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jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
8:51 pm
No…wait! Bobby, I was kidding! Hold it…!
Well, if McCann’s recent performance is any indication (especially against lefties), it seems that Bobby’s credo is that cleanup hitters are supposed to suck.
David O'Brien
August 22nd, 2009
8:51 pm
CrimeDog: I’ve asked myself that same question (8:46). I mean, I’m paid to be here. You and so many others like you obviously love watching the team, on a Saturday night or any other time. But what of those you’re referring to? I don’t get it.
jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
8:51 pm
jeffrey d leadin off page 7
NO MORE COX OR CHIPPER!
August 22nd, 2009
8:52 pm
Braves just can’t hit off Marlins pitchers named Sanchez.
"Chef" Tim Dix
August 22nd, 2009
8:52 pm
Base Coaches please get out real stop signs. Diaz at the plate.
McFann :Ô:
August 22nd, 2009
8:52 pm
jeffrey d–
Good point.
Tomahawkin
August 22nd, 2009
8:53 pm
Good Eye Matty-D!
McFann :Ô:
August 22nd, 2009
8:53 pm
From Mark Bowmen:
The Braves were also without Brian McCann during Saturday night’s game. Braves manager Bobby Cox gave McCann the opportunity to choose whether he wanted to have his day off on Saturday or Sunday.
Considering that the Marlins are starting Ricky Nolasco on Sunday, McCann may have made the right choice. The All-Star catcher has seven hits, including two doubles and two homers, in 22 career at-bats against Nolasco. But he’s just 1-for-8 in his career against Chris Volstad, who started Saturday’s game for the Marlins.
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
8:53 pm
Ross is due.
Tomahawkin
August 22nd, 2009
8:54 pm
Come On D-Ross
Do Something…!
MrNeutral
August 22nd, 2009
8:54 pm
BAD, TERRIBLE NEWS for unrealistic dreamers.
The Marlins announcers said that Heyward and Freeman would bring the power the Braves need (here’s the bad part) when they get here next year or the year after. NO, not this year.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 22nd, 2009
8:55 pm
David O’Brien…
I truly believe the negativity on this blog has to be Bobby’s Cox fault…
Everything else is these days…lol
(joking obviously but you never know)
RHR
August 22nd, 2009
8:55 pm
blazon-So you’re from Afganistan or Iran?Maybe Alabama? Lady looks like a Dude
Lew – hey now…we’re very tolerant of women who look like men down here, thank you very much.
Paul Lentz
August 22nd, 2009
8:55 pm
Nice walk by Diaz. I’m hoping that Bobby does keep in Hanson. He rebounded nicely in the 6th. Plus he’s only at 78 pitches.
If Hanson’s spot in the order wasnt coming up next inning, I’d go as far as to say that if Hanson had a short pitch top of the 7th………I’d have Hanson come out for the 8th as well, given how well he has pitched tonight (with the exception of the 5th).
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
8:55 pm
Everyone witll be running on the 3-2 here to Ross….
Snyder the Architect
August 22nd, 2009
8:56 pm
Whew…very close 2-2 pitch…
cabravesfan
August 22nd, 2009
8:56 pm
jeffrey d-
it’s only 49er games and only when they are sucking…sorry
RHR-
I have forgotten- are you a ‘Bama girl or an Auburn girl?
NO MORE COX OR CHIPPER!
August 22nd, 2009
8:56 pm
Ross has really gone downhill the second half of the season.
jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
8:56 pm
DOB – hope I don’t get O’Burned on this question, but are you a fan of the Braves? Or do you stay impartial?
I know you used to cover the Marlins, and I don’t think you have many Atlanta ties in your past (sorry if I’m wrong on that). So is this just a job for you, and if the Braves happen to win, then good for them? Or do you root for them?
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
8:56 pm
crap…. Ross’ BA has been in a steady decline…
Mixxo
August 22nd, 2009
8:57 pm
The sharks are just circling our life raft…..toying with us……waiting for the KILL!
