Braves’ quotes after Sunday’s loss
BOBBY COX
“Tommy’s really throwing the ball well. He almost dominated today, I thought. The little blooper to right field [triple after Heyward's diving catch attempt] and a guy that never makes an error, Gonzo. Those were the two runs.
“He couldn’t have pitched better. We just left way too many guys on base. They gave us opportunities with bases on balls, and we just couldn’t take advantage of it.”
Hasn’t that been the big problem lately?
“A little bit. It happens. You’re going to leave some on.”
“We’ve had a lot of opportunities. We get guys on. Our guys are doing a good job of getting on, working the strike zone and all that. But we need to pick it up a little bit with our hitting.”
On the big crowds, playoff atmosphere
“We had big crowds. It was fun to play here. I’m proud of what they [Reds] have done; I mean, brought the city back to life here.
“They were all great ballgames. We were in all three. Could have won all three, could have lost all three.”
On Jason Heyward’s hustle double on hit to shallow right-center in ninth
“That was a great play. I could see it coming. I knew when he left that batter’s box he was headed to second.”
First impression of Ankiel
“Real good. He’s a great outfielder and he hit two balls right on the button today, one to short and one to Votto at first base. I thought he had a good day.”
TOMMY HANSON
“I felt good, even warming up. All my pitches felt really good. It just didn’t work out for us today.”
“I felt good with all my pitches. I was commanding my fastball and both my breaking pitches, and mixed in a couple of changeups, too. So at any point I felt like I could throw any pitch I needed to, or wanted to.
“I still felt good through the last out.”
On bouncing back from his recent rough stretch
“I think in that rough patch I learned more than anything I have since I’ve been up here. I learned the most in that time. Hopefully now that I’ve switched over to the other side [of the pitching rubber], the first base side, it feels really good. Even my side sessions, it feels really good. All my pitches feel great from that side. So hopefully just keep moving forward.
“You’re always going to have to make adjustments. I’m glad that adjustment has worked out for the better.”
On dealing with a game like this
“It’s always tough losing. You want to go out there and win the game. But I felt like I went out there and did my best, gave us a chance to win. It just didn’t work today. They’re a really good team. They swing the bats well, and they pitched well today. One of those days, there’s not much you can do about it. We just have to, from a team standpoint, just keep our head up and keep moving forward. We’ve got a game tomomrrow. Got to keep going.”
JASON HEYWARD
On stretching ninth-inning hit to a double, when did decide to go?
“I attempt to, right out of the box, think that every time and make them stop me. And once I saw how long that ball was rolling, I said let’s get on second. A base hit away from tying it up.”
On the road trip
“If you look back on the trip, I think yesterday was our biggest loss. We lost another 3-run game in Washington, but other than that there were some one-run games we played real close. We had an opportunity [Saturday] to extend that lead while we had them 2-nothing, but we just didn’t come through there.
“Good teams find a way to win, especially in their home parks.”
On the diving catch attempt
“I mean, you’ve got to lay out. You can’t leave any question. That’s the only I’ll know if I could catch it, is if I dive. I don’t want to be standing up there with two outs. I want to lay out for my team and the pitcher.”
ERIC HINSKE
On the 3-6 trip
“If you look back I’m sure we didn’t hit well with runners in scoring position. All you can do is keep swinging. We faced some good arms, give the pitchers credit from time to time.”
“If we’d have scored more runs we’d have won more games. Basically we didn’t hit with runners in scoring position. We’ve got to do a better job with that.”
On Tommy Hanson
“His last two starts he’s been unbelievable. In the one inning Jason tries to make an unbelievable catch, and 99.9 percent of the time Gonzo makes that play. And that’s the game. It’s nobody’s fault. Just one of those games today. We’ve just got to put it behind us.
“We’re going home now. It feels like we’ve been on the road for two months now. I don’t know why, but it has. I think that deadline was kind of weighing in on everybody. It just seemed like a long road trip. So get that over with, and now we’ll put this behind us and roll.”
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124 comments Add your comment
CSpin
August 1st, 2010
5:27 pm
RLOB’s!
CSpin
August 1st, 2010
5:28 pm
5 for 33. That is horrid.
Good Ol' Frank
August 1st, 2010
5:33 pm
I deserve a raise, no?
bob
August 1st, 2010
5:33 pm
This road trip was another example of why this team will not make it to post season. They do not hit on the road.
TP is the hitting coach. One of his main duties is to help guys avoid long slumps. In this regard TP himself is in a long slump.
BC needs to change the batting order for the balance of the season. Jay Hey should not be batting second. He should be hitting third. McCann should be hitting fourth.
