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Bravefaninok
July 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
Patrick
July 29th, 2011
8:56 pm
Of course. One last dagger making us all think
Pence may come here and now he’s just going to
go to the World Series
HaHa they still gotta beat the Giants,who they can’t beat but the braves can…..Baseball is an funny like that.
Gary O
July 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
I dont mind the Phills getting Pence…IF the Braves get Quentin.
VaBravesFan
July 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
Well Wren did good not to crack and give