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nrtnscks
July 23rd, 2009
3:49 pm
Yeah, one of those days of abysmally poor decisions by our “Hall-of-Fame” manager. Quickly 0-2 to Kelly, here comes strike 3.
Mario Mendoza
July 23rd, 2009
3:49 pm
Kelly Johnson is back with the team and bam, Braves lose
CrimeDog
July 23rd, 2009
3:49 pm
Hey look! Martin Prado is up third this inning! But I thought he was out of the game? I hate Bobby Cox! I hate Peter Moylan! I hate Glenn Hubbard! We don’t we trade Kotchman, Johnson, and Moylan for Pujols?!?!?
Mr. Enigma
July 23rd, 2009
3:49 pm
Brad Pittman
Both commentators have been mentioning about the narrow strike zone for both teams. Try again, troll.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 23rd, 2009
3:49 pm
Let it hit you Kelly!
McFann :Ô:
July 23rd, 2009
3:50 pm
Steve from OH How was that not runner interference?
Same way it wasn’t runner’s interference in the Yankees series. Umps hate us…wonder if it was the same crew…
N Nine
July 23rd, 2009
3:50 pm
“they took Kotchman out after his pathetic throw.”
A sad ending to a career high hitting streak. With him having no errors, he should have stayed in.
Gone Viral
July 23rd, 2009
3:50 pm
“Can anyone here pay attention?”
Some but not many.
David O'Brien
July 23rd, 2009
3:50 pm
Gonzalez left-forearm contusion. X-rays negative, listed as day-to-day.
Wayne in Utah
July 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm
Sometimes I think about 1/3 of you folks just loves to bitch. Also, roughly the same number don’t know sheet about the game either…
Brandon
July 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm
It aint over people…
The Bird and Indian
July 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm
Good job KJ.
chilidog75
July 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm
Jay,
A single to start the inning. Two sac bunts the Braves turned into base hits — one that ended up scoring a run when it got away from KJ after hitting runner.
Then two base hits off Moylan and an error — on Church, though it should have been on Chipper — allowed three more runs to score.
bgvt
July 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm
Jonathan –
Given how short the bullpen was getting, some type of double switch was in order. Another possibility was with GA for Church (with Diaz moving to right) but I think he is nursing an injury. Plus, GA is also LH. But — KJ hits LHP better than RHP so your argument isn’t so great.
As I write this, KJ gets a single.
dogsbrekky
July 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm
Mixxo – uS Aussie drunks resemble that comment !
KJ back and the curse is on… see if we can find an aboriginal to reverse the curse
aswingruber
July 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm
Moylan is a kangaroo f*cker.
moylan needs to go outback
July 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm
Moylan fully deserves the loss for this one. He’s been terrible all year.
nemov
July 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm
The Giants deserved this one today. They left over 20 people on base and Zito was lights out. Frankly the Braves were lucky it was close before the meltdown.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 23rd, 2009
3:51 pm
McLouth should have leaned in to that one too.
The Bird and Indian
July 23rd, 2009
3:52 pm
KJ.
The Bird and Indian
July 23rd, 2009
3:52 pm
Nate??
Doc Holiday
July 23rd, 2009
3:52 pm
1. Medlen should have never been taken out.
2. I thought Kotchman was still on this team because of his defense………unreal
3. KJ back = back to the old days (1st half)
4. WAYNE IN UTAH, dont worry, we will give it another shot when the time comes,
5. Braves deserve to lose this game, it helps mentally, it will help them understand………..you play stupid ball, you will end up with and L.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 23rd, 2009
3:52 pm
BOOOOOO McLouth…..would have been 1st and 2nd..but no…he couldn’t take one for the team.
Nick
July 23rd, 2009
3:52 pm
Nate is killing this team. At least get him out of the leadoff spot.
Original Jon
July 23rd, 2009
3:52 pm
pryguy, i have been here every single day posting for the past, oh i dont know, 5 years. Who the hell are you? STFU.
