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Rock On........
August 29th, 2009
10:46 am
Really semiballcoach? Final score 4-2 and he gives up 1 run. You say you would have known he got the loss? Please, tell me what the stock market is going to do next week. Better yet tell me who is going to win the Super Bowl. Maybe the I will annoint you fullballcoach.
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
10:55 am
JJ4NLCY–
Ha! You can’t talk. You post on Bowmen’s blog!
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
10:57 am
Ha! You can’t talk. You post on Bowmen’s blog!
I’m one of Bowman’s boys…
I think thatswhy DOB hates me.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
10:59 am
Brian McCann gets shot smuggling drugs in America: http://www.hulu.com/watch/91989/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-mexicos-new-drug-law#s-p3-st-i1
Mid Town Joe
August 29th, 2009
11:08 am
After the last tear is wiped away…………
http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/chappaquiddick.htm
read this.
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
11:17 am
JJ4NLCY I think thats why DOB hates me.
Oh, is that why?
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
11:20 am
Oh, is that why?
What other reason could it be?
Doc Holiday
August 29th, 2009
11:22 am
There sure is something good about a bad 2009 season………….it makes me forget about 2008……
Anders
August 29th, 2009
11:24 am
Bring a major league ready prospect to the game night.”
- Andy Richter (Jurrjens4NLCY)
Andy Richter? Where did you see him? Warming up some act at Jumbles in Norcross?
Buck Owens
August 29th, 2009
11:25 am
Hey Grandpa, what’s for supper?
Anders
August 29th, 2009
11:26 am
Hey, some authoer who’s apparently in the know is floating a rumor that the Wilpons may have to sell the Mets because of the Madoff deal.
I hope Mark Cuban is listening. I sure would like my very own Steinbrenner to compete in this town.
Random
August 29th, 2009
11:27 am
Rob from SC (August 28th, 2009 10:31 pm): “I told everyone a month ago that Chipper was not the same hitter and he was starting to suck. I did not want it to happen but it has. Everyone blasted me. Leading the way was Random and Steve. Make some more excuses for CHipper now”
“a month ago”? Well, that’s one way to make yourself look smart.
Dude, you’ve been bashing on Chipper’s case all season long, not just a month ago. Talk about a stopped clock.
Chipper Apr 09: .322/.420/.508
Chipper May 09: .312/.443/.494
Rob from SC (May 2nd, 2009 6:23 pm): “Damnit Chipper”
Rob from SC (May 3rd, 2009 2:49 pm): “I am glad they are walking Chipper, Francoeur is hotter”
Rob from SC (June 7th, 2009 2:53 pm): “watch them walk Chipper”
Chipper homers.
Rob from SC (June 7th, 2009 2:54 pm): “How did that go out”
And then you call Chipper “a wuss”.
Which was not unprecedented — you had previously said that Soriano’s $6.1M salary had made him “soft”.
You banged the drum loudly for Schafer all Spring Training, and you said that Boyer was the Braves’ “closer of the future” — that he would be closing for the Braves by midseason.
Also, Rob (from SC) (June 2nd, 2009 7:35 pm): “Forget replacing Glavine, Hanson needs to replace Kawakami”
Small wonder you have no credibility here — a stopped clock at least has decoration value.
“a month ago”?
Chipper Jul 09: .284/.413/.494
“excuses for CHipper”?
He sure doesn’t need excuses for April — July, does he?
For August? How ’bout the Braves recently going with a 20-22 man roster, with injured players that cannot play yet are not DLed. Chipper needs a blow, and also needs to recover from his own nagging injuries (wrist, oblique?). Has for weeks now.
How ’bout the Braves not having a legitimate clean-up hitter?
Yes, Chipper’s had a rough month — that happens to ‘most every player — but he ain’t dead yet. You were trying to dance on his grave as early as May and June.
What is your problem?
semiballcoach
August 29th, 2009
11:28 am
never mind rock on, if you know the game you know the guy who leaves the game trailing will take the loss if his team doesn’t ever tie or re-gain the lead, nothing to do with seeing the future, more like common sense
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
11:32 am
Random, thats quite cool, you are like the Daily Show….
