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Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
5:26 pm
Medlen gets a ‘hawk, Frenchy gets turkey underwear. Braveheart
You’re never gonna guess what I saw today while I was shopping…turkey underwear!!!
Rob from SC (Please don't trade Escobar)
July 3rd, 2009
5:27 pm
Robert(Chipper Is The Best)
Byrd is a free agent after this season
Murph
July 3rd, 2009
5:27 pm
So DOB informs us of a trade in the works. Carroll lets us know they are wearing red hats.
ObamaBrave
July 3rd, 2009
5:27 pm
I just heard that Sara Palin has resigned as governor of Alaska. She may be in route to DC to play center field for the Braves tonight. Now we finally have some speed. World Series here we come.
Rob from SC (Please don't trade Escobar)
July 3rd, 2009
5:27 pm
Roman Gal
Did you buy it?
Salamander
July 3rd, 2009
5:28 pm
Did I see on a post of yours some time back….that you used to be a assistant manager at a strip club?
Damn, that seems like a awesome job to have with SO MANY benefits…
Yeah, like herpes and genital warts.
Shamus Thacker
July 3rd, 2009
5:28 pm
Coach, I don’t care aboot past playoff poerformance.
I thin Vazquez is a MUCH superior pitcher at6 THIS point to Lowe. I’d go wit who’s hot NOW, not last year ort years ago. Like I said, Javy has JUST fond hiomself as a pitcher… I truly, honetsy believe that.
SeeLow
July 3rd, 2009
5:29 pm
Do not trade Vazquez! He’s been one of our most reliable pitchers. We have nobody who can take his spot. If we trade him, then our offense MIGHT get better, but our pitching staff will no longer be the same, consistent pitching staff that has kept us in the race all year.
Jim
July 3rd, 2009
5:31 pm
I wonder if Heyward or Freeman will play tonight
Rob from SC,
I think that would be an improvement. I know for a fact that Heyward is a better hitter right now than Francoer is.
ranger
July 3rd, 2009
5:32 pm
Can anyone give me some information on Conrad Brooks? Is he going to make us forget KJ? Will he be better offensively that Diory? Does the Brooks in his name bring back memories of Brooks Robinson?
Sorry I can’t be at the Nat tonight, but holiday pay out of rank is to good to pass up. Fireworks on the Mall tomorrow night.
Steve from OH
July 3rd, 2009
5:32 pm
I can come up with a dozen reasons why Javier Vasquez being traded to the Phillies makes so much damn sense it’s not even funny.
Is one of them “so we can make the Phillies a legit contender again?” Because that’s what that trade would do. In any case, I expect to see a report numbered 1-12 with all those reasons on the blog by gametime.
Rob from SC (Please don't trade Escobar)
July 3rd, 2009
5:33 pm
ObamaBrave
July 3rd, 2009
5:27 pm
I just heard that Sara Palin has resigned as governor of Alaska. She may be in route to DC to play center field for the Braves tonight. Now we finally have some speed. World Series here we come.
Only if she plays RIGHT FIELD
Braveheart
July 3rd, 2009
5:33 pm
braveheart–those limits are only on div. I baseball…..not many limits on junior colleges, etc.
True, however, if you’re a top athlete, who has a choice between playing basketball at Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Kansas, UCLA or football at Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, FSU, Miami, USC, Notre Dame, Alabama, Tennessee, Ohio State, Florida, UGA, etc., why the hell would you and your momma choose West Bumscrew Community College even if it has a great baseball program? Elite D1 football or basketball or JUCO baseball ain’t really a fair fight unless you are just that diehard about baseball. No 12 year old with competitive options is sitting there at the age of 12 with his momma dreaming and mapping out the road to riches and fame through JUCO baseball when they can go D1 football or basketball.
Shamus Thacker
July 3rd, 2009
5:34 pm
I never mind being call ignorant or an idiot BY an idiot.
Coach, I hate to tell you this, but ther’s not a bigger idiot here than you my friend…
Steve from OH
July 3rd, 2009
5:34 pm
And I see my man Adam Milligan got promoted to Rome. Nice. I wondered why Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg wasn’t promoted, but they’re probably gonna promote him straight to Myrtle one of these days instead. Maybe to Mississippi.
Chris
July 3rd, 2009
5:34 pm
Has a line-up been posted?