Soph
July 23rd, 2009
3:52 pm
Glad it’s not that serious with Gonzy.
Taylor S
July 23rd, 2009
3:52 pm
Mclouth is terrible.
moylan needs to go outback
July 23rd, 2009
3:52 pm
There goes any potential rally on that DP by McLouth, that’s the ballgame.
wow
July 23rd, 2009
3:53 pm
Mclouth is killing us 3 for 31 now after the break and two more doubleplays today ouch.
David O'Brien
July 23rd, 2009
3:53 pm
All four Giants runs in the eighth unearned. Not that that makes the loss any easier to swallow.
Paul Lentz
July 23rd, 2009
3:53 pm
I guess that base hit by Kelly makes the double switch all worth it?
Unreal. That hit will only give Bobby more ammunition to play Kelly even more. That is why I hated to see Francoeur to get a hit before he was traded. It only gave Bobby the same ammunition to keep throwing Francoeur out there in right field.
Same argument with Peter Moylan.
Doc Holiday
July 23rd, 2009
3:53 pm
KJ back = double play…………at least he was not the hitter.
aswingruber
July 23rd, 2009
3:53 pm
that would’ve been helpful with a runner on base
Roja
July 23rd, 2009
3:53 pm
So we send down a .350 hitter and bring up a .214 and keep .090 something Norton? I guess this is Bobby’s way to insure we finish UNDER .500????
BL
July 23rd, 2009
3:53 pm
Hope everyone is well! Haven’t been on the blog since Saturday and we have been winning since that loss so stayed away to keep it rolling. Now that this one is done, glad to be back.
CrimeDog
July 23rd, 2009
3:53 pm
Prado gets a hit after being pulled by Bobby? Perplexing. Also, the double play was Bobby’s fault, as is global warming and athlete’s foot.
NORRIS
July 23rd, 2009
3:54 pm
WHY IS IT WHEN WE GIVE UP RUNS WE GIVE UP 20 MILLION?????
OUR GUYS JUST SEEM TO FALL APART WHEN SOMETHING DONT GO THEIR WAY.
WE GIVE UP TO EASY!!!
PLUS MOYLAN IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jared
July 23rd, 2009
3:54 pm
Our bullpen outside of Soriano is one major momentum killer. We should have traded Gonzalez already and Moylan has sucked since he blew out his arm.
chilidog75
July 23rd, 2009
3:54 pm
Chipper’s taken a couple of pitches. Nice.
YE19
July 23rd, 2009
3:54 pm
Seems like LEADOFF has turned into the weakest spot in the order on this team. Would be nice if Nate would get it going.
Taylor S
July 23rd, 2009
3:54 pm
Way to hustle Chip …
Andrew in P-tang
July 23rd, 2009
3:55 pm
nate sucks
pryguy
July 23rd, 2009
3:55 pm
Original Jon,
Does blogging on here for 5 years make you reasonable and intelligent? I think it actually might make you the opposite considering the greater numbers of irrational Braves bloggers on here. You being one of them from your recent postings.
Tomahawkin
July 23rd, 2009
3:55 pm
Chipper Pulled His Best Francoeur Impersonation today, Well Done!
THWG
July 23rd, 2009
3:55 pm
This one’s over. I’m going outside to get some work done. Beautiful day out, btw.
AlabamaBrave
July 23rd, 2009
3:55 pm
NORRIS
July 23rd, 2009
3:54 pm
WHY IS IT WHEN WE GIVE UP RUNS WE GIVE UP 20 MILLION?????
OUR GUYS JUST SEEM TO FALL APART WHEN SOMETHING DONT GO THEIR WAY.
WE GIVE UP TO EASY!!!
PLUS MOYLAN IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOUD NOISES!
Roja
July 23rd, 2009
3:55 pm
They might be unearned runs but IF we lose, the loss was definitely EARNED!! Gonzo and Moylan earned it — again!!!!
