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StingerSplash
August 29th, 2009
8:11 pm
Lowe’s thrown 45 pitches through two innings. Better put the bullpen on standby — and not just to catch homers hit by the Phillies.
Tiger Woods
August 29th, 2009
8:12 pm
Easy on Chipper. Without him in the first half we may have never scored any runs. He has a big September coming. I hope…….
cabravesfan
August 29th, 2009
8:12 pm
VJ-
just you..everyone knows I’m brilliant
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:13 pm
100 bucks say Braves tie or take the lead right here…
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
8:13 pm
Bobby didn’t look amused by that faux pas.
It wasn’t really “funny”…
But he’s not wearing his specs while catching, so I guess that explains it.
TnBrian
August 29th, 2009
8:14 pm
Vinings Jim, I don’t hate on Gorecki because it’s so clear he isn’t anywhere near ready for MLB pitching. Not his fault.
Bobby Is Senile
August 29th, 2009
8:14 pm
Roman Gal, usually as many and sometimes more fillers at triple A than double A. Generally depends on the organization and the year in question.
cabravesfan
August 29th, 2009
8:14 pm
No More Bobby 2-
I wasn’t calling VJ and idiot..I was merely wondering why he wastes his time reading comments from the bitter masses on the blog…
Efrim
August 29th, 2009
8:15 pm
I’m sure Vazquez does not miss this guy:
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=4431402
I take cash
August 29th, 2009
8:15 pm
Deal JJ
I take cash
August 29th, 2009
8:16 pm
Well?
Chipper Sucks
August 29th, 2009
8:16 pm
The team is bad folks, really bad. They will always be horrible as long as Cox and Chipper are around. They need to go ASAP.
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
8:16 pm
Why keep swinging at the first pitch when you are slumping CHipper
David O'Brien
August 29th, 2009
8:17 pm
Jurrjens is only of only five pitchers who’ve made three starts at Citizens Bank Park without allowing a homer: Billingsley, Jurrjens, Loaiza, Tim Redding, Jaret Wright. Jurrjens is trying to become the first to go four without giving up one (Lee hasn’t allowed one in his first two starts here; tonight is just his third)
Bobby Is Senile
August 29th, 2009
8:17 pm
Mark Shapiro got damaged goods for Cliff Lee. I bet he’s likin’ that some!
Rafael
August 29th, 2009
8:17 pm
Wow, I changed the channel to watch 3 minutes of football and the inning is over already. How many pitches did it take to get 3 outs?
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:18 pm
You needed to tell be BEFORE the inning started…Sorry
I take cash
August 29th, 2009
8:19 pm
Delay….
Tell ya what…I’ll let you keep the 100 bucks if you be quiet.
StingerSplash
August 29th, 2009
8:19 pm
Roman Gal,
I had a friend of mine who worked in the White Sox organization. He said AA is where you find the prospects. At AAA are the guys who are the career minor leaguers or major leaguers looking for another shot and maybe you have a couple of kids who can help you down the road.
But at AA, you’ll have a half dozen or more of the guys you’re counting on in the near future. There’s nothing at AAA Heyward can do that he can’t do at AA, unless he’s going to go up against a big leaguer on a rehab assignment. I don’t see Heyward spending more than a few weeks – ever – at AAA, if he even spends any time there.
Efrim
August 29th, 2009
8:20 pm
Mark Shapiro got damaged goods for Cliff Lee. I bet he’s likin’ that some!
Yup, Knapp getting an MRI on his shoulder. Not a great time to be an Indians fan.
Roman Gal
August 29th, 2009
8:20 pm
Regardless of how many “top prospects” are at AA compared to AAA, the level of play is still going to be higher there. Heyward is a special prospect and he may not need that extra time in the minors, but it’s not going to hurt him to spend some time there.
Vinings Jim
August 29th, 2009
8:20 pm
[SARCASM WARNING] Wow, Victorino looked like Chipper there!
Chipper Sucks
August 29th, 2009
8:21 pm
Jeez, no Braves fan showed up tonight. Its all Philly douchebag fans. I can’t blame Braves fans. Who would want to go watch your team get shutout.
StingerSplash
August 29th, 2009
8:22 pm
Billingsley, Loaiza, Tim Redding, Jaret Wright.
Wow. That’s a quartet I would have never expected to have not given up a dinger at Citizens. Billingsley, maybe. But the rest? Really? Holy schnikes.
Jeff321
August 29th, 2009
8:22 pm
Charge that error!
Chipper Sucks
August 29th, 2009
8:22 pm
WTF? Lowe blows!
