Wagner says he’s no Favre — he’s retiring. Period.
CHICAGO — When Billy Wagner notched his 30th save Friday, he also recorded his league-high 50th game finished, which vested a $6.5 million option on his contract for the 2011 season.
Doesn’t matter. Wagner, for the umpteenth time, reiterated Saturday that he’s done after this season. He hasn’t wavered on that since he announced it earlier this season, and says he won’t.
“I’m retiring,” the 38-year-old lefty said today as he prepped for the Braves’ afternoon game against the Cubs. “I don’t know how to say it in a politically correct way, that anybody’s going to believe me.
Look at this picuture and one can certainly see where Billy Wagner, at 38, would need a lot of ice packs to keep pitching like he has.
“Until I don’t show up next year, nobody’s going to believe me. Brett Favre’s f—ed it up for everybody.”
Wagner is a no-nonsense dude in every way. He answers questions much like he faces hitters – aggressively, without much subtlety. In this day and age, he’s refreshing to talk to.
He had two strikeouts in the ninth inning of Friday’s 5-3 win against the Cubs to give him 1,169 K’s for his career, matching Jesse Orosco for the most in history by a lefty reliever. Before he’s done this season, Wagner will put that record out of reach for quite some time.
But what people can’t seem to grasp is how anyone having the kind of season that Wagner is having — a 1.68 ERA, 30 saves, a .170 opponents’ average and 77 strikeouts with 15 walks in 53-2/3 innings – could walk away from the game.
Lefty hitters will certainly be glad he is, as they’re an absurd 3-for-41 (.073) with three walks and 19 strikeouts against him.
Wagner just shrugs and says, it’s time. He’s got a wife and four kids, three boys and a girl ages 12 and under, and he’s eager to join them on the family farm in Virginia and get on with the next phase of his life. The full-time dad phase.
“Me and my family have made plans for retirement,” he said. “I don’t need it anymore. I’m tired of the expectations, tired of the criticism, tired of people who never played trying to tell me how to play.
“And I enjoy my family, unlike [some others]. So I want to be there for them. I want to get to see them play ball, and be a dad.”
But in the meantime, don’t get the wrong impression – Wagner is having a blast with these Braves. He’s having one of the most enjoyable seasons he’s had in his career, and it’s working out just as he’d hoped, with him pitching effectively for a team with World Series aspirations, a team in first place in late August.
“I didn’t come into this season just to play it,” Wagner it. “I’ve played at a high level for my whole career, and I expect it. I don’t expect to suck. Even if I decided to play next year, I’m still not going to say, gee, it’s alright if a suck. I couldn’t live with that.”
He ranks fourth among NL relievers in ERA and second in the majors in strikeouts per nine innings (12.9). And in his past 40 appearances, Wagner has a 1.40 ERA and .156 opponents’ average, with 53 strikeouts and nine walks in 38-2/3 innings.
“Wags has been dynamite all season,” manager Bobby Cox said after Friday’s win. “He’s been just great.”
Again, said Wagner, “This is what I expected. I didn’t expect any different than coming in, being successful and helping the team win. But I still have, what, six weeks until the end of the season? A lot of things can happen in six weeks. I can’t sit here and say, I’ve had a great year. Because it’s not great yet.”
Wagner has had nine 30-save seasons and made nearly $93 million over 17 seasons while amassing 415 saves and pitching 887-1/3 innings for five teams in 837 games, all in relief.
He could top 450 saves and get his career earnings to nearly $100 million if he’d come back and pitch another season. But Wagner said that’s not happening. The money and climbing statistical charts aren’t important to him, not at this point of his career.
Wagner says he's headed to the family farm after this season. Retiring. Period.
Teammates including Peter Moylan have pleaded with him to come back, just for one more year.
“I know I could pitch another year or two,” Wagner said. “But I’m at the point where all the ice packs that it takes to get me on the field every day is not worth it any more.”
“[His kids] have travel baseball, we started that this year. Travel basketball. I have one that’s in Little League baseball and travel basketball. And my daughter’s in tap-jazz and hip-hop [dancing] and I like to see her do that. I enjoy it.”
Wagner said when the Braves were in New York recently, he heard a reporter there suggest that if the Braves offered him more money next year, he’d probably come back. That irked Wagner.
“You know what? I made a lot of money,” he said. “I never held a gun to anybody’s head that’s paid me. This game’s a great game, and I love it and I’ll miss it. But I won’t miss [comments like that one]. I won’t miss the B.S. about the game. I’ve been very lucky to be on a lot of good teams and to finish with Atlanta, with people who are baseball players and a manager who treats you like a human being. I’m very happy.”
But not even Cox can talk him into returning?
“Bobby’s asked me a couple of times, ‘Are you sure?’ Wagner said, smiling. “I said, well if you don’t retire, I won’t retire.”
♣ OK, game’s about to start. Gorgeous afternoono here at Wrigley, can see the sailboats on Lake Michigan in the distance. I’ve got some stuff about Omar Infante and a few other note, but I’ll write them as separates or comments here on the blog. Need to get this posted before first pitch.
Derrek Lee has a son named Dylan. Derrek assured me he’s not named after Bob. Still, let’s close with a tune by Mr. Zimmerman.
ROLLIN’ AND TUMBLIN’ by Bob Dylan
I rolled and I tumbled, I cried the whole night long
I rolled and I tumbled, I cried the whole night long
Woke up this mornin’, I must have bet my money wrong
♦
I got troubles so hard, I can’t stand the strain
I got troubles so hard, I just can’t stand the strain
Some young lazy slut has charmed away my brains
♦
The landscape is glowin’, gleamin’ in the golden light of day
The landscape is glowin’, gleamin’ in the gold light of day
I ain’t holding nothin’ back now, I ain’t standin’ in anybody’s way
♦
Well, I did all I know just to keep you off my mind
Well, I did all I know just to keep you off my mind
Well, I paid and I paid and my sufferin’ heart is always on the line
♦
Well, I get up in the dawn and I go down and lay in the shade
I get up in the dawn and I go down and lay in the shade
I ain’t nobody’s house boy, I ain’t nobody’s well trained maid
♦
I’m flat out spent, this woman been drivin’ me to tears
I’m flat out spent, this woman she been drivin’ me to tears
This woman so crazy, I swear I ain’t gonna touch another one for years
♦
Well, the warm weather is comin’ and the buds are on the vine
The warm weather’s comin’, the buds are on the vine
Ain’t nothing so depressing as trying to satisfy this woman of mine
♦
I got up this mornin’, saw the rising sun return
Well, I got up this mornin’, seen the rising sun return
Sooner or later you too shall burn
♦
The night’s filled with shadows, the years are filled with early doom
The night’s filled with shadows, the years are filled with early doom
I’ve been conjuring up all these long dead souls from their crumblin’ tombs
♦
Let’s forgive each other darlin’, let’s go down to the Greenwood Glen
Let’s forgive each other darlin’, let’s go down to the Greenwood Glen
Let’s put our heads together, let’s put old matters to an end
♦
Now I rolled and I tumbled and I cried the whole night long
Ah, I rolled and I tumbled, I cried the whole night long
I woke up this morning, I think I must be travelin’ wrong
1,948 comments Add your comment
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
4:14 pm
1st
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
4:17 pm
D-Lee up.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
4:18 pm
Go Braves!!!
Jeff321
August 21st, 2010
4:18 pm
Did I miss anything juicy in the new blog?
Steve OH – As a “true Braves fan” I read about WTBS being in Canada years ago because they were owned by the same company as the Braves. Oh, and I’m a Ted Turner groupie.
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
4:18 pm
1st RBI for D-Lee coming up.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
4:18 pm
Love the blog headline. Good for you Billy!
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
4:18 pm
Nice to have 2 on with only 1 out. Now, come on D-Lee, do something great for your new team!
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
4:19 pm
Damn – Looked like Lee destroyed that
nola braves fan
August 21st, 2010
4:19 pm
great post on Wags DOB. Seems like that is the kind of guy you could hang with a bar, talk baseball, hunting, fishing, parenting, etc.. for hours. A no BS kind of guy.
prediction for today – D-Lee gets 2 xtra base hits
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
4:19 pm
Dang. Every time it comes off his bat like that it seems as if it’s out of the park.
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
4:19 pm
Wind blowing in or out?
cbweathermaneeeee
August 21st, 2010
4:20 pm
Wind seems to be blowing in from left field, according to weather.com… Probably knocked it down.
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
4:20 pm
Looks like wind blowing in. He hit that hard enough to fly out.
JC from DR!
August 21st, 2010
4:22 pm
0-2 w/RISP.
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
4:22 pm
Wagner: “I don’t expect to suck.” Awesome!
.590
August 21st, 2010
4:22 pm
Typical Braves first inning. No big thang.
Darryl Blackberry
August 21st, 2010
4:23 pm
Too many at’em balls. Guess the Braves should’ve adopted the Astros’ blooper approach.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
4:24 pm
E-7
Jeff321
August 21st, 2010
4:24 pm
Diaz boots it and we have a runner on second.
Rob from SC
August 21st, 2010
4:24 pm
Poor Hanson
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
4:24 pm
great. lets play a clean game fellas, cmon
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
4:25 pm
Wags is a good quote, no BS. I’m going to miss him. He lives a few hours up the road from me.
.590
August 21st, 2010
4:25 pm
Nice Matty….real nice.
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
4:25 pm
I see TP has been speaking to Lee. TP, leave him alone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
4:25 pm
My ears are bleeding, McCarver is an idiot.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
4:25 pm
This team clearly has an aversion to scoring runs in the first inning.
Jeff321
August 21st, 2010
4:25 pm
Don’t see how he gets a double on that.
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:25 pm
hanson already in trouble
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
4:26 pm
A well played ball by Diaz.
But what else is new.
Darryl Blackberry
August 21st, 2010
4:26 pm
Tommy’s early-in-the-game troubles remind me of Kevin Millwood’s time with the Braves. Similar demeanor, too.
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
4:26 pm
Typical game so far for the Braves. 0-2 with RISP. Made the starter throw 23 or so pitches to get out of the inning.
TennesseePaul
August 21st, 2010
4:27 pm
89, 91 on Tommy’s fastball? Is this a GameDay failure or for real?
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
4:27 pm
Good job there Tommy!
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
4:27 pm
Where’s the instant gratification crowd at?
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
4:27 pm
Hunker down Tommy.
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:27 pm
that will help
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
4:28 pm
“Until I don’t show up next year, nobody’s going to believe me. Brett Favre’s f—ed it up for everybody.”
cab’s going to love this comment.
Well said, Wags.
nola braves fan
August 21st, 2010
4:28 pm
funny to me how negative the posts are on this blog. if you didn’t know the standings, you’d think the braves were 10 games under and playing out the string.
Leo Mabaloney
August 21st, 2010
4:29 pm
Great to get a break from Chip and Dip today and get a little more objective commentary on the game.
Darryl Blackberry
August 21st, 2010
4:29 pm
We ain’t no homers, Nola.
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:29 pm
tennessePaul- wigley field’s radar gun are one of the few remaining ballparks that carry accurate readings to the mph pitches. jurrjens was throwing around 90 mph last night as well
Rob from SC
August 21st, 2010
4:29 pm
too many two out hits
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
4:29 pm
Well that sucked. I wonder if McCarver still remembers the treatment he got from Deion Sanders….what was that, 91 or 92?
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
Sloppy…Sloppy…Sloppy…
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
Ugh, Martin. Whyyy?
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
He hung that a bit
lexbrave
August 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
more awesome d fellas!
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
WTH is happening here???
Jeff321
August 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
Prado throws it into center field…
njbraves
August 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
Great defense as usual.
BoroBall3
August 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
par for the course… they get their runners in w/ two outs
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
If you watched them play sometimes you’d think the Braves were 10 games under and playing out the string.
.590
August 21st, 2010
4:30 pm
Typical.
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
uh oh…
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
wtf is going on here
Jeff321
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
Infante throws it away.
Tim
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
Good aggressive baserunning. Something we could use.
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
Errors ugh.
Rob from SC
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
we suck
.590
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
Ugly.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
Yikes.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
‘92.
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
This is getting ugly
JC from DR!
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
making it tough on themselves
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
4:31 pm
Enter your comments here
Fastball
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
Hanson..is 89-90. CB is hanging. Yuck
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
good lord, the defense is HORRIBLE
N8
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
Yes. The offense has been silly bad, despite the winning. But the defense has been pathetic.
First Diaz bobbles a ball that allows the runner to get to 2B. Then he can’t make a decent throw to get the guy at the plate (can ANYBODY throw out runners at the plate in our outfield?).
Runners LOB and poor defense…. not a good combination for winning.
Yikes.
BoroBall3
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
ok WTF is happening here… even gamecase cant even keep up?
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
Braves 0 for 2 with runner in scoring position, and have created 2 runs for Cubs with great defense.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
Very not major league
Don
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
hahaha look at that defense! nice pitching hanson!! braves are going to get smoked today while the phillies cruise to an easy victory and the lead will be down to 1.5
lexbrave
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
turning singles into triples and outs into rbi. hands down the worst defensive team i have ever seen. and that includes tee ball.
Darryl Blackberry
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
The infielders apparently watch too much Sportscenter. Ixnay on the ighlights-hay, guys.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
BALLGAME! 2-0 is a blowout against this offense.
Fastball
August 21st, 2010
4:32 pm
Lets get the bats going!
Marc in FL
August 21st, 2010
4:33 pm
No problem, we got this is in the bag, I’ll just leave and turn it on around the 8th inning or so to see the fireworks.
njbraves
August 21st, 2010
4:33 pm
They look like a bad Little League team.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
4:33 pm
They might not have even gotten a single run if not for that God awful play by fan favorite Matt Diaz.
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:33 pm
HANSON THROWS LIKE 13 PITCHES AND THE CUBS SCORE 2 RUNS. GOSH!
Jeff321
August 21st, 2010
4:33 pm
Will have to check MLB’s team error totals after this one.. Perhaps the Braves are trying to take over first place again.
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
4:33 pm
Looking to keep TH’s earned runs down so they make them unearned
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
4:33 pm
At least for now, Aramis Ramirez has replaced Alfonso Soriano as No. 1 Braves nemesis on Cubs.
Ramirez has hit .417 with 5 homers, .493 OBP and 14 RBIs in past 17 games vs. Braves before today.
Soriano, after hitting .346 with 16 homers and 35 RBI in his first 37 games against the Braves, has hit .231 with no RBI in his last seven against them.
.590
August 21st, 2010
4:33 pm
BoroBall3 – We’re throwin’ the ball all over the infield.
Just stupid s***.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:34 pm
LOL come on people….already starting with the negative crap?
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
4:34 pm
One of the two runs against Hanson was earned in first inning
Chad
August 21st, 2010
4:34 pm
Can Hanson have a 123 inning to start a game for once?
BoroBall3
August 21st, 2010
4:34 pm
if i remember correctly, Don was the @sshole who was saying the same thing yesterday about the Phillies catching ATL during this blog… apparently he has nothing else better to do that to simply highlight everytime ATL gives up runs
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
4:34 pm
Don’s really gone off the deep end.
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:34 pm
if diaz couldnt hit lefties like he has, he would not be playing baseball right now
JC from DR!
August 21st, 2010
4:34 pm
Now I get it, they didn’t score in the first because they had to make at least 1 error before scoring! Isn’t that the norm for this team?
.590
August 21st, 2010
4:35 pm
Thanks Matty, hope you’ll atone later.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:35 pm
EASY 1-2-3 inning here.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:35 pm
Has Dick… I mean Nick called the game?
Don
August 21st, 2010
4:35 pm
that derrek lee sure is good! 0-5
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:35 pm
Georgia is leading hawaii in the llws 4-2 bottom of the 4th
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
4:36 pm
Who pressed the play button on Don & Nick? Those two, no matter how many times they are wrong keep right on beating the drum.
birdbrain
August 21st, 2010
4:36 pm
We are 14-24 when DOB is late with his blog. I DO realize that sitting in the Hotel room , rolling doobies and listening to obscure music is fun (I do it all the time), but I beg him to get the Blog in before the game starts or this season is history.
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
4:36 pm
I am the biggest Strasburger fan today!!! Please throw a no-no Steve-O!!!
Jack
August 21st, 2010
4:36 pm
I’ve noticed that Infante will not go for a ball unless it is hit or thrown right in his hands. I believe he should/could have caught the ball Prado threw.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:36 pm
Oh I see, looks like he has, even though he was wrong yesterday and started crying.
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
4:36 pm
Nice to get the leadoff walk. Lets go Rossy!
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
4:36 pm
terrible defense, but Hanson can blame himself for that one.
and yeah, Don is the moron who talked trash all day yesterday and then magically disappeared when everything he said was proven wrong. he’s a real tough guy.
.590
August 21st, 2010
4:36 pm
Been 2-0 bad guys for almost every game this past week….nothing new.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
4:36 pm
Yepper dandy Don needs to find a teammate
lexbrave
August 21st, 2010
4:37 pm
the bright side is that without all the errors the braves wouldnt have the honor of leading the majors in comeback wins.
BoroBall3
August 21st, 2010
4:37 pm
your right Cheshire — Don did magically disappear around 4:45pm yesterday didnt he?
Marc in FL
August 21st, 2010
4:37 pm
fastasballs – That’s because stupid people are, well, stupid.
Krukkie's Kankles
August 21st, 2010
4:37 pm
Schadenfreude, jah!
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:37 pm
2 walks already giving up. why does it seem like walks doesnt hurt the pitchers when the braves are playing as often?
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
4:37 pm
Did Ross really try & bunt there?
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:38 pm
Ankiel up, 2 outs.
DC Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
4:38 pm
Geez, tough crowd. Bad first inning, but on the plus side, I heard a rumor that they are going to play eight more of those today.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:38 pm
Don, how do you like being wrong?
welikebaseball2
August 21st, 2010
4:38 pm
Here’s where the offense has got to get going. Can’t afford look dumbfounded at the plate for 7 innings like we normally do. Late inning heroics are great, but we can’t keep living by them. I know it’s early, but early can turn to late rather quickly.
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
4:39 pm
Braves have 92 errors this season; only by the Nationals and Cubs in the NL have more
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:39 pm
Dick 3.0, you said that yesterday when the bases were loaded.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
4:39 pm
Hanson is not an ace.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:39 pm
Ankiel is up with only one out nick
Kelly's Johnson
August 21st, 2010
4:39 pm
chris…Diaz is a platooning…below-average defensively…non-power hitting….non-walking….LF….no more…no less
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:40 pm
Katherine – I’m implying that he’s the 2nd out, you must be new here.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:40 pm
Yea..this blog has turned into a place for negative, pathetic people to come and try to make other people feel as bad as they do…..to bad it doesnt work
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:40 pm
Katerine, Nick is the blog joke. He is like the bearded lady at the freak show.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:40 pm
Nick…are you slow? I was here yesterday and most of this season genius
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
4:41 pm
he did indeed BoroBall3…. Don is one of those guys who has no problem talking trash from the safety of his computer, but if we were all sitting in a room together, my guess is Don wouldn’t be saying much. that’s one of the downsides of the internet….it gave guys with no spine the ability to talk trash and not ever have to look anyone in the eye.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
4:41 pm
That ball was nowhere near the plate, Rick.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
4:41 pm
Do not swing at the umps ankles…ankles
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
4:41 pm
I wish the name-calling would end. It’s really juvenile.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:41 pm
These announcers are horrible.
.590
August 21st, 2010
4:42 pm
Something positive:
At least we’re clearing Hanson.
BoroBall3
August 21st, 2010
4:42 pm
yeah Nick is notorious for calling “ballgame” after giving up a single at anytime… he is like the boy who cried wolf w/ it more often than not and simply cant wait to be first person to write that on this blog too
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:42 pm
Great AB Tommy.
TM
August 21st, 2010
4:42 pm
is there anything on this page that makes it refresh on it’s own or does everyone have to continually hit the refresh button?
thx
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:42 pm
I Love Derrek Lee, no one is name calling.
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:42 pm
gosh even thought the braves are winning, gotta make your blood boil with this offense
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:42 pm
Georgia still up 4-2 top of the 5th…
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
4:43 pm
Well time to mow the yard. I’ll predict the Braves put a 4 spot up in the 3rd while I’m gone.
N8
August 21st, 2010
4:43 pm
“Nick…are you slow?” Katherine
Oh, by all means don’t sugar coat it. Get to the chase.
Nick is a frickin idiot. Period. End of discussion. The end.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:43 pm
Hanson will be fine…just one bad inning
BoroBall3
August 21st, 2010
4:43 pm
Katherine is the trooper of the bloggers… she’s the most positive Braves fan since I can remember… so what, we are down 2-0, but Gorzelanny has thrown a full game through two innings… we are going to win the G-D game
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
4:44 pm
I guess that includes no Nickname calling?
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:44 pm
N8, you can say that one again. It’s funny, he called the game yesterday, yet we ended up winning and he got all pissy, yet he starts again today. When the day before he said if they end up winning he would never be negative about the Braves again.
cs95
August 21st, 2010
4:44 pm
at least we are making him throw a fair share of pitches…. get to that cubs pen early!
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
4:44 pm
whats with grandpa favre? he needs to get lost? does his word not mean anything at all? what a doof and an embarassment at this point
Tomahawk Mafia
August 21st, 2010
4:44 pm
I’ve noticed that Infante will not go for a ball unless it is hit or thrown right in his hands. I believe he should/could have caught the ball Prado threw. -Jack
Yes, I have noticed that as well. It seems as though he rarely exerts himself on a ball that he could conceivably range a couple steps for. It is pretty frustrating
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:45 pm
CaptainMudderland, of course not. Calling Nick names does not count.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
4:45 pm
Tim McCarver is sucking all the joy out of my life today. :sigh:
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
4:45 pm
if this game follows the recent trend, we will look like total amateur hitters through 5 or 6 innings, and then a light will come on and we’ll start tearing the cover off the ball in the last 3 innings.
something about this lineup is so odd… not sure if they are learning about the pitcher as they go or what. but they seem to get better as the game goes, no matter who they’re playing.
Rob from SC
August 21st, 2010
4:45 pm
Hanson is a damn good pitcher…WTF is wrong with some of you
N8
August 21st, 2010
4:45 pm
“I wish the name-calling would end. It’s really juvenile.”
Typed by the guy with “I hate Troy Glaus” in his blog name.
Let me introduce you to a buddy of mine. His name is Kettle.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:46 pm
shmoe..im pretty sure grandpa farve could still kick the butts of most of the younger qb’s in the league right now. Why should he go when people are begging him to stay?
