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CraZyTRaDeMaN
October 29th, 2010
2:44 pm
Oh well…… I guess Bobbys stuck going on that stupid trip now!!!!
Gary O
October 29th, 2010
2:48 pm
The biggest advantage, to me, with the hire of a new hitting coach is for the players to hear a different voice. Sometimes, even the same message from a different voice can be beneficial.
TP was the hitting coach for years. I think it was time for a change. Welcome, Mr. Parrish. What can you do for Nate?
Grant
October 29th, 2010
2:48 pm
I kinda hope they keep Lee and stick Freeman in left as a platoon with Diaz. Granted, our defense would suffer a bit, but it would make our lineup stronger than getting, say, a Coco Crisp or DeJesus type player. Consider a lineup of..
Prado, 2B
Chipper, 3B
Heyward, RF
Lee, 1B
McCann, C
Freeman/Diaz, LF
Gonzalez, SS
McLouth, CF
Solid infield defense. As for outfield defense……
Murph
October 29th, 2010
2:52 pm
Freddie Freeman is a 1st baseman. He’s always played 1st. The Braves have an opening at 1st. In my opinion he should stay at 1st.
If they offer DLee arbitration and he accepts, move him to LF. Let him ruin his knees instead of Freeman. He’ll miss a few, but he’ll catch a few too.
Tomas
October 29th, 2010
2:53 pm
Larry Parrish, well I hope he knows about hitting and can help this guys out.
Owl Hunter
October 29th, 2010
2:54 pm
Grant
Probably not the best idea to get a rookie to switch to a new position. It might work, but I don’t see it happening.
jeffrey d
October 29th, 2010
2:54 pm
I don’t know if we want DLee catching
Owl Hunter
October 29th, 2010
2:57 pm
DLee is a great defensive 1b, but it doesn’t matter. He’s not going to be back. People need to play their natural positions. Not everyone is as verstile as Infante, Prado, etc.
Owl Hunter
October 29th, 2010
2:58 pm
By the way, please fix the blog. Thanks in advance.
Tomas
October 29th, 2010
2:59 pm
In terms of resume Larry Parrish looks like a decent choice.
Bat Masterson
October 29th, 2010
3:06 pm
I get tired of people bitchin’, about other people bitchin’, about their bitchin’. Quit yer bitchin’, bitch*s.
Owl Hunter
October 29th, 2010
3:07 pm
Bat
You’re fired!
Bat Masterson
October 29th, 2010
3:10 pm
You can’t fire me Owl, I quit!
Owl Hunter
October 29th, 2010
3:13 pm
Jim Presley has been hired as your replacement.
ncscoots
October 29th, 2010
3:16 pm
By the way, please fix the blog. Thanks in advance.
To heck with that. If this isn’t just a glitch, I’m fine with it. It’s a lot easier to find a point in time with this than guessing about which page to maybe find it.
Now, if we could just get them to put the monikers over the comments, instead of to the left, I’d find it much easier to know which ones I can skip, LOL.
jeffrey d
October 29th, 2010
3:18 pm
It’s a lot easier to find a point in time with this than guessing about which page to maybe find it.
It is easier. Except it’s running really really slowly
DAP
October 29th, 2010
3:18 pm
efrim Let’s just hope that the outfield bat isn’t a band aid like Pat Burrell or Magglio Ordonez.
lets hope that it is, plus one more.
jeffrey d
October 29th, 2010
3:21 pm
…at least for me. Or maybe my computer’s just stupid
Bat Masterson
October 29th, 2010
3:22 pm
More power to Presley. When Freeman has a slump people will claim he ruined his swing, just like Torrie did to Brad Komminsk.
DAP
October 29th, 2010
3:27 pm
rob from sc FOr everyone asking for Rasmus, Kemp, Jones, and Choo please do us a favor. When making proposals look at it from that teams side.
They will want Teheran or Delgado plus.
fine, if its for rasmus or kemp. i think most folks who have proposed a trade for rasmus have included delgado in the imaginary deal.