Coach (2010 or Bust)
July 3rd, 2009
5:35 pm
All I have to say in closing is……
GO BACK AND READ DOB’S POST AT 11:34 AND GET A DAMN CLUE, PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jason
July 3rd, 2009
5:35 pm
Rob from SC (Please don’t trade Escobar), she looks like she might just play all fields….
sal governale
July 3rd, 2009
5:36 pm
Can’t Frenchy punch a wall or something after his second K tonight? It’s the Braves only hope to be rescued from Bobby Cox.
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
5:36 pm
Why does anyone care whether KJ is hurt or not?
Uhh…because he plays for the Braves and I want all the Braves to be healthy and productive.
The bottom line is we don’t have to watch him scuffle for a while? Get over it!!
I don’t understand the question.
ranger
July 3rd, 2009
5:36 pm
Rob from SC. What kind of underwear does Sara wear? Damn this could be good.
Braveheart
July 3rd, 2009
5:36 pm
Any truth to the rumor that after JA Happ smoked Francoeur on those 3 fastballs last night, Happ screamed Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! at Francoeur?
jason
July 3rd, 2009
5:38 pm
Rob from SC (Please don’t trade Escobar), Rember the apple(daughter) don’t far from the tree (Palin). You have to have a rolemodel to emulate.
jhughes
July 3rd, 2009
5:38 pm
Hey coach arent you the idiot that said Soriano would be awful this year?
McFann :Ô:
July 3rd, 2009
5:38 pm
Rob–
I’m sure it’s rough on him…but I guy shouldn’t let that effect his own game and run the risk of hurting the team.
Frank–
You’re welcome!
For more fun with Smilies, click here!
Steve from OH
July 3rd, 2009
5:38 pm
Braveheart–that would’ve been hilarious. But when you consider that he can’t touch three straight fastballs from JA freaking Happ, you’ve just gotta shake your head and wonder…
They’re gonna have to realize that they’re not going to get s#%t for him, and they’re just gonna have to cut or demote him sooner or later if they really want to win.
Shamus Thacker
July 3rd, 2009
5:39 pm
Sarah weart caribou underwear…
Braveheart
July 3rd, 2009
5:39 pm
Cooch, for once, you could explain your logic, if you have any, instead of stating that you are all knowing and everyone is an idiot if they don’t get, well, I’m not quite sure what it is you want us to get other than you have always had a huge man crush on Tim Hudson, and can never see past that bromance.
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
5:40 pm
Does anyone look differently upon Hudson after the thing with Dave??
Not really, because he was just looking out for his teammates.
Shamus Thacker
July 3rd, 2009
5:42 pm
I’m seiosly considering this voodoo doll thang.
Where does one buy turkey-drawers?
Jethro’s Secret?
Steve from OH
July 3rd, 2009
5:43 pm
And Braveheart, don’t go dissin’ #19. Stevie Y, the Captain himself, wore that number. I shall hear that blasphemy no longer!
Pete
July 3rd, 2009
5:43 pm
jason: “As to teams only carried 10 back in the day. Let’s just say players are alot more softer in today’s game with pitchcounts and such. You have your closer, and your set up man, and your set up man’s setup man, etc.”
100% correct…was getting ready to post the same until you stole my thunder lol today everyone raves when someone pitches 200 innings. Go back and see how many times Koufax, Gibson, Marichal, Seaver, Carlton, Drysdale, et al pitched 300 innings. I would have loved to see a manager tell Gibson or Drysdale after the 8th inning of a game hes winning 1-0 “thanks Bob/Don…well done. Im turning it over to our “closer” now.”
Its highly likely those would be the last words that manager ever spoke. Today its just the opposite….starters cant wait to come out of a game after 6 (for the most part). And dont forget back then, there were only 4 starters, as opposed to 5 today. My favorite is the ‘65 Series, where Koufax pitched Game 7 on 2 (not 3 or 4….yes 2) days rest, and pitched a complete game 2-1 win (his previous game 2 days earlier was also a complete game win). You can have the crybabies of today. Truth is Glavine and Maddux couldnt carry Koufax and Gibson’s rosin bags.
Ok…Im done I promise lol
Baba O'Riley
July 3rd, 2009
5:43 pm
Coach…nevermind
Braveheart
July 3rd, 2009
5:44 pm
Yeah, Steve, I don’t how it looked on television, but watching him get smoked like that last night on fastballs between 90 to 92 was just so astonishing. I mean, he’s at least supposed to be decent against lefties. I was once his biggest apologist, but those 3 pitches filled me with hate for the fella.