SoonerBrave
August 29th, 2009
11:32 am
Rock on….
I think the point is that if you looked at the box score (which you said did) you should understand right away why Hanson got the loss. Not that he deserved the loss, but you’d know why he got it based on the rules of baseball.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
11:33 am
Andy Richter? Where did you see him? Warming up some act at Jumbles in Norcross?
He is Conan’s side kick on the tonight show, hilarious. I bet you wouldn’t call him washed up if he made fun of the Braves…
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
11:34 am
Random
First off, Schafer was doing well until he hurt his wrist. a lot of people in the Organization believed in Boyer as a possible closer.
Random
August 29th, 2009
11:34 am
McFann –
I caught the Spotlight on McCann for the first time last night — just parts of it with no sound.
A couple of questions:
(1) Was he drunk or stoned in that picture of him in his crib? He sure looked three sheets to the wind. Maybe it was gas.
(2) Doesn’t it creep you out just a little bit that Brian is so much prettier than his Mom?
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
11:35 am
Random
I bet you wish you were a hooters girl, so Chipper would hit on you
Keeping It Real
August 29th, 2009
11:36 am
What is so amazing about this blog is the continuing belief that players like Schaffer, McLouth, Church, Diaz, Conrad etc. will make this team better. The Braves need more athletes(code for Black and Latino guys) and not just baseball players(code for White guys).Take a look at the teams that are at the top and tell me about the team composition. Take a look at the Braves during the 90’s.
David O'Brien
August 29th, 2009
11:36 am
McFann: your boy is 6-for-13 with two homers off Sunday starter Joe Blanton. But you probably already knew that, didn’t you?
Doc Holiday
August 29th, 2009
11:37 am
Braves need to find a way to avoid rain…………Im not sure if this stat is kept anywhere, but Im pretty sure braves have lost about 75 – 80% of games that are rain delayed or that are played under rainy conditions.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
11:37 am
Rob from SC,
I read one of those books…
O'Brien
August 29th, 2009
11:37 am
DOB,
Sure, the Phillies have avoided the nagging injuries. But they also havent changed their position players much. The Braves made changes at 1B, 2B, RF, Center, and LF platoon. The Braves went from Casey to LaRoach at 1st, Schaffer to Nate in CF, Garrett Andderson was splitting time with Diaz in left, Frenchy got traded from RF, KJ struggled at 2nd, so we had to make a change there.
My point is, although we’ve had injuries, the fact that the Braves (who opened the season struggled mightily), Frank Wren had to adjust during the year. Therefore, no continuity from our position players, because we had to keep making changes, searching for upgrades, and that also contributed to the number of games played.
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
11:38 am
Keeping It Real
You are correct that we need more athletic players. However that is not Bobby Cox’s style. He likes to play for the three run homer even if we can’t hit them.
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
11:38 am
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
11:37 am
Rob from SC,
I read one of those books…
What Book?
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
11:44 am
JJ4NLCY–
Um…(shrugs), gee…I dunno…
Random–
Holy crud, dude…
DOB–
Yep!
But thank you nonetheless!
He’s 5-12 this year–and all five of those hits came in his first 6 ABs against him, so he’s due again. Sit him tonight, Bobby, so he’ll be well-rested for Sunday!
Keeping It Real
August 29th, 2009
11:47 am
Rob from SC,
Cox and the mixture of athletic players and baseball players won 14 pennants in a row. I was there to watch it and was lucky to attend three world series. Those guys had talent but they also had Glavin, Smoltz, Maddux, and good fouth and fifth starters every year. They won with talent and a great deal of luck. The Braves need to get some talent. This team has been winning on luck. That’s not enough when playing the really good teams.
Anders
August 29th, 2009
11:48 am
He is Conan’s side kick on the tonight show, hilarious. I bet you wouldn’t call him washed up if he made fun of the Braves (Jurrjens4NLCY)
Conan left Jumbles too?