Mitchell
July 23rd, 2009
3:55 pm
G Damn this S***.
This is a bunch of S*** if you ask me.
Should I say it again?
Jonathan Simeone
July 23rd, 2009
3:55 pm
There’s’ McLouth hitting into a double play. The guy does not hit lefties well. Now with Prado’s hit that play looks even worse. And another at bat trip to the plate from Chipper. He has had a bad day.
nemov
July 23rd, 2009
3:55 pm
I don’t think Nate is a very good leadoff hitter, he’s a better 2 spot guy. We just don’t have a real leadoff hitter on the team.
Original Jon
July 23rd, 2009
3:56 pm
pryguy, hmmm, i think you calling people out on a blog makes you the opposite of reasonable and intelligent. Give me a break man.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 23rd, 2009
3:56 pm
*sigh*
I promist that I won’t stay mad too long. I promist myself that I will look at the “big picture” and say that taking 3 of 4 from the Giants is a good thing.
McLouth of the South
July 23rd, 2009
3:56 pm
KJ must not have any trouble swallowing or he wouldn’t be here…
Gone Viral
July 23rd, 2009
3:56 pm
Okay, so we need to cut Kotchman, Kawakami, KJ, Moylan, Bobby Cox and Cadahia, apparently. I’m very disappointed in the Frank Wren haters for not showing enough imagination to blame him for this as well.
chilidog75
July 23rd, 2009
3:56 pm
I love the people that say Nate is “killing this team.”
Haven’t the Braves won 6 of 8 on this homestand?
That seems OK.
Shamus Thacker
July 23rd, 2009
3:56 pm
“”Prado gets a hit after being pulled by Bobby? Perplexing. Also, the double play was Bobby’s fault, as is global warming and athlete’s foot.”"
Not to mention the size of Schafer’s ears. I’ll have to explain later…
RHR
July 23rd, 2009
3:56 pm
They moved him to first after they took Kotchman out after his pathetic throw.
Did Casey really get pulled from the game for that?
Nick
July 23rd, 2009
3:57 pm
So I guess this little hot streak the Bravos were on was nothing more than another tease. I would understand us losing to Lincecum but Zito? What happened? We better pick it up against the Brewers. If we are indeed buyers at the end of the month, we HAVE to upgrade 1B if we want a chance at the postseason. Definately need to get rid of some dead weight (Kotchman, Norton, Diory, Moylan). There is something criminally wrong with Conrad and Barbaro playing in Gwinnet and guys like the aforementioned remain on this team.
Tomahawkin
July 23rd, 2009
3:57 pm
I’m Not Hating On Nate-Dawg But He is A totally different hitter in this lineup as opposed to when he first got here…
I think he swings for the fences (especially on this homestand) way too much and therefore pulls off too much…I want to see him going the other way and hitting balls to the gap…
Soph
July 23rd, 2009
3:57 pm
*sigh*
Back to reality.
Joebrave
July 23rd, 2009
3:57 pm
My God Please Trade Kotchman, and Gonzalez to the White Sox for Konerko now.
Andrew in P-tang
July 23rd, 2009
3:58 pm
maybe we should move nate down in the order like yunel
Joebrave
July 23rd, 2009
3:58 pm
Then trade Kelly, JoJo, and L.Sumoza to baltimore for Sherrill, and Meredith
AlabamaBrave
July 23rd, 2009
3:58 pm
You know what? The season is over because Atlanta won 3 of 4 versus the best starting staff (coming into the series) and played one crappy inning the whole series. BTW did I mention the team won 3 of 4 against the Mets and the only loss was to the best left-hander in the game? My goodness, some of you have the mentality of 12 year olds.Get a grip. It is one game.
