Braves’ quotes after Thursday loss to Brewers
***FREDI GONZALEZ
“[Hanson] got himself in a little trouble there in the sixth. But he settled down (after rough start]. The bullpen again did a terrific job, keeping the game to two runs. I don’t know about you guys, but I really don’t like to Fielder every time with the bases loaded. We did OK, but that’s not a good situation.”
On the series loss
“Listen, we haven’t played good baseball here. We played good baseball but we haven’t hit. We still went 3-4 on the road trip, but I think we really [only] smoked the ball one time, in Washington. These guys out there [in the clubhouse] can hit the ball. We’re going to be OK offensively. We’ve pitched and we’ve caught it, so that’s a good sign.”
“We ran into some pretty good pitching. You’ve got to tip your hat to these guys here [Brewers]. And we missed [DL'd ace Zack] Greinke. They’ve got a pretty good club, and they pitched well. In the overall grand scheme of things, in the road trip to go 3-4, and I think we only averaged two runs here, that’s encouraging. This club is able, and will, score some runs.”
On getting home
“It’ll be nice. We’ve got the home opener tomorrow night, so get some home cooking. I think we’ve got three series at home, so maybe we’ll get our bats going.”
Tough task right away to face Phillies?
“You know what? We get them right off the bat. Those are the guys we’re going to be up against the whole year, why not get them at home in the opener when we’ve got a nice crowd and the whole thing.”
On Matt Young first hit, another nice catch
“Good for Matty. He made a nice play yesterday in center field, and again today in left field. And his first base hit. That’s good. Hopefully there will be many, many more from him, because he’s a good little player.”
On Freeman’s struggles
“To me, and talking to L.P. [hitting coach Larry Parrish], it looks like he’s expanding the strike zone a little bit, swinging at pitches out of the strike zone. Probably trying to create stuff that’s not there. That’s the case sometimes with young players. He’ll look at some film and L.P. will look at some film, kind of settle him down a little bit and he’ll get going. He’s hit everywhere he’s been, and he’s going to hit.”
Did he make right play on Fielder’s grounder, throwing home?
“I think it would have been difficult [to get the out at home], but with him and his arm – for me he’s not a normal first baseman. He’s got range and he’s got a plus-plus arm. So I can’t say no, he didn’t make [the right play]. I’m not going to get on him about needing to get the out at first base, because I’ve seen him do some stuff that other first basemen cannot do. So I’m not going to say it was the wrong play. Maybe if he charges it and makes a little better throw, he might be out at the plate.”
***MARTIN PRADO
“It was a pretty even game. They got more opportunities than we did. It was a good game, we just didn’t get as many men on base as they did. That was probably the difference in the game.”
That sort of sums up the series as a whole, doesn’t it?
“It’s hard. It’s hard to swallow right now. The only thing we can do is just keep going and try to get better at-bats and see more pitches, see what happens.”
Do you think getting home will help?
“It will. I feel like we’ve been on the road for, like, a month. And going home and playing on our home field, makes you feel more comfortable and more confident.”
*** BRIAN McCANN
Run into good pitching here, didn’t hit well, or what?
“We’ve never faced that guy [Marcum] before. I mean, that’s the first time any of us have ever seen him, so he’s going to have the upper hand. He kept us off-balance and was able to make pitches when he needed to.
“You know, 3-4 on a road trip ain’t bad, and that’s the way you’ve got to look at it. I mean, we were in every ballgame we played. We just weren’t able to get the big knock.”
So many plays at the plate this series
“It was unbelievable. Lot of heat coming at me.”
On Morgan, could you tell he was going to hit you?
“As a catcher you just prepare, [assume] that they’re going to run you over. And I was ready for it. Unfortunately, I don’t even know if I had the ball or not, but I wasn’t able to hold on. Did I have the ball?”
Gomez came in with elbow up last night, how about Morgan’s approach?
“It’s a bang-bang play and he made the right play. He knocked the ball — I don’t even know if I had the ball, but the ball got loose. I don’t have any problem with that at all.”