Steve from OH
July 3rd, 2009
5:44 pm
He ain’t gonna explain nothin’, Braveheart. We’re all too stupid to understand the master that is Coach. Typical of him to degenerate into name-calling as opposed to rational argument. It’s because he can’t back up his bullsh!t.
Bubdylan
July 3rd, 2009
5:44 pm
Coach, nice to see you enjoying the winning streak.
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
5:44 pm
The Braves are only rich in the pitching department because they have Vazquez. Without him, it’s not that great. Braveheart
Exactly.
I’d trade Vazquez in a heartbeat.
Why?
I didn’t think he’d be this good. Get him off the team and, hey, he won’t have a chance to continue to prove me wrong. It’s a win-win, baby. Chop Chop
Haha…
Shamus Thacker
July 3rd, 2009
5:45 pm
“”Does anyone look differently upon Hudson after the thing with Dave??
Not really, because he was just looking out for his teammates.”"
What y’all talking about?
Rob from SC (Please don't trade Escobar)
July 3rd, 2009
5:45 pm
Steve from OH
They can’t promote Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg until they get him a body guard for Roman Girl. Imagine the trouble she would get in if Schafer and Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg were ever in the same room together. They would need a police escort.
Just kidding Roman Girl.
Steve from OH
July 3rd, 2009
5:46 pm
Yeah, I decided to ignore common sense and all the evidence to the contrary when I said he’d be better this year, Braveheart. Oh well, wouldn’t have made any difference if I’d said he’d repeat his performance though. Frenchy’s gotta go, man, no two ways about it.
Epinephrine
July 3rd, 2009
5:46 pm
I am actually torn between thinking either A) Coach is the greatest alter ego in the history of the internet, or B) there is actually someone out there who not only has no evident grasp on reason, but worse still, actually thinks that his stream of non-sequiturs are in fact deadly barbs against an imaginary army of “idiots”. Either way, play on I say.
jason
July 3rd, 2009
5:46 pm
Pete, That was alittle before my time. I just go back to the 80’s when Carlton, Blyleven, and the like were throwing 250-275 innings. They went starter to set up, to closer if need be. The starters were still throwing 10-15 CGs. I get the closer, but that’s about all I get.
Braveheart
July 3rd, 2009
5:48 pm
And Braveheart, don’t go dissin’ #19. Stevie Y, the Captain himself, wore that number. I shall hear that blasphemy no longer!
Stevie Y? Is that short for Yzerman? I don’t know a damn thing about hockey.
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
5:49 pm
Very shallow and metrosexual of me, but I hate ugly numbers on the back of tees. Braveheart
You could always go buy yourself a Kelly #2 jersey…they’re probably on sale right about now.
Johnny Hazeltine
July 3rd, 2009
5:49 pm
Jair Jurrjens for Matt Kemp
Rob from SC (Please don't trade Escobar)
July 3rd, 2009
5:49 pm
There is a reason why some teams just suck. Look at the Mariners. They keep playing Griffey Jr at DH when Jeff Clement is doing really good at Triple A.
When will team realize that you polay the better player. They have to pay Griffey anyway. I would rather pay him to ride the bench then suck on the field. Same thing with Francoeur. I hate the financial aspect of baseball sometimes
Rob from SC (Please don't trade Escobar)
July 3rd, 2009
5:50 pm
Johnny Hazeltine
July 3rd, 2009
5:49 pm
Jair Jurrjens for Matt Kemp
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Hell no, Jurrjens is young and cheap.
jason
July 3rd, 2009
5:50 pm
Pete, I came along in the 80’s and that was the best baseball I ever watched, and I am sure you feel the same with the era that you watched. I am going to say the 60’s. I know of players in that era, but never seen them play. I had a Koufax baseball card once. Mint condition, got it at a flea market. I think it was in his last year. Why did he retire so early?
Shamus Thacker
July 3rd, 2009
5:50 pm
Hop the rest of y’all thing more of me than couch does.
I gotta go..