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:46 pm
N8, his moniker contradicts everything in his previous comment.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
4:46 pm
@Trey-10…4.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
4:46 pm
shmoe -
Grandpa Favre needs the media attention and admiration like normal people need air and water…he can’t live without it.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:47 pm
Since the AS Break, has any team in the majors been worse offensively than the Braves?
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:47 pm
CaptainMudderland
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
4:47 pm
I think Infante is great. Don’t criticize him you trolls.
You’re just mean.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
4:48 pm
Good K hanson….didn’t get that call earlier
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
4:48 pm
“does his word not mean anything at all? what a doof and an embarassment at this point”
He’s getting paid 20 million dollars for four or five months of work. He plays for a legitimate contender that’s begging him for his professional services. He can still play at a high level. What’s embarrassing?
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:48 pm
cabravesfan, the only way he will retire is if he gets tackled so badly, that he is forced to retire. Each time he does what he does, he loses integrity.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:48 pm
Nick..yet they are still in first place….give it up already
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
4:48 pm
katherine:
because he said he would. im of the opinion that if he says he’s done, he should be done. especially when this has been done multiple times. tired of the favre soap opera, its revolting actually.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:48 pm
Gorzelanny looks like Sloth from the Goonies.
N8
August 21st, 2010
4:48 pm
“Since the AS Break, has any team in the majors been worse offensively than the Braves?”
Since the AS Break, has any team in the majors been better on the mound than the Braves?
Douche.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
4:48 pm
Favre can stay as long as wants for all I care but teams shouldn’t have to beg for him to come back. Either do it or don’t.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:49 pm
Farve hasn’t lost any intergirty at all…he played the best he has ever played last season. I”d be begging him to come back too.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
4:49 pm
Trey-
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Pat Willis gets a shot at him tomorrow night
Largo
August 21st, 2010
4:49 pm
So Lee is what now . . . 0 for 5 and left six men on base.
cs95
August 21st, 2010
4:49 pm
to anyone watching the game… is tommy’s fastball a little slow today? gamecast has it sitting around 91/92.
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
4:49 pm
Nice second for Tommy. Now, we need some offense in the top of the 3rd.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
4:50 pm
“Typed by the guy with “I hate Troy Glaus” in his blog name. Let me introduce you to a buddy of mine. His name is Kettle.”
Do you have a brain? It’s a screen moniker for an internet blog as I’ve explained dozens of times. I don’t hate anyone except maybe you. Nice try, but you’re not as smart as you think you are.
The A Bomb
August 21st, 2010
4:50 pm
MLB on FOX: The Soviet Union no longer exists. Tear down your wall.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:50 pm
I like farve…no one is tougher. He can change his mind anytime he wants to..thats his right. If you don’t like him, don’t watch.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
4:50 pm
You can’t lose what you don’t have…
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
4:50 pm
I think Lee will get his 1st RBI(s) today as a Brave.
Eric from MO
August 21st, 2010
4:50 pm
Great blog DOB. This is actually one of my favorite ones and I have been reading them since the 05 offseason. I hated Wagner before he was a Brave and still wasnt much of a fan since he became a Brave. Nothing personal, just wasnt a fan of his. However, after this blog now I am. Loved some of his comments, especially the one where he has already made a ton of money. I never understood what the difference was between a $120 million contract and a $100 million contract. Either way you, your kids, and your grandkids will never see the end of it.
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
4:51 pm
Nick 3.0, i think if you look at the numbers, they will show that the Braves haven’t been that bad offensively since the AS break.
However, i think this is one of those cases where the numbers would be very misleading…. if you look at the game yesterday for example, it shows that we scored 5 runs, which would appear to be a pretty decent game offensively. but what you don’t see is that we struggled like crazy the first 26 outs and got most of those 5 runs on one last minute hit. not that that doesn’t count, but it kind of makes the day look a little better than it really was by watering down the 99% of the game where we struggled or wasted opportunities.
in the same way, we’ll go 3 or 4 games scoring less than 3 runs, then suddenly we’ll score 13 runs in a game. so i think we’ve been pretty bad offensively, but i think the numbers make it look a little better than it is by glossing over our offensive troubles.
TM
August 21st, 2010
4:51 pm
Enter your comments here
Bravefaninok
August 21st, 2010
4:51 pm
nice inning for Big red!
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:51 pm
Hanson is fine….just one bad inning. As for those wanting farve to get hurt, shame on you. I wouldn’t wish anyone to get hurt badly no matter how much I dislike them.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:51 pm
chesire – Your right, especially that 13 run game.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
4:52 pm
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
4:45 pm
Tim McCarver is sucking all the joy out of my life today. :sigh:
I may be getting the better of this deal today after all! At least I’ve been listening to a discussion about this new system that apparently is replacing the “Old Timers Committee” for HOF voting. Has to be better than listening to McCarver!
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
4:52 pm
katherine:
don’t worry, i won’t watch him unless he’s playing the falcons. no need to get snippy, is there? i don’t like his act, you are tolerant. good! end of story.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:52 pm
Katherine, I don’t watch. No one said it wasn’t his right, but if he claims he is going to retire then retire, but if he is just coming back then he doesn’t need to tell people he is going to retire. How much money do you think fans have spent on his merchandise because they believe he is going to retire? Him claiming to retire and coming back just gets in the way of younger players who want a shot in the NFL. I honestly couldn’t care if he did get hurt and had to retire.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:52 pm
K-Ward up, 2 outs.
N8
August 21st, 2010
4:53 pm
“I don’t hate anyone except maybe you. Nice try, but you’re not as smart as you think you are.”
How very non-juvenile of you. Never claimed to be smart. Just find it ironic that your moniker is “I hate Troy Glaus” and you’re pissing and moaning about people calling people names.
Sorry dude. Doesn’t take a “smart” person to figure out that you’re full of sh!t and contradicting yourself.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
4:53 pm
True that, cab. It’s kind of hard to not watch or hear about him when news outlets have things like “Favre Watch 2010″ dedicated to him.
Rob from SC
August 21st, 2010
4:53 pm
Heyward stinging the ball
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:53 pm
or not..
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
4:53 pm
J-Hey is very fast
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
4:53 pm
:sigh: What a shock, Nick wrong again…
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:53 pm
well atleast heyward is getting going a bit
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:53 pm
Good job jason..way to hustle..wrong again nick
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
4:54 pm
trey
amen. i second and third your favre.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:54 pm
Nick how does it feel to continue to be wrong? Did you get kicked off the short bus for being so dumb?
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
4:54 pm
So I guess since McCarver didn’t say “Oh!” in the moment, he’s admitting that he’s not a professional announcer.
Ew, I burned him. You’re bunrt McCarver!
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
4:54 pm
I got him. I got him good right there.
I assume he’s reading this.
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:55 pm
if heyward wasnt injured, this offense would be somewhat decent
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
4:55 pm
Soph-
I was watching NBC earlier and they must have run 10 promos in an hour talking about “Brett Favre makes his return to the Vikings tomorrow night!” Ummm, doesn’t one have to leave in order to return?
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
4:55 pm
is it just me or does it feel like the outfield wall in Wrigley is like a mile away from homeplate? i know it’s not, it just always looks like a huge field to me. maybe it’s because the wall is so high, not sure
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:55 pm
Farve isn’t getting in any young players way..and if he’s better then they better step it up. I hope he has a great season…his kids must be really proud.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:56 pm
This team has absolutely no power. Can anybody hit homers on this team?
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
4:56 pm
Tied up right here! YESSSSSSS
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
4:56 pm
I think Brett will retire when everyone knows how to spell his name. F-A-V-R-E, folks.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
4:57 pm
“How very non-juvenile of you. Never claimed to be smart. Just find it ironic that your moniker is “I hate Troy Glaus” and you’re pissing and moaning about people calling people names.
Sorry dude. Doesn’t take a “smart” person to figure out that you’re full of sh!t and contradicting yourself.”
I’m not contradicting myself at all. I simply find the littany of derisive posts directed towards Nick, Mitchell, et al. more predictable than the opinions they espouse. If you don’t agree with another person’s viewpoint, fine. But the daily vitriol wasted on Braves’ fans who have more critical opinions than yours as well as on Phillies’ fans who lurk here day in and day out is beyond stale.
Oh, and by the way, my pizza’s free the next time you don’t deliver it within 30 minutes.
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
4:57 pm
yes, favre’s biggest fan doesn’t even spell his name right lol
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
4:57 pm
Chesire, I’m thinking the opposite, this field seems super small to me. Because the stadium is a bit smaller.
chris
August 21st, 2010
4:57 pm
nick 3.0- to answer your questions, yes. but not very often
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
Derrek Lee sucks. Braves need to stop shopping in the bargain bin and get legit hitters.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
I’m by no means his biggest fan…just like the guy and how tough he has been.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
Gol-Lee…
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
Katherine, actually he is, as he is filling a QB spot Another young, talented quarterback can not get the start because of him. In fact, there is a young quarterback who was going to be a starter, but now is a back up because of Favre.
.590
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
0-6
J-Hey
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
“Can anybody hit homers on this team?”
nope, Braves are the only team in the majors to have 0 homeruns
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
damn
Rob from SC
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
Call up Freeman please
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
All right new guy, let’s do something to excite Braves Nation!
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
wow Derrek…. anytime you wanna start, ya’ know, “contributing”…
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
Well it was worth a try
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
D-Lee, gettin’ it done.
JC from DR!
August 21st, 2010
4:58 pm
Troy can do that even without legs.
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
4:59 pm
Once D-Lee gets that first hit, he’ll stop pressing. It may not happen until he leaves Chicago.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
4:59 pm
A few run would NOT hurt
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
4:59 pm
Do the Braves get any kind of draft compensation when Wagner retires?
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
4:59 pm
Derrek “Troy Glaus” Lee
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
4:59 pm
Brett Favre > Tarvaris Jackson + Sage Rosenfels. The guy, at 40, is still one of the premiere quarterbacks in the league. And someone’s willing to pay him a mint to sling the pigskin. More power to him.
Scrub
August 21st, 2010
4:59 pm
anybody know a good radio feed?
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:00 pm
Georgia is up 6-2 bottom of the 5th
chris
August 21st, 2010
5:00 pm
black glaus now 0 for 6 with 3 strikeouts. braves have had atleast a runner on the first three innings.
MattyRoss
August 21st, 2010
5:00 pm
This blog is getting ridiculous. Talk about a b$%chfest…1st place. 3rd inning. Shut. Up.
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
5:00 pm
Just think, soon you will have two Troy Glaus’s at the corners. The real one and the new one.
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
5:01 pm
we shouldn’t even watch this game until the 7th.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:01 pm
lol trey..well boo frickin hoo for the young qb…the team wants favre to come back…so I guess whomever that might be will just have to wait. The team obviously thinks favre is their best option this season.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:01 pm
Troy Aikman was a great QB, yet he actually retired when he was still young, but Brett Favre is still playing and he is old. Troy Aikman wasn’t spoiled like Favre.
TTTT-Thumbody Thed Thats Thupid
August 21st, 2010
5:02 pm
Somebody who knows how (AJC sports?) needs to get in touch with ESPN and tell them they are putting out bad info. Course that’s nothing new. Heard them say twice yesterday and again this AM that the Braves play 3 games against the Phillies at the end of the year and all 3 are in Philly. Apparently they think the season ends in Sept. We all know the Braves have the Phils in Atlanta the last 3 games of the year, Oct.1,2,3. You may have trouble getting someone at ESPN as all their reporters may be working on stories about the Yankees, Red Sox, and Favre!
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
5:02 pm
worst team in the majors before the 6th. best team in the majors after the 6th.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:02 pm
By next weekend, we will flip Derrek Lee to an actual contender. Braves should be 3 games back by then.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:02 pm
scrub-
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/1570-wcle-am-cleveland,-tennessee/v3
Radio
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
5:02 pm
No point in saying anything, MattyRoss. Just no point.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:02 pm
Matty…do you need a hug?
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:02 pm
Katherine, it’s very pointless to even try to debate with you, as you must be a child.
N8
August 21st, 2010
5:02 pm
“If you don’t agree with another person’s viewpoint, fine.”
Doesn’t one have to have a viewpoint for it to be disagreed with? Nick doesn’t have a viewpoint. He spews nonsense at about the pace of a post per minute and NONE of it is valid, interesting, OR accurate.
I’d be much more worried about anybody who actually does agree with Nicks viewpoint.
“Oh, and by the way, my pizza’s free the next time you don’t deliver it within 30 minutes.”
That’s funny. Juvenile. But funny. Well done. Hypocrite.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:02 pm
Either that, or just very immature.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:02 pm
Lets go TOMMY
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:03 pm
“Troy Aikman was a great QB, yet he actually retired when he was still young, but Brett Favre is still playing and he is old. Troy Aikman wasn’t spoiled like Favre.”
Aikman retired because of multiple concussions if I remember correctly.
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
5:03 pm
shmoe, i’ve never seen stats to back that up, but i’ve got to think you’re absolutely right about that
.590
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
Dunno about anyone else, but I’m not content with getting down early in games…especially the way we’ve been doing it. I know, our bats are cold right now, it happens. The errors have got to get cleaned up though.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
Trey..I am not a child. Just because you don’t agree with me about favre doesn’t mean you have to insult me. People can agree to disagree.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
I Love Derrek Lee, oh well, he retired.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
chris – “Black Glaus” lmao, classic.
Largo
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
Lee struck out again, 0 for six. Why did we wait so long to get this slugger?
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
I don’t have a problem with Favre still playing. I have a problem with his unprecedented media coverage. He’ll make Strasburg’s starts on ESPN look like coverage for a women’s basketball game
Marc in FL
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
I wonder if Lou is going to get HOF considerations? Maybe for sheer longevity?
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
Chris: Black Glaus now 0 for 6 with 3 strikeouts.
Somewhat humorous…But he’s smokes the ball 3 of those six AB’s. He’ll be just fine. Patience people.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
Katherine, trust me I did not insult you.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus),
Standing up for the oppressed. Much love brotha.
It’s hard out there for a pimp on the Braves blog.
I don’t know what I’m saying. Some people are definitely pretty humorless but pobody’s nerfect as I always say.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:05 pm
“That’s funny. Juvenile. But funny. Well done. Hypocrite.”
Well, I wanted to know how it feels to be like you. It didn’t feel that good. In fact it sucked.
Scrub
August 21st, 2010
5:05 pm
thanks cabravesfan, i’m stuck at work again……
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
5:05 pm
Why are you people talking about Bret Favre?
Who gives a s***?
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
“lol trey..well boo frickin hoo for the young qb…the team wants favre to come back…so I guess whomever that might be will just have to wait. The team obviously thinks favre is their best option this season.”
This is the comment that made me reply to you in that way.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
And you may have three free ‘toppings’ since you are a repeat offender
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
Pull Hanson, kid is done.
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
Well so much for mowing the yard. Just as I cracked my first Miller the heavons opended up. I guess I’ll settle in & read the idiotic commentary for a while.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
It might take Lee a few games…. especially playing against his old team.
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
cmon tommy. not runners on for aramis. no!
Bravefaninok
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
4:59 pm
Once D-Lee gets that first hit, he’ll stop pressing. It may not happen until he leaves Chicago.
I bet you right on …He will come around sooner or later…hopefully his next AB!
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
Scub-
I’m stuck with Angels/ Twins so I’ve got the radio on too
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
Marc in FL
August 21st, 2010
5:04 pm
I wonder if Lou is going to get HOF considerations? Maybe for sheer longevity?
Apparently they’re going to be comparing people to the others in their era more, which Don seemed to think will help Dale Murphy.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
“Why are you people talking about Bret Favre?
Who gives a s***?”
I think it’s because the Braves operate under the assumption that the game doesn’t count ’til the 8th inning.
.590
August 21st, 2010
5:06 pm
Not worried about D. Lee. He has some good-looking swings. Sooner or later he’s going to run into one.
Hanson still sux however.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:07 pm
Mitchell, because Brett Favre is old, indecisive. He keeps claiming to retire, yet comes back and this female is trying to defend him.
chris
August 21st, 2010
5:07 pm
and all of a sudden, hanson cant find the strikezone. oh my goodness
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:07 pm
BLOWOUT!
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:07 pm
In his past 4+ games (including today), Lee is hitting .294 with 4 HR and a double.
But no, he hasn’t gotten a hit in 6 ABs. Let’s judge him forever based on that alright? Alright.
.590
August 21st, 2010
5:07 pm
3-0
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
5:07 pm
we just cannot get him out. jeeeeeeeez
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:07 pm
Thats what walks do
The A Bomb
August 21st, 2010
5:07 pm
What is it about Hanson in Chicago?
Bad Hanson is in full bloom.
njbraves
August 21st, 2010
5:08 pm
Not looking good folks.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
5:08 pm
OK, this is starting to get ugly. Come on, Bravos.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
5:08 pm
Hanson still sux however.
Just shut the f#ck up, Mixxo. Jesus.
chris
August 21st, 2010
5:08 pm
wow. i guess that’s ballgame. see you tomorrow folks
N8
August 21st, 2010
5:08 pm
“Well, I wanted to know how it feels to be like you. It didn’t feel that good. In fact it sucked.”
Is that all you got? First a pizza delivery joke, then that?
Wow. For fear of being zinged any further I’m declaring you the winner. You’re the best. Well done.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
5:09 pm
As hard as this is to watch, it’s got to be even harder for the Phillies.
It’s amazing that this team has been in first place since May 31st.
They look pretty God awful at times.
I’ll just say Ballgame now and hope to be wrong later. This doesn’t look good.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:09 pm
It’s only the third inning.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:09 pm
It’s only the 3rd….we aren’t out of it yet.
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
5:09 pm
Hansen figures that the Braves won’t score anyways so he just is gonna put it away soon.
TTTT-Thumbody Thed Thats Thupid
August 21st, 2010
5:09 pm
Hanson is a “zombie” whether he’s losing or winning. Think I will start calling him “Mt. Rushmore”, or “stoneface”!
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
5:09 pm
N8, the pizza delivery jokes do sting. Ha. People are clever.
.590
August 21st, 2010
5:09 pm
4-0
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:09 pm
Well,
This isn’t fun.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
hootdaddy, it is Hanson, not Hansen.
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
They are dinking and dunking him to death.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
We have been down a lot more then this and come back.
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
Man, they’re beating on Hanson like an old drum.
Scrub
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
cabravesfan i made a career choice that dosent let me watch many day games……so i can sit in front of computer and “look busy”, but I can swear at work…..
michael
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
looks like bad hanson came back from vacation. atleast it’s been over a month since we’ve seen him
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
lol @ “bad hanson is in full bloom”….you are an idiot.
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
cant give up much more, thats for sure
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
Keep the faith Braves fans if you can somehow find it in you.
I cannot.
Gotta go.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
Go Nationals!!! (later on today)
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
“Is that all you got? First a pizza delivery joke, then that?
Wow. For fear of being zinged any further I’m declaring you the winner. You’re the best. Well done.”
Well, I don’t have to have my best game with someone like you. Go read a book. You might learn something.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:10 pm
Dude cant find the “k” zone
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
5:11 pm
Well, I guess today’s comeback will be one of those monumental ones at this rate.
njbraves
August 21st, 2010
5:11 pm
I like Derrek Lee, always have, but he seems to be having trouble hitting a fastball. Not a good sign.
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
5:11 pm
Can’t depend on the comeback every singkle game. It tires you mentally.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:11 pm
Bad Hanson is a joke. It’s funny, but accurate
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
5:11 pm
I hate day games on Fox
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
5:12 pm
Hold them here, and for the rest of the game, and chip away. Get some runs in the next inning.
LWB
August 21st, 2010
5:12 pm
Looks like one of Tommy’s patented struggle games. Man, when he’s bad, he’s pretty bad.
JasonInFL
August 21st, 2010
5:12 pm
What’s wrong With Tommy Squirt Gun’s velocity? Throwing 89-90 according to the stadium gun.
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
5:12 pm
If Hanson can stop the bleeding they still have a chance. The Braves should get into the Cub’s pen by the 6th.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
5:12 pm
This is brutal…
.590
August 21st, 2010
5:12 pm
5-0
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:12 pm
The game’s getting out of reach.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:12 pm
Time-out…my lungs are burning
Brava
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
Bobby, hello? How many runs before you pull Tommy?
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
WHy cant we get hit like those
JasonInFL
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
It’s my fault. Whenever Tommy is on tv and I get to watch, he absolutely pitches like crap. Awful.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
I hate day games on Fox
Me too…especially since I can now watch all the other day games that the Braves play…only Saturday afternoon games are blcoked
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
Cubs have 3 hits, 2 walks, 3 runs in this ugly 3rd against Hanson. And it ain’t over yet.
N8
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
Steve, what’s funnier is that it’s usually guys that are ashamed of their own job (or lack there of) that would throw “pizza delivery” jokes around.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
Hanson is frustrating today, but I wouldn’t go as far to say he sucks.
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
alright were getting blown out.
njbraves
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
Bad Hanson is back.
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
Gonna put this game away now!
Quotes from BC after Saturday’s game: We can still go for 2 out of 3. Had some hard hit balls. Guys looked good.
The A Bomb
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
Bad Hanson is now raging.
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
Yeah Bobby can’t afford to let this guy give up too many more…something tells me that five is already too much.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
Hold them here, and for the rest of the game, and chip away
Chip is away. Way to look at the bright side
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:13 pm
How the eff was that not a strike
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:14 pm
I hope Strasburg is awesome tonight.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:14 pm
Yea..tommy just doesnt have it today. I’m surprised Bobby left him in for so long…and the game is not out of reach.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
5:14 pm
No Trey, he doesn’t suck, but he’s having a bad outing.
shmoe
August 21st, 2010
5:14 pm
get your head out of your butt tommy.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:14 pm
Hanson gave up six hits today.
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
5:14 pm
Wow!!! 5 – 0, is a tough comeback. Those walks will get you almost everytime.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:14 pm
I hope we weeen
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
5:14 pm
Where is Chip when you need him to sing take me out to the ballgame?
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
5:14 pm
Sweet Lou speaks
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
If someone, anyone, would have told you in April that we would be within five games of first place in the middle of August you would have been ecstatic. If someone, anyone, would have told you in April that we would be in first place on august 21st, you would have looked on in disbelief.
