Braves quotes after Wednesday’s loss
BOBBY COX
On Hudson: “I thought Huddy was going to throw a shutout tonight, the way he started. I really did. Quentin’s ball to right field was a rocket; I thought it was a line-drive out or a double, and it went out. But he scalded that ball. And the other one was really hit, so…
“He had great stuff. I really thought he was going to throw a shutout.”
On missed opportunities: “Yeah, we left some guys on tonight. I mean, we hit the ball. I think we out-hit them. We swung the bats super tonight. You don’t always get the RBIs every time, but we swung the bats great.
On Ross: “He got a foul tip right here [on right hand]. He almost hit a home run on his last at-bat, but I don’t know. It’s going to be sore tomorrow, I know that.”
On Chipper being held up at third on McCann double: “He couldn’t have scored on that. I thought the ball might be caught, too.”
On Saito: “For the first time in 17, 18 days, I thought he threw the ball well.”
On losing series: “Well, you’re not going to win all the series. We need to at least win one [game].”
BRIAN McCANN
On Hudson: “Huddy pitched a great game. These guys are swinging the bats really well right now. I thought Huddy pitched great.
“We think he’s going to throw a shutout every time he takes the mound. He’s been as good as its gets this year. They had one big inning.”
On not capitalizing: “Buerhle got into some trouble and was able to get out of it. We’ll get ‘em tomorrow.”
“We just didn’t get a bit hit tonight. We had a couple of times when we left some guys on. That happens when you face a guy like Buehrle. He knows how to pitch.”
On first series loss in May 10: “That’s baseball. It’s going to happen sooner or later. You know, we’ll come back out tomorrow and try to win.”
On getting picked off; did you think it was a balk? “If they don’t call it, it’s not a balk. But I mean, you’ve just got to stay on the base I guess. His whole body goes toward home plate and he goes over. I’ve never seen his move before. We had just got done talking about how good it was. It’s frustrating that that happened in the situation when it did. Because we could have started something big there. It’s a tough move.”
More on Buehrle: “The running game is shut down when he pitches. He brings a lot to the table. He knows how to pitch, knows when to pitch around you and when to come at you.”
TIM HUDSON
“I felt pretty good. Got in a little jam there in the fourth. Quentin’s a strong guy. He hit a good pitch. Wind might have helped it a little bit, but he’s a strong guy. They were up by one after that. And the second homer, man, I probably could have hit that one out of the park.”
“I feel like we should have beat ‘em. They ended up doing just enough to beat us, but we had opportunities to score all night. You’ve just got to tip your hat to Buehrle, the way he bobbed and weaved through there. He made some big pitches when he needed to, but we had scoring opportunities and just didn’t cash in.”
“It’s a team that got some breaks, a team that, you know, had a little luck on their side tonight. Teams that are hot might have that sometimes. But I felt like we should have won.”
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57 comments Add your comment
Couch Tater
June 24th, 2010
4:06 am
Picked off first. Dag nabbit.
JohnSmith
June 24th, 2010
5:14 am
This team could really use JJ back healthy and ready to go right about now.
TS
June 24th, 2010
5:20 am
dunno i just thought they we getting our signs at times last night.. maybe it was just me
Puto
June 24th, 2010
6:39 am
TS, it’s not just you. The announcers mentioned the possibility as well.
ST. DAWG>>
June 24th, 2010
6:55 am
OK folks lets get real..Jay Hay has been great for us as a Rookie this year,but he is just that a ROOKIE…i don’t know if he hurt or has naggin injurys , but hes not the same as he was the 1st. 5 or 6 weeks of the season..ITS time too send him back to the no.7 spot..I think theres to much pressure bein put on him right now,plus not even gettin a day off here an there…Don’t get me wrong he gonna be a great ball player..but he is trying too hard to make things happen in the 2nd or 3rd. spot,swinging at balls that he did’nt swing at at the start off the season,in plan english hes tryin to hard and he is Rookie…Cmon BOBBY don’t mess this kid up!!!!!sit him 4 a few games or move him back to the 7th. hole plan an simple…NUFF SAID!! EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT DAY AN>>>>GOOOOO BRAVES!!
