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Steve from OH
August 28th, 2009
11:02 pm
Not Chop Chop, eh? Well, you write like him.
What am I stating as a metaphysial certainty?
Were I running the team (thankfully I’m not), I’d probably let Heyward open 2010 with the big club and platoon Church and Diaz in left if I can’t get a big bopper for left. If I can, I keep Heyward in the minors, and platoon Church and Diaz in right, and promote Heyward in June. Jordan Schafer opens in AAA as insurance, and is promoted as needed or if he earns it (with McLouth moved to left)
I re-sign Soriano and let Gonzo walk and hopefully recoup a draft pick. My opening-day bullpen would be: Soriano, Moylan, Medlen, O’Flaherty, Logan, and Acosta/Valdez. Craig Kimbrel opens in AAA and is promoted in June barring setbacks and such.
I offer LaRoche a two-year deal. He won’t take it, so my plan B would be to try to swing a deal for Konerko. Plan C is to play Prado at 1st and Kelly at 2nd and hope like hell Freeman is ready by June.
This is using my limited amount of info about the Braves’ payroll situation and the availabily of players via trade, as well as my scouts’ opinions of several key players (Freeman being one of them). If I had that information, my plan would likely be different (and I suppose if I was to give a complete answer I’d go over to Cots and do a payroll breakdown as well but I’m not gonna do that tonight).
With that, I feel like I’ve addressed holes at 1B and LF/RF adequately enough to be a playoff-caliber team. If I can get a big bat for LF, the team is a threat to go deep into the playoffs. If I do that and Heyward is a beast, we’re really good. Oh yeah, I trade KK.
Rob from SC
August 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
Cox should pinch run for Anderson
Mario Mendoza
August 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
LaCucaRoche with the bases loaded, I like our chances
Paul Lentz
August 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
Clutch time. Let’s go LaRoche.
Mixxo
August 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
OK Adam….. we haven’t had a granny yet, but we’ll settle for a single.
McFann Ô
August 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
Yeah, see what happens if you don’t swing at everything?
Come on, Adam!
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
Roche goes yard here
Chong
August 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
i knew a doobie once, but it wasn’t a rich dubee
Mitchell
August 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
Same pitch @$$hole!
No More Bobby 2.
August 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
Jeffrey D. KMA. Go pick your nose with your good friend Bobby.
No More Bobby 2.
August 28th, 2009
11:03 pm
Jeffrey D. KMA. Go pick your nose with your good friend Bobby.
Bobby Cox
August 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
Sad when your number 3 hitter and cleanup hitter (Chipper & McCann) are the biggest problem in the push for the playoffs.
chilidog75
August 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
Ill take a bloop single to left, myself.
Rob from SC
August 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
should be 3-0
Jake W.
August 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
I know this game is big for our playoff chances but for someone reason with the way the phillies bullpen has been they probably feel more pressure because they seem to at least be a sure lock for the playoffs and expect to do big things. That said, Come on LaRoche.
Paul Lentz
August 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
Bobby Cox ………you forgot to add Julio Franco and Ruben Gotay to your dream bench.
Steve from OH
August 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
Boy, I went all PL there…apologies. And can we please do a civil discussion on that?
Soph
August 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
No he didn’t. STFU Philly fans.
chilidog75
August 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
Bobby Cox,
Yeah. McCann’s been a huge problem with all those home runs and RBI’s he’s been racking up lately.
N Nine
August 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
We have conflicting reports on Norton’s status. I’m hoping Scott Boras doesn’t represent Norty. We need him, even Cox likes him. If we pay Lowe 15MM, we should sign Norton at all cost.
groundfog
August 28th, 2009
11:04 pm
This team just can’t get the clutch hits late in games
Heath
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
Crud.
Mixxo
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
SH*T!
Chipper Sucks
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
WTF? Take the pitch!
Soph
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
Screw it. I want to bang my head against the wall!
Rob from SC
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
got to take their in my opinion
chilidog75
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
Eh. Almost. For a second there, I thought we had something.
ChurchMan
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
bases loaded just isn’t this teams forte
Mixxo
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
I mean SHOOT!
Jake W.
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
Hit it good, to bad he didn’t pull it. Oh well
Paul Lentz
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
BALLGAME. We’ll make Brad Lidge look like Mariano Rivera tonight. Bank on it.
Greg Norton
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
At least he made the pitcher work and swung at a strike, unlike CHIPPER.
Roja
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
We’ve got this rally killing down to a science
Chong
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
As Skip would say..the bases are loaded, wish I was too
Steve from OH
August 28th, 2009
11:05 pm
Oh, and by “Paul Konerko,” I mean any breathing 1B that’s decent and available for a reasonable price.
Tomahawk Choppers
August 28th, 2009
11:06 pm
F&$K!!!!!!!!!!