***TOMMY HANSON
On bad pitch to Braun
“I think the biggest thing for me today was my slider – it wasn’t very good today. I think I gave up five out of the seven hits on sliders, and a couple of them were two strikes. Obviously the biggest one coming when Braun hit the homer.
“Everything felt really good – fastball, curveball, changeup. Slider, not so much. I was just leaving it up in the zone. I think it’s an easy adjustment; it just got too big. It got kind of slurvy and was staying up in the zone. Other than that I felt good. I felt good with my fastball and my other two off-speed pitches. I’d just try to punch some guys out with the slider or try to make a good pitch with the slider and just left it up. That’s when I gave up the hits.”
Did you feel a lot better today than Saturday at D.C.?
“I just wanted to go out and be aggressive today, go out and throw strikes and go right at them. Which is what I always do.”
“My curveball today felt really good. I think that’s what go me threw 5-1/3. I threw a couple of changeups and I think if I had my slider, I would have done a lot better.”
Is the slider a pitch you’d normally use to get out Braun and others?
“Yeah. I mean, that’s my second-best pitch besides my fastball, so I need to get that going. When I’m leaving it up in the zone, they’re going to hit those. If I hang my slider, they’re going to hit it. It wasn’t very sharp. That’s where I got hurt.
“If I could have taken some of those sliders back, it would have been a lot better outing. But that’s my pitch that got me here and has got me where I am now. So I just kept trying to throw it, kept trying to find it. It is still early. I’m still trying to find it. But at the same time, we’re playing games now and these matter.
“I feel like I’ve got a pretty good grasp of what to do with my slider and how to fix it now. So I think in between this start and my next one, I can tighten it up a little bit and make it better.”
On giving up fourth homer to Braun in 13 at-bats against him
“If I make a pitch … I just hung a slider. I had 3-2. I didn’t want to give him a 3-1 changeup, and I just wanted to challenge him with a 3-2 fastball and he hit it back up the middle.
“With that being said, I’m still going to continue to challenge him. I know he has success against me. F**k, he’s Ryan Braun, he has success against a lot of guys, you know? Next time I face him, I’m going to keep doing the same thing. Obviously not the same thing, but keep pitching the way I pitch, maybe make a couple of different pitches.”
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105 comments Add your comment
Toby Flenderson
April 7th, 2011
7:08 pm
DUH! LOSING!!
Braves fan in Augusta
April 7th, 2011
7:12 pm
Will be at the game tomorrow…. Go Braves!!
Day Man
April 7th, 2011
7:19 pm
cont…”F**k, though, Im Tommy F**king Hanson”
Day Man
April 7th, 2011
7:21 pm
“Yeah you can hit my f**king fastball all day, but id f**king like to see you hit my f**king curveball. Oh, f**k, you did hit my f**king curveball? Over the f**king wall? Well f**k you then.
F**k
JC from DR!
April 7th, 2011
7:22 pm
In the overall grand scheme of things, in the road trip to go 3-4, and I think we only averaged two runs here, that’s encouraging.
I seriously hope that was misquoted…
Day Man
April 7th, 2011
7:23 pm
That was a testimony to the pitching dumba**
Day Man
April 7th, 2011
7:24 pm
testament* lol
Im the dumba** nvmd
Day Man
April 7th, 2011
7:24 pm
F**k
Brooks Conrad
April 7th, 2011
7:25 pm
Y U NO PUT ME IN?
Day Man
April 7th, 2011
7:27 pm
You did get in you dumba**… u popped out on first pitch.
F**king idiot
Kleahl
April 7th, 2011
7:28 pm
Enter your comments hereHanson kills me always says “everything felt good”
GMan
April 7th, 2011
7:34 pm
Can’t wait for another 400 abs from fat Freddie Freeman. That boy sucks
tennisbrave
April 7th, 2011
7:38 pm
Change managers, but not much else has changed. Same ole, same ole.
alanfalcon
April 7th, 2011
7:39 pm
If some of think the Braves were bad, just go back and check out you language in describing their play, my god can’t you people find a life.
FalconInDCNativeGeorgian
April 7th, 2011
7:44 pm
tommy hanson sucks…..i dont see all the hoopla surrounding the kid…we only have 2 decent
pitchers….huddy and lowe
John Leonard
April 7th, 2011
7:45 pm
It sounds like Fredi’s lips are moving but Bobby’s voice is coming out?
