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Ronald Millsaps
March 9th, 2010
8:50 pm
“biomass”– Do you have a problem with that? I have a problem with the guy who lightly said Jayson Werth looks like Jesus.
Nothing wrong with Chipper’s action; everything wrong with sacrilege.
abwright
March 9th, 2010
8:51 pm
Base hit by Schneider drives in another run. 5-4 Phillies. Ortegano is throwing junk.
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
8:51 pm
What inning is it?
Venice Jim
March 9th, 2010
8:51 pm
Ortegano taking himself out of the running for closer…
Home of the Braves
March 9th, 2010
8:52 pm
So what I’m confused about, is why would the Braves not want to bring up Heyward now? I mean, have there really even been any teams who have had it come back to bite them that they didn’t leave a player in the minors?!?
cabravesfan
March 9th, 2010
8:53 pm
Tomahawkin -
The deer head is the logo of Chipper’s hunting company and the “Hood” is his wife’s nickname according to what was written, I believe by our fearless leader, at some point this spring
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
8:53 pm
Oregano is pitching his way back to the Minors.
Tomahawkin
March 9th, 2010
8:53 pm
Why is everyone saying that Troy Glaus is Clowing in S. Training…? I understand that he is on a roll but its S. Training. I don’t pay attention to stats til the last week….
No offense but its S. Training…I’m pretty sure everyone on here knows how A. Jones used to tear up S. Training… and struggle once he faced ML pitching
Mekons
March 9th, 2010
8:53 pm
Yeah, Wagner doesn’t have to worry about Ortegano.
FEAR
March 9th, 2010
8:53 pm
Ortegano – back to beer league for you
abwright
March 9th, 2010
8:53 pm
Bocock walks. 1st and 2nd, no outs.
David O'Brien
March 9th, 2010
8:53 pm
Just got back from clubhouse, talking to Wagner and Kawakami. I see Ortegano not exactly nailing down a job this inning, eh?
Home of the Braves
March 9th, 2010
8:54 pm
And the everyone capable of understanding sarcasm, I give a big
Frankie Knuckles
March 9th, 2010
8:54 pm
Tomahawkin – Don’t know for sure about Chipper, but most of those guys get tats at All Or Nothing in ATL. Guy there does amazing work.
Andrew in PA
March 9th, 2010
8:54 pm
double play right here
BossLady
March 9th, 2010
8:54 pm
I have everything. 185 channels including all pay channels, sports channels, 300-900 series, with music channels/concerts too. There is at least 1000 movies in the HD, On Demand, MAX and FX with IMPACT.
abwright
March 9th, 2010
8:54 pm
Ransom pops to LF for the first out of the inning.
Heath
March 9th, 2010
8:55 pm
VJ -
Interesting that the A10 has the first round of the tournament at the home sites of the higher seeds…
BIOMASS
March 9th, 2010
8:55 pm
Ronald Millsaps, no I don’t have a problem with it. Kind of silly, but no problem. Just stating a fact, it’s a new look for him.
BossLady
March 9th, 2010
8:55 pm
Changed from AT& T paid almost that much for just phone, Internet & dsl
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
8:56 pm
Oregano is pitching like Jo Jo Reyes.
Andrew in PA
March 9th, 2010
8:56 pm
jo jo finally passed the curse on to a new pitcher and that is jesse
Tomahawkin
March 9th, 2010
8:57 pm
Home of the Braves
Its The whole Salary/Arbitration thing…
D.O.B. explains it about two or 3 times a year if not more…Our Cheap owners are always penny-wise (Cheap) when it comes to star-studded rookies and their playing time
I say Bring J-Hey Up NOW, because he will put buts in the seats…nuff said. he’s gonna bring excitement to, what is considered by the Atlanta people as a boring baseball team….
David O'Brien
March 9th, 2010
8:57 pm
Glaus’ single while I was away made him 3-for-3 this game and 8-for-8 the past three games, all singles.
abwright
March 9th, 2010
8:57 pm
Wise swings at a bad pitch and jams himself. A little pop-up to the center of the diamond. Thurston (3B) cuts off Hicks (SS) to make the catch.
2 outs, 1st and 2nd.
Duke
March 9th, 2010
8:57 pm
1. Diaz/Melky LF
2. Prado
3. Chip
4. Glaus
5. Mac/Yunel
6. Mac/Yunel
7. Heyward
8. McLouth
That would be a formidable lineup and seems dangerous.