Drop CJ and TG to fifth and sixth.
hmmmmmm
August 1st, 2010
5:36 pm
where the hell was Chipper? No comment from “the captain”? Wish he had retired earlier this season ….
mike
August 1st, 2010
5:37 pm
2.5 back is Philly.
steve
August 1st, 2010
5:38 pm
The Braves have to face Santana, Dickey, Pelfrey, Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez and Zito this week.
Yikes!
carl
August 1st, 2010
5:39 pm
I want to touch Prado butt.
StingerSplash
August 1st, 2010
5:44 pm
Braves 1-for-10 with RISP today. Gonna be hard to beat anybody doing that.
J-Hey
August 1st, 2010
5:46 pm
“Good teams find a way to win”, that’s one way to put in Jason
and I’m sensing a little John Madden coming for Hinske:
“If you look back I’m sure we didn’t hit well with runners in scoring position”
“If we’d have scored more runs we’d have won more games”
Stumpknocker
August 1st, 2010
5:46 pm
Tell us TP why we’re leaving RISP time after time……no hitting, no plan, no clue.
where-is-Bob-Didier
August 1st, 2010
5:48 pm
As a Reds fan I’m happy the Reds finally figured out a way to beat the Braves. These were pretty exciting games this weekend. A real playoff atmosphere.
Joe M
August 1st, 2010
5:51 pm
Bobby Cox may very well be the single most overrated manager in MLB history.
All the runners left on base and he couldn’t manage the team to a run or two! BUNT, HIT & RUN, STEAL, SOMETHING BOBBY, SOMETHING!
Pathetic! He just sits on his hands and keeps stealing money from the Braves.
Mike
August 1st, 2010
5:53 pm
Braves will be in 3rd place a week from Monday with this mediocre offense. What ever happened to the big bat Frank Wren promised?! What a load of crap. What is the point of not trading any good players on ur farm team to beef up your MLB team. We do this every year. Padres got two bats to beef up their lineups, hell even the yankees beefed up their already potent lineup. So what do we do, we go get Rick Ankiel, haha. Watchout NL pitchers, Braves got a potent lineup now. What a waste of a baseball team.
Melky Way
August 1st, 2010
5:54 pm
Why in the He– would you ask TP why they are leaving runners on base they are the hitters not him all he can do is advise they have to Hit the Damn ball come on!
Mike
August 1st, 2010
6:01 pm
When are we going to bring up Freddie Freeman? Enough is enough. The Mets brought up Ike Davis and he is killing it. Why do we have to keep playing the grandpa’s, and making trades for older players. This team is so cheap. They have an awesome farm team, and it will always stay like that. They don’t trade them, yet they don’t bring them up. What is the point in that? Every playoff bound team increased their chances substantially, and we pretty much broke even. We are in first place, so we needed to have a trade that would keep us their. I think the last big trade for the Braves was Fred McGriff. Sad, so sad. (yes i know big tex, but he was here about 6 months before we sold one of the best firstbasemen in the league to the yanks)
Jhn
August 1st, 2010
6:02 pm
If you can’t hit and you don’t field, what chance do you really have?
Tommy Hanson pitched well enough to win, but got screwed by two bad plays behind him (back to back, at that) that allowed both runs to score. The first was going to score anyway, but the second NEVER should have happened. At least they didn’t yuck it up in the outfield the way they did after Cabrera’s error yesterday that was SO Little League. JJ was remarkably forgiving in his comments.
This team is pitching well, but not playing worth a crap.
Ralph
August 1st, 2010
6:04 pm
I just love that POWRE HITTING right hand bat that wren got for us. Bobby said he had a real good game today.
Mike
August 1st, 2010
6:06 pm
Braves problem is they will always pay rediculous amounts of money to potential pitchers, but never to proven bats. This is why they will never make the World Series again. Once Jayson Heywards new contract comes up, dont expect him to be a Brave. We would rather give up 7 million dollars a year to a pitcher like Kawakami, or 15 million to Derek Lowe(r ya kidding) than to a great young talent like Heyward.
Tale of Whoa
August 1st, 2010
6:07 pm
“I think the last big trade for the Braves was Fred McGriff. Sad, so sad. (yes i know big tex, but he was here about 6 months before we sold one of the best firstbasemen in the league to the yanks)” -Mike
And why was that, Mike? You mean… it didn’t work? Oh yeah.
A deadline trade is not a guarantee of anything. Trade deadlines are on thing in a long list of make and break factors in a team’s year. Hot streaks, cold streaks, injuries, players stepping up, players stepping down, the season other teams in your division are having, barnyard luck, and last but not least: the outcome of the games played on the field.