Reality
April 7th, 2011
7:52 pm
Braves starters give up one or two early and watch the futility for 9 innings. This is some bad baseball. A two run deficit and all hope is lost. Pathetic
woodie
April 7th, 2011
7:55 pm
Pitching is part deception….including concealing the baseball as long as possible before the release. Hanson shows you the ball almost as soon as he begins his wind-up…not good in the bigs.
NorCal Brave
April 7th, 2011
7:55 pm
TO JC from DR!: I think what he meant was it’s encouraging to win 3 out of 7 on the trip, even though we only averaged 2 runs a game in Milwaukee. What I don’t find encouraging in this first week is that we had trouble scoring against some pretty mediocre pitching (Gallardo excepted). Now we get to find out how we do against Lee, Oswalt, and Hamels.
Ralph
April 7th, 2011
8:12 pm
Hanson has lost his velosity, he use to hrow the slider at 93-94 mph and his fastball was always 94-97, today I saw one pitch that got up to 93 but most were in the 86-91 range. I only remember one batter swing and miss a pitch and that was a change up. That plus the way he holds the ball up high for the hitters to focus on makes him very hitable. Unless he makes some major changes in his delivery he is not going to be around very long.
ExBraves Fan
April 7th, 2011
8:13 pm
New year. SAME LOSING BRAVES. Can’t wait for college football to start. Guess I will fish, play with the grand kid, hike, and ride by bike a lot more this summer. I am not sitting around the TV to watch this bunch of bums lose again, and again, and again, and again, and .. . . . . . . . . well you get the drift.
Stumpknocker
April 7th, 2011
8:24 pm
I think your correct “Woodie”, Hanson’s statuesque delivery gives good hitters plenty of time to see the grip on the ball. Maybe he needs to be schooled on concealing it…….also he’s not hitting the catcher’s target very often……not a good sign.
Dawgdad (The Original)
April 7th, 2011
8:30 pm
I haven’t given up on Hanson, thinking he will make adjustments. But, how in heck does a guy get to the major leagues throwing a curve ball with his wrist, like a 12 year old trying to force the ball to curve. He looks like a high school pitcher with that short arm delivery and his wrist snapping curve ball. Roger has to do some coaching, if he is willing to listen. He has had so much success at every level, I hope he, unlike Francouer, is coachable.
Freeman is too selective, vice what Freddie says about expanding his strike zone. He usually gets himself behind in the count by taking two right down the middle and then he tries to hit a pitchers pitch off the plate. Going to get better, going to get better, going to get better, I am confident.
NagoyaBrave
April 7th, 2011
8:34 pm
The Fredi era is Boring with a capital B. Same old conservative Braves. Oh well, that’s how these guys roll, just gotta wait till the Phils get more injured.
Aceman
April 7th, 2011
8:38 pm
omg you guys complain about every little detail like its the end of the world that we lost a few games, you guys are horrible fans, you jump on our players for every little mistake like no other player in the world ever has mistakes, oh no, jeez tommy gave up a few runs, big deal, its baseball. Theres 162 games in a season and your picking apart the first 7 games of the season. I think you guys should learn a little more about baseball.
Rick
April 7th, 2011
8:45 pm
ExBraves Fan
How is it “same old losing Braves” when they had a 91-71 record last season and got in the playoffs? I think football may be the better sport for you though since you haven’t seemed to grasp= the concept of 162 games.
Tyler
April 7th, 2011
9:17 pm
Does anyone remember how bad we were last year in April? But oh no we’ve lost 4 of 7 games and all you guys want to do is throw the entire team under the bus, give it some time people. People are going crazy cause we can’t score runs right now. Look at the Red Sox 0-6 shut out today to complete the sweep by the Tribe of all teams. The Sox have by far the best lineup in baseball and aren’t scoring runs. That’s why we play 162 games not 10.
Pestermistic
April 7th, 2011
9:18 pm
3-4 record. The offense sucks. The starting pitching and relief pitching is awesome. Look in the mirror 1 thru 8 and you’ll see the very reason you are losing. Its each of you non-hitting sonza biotches.