Efrim
October 29th, 2010
3:28 pm
lets hope that it is, plus one more.
Hopefully the one more is a Colby Rasmus type. If not, and it’s just Burrell or Ordonez, then we are setting our selves up for a really fun offseason the following year…..
Bat Masterson
October 29th, 2010
3:28 pm
And more recently like some think TP did to Heyward.
jeffrey d
October 29th, 2010
3:29 pm
just like Torrie did to Brad Komminsk
Or TP to Langerhans
HomeofdaBrave
October 29th, 2010
3:30 pm
FIRE LP!
Steve McP
October 29th, 2010
3:33 pm
I like this format much more than pagination, so much easier to navigate and see what DOB has posted.
ncscoots
October 29th, 2010
3:33 pm
then we are setting our selves up for a really fun offseason the following year
We got to get together on our definition of “fun”, Efrim.
One more offseason of knowing the team needs slugging would mean that another year of good pitching had gone unmaximized.
jeffrey d
October 29th, 2010
3:35 pm
Does it take anyone else a long time for their words to appear in the comment box after you type them?
Murph
October 29th, 2010
3:36 pm
I don’t think TP did a whole lot of anything, good or bad. I doubt he ruined Heyward’s swing or anyone’s for that matter… but it doesn’t appear he did much to fix them when they went wrong either.
Travis
October 29th, 2010
3:37 pm
I’d rather trade Delgado and Teheran for major league calibre players like Rasmus and Kemp. Rather not touch what worked on the field last year in Prado/Infante/JJ. With the exception of McLouth, most of the deadwood on the roster should be gone soon including KK from what we are hearing. Diaz might still be the best cheap option as the 4th outfielder and he bats right. Would I take Frenchy as the fourth? Sure, but he wants 4-5 mil I would bet.
brian
October 29th, 2010
3:45 pm
DOB – any chance the Braves offer Lee a 1 year deal worth $6 million or so – less than his arbitration amount but a deal that would pay Lee well giving him a season to shine before hitting free agency?
I can only imagine the Braves doing nthat if they do not believe there is another right handed bat available to them better than lee and that Freeman could easily handle LF for 1 year
ncscoots
October 29th, 2010
3:47 pm
doubt he ruined Heyward’s swing or anyone’s for that matter… but it doesn’t appear he did much to fix them when they went wrong either.
It’s not always as easy as one might think to take what you do in the cage out to the field. A player’s ability or inability to do that isn’t necessarily a function of the hitting coach’s prowess.
Still, a new voice and new eyes probably can’t hurt.
Soph
October 29th, 2010
3:48 pm
jeffrey, yes when I initially start typing.
ncscoots
October 29th, 2010
3:52 pm
[if the Braves feel] that Freeman could easily handle LF for 1 year
I have a feeling that OF walls throughout the league would fear for their lives, in that event.
brian
October 29th, 2010
3:55 pm
good one scoots
iTiSi
October 29th, 2010
3:56 pm
Wonder how many, if any, Giants players have sent Brian McCann a “Thank You” card yet? If not for him and his hit in the all star game, the Giants would have played their first two games in Texas. The Giants are good but I’m not so sure they are all this much better than the Rangers, therefore the home field advantage has meant a lot to them so far.
Bay Area Steve
October 29th, 2010
3:56 pm
A wall can’t fear stuff. Idiot. Klesko II, baby.
TnBrian
October 29th, 2010
3:58 pm
Larry Parrish Wikepedia already has him listed as current hitting coach for the Atlanta Braves. They’re fast over there.
Owl Hunter
October 29th, 2010
3:59 pm
Teheran is untouchable. Trading him would be a huge mistake.
ncscoots
October 29th, 2010
4:01 pm
Klesko II, baby
Well, Freddie would probably be nearly as entertaining, I’ll grant you that, LOL.