The Braves can win the division. They can lose it, too. Just watch the games, yo.
Ralph
August 1st, 2010
6:10 pm
Heyward can’t elevate the ball over the infielders heads, swings at terriable pitches and takes the good ones, i’m no fan of his.
ken
August 1st, 2010
6:10 pm
something is up when so many players get left on.
most of the team did a great job working the count today, but none of them seemed to be able to dial in on “hittable” pitches. most of the pitches over the plate got taken for strikes.
the point of patience at the plate is to wait for the “right” pitch. when that pitch comes along you HAVE to be able to get a bat on it and at LEAST get it into play. 4 hits today and 10 men left on?
the braves don’t have a line-up that is going to blow people away, but if the braves are going to build a team around pitching (great pitching this series, btw. even JJ did a fine job considering his line at the end of the game) we need to at least have the talent to drive in some runs.
i’m currently living in the cincinnati area, and i got to enjoy the reds broadcast of the game today. the thing the reds announcers kept talking about was how the braves’ numbers just didn’t “look” like a 1st place team. i couldn’t help but notice how right they were.
great pitching, no one will argue with that. but we need some heat in those bats. even if the braves can hold off the phills and take the division (i think they can), they won’t be serious contenders until they can get those bats going…whether it be with the guys they have, or by bringing up some more young talent (freeman at first?).
Stumpknocker
August 1st, 2010
6:10 pm
Tell me Melky Way, is it not TP,s job to dictate hitting stradegy, a plan that can change from game to game or several times in a game? TP has never shown he even has a hitting philosophy. If he isn’t the sorriest so called hitting instructor in MLB, he’s among the worst.
Mike
August 1st, 2010
6:13 pm
The Braves can win the division. They can lose it, too. Just watch the games, yo. – Tale of Whoa
Unfortunately i have been watching. I have watched this offense slimmer down to 1 and 2 rungames with 3 to 5 hits and leaving an average of 10RISP per game. They left 33 against the Reds! Cant win ballgames like that. Im just saying dont expect Rick Ankiel to be the savior. Maybe this team should fire TP, hell look what it did with the Phillies. They went from 7 back to now 2.5. Something is wrong, hel McClouth goes to AAA Gwinnet and already had hit two HRs. Escobar moves to Toronto and has hit two HRs and is batting over 470!! Gonzo comes here and has gone in a slump of 0-18 before finally hitting his first HR for the braves today. You tell me what is wrong with that picture??!!??
Alan 10
August 1st, 2010
6:22 pm
The opposing pitchers got there way with our lineup for the three series, no way to continue a winning streak, don’t look over your shoulders because the Phillies are hot on your tail.
crymeariver
August 1st, 2010
6:24 pm
The cry-babies are out in force. The Braves are having some bad luck with RISP, but that luck will change, real soon.
Stop the whining and belly-aching, it’s only baseball.
crymeariver
August 1st, 2010
6:25 pm
TP can’t dictate anything, he can only advise.
Rufino Linares
August 1st, 2010
6:26 pm
Hey Mike, your posts were funny. Funny because you obviously aren’t a knowledgeable sports fan, yet you think you are. “they have an awesome farm team” “whatever happened to the big bat Frank Wren promised” “what a waste of a baseball team”
You actually asked why the Braves keep trading for older players? Because the teams trading for younger players are the teams out of the playoff race.
You also said that we traded one of the best 1st basemen to the Yanks when referring to Mark Tex. Do you want to check on that one again, genius?
Dude, learn about sports for a few years, then try posting again.
Tale of Whoa
August 1st, 2010
6:27 pm
“You tell me what is wrong with that picture??!!??”
My crackpot theory about baseball trends is this: They start out for any number of reasons, but they continue on their own steam because once a trend is going, it tends to keep going. Mostly because baseball is so mental, and because hitting in particular is so rhythm-and-confidence based.
So teams that start the year, or at some point develop the trend of such things as: winning at home, or winning on the road, or hitting with runners in scoring postion, or failing with runners in scoring position, or winning late in games, or losing late in games, or even – the grandaddy of them all for Atlanta Braves fans – losing in the playoffs. And once there’s a trend, it’s hard to stop. And the longer it goes, the harder it is to stop.
I honestly believe that a great majority of these kinds of trends, while they do form sometimes for real reasons based on strong or weak players on the team, form lives of their own very independent of the product on the field.
