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Philly Phanatical
June 29th, 2011
4:26 pm
Heyward cant hit. Someone should remind him theres still a left field.
Shaun
June 29th, 2011
4:26 pm
MiaBchBravesFan, so, what are you saying? That Chipper should retire? Provide some indication that he’s “done,” please.
Jimmy
June 29th, 2011
4:26 pm
This will be another 10+ K day for the Braves…looks like.
Maybe we get a solo shot (or two) and Lowe has a great game.
Murph
June 29th, 2011
4:26 pm
Hey, at least the Braves won’t get no-hit today.
Gotta look for the positives on days like today…
David O'Brien
June 29th, 2011
4:26 pm
Nice oppo bloop single for Freeman, taking what they give him and all that
Jay Dubu
June 29th, 2011
4:27 pm
Looks to be another 5 – 6 start for the Braves’ starter…D. Lowe already at 48 pitches.
MikeInFl
June 29th, 2011
4:27 pm
If I hear one more word about lineup construction, I’m gonna blow ncscoots’ brains out.
Nova Scotia Steve
June 29th, 2011
4:27 pm
This could get ugly….at least we have a couple hits…or ahem….Freeman has a couple hits
Arkansas Transplant
June 29th, 2011
4:27 pm
I have to admit, Heyward has been a complete disappointment this year. I was hoping for something at least close to last years production.
phil
June 29th, 2011
4:27 pm
Shaun – ??
StingerSplash
June 29th, 2011
4:27 pm
All right, Struggla, time to make believers out of us.
Husker Tony
June 29th, 2011
4:27 pm
Trade Freeman, he hits too much.
ncscoots
June 29th, 2011
4:27 pm
Too bad John Candy died before he got to make his big screen version of “A Confederacy of Dunces.”
Stinger, was that in the works, really? If so, I never knew that. You’re right, that would have had some potential.
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Tomahawk Mafia
June 29th, 2011
4:29 pm
I missed Heyward’s atbat; how many pitches did he see?
jeffrey d
June 29th, 2011
4:29 pm
I like how the crowd’s chanting “K! K! K! K!” when Felix has 2 strikes
Jimmy
June 29th, 2011
4:29 pm
Hustle by Danno!
Husker Tony
June 29th, 2011
4:30 pm
Wish it were the 7th inning Conrad would homer then.
cabravesfan
June 29th, 2011
4:30 pm
Well done boys!
TNScott
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
I think it’s safe to assume that at baseball’s next CBA, the Braves will vote “No” for the DH being instituted in the National League as well.
ncscoots
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
Poor Uggla. Pitchers know he’s struggling, so he’s gonna be reluctant to swing at the first pitch, and it’s just strike-one-looking nearly every AB, it seems. And he probably can’t get right if he’s swinging early too much.
jeffrey d
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
scoots – I just Wikipedia’d it and it seems that John Belushi, John Candy, and Chris Farley have all been cast as the lead for A Confederacy of Dunces.
Veer
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
CONRAD MAN. THE GREAT PINCH HITTING SPECIALIST.THIS GUY CAN HIT ANYONES FASTBALL. YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
StingerSplash
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
Man, I was about to go all Officer Thirdout from the Who’s on Base episode of That’s My Braves Offense … give it up for Dannnn Strugglllaaa!
And dude gets an infield hit. Struggla! and Conrad!
Jimmy
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
Conrad does it. But remember that hustle by Uggla for an infield hit!!
Nova Scotia Steve
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
WE GOT A RUUUUNNNNNN…..Some two out magic or whatever the hell you call it…
It doesn’t matter
Husker Tony
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
Uh oh let the “Conrad should play over Chipper” talk begin……
VaBravesFan
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
there ya go Brooks.
BLK09GT
June 29th, 2011
4:31 pm
That’s right Husker. We need to fly under the radar. Can’t have our team batting average above .200. Free Freeman!
TheAntiMe
June 29th, 2011
4:32 pm
Brooksy, wooooo!
CrαZy
June 29th, 2011
4:32 pm
King Felix ….more like Queen Felix!!
VaBravesFan
June 29th, 2011
4:32 pm
Wait, gameday just said Ross bunted for the 3rd out, i dont get this it all.
Jay Dubu
June 29th, 2011
4:32 pm
I don’t think Heyward is 100%, and as Chipper said 80% of him is better than what they would get with his replacement.
I think he’ll have a big 2nd half, just as Uggs will.
David O'Brien
June 29th, 2011
4:33 pm
Braves got that run on three two out hits — bloop single, infield single and groundball single to center
Murph
June 29th, 2011
4:33 pm
Gah! What in the… holy… son of a… ggggguuuuuhhhh
That bunt just made me sick. I’m ok now.
glove51
June 29th, 2011
4:33 pm
Did Ross really bunt for the 3rd out?
ncscoots
June 29th, 2011
4:34 pm
I just Wikipedia’d it and it seems that John Belushi, John Candy, and Chris Farley have all been cast as the lead for A Confederacy of Dunces.
