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BravesFanChris24
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
McCann!
TJ
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
Necromancer- I believe KJ was an infielder to start with. They converted him to an outfielder then back to infield.
THWG
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice
Jeff321
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
Mac comes through!
Tomahawkin
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
Good Lick B-Macc!!!
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
GO SPONGEBOB!!!
Paul Lentz
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
Damn, just a little higher, lol. McCann TOMAHAWKED that one.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
YEAH….Way to get on the board!!!! Let’s get behind these guys!!!!!
Go Braves…keep rollin….keep on rollin
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
1-0 Braves…on a uuuuuhm. Double!
Gotta make McFann feel good!
Chop Chop
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
High fastballs are killing the Giants in this series.
Bobby Is A Junkie
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
Joe Simpson talking about Chipper’s comment that he doesn’t know and he doesn’t want to know why the Braves are playing better.
Does it take a rocket scientist to see that the Braves started turning the corner when Frenchy was benched for a few games and Prado FINALLY was in the lineup every day?
Is it a coincidence that the Braves look better now than they have in a couple of years and that it takes place when Frenchy and KJ aren’t in the lineup?
The_Superhoo
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
Attaboy Mac!!
Tomahawkin
July 21st, 2009
7:25 pm
Its About time Our Commentators call him B-Macc! Attaboy Chip!
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
7:26 pm
9 straight!! RBI DOUBLE!!!
John
July 21st, 2009
7:26 pm
When things are goin’ bad…that 2B bounces over the wall and we don’t score. …Things are goin’ good…at the moment
Joebrave
July 21st, 2009
7:26 pm
Time for Loaf to spank some ass here!
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
7:26 pm
TJ
i didn’t know that…
interesting…..
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
7:26 pm
Necromancer–
Me, too…we always face these kinda guys…
Bobby's Cox
July 21st, 2009
7:26 pm
Just saw the DP. Excellent.
Runner was safe at 1st, but that’s what happens when you awe the umps…
CorkylikesBeer
July 21st, 2009
7:27 pm
I guess you have to tip your cap to TP for the hot hitting this month
Tomahawkin
July 21st, 2009
7:28 pm
Oh Gawd, They are still playing those Stupid Amstel Light Commercials…
Bring back the Samuel Jackson Commercials please…?
joe
July 21st, 2009
7:28 pm
McFanny…nice start. And what about that play to end the top of the first?!
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
7:29 pm
John When things are goin’ bad…that 2B bounces over the wall and we don’t score
Haha! That’s for sure!
THWG
July 21st, 2009
7:29 pm
Chip: “Whoever it is [who taught Garret Anderson how to hit] taught his pupil well.”
Right as GA strikes out.
Shamus Thacker
July 21st, 2009
7:29 pm
Those who want to trade Escobar are insane.
jeffrey d
July 21st, 2009
7:30 pm
I guess you have to tip your cap to TP for the hot hitting this month
No. Everybody knows TP only makes hitters worse.
nolie
July 21st, 2009
7:30 pm
Did the Braves sign their 1st round pick (BravesFaninFla)
no. i posted a story mentioning him a few pages back.They drafted him 15 positions high to save money and they still haven’t signed him
McFann :Ô:
July 21st, 2009
7:31 pm
Joe–
Yep! That play in the first was amazing–Proda laid out to get the ball, flipped it to Escobar who bare-handed it while tagging the base, leaped over the runner, and fired to first! Close play, but out nonetheless!
jeffrey d
July 21st, 2009
7:31 pm
We’d be batting .998 this month if it weren’t for TP (Greg Norton would still get out)
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
7:31 pm
I’m not tipping TP anything…
Marc
July 21st, 2009
7:31 pm
For those of you that criticize Braves announcers; be glad we don’t have to hear the Giants announcers every game. Yay for MLB Extra Innings… I think.
TnBrian
July 21st, 2009
7:32 pm
Chipper with a very good play!
Soph
July 21st, 2009
7:32 pm
Wow. The D is on it tonight.
Tomahawkin
July 21st, 2009
7:32 pm
Good Pick By Hoss!
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
7:32 pm
Boys are playing good ball…all over the place…
This is fun!
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
7:32 pm
Still no fly balls, outs our otherwise, given up by Lowe…..great sign so far.
Tomahawkin
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
Isn’t Renteria making 9 Million a year…?
Waht a Foolish Signing that was by the giants F.O.
They Got Hustled! Just glad it didn’t happen to us…
Tomahawkin
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
WOW THAT WAS SICK!!!
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
WHOA!
That WAS special.
Bobby's Cox
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
KJ was actually a SS.
They moved him to the OF because….well you can imagine why.
Then before the 2007 (after TJ surgery), he practiced with Hubbard every day in the offseason to convert to 2nd, because they wanted his On Base capabilities at the top of the order.
