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Tomahawkin
October 1st, 2010
1:28 am
Innocent Bystander
I mean both…
Time for bed, on the Real gotta be up at 6AM time to cool out to some old Teena Marie
uga-brave
October 1st, 2010
1:28 am
tnbrian, thanks. no hard feelings.
veer
October 1st, 2010
1:28 am
Nolee By default Conrad has to hit 2nd.
Who would you hit 2nd? Heyward?
Tomahawkin
October 1st, 2010
1:29 am
D.O.B.
Pull the “Get Out The WAYYY” line on the Last FSS televised game of the season, that would rule!
TnBrian
October 1st, 2010
1:32 am
uga, that is pretty amazing. Since so many people seem to be so obsessed with homers and RBI … who leads the Braves in in those two categories? Our catcher who still squints like urkel after every other pitch and has definitely packed the pounds on.
uga-brave
October 1st, 2010
1:32 am
so as we lean to the wire who would of thougt carlos marmol would of figured in?
Doc Holiday
October 1st, 2010
1:34 am
nolee,
About using others to make him a better hitter or getting him out of a 1-2-3 situation.
uga-brave
October 1st, 2010
1:35 am
tnbrian, when you have one guy with more then 20 dingers and you are in the hunt it is amazing.
TnBrian
October 1st, 2010
1:36 am
uga, none taken.
veer, don’t know if taking Heyward out of that 2 spot would make a huge difference or not, but I and you should know it ain’t happening. Not as long as Cox is managing unless God Forbid, another injury strikes and he’s forced to.
Yunel's Frosted Tips
October 1st, 2010
1:37 am
DOB…………Can you pull some strings for us in this Dish Network dispute…….I know you rub elbows with people in high places?
Doc Holiday
October 1st, 2010
1:38 am
SF 8-2 last 10………SD is in such a big problem…………the pressure is on them.
uga-brave
October 1st, 2010
1:39 am
tnbrian, if we had one more guy that did not continue to hit in the shift as a cleanup guy, this would of been over a long time ago.
i like the guy. the fact he ran 270 feet and fell on his back, should wake him up.
TnBrian
October 1st, 2010
1:40 am
uga, like you say, our pen is a huge part of the teams success this season. How many tight ballgames have these guys kept tight to give this anemic offense a pulse to come back? Wow, I couldn’t say for sure, but I know for a fact they’ve saved the teams butt a ton.
uga-brave
October 1st, 2010
1:44 am
tnbrian, there is now a new member, kimblel is nasty.
couple him with dunn, and the ground throwing aussie.
give us a lead. i will take my chances late with venters and wags.
just give us a lead.
TnBrian
October 1st, 2010
1:44 am
uga, agreed 100% on Mac. The boy is obviously still battling the vision thing … and apparantly the buffet.
Nice chattin uga and others.
Good night and stay safe.
uga-brave
October 1st, 2010
1:49 am
tnbrian, they kept us in the game monday, until the late hit.
they have kept us in every game. that is why we are even talking.
we dont hit, but the bullpen is why we are here.
now we have another power arm. guys kimbrell is the real deal.
pretty sure he will take saito’s spot.
uga-brave
October 1st, 2010
2:09 am
you guys do realize that nate has more dingers (3) and 10 rbis in sept.
then macc (2) and 7 rbi. in close to half the plate appearances.
uga-brave
October 1st, 2010
2:23 am
so the point is i saw hinske, ross, and the raw dog, do what macc could not do. lead.
noleeeee
October 1st, 2010
2:26 am
Nate the Great!!!!
uga-brave
October 1st, 2010
2:28 am
not a popular thing, but ross is the better option against lefthanders.
uga-brave
October 1st, 2010
2:29 am
noleee, agree?
if we face zito who would you catch?
noleeeee
October 1st, 2010
2:37 am
hafta think about that one a while Uga
'Ode to Booby Cox...
October 1st, 2010
4:00 am
Can anyone answer these questions???
DOB?
How many players have actually played for Bobby Cox during his managerial career? In Atlanta & Toronto? (I am going to take a SWAG…since he has managed over over 4,500 games in his career …29 years…my guess is around 500 players give or take 50 or so…)
How many of those ex-players do you suspect will actually come into Atlanta and be there for his “farewell” tribute on Saturday afternoon? (I am going to take another SWAG…and say that 35% show up…which would be something like this…that between 155 and 195 current and former players will actually show up…not going to count the ex-coaches!)
