm
SoWeGa + Capt Caveman-
Gotta run and get to my game…I’ll see if I can give you a Jerome Jurenivich type report when I get back lol…
Hopefully I can make it home by about the 3rd-4th inning or so.
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:20 pm
4 former Braves on hand tonight on ESPN.
Doc Holiday
May 27th, 2009
8:22 pm
Watching the Yankees games………….
Tex has 12 HR in may
ARod has 7 HR and he didnt play in april.
KJ + Chipper + Mc + Yunel = 18 HR
TEX has 15 all by himself
Ambrosine
May 27th, 2009
8:24 pm
Aren’t McCann and Johnson leadin’ de team wid 5 cribruns? What a joke!
David O'Brien
May 27th, 2009
8:24 pm
Escobar still out, Bobby’s not sure when he’ll be back. Said he’s getting better, but not ready. Said they could go another few days like this, meaning at that point they’d have to consider DL.
McCann’s getting a day off. Nothing more than that.
LINEUP
1. Diory Hernandez, SS
2. Kotchman, 1B
3. Chipper, 3B
4. Prado, 2B
5. Diaz, LF
6. Francoeur, RF
7. Ross, C
8. Schafer, CF
9. Kawakami, RHP
SoWeGa Fanatic
May 27th, 2009
8:25 pm
Braves GM, you get Manny the Dope-r and we fire you.
David O'Brien
May 27th, 2009
8:29 pm
Ross, by the way, is 0-for-4 with four strikeouts against Randy Johnson.
Ambrosine
May 27th, 2009
8:29 pm
I love how Cox platoons Johnson and hold him out against lefties, whom he gots’ta been crushin’ since da damn start uh 2008.
Just dis year: 3 homers in 40 at-bats and a 1.075 OPS against lefties. In 2008, he wuz great in 150 at-bats.
What a DONK!
Goldenglove002
May 27th, 2009
8:29 pm
Ah, so Bobby finally remebered that Kelly Johnson isn’t a good leadoff hitter. To bad he forgot to plug him back into the lineup later. Prado as a cleanup hitter? We desrve to get swept.
Il Cattivo
May 27th, 2009
8:30 pm
Santana gave up 3 ER to the Nats in 4 innings. He’s at 90 pitches already.
Lew
May 27th, 2009
8:31 pm
PWJ-Dude, your 7:31 post sounds so Coach-like it’ scary. Bad scary.
McFann Ô
May 27th, 2009
8:31 pm
Bravos2249–
Saltalamacchia has more votes tha…dangit. That DL stint really hurt Mac in the voting depot. Course, they shouldn’t start the voting in April, anyway…
Thanks for the lineup, Chief.
McCann’s getting a day off.
Darn.
Nothing more than that.
Good.
Jerry Holcombe
May 27th, 2009
8:31 pm
Baseballnut, tell your kid that Chipper does well against the Big Unit.
Goldenglove002
May 27th, 2009
8:31 pm
Might as well put Francouer in the cleanup spot for this lineup. Who knows, maybe Chipper was right. Not like it could get any worse.
Lew
May 27th, 2009
8:31 pm
Sorry, PWH- Eye’s still dilated and I can’t see to type.
Eric from MO
May 27th, 2009
8:31 pm
Abwright I would still like McDowell to be fired. I still have yet to see him develop anybody or help the pen in any way.
randy marsh
May 27th, 2009
8:32 pm
I like Prado and love when he is in the lineup, but him batting cleanup shows a pretty weak lineup, but then again there is not much of a better option. Hes probably the best hitter this side of Chipper on the team. He’s probably the best clutch hitter in the lineup as well.
One things for sure, that bottom part of the lineup needed to be broken up. 6. Francouer, 7. Hernandez, 8. Schafer. 9. Pitcher. Talk about a black hole.
Boo
May 27th, 2009
8:32 pm
Prado as the cleanup hitter is a gigantic farce. MLB should investigate if the Braves are purposely throwing these games away.
Eric in WV
May 27th, 2009
8:33 pm
Good to see Bobby giving Hernandez a chance to leadoff. Strangely enough, I actually like this lineup tonight.
McFann Ô
May 27th, 2009
8:33 pm
Ross, by the way, is 0-for-4 with four strikeouts against Randy Johnson.
Oh, that’s nice.
