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stamper
August 6th, 2009
10:07 pm
Lentz, how can you not comprehend anything anyone writes to you? You still completely missed the entire point! Production. We need more of it from Kawakami. That’s all. That’s all I’ve been saying. He’s underperformed. Period.
Regarding Campillo. How are his statistics in 08 irrelevant when YOU claimed Smoltz, Glavine and Hampton’s statistics in 08 were relevant? In your strange world, shouldn’t they be on an equal tier?
Additionally, what the phcuk does Frank Wren even have to do with anything I wrote? I didn’t mention him. Furthermore, at no time did i suggest braves needing to re sign Smoltz or Hampton in 09. Or Glavine for that matter! I never said I wanted them, either. Your logic for even discussing that, yet again, is astounding.
Like I stated earlier, you are only capable of processing information as long as it accommodates your own strange little agenda.
I am not talking about Frank Wren’s decisions during the off season. At all. I’m talking about results. Results. Not a GM’s decisions on whom to sign/not sign.
But for the record, Wren attempted to sign both Smoltz and Hampton. He just failed. And we’re so incredibly lucky that he did.
That is all.
cabravesfan
August 6th, 2009
10:08 pm
TennesseePaul-
Nothing better then listening to Vin Scully call a baseball game
Jurrjens4NLCY
August 6th, 2009
10:09 pm
Is the Dodger stadium titiontron a ….. giant Iphone? That makes me sick
N8
August 6th, 2009
10:09 pm
em>”Lentz….dear God man…what is it that you don’t understand.” njbrave
Let me answer this one. If I was a betting man, I’d go with the English language.
cricket
August 6th, 2009
10:11 pm
Who the heck is Eduardo Prado ??
bravefaninok
August 6th, 2009
10:12 pm
DirtyYuni , yeah derrick trucks kicks ass! i’m a big goverment mule fan as well.
AndyC
August 6th, 2009
10:12 pm
I hate it for Smoltz because I am still a fan despite his recent d-bag behavior. You have to give props to Wren for seeing that both Glavine and Smoltz were done. I will be surprised if Smoltz is with Boston much longer. Hopefully he will have the sense to retire before he gets released and looks like an old fool.
Freddie G
August 6th, 2009
10:13 pm
Guys,while KK has struggled at times and more times than we would like he has done fairly well and I would say very well for 5th Starter. Can yu’all remember at least two starts where he left the game with the lead only for the pen to give it up. In addition he like the other starters were victimized by the poor offensive production in the first half. Many of you are the same people who ripped Frank Wren when he decided not to resign Smoltz on the terms that were offered by Boston. Frank is now looking like a genius and Theo Epstein may be catchin hell for signing Smoltz, especially after his performance tonight.
Jeffro
August 6th, 2009
10:14 pm
Always a treat listenin to Vin Scully.
Vinings Jim
August 6th, 2009
10:15 pm
Good inning for Vin Scully (I guess)
Chop It Up All-Stars
August 6th, 2009
10:15 pm
Can McCann give Chipper his glasses?
Heath
August 6th, 2009
10:15 pm
Well…that was easy.
DirtyYuni
August 6th, 2009
10:16 pm
I gotta say that I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Chipper look this confused at the plate.
Jeffro
August 6th, 2009
10:16 pm
Man what is with Chipper not laying off that pitch in the dirt lately. Geez he used to either poke it for a single or take it for a ball.
Duke
August 6th, 2009
10:16 pm
Chipper is bad right now
TennesseePaul
August 6th, 2009
10:16 pm
cabravesfan: Nothing.
Chipper seems tired or something. He keeps swinging at ptiches he never would have offered at last season… what gives? Played too many games?
Jalb3rt
August 6th, 2009
10:17 pm
There goes Chipper swinging at everything again. Another strikeout for the man.
Joebrave
August 6th, 2009
10:17 pm
Now, after yesterday’s game I hope these Braves, don’t get clowned by Randy Freakin Wolf.
Vinings Jim
August 6th, 2009
10:17 pm
Damn – is everyone listening to Vin? Cabravesfan – you seem to have gotten a trend going here.
TennesseePaul
August 6th, 2009
10:17 pm
So, DOB, what’d the crowd do when Lowe was announced?
MurphyRules
August 6th, 2009
10:18 pm
Have you people clamoring for Heyward to be called up not learned anything from the past?
Do you not remember Joey Devine?
Do you not remember Charlie Morton?
Do you not remember Jordan Schafer?
The list goes on and on of guys who got called up too early and have never been the same since.
Why don’t we let this guy start shaving before we throw him into the fire? I mean, do you REALLY expect a 19-year-old to save this season or do you just want one more thing to bitch about?
