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Dr. James Andrews Lives
July 21st, 2009
5:07 pm
Thanks for the 411, Doc Holiday. That is good news indeed.
The Second Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
5:08 pm
Necromancer @ 5:05PM — “There’s only one Necromancer”
GUESS AGAIN!!!
The A Bomb
July 21st, 2009
5:08 pm
Philly is one of a handful of teams that doesn’t need lockdown pitching to win the division because of their HITTING. Did you see what they did to Lilly last night?
They hit up and down the lineup. They don’t need to hold teams to 3 runs night in and night out. Even if they don’t get Halladay they are still hands down the best team in the NL East. We had our chance as did Florida and New York and we did not take advantage.
THWG
July 21st, 2009
5:08 pm
Too bad this isn’t the NBA, where half the league makes the playoffs… Then the Braves would be a lock for a postseason spot.
nolie
July 21st, 2009
5:08 pm
http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2009/07/21/greg-maddux-you-beat-lineups-not-hitters/
Interview with MAD DOG, who says you beat lineups, not hitters
Chris
July 21st, 2009
5:09 pm
David –
Good blog today. Icing on the cake is your Wilco endorsement. “Bull Black Nova”, “You and I”, “You Never Know” – a great three songs in a row.
Roman Gal
July 21st, 2009
5:09 pm
Richie-
I see what you’re saying, I just don’t agree. Wren has always included Schafer in that “next wave” along with Heyward, Hanson, and Freeman.
PWHjort
July 21st, 2009
5:09 pm
Some time in the not so distant future, David Wright goes down south for a duck hunting trip one October. He rents a pair of waders, borrows a 12-gauge from Adam LaRoche, and gets all the camouflage he needs for the hunt at his local Wal-Mart. He spends the night at a hotel near the lake he’ll be hunting on, wakes up at 3:30 AM, gets ready, and heads to the lake. After he gets to his blind around 5:00 AM, he waits until the sun comes up and the ducks to start moving. For three hours he furiously pursues his limit, but to no avail. Just as he’s ready to call it a day, one duck shy of his limit, he sees a crippled wood duck flying and figures he might have a shot at getting his limit. He takes a rather long shot and somehow connects with the duck, sufficient to knock it to the ground, though it lands away from the water.
So he gets in his boat and travels over to the shore where he anchors the boat and begins to look for the duck. As he’s heading in the general direction of the duck he sees a fence that encloses a rather large field. So, assuming the duck landed in the field, he starts towards the fence as a tractor, heading in his direction from the other side of the fence, becomes visible. As he approaches the fence so does the tractor and a man steps off to greet David. Low and behold, that man is Chipper Jones.
David says: “Chipper Jones! I haven’t seen you since you hit that walk-off homer at Shea Stadium in game 7 of the 2013 NLCS. How have you been?”
Chipper replies: “Not too bad, David. What brings you down here?”
“Well, I’m just trying to get my mind off of the massive meltdown the Mets just experienced again, so I thought I’d come down here and do a little hunting to clear my mind.”
“So I guess you’re responsible for this.”
Chipper holds up his right hand, which he has wrapped around the neck of a slain wood duck. David’s eyes light up, he’s finally found the duck and has his limit.
“Oh, great!”, David replies, “You found my duck.”
“What do you mean your duck?”, Chipper said, “it landed on my property.”
“Well I killed it, so it’s mine, right?” David replied.
“No sir. My property, my duck.”
“Come on, Chipper, that’s my limit you’re holding.”
“Nope. It’s my first of the day.”
“Chipper, don’t be an ass, or I may just call the police.”
Chipper sort of chuckles at the notion and proposes a counter-offer.
“I’ll tell you what, around here, we settle things by the 3-kick rule“.
“I beg your pardon?”
“You’ve never heard of the 3-kick rule?”, Chipper replies in shock.
“No, I’m afraid I haven’t.” David admits.