Pestermistic
April 7th, 2011
9:20 pm
F**k those Brewers pitchers. They are all just aces. Even the 4th & 5th starters.
Whaddya think Halladay,Lee,& Oswalt are gonna do to this lineup ? I predict no hitter by Halladay, 1 run off Lee in a loss, and 2 runs off Oswalt in a loss.
Gary H
April 7th, 2011
9:21 pm
Well said Aceman.
Pestermistic
April 7th, 2011
9:25 pm
You know if it wasn’t for a bad Brewers bullpen in the first game the Braves woulda been swept.
What does big Hoss gotta say about the anemic offense ? Lemme guess “To hell with the fans that are complainers. I can do without them.”
And I planned to tak the family to a game soon. But not to ee this poor effort by the offense…
Granny's Big Daddy
April 7th, 2011
9:28 pm
Well-said Pestermistic !
Gary "Cocaine" Busey
April 7th, 2011
9:30 pm
I’d rather watch two cats mate than watch the lousy Braves.
Gary "Cocaine" Busey
April 7th, 2011
9:33 pm
Gotta shake up the lineup. How about this one ?
Prado – LF
Heyward – RF
McCann – C
Uggla – 2B
Chipper – 3B
Gonzalez – SS
Freeman – 1B
Young – CF
JHey's better
April 7th, 2011
9:33 pm
I really liked how Freddie Gonzalez said exactly what was on his mind they played bad and he said they played bad Offense was absent the whole series
JHey's better
April 7th, 2011
9:35 pm
Now they go up against Cliff Lee they have had problems with lefties so we will see how this pans out and Huddy gets killed by Ryan Howard
Horny Toad
April 7th, 2011
9:40 pm
When the best hitters get to play according to Gonzalez, it will be a 3 man team. McCann,Heyward,& Uggla. Since none of the others are doing well none will standout over the others and deserve to play…
Darryl Blackberry
April 7th, 2011
9:41 pm
I think this team will be just fine. Unfortunately, with JJ out and McLouth in the #2 hole, I can still foresee problems for the month of April. Would love to see a lineup shake-up. Would not love to see Mike Minor again.
Also: am I the only one who thinks Tommy Hanson should hide his pitches better? He hangs onto the ball forever and a day, and the hitters can likely spot what kind of grip he’s using in advance…
JHey's better
April 7th, 2011
9:42 pm
Its still early and I think they will be ok but that last series was horrible I hate watching games like that reminds me of the games last year they have to get it going they almost got swept
Tyler
April 7th, 2011
9:46 pm
Half the people on this blog just need to go buy some halladay and howard jerseys move to philly and buy some season tickets. Cause they don’t seem to care about the Atlanta Braves, the phillies or yankess would suit you guys as fans better. Find a team that will go out and buy you some talent to make all you fair weather fans happy. Oh wait not even the yankees 197 mil or the phillies 173 mil payroll can win 162 games…..
Horny Toad
April 7th, 2011
9:48 pm
So far Hanson,Freeman,and McOut are the weakest links. Hanson has regressed this year from last year. And he was supposed to progress into an ace.
Horny Toad
April 7th, 2011
9:49 pm
I’m gonna buy you some rose-colored glasses Tyler. But wait, you are already wearing them…
don
April 7th, 2011
9:49 pm
what channel will the braves be on friday night.i don’t live in the atlanta area don’t have peachtree tv.
Horny Toad
April 7th, 2011
9:50 pm
I’d like to see what Teheran could do as 5th starter.
Tyler
April 7th, 2011
9:50 pm
HornyToad, how can you say he’s regressed!? We’re freaking 2 starts into the season! What did you want 2 3 hit shoutouts. Give me a break
Horny Toad
April 7th, 2011
9:52 pm
They won’t be on any channel at my house. I’ll be watching a DVD movie.
Horny Toad
April 7th, 2011
9:53 pm
0-2 ? Is that acceptable ? Not to me. 2-0 or 1-1 is what I expect.
Horny Toad
April 7th, 2011
9:54 pm
I like the Braves but the truth is the truth. No way to sugar coat it.