Something comes along and breaks the streak – for good or for bad – and swings the momentum over to a new trend, and the new one becomes just as hard to break as the old one. Sometimes it takes half a season to get something reversed, or a whole season, etc. Consider the worst-to-first stories in baseball. You think the small percentage of personnel changes on your typical worst-to-first baseball team can account for those huge differences in winning percentages? The ‘91 Braves, the ‘91 Twins, the ‘08 Rays, the ‘10 Padres… and many more. The engine that drives those stories is as much momentum, rhythm, and confidence as anything else.
At least, I will say, I think a lot of baseball comes down to that. Certainly not all. More of it than most would admit who think the solutions are so obvious – replace this or that player or coach.
Confidence, rhythm, momentum = a great deal of winning and losing baseball. And confidence, rhtyhm, and momentum are often formed by arbitrary events.
Disclaimer: I do believe that great pitching is less susceptible to this law than great hitting. So that a team with truly good pitching has a much greater chance of developing good trends than otherwise.
End of crackpot theory.
Largo
August 1st, 2010
6:30 pm
We need to lay the blame where it belongs, the owners. Wren can’t come up with a great hitter on the money he has to spend and the owners control the money. What was this crap about the Braves having 94M to field a team in 2010? Right now it’s 84M available. What happened to the other 10M?
bigstack19
August 1st, 2010
6:30 pm
The team missed out on getting a bat before the deadline and now they are stuck in the mud. They can’t manufacture runs because they have zero speed so they are a station to station team. They wait for the big homer but they have no power so it doesn’t come and that leads to all the runners left on base. The last homer I remember Glaus hitting was against Kansas City yet Bobby Cox continues to bat him 5th. Chipper has struggled all season and most of last but he is glued into the 3rd spot when he should be hitting 7th. Heyward who is the only Brave with the threat of speed or power hits second when he should be hitting 3rd or 4th. They traded the only threat of speed on the team for a platoon outfielder. Now the best hitter, Prado is hurt and will miss two weeks or so. Maybe they can get a bat in August but I doubt it. We won’t see Freddie Freeman this year at least until September. I feel like this team doesn’t have enough offense to make the playoffs right now and will be out of first before the 15th and struggling to hold onto the wild card by the end of the month.
Norm from Cheers
August 1st, 2010
6:31 pm
Does that senile old coot (Bobby) say the same thing after every loss? His pitcher “couldn’t have thrown any better.” It was “just one bad pitch” I wish some reporter would call him on that. Not the nadless bunch that cover the Braves.
Stumpknocker
August 1st, 2010
6:33 pm
Ralph.. Heyward is a 20 year old kid with more talent than you, me and the rest of the neighborhood combined. He can,t scorch every ball he hits, but he’ll get his share if some negative influence on this team doesn,t overshadow that talent.
Yoda
August 1st, 2010
6:37 pm
At least Chumper didn’t give us his dimwited views of todays game
Mike
August 1st, 2010
6:39 pm
Rufino Linares
I have been a Braves fan since they used to get their ass beat by the Expos. I have followed this team from worst to first, then back down again. I said Big Tex is one of the best, not the best. He sure is hell better than Troy Glaus. Problem is Braves never want to spend money on a bat, just “potential” pitchersw. Now we are stuck with 7 million a year with KK and 15 million a year with Lowe. Why not trade Lowe? We could have kept Vasquez and traded Lowe at the beginning of the year and made more money for a stronger bat. Troy Glaus was Franks Big Bat. He did good for a while but he is old, and it shows everytime he runs. When I say old players, Trust me I amrooting for them, but they need more help from the front office, or we all will be watching the Phillies playing in October, wondering what could have been.
ed U
August 1st, 2010
6:42 pm
We should have got Hunter Pence instead of his skinny legged look a like. Another well pitched game down the drain because of the lack of hitting.
Stumpknocker
August 1st, 2010
6:43 pm
OK Crymeariver, advise/dictate or whatever you want to call it, TP is not earning his money. If you were not earning your money, you.d probably get fired,,,,, right?
OldFan
August 1st, 2010
6:44 pm
These Braves are masters of the one-out-of-three: pitch, hit, catch. When they get one of these right, the other two stink. That’s why they’ll miss the playoffs again.
Delbert D.
August 1st, 2010
6:47 pm
Yoda – “Uhhh, (mumble, mumble) yeah, sometimes, you know (mumble, mumble) uhhh…”
Alpha9
August 1st, 2010
6:48 pm
wow Tony Larussa and Joe Torre are still managing and Bobby Cox is the most overrated.If we are watching the Phillies play in October at least we can enjoy watching their bullpen blow every big game for them.
