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Tomahawkin
June 28th, 2009
2:56 pm
Ha Ha…! Big Sloppy Does It Again…!
N8
June 28th, 2009
2:56 pm
Nice play by Green. A real 1B, that’s an out.
Great hustle by Francoeur. Like to see that.
Steve from OH
June 28th, 2009
2:56 pm
kirkinga, are you suprised that you’re seeing comments like that? LOL! Gotta find something to complain about, or else they wouldn’t be able to post anything…got nothing to contribute except that.
Doc Holiday
June 28th, 2009
2:57 pm
We have:
A. 3 guys pitching like aces (TH, JJJ, JV)
B. 1 Guy pitching like a #2 pitcher (KK)
C. 1 Guy pitching like a #3 pitcher (DL)
D. 2 Guys pitching like closers (Soriano + Gonzo)
E. 3 guys doing good middle relieve: OFlaherthy + Moylan + Acosta
How the hell arent we in 1st place???
Of course I know the answer……….
Goldenglove002
June 28th, 2009
2:57 pm
once again, Ortiz is playing 1B? hahaha
Doc Holiday
June 28th, 2009
2:57 pm
GA has climbed his SLG .030 points last 20 days
Blogger Formely Known as Unknown
June 28th, 2009
2:57 pm
Nice, im loving these SB.
CorkylikesBeer
June 28th, 2009
2:58 pm
Frenchy…the five tool..tool
joe
June 28th, 2009
2:58 pm
Braves should just run and run and run
Goldenglove002
June 28th, 2009
2:58 pm
where’s this speed coming from with Jeff?
Tomahawkin
June 28th, 2009
2:58 pm
AttaBoy Francine…!
Keep The running game going…!
Greg Olson Homers
June 28th, 2009
2:58 pm
Doc Holiday
Good point. Our pitching is nasty.
Steve from OH
June 28th, 2009
2:58 pm
Question: If you were the Indians, would you trade Mark DeRosa for Kelly Johnson?
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
2:59 pm
Oh what could have been if we would have taken Lester and the RS had taken Jeff/
N8
June 28th, 2009
2:59 pm
Hey. Whaddya know? These guys have enough speed for Bobby to actually make sh!t happen, when he wakes up and let/orders them.
Nothing like waiting until late June to realize that your 25 man roster isn’t the roster that you can wait for the 3-run HR with.
Somebody make sure that Bobby hasn’t been given a sedative and one of the players aren’t calling the shots.
RJB in DC
June 28th, 2009
2:59 pm
So far, all this extra running has been doing is to jack up the percentage of runners we leave is scoring position…
Salamander
June 28th, 2009
2:59 pm
Steve from OH
Nice summary of the Braves needs. I’m not as confident about first base as you, but Casey does bring gold glove defense everyday. Truth be told, if we had decent outfield production, Casey’s lack of power wouldn’t look like such a glaring need (as many have pointed out).
Doc Holiday
June 28th, 2009
2:59 pm
GAs BA has increased .034 last 20 days.
Jus Sayin
June 28th, 2009
2:59 pm
Chill out – pitchers argue strike calls all the damn time. Nothing unusual or inappropriate by Hanson there.
I guess one person’s “nothing unusual or inappropriate” is another person’s “showing up” or “unprofessional”. Well hitters react to calls too, I’ll just add that. But I want to know where the line is drawn because it seems to me Hanson hasn’t been here long enough to come back at the umps yet.
Jus sayin…
Chucktown Brave
June 28th, 2009
3:00 pm
US up 2-0!!
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
3:00 pm
Dammit, I missed a homerun. I wondered what everybody was talking about.
That’s something you gotta see first-hand, doesn’t happen every day.
Seriously, everybody needs to give it up to GA. He may not impress based on his expressions of casualness or whatever but he’s been hitting the ball all over the place.
Again as I said before though, why couldn’t he have just done that in the 9th inning?