We are in first place, we are in a pennant race and we have one of the most exciting teams in baseball..ENJOY THE RIDE…
N8
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
“Well, I don’t have to have my best game with someone like you. Go read a book. You might learn something.”
You still talking?
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
Bats need to wake up in the early innings
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
finally
JasonInFL
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
get home…crappy week, crappy Saturday so far…say to myself, well, at least the game is on. turn it on just in time to see Tommy give up 3 runs. great.
Sam Fossela
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
This is why it is important to have an offense that doesn’t sit back and wait to win at the end of the game. Hanson is no Smoltz, he is no Avery. He had a good streak going but he wasn’t ready to pitch today.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
Brava, yeah. I am sure he will calm down next start.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
Hopefully,
DOB won’t have to hear this today . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9XtDyDUjIU
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
Tommy looked to be pouting there again. He gets to pouting and can’t do anything right. If he keeps composure, he crushes people.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
Like I said in the 1st inning, BALLGAME! If any of you think the Braves are winning this game, you are either mentally challenged or a complete homer. Hopefully the Phillies lose.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:15 pm
Well said Braves One @5:15
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:16 pm
N8, those who have to resort into insulting your intelligence are probably not too intelligent themselves.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:16 pm
Georgia beat Hawaii in the llws…they looked sharp
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:16 pm
Score some Damn runs PLEASE
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
5:17 pm
No five runs is not too much, but the bats need to wake up a little earlier than the 7th inning to get momentum in the dugout of the good guys.
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
5:17 pm
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:14 pm
I hope Strasburg is awesome tonight.
——————————————————-
I’m with you…the only drawback is Strasburg will probably only be allowed to go five, maybe six innings at most.
4williec
August 21st, 2010
5:17 pm
Tommy Hanson is considered better than Kenshin Kawakami? Not seeing the logic…
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:17 pm
Diaz = non-tender this offseason.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:17 pm
Thank goodness there is someone in the pen.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:17 pm
Thanks for the update Katherine
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
5:17 pm
Eh, whaddyagonnado, N8? People take out their frustrations on a blog and ruin it for the rest of us. It’s not our fault they’re pissed about something.
Either that, or they’re just completely mentally juvenile. I want it mommy and I want it now! Seems to be the attitude I see on here at gametime, anyway. Knee-jerkery abounds.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:17 pm
“You still talking?”
Not to you. I don’t waste time in dialogue with people who have nothing of substance to offer.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:18 pm
Nick, you call ballgame when the other team singles, why should we listen to you now?
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:18 pm
We just cant hit lefties
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:18 pm
Braves One,
The dreaded Strasburg pitch count is already making me depressed.
At least Halladay isn’t going to for Philly again.
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
5:18 pm
Is Hanson injuried?
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
5:18 pm
I really hate these announcers.
Billy Wagner to retire after this season despite $6.5 million guarantee | PRO Rumors
August 21st, 2010
5:18 pm
[...] retiring,” the 38-year-old lefty said today, according to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I don’t know how to say it in a politically correct way, that anybody’s going to believe [...]
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:18 pm
You’re welcome jeffrey
TTTT-Thumbody Thed Thats Thupid
August 21st, 2010
5:18 pm
Have not been impressed with “Stoneface”(Hanson) since he’s been with the Braves. He needs to be at Gwinnett.
fredi is next
August 21st, 2010
5:18 pm
This is getting old…. Braves score no runs in early innings, pitchers much feel like they have no room for error. Except for innings 7-9, this is the April Braves these days. Down 5 runs now… not looking good.
J-Hey
August 21st, 2010
5:19 pm
“you are either mentally challenged”
now Nick is making fun of mentally challenged people
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:19 pm
“N8, those who have to resort into insulting your intelligence are probably not too intelligent themselves.”
Yeah, you’ve joined the bandwagon as well. Just want to fit in, don’t you?
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:19 pm
Now not only does the offense suck but the pitching and defense sucks too. I don’t see how anybody is sold on this team. They are pathetic.
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
5:19 pm
Had Diaz hustled that all the way, he would have been safe.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
5:19 pm
I’d say we go quietly into the Chicago afternoon today
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:19 pm
The Braves management does need to start going for hitters, as well. We struggle to win when our hitters can’t score two or three runs, even if our pitchers hold them to two or three.
STRETCH
August 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
For the life of me, im still trying to see how in the world this team is in first after all this time. Gotta be the pitching staff!
Hanson is really NOT that good this year. Granted the past few games he got no run support, but he is clearly looking bad.
Lee is just awful looking right now, what a way to make a debut. 0-5 and all strikeouts!!! And every ball they hit is right at someone.
Not gonna come back today folks.
fredi is next
August 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
Somebody said you can’t spell and are stupid. Hanson allowed a few crappy singles after a few walks…. yeah… send him to Gwinnett because he has a stone face… dumb a**
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
Now can we get that run in??
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
There’s a start.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
I Love Liberty Media, not really, but I do not see the need to start insulting anyone, as you obviously do, bud.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
Maybe there’s a start!
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
just missed a homerun
Baseball 101
August 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
Final score in 1st round of LLWS:
Columbus GA 6 – Hawaii 2
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
mr hanson hasn’t figured out yet how to succeed when he doesn’t have good stuff.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:20 pm
it’s very pointless to even try to debate with you, as you must be a child. Trey, 5:02
those who have to resort into insulting your intelligence are probably not too intelligent themselves Trey, 5:16
sha-BAM! Now who’s the smarterest??
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
5:21 pm
Something finally goes our way!!!!
.590
August 21st, 2010
5:21 pm
Well, Ross showed up today.
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
5:21 pm
Come on guys, let’s see some back to back hits and get at least one of those runs back!!
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:21 pm
TTTT-Thumbody Thed Thats Thupid -
You do realize that in Tommy’s last 5 games before today he had an ERA under 1.00? Not his fault he hasn’t won- he’s been outstanding
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:21 pm
how about another triple ankles
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:21 pm
Stretch…have you not seen this team this season? You never say they can’t come back.
N8
August 21st, 2010
5:21 pm
“Not to you. I don’t waste time in dialogue with people who have nothing of substance to offer.”
STILL talking? You’re too funny dude.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:22 pm
jeffrey, you can trick me today. Recently, I can’t see the box score in the corner on Fox because my tv cuts it off for some reason. So, whenever I step away and come back I have no idea what the score is.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
5:22 pm
So this is what it feels like to have your starter get lit up a little bit. Been so long I forgot. Guess the Bravos have their work cut out in this one. Of course the percentages say that they will likely (gasp!) lose this one. Guess the bloggers can go ahead and call SEASON! again like the last time the Braves lost.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:22 pm
jeffrey, me of course! Nah, but that was actually not an insult but a question, as I do not see any need to debate with people who may be children.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:22 pm
“I Love Liberty Media, not really, but I do not see the need to start insulting anyone, as you obviously do, bud.”
I’ve lost count as to how many times you’ve called Nick, Mitchell, and the various Phillies’ fans “idiot” and other names. Do you have a memory problem?
TM
August 21st, 2010
5:23 pm
i see Cy Young has toed the rubber against the Braves again today…
Geez.
.590
August 21st, 2010
5:23 pm
Still 5-0.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:23 pm
Dang it…..come on braves! I feel a big comeback later in the game.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:23 pm
sha-BAM! Now who’s the smarterest??
Hate to break it to you jeffrey but smarterest isn’t even a real word.
Duh.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:23 pm
Just please release the losers (melky, ankles, diaz, hinske). We can get the same production for minor leaguers.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
5:23 pm
Hopefully Strasburg can throw a gem
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
5:24 pm
Thanks offense for not prolonging the day. Quick three down gets the pain over.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:24 pm
I Love Liberty Media. Hm, trying to insult me, eh.
“Memory problem”
Says the one who just said that calling people names is immature, yet has the moniker that says I hate Troy Glaus.
ccrider
August 21st, 2010
5:24 pm
We were due a loss like this! Poor defense and spotty offense, the great pitching has been wonderful, but Lowe, Hudson, Jurrjens, and now Hanson have struggled in their last start Unfortunately, there is so little room for error in making the playoffs this year. In past years. our record at this point would be enough to almost be a sure bet for the wildcard, but the defense and the offense are going to have to have a major surge to keep us in contention!
Sam Fossela
August 21st, 2010
5:24 pm
Had Diaz hustled that all the way, he would have been safe.
This can’t be true. Diaz always hustles. Besides, we got rid of the only guy that didn’t hustle/pouts/pops up/makes errors at critical points in the game/etc….
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:24 pm
Apparently I am a child because I said “boo frickin hoo”……
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
5:24 pm
This guy pitching for the Cubs is exceptional!
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:25 pm
Wow- Now Nick is releasing our entire outfield (minus Heyward, but hey, it’s only the 4th inning…)
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:25 pm
ccrider…they haven’t lost yet.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:25 pm
Sorry, your name is so dang long it is hard to get it perfect, I Love Derrek Lee.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:25 pm
Soph – that’s impossible because everyone’d have to be in on it.
Mitchell – Booby blows another one.
Robert – HEE HAW!! Bobby forgot to teach everybody how to hit
jeffrey d – Soph! We just hit our second grand slam!! We won!!!!
Nick – This ballgame was over 6 innings ago. The team can’t hit, field, pitch, or eat.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
Oh I Love Derrek Lee, I joke with Nick and Mitchell and pretty much everyone else on the blog.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
Next time I go fishing I’m taking Nick.
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
Braves might want to think about a comeback in this game, since they face Randy Wells tomorrow and haven’t done much against him in past. Wells is 2-0 with a 1.43 ERA in three starts against the Braves, including six scoreless innings in an April 8 win in Atlanta
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
“Says the one who just said that calling people names is immature, yet has the moniker that says I hate Troy Glaus”
How original. Think for yourself much, “bud”?
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
Gorzelanny made every efot to walk Ankiel there and clear the pitcher’ spot. Alas, Ankiel’s Frenchy-ness proved too much to overcome. He can play some D though…
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
jeffrey –
N8
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
“I’ve lost count as to how many times you’ve called Nick, Mitchell, and the various Phillies’ fans “idiot” and other names.”
Yeah, but calling Nick and idiot is hardly stretching the limits of reality. Calling Nick and idiot is about equal to calling DOB a beat-writer. Sometimes the truth is hard to ignore.
One who sticks up for Nick = douche.
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
Ah, Nick, how predictable. He’s already called “Ballgame!,” as well as coin these Braves pathetic. He’ll ramble on, predicting the Braves demise. Just another day on a once great blog gone terribly wrong. Thank God Mitchell opted to turn away for a bit. He’ll be back in a while, though, obsessing over how one game will cost the Braves their season. Now all we need is the return of Don to suck off the Phillies and hand them the division.
DOB, I don’t envy you having to deal with these idiots.
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
Gorzy is one strange lookin’ dude.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
Katherine, no it was because you posted a comment that was typed like a 13 or 14 year old.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
5:26 pm
Caution….these comments are produced @ a factory that manufactures tree nuts
DiamondbackMac
August 21st, 2010
5:27 pm
Katherine
I just read your back and forth with Trey about Favre. I remember a SciFi story about euthanizing people over 40. I have a feeling that Trey would be in favor of of such a policy.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:27 pm
Alright…looks like we’ve got our obligatory “Cy’s pitching another scorcher against the Braves today
” out of the way
Fastball
August 21st, 2010
5:27 pm
Tom Gorzellany gets my Cy Young vote
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:27 pm
N8, and you know that when I talk like that I am rarely serious.
Sam Fossela
August 21st, 2010
5:27 pm
Hudson and Jurrjens did not struggle in their last starts. We have to get out of the mentality that giving up 2-3 runs=struggling. It only feels like they were struggling because the offense really only functions after the 7th inning.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:27 pm
Even Gorzo (sloth) crushing the ball of Hanson.
Bret Fav-Re
August 21st, 2010
5:27 pm
Give it up, Katy, my heart (and heinie) belongs to Mr Hat!
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
5:28 pm
Don’t worry, cabravesfan. Heyward is next on Nick’s chopping block. It’s only a matter of time.
JasonInFL
August 21st, 2010
5:28 pm
Seriously, is something wrong with Tommy? Doesn’t have anything extra today…not breaking 90.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:28 pm
Does anybody know how the NL East faces in the division round this year?
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:28 pm
Thanks for your opinion Trey…..I guess when trying to be sarcastic on this blog you have to take into account people that have a stick up their arse.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:28 pm
*who, not how
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:29 pm
DiamondbackMac says,”I just read your back and forth with Trey about Favre. I remember a SciFi story about euthanizing people over 40. I have a feeling that Trey would be in favor of of such a policy.”
Well Mac, you obviously do not know much if you think that. You know nothing about me, nor do you know anything about what I believe.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:29 pm
lol diamond
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:29 pm
“Oh I Love Derrek Lee, I joke with Nick and Mitchell and pretty much everyone else on the blog.”
If that’s true, then it’s lost over the internet. That’s the difference between personal communication and electronic communication. If you’re sincere, then I guess I took your words out of context.
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
5:29 pm
Nick,
This blog has to be your life. You can’t have other obligations, considering you spend countless hours here. Wait, you’re a 12-year-old glue sniffer, who lives in your mother’s basement? My bad. Carry on.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
5:30 pm
We are due a crappy game that we lose instead of coming back late to win, but it’s still very early and we may yet remain due.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:30 pm
Katherine, not really.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:30 pm
I got no beef against Nick. All he does is intentionally tries to get people riled up. And keeps doing it because he succeeds every time, even with the most out there comment.
Guess that makes me a douche
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
5:30 pm
Walkin ‘em ain’t helping Tommy…
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:31 pm
I Love Derrek Lee, apparently. Now with the Phillies troll I am serious.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:31 pm
Hanson looks like @ss today. Embarrassing.
J-Hey
August 21st, 2010
5:31 pm
another walk, 2 of them scored last inning
The A Bomb
August 21st, 2010
5:31 pm
Not watching the game due to the Soviet invasion of TV but Jim Powell is consistently using LINED and DRIVEN to describe every at-bat….except for the walks, of course.
Guy needs to learn how to pitch on the road more consistently. Not every mound will be the same.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:31 pm
Even if the braves do lose, and even if they lose first place….I still wouldnt count them out. I think it will be very exciting right down to the end.
TM
August 21st, 2010
5:31 pm
why is T. Hansen still in this game? It’s not like the bullpen is over used of late.
if you want a chance to win this game, you can’t give up any more runs.
doo-dee-dooooo Bobby.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:31 pm
In most cases, anyway.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:32 pm
Hopefully, Derek Lee gets a chance to do some damage in the next inning – and finally capitalizes!
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:32 pm
I don’t understand why Hanson is still in the game though….he obviously doesn’t have it today.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:32 pm
I guess when trying to be sarcastic on this blog you have to take into account people that have a stick up their arse
A stick? Some people have a whole tree up there
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:32 pm
Sarcasm definitely flies over certain people’s heads on here.
N8
August 21st, 2010
5:32 pm
“Hanson looks like @ss today. Embarrassing.”
It could be more embarrassing. Somebody could have said he looks like Nick.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
5:33 pm
Wonder who started the stock blog insults such as “living in your mother’s basement”? Gotta be a passed ball there…
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:33 pm
A whole tree up there.
jeffrey, ohhhh I know.
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
5:33 pm
Honest question: What is Tommy’s put-away pitch? He had been dominant before today, chiefly due to trusting his fastball when he gets into trouble. Not the case today. He’s constantly throwing off-speed. I don’t get it.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
5:33 pm
Paging a proctologist!
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
5:34 pm
My bad, automatically a SB since he was running…
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:34 pm
JC Bravo-
It just goes as a stolen base because the runner was going on the pitch
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:34 pm
JC Bravo-
Nevermind
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:34 pm
Paging a proctologist!
MIBraveeeeeeeeeeesFan, nooooo not yet, just give me a few more minutes.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:34 pm
The late inning rallys are nice now, but those wont’ work in the playoffs against teams like STL or even the Yanks, if we get that far. Offense has gotta turn it on.
N8
August 21st, 2010
5:35 pm
“Guy needs to learn how to pitch on the road more consistently. Not every mound will be the same.” The A-Bomb
Not a very researched point. Here are Hanson’s home/road ERA’s before today’s game.
2010 Home ERA: 3.70
2010 Road ERA: 3.00
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:35 pm
Sopheeee, I just decided to start taking mostly everything as sarcasm.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:35 pm
Cubs don’t score! Yeah!
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:36 pm
Hopefully Wren is searching the waiver wire for an actual legit hitter.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:36 pm
Ok…they will score at least 1 run this inning I call it lol
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
5:36 pm
DOB, you just laid the DOB Whammy on Wells for tomorrow’s game. The Braves are going to pound him now.
TM
August 21st, 2010
5:36 pm
Hanson better not be hitting to start the 5th…
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:37 pm
Hanson was still in the game partly b/c he’s due up first in the 5th.
Now, Bobby can pinch-hit for him and perhaps get 2 innings out of his next reliever.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:37 pm
I Love Derrek Lee, I am one that is rarely serious though. Some others may be, but I am rarley, unless I have to be serious.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:37 pm
and as I hit “submit”, I hear that Tommy is batting for himself.
brilliant.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:38 pm
apparently he is pitching in the 5th
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:38 pm
Ummmm…..why is Hanson batting?
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:38 pm
Now, consider this.
Maybe the Braves come back and take a lead by the 6th.
Tommy “steals” a win after going winless in his last five great starts.
Would be sweet justice.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
5:38 pm
Trey – 10
August 21st, 2010
5:34 pm
Paging a proctologist!
MIBraveeeeeeeeeeesFan, nooooo not yet, just give me a few more minutes.
Sorry, couldn’t help but think maybe a little obvious (or too obvious) humor was called for
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:38 pm
It’s ok uk…..good thought
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:38 pm
lol Tommy didn’t even know where he hit it
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:39 pm
Katherine,
I’ll take a C for effort.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:39 pm
MIBravesFan, of course. It is always called for.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:39 pm
Nick, do you actually think there is a “legit” hitter, as you call it, that would be available that wouldn’t cost us a player we don’t want to lose?
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:39 pm
Come on braves!
N8
August 21st, 2010
5:39 pm
“Ummmm…..why is Hanson batting?”
The pitchers hit in the NL.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:39 pm
I just don’;t get how NL pitchers can be so bad at hitting
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:39 pm
“I Love Derrek Lee, apparently. Now with the Phillies troll I am serious.”
O.K. I’ve read some of their (Phillies’ fans) posts, and some of them have certainly been out of line. I believe that most of the people here are Braves’ fans. We don’t all see things the same way, but that’s what I like about interacting with others here. I actually learn a lot about the team (past, present, and future) by reading the contributions of others who follow the day-to-day operations of the organization more closely than I do. To me the difference of viewpoints and opinions here is what appeals to me. I don’t agree with every opinion of Nick, Mitchell, or anyone else; and I don’t expect everyone to agree with all of my opinions. A page worth of “go to hell, Nick” posts is as annoying to me as a page worth of “ballgame” posts in the third inning is to others.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:40 pm
Good bunt, Omar.
Jinx
August 21st, 2010
5:40 pm
“To a man” Hanson is bad today.
TM
August 21st, 2010
5:40 pm
You got to be kidding me!!!!!!!
Come Bobby, you F’ing idiot.
You are down 5-0!
Tim McCarver is talking about it now… “How many managers (in this situation) would allow the starting pitcher to hit…”
Answer- ONE MORONIC MANAGER. Bobby freakin Cox.
MitchC
August 21st, 2010
5:40 pm
Dave, I wouldnt mind if both Bobby and Billy came back for one more year, but, they both have the right to leave if they want to.
I really hope that whoever the manager is next year, makes Johnny Venters the closer. The guy has just been lights out this year, and would seem like the logical candidate to replace Billy Wagner.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:41 pm
cab – I would have preferred LaRoche to Lee.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:41 pm
The cubs pitcher needs some serious dental work.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
5:41 pm
Yeah, Tim McCarver….that’s who you want to quote when trying to defend your point
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:41 pm
Nick, clearly either LaRoche wasn’t available or his price was too high…
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:42 pm
I think we can still win this ballgame. After all, we are playing the Cubs.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
5:42 pm
Miss me? Had to go spank the old monkey. It is so small took me a while to find it. The Braves and Hanson, suck. Hard to believe that Cox is still the manager.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:42 pm
BUST!
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
5:42 pm
I Love Derrek Lee. With Nick I love to make fun of him when he calls a ball game and the Braves come back, but other than that I just read and laugh at his posts, same with Mitchell. The Phillies fans are just so easy, but they deserve it, since they do the same. If a Philly fan comes on just to talk the game, that is fine with me and I can be civil with them, as well.
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
5:42 pm
Heyward hit that ball hard, but wind’s blowing in pretty stiff from RF
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
5:43 pm
Bravo To da Braves yet again squander 1st and 2nd in the first inning and do nothing and then the cubs who suck score 2 then 2 innings later they score 3 more. Bravo to a pathetic lineup and offense. Hello Gorzelanny was a Pirate and not an Ace. there is no way we should be losing whatsoever to him.. Hanson once again gives up 5 and no run support.. The Lee Trade hasnt helped at all so far. 0-6
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
5:43 pm
When is the last time the Braves had a 3 run lead or more before the fourth inning?
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:43 pm
I Love Derrek Lee – are we watching the same game?
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:43 pm
Mitchell, you’re sick. Get out
ccrider
August 21st, 2010
5:43 pm
Katherine: The key word in your reply is YET. The offense and defense is poor and the pressure is constantly put on the pitching staff. I am impressed as h+ll with what this team has done this year, but the talent level of the position players is poor at best, Diaz, Cabrera, Ankiel, Ross are all decent bench players, Heyward still plays like a rookie(the injury has hurt his production as well),Lee has had his worst season in 10 years, Gonzalez is just an average player both on offense and defense. We get consistent production from 3 players, Infante, Prado and McCann.
The Phillies will move past us and we will be left in the dust of other wild card contenders, unless the poor defense greatly improves and the hitting becomes more consistent throughout the game.
Couch Tater
August 21st, 2010
5:43 pm
“I don’t need it anymore. I’m tired of the expectations, tired of the criticism, tired of people who never played trying to tell me how to play.” – Billy Wagner
Good blog, Dave.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
5:44 pm
Marteeeeen!
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
5:44 pm
We need a hit here in the worst way….
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:44 pm
DOB – It’s always an excuse.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:44 pm
Marteeeeeeeen.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:44 pm
come on lee…..show us what you got!