Alpha9
August 1st, 2010
6:50 pm
yeah no team speed everybody loved Troy Glaus when he was busting it from first to home on doubles..On Bad Knees..thats heart and you people are idiots
Mike
August 1st, 2010
6:52 pm
I think Glaus just needs a break. Heart is great, but if you can’t play hurt then sit down and rest. We need him to be healthy come end of August and September.
Mr. Melancholy
August 1st, 2010
6:53 pm
DL Glaus. Keep him there until the rosters expand in Sept. Bring up the Cuban at Gwinnett. Let him platoon with Hinskie at 1B. Bench Cabrera for Diaz. Move Heyward To CF. Play Omar in RF. Omar and Diaz should be somewhere in the starting lineup, almost 100% of the time.
Alpha9
August 1st, 2010
6:55 pm
Bring up the Cuban from Gwinette??!!!!…I hope somebody slaps you really hard today
Alpha9
August 1st, 2010
6:57 pm
I assume you are talking about the Outfielder that was traded from Detroit??..You could hav at least said Bring Up Freddie Freeman a actual first baseman to platoon with Glaus.
Mr. Melancholy
August 1st, 2010
7:02 pm
Barbaro Canizares 55 | DHStatus: ActiveGwinnett Braves
Triple-A International LeagueMLB Parent Club: Atlanta
StatsAVG:
.322
HR:
7
RBI:
56
SB:
2 Full Name: Barbaro Rafael Canizares
Born: 11/21/1979
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Height: 6′ 3″
Weight: 240
Bats: R
Throws: R
A weak attempt to copy and paste. The Cuban at Gwinnett is batting .319 with an OBP of .465. Try to interpret the rest of the stats yourself, or look it up.
2010 Season
Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS
GWN INT .319 93 310 36 99 22 1 7 56 144 24 44 2 0 .377 .465 .842
Minors .319 93 310 36 99 22 1 7 56 144 24 44 2 0 .377 .465 .842
Brock
August 1st, 2010
7:02 pm
Heyward can’t elevate the ball over the infielders heads, swings at terriable pitches and takes the good ones, i’m no fan of his.-Ralph
Please stop posting. You are dumb.
jt
August 1st, 2010
7:02 pm
Alpha9- How many WS Championships has Torre won other than with the Yanks? None with the Braves, Mets, Cards, Dodgers. Tony Larussa has better pitching and hitting than the Braves. Good players can make any manager look good
jack
August 1st, 2010
7:04 pm
Well, it was a good run but you just can’t overcome the Bobby Cox factor forever…
jt
August 1st, 2010
7:05 pm
I see some French Army recruits are here. Waving the white flag when you are AHEAD!
Brock
August 1st, 2010
7:10 pm
you guys need to relax. We are still in 1st place. did you think we would win this div. by 10 games? It’s gonna be close but exciting. Chill the F out.
Braves20
August 1st, 2010
7:11 pm
Two great at bats in the 9th inning. If Diaz pulls that ball in the little league park park the Reds play in and we’re tied and Heyward and his hustle double – every day the kid does something you think can’t be done. I’ll take his misplay (the result of hustle) any day compared to Melky’s jogging to first base and our savior at shortstop’s inability to field a two hopper.
Clay
August 1st, 2010
7:13 pm
Come on guys now you didnt expect us to really just run away with the division did you? You knew at some point we were going to hit a little slump and the Phillies were going to gain. Were still 2 and a half up. Were coming home to play and were the best home team in baseball. We will be fine. Our long road trips are done, and we are at home more than away from here on out. I think every knew and still knows that its going to come down between us and the phils the last week of the season. This is why you play all 162 games. Its a roller coaster. They are setting up to finish the season on a high note and ride momentum in the playoffs.
TampaGator
August 1st, 2010
7:14 pm
Forget the Phillies….they are a cinch to jump ahead of the Braves if they don’t get it together soon…better start looking out for the Florida Marlins…who have aims on catching the Braves and the Phillies…and have a better manager (he recently outmanaged Bobby Cox without having his best starters facing the Braves and a had a worn out bullpen to boot for the series…still outmanaged Cox). I repeat…Bobby Cox is one of the worst strategic, game-day managers of ALL TIME. Great in the clubhouse and in the dugout…but gets beat almost every time when important moves are made by each manager. Freeman….by the way…is better than Glaus or Hinske right now…and Hinske is a better player when he is coming of the bench and not playing every day. Bring up Freeman…and at worst….alternate him Glaus against left handed pitching (Freeman would play most of the time facign righties…and use Hinske off the bench where he is better. But….bringing up Freeman now would mean they would have to pay him more sooner….and forget about putting winning ahead of money for the current Braves ownership.
jt
August 1st, 2010
7:14 pm
Yeah, because Escobrat NEVER made an error
Fan since 1977
August 1st, 2010
7:16 pm
The positives:
1. Cox is finally going to platoon Glaus and Hinske at 1B
2. Heyward’s hustle double in the 9th was unbelievable
3. Tommy pitched a great game, maybe his best all year
The negatives:
If Terry Pendleton were alive today this team would not hit so poorly.