Ease® in Woodstock
October 29th, 2010
4:02 pm
Wonder how many, if any, Giants players have sent Brian McCann a “Thank You” card yet?
or Bobby Cox for that matter…He did give them a ‘thumbs up’ after their clinching win…
Owl Hunter
October 29th, 2010
4:02 pm
Freddie needs to work on his Klesko scowl.
MFin04
October 29th, 2010
4:04 pm
So what would it cost for the Braves to bring back Derrek Lee for a year or two? Freeman worries me and Lee is a RH bat vs Freeman another LH bat.
I mean it all depends on what we can get in LF or CF, but if we are stuck with crap, I wouldn’t mind Lee at first base.
DAP
October 29th, 2010
4:05 pm
efrim Hopefully the one more is a Colby Rasmus type.
exactly. i mean…its not even november yet. lets dream big.
ncscoots
October 29th, 2010
4:08 pm
Freeman worries me and Lee is a RH bat vs Freeman another LH bat.
I’d make the bet right now that Freeman has a higher OPS+ than Lee, in 2011.
Got to get a little park-adjustment in there, just for chuckles.
richbrave
October 29th, 2010
4:09 pm
jeffrey d
October 29th, 2010
3:29 pm
“…..Or TP to Langerhans……..”
LANGERHANS has a slow bat. Only so much you can do to speed that up.
Bay Area Steve
October 29th, 2010
4:11 pm
No minimum ABs scoots? And it looks like Free is gonna play against LHers, too… Hope that limb is strong, brother.
richbrave
October 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
HomeofdaBrave
October 29th, 2010
3:30 pm
FIRE LP!
All right, a first!!!! You go Home-boy.
nolie
October 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
Whats more realistic this offseason. Acquiring two OF’s that hit for a decent average with average pop or one guy that we may have to overpay for.
acquiring only one guy who fits the lesser criteria is the most realistic I’m betting
Murph
October 29th, 2010
4:14 pm
Freddie should also get workin’ on his bat flip… nothing like a good bat flip after a HR. Klesko’s was awesome.
I hope this team isn’t all-business like they were under BC. I want to see some bat flips, some pitchers pointing at the dugout, etc. Some character. Or characters.
David O'Brien
October 29th, 2010
4:15 pm
Just got off phone with Parrish, seems like a good guy, student of hitting who recent has viewed many hours of film and studied hitters from Ruth to Aaron right up through Bonds, Pujols and other current hitters, trying to see the things they had in common, etc. Interesting guy. He plans to use video, one-on-one instruction and whatever else different hitters need, said all hitters are different and he doesn’t believe in trying to make them the same, but rather accentuating their strengths.
He also plans to get in the cage and take some cuts to demonstrate at times.
richbrave
October 29th, 2010
4:15 pm
ncscoots
October 29th, 2010
4:08 pm
Freeman worries me and Lee is a RH bat vs Freeman another LH bat.
I’d make the bet right now that Freeman has a higher OPS+ than Lee, in 2011.
Got to get a little park-adjustment in there, just for chuckles.
Can’t wait for that. Seein’ is believin’
ncscoots
October 29th, 2010
4:16 pm
BAS, I’ve tried really hard to temper my enthusiasm about the kid, but I think I’m doomed, there.
I think he’ll struggle early, but other than that, I’m sold on him.
Owl Hunter
October 29th, 2010
4:16 pm
Murph
This year’s team probably had more character than any recent Braves squad.
Owl Hunter
October 29th, 2010
4:17 pm
DOB So far, Parrish is saying the right things. I’ll be pulling for him.
richbrave
October 29th, 2010
4:19 pm
nolie
October 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
Whats more realistic this offseason. Acquiring two OF’s that hit for a decent average with average pop or one guy that we may have to overpay for.
acquiring only one guy who fits the lesser criteria is the most realistic I’m betting
I’m thinking along those same lines nolie. BTW listening to EUROPA by GATO BARBIERI and CARLOS SANTANA right now. Thanx for the TITO PUENTE.
keylargo
October 29th, 2010
4:25 pm
I have a feeling that OF walls throughout the league would fear for their lives, in that event.
