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robdawg08
August 11th, 2010
3:44 pm
Don’t be STERIOtyping there…
timthebrave
August 11th, 2010
3:45 pm
Who is Hedley(Headley) Lamar and why are people fighting over the name? Strange
Duder
August 11th, 2010
3:45 pm
I find it mildly humorous that there are two people named Headly Lamar here that are fighting with each other.
——
Kind of like Blazing Saddles meets Spartacus: I’m Headly. No, I’m Headly.
Headley Lamar
August 11th, 2010
3:45 pm
Nice play Melky
Sophee
August 11th, 2010
3:45 pm
Whoa.
Ok, really – Happy Birthday, Melky.
Reality Check
August 11th, 2010
3:45 pm
Thanks, Brave4life!
.575
August 11th, 2010
3:45 pm
Spare me the hot-doggin’ Melk…..you’re a joke son.
Venice Jim
August 11th, 2010
3:45 pm
Reality – a bit short of the hill – but he called the one Melky just caught perfectly (at the yellow line)
Williamshakespeare
August 11th, 2010
3:46 pm
Umpires are fat because they get a lot of free pretzels and hotdogs in the press room.
bozz
August 11th, 2010
3:46 pm
tommy is hurling a gem.
Hillbilly
August 11th, 2010
3:46 pm
DOB … 3:39 … I hope he meant “bawling.”
Chipper’s mom…off the screen…crosses over. Loses the defender…Threeeeeee!!!!!
Venice Jim
August 11th, 2010
3:46 pm
timthebrave – learn your Blazing Saddles
GT Fan
August 11th, 2010
3:47 pm
McFann, re: your comment at 3:14.
When I saw the lineup today, I was hoping people would get a chance to see that Tommy hasn’t really been giving the C a chance to throw out baserunners. I think he’s actually got McCann trying to overthrow, which has led to some errors lately. Mac’s just gotta say I’ll do my best and, if I don’t get them, I don’t get them, though. A stolen base is not good. The throw going into the OF or foul territory (at 3B) and letting the runner get an extra base is really bad.
CaptainMudderland
August 11th, 2010
3:47 pm
Boy, staring the ‘Stros fanz down……………..gangsta Melkball!
Captain Clarence Oveur
August 11th, 2010
3:47 pm
Headley,
Just to show I don’t care, I’ve changed my username just to show how insignificant this argument was. Have at it.
Trig
August 11th, 2010
3:47 pm
why zero exercise? Seems the umps would have plenty of time to exercise
timthebrave
August 11th, 2010
3:47 pm
I know that but why 2 different spellings and 2 people fighting over the name
Reality Check
August 11th, 2010
3:48 pm
Venice Jim – Don did call that last play pretty well!
bozz
August 11th, 2010
3:48 pm
nice one hillbilly…
Trey
August 11th, 2010
3:48 pm
Hinske homers on his birthday, Heyward homers on his, Cabrera robs a possible home run on his. Maybe if everyday was a birthday for the Braves, something spectacular would happen every day.
Williamshakespeare
August 11th, 2010
3:48 pm
Spare me the thinly veiled ethnocentrism, son. Dominicans express themselves better than uptight middle americans. It’s called joy. Don’t you ever lose it, Melkman.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 11th, 2010
3:48 pm
How about this then
Melk spoiled/ Pence pouts
Chop Chop
August 11th, 2010
3:48 pm
I’ll say this for the Reds. If you’re gonna talk smack, you better back it up. A three-game sweep at home against your main competition in the division at this time of the year is really bad.
Trig
August 11th, 2010
3:49 pm
lol…..Im sure with the money Chipper has laid down for her, Chipper’s mom has been “balling” as well
robdawg08
August 11th, 2010
3:49 pm
That 3B umpire has a beer gut he can set his beer on. Heck, you could set a bowl of pretzels and a beer on it…
cs95
August 11th, 2010
3:49 pm
DOB,
do you know if there is anything wrong with glaus other than he’s knees? And i know the braves are thin right now, but do you think when prado comes back a DL stint would help glaus for the stretch run at all (the three days off seemed to help a bit)?
Abwright
August 11th, 2010
3:49 pm
If some young lady were to adopt the moniker “Heddy Lamar” it would be perfect.
Sophee
August 11th, 2010
3:49 pm
Good stuff, dumbfounded.
Chop Chop
August 11th, 2010
3:49 pm
This game is over. It was never in doubt, but it’s over. Wandy’s starting to wear down. We’ll get him for a couple in this inning and coast in.
Snotboogie
August 11th, 2010
3:49 pm
The one little problem I have with Don Sutton is that he sometimes goes into his long stories and never mentions the score. Painful when you just want the score in a hurry.
Silly Goose
August 11th, 2010
3:50 pm
Pence = Lupus. LOL
timthebrave
August 11th, 2010
3:50 pm
Nevermind……I get it….2 people picked the same nickname
CaptainMudderland
August 11th, 2010
3:50 pm
@Oveur………..welcome to the fraternal flock!
robdawg08
August 11th, 2010
3:50 pm
It wasn’t a mistake curve. Ross just knew it was going to rainbow in and he made an adjustment. Why can’t others make the same adjustment ?
chris
August 11th, 2010
3:50 pm
lets go conrad!!!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 11th, 2010
3:51 pm
Trey I saw that you hadn’t, so I was like I am going to say it to see her reaction.