“Well, here’s how it works. I kick you three times, then you kick me three times. We go back and forth until someone “gives”. Whoever prevails, wins.”
David’s eye starts to sparkle.
“You mean to tell me that an old man like you wants to challenge me to a kicking contest?”
“You bet. You’ve got no idea what’s coming.”
“OK, then.” David replies, “You’re on”.
David stands ready with his hands covering his groin area as Chipper readies himself to commence kicking. Chipper takes a step forward and delivers a forceful kick–aided by his steel-toe boots–right into the kneecap of Wright. David keels over in pain and grabs his kneecap. Just as he bends down, Chipper comes back with another, this time right in the face. Wright leans back, nose bleeding and in an extradonary amount of pain. Before he even realizes what happens, Chipper delivers a third blow right between the legs. Wright immediately falls to the ground and begins to vomit. After 5 minutes of recovery, Wright finally looks up and musters up what energy he has left and says in a raspy, barely audible voice,
“Alright you son of a b****, my turn now.”
Chipper sort of smiles at him and says,
“Nah, that’s alright”, and he throws the wood duck and hits David Wright in the side of the face.
“I give. You can have the duck”
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
5:09 pm
Here are some of my old aliases:
Flustered Fan, Liberty Braves, Bobby’s Nose, Dixie Dawg, New Owners Needed
There, I guess the cat’s out of the bag, now..
I just borrow Robert’s “Donkisms” from time to time….
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:10 pm
Wow, if Greg Maddux is not a unanimous first ballot Hall of Famer, with one’s on every writer’s tally card, the BBWA needs to be taken back to the woodshed and shot.
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
5:10 pm
The Second Necromancer
NOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Coach (2010 or Bust)
July 21st, 2009
5:11 pm
O’Brien, we can all appreciate the improvement from our baseball team. But you left out one deciding factor, Bobby Cox. The man won’t get any support from this fan.
So yes, I said it right from the beginning in spring training. I fully expected this team to win around 85 games. but the playoffs? Sorry, I can’t see it, not with Cox running this team.
monty
July 21st, 2009
5:11 pm
A Bomb
“Philly is not going to fall.”
Would you mortgage the farm on that one? As Skip Carey used to say, “Anyone who bets on baseball is a fool.”
bit failu
July 21st, 2009
5:11 pm
Niekro’s one-hitter is only interesting to me, understood.
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:11 pm
A Bomb: Same hitting as last year, but their pitching was WAY better last year. I just don’t see it.
RC
July 21st, 2009
5:12 pm
Noticed something cool on the scoreboard at the game last night: Among the Braves current starting lineup (including all 4 outfielders), Nate McLouth and Ryan Church are the ONLY starters with batting averages under .280 (and Church is sitting at .279…one hit away). A little ironic that the leadoff guy is the one with the lowest batting avg (McLouth is in the .260s), but still really cool that we have that many guys who can consistently get hits.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
5:12 pm
Holy Sweet Mother Mary we need Derek Lowe to be the man tonight…
pryguy
July 21st, 2009
5:13 pm
Where’s Paul Lentz? It’s been a few minutes!
FEAR
July 21st, 2009
5:15 pm
THWG
July 21st, 2009
5:08 pm
Too bad this isn’t the NBA, where half the league makes the playoffs… Then the Braves would be a lock for a postseason spot.
……..and that’s why it sucks
Greg O
July 21st, 2009
5:15 pm
MFin04, Not sure how I forgot sac flies… my biggest pet peev in baseball is the inability to score runs with a man on third with less than two outs. The sac fly and the RBI groundout to the right side should be simple, yet efficient plays, but it’s a problem throughout MLB. I just don’t get it.
Wayne in Utah
July 21st, 2009
5:16 pm
Richie
As much as I like Nate McLouth, I like him even better as a corner outfielder. He is an OK centerfielder, but not a great one. His gold glove was a controversial one. If he learns to hit, Schafer could be an excellent choice for CF.
bit failu
I too would love to see Lance do well for the Braves. It’s only right.