Hell…it could be alot more?
BELIEVE…(2 up with 3 to play…I like our chances. So does ESPN. They have us down as a 96.1% chance of going to the post season!!!)
Rodney Derrick
October 1st, 2010
6:15 am
DOB– Any perspective on how the new free agency rules will impact baseball and how it will impact Braves? Will it help smaller market teams or teams like Yankees?
Bobby's Cox
October 1st, 2010
6:32 am
New free agency rules? Since when?
That’s to be discussed at the next collective bargaining agreement, no?
Couch Tater
October 1st, 2010
6:56 am
I had to cheer
for the hated Cubsfor a Padres loss, last night. The Padres have no offense and a strong bullpen.Adrian Gonzalez in his last 10 games is 4 for 34(.125) 1 HR, 1 RBI.
Bobby's Cox
October 1st, 2010
7:35 am
Lots of people here want to criticize Bobby for how he manages & the lineup he puts out there.
How about Bud Black?
Ludwick, for the past 2 seasons, can only hit with protection behind him. Check the dude’s splits & see how he’s hit batting 2nd ahead of Pujols in St. Louis, compared to everywhere else in the lineup this year. It’s not even close. He’s batting like 200 pts higher with AP behind him.
Yet, Black hasn’t hit him in front of Gonzalez. That’s a huge question mark for the Bud against RHP.
First game of Cubs series. 7th inning. Losing 1-0 as Cubs score in top half of 7th. leadoff man is on. No bunt, out. Next guy walks. Can’t score. Lose 1-0. No biggy, can’t blame him there.
2nd game. Can’t make the decision twice. Tied 2-2. Cubs score 2 in 6h to go up 4-2. Bottom 7th again. Leadoff double, then a walk. No bunt. K, K, K. Inning, season, over. Remember, this is the game where SD loaded the bases in the 9th. Gotta play for the tie at home also.
If that’s Bobby not pulling those strings, while the Braves are having trouble scoring runs in a playoff race, we go nuts on the HOF. But, you have to realize, SD’s been a bunt & run team all year, the Braves haven’t. Yet, Bobby’s been bunting, hitting & running, looking at splits when conducting lineups this last week, and especially when Prado went down.
For Black not to call for the bunt twice in the 1st 2 games of that series, against a team that’s played pretty darn well in September….not good.
But, I told my dad and another dude I know (both SD fans), 2 MONTHS ago, that Ludwick can only hit with protection behind him. It’s plain obvious looking at the splits, but it flew under SD’s radar. Dude has only hit .222/.314/.335 with SD since the trade.
It’s a bummer SD is done after such a good year. Would’ve loved to see them over Frisco. Heck, maybe they’ll sweep. Not.
Kat
October 1st, 2010
7:57 am
I’m very excited for today…let’s get this started!
O.J.
October 1st, 2010
8:04 am
So, if the Braves only win 1 game and the Padres somehow manage to sweep the Giants, we would have three teams tied with the same record. So does that mean that the Braves will automatically be the Wild Card winner? Because the Giants and Pads would have to have a 1 game playoff right? Whoever lost that game would be 1 back in the loss column to the Braves, automatically making them the wild card winner right? Or would the Braves then have to play a 1 game playoff with the loser to determine the wildcard? I am lost on this.
Lew
October 1st, 2010
8:11 am
OJ=No way the Padres sweep the Giants. If they couldn’t hit Cubs’ pitching, they don’t stand a chance against the Giants’ staff.
Salty Dawg
October 1st, 2010
8:13 am
So, if the Braves only win 1 game and the Padres somehow manage to sweep the Giants, we would have three teams tied with the same record. So does that mean that the Braves will automatically be the Wild Card winner? Because the Giants and Pads would have to have a 1 game playoff right? Whoever lost that game would be 1 back in the loss column to the Braves, automatically making them the wild card winner right? Or would the Braves then have to play a 1 game playoff with the loser to determine the wildcard? I am lost on this.