N8
August 21st, 2010
5:44 pm
“I would have preferred LaRoche to Lee.”
Until he struck out the first time. Then you would have typed “ballgame” and demanded that Wren release him.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:44 pm
I don’t know if you can instantly make Venters the closer. The guy comes out of nowhere and pitches like this for one year.
Next year, who knows? Maybe he’s the next Will Ohman or Chris Hammond.
I hope he’s great, but I’d like to see the Braves have someone else identified as the closer (a right hander perhaps), and hope that Venters can begin to share the responsibility some.
Get him ready to take over in case of injury, and then perhaps be ready to close in 2012.
Just my very limited opinion.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:44 pm
Lee up, 3 outs.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:45 pm
“I Love Derrek Lee – are we watching the same game?”
Yeah, I know it may seem overly optimistic. If we weren’t playing the Cubs in late August, I wouldn’t like our chances. The Cubs have mailed it in, and a run here and a run there and we’re right back in it.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:45 pm
Disappointing inning.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:45 pm
Is it logical to think that the Cubs just know how to pitch to Lee, that’s why he’s sucking thus far?
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
5:45 pm
it would be nice for this team to score first once in a while.. 0-7 now.. bravo to the lee Trade..
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:45 pm
0-7, what a piece of sh*t. Get Glaus back.
Katherine
August 21st, 2010
5:45 pm
grrrrr
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
5:45 pm
still waiting for Lee’s first hit.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
5:46 pm
Big Tom Callahan – Hanson doesn’t have an out pitch. That’s why his BAA with the count 0-2 is .233 while Tim Hudson’s BAA with an 0-2 count is .057.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
5:46 pm
Lee has left 5 on so far thru 4 and 1/2 ..
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
5:46 pm
LOL that’s classic. Nick pining for Glaus to come back.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
5:46 pm
Jim Bowden – Brad Lidge just told us on Fox Sports Radio when this Phillie team is healthy it is better man for man than the last 2 teams that were in WS
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
5:46 pm
I can see letting Tomy hit there. He had a strong fourth inning and you don’t want to waste Conrad or Hinske yet. Anybody else you send up is almost as likely to make an out as Hanson.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:46 pm
“I Love Derrek Lee. With Nick I love to make fun of him when he calls a ball game and the Braves come back, but other than that I just read and laugh at his posts, same with Mitchell. The Phillies fans are just so easy, but they deserve it, since they do the same. If a Philly fan comes on just to talk the game, that is fine with me and I can be civil with them, as well.”
Trey, I responded to your post, but I think it’s on the previous page. I understand your perspective. I can respect that.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:46 pm
Positive note:
Heyward is hitting again (at least for the day).
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:46 pm
“Dear Lord, please give me the strength to not slap an idiot today……Amen”
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:47 pm
CSpin – Apparently every team in the NL knows how to pitch to Lee this season, he’s been horrible all year. No excuses.
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
5:47 pm
New Troy Glaus looks same as old Troy. Couldn’t bring up Freeman for free?
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
5:48 pm
Can we bring in Farnsworth to plunk this guy? He’s been killing the Braves this series.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
5:48 pm
E-5
ryan
August 21st, 2010
5:48 pm
On second thought Cubs pitchers seen how Lee hit all year they should know how to get him out.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:48 pm
I think a lot of it Lee’s lost bat speed
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
5:48 pm
I’m tired of Ramirez.
2 errors on Prado.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:49 pm
No e’s for that.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
5:49 pm
Honestly, why are we execting much from Lee. He has less RBI and same amount of HR as Glaus.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
5:49 pm
how about just put Ramirez on for goodness sake. and MOVE PRADO BACK TO 2ND PLEASE. PRADO IS STINKIN UP THE JOINT at 3rd..
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
5:49 pm
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:45 pm
Is it logical to think that the Cubs just know how to pitch to Lee, that’s why he’s sucking thus far?
Actually, contrary to what Nick whatever version he is today would have you believe, St. Louis sure doesn’t know how to pitch him, and they’re coming up on the schedule.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:50 pm
O’Flaherty warming up.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:50 pm
Honestly, why are we execting much from Lee
I think the same question can be asked about Freddie…
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
5:51 pm
Tim McCarver has ruined more baseball games for me than any 15 or 20 of my ex-girlfriends combined.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:51 pm
That helps.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
5:51 pm
Bad call in our favor…
A-Ville Ranger
August 21st, 2010
5:52 pm
As good as Wagner has been, he’s blown 8 save opportunities. Also if he has a good postseason it’ll be the first time. He’s been just AWFUL in playoffs.
Now for Hanson, the kid has to learn to limit damage. That’s the one area he shows his age.
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
5:52 pm
Braves caught break there — runner was safe at 1B
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
5:52 pm
Everytime I hear Tim McCarver all I can think about is Deion Sanders splashing him in the face with champagne and McCarver calling a Deion a class act.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:52 pm
Finally, a DP for tommy (though a wee bit close call)
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
5:52 pm
Couch Tater
August 21st, 2010
5:43 pm
“I don’t need it anymore. I’m tired of the expectations, tired of the criticism, tired of people who never played trying to tell me how to play.” – Billy Wagner
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After making over $93,000,000 in just 17 years, its pretty simple to walk away and say you don’t “need it anymore” for whatever reason…I do like the idea he is not backing away from his retirement and is putting his family first.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
5:52 pm
E-2
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
5:52 pm
What’s the over/under that McCarver will actually shut up for longer than 10 seconds?
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:53 pm
Geez. More bad defense.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:53 pm
Holy geez. Twilight zone.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:53 pm
E2…..this ain’t gonna cut it for the playoffs folks. I’m worried. This will lead to a very early exit.
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
5:53 pm
Are the Braves trying to break the record for most errors in a season and still be a division winner?
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
5:53 pm
JUST STINKIN Pathetic.. Hello Rosss eat the ball u moron. Way to just give this game away Braves. lookin like a last place team called the Pirates.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
5:53 pm
I cannot imagine the gamut of emotions Derrek Lee has experienced the past few days and the toll it’s taken on him. It’s unfortunate that his transition to the Braves happened this way and I’m not at all surprised at his performance. He’ll settle down, it just may be away from Wrigley Field.
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:54 pm
Troy Glaus would haven caught that Ross error ^.^
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
5:54 pm
I think everyone needs to lay off Lee a bit. He’s barrelled a few balls in the two games, just hasn’t had much luck. Should have at least a couple of hits already.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:54 pm
Ryan Howard is back. oy
Gman
August 21st, 2010
5:55 pm
Any time D Lee…….
Keep hearing how great this guy is. 2 in scoring position w 2 out and down by 5 would’ve been a good time to get his first hit as a Brave.
Funny how these guys can’t hit at all once they but on the Atlanta uni. How the he11 did A Gonz hit 17 HRs before becoming a Brave?
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:55 pm
Please, no more Troy Glaus.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
5:55 pm
Just for the record, Wags has 7 blown saves this year, not 8
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
5:55 pm
So an hour ago the Braves had 92 errors. What the heck are we up to now? Right after pitching, is supposed to come defense, right? What this team’s record might be (I know they’re in 1st and love that fact!) with this pitching staff if they at least played better defense, with the offense just as it is!
Toots
August 21st, 2010
5:56 pm
Bobby just read Derrick’s contract. it appears he has to go 0fer 7 (for each year with Cubs)… then He is officially a Brave…… Will the real Derrick Lee come to the plate….
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
5:56 pm
In the last week, I think we have thrown the ball down the first base line more than we have hit it down the right field line.
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:57 pm
WHeRE IS tROY gLAUS??
FiRe wRren. This sEAson is DonE.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:57 pm
WOW
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
5:57 pm
That sounded like a great catch on the radio!
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
5:57 pm
Web gem.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
5:57 pm
Got out of trouble in that inning. Let’s go, bats.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
5:58 pm
Did McCarver just ruin that great play w/ a Harry Carey impersonation?!
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
5:58 pm
Maybe try waiting a little longer than 1 1/2 games before judging a trade? Ever think the guy is a bit nervous playing in Chicago in a different uni? Hey these guys are not human, are they? 0-7 in his first two games means he’s going fail the next 100 times as well, right?
The problem with most of the kneee jerk posters around here is they expect instant gratification of every aspect of the game. Baseball is not very enjoyable for those that hang on every pitch or every game. It’s a marathon. 1000’s of things go right & 1000’s of things go wrong every season & that includes whichever teams make the playoffs & the eventual World Series champion.
I don’t know what’s wrong with some of you nitwits who expect success every AB, pitch or game. Maybe you never played the game or understand it. Maybe it’s how you were raised, who knows.
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
5:59 pm
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
5:57 pm
That sounded like a great catch on the radio!
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In legal terms it’s called “self defense”….
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
5:59 pm
OK now, score six this inning and Hanson is in line for the W.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:00 pm
Diaz, Gonzalez, Ross is about as easy of a 1-2-3 inning as they come.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:00 pm
Diaz won’t score.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
6:00 pm
I just filled my TV full of lead, yet McCarver keeps going. He’s a zombie.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:00 pm
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
5:59 pm
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
5:57 pm
That sounded like a great catch on the radio!
——————————————–
In legal terms it’s called “self defense”….
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:00 pm
Yay, MattE!
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:01 pm
Tim McCarver – Mike Diaz – ????
bravesgrl4lifeeeee ♥ Heap Prado JHey Venters Wagner Huddy Hanson ♥
August 21st, 2010
6:01 pm
MattE!!! Now can we please, please,, please capitalize on this one?!
Brava
August 21st, 2010
6:01 pm
What’s happening? My DTV went out. Storming here in Acworth.
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
6:02 pm
Alright, let’s take the ninth inning comeback approach here in the sixth and put a crooked number up on the board,.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:02 pm
That’s cause you didn’t shoot the speakers Bat…
hootdaddy -22
August 21st, 2010
6:02 pm
Will people stop listening to TP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This clown could have ruined Tony Gwynn, Ichiro, and A-Rod in one week. Ordonez for the Tigers would be hitting .210 on this team.
bravesgrl4lifeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:02 pm
McCarver and Co, please STFU!
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
Brava, MattE started the inning with a double down the 3B line.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
Yes!!
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
Come back for Tommy!
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
Diaz with a leadoff double. Gonzalez doubled to score Diaz.
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
That’s one…
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
We made it on the board!
bravesgrl4lifeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
WE GET A RUN!!!!!!
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
Nick wrong AGAIN
Nice job New Guy!
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
We landed on the moon!
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
Yay, new guy!
Brava, Gonzalez hot another double down the 3B line so MattE scored. 5-1, no outs.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
Oh my God, they scored a run. 5-1 final.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:00 pm
Diaz won’t score.
Your reverse phsycology pays off (again)!!!
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
6:03 pm
Braves must score here.
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
6:04 pm
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:00 pm
Diaz, Gonzalez, Ross is about as easy of a 1-2-3 inning as they come.
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Diaz doubles…Gonzalez doubles…
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
6:04 pm
A couple here and they’re back in the gtame.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
6:04 pm
Awesome!!!
Gman
August 21st, 2010
6:04 pm
0-7 isn’t exactly instant gratification. Thought we got a cleanup hitter to get an occasional hit with RISP…my bad
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:04 pm
Dang. That didn’t help, Ross.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:04 pm
Pathetic AB by Ross.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
6:05 pm
Ankiel looks like a cartoon to me
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:05 pm
Ankiel always looks like he’s in pain.
bravesgrl4lifeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:05 pm
I thought for sure they’d be able to turn a double there. Sure glad they didn’t.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
6:05 pm
cspin are you quoting Jim Carey from Dumb and Dumber?
Brava
August 21st, 2010
6:05 pm
OK, TV’s back on. Thanks all.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:05 pm
Ankiel has not looked good at the plate today – let’s hope for something here….
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
6:06 pm
Come on Quagmire, let’s that get that run in from second…gigggity!!
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
6:06 pm
lol why yes i am Dan
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:06 pm
Yeah Bobby, Ankiel is having a big series. LOL.
JC from DR!
August 21st, 2010
6:06 pm
Let’s go Nick!
ups… I mean, Let’s Go Braves!!
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:07 pm
What a joke – sit down Ankiel
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:07 pm
lol, pathetic. release him.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:07 pm
Chicago Bears, wha?
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:07 pm
I’m hoping Ankiel is a free agent soon.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
6:07 pm
Bring in McCann
bigdave
August 21st, 2010
6:08 pm
inside corner a strike, outside corner a strike. smh…
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:08 pm
So, the Cardinals went into Cincy and punked the Reds, only to leave town, and go into a slump, while the Reds go on a 7-game tear.
Hopefully, the Cardinals that come to Atlanta in 3 weeks will be the team that has bee losing since it left Cincy.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:09 pm
Rick does not hit lefties well. For those who have already forgotten, he did okay yesterday against a right-handed closer.
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
6:09 pm
Diory is swinging for the fences…
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:09 pm
Shoulda let Tommy bat.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:09 pm
lol, loser. Why is he on the team again?
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:10 pm
Why is he on the team again?
Because he’s better then McLouth?
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:10 pm
“Rick does not hit lefties well”
Ya! Let’s bring back McLouth.
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
6:10 pm
Soph – Braves are winning now…6-5
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:10 pm
That third strike call was bs..
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:10 pm
wow, two McLouth jokes in a row!!
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:11 pm
Time to get this overnight sports talk show party started—right about now…..let’s go, I am bored with our inability to score–we are the BraVOS NUMERO UNO–LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:11 pm
Important here to not let the Cubs score. Keep a sense of momentum.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
6:11 pm
I thought so too, JCBravo.
LWB
August 21st, 2010
6:11 pm
Wow, this team has such a weak offense. No situational hitting, no power, no speed………and yet they’re in first place. Srange world we live in.
njbraves
August 21st, 2010
6:11 pm
I know Ankiel saved us yesterday, but the guy isn’t any good. Melky needs to play CF against LH because Ankiel has no chance against them.
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
6:11 pm
Hanson’s final line: 5 inn, 7 hits, 5 runs (4 earned), 4 walks, 4 strkeouts. Threw 56 strikes in 94 pitches
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
6:11 pm
Eric O’ in to pitch.
Toots
August 21st, 2010
6:11 pm
That strike three call on Diory look like it was about to hit his knee’s
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
6:12 pm
Big gulp, eh? Well, see ya later! And… You can’t triple stamp a double stamp.
LivinInAL
August 21st, 2010
6:12 pm
Whew… I had to mute McCarver more trivia than I can stand.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:12 pm
McLouth. I’d almost forgotten him. Thanks for refreshing my recollection.
Gman
August 21st, 2010
6:13 pm
No bad luck for Tommy today-he just stunk
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:14 pm
Soph – Braves are winning now…6-5
No way!
The two comments before yours and after yours seem to dispute this.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:14 pm
Too many balls by Hanson. Not a good outing at all.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:14 pm
McCarver needs to go the way of Billy Thacker!
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:14 pm
cab – Diory is better than McLouth?
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:15 pm
njbraves
August 21st, 2010
6:11 pm
I know Ankiel saved us yesterday, but the guy isn’t any good. Melky needs to play CF against LH because Ankiel has no chance against them.
I don’t disagree that Ankiel mostly has no chance against lefties (except Santana, interestingly, for whatever reason) and they probably are better off with Melky there hitting RH, but saying a guy isn’t any good against lefties and saying he isn’t any good at all, is two very different things.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:15 pm
Sorry Nick, I thought you meant Ankiel…I have a hard time keeping straight all the people you think suck…
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
in the past week, we’ve pretty much been shut down by Dempster, Lannan, Livan Hernandez and Billingley. Not exactly playoff pitching.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
EOF turn to get shelled.
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
O Lardy be—–good to see EOF back, even if he does struggle a bit…..but he got the DP as I type! well done
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
Good inning from EOF in his first outing back…
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
Scorless 7th for O’Flaherty. Welcome back, Eric.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
All righty then, time to score some runs.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
Nice dp, boys.
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
Wonders if EoF got the infection from consistently sticking his hand so deep into his mouth. What did he go DL for?
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
cab – pretty much all of them except Prado, Infante, and McCann.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
Al Kaline…Ty Cobb? What are these schooks talking about?
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:17 pm
How many times can one person be wrong in a day?
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:18 pm
You have to play Ankiel because he is the only legit CF on the roster. No way Melky out-hits him enough to cover for the godawful defense. Haven’t seen Heyward in CF, so he may be an option with Melky in RF. Still think Rick’s OK in the 8 hole though.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
6:19 pm
How many times can one person be wrong in a day? _ cab
Are you talking about Nick or McCarver?
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:19 pm
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:16 pm
Al Kaline…Ty Cobb? What are these schooks talking about?
Say what?
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
6:19 pm
EOF got mono, that’s why he was on the DL—-that’ll mess you up for awhile. Takes all your energy away.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
6:19 pm
I’m ready for a big inning!
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:19 pm
Bat-
I’m not getting the game on TV…
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
6:19 pm
Depends on how many people keep biting Nick’s bait
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:19 pm
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
6:19 pm
How many times can one person be wrong in a day? _ cab
Are you talking about Nick or McCarver?
In both cases, the minimum has got to be 24
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:20 pm
JC – We could have had Podsednik. He has just as many hits as Prado.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:20 pm
Black Ryan Leaf up, 2 outs.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:21 pm
Not sure what Omah was looking for there…
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
6:21 pm
This kid has been ON today. Great sliders.
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
6:21 pm
4th time through the order with the same pitcher. should have him figured out by now.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:21 pm
BUST!!!!!
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:21 pm
How can any sane person compare a class act like Jason Heyward to Ryan Leaf?
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:21 pm
9 K’s for Gorzelanny – Excuse me while i go throw up
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:22 pm
boo
TM
August 21st, 2010
6:22 pm
Whatever Terry Pendleton is doing with Jayson Heyward, he needs to stop.
He is regressing rapidly right before our eyes.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:23 pm
Podsednik = not even a good LEFT fielder and mediocre OBP with zero power
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
6:23 pm
Heyward continues to take fast balls for strikes and getting behind in the count…
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
6:23 pm
game over.. bravo braves National TV and we look like a last place ballclub.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:23 pm
cab!
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:23 pm
Words can’t describe how horrible this offense is. I still can’t believe most of you think the Braves are gonna be playing in the post-season.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:23 pm
Soph!
I think it’s too late for me today…save yourself!!
Tennessee Bob
August 21st, 2010
6:24 pm
They really look tired today,, uninspired!!
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
6:24 pm
I just threw up too
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:24 pm
cabravesfan, who said he’s sane?
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:24 pm
cab – Classy doesn’t win games. The kid sucks.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:24 pm
Brainsmart…my bad!
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:24 pm
Until this team is officially eliminated, why should I not believe they have a chance at the playoffs?
CSpin
August 21st, 2010
6:25 pm
Nick, you’re comments were tolerable at first, and somewhat respected, but now you’re just being idiotic. Are you even a fan? Cause if not that would clear a lot of things up.
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:25 pm
cabbbb, ignore him. He lives to make you miserable.
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
6:25 pm
Kyle may plunk someone here…
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
6:25 pm
Oh well…Cox waiving the white flag, better known as Kyle Farnsworth.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:26 pm
Nick, less then a full season in the majors, bad thumb and a sore knee, and you are ready to declare his career over…
Sam Fossela
August 21st, 2010
6:26 pm
What’s why all the “black” stuff today? “Black Glaus” and “Black Ryan Leaf”. Is it so hard to leave the “black” part out of it or is it a Confederate thing?
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:26 pm
Ramirez needs to be plunked.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:26 pm
I’m wholly unimpressed with Heyward’s bat. Hopefully his sophomore effort will be better.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
6:26 pm
heres another idea . just put ramirez on .. instead of pitching to him..
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:26 pm
Digger—excellence
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:27 pm
Soph-
I’m too annoyed…
Brava
August 21st, 2010
6:27 pm
Yes, Sam, you’ve entered a Confederate encampment. Didn’t you know?
TM
August 21st, 2010
6:27 pm
We have been:
Out-pitched.
Out-hit.
And out-coached today.
Other than that, everything’s been great today.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:27 pm
Digger Phelps really thinks he has a trademark thing going with those highlighters. Is he too old to be called a douche?
Wooderson
August 21st, 2010
6:27 pm
Jesus Christ. I dont get this team sometimes. They have beaten some of the best pitchers in the game this year, but they make all these no name pitchers on last place teams look like Cy Young candidates. Getting dominated by Gorzellany,John Lannan, Scot Olsen… just unnacceptable
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:27 pm
another brilliant idea…intentionally walking the lead off hitter…
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:28 pm
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:26 pm
Nick, less then a full season in the majors, bad thumb and a sore knee, and you are ready to declare his career over…
You’re trying to reason with the unreasonable
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
6:28 pm
This team absolutely f*ing sucks.
If any one game shows how utterly hopeless they are without the stellar starting pitching and bullpen work they’ve been getting of late it would be this one. This is embarrassing.
It really is amazing that they are still in first place.
They’ve been having to scratch and claw for wins against some of the worst teams in the league.
It’s pathetic. Just say it. They suck. It feels good doesn’t it?
Teddy Jack Eddy
August 21st, 2010
6:28 pm
DOB, do you sense some anger and/or bitterness in Wagner ? It says he’s tired of criticism from people who never played the game. I’m sorry but it doesn’t take a major league veteran to read a stat sheet. The guy has been one of the worst postseason relievers in history.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:29 pm
I hope Wren doesn’t fall in love with Gorzelanny based on this performance. He’s a former Pirate, and I’m not wild about our recent track record with their former personnel.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:29 pm
MIBraveeeeesFan -
I know, I know…VJ’s not here and Dog’s not here and I can’t stop myself…
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
6:30 pm
cspin, a lot of pitchers who aren’t exactly great have been really on against the braves lately. Seems kind of beyond coincidence.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:30 pm
This line-up looks quite pathetic when Chipper and McCann aren’t in it…
Sopheeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:30 pm
Where did Nala go?
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:30 pm
Except, Bitchell, that there’s no reason to expect the great pitching to cease. Guess what? They ain’t gonna win ‘em all the rest of the way. And this one’s not even over just yet.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:31 pm
Soph-
She spent the night at Grandma’s…
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:31 pm
Has Wren ever made a good trade for a hitter?
McLouth – FAIL
Gonzalez – FAIL
Ankiel – FAIL
Lee – FAIL
He has also given horrible contracts/extensions to KK, Lowe, and Chipper and signed worthless players like Melky, Hinske, and Glaus. How does he still have a job? I guess they are waiting until the team collapses and the season is over by mid Sept.