Vinings Jim
August 22nd, 2009
8:57 pm
jeffrey d – good football answer – especially exhibition game
Luke
August 22nd, 2009
8:58 pm
this game is shaping up quite horridly I think. Offense has folded and I dont think 4 runs is going to be enough tonight.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 22nd, 2009
8:59 pm
I already threw up thinking about the 8th and 9th inning…not to mention what its going to take to get there.
Mixxo
August 22nd, 2009
8:59 pm
Heath -
I’d still rather have him in there for his D & game mgmt. Much better than the alternative. Ya never know, sometimes he’ll run into one too.
McFann :Ô:
August 22nd, 2009
8:59 pm
Yeah, some people wanted to put BMac at first so we could have both their bats in the lineup at the same time.
McFann :Ô:
August 22nd, 2009
9:00 pm
Mixxo–
I beg your pardon? Who we talkin’ about here?
Vinings Jim
August 22nd, 2009
9:00 pm
cabravesfan – guess it’s been a long time, then – and a long time into the future
jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
9:00 pm
CAB – I didn’t say I hate TV screamers. I said I hate watching games with TV screamers. But it seems like about 80% of football fans are screamers, so I guess I’ve gotten used to it.
I’m sure it’s been addressed before, but I have to ask because I’m curious. If it’s not that long of an explanation, why are you a Braves fan? I figured you just used to live here or something (or a non-sports city and watched TBS growing up), but now you say you’re a 49ers fan, which tells me maybe you’ve been in California awhile? haha, just curious.
David O'Brien
August 22nd, 2009
9:01 pm
Moylan and O’Flaherty up in Braves ‘pen
Tomahawkin
August 22nd, 2009
9:01 pm
Come On Blue!!!
Firetheoldfool
August 22nd, 2009
9:02 pm
Don’t expect any more runs from the Braves. And of course the old wife beater will pull Hanson even though he is dealing.
CW
August 22nd, 2009
9:02 pm
I like screamers!
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
9:02 pm
With Hanson due up 2nd in the bottom of the 7th….anyone think that Bobby will PH for him??
Driver8
August 22nd, 2009
9:03 pm
To bad Tommy H. aint getting the corner like the old Tommy G. used to. Otherwise I think the kid is pitching his but off. Just need some runs now. Nothing since the 1st inning…yuck!
Tomahawkin
August 22nd, 2009
9:03 pm
This Is Not Good!
Firetheoldfool
August 22nd, 2009
9:03 pm
Heath. Of course he will. And guess who it will be?
Jeff321
August 22nd, 2009
9:03 pm
Hey, where are those people who said Infante could play OF? Looks like he just make a crap play, eh?
Luke
August 22nd, 2009
9:03 pm
Great job Infante……….should have been caught.
TnBrian
August 22nd, 2009
9:03 pm
I’d be willing to bet money that during the run through the 90’s if the internet was at everybody’s fingertips people would be venting their butts off over every loss.
That damn Hermida doesn’t hit anywhere but in Atlanta. PHUCK! see…
Nova Scotia Steve
August 22nd, 2009
9:04 pm
Garret Anderson catches that ball on a game saving diving play out in Left.
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
9:04 pm
Helms scares me in this situation. He seems to perform well in these spots.
cabravesfan
August 22nd, 2009
9:04 pm
jeffrey d-
I have lived in LA all my life- grew up a dodger fan. Back in 1991 (I was 12) the dodgers blew a big division lead and I decided they didn’t deserve me as a fan (I was 12)- the Braves happened to be the team that won the division that year and I have been a fan ever since…longer then I was ever a Dodger fan actually. I have been a 49ers fan my entire life…
Mixxo
August 22nd, 2009
9:04 pm
I’m not a screamer at all. More like a moaner…..with an occasional guttural muttering.
UNCBrave
August 22nd, 2009
9:04 pm
Hanson should have used his straight CHANGE more…
Mitchell
August 22nd, 2009
9:04 pm
What a horse**** play by Omar.