I could be wrong, but I don’t think any playoff game results count toward the team’s regular season record. If the Padres lose a one game playoff that doesn’t put them a half game behind the Braves because it isn’t a regular season game. You did get me wondering though, if that scenario were to unfold would they first have an NL West decider and then another one between the loser of that game and the Braves? Frankly I don’t see the Pads sweeping the Giants, but it could be interesting.
O.J.
October 1st, 2010
8:13 am
Or, if the Braves were to get swept, and the Pads only won 2 games, the Braves and Pads would have to have a 1 game playoff for the WC. But if the Braves were to win only 1 game, then the Pads would have to sweep in order to stay in it. God, this weekend is ridiculous, lol. But I love it!
Trey
October 1st, 2010
8:15 am
O.J., it has definitely come down to the last series and I love it too!
Trey
October 1st, 2010
8:20 am
I found an article about Cincinnati.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Busted-Reds-reported-after-smoking-victory-ciga?urn=mlb-273745
O.J.
October 1st, 2010
8:21 am
Just got this off of MLB.com’s website
‘Example of Scenario #5: The Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals and Florida Marlins all have identical winning percentages at the end of the championship season. The Astros and Cardinals are tied for first place in the NL Central and the Marlins have the highest winning percentage among the second-place Clubs from the NL East and NL West. The Astros and Cardinals would play a one-game playoff on Monday, September 29. The winner shall be declared the Division Champion. Despite the loss, the losing Club would still be considered tied with the Marlins for the lead in the NL Wild Card. Those two Clubs would play a one-game playoff on Tuesday, September 30. The winner of that game shall be declared the Wild Card. ‘
So it appears that we would have to play the loser of a 1 game playoff between the Giants and Pads to determine the WC winner. But as Lew said, the Pads have to face Matt Cain tonight, and he almost no hit the Rockies in Denver, so we shall see.
Gary O
October 1st, 2010
8:25 am
O.J.,
If all 3 teams are tied, Pads and Giants would have a playoff game on Monday to determine the NL West winner.
And then the loser of that game would play Atlanta on Tuesday to determine the WC winner.
However, SF magic number is 1 (to win the NL West), and the Braves magic number is 2 (to win the WC). Therefore, I like our chances winning the WC
Rabid Rascal
October 1st, 2010
8:29 am
Thank you Cubbies! Excited for this weekend. I agree with many here who say that if we get into the playoffs, anything can happen. I am proud of the Braves and the year they have had.
Frankie Wren
October 1st, 2010
8:33 am
Lets try not to get too caught up in scenarios. Obviously nothing guaranteed but the Giants still need to win one game which they will.. Braves need to win at least one game(which they will) Phils and Reds in Philly and the Bravos will travel to SF next week. Should be a enjoyable weekend and a lot of fun at Turner field.
O.J.
October 1st, 2010
8:41 am
Yes, if we could clinch tonight, we could rest some of our regulars that badly need the rest. Like Jonny Venters, Jason Heyward, Tim Hudson, Tommy Hanson and Derrek Lee. Get some at bats for people that badly need it, like Glaus, Freeman, Hernandez. Would be awesome if we clinched tonight.
Gary O
October 1st, 2010
8:41 am
As for the playoff pitching rotation, I would do 3 for the NLDS (Huddy, Lowe, and then Hanson). For the NLCS, I would find a fourth pitcher.
I know that Lowe is pitching like the ace, but Huddy has been our ace all year, and he pitched really well his last game out. So I would start Huddy for game 1.
bravofan
October 1st, 2010
8:45 am
so potentially when would the first home playoff game be?
O.J.
October 1st, 2010
8:48 am
October 10th would be Braves 1st home playoff game if they were to win the WC
Sopheeee
October 1st, 2010
8:50 am
Well, CraZy – looks like we lost FSS & FSN. Bah!
bravofan
October 1st, 2010
8:56 am
so october 10th that would be most likely a late afternoon night start time prob
GTSteve
October 1st, 2010
8:58 am
WELCOME TO CHOP-TOBER
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:01 am
Well good morning Braves fans. And let me be one of the first to congratulate you on the imminent capturing of the WC title by your boys. Looks like they’re gonna give Bobby Cox the send off he deserves.