They had a “tryout” in ST that year. Wouldn’t say KJ won that competition outright (looking at the stats)…but they chose him. Prado went on to win like AAA player of the year or something for Richmond.
KJ had a decent year in 2007. He started off on fire. I was happy. People say he had a great year, but I remember him being inconsistent & the stats show it a bit. Last year was worse with the inconsistency. Bobby was finally forced to make a switch. Glad Martin finally got his shot. I think it’s made him a more complete player though being a backup, trying to play other positions, etc..
KJ is not hurt. He’s eligible to come off the DL now. He’ll be traded for a reliever. We need relievers. Hope we can get a prospect too.
Soph
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
Damn Esco.
Marc
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
I still say KJ and Frenchy have horrible rookie and sohpmore years if not for TP. You can’t blame their failures on him and not give him credit for their success. Just saying. OF course they both suffer from the inability to adapt.
CorkylikesBeer
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
Could it be that joe simpson has a man crush on escobar
Paul Lentz
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
Another Web Gem anyone?
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
Simpson said it best..”He’s special, Folks”
THWG
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
Aw c’mon. Esco makes it look so easy.
DirtyYuni
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
Wow, back to back picks. Left side’s looking good.
letsgetrich
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
They love to hate him. Go yuni!!!
Rob from SC
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
Escobar is amazing. Let him be himself and have fun
Bobby Is A Junkie
July 21st, 2009
7:33 pm
Escobar is channelling Ozzie Smith!
TnBrian
July 21st, 2009
7:34 pm
That’s at least 3 plays so far that could be on ESPN web gems.
N9(Escobar is THE future& NOT tradable)
July 21st, 2009
7:34 pm
Yunel shows off da skills!!!!
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
7:34 pm
This whole game may be a web gem…
Jaglawyer
July 21st, 2009
7:34 pm
Just think if he lost the frost tips . . .
TexasBrave
July 21st, 2009
7:34 pm
Oh my Goodness!!! Escobar is unconscious.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
7:34 pm
SIGN THE MAN….SIGN THAT MAN…PUT THE CONTRACT IN CUBAN, SPANISH, ESPANOL AND ENGLISH…
ace
July 21st, 2009
7:34 pm
Maybe KJ can transition to a utility role – some 2B, 3B, LF, 1B? Get some work at those spots in spring training next yr. His 09 slump may have led some to over react (sort of a blog tendency it seems). He does have some punch at times. KJ haters are everywhere but maybe he could be an asset down the road. Might overlap with Infante’s role a bit. But all the Infante admirers may be too infatuated with his 09 numbers, which are better than his past performance. I like them both as part of the bench.
TJ
July 21st, 2009
7:35 pm
Necromancer- I was wrong about KJ. He came up in 2005, played left field. He was switched to 2B because he had surgery on his arm (don’t think it was TJ surgery, but serious) and missed 2006. He switched to infield in 2007, which is where he’s been ever since. Sorry ’bout that….
Paul Lentz
July 21st, 2009
7:35 pm
I have to watch the Giants feed because the Braves feed is blacked out her in San Fran. Mike Krukow just said “Wow” and then it went to commercial break, lol.
Mixxo
July 21st, 2009
7:35 pm
Esco haters!!!!
How’d you like them apples?
Mike in LA
July 21st, 2009
7:35 pm
They are having fun. Who cares where they are in the standings. If they play the kind of baseball they are right now for the rest of the season the record will work itself out.
TJ
July 21st, 2009
7:36 pm
I think he got switched from SS to 2B when Escobar took over full time.
jeffrey d
July 21st, 2009
7:36 pm
This pitcher kinda looks like Adam LaRoche
Salamander
July 21st, 2009
7:37 pm
Would be nice if Church has a long AB… only 3 pitches thrown this inning.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
7:37 pm
I’d like to point out…I was never EVER an Escobar hater…
And also thought the trade Escobar “because he in Bobby’s doghouse” was the most tiring this blog may have ever been…
Maybe not that hardcore…but it was tiring
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
7:37 pm
Easy inning there…
Marc
July 21st, 2009
7:38 pm
The Giant’s announcers response to Esco’s pick to end the last inning; “Uribe can pick it to, some great plays come out of him”.
Be glad you’re a Brave fan right now, it could be worse, you could hav e to root for the Giants.
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
7:38 pm
TJ
No problem, man.
I thought that KJ had started out as a LF’er.
Oh well…
Soph
July 21st, 2009
7:38 pm
Esco looks so happy today too.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
7:39 pm
Uribe’s is a fat slob!
Can’t stand the Giants annoucers….buncha “meat”heads!
N9(Escobar is THE future& NOT tradable)
July 21st, 2009
7:39 pm
Bingo. Chips brings up Frenchy before the first inning ended.
