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Virginia Ranger
May 31st, 2009
4:55 pm
Hello 35 pitches for Medlin
cabravesfan
May 31st, 2009
4:55 pm
Vinings Jim-
yeah, and if we start losing we’ll know who to blame
Tomahawkin
May 31st, 2009
4:55 pm
Wow The Awfense with 4 today…Now I bet that we don’t score 4 in the next 2 games
Feast or Famine, Keep it coming
"Chef" Tim Dix
May 31st, 2009
4:56 pm
Braves on one channel, golf on another, God Thank you for Sundays!
Rodney Derrick
May 31st, 2009
4:56 pm
That guy with aching feet sure can hit. On the pitch before the homerun you could see the pain and frustration with his foot.
MariettaDerek
May 31st, 2009
4:56 pm
That HR by Hoss was so DP to C it’s unreal!
Roja
May 31st, 2009
4:56 pm
Kinda makes you wonder why Bobby would bench Chipper and McCann yesterday after our strong outing on Friday, don’t it?
Braves Paisan
May 31st, 2009
4:57 pm
Maybe GA should bat in the second hole?
keylargo
May 31st, 2009
4:57 pm
I can’t really figure it out but I have noticed fewer and fewer GA critics.
Paul Lentz
May 31st, 2009
4:57 pm
PI Braves, it’s 35 pitches in 2 inning…not 56 pitches. You might want to learn how to read the box score. 35-21 in the box score under pitch count means 35 pitches thrown, 21 strikes thrown……which means 14 balls thrown.
Some of you guys are real morons.
RHR
May 31st, 2009
4:58 pm
Chipper benched himself and we have a fine backup to fill in for Mac on a day game after a night game. Next.
PI Braves
May 31st, 2009
4:58 pm
yeah 35 not 56.. sorry.. 35 (21 strikes)
"Chef" Tim Dix
May 31st, 2009
4:58 pm
Maybe GA should bat in the Mexican League.
CarolinaAnn
May 31st, 2009
4:59 pm
Anyone read in the paper that Matt Diaz likes to make love with the lights on. Why would they put that in an article?
RHR
May 31st, 2009
4:59 pm
keylargo – seriously? Loaf gets ripped more than Failcoeur. As recently as the 1st inning of this very game.
Who listens to Los Lonely Boys? Joe guessed Chipper? lol I’m gonna go with… wrong.
Braves Paisan
May 31st, 2009
5:00 pm
GA is a .280 Punch & Judy at best at this stage in his career; to have him batting in the RBI spots in the order is absurd.
BravesFanChris24
May 31st, 2009
5:00 pm
McCann! That speedster! Tagging up and going to 3rd.
Rodney Derrick
May 31st, 2009
5:01 pm
When you consider Gonzo has thrown three innings in two days and Soriano has pitched an inning in both the last two games, every run that Braves score will be that much more important. Hopefully, Medlen continues to improve the pitch management and we can give the two steadiest guys in the pen a day of rest and the team a giant boost before the flight home.
Steve OH
May 31st, 2009
5:03 pm
Classic K’fer!
FaninFaytown
May 31st, 2009
5:03 pm
well gametracker showed that last pitch outside at least… i really feel like jordan is on the rigth track lately he at least seems to be making SOME contact with the ball
bravesfan54
May 31st, 2009
5:04 pm
I have reading box scores for the Braves since 1954 – no bigger fan exits, and, at the risk of stirring the blog up, I have to say that those who think the Braves can make a play-off run by the addition of “a big bat” (I choked at the word “another”!) are smoking something that’ll get ‘em in trouble. Ain’t happenen’, folks – ain’t happenin’ with this team, and the addition of a big bat -even if Huddy comes back strong in August. Love this team – it doesn’t suck! It has very good pitching, and that with the addition of Huddie in the rotation giving strong performances- it would have the best staff in the league. That staff would be backed by stong 8th/9th inning guys, but poor 4-5 and middle relief. That staff would be supported by the “new big bat”, and nobody else within striking distance of 25 hr’s, and only 1 or 2 with a strong chance to reach 20. That staff would be supported by an average defensive team, with abysmal speed on the base paths.
No rentals please, no ’saviour’ acquisition’s eithier. Stay the course with your very solid infield of Johnson and Escobar. Await the return of Omar Infante who has skill and versatility. Say adieu to Garett Andeson (notice the absence of criticism of FW over his aquisition – it looked very good on paper!).
Hold on to Francoeur – just lower your expectations. Prado and Diaz are solid, no power, no speed guys. Be patient with Shafer – you brung ‘im to the dance, so take him home. He is not the face of this franchise “going forward” as that hackneyed saying goes. Chipper stays, but he’s not the anchor of the team, just its spiritual leader.