STRETCH
August 21st, 2010
6:32 pm
You would think that a team would be fired up after yesterdays comeback, but they just showed up today and thought they were going to win. Bad defense, passive batting and Hanson playing the Jekell n Hyde today doomed them today. Derek Lee didnt help much either. Watch and see by the end of the season, he’ll be on the DL.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:32 pm
Lee has played less then 2 full games with the Braves!! Why don’t you wait a few more hours before you say he was a crappy trade…besides, you want Troy back?
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
6:32 pm
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:26 pm
Ramirez needs to be plunked.
He doen’t need to be plunked. Who need to find ways to get him out, not to get him on base.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:32 pm
Mitchell: They’ve been having to scratch and claw for wins against some of the worst teams in the league.
They’ve had to scratch and claw for runs for more than a month actually –
If they’re pitching hadn’t stepped up like it has in July and August – this team would be nowhere near 1st place.
Pitching has kept this team in first – nothing more nothing less….cause it sure as sh*it hasn’t been their offense and defense.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
6:32 pm
*doesn’t
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:33 pm
I can see a playoff appearance in the Braves’ future, but I fear it’ll be brief.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:33 pm
*If their
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:34 pm
Nova – it looked pathetic with them in it. Until this team finds everyday, productive players for LF, CF, and 1B, they will be pathetic offensively.
bravesgrl4lifeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:34 pm
If we come back from this one . . .
Brava
August 21st, 2010
6:34 pm
Good job, Farnsworth!
Monkey
August 21st, 2010
6:34 pm
Stop spanking me, Mitchell.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:34 pm
Nice inning by Farnsworth.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
6:34 pm
You can’t even really bad mad at Tommy.
He’s not going to be perfect every time out there. You don’t automatically deserve to lose a game just because you give up five runs.
Five runs should not be insurmountable.
abwright
August 21st, 2010
6:35 pm
S-fire! Wren inherited a second division team (except for the Farm system) and has maneuvered into First Place for most of a season.
One bad game (not over yet) and the Bandwagon empties.
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:35 pm
Farnsworth finally went back to a good fastball and struck out the side after the leadoff hit
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:36 pm
Soph-
…
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
6:36 pm
Gorzelanny had 9 strikeouts in 7 innings, allowed 1 run, 7 hits, 2 walks, threw 77 strikes in 120 pitches
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:37 pm
Guys, again…
There is no point in Bitchelling about the offense. It’s not great but adequate enough to win 60% of the time with this pitching staff. No NL team has it all (Pads offense worse than ours, Philly no pitching depth/bullpen, etc.). We are a tea that is going to win a bunch of 3-2 games.
Deal with it or quit watching but, for the love of god, quit blogging.
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:37 pm
I’ve watched the Braves for 34 yrs and this team reminds me of the 91 team. Not really that good just figured out how to win and kept winning and no one could explain why.
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
6:37 pm
New Guy will get a hit right here, because no one’s on base.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:37 pm
I still say hit Ramirez. We’re not getting him out.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:37 pm
*team
Dawg'88
August 21st, 2010
6:38 pm
Hanson has sucky day but in the end it wouldn’t matter. The Braves were not going to score anyway. He would be losing or tied at best. Pathetic offense. Funny Akiel, Gonzalez and Lee fit right in (aside from a couple of decent moments) and can’t hit with the rest of them…its contagious!
Or TP School of Inept Hitting…Join now!
Long Time Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
6:38 pm
Frist time I have been here during a game. I just don’t understand or get Mitchell or Nick.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
6:38 pm
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:33 pm
I can see a playoff appearance in the Braves’ future, but I fear it’ll be brief.
Good for you. You should just watch the NLDS… then we take care of the rest of the playoffs.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:38 pm
Lee got on base!
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:38 pm
AHHAHAHA Matt Diaz –
Poor…Poor…Poor at bat
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:38 pm
Diaz is such a piece of sh*t. Honestly.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:39 pm
Gotta say, we should be PH here with all those lefties on the bench…
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
6:40 pm
Come on Ross, keep it going.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:40 pm
Nick 3.0 – Diaz is such a piece of sh*t. Honestly
I don’t agree with this…i just think that was a poor at-bat.
See my 6:38
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
6:40 pm
UKUGA – I’d rather see dirty players get plunked. Aramis doesn’t play dirty. We just need to figure him out (only 1 game left against those guys this year, though).
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:40 pm
No bunt–wail away Ross!
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:40 pm
mccann should pinch hit for ross! chance to make it close
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:41 pm
Nova – He is batting .260 against lefties, .215 against righties and is a weak defender. Guy is worthless.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:41 pm
No BMac or Hinske here?
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:42 pm
Ross WAY late
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:42 pm
Never mind, guess Bobby doesn’t want to see Marshall…
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:42 pm
This is the MLB even the worse teams win 60 games.. the cubs lost 8 straight at home time for them to win but still holding out for win
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:42 pm
Big part of the ballgame right here…huge pitch coming
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:42 pm
The 1991 Braves had a great lead-off hitter, had an MVP at third base, had great pitching, traded for a closer that proved to be light’s out, got good production from every outfield spot (including the lead-off hitter) I mentioned.
I think this team is a lot different than 1991. This team knows how to win, but offensively, always seems to be patching a hole and praying that the pitching keeps them in the game so they can hopefully squeak out a win.
And, it’s working.
kwajbraves
August 21st, 2010
6:43 pm
I still love this team but the offense have a tendency to dissapear too often making average pitchers look like CY Young candidates.
Long Time Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
6:43 pm
At least Columbus GA won today, WAY TO GO KIDS
abwright
August 21st, 2010
6:43 pm
Braves runs scored in August …
1,4,2, 8,3,2, 3,6,4, 4,8,1, 1,13,4, 10,3,2, 5,1 (so far) …
0,1,2 runs … 6 games
3,4 runs … 7 games
more than 4 runs … 6 games
Not sure why all the b…ching. 6 nearly certain wins, 7 probable wins with the Braves pitching, and 6 games that need some great pitching to win. Should be something like 13-6 through that stretch based on runs scored.
Oh, yeah! They are 13-6 through that stretch.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
6:43 pm
Here’s our chance…
J-Hey
August 21st, 2010
6:43 pm
does Ankiel have any more magic in him or will Bobby pinch hit …..
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
So they’re going lefty-lefty against Rick. Big surprise
Ya Know
August 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
Memo to Matte:
You don’t even have the tying run on base so when you’re down 4 in the 8th…… don’t guess! Just protect the plate and don’t take a fastball strike 3 down the middle of the plate!
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
As soon as things start to get interesting, Lou goes in the spoil the fun!!!
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
They won’t score.
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
Gotta pinch hit McCann here.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:44 pm
Good question
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
I wanna see Melky here
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
There’s your answer
Wooderson
August 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
TAKE ANKIEL OUT, HE CANNOT HIT A LEFTY
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
Our bench today is left handed…McCann, Hinske and Brooksie (who is much better from the left side)
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
If you pinch hit, who’ll it be…Melky?
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
Melky should hit here.
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
6:45 pm
We do have Melky as a RH option…
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
C’mon Brooksy!
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
Melky? Seriously? WTF….
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
I think the Braves are patient hitters to a fault sometimes. That’s why they don’t hit as good for average. The stats on hitting first pitch strikes are know from little league on. We make their starters throw 100 by the 7th then wear out bullpens which is most teams weakness… works 75% of the time.. I do this with travel teams I coach.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
It’s Melky – Brooksie is on deck
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
Melky pinch-hitting for Ankiel against the lefty with bases loaded, and Conrad on deck to pinch-hit
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
Let’s see if Melky goes out there with a plan (and not hacking at everything).
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
ok now this a pathetic move. K man melky up to K.
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
Come on Melk-Man.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
0-2 to Melky – there’s a surprise
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
Could Conrad get another pinch hit slam?
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:46 pm
When does that sense of urgency ensue? Melky go! Let’s go Melko!
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!
Brava
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
Bobby Cox deserves to go out a loser for stupid decisions like this. Just release Melky, he sucks.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
Just pathetic….absolutely pathetic at-bat Melky…..
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
what did i tell u 3 pitches gone … WHAT A JOKE COX.
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
i didn’t like melky’s swing last night or tonight
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
i take back my last comment
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
And another less than stellar AB by Melky – what’s up with that all of a sudden?
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
always interesting . . .
J-Hey
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
Melky with 2 not so great ABs these past two games
ijonathan
August 21st, 2010
6:47 pm
Last few at bats for Melky, he has literally been swinging after the ball hits the catcher’s glove…
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Melk Dud.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Thank you, Melky.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
brooksy
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Bad at bat for Melky. Have to at least get a sac fly there.
abwright
August 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Braves really have the Cubs in a hole here. Bases loaded, after the seventh inning, Brooks Conrad to the plate.
Can a tying Grand Slam really be that far behind?
kwajbraves
August 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Wow… Melky have not make contact with the ball in the last 2 at bat. Maybe Conrad can come thru.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Brooks ain’t going deep hitting righty…
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Didn’t need for Melky to clear the sacks there, just get the runner in from third. Terrible at-bat.
Chris from the Rock
August 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Melk Dud= non-tender.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
Brooksy!!!!!
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
CONRAD
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
Brooksy!!
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
YEAH
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
Get Brooks back to the minors, now!!!
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
Ty Conrad
Brava
August 21st, 2010
6:49 pm
YES!!!!!! BROOKSIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Can you believe this kid?!
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
ONE RUN GAME
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Yeah, I was calling for Brooksy early!!!!
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
5-4 yes
J-Hey
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
lol he pulled it out of the ivy!!!
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Outstanding!!
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Just a base knock Brooksey? More, More, More…awesome dude!
Jim
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Fiddlesticks
abwright
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Alright, a bases clearing double and some booting of the baseball by the Cubs. That’ll do.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
BROOKS!!!!
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
5-4 final
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Brooks ain’t going deep hitting righty…
Close enough for disco.
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
BROOOOOOOOOOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Long Time Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Wish Nick would get lost, we can’t win every game, but we might win this one
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Need a clutch 2 out hit
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
I called for Melky there, but that AB shows why he ain’t a big upgrade over Ankiel. He’s an OK hitter but doesn’t have the range to play CF regularly.
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
If it sticks in the Ivy, but if the outfielder grabs the ball, the ball is in play – sucka!!
kwajbraves
August 21st, 2010
6:50 pm
Man, Brooks just miss a Grand slam…
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
HEYWARD = K OR GROUNDOUT ..
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
And this hit was from the right side!
Crime Dog
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
The Late Show starring Brooks Conrad.
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
here’s a chance for heyward
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
Clutch Conrad strikes again!
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
This 8th inning sure feels a lot like the 9th did on Friday….
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
Get Mad JHey.
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
Gonna make J-Hey beat them…come on rookie!!
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
Make ‘em pay Heyward.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
Walking Omar to get to Bust-Ward, LMAO.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
Time to shine J-Hey
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
Looks like this shut Nick up, where do the trolls go when the Braves score?
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:51 pm
another game winning hit?
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
6:52 pm
Damn Brooks nearly went deep righty. The man just has stones.
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
6:52 pm
J-Hey…don’t take a fastball down the middle…
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:52 pm
Didn’t Nick say the final would be 5-1?
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:52 pm
groundout to 2b or k?
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
6:52 pm
Let’s Go Hey-Ward
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
6:52 pm
Hit by pitch!
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
Huge break there.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
Come on Marteeeeen! (And shut up Don!)
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
take one for the team
abwright
August 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
Heyward HBP fills the sacks again.
Marteeeeeeeeeen to the plate.
Could you ask for any better chance to get the tie or the lead?
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
This is fun.
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
Let’s go Prado!!!!!!!!!!!
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
Damn it, I wanted J-Hey to bat.
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
Don’t have TV…did it hit him….hopefully not the thumb.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:53 pm
C’mon Prado
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
OK will we score again:?
J-Hey
August 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
make up error time Marteen
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
Setting up for Lee to either be the hero or the goat.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
would love another double
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
Would kill for a solid single here…go Marteen!!
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
Mudderlandeeeeee for Marteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen
RHR
August 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
So my cousin has nicknamed Heyward ‘’strike one” …
Because he takes the first pitch so often. I mean, I don’t agree, but it is funny.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
CHOKE!
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
D. Lee gonna get a chance in the 9th.
Hold ‘em!
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
6:54 pm
Still got the 9th to go.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
6:55 pm
Prado. great at bat… not a 3 hole hitter.
J-Hey
August 21st, 2010
6:55 pm
really Marteen? an easy grounder?
IVAN ...
August 21st, 2010
6:55 pm
Gonna be a ninth inning win, I feel it!!!!
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:55 pm
he stopped going to right. that’s why prado is struggling to drive in runs.. pitch him away and he’ll groundout to SS
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:55 pm
RHR-
was that you? You changed your name???
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
6:56 pm
So what is Prado’s average with men in scoring position?
Toots
August 21st, 2010
6:56 pm
Wanted Jason to hit! Bad luck there….
abwright
August 21st, 2010
6:56 pm
Prado a weak ground out.
But, a little dose of Every Day Jonny, a little bit of Lee, Diaz, and Gonzalez, a healthy dose of Wagner, and Braves can have their 23rd last AB win.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
6:56 pm
Lee-Diaz-Mac up next inning, hopefully we can score a run or 2
RHR
August 21st, 2010
6:56 pm
cab? no..i just now got home and opened my laptop. that was my first post on this blog since….? yesterday after work..
why?
HomeofdaBrave
August 21st, 2010
6:56 pm
Good grief, as good a hitter Martin is, he is not clutch at all
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:57 pm
RHR-
I meant on Twitter…
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
6:57 pm
Prado is not a three-hole hitter – this I agree with.
I’m not just saying that because he JUST grounded out either.
I think the line-up should be
Prado
Infante
Lee
McCann
Heyward
Gonzalez
Then mix and mash with who-ever Bobby decides to fill out the line-up card with…
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
6:57 pm
Gotta hold ‘em…
Manny
August 21st, 2010
6:57 pm
not good since the DL
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
6:57 pm
Still in it.
abwright
August 21st, 2010
6:57 pm
If the Braves pull this one out, Phillies can suck eggs … Salmonella filled eggs.
richbrave
August 21st, 2010
6:57 pm
Man, BROOKSIE is un-freakin’ real. Did you see that stat through 6 and from the 7th on? Unreal.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
6:58 pm
a storm is rolling in now, lots of thunder. if my satellite goes out ….
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
6:58 pm
Is it just me, or did it look like the ball didn’t hit Heyward, and he was acting?
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
6:58 pm
Melky had a nice two games in a row. That’s his season highlight.
Now I just need to figure out if he’s even more worthless than Ankiel or not.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
6:58 pm
cab – oh…yes. didnt like my first name being in it.
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
6:59 pm
Right, Manny. I mean, Prado is only hitting over .400 since he returned. Brilliant.
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
6:59 pm
Conrad came in slugging .560 w/ 7 HRs in 96 ABs vs righties, .308 w/ no homers in 26 ABs vs. lefties. (Doubled off lefty Marshall in 8th inn today)
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
6:59 pm
Will Marmol try to close it??/
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
6:59 pm
RHR-
Good to know…that would have been kinda freaky if it was someone else
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
7:00 pm
Right, Manny. I mean, Prado is only hitting over .400 since he returned. Brilliant.
But he grounded out in his last AB. On here you’re only as good as your last pitch or AB.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
7:00 pm
darwin barney is a great baseball name?
uh whatever you say, mccarver
Manny
August 21st, 2010
7:00 pm
I was hoping braves would take the lead last inning to give Farnsworth the win and some confidence.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
7:00 pm
Darwin Barney sounds like the nerdy kid on an after school special…
TTTT-Thumbody Thed Thats Thupid
August 21st, 2010
7:00 pm
Datwin Barney has one of those bassackwards names. It should be Barney Darwin.
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
7:01 pm
Maybe we can get some Marmol-aide in the ninth…
jeffrey d
August 21st, 2010
7:01 pm
Guess it was just me
RHR
August 21st, 2010
7:01 pm
johnny vegas strikes again
Manny
August 21st, 2010
7:01 pm
jeffery.. why did Bobby bunt him in the lost the other night? because he is STRUGGLING WITH RISP!
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
7:01 pm
Should we take pledges for charity for the upcoming 9th inning Walk-A-Thon hosted by Marmol?
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
7:02 pm
Hold on to your butts
abwright
August 21st, 2010
7:02 pm
Jonny does another outstanding job. Braves have a chance in the ninth.
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
7:02 pm
Still anyone’s game.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
7:02 pm
DAVID ROSS AGAINST MARMOL
3-3 2 HR
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
7:02 pm
Here we go!
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
7:03 pm
I’ll contribute $0.10 per walk.
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
7:03 pm
Well here we go again…C’mon D-Lee!
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:03 pm
Lee, Diaz (McCann?) and Gonzalez to hit for the Braves.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
7:03 pm
RHR
August 21st, 2010
7:00 pm
darwin barney is a great baseball name?
uh whatever you say, mccarver
This is terribly frightening to me, but I bet you he sees Darwin and Barney together, and somehow comes up with Bam-Bam!
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
7:03 pm
No Manny, Bobby wanted second and third with one out. But since you won’t be convinced carry on with your fairy tales.
richbrave
August 21st, 2010
7:03 pm
DOWN ON THE FARM:
MISSISSIPPI under way this afternoon. Top of the third, 2-0 BRAVES. ERIC DUNCAN HR, ‘45′ 1-1.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
7:03 pm
My guess is Marmol doesn’t blow it this time.
And boy would I hate to be wrong because nothing makes me happier than to see the Braves lose.
abwright
August 21st, 2010
7:03 pm
I think the Negative Nellies should be banned from watching, listening to, or blogging about a Braves game until after the seventh inning.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
7:04 pm
Kimbrel for closer in 2011!!!!!! What a joke –
That man is the closer of the future for the Atlanta Braves or should be given every opportunity to do so in Spring Training next year.
nugget
August 21st, 2010
7:04 pm
that was nasty stuff from Jonny
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:04 pm
Like I said in the 1st, BALLGAME! Braves dug themselves to big of a hole. LVP of the game goes to Prado.
Manny
August 21st, 2010
7:04 pm
Sorry Jeffery. I thought that was ur post… Big tom look up ur RISP for Prado and u’ll see
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
7:04 pm
Where in the world was that pitch
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
PLEASE walk
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
D-Lee, you planning on getting a hit at some point?
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
jeffrey d,
I didn’t think the ball hit Heyward either. Looked like a very good acting job.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
Let the games begin
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
Tying run on base!
abwright
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
First walk of the inning. Derrick Lee on first.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
hard to hit a ball that is no where near the plate…
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
Hinske, automatic K.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
Hinske Meh…
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
So who pinch runs here?
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
7:04 pm
Kimbrel for closer in 2011!!!!!! What a joke –
That man is the closer of the future for the Atlanta Braves or should be given every opportunity to do so in Spring Training next year.
I still like Jonny for that role next year with Kimbrel learning in a set-up role. Just MO.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
Hinske up and the TV says Matt Diaz
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
7:05 pm
No Way Man…C’mon Braves!
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
Who is the Cubs radio color commentator?
The guys sounds like he’s walking to the top of the Sears Tower while calling the game.
abwright
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
Hinske makes a cheap out.
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
wtf, first pitch?
Manny
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
JC.. Would Chipper, Lee, McCann bunt in those situations? NO.. unlike most here.. I have playing and coaching experience
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
Hinske swings at first pitch????
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
Why swing at the 1st pitch???????????
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
Hinske??? Where’s McCann????
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
I can’t remember the last time Hinske did anything productive.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
Eric, that was not what we needed.
You just saw a guy walk on four pitches and you swing at the first pitch?
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
stupid. leadoff walk and hinske swings at the first pitch.. pathetic.. great move bobby… again.
fastasballs
August 21st, 2010
7:06 pm
Would have taken one after 4 straight balls.
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
Yes, I finally agree with Tim McCarver on something…
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
Hinske needs to be benched for that the way Escobar was benched for a mistake.
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
DO NOT SWING THE BAT!!!!!!!!
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
only 1 out
Rob from SC
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
Great job Hinske
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
Freakin if he throws 4 balls in a row you gotta take one!
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
Oh hell, Manny played the coach card…
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
unreal. marmol throws 4 balls to lee and hinske first pitch swings and gives them an easy out.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
This team has way too many losers.
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
McCann on deck to pinch-hit
Monkey
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
I am limp and dehydrated. Stop the beatings, Bitchell.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
So Ross is 3-3 with 2 HRs against Marmol. I bet Bobby Cox pinch-hits for him. Is McCann on-deck?
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
I feel a strikeout coming for Gonzo.
Crime Dog
August 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
Hinske needs to be benched for that the way Escobar was benched for a mistake.
He’s already on the bench.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
Bobby didn’t swing the bat for Hinske for crying out loud Jeff!
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
Tim already calling the game
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
Get this to McCann.
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
Hinske is 3 for 34 in the month of August (before that horrible at bat) and swings at the 1st thing he saw. Even after the pitcher walked the hitter before him.
Baseball smarts?
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
7:08 pm
There is seriously something wrong with these guys that they just can’t get it through their heads to not swing at the first pitch when the guy in front of you walked on four straight.
What the F is that?
What are you thinking?
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
7:09 pm
No DP.
Trey - 10
August 21st, 2010
7:09 pm
Crime Dog, yeah you’re right. It wouldn’t have been much of a difference.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:09 pm
David O’Brien
August 21st, 2010
7:07 pm
McCann on deck to pinch-hit
It should’ve been Lee, McCann, Gonzalez, Ross.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
7:09 pm
K > DP
McCann arises from her afternoon slumber . . .
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:09 pm
Fat @ss up, ballgame.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
7:09 pm
McCann’s our last hope.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
7:09 pm
i meant McFann
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
7:10 pm
C’Mon Mac!!!
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
7:10 pm
If it’s going to happen today, it’ll have to be done by Mac.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
7:10 pm
Come on heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeap!
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:10 pm
please, just a gapper!
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
7:10 pm
I honestly don’t get the sense that Terry Pendleton is talking to these guys or communicating with them in any useful way.
There is no game plan whatsoever.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:10 pm
game over ballgame.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
7:10 pm
Yikes.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
Bad day.
Get them tomorrow.