He did double but Chipper hits a homerun and GA hits a homerun. Not the greatest of timing guys.
southbeachdietfreak
June 28th, 2009
3:00 pm
USA SCORES AGAIN!!!!!! 2-0!!!
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
3:00 pm
Steve from OH
Considering he’d be going into another league. It’s more understandable to take a player not hitting well. He can essentially start over. Cause they can always trade him again.
LOL at Yunel.
RLPmetro
June 28th, 2009
3:00 pm
2-0 USA!!!!
groundfog
June 28th, 2009
3:00 pm
wow what a goal!
NCBravesFan
June 28th, 2009
3:00 pm
Meaningless stat of the day: if the Braves beat Brad Penny today, it will be their first victory this month over a pitcher with a winning record on the day of the game, and the first since they beat Jon Garland on May 29th.
Jake W.
June 28th, 2009
3:00 pm
Gator in the Hootch
Trust me the Braves do not have the worse fans in baseball, we may be lackadaisical, but we are not the worse. Braves fans are spread out. Red Sox are hot right now. They are getting the rockstar treatment on the road. We used to get the same thing when we were good.
Blogger Formely Known as Unknown
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
Thats Frenchy for you!
Salamander
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
that was fugly.
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
Why am I not watching soccer?
If the US starts taking over soccer the rest of the world is going to start really hating us.
Tomahawkin
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
Another Baserunning Blunder, WTF Was that…!
FEAR
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
nice job jeff………….lame
RJB in DC
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
Enter your comments here
TnBrian
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
Yunel was explaining to McLouth what he did to the score keeper. Anybody else see that?
Goldenglove002
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
?
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
That was awesome by the way Jeff. No big deal.
joe
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
cmon jeff, wtf
David O'Brien
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
Bad, bad, bad
SOS
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
Frenchy always finds a way to kill a rally.
Soph
June 28th, 2009
3:01 pm
Let the Frenchy dumping begin. I’ll start.
How stupid can you be?
The_Superhoo (Montana by way of Virginia)
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
WOOOOOOOO U-S-A!!!!
a643dp
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
Wells just made the catch of the day to rob the phillies of 2 runs.
Salamander
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
And Joe pulls his punch, and doesn’t really call Jeff out… if that had been Escobaby… OK, I’ll stop now.
N8
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
Doc Holiday, because we got a GM that refuses (which might be a good thing) NICE BASE-RUNNING JEFF!!!, to add any power to the roster (and eliminate the weak links), and a manager that seems to be enamored with the weak link guys in the lineup.
joe
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
thats like, little league sh*t
McFann Ô
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
Jeff–you do not run from second when it’s hit to the SS.
Every time he steals a base he makes a dumb play on the rest of the bases…
southbeachdietfreak
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
Scott,
I don’t like soccer either, but I don’t have much choice in what to watch here in the IKE. Besides, any chance I get to the US stick it to the rest of the world, I’ll gladly watch.
Salamander
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
Jeff just cost us a run.
Goldenglove002
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
man if Jeff had been on base
Steve from OH
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
Oh. My. God.
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
I could kill somebdoy right now. I knew that would happen.
joe
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
nice play jeff, nice play
MurphyRules
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
Worst. Baserunning. Team. In. Baseball.
Tomahawkin
June 28th, 2009
3:02 pm
Baserunning and piss poor fundamentals hurt the braves yet again…!
David..(Athens, AL)
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
i am beginning to believe some of you are right … JS will not say anything bad about Jeff and KJ … Jeff just cost the Braves a run
kirkinga
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
Steve from OH, you’re right man. I should have considered the source and held my tongue.
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
What the hell is Diory Hernandez doing on second base!
Robert
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
Mark DeRosa might be a nice piece addition on a contender, but he’s a long way from being a difference maker to a pretender
I dont care how little or how much he cost talent/prospect-wise, the Braves getting DeRosa woulda made no sense
Chop Chop
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
That’s about as dumb a pitch as you can make 0-2 to a pitcher. You give him a pitch that he can actually adjust to. Brad Penny is as dumb as a sack of hammers.