Tyler
April 7th, 2011
9:57 pm
He could come back and dominate the rest of the season and win a Cy Young for all you know. Lol I can see you saying regressed at the All-Star break but on April 7th you cannot say he’s regressed yet.
Barry Bonds
April 7th, 2011
9:58 pm
I’m gonna win my case. I’m looking to sign with a team. I see the Braves need a good bat, well several really. But I can guarantee you 35 homeruns and 100 rbi.
JHey's better
April 7th, 2011
9:59 pm
Gotta get a game plan ready for Lee and the Phils
Tyler
April 7th, 2011
9:59 pm
I’m not happy with the way the teams playing by any means, but its way too early to make all these assumption.
Barry Bonds
April 7th, 2011
9:59 pm
He will be lucky to be a .500 pitcher this year.
Barry Bonds
April 7th, 2011
10:00 pm
Horny Toad is right. But I can help him with my big bat. I’m the damn man ya know ?
JHey's better
April 7th, 2011
10:00 pm
The “REAL” Home Run King is STILL “The Hammer” HANK AARON
Pestermistic
April 7th, 2011
10:03 pm
If I see a glass half full, I empty it (by drinking it).
Barry Bonds
April 7th, 2011
10:04 pm
I have the most homeruns in a career ever. Look it up.
Pestermistic
April 7th, 2011
10:05 pm
Barry how did your head double in size from 1987 to 2001 ? Just sayin’….
Barry Bonds
April 7th, 2011
10:06 pm
Its a condition tha runs in my family. My dad & grandad had the same problem. Its genetic.
Pestermistic
April 7th, 2011
10:08 pm
I heard roids make yer head swell and yer nads shrink ? Is that also a genetic condition in yer family Barry ?
JHey's better
April 7th, 2011
10:13 pm
Yeah Bonds was a great player without the “extra stuff” he didnt need to do what he did still was a good player and he was almost a Brave in 92
Pestermistic
April 7th, 2011
10:13 pm
These qutoes after losses blogs are getting to be the norm…
JHey's better
April 7th, 2011
10:13 pm
STILL THE “HAMMER” IS STILL THE KING
JHey's better
April 7th, 2011
10:14 pm
AND HE IS IN THE HOF
Barry Bonds
April 7th, 2011
10:14 pm
All I used was a cream. You know this ?
Barry Bonds
April 7th, 2011
10:16 pm
If they don’t put me in the HOF then no player from 1990 to 2009 should be eligible either.
Barry Bonds
April 7th, 2011
10:17 pm
Nobody even suspected Roger Clemens used steroids. We all did.
JHey's better
April 7th, 2011
10:17 pm
Maybe
JHey's better
April 7th, 2011
10:19 pm
Sosa and Mcgwire saved baseball in 98 and they we feed to the slaughter house with the HGH stuff I dont think that was fair at all
Barry Bonds
April 7th, 2011
10:19 pm
McGwire,Pettitte,Canseco,Giambi,& others confessed to using steroids and are forgiven. But since I deny it I’m the bad guy ? We are all in the same boat.
Barry Bonds
April 7th, 2011
10:28 pm
Hank Aaron played in an era with no specialist pitchers and the pitchers were AA quality. I’d have hit 70 homeruns every year back then.
In Fredi I Trust
April 7th, 2011
10:43 pm
I was at this game and it was ugly. We made the Brewers pitching staff look like a bunch of Cy Young award winners and they didn’t even face Zack Greinke. The Brewers are a good team, but they are not as strong as the Braves by any means and yet they made the Braves look horrible.
I did realize this much though watching the series and the game today in person.
1. Mike Minor needs a lot of seasoning before he will be ready to be a MLB pitcher.
2. Tommy Hanson is overrated, and he gets beat up just about every time he pitches.
The offense has looked offensive as well so far.
All was not lost though. I got my personalized Braves home jersey autographed by Johnny Venters, Craig Kimbrel, and Tim Hudson. That is going in a custom frame with Red, White, and Blue matting and up on the wall in my game room.