Hahahaha! Funny…
robdawg08
August 11th, 2010
3:51 pm
Pence’s arm is weak. He throws “Like A Girl” (borrowed from the Sandlot).
CaptainMudderland
August 11th, 2010
3:51 pm
Conrad is really blasting the ball…go Brooksey….and how ’bout Hinskenow?
DJ
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
Anyone who claims the game is over before the game is over is lying to themselves.
MFin04
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
Why does Bobby refuse to bunt runners to 3rd? Is it because we crush the ball with runners in scoring position?
Trey
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
Is it just me, or do you folks also have the same feeling that Francoeur will end up a Brave again?
Francois
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
Wow, Ankiel is just not good.
Hedy Lamarr
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
Actually, I’m the original, and I’m going to sue you both for using my name, just like I sued Mel Brooks.
Trig
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
Ankiel still looks like a pitcher up there in the box.. How did he ever hit 25 + homers
Baseball 101
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
LLWS Update:
Final Score: Columbus GA 9 – Ripley WV 3
Columbus advances to the SE Regional Final
Sophee
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
Ugh, ankle…
chris
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
come on guys just another base hit
robdawg08
August 11th, 2010
3:52 pm
What the hell is Ankiel donig ? He reminds me of McLouth a lot !
Trey
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
McFann, darn right. Ankiel strikes out, a lot. He needs to rotate back to pitcher where striking out is acceptable.
PDOG
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
Please bring back Nate, Ankiel is jsut awful
Nova Scotia Steve
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
Cue the “strand the proverbial lead-off double at second base”
Innocent Bystander
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
Trey- Maybe a Mississippi Brave. Or perhaps a Gwinnett Brave.
Trey
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
Didn’t mean to put that comma in my sentence.
I Hate Troy Glaus (formerly I Hate Liberty Media)
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
Ankiel sucks.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
GT Fan–
Yeah…
I think he’s actually got McCann trying to overthrow, which has led to some errors lately.
Could be. He’s knows they get big jumps off Hanson, so he’s trying to make up for that. Doesn’t always work so well…
Chop Chop
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
DJ,
Or maybe they’re just typing it to bother people who are superstitious.
CaptainMudderland
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
Merlin Olsen look-a-like!
TM
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
Ankiel didn’t even come close to hitting the ball on all 3 pitches he swung at.
ugh.
Herschel Talker
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
MFin04 @ 3:52
Great question. More idiocy on Bobby’s part.
HT
chris
August 11th, 2010
3:53 pm
looks like hanson is gonna have to do it all on his own again
Yeah Yeah
August 11th, 2010
3:54 pm
Kid’s a sqaure
robdawg08
August 11th, 2010
3:54 pm
Pitch was low, a ball.
Williamshakespeare
August 11th, 2010
3:54 pm
Captain Clarence Oveur
August 11th, 2010
3:47 pm
Headley,
Just to show I don’t care, I’ve changed my username just to show how insignificant this argument was. Have at it.
////
LMFAO. In my world, we just say ‘have at.’
Trey
August 11th, 2010
3:54 pm
Innocent, I hope not, but I do have a weird feeling that he will still end up in the Braves organization. He is too whiney for our organization though, he thinks he is too good for the minors.
Captain Clarence Oveur
August 11th, 2010
3:54 pm
I loved the addition of Ankiel. Little did I know he’d have 16 strikeouts in 36 at-bats as a Brave.
Jessee James
August 11th, 2010
3:54 pm
Is anyone else thinking Nate would not be so bad about now…
Venice Jim
August 11th, 2010
3:55 pm
Yes, we would have scored a bunch of runs if only we had bunted…
Jeff
August 11th, 2010
3:55 pm
unreal. lead off double and left at 2nd base. Hello Bobby have brooks bunt him over and hope ankiel get him over … JUST pitiful.
CraZyTRaDeMaN
August 11th, 2010
3:55 pm
Please bring back Nate, Ankiel is jsut awful
No way, at least Rick makes catches and throws the ball from the OF.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 11th, 2010
3:55 pm
Well at least our offense is consistent
MFin04
August 11th, 2010
3:55 pm
Wow this team needs some speed training. We’ve got to have the slowest team in major league baseball. It’d be fine if we could hit homers, but…
robdawg08
August 11th, 2010
3:55 pm
Ankiel looked good for 1 game. He’s been brutal EVERY other game.
J-Hey
August 11th, 2010
3:55 pm
once a Royal, always a Royal
dickfer
August 11th, 2010
3:55 pm
damn we can sh_t the bed with the best when it comes to hittin with risp
CaptainMudderland
August 11th, 2010
3:56 pm
@Trig…how did Gonzo hit his prior to coming south?
I Hate Troy Glaus (formerly I Hate Liberty Media)
August 11th, 2010
3:56 pm
We need some hitters.