Anders
August 29th, 2009
11:50 am
Random is like J. Edgar Hoover on this blog.
Hey Random, what do you have in my file?
F. Wren
August 29th, 2009
11:51 am
Woke up this morning , saw the score 4-2, saw Hanson pitched 2 innings giving up 1 run, no tv no game reports, no line reports, just boxscore. what conclusions would you have drawn. Dadgum/RockOn
You just keep on digging yourself deeper. The longer someone who doesn’t know the game talks the more he reveals how little he knows. AND YOU DON’T KNOW MUCH.
If I had access to a boxscore, I would proceed to the linescore and see that the Phillies scored in the bottom of the 2nd, off of Hanson, took the lead, and never were tied or trailed. Hanson is the loser but not like you.
Oh, by the way, quit using all those plural words like we, us, our – a dumass like you doesn’t speak for anyone.
Lew
August 29th, 2009
11:52 am
TnBrian-I for one, am glad that Chipper did not “bare down” in that situation.
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
11:56 am
The Braves need more athletes(code for Black and Latino guys) and not just baseball players(code for White guys).
Um, dude, McLouth and Schafer are both speedy, athletic guys. Oh, and what happens if we get athletic white guys and start winning? Would that tie your tail in a knot?
Take it elsewhere.
Soph
August 29th, 2009
12:04 pm
I love Random’s ability to pull out posts that we’ve all long forgotten.
Doc Holiday
August 29th, 2009
12:10 pm
Top league sluggers against braves compared against their career total numbers :
PUJOLS:
vs. Braves: .365 BA 15HR 184AB 12.3 AB/HR
career .333BA 360 5027AB 13.9 AB/HR
HOWARD
vs Braves .339 BA 29HR 283AB 9.8AB/HR
career .278BA 214HR 2557AB 11.9AB/HR
DUNN:
vs Braves .272 15HR 206AB 13.73AB/HR
career .250 312 4309 13.81
FIELDER:
vs Braves .250 9 104 11.6
career .284 150 2255 15
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2009
12:10 pm
Ryan Howard
August 29th, 2009
10:07 am
I’m just gonna sit here and listen to the rest of this Braves’ strategy session and report back to my coach around 3 PM. Do y’all think I need to take BP today?
Ryan — You get a special BP session that starts at around… Let’s see we’ll go 1-2-3 in the first… around 7:15 p.m. local time. No worries. We’ll provide the pitchers.
Doc Holiday
August 29th, 2009
12:10 pm
Why are we still pitching to this guys?
Keeping It Real
August 29th, 2009
12:15 pm
Steve From Ohio,
You missed my point.There are atheletes that are white guys. When Chipper came up, it was very evident that he was more than a baseball player. He was also an athletic player. Pete Rose, Duke Snider, Mickey Mantel, Grady Sizemore, Ichiro,Richie Ashburn,Brooks Robinson,Ryan Brahn,Ellsbury,Mike Schmidt,Gil Hodges, Carl Furillo, Joe Dimaggio, etc. and most of the other white guys in the Hall of Fame fit this mode. McLouth,Schaffer do not come close to these guys. If they do , then the Braves will be better.
As for your sarcasm, stick it in you a..
Random
August 29th, 2009
12:16 pm
Anders (August 29th, 2009 11:50 am): “Random is like J. Edgar Hoover on this blog.
“Hey Random, what do you have in my file?”
Hmmmmm . . . . . lessee here.
Apparently, I can’t fit into your dresses. And your pumps are too wide for me.
Not much in your file aside from that.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
12:19 pm
Rob from SC,
The zainy life of someone…
McFann,
I was being silly
Anders,
Screw you…
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2009
12:19 pm
Ichiro is white? Oh boy, I’ve been thinking the wrong thing all these years.
Don’t the playoff-bound Rockies have a great white athlete at SS?