Perspective
April 7th, 2011
10:57 pm
The most glaring stat I’ve seen is that J-Hey had 7 walks in those first 7 games and guess how many runs he scored off them – 0. Put him in the 2 hole please! Everyone knows Hanson’s overrated, he’s not an ace and might not ever be, but our rotation as a whole is fine. Minor & Freeman for that matter are in their 1st full seasons in the majors, dont they deserve the benefit of a learning curve?
billmaier
April 7th, 2011
11:21 pm
barry–did you ever face bob gibson– they lowered the mound because of him koufax drysdale??? the pithingis a lot weaker now then when hankplayed because they added so many teams used to be eight in nl and american leagued– the pitching got watered down when you played- besides that chewing gum is the strongest thingh had ever took- too bad cant say the same for you when you head size doubled
Largo
April 7th, 2011
11:23 pm
Freeman looks very uncomfortable with some of his swings. Hanson will be lucky if he gets anywhere near ten wins. I see almost no improvement in McLouth. We appear to have the closers we need if and when we score enough runs to use them.
gotigers72
April 8th, 2011
1:38 am
Just seven games in and I’m already sick of Fredi saying “Gotta tip your hat to them”. Find a new phrase Fredi. You’ve used that one after every loss. Besides, it’s not “them” when it is mediocre pitching getting your Braves out. It’s your hitters. Tip your hat to your hitters for not hitting. Every run but three in this series came via the home run. That ain’t gonna get it.
The first 2 games, your team did not even get a runner in scoring position. That’s pathetic. I got your “tip your hat” right here Fredi.
Ball's-N-All
April 8th, 2011
4:50 am
BRAVES FAN HERE>>I know its early an you can’t win it n April or May….!BUT you can DAMN sure LOSE IT!!!! NOW GET”UR”DONE BRAVES…
Phillies country
April 8th, 2011
5:25 am
Here come the Phils suckas. Get ready to get blown out again. Your necks will be sore from looking up all friggin’ year. I’ll be back after the series to remind you that you are where you belong–that would be SECOND place. We’re pitchin’ and hittin’ suckas. You’re just pitchin’ (kind of). LOL
Jesse Stone
April 8th, 2011
7:33 am
Phils have played the ASTROS and the METS
229Bravsfan
April 8th, 2011
7:51 am
Don’t press the panic button so fast people, the Braves will eventually get hot when we roll into May, remeber last season when they went on a 9 game losing streak in April. Everybody needs to chillax the Bravos will do fine this season. GO BRAVES!!!
Philly Phanatic
April 8th, 2011
8:54 am
The Braves just lost 3/4 to the Brewers & their pathetic pitching staff. The Braves couldn’t score in a French bordello !
Wait til the Braves see some Cy Young calaber pitching – THIS WEEKEND !
BravesFan89
April 8th, 2011
8:55 am
Just about everyone on this blog makes me sick. Thanks for all your great blogs Dave. You should just cut off comments until July or so. These comments are garbage.
Go Braves.
Hanson's Slider
April 8th, 2011
8:57 am
What I don’t get is if Hanson knew his slider wasn’t sharp why would he throw it to Braun with 3-2 count for a punch out? Why not go with curveball or a located fastball? Furthermore why keep going to the pitch when you see everyone is hitting it? That just doesn’t make sense. I know it’s early in the season and I’m not panicking or anything he’ll definitely find his way as will this team’s offense but when you’ve just lost 2 in a row it would have been nice to even up the series and get a winning road record. I just feel like the last two games with Hanson and Minor both left a really bad taste in the offense’s mouth with giving up runs in the first inning or two. I mean the offense goes out scores some runs in the first inning sets the tone and than BAM we’re either back to square one or losing within the next 3 outs. Just completely deflating. The good thing is we have Hudson, Lowe and Beachy the stud going in the next three games so I feel much better about our starting pitching. BTW I’m not trying to take away from Hanson the guys a legit #1-#2 starter on any team (even CC Sabathia starts out real slow). Once Hanson gets it going he’s going to be mowing people down like he did last year.
Hanson's Slider
April 8th, 2011
9:02 am
Philly Phanatic I know you’re on here all the time and truely I do respect your comments as they are often very well thought out and based in fact but really? Well here goes, PHUCK THE PHILLIES!!! GO BRAVES!!!!!!!!