Trey
August 11th, 2010
3:56 pm
Ankiel another desperate attempt at a trade. At first I thought it would be good to have Farnsworth and Ankiel, but they have been letting us down a lot. They do come through every now and then, but not too often. Oh well, no more Chavez!
UNCBrave
August 11th, 2010
3:56 pm
Why in the he$$ did Bobby Cox not BUNT Conrad???
MFin04
August 11th, 2010
3:56 pm
Wouldn’t have scored a bunch of runs if we had bunted…we would have scored 1-run. Sure would be nice to be 3-1 right now.
Chop Chop
August 11th, 2010
3:57 pm
That’ll be it for Wandy. He pitched well, but he’ll look back at that walk to Ankiel in the fifth and cringe.
UKUGA
August 11th, 2010
3:58 pm
Ha! I’d been posting on DOB’s Chipper article.
bgvt
August 11th, 2010
3:58 pm
Sooo … once again, the Braves head to the late innings with a small lead which raises the question “when should Bobby pull his starter?” I’m happy sticking with Tommy. I’m sure if he gives up a run this inning there will be several bloggers complaining about Bobby not pulling him at the start of the 7th.
PDOG
August 11th, 2010
3:58 pm
I would rather have Nate
Fols
August 11th, 2010
3:58 pm
Doesn’t matter who we insert in CF….they stink at the plate. At the least can’t we get a speedy guy to create something on the bases?
J-Hey
August 11th, 2010
3:58 pm
Even if Conrad had bunted, the batter at the plate doesn’t change … it’s still Ankiel and he still struck out badly
Trey
August 11th, 2010
3:59 pm
Venters loosening up.
Reality Check
August 11th, 2010
3:59 pm
So, let me get this straight – Ankiel and Farnsworth were supposed to be upgrades over McLouth and Chavez, right? Wow.
CaptainMudderland
August 11th, 2010
3:59 pm
Bobby got earphones on? MP3? Pink Floyd….Momentary Lapse of Reason?
snes
August 11th, 2010
3:59 pm
Losing Chavez was the only good part of that trade and that may be debatable the way Farnsworth has been
beekay
August 11th, 2010
3:59 pm
For all the D-Lowe bashers we could have got Burnett who most of you wanted, he would have cost us even more than Lowe and been a year longer contract…Lowe has 141 innings, 11 wins, 1.40 whip and 4.4 ERA AJ has 133 innings 9 wins, 1.47 whip and 4.87 ERA…..Lackey by the way for 3.5 mill more than Lowe is at 146 innings, 10 wins, 1.54 whip and 4.6 ERA….one more Peavy for same salary on DL with 101 iP 7 wins, 1.23 whip and 4.6 ERA………Lowe answers the bell and although he doesn’t go deep enough sometimes still gives you chances to win almost every night
I Hate Troy Glaus (formerly I Hate Liberty Media)
August 11th, 2010
3:59 pm
Could we coax Brett Butler out of retirement?
David O'Brien
August 11th, 2010
4:00 pm
Bobby Cox on Glaus: “We gave him three games off, and ever since then he’s had a hit in every game and two hits last night. He’s hit the ball awfully hard. With guys who are streaky, they’re streaky. They’re going to have some down times and some up times, and you ride through it. We really need a right-handed hitter and he is that guy.”
MFin04
August 11th, 2010
4:00 pm
Willy Taveras is hitting about .120 in AAA. Bring him up to play CF.
He’s got some speed!
Captain Clarence Oveur
August 11th, 2010
4:00 pm
Trey,
How is trading away next to nothing for two contributing pieces another desperate trade? Ankiel has struggled, but he’s better than the alternatives. Farnsworth, while bad recently, adds depth to an already deep bulllpen. It wasn’t desperate, but rather a stop-gap trade.
Reality Check
August 11th, 2010
4:00 pm
It would appear that anyone who dares to play CF for the Braves becomes instantly cursed by Mario Mendoza.
Chop Chop
August 11th, 2010
4:01 pm
Carlos Lee is having an awful year at the plate, isn’t he? He’s OPSing under .700. Ouch. I know BABiP isn’t always a good barometer for hitters, but I’d have to say that a .246 BABiP for a hitter is unbelievably bad.
Glen W
August 11th, 2010
4:01 pm
MFin04 @ 3:52
Great question. More idiocy on Bobby’s part.
HT
Nope, wrong again.
A lot of managers are not inclined to try to bunt a slow runner at second over to third. It takes a near perfect bunt if the guy on second can’t run at all.
robdawg08
August 11th, 2010
4:01 pm
Does Bobby & Wren see the same poor performances that we do ? I mean put Hinske in LF,Melky in CF,and J-Hey in RF and bench Ankiel. You got options.
Trey
August 11th, 2010
4:01 pm
I believe Farnsworth was an upgrade over Chavez. I also like the Gonzo deal because we lost Reyes.
Line Drive
August 11th, 2010
4:01 pm
snes…..that’s what I been saying since the trade….I was advocating that we stay pat at the break. Some guy on here called me dumb. That’s okay. I now rest my case…that trade was unnecessary