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Blogger Formely Known as Unknown
June 28th, 2009
4:38 pm
The Cobra strikes! KJ, see ya in Gwinnett. Francouer, see ya at Lowes. Hanson 4-0, sub 3 ERA.
Jeff R
June 28th, 2009
4:38 pm
Err, they were ALL to blame? Come again?
CorkylikesBeer
June 28th, 2009
4:38 pm
I am happy..I won money..betted on the red sox…
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
4:38 pm
KJ made 3 mental mistakes in this game…but will he get called out or benched…HELL NO!
David O'Brien
June 28th, 2009
4:39 pm
Gonzo did some easy throws with Mac while they were wrestling that fat schlub — the fan who came on the field — to the ground and taking him off the field.
Chopper2Chipper
June 28th, 2009
4:39 pm
Well done, Gonzo!
Tomahawkin
June 28th, 2009
4:39 pm
Ballgame Attaboy Gonzo…
At least we salvaged 1 game of this series…Should’ve at least won 2 of 3 at least with our pitching
“They’re still Shytty”
Chucktown Brave
June 28th, 2009
4:39 pm
Well, after interleague play we are only down 5 games. Let’s sweet Philly!
Chop Chop
June 28th, 2009
4:39 pm
What a load of horse****.
Give it up to Hanson. He was golden again.
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
4:39 pm
Ellsbury looks like a girl.
Chucktown Brave
June 28th, 2009
4:39 pm
***sweep Philly***
Doug
June 28th, 2009
4:39 pm
Hey! A win while scoring less than 4!
kirkinga
June 28th, 2009
4:39 pm
You’re right Chop Chop…what was I thinking?
RLPmetro
June 28th, 2009
4:40 pm
Mitchell, why do you care about my username? What’s it matter? You should put more thought into your posts rather than what someone’s username is. To think that 8 players from this Braves roster are deserving of going to an All Star game is just foolish. And I like the players you mentioned. But if they were All Stars, this team would be in 1st in the East. It’s pretty clear you are just a blindly loyal fan.
David O'Brien
June 28th, 2009
4:40 pm
I think it was a friend of Bowman’s, visiting from W. Va.
Jake W.
June 28th, 2009
4:40 pm
We own in spite of KJ and Frenchy. For the Phillies series these players need to be back in the lineup. Prado, McLouth, and Esco. Esco got benched for a botched rundown I just don’t see how KJ can’t be.
JEFF
June 28th, 2009
4:40 pm
we are lucky we have Gonzalez blowing it by ellsbury but Kelly Johnson needs to be on the bench or sent to gwinnett to learn how to play… good riddance does he stinkk..
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
4:40 pm
We should be happy about this.
We just gave the Red Sox three extra outs in the last three innings and they still didn’t win.
SOS
June 28th, 2009
4:40 pm
Yeah Gonzo. Be careful. You can’t show any fire. It will piss Donk off.
RJB in DC
June 28th, 2009
4:40 pm
Great stuff by Gonzo. Hope he thanks KJ for the bump on his ERA.
McFann :Ô:
June 28th, 2009
4:40 pm
Whew!
rtrafford
June 28th, 2009
4:41 pm
hanson the first NL rookie to beat the yanks and sox back to back…
richbrave
June 28th, 2009
4:41 pm
Don’t be throwing aspersions at W. VA. blogmeister.
Braves Fan 88
June 28th, 2009
4:42 pm
Today Hanson looked impressive and his stuff matched the results. Nothing bad to say about him today.
Except…
His delivery is whacked and it is just a matter of time before that elbow blows.
Soph
June 28th, 2009
4:42 pm
Tomahawkin say it with me.
“Hoe, sit down!”
p)
Jake W.
June 28th, 2009
4:42 pm
I’m guessing it was a Sox fan trying to throw Gonzo off. Either way, unless he was naked, why don’t the cameras just show him.
JEFF
June 28th, 2009
4:42 pm
I would take jacoby ellsbury anyday over Kelly Johnson or any of the braves little league infielders ….
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
4:42 pm
Cards trade for DeRosa and they are losing 5-2 to the Brewers….oh and he’s 0-3…hitting 4th.
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
4:42 pm
not the Brewers…the Twins…lol…sorry about that
TnBrian
June 28th, 2009
4:43 pm
People, we should be 4-2 against the Red Sox. The umps blown call in Boston and the game yesterday should’ve been a W with Vazquez dominating.