Hell, Howard sprained his ankle & had to come out, and the Phils still found a way to win. Lead just 2 1/2,
Come on guys, just hit the @#$%! basebal!!
jt
August 1st, 2010
7:16 pm
specific examples of Edwin Rodriguez’s moves that bested Cox…..?
Jesse Stone
August 1st, 2010
7:19 pm
I remember Edwin Rodriguez taking Anibal Sanchez out of the game too early, allowing the Braves to make that huge comeback on the Marlins bullpen.
Tommy Hanson
August 1st, 2010
7:22 pm
Thanks for wasting my great effort today guys. Oh, by the way, TP is still asleep in the dugout in case anyone wants to wake him up.
And you wondered why I retained Boras.
jt
August 1st, 2010
7:23 pm
….still waiting TampaGator
Breaking News!!!!!!!!!!
August 1st, 2010
7:27 pm
EVERYBODY GO ON MLB.COM FRANK WREN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED TO CALL UP FREDDIE FREEMAN. HE WILL ARRIVE AT TURNER FIELD IN TOMORROW’S GAME VS. METS ON ESPN. HALLLELUAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rufino Linares
August 1st, 2010
7:27 pm
“Winner winner, chicken dinner” We have a winner:
TampaGator actually said that the Marlins have a better manager than the Braves. May be the dumbest thing I have EVER read on here.
Fan since 1977
August 1st, 2010
7:28 pm
@Ralph – re: Heyward – BS and shut up
Braves20
August 1st, 2010
7:28 pm
Speaking of out managing. The one guy Cox has consistently out managed over the years is Baker. Today you had to question Cox’ use of Chipper and Diaz. Against a lefty (who could not be pulled) he uses Chipper against him of the lefty killer Diaz. Then Chipper’s left handed swing is unavailable against a righty in the ninth – although Diaz had maybe his best at bat of the year and Cox likely figured that Baker would not use an overused closer three days in a row – the reason the Reds will fall short as have the Cubs and Giants when Baker managed there.
Farnsworth
August 1st, 2010
7:31 pm
It is over. Were done. This bunch can’t hit. Our goose is cooked. Call the undertaker.
jt
August 1st, 2010
7:33 pm
You guys sound like Shaggy from Scooby-doo. ‘We’re doooomed!”
It's a shame what he did to that dog
August 1st, 2010
7:43 pm
Anyone know where the offense went?
912 Dawg
August 1st, 2010
7:46 pm
What can it hurt? He can’t be worse than Glaus
Dirty Dawg
August 1st, 2010
7:49 pm
We got Ankiel to play center…not to move Hayward over there…but I agree, sit Melky down. It’ll at least give you another switch hitter on the bench. The guy shows flashes of being able to get things done, but for the most part he goofs off. If he ‘jogs’ out one more ground ball I think I would want to…well, something harsh. And that business of laughing at the ’shank’ throw he pulled yesterday. I pretty much hated the Faux announcers – especially the frosted-haired one (I forget his name and don’t really care) that couldn’t seem to shut his mouth – but he was right in his observation about the cavalier way Melky treated that embarrassing play. We probably would have lost anyway, but that was ‘bush’.
We’re only 2 and 1/2 in front now – even without Utley, and now Howard, those guys come up with ways to win – not us.
Mark Duncan
August 1st, 2010
7:51 pm
Glaus has to sit for a least a series or two and if he can’t produce by mid August he must be benched. The Phillies in my opinion are a flawed team, as are the Braves of course, but this division is Atlanta’s for the taking and they should win it by at leat five games. In the end the pitching will be the difference, especially the bullpen. Lidge is their closer? That’s a joke. Keep the faith people.
Alpha9
August 1st, 2010
7:52 pm
Jt..I think we are agreeing with each other..I think Torre and Larussa are highly overrated…Torre had any player he wanted or needed to have…didn’t have to manage much..Larussa’s teams were so juiced in the 80’s then he gets handed the best player in baseball
ARealBravesFan
August 1st, 2010
7:52 pm
Am I the only one that wishes people would stop suggesting changing the lineup? If you actually do some research you will find that the order of the lineup makes little or no difference. The only fact that can be shown is the number of at-bats per season varies with each spot. Results are far too random to say that one order is better than another, so your lineup changes mean close to nothing.
