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Shamus Thacker
July 11th, 2009
7:33 pm
Yep, looks like Frenchy might have runners all over the place.
Trey
July 11th, 2009
7:33 pm
Too bad the Braves didn’t trade Kelly Johnson instead.
Mixxo
July 11th, 2009
7:34 pm
You’ve just ensured that my producution at work will decrease by, at the very least, 50% – DSS82
TnBrian
July 11th, 2009
7:34 pm
Here comes Frenchy
Jerry
July 11th, 2009
7:34 pm
Looks like we wont have our best 8 in till next week
Mixxo
July 11th, 2009
7:34 pm
Sacks jacked for FRENCHY!!!
RHR
July 11th, 2009
7:34 pm
From that mets blog someone posted earlier –
Last month, in a report for SNY.TV, Ted Berg wrote, “If the Mets trade for Francoeur, I’m out. I’ll find someone else to write this column.”
Ha.
keylargo
July 11th, 2009
7:34 pm
JF comes to bat with the bases loaded, one out.
Rob from SC
July 11th, 2009
7:35 pm
his is up
Efrim
July 11th, 2009
7:35 pm
Not good news for Gonzo. Hopefully he can get back Thursday after the break and pitch well, for more reasons than just the Braves win/loss record. He is an important piece just in case they decide to sell.
Rob from SC
July 11th, 2009
7:35 pm
he took the first pitch
Paul Lentz
July 11th, 2009
7:35 pm
Francoeur’s up…….bases loaded 1 out.
Damn, he takes the first pitch.
abwright
July 11th, 2009
7:35 pm
Francoeur is up for the Mets in the first inning. Bases loaded, one out.
FEAR
July 11th, 2009
7:35 pm
Yeah Peter Angelos is a real ass. He is way more to blame for the O’s problems than Wren.
Rob from SC
July 11th, 2009
7:35 pm
took the second one
1-1
bocabrave
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
what? he’s taken 2 pitches
Rob from SC
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
bloop to RF for a 2 run single
TnBrian
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
and a 2 run single for Frenchy
abwright
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
Francoeur gets a 2 RBI “Ric Flair.”
Soph
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
Of course. Flair for Frenchy.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
JF hits 2 run single in first AB.
DSS82
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
bush league single
JasonInFL
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
Frenchy with a 2-run single in his first AB as a Mutt…
(:
Louisville brave
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
2 run single for Francouer in 1st at bat
Chopper2Chipper
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
Wow at someone already having a Francoeur jersey. That’s quick!
a643dp
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
good for jeff
David O'Brien
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
By the way Larry. I agree with you. Bobby Cox is horrible in this bullpen management, but I have yet to see DOB even express a hint of that. Why is that? No More Bobby 2
Anyone who can read between the lines, and I mean even slightly, would clearly see what I’m implying when I point out repeatedly that Gonzalez and Moylan and Soriano are all among major league leaders in appearances despite recent elbow surgeries.
Hell, you don’t even have to read between the lines: I’ve written numerous times this season, on this blog, that Cox is using those guys in games he doesn’t have to, sometimes when the Braves have a six-run lead or whatever. If you don’t read the blog, don’t comment, because you don’t have a clue what you’re talking about.
Why is that?
Il Cattivo
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
Wow – single and 2 RBIs.
I give up.
CameronC
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
2 run single for francoeur haha
Paul Lentz
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
He really hit the crap out of that one, lol. Looping single to right field.
Lucky hit.
Rob from SC
July 11th, 2009
7:36 pm
the Mets radio announcer said he could throw it harder than he hit
keylargo
July 11th, 2009
7:37 pm
I’d rather be lucky than good is going through JF’s mind right now.
Jukeandjive
July 11th, 2009
7:37 pm
Frenchy 2-run single with bases loaded in the first!!!
Brightside
July 11th, 2009
7:37 pm
2 RBI’s First at Bat Go Frenchy!!!!!!!!!!!
Paul Lentz
July 11th, 2009
7:37 pm
He got lucky on that hit…….the pitcher jammed him and he looped it to right field, right in between the first baseman and right fielder.
Il Cattivo
July 11th, 2009
7:37 pm
Somewhere (in Denver) Joe Simpson is saying “Boy, Jeff hit that hard to the opposite field”.
everyone loves poo- holes
July 11th, 2009
7:38 pm
Frenchy with an RBI hit already? wow!
Rob from SC
July 11th, 2009
7:38 pm
oh boy, this is going to be a rough blog tonight
Soph
July 11th, 2009
7:38 pm
Well, they love him in NY right now. We’ll see how long that lasts.
Mixxo
July 11th, 2009
7:38 pm
Good for Jeff!