Speaking of which – please tell me these three games are finally sold out. I was alarmed to hear the Braves announcers harping for tickets sales just a couple of nights ago.
bravofan
October 1st, 2010
9:04 am
anders: pretty sure they are sold out they have been talking about standing room only tix for $20
Sopheeee
October 1st, 2010
9:04 am
As of yesterday there were only standing room tickets available when I went to look for all three games. Those were released to the fans earlier this week.
bravofan
October 1st, 2010
9:07 am
I have my tick for saturdays game which is when I expect them to clinch and plus who doesnt want to see and be a part of Bobby Cox’s last three regular season home games.
Has anyone else heard about this navy out tonight?
any word on anything similar for saturdays affair?
bravofan
October 1st, 2010
9:09 am
can anybody imagine where we would be without Brooks Conrad’s HEROIC moments this season just sayin I know he isnt the only one
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:09 am
Obviously, I won’t be there this weekend for the Bobby Tribute, but in honor of his retirement, anyone who hasn’t already gotten a print of my Bobby painting – just email me LewHartman@comcast.net and I’ll send you one.
And i haven’t forgotten I still owe a few pieces to various denizens – I’ll take care of that, too.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:09 am
Sold out? On a football Friday night? Hmmm… Bunch of band wagon jumpers {:
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:11 am
And y’all should know the drill – real name, address and blog name. Donate a couple bucks to a worthy charity – maybe an Animal Shelter this time, since that’s Bobby’s charity of choice.
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:12 am
Anders- I have a nice Glavine print you’d probably like to hang on your wall.
CraZyTraDeMaN
October 1st, 2010
9:14 am
Sophee
I called Dish this morning….. I asked how much my bill is going to be reduced he said the only way to reduce your bill is to cut some channels. I said exactly you douche bags cut some of my favorite channels so how much will my bill be reduced?? He wasn’t amused!!!
bravofan
October 1st, 2010
9:16 am
crazy: man does that suck just threaten to terminate the contract and ask to speak to a manager I guess you could always go to applebees or something and watch the game too bad fssouth doesnt carry em online
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:16 am
Lew- Is he throwing up on the mound with the NYC skyline in the autumn hues behind him? That’s the Glavine I remember.
beekay
October 1st, 2010
9:16 am
now that D-Lowe has pitched up to his contract( plus he has 31 wins over the 2 years he was here and only missed one start) would you trade him for peanuts to someone to unload his contract? We might need him because of Medlin being out and JJ’s bad year…..I think someone would definitely take on KK’s one year 7 mill deal. He could be a 4 or 5 starter on most teams and 7 mill aint a bad price for that. the only guy I see unmoveable is Nate
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:16 am
Crazy-Come on Dude, you know they added four new food channels.
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:18 am
Anders-No, I think I used a pose from a game when he kicked the Mets’ collective behind – before we sent hi to sabotage the Mets.
bravofan
October 1st, 2010
9:18 am
story about people reporting the Reds for smoking cigars after clinching
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Busted-Reds-reported-after-smoking-victory-ciga?urn=mlb-273745
Sopheeee
October 1st, 2010
9:19 am
CraZy – Dish says they added additional sports channels as compensation for now.
http://foxrefused.com/
Of course, doesn’t help us any – no channels that carry the Braves or any other baseball.
bravofan
October 1st, 2010
9:19 am
Its MEDLEN people!!!!!
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:20 am
Anders- Seems the Mets have a proclivity for acquiring ex Braves’ players AFTYER we’ve utilized their prime performances. Quite a list ranging from Julio Franco (who actually did pretty well for you) to Glavine and Francoeur. Could we interest you in Nate?
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:20 am
beekay- No one is taking Lowe and his $30 mil owed – even for a bag of peanuts. Not in todays market anyway.
Hey, be happy the Yanks beat the Braves out on A.J. Burnett. He’s owed more and looks lost. Under .500 as a Yank. That’s hard to do.
CraZyTraDeMaN
October 1st, 2010
9:21 am
Funny thing on the Dish website at the top of the page it say’s our competition cut some of your favorite channels switch to dish!!!! The channels were 2 different Hallmark channels. Thats an even swap right FOX for Hallmark!!!!