Hawk01
June 28th, 2009
4:43 pm
We win, but Kelly Johnson should have tried to go to 2nd and then Hernandez to 1B. He must go
JEFF
June 28th, 2009
4:43 pm
LOL SOS. thats funnyy and veryy true
dude
June 28th, 2009
4:43 pm
Did they show the fan on tv?
Was listening to radio. Braves fan or Sox?
JEFF
June 28th, 2009
4:44 pm
give derosa a few games with his new team and he will be fine..
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
4:44 pm
Man if we had played the Rays we could’ve seen a Hanson vs. Price game.
rtrafford
June 28th, 2009
4:44 pm
i don’t see that rundown as having kj doing anything wrong. kotch threw too early, but worse is that he stayed in the line of the play after delivering the ball to diory. his job is clearly to throw the ball and then peel to the back of the line, getting out of the way.
it was an easy play that kotch blew up. not kj’s fault at all.
Bless you
June 28th, 2009
4:44 pm
Bowman’s friend, Thats cool DOB.
Salamander
June 28th, 2009
4:44 pm
Great game… for the pitchers.
Defense looked bad and without solo HRs this game would’ve been 0-0 going into the 9th. Not to say this isn’t a nice win, but it would be nice to be able to get a runner who is in scoring position home every once in a while.
RHR
June 28th, 2009
4:44 pm
In spite of the colossal efforts of The Fail Twins, today’s win was brought to you by the letter G, the number 10, a sick redheaded rookie, 2 “washed up” 37 year olds, and the 1-2-3 punch of Moylan, Soriano, and Gonzo.
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
4:45 pm
I’m sorry but Chipper and GA hit solo homers….that doesn’t mean the offense is better.
rabiddawg
June 28th, 2009
4:45 pm
here is my problem with BC… He won’t hesitate to rip YE and bench him.. Thats fine.. But be consistant.. If you are gonna preach doing things the right way and bench for errors, KJ should be getting benched and riped as well. His defense has been horrific for a little leaguer. My six year old has better fundamentals than this cat. All I ask is for BC to be consistant. If you are gonna bench one of your best hitters for mental lapses, then please do the right thing and bench KJ. Thats all. BE CONSISTANT!!!!!
SOS
June 28th, 2009
4:45 pm
OK rtrafford. you may be right, but KJ still sux out loud.
Bless you
June 28th, 2009
4:46 pm
GA had a good game, Yes!
Tomahawkin
June 28th, 2009
4:46 pm
Soph
Rock On!!!
To All the Bandwagon Sox Fans in attendance
“Hoe Sit Down!”
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
4:46 pm
rtrafford
Uh ORTIZ was running to first….Youkilis ain’t no road runner….you throw to 2nd and start a DP…that would’ve ended the game
JEFF
June 28th, 2009
4:46 pm
and let me tell you watching the game On TBS. the announcer with chip caray wow my goodness is he one of the most annoying analyst’s ever to broadcast a game… he talks wayy to muchh and has too much time on his hands….. love working at the firehouse and gettin paid to do this haha…
Paul Lentz
June 28th, 2009
4:47 pm
Doc Holiday……….I’ll do the math for you. Tommy Hanson has made 5 starts this season. Pitched 29 innings and given up 8 earned runs for an ERA of 2.48. If you eliminate his first start (where he gave up 6 runs in 6 innings), then in his last 4 starts…….he has pitched 23 innings and given up 2 earned runs.
If my “math” is correct, then his ERA in his last 4 starts is 0.78…………which shows that your posting of Hanson having an ERA of 3.13 in his last 4 starts, including today……is a “tad” bit off base, lol.
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
4:47 pm
rtrafford
June 28th, 2009
4:41 pm
hanson the first NL rookie to beat the yanks and sox back to back…
I’m sure SportsCenter and the like will mention that in passing almost under their breath.
“Oh and Hanson beat the Yanks and Red Sox, first rookie to do that… whatever who gives a s***. Moving on, LeBron Kobe Tiger Yankees Mets… ” says some bitch ass SportsCenter anchor.