Go Strasburg!
abwright
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
Oh well. Hope Strasburg brings his A game against the Phillies tonight.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
That was a pathetic AB. McCann sucks.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
McCann couldn’t hit either of those pitches with a telephone poll
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
McCann looked bad in that at bat. Oh, well. Ballgame.
Manny
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
We lost that with all the errors early
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
Enter your comments here
Braves One
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
The silly out by Hinske gave Marmol his confidence back…
kwajbraves
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
Tough luck… We’ll get them tommorow.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
pathetic. hinske killed that inning and so did that HOF manager.
CaptainMudderland
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
Marmol dealing–give him credit…..oh well!
Chop It Up All-Star
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
Tough one to lose, but at least that fought back. Go get ‘em tomorrow. Go Nats!!
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
7:11 pm
argh…. i was really nervous when he put McCann in. i’m a big McCann fan, but he’s looked absolutely silly at the plate lately.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
7:13 pm
Mac does a lot of things well, but pinch hit ain’t usually one of ‘em.
Jay Dubu
August 21st, 2010
7:13 pm
Braves struck out 10 times yesterday, and 13 today.
Monkey Spank
August 21st, 2010
7:13 pm
Bitchell will be spanking me all night long as laments the horror of a Brave loss. “Why couldn’t the Braves score just two more runs, oh why? McCann sucked in that pinch hit AB, Hinske swung at the first pitch he saw, Tommy was off his game, why, why, why?”
N Nineeeeeeeeeee
August 21st, 2010
7:13 pm
Venters is your 2011 closer.
Prado Choked
August 21st, 2010
7:14 pm
This on is on Marteen. And people wonder why Bobby had him bunt the other day. Of course he screwed that up too.
Manny
August 21st, 2010
7:14 pm
I would’ve batted McCann with no outs instead of Hinske.. less pressure with probably better results.. too tough to get 2 out hits every 2 innings in a row and win with 2 out 2 nights in a row.
But a good try on the come back. made it interesting. we’re going to lose 60 games this yr so that’s just 1 of those.
njbraves
August 21st, 2010
7:14 pm
This ones on Hanson and the shoddy defense.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:14 pm
Waaay too many losers on the team.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
7:14 pm
Btw, I meant the names Darwin and Barney. I should have been more clear on that.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
7:14 pm
To be honest, I had no confidence that McCann would come through there. He’s not showed much lately.
Sorry, McFann, if you read this, but gotta call em like I see em.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:15 pm
Ryan Zimmerman to bat with two runners on base, top of the first.
Go Nats!
Long Time Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
7:15 pm
Don’t know why Mitchell and Nick post on this blog, they do not like the Braves, they take great pleasure when we lose.
IVAN ...
August 21st, 2010
7:15 pm
Tough one to stomach.. Hinske swinging when a strike hasn’t been close killed it.
Failure to advance runners keeps on happening.
Coxie….
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
7:15 pm
yeah, this loss was totally on us. it’s tough to win when you make 3 errors, have your starting pitcher give up 5, and decide not to start scoring runs until the 8th inning. gotta win tomorrow…
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
7:15 pm
Nats have Strasburg tonight.
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
7:16 pm
Maybe Strassburg will pitch like his paycheck tonight.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
7:16 pm
Walks and errors get you almost every time. Gave up five runs- two of ‘em walked their way on and one was unearned.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:16 pm
The key was Hinske’s at-bat. Why would he swing at the first pitch after a walk?
Brava
August 21st, 2010
7:16 pm
Yep, tomorrow is another game and we can take the series.
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
7:17 pm
Well, Nick, you were right. They didn’t pull it off. That’s what happens when a team relies too much on the big inning. If they’d played baseball other than in the eighth, they would’ve won.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:17 pm
Prado is NOT A 3 HOLE HITTER whatsoever. and just turned the phillies game on and the crowd roared when they saw the Final of this teams game. they screamed and clapped. Hey Braves why dont u score in the first 2 or 3 innings then u wont have to worry about coming back every time. The Pressure is ON now boys. get ur act together and Start scoring before the 5th.
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
7:18 pm
Don’t know why Mitchell and Nick post on this blog, they do not like the Braves, they take great pleasure when we lose.
Clearly. But at least they are only happy about 1 out of every 3 games. Let ‘em b***ch if that is the only good thing they have in their lives.
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
7:18 pm
Brava, agreed. Like I said, I love McCann, but he’s looked like a completely different batter the past week or two. Like he’s not seeing the ball well or something. I get why Bobby brought him in (i mean he’s still Brian McCann), but B-Mac is gonna have to pull it together fast if we’re gonna have a shot at this thing. He’s not gettin’ it done at all right now.
And yeah, Prado was horrendous today. But you can’t rag him too much since he’s been about the only consistent batter we’ve had all season (except for maybe Infante). If Prado lost us the game today, he’s won us about 10 others.
Toots
August 21st, 2010
7:19 pm
Why didn’t bobby have Hinske BUNT>> move the runner over make the pitcher nervous.. do something to get a man in scoring position….. Guess I’ll stop screaming at the TV
IVAN ...
August 21st, 2010
7:19 pm
Cubs have LOST 30 one run games.
They should have won this one going up 5-0.
Coxie should have taken Hanson out early on before we got in such a deep hole.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
7:19 pm
A Braves loss combined with McCarver’s non stop assault on my intelligence makes for a long game.
Wow...
August 21st, 2010
7:19 pm
Martin Prado and Brian Mccann. It’s a shame the two best hitters on the team are also the most unclutch.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
7:20 pm
Manny- we’re going to lose 60 games this yr so that’s just 1 of those.
Now that’s an intelligent remark, though I expect us to lose more like 67 or 68. If the Phils win more than 95 then they earned the division. Way too many Chicken Littles ’round these parts.
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
7:20 pm
The key was Hinske’s at-bat. Why would he swing at the first pitch after a walk?
I’m looking at the box score and I see 23 LOB and you want to hang it all on Hinske for a pinch hit fail? That makes sense.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:20 pm
nats up 1-0 bases loaded kendrick walked 4 so far.
Long Time Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
7:20 pm
Please don’t talk to Nick, you only encoureage him.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:21 pm
The Nationals score on a two-out bases-loaded walk.
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
7:21 pm
Tim McCarver is to baseball as cancer is to the human body
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:22 pm
Prado pretty much killed the team today. Hanson didn’t help but he has been lights out he last 10 or so starts. This just isn’t a very good team.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
7:22 pm
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
7:16 pm
Maybe Strassburg will pitch like his paycheck tonight.
All those 0s posted by the opposing team would sure look nice, wouldn’t they?!
DC Brave
August 21st, 2010
7:22 pm
Nats up 3-0 PUDGE!!!
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
7:22 pm
“Tim McCarver is to baseball as cancer is to the human body”
What does that make Joe Morgan?
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:22 pm
NATS UP 3-0 PUDGE bases loaded single.. still 1st and 2nd 2 out
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
7:22 pm
3-0 Nats so far
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
7:22 pm
Great start in Philly.
IVAN ...
August 21st, 2010
7:23 pm
Toots — Great point, I have always said bunt more than play for the big ‘homer’ inning.
Not in Coxie’s game plan. Never has been. Just like leaving a pitcher in too long.
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
7:23 pm
Nats taking it to the Phils early.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
7:24 pm
There’s no need to single out any player, too many things contributed to the loss. It was just an all around bad game. They can’t win them all.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:24 pm
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
7:20 pm
I’m looking at the box score and I see 23 LOB and you want to hang it all on Hinske for a pinch hit fail? That makes sense.
I looked at the box score the entire evening (following the game on GameDay, just as yesterday and the day before, and the day before that and so on…). Yes, that at-bat was key, because Marmol was all-over the place yesterday and had just walked Lee to start the inning. It was just a matter of knowing who’s pitching.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:24 pm
nats up 3-0 and Utley robbed harris of a hit. Strasburg to the Bump.
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
7:24 pm
Great point, I have always said bunt more than play for the big ‘homer’ inning.
Not in Coxie’s game plan. Never has been. Just like leaving a pitcher in too long.
But when he had Prado bunt many on this blog said he was a moron.
Toots
August 21st, 2010
7:24 pm
Don’t know why Mitchell and Nick post on this blog,
They do because there team doesn’t have any kind of blog worth posting on..
don’t respond to any of their comments and they will just be posting without getting you riled up.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
7:25 pm
GO NATS!!!!
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
7:25 pm
Nick 3.0, this isn’t a terrible team by any stretch of the imagination. This is an amazing pitching staff with an amazing bullpen and an inconsistent offense.
The good news is that with all the money we’ll be freeing up in the next couple of years (au revoir, Derek Lowe), we can fix the offense pretty easily, so i expect that part of the team to get a lot better. The pitching should continue to be fantastic (and i think it will get better).
To be honest, i have kind of a bad feeling about this year, but i think this team has a very bright future and will be a contender for years to come.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:25 pm
The Phils will come back, they actually start their comback early in the game.
Tomas
August 21st, 2010
7:26 pm
Good thing Strasburg is pitching today.
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
7:27 pm
Yes, that at-bat was key, because Marmol was all-over the place yesterday and had just walked Lee to start the inning. It was just a matter of knowing who’s pitching.
If you say so. A run is a run and it doesn’t matter if it comes early in the game or late with the bases juiced. They had plenty of opportunities to score today and missed almost all of them. Even if Hinske hadn’t swung at that pitch, there’s no guarantee he gets a run home. If he had struck out would that have been better?
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
7:28 pm
>i> “Tim McCarver is to baseball as cancer is to the human body”
What does that make Joe Morgan?
Typhoid Mary
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
7:28 pm
Guess I was right to call ballgame in the third inning.
I think I should get some credit for that. Just calling it like I see it.
I mean, the grounds for Terry Pendleton’s dismissal from this team are too many to count. It’s unbelievable.
Some of you people act like the Braves have won the World Series four years in a row or something. They haven’t won a playoff game in five years. They’ve finished no higher than third in any of the last four years. They should have made the playoffs last year but completely choked in the final week of the season and in so doing showed what little heart and toughness they possess.
I have almost no reason to think that they won’t blow this thing and not even make the playoffs and I’m not saying that because of one damn game.
I believed they could win the division from the beginning and predicted it in Spring Training. They’ve had a great year to this point and if they can’t overcome all the injuries and aren’t able to hold off the Phillies I can understand that.
But if you’re seriously asking me to have faith in a team with Bobby Cox and Terry Pendleton still at the helm, you’re asking too much.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:28 pm
Great to see Nick 3.0 predicting a comeback. Wait, who is he rooting for??? Yeah, sure, the Phillies (shocker!!!).
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
7:29 pm
No Bitchell you WEREN’T right. A baseball game is not over until its completion.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
7:30 pm
I would not have bunted Hinski, it would not have hurt my feelings had he taken a pitch.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:30 pm
The Cub’s pitcher we are facing tomorrow is 5-11, we’re screwed.
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
7:30 pm
not sure what that makes Joe Morgan.
Tim McCarver is just an absolute enigma to me… how he get in his current position is baffling. He’s not interesting to listen to, he doesn’t EVER make interesting observations, he had a good career but he’s far from being some sort of legend, and he’s blatantly biased in every broadcast he does. What Fox executive is sitting in their ivory tower saying “thank goodness we have McCarver. don’t know where we’d be without him… make sure we lock that guy down long term.”
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
7:31 pm
The Phils will come back, they actually start their comback early in the game.
Since you seem so confident, I’ll make you a bet: my paycheck against your allowance. How much do your parents give again?
Manny
August 21st, 2010
7:31 pm
Prado has 6 RBIs in the last 21 games.. not a number u want batting 3rd. My line up against righties. Infante, Ankiel, Lee, McCann, Prado, Heyward, Gonz, Cabrera, pitcher
against lefties: Infante, Prado, Lee, Diaz, Gonz, Heyward, Ross, Cabrera, pitcher
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:31 pm
Salty Dawg – Hinske striking out better than flying on the first pitch? Maybe. He couldn’t have strikeout on 1 pitch, but he could have certainly put some pressure on all-over-the-place-Marmol.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:31 pm
1 2 3 bot of the first strasburg lookin good so far 8 to go
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
7:32 pm
Three up, three down.
LuisG Win-it-4-Bobby-n-Chipper!
August 21st, 2010
7:32 pm
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:30 pm
The Cub’s pitcher we are facing tomorrow is 5-11, we’re screwed.
Nick, the Philles are not facing the Cubs tomorrow…
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
7:34 pm
Hinske striking out better than flying on the first pitch? Maybe. He couldn’t have strikeout on 1 pitch, but he could have certainly put some pressure on all-over-the-place-Marmol.
Okay, if you feel compelled to hang the loss on one player go for it. I disagree, but you’re entitled to your opinion.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
7:34 pm
At least we can be grateful Manny is not making out the line up.
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
7:35 pm
Mitchell, i may get blasted on here for sympathizing with you, but i do sort of feel your pain. I think you’re a little too negative, but as someone who watched this team crush my hopes year in and year out growing up, i’m slow to trust that this team is for real too. As much as i’ve always loved the Braves, they’ve always felt like the boy who cried wolf to me… they keep sucking me in and letting me down year after year. So coming into this year, i was skeptical too.
But the thing is, they’re fun to watch and they’re still our team. And I think you have to get to a point (and this is something i struggle with all the time) where you don’t get too obsessed with whether we’re going to win it all and just enjoy the ebb and flow of it. I think because of the overhyped attention that the media and fans and sports talk people place on “how many championships have they won???”, we lose sight of that and think “well, if they don’t win it all it’s a waste of my time”. But the thing is, soooooo much luck goes into winning a title, especially in baseball more than any other sport. So when people get obsessed with that stuff, i just have to tune it out and hope for the best.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:36 pm
I would release Hinske and Melky before tomorrow and bring up Freeman and Young. Lineup: LF Infante, 2B Prado, RF Heyward, 1B Lee, C McCann, SS Gonzalez, 3B Conrad, CF Ankiel. Lineup still sucks but no Melky, Hinske, or Diaz.
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
7:36 pm
Nyger Morgan
I Love Derrek Lee (formerly I Hate Liberty Media/I Hate Troy Glaus)
August 21st, 2010
7:36 pm
We’ll get ‘em tomorrow…hopefully.
Until then, I have a book recommendation for Braves’ fans: “The Last Hero – A Life of Henry Aaron” by Howard Bryant. It provides a detailed account of Aaron’s life and career. The book is poorly edited, but it’s filled with lots of interesting information about #44 and the history of the Braves franchise. I wasn’t around ’til the very end of Aaron’s career, so most of the info in the book was no to me.
Long Time Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
7:37 pm
Thank you Toots
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
7:37 pm
How can anyone hang this loss on one person. damn
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:38 pm
and the Nats run themselves out of scorin another run. morgan tryin to score on a dribbler right to Kendrick.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
7:38 pm
Nick 3.0
The Cub’s pitcher we are facing tomorrow is 5-11, we’re screwed.
Bring it. He’s the type of pitcher the Braves eat for lunch.
.585
August 21st, 2010
7:39 pm
Brooksie can’t do it all the time. Damned if he doesn’t try though.
Horrible AB by Hinske & Mac…..absolutely pitiful….Melke too.
Long Time Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
7:39 pm
How can we get Mitchell and Nick banned from blog, they have nothing constuctive to say.
Manny
August 21st, 2010
7:40 pm
Ankiel hit when he was second and on good baseball teams #5 is ur next leadoff.. Prado… Ankiel is not an 8th hitter because he puts too much pressure on himself because the pitcher is next. Lee is the only true #3 hitter we have now (HR/RBI guy). He will hit when he realizes he doesn’t have to win every game like he was relied upon with the cubs. Diaz has earned the 4 spot against lefties
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
7:41 pm
Don’t worry, folks. The Braves, a first-place club in late August, will soon hire Nick to clean house. A This 72-51 team just isn’t cutting it. It’s time for the youth movement. I encourage each of you to trust the front office. Nick’s vast baseball knowledge is exactly what this organization needs.
In Nick we trust.
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
7:42 pm
I’m starting to miss Troy Glaus.
Mitchell
August 21st, 2010
7:43 pm
You know, all you eternal optimists on here are really great and admirable human beings I’m sure but I’m inclined to think that the Braves themselves would actually appreciate their fans being a little more tough on them for underperforming like most fans in other cities who actually give a s***.
You don’t hear Yankee fans just shrugging off losses and saying “It’s just one game man,” when they lose to teams like the Orioles or Mariners in the middle of a playoff race.
No, they boo and rip their players when they don’t get the job done, New York sports radio hosts pick apart the game and question every move by Joe Girardi and the newspapers write ridiculous, scathing headlines.
But am I asking for all that? No. I would just like it if some of you didn’t act like such p***ies when people criticized this team for not playing sound, fundamental baseball and for losing to the hapless Chicago Cubs.
Long Time Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
7:15 pm
Don’t know why Mitchell and Nick post on this blog, they do not like the Braves, they take great pleasure when we lose.
Oh yes. Clearly I’m pleased that they lost. You totally nailed it.
You know, you and I are not that dissimilar. I too am a very long time Braves fan but unlike you, I’m a long time Braves fan who wishes Bobby Cox had been fired a long time ago. I’m a long time Braves fan that has seen his team lose enough times in the playoffs to know that they probably will again if in fact they make it.
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
7:43 pm
Please, Bobby Cox, do not ever start Rick Ankiel against a lefty
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
7:44 pm
BREAKING NEWS:
Mitchell has been hired as the Braves new president of baseball operations. Mitchell, another long-tenured blogger better known by his nickname “Eeyore,” brings a wealth of baseball knowledge with him to Atlanta. Mitchell joins Nick as the new faces of Braves baseball, which is in desperate need of front-office change, considering the team is only at 72 wins in late August. They were expected to win every game.
Stay tuned to the DOB blog for more updates.
.585
August 21st, 2010
7:44 pm
Hanson lovers…..how’s that relationship working out huh?
Keep on kissin’ his pimply white a@@.
Nick 3.0
August 21st, 2010
7:44 pm
I’m out of here. Closing thoughts: The Braves WILL NOT win the division and they certainly won’t win the Wild Card. Every other team in the league that is legit, has widened their lead in their respective divisions; well, all of them except the Braves. This team relies heavily on walks because they can’t hit….at all. They will once again crush all of your hopes like they have done the past 20 years. Personally, I don’t buy into the bulls***. Evening folks. Braves suck.
Long Time Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
7:45 pm
I am out of here, hope Nats win tonight and we win tomorrow
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
7:46 pm
Nationals 3 Phillies 0, bottom 2nd
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
7:46 pm
And with that, Nick has gracefully departed. The future’s bright with Nick at the helm, folks. Optimism abounds!
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
7:47 pm
Mitchell, if there’s one thing in the world i pray i never become like, it’s a NY Yankees fan. i think when you live in NY your life is so miserable that your entire existence depends on how your sports team does. if we become like then, i’d say we have some serious priority issues.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
7:47 pm
Mixxo flip flops more than a fish outa water.
.585
August 21st, 2010
7:47 pm
….and another thing……lay off Mitchell! He’s one of the few here that “get it.”
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
7:49 pm
I love how Nick left us with his ever-insightful “closing thoughts.” We were eagerly awaiting your synopsis of the Braves’ current state. Good to know I no longer have to watch. Nick, in his infinite wisdom, informed us the Braves won’t win the division or the wildcard. Pack it up, guys and gals. It’s over. Why?
Because in Nick we trust.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
7:49 pm
Hanson did not have his best stuff today. Add some bad luck … broken bat RBI single …. another RBI single off a guys shoe tops … add some shoddy defense and there you go.
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
7:50 pm
Right, .585, Mitchell “gets it.” He needs to get professional help and avoid sharp objects. You are somebody, Mitchell. You are somebody.
Long Time Braves Fan
August 21st, 2010
7:50 pm
Parting thought OH NO.585 YOU ARE ONE OF THEM, a Braves hater.
.585
August 21st, 2010
7:50 pm
cheshire – It’s not life or death Chief. It’s a game. Some are passionate about their game, some aren’t. Simple really.
Moe Berg
August 21st, 2010
7:51 pm
“Every other team in the league that is legit, has widened their lead in their respective divisions; well, all of them except the Braves.”
Really? The defending World Series champions (and the team with the best record in baseball) has a smaller lead in their division than the Braves.
IVAN ...
August 21st, 2010
7:52 pm
DAMN………….
westgadave
August 21st, 2010
7:52 pm
MItchell…Im just curious, but who would you like to see at the helm for the Braves? You constantly criticize Bobby but I dont recall ever reading you suggest who you think would do a better job nor where you get all your expertise as a student of the game and who or what consititutes a good or a great manager.
Apparently 2500 wins, 15 division titles, 5 WS appearances and 3 or manager of the year awards doesnt mean much to you….so seriously who should it be in your esteemed opinion?
Rob from SC
August 21st, 2010
7:53 pm
Hanson gave up a bunch of crap hits again…He needs to throw more fastballs
.585
August 21st, 2010
7:53 pm
Long Time Braves Fan – I hate “losing” the way we do/did. Getting beat is one thing, beating ourselves is another and yeah, I have a hard time with the latter.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
7:53 pm
Mitchell, I saw what the Yankees and NY did to Javy Vazquez, a guy who was an ace with the Braves. Maybe some players, who are prima donnas can thrive in that environment because they are so full of themselves that they don’t care what the fans or media think about them. From my experience, New Yorkers aren’t generally nice people. I’m glad the majority of Atlanta fans aren’t like that and actually support the players when they aren’t perfect.
If you are looking for perfection or no losses, even the Yankees can’t help you.
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
7:53 pm
Now, Moe Berg, don’t go arguing with facts. That isn’t Nick’s way. No, Nick says the Braves aren’t going to win the division, nor gain a wildcard berth. It’s over. According to the all-knowing Nick and his crystal ball, we Braves fans should pack up the tents and focus on football.
In Nick we trust.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
7:54 pm
You know, all you eternal optimists on here are really great and admirable human beings I’m sure but I’m inclined to think that the Braves themselves would actually appreciate their fans being a little more tough on them for underperforming like most fans in other cities who actually give a s***.
That’s exactly the problem. They’re not underperforming. They have the second-best record in the NL. That is, under no circumstances, “underperforming.” Answer me this honestly: did you expect them to do this well at the beginning of the season? I sure didn’t. There were a hell of a lot of question marks for this team going in to the season, and the club has responded more than admirably.