Bye everyvody
The Bird and Indian
July 3rd, 2009
5:51 pm
Coach:Your last post made you sound like a true idiot.
semiballcoach
July 3rd, 2009
5:52 pm
go div 1 and can’t get drafted until junior year…that’s why you go junior college
Bubdylan
July 3rd, 2009
5:52 pm
Coach: “Your last post made you sound like a true idiot” – The Bird and Indian
Welcome to the blog.
nolie
July 3rd, 2009
5:53 pm
playing for the right laidback manager in the right laidback town in a huge pitcher’s park? (BH)
yes it is this year,big time, and some other years to, but often it is neutral to hitting friendly. I just don’t think of it as routinely being a pronounced pitchers park.Last year for instance it was the ninth best offensive park.This year so far 23. AS high as 5th and as low as 24th. Up,down sideways…overall middle of the road though it seems to be as streaky as KJ from year to year
Bubdylan
July 3rd, 2009
5:53 pm
Uh… scoot that left quotation mark up there over a tad…
cmac1818
July 3rd, 2009
5:55 pm
If we trade Vasquez, who in the heck are we going to replace him with? Medlen? Please no.
Our pitching staff is one of the main reason why we’re not 15 games back now and they want to destroy that by getting rid of our best (yep, I said best) pitcher?
It better be a d*mn good hitter we get for him.
TBF(n)K as Billy
July 3rd, 2009
5:55 pm
sure its been mentioned in the previous 8 pages but if you deal vasquez which at this point would suck but medlin would be more than adequete as a 5th starter I believe….sucks to give up JV though
TBF(n)K as Billy
July 3rd, 2009
5:56 pm
any one got a list of realistic players we could get for vasquez?
Mort Merkel
July 3rd, 2009
5:56 pm
Coach also apparently thinks a word has to have an apostrophe before the s to be plural. Poor, dumb (@$&@#$.
CB
July 3rd, 2009
5:57 pm
Roman Gal, I also want to know if you bought yourself some turkey underwear. The other day you said you had a paddle-let’s see,paddle, turkey underwear, and blueberry patch,I am having difficulty here.
Black Like Me
July 3rd, 2009
5:57 pm
Braveheart
July 3rd, 2009
5:18 pm
Your post makes a lot of sense but most of the Braves players do not have a college degree which implies that they were drafted out of high school. There are some very good black players that play high school baseball. Outside of Heywood, the Braves have not pursued and signed them. I believe that the Braves and other major league teams have set up camps in the Dominican Republic and other carribean countries to train and recruit players. Why not do the same thing in inner city areas? What happeneed to the camps that used to solicit players to come with their gloves to try out. I would bet that it has something to do with economics. A Yunel Escobar would be making a lot more than $400,000 a year if he had gone to Parkwood and Brookwood like Frenchy and McCann. Check out the salary differential?
TBF(n)K as Billy
July 3rd, 2009
5:58 pm
I almost said vasquez for dye but i know that wouldnt work
Johnny Hazeltine
July 3rd, 2009
5:59 pm
Rob,
So is Matt Kemp. He’s an athlete. Can play all the outfield positions. He’s only 24, and has more HRs than anyone on the Braves!
Frankie Knuckles
July 3rd, 2009
6:00 pm
Escobar played like a stud last night. My intuition tells me Frank is dangling him just to see what offers show up. I see MLB trade rumors reported DOB’s comments. You want to have fun? go to the comments link and read some of those trade proposals. Hilarious!
Johnny Hazeltine
July 3rd, 2009
6:02 pm
~ Matt Kemp’s 2009 salary – $467,000 (24 years old)
~ Jair Jurrjens’ 2009 salary – $450,000 (23 years old)
Pete
July 3rd, 2009
6:02 pm
jason: “I had a Koufax baseball card once. Mint condition, got it at a flea market. I think it was in his last year. Why did he retire so early?”
Premature arthritis in his pitching elbow forced him out. His last year, 1966, he was 27-9 with 1.73 ERA, 27 complete games (no thats not a typo…27 CG 2 years in a row in fact), 323 innings, 317 strikeouts, 77 walks (none of those are typos either). Never pitched again….nuff said.
N8
July 3rd, 2009
6:03 pm
“So, your argument is that we should trade him since he would help us win two playoff series and only the World Series games we’d play at home, something it would be easy to set the rotation to do?” Gone Viral
Yeah. That’s right. I forgot. The home games in the WS for the Braves wouldn’t STILL be against American League teames. Sorry. My bad. I forgot how it works.
If you think I’m suggesting trading Vazquez because of WS matchups, that’s funny.