Roman Gal
Not to worry, I will say something stupid often enough!
Shamus Thacker
July 21st, 2009
5:16 pm
Where’s Paul Lentz? It’s been a few minutes!
Must be dead.
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:16 pm
RC: What I like even more is the number of walks McClouth and Church are getting. Their OBP with the Bravos must be up there. Several rallys in the past several days have started with McClouth and Church getting on base via the walk.
Hope working counts is contagious.
Steve from OH
July 21st, 2009
5:17 pm
So yes, I said it right from the beginning in spring training. I fully expected this team to win around 85 games.
That’s kinda where I had ‘em figured at too, Coach. 83-85 wins. At one point earlier this season, I thought it might be enough to really make it interesting with the pitching-less Phils, but now, it’s not looking that way if the trends hold. But trends are just that, and sometimes they aren’t predictive of the future, man. Just think…if we out-perform those 85 wins by say, 2-3 games, get a little lucky, where might we be?
There’s always hope, Coach. Unless you’re the Nationals.
Roman Gal
July 21st, 2009
5:17 pm
You must be pretty wealthy yourself and not have to work…………considering you have “all that time” to look that up (just kidding, lol).
You caught me. I only pretend to be a poor college student. But in reality, my dad is really rich and I live a Paris Hilton-esqe life.
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
5:17 pm
Thanks for the new Blog, Chief!
Chis–
The A Bomb
July 21st, 2009
5:18 pm
I don’t know if I would BET on it. . .
But I can at least look at it objectively like everything else. . .
Rollins most likely will not fall back to what he was doing prior to the series in Atlanta. . .
Hamels, Happ and Blanton — not the best to trot out there but remember — they have a 6 1/2-game lead RIGHT NOW and have extended that lead with that pitching while we have played pretty decent ball.
If you’re expecting the Phillies to lose 11 of 13 I don’t buy it. And if you think they’re not in the market for another starter you guys are nuts — even if it is not Halladay. They will improve their pitching.
Hey — I love the Braves as much as anyone. But I’m not a homer. I don’t get forcefed Atlanta talkradio all day. I am just glad we’re playing better baseball RIGHT NOW. I just don’t think it’s our time to win at a high level RIGHT NOW. When Heyward and Freeman and maybe Cody Johnson come up, maybe so. Not RIGHT NOW!
Roman Gal
July 21st, 2009
5:18 pm
Hey, I just found out I’m going to the Braves game.
Later!
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:18 pm
And Prado does the same. Coincidence as to their success and how it has affected the Braves as of late?
I think not.
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
5:18 pm
Seems like since McCann lost all that weight, his head seems a bit bigger now…
BravoMan
July 21st, 2009
5:19 pm
Nova Scotia Steve, Indeed we do…we need MLB Opening Night Lowe(or maybe a little less because the Giants line-up is far frm the Phillies)
CharlieAlphaBravo
July 21st, 2009
5:19 pm
I nominate PWHjort’s 5:09pm for post of the week… We have to wait ’til 2010 for the “post of the decade” award, right?
The Second Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
5:19 pm
MUAHAHAHAHAHA YOU HAVE BEEN USURPED!
Shamus Thacker
July 21st, 2009
5:19 pm
Have a blast R-Gal!
RC
July 21st, 2009
5:19 pm
Wayne,
Totally agree with your assessment of McLouth. An OF in the next few years of McLouth in LF, Schafer in CF, and Heyward in RF sounds pretty awesome to me!
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
5:20 pm
DOB while McCann’s hit .281 with 11 RBI and mere .716 OPS in July.