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:21 am
Andfers-No pitching nose dive is hard when Joe Girardi manages the team.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:22 am
Frenchy and Franco – really? They were hardly Mets. You’ll have to do better than that. As for Glavine – well, the guy lived on the wide strike zone that was the 90’s and then with Quest tec -poof! It was gone. And so too went Glavines ability to win. At least in my humble opinion.
beekay
October 1st, 2010
9:22 am
Anders, what if someone wanted the Braves to throw in 10 mill so it would be 2 years 20 mill….we could use that 10 mill savings to get a corner outfielder
CB
October 1st, 2010
9:23 am
Gee,I guess cable is not so bad after all.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:24 am
Lew- Yeah, you’ve always talked about Girardis handling of pitchers. Early on I tend to agree with you but to be fair he was better last year and this year.
You think he’s bolting for Chicago? I actually think there’s a chance. I think he see’s the Yanks are getting very old but are stuck with a lot of these guys. Why stick around for the fall of the Yankee empire?
Nova Scotia Steve
October 1st, 2010
9:26 am
Tonight could be a clincher folks! The first Wild Card title in Atlanta Braves franchise history is within reach and October is here.
Want to hear that CHOP loud and proud tonight!
The Braves (should they clinch) would open Thursday in SanFran….Game 2 in Friday and the first home game would be Sunday at Turner Field…Game 4 is on Monday (if necessary) and Game 5 would be Wednesday in SanFran.
That if everything holds – I’m not counting any chickens. But that what it looks like right now.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:27 am
beekay- The Braves just don’t eat that type of money. Never have anyway. Maybe if they are able to sell out some of their playoff games this time around they’ll have some scratch to spread around, but lets not get ahead of ourselves on the attendance. {:
Philly Phanatic's man lover
October 1st, 2010
9:30 am
DOB- Correct me if I am wrong, but if the Braves get one win, just one, they will be in line for the minimum of a 163rd game to go to the playoffs at home. And if that were the case, it would be with Huddie ready to start that one at home !
Frankie Wren
October 1st, 2010
9:31 am
Anders-
Cubs are a mess still. Soriano hampers them contract wise as well as Ramirez and Crazy Z. Girardi went to Northwestern and obviously ties so that might be appealing. Cubs are a good 2-3 years away from being classified as even a decent club.
Gary O
October 1st, 2010
9:39 am
I dont think Joe leaves the Yankees. When these guys get old, the Yankees will do what they always do.
Overspend, to try and fix it. So I think they will always be competitive.
VA Brave
October 1st, 2010
9:42 am
Wouldn’t it be cool if David Justice, Crime Dog, Gant, Jordan, Maddux, Otis Nixon, Glavine, and Smoltz all showed up for the game tomrrow…in their unis. Ron Gant probably can’t fit his arms into a uni…but it would be pretty neat. If I were a Phillie I’d probably just surrender on the spot. The press box would probably explode. Maybe Ted Turner would show up and buy the team.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:43 am
Frankie Wren- You make good points there. I guess the Yanks are more of a sure bet for him. Should be interesting to see the deal they offer him.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:45 am
Gary O – I have predicted the Yanks will be at $250-275 mil within 3 to 5 years. They’re talking about adding Cliff Lee to the pile. Re-upping Rivera and Jeter. What is Cano gonna get down the road? Huge numbers all.
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:49 am
beekay-Go look at yesterday’s posts -we pretty well discussed the subject in detail.
Medlen is out for the season next year. Jurrjens is suspect at this point and we have two rookies anchoring our rotation. Lowe has been a stud down the stretch and won 31 freaking games for us in two years. We won’t trade him cause we need him.
As to the outfield bat – we have a bare minimum of $15 mil coming off the books over the winter with Wagner, Saito, Glaus and likely Melky (and maybe Diaz’s) salaries coming off of the books. Attendance is up. We’re likely going to the playoffs which will increase revenue even more. We have the $$$$ to get a bat for the outfield.
McLouth’s and Kawakmai’s salaries are much more of a drag on the team than Lowe’s is.
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:50 am
And a ton of minor league pitching talent for trade bait.
Frankie Wren
October 1st, 2010
9:51 am
2010 Atlanta Braves MVP- The bullpen.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:52 am
Lew- You think the Braves will try and sign Vasquez this off season? I think he’d come back to them at a decent price because of his comfort level there. I think the AL and his Yanks history just got in his head and he looked like a completely different pitcher this year.
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:52 am
Anders-Heard they want Crawford, too. The Yankees will never be truly old or young. They’ll just keep buying Free Agents in their prime when they feel they need someone.