Interested Observer
August 6th, 2009
10:18 pm
Thanks Bystander, appreciate the explanation. I don’t get the postgame stuff. I’ll take that as Nate being a smarta$$, makes me feel a little better.
TPM
August 6th, 2009
10:18 pm
Has Tom Glavine’s phone rung yet?
Steve from OH
August 6th, 2009
10:18 pm
And I see our boy Riaan Spanjer-Furstenburg went yard again tonight…as did Adam Milligan. Watch out, Heyward.
lexbrave
August 6th, 2009
10:19 pm
usatoday showed that moving the pitcher to the 8th spot doesn’t accomplish anything.
Moving a better hitter into the No. 9 slot does raise that batting spot’s run average. However, it will also reduce the number of runs scored when the Nos. 5, 6 and 7 hitters lead off.
Essentially, the gain in those innings that the No. 9 hitter leads off is washed out by those innings in which the regular No. 6 hitter or No. 7 hitter leads off. Furthermore, moving a better hitter in the No. 9 slot instead of the No. 8 slot means an average of 48 fewer plate appearances a season for that hitter.
Innocent Bystander
August 6th, 2009
10:19 pm
MurphyRules-
Do you not remember Andruw Jones?
Tokyo Bravo
August 6th, 2009
10:20 pm
Amen to that, Jeffro. Today’s announcers all sound exactly the same. No color or personal style, and noone sticks around long enougfh to really become the voice of a team.
I feel really lucky to have grown up listening to Skip, Ernie and the Professor in Atlanta, as well as Vin Scully, Harry Caray and some of the other giants. No one like ‘em anymore.
And yeah, I loved Howard, Frank and Dandy Don on Monday Night Football, too.
Vinings Jim
August 6th, 2009
10:20 pm
Chipper had three hits last night, and tonight he sucks already. I tell you, what a tough crowd. The lady at the front table looks just like the bouncer.
Joebrave
August 6th, 2009
10:20 pm
Oh hell this is going to be one of those games, LoafLaRoach, just lazy-assed a ball to second.
Marc from FL
August 6th, 2009
10:20 pm
KK has some interesting numbers when you crunch them. Both financial numbers and baseball numbers. I thought this was interesting, he’s making as much money per win as an ace, but is closer to a back of the rotation guy in terms of money per workload. Let’s not forget that the two guys I’m comparing him two are team Aces (something KK was never meant to be) and while Johan’s offense behind him is huting, Santana has had a great offense behind him.
CC Sabathia, Season salary: 22mil (with sign-on bonus factored)
Wins: 11, 2mil a win
Innings: 155, $142,000 an inning
ERA: 3.95, 7 losses, 23 games
Johan Santana Season salary: 18mil
Wins: 11, $1,630,300 a win
Innings: 145, $124,100 an inning
ERA: 3.10, 8 losses, 22 games
Kenshin Kawakami, Season salary: 8mi
Wins: 5, $1,600,000 a win
Innings: 111, $72,000 an inning
ERA: 4.38, 9 losses, 20 games
I promise I was working on a point, but my laptop battery is about to die, good night, lol.
TennesseePaul
August 6th, 2009
10:20 pm
Innocent Bystander: “Do you not remember Andruw Jones?”
Not been around the blog long? Word around here, when he was here, was he’s no good.
Jeff321
August 6th, 2009
10:20 pm
Lowe almost gets the shaft!
RHR
August 6th, 2009
10:21 pm
I hate that guy.
Joebrave
August 6th, 2009
10:21 pm
Methinks Lowe just said SHHHHEEEEIT!
RHR
August 6th, 2009
10:22 pm
Hey Jim, I agree, Chipper sucks. what a hack. they need to send him to gwinnett and bring up brooks conrad.
Choppinmama
August 6th, 2009
10:23 pm
Derek’s whole life just flashed before his eyes………
Soph
August 6th, 2009
10:23 pm
Me too RHR, me too.
PWHjort
August 6th, 2009
10:23 pm
Steve from OH,
Since you’re supposed to use 3-year samples for UZR
Yes and no. All UZR does is report what actually happened. You may need a 3-year sample to assess how good a player actually is on defense but you don’t need a significant sample to know what the player has actually been worth on defense. Might not have predictive value, but as far as assessing what players have already done, I don’t see that as a problem.
brent a.
August 6th, 2009
10:23 pm
This can’t be how Smoltz is gonna go out, can it?
Come back to Atlanta, John.
Swallow your pride, take a small salary, and pitch the 9th for the resurgent Braves in 2010.