The team needs retooling the coming off-season. It is mediocre now, but with the return of Huddy, Infante, Glavine, and with any improvement in the other bats in the lineup, can claw its way to 88 wins. Otherwise – I assess that this year’s mediocre team (which I love!) is going to hover within three games either side of .500. (The addition a “big bat” brings us up to 86 wins – max. I would not go this route, there is a downside for doing this – but that’s for another day.)
Sorry for the pessimism, but the numbers don’t work to support optimism – for this season. I wanna be wrong, wrong, wrong in my view, but I can’t shake it – we’ve got some scary, poor, numbers working against us.
Steve OH
May 31st, 2009
5:04 pm
Jordan Shafer = LOSER!
Roja
May 31st, 2009
5:04 pm
Nobody “filled in” for Berra or Bench after a night game. Mac is what 25 years old?
Braves Paisan
May 31st, 2009
5:05 pm
Seriously, a batting order of KJ, Garrett, Yuni, Chipper, Mac?
David O'Brien
May 31st, 2009
5:05 pm
Rodney Derrick: I’ll check with McCann, but I think he’s only been wearing them here in Arizona. I know he wasn’t wearing them in S.F. the night a couple of pitches got past that he blamed on himself, because I asked him that night if it was anything to do with his eyes (he wasn’t playing with the glasses) and he said it wasn’t.
He could wear them here in Arizona without any fear of fogging — nothing fogs in this hot, dry air.
mike28212
May 31st, 2009
5:06 pm
nice catch
Tomahawkin
May 31st, 2009
5:06 pm
K-Fer Needs To be in AAA!
Finally Loaf with some hustle!
DawgFan
May 31st, 2009
5:06 pm
bravesfan54 – no one is going to read that long, indulgent post of yours. don’t try so hard next time, chief.
kirkinga
May 31st, 2009
5:06 pm
Good play Garret Anderson.
David O'Brien
May 31st, 2009
5:07 pm
I’m starting to think Garret Anderson might really have struggled early, at least in part, because of missing so much of spring training and April. I say that because he’s sure looked better lately, hitting a lot of balls hard in this series, and now that catch….
Vinings Jim
May 31st, 2009
5:07 pm
cabravesfan – I have been listening, so I haven’t missed anything except the fellowship here, so perhaps that exempts me from blame in a worst case scenario.
BTW, McFann, on the radio Don Sutton said that McCann was very feisty in the clubhouse before the gme.
Roja
May 31st, 2009
5:08 pm
So Gonzo has pitched 3 innings and Soriano 2? Boo-hoo. Gonzo sat for what 6 days before that? These guys are in the Bigs making millions.
Goldenglove002
May 31st, 2009
5:08 pm
Boston Globe reports that the Astros would trade Miguel Tejada for a pitching prospect. Can he play 2B? Maybe worth some speculation of sending Kelly Johnson back to the OF and Acquiring Tejada (other option could be to have Yunel at 2B, even though he is obviously a great SS). His stats have been good, and add in an extra prospect and I bet the Braves could get Houston to eat some salary.
kirkinga
May 31st, 2009
5:09 pm
Grace and Sutton explaining that the 6′5 Garret Anderson is smooth and graceful and that gives some the wrong perception. They must have taken a peek at this blog.
TnBrian
May 31st, 2009
5:09 pm
DOB, that and his calf or whatever it was probably healed up. I don’t know, but he sure can be a huge boost if he keeps this up.
Virginia Ranger
May 31st, 2009
5:09 pm
Jim m I wonder if McCann read what Caroline An said Dais said in the paper
cabravesfan
May 31st, 2009
5:09 pm
Vinings Jim-
I suppose we can cut you some slack for that…you’ll only get most of the blame
Roja
May 31st, 2009
5:10 pm
2 runs, kill the rally… 2 runs, kill the rally. A see a pattern here
FaninFaytown
May 31st, 2009
5:11 pm
As long as the 2 runs keep coming im fine with that trend
Roja
May 31st, 2009
5:11 pm
Miguel Tejada for a pitching prospect? Is Bennett a prospect?? Please say yes.
BravesFanChris24
May 31st, 2009
5:12 pm
KJ Double!
ccrider
May 31st, 2009
5:13 pm
ccrider
May 31st, 2009
4:20 pm
To all those out there that are willing to trade, Medlen and Morton for a rest of the season rental like Derosa and others. Medlen and Morton are 23 and 25 years old and both have the stuff to be a quality starter or better. A trade for an outfielder like Hawpe, who has a proven track of some sucess at the major league level and is under team control for a couple of more years, might make sense. Derosa might be worth a couple of lower level prospects or reyes and a lower level prospect, but not Medlen and Morton that have been dominant at AAA!