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 28th, 2009
11:06 pm
Everything I love SUCKS, Everything!
N Nine
August 28th, 2009
11:06 pm
Bases loaded curse continues.
Seriously, what is our stat when bases loaded?
Heath
August 28th, 2009
11:06 pm
So….
KJ
Infante
Diaz in the 9th?
groundfog
August 28th, 2009
11:06 pm
Is there a worse team in baseball scoring runs when the bases are loaded?
Mixxo
August 28th, 2009
11:06 pm
Worst I’ve ever seen this team with the bags juiced.
Ever!
RHR
August 28th, 2009
11:06 pm
I hate victorino. hold em here and we still have a shot with lidge even though the bottom of the lineup is due in the 9th. thank god bobby cant bring icostya in to pitch. If I see anybody but Gonzo here my head may explode.
P-Town Brave
August 28th, 2009
11:06 pm
Only the Braves can manage to leadoff an inning with a double, bat 8 guys in the innning, and yet only score 1 run….
Gloomy Gus
August 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
BOO
Soph
August 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
Everything I love SUCKS, Everything!
Welcome to my world.
Negative Nancy
August 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
BOO
chilidog75
August 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
You don’t take a 3-1 fastball that gets a lot of the plate. He’s a major league hitter and he put a very good swing on it.
Just missed it. It happens. If he squares it up, which he almost did, it’s 6-4.
Jalb3rt
August 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
the Braves are simply the BEST team in the majors… no question about it!
groundfog
August 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
Compare Ibanzez’s quotes with what Chipper said the other day
ChurchMan
August 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
keep them at 4 runs … Mike
*they may have “bounced’ back but they had a ton of help tonight
Soph
August 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
Gonzy! My hero.
jeffrey d
August 28th, 2009
11:07 pm
No More Bobby 2
First of all, come up with an original name. I mean, you had to add a 2 to an already existing name.
Second, did I say that Bobby was a mastermind and deserved to be manager of the decade? No, I just asked for you to explain what Bobby has done to cost us the game so far. Decide to pitch to Howard with Utley already on first? Yeah okay.
RHR
August 28th, 2009
11:08 pm
My head is safe from explosion for one more day.
Loaf in Left Field wabing my Blackberry
August 28th, 2009
11:08 pm
Quit giving away my rap, cracka
Mixxo
August 28th, 2009
11:08 pm
Professional backpedal !
Mitchell
August 28th, 2009
11:08 pm
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 28th, 2009
10:53 pm
Anyone else wish they were Cardinals fans?
No. F*** the Cardinals. I hate the Cardinals.
One of the greatest and most underrated moments in Braves history was coming back from 3-1 and beating their @$$es in the NLCS.
They thought it was over. They were already celebrating and we shut them up.
I hold on to that stuff. You better believe it.
N Nine
August 28th, 2009
11:08 pm
Add Corky Miller and we’re set on the dream team.
RHR
August 28th, 2009
11:09 pm
Somebody tell me who Steve is talking to that he thinks is Chop Chop? I’m not following?
Mixxo
August 28th, 2009
11:09 pm
This means we take the next two…….right?
chilidog75
August 28th, 2009
11:09 pm
Gonzo might hit Howard. He seems like the kind of guy that’ll throw at him — or he might just accidentlly hit him. Who knows?
Vinings Jim
August 28th, 2009
11:09 pm
RHR – in your 10:57 you seem to be expecting intelligence from many of our brethren – clearly not gonna happen. But I am happy you’re here.
Soph
August 28th, 2009
11:09 pm
Tell him Mitchell!
Mitchell
August 28th, 2009
11:09 pm
Where the F was that!
Steve from OH
August 28th, 2009
11:09 pm
RHR–he won’t tell me who he is…
Heath
August 28th, 2009
11:09 pm
You would think that giving up only 4 runs to the Phillies would be a good thing… their pitching was supposed to be available to be had….
jeffrey d
August 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
I mean, I’m no Bobby fan by any means. But some of the stuff people blame him for are just mind-blowing
chilidog75
August 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
Get ready to duck, you big SOB.
McFann Ô
August 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
chilidog Yeah. McCann’s been a huge problem with all those home runs and RBI’s he’s been racking up lately.
I know, right? Leads the team in RBI, what a bum…
Too bad he couldn’t extend the goodness a little longer, though. My gosh…thought he could hit the Fillies.
Chipper Sucks
August 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
Perfect time to throw a 96 mph heater directly at Howard’s big bell pepper nose.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
Welcome to my world
*Sigh
JEB
August 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
I believe that was our shot there…
Who is on the limb for this loss?? Medlin?
Mitchell
August 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
Come on Gonzo. Strike him out like you always do.
RHR
August 28th, 2009
11:10 pm
Gonzo if you pitch to him I will drive to Philly tonight and kill you myself.