McLouth would be a nervous wreck with Heyward on one side and Freeman on the other. Both guys about 8 inches taller and 50 pounds heavier. His instinct would be to break towards second base on all balls hit in either gap.
ncscoots
October 29th, 2010
4:29 pm
McLouth would be a nervous wreck with Heyward on one side and Freeman on the other.
The Leprechaun and The Beasts, LOL. Not sure I wouldn’t be breaking toward 2B, my own self. Or learning to holler really, really loudly.
Murph
October 29th, 2010
4:31 pm
This year’s team probably had more character than any recent Braves squad.
That’s not saying much.
TennesseePaul
October 29th, 2010
4:36 pm
Well, it’s like I stepped back in time. One page blog format. Oh the days of yesteryear…. except this loads super fast compared to then. This actually is loading at the same speed as the multipage… at least for me. Back in the olden days this thing would crap out around a 1000 comments or so on a single page layout. That was back when DOB had to post a fresh blog just so the entire AJC site would remain standing. What power he had.
Good to hear on the hitting coach front. I hope he works out well.
Scoots, I’m with you on Freeman. I like this kid. I hope he does well. There is a fraction of me that wouldn’t be surprised to see him crap out inexplicably… only to have a Sabermatic stroll in here and claim he saw it coming pre-draft. Much like some portend to claim they knew Francoeur’s peak was nothing more than a late innings defensive platoon outfielder.
TennesseePaul
October 29th, 2010
4:37 pm
McLouth would be a nervous wreck with Heyward on one side and Freeman on the other.
I don’t know… From what I’ve seen McLouth would be safe from the left as he could easily out run Freeman.
We’ve all witnessed the consequences of Heyward on McLouth’s right.
ncscoots
October 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
Well, it’s like I stepped back in time. One page blog format. Oh the days of yesteryear
Five-minute delay…now, THAT would bring back some memories, LOL.
MFin04
October 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
Hitting for a higher OPS is one thing. But the distribution of it matters as well. They need someone with more power hitting lefties. Higher OPS doesn’t do you as much good if its just against righties and the rest of the team can mash righties.
Efrim
October 29th, 2010
4:43 pm
I kinda of liked the pages. Was easier, imo. But whatever. Doesn’t really matter as long as all comments are dated….
MFin04
October 29th, 2010
4:45 pm
Didn’t notice it was a one page blog…that’s gonna make things a little more difficult to track. Not to mention load times are going to be worse. As well as losing track of conversations. But by all means. YEAH FOR ONE PAGE!
Trey - 6
October 29th, 2010
4:50 pm
McFin, I just saw that. I was getting frustrated as my scroll kept scrolling up.
Bat Masterson
October 29th, 2010
4:50 pm
Doesn’t really matter as long as all comments are dated….
I wouldn’t say all, but many are.
Murph
October 29th, 2010
4:51 pm
I definitely like the comment pages… much easier to use while at work. Now, when I post, the page flies up to the top for a little while before going back down to the bottom. Was easier hiding the blog headline than it will be the main blog body with player pictures and all of that jazz. Gonna get me yelled at by my boss.
Bat Masterson
October 29th, 2010
4:51 pm
10,000 comments on one page, lets make it happen.
Trey - 6
October 29th, 2010
4:51 pm
Efrim, it just means we will have to keep waiting for our scroll bar to scroll up. The one page is going to be quite frustrating.
What does everyone else think about Larry Parrish our new Braves hitting instructor? I am not too fond of this.
Murph
October 29th, 2010
4:56 pm
My first thought when they announced Larry Parrish as the new hitting coach was “how does playing center for the Boston Celtics qualify him to teach guys how to hit a baseball?”.
MFin04
October 29th, 2010
4:57 pm
I believe the hitting coach needs some hitters to work with. I mean if we keep blame our hitting coach for guys like Frenchy, Melky, McLouth, Loaf, etc for sucking it is going to be a long year.