P.S> im also worried about TOMMY H. something just not right with him either,but i’ll coment on that later gotta go too work..RATS!! An also we need cliff lee if we want a chance at the playoffs,trade J.J. K.K. and Mcout and a coulple of prospects and pay half of K.K’s $ Get’ER’ Done” now BOBBY!!!
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
June 24th, 2010
7:02 am
this is not good, we need to win today, especially with the Tigers coming into town. get it together guys!
bigboi
June 24th, 2010
7:33 am
The Melk Man cometh!!!!! 3 for 4 with an assist from the outfield. Gotta love the pickup by the braves front office.
Formul8or
June 24th, 2010
8:03 am
Someone needs to fix Heyward quick. He is easily the worst hitter in the lineup right now.
bigboi
June 24th, 2010
8:06 am
I say move The Melk Man to the 2 spot as he’s the hottest bat in our lineup and move J-Hey down to 7 to let him regain his confidence.
Know How
June 24th, 2010
8:24 am
Switch Escobar and Heyward in the order. J-Hey is killing us right now in the 2 spot
Justafan
June 24th, 2010
8:33 am
Where is all the Cabrera hate? What goes around comes around right?
ksdksdksd
June 24th, 2010
8:44 am
Good job White Sox!!! Can’t the Sox just be a good team that just won 12 out of the last 13? Why are they stealing signs? Maybe they are just better, want it more, and are working harder than the braves right now?
What's the problem boys?
June 24th, 2010
8:47 am
They are starting to look like the Braves from the beginning of the season. Now the Mutts and a half game out for 1st place. Time to suck it up and start playing some great ball again boys, otherwise you will start looking at the top of the division on your way down to the cellar.
sportsmandh
June 24th, 2010
9:01 am
Before you reply to my post, I’m not mad or hating on Hudson.
I thought this was going to be a very tough series at Chicago this week.
Two days in a row our starting pitcher’s quotes after the game were all Bobby speak. Yesterday Hanson referred to bloopers and the Sox getting hits off the end of the bat, yet he gave up 13 hits and nine runs. Last Huddy says the other team got a little lucky, but he gave up two homers. So, I get tired of hearing that after a loss. I’d rather hear I just didn’t get it done than the other team got lucky.
Sour Grapes
June 24th, 2010
9:05 am
Cry baby, cry. “Sox are stealing signs, it was a balk, Sox got lucky”. Man, I hope the Sox sweep them today so they can focus on Detroit. Give credit where credit is due.
joe
June 24th, 2010
9:05 am
CHIPPER NOT SCORING ON MCCAN’S DOUBLE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HIS POOR BASERUNNING INSTICTS( IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT BALL WAS NOT GOING TO BE CAUGHT) AND HEYWARD BEING TOLD TO BE MORE AGGRESIVE(WENT FROM GOOD EYE TO TERRIBLE EYE AT THE PLATE) HAS TURNED HIM INTO JEFF F.
tristan
June 24th, 2010
9:20 am
Well the media says we can’t beat left handed starters and it looks like we can’t. I agree with the Heyward suggestion and even may like to consider giving him the day off and letting Hinske play. If you aren’t gonna DH Hinske, at least put him in the field. When he gets three or four at bats, he finds a way to get on base. He plays with emotion and we need that on the field. To put McCann and Larry the last two nights at DH and bench Hinske whom is hitting about 60 points higher than them is puzzling. Ross is injured today so Mac has to catch. Lineup:
Prado – 2B
Esco – SS
Larry – DH
Glaus – 1B
Mac – C
Hinske – RF
Melkdud – CF
Infante – LF
Broooooooks – 3B
Fire Frank Wren
June 24th, 2010
9:29 am
Do any of you watch baseball. Trade prospects and JJ for Cliff Lee, why so we can suck forever? This team is going nowhere with or without Cliff Lee. Great trade getting Melky, are you kidding me. Players like Melky are a dime a dozen, a .260 hitter with no pop and an average arm. Yea, great trade, KK is alot better than Vazquez. I guess the Francouer for Church trade worked out great also and that McOut trade is looking good. Good thing we don’t have Kelly Johnson, and those 30 homeruns. We can’t afford to acquire anybody, we spent all our money on crap.
clay
June 24th, 2010
9:36 am
Well i guess the good news is guys we know we can still hit and we are still in 1st place.