N Nine
August 28th, 2009
11:11 pm
Not to get carried away but Norton is like Infante, he can play almost any position.
Norton 2010.
RHR
August 28th, 2009
11:11 pm
Unless you get the next out and he doesn’t score….
Jake W.
August 28th, 2009
11:11 pm
“At least he made the pitcher work and swung at a strike, unlike CHIPPER”
It was a good pitch to swing at for Adam, just didn’t hit it as well as I thought when it came off the bat. Chipper’s at bat this inning was bad. I know the guy is struggling but I still expect batter at bats even if they are not yielding the results he’s use to. Agree with what Joe Simpson said about that at bat. His last at bat against Moyer was pretty good just didn’t get anything to show for it.
Hey at least its no homer, thats a victory for us.
Soph
August 28th, 2009
11:11 pm
Start your car RHR – it’s a long drive to Philly.
RHR
August 28th, 2009
11:11 pm
WTF does wabing a blackberry mean?
jeffrey d
August 28th, 2009
11:11 pm
Gonzo if you pitch to him I will drive to Philly tonight and kill you myself.
Guess we’ll see you around Sunday.
TnBrian
August 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
Chipper is quietly turning into a cancer to the team. It’s not like it’s happening all at once, just over the course of time he’s digging his team into the ground…and laughing with Rollins about a fake injury in the process. I don’t want to read another Jones qoute, “we’ve got to start hitting with runners on”.
Joe S., yeah, but Howard still has a bale pepper nose, so….
Roja
August 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
Gonzo got lucky with that pitch over the middle of the plate to Howard
Mitchell
August 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
Chipper Sucks
That was mean. I quite like bell peppers but Howard can suck it.
N Nine
August 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
JEB
No my worst fears came true, Hanson gets a cheap loss and hurts his ROY chances.
jeffrey d
August 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
Hanson’s in line for the loss
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
Not to get carried away but Norton is like Infante, he can play almost any position.
Norton 2010.
Umm NO! He plays first and left and he sucks at both….
Steve Chung-ya
August 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
Phillies = Pit bull
Braves = Rabbit
McFann Ô
August 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
This is BMac first official 0 fer at CBP this year. His game-by-game log says he was 0 fer on April 7, but we all know that was really an RBI single…
Loaf in Left Field waving my Blackberry
August 28th, 2009
11:12 pm
it means i spelled it wrong cuz i had to catch that ric flair
Roja
August 28th, 2009
11:13 pm
But unlike Infante, Norton can’t play hitter
Soph
August 28th, 2009
11:13 pm
bell pepper nose? LMAO
I’ll never eat another bell pepper again.
brent a.
August 28th, 2009
11:13 pm
Mitchell,
That five game stretch from Game 5 of the NLCS through Game 2 of the WS was simply amazing offense.
But then . . .
Sorry To Say But...
August 28th, 2009
11:13 pm
Steve sounds reasonable, but I don’t see the improvement in the offense and I sure don’t see a deeper better pen. Either way, what you propose is not revenue-neutral so where you going to get the money from? Trading Javy is going to be enough. If I could only hold on to one between Gonzo/Soriano, it will be the guy who will take the least money. But I would prefer having a lefty given the lineups in the East. I would also like to add Qualls to the pen. Now if you could get Qualls, Konerko, and a leadoff guy then I’d be happy. I don’t think you have to trade Lowe and Chipper to do that, but one of them, plus maybe KK has to go to have enough salary to get all that done.
Jeffrey d 2.
August 28th, 2009
11:13 pm
You are right. He has not done a whole lot to cost us THIS game. However, continually using Norton EVERY game especially in clutch situations deserves major criticism. Add this to other idiotic managerial decisions like continually using Corky Miller, Woody Woodward, Chris Reitsma, Jeff Bennett, Blaine Boyer, and Manny Acosta to name just a few.
chilidog75
August 28th, 2009
11:13 pm
Why oh why does McCann keep setting up on the outside against Howard?
Has he not been paying attention? Has McDowell not seen what has happened to all of those pitches that let Howard extend his arms?
Just one time. Pitch him inside. Just once. And see what happens. Could the result be any worse?
Mitchell
August 28th, 2009
11:13 pm
Strike this mother “guy” out!
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 28th, 2009
11:13 pm
I told yall Hanson is in line for the loss
Hannah Louisiana
August 28th, 2009
11:13 pm
I can’t think of a more irrelevant debate than one over Infante and Norton.
THEY BLOW
RHR
August 28th, 2009
11:14 pm
Ahem…
Unless you get the next out and he doesn’t score….
ChurchMan
August 28th, 2009
11:14 pm
so Kelly?, Infante, and Diaz will be looking to either tie the game or take the lead in the 9th
Roja
August 28th, 2009
11:14 pm
way to shut the door Gonzo