Well, McCann’s never faced him, so…
Daybed Wagmoe
May 27th, 2009
8:34 pm
A Francoeur trade to Boston would almost require the Braves to have another trade in place, wouldn’t it? It doesn’t seem that Boston would have any available OF — Ellsbury’s too affordable for too long, and he’s not a power bat anyway. Jason Bay is too productive and will be a free agent after this season, so it’d be another Teixeira/JD Drew trade and one that Wren probably wants to avoid. Balldelli and Drew are both injury risks. So who would we get in return from them? Doesn’t seem like they’d be a good match.
CB
May 27th, 2009
8:34 pm
Lew hope everything went well.
brian
May 27th, 2009
8:35 pm
that is an anemic lineup
Eric from MO
May 27th, 2009
8:35 pm
Doc what stadium is most of Tex’s homeruns hit?
Jerry Holcombe
May 27th, 2009
8:35 pm
And of course CB, you have so much more to give to the blog, right? Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out lamer.
McFann Ô
May 27th, 2009
8:35 pm
CB Lew hope everything went well.
Me, too, Lew! How is everything?
David O'Brien
May 27th, 2009
8:36 pm
Talked to someone in Braves organization who sort of dismissed the Red Sox rumor. Said he hadn’t heard one thing about them having any serious interest in Francoeur or scouting him recently.
Jes Saying
May 27th, 2009
8:36 pm
Ambrosine=Braves Fan 79. It’s obvious now. You’re not fooling us dude.
onionhead
May 27th, 2009
8:36 pm
The glass is half full people! Take any team in baseball and take away the 2,3,4,5 hitters away for significant time and then take 3 more hitters hitting .250 or less and guess where they would be in the standings! This team and management has found a way to be two and a half games out of first with all kind of things going wrong. If they can stay close like this, get and stay healthy and have some guys turn the corner. Well this could be a very good season after all. I just find it amazing this team is this close in a very tough division and people are jumping off bridges around here!
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:36 pm
Santana walked 4 in a row and the Nats tie it up.
Mitchie-san
May 27th, 2009
8:37 pm
Prado is hitting clean-up? Is this what we have come to?
Daslied
May 27th, 2009
8:37 pm
There’s a lot of ridiculous stuff posted here, but the Wren-bashing takes the cake. Do those of you bashing him not realize that in the past 18 months he’s brought in your excellent 1-4 starters, your best utility guy, resigned your living legend, held fast to keep your brilliant shortstop and top prospects, brought in a very good backup catcher, salvaged the Teixeira trade by getting a good, young first baseman, effectively replaced an expensive, overrated LOOGY with a waiver claim and brought a Japanese fanbase to Atlanta?
You say “Smoltz!” Well, looks like he is done. You say “Dunn!”, but if he was here you’d bitch about his defense, strikeouts, price tag and lefthandedness. Josh Anderson? Come on. Get over it already.
David O'Brien
May 27th, 2009
8:37 pm
Just saw Bay Area Steve, second day in a row he’s stopped by in front of the pressbox. (We’re at fan level, more so than any other ballpark. Can sit here and have a casual conversation with any fan standing in the aisle in front of me.)
He’s got on his McCann jersey. Wasn’t pleased when I told him Mac wasn’t in lineup tonight.
CB
May 27th, 2009
8:38 pm
Oh Jerry you are so entertaining!
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:38 pm
Right now I’d think..numbers against Randy aside …Ross deserves to hit above Frenchy.
Tomahawkin
May 27th, 2009
8:39 pm
Well At least Bobby C. Listened to my rant…
I wonder How this blog will be if Diory goes 3-4…?
Anywayz Today is a Must Win…
Come On Braves This isn’t the Randy Johnson of 10 years ago, This Guy is beatbable. If we work the counts against this guy and implore the approach that had us going in the Jays series, then we will sneak this one out…
Otherwise If Randy goes 8 innings and gives up 4 hits then all Hell will break lose on this blog “Bank On It!”
Kamakaze needs to step up again but it may be too much to ask…
Braves win 4-2 in this one before heading to Arizona…
The lammer
May 27th, 2009
8:39 pm
That lineup can’t get any $&!?*. I can’t believe we’re gonna get swept by the Giants.
McFann Ô
May 27th, 2009
8:39 pm
DOB He’s got on his McCann jersey. Wasn’t pleased when I told him Mac wasn’t in lineup tonight.
Aw…that makes me sad!
Edward
May 27th, 2009
8:40 pm
well at least Francoeur will see some pitches since he’s hitting in the 6th spot. i mean…that’s the whole problem right? Schafer and the pitcher batting behind him?