Louisville brave
July 11th, 2009
7:38 pm
5-0 pirates over phils
PWHjort
July 11th, 2009
7:39 pm
Ouch,
Just can’t pass up the opportunity to be an internet badass, can you? It was obviously a joke.
Paul Lentz
July 11th, 2009
7:39 pm
You guys are too funny. Francoeur gets a looping hit after getting jammed……and some of you want to jump on the “Jeff Francoeur jock sniffing” bandwagon.
a643dp
July 11th, 2009
7:40 pm
Jeff might have struggled with the Braves the last 2 years but he was a good guy and good teammate Braves fans I hope will greet him with cheers when he comes back to Atlanta the 16th.
LSU
July 11th, 2009
7:40 pm
jeffrey d’s post at 5:04 pm…..”Was Mr. Zevon aware that his album picture was being taken?”
Now that was funny! LOL
ray k.
July 11th, 2009
7:40 pm
Francoeur…
Do you guys feel this way, too?
http://tomahawktake.com/
No More Bobby 2.
July 11th, 2009
7:40 pm
DOB. Then come right out and say it not imply it.
N Nine
July 11th, 2009
7:40 pm
All these Mets updates and I see no Anders.
Does anyone get more bases loaded situations then Frenchy?
JasonInFL
July 11th, 2009
7:41 pm
Phils down 5-0
bravefaninok
July 11th, 2009
7:41 pm
Thats gotta be Frenchy’s wife wearing the francoure Mutts jersey……
Heath (Cleveland)
July 11th, 2009
7:41 pm
Chopper2Chipper -
You noticed that too? I was pretty amazed by that as well.
CCjacket
July 11th, 2009
7:41 pm
DOB,
if you get a chance, help me out on a BBQ question…
I’ve heard from a few friends for years about how NC Que is so superior to what everyone else eats, and so I got some while in the Chapel Hill/Durham area last week. It seemed to me that the pork was cooked a long long time and was very tender… that was nice. But I’m having a hard time appreciating that sauce….
Am I missing something here?
Chopper2Chipper
July 11th, 2009
7:42 pm
I just ran downstairs did they show her again? Also my game feed seems to be delayed a bit.
joe
July 11th, 2009
7:42 pm
Can’t wait to see Church in RF in Braves uni. Looking forward to seeing what he can do, go Braves! DOB, enjoyed your Wren interview, btw.
Frankie Knuckles
July 11th, 2009
7:42 pm
We’re still talking about Frenchy?
Plate Appearance
July 11th, 2009
7:42 pm
Bases loaded in the 1st inning. Francoeur just singled in two runs for the Mets in his first at bat.
Paul Lentz
July 11th, 2009
7:42 pm
The Reds pitcher isnt getting anyone out. Bases loaded, 1 out, 3-0 Mets. Francoeur’s looping hit was the weakest hit ball by the Mets so far.
JasonInFL
July 11th, 2009
7:42 pm
Larry has an IQ of 140…why would DOB need to come out and say anything? Larry knows all.
McFann :Ô:
July 11th, 2009
7:42 pm
N Nine Does anyone get more bases loaded situations then Frenchy?
Ha…I wonder the same thing about McCann and his dumb ABs with runners on first and second…
Where’s Tom O’Hawke?
Tomahawkin
July 11th, 2009
7:42 pm
Phillies Getting Clowned by the AAA Pirates in the 2nd 5-0
Could be a very good night
PWHjort
July 11th, 2009
7:43 pm
Just watched Francoeur’s RBI single. Bloop hit down the 1B line.
RHR
July 11th, 2009
7:43 pm
Remember when Smoltz went to Boston and we got daily Smoltz Watch stories from Braves media? Yeah…that day is coming again. Is the Jeff RBI single in first AB as a Met a Breaking News headline yet?
LSU
July 11th, 2009
7:43 pm
If RC doesn’t hit a homer in his Braves debut tonight, I’ll never forgive Frank Wren.
Chopper2Chipper
July 11th, 2009
7:44 pm
Heath,
Reason I found it especially odd is that I’ve never seen jerseys available so quick. Perhaps custom lettered at the park?
AlabamaBrave
July 11th, 2009
7:44 pm
DOB @ 7:36- Settle down sparky. Don’t let pretentious, arrogant, blowhards like Larry get your goat. His posts are the apex of hubris.
BravesFanInPA
July 11th, 2009
7:44 pm
Pittsburgh all over Cole Hamels 5-0
CB
July 11th, 2009
7:44 pm
What,you thought Jeff’s wife would be Braves jersey? I can hear her now- this is where we belong,honey.
Il Cattivo
July 11th, 2009
7:44 pm
Smotlz pitching, Frenchie starting for the Mets, Busy day, sitting on the interwebs.
Cole Hamels has given up 2 HRs to the pirates.
nolie
July 11th, 2009
7:44 pm
Hah, I luv it. Frenchy got a hit and 2RBI. What a bum.Guy can even mess up a trade.