Mekons
March 9th, 2010
8:58 pm
JoJo has never pitched that badly. That was ugly.
abwright
March 9th, 2010
8:58 pm
Solid single up the middle, but the bases are loaded because Schneider was the lead runner.
abwright
March 9th, 2010
8:59 pm
Another base hit scores two more runs for the Phils. 7-4.
joerochester
March 9th, 2010
8:59 pm
A single still gets him on base, and it means he is making consistent contact with the ball.
Shane
March 9th, 2010
8:59 pm
Cmon get him out of there
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
9:00 pm
Cut his A$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Venice Jim
March 9th, 2010
9:00 pm
Heath – that is a nice reward for a good regular season – probably greatly increases the number of spectators, too…
Heath
March 9th, 2010
9:01 pm
To finish my talk about Directv. The only negative I have to say about them right now…still no ESPNU HD with the HD package.
Andrew in PA
March 9th, 2010
9:01 pm
mekons jo jo has been that bad
Shane
March 9th, 2010
9:01 pm
Looking forward to seeing Freeman hit
abwright
March 9th, 2010
9:01 pm
Howard grounds to Freeman at first to (mercifully) end the inning.
Tomahawkin
March 9th, 2010
9:01 pm
Frankie Knuckles
I wouldn’t know nothing about tats
“My Physical is pure, covered in no tattos”
I might get a tat on my arm later on but I will not get those stupid “Mickey Mouse” tattoos that so many people my age (18-25) think is so cool today….
And not to mention I hate needles…I watched too much MacGyver when I was little…thats why I hate needles….
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
9:02 pm
joerochester……….I dont think anyone is necessarily complaining about Glaus getting hits. However, considering that he’s going to be our cleanup hitter, it would be nice to see some power as well coming from Glaus.
Look at the Big Picture
March 9th, 2010
9:02 pm
David Justice, Michael Tucker, Jermaine Dye, Deion Sanders, Kenny Lofton, Charles Thomas,Willie Harris…………Heyward ( will follow his predecessor African American players with the Braves. He will land on another team and be the next Ryan Howard. They don’t last long in a Brave uniform….sad but true
Heath
March 9th, 2010
9:02 pm
VJ -
Yeah, I don’t know how the money gets split up though. Wonder if the road teams of all the first round games get any money at all.
Bill
March 9th, 2010
9:02 pm
Shane and Ghost this Spring Training…its not the WS give the man a break.
abwright
March 9th, 2010
9:02 pm
Now that the scrubs are in for both teams, I’m going to stop the PBP.
Heath
March 9th, 2010
9:03 pm
Schiambi broadcasting the Horizon League game on ESPN if anyone is interested.
Tomahawkin
March 9th, 2010
9:03 pm
I looking at the game on gamefeed and it feels like a second half Phils/Braves game at the Ted…I’m glad its a S. training game otherwise this blog would be filled with the “season over” or “Bobby must Go!” posts
Frankie Knuckles
March 9th, 2010
9:04 pm
Isn’t Ortegano one of our top prospects?
Rob from SC
March 9th, 2010
9:04 pm
Reyes could still be good
Heath
March 9th, 2010
9:04 pm
abwright
March 9th, 2010
9:02 pm
Now that the scrubs are in for both teams, I’m going to stop the PBP.
Hear ya on that friend. I switched over to the roundball so that I can maybe learn something for my brackets!
Frankie Knuckles
March 9th, 2010
9:06 pm
Tomahawkin – I watched enough Macgyver when I was young that I hate anyone named Murdock.
Smack
March 9th, 2010
9:06 pm
Oh boo hoo Look at the Big Picture, you forgot Marquis Grissom, Brian Jordan and Gary Sheffield in that lot to. There was plenty of good reasons to get rid of all of them (except for the Justice one) and it did not have anything to do with race. Do you use Kleenex or Puffs?
Steve from OH
March 9th, 2010
9:07 pm
Frankie–no. He’s a no.5/swingman at best, but he made some strides in the org last year. As far as our pitching prospects go, he wouldn’t make my top 5, but he’s a nice depth piece for sure.
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
9:07 pm
Frankie Knuckles……….If Oregano is one of our top prospects, then we are in trouble, lol.
Tomahawkin
March 9th, 2010
9:07 pm
Look at the Big Picture
Sad but I agree at your last post….
And if he struggles early…he will be run out of town, can’t stand the conservatives down here…but thats all I got to say about the politics down here…much for the blogs sake
And I hope J-Hey stays away from Soulja Girl, and all those other cats who ain’t about nothing but making money off of dumb teenagers….
N Nine (eta27)
March 9th, 2010
9:07 pm
I try not to put too much weight on the spring stats but you have to believe McLouth’s struggles makes Heyward even a bigger favorite to land the job. He could easily be the best OF we have! Yes, we all have the Heyward fever.