Doc Holiday
May 27th, 2009
8:40 pm
I love Prado as a player, but when he is the cleanup hitter of your team, that means your offense is in deep trouble. Better get out on the market.
Eric from MO
May 27th, 2009
8:41 pm
For everyone who is overreacting about Prado batting cleanup remember last time we were all whining about him hitting cleanup? We scored like 7 or 8 runs…Besides do we really have a good option? No we dont, stop blaming Bobby for a bad lineup when we have a bad team.
Interesting Decision
May 27th, 2009
8:42 pm
So Ross is not just 0-4 against Johnson but 0-4 with 4 k’s!
Your team is struggling to score runs and you take perhaps your best current hitter out of the lineup and replace him with a guy who is O’fer and all strikeouts against tonights starter?
Mac needs a day off I’m sure, but at least give him the off day when his replacement is not a guaranteed out! So not only do we not have our best hitter in the lineup, we got O’fers in the 6-7-8-9 spots in the order!
And that is what drives me nuts about this organization!
Roman Gal
May 27th, 2009
8:43 pm
semiballcoach
I could’ve kept right on going, but I figured I made my point.
mixxo
What? Picture like this?
Eric from MO
May 27th, 2009
8:43 pm
Jerry Holcombe
May 27th, 2009
8:35 pm
And of course CB, you have so much more to give to the blog, right? Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out lamer.
Everyone here knows your are the second dumbest blogger. Only Mfin can top you.
Tomahawkin
May 27th, 2009
8:44 pm
Dammit Bobby C. Put D-Ross Ahead of Francoeur…Isn’t D-Ross third on the Braves Roster as far as homeruns hit against the giants since 2000? Behind Loaf and Hoss…?
Macon Braves (RIP)
May 27th, 2009
8:44 pm
I can’t help but get a little bummed whenever the lineup is posted, especially with McCann sitting. It’s kinda pitiful no matter how much you try to be optimistic. Certainly isn’t scaring any pitchers when they go over the scouting reports.
Oh well, hope Kawakami goes out and has another good one.
GO BRAVOS!!
Boo
May 27th, 2009
8:44 pm
Ross deserves to hit above Frenchy.
Kawakami deserves to hit above Frenchy.
JASON
May 27th, 2009
8:44 pm
Excellent article! Go team!
ZC Rider
May 27th, 2009
8:44 pm
Daybed Wagmoe:
I’m gonna go on a limb and that the Sox “interest” in Frenchy is a byproduct of the fact that they wouldn’t have to give up much. Don’t even mention Baldelli or Drew, we won’t get anyone from their 40 man roster.
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:46 pm
Boo
LOL, first time I’ve laughed on here today. And it’s true he does.
Jerry Holcombe
May 27th, 2009
8:47 pm
Ross in and McCann out. Yep, that move in a nutshell says a lot about Bobby Cox and his ability to manage. The only way I could agree with this decision is if Bobby is sitting him down because maybe Ross will block the plate bit bit better.
Greetings
May 27th, 2009
8:47 pm
Well Macon has another baseball team…The Macon Giants.
Roman Gal
May 27th, 2009
8:47 pm
Interesting Decision,
Being 0-4 hardly makes someone a guaranteed out.
Tomahawkin
May 27th, 2009
8:47 pm
Aight You guys, I will Be Damned If we get Swepted by the Punchless Giants…I mean For Real…I’m Be On the nasty side if we don’t pull this game off…
I know Its early but I get tired of seeing this Punchless offense execute with Neolithic Incompotence each and every night
We used to own the N.L. West Back in the Day, Now they Own Us…
RHR
May 27th, 2009
8:48 pm
I like how I just spent 20 minutes talking to myself on the old blog.
Bravesfan
May 27th, 2009
8:48 pm
I gotta agree with what somebody said earlier. If we’re gonna bat Prado cleanup, we might as well stick Frenchy there.
Eric from MO
May 27th, 2009
8:48 pm
onionhead,”Well this could be a very good season after all. I just find it amazing this team is this close in a very tough division and people are jumping off bridges around here!”
Ok this really needs to stop. The NL EAST is one of the weakest division in baseball. There is not one complete team. That is why you can be 2.5 games while being .500 The Mets have bad starting pitching. The Phillies have horrible pitching. The Braves has the worse lineup in baseball and the Marlins have a ton of talent but havent put it together and the Nationals may be the worse team in baseball. This not a good division. Seriously 90 games will win it.
Jerry Holcombe
May 27th, 2009
8:49 pm
That hurts Eric.