It’s mere because the dude forgot how to take walks…
Steve from OH
July 21st, 2009
5:20 pm
Wren has always included Schafer in that “next wave” along with Heyward, Hanson, and Freeman
I agree. If I’m Wren, that’s the future I have in mind. And I’m definitely not selling low on Schafer. I don’t think I’m trading him unless I get a really significant return back. In any case, it sure would look good to have those 4 producing while making the league min, espcially given impending raises to JJ, Mac, McLouth, Prado/Escobar (2011), and big contracts outstanding to KK, Lowe, Huddy, Vazquez (gotta think one of ‘em will be retained) and Chipper. Plus we’ll probably invest a few bucks in one of Gonzo or Soriano. Need to have some cheap, productive players in the years ahead…
Coach (2010 or Bust)
July 21st, 2009
5:20 pm
Dear Braves blog, wake up and smell the coffee. The Phillies team ERA during their 13-1 winning streak is 2.30…………HEEEEELLLLLLLLOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Not to mention the best offense and defense in the National League.
It’s what I have been preaching since I joined this blog. Pitching, defense, speed, power and timely hitting. The Phillies have it all, in spades. It’s why they are the defending World Champions.
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
5:21 pm
The Second Necromancer
As in the Highlander movies..”There can only be ONE!”
Hee hee
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
5:21 pm
Roman Gal–
Hope they put on another good show for you!
Necromancer–
What’s that supposed to mean?
Ghost of Paul Lentz
July 21st, 2009
5:21 pm
You’re all fools……..
The Bird and Indian
July 21st, 2009
5:21 pm
PWHjort: that post right there is right up there with N8 (I think it was him) with post of the year. Was it N8 that talked about Unknowns posts during the game last night?
Steve from OH
July 21st, 2009
5:22 pm
Hey, I just found out I’m going to the Braves game.
Oh, that’s sooo not cool.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
5:22 pm
PWHjort -
Funny. Actually laughed out loud.
BravoMan
July 21st, 2009
5:23 pm
Line-up anyone??
Wayne in Utah
July 21st, 2009
5:23 pm
RG
Don’t embarras us please!
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
5:23 pm
McFann :Ô:
Er, it just means that he’s, er, trimmed up.
Noah
July 21st, 2009
5:24 pm
I’m not going to miss out enjoying the pennant race because some fans on here think tiems won’t be good until the rookies of Heyward and Freeman come up. Next two months could be a lot of fun, the Braves have got lucky with things and luck is what you need sometimes. I am referring to the remake of the team without a lot of big trades…ie..Prado, Hanson etc.
The A Bomb
July 21st, 2009
5:24 pm
Thanks Coach. Objectivity doesn’t suck.
Doc Holiday
July 21st, 2009
5:25 pm
Dr. James Andrews Lives,
I missed your 411 joke, but you are welcome
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:25 pm
A Bomb: I’ll concede this. The only NL East team that can overtake the Phils are the Bravos. The Braves have to play .600-plus ball AND take the Phils the rest of the way in their head-to-head.
However.
The Phils will not run away with the division unless the Braves play the .500 ball they’ve played up until the break. The Phils’ streak as of late is an anomaly. They are just not pitching that well. Or else they would not mortgage their future by going for Halladay.
Believe me, Toronto is asking for the leg to go with the arm.
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
5:25 pm
Necromancer–
Gotcha.
For s second I thought you meant figuratively, so I was like, “What…?”
Noah
July 21st, 2009
5:25 pm
Coaching…so the Phillies 2.30 ERA during their win streak proves they can’t win without pitching and so far their pitching doesnt seem to be there this year.
The Bird and Indian
July 21st, 2009
5:26 pm
Coach (2010 or Bust): Oh great you’re back. You honestly think that they will continue that kind of pitching. Outside of Hamels they have no one that is proven to be consistent. Just a question for you. If the Braves happen to make a run here to finish out the month and they are around a game and a half out, what will you say? Will your name still be the same?
Soph
July 21st, 2009
5:26 pm
Wayne, keylargo – I see my name in your earlier posts. I’m confused.