I just find it amusing. That’s all. It’s an arguement (him being an NL pitcher) that really isn’t warranted. He had many mediocre years for the Expos. And he had a really good year for the White Sox mixed in his resume.
The bottom line is Javy has and always will be in consistent from season to season. We happen to be in the middle of one of his best, yet our team has no chance at going deep in October, (if we even get there) without more bats.
We have depth in our rotation (with or without Hudson), and a killer bullpen.
THAT is why I’m for trading Vazquez. His stock is high. Maximize it Wren.
Mike in LA
July 3rd, 2009
6:03 pm
Obviously you’d need more than Vazquez but how bout some package that includes Vasquez to get Lance Berkman. His salary is not that much more than Vasquez so that wouldn’t be a problem but not sure what it would cost in prospects, and not sure if the Stros are even willing to trade him. I think he’d be a perfect fit. Maybe, Vasquez, Schafer, Kotchman, and low level prospect or Vasquez, Schafer, and Freemon. Too much, too little?
Rob from SC (Please don't trade Escobar)
July 3rd, 2009
6:04 pm
TBF(n)K as Billy
I will do my best here.
Teams that need pitching minus the Rangers who can’t add payroll
Angels – They hate to trade prospects but Lackey and Escobar are Free Agents after the season.
Brandon Wood might be their future third baseman since Figgins is a free agent but they might decide pitching is more important.
Jose Arredondo would be a nice potential closer in case we can’t sign Gonzalez and Soriano
Mariners need pitching but besides Phillippe Aumont and Jeff Clement their system is bare.
Detroit has a terrible farm system.
White Sox – They like to build from within and I don’t see them trading Poreda or Beckham. Money might match up with Jermaine Dye but would they be willing to give up one of their key hitters.
The National League makes more sense.
The Dodgers would need to give up Matt Kemp in my opinion. Nobody wants Juan Pierre’s contract and we do not need another LH bat in Ethier. THe Dodgers could afford to give us Kemp because their Outfield could still be Ramirez-Pierre-Ethier.
The problem is that so many teams want a hitter. The Cardinals, Reds, Cubs, Braves, and Giants.
I really don’t think we will get equal value for Vazquez until the offseason.
That is my two cents
nolie
July 3rd, 2009
6:06 pm
(ROB)
to some extent in most cases. Depends a lot on why the bat is slow. If it is because of a long mechanical swing, then reconstructing it more compactly should improve the speed some. Of course in any mechanics you can try lighter bats, or opening the stance some.
One of the problems that often arise when changing hitting approach is the tendency to regress to the old familiar style under pressure, both short term in a pressure at bat, and long term if you go into a long slump using the new approach. It can be done, but it ain’t as easy as many on the board seem to think it is.
Rob from SC (Please don't trade Escobar)
July 3rd, 2009
6:06 pm
Johnny Hazeltine
It is harder to find great young pitching, then good hitting. Plus Heyward will be here real soon. Build this team around Hanson-Jurrjens-Lowe.
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
6:06 pm
Be prepared for red caps tonight, and the whole weekend….with the Stars and Stripey script A on them….
Oh, gee…Are they wearing the blue jerseys, too?
jason
July 3rd, 2009
6:07 pm
Pete, yeah I remember the stats. Who do you think is the greatest pitcher of all time? Could Koufax have been one of the greatest? I don’t list him because, he only played like 9-10 years.
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
6:08 pm
Did you buy it? Rob
Haha…no! I thought about taking a picture, though…
Rob from SC (Please don't trade Escobar)
July 3rd, 2009
6:09 pm
nolie
The reason I ask is Schafer looks like a slow bat on good fastballs. Same thing with Francoeur. I realized he has to much movement in his hands, and someone alerted me to his head movement. Hard to hit the ball when your head is not still. People got on me because I talked a lot about his hand position. But why move your hands back then forward. If he keeps his hand back and bring them directly to the ball, it would greatly shorten his swing. The great hitters usually keep their hands back when the start their swing. I was always taught keep your hands back and loaded with no movement.
Jus Sayin...
July 3rd, 2009
6:10 pm
I see MLB trade rumors reported DOB’s comments. You want to have fun? go to the comments link and read some of those trade proposals. Hilarious!
You don’t have to go anywhere. There’s plenty of hilarity right here!