I take cash
August 29th, 2009
8:22 pm
Base open… WALK HOWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mitchell
August 29th, 2009
8:22 pm
I really don’t know what to think about the Braves sometimes when they just don’t show up in games like last night or against the Marlins on Friday or the Padres, but with the exception of the Sunday night game against the Phillies at home when Javy gave up the homerun to Howard, the Braves could have won almost every game in the season series.
We had game three of the opening series in April until the bullpen gave it up. We won two of three again in Phillie in May… okay, I forgot about the JoJo Reyes game, that game was over in the second inning… that makes two games we lost fair and square.
Then we sweep but lose the Friday night game in the following series at home which we absolutely should have won.
Whatever. They’re a good team, there’s no getting around it but we should beat them…
… but then we go and do things like that.
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
8:23 pm
Lowe is terrible
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:23 pm
I KNEW Lowe was going to make an error. I Knew IT!
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:24 pm
To be fair, I said Lowe would bobble it. Not throw it away…
Chipper Sucks
August 29th, 2009
8:24 pm
This team f*cking sucks. Can they do anything right? F*CK!
I take cash
August 29th, 2009
8:25 pm
No real damage….but still should have walked him. Now you have a man on 3rd…wild pitch scores a run.
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
8:25 pm
This inning is a joke. Lowe looks out of shape. I don’t remember him having a gut last season. Spend some of that 60 Million in the offseason on a gym membership
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:25 pm
This is the 2009 Braves
Bobby Is Senile
August 29th, 2009
8:25 pm
The sound of a dying elephant.
I take cash
August 29th, 2009
8:25 pm
Bum knee or not, LaRoche made a great play there.
Paul Lentz
August 29th, 2009
8:25 pm
It’s nice to see McCann to hold onto that one.
Mitchell
August 29th, 2009
8:26 pm
Finaly. A break.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:26 pm
Good play LaRoche, stupid play Utley…
David O'Brien
August 29th, 2009
8:26 pm
That’s a throw that Kotchman probably isn’t able to make to home. LaRoche has the better arm, no doubt.
Kotchman might have made a play on the ball that Howard hit to LaRoche’s right just while ago, when confusion reigned. But I don’t think Lowe or Prado gets to the base ahead of Howard anyway, for him to toss to if he does make a play.
I take cash
August 29th, 2009
8:26 pm
100 bucks doesn’t buy much quietness these days, huh?
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
8:26 pm
Nice play at the plate there.
Least Utley didn’t dive or throw his elbow up or something…
Bobby Is Senile
August 29th, 2009
8:27 pm
Was a bad luck-Good luck inning.
Paul Lentz
August 29th, 2009
8:27 pm
Nice Houdini job there by Lowe.
Mitchell
August 29th, 2009
8:27 pm
We have to win this game.
We should have won last night. Give me something Braves.
GD!
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:27 pm
Lowe looks great on every pitch BUT 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2…
Mitchell
August 29th, 2009
8:28 pm
I hate this ad.
philly birds
August 29th, 2009
8:29 pm
Enter your comments here
TnBrian
August 29th, 2009
8:30 pm
Katt Williams always solves the frustration my team gives me sometimes. Funniest comedian on the planet right now.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:30 pm
LOL THEY SHOWED THE ANSWERS!!!!
When was the last time McCann walked?
August 29th, 2009
8:30 pm
When?
bravefaninok
August 29th, 2009
8:30 pm
that was ugly…but they got out of it
Rafael
August 29th, 2009
8:30 pm
Maybe Chipper can go to the Matt Ryan leadership seminar. Ryan drove the Falcons down the field for a touchdown.
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:31 pm
McCann! Woo!
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
8:32 pm
Nice hit!
BMac’s last walk: August 23rd against the Marlins. (Last double August 16th against the Fillies.)
How come Escobar can't hit lefties?
August 29th, 2009
8:32 pm
So weird.
McFann Ô
August 29th, 2009
8:32 pm
That was funny that they showed the answer too soon.
glord1
August 29th, 2009
8:32 pm
I take cash
August 29th, 2009
8:26 pm
100 bucks doesn’t buy much quietness these days, huh?
I will stop whinning about how dumb BC is but you have to pay me first.
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
8:33 pm
Thanks for the pics, RG?
nolie, Efrim, I don’t think Newman is a professional scout and I don’t think he pretends to be one. He just sees the teams that come thru Savannah and tries to give a bit of info on them…and he does it for free, so I can’t complain!
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
8:33 pm
Esco should hit cleanup against LHP
TnBrian
August 29th, 2009
8:33 pm
I think you just have to fist this guy to death because he has that cutter and changeup. Have to hang in there like Yunel did there.
Roman Gal
August 29th, 2009
8:33 pm
Nice job of BMac to get out of the way of Escobar’s hit.
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
8:33 pm
bunt
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:34 pm
Rally time, GOT TO SCORE!