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:27 pm
Doc Holiday: dial 411 = information (on Campillo)
The Bird and Indian
July 21st, 2009
5:27 pm
I wonder if unknown will be here tonight after he was proves worthless last night.
The A Bomb
July 21st, 2009
5:28 pm
However MiaBch. . .
Look for the Phils to get another starter — it might not be Halladay, but don’t look for them to stand pat. They are a 90-95 win team. We can’t match that.
Max we are an 85-90 win team IF we play well at home and .500 on the road.
Cherokee
July 21st, 2009
5:28 pm
it with people who don’t have access to fielding bible numbers. (PWH)
ah yes,those defensive stats that Bill James himself says are not nearly as meaningful as hitting/pitching stats huh? But he’s probably wrong and you are right, huh? ever actually play a game of organized ball in your life ?
get real youngster, neither one of them are above average, but neither one of them is much better than the other one either .Each have their strengths and weaknesses.
Steve from OH
July 21st, 2009
5:28 pm
C’mon, Coach, that’s a bit of a knee-jerk reactionary line of thinking. The Phils are still 23rd in team ERA, given up the most HR (Braves have given up the fewest), and are 26th in team FIP. C’mon, dude, you know that this isn’t a good staff and won’t be, despite a good 10 or whatever game stretch. Pitching is no. 1 in your book and mine, and they don’t have it. They’re probably still gonna win the division, but let’s not act like they’re not flawed, ok?
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
5:29 pm
Numbers vs. Lowe:
Last Name, First Name AVG AB HR RBI
Aurilia, Rich (2004-2008).375 16 0 2
Lewis, Fred (2004-2008) .667 3 0 1
Molina, Bengie (2004-2008) .316 19 0 1
Renteria, Edgar (2004-2008) .250 8 0 1
Rowand, Aaron (2004-2008) .500 20 0 2
Sandoval, Pablo (2004-2008) 1.000 1 0 0
Winn, Randy (2004-2008) .324 37 0 2
Uh oh.
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:30 pm
And Hamels has been getting nuked as of late. Moyer will show his years in Aug./Sept. The bullpen will get shredded.
Noah
July 21st, 2009
5:32 pm
Problem is without pitching you are done in the playoffs. Having watched years of high powered offensive teams in Seattle in the late 90’s I’ve seen what happens if your pitching is not there.
Wayne in Utah
July 21st, 2009
5:33 pm
PWH
That was a great variation of an old classic, but excellent none the less.
Soph
We were not taking your screen name in vain or anything like that. We were referring to someone being possibly a sophomore literally.
beekay
July 21st, 2009
5:33 pm
Lentz
I too have seen every Brave game this year on the extra inning package with the exception of a few Saturday games blacked out by Fox…although I disagree with you politically and religiously I think your posts about the Braves are spot on. Your valid points make up for the other garbage that you tend to spew out
Steve from OH
July 21st, 2009
5:33 pm
And please, humor me by telling me how many rants you’d have gone on if, of your rotation’s three consistent starters, the highest ERA+ is 97, posted by Joe “I have multiple chins” Blanton, follwed by (in order) 92, 77 (Hamels, Moyer). Now, you’ve seen Chan-Ho Park and Antonio Ba#tardo and JA Happ and Rodrigo effing Lopez take turns in the rotation. C’mon, dude, don’t even try to tell me you wouldn’t be sharpening the guillotine in preparation for Wren’s head right now. They can always gut their system and get Halladay or Lee (making them locks, IMO), but right now they don’t got it. And don’t deny that they do.
Wayne in Utah
July 21st, 2009
5:34 pm
Coach
I would not bet good money on the Phillies ERA staying anywhere close to those numbers for more than another week.
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:34 pm
I’m calling it now, July 21.
The Phils will Phold, thanks to a patchwork rotation that does not eat innings and a bullpen that will implode thanks to overuse. Heck, JC Romero’s arm has a tongue. I know this because in his most recent stint (Sunday), I saw it hanging out of his elbow.