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
Salamander
Now that one is ok….cause I believe Escobar would get called out if he did that.
RJB in DC
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
Nope- Joe is now slamming Frenchy for the lost run.
joe
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
i cant hit, field or throw, but i know i can run the bases better than that
All I'm Saying Is...
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
Leave GA and Escobar alone—those two are at least a threat and are producing at the plate. With Chipper and McCann, they represent our only consistent bats. Hopefully, Nate will keep plugging away. Besides those five players, we got nothing.
Instead of focusing on things like a lack of hustle from GA or Escobar flinging his bat, THE ANNOUNCERS AND MOST OF THE FOLKS ON THIS BLOG NEED TO TAKE NOTE OF OUR MAJOR PROBLEMS AND BENCH FRANCOEUR, KJ, AND KOTCHMAN AND BRING SOMEONE OFF THE BENCH OR SOMEONE, ANYONE FROM THE MINORS TO PLAY RF, 2B, AND 1B. I don’t care who you get as anybody could do better!!!
SOS
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
A 10 yr old little league player knows not to run from 2nd to 3rd on a ball hit to SS. What a fool!!!!!!!!!
Blogger Formely Known as Unknown
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
C’mon Greg White!
Tomahawkin
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
Joe Simpson Where at the Cheap Shots at Francine At…?
Had Esco done that you’d still be going off!
Steve from OH
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
Don’t feel bad kirk, I’m terrible at it too…
Doc Holiday
June 28th, 2009
3:03 pm
GAs OBP has climbed .030 points last 20 days.
Coach (Moon Pie, Anyone?)
June 28th, 2009
3:04 pm
Francoeur’s idiocy just cost the Braves a run!
STUPID
STUPID
STUPID!
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
3:04 pm
My boy Blanco is about to jack one out.
That Guy
June 28th, 2009
3:04 pm
i am beginning to believe some of you are right … JS will not say anything bad about Jeff and KJ … Jeff just cost the Braves a run
Why would he? They’re nice whit guys who go to Church and love their moms. Oh, they might not be the best baseball players, but they sure have nice smiles.
RHR
June 28th, 2009
3:04 pm
I like how my best chance at seeing the Braves win in several days is killed by heavy rains knocking out my sattelite signal.
CorkylikesBeer
June 28th, 2009
3:05 pm
amazing how joe didn’t point that out…frenchy base running blunder….cost us a run..if it escobar..we would hear about fundamentals of baseball..keeping your head in the game…yada yada yada
Wolfman
June 28th, 2009
3:05 pm
Diory, Tommy, Gregor and Kelly, thats four automatic outs in a row. Did any team ever had four worse hitters in a row in their lineup???
RJB in DC
June 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
Sorry-my bad… It was Jim and DOn on radio
Wolfman
June 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
Diory, Tommy, Gregor and Kelly, thats four automatic outs in a row. Did any team ever had four worse hitters in a row in their lineup??
Jus Sayin
June 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
Ok, so does Frenchie’s nonplay enough to sit him down or get thrown under the bus? Or was that “normal” too?
Jus sayin…?
Greg Olson Homers
June 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
I am watching online. What happened to French at third?
N8
June 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
And Jeff costs us a run again. Or at least a runner at 3B with less than two outs.
THAT is why this team is NOT going to win squat this year.
This team needs to be gutted of the guys that not only don’t perform, but don’t think.
I (along with some others), have stated many times that if 3 or 4 of the guys on this 25 man roster were simply replace with LEAGUE AVERAGE guys, we’d have a winning record.
It’s that simple. We have two guys (Jeff and KJ) who just aren’t good ball-players. Then when you add that to guys being hurt, and other guys that are probably alright on good teams, but not good enough to make up for the rest of the crap on the roster (Garret, Kotchman – love his glove), it just makes for a team that can’t sustain rallies or winning streaks.