Lets find some hitters that don’t need as much coaching and can hit the ball a long ways.
Wesley
October 29th, 2010
4:58 pm
I’m still not sure why the Braves would not offer D-Lee arbitration. It seems like a win-win. If he accepts, you have a legitimate right handed power hitter for around $10 mil, and if he declines, you get a draft pick, and can sign Burrell or Ordonez for about the same price. This is all, of course, assuming Freeman can play at least Melky-caliber defense in LF.
Frankie Wren
October 29th, 2010
5:01 pm
Curious. Has Freddy Freeman ever played left field in his life? I was led to believe he always was a firstbaseman. Why does anybody here think that he should ever be mentioned as a possible candidate for left field? I am may be wrong, maybe he has played some outfield. If not, very strange posts regarding moving him to the outfield.
Trey - 6
October 29th, 2010
5:06 pm
Murph, I hope he will be good, I can’t get excited with Wren’s deals anymore. Coaches or players.
Murph
October 29th, 2010
5:07 pm
i’m still not sure why the Braves would not offer D-Lee arbitration. It seems like a win-win. If he accepts, you have a legitimate right handed power hitter for around $10 mil, and if he declines, you get a draft pick
Braves will only have $15-16mil to do all of their shopping this offseason. They need to add a power bat to the outfield, a right hander to the bullpen, and at least one or two more players. If they offer Lee arbitration it leaves them with $5-6mil to get all of that done, plus it creates an issue with what to do with Freeman.
Murph
October 29th, 2010
5:08 pm
Freeman did play 5 games at 3B in the Gulf Coast League his first year, so… yeah. There ya go. Plug him in at left.
TnBrian
October 29th, 2010
5:09 pm
Because Wesley, they don’t want an aging guy like Lee eating up $10m or more when they have a very,very cheap alternative in Freeman. They’ll get a CF, I assume, and platoon Nate and either Diaz or a real cheap type guy for LF. I can’t imagine them doing anything different because no way in hell can they trade Nate and no way in hell they don’t give him at least a crack at a part time job in the OF making his type of money.
MikeInFl
October 29th, 2010
5:10 pm
This is all, of course, assuming Freeman can play at least Melky-caliber defense in LF.
Isn’t that quite an assumption? I mean, Melky at least can run pretty well, and he has played outfield all his life. I think it’s a big leap (and a big mistake) to assume Freeman in LF. Don’t think the Braves would do that.
CB
October 29th, 2010
5:14 pm
The question you must ask about Freeman – can he make the throw to RF from LF? If not,he can’t be a Melky.
MikeInFl
October 29th, 2010
5:19 pm
Regarding the new format (if that’s what it is, rather than a glitch)…
Only thing I don’t like is that the “link to” option is gone. With the old format, you could click on that, and when you reloaded the page, you would be brought back to the point you were at. Now you have to go to the bottom and scroll back up to find where you were, if you want to read things in chronological order.
World will probably keep on spinning either way, though.
Mr Ray J
October 29th, 2010
5:22 pm
The thing with Freeman in LF is clearly all conjecture. Chipper was a life-long infielder who went to LF, as was Klesko, as was Kelly Johnson, as was Scott Thorman, etc… Were they good outfielders? Nope, not any of them. But the powers that be determined that the defensive sacrifice was worth the opportunity of getting their bats into the line-up. If the team really likes D. Lee, and they really think Freeman is ready to contribute, then this is how it could conceivably go. They’ve done it before.
If Wren were able to trade for Rasmus, it would be a powerful line-up. And if you’ve got cheap in LF, and inexpensive in CF, then the sting of Nate’s salary on the bench is mitigated.
Frankie Wren
October 29th, 2010
5:28 pm
I haven’t once heard any of the powers to be mention that Freeman in leftfield is a remote possibility. Seems this has been only been mentioned on this blog. Can’t see signing Lee, not for that kind of money. Pretty good chance only see Freddy playing 1B.