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
5:34 pm
McFann
Oh no…Mac’s down to earth as anyone…
I was just going to say he reminded me of Spongebob Square Pants…
Saint Jimmy
July 21st, 2009
5:36 pm
great post DOB.
but – don’t give up on the East yet. The Phillies are notoriously streaky, & if we can stay within shouting distance (I guess 7 games is more like “Bullhorn distance”) while they crush it, then we’ll definitely make up some ground once they come back to Earth.
either way, they July Braves are the ones we had all expected in March.
if they do win the WC, then I really like their chances vs the Dodgers in a 5 game series. Finally, the shoe would be on the other foot, as this ATL team is built more for the post-season than the long haul.
if, if, if….
Soph
July 21st, 2009
5:37 pm
Wayne – got it! No worries – just wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
5:37 pm
Any lineups posted anywhere?
Scotty
July 21st, 2009
5:38 pm
DOB updates please!
Paul Lentz
July 21st, 2009
5:40 pm
The only way I can see Frank Wren trading Jordan Schafer would be if a really good, relatively young, established slugger (right handed and under 30) was on the market and the team offering this hypothetical slugger wanted Schafer to be included in the prospects they wanted in return.
While I have high hopes for Schafer, I dont think that I would consider him “untouchable”.
So barring that kind of trade, I would like to see him work on getting his swing back in Triple A, play some winter ball, and see how he performs in Spring Training. I’d even be willing to see him called up in September when the rosters are expanded, if he shows that he can hit in Triple A before then.
Hopefully he can work on showing the Braves that he deserves to be the opening day center fielder in 2010.
Paul Lentz
July 21st, 2009
5:41 pm
beekay…………we can agree to disagree on the political stuff. I have refrained from talking about non baseball related stuff today.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
5:43 pm
And yeah I think its prime time Philly lost a game…I think Joe Blanton may be just the man to do that…and Jamie Moyer has to be “ahem” – (I use this term loosly) “pitching” one of these days…
I smell a couple losses coming up very soon…
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:43 pm
Interesting thought. If KJ keeps hitting .320-plus at Gwinnett, do you drop Conrad – or Norton. I know Bobby likes Norton the same way he liked Keith Lockhart, but Conrad has been doing the job.
Sometimes catching lightning in a bottle is better than hoping for the re-capture of successes past. Keep Conrad, send Norton down until September. And keep Diorys Hernandez because you never know when Yunel may need a break.
Salamander
July 21st, 2009
5:44 pm
I’ll say it again – it doesn’t matter if the Braves have a better shot at winning the division or the WC, as long as they continue to win games at a good clip, then they will be a factor in one race or another right down to the wire.
Even if this team doesn’t make it into the post-season, I’ll happily take a competitive July/August/September over a boring team that looked dead in the water in June. Not to suggest that the Braves will definitely remain competitive for the rest of the season, but they just might…
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
5:44 pm
Necromancer Mac’s down to earth as anyone…
He sure is. That’s why I asked…shoulda known what you really meant (as I hit submit I figured it out).
I was just going to say he reminded me of Spongebob Square Pants…
Aww…come on, now.
rtrafford
July 21st, 2009
5:44 pm
Sal, spot on at 5:44
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
5:44 pm
I’d take either–Division or WC…though obviously I’d rather have the Division.
P-Town Brave
July 21st, 2009
5:45 pm
Chris from the Rock-
I’m right with you there…after I read about the Braves having scouts at the Sox game, Paul Konerko seemed to be the only guy who really makes sense at this point since we’ve retooled our OF depth already…
BUT short of sending the Sox Kelly, Casey, and Kenshin, I’m not sure how well we match up there as Pauly has a 12M contract for both this year and next (not bad for a power hitting 1b) BUT also has a full no-trade clause under the 10/5 rule.
So I really don’t know what to make of the rumor there…
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
5:45 pm
Well, Chino reminds me of Patrick.