Athletes come in all shapes, colors and sizes. We definitely need more of them,
Doc Holiday
August 29th, 2009
12:20 pm
ZIMMERMAN:
vs braves: .273 10HR 249 24.9
career: .286 85 2243 26.4 AB/HR
UTLEY:
vs braves .285 15 376 25
career: .299 157 3188 20.3
I FINALLY FOUND ONE THAT IS NOT PUNISHING US HARDER THAN HE IS THE LEAGUE.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
12:21 pm
I love Random’s ability to pull out posts that we’ve all long forgotten.
Oh good, you’ve joined us….
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
12:24 pm
JJ4NLCY–
Oh, I know you were being silly…
Soph
August 29th, 2009
12:25 pm
Oh good, you’ve joined us….
I couldn’t wake up this morning…er afternoon now. Are you being sarcastic?
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
12:26 pm
Oddly enough, all of BMac’s hits against Blanton have come in CBP…he’s 0-6 against him at Turner Field.
TnBrian
August 29th, 2009
12:27 pm
DOB, your 10:06 post… THANK YOU! I was thinking that last night while listening to the game on the radio. Thinking, ‘when was the last time we faced this Philly team without their entire lineup in there’. WTF is up with that? I’ll tell ya, they’re are due for some serious injuries like we and the Mets have had the last few years. DAMN are they due next year!
You know, I don’t feel for Hanson or Medlen in that game…Utley has never hit Atl. pitching like Howard, yet, they STILL give him balls to drive out.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
12:30 pm
I couldn’t wake up this morning…er afternoon now. Are you being sarcastic?
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
TnBrian
August 29th, 2009
12:31 pm
Actually, I wasn’t thinking when was the last time we faced a depleted Philly lineup, more like yelling out loud.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
12:32 pm
Oddly enough, all of BMac’s hits against Blanton have come in CBP…he’s 0-6 against him at Turner Field.
How are you looking up all these stats? Amish stat finder rides into town using a com – pu – ter?
Soph
August 29th, 2009
12:33 pm
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Pretend like you see me sticking my tongue out at you.
Soph
August 29th, 2009
12:35 pm
How is the weather looking in Philly tonight? Yesterday was a disaster.
richbrave
August 29th, 2009
12:36 pm
Looks like MATT DIAZ has hit his stride.
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
12:40 pm
JJ4NLCY–
Yeah…yeah, I have to wait for that guy to come riding into town to look up stats and do any kind of computer stuff…
If you come to visit, you’ll be bored to tears
We haven’t even paid the phone bill in 300 years
But we ain’t really quaint, so please don’t point and stare
We’re just technologically impaired
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
12:41 pm
Soph Yesterday was a disaster.
You’re not kidding…
(Come back for 7 minutes of baseball and then go back to a rain delay…I’ve never heard of such a thing…)
njbraves
August 29th, 2009
12:43 pm
I’ve got an idea….let’s stop pitching to Howard.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
12:45 pm
McFann,
I bet you do… I bet you do…
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
12:47 pm
Pretend like you see me sticking my tongue out at you.
I could never imagine a face that ugly….
B
U
R
N
!!!
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
12:49 pm
Your Atlanta Braves type A/B free agents:
Brian McCann-A
Nate McLouth-A
Garret Anderson*-B
Adam LaRoche*-B
Infante/Diaz/Church-B
Chipper-A
Yunel-A
Kelly/Prado-B
Lowe/Vaqzuez-A
Jurrjens-B
Hudson-none
Soriano/Gonzo*-A
Two type A and two type B free agents upcoming for Atlanta. All told, that is 4 supplemental first round picks and two regular first round picks if we offer all arbitration and fail to sign all of them.
Soph
August 29th, 2009
12:52 pm
I could never imagine a face that ugly….
I’m going back to sleep.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
12:52 pm
Call me crazy but I say the Braves win this game by 3+ runs….
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
12:53 pm
Chipper came up, it was very evident that he was more than a baseball player.
Making my point for me. We need good baseball players, regardless of skin color. For you to suggest otherwise is a crock of sh!t and unnecessary for the blog. Take your personal agenda elsewhere.
As for your sarcasm, stick it in you a..