CrimeDog
July 23rd, 2009
3:58 pm
Gone Viral,
Didn’t you know? The Braves were supposed to win every game for the rest of the season and play flawlessly. If they had a good manager they would. We just need Peter Moylan to contract Ebola so Bobby will be forced to keep him out of games (You know, like when Jeff Bennett punched a wall). I’m sure if Frank Wren didn’t physically restrain COx from using Bennett, he would have started games 1, 2, and 3 of this series and been first out of the pen for this one.
pryguy
July 23rd, 2009
3:58 pm
Calling you out for your uneducated posts. Maybe cause you have been blogging on here for so long your name just sticks out to me to read. And now I am satisfied to skip over your posts from here on out based on your recent rumblings and grumblings. I am sick even reading the blog after a loss, because the past 6 days of praise all of you have been given to this team, you equal it in ridicule after ONE loss. Gimme a break, we took 3 of 4 off of the WC leaders. Job well done and grind it out tomorrow.
N Nine
July 23rd, 2009
3:59 pm
“All four Giants runs in the eighth unearned. Not that that makes the loss any easier to swallow”
Talk about a “painful” loss for Gonzo. Meanwhile for Moylen, no harm done, no loss and lowers ERA.
The Bird and Indian
July 23rd, 2009
3:59 pm
This blog is oh so sad. That bandwagon got rather crowded but now I’m getting pretty lonely on here. We lose and all of you start overreacting and talking about how horrible we are. Moylan didn’t even get hit hard at all.
Roja: You said Gonzo earned this loss for us? What exactly did he do? He faced one batter and got hit in the arm and then got taken out. Man he had a bad outing!!
sad sad sad sad.
Joebrave
July 23rd, 2009
3:59 pm
Then move Medlen and Moylan to Toronto for Adam Lind!!!!
McFann :Ô:
July 23rd, 2009
3:59 pm
N Nine A sad ending to a career high hitting streak.
I agree.
Good news on Gonzo…that it wasn’t broken.
Andrew in P-tang
July 23rd, 2009
4:00 pm
i really dont even like lookin at kelly on this team anymore..trade him
Shamus Thacker
July 23rd, 2009
4:00 pm
First person who calls McLouth “McLouse” is gonna really pizz me off…
chilidog75
July 23rd, 2009
4:00 pm
Yeah. Sort of weird how this place was a ghosttown while they were beating the best pitcher in baseball. Now, they lose one — in their last five games — and now it’s time to get “rid of the dead weight.”
Joebrave
July 23rd, 2009
4:00 pm
And when Chipper don’t want to play, just tell ol Coxie!
McFann :Ô:
July 23rd, 2009
4:00 pm
Soph–
Did you say today was your Birthday?
If so, Happy Birthday! Too bad the Braves aren’t helping to make it happier.
Steve from OH
July 23rd, 2009
4:00 pm
Great, now Dentz Lentz is gonna address me in every KJ post he makes, and I think I can be fairly certain that KJ is gonna be his new Frenchy. Do me a favor Paul: don’t. Every one of your posts about KJ makes you sound like and idiot, because it’s pretty apparent you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Mixxo
July 23rd, 2009
4:00 pm
We need to “take it” to the Brew Crew tomorrow night. Keep them in their funk.
bgvt
July 23rd, 2009
4:01 pm
Paul –
No, the single doesn’t justify the double switch. What justifies the double switch is that the game was tied at the time. If you want Moylan in the game, you don’t want him leading off the bottom of the 8th. The only two remaining pitchers were Acosta and Soriano. If you get out of the 8th still tied, pinching hitting for Moylan could leave you with not many pitchers if the game goes 11 or 12 innings. Thus, double switch either for Ross (with McCann), Kotchman (with KJ and Prado moving to 1st) or for Church (with GA).
If KJ had not been activated, would you have been okay using Brooks Conrad in the same double switch?
Andrew in P-tang
July 23rd, 2009
4:01 pm
Nate McLouse
Doc Holiday
July 23rd, 2009
4:01 pm
Some players are not bad, but once they get into a game bad things start happening.
Gonzalez………….KJ…………Norton……………..