Gone Viral
July 21st, 2009
7:39 pm
Okay, whichever one of you made the Pride of the Yankees deal, thank you.
SG
July 21st, 2009
7:39 pm
Hey guys found a perfect game link. Plus they are begging for viewers. Thought I’d share. http://www.p2p4u.net/watch-live-sports.php?id=3151&link=2
the hopes of the braves nation rest in your hands mr. hanson
July 21st, 2009
7:39 pm
TnBrian,
yeah the obsession with halladay to the phils might be coming to an end….but a new obsession with cliff lee to the phils is about to start brewing.
CorkylikesBeer
July 21st, 2009
7:39 pm
TJ…kj did have tommy john surgery..performed by Dr. James Andrews
Necromancer
July 21st, 2009
7:39 pm
argh…the wife wants to go on a bike ride…
Hold the fort down for me!
Gone Viral
July 21st, 2009
7:40 pm
Err, Damn Yankees. Pride of the Yankees has slightly different subject matter and significantly different viewpoint regarding the Yankee ballclub.
TJ
July 21st, 2009
7:40 pm
Yep. Those were the stats that I could find on the QT. I’m sure some stats guys could probably find more. I’m just not a “stats guy”…. or stats girl for that matter.
Salamander
July 21st, 2009
7:40 pm
Maybe 3 people out of the hundreds who post on the blog wanted to trade Escobar – can we please just drop the whole damn conversation?
I’m tired of hearing “Don’t trade Escobar!” Really? No sh!t. I’m sure these comments might sway Wren to keep this player just this one time.
Wren isn’t going to move the guy without a significant return (including a good young SS), and that deal isn’t materializing. So please, can everyone just drop it?
Escobar is going nowhere. There is no need to panic about Wren moving him.
Done.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
7:41 pm
A lot of ground balls early by Lowe is definitely a good sign. I like our chances tonight.
THWG
July 21st, 2009
7:41 pm
jeffrey d- He swings like LaRoche, too.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
7:41 pm
That upmire is calling everything and anybody out over there…he just sending people to the dugout left or right…no matter if they’re safe or out…
I love it…
I think he just rung
letsgetrich
July 21st, 2009
7:41 pm
with that defense behind lowe.. no he is wheelin and dealin
MANOLO
July 21st, 2009
7:42 pm
BOBBY COX/ PAUL, if we trade KJ for a right handed reliever, so we can send Manny A. down, who can we get? I like weathers, but he can be had for less that KJ I believe. What about Capps from Pittsburgh? Is he available?
TJ
July 21st, 2009
7:42 pm
SG…thanks for that link.
Rob from SC
July 21st, 2009
7:42 pm
Can anyone on the Braves get Winn out
CrimeDog
July 21st, 2009
7:42 pm
Salamander-
Amen. No one has mentioned trading Escobar in weeks, yet after every good thing he does, we hear “still want to trade Escobar?”, addressed to no one in particular.
Nova Scotia Steve
July 21st, 2009
7:42 pm
yup i think he just called Winn out…lol
Zephyr 8
July 21st, 2009
7:43 pm
Does Randy Winn get hits against any other teams?
The_Superhoo
July 21st, 2009
7:43 pm
God I hate Winn!!!
Gone Viral
July 21st, 2009
7:43 pm
“Why in the heck was KJ ever converted to an infielder in the first place?”
The same reason Chipper was converted to an outfielder. That’s where the need was.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
7:44 pm
Get him here Lowe…
Marc
July 21st, 2009
7:44 pm
High heat from Lowe? lol?
Jalb3rt
July 21st, 2009
7:44 pm
OMG, Randy Winn please go back to the AL!!!!!!!!!
nolie
July 21st, 2009
7:44 pm
trading good position players for relievers isn’t value-for-value, in most instances. (SCOOTS)
amen to that. they are relievers for one reason, cause they ain’t good enough to be anything else. That applies to 90+% of them,and one of the ways in which they manifest their suckatude is by going cold just when you think they are hot stuff. I would never trade a decent regular player for any but the most proven longterm reliever.and Sherrill for instance has yo-yoed almost every year. No thank you.
N Nine
July 21st, 2009
7:45 pm
Salamander YES! I agree, not happening! It could finally be a quiet deadline.
Jaglawyer
July 21st, 2009
7:45 pm
Frank Wren on the phone . . .
“Mr. Lentz, what do you think about this move . . .”
Soph
July 21st, 2009
7:45 pm
Wow. That thing rolled for a while.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 21st, 2009
7:45 pm
Whew….a little luck can’t hurt.
abwright
July 21st, 2009
7:46 pm
Another great comment by Chip Caray, “Good job by Chipper to watch that ball go foul.”
Like Chipper had a choice!