I take cash
August 29th, 2009
8:34 pm
glord1 -
If you are the JJ kid with a new handle, not sure why you would do that, if not, I wasn’t talking to you.
Paul Lentz
August 29th, 2009
8:34 pm
When we lost 2 of 3 at home against the Phillies, people were complaining that a lot of our balls that we hit to the warning track in Atlanta, would have been homers in Philly.
Well, we come to Philly and our bats are pretty quiet. Our offense is playing like they are playing at Petco Park in San Diego.
In big games, our offense simply does not show up. Then again, I’m sure that many of you will say “Uh, Cliff Lee is a tough pitcher”. My response is “what about Pedro Martinez, Jamie Moyer, and Brad Lidge”? Brad Lidge has been getting rocked by everyone in the 9th inning. However, we made him look like Mariano Rivera last night. Moyer looked like Glavine in his prime last night. And we made Pedro look like the Pedro of old.
Yet I’m totally off base when I say that this team “mentally takes nights off” offensively.
Vinings Jim
August 29th, 2009
8:34 pm
GA!!!!!!!!!
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
8:34 pm
Forget the bunt
Rafael
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
GA!!!!!Loaf.
Roman Gal
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
Thanks for the pics, RG? Steve from OH
Was that supposed to be a question?
TnBrian
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
GARRET! That’s what I’m talkin about! WOOOOO
Jeff321
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
Give it up for G-Anderson!
bigdave
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
yesh!!!
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
Snitker is pretending hes on third, lol, look…
AndyC
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
LOAF!
David O'Brien
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
Wow.
That was a rather important hit for Mr. Anderson.
Chong
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
The Loaf Meister
cabravesfan
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
Too bad Garret sucks…
Mitchell
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
About f***ing time.
Yeah, boo him you morons. He deserves it.
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
That man can hit a fastball
Heath
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
GA has good numbers against Lee…. continues the success indeed. Always gets his HRs when he steps in the bucket on a fastball.
Tiger Woods
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
LOAF!!!! CHOP CHOP!!!!
Paul Lentz
August 29th, 2009
8:35 pm
Maybe I need to continue ripping the offense, especially if it makes Garret turn on a fastball like that for a 3 run jack.
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
8:36 pm
Roman Gal, usually as many and sometimes more fillers at triple A than double A.
Yeah, but the “fillers” at AAA are way better than the fillers at AA. If you’re a pitcher, do you want to face Brandon Jones, Brooks Conrad and Brian Barton or Greg Creek, Concepcion Rodriguez and Ernesto Mejia?
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
8:36 pm
now can Lowe not suck for the next few innings
Jurrjens4NLCY {Knoble.MLBlogs.com}
August 29th, 2009
8:36 pm
GA!!!!!
I TOLD YALL!
Wait… I’m getting ahead of myself…
Rafael
August 29th, 2009
8:36 pm
Chipper, are you taking notes?
Steve from OH
August 29th, 2009
8:36 pm
Not to mention Kody Kirkland, Benji Johnson and Travis Jones…
Rob from SC
August 29th, 2009
8:36 pm
now gorecki gets a hit
Heath
August 29th, 2009
8:37 pm
Where was that in the 2nd Gorecki? (sp?)
Tiger Woods
August 29th, 2009
8:37 pm
what the hell is going on here!?!?!?!
Paul Lentz
August 29th, 2009
8:37 pm
That homer off Lee would have been off the wall in Atlanta. First time we took advantage of this park this series.
Freaking Gorecki gets a rip. Looks like I’ll have to crank up the offensively negative postings tonight………..it seems like that is the only way they will get “motivated”.
StingerSplash
August 29th, 2009
8:38 pm
We have Loaft-off!
glord1
August 29th, 2009
8:38 pm
I take cash
August 29th, 2009
8:34 pm
glord1 -
If you are the JJ kid with a new handle, not sure why you would do that, if not, I wasn’t talking to you.
No thats not me. Just trying to make an easy $100 lol.
Just to show I can be objective props to Bobby Cox on not bunting GA. His stuborness paid off big time.
Agent Smith
August 29th, 2009
8:38 pm
You hear that Mr. Anderson?… That is the sound of inevitability…
Roman Gal
August 29th, 2009
8:38 pm
Steve-
Now, now…Benji is a Hall of Famer in waiting! Don’t go knockin’ Benji!
McFann :Ô:
August 29th, 2009
8:38 pm
WAYTAGO, GARRET!!
Chong
August 29th, 2009
8:38 pm
StingerSplash
August 29th, 2009
8:38 pm
We have Loaft-off!
Now that;s funny…I don’t care who you are!
Paul Lentz
August 29th, 2009
8:39 pm
Rob from SC…….you’ve been kind of quiet on the “Free Heyward” front. What happened?