BossLady
March 9th, 2010
9:08 pm
Oh I left out of the Comcast package we have routers that operates all laptops around the house in addition the home office desktop.
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
9:08 pm
Crap, it’s officially over now. Manny Acosta is in, lol.
Elon Brave
March 9th, 2010
9:08 pm
I admit I do wonder about Matt Diaz leading off. He just hits and hits and hits and hits, etc. I know with Bobby’s affinity for platooning its unlikely that Diaz would be the every day (imagine Melky leading off… barf), but sometimes it makes sense to me. He gets on base consistently, he plays hard, he swipes bases every now and then. He’s not a traditional lead-off type… but I find myself saying “why not?”
Kelly's Johnson
March 9th, 2010
9:08 pm
Strange as it sounds…I think the best leadoff hitter the Braves could have this year could be…Jason Heyward
Tomahawkin
March 9th, 2010
9:09 pm
Frankie Knuckles
MacGyver was the Shyt
I didn’t like the Axminster (season 1) he scared the hell out of my yellow a..s
Tomahawkin
March 9th, 2010
9:11 pm
Kelly’s Johnson!
Damn Good Idea!
Hell Yeah I like him leading off, The man is flat out explosive! he could be the next Carl Crawford!
FEAR
March 9th, 2010
9:11 pm
Elon Brave – better than Mclouth
Randy J.
March 9th, 2010
9:11 pm
What inning is the game in
FEAR
March 9th, 2010
9:12 pm
I said heyward for lead off a couple blogs ago and got laughed at
Smack
March 9th, 2010
9:12 pm
Kelly’s Johnson, I thought about that the other day when Jason stole a base. He is a patient hitter, will draw his walks, can steal 20+ bases and not strike out a lot. He could for this season only, be our form of a Jeter, Rickey Henderson, or Grady Sizemore, a guy that can hit in the middle of the order with his pop, but his overall game and approach at the late can make a deadly leadoff guy.
Kelly's Johnson
March 9th, 2010
9:13 pm
Batting leadoff…I don’t think Heyward would have to change his approach at the plate ONE bit…
Elon Brave
March 9th, 2010
9:14 pm
I think McClouth is great. I like the way he plays. But a leadoff has to get on base. If he’s not getting on base, he shouldn’t be leadoff.
Dies Irae
March 9th, 2010
9:14 pm
So much for being as good as the Phils. Lot of people living in denial about that. Much better team than the Braves.
Elon Brave
March 9th, 2010
9:15 pm
I think Prado could be decent at the leadoff spot as well. He seems to enjoy rising to the occasion.
N Nine (eta27)
March 9th, 2010
9:15 pm
Can you picture Cox penciling McLouth for leadoff?
N Nine (eta27)
March 9th, 2010
9:16 pm
Maybe McLouth needs a month like TEX and Laroche.
Dies Irae
March 9th, 2010
9:17 pm
Heyward leading off. LOL where do all the morons come from? Is there an idiot factory out there somewhere that specializes in creating imbecilic baseball fans? Gotta be.
FEAR
March 9th, 2010
9:17 pm
N Nine (eta27) – how about a whole season…………………….somewhere else.
BIOMASS
March 9th, 2010
9:17 pm
Every time I listen to Brian Jordan I lose 15 IQ points.
Mekons
March 9th, 2010
9:18 pm
Another nice inning for Acosta.
TnBrian
March 9th, 2010
9:18 pm
Geez, I wish either McDowell would work harder to get Acosta under control, or he’d listen. Don’t know what the problem is with his consistancy, but he does have great stuff. A great curveball to go with a mid-90’s heater coming out of the pen is a huge asset.
Kelly's Johnson
March 9th, 2010
9:20 pm
I can’t see Prado at leadoff…he is a 2-hole …or 8-hole hitter….nothing else.
Ronald Millsaps
March 9th, 2010
9:21 pm
“bio”– Nothing silly about it.
To others, as for Heyward leading off, I thought about that idea, myself, a while back, but if he really has what it takes to be the next Darryl Strawberry, I’d let him be.
It does warrant consider still, though.
Maybe Freddie Freeman will make the team, and we can play him at first and Troy Glaus in left. From what I’ve gathered of Freeman so far, the idea’s not the farthest-fetched idea.
I still want to see more pop on this team. Maybe Hank Aaron himself can teach some folks how to drive the ball.
McFann
March 9th, 2010
9:21 pm
Dang Fillies…
Either way, love seeing our regular 4-5 hitters doing so well! Obviously they’re not the only ones having good Springs, but man…BMac hitting .600 in Spring Training? Wow…just hope he hits half that during the season!
