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Frank Wren
June 24th, 2011
1:18 pm
Michael Bourn is hitting .284 with 32 stolen bases.
His average is way too high & what would we do with all that speed ?
It doesn’t fit into our swing for the fences strategy that Bobby Cox instilled throughout the Braves organization.
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2011
1:18 pm
Whatever DOB Im done with the bullsh1t. Im never commenting again.
Skip Caray
June 24th, 2011
1:18 pm
I dont want to enter my comments there
Chip Caray
June 24th, 2011
1:20 pm
On a scale from 1 to 10, how annoying is it listening to me on TV?
Ronald Millsaps
June 24th, 2011
1:20 pm
Don’t point the finger at me. I just hit the blog and leave. I’m not one to camp here all day and start chaos.
LettinMyNuttzSwang
June 24th, 2011
1:21 pm
11
Skip Caray
June 24th, 2011
1:21 pm
Oh, an 11 son….you suck!!
JoeSimpson & ChipCaray's Chemistry
June 24th, 2011
1:22 pm
I don’t exist.
DHD
June 24th, 2011
1:27 pm
Now, who’s going to play The Beaver?
Ronald Millsaps
June 24th, 2011
1:28 pm
Honestly, Atlanta can win it all as it is. I would be awfully reluctant to make a major trade right now. I’d pursue Jose Reyes in the offseason.
Hard to believe Atlanta ran Matt Diaz out of town and that the Phillies didn’t pursue him more diligently. They ran Jayson Werth out (there’s another guy who, like Uggla, is having a down season… Look around baseball, folks. Averages are not good, and I partially, again, blame the downtrodden commissioner) and really could use a right-handed bat. Atlanta opted for Mather over Diaz, or rather they decided they would rather have Mather. Now we have neither. Canning Diaz wasn’t smart.
Atlanta has a good record and is improving. Schafer, Uggla, and Heyward should be huge factors in the second half.
Skip Caray
June 24th, 2011
1:32 pm
Yeah, we have a good team as it stands now, trading for someone just isn’t garaunteed success
Dennis Reynolds
June 24th, 2011
1:33 pm
I agree, Ronald.
I was pissed when they made that move. I guess it was a money issue but Matt said he wanted to stay in Atlanta for the same salary and wouldn’t take them to arbitration. I guess Mather was the cheaper option, but like you said, look where we are now.
Dennis Reynolds
June 24th, 2011
1:33 pm
I wonder what it would take to get Matty back? Not much I would think.
Dennis Reynolds
June 24th, 2011
1:35 pm
It would be a big boost to the team getting him back I would think, as well. He was a big clubhouse guy and a fan favorite. He’s not a great player (though very very good) but he could potentially spark the offense.
bill
June 24th, 2011
1:37 pm
riggleman had the nats over .500 for the first time. The nats are tight wad dumbasses worse than our tightwad dumbasses. As far as Mather goes he tried and didn’t have any success. He is probably tired of bus rides and $20 meal money. Good luck to all exbraves.
Skip Caray
June 24th, 2011
1:40 pm
I wonder if anyone on the team called him Riggs. “Im gettin too old for this Riggs”
NO MORE PARRISH
June 24th, 2011
1:57 pm
Looks like Jeff Francoeur and thinks like Jeff Francoeur.
JoeFan
June 24th, 2011
2:04 pm
If Constanza is better than what the Braves now have playing but not on the 40 man roster, then the Braves have to move someone off to make room for him. The problem is the Braves could loose this player if he doesn’t make it through waivers. The upside is Constanza is the answer to CF on the opposite side is that he is another weak hitting outfielder when exposed to major league pitching.
Skip Caray
June 24th, 2011
2:10 pm
http://thechive.com/2011/06/24/sorry-ladies-girls-fail-compilation-video/
TommyJack
June 24th, 2011
2:19 pm
hate to see site hi-jacked by children.
Fols
June 24th, 2011
2:22 pm
Yikes…what happened on this blog?
Who are these people?
Skip Caray
June 24th, 2011
2:32 pm
Yeah, this blog took a turn for the worse right from the beginning
bring back blauser
June 24th, 2011
2:45 pm
goodbye, good luck, good riddance
Smiling Jack
June 24th, 2011
2:46 pm
You guys are great pulling off the acquirement of Bourn and Pence without DOB or even FW knowing about it. THAT’S A SCOOP!
Marquis Grissom
June 24th, 2011
2:52 pm
Dennis Reynolds is Dee Reynolds brother. Son of Frank Reynolds.
Realist
June 24th, 2011
3:01 pm
Remember, Schafer is only hitting .231, but it’s an “effective” .231. He is the best .231 hitter in baseball!
bring back blauser
June 24th, 2011
3:01 pm
i agree with ronald milsaps in the fact that nothing should be done now. it ain’t broke so don’t fix it. i also agree that the braves should go all out to sign jose reyes in the offseason. what a leadoff man he would make. can you imagine him leading off with shafer batting second followed by prada, mccann, freeman, uggla, heyward and whomever at third because i believe chipperwill retire after this season to become hitting coach
ijudgenot
June 24th, 2011
3:02 pm
When Prado comes back who is it that goes back down, Lugo or Ramirez? Braves need right handed power bat. Ramirez has not shown power at major league level yet, but has potential.