Alpha9
August 1st, 2010
7:54 pm
When did the Phillies who beat up on Arizona then just lost 2 out of 3 from The Nats just like us..Become such a threat..if they aren’t up 5 runs in the 9th they blow it..even five isn’t ebough sometimes…Is Lidge and the rest of thier starting pitching gonna get better all of the sudden..it’s been 2 years of mediocre pitching
turkeycaller
August 1st, 2010
7:59 pm
hmmmmm and Yoda——Good posts. Agree completely.
dap01
August 1st, 2010
8:08 pm
Sit Melky, play Diaz.
jarrod
August 1st, 2010
8:09 pm
I’m so tired of watching the same stuff everyday. They can never string hits together and bobby has the lineup all screwed up for example today. Puttin conrad in leadoff when yesterday infante went 3 for 5 in leadoff spot. And everybody needs to get off frank wrens back. There wasn’t many big bat outfeilders available. Ankiel had a good game today just hit balls right at people. But as far as seeing tehe same bull crap everyday anytime braves have runners on base its almost a guaranteed double play or strike out. Everybody is tryin to hit it out of the park and not 1 of them really have the power to do that with the exception of mccann and heyward we better do something soon or were gonna choke before we get a chance to choke in the playoff
hugedawgfan
August 1st, 2010
8:09 pm
what a time to start tankin’. Oh yes, rut ro raggy!!!!!!!!!!!
Long Time Braves Fan
August 1st, 2010
8:16 pm
Hey Mike, we are in 1st place, please don’t call the team a waste till we drop out of 1st if we do. I hope we don’t, but if Martin go’s on DL for 15 days we might.
NO MORE BOBBY
August 1st, 2010
8:19 pm
Lets say we make the playoffs and visiting team steals one at Turner. We are done! I don’t see this team winning any playoff road games. Whats the point of making the playoffs? Been there done that with Bobby.
jason
August 1st, 2010
8:20 pm
The thing that gets me is the few times that ATL had a chance to drive in runs… McCann and JHey swung at horrible pitches to end threats. For all the patience and pitch taking, it doesn’t mean a thing if you swing at bad pitches. Braves are in a rough patch. Bound to happen with all the series winning they had been doing. Get ready for the next series.
tim
August 1st, 2010
8:23 pm
TURN OUT THE LIGHTS THE PARTY’S OVER; THIS TEAM IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS. I HAVE MAINTAINED FOR YRS THAT THE ATL BRAVES WON ONE WS IN SPITE OF BOBBY COX, I ‘M SORRY AND I KNOW I’LL GET BLASTED BUT HE IS SO DAMN OVERRATED HE STILL MANAGES BASE HIT BASE HIT 3 RUN HR. STEAL BUNT HIT AND RUN NOT IN HIS MODE OF MANAGING. BY THE SECOND WK OF AUG WE WILL BE IN SECOND PLACE DROPPING RAPIDLY LIKE A BROKEN ELEVATOR.
jesse james
August 1st, 2010
8:25 pm
The Braves pitch selection wasn’t very good. Infante grounded out on a terrible pitch to end the game.
willie g hates liberty media
August 1st, 2010
8:27 pm
this team is finished this road trip did them in how in the hell will the braves win , they cant look at there rec ord since the all star break. when the phillies get chase utley back its over for atlanta, , atlanta losing prado for 2weeks to a month guaranteed the braves are jinxed.
The Hitting Fool
August 1st, 2010
8:28 pm
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/425056-diaz-deserves-more-love-from-atlanta
GOT DIAZ?
willie g hates liberty media
August 1st, 2010
8:28 pm
liberty media needs to die., then they will have to sell the team to arthur blank or someone that cares about this team llike ted did.
Fred
August 1st, 2010
8:35 pm
Yunnel 3 homers and batting over 300 since escaping from Pendleton and Bobby(I don’t want intense players that play with some emotion)Cox……………..just saying
willie g hates liberty media
August 1st, 2010
8:37 pm
the only team dominating right now is the yankees., the braves pitching is good . BOOBY COX LOOK IDIOT ITS CALLED MANUFACTURING RUNS , YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT. THE LINEUP YOU HAVE DOES NOT HAVE POWER ITS LIKE LITTLE LEAGUE BOBBY 10 FRIIGIN HITS MEANS 10 RUNS ON THE AVERAGE BOBBY WITH THE PITCHING YOU HAVE YOU SHOULD WIN EVERY 8 OF 10. BOBBY YOU ARE PATHETIC SO IS TERRY PENDLETON FIRE HIM HE CANT MANAGE HIS BUTT.
willie g hates liberty media
August 1st, 2010
8:39 pm
THE BRAVES ARE TOAST.