J williams
June 28th, 2009
4:47 pm
I know it’s been said, but if the Braves could just get KJ from last year, and Frenchy from 2 years ago, they could take this division easily.
rtrafford
June 28th, 2009
4:47 pm
kj’s highly mediocre and far from being the achilles for this club. chipper is playing well below what should be expected. kotch isn’t hitting since his return. escobar can’t stay in the lineup. blanco belongs in AAA. francis….well, francis…and garret is simply awful in the field.
the outcome is a team effort…or lack thereof.
joe
June 28th, 2009
4:47 pm
Braves Fan,
Hansons delivery looks fine. I don’t think he exerts that much energy on his pitches. Anyway, why would you want to make a prediction like that on one of Atlanta’s brightest stars? thats just terrible.
Chop Chop
June 28th, 2009
4:47 pm
That was the typical “avoid the sweep”/”it’s hot, so lets get the hell out of town” game. A loss today for the Braves would have been, uh, less than ideal.
CorkylikesBeer
June 28th, 2009
4:48 pm
Chipper tipped his cap to the Sox starters
Tomahawkin
June 28th, 2009
4:48 pm
Big Red Might Be in the Running for Rookie of the Year a month from now…
Long time Braves fan
June 28th, 2009
4:48 pm
KJ, KJ, KJ, you SUCK!!!!!
be a man and tell Bobby that you need to be sent down!
Jordan Schafer was sent down batting .200. KJ is at .210.
At least while Jordan was struggling, he did not make mental fielding errors.
I still can not forget the bloop fly ball that KJ dropped against the Phillies. After that error, the season went down the hill.
Canadaian braves fan
June 28th, 2009
4:49 pm
http://www.newblogofbraves.blogspot.com
Robert
June 28th, 2009
4:49 pm
“Today, Bobby blunder chooses not to bunt after Garrett Anderson’s double in the sixth, nobody out, and Casey Crotchman at the plate…WTH kind of logic is that????”
That’s donkey baseball
jason
June 28th, 2009
4:49 pm
How come this win feels like a loss?
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
4:49 pm
Those frontrunning Red Sox fans should have been sent home winless this weekend but we couldn’t get our heads out of our @$$es. That could have easily been a series victory at the least.
Yankees and Red Sox suck.
ugapip
June 28th, 2009
4:49 pm
Why not bring up Brandon Jones for RF. The base running mistake sickens me. The loafing in RF when the ball got past Johnson. Varitek took 2nd on the play. We need more players like Yokalis, Pedroia, and Varitek. They play the game the right way.
I would put Prado at 2nd, trade Blanco and Francoer for anything, bring up Brandon Jones to play RF then when Infante comes back put him there. My lineup:
1. Infante RF
2. McLouth CF
3. Chipper 3B
4. McCann C
5. Escobar SS
6. Prado 2B
7. Anderson/Diaz LF
8. Kotchman 1B
9. Pitcher
Jeff R
June 28th, 2009
4:49 pm
Yeah, let’s hear a few more excuses for Kelly Johnson. He had more than enough time to get the ball to Escobar. Ortiz runs like an ox.
Johnson’s never been a very good fielder. Now he’s not hitting. Wow, what a combo.
He has been overrated by management, and a hardcore of Braves fans. Overrated is the key word.
Kendawg
June 28th, 2009
4:50 pm
With Chipper aging fast, the Braves had better find some offense fast. I know about Jason Heyward in Class A, but they’re going to need a third baseman soon. They’ll also need another outfielder who can hit. It wouldn’t hurt to have a second baseman and first baseman who can hit. With the pitching the Braves now have, they should be contending for the pennant. Is there anyone around who now feels that the Braves should have activated Glavine instead of Hanson?
rtrafford
June 28th, 2009
4:50 pm
rtrafford
Uh ORTIZ was running to first….Youkilis ain’t no road runner….you throw to 2nd and start a DP…that would’ve ended the game
yes, but kj fielded the ball and had his momentum going towards first base. he went for the tag then threw to first. the second out was a slam dunk that got bunked.
Sonny Cluster
June 28th, 2009
4:50 pm
Not many Blacks in ML, but FSN makes up for it 3 to 1.
learner
June 28th, 2009
4:50 pm
Rundown botch was NOT Kelly’s fault. Both the throw to 2nd or what Kelly did are equally valid ways of executing a DP in that instance. The only reason we 2nd guess is because the throw was made to 1st too late. Kotch did not present a good target for Hernandez’ return throw, so he got confused.
On any well-executing team, there is no issue, because the 2 outs are made, ballgame.