Lugo’s value is to rest Gonzalez at ss..
If Mather was on 40 man roster and now is no longer on the teams roster, doesn’t that open up a slot for Constaza on 4o man roster?
Rowsdower
June 24th, 2011
3:03 pm
So, a guy that clears waivers(meaning nobody wants him) declines AAA to become a free agent. Seems this idiot is as dumb as he is a bad hitter.
David O'Brien
June 24th, 2011
3:14 pm
Rowsdower: Probably just means he knows there is another team ready to sign him, St. Louis perhaps, that will offer him better chance of getting back to and sticking in the major leagues than he thinks he has with the Braves. He has a history with the Cardinals, whereas he had none with the Braves.
Stinger2
June 24th, 2011
3:14 pm
DOB: Have you monitored this blog? If not you might want to see how out of control and racial it is.
Total Grace
June 24th, 2011
3:20 pm
DOB I agree, aren’t u gonna do something about how out of control the blog has gotten?
Skip Caray
June 24th, 2011
3:21 pm
Someone monitors these blogs?
Mikey
June 24th, 2011
3:26 pm
certainly can tell schools out with the quality of this blog
G'Vegas Dawg
June 24th, 2011
3:30 pm
He’s got a better avg. than Uggla. Just sayin….
reckingball
June 24th, 2011
3:40 pm
Is this Moronia?
Bobby's chauffuer
June 24th, 2011
3:44 pm
Read the blog… what a wasted 15 minutes. I’ll come back when the kids go to McDonalds
Skip Caray
June 24th, 2011
3:49 pm
When do the kids go to McDonalds?
Dan Uggla
June 24th, 2011
3:49 pm
My arms are huge, but my penis is small. I like to shake my bat, and stand real tall. I can’t hit sh!t, but that don’t matter. Keep on hatin’ while my pockets get fatter. Chipper is my boy, we are besties. Steroids made me big, but shrunk my testies. When I come to the plate all the girls scream and cheer, I suck at baseball and I’m a millionaire. eat it!
Skip Caray
June 24th, 2011
3:53 pm
I’m gonna try really hard not to laugh…….
Skip Caray
June 24th, 2011
3:56 pm
I can’t believe anyone would even read the first page of this blog, it was nothing but some dude hijacking names and reposting the sme stuff over and over again.
Still trying not to laugh at Thunder Dan’s rap……….
longshot151
June 24th, 2011
3:57 pm
Jose Constanza is a career minor leager. Had a good year with Indians’ AAA last year. They didn’t promote him, they got rid of him. He’s pushing 28. I don’t think he’s the answer.
McLouth is so bad, he makes Schafer look good.
Should have kept Matt Diaz. Affordable corner OF with freak injury last year. Hit LHP very well.
Dan Uggla's Sister
June 24th, 2011
4:21 pm
That rap was mean, but I don’t care. Dan likes to sneak in my bedroom, and smell my underwear. He puts them on his head and wears them like a hat. If he ever stops working out, boy he’s gonna be fat. I wish he could hit or even make a play. I’m waiting for him to come out already, and admit he’s gay. 62 million d@mn that’s a lot, good thing I’m his siter cause I really like to shop. Ohh sorry guys I know I’m being a butt, maybe Dan will do better without that ugly ole’ haircut.
Mather chooses free agency over Triple-A | Raw Sports - Atlanta Braves
June 24th, 2011
4:28 pm
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David O'Brien
June 24th, 2011
4:33 pm
new blog will be up shortly, hang in there. thanks.
Brave New World
June 24th, 2011
4:46 pm
Losing Mather is pretty much a non-event. Hopefully for him, he does well somewhere else. Right now, our priorities are getting into the playoffs.
Tyler
June 24th, 2011
4:47 pm
Dont think I’ve ever seen this much immaturity on the blog before. Grow up people
reckingball
June 24th, 2011
5:08 pm
This might be Dumbarseville. haha
jch
June 24th, 2011
5:10 pm
Why so much chatter about Mather moving on? He didn’t contribute much so no one should be sad to see him go. Wish him luck and be done with it.
reckingball
June 24th, 2011
5:12 pm
Children behave,
Thats what they say when we’re together,
And watch how you play
BravesBurgh
June 24th, 2011
5:14 pm
C-ya Joey, been nice knowin ya! Thank goodness they sent him packing, he was’t a long term answer to anything. His career is marked by spotty numbers and injury, when they first announced they claimed him off waivers I couldn’t believe they took the time to stoop that low. He’s not a big league calibur type of player at all, having very limited success the past couple years and all. Good news though, atleast they won’t call him up at any point and send down someone we can really use everyday like Schafer. Schafer brings so much to the team now, we’re really lucky he healed up and was able to make so much progress this season. Keep Schafer up here for good, and stop dumpster diving to find marginal players who don’t make an impact because we’re better than that! If we have to add a bat for the end of the season playoff push, make it a good one!
reagan
June 24th, 2011
5:18 pm
Fols (2:22)…..don’t forget…………school is out for the summer.