Holy smoke. Glad I’m not large and funny, so that casting director doesn’t call me. Seems detrimental to your health.
cabravesfan
June 29th, 2011
4:34 pm
Wait, gameday just said Ross bunted for the 3rd out, i dont get this it all.
Trying to catch them off guard and get that run in from 3rd. Just a little too hard
Fish Bisch
June 29th, 2011
4:34 pm
I think Conrad should start at third, which he will, once chip gets his scope.
Husker Tony
June 29th, 2011
4:34 pm
Vabraves, he tried to bunt for a hit, lets just say it didn’t work…
Tomahawk Mafia
June 29th, 2011
4:34 pm
That inning was fun to watch and so atypical of the way the Braves had been scoring before Tuesday night’s game.
jeffrey d
June 29th, 2011
4:34 pm
woo, Veer said something positive!
phil
June 29th, 2011
4:34 pm
Conrad should play over Chipper…
Jimmy
June 29th, 2011
4:35 pm
Ross now down to being able to start on 12 other teams.
jw
June 29th, 2011
4:35 pm
Are you serious?? I love the bunt idea. I will grant that it was poorly placed but that third baseman would never have thrown him out. He has bunted for a base hit before because they never suspect it of a catcher. He just didn’t get it down the line enough.
TheAntiMe
June 29th, 2011
4:35 pm
Did Ross really bunt for the 3rd out?
No way, it was Alex Gonzalez who bunted.
Dumbfound
June 29th, 2011
4:35 pm
Philly Phanatical
June 29th, 2011
4:26 pm
Heyward cant hit. Someone should remind him theres still a left field.
How many games did your team win in Seattle ?!?!
StingerSplash
June 29th, 2011
4:35 pm
They all look line drives in the box score in the morning. Just hope Lowe can make it hold up and leave a sinker up to Cust.
Tom O'Hawke
June 29th, 2011
4:35 pm
I continue to wonder why Alex Gonzalez got a standing ovation. — Veer (or VEER!!!!)
How else would he get one?
ncscoots
June 29th, 2011
4:36 pm
Jimmy,
Jimmy
June 29th, 2011
4:36 pm
John Belushi, John Candy, and Chris Farley have all lost alot of weight.
phil
June 29th, 2011
4:36 pm
A slow footed catcher, that so many think can hit like Babe Ruth, tried to bunt for a hit? That doesn’t make much sense there….
StingerSplash
June 29th, 2011
4:36 pm
Make that “not leave a sinker up to Cust”
Jay Dubu
June 29th, 2011
4:36 pm
Middle 3rd of batting order scratching out a run against Felix.
Veer
June 29th, 2011
4:37 pm
Alex Gonzalez leading the inning off. Wonder what will happen?
Will it be a 3 pitch strikeout? If he can get a 4 pitch strikeout, Man what a huge accomplishment that would be. Imagine Gonzalez fouling a pitch off or taking a ball.
Hell I will take a pop up from him right now as a sign of improvment.
bravesgrl4life
June 29th, 2011
4:37 pm
I walk away to actually do some work and the Braves score. Kinda like they score after I go to bed last night. Maybe I ought not to listen and they’ll blow it out
jim
June 29th, 2011
4:37 pm
Shaun,
If managers don’t do the things yuou said they should be doing, how is tere any data to show that they are optimal? If you cite research to back your opinion, then you need to base it on experiment. Without experiment there is no data and hence no real research.
groundfog
June 29th, 2011
4:37 pm
Lowe is dealing where are the haters?
Tomahawk Mafia
June 29th, 2011
4:37 pm
Good shutdown inning for Lowe.
Archangel
June 29th, 2011
4:37 pm
This is going to be a strikeout bonanza for both teams.
TennesseePaul
June 29th, 2011
4:37 pm
Schafer has resembled his 2009 performance over the past few weeks and that is nothing to brag about.
Actually, it’s been the entire Month of June… and it’s been worse than his 2009 MLB season… when he was injured with a broken wrist: .211/.257/.316/.573 23 K’s to 6 BB on June. He’s terrible and the team could use a real ball player in his roster spot
StingerSplash
June 29th, 2011
4:37 pm
D Lowe!
CaptainMudderland
June 29th, 2011
4:38 pm
@VaBravesFan…..Ross, with his power potential–yes, I don’t think a bunt was in order…..especially this early. I just think he could have driven a double there and we would have really been in business. Seems the Braves are having a time getting the bunting thing just right this season.