Wes
June 28th, 2009
4:51 pm
I’d say KJ owes Mikey a couple of beers
Dr.R
June 28th, 2009
4:51 pm
Even with the win, you’ve got to worry about where this team is. Mental mistakes, lack of hustle, including benching your SS because of his head problems. They need to do something major. Hard to do that these days, but I’d say a 3-for-1 with someone, even if just to clear out the dead weight, would be in order. Jermaine Dye just belted one for the White Sox. Send them three bodies for him.
Jeff R
June 28th, 2009
4:51 pm
Kendawg… “With Chipper aging (declining) fast…”
But Chipper’s on contract for – what? – the next twenty years?
That was a brillant move.
dude
June 28th, 2009
4:52 pm
wow
no steroids has really changed the game.
Now we are back to no runs,no offense,no excitement.
Its great that they do testing now but we better lower our expectations for run support.
Mitchell
June 28th, 2009
4:52 pm
Jason, excellent question because it totally does… feel like a loss. Just like that Sunday win against the Brewers after back to back shutouts.
Didn’t exactly play our best.
Wes
June 28th, 2009
4:52 pm
learner: the botch run down is irrelevant concerning Kelly. Runner on first, one out. Ground ball to second base. THROW TO SECOND TO GET THE OUT! I think I learned that when I was 4.
Long time Braves fan
June 28th, 2009
4:52 pm
Kendawg–It seems like people have forgotten about Glavine with what Hanson has been able to do. Great point.
winterville
June 28th, 2009
4:53 pm
Some of you guys here really don’t know how to enjoy a win.
ugapip
June 28th, 2009
4:53 pm
Robert I agree with you. You have to bunt there. Maybe Bobby needs to go and watch some high school baseball some time. Kotchman can’t really hit. You move Anderson to third and then he scores on Francoer’s ball to 2nd. Poor coaching.
Dr.R
June 28th, 2009
4:53 pm
If Kelly had made the right play to start with, they wouldn’t have needed a rundown. On that, it was Hernandez’ fault for throwing late and high. But if KJ goes right to second with the ball, they double Ortiz easily. His baseball instincts are just terrible. He’s killing them. At this point, he has no trade value so I asy just fire him and move on. They’ve got to get the cement heads out of that clubhouse, pronto, or they are going nowhere.
rabiddawg
June 28th, 2009
4:53 pm
Mitchell can you atually blame espn for not giving a s@#$ abouut TH and beating those teams. They go with what is interesting. I’m sorry I am a Braves fan and Tiger, Yanks, Sox Kobe and Lebron are all yep u guessed it.. more interesting than this team.. Sorry but true. Until we do something that warrants coverage we will only be a bottom feeding baseball team in perhaps the worst division in baseball.
Jeff R
June 28th, 2009
4:53 pm
It was a big mental error on Johnson’s part. The TBS camera caught the Bravos’ bench reacting. Cox and company weren’t exactly cheering and clapping.
Jake W.
June 28th, 2009
4:54 pm
rabiddawg
Gotta agree with you. Don’t mind Bobby benching Yunel for the reasons he said, but if he really truly believed in the reasons why he benched Yunie then KJ has to be the posterchild for someone who deserves benching. Frenchy and GA come in at a close second. At least if you bench KJ you have a servicable backup. Diory has a good glove but he doesn’t have as strong a glove as Yunel and obviously doesn’t hit anywhere near Yunel hits.
Congrats to Mr. Hanson. The kid is sick, in a good way.
Bat Masterson
June 28th, 2009
4:54 pm
rtrafford
June 28th, 2009
4:41 pm
hanson the first NL rookie to beat the yanks and sox back to back…
I’m sure SportsCenter and the like will mention that in passing almost under their breath.
“Oh and Hanson beat the Yanks and Red Sox, first rookie to do that… whatever who gives a s***. Moving on, LeBron Kobe Tiger Yankees Mets… ” says some bitch ass SportsCenter anchor.
That is an interesting bit of trivia, but I have to wonder in how many chances. Really what could it be 2, 3 maybe 5. lol
TN Jeff
June 28th, 2009
4:54 pm
Can’t lose them all but Frenchy & KJ did their best to give this one away. Frenchy with his baserunning & then loafing (taking a page out of the Garrett file) in RF and failing to hold hitter to second & KJ with inability to field. Can the Braves complete a rundown successfully? I guess making the runner go back to 1st is their idea of success.
This team is so weak fundamentally & thus …
This team has a will to lose and lose they will
Braves Paisan
June 28th, 2009
4:54 pm
Bottom line is that our starting pitching pretty much shut down the powerful Red Sox in this series. And we will get Hudson back in a couple of months. We are NOT in a bad place right now!