The entire premise for your posts is faulty. Your expectations for this team range from extremely lofty to unreasonable. That, and you can’t see the big picture. You take take every at-bat, pitch, every game and turn it into a microcosm of their entire season. It’s a faulty philosophy for major league baseball. Works really well for football, though, but I can’t imagine how a guy like you can handle an entire football season without stroking out. It demonstrates your fanhood, certainly, but it also demonstrates your lack of understanding of the game. Baseball isn’t meant to be analyzed pitch-by-pitch. That’s why they play 162, champ.
.585
August 21st, 2010
7:55 pm
I’ll say it again….Hanson’s an overrated joke!
The A Bomb
August 21st, 2010
7:57 pm
MISTERRRRRRRR……..KENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEDDDDDDYYYYYY……
4-0 Nats
Brava
August 21st, 2010
7:57 pm
Nats 4
Phils 0
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:57 pm
4-0 NATS. 1ST AND 2ND 0 OUTS. KEEP ADDING ON.. why cant the Braves do this. SCORE First and Earlyy..
njbraves
August 21st, 2010
7:57 pm
Mitchell….. We all hate to see them lose, but you have to remember it’s a long season. Every team has ups and downs. You call “ballgame” every time they are trailing, it’s just ridiculous. Then you want us to give you credit when you’re right?? Come on man, realize that they are just as good as any NL team, and enjoy the ride.
westgadave
August 21st, 2010
7:58 pm
Mitchell, I am begging you to answer my question….I really want to know who in your mind would do a significantly better job than Bobby has year in and year our for the last 20 years?
Brava
August 21st, 2010
7:58 pm
A Bomb
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
7:59 pm
Fun fact:
Coming into today’s play, the Braves were 8-2 in their last 10 games.
The Phillies were 7-3.
They’re sure coming on fast…
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
7:59 pm
Bases Loaded nobody outtt…. 4-0 Nats.
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
7:59 pm
Fellow bloggers–Here’s a hypothetical scenerio: It’s a one game playoff against the Phillies. Who do the Braves start? Tim Hudson isn’t available, because he pitched yesterday. And for the sake of this scenerio, everyone else is available. Who would you start?
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
8:00 pm
Jair Jurrjens or Tommy Hanson, Playoffs. I’m happy with either one of the two.
Wow...
August 21st, 2010
8:01 pm
Jurrjens, no question.
.585
August 21st, 2010
8:01 pm
Playoffs!!!! -
Jurrjens!
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
8:01 pm
Now, at least according to .585, Hanson is “an overrated joke.” Good to know. Because I could have sworn he allowed just one run or fewer in his past five starts, dropping his ERA a full point to 3.41 before today.
Not that it matters. .585 says he’s “an overrated joke.” How dare he give up five runs in six innings. Get his red-headed butt out of here.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
8:02 pm
I’d go with Jurrjens.
The A Bomb
August 21st, 2010
8:03 pm
Strasburg is fast!
5-0 WASHINGTON
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
8:03 pm
A Bomb – you’re running off the screen there but I think I know whose name you’re spelling
Yeah Nats!
Big Tom Callahan
August 21st, 2010
8:04 pm
Wait, Steve, you can’t hear the Phillies train baring down? Those same Phillies who are down 5-0 in the top of the third to the Nats?
That just can’t be. Nick says so.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
8:04 pm
In the top of the first McCarver went to great lengths to explain that Heyward has a hurt thumb but fortunately it does not hurt when he hits. Great lengths
Then he called Marteeen , MartIn.
In the bottom of the first, when Ramirez was trying for second on his single, McCarver said ” that’s great base running, just great”
No it’s not, it was stupid base running. Ramirez should have been out by 10 or more feet. It was stupid base running that ended with a good result.
And it went down hill from there.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
8:04 pm
5-0 Nats!
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
8:04 pm
Big Tom–I’m just delusional from the fear. They’re too scary.
I’m scared.
The A Bomb
August 21st, 2010
8:05 pm
Kennneddddyy.
Wagner still plans to retire, Mets may limit Niese’s work
August 21st, 2010
8:05 pm
[...] still plans to retire after this season, as David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution writes here. The option, which is worth $6.5 million, kicked in when Wagner reached 50 games [...]
Brava
August 21st, 2010
8:06 pm
Oh, and don’t forget, he called Omar “Infantee” all game, Bat.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
8:07 pm
The A Bomb
August 21st, 2010
8:05 pm
Kennneddddyy.
I got it A Bomb!
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
8:08 pm
Exactly right Steve ….. Mitchell thinks they underperform ……….. I think they get everything they can from what they have to work with. .. And Mitchell talks about others wearing rose colored glasses.
joe
August 21st, 2010
8:08 pm
Jurrjens..because for whatever reason Hanson seems to bring along some bad team defensive juju with him.Not Hanson’s fault but for some reason the errors creep up when he’s pitching.
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
8:08 pm
Yes, I agree with y’all. But at the first sign of trouble, I bring in Venters and let him pitch as long as he can. And then close the deal with a rested Seito and Wagner
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
8:09 pm
Playoffs–Venters is the guy I want pitching to Ryan Howard in that big moment with 2 on and 2 outs late in the game. Venters will eat his lunch.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
8:10 pm
Brava _
McCarver drives me over the edge. I wonder if this is how Mitchell feels?
BravesFanChris25
August 21st, 2010
8:13 pm
5-0
The A Bomb
August 21st, 2010
8:13 pm
Funny….. a few months ago WHO THE HELL IS JONNY VENTERS?
That’s why some of this prospect talk is fine, but teams get better in a big hurry when the unexpected draftee REALLY steps up.
We forget that while we rip Hanson he was a 22nd round pick. Not bad.
Venters: 30th round, 2003. Wow.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
8:17 pm
Braves know how to draft pitchers, always have. Sometimes some of the late round guys turn out to be the real gems!
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
8:18 pm
Maybe it’s just that I don’t think gross incompetence should be rewarded.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
8:18 pm
Venters is off the charts amazing. I don’t remember ever having so much confidence in a reliever to get the job done, no matter the situation.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
8:20 pm
And now I sound like Mitchell………….. The McCarver meltdown is complete.
IVAN ...
August 21st, 2010
8:20 pm
Replace Coxie with who?
I say spend the money and hire Dusty Baker.
He hasn’t committed to the Reds yet………
And hire a hitting coach who can help this team…
Brava
August 21st, 2010
8:21 pm
Bat, maybe that’s how Mitchell feels about Bobby, but I can’t understand that. He’s not perfect, but he gets if right most of the time.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
8:22 pm
Bat, maybe that’s how Mitchell feels about Bobby, but I can’t understand that. He’s not perfect, but he gets it right most of the time.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
8:23 pm
Oops.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
8:24 pm
Wilkin Ramirez and Freddie Freeman with HR for Gwinnett tonight. Freddie also with the BB.
Ramirez might end up being a shrewd pickup for FW. Could prove valuable as a fill-in at some point.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
8:24 pm
A Bomb – Tommy and Jonny are perfect proof of the saying – it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
8:25 pm
I say spend the money and hire Dusty Baker
Dear Lord, no. You think Cox abuses Venters? Wait ’till Dusty gets ahold of him. And Minor. And Hanson. And whoever else is pitching well at the time.
Crime Dog
August 21st, 2010
8:25 pm
I say spend the money and hire Dusty Baker.
What have Tommy Hanson, Jair Jurrjens and Mike Minor’s UCLs ever done to you?
IVAN ...
August 21st, 2010
8:29 pm
damn…………………………………….
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
8:29 pm
Brava _
Yeah, McCarver driving me nuts is reasonable because McCarver is an idiot. Mitchell is unreasonably crazy when it come to the Braves.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
8:30 pm
Nats 5
Phils 1
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
8:32 pm
What inning Brava?
.585
August 21st, 2010
8:32 pm
Phils are layin’ in the weeds……like a snake.
MIBraveeeeesFan
August 21st, 2010
8:33 pm
They shoot snakes don’t they?
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
8:34 pm
Phils are layin’ in the weeds……like a snake.
Ah…funny how the tone changes. Yesterday they were “coming on fast!” Now they’re “layin’ in the weeds.”
You’re a funny guy, Mixxo. But we’re not laughing with you…
Brava
August 21st, 2010
8:35 pm
fifth inning
RHR
August 21st, 2010
8:35 pm
Brava
August 21st, 2010
7:57 pm
Nats 4
Phils 0
But its a professional 4-0.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
8:36 pm
Like a professional 0-4 from Loaf, RHR?
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
8:36 pm
And the Phillies are losing 5-1 to the Nats in the fifth inning. Braves and Phillies have been in lockstep for a while now.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
8:36 pm
2 months ago it was “the phillies are coming, it won’t be long now” …
Rob from SC
August 21st, 2010
8:37 pm
The reason why HAnson gives up so many hits with 2 strikes is that he is predictable…When he gets to 2 strikes it is always a breaking ball…He needs to use his fastball to blow hitters away…He also needs to throw the fastball up and also inside…Everything is away…Mix up his pitches and he will be even better
.585
August 21st, 2010
8:37 pm
Tone hasn’t changed Genius, they’re comin’ alright and not even breathin’ hard!
RHR
August 21st, 2010
8:37 pm
Zackly right, Steve. The Phillies should sign Loaf. They may be scared of all that professionalism under one roof.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
8:38 pm
Big fan of Strasburg…..right now
joe
August 21st, 2010
8:38 pm
Is the rule on the wildcard still in place where you cant play the same team in your division in the first round or did they nix that?
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
8:38 pm
Too much professionalism for the Philly faithful to handle, I think. Ruben Jr.’s got a bottom line to think about, after all…
RHR
August 21st, 2010
8:39 pm
Wow. Not even breathing hard after almost 3 months of chasing us?
More professional and gritty than I thought!
IVAN ...
August 21st, 2010
8:40 pm
dob —
Phillies seem to play better ’small ball’ than the Braves.
They have a more speed oriented approach, which I hope someday we will have.
Current regime here will have to depart before I see that happening…………
DR. IVAN
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
8:41 pm
Crap Strasburg leaving with injury
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
8:42 pm
was grabbing his elbow…….not good
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
8:42 pm
there goes the win for the Nats.. hes comin out.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
8:43 pm
Uh oh, Strasburg is out, Stammen in.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
8:43 pm
oh noez! here come teh professionals!
RHR
August 21st, 2010
8:44 pm
welp, i’m going to eat before the sky falls.
later, taters.
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
8:45 pm
The entire premise for your posts is faulty. Your expectations for this team range from extremely lofty to unreasonable. That, and you can’t see the big picture. You take take every at-bat, pitch, every game and turn it into a microcosm of their entire season. It’s a faulty philosophy for major league baseball. Works really well for football, though, but I can’t imagine how a guy like you can handle an entire football season without stroking out. It demonstrates your fanhood, certainly, but it also demonstrates your lack of understanding of the game. Baseball isn’t meant to be analyzed pitch-by-pitch. That’s why they play 162, champ.
STOP!!! TOO…MUCH…COMMON SENSE. CAN’T…BREATH.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
8:46 pm
What if Strasburg became Mark Prior? Would the Nats franchise survive?
Crime Dog
August 21st, 2010
8:48 pm
What if Strasburg became Mark Prior? Would the Nats franchise survive?
I know I would actually feel bad for them. That would be a pretty demoralizing loss for a franchise that hasn’t had much to be happy about.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
8:49 pm
JC bravo
Kinda sucks how Jordan Zimmerman, John Lanna, Stephen Strasburg are all having injury problems..They are actually a very good group of pitchers.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
8:51 pm
Phuck the Phils
Salty Dawg
August 21st, 2010
8:51 pm
You know, it’s pretty obvious that certain people on this blog simply can’t enjoy the good things in life. The Braves are in first place, have the second best record in baseball, have held the Philthies in second place for months now, are playing as a team that always seems to have somebody different step up, and have certainly been exciting to watch. In other words, they are winning. And no matter how many games they win, there is a contingent of folks here that will find some fault to complain about. The manager sucks, the hitting sucks, the pitchers suck, etc., etc. Talk about a glass half empty outlook on life. Try to enjoy the little things fellas. It’s all we get in life.
.585
August 21st, 2010
8:53 pm
Professionals never quit.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
8:54 pm
Howard-Fat
Utley-kool
Rollins-over rated
Polanco- under rated
Werth- wife banger
Victorino- douchebag
Ibanez- plain out fugly
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
8:55 pm
If Strasburg did bust out I’d guess you wouldn’t see any $15MM guaranteed contracts handed out to draft picks for awhile…
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
August 21st, 2010
8:55 pm
In 3-4 years the Nationals are gonna be serious WS contenders
ryan
August 21st, 2010
8:55 pm
IVAN hire Baker hell he has been around forever to with no ring. Freeman #17 cant wait till next year.
IVAN ...
August 21st, 2010
8:59 pm
RYAN………. And your choices??????
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
8:59 pm
I think it’s kinda obvious that Fredi will be the guy next year.
IVAN ...
August 21st, 2010
9:04 pm
I’d vote for Fredi, yes I would. Gotta be an up-grade…………
TP must go…………..
DOESN’T HAVE TO LEAVE, BUT HE CAN’T STAY HERE !!!!!!!!!!!
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
9:05 pm
MASN really tried to hype an upcoming Nats-Pirates game.
Every game has a DEFINING MOMENT. Maholm, Zimmerman….who will own it?
Funny stuff…
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
9:08 pm
Morse, Resop. Who will blow it?
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
9:08 pm
Rob Dibble just compared the Strasburg situation to Prior since Riggleman happened to manage both.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
9:09 pm
Funny Steve.
Where did everybody go? Sick of all the Bitchelling?
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
9:12 pm
i said it earlier and I’ll say it again; Hanson hasn’t learned to pitch when he doesn’t have his good stuff. Until he does, you can expect 2-4 good starts then a mess like this without fail.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
9:14 pm
Have there been any hints about who the manager will be next year? I can’t imagine it would be TP, as he has zero experience. In fact, if it was TP, I’d become a Mets fan in protest.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
9:17 pm
Still 5-1 Nats going into the 7th.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
9:18 pm
Baseball is a funny game. Check out these two wikipedia excerpts. Braves and Twins ended up with their “Face of the Franchise” the exact same way 11 years apart. Prior obviously had a bit more success, but the parallel is still remarkable…
In 2001, Prior re-entered the draft, and was considered by some to be the top prospect, but the Minnesota Twins, who had the top pick, were warned that Prior didn’t want to play for them. Fearing signability problems,[1] the Twins opted to take local talent catcher Joe Mauer, leaving Prior to be taken 2nd overall by the Chicago Cubs.
“After he completed his high school career at the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, Jones was selected by the Atlanta Braves with the 1st pick overall in the 1990 amateur draft.[3] Jones was not the Braves original choice in the draft. General Manager Bobby Cox had been looking at Todd Van Poppel, but Van Poppel said he would not sign if he was drafted by Atlanta.”
Brava
August 21st, 2010
9:18 pm
Dan, no. Most think it will be Fredi Gonzalez.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
9:32 pm
I really have no fear that it would be TP, but I suppose I could see either Fredi or Ned Yost if they could pry him away.
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
9:32 pm
.585, did you actually call me “chief”?
DiamondbackMac
August 21st, 2010
9:36 pm
Don’t forget about the dark horse candidate: Eddie Perez
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
9:37 pm
I like Eddie, honesty. Think he’ll do a nice job.
DiamondbackMac
August 21st, 2010
9:40 pm
Steve
I think he would make a great player’s manager much like Bobby.
JC Bravo
August 21st, 2010
9:43 pm
Clippard to pitch the 8th….still 5-1 Nats
Brava
August 21st, 2010
9:44 pm
Yeah, I wouldn’t mind seeing Eddie get the job either.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
9:46 pm
here come the professionals!
get scared!
Venice Jim
August 21st, 2010
9:47 pm
One inning to go…
Brava
August 21st, 2010
9:47 pm
Still 5-1 going into the 9th
David O'Brien
August 21st, 2010
9:47 pm
Link to game story: http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/braves-rally-falls-short-596797.html
Link to Braves quotes: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/08/21/braves-quotes-after-saturday-loss-to-cubs/
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
9:49 pm
No thanks to Ned Yost. The guy’s got people skills problems. Thanks KC
Brava
August 21st, 2010
9:53 pm
Desmond singles, Dunn walks, no outs
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
9:56 pm
8-1 NATS. THANK U STRASBURG AND BATS ..
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
9:56 pm
and Roger Bernadina.. 3 run shot.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
9:56 pm
Nationals 8
Professionals 1
David..(Athens, AL)
August 21st, 2010
9:56 pm
Yes … thank you Nats!!
Venice Jim
August 21st, 2010
9:57 pm
Well done, Bernadina…
Brava
August 21st, 2010
9:57 pm
Bernadina homers 8-1 Nats
BoroBall3
August 21st, 2010
9:57 pm
at least Don can shut his mouth about the Phillies picking up a game on ATL this evening… we win tomorrow, we win another series… nuf said
Brava
August 21st, 2010
9:58 pm
Hey, at least we didn’t get blown out by the Cubbies.
UKUGA
August 21st, 2010
9:58 pm
I feel good about this one:
Magic Number 38 after the Phis bat in the 9th.
Phils have 2 runs in 16 innings so far against Washington, in this series. Only 4.1 of those innings were pitched by S. Strasburg.
Josh
August 21st, 2010
9:58 pm
where all the Phils fans?
cheshire
August 21st, 2010
10:00 pm
thank you Nats
as a Braves fan, you gotta feel good about the Phillies bullpen. they are AWFUL. and teams with bad bullpens either don’t make it to the postseason, or get knocked out pretty fast if they do.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
10:00 pm
So the nats have scored 8 runs in 2 days on the best team to ever play the game and the best team to ever play the game has scored 2 runs in 2 days on one of the worst teams in baseball.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
10:01 pm
Impressive.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
10:02 pm
Brava
August 21st, 2010
10:02 pm
And yes, thank you, Nats.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
10:04 pm
Well…been a big day. That sun was absolutely BRUTAL–add that to moving your Brother into college, well…it’s rougher than it’s s’posed to be.
Guess I didn’t miss anything game-wise, huh?
(ITS) 
Sheesh, and everybody screaming for Guess Who to pinch bat, too…nice…
UKUGA [McFann] arises from her afternoon slumber . . .
Ha…I wasn’t in a slumber this afternoon, but boy-oh-boy, am I gonna sleep like a baby tonight (I hope).
Brava Sorry, McFann, if you read this, but gotta call em like I see em.
I know, I know…he’s uh…I don’t know what’s up with him. He’s had some really good stretches this year, but man…there’s something about him this year. I can’t explain it, mostly ’cause he’s my favorite player…
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
10:04 pm
Wonder how bad Strasberg’s injury is? That’s the story of that game.
One-Eyed Mac
August 21st, 2010
10:06 pm
That Strasburg injury didn’t look good. Looked a lot like Medlen although a little more painful.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
10:07 pm
McFann – for some reason I thought your brother was going to GT for school. Since I know they already started because a friend of mine moved her son last weekend…guess not?
Coach (2011 or Bust)
August 21st, 2010
10:09 pm
What team has spent the last 73 games in first place?
OK, now I’m gonna sit back and let the idiots explain to me how the same team is going to implode in their remaining 39 contests.
RHR
August 21st, 2010
10:10 pm
Ryan “The Babe” Howard flies out?
Whaaaaat?
Rob from SC
August 21st, 2010
10:10 pm
McFann Ô Ô
Are you in college, or a senior in HS?
RHR
August 21st, 2010
10:10 pm
Shane “Joltin Joe” Victorino strikes out?
Whaaaaat?
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
10:11 pm
Hope Strasberg’s OK. A major injury to him is a big blow to that franchise. Even if he is OK, I don’t see the Nats letting him pitch anymore this year.
That’s the big drawback with making a pitcher your No. 1 pick. Arm injuries are so common.
tigeeeeer297
August 21st, 2010
10:11 pm
come on no walks
Dumbfound
August 21st, 2010
10:12 pm
When was the last time the braves swept someone ?!?
Venice Jim
August 21st, 2010
10:13 pm
I guess jeffrey overrated the immediate impact of the return of Howard to the lineup… apparently they will not go 42-0…
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
10:13 pm
i like Eddie Perez, too, but I think I’d rather have a guy with more managerial experience than one year at AA.
Jeff
August 21st, 2010
10:14 pm
BALLGAME. STILL 2.5 NOW WHOOP THE CUBS TOMM PLEASE.
Tomas
August 21st, 2010
10:15 pm
Can you imagine the reaction in baseball if Strasburg needs TJ surgery……Poor nats
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
10:15 pm
Looks like it was a garter snake in the grass tonight.
tigeeeeer297
August 21st, 2010
10:16 pm
Dan…not sure how much you count it but he manages a winter team in venezula for maybe 4 years now
.585
August 21st, 2010
10:16 pm
RHR -
It’s baseball babe….it happens.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
10:16 pm
and I really hope Stasberg isn’t seriously injured, but I fear the worst… it really looked like he felt something pop in his elbow.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
10:17 pm
ESPN calling Strasburg’s injury a Wrist thing…even if it’s a pulled muscle, if I were the Nats, he doesn’t pitch another inning this year…no reason to risk the future of the team on meaningless games…
.585
August 21st, 2010
10:18 pm
Still lookin’ like 2.5 up.
Need tomorrow.
braves4ever
August 21st, 2010
10:18 pm
The Magic lives on even after the Braves bat in the ninth, it is sooo strong it goes to Citizen Park and the little Phillys lose, poo poo.still 2.5
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
10:18 pm
Had an adventure after everything was finished at the college: We left at like 6 o’clock Kansas time, and we’re about an hour or so from the hotel, and hungry. But you know how it is when you’re slightly overheated–not much of an appetite, per se…but we gotta eat. We passed a few places, then decided Burger King sounded good–ICEE!!!–so we’re driving…driving…driving…get close to the hotel, and still no Burger King. And now we’re crazy hungry…anything’s good (except “that place”…). Mommy then saw a sign for Jason’s Deli. SWEET! So we drive into the shopping center, aaaaaand Jason’s is closed. It’s passed 7 Kansas time, our stomachs are still on 8 ET. We finally found an Applebees’…that worked…good chicken fingers…
The Royals/White Sox game was on one of the TVs near our table, but they never put any scores at the bottom of the screen…no big deal since they lost, though…
RHR
August 21st, 2010
10:19 pm
The Philadelphia “1927 Yankees” Phillies lost?
Shut yo mouth!