Steve from OH
August 6th, 2009
10:23 pm
Oh, and just got back from the G-Braves game. A few observations:
Jonny Venters looked a lot better than his line indicated. 90-93 on the stadium gun, hit 94 a few times. Got a few awkward swings on the changeup, but from where I was sitting I couldn’t get a good look at how much his ball moved, and how much tilt on his slider. K’ed 6 in 3 innings, but also gave up 8(!) ER. His defense didn’t do him any favors though. Gregor Blanco badly misplayed a flyball into a 3-run triple, and Sammons dropped a ball at the plate on a throw home for a sure out.
Brooks Conrad is bad at defense.
Barton is kinda clumsy.
Brandon Jones was the only guy who even looked like a decent hitter at the plate.
Barbaro moves like he’s got lead in his shoes. And couldn’t hit a curveball to save his life tonight.
David O'Brien
August 6th, 2009
10:24 pm
Just talked to Minor about signing tonight.
“Today was the first day I actually felt like a Brave,” he said. “Draft day was a big day in my life, but today it was like I sealed the deal. I feel like I’m actually starting my career now.”…
“We were excited about being drafted in the first round, and then to be picked by the Braves was like a dream. Now to get a bonus like this – it’s a little overwhelming.”
Jeffro
August 6th, 2009
10:24 pm
Tokyo Bravo-
You are absolutely right. My grandpa like the Cubs when I was growin up and got to hear him during the day, and Skip and Pete at night. I said when Skip died that everytime I heard him or Pete or Don or yes even Joe….it just felt right somehow, felt like home and comfort and all that emotional crap.
Duke
August 6th, 2009
10:24 pm
Lowe has good movement tonight. Expect him to have a big game
PWHjort
August 6th, 2009
10:24 pm
And last night Adam Milligan had 2 warning track fly-outs and hit a line-drive right at the LF that he made a nice play on but then dropped the ball for an RBI single/error (not sure what the official scoring was). I was impressed with him last night.
RHR
August 6th, 2009
10:25 pm
Crush those dreams, D Lowe.
RHR
August 6th, 2009
10:25 pm
I mean, way to crush those dreams, D Lowe
Braves326
August 6th, 2009
10:26 pm
congrats to Minor
MurphyRules
August 6th, 2009
10:26 pm
Andruw Jones was the exception, not the norm.
I’m not totally against bringing up a 19-year-old if he’s ready. I just don’t think it’s worth the risk for this team, this season.
I don’t have a problem with bringing him up in September.
nolie
August 6th, 2009
10:26 pm
The Matrix trilogy is great popcorn cinema. (Tokyo)
I’ll not even go that far. The first one was an excellent movie, the 2nd & 3rd were not. What a jumbled mess they were.
Choppinmama
August 6th, 2009
10:26 pm
Poor Smoltzie – I watched ’til he got yanked early. Wrenn is looking less and less like The Braves Baseball Ogre. John would not have been helpful to us this year.
And DOB and/or Carroll: I’m still wondering about the deafening silence from and about Smoltz at the Maddux HOF day. What gives?
David O'Brien
August 6th, 2009
10:26 pm
brent a: what about Smoltz’s performance would lead you to believe he could be effective pitching the ninth for the Braves in 2010?
RHR
August 6th, 2009
10:27 pm
The moral of the fish has to be killed [by] that” Fixed.
LOL
Steve from OH
August 6th, 2009
10:27 pm
Oh, and did someone really say the Matrix was better than the Godfather? For shame.
TennesseePaul
August 6th, 2009
10:27 pm
BS Chuck!
Jeffro
August 6th, 2009
10:29 pm
Cy Wolf………..again!!!!!
RHR
August 6th, 2009
10:29 pm
I love that guy!
Joebrave
August 6th, 2009
10:29 pm
I rather enjoyed Serpico vs. the Godfather.
Jeff321
August 6th, 2009
10:29 pm
Escobar!
Soph
August 6th, 2009
10:29 pm
Escoooo.
TennesseePaul
August 6th, 2009
10:30 pm
Escobar should have steamed over to third with Juan in center…
Chop It Up All-Stars
August 6th, 2009
10:30 pm
I know some guys that would have gotten a triple out of that hit by Yunel.
stamper
August 6th, 2009
10:30 pm
speaking of underperforming… we’re just dropped over 2.4 million dollars on that Minor guy… how many wins has he gotten us? Come on now. Shape up or ship out, young man! Earn your keep ’round here.
Joebrave
August 6th, 2009
10:32 pm
Randy Wolf looks like Dierks Bentley!
brent a.
August 6th, 2009
10:32 pm
DOB,
I think he paces himself, and doesn’t have it to go the distance, even five innings.
My hope is that he could come back and air it out for one inning at a time.
I know in the past he has said that it is easier on his arm to prepare for starting; but, he was willing to give closing a try again last year before another surgery.