Bobby's Cox'N'Balls
April 8th, 2011
9:27 am
F**kin A lets get this game under way.
40 year Braves Fan
April 8th, 2011
9:38 am
it is very early in the season and no reason to panic yet but last year the Braves would have won at least 3 of the 4 games they have lost so far this year. To date no late inning comebacks , no timely hitting and all of those things that made last year such an exciting time to be a Braves fan. Let’s all hope that more than just 3 or 4 will start hitting and things will settle down.
Jesse Stone
April 8th, 2011
9:39 am
No timely hitting? I thought the two bombs off Saito were pretty timely.
Eric
April 8th, 2011
10:06 am
Some of you all are the most ridiculous posters of all time. It’s 7 games into a 162 game season and the Braves haven’t even played at home yet. On 4/29 last year, the Braves were 8-14 and had lost 9 games in a row. As late as 5/19, the Braves had a losing record of 19-20. They made the playoffs, pushed the team that won the World Series, and were probably the most exciting team Atlanta has put on the diamond since the late 90s.
As for all the Tommy hate from you pro’s, Tommy Hanson is 24. He’s already made 57 starts during three seasons with an ERA of 3.24 and 292 Ks in 339 innings. Yeah, dude needs to make major changes or he’ll never make it. So stupid. Stick to coaching Little League and shouting at the TV.
Jesse Stone
April 8th, 2011
10:22 am
Stick to coaching Little League and shouting at the TV.
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BINGO!
Stein
April 8th, 2011
10:23 am
This might sound completely crazy but how about giving your best hitter (J-Hey) just a little bit of protection!! Hit him fourth or fifth with at least one of McCann and Uggla behind him and watch him reach his potential….or give him no protection hitting him sixth and watch him get nothing to hit.
Arthur
April 8th, 2011
10:49 am
IF we had split the series with the brewers out record would be 4 and 3, which would have been a very successful road trip especially to start the season.!? 155 games left in the season.
gophils
April 8th, 2011
11:41 am
april doesnt matter, because the phils can turn it on at the end of the season. Like last year when we were 7 down in july and the 2 years before that.
if your fans supported your team, you might have more money for payroll, you dont even sell out when your winning..
JoeBravesFan
April 8th, 2011
11:50 am
If we can’t beat the Brewers, how can we expect to beat the Phillies?!
JoeBravesFan
April 8th, 2011
11:52 am
“gophils” we have an ownership team that could care less about the Braves…they just use the team for a tax write-off. But, if they sell the team after the season, which IS expected, be prepared for payroll to increase your Phillies butts to start getting kicked!
Kyle
April 8th, 2011
12:00 pm
So does anybody have any idea why Hanson’s velocity has been down this year and last? I think it was Joe Simpson on yesterday’s broadcast that pointed out we used to see minimum 92MPH, and we just aren’t seeing those 93’s and 94’s anymore.
dl
April 8th, 2011
12:27 pm
relax u so called braves fan still early will b fine.
I Gave Her Undertaker eyes
April 8th, 2011
12:45 pm
same ol braves same ol hawks blah blah
wt
April 8th, 2011
12:55 pm
BOY, talk about poor batting and no power. Funny. The Braves decision making is comical and for the fans bad.
A rookie could bat better than the Braves and Hanson is easy o hit as a Freshman pitcher in college.
Funny how gullible the fans are, believing that front office folks have a clue what they are doing.
Ho many Braves will bat above 200 at the year’s end? hahahahhaa
wt
April 8th, 2011
12:56 pm
Had a chance to get fresh people with power and chose the same old..can’t hit the ball type players and same old ..let’s make an excuse pitching.
Windy Hanson?
wt
April 8th, 2011
12:59 pm
Butt…but he was a prospect that some expert said was a sure thing and..and…
I could take an Independent league and whup the hapless Braves. Maybe they can do the Harlem Globe Trotters thing, you know be a comedy team…just for laughs.
Hope it isn’t windy when Hanson is pitching..I mean home runs in bunches. Maybe we can get a dome so no wind will blow?