Jus sayin…
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
6:10 pm
I wondered why Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg wasn’t promoted, but they’re probably gonna promote him straight to Myrtle one of these days instead. Maybe to Mississippi. Steve from OH
I have it on good authority that the Braves brass is just fed up with Brian McCann and they’re planning on promoting him as soon as next week.
Rob from SC (Please don't trade Escobar)
July 3rd, 2009
6:10 pm
Roman Gal
I own the red hat. I kind of like it although I like the blue ones from last year better. My wife loves the red one.
Pete
July 3rd, 2009
6:10 pm
Forgot to add re: Koufax: he won 4 Cy Youngs in a row in years when they gave out Cy Young award to only 1 player, NOT 1 in each league. In fact they changed the award in 1967 to 1 in each league cause they were tired of him winning so many….and thats a fact.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 3rd, 2009
6:10 pm
Im wearing my laser tag underwear tonight…hope it doesn’t jinx things…just sayin
Nova Scotia Steve
July 3rd, 2009
6:11 pm
Jus Sayin…
July 3rd, 2009
6:10 pm
I see MLB trade rumors reported DOB’s comments. You want to have fun? go to the comments link and read some of those trade proposals. Hilarious!
You don’t have to go anywhere. There’s plenty of hilarity right here!
Jus sayin…
LOL
Anders
July 3rd, 2009
6:11 pm
I told you guys the right play was for the Braves to trade Vazquez. Glad to see DOB is on board now too. The Braves could very well have a couple of big trdaes in the works. If they move Vazquez and Escobar there will be some serious names moving around.
Fun times -huh?
Thanks for the job you did on the Phils. My Mets have to win at least one against them this weekend and I’ll be thrilled with two. I know the Phils have weak pitching going this weekend but that banbox scares the crap out of me.
jason
July 3rd, 2009
6:11 pm
Mike in LA, I don’t see Berkman. HOU is not contending, why would they make that deal. If anything they are trying to unload veteras such as Tejada and Lee for prospects. But for a bat with Berkman’s talents…. Now that would be a deal worth considering if you can make the financials work. That’s the type of impact it would take for me (I said me) to give up JV.
Johnny Hazeltine
July 3rd, 2009
6:11 pm
Build the team around Lowe?
Look at the Braves, and their farm system: a bunch of lefty hitters. The Braves need a young right-handed hitter with some pop. That was supposed to be Francouer, but…
Jurrjens for Kemp!
N8
July 3rd, 2009
6:12 pm
Coach, as for your 5:25 post to me?
I agree. But the difference is, I enjoy arguing, especially when I’m right. You want to know how I know I’m right? Because DOB said that Wren and Bobby were “holed up” in the office, more than likely discussing a trade and that the name he kept hearing was that of Vazquez.
I’ve been suggesting if for MONTHS (literally weeks after the trade, I suggested that he would be trade bait), as I know you have (among others).
If our GM (who has made some damn fine trades and decisions since being hired), is allegedly thinking about it, I must be right. Right?
The ONLY move that has really not worked out for him, was trusting Frenchy and not solving the OF issues (though Loaf has come on lately).
Ironically, as I’ve also stated for MONTHS, had he passed on Vazquez (or even Lowe or KK), or turned around and traded him earlier, and gotten a RF bat for the OF, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. We’d be 10 games up on the under-achieving/injured Mets and Phillies.
Wren realized after hitting the panic button (because of last year), that we have more pitching than we need and not enough offense. Now he’s allegedly trying to fix it. Good for him.
When he DOES trade Vazquez in the upcoming weeks, I will smile.
When the batter he gets for him (along with the young pitcher that will help in the future), helps us get to the playoffs this year, and Hudson helps out in some fashion down the stretch, the smile will turn into a gloat.
Too funny.
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
6:12 pm
Imagine the trouble she would get in if Schafer and Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg were ever in the same room together. They would need a police escort. Rob
Hmm…my brother is a policeman. Maybe they’d hire him…
Braveheart
July 3rd, 2009
6:12 pm
You could always go buy yourself a Kelly #2 jersey…they’re probably on sale right about now.
Yeah, RG, I’ve been thinking about getting a KJ2 tee. Probably should get one, especially if it is on sale, since I don’t believe we’ve seen the last or best of KJ2 yet. Hopefully, they’ve secretly got him over at the Ted as we speak shagging flyball after flyball in right recovering from something publicly called tendinitis but covertly called Frenchyitis
Pete
July 3rd, 2009
6:12 pm
ROB: “The Dodgers would need to give up Matt Kemp in my opinion. Nobody wants Juan Pierre’s contract and we do not need another LH bat in Ethier. THe Dodgers could afford to give us Kemp because their Outfield could still be Ramirez-Pierre-Ethier.”