We’ve got the pitching to hang with anybody. ANYBODY. But this lineup has to be the worst lineup that the Braves have had since the late 80’s. Possibly even worse than some of those squads.
joe
June 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
Good AB by gregor
TN Jeff
June 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
Frenchy been taking base running 101 stupidity from our idiot SS?
SOS
June 28th, 2009
3:06 pm
Sit that MFing Francouer down. Or packing.
Blogger Formely Known as Unknown
June 28th, 2009
3:07 pm
Great AB. KJ take notice.
Jake W.
June 28th, 2009
3:07 pm
No mention of the Francoeur costing us a run. Esco is in Joe Simpsons “doghouse”. Like it really matters. I only care about Bobby’s doghouse. Just tired of hearing Joe go on and on about Esco.
Tomahawkin
June 28th, 2009
3:07 pm
This Team Sucks…! Piss Poor Fundamentals again! Someone needs to be held accountable for this crappy play. It should be 3-0 right now…Arrgghhh!
Blanco had the best AT-Bat of the inning
Doc Holiday
June 28th, 2009
3:07 pm
Martin Prados numbers on june 2rd:
OBP SLG OPS AVG
.314 .423 .737 .244
His numbers as of today:
345 .432 .777 .280
NO MORE BOBBY
June 28th, 2009
3:07 pm
HANSON SHOULD BE THE BRAVES BATTING COACH.
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
3:08 pm
Wolfman
Considering 2/4 just got on base……right?
SOS
June 28th, 2009
3:08 pm
We have some baserunning geniuses on this team. Of course that is a reflection of our manager Donk!
Chucktown Brave
June 28th, 2009
3:08 pm
Interesting fact: In the last 23 games, we are 4-0 when Tommy Hanson starts and 4-15 in the games that he doesn’t start.
RHR
June 28th, 2009
3:08 pm
Sounds like I missed a great opportunity to bash JF. Damn. Damn. Damn!
jason
June 28th, 2009
3:08 pm
Francouer took his dumbass approach at the plate to the basepaths with him. Yeesh, He sucks as bad as Loaf. I don’t give a crap about Loaf’s HR. he SUCKS.
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
3:08 pm
I’ve seen that play they’re talking about. ‘78 world series, reggie jackson let’s the ball hit off him and goes into foul territory and an extra runs scores.
That’s the Yankees, they get away with it. Always have always will.
And you’d think if you’re Reggie Jackson and you hit three homeruns on three pitches to clinch the the world series a year before against the very same team, you wouldn’t stick your ass out to let the ball go into foul territory like a bush leaguer.
Sort of like something A-Rod would do.
TN Jeff
June 28th, 2009
3:09 pm
In Frenchy’s defense – when other team hits balls to our idiot SS, they take third and there is never a successful throw over to third.
Doc Holiday
June 28th, 2009
3:09 pm
Id say Prado and GA are heating up……….some more numbers to try getting to the bottom of this.
RHR
June 28th, 2009
3:09 pm
Hey, who took out my Florida Evans reference?
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
3:09 pm
why does it feel like we’re losing.
Shamus Thacker
June 28th, 2009
3:09 pm
Frenchy should drag those drawers on every day, even if they aren’t perfectly clean. Never heard of skid-marks killing anybody.
Steve from OH
June 28th, 2009
3:09 pm
Apparently “all I’m saying is…” is unaware of GA’s -17.1 UZR/150, his -.6 WAR (right on par with Frenchy) and his -5 +/- over the last three years. That’s not accounting for this awful, awful defensive season. Meanwhile, Kotchman actually has a postitive WAR and was 2nd overall among 1B with a +31 in the +/- statistic.
Yeah, GA is producing and Casey sucks, all right. Casey ain’t a great 1B, but he’s a heck of a lot more valuable to this team than GA right now.
SOS
June 28th, 2009
3:09 pm
Hey Schuerholtz are you watching this good for nothing team we have? It doesn’t appear so. OMG.