Steve from OH
July 11th, 2009
7:45 pm
and you work for the AJC…I win!
You win? Since when is putting in an honest day’s work a “loss?”
Paul Lentz
July 11th, 2009
7:45 pm
Plate Appearance………..you are “a day late and a dollar short” with your “update”. I’m watching the game on Direct TV’s MLB Extra Innings package. Francoeur was jammed inside and got lucky with that looping hit that fell in between the first baseman and right fielder.
Saying that looping hit means that Francoeur is headed to stardom with the Mets………is like saying that Francoeur was “cured” when he hit a homer in his first at-bat of the season. I remember how you guys got all “fired up” when he hit that homer.
RHR
July 11th, 2009
7:45 pm
Remember Jeff’s first at bat with the Braves? Hey, maybe the Mets will get lucky and he’ll give them 5 good months too.
Rob from SC
July 11th, 2009
7:45 pm
Brian Jordan loves some Jeff Francoeur
Steve from OH
July 11th, 2009
7:46 pm
Sorry scoots, can’t help it. I’m almost on the edge of my seat as to who will say the dumbest thing of the day. Or, in Larry’s case, the most egotistical.
LSU
July 11th, 2009
7:46 pm
Frenchy is an RBI machine!!!
Soph
July 11th, 2009
7:46 pm
Churchy!
Heath (Cleveland)
July 11th, 2009
7:46 pm
Chopper2Chipper -
Your guess is as good as mine. All I know is I didn’t expect to see any of his jerseys EVEN if they were available.
Rob from SC
July 11th, 2009
7:47 pm
that hit went like 100 feet
Ouch
July 11th, 2009
7:47 pm
It was obviously a joke. PWH
I thought jokes were supposed to be funny. That’s what fooled me. My bad.
Of course you still know nothing about baseball, but that’s a subject for another post or two or three
bravefaninok
July 11th, 2009
7:47 pm
CB
July 11th, 2009
7:44 pm
What,you thought Jeff’s wife would be Braves jersey? I can hear her now- this is where we belong,honey.
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In the pregame they showed Jeff’s Interview,He said Me and Katy are excited to be here
BravesfaninWis
July 11th, 2009
7:47 pm
Has Francouer ever took two consecutive pitches in his life? If that wasn’t a kiss ass gesture to the NY fans, and the team, I don’t know what it.. Nice to see him get a hit though.. I just wish it would have been for someone like the Royals instead of the Mets..
Paul Lentz
July 11th, 2009
7:48 pm
RHR………actually, it was Francoeur’s 4th at-bat when he hit that home run in his first game with the Braves back in 2005.
The difference between 2005 and 2009 is that MLB knows how to pitch Francoeur. 29 times out of 30, Francoeur either fouls of or whiffs though an inside pitch like Cueto threw him. One hit does not make a “career.
JasonInFL
July 11th, 2009
7:48 pm
Steve from OH, when you have an IQ as high as Larry’s, it isn’t being egotistical…
Mixxo
July 11th, 2009
7:49 pm
Aside from his little bit of attitude on getting sent down last year and his sub-par on-field performance, I kinda like Jeff. Seemed like a genuine guy.
Steve from OH
July 11th, 2009
7:49 pm
Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg has already homered tonight for Danville.
The A Bomb
July 11th, 2009
7:49 pm
Who in the blue hell would go out and get a Francoeur jersey! I’d love to have seen the look on the face of the guy at the Mets shop who had to sew that thing!
NO MORE BOBBY
July 11th, 2009
7:49 pm
Weird lyrics for Warren Zevon. He is dead right?
AlabamaBrave
July 11th, 2009
7:49 pm
BravesfaninWis
July 11th, 2009
7:47 pm
Has Francouer ever took two consecutive pitches in his life? If that wasn’t a kiss ass gesture to the NY fans, and the team, I don’t know what it.. Nice to see him get a hit though.. I just wish it would have been for someone like the Royals instead of the Mets..
Heck, I didn’t care if he got traded to the Chunichi Dragons. He needed a change of scenery.
N Nine
July 11th, 2009
7:49 pm
“Brian Jordan loves some Jeff Francoeur”
You think that’s bad, did you see Joe Simpson almost cry yesterday on air?
“McCann and his dumb ABs with runners on first and second…” McFann__
Is that you McFann? Hey he’s an allstar!!!
CB
July 11th, 2009
7:50 pm
Yay,Katy’s shopping in NY!
LSU
July 11th, 2009
7:50 pm
No matter how any of you feel about Francoeur, you’ve got to admit that he’s been pretty productive as a Met.
McFann :Ô:
July 11th, 2009
7:50 pm
I cannot believe they brought back that gosh-darn AT&T commercial: “Saving minutes saves money”…*shutters* Elgth!