Goldenglove002
May 31st, 2009
5:13 pm
Doubles-fest today
Paul Lentz
May 31st, 2009
5:13 pm
Bravesfan54, Glavine is way past his prime. I will be sorely disappointed to see Glavine added to the roster. He isnt worth the potential $3.5 the Braves would have to pay him if he stays on the roster for the rest of the year.
Also, If Hudson comes back in August, I would suggest the Braves use him as a closer. I mean realistically, how many innings do you really think Hudson can go coming off elbow surgery? Make him the closer, have Soriano and Gonzalez alternate being 7th and 8th inning guys. That would really make the bullpen solid. Hudson has the mentality to close in pressure situations. Next year, he can go back to starting. He’ll have a full off season to get build his arm strength up.
Another nice inning for Medlen. I’d keep throwing Medlen out there every 5th day. Lowe, Jurrgens, and Vazquez looks to be solid for the rest of the year. If Kawakami continues to struggle, I would bring up either Tommy Hanson or Charlie Morton (if the Braves are worried about his arbitration clock ticking). But not Glavine. I want to see the Braves win.
Vinings Jim
May 31st, 2009
5:14 pm
cabravesfan – I appreciate any lenience available.
How to Fail
May 31st, 2009
5:14 pm
Kelly is going to do exactly what he did yesterday. Lead off hit. 0′fer after that. He is average.
Lawl
Braves Paisan
May 31st, 2009
5:14 pm
Man, Kelly doubles, and if you put GA in the second hole, his DP grounders to second get KJ to third, where Yuni knocks him home.
Simple game.
Virginia Ranger
May 31st, 2009
5:14 pm
And where would Tejada play? Bennett has been a bit better lately. Maybe Carlislie instead for Miggies Birth Certificate
Tomahawkin
May 31st, 2009
5:15 pm
Wow, ESCO Just pulled a A. Jones on that K! Hope he’s alright
Goldenglove002
May 31st, 2009
5:15 pm
Roja, I’d be willing to bet that the prospect they are looking for will be something more along the lines of Morton, though it could be someone as far away as Spruill or Devall. Bennett might be the guy to get the salary eaten.
Roja
May 31st, 2009
5:16 pm
Looks like Medlin is building some confidence out there!! Keep it up kid!!! We need a young gun we can count on.
Goldenglove002
May 31st, 2009
5:17 pm
Chipper is going to get a hit here, garuntee it. He just had that look before he walked up.
Rodney Derrick
May 31st, 2009
5:17 pm
Several times this year Escobar has copied the Andruw corkscrew. Hope this does not become a habit.
BravesFanChris24
May 31st, 2009
5:18 pm
Chipper Again!
Tomahawkin
May 31st, 2009
5:18 pm
Hoss Carrying the Offense today
RHR
May 31st, 2009
5:18 pm
Have a day, Mr. Jones.
Braves Paisan
May 31st, 2009
5:18 pm
A pleasure to watch Chipper swing the bat.
Paul Lentz
May 31st, 2009
5:18 pm
Boy, the 2nd baseman really dove for that one, lol. Anyway, the Braves will take it.
kirkinga
May 31st, 2009
5:18 pm
Bravesfan54, Glavine is way past his prime. I will be sorely disappointed to see Glavine added to the roster. He isnt worth the potential $3.5 the Braves would have to pay him if he stays on the roster for the rest of the year.
How about we let him start a few games and then see if he’s isn’t worth the money? See how he does and then go from there? He’s signed already and he’s going to pitch.
Tomahawkin
May 31st, 2009
5:19 pm
5 run lead before the off day Get Chipper out NOW!!! so he can rest that toe. I don’t want to see him hurt it anymore than it is now
We will need him for the cubs series
cabravesfan
May 31st, 2009
5:20 pm
Is Mac going to see anything even close to the strike zone today??
Chop Chop
May 31st, 2009
5:20 pm
Scherzer looks really sharp today, doesn’t he?
FaninFaytown
May 31st, 2009
5:21 pm
Have a day Chipper Jones!!
Paul Lentz
May 31st, 2009
5:21 pm
Kirkinga, the Braves problem isnt starting pitching. It’s hitting home runs and driving in runs. I would rather the Braves spend their limited payroll dollars on acquiring a right handed power bat. Paying Glavine those precious millions does nothing to solve the lack of right handed power.
AndyC
May 31st, 2009
5:21 pm
Medlen looks like he is about 14 years old. Makes me feel old.
BravesFanChris24
May 31st, 2009
5:21 pm
Garrett with the HR!