Not gonna happen straight up……Kemp only 24 and makes less than a Mil, vs. JV 33 making $11.5. No chance.
flynnie
July 3rd, 2009
6:14 pm
My heart’s in my throat for this one. My Uncle Bud Kaufman, a native New Yorker who landed at Utah Beach, died last night. He returned from the war with his love of baseball and his sense of humor intact. He settled in Atlanta, married my beautiful Aunt Betty (who made the best hamburgers I’ve ever eaten) and had three great ballplayer sons who always included me in the 8 hour games we would play in a nearby cemetary. After my Dad died when I was 9, Uncle Bud included our house in his business trips – a 9 hour drive from his place in Atlanta. We’d end up on the couch watching a Braves game through the magic of cable TV. I became a Nats fan the first time I saw them play the Braves at RFK. But I never minded losing to the Braves as much as any other team because I knew Uncle Bud would have a good day. Tonight’s the first time that a Braves win brings me no consolation.
Soph
July 3rd, 2009
6:14 pm
Now what happened with Hudson and Dave? I completely missed it.
JJ
July 3rd, 2009
6:15 pm
I hate it when games are on SportsSouth and Fox Sports. They hardly ever put games on HD.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 3rd, 2009
6:15 pm
ok hold on here…is it a 7:35 start tonight?
brian
July 3rd, 2009
6:15 pm
BLM – their salary differential has to do with years of service not color of skin. McCann and Francoeur have more years. The Braves bought out McCann’s arbitration years with his contract. Maybe Escobar will get the same.
As far as to Escobar’s behavior and the Braves thinking of trading him, it offends me to see people blame it on race. It has nothing to do with race and this type of behavior is also getting scrutinized in football and basketball. Terrell Owens found himself benched for weeks for his outrageous and team destructive behavior. Allen Iverson has been in and out of dog houses for years. Look at what Manny Ramirez did to his value because of his attitude and before his substance abuse potential.
Anyone with a me first attitude in a team sport is going to get called out on it.
Why was/is Jordan the greatest? He practiced harder than anyone. He played with fundamentals. Although he was obviously an incredible scorer he made everyone else around him better. He also led in the clubhouse and did not tolerate any selfish behavior. Jordan would have straightened out Escobar really quick if they were in the same clubhouse. It was not Phil Jackson that controlled Rodman, it was Michael Jordan.
Shawn G
July 3rd, 2009
6:15 pm
Remember Vasquez can’t be traded to the NL or AL West w/o his permission.
Braveheart
July 3rd, 2009
6:15 pm
N8, be honest, you want this team in constant rebuild mode because it will give you infinitely more ways to incessantly b!tch about how sh!tty they are from here until who knows when.
Pete
July 3rd, 2009
6:15 pm
jason: “Pete, yeah I remember the stats. Who do you think is the greatest pitcher of all time? Could Koufax have been one of the greatest? I don’t list him because, he only played like 9-10 years.”
Hard to say cause the longevity issue is a valid one. But if you dont take longevity into account, I vote for Koufax. Lets say thats in the last 45-50 years; I have no clue how to rate Cy Young or pitchers in that era, for example.
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
6:16 pm
I also want to know if you bought yourself some turkey underwear. The other day you said you had a paddle-let’s see,paddle, turkey underwear, and blueberry patch,I am having difficulty here. CB
Actually, they were boxers. That’s ok, though. I’ve got you down. You’re Shirley Temple with boy parts.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 3rd, 2009
6:17 pm
Cause if its an early start my underwear will never be dry in time for the game…. and everyone knows soggy underwear leads to swamp a**
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
6:18 pm
Hopefully, they’ve secretly got him over at the Ted as we speak shagging flyball after flyball in right recovering from something publicly called tendinitis but covertly called Frenchyitis Braveheart
Now how come Francoeur hasn’t had to go on the DL with Frenchyitis? It sounds serious…
Coach (2010 or Bust)
July 3rd, 2009
6:18 pm
Ditto that N8, ditto that…….
Roman Gal
July 3rd, 2009
6:18 pm
The game starts at 6:30.