Do we have any real outfielders on this team?
Hakuna Matata
August 22nd, 2009
9:04 pm
Get him out of there.now!
True Braves Fans
August 22nd, 2009
9:04 pm
wow how many sanchez or sanches are on these Marlins?
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
9:05 pm
Plus…Helms has had the best at-bats of the night…
jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
9:05 pm
My biggest beef with football screamers is the unknowledgable female fans yelling “GET HIM!” when an opposing player breaks through for a big gain. Like the safety’s going “oh, RIGHT! Thanks Row 4, Seat A!”
tackle
Nova Scotia Steve
August 22nd, 2009
9:05 pm
HE WENT AROUND – BS
This Wes Helms who I can’t believe is actually a starting 3rd basemen in major league baseball is beginning to piss me off.
Quite Royally
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
9:06 pm
Helms hitting over .300 after the 7th inning…
David O'Brien
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
jeffrey d: I’m a beat writer, thus not a “fan” of the team I cover, nor any baseball team. Cant’ be, in my view. I’m a fan of the Kansas Jayhawks. And the Celtics (loved Larry Bird, and they’ve had Paul Pierce from KU for a lot of years).
cabravesfan
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
jeffrey d-
I assure you I know what I am talking about…been following football since I could read. (and I totally agree about the unknowledgable female fans…drives me CRAZY)
jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
CAB – wow….that story is beautiful. They need to interview you for those cheesy “This is my team” commercials on FoxSS as they have that orchestral music playing in the background.
Tomahawkin
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
Waste Helms Is really getting on my nerves!!!
Mitchell
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
Come on Tommy.
Just think: 9 and 2.
Will
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
6-1 SF
Driver8
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
Come on Tommy somehow get this pesky Marlin out!!!!!
keylargo
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
Helms scares me in this situation. He seems to perform well in these spots. Heath
Former Braves do well against them.
David O'Brien
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
Crowd not bad tonight: 35,200. And that’s legit. I’d actually have guessed higher.
Shamus Thacker
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
Mitchell, I like to call our outfield, “outfield-lite.” Just a little less talented than other outfields…
Firetheoldfool
August 22nd, 2009
9:07 pm
F that Wes Helms.
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
9:08 pm
Hanson closing in on 100 pitches now…for sure he gets pinch-hit for in the bottom of the inning…
Tomahawkin
August 22nd, 2009
9:08 pm
There We Go Big Red…!
Awfense Come On!!!
Shamus Thacker
August 22nd, 2009
9:08 pm
Hanson drew lotza those. Great to see.
Snyder the Architect
August 22nd, 2009
9:08 pm
That a way, Tommy…Huge out there…
Mitchell
August 22nd, 2009
9:08 pm
F the Marlins.
Let’s win this one.
Luke
August 22nd, 2009
9:08 pm
End of the night for Tommy…….gonna take a miracle for him to get W number 9 though
jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
9:08 pm
Then again…I suppose you don’t get Fox Sports South, so you probably don’t know those commercials. Lucky
Nova Scotia Steve
August 22nd, 2009
9:08 pm
Good-bye Wes…
cabravesfan
August 22nd, 2009
9:09 pm
jeffrey d-
is that sarcasm I sense or were you serious? (did I mention I was 12??)
True Braves Fans
August 22nd, 2009
9:09 pm
Then if your not a Braves fan DOB what’s your favorite MLB team? If you don’t mind me asking
jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
9:09 pm
Thanks, DOB. I was curious.
CW
August 22nd, 2009
9:09 pm
jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
9:08 pm
Then again…I suppose you don’t get Fox Sports South, so you probably don’t know those commercials. Lucky
I agree. The music makes me think there is a funeral going on.
cabravesfan
August 22nd, 2009
9:10 pm
jeffrey d-
I get them during the Braves games (MLB package on DTV)
RHR
August 22nd, 2009
9:10 pm
OK seriously, I don’t know. Who is Hanson’s competition for ROY? Happ debuted last year, how is he even in the conversation?