Bob Horner had a sweet compact swing
June 24th, 2010
9:55 am
I agree w/ tristan….but I would flip-flop Esco and Melky in the batting order
Fire Frank Wren
June 24th, 2010
9:58 am
Not for long. Give it a thru the weekend man and the Braves will never see first again. No comparison between what we trot out there and the Mets and Phillies. Once Rollins gets back its over in the East, the Braves will finish 10 games back. We have four solid players, McCann, Prado, Hudson, and Wagner and a bunch of young promising talent. We pick up Glaus because he is cheap and no one else wanted him and don’t even have enough sense to get a club option for 2011.
BUBBA GUMP
June 24th, 2010
10:17 am
Phillies and Mets are on your tails. Got to drive runs in when you load the bases. “Bones” Jones will have a big game today!!
complete idiot
June 24th, 2010
10:26 am
Chill out, it will be alright, it’s only baseball.
Eddie
June 24th, 2010
10:36 am
When I posted three weeks ago that Heyward was the easiest out in the lineup I got pummelled. Now?
Braves73
June 24th, 2010
10:36 am
I am amazed on the idiocy of some of the comments I am reading in this blog “Phillies & Mets are on your tails”…wow, that’s genius. They are on the Braves “tail” because they are in first place by virtue of playing outstanding baseball. Would you rather them be in third place trailing by 6 games?????
“Give it a thru weekend man and the Braves will never see first again”…Truly a literary masterpiece. Dude, are you for real. Baseball season is very long and there are certainly going to be ups and downs. I’m completely happy with the Braves level of play and performance so far. I am not certainly the eternal optimist, but I will take leading the division and playing hard nosed ball, over being in third or fourth place in the standings…Come on guys, you can’t be mad at your team for losing two games.
Veetso in Chicago
June 24th, 2010
10:38 am
What a joy to read your sports reporting and your blogs. No sniping no whining no gossip or wrong headed notions. Just steady insightful analysis and a good knowledge of baseball. No wonder the braves have been the best in baseball for 20 years — there fans expect it and understand it. I will be sad to see your team leave town
V…………..
Fire Frank Wren
June 24th, 2010
10:52 am
The truth hurts!
GTSteve
June 24th, 2010
11:01 am
Just need to win today and come home for a long home stand to get things going again today……somebody tell me why the 2nd base ump stands inside the infield with a runner at 1st…the pitcher catches a ground ball, and he can’t see the 2nd baseman going to cover, that has cost the Braves a couple of double plays recently and maybe the game last night
jesse james
June 24th, 2010
11:03 am
Offensively, the American League is tough. I believe the NL has better pitching but the AL seems to have better hitters that use the whole field. Seems like they are more disciplined.
GTSteve
June 24th, 2010
11:03 am
oops, 2 many “today” in the first sentence
ATLien
June 24th, 2010
11:12 am
Can you please remove that pic and use something else? I know Atlanta is the gayest city in the US…but geez !!
smalltownbravesfan
June 24th, 2010
11:13 am
all of a sudden Heyward looking like a rookie. Bobby needs to give him a couple of days off to rest and TP needs to either leave him alone or explain to him that he cannot hit the low & outside pitch.
Melky way
June 24th, 2010
11:18 am
Hey fire why don’t you just get you another team to support I bet you do’t go to games anyway I do I go to 15 to 20 games per year and I live in Alabama.you are not a true Braves fan.all you do is complain about the trades and the players.You sound like a Mutts fan
smalltownbravesfan
June 24th, 2010
11:19 am
need DLowe to be a stopper. wow!!!!
Fire Frank Wren
June 24th, 2010
11:23 am
Melky, I have season tix and go to a lot more games than you do. I am like you and the Tide before Saban. I am tired of losing, aren’t you? We deserve better just like the Tide did. This will be five years in a row we suck and to be frank 13 of 14 years we were supposedly good we lost in the end. If you are happy with losing then keep being a blind homer, as for me I am tired of it.