Goldenglove002
May 31st, 2009
5:21 pm
adios. told ya he was going to hit one this series
Braves Paisan
May 31st, 2009
5:21 pm
Beyond the WARNING TRACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Jeff321
May 31st, 2009
5:21 pm
Ohhh. I think G-Anderson is getting a little tired of the smack talk!
cabravesfan
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
Garret’s still got some pop in his bat
David O'Brien
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
I’m telling you, different player now than a few weeks ago.
Vinings Jim
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
Dump Garre…I mean, Ralph Garr.
StingerSplash
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
Given what D Lowe did for Medlen on his first start, and listening to some of the things Hudson said about him on the Fox broadcast yesterday, it appears he’s a pretty good teammate. Wonder if he still loves the nightlife as much as it was claimed he did in his previous stops.
So far, in 12 plate appearances, the first four hitters in the Braves lineup are 7-for-9 with five runs and five RBIs and have reached base in 10 of 12 PAs.
And Loaf just drilled one. Will wonders never cease.
MariettaDerek
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
GA HR DP TO C!
Roja
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
Chipper and the Kid on the mound may be just what we needed!
Tomahawkin
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
LOAF!!! WITH THE 410 Footer!
Feast or Famine AWFense…
I’m loving this Feast!!!
Loaf Garret on a blackberry while rounding the bases
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
Excuse me, I have a meeting with the….OUTTA HERE!
Paul Lentz
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
Garrett has been swinging a good bat lately. And now his first homer as a Brave. He jacked that one. Take note Franceour. That is how you “turn” on a pitch.
cricket
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
Suck on it, you GA bashing baseball knowledge-deficient retards..
How to Fail
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
About time, Loaf
AndyC
May 31st, 2009
5:22 pm
You called it DOB. GA is stroking the ball well!
Jeff321
May 31st, 2009
5:23 pm
Kotchman gets clipped with what looked like a breaking ball.
Roja
May 31st, 2009
5:23 pm
Medlin makes my kids look old!!
FaninFaytown
May 31st, 2009
5:23 pm
Can we DFA anderson already lol
Chop Chop
May 31st, 2009
5:23 pm
Nice shot by Garret there.
The D-Backs have had two damn poor starts in this series. I guess we need to hope for more of those from our opponents.
RHR
May 31st, 2009
5:23 pm
So we should get a good look at what the non-nervous, no pressure, Medlen looks like today.
Tomahawkin
May 31st, 2009
5:23 pm
We Need To Retialiate on that HBP!!! Im sick of seeing our hitters get Drilled!!!
BravesFanChris24
May 31st, 2009
5:23 pm
Uh Oh. Poor Kotchman
Virginia Ranger
May 31st, 2009
5:23 pm
Clutch. But may be the start of something. Medlen looks safe today for no loss. I do not believe we have blown an 8 run lead yet this year. And with the improvement this year I think it is time for Dandy Don to sing.
Braves Fan 54 I do respect your opinion hell you hve been watching the Braves since I was 1. Were the Braves in Boston then?
Rob (from SC)
May 31st, 2009
5:23 pm
No Francoeur = tons of runs
Medlen needs to peg someone for payback.
Goldenglove002
May 31st, 2009
5:23 pm
Scherzer’s getting booed after that one. I think AJ Hinch needs to take him out, before this win becomes even more embarressing
Braves Paisan
May 31st, 2009
5:24 pm
Breaking ball. Didn’t hurt. Lets get the Kid his first win.
cabravesfan
May 31st, 2009
5:24 pm
Damn- that looked like it hurt
TnBrian
May 31st, 2009
5:24 pm
Alright, the GA bashing is officially done. He’s made up for any “loafing” he’s done since being with us by his play today…almost.
Tomahawkin
May 31st, 2009
5:24 pm
Casey will be out a week if not longer!!! Dammit!
David O'Brien
May 31st, 2009
5:24 pm
Scherzer has CRAZY movement on his slider and sinker. That one pitch nearly hit Escobar, and he swung. And the one that hit Kotchman, no way he could even get out of the way.
Rob (from SC)
May 31st, 2009
5:24 pm
MEdlen better hit the first batter he see’s next inning.
How to Fail
May 31st, 2009
5:26 pm
MEdlen better hit the first batter he see’s next inning.
Stupid.
bravos2249
May 31st, 2009
5:26 pm
Dang I missed GA’s first homer cause I wanted to see the Georgia Softball team win….lol
Paul Lentz
May 31st, 2009
5:26 pm
I hope that Bobby keeps this line-up for Tuesday (assuming that pitch didnt break Kotchman’s kneecap) against the Cubs. They have a righthander on the mound. Just dont put Franceour out there. If Kotchman cant go, put Prado in there.