Frankie Wren
October 1st, 2010
9:53 am
Anders- Jason Bay going to make a difference next year?
CB
October 1st, 2010
9:55 am
The only way a trade of Lowe makes sense is if the other team took all of his salary. Not going to happen.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:55 am
Lew- As much as I hate to admit it Francesa made a good point why the Yanks shouldn’t/won’t sign Crawford. They might need that left field spot for Jeter in a couple of years. I actually think they’ll pass on him too. Sounds like he’s going to the Angels with his BFF Tori Hunter.
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:56 am
Anders- Depends on the oprice he’d go for and whether or not they can move Kawakami, I would imagine.
I’ve heard a figure of $4 mil for Javy, but even with that terrible NY season, I’ betting he’ll command more than that (maybe twice as much).
Don’t see the Braves spending that kind of $$$$ on pitching, but would expect them to maybe find a journey man pitcher on the cheap for #5 starter and let at least oe of the rookies season a bit more – likely Beachy.
And much depends on Jurrjens’ physical progress. If they can convince other teams he’s not hurt seriously, they might try to trade him now.
VA Brave
October 1st, 2010
9:56 am
Anders…I am kind of a conspiracy guy I admit…I have long believed that the wide strike zone in the 90s was an “unofficial” move made by the umpires to bring some sanity to the steroids era.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
9:57 am
Frankie Wren- God I hope so, but who knows? His work ethic and attitude was great and infectious to the team early on but that only goes so far. He needs to produce and that didn’t happen much. I will say he was a much better defender than was advertised. Especially in that tough left field in CitiField
Frankie Wren
October 1st, 2010
9:57 am
Last night was big. Thought the Cubs could possibly split with Zambrano and Dempster throwing but winning the series was surprising. Padres didn’t have a hit after the second inning.
Watch the replay of the bounce single that scored the run. Tejada didn’t move initially. What was he doing? Probably doesn’t get it to but possibly eats the ball and keeps runner at 3rd. Strange.
Lew
October 1st, 2010
9:59 am
Anders-Moving Jeter to left makes some sense, but you know how rumors go – if there’s a FA, they’ll automatically go top the Yankees.
Haven’t watched the Yankees much this summer – have Jeter’s defensive skills declined enough for that to be a sooner, rather than later move?
Frankie Wren
October 1st, 2010
9:59 am
Yeah so was Frenchy’s presence probably and look how that turned out. Actually happy for Francouer getting opportunity to get in playoffs before he is non tendered. Bay obviously a better player.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
10:00 am
VA Brave – Not sure why the zone was widened but it clearly was and certain pitchers rode it for all it was worth imo.
DAP
October 1st, 2010
10:02 am
anders please tell me these three games are finally sold out. I was alarmed to hear the Braves announcers harping for tickets sales just a couple of nights ago.
thats funny, because the games have been sold out for over a month.
about 6 weeks ago i contacted the box office to get tickets for october 2nd. they were out, and i had to scalp them at stub hub.
they are selling standing room only tickets for $20, maybe thats what the announcers are trying to sell.
but no, those games (at least the saturday game) has been sold out for about 6 weeks.
Anders
October 1st, 2010
10:02 am
Lew- Jeter just doesn’t have as much range as he did. He is 36. Tex showing up last year saved Jeters bacon. He had looked horrible with the likes of Giambi over at first to cover up his erratic throwing that always existed. Just never noticed it with Tino Martinez over there either.
Lew
October 1st, 2010
10:03 am
VaBraves-That was my thought, too. It certainly helped Glavine and Maddox. Wish I had a buck for every time I heard of a three inch outside pitch called a “Braves’ Strike”.
Lew
October 1st, 2010
10:05 am
DAP-Yeah, they were hawking standing room only tickets (or Chip didn’t realize they were sold out).
beekay
October 1st, 2010
10:08 am
Lew
I think KK will be moved for sure especially if he has a decent spring. 7 million and only one year will be worth the risk for someone. If he sucks you didn’t lose much. I see our rotation as Hanson,Huddy,Lowe,JJ, and either Minor or Beachy as the 5th. With the 10-15 mill you are talking about would you give Werth say 3 years 30 mill? Would someone offer more?
Frankie Wren
October 1st, 2010
10:10 am
looks like 2.5M at gate this year after weekend