smalltownbravesfan
June 24th, 2010
11:29 am
all will be forgiven if a win today and 2 out of 3 against Detroit. no team can win every series. I think the memory of 9 game losing streak still to fresh in everyones’s memory. They lose 2 and all of a sudden the concern is oh-no not again. A win today and those thoughts go away
TheWad
June 24th, 2010
11:35 am
The biggest problem this series is Braves batters have become impatient at the plate. They are not taking multiple pitches per at bat nor are they fouling off numerous pitches per at bat. CJ twice swung at the first pitch! That`s a leader……..put Hinske in and sit Heyward. He is swinging at pitches before the pitcher lets go of the ball. Time for a wlee needed three day hiatus on the bench for the Rookie. Also, his defense is very average going to the wall. The first homer by Quentin should`ve/would`ve been caught with average effort by an average outfielder back in the 70`s because they never gave up on a ball. He continuously is late getting to the right place on a ball at the wall. Hinske needs to play for a week straight and let this kid sit for a while.
Braves batters……take a few pitches!
CajunStorm
June 24th, 2010
11:49 am
Fire Frank Wren……
Keep preaching my brother. I follow the blogs often and write sparingly but most of the time you are spot on. Frank Wren is like my wife…..give her the credit card and tell her go have fun and every single time she comes back with CRAP!!! Now tell her baby here’s what we got spend, go out and have fun but x,y, and z with the $ we got. She then comes back with the greatest bargains with great value and we are still under budget.
FW-(Big Willy Style) $22Mill to spend= D. Lowe and KK
FW-(Yard Sale Budget) $20Mill to spend= Huddy extension, T. Glaus, E. Hinske, Saito, AND Wagner
Keep the strings tight on FW and we might just WIN something….BIG!!
J-Smoove
June 24th, 2010
11:54 am
Braves lose two games in a row and all of a sudden we need to start trading players and benching/moving J-Hey down in the order? Give me a break! The Braves have been the best team in baseball over the last 45 days or so…. Everybody needs to chill out! The Braves will get a win today and then come home where they have the best home record in baseball! GO BRAVOS!!!!!
jesse james
June 24th, 2010
11:57 am
The Braves will be fine. It is going to get tougher for Heyward the more scouting reports get out on him. He will have to adjust and he will be fine. It is up to him. The Braves will be fine. That is why you play 162 games a year.
Brava
June 24th, 2010
12:12 pm
Fire Frank Wren, do YOU watch baseball? You are tired of losing? Really? The Braves are in first place in the NL East and you are tired of losing? And Melky is batting .315 in June and has a FAR above average arm for an outfielder, yet you disparage him and call him a bad trade?
From your chosen name alone, it’s clear that you are not a Braves fan, just some troll that comes on here every day to b*tch about something or other that’s moronic and untrue.
hangman
June 24th, 2010
12:18 pm
Put a top on the Ted and let the Falcons have it.
CajunStorm
June 24th, 2010
12:34 pm
Hey leave “Fire Frank Wren ” alone. He has a right to vent. I feel what he is saying. Sometimes I don’t know if I would trade our 14 Div Titles and World Championship for the Marlins TWO Championships in a shoerter time span. I don’t agree with everything FFW has to say but it is his right to speak how he feels and have his own stanards of success….just like YOU and ME.
BTW….hangman and all you Falcons fans crying for an outdoor stadium bcuz the Geogia Dome doesn’t fulfill your game day experience……YOU SUCK!!
As a life long Saints fan I’d trade the SuperDome for the GA Dome ANDthe tailgating any ay of the week and twice on Sunday (gameday. Artur Blank don’t cave in to the yuppy crowd of ATL. Dallas, Indy, N.O., and many more teams had faaaar less facilities than te Ga. Dome and Won championships b4 ever even considering new stadiums. The Ga. ome has 15-20 years to go. Stop being puss wagons.
Techman
June 24th, 2010
12:35 pm
Good thing we’ve got Lowe going tonight. Based on his W-L, he is obviously our best pitcher.
ATLien
June 24th, 2010
12:36 pm
Heyward needs to scoot up to the plate a little and he will be fine…just off the plate a little too much…the way he turns on 93 + getting a little closer to the plate will increase his power numbers and help him guard the outside black on the dish…no worries…he is fine, believe that
ms coast brave
June 24th, 2010
12:38 pm
Does anyone else think that Ozzie knows a bit more about our signs.Hell even Joe thought that out loud last night. And Jey Hey please lay off the Curve. Your starting to look like Cerrano.