TnBrian
March 9th, 2010
9:21 pm
BIOMASS, Jordan say “Heywood”. Or “slida”. LOL
summer of 91
March 9th, 2010
9:21 pm
Dies Irae
March 9th, 2010
9:14 pm
So much for being as good as the Phils. Lot of people living in denial about that. Much better team than the Braves.
we stomped the Phils h2h last year, in a series, we can beat them, no doubt about it.
BossLady
March 9th, 2010
9:21 pm
I think the Braves must owe Brian Jordan and Ron Gant money because there is no other reason they show up to ST and be allowed to announce anything.
Smack
March 9th, 2010
9:22 pm
Dies Irae, Is that you who should not be named? Think about this, would you rather have Jason hitting 1 or 2 or have him mired in the 6/7 hole? We all know no matter how deserving he might become this year to hit 3 or 4 or hell 5, Booby will stick with Chip, Glaus and Mac. It’s like an unpeneratable fort for those 3 spots.
David O'Brien
March 9th, 2010
9:22 pm
Talked to Schafer before the game, and he said he felt better hitting today than he had in 10 weeks. It was just soft-toss BP from coach, not live BP from a pitcher. But he swung hard, pulled balls, and had no pain in the surgically repaired hand. Said he just needs to keep strengthening the hand and wrist, so that he’ll be able to hit consecutive days, instead of trying to take BP before he’s ready and then having to rest a day before he can swing again, etc.
He hopes to be ready for opening day, but I’m hearing a week or two into Triple-A season is more realistic.
BIOMASS
March 9th, 2010
9:25 pm
TnBrain, the “bouf’s” have me pulling out my hair.
Mekons
March 9th, 2010
9:25 pm
Good news about Jordan, DOB. I would like to see him in CF by mid-year and a couple of prospects for Melky.
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
9:25 pm
BossLady…………Ron Gant and Brian Jordan belong to the club of individuals who have jobs with the Braves because they are blackmailing Bobby Cox.
Moe Berg
March 9th, 2010
9:26 pm
How does the DL work in the minor leagues? The same as in the majors? I.e., when Schafer comes into AAA, does someone get sent down, setting off a chain reaction until someone guests released in single A?
Moe Berg
March 9th, 2010
9:27 pm
‘Gets’, not ‘Guests’
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
9:28 pm
Very nice play there by the shortstop Hicks.
Komminsk was a 'can's miss' that did
March 9th, 2010
9:28 pm
The dumpster outside of the MLB offices overflows with names of can’t miss prospects who missed. There are also many can’t miss guys, A-Rod, Chipper, Clemens, Pujols, among those that come to my feeble mind, that didn’t miss. Let’s hope for the latter. Work hard, Jason!
David O'Brien
March 9th, 2010
9:28 pm
10,674 turned out for this tilt.
Dumbfound
March 9th, 2010
9:29 pm
were !
The Ghost of P.L.
March 9th, 2010
9:30 pm
Brian Jordan has to be the corniest sounding announcer in the history of broadcasting.
jeffrey d
March 9th, 2010
9:30 pm
Brian Jordan is announcing? He can hardly handle pregame duties
BIOMASS
March 9th, 2010
9:31 pm
Good one, BossLady. I think you’re on something.
BIOMASS
March 9th, 2010
9:31 pm
onTO something.
Dies Irae
March 9th, 2010
9:32 pm
we stomped the Phils h2h last year, in a series, we can beat them, no doubt about it. 91
we got our butts kicked by them in the second half when it counted. Like I said, denial
Dies Irae
March 9th, 2010
9:33 pm
Think about this, would you rather have Jason hitting 1 or 2 or have him mired in the 6/7 hole?
6 or 7 like everybody else with any sense, and gradually move him up. That was easy.
jeffrey d
March 9th, 2010
9:33 pm
onTO something.
Yeah, that one little word kind of changes the meaning
McFann
March 9th, 2010
9:34 pm
Smack We all know no matter how deserving he might become this year to hit 3 or 4 or [heck] 5, [Bobby] will stick with Chip, Glaus and Mac.
Well, no offense, but haven’t those guys sorta earned “rights” to be in those spots over a rookie?
I mean, OK, if they’re all hitting in the .200’s and Heyward’s hitting in the .300’s, then, well, yeah, maybe Bobby oughta give him a shot in one of those spots…at least fifth (so long as he doesn’t put BMac 4th
).
Though, really, I’m sure I have no right to comment here because last year I was shouting for anybody to bat fourth over BMac, even though BMac was really our best option there I guess…at least until LaRoche came along…