Murph
October 29th, 2010
5:39 pm
Who is in charge of pagination decisions at AJC? Who is it? I need a name so I can start lobbying for their dismissal.
Fire [insert AJC’s Head of Pagination here}!!!
David O'Brien
October 29th, 2010
5:47 pm
Parrish story updated with quotes from him, Gonzalez: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/10/29/larry-parrish-hired-as-braves-hitting-coach/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog
Rob from SC
October 29th, 2010
5:50 pm
WTF is everyone worried about Freddie Freeman
Murph
October 29th, 2010
6:09 pm
I’m more worried about the time it takes to refresh the page now than I am where FF will play next season. This is something the Phillies blog would do to its fans, not the AJC.
Danga
October 29th, 2010
6:17 pm
Melky at least can run pretty well
Melky just looks like he runs pretty well because you see how hard he has to work to do it. Dude’s range was abysmal. Seemed like he just got slower too as that waist line kept expanding. What a waste of a roster spot.
TnBrian
October 29th, 2010
6:29 pm
“WTF is everyone worried about Freddie Freeman”
I don’t think they are. They just need something to talk about. This is honestly the worst part of the offseason, when the playoffs/world series is going on. Unless your team is in them you can’t wait for the damn thing to end so your team can start making some moves, or at least start hearing some noise.
unbelievable
October 29th, 2010
6:39 pm
pieces the braves could have for Lee’s $13mil – freeman, magglio/burrell, hinske, diaz, and a RHRP. Braves have too many needs and not enough $$ to pay Lee’s arb
McFann O O – 6
October 29th, 2010
6:48 pm
cabravesfan Not liking the one page format that is happening right now…
Yeah…harder to find where you left off when you’ve been gone all day. What’s funny is that I used to not like the pages…
ncscoots Five-minute delay…now, THAT would bring back some memories
Oh man…no kidding! Yow…
LTBF
October 29th, 2010
6:48 pm
Hi all, One page format WOW
nolie
October 29th, 2010
6:51 pm
I can remember when everybody was whining about the pages, now whining about not having them. The more thangs change, the more they remain the same.
Seriously I think the pages help when the blog is usually in thousands of hits. JMO
LTBF
October 29th, 2010
6:52 pm
Refresh time not to bad
Soph
October 29th, 2010
6:52 pm
CraZy – if you’re out there, FSN, FSS, and FX are back!
Bat Masterson
October 29th, 2010
6:53 pm
7612………….. long way to go
LTBF
October 29th, 2010
6:54 pm
Would perfer Pages howevey
Braveheart
October 29th, 2010
7:13 pm
said all hitters are different and he doesn’t believe in trying to make them the same, but rather accentuating their strengths.
music to my ears. hate when they start screwing with hitters, making pull hitters hit the other way, making oppo field hitters pull the ball, making aggressive hitters patient, making patient hitters aggressive, making fly ball hitters hit grounders, making ground ball hitters uppercut, and on and on. of course, alot of that training must occur anyway to make them more complete hitters that minimize their weaknesses, but I just hate it when they get carried away and get into their heads by forcing them to be the kind of hitter they naturally ain’t, turning a strength into a weakness or mere mediocrity for the sake of making the weakness only slightly stronger
Braveheart
October 29th, 2010
7:20 pm
much, much better without the pagination. brings it back old school. makes it much easier to find DOB and the folks worth reading and the discussions they’re having, and to skip over all of the chit chat chumps. it’s too much of a calorie burner after a long day of work to click through page after page.
Efrim
October 29th, 2010
7:22 pm
I prefer pages too. Took kinda long for the page to load. Oh well.
I like some of the things that Parrish said.
Listened to a lot of Sandy Alderson’s press conference with the Mets. Now that’s one smart dude. I’d be pretty happy if I were a Met fan. He said he loved power and on base %. Gotta love that. I think he’ll make them a bit better than if Omar were still in the fold, that’s for sure.
Tomas
October 29th, 2010
7:22 pm
What happened to the blog, it’s no longer by pages, why?