After this year’s (seemingly) unsuccessful attempt at starting; perhaps he’ll be willing to give closing a shot, one more time.
For a small salary, I’d like to see him give it a try.
Yankees 1st inning
D Jeter grounded out to second.
J Damon struck out swinging.
M Teixeira walked.
A Rodriguez struck out looking.
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
I’ll take that from my closer.
Steve from OH
August 6th, 2009
10:32 pm
Someone needs to tell the rest of the NL to throw GA fastballs again.
Soph
August 6th, 2009
10:33 pm
Way to go Diaz! Score early.
Jeffro
August 6th, 2009
10:33 pm
There ya go Diaz!!!!
Vinings Jim
August 6th, 2009
10:33 pm
Matty!!!!
Packerman
August 6th, 2009
10:33 pm
Wow. The boo birds are out already in L.A….
Heath
August 6th, 2009
10:33 pm
Diaz no goat tonight..getting some cheers instead of jeers early in this game.
RHR
August 6th, 2009
10:33 pm
I missed a lot of weirdness on the previous pages…I’ve just read something that made me think I should just skip right over the rest haha.
Um but how am I harsh? And how does nolie know how tall i am or am not?
And I was just about to wonder why Diaz was starting over Church..glad I didn’t say anything lol.
lexbrave
August 6th, 2009
10:34 pm
at a boy matty…
Chop It Up All-Stars
August 6th, 2009
10:34 pm
What a dangerous number eight hitter we have tonight with LaRoche.
Mitchell
August 6th, 2009
10:34 pm
Hell yeah baby!
Huge hit, huge run.
That’s Matt Diaz for you. Been trashing the guy for days and then he turns in on. Still hit into three damn DPs.
Mitchell
August 6th, 2009
10:34 pm
Turns it on.
Supes
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
Esco continuing to rake….and Matty Diaz taking one of his ugly swings payed off with that jam shot that drove in the run. Hey, good job by Matt stealing 2B. Too bad we don’t see more of that from the Braves!
Come on Roachy! Get that runner in!
DOB,
regarding Minor, awesome to see him pumped to be a Brave!
Jeff321
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
Well, that worked out great! 2-0
stamper
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
niiiiice.
John Deere Green
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
Look at Matt Di-ass lumber around the bases.
Soph
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
Sweeeeet.
TennesseePaul
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
Awesome! Nice LaRoche!
Jeffro
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
So far I’m likin this LaRoche trade.
Braves326
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
and rochy continues to hit
Mitchell
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
Suck it Dodgers.
F you Randy Wolf.
That’s right… BOOOOOOO!!!
Choppinmama
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
I haven’t been able to see the last 4 games, was away from my Xtra Innings. I’ve been jonesing bad for blogging and Braves baseball. (also, it’s the only way I’ll be able to stay up tonight :-0 )
C’mon guys, us bleary-eyed fans need excitement…… hits, runs, close plays at the plate………..not a pitcher’s duel tonight. (2 yawns surpressed during this blog alone)
Kurdt Kobain
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
Just like Bobby drew it up…
DirtyYuni
August 6th, 2009
10:35 pm
Wow. That’s pretty. Diaz stolen base, Roachy through the middle. So nice to see them make it a little easier on themselves.
Heath
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
Adam looking good with that single….
TennesseePaul
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
As the Dodger road game-calling crew calls him: Speedy Diaz
RHR
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
Casey Kotchman who? Did I complain about this trade? I’m sure I didn’t.
Goldenglove002
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
doesn’t matter where Laroche hits, he’s just happy to be back in Atlanta
Tony Almeida
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
Why is one of our hottest hitters batting 8th?
David
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
good lineup Bobby!1
cricket
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
That was some beautiful baseball.
mr baseball
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
Thank you Joe Torre for not walking LaRoche. Guess we don’t have the only Hall of Fame manager who makes bad decisions.
McFann :Ô:
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
Innocent Bystander–
Yep. I’m pretty sure Bobby doesn’t really look at splits like that very much…
–RBI SINGLE LaROCHE. Yah, he should be batting cleanup…TOTALLY!!–
Chop It Up All-Stars Can McCann give Chipper his glasses?
No, he really needs them…
Vinings Jim
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
I will reiterate, I told a certain ca braves fan that this was a good trade, when the rest of the blog hated it. (not to go all PL)
lexbrave
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
roachy..keeping it hot
Mitchell
August 6th, 2009
10:36 pm
Great baseball. I like it.
Roachy clears the pitcher.
Too little too late Juan Pierre. We’re on the board.
UNCBrave
August 6th, 2009
10:37 pm
Any word on HUDSON? Been at football practice…