Who Me?
June 24th, 2011
5:29 pm
Where’s the blog police when you need ‘em???
Joe Mather
June 24th, 2011
5:50 pm
Gee, I’m not sensing a lot of love here.
bfred
June 24th, 2011
5:50 pm
Unfortunately as part of the Pence/Bourne trade for McLouth, Kawakami, Lowe and Uggla the Braves also have to feed Carlos Lee until his contract expires in 2013. That could put us upside down.
bring back blauser
June 24th, 2011
6:03 pm
this one has gotten too far out of hand. when will parents learn that nintendo was made for a reason
Harvey's
June 24th, 2011
6:03 pm
Well, I guess it doesn’t “Mater”
Buff braves
June 24th, 2011
6:38 pm
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Derrick Blowe
June 24th, 2011
6:40 pm
Lets take four of five on this trip…we are gonna face King Felix ANd King Pin In Seattle!
Monger
June 24th, 2011
8:38 pm
First- Ronald Milsaps….Berkman isnt making “one tenth of Lowe’s salary” as you state, he is making 8 million this year (still a bargain), but it is about 55 percent of Lowe’s salary not one-tenth….Although Lowe is overpaid by about 6 or 7 million dollars….
Secondly- to whoever answered the question about who goes down Lugo or Ramirez when Prado goes back, the answer will probably be Ramirez, simply because we will already have our 2 back-up outfielders in McLouth and Hinske. I think the bench will be McLouth, Hinske, Conrad, Ross, and Lugo, because we will always need a backup to fill in for Gonzo at SS. And just think once Moylan and Medlen come back in Aug, this is my projected roster from Aug, until the World Series (very likely, as a student of the game-the Braves our World Series caliber)….
Starters
1. Schaefer -CF
2. Heyward -RF
3. Jones -3B
4. McCann-C
5. Prado-LF
6. Freeman-1B
7. Uggla -2B
8. Gonzo-SS
Bench
9. McLouth-CF/LF
10. Hinske-LF,RF, 1B
11. Ross-C
12. Conrad- 3B, 2B
13. Lugo-SS, 2B, 3B
Rotation:
1. Jurrjens
2. Hanson
3. Hudson
4. Lowe
5. Beachy
Bullpen-
6. Venters
7. O’Flaherty
8. Moylan
9. Medlen
10. Linebrink
11. Sherill
12. Kimbrel-CL
NOW THATS A DOMINANT ROSTER, RIGHT?
Mark's for the Braves
June 24th, 2011
8:57 pm
Will not miss Mather. Could play a lot of positions, but was very overrated as a hitter.
frank wren
June 24th, 2011
11:12 pm
well i guess i made another mistake with mather– was hoping we could send him back to richmond he hit about 250 again and i could justify bringing him back up since 250 is better than mclouth or heyward– but never fear im looking into some more garbage heap players– jermaine dye and dontrelle willis- but the upside on willis even if he cant pitch naymore he can hit better than outr current outfielders without prado and second baseman
Leave it to Beaver
June 25th, 2011
1:05 pm
hey Wally, Mather is coming back as a free agent….Oh ok Beaver…..LOL
Steve
June 25th, 2011
1:52 pm
We don’t need Bourn or Pence. Pence is a slightly faster version of Jeff Francouer. Do not be fooled by his average right now, as he always runs hot and cold. If you think Uggla looks bad right now wait until yousee Pence in one of his cold spells.
Bourn is very good offensively, but he can’t touch Schafer defensively. He makes routine plays look hard because his instincts are very poor and he gets bad jumps. He also has an arm that make Ron Gant look like Dwight Evans. Four hoppers to second base from the warning track are NOT impressive.
In reality, the Braves OF is not doing badly at all. Heyward getting hurt did not help. Schafer is doing EXACTLY what the Braves want and need. Solid defense with an arm that otehr teams respect. He gets on base at a .300 clip, which is not great, but let me remind you that in Bourn’s first full year in the majors his OBP was .288. In other words, at this point in his career Schafer could be considered to be ahead of Bourn. Bourn will be arb eligible in 2012 and is already making $4.4 millions, so expect 6+. He is a free agent in 2013. In other words, we can’t really afford him and sign all of our young pitchers. For my money Schafer is a better option. Let’s give him AB’s and see what happens. He does need to work more on bunting though.
The one player I would love to see us investigate is Jose Reyes. Unfortunately, we probably can sign him after this season and I don’t want a rental. But we might be able to convince him to come here. My guess is the Yankees will gobble him up in free agency though .. even with Jeter being overpaid.
John A.
June 25th, 2011
2:04 pm
It’s easy for those of you to knock Joe when he’s hurt (hand), but where is your opinions on McLouth? He always has an excuse!!!!!!!!!!! Where is the player that once got on the field for Pittsburgh? GOOD LUCK JOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NotImpressed
June 25th, 2011
7:00 pm
Can’t blame Mather at all – I would want to get away from this LOSER of an offensive team as fast as I could. LIttle league hitters could out hit this sorry team! And Uggla is the worst!