Ditto.
Oh, McLouth and Schafer ARE good athletes, which is what you suggested we need in you original post. And I quote: ” The Braves need more athletes(code for Black and Latino guys) and not just baseball players(code for White guys).” So, you both directly contradicted yourself while making an unnecessary racial comment. Like I said, take it elsewhere.
Jake W.
August 29th, 2009
12:54 pm
TnBrian, I was thinking the same thing about DOB’s earlier post. They were remarkably healthy last year too. None of their major players missed significant time. Last year the braves were riddled with season ending injuries to pitchers and nagging injuries to position players. This year the mets have set the record for injuries to a team I believe. This is a good window for the phillies. They are probably making the playoffs so it will be interesting to see what they do. They won it last year but as so many philly and mets fans have told us over the years apparently winning one isn’t enough. Just isn’t good enough to be good in the regular season but you got to win the whole thing. We’ll see how the phillies do with their recent string of division titles.
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bravefaninok
August 29th, 2009
12:54 pm
steve from oh….
why is huddy a none?I thought it went back 2 yrs
Hudson-none
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
12:56 pm
Yeah, I suppose because there are more SP so it’s harder to get a ranking with Elias, and I think that IP is a part of their calculation, so missing a full season doesn’t help, bravefaninok. Though I’m not entirely sure what their criteria are so take it with a grain of salt.
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
12:57 pm
Here’s the link for that, btw:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19216605/Rankings-082909
Doc Holiday
August 29th, 2009
1:02 pm
This week alo we have had the best chance to put the greatest pressure on any team ahead of us on any of the races, and we have not been able to capitalize……….we are letting the Rockies keep their comfortable lead despite their losing streak…………not good at all.
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
1:03 pm
Here are the ranking criteria:
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/10/stats-used-for.html
A large part of it is games and innings pitched, wins and losses, so Hudson’s time out hurt him pretty badly.
F. Wren
August 29th, 2009
1:04 pm
Dadgum/RockOn
Woke up this morning , saw the score 4-2, saw Hanson pitched 2 innings giving up 1 run, no tv no game reports, no line reports, just boxscore. what conclusions would you have drawn. Dadgum/RockOn
The more I think about your comment, the less intelligent and less knowledgeable you get. I think you were saying you aren’t able to make an accurate interpretation of what’s going on and you really need someone to tell you how and what to think.
Ebenezer Snerdberg
August 29th, 2009
1:06 pm
Din’t I tell you Blobby would put his @#$%^&* worthless @#$%^&* love child Norton in to pinch hit. Man has Drain Bamage. Blobby Clux needs a lobotomy! Okeh, we can’t get two goats and a chicken for him. How ’bout two hamsters and a pole cat!
Ebenezer Snerdberg
August 29th, 2009
1:11 pm
ChiSox just played Robert Merrill’s recording of the National Anthem. NOW that’s CLASS and the way it should be done. I would like to knock the bejeegers out the clowns who larf, giggle and talk during it.
Their mama obviously din’t teach them how to act!
Shamus Thacker
August 29th, 2009
1:13 pm
njbraves: I’ve got an idea….let’s stop pitching to Howard.”"
nj, if I could name you manager, I would… Today, if not sooner…
Efrim
August 29th, 2009
1:15 pm
Here is a scout’s take on Teheran and Milligan:
http://www.scoutingthesally.com/2009/08/rome-vs-savannah-game-1-recap.html
Buck Owens
August 29th, 2009
1:15 pm
Snerberg – funny, but your mind control crap ain’t gonna work on me.
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
1:16 pm
In the month of August, BMac has actually hit lefties a little better than he’s hit righties:
vs LHP: 8-33 (.242), 2 um…doubles, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 5 SO, .306 OBP, .485 SLG
vs RHP: 12-51 (.235), 1 um…double, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 4 BB, 10 SO, .286 OBO, .431 SLG
Still though…
Random
August 29th, 2009
1:17 pm
Steve from OH (August 29th, 2009 1:03 pm): “Here are the ranking criteria:
“[mlbtraderumors.com site deleted so I can link a couple more recent MLBTR sites below]
“A large part of it is games and innings pitched, wins and losses, so Hudson’s time out hurt him pretty badly.”