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:49 pm
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Tomahawkin
May 27th, 2009
8:50 pm
Pardon Me, I just misspelled Swept…I gotta stop blogging and talking on facebook chat simultaneously while drinking screwdrivers…
Don’t be suprised if this blog becomes Pro NBA Playoffs talk after the 3rd inning, I thought the BSPN.com message boards were for that…
Steve from OH
May 27th, 2009
8:50 pm
Ross in and McCann out. Yep, that move in a nutshell says a lot about Bobby Cox and his ability to manage
You do know that catchers require the, um, occasional day off, right?
njbraves
May 27th, 2009
8:50 pm
All the dummies are out tonight……
CB
May 27th, 2009
8:50 pm
RHR at least you were talking to somebody intelligent,right?
Roman Gal
May 27th, 2009
8:50 pm
I like how I just spent 20 minutes talking to myself on the old blog. RHR
Haha…you could do worse.
Boo
May 27th, 2009
8:50 pm
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SPAM!!!!!!!!!!!!
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:51 pm
I wonder what Mac will be thinking about in Arizona if Byrnes is on 3rd.
Eric from MO
May 27th, 2009
8:51 pm
Jerry Holcombe
May 27th, 2009
8:47 pm
Ross in and McCann out. Yep, that move in a nutshell says a lot about Bobby Cox and his ability to manage
This is why everyone of your posts are ignorant. No catcher can catch every game. Yeah it sucks that Mac has to sit out games but there is no way he can play every night.
Macon Braves (RIP)
May 27th, 2009
8:51 pm
Well Macon has another baseball team…The Macon Giants.
Huh? Not following. If your saying I should jump bandwagons, no thanks…..I’ve suffered through a lot worse seasons with the Bravos than the last few. I didn’t jump on in ‘91 and I won’t be jumping off at any time.
Tomahawkin
May 27th, 2009
8:51 pm
RHR, LOL
I’ve done that before, its been awile but it happens
JJ
May 27th, 2009
8:51 pm
Phils down 5-1
Eric from MO
May 27th, 2009
8:51 pm
Besides David Ross has done pretty well this season.
Roman Gal
May 27th, 2009
8:52 pm
bravos2249, That’s great! Might have to make a trip to the Ted that night!
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:52 pm
Boo
That’s not Spam…I found it on the official site. You know Braves.com. If your being funny I understand but seriously come on.
Doc Holiday
May 27th, 2009
8:52 pm
Eric from MO,
Dont know but he hit a bomb to LF in the 1st inning in texas, and I can assure you that it would have gone out over the CF of any stadium on earth………. even the roman coliseum.
McFann Ô
May 27th, 2009
8:52 pm
Interesting Decision–
Yeah, he needs a day off, but my word…Since coming off the DL, McCann has hit–brace yourself–.412 against left-handed pitchers. To go with that AVG, he has an OBP of .474, a SLG of .471, a double, 3 RBI, 2 walks, and only 1 SO in 19 PA.
So, yeah, not a ton of PA, but still–not bad.
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:53 pm
Roman Gal
Lowe is projected to pitch that night…according to ESPN, and my counting..lol
McFann Ô
May 27th, 2009
8:54 pm
Jerry H. The only way I could agree with this decision is if Bobby is sitting him down because maybe Ross will block the plate bit bit better.
Oh lord have mercy…
Interesting Decision
May 27th, 2009
8:54 pm
Roman Gal
being 0-4 with 4 strikeouts against a certain pitcher puts him in Schafer territory! That’s about as guaranteed as it gets!
bravos2249
May 27th, 2009
8:54 pm
McFann Ô
Either way Randy has not looked like Randy in his last 3 or 4 starts, so we’ll see what happens. lol. I don’t think Ross is horrible but we’ll see.
Eric from MO
May 27th, 2009
8:55 pm
Doc big deal. He dont play for us and IMO no position player is worth 20 mil per year. Actually no player is worth 20 mil per year.
Savannah Guy
May 27th, 2009
8:55 pm
Just saw Bay Area Steve, second day in a row he’s stopped by in front of the pressbox.
Was his McCann jersey all wrinkled and hair mussed up like he’d, uh, spent the night in back of that pressbox? Cheap whiskey makes for a long double header.
Boo
May 27th, 2009
8:55 pm
I know. But ever since receiving my first spam a week ago, I’m kinda “on” it.
Bouma Zongo offered me 10 million U.S. dollars from the Bank of Africa.