RHR
July 11th, 2009
7:50 pm
Check out this Mets fan with notice to the 2nd and the last paragraphs:
metsfan1 says:
July 11, 2009 at 11:29 am
I am sorry but as minor as this trade is in the history of the Mets it really shows why they are a loser organization. A hard working player that did EVERYTHING the team asked and produced with moderate results is traded for a guy that has done NOTHING. Lets not BS a BS’er. The Mets have not liked Ryan Church or Schneider from the day they were brought to town. Why is that? All you can ask of someone is to give it their all. I believe both players have. I have not always liked the results but I do know they play hard. I can’t say that for everyone in that dugout and if you ask me with the rumors of Bernazrd recently, I am sure the latin connection is coming up again. Church always seemed like a guy that wanted to say something but didn’t because he was afraid of rocking the boat. I see similar traits in Wright. LoDuca had no problem speaking his mind and where is he now.
I consider the Braves organization to be one of the best in baseball. I would kill to have Bobby Cox as our manager. If he tired of Francoeur then what does that say for what we just traded for. To me this sounds like an NBA trade. The Mets will get a guy and have the option not to tender him a contract so they basically wash their hands of either player for next year.
The only way this trade works is if Minaya has had conversations with other teams for a package. If Church was the problem getting done but Francoeur would suffice then fine. But I doubt that this is the case.
What really pi**es me off is that even though David lennon thinks their will be an organizational review at years end, Minaya will keep his job due to the numerous injuries. Well if he did his job and stocked the farm which he promised to do when he took the job, we would be in better shape. So we will have this crappy team culture next year as well.
We need new blood at the top, especially if players like Reyes, Wright and Beltran are going to be surrounded by players going forward or if we are going to trade one in the off-season. Why is it that Minaya gets a pass? He has been here long enough with well over 100 million to play with. The results and depth should be better.
I feel happy for Church because even though he is going to a team that won’t make the playoffs he will be treated like a pro under Bobby Cox. Our circus continues.
I disagree that JF did “NOTHING”, I think he too did everything that was asked of him. I never once thought he was lazy or anything, sure he raised hell about having to do what was asked of him but I never thought he just didn’t care about getting better.
Gang Greene
July 11th, 2009
7:51 pm
I love this blog so I think I’ll comment on this stuff. First off, sayonara Francouer, but it was about a month to late. Giving him one more shot this year was the proper thing to do, but I tend to agree with the concept that this was not a mere slump, but that the guy simply sucked. I don’t know what further evidence anybody would need. Regardless of whether he was a “good guy” or not (I live in California but am most impressed with the concept that apparently Atlanta players make themselves so accessible to the general public so as one can gather an honest opinion of the guys true nature) he was dead weitht in the lineup. Had a good game about every 3 weeks, when in the majors you are supposed to have one about every 3 nights, and then be somewhat reliable the rest of the time. And even get hot.
So as not to long, I’ll post later on Wren, but my idea: I think he is doing a helluva job.
NO MORE BOBBY
July 11th, 2009
7:52 pm
People you can stop asking why Francouer does this and do that at the plate. He is not our problem anymore. Save your energy and keep demanding our manager is fired instead.
McFann :Ô:
July 11th, 2009
7:52 pm
N Nine–
It’s me, all right. Yeah, he’s an All-Star, but he’s 1-18 with runners on first and second. 1-18!! How the devil does that happen?
bravefaninok
July 11th, 2009
7:52 pm
LSU
July 11th, 2009
7:50 pm
No matter how any of you feel about Francoeur, you’ve got to admit that he’s been pretty productive as a Met.
Yupp ,now i gotta clean my keyboard and screen (shouldn’t drink and read the blog)
FloridaBrave
July 11th, 2009
7:52 pm
Danville’s up 6-0 already in the 2nd inning…
SS Mycal Jones 2-2 2B RBI 2 RS
1B Riian Spanjer-Furstenberg 1-2 HR 2 RBI RS
DH Robert Heflfinger 2-2 2B RBI
RF Cory Harrilchak 1-1 3B BB RBI 2 RS
P Tyler Stovall 2 IP 1 H 0 R 0 BB 4 K
Rome’s down 2-0 in the 3rd…Dimaster Delgado has been a little shaky so far.
Myrtle Beach is tied 6-6 in the 4th…David Francis got bombed. Cody Johnson is 1-1 RBI BB
Gwinnett’s up 2-1 in the 3rd…Kelly Johnson had a RBI sac fly in the 1st.
NO MORE BOBBY
July 11th, 2009
7:53 pm
N Nine – Joe Simpson is gonna have to find a new man crush on the Braves now. Right?
Mixxo
July 11th, 2009
7:53 pm
Now that that’s out of the way …….lets go Big Red Machine!!!!