MLB Trade Rumors has begun forecasting Type A/B free agents based on their updated performance this season.
Tim Dierkes, August 1, 2009: “At the end of each season, The Elias Sports Bureau ranks all MLB players numerically based on a bunch of stats. Every player is categorized in one of five position groups and by league. The rankings cover a two-year time period. They are used to determine whether free agents are Type A, Type B, or neither. . . . Eddie Bajek of Detroit Tigers Thoughts reverse-engineered the Elias Rankings last year. Eddie’s incredible work was made possible in large part due to information provided by ESPN’s Keith Law. Eddie is now providing the rankings exclusively to MLB Trade Rumors. . . . The rankings will obviously change over the next two months. Keep in mind that if players change leagues, they are ranked in their new league. New Yankee Jerry Hairston Jr. is a Type B in the AL, while Adam LaRoche falls just short of B back in the NL.”
Here’s a couple of links:
Possible Type A Free Agents
Possible Type B Free Agents
Thru 16/17 Jun 09, MLBTR projects both •Mike Gonzalez and •Rafael Soriano as Type A, and •Garret Anderson as Type B.
(FWIW, John Smoltz is currently listed as between Type B and nuttin, honey.)
PS: that comment was from 7 Aug, and contained info thru like the middle of Jun. I assume the sites have been updated since then, but have not checked.
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
1:18 pm
Efrim–was just about to post that.
I think Newman’s gun is about 2MPH slow based on comparing his reports with a few others I’ve seen…
I was discouraged to see him write that about Milligan, but I think he caught him on a bad night. He said he’ll be there again tonight so we’ll see…
Ebenezer Snerdberg
August 29th, 2009
1:18 pm
Well,you made it big in Vegas. Loved you on Hee Haw!
Lou Vales
August 29th, 2009
1:18 pm
Dear RHR, Still struggling with that reading comprehension? I’ll try AGAIN. The Marlins are MEDIOCRE and severely FLAWED. They are difficult to watch. Sometimes painful to watch. The Florida Marlins are going NOWHERE.
The Florida Marlins are tied with the Atlanta Braves. Is that clear enough?
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
1:18 pm
Random–per MLBTR, rankings were recently updated.
Lou Vales
August 29th, 2009
1:23 pm
RHR, ALSO take note that CAPITULATION will have finally taken hold when the speculation about off season transactions moves into full bloom.
Capitulation is not always a bad thing. Often, as in the stock market, it shows a level of intelligence about your circumstances.
RHR, The plight of the Florida marlins warrants my capitulation about this season. Don’t tarry in your ultimate acceptance of the fate of the Atlanta Braves for 09.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
1:23 pm
I’m going back to sleep.
Good. You need your beauty sleep
Random
August 29th, 2009
1:24 pm
Steve from OH –
But even if Hudson becomes a Type B, would the Braves even get a draft pick if they have declined to exercise their part of the mutual option? Teams have to have offered arbitration and have it declined by the player to get compensatory draft picks for losing a free agent.
Maybe if Braves exercised their part of the mutual option, but Hudson declined to exercise his, it would be an analogous situation to declining an offer of arbitration.
I don’t know.
Ebenezer Snerdberg
August 29th, 2009
1:26 pm
Travis to Crocket: “You think our scout got through to Houston?”
Crocket: “How long you wanna wait?
Efrim
August 29th, 2009
1:29 pm
Steve from OH, yeah, I remember seeing BA’s Ben Badler say Teheran sat 93-95 and touched 96 with a plus change. 6′2” 150 lbs? Like he said, kid’s going to add some velo once he fills out. How is Milligan defensively? Can he stick at centerfield?
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
1:29 pm
You would understand that Schaffer and McLouth are not in their class if you saw them play.
I have no doubt of that, but I think you are confusing “athlete” with “good baseball player.”