Nova Scotia Steve
August 22nd, 2009
9:10 pm
jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
9:09 pm
Thanks, DOB. I was curious.
I was actually very curious as well…
Mitchell
August 22nd, 2009
9:10 pm
They’re still a bunch of lazy idiots.
The fans, that is. If only I were there, it would be much different.
Good one Shamus.
Will
August 22nd, 2009
9:11 pm
Utley just homered. Phi up 2-1
chilidog75
August 22nd, 2009
9:11 pm
Nice job, Tommy.
Nice job.
Just one rough inning. These last six outs are going to be a beeyatch, though. It’d be nice to maybe get just one more run. Maybe? Just one?
Tomahawkin
August 22nd, 2009
9:11 pm
Well It wasn’t what I was banking on but at least we got 7 strong from Big Red despite the inconsistant calls by the umps
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 22nd, 2009
9:11 pm
Thats a shock
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
9:11 pm
Would be nive to win this…. Fish 4-0 in ATL this year.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 22nd, 2009
9:11 pm
It actually really explains why DOB wouldn’t want to be around Turner Field on a off day – a question I asked earlier –
If he was a fan might be more inclined to sit in the stands..have a beer a watch the game…like most of us
True Braves Fans
August 22nd, 2009
9:11 pm
Greg Norton homers in this inning bank on that….lol
Paul Lentz
August 22nd, 2009
9:11 pm
99 pitches tonight for Hanson. Good night. Time for the offense to give us some insurance runs…and for the bullpen to do its job.
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
9:12 pm
Using Javy to bunt here is smart.
Escobar for Supreme Court
August 22nd, 2009
9:12 pm
Javy is our best hitter!
Firetheoldfool
August 22nd, 2009
9:12 pm
Thank you Gorecki for making sure that BC’s man crush Norton did not get to strike out.
Tomahawkin
August 22nd, 2009
9:12 pm
Why play for 1 run here…? Given the Marlins offense has been on Fire lately?
Nova Scotia Steve
August 22nd, 2009
9:12 pm
Norton homers…I jump out the window and check myself directly into an insane institution with padded walls.
jeffrey d
August 22nd, 2009
9:12 pm
CAB – no I was serious. That’s a story right there. Beats the pants off of my “why I’m a Braves fan” story.
My family moved to Atlanta from Memphis when I was 7. I’ve watched the Braves since.
tumbleweed blows by
Driver8
August 22nd, 2009
9:13 pm
Shamus … Our outfield won’t wow with you fantasy numbers and won’t get any respect. The good thing we did in the offseason is set a bench that is as deep than any MLB club outside of the top spenders.
It seems to just get the job done and its done just well enough. Next year might be different. Lets hope. Hey they still are battling and that says alot! I aint saying they are solid but i would say the group is productive and versatile and I will take that now.
Mitchell
August 22nd, 2009
9:13 pm
Since when has Gorecki had that mustache thing?
How long must it take this guy to grow a beard?
TnBrian
August 22nd, 2009
9:13 pm
True Braves Fans, I’d guess he’s a Marlins fan since that was the first team he covered in MLB. Don’t know if he’s ever covered another sports team. But, that would be my guess. Oh, you were asking him, my bad.
Tomahawkin
August 22nd, 2009
9:13 pm
True Braves Fans…
LOL, It’s Not Cool When You say it…
Snyder the Architect
August 22nd, 2009
9:13 pm
One of our former farmhands (albeit for a very short time) Dennis Dixon in action tonight in NFL preseason…6-9 and 2 rushes for 17 yards…and just led the Steelers on a scoring drive (FG)…
Heath
August 22nd, 2009
9:13 pm
He could make money teaching the art of bunting.
RHR
August 22nd, 2009
9:13 pm
LOVE this call. For every boneheaded decision he makes, he makes a lot more to show the haters he still knows what he’s doing.