David O'Brien
July 21st, 2009
5:46 pm
Pinkhygonzalez: No one with the Braves is pleased about that game being moved to Sunday night, at least not anyone on the baseball side. It’s silly, really, to make any team play the Sunday night game on the East Coast and then fly cross-country to play the following day. So easily avoidable.
P-Town Brave
July 21st, 2009
5:47 pm
Oh, and to add to that…why would a team that is 1 gm out of the division lead take their best hitter and trade him now?
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:47 pm
Someone get Frank Wren, wrestle the cell phone away from him, and lock him in the supply closet until August 1st. We win or lose with this team. Keep all of our youngsters in our minors. Worry about the OF in the off-season. The flanks need to be re-evaluated for down the road.
Not for the next two months.
David O'Brien
July 21st, 2009
5:48 pm
If lineup hasn’t been posted yet (or even if it has):
Braves LINEUP
1. McLouth
2. Prado
3. Chipper
4. McCann
5. Anderson
6. Escobar
7. Kotchman
8. Church
9. Lowe
No surprises whatsoever
Giants put Aurilia on DL with an infected big toe.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
5:48 pm
MiaBchBravesFan
Interesting thought. If KJ keeps hitting .320-plus at Gwinnett, do you drop Conrad – or Norton. I know Bobby likes Norton the same way he liked Keith Lockhart, but Conrad has been doing the job.
At least Lockheart hit .200
Wayne in Utah
July 21st, 2009
5:48 pm
Would you trade Kris Medlen for Chad Qualls?
abwright
July 21st, 2009
5:48 pm
Roman Gal, 5:18 pm … “Hey, I just found out I’m going to the Braves game.”
Can we get some “Roman Gal on a Blackberry from the Lexus Level” posts?
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
5:48 pm
DOB
ESPN is more concerned about the “draw” than what the effect the trip will have on the player’s bodies…
PWHjort
July 21st, 2009
5:49 pm
What game got moved to Sunday night?
Cherokee
July 21st, 2009
5:51 pm
Oh come on, PWH. Prado doesn’t have enough starts for a reliable UZR. I don’t know who this “we” is that you speak of, but you are obviously not a statistician. (JDH)
I think he is kin of like coach. He read somewhere that particular stat was among the best and started quoting it without knowing how it works. He sure is a believer in it though, got to give him props for faith, however misplaced. He should back off a bit cause it is making him look a bit foolish, and he does make some good points on other subjects sometimes. Sorry for coming at this so late.
Shamus Thacker
July 21st, 2009
5:51 pm
Necromancer: I was just going to say he reminded me of Spongebob Square Pants…
Didn’t you mean Spongebob Square Head?
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
5:51 pm
Necromancer Well, Chino reminds me of Patrick.
Ummm…no comment.
DOB No surprises whatsoever
Wish there was at least one…
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:52 pm
Roman Gal = Blogcelebutante
PW: Dodger game at LA on a Sunday.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
5:52 pm
PHHjort -
August 2nd against LAD–was earlier in the day. It stinks b/c the Braves play on the west coast the next day.
MiaBchBravesFan
July 21st, 2009
5:52 pm
Spongebob Square Body
TurnThePage
July 21st, 2009
5:53 pm
I say Norton gets dropped IF Kelly Johnson comes up to the big team. But that’s me. I think Frank Wren will demote Brooks Conrad. Just a hunch.
David O'Brien
July 21st, 2009
5:53 pm
Bobby Cox thinks Carlyle can be back in two weeks.
No word on what they’re doing with Kelly J.
But you tell me if this sounds like he’ll be playing 2B anytime soon. I asked Cox about the biggest change in the offense, the reason for the turnaround:
“Prado, getting him in the 2-hole, and dropping Escobar down where he can get some RBIs,” Cox said. “Prado’s been so hot, and getting on base so much, it’s made a world of difference.”