Dumbfound
June 29th, 2011
4:38 pm
Lowe kkkkk’s to King Felix kkkkk’s. Who would have thunk it ?!?!
jeffrey d
June 29th, 2011
4:38 pm
Okay Veer, we get it. Are you gonna complain about A-Gon before his every AB?
Fish Bisch
June 29th, 2011
4:38 pm
No hit lowe has showed up today. He’s our best pitcher when he’s on.
jw
June 29th, 2011
4:39 pm
Ross is not slow footed….he is not like McCann. He has successfully bunted for a base hit on a number of occasions just as McCann has when they put the shift on him. Ross is dead pull so the third baseman plays him DEEP. If you can get it down the line…the a rh pitcher falling off toward first can’t get there.
Venice Jim
June 29th, 2011
4:39 pm
Good job, DLowe…
Jimmy
June 29th, 2011
4:39 pm
Lowe doing his part. Let’s scratch another run or two this inning.
cabravesfan
June 29th, 2011
4:39 pm
Alex Gonzalez leading the inning off. Wonder what will happen?
Apparently he morphs into Nate McLouth
Dumbfound
June 29th, 2011
4:39 pm
Agon strikes out on 3 again !
Veer
June 29th, 2011
4:40 pm
a gone shud be bunting right here and I was wrong Mclouth lead the inning off
A GONE BETTER BE BUNTING UNLIKE YESTERDAY
Murph
June 29th, 2011
4:40 pm
I guess Ross just got sick of hitting homeruns… I could see that from a hitter with his kind of skills. Probably gets boring knocking them over the fence every AB. That’s why he chose to bunt, just to mix things up a little.
Fish Bisch
June 29th, 2011
4:40 pm
Come on McClouth; steel 2nd.
Jimmy
June 29th, 2011
4:40 pm
OK.Nate draws a walk. Let him go to 2nd.
TennesseePaul
June 29th, 2011
4:40 pm
Apparently he morphs into Nate McLouth
Must have freaked the King out, as he just drew a walk.
Dumbfound
June 29th, 2011
4:40 pm
change that Agon bunts !
BLK09GT
June 29th, 2011
4:41 pm
Lay off Shaf, stats don’t always show how a player contributes. I think he is doing a ton better than McClouth in the lead off spot. Who else are you going to bring up? He gets in pitchers heads while on base and is our best base runner. Good defense as well.
Archangel
June 29th, 2011
4:41 pm
I say we still need to trade for a bat.
Husker Tony
June 29th, 2011
4:41 pm
Gonzo isn’t in a 0-2 hole!!!!
phil
June 29th, 2011
4:41 pm
Sorry….Ross bunting there is stupid. Period. He’s not Lou Brock. The guy can hit it out of the park.
Veer
June 29th, 2011
4:41 pm
WHAT a stupid swing.
Murph
June 29th, 2011
4:42 pm
AGon took a pitch! Did you see it? Did you see???
CaptainMudderland
June 29th, 2011
4:42 pm
Self-defense swing
StingerSplash
June 29th, 2011
4:42 pm
GameDay (often of dubious accuracy) just had King Felix throwing a 92 mph changeup.
bravesgrl4life
June 29th, 2011
4:42 pm
We’ll take that
Tomas
June 29th, 2011
4:42 pm
Oh come on look at that
Arkansas Transplant
June 29th, 2011
4:42 pm
oh no, we’re going into the inning that usually becomes Lowes problem with the 6th being his worst.
Veer
June 29th, 2011
4:42 pm
BUNT Mclouth to 3rd base Gonzalez. Why hell is Freddie not making him bunt?
Jimmy
June 29th, 2011
4:43 pm
Nate at 2nd. Come on Sea Bass. 3-1 count
AtlYnkHtr
June 29th, 2011
4:43 pm
Fish Bish, easy there pal.
Husker Tony
June 29th, 2011
4:43 pm
lol @ Murph
TennesseePaul
June 29th, 2011
4:43 pm
There you. Now he’s on 2nd.
Fish Bisch
June 29th, 2011
4:43 pm
Seabass didn’t strike out!
Dennis Reynolds
June 29th, 2011
4:43 pm
Alex looks like crap. Forget trading for a CFer. Lets get Jose Reyes.
1.Reyes
2.Prado
3.Freeman
4.Mac
5.Uggla
6.Heyward
7.Who knows who’s going to man the revolving door that is left field next year
8.Schafer
Jimmy
June 29th, 2011
4:44 pm
Nate on 3rd. Come on Jordie! Come on Kid!
groundfog
June 29th, 2011
4:44 pm
Mclouth drew a huge walk last night, and now look at him at third.
Tomas
June 29th, 2011
4:44 pm
Productive out finally
StingerSplash
June 29th, 2011
4:44 pm
Got the runner over. Got the job done.
Chris from the Rock
June 29th, 2011
4:44 pm
Could they, gasp! manufacture a run?