ARealBravesFan
August 1st, 2010
8:43 pm
As bad as it sounds, getting a few hits and waiting around for the three run home run is the best way to go unless you are playing for one run in the late innings. I forget where I read it, I assume Moneyball or maybe a J.C. Bradbury book, but about half of all major league games have the winning team scoring more runs in one inning than the losing team scores in the entire game, making small ball inefficient. Also, you guys contradict yourselves saying the Braves need a big bat and then saying they need to play small ball. The big bat does not help you play small ball, it helps you hit the three-run home run.
NRBQ
August 1st, 2010
8:45 pm
Seven walks, none scored.
No bunt attempts, no hit-and-run plays, no steals.
Chipper gets the lefty, so Matty gets the righty.
It’s on Bobby.
ARealBravesFan
August 1st, 2010
8:52 pm
To back up my post with today’s scores and excluding the SF/LA game, 8 of the 14 games played had the winning team score more runs in one inning than the losing team scored in the game.
Suicidaire
August 1st, 2010
9:00 pm
These crybabies make me sick. We are in 1st place in August people! This is something we haven’t experienced in 5 years. I, for one, am excited. I think we have what it takes to hold off the Phoolies.
Yes, we had a rough roadtrip. Big deal. We play immensely better at home.
Yes, we have to face some tough pitchers this week. Big deal. We’ve beat great pitchers before.
Yes, we needed a big stick at the deadline. Big deal. Ankeil is an upgrade over what we had.
Yes, our shythead owners shorted us on the payroll this year. Big deal. Wren and Cox managed to put together a competitive team that resides in 1st place.
Florida won the Series with a $40M payroll. We can do it with an $84M payroll…as long as Lowe doesn’t get a playoff start.
JRW7
August 1st, 2010
9:06 pm
Too many LOB, MLB says BRAVES have the most. over 800 runners LOB this season. Thats way too many. BRAVES, we have to do a better job with runners on, COME ON!!!!! GO BRAVES!!!!!!
ExBraves Fan
August 1st, 2010
9:26 pm
It’s simple. The Braves ARE DONE. They will hang for another week or so and then the big slide takes them under. The Phillies will dominate the remainder of the year and when they get Chase back, they will run off and hide. The Braves DO NOT HAVE THE HITTING TO REMAIN IN THE RACE!!!!!!!!!!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, they got a pitcher who cannot handle the pressure, see Braves, Tigers and Yankees. Yup, he did great for the lousy KC Royals. Big deal. And, a lifetime hitter of about .235, with some power but strikes out every other time at bat. Ooooohhhhhhhh, such BIG gains at the trade deadline. Nope, the Braves won the division for 14 years in a row. Now they are going to miss the playoffs for the 5th straight year and probably equal that 14 times in a row, but going the other direction. The Braves ARE DONE!!! School starts next week, NFL in camp, college football coming in less than a month or so. GOOD BYE Braves, we are off too America’s TRUE GAME, FOOTBALL!!! Losers.
ExBraves Fan
August 1st, 2010
9:29 pm
Yo, Willie G. Get a grip dude. Arthur Blank does not want to own the sorry Braves. He knows a black hole when he sees one. He ain’t gonna throw that Homer Depot money down that black hole of the Braves. No way, no how. How do you think the guy got rich? Certainly NOT by making stupid business decisions like buying the lousy losing Atlanta Nothing Braves!!!
NRBQ
August 1st, 2010
9:43 pm
Jeezus, Ex.
Where were the Falcons when he bought that team? Hum?
Todd
August 1st, 2010
9:54 pm
The first couple of quotes on this page are sad. Go home you fair-weather Braves fans. We are in first place still.
Doug Markham
August 1st, 2010
10:17 pm
DOB: Did Liberty Media lie to us about salary?
rayk
August 1st, 2010
11:33 pm
When you draft pitchers 75% of the time at the top of the draft, you end up with few hitters. They waited until Chipper was almost done and just drafted a few 3B this year. These guys will take 2-3 yrs of course. Meanwhile, the offense will continue to sputter.
Kearns went to the Yanks for a player to be named and Ludwick was also available for a reasonable price. Why didn’t the Braves get either when they need a right handed hitter ?
The wild card is our only chance and that isn’t too good either.
Johnny3Steps
August 1st, 2010
11:57 pm
THE SEASON IS SO “STINKIN” LONG…………….Why pay attention until Mid September?