Joebrave
July 23rd, 2009
4:01 pm
Nate McLouse
timthebrave
July 23rd, 2009
4:01 pm
HELP! The sky is falling!!
BravoMan
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
Nice job Acosta
Nick
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
I cant get over that Kotchman play. That brought back memories of that Laroche play.
OptimisticInTexas
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
AlabamaBrave,
Perfect description of what happened. But it still sux to know you could have won this game, or it could at least be 3-1 right now… Lets see how they react to this loss…
AZ Braves Fan
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
Buehrle perfect thru 8 at home vs. Tampa. Bottom 8th right now.
Heath (Cleveland)
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
Buerle has a perfect game through 8 innings…
Andrew in P-tang
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
Nate McLouse sucks
tralfaz
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
6 & 2 homestand ain’t bad, thats true…but dang it, it should have been 7 & 1, or 8 & 0 if it weren’t for mental lapses
AlabamaBrave
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
The Bird and Indian
July 23rd, 2009
3:59 pm
I’m still on the bandwagon with you buddy!
wjones
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
“What a F’d Up Inning! That just deflated our momentum heading into Milwaukee!”
Yeah, I know what you mean. We lost 5-1 last Saturday, and after that disastrous ninth inning we were so deflated we won the next 4 games!
Seriously, if we can do this the rest of the way–you know, win all of the starts that Lowe, Javy, JJ & Tommy start, and just totally meltdown every fifth day when KK starts–well KK might not like it but I think the rest of us would be thrilled.
atlbravesfan44
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
I assume the double switch was employed to be able to keep Moylan in the game since the bullpen was being used heavily. But then Moylan went on to throw 20 pitches in the eighth and the game is no longer close. I guess that’s why Acosta pitched the ninth. Doubt it had that much to do with Casey’s play in the field.
Paul Lentz
July 23rd, 2009
4:02 pm
What a bad loss this will be. I cant help but think that Greg Norton being kept on the roster while Brooks Conrad was sent down had to have some effect on the spirit of the team. Greg Norton? Brooks Conrad contributed in his limited time with the Braves. Greg Norton has SUCKED the whole year.
I cant wait to see Jeff Bennett called back up. Why dont we give Tom Glavine a call and tell him that we were sorry for cutting him and that we want to give him a chance? Or maybe we can call Boston and offer them Tommy Hanson in exchange for getting John Smoltz back? Or even better yet, why not trade Jair Jurrgens to the Astros so we can re-acquire Mike Hampton?
Wait, I have an even better idea. Why dont we trade Yunel Escobar to the Mainers for Ryan Langerhans?
And last but not least……….Let’s trade Javier Vazquez to the Mets so we can get our beloved Jeff Francoeur back?
If Frank Wren can make those moves, then we can go back to having really good guys on our team who make great teammates, sign lots of autographs, and who will play hard for Bobby Cox because they appreciate being “Bobby’s boys”.
Joebrave
July 23rd, 2009
4:03 pm
And somebody please kick Randy Winn in his ASS on his way out of town!
CrimeDog
July 23rd, 2009
4:03 pm
bgvt-
Your sound logic and baseball knowledge will surely melt Paul’s brain into oblivion.
N Nine
July 23rd, 2009
4:03 pm
Joebrave Then after all that, we trade you to a Metsblog
chilidog75
July 23rd, 2009
4:03 pm
Hey, it’s not a save situation. Maybe Wilson will let up because of it.
Andrew in P-tang
July 23rd, 2009
4:04 pm
Nate McLouse is cool
ncscoots
July 23rd, 2009
4:04 pm
Sometimes I think about 1/3 of you folks just loves to bitch. Also, roughly the same number don’t know sheet about the game either…
…and I believe that there may be, just possibly, some overlap in those two slices of the pie chart. Just an eensy teensy tiny little probability.
Joebrave
July 23rd, 2009
4:04 pm
N Nine How you get traded to a Nats Blog, TURD LAPPER!!!