Fire Frank Wren
June 24th, 2010
1:01 pm
I guess I didn’t see that foam finger that says “We’re Number One in June”. I will look for Friday night at The Ted. All I am advocating is quit making stupid personnel decisions. Do not trade any prospects. If we are going to make trades then trade Glaus, Wagner and Satito for prospects. We have the best young talent in baseball, for goodness sake keep it and add to it. We can be great in 2012 if good decisions are made. If I see old Frank trade our young talent so this team can do a little better and not win it all, I will hire CPJ to punch him in the face.
blazon
June 24th, 2010
1:09 pm
agreed…sit Heyward for at least a week…the change is sad to see…is it the thumb or isn’t it?? DOB can you elaborate?
and yes, have someone teach him how to play right field…he remains a superb base runner and an above average base stealer…
I hate to be saying this, I was/am a huge JH fan but now i wince to watch his at bats…it’s not the stats so much, its the way he’s swinging…he’s apparently lost the ability to scorch those line drives to left – when he goes there now its lazy high bloops…pulling almost everything, hardly ever a clean really hard hit ball – there used to be many…and if it is the thumb just what sort of bad habits is it getting him into?
This is not remotely the same guy…get him back, please.
Techman
June 24th, 2010
1:11 pm
You guys crack me up. The braves just finished winning 5 in a row. They won series against TB, Minnesota. So they lose 2 in a row to the hottest team in baseball, first series lost since the beginning of May, and ATL needs to blow the whole thing up.
While I agree J-Hey is struggling, check out the W-L record since he’s been injected in the 2 hole. It’s working. Don’t mess with it unless you want to give him a day off.
maceman
June 24th, 2010
1:25 pm
I am suprised by all the resentment towards the Braves. They have been playing great ball and for the first time in, I can’t even count how many years, they are not giving up until the 27th out. Yesturday’s game they left a lot of runners on and didn’t execute very well but at least they are hitting the ball. I can remember the last couple years 10+ hits in one game was a rare occurence. It is happening regularly now. If Chip and McCann start hitting like their old selves, they will be unstoppable!
LWB
June 24th, 2010
1:33 pm
The frustrating thing about heyward is that he was so good at using all fields when he first came up. He always hit the ball hard and hit some homers to left field. Now, he tries to pull everything and I rarely see him hit the ball hard anymore. He stands so far off the plate he has NO chance to do anything productive trying to pull an outside pitch. Surely Pendleton is telling him to go to left field again. Hell, I’d settle for up the middle to start.
Rhino
June 24th, 2010
1:41 pm
“If they don’t call it, it’s not a balk.” I love how Bobby doesn’t rip the umps even when they’re wrong. Not saying they necessarily were here but it was certainly close.
http://www.rhinorant.com
Rhino
June 24th, 2010
1:42 pm
LWB- So true. The Braves have to get Heyward going again.
http://www.rhinorant.com
Melky way
June 24th, 2010
2:37 pm
Fire They are in first place the real problem with the Braves is Liberty Media Not the team,or management.Sure Wren made some bad moves, but he made some good move also.I would give him a C+ on his moves could be better,could be worse.
LuisG
June 24th, 2010
2:44 pm
DOB -> What was Chipper’s opinion on not scoring that possible run after McCann’s double?
Melky way
June 24th, 2010
3:05 pm
Fire You say we can be good in 2012! Its 2010 and we are in first place! you skipped 2011. you have a Phillies team thats is the best team on paper,they are in 3rd place.we can and will be good this year.When trade deadline gets here,we will be buyers not sellers. I do not think Wren will mortgage the farm to bring in talent. we only need one good power bat and if we do’nt get it we will still be fine.doing nothing might be the best thing.Fire you say you are a true Braves fan,and I take you for your word.This is the first time in a few years that we can really get excited about the team.So GO BRAVES
Braves Fan Since "80
June 24th, 2010
6:00 pm
Fire frank wren….if all fans were like you it would be no leauge….. by your standardsnwithout a world series best of 7 you are a loser….. Technically I can not argue but in reality no one decsion, no one player, no one game, no one at bat makes you a good player, good team, good manager….. I LOVE the BRAVES when beating the Dodgers was the greatest…… yes i do not feel we have the team today to win it all but that is the reason the games are played…. This is for fun, entertainment