Random–I do not think they would be allowed to offer Hudson arbitration were they to decline his option.
Shamus Thacker
August 29th, 2009
1:29 pm
Bobby is an old male bimbo. If he were any more dense he’d burst into a super-nova, before forming a black hole and devouring the earth…
Good nickname for him, Bobby (Black Hole) Cox..
Efrim
August 29th, 2009
1:30 pm
Can’t imagine the Braves offering GA arbitration. But the other three? I sure hope they do.
Soph
August 29th, 2009
1:37 pm
JJ -
I won yesterday. You wimped out and went to bed. Enough said.
bravefaninok
August 29th, 2009
1:38 pm
WTF Bily Wagner is a type A after what, 3 appearances this season.
Keeping It Real
August 29th, 2009
1:38 pm
Steve from OH ,
Try to understand code words. Listen to Joe Simpson sometimes as he references ” good baseball players” and athletic players”. The same thing is done in football especially at the QB position.
Random
August 29th, 2009
1:41 pm
Steve from OH (August 29th, 2009 1:29 pm): “I do not think they would be allowed to offer Hudson arbitration were they to decline his option.”
Me neither.
BUT . . .
If the Braves exercised their part of the option, but Hudson declined to exercise his part, would THAT be analogous to the normal case of a player declining arbitration, thus allowing the Braves a compensatory pick? Or not?
I don’t know.
brent a.
August 29th, 2009
1:42 pm
DOB,
Interesting post about # games played for the Braves.
FWIW, LaRoche has played in 117 games this season, McLouth 101.
DirtyDawg
August 29th, 2009
1:49 pm
Right now the Braves may have the worst defensive outfield in baseball:
GA is still slow and unless the ball is hit straight to him you can’t expect him to catch it – shoot, half the time he can’t even get it before it stops rolling – and last night where was he on that ‘flair’ to left with the infield pulled in? Poor Escobar ran his butt off (Bobby) to get to it and GA was just jogging in like it was never his responsibility in the first place.
Church and/or Infante are average at best – chalk it up to it not being their regular position, but the fact remains they don’t make the plays.
The Hittin Fool Diaz (sorry but he misses as many as he hits)…plays right like like he used to play left – like every chance is a crap shoot. He’s missed two at the wall over the past couple of weeks that seemingly every opponents outfielder makes against us every night…and he ‘encircled’ the fly last night like he was playing in a tornado (nobody else seemed to have any problems).
Face it, we’re an ordinary team with above-average starting pitching.
Keeping It Real
August 29th, 2009
1:57 pm
DirtyDawg ,
That’s exactly what I have been saying. It’s as plane as the nose on your face. Who of the Braves outfield could have made the catch that Gwynn made the other night. Its too bad that a love fest and a condition of denial has consumed some on this blog.
zookey
August 29th, 2009
2:01 pm
Lou Vales
Must have gotten over that cancer thing.
You are the same old arrogant sob as befour…
Supes
August 29th, 2009
2:07 pm
Steve from OH,
Thanks for the scouting link report on Teheran. I think in 2-3 years time he can be the next Tommy Hanson if he develops physically fills in his frame and works on that 2nd pitch. Good to hear he has a very high seiling. That’s enough for us to keep hope that he will develop and eventually be a SP for us in the future.
Random,
quite frankly sir, I don’t know if I should be scared or not! What’s with the “filing of quotes from fellow bloggers” to be used against them at a later time?
Mid Town Joe
August 29th, 2009
2:07 pm
Well, I grew up about 65 miles from Philadelphia, and I’m getting hammered by all my old friends. I need an ice-bag and ace bandage.
Lloyd Bridges said it best in “Airplane”, “It looks like I picked a bad day to quit sniffing glue!”
RHR
August 29th, 2009
2:09 pm
Lou Vales – WOW! 2 whole posts without mentioning Hooters, 4 star hotel beds, or batting cages. I am impressed!
Speaking of reading comprehension, try reading my post again. Your retort leads me to believe that you didn’t get it.