Unknown
August 21st, 2010
10:20 pm
MUST WIN tomorrow. It’s gonna be tough on little Minor. Cubs got some good RH hitters.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
10:21 pm
RHR–
No he’s going to Benedictine College out here in Kansas!
Rob–
Yeah, I’m a senior. Haven’t decided what I’m gonna do for college, but it’s gonna be close to home…
Crime Dog
August 21st, 2010
10:21 pm
It’s baseball babe….it happens.
If it’s the Phillies, “it happens.” If it’s the Braves, it involves “facepalming,” “chiefs,” and “deal widdits.”
Got it.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
10:21 pm
Damn shame about Lee. Who should the Braves go after next?
tigeeeeer297
August 21st, 2010
10:22 pm
close to home so what is that KSU?
Supes
August 21st, 2010
10:22 pm
If I’m the Nats GM, I make sure Strasburg only pitches against the PHILLIES the rest of the season
Rest him the rest of the time…just sayin’.
It’s pathetic how the ESPN “homers” want to Phillies to win the NL east so bad…I guess the Braves are making a lot of people’s predictions look bad. One didn’t even pick them for the post season? Where does Baseball tonight find these people? I miss the old baseball tonight crew.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
10:23 pm
tiger297, I don’t really hold the expertise to make that decision or judgement, it just seems like you’d want a guy to have managed in some moderately pressure-filled games before doing so in the big show. That just seems to be the way things are done, like Eric Wedge… I think he coached for like five years in the minors before getting promoted… Ryne Sandberg has managed at every level. Are there any examples of guys who didn’t manage long in the minors? I’m sure there are, but I’m not familiar with them.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
10:27 pm
If we thought Tommy had a bad day… Cliff Lee pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing eight runs on 10 hits, 4 of them home runs.
tigeeeeer297
August 21st, 2010
10:27 pm
Dan…alot of the guys on here talk about pitching coaches and such that never really managed becoming managers but I don’t have the knowledge to name any of them. Also I would expect there is a good bit of pressure managing in Venezula. Personally I want eddie in the bullpen where he can throw my kid baseballs but I don’t expect he will be there much longer either way
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
10:29 pm
Yes Dan, lots of them. Two of the top of my head–Bob Brenley, who jumped from the Diamondback’s broadcast booth to the dugout and won the World Series in ‘01 over the Yankees. And Bobby’s mentor, Ralph Houk went from Yankees catcher, to coach to manager
'Tuned Up" Tomahawkin
August 21st, 2010
10:29 pm
Get Out The WAYYYY! Pretty Boy Coming Through, Me and My Crew, We Swaggin in the Room!
Whats up Alll?
What hgappened today…?
I’m way F;d up From vbeing at Lake Lanier earluier…
I’m bumping that Ciara “My Goodies” I got Justin Timberlake “On Deck!”
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
10:30 pm
tiger–
No, close to home would be…Gwinnett College or something…we live in Georgia.
OK, I’m really sad, now…another baby owl died.
And it was my favorite one, too–Jody. We got to see her hatch and everything. 
.585
August 21st, 2010
10:33 pm
Nothing wrong with “Chief” son. ‘Tis an honor to be addressed as Chief from teh Mixxo.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
10:37 pm
Brenly was a coach for the Giants for a while, too, before he was a manager. And Houk was the bullpen coach for a few years while playing before becoming a AAA manager for a few years after that.
tigeeeeer297
August 21st, 2010
10:39 pm
McFann…for some reason I was thinking you were up I75 so figured Kennesaw state was closer…guess I had it mixed up
'Tuned Up" Tomahawkin
August 21st, 2010
10:41 pm
Shout Outs to McFann And Mixxo….!
McFann Go To UGA and Get Ur Party On With B-Macc Fans!!!!
tigeeeeer297
August 21st, 2010
10:42 pm
if u want to party at college in Georgia its GA Southern not UGA
.585
August 21st, 2010
10:44 pm
‘Tuned Up” Tomahawkin – My tuned up Brah!!! ’sup?!
Mcfann’ll be runnin’ the joint!
.585
August 21st, 2010
10:45 pm
Played GSU…..a lot.
They throw down.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
10:47 pm
Yeah, McFann’s gonna get her party on with some of that chocolate milk Heap shills for.
cabravesfan
August 21st, 2010
10:47 pm
Strasburg has a “strained forearm tendon” according to ESPN…Nats nation breath a collective sigh of relief…
tigeeeeer297
August 21st, 2010
10:47 pm
bat…what does that mean??
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
10:47 pm
Brenly didn’t have any managing experience at any level. Another example, Larry Dierker, former Astros pitcher who took the ‘Stros to the playoffs a few times.
Eric Wedge, despite all his minor leauge managing experience, has no success at all with the Indians. Surprised he lasted as long as he did.
richbrave
August 21st, 2010
10:49 pm
DOWN ON THE FARM:
GWINNETT is on the losing end tonight against the KNIGHTS 6-8. FREDDIE FREEMAN (.309 BA) has blasted his 17 HR of the year and it plates two runs (80). He goes 1-4, BB, and scores twice. Lead-off CF MATT YOUNG (.298 BA) goes 3-4, BB with two doubles (30), and two runs scored. 2B JOE THURSTON (.259 BA) keeps elevating his game at the plate with a 2-4 evening including his 10th yard-shot, 2 RBI and 2 R scored. LF WILLIE RAMIREZ (.214 BA) is 1-4 this evening, but it’s a maxx-saxx blast (7).
Starter JOSE ORTEGANO (3-9, 6.33 BA) is butchered and hung out to dry. He goes 3.2 IP, 7 H, HR, 6 R/ER, 5 BB, 2 SO. MIKE BROADWAY (6.75 ERA) joins him going 2.1 IP with 3 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 SO. SCOTT PROCTOR (7.47 ERA) and STEVE MAREK (1.23 ERA) go an inning each of no-hit, shutout ball.
MISSISSIPPI and J.J. HOOVER (0-1, 7.71 ERA) go down to defeat 2-7. 2B ERIC DUNCAN (.278 BA) has a two run blast (8) as he goes 1-4 with 2 RBI (60), and 2 R scored. 1B ‘45″ GOMEZ (.280 BA) , LF YASSER GOMEZ (.337 BA), CF ANTOAN RICHARDSON (.297 BA), SS DAN NELSON (.206 BA), RF MIKE DANIEL (.262 BA) had a single each, but were scattered throughout the game and ineffective today.
HOOVER goes 4.2 IP, 7 H, HR, 4 R/ER, 5 BB, 7 SO. WALKS and a gopher ball…….not pretty. BENINO PRUNEDA (4.08 ERA) and YELIER CASTRO (8.10 ERA) are also roughed up and take hits to their pride and their ERA’s.
TY HARRIS (1.20 ERA) has a rough night as well giving up a hit and two walks in 0.2 IP. The difference with HARRIS is he allows no runs to score.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
10:49 pm
McCann promotes some kind of chocolate milk energy drink.
richbrave
August 21st, 2010
10:52 pm
I’m depressed. Both the BRAVES and REDSKINS lose. This suxx, nytol!!!!
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
10:53 pm
nite richbrave
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
10:53 pm
It’s baseball babe….it happens
Hmm. If only you’d take this attitude when the Braves lose. Quite an enigma, isn’t it?
SoWeGa Fanatic
August 21st, 2010
10:53 pm
“During his three seasons in Atlanta, Infante has hit .315 — the sixth-best mark among all Major Leaguers with at least 800 plate appearances since the start of the 2008 season.”
SoWeGa Fanatic
August 21st, 2010
10:54 pm
“The .368 batting average that Infante has tallied dating back to May 12 has been bettered only by the .384 average posted by Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, the American League’s leading MVP candidate.”
Dude’s more awesome than I thought.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
10:56 pm
Tiger–
Oh! Kennesaw State…I was thinking Kansas U…or something…sorry…my mind’s not working right right now…
Tomahawkin–
Haha, thanks for the offer, but……
Bat M. Yeah, McFann’s gonna get her party on with some of that chocolate milk Heap shills for.
Haha…yeah, that’s more my speed.
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
10:57 pm
Infante is a helluva ballplayer. Not only has he become an excellent hitter, his defense at the all positions he has played is above average. Usually utilitymen (well, he’s not one anymore) are just adequate at their different defensive positions.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
10:57 pm
I have a cousin who goes to Kennesaw State. He really likes it, I think.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
10:57 pm
Well, at least the Royals won…
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
10:59 pm
Brenly is sort of an example. Dierker is a much better one. Maybe it doesn’t really have any meaning, I just feel more comfortable knowing a guy has managed in tough situations before he’s making serious calls that change games in the post season.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
11:00 pm
Steve–
Really? Yeah, I’ve heard people like it up there.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
11:01 pm
Well, we don’t get to talk that much given both of our busy schedules, but that seems to be the word I’m hearing. But you’ll get out of any situtation what you make of it. Your education will be as good or as bad as you want it to be.
Supes
August 21st, 2010
11:02 pm
Freeman has had an ALL STAR AAA season. Future looks bright at 1B for the Braves.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
11:03 pm
Too bad about the baby owl.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
11:03 pm
Steve–
That’s a good point.
SoWeGa Fanatic
August 21st, 2010
11:03 pm
Strasburg is having an MRI tomorrow. He looked like he really hurt something. I think he has bigger problems than the ESPN know-it-alls say.
Roman Gal
August 21st, 2010
11:03 pm
I have a cousin who goes to Kennesaw State.
That’s where the people who flunk out of my school go. Wait, that sounds meaner than I mean it…
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
11:04 pm
Thanks, Bat…you really get attached to these buggers even though they live across the country.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
11:04 pm
Haha, Roman Gal…
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
11:05 pm
No matter what shows up on MR I’d not let him throw another pitch this year. I’d tell him that he’s done good, and that he needs to pull up a seat next to Pudge or the pitching coach for the rest of the season and take notes for the rest of the season.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
11:06 pm
Well, I’m sorry we in the Steve-OH clan ain’t as smart as y’all Geawgans, RG.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
11:06 pm
My son is a senior at Kennesaw State. He really loves it there.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 21st, 2010
11:06 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vufEqpZZql0
McFann
SoWeGa Fanatic
August 21st, 2010
11:08 pm
The Fish have won 5 in a row. Hey, Phools, the Fish are coming on!
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
11:08 pm
Brava–what’s he taking up?
Brava
August 21st, 2010
11:09 pm
He’s a Political Science major there. Going to law school after he graduates.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
11:10 pm
Good for him!
(Just tell him not to take up malpractice law!
)
SoWeGa Fanatic
August 21st, 2010
11:10 pm
Agreed, SteveOh. I hope the kid’s ok.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
11:11 pm
SoWeGa Fanatic, yeah, I saw that the Fish were on a winning streak. Good for them (as long as they don’t get to close).
Brava
August 21st, 2010
11:12 pm
Steve, I think he’s leaning toward corporate law. He says that’s where the big bucks are.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
11:14 pm
Well, not the biggest bucks I’m sure (!), but sounds like he’s doin’ fine. Best of luck to him!
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
11:14 pm
Dan–Yeah, I agree. However, if you know the game, been around it most of your life, you encountered just about every situation.
Here another one: Joe Torre. Became player/manager of the Mets in ‘79,I think. Went from playing, right into managing.
By the way, ESPN says Strasberg has a strained flexor tendon in his foream. MRI tomorrow.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
11:14 pm
Brava–
Cool!
Bat M.–
That’s a sweet video…I mean sweet in the “cutey” way, you know…
Tomahawkin
August 21st, 2010
11:14 pm
Mixxo
I’m tired as hell from the lake…
Believe me there were white chicks there that are darker than I’am…I’m a light skinned black dude but I have white feet. Those chicks were clowning me because of that….
Dr. Andrews
August 21st, 2010
11:15 pm
Hold on, let me catch this call…
Doc Holiday
August 21st, 2010
11:15 pm
Frustrating for the phillies, thats for sure.
We win tomorrow, win another series, stay a top the NL, life is beautiful.
Doc Holiday
August 21st, 2010
11:17 pm
Phillies lineup was packed….what do they get? 4 hits? LOL.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
11:18 pm
cheshire I love McCann, but he’s looked like a completely different batter the past week or two.
Goes back a little further, actually…but earlier this month he had some big hits like Doubles and the Grand Slam to compensate…
Like he’s not seeing the ball well or something.
Yeah…I still worry about that…
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
11:19 pm
OK, so this month’s only been about 2 weeks, but whatever…
Crime Dog
August 21st, 2010
11:19 pm
Phillies lineup was packed….what do they get? 4 hits? LOL.
They were “content” with winning 2 of 3. Must be the manager’s fault.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
11:20 pm
McFann, I do notice that he’s squinting a lot while batting.
Doc Holiday
August 21st, 2010
11:22 pm
Crime Dog,
They think they can catch us up with 2 out 3, which is true if we dont keep doing that also.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
11:22 pm
Brava–
Me, too…
Tomahawkin
August 21st, 2010
11:24 pm
McFann
Go To UGA, Or FSU, LSU, or UF
They are all good party Schools and plus U will be among lots of Braves Fans!
Yunel's Frosted Tips
August 21st, 2010
11:26 pm
We always have a hard time against no name lefty pitchers
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
11:26 pm
My cousin went to Penn State; his brother went to the State Pen
Doc Holiday
August 21st, 2010
11:27 pm
Mike Cameron is out for the season, good thing we didnt go after him, I mean frank didnt.
Moe Berg
August 21st, 2010
11:28 pm
Brava, I have a fan who teaches there in the Political Science department. She really likes it. When I was in grad school in Atlanta, I gave a few guest lectures in her classes there. Students seemed quite engaged.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
11:31 pm
Really Moe? What’s her name? I’ll ask my son if he’s been in her class.
Wayne in Utah
August 21st, 2010
11:32 pm
T’hawkin:
Believe me there were white chicks there that are darker than I’am…I’m a light skinned black dude but I have white feet. Those chicks were clowning me because of that….
Now THAT is funny! White feet, huh!
That, my friend is hilarious.
Moe Berg
August 21st, 2010
11:32 pm
Tavishi Bhasin–she teaches comparative politics.
Wayne in Utah
August 21st, 2010
11:33 pm
Nice of the Phillies to accomodate an occasional loss by the Braves. Loving the Nats right about now. Hope Dunn hits 4 dingers tomorrow!
Doc Holiday
August 21st, 2010
11:35 pm
Wayne in Utah,
ITs been long since we had this much fun out of ours bravos. Even on days like today, when we lose, I manage to be happy, since you can feel phillies misery as they were not able to capitalize our loss before their game started.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
11:37 pm
Moe,
Cool, I’ll ask him tomorrow. He’s out partying somewhere tonight.
Wayne,
Yeah, me too. Dunn’s about due.
Dan-82ndAirborne
August 21st, 2010
11:37 pm
Yeah, I was going to say, some of these guys have had it in their minds to manage all along. Maybe Eddie is one of those guys. And I hope Strasberg isn’t too damaged… that’s the same injury that Nolan Ryan suffered early in his career. Seems it turned out all right for him.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
11:40 pm
Tomahawkin–
Ha…yeah, I’m not exactly what you would call a “party girl”…
Doc Holiday
August 21st, 2010
11:41 pm
Good season for MLB this year………..all 3 second place teams in the NL are very good teams that could easily be the leaders in their respective division……… complete teams, with little weaknesses. 6 Very good teams in the NL this late in the season, all competing for division championship and not just the WC. Not as boring as the AL.
Snotboogie
August 21st, 2010
11:41 pm
Well well well – fun isnt it – everytime we lose they help our cause by losing too.
Nice to see “The Professionals” are human too eh?
Brava
August 21st, 2010
11:41 pm
Someone posted earlier that the Philly fans cheered loudly when the Braves’ loss was posted on their board. Can you imagine their letdown as they watched the wheels come off during the game?
Moe Berg
August 21st, 2010
11:42 pm
Brava,
Let me know. My term starts on Monday, I am sure that all of my soon-to-be students are out desperately partying before the term starts.
Doc Holiday
August 21st, 2010
11:43 pm
Brava,
As I posted before………..the frustration is growing bigger in philly, since they believe they are the better team.
McFann Ô Ô
August 21st, 2010
11:44 pm
Oh well…I guess that’s it for me. I forgot to mention that we had to change rooms when we got back because we found our former room was inhabited by ants…
Crazy crazy…
Night, all.
Moe Berg
August 21st, 2010
11:45 pm
“Well well well – fun isnt it – everytime we lose they help our cause by losing too.
Nice to see “The Professionals” are human too eh?”
Yep. We’re both 7-3 over the last 10 games. A week-and-a-half and we are still the same 2.5 games up.
Playoffs!!!!
August 21st, 2010
11:48 pm
Didn’t Mike Hampton have forearm tendon issues when he was here. I think the Braves said he had forearm tendon “tightness” that lingered for weeks before it was discovered he needed Tommy John surgery.
Roman Gal
August 21st, 2010
11:51 pm
I shouldn’t have said flunked out…people who just changed their minds about wanting to go to my school. The reason it’s KSU is because it’s closer, not because it’s a bad school.
There are a few bad schools in Georgia, but Kennesaw State isn’t one of them.
Steve from OH
August 21st, 2010
11:52 pm
I was kidding with ya RG.
Brava
August 21st, 2010
11:53 pm
Moe, will do.
Doc, I know. I get that from the trolls that come here. They really do believe they have the better team. I disagree and think we are pretty competitively matched because what we lack in offensive power is mitigated by superior pitching. But that’s just me. Guess we’ll see in the end.
I’m calling it a night, too. Goodnight, McFann and all.
Snotboogie
August 21st, 2010
11:55 pm
It certainly would be nice if we can perhaps gain another game or so on them to make it feel a little more comfortable. But with more than a month to go, perhaps there isnt much of a difference between 2.5 and 3.5 really.
If the gap has to widen, it shall when they go out on their long road trip.
Greg in TN
August 21st, 2010
11:57 pm
Evening gang…
Following up on richbrave’s excellent minor league roundup an hour ago, watched Mississip’ tonight against the Smokies.
The M-Braves offense was done three batters into the game after a Dan Nelson single and an Eric Duncan homer to right. Mauro Gomez followed the homer with a single, however Michael Daniel would ground into a 6-4-3 and aside from leaving the bases loaded in the 8th after the Smokies’ Tyrelle Harris came in and gave up a single and two walks to load the bases, the lads from Pearl did not threaten the rest of the game.
Hoover made his AA debut tonight and struggled with location. He left his fastball up most of the night but JJ did have some success with his changeup. Hoover was able to wiggle out of trouble and stranded 5 runners over the first three innings before the Smokies led off the fourth with a solo homer. The Braves’ pen would yield three runs on six hits the rest of the way and after the two runs in the first, the Smokies would pitch eight scoreless innings the rest of the way.
Defensively right fielder Michael Daniel made a nice diving grab to rob Tony Campana of a hit in the 2nd and third baseman Donell Linares made a nice barehanded throw to erase Tony Thomas in the 7th.
Roman Gal
August 21st, 2010
11:58 pm
Ok, good.
Roman Gal
August 22nd, 2010
12:01 am
Steve-
So your KSU cousin is from Ohio, too? I find it strange that someone from Ohio would go there. It’s kind of random.
Steve from OH
August 22nd, 2010
12:01 am
I’m assuming UGA is a bad school to about 50% of the blog, and GT is a bad one to the other 50%? LOL!
Steve from OH
August 22nd, 2010
12:02 am
They were from Ohio originally but moved to Georgia about 10-ish years ago when my uncle’s job got transferred to Atlanta. They absolutely love it there.
uga-brave
August 22nd, 2010
12:03 am
pretty weird thing going on here we win they win, we lose they lose.
that will work.
Roman Gal
August 22nd, 2010
12:04 am
My guess is that it’s more like 70-30 in favor of UGA. Just a guess, though.
Hey, Atlanta is a great city! I mean, any city that has the Braves and Coca-Cola ain’t too shabby…
Steve from OH
August 22nd, 2010
12:05 am
Got that right, RG.
You guys wouldn’t like it up here. Lots of Pepsi fans. When we travel down there I’m always shocked to see how little (relatively) Pepsi fanfare there is in Atlanta. Just one of those things, I guess…
Roman Gal
August 22nd, 2010
12:09 am
Steve-
I don’t know a single person who likes Pepsi more than Coke. I’m always disappointed when I go to a restaurant that only serves Pepsi, and when I order a Coke they bring out Pepsi instead.
Do people in Ohio say “pop” a lot?
Steve from OH
August 22nd, 2010
12:10 am
Yep. That’s another big difference.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 22nd, 2010
12:10 am
Coke and Atlanta …. synonymous
What kinda coke do you want …….. Mt Dew
MiaBchBravesFan
August 22nd, 2010
12:10 am
Are we accepting of the fact that this lineup usually takes about six innings before they start figuring out how to hit? Like the old NBA axiom – you only need to watch the last two minutes – you only need to watch the Braves for the last third of a game.
Roman Gal
August 22nd, 2010
12:10 am
If the gap has to widen, it shall when they go out on their long road trip.
And it’ll be good when the Braves are playing at home a lot, too. Of course, they already have been, so….
Tomahawkin
August 22nd, 2010
12:10 am
Wayne In Utah
yeah my feet are white, for a light skinned black dude…..These white chicks I was hanging with at the Lake was Clowning me about that
MiaBchBravesFan
August 22nd, 2010
12:12 am
Pepsi = too sweet, not enuff fizz.
Roman Gal
August 22nd, 2010
12:12 am
Bat-
I went into a cheese shop in Wisconson a few years ago, and the lady there couldn’t wrap her brain around that concept, that coke could equal any soft drink. It cracked me up.
But the weirdest thing was someone telling me that something was near the pop machine. Haha.
Steve from OH
August 22nd, 2010
12:14 am
Haha yeah RG, when I was down there last I was like 15 or so and the waitress asked me what kind of Coke I wanted.
“Uh…Coke?”
I was gonna get Coke anyway, but it still threw me off!
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson
August 22nd, 2010
12:16 am
RG _
When I lived in Tampa they wanted a soda,……. get me a soda ………… Arm and Hammer ?
Roman Gal
August 22nd, 2010
12:17 am
They don’t do it so much anymore what with all the stuck-up out-of-towners that’ve invaded my fair city!
Steve from OH
August 22nd, 2010
12:17 am
get me a soda ………… Arm and Hammer ?
Tastes….great? Leaves teeth white!
New marketing slogan.
Sopheeee
August 22nd, 2010
12:18 am
Love me some Cherry Coke!
Steve from OH