RJB in DC
June 28th, 2009
4:55 pm
Paul Lentz–Speaking of Tommy Hanson math, best news of the day is only the 2 walks to go with the 2 hits. That will take a chunk out of his still not so great WHIP.
Wes
June 28th, 2009
4:55 pm
Jeff R: Lol, they weren’t exactly surprised to see it, either.
sadly
Jeff R
June 28th, 2009
4:55 pm
Dr.R…. Johnson has SOME trade value… don’t forget there’s a sucker born every minute.
Redstick19
June 28th, 2009
4:55 pm
classy Sonny Cluster. Real classy.
Salamander
June 28th, 2009
4:55 pm
How come this win feels like a loss?
Because you read the blog during the game.
Also, bad defense and poor job of getting runners in annoys me. We got lucky – great pitching and 2 solo shots.
Paul Lentz
June 28th, 2009
4:55 pm
Kelly and Francoeur are in the midst of flaming out like Marcus Giles did. A couple of run producing seasons, followed by prolonged struggles once MLB figured out how to pitch them.
The other teams in baseball know this…………knowing this, there is NO WAY that anyone is going to trade for either one of these BUMS.
I know, I know….a few weeks ago I proposed a trade involving Francoeur. However, as I have put more thought to it (and seen Francoeur suck even more and more), I came to the conclusion that NO TEAM would be STUPID enough to trade for Francoeur, knowing that there was the risk of having to pay him $6-7 mil next year via salary arbitration if they were foolish enough to tender him.
How many of you morons feel that a person changing their mind is “flip flopping”…….instead of seeing it for what it is, which is called “making a better decision once you have more information”.
Doug
June 28th, 2009
4:56 pm
Um, Bobby…Kawakami pitched against the YANKEES, not this series
Jeff R
June 28th, 2009
4:56 pm
The Bravos pitching has been exceptional… Vazquez, Hanson, Soriano, Gonzo… exceptional.
Jake W.
June 28th, 2009
4:57 pm
Hanson may not get his due on ESPN, but MLB Network is good about giving people other than the Yanks and Sox credit.
Soph
June 28th, 2009
4:57 pm
“Nate and Escobar probably” (playing Tuesday)
Straight from Bobby Cox.
Redstick19
June 28th, 2009
4:57 pm
good job, whoever monitors this blog for unfit comments. Too bad the program doesn’t allow you to catch it before it’s posted.
Wes
June 28th, 2009
4:58 pm
Unless we are totally out of it in August, there is no way we should be sending Huddy out to the mound. Yes, recovery time for TJ is a year…..but with most pitchers, its another 6 or 7 months before they are finally able to work themselves back to true form. Just ask Peter Moylan.
If we’re still in it, let Huddy start in Gwinette for a lil while. He’s the biggest team player we have and he, deep down, knows full well what’s best for the team and he knows he wont be 100% for a while.
Jeff R
June 28th, 2009
4:58 pm
Paul Lentz…
“Kelly and Francoeur are in the midst of flaming out like Marcus Giles did.”
Interesting observation. I haven’t quite thought of Johnson in those terms, but it’s definitely possible.
Chop Chop
June 28th, 2009
4:58 pm
We scored three runs. We were damn lucky to win one game.
Paul Lentz
June 28th, 2009
4:59 pm
Kendawg……………you might want to also ask those same MORONS who cried when the Braves brought up Hanson and released Glavine………if they still feel that the Braves should have re-signed Smoltz and Hampton in the off season as well?
Robert
June 28th, 2009
4:59 pm
“We are NOT in a bad place right now!”
Last time I looked, we still had a donkey manager – they could have Grive, Young, Koufax, Maddux, and Clemens going out there every 5th day, and Cox would find ways to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
RHR
June 28th, 2009
4:59 pm
“I probably would have gotten a day off this weekend,” Jones said. “But Nate pulled his hamstring and Escobar did something.”
Jeff R
June 28th, 2009
5:00 pm
Wes… I second your opinion about Hudson. Take slow and easy.
bravos2249
June 28th, 2009
5:00 pm
Every single one of you would be bitching if the botched run down was started by Kotchman or Escobar…Kelly didn’t botch the throw but he did the dumb thing and not throw the ball to 2nd. It doesn’t matter where Youkilis was..Ortiz ain’t no speedy player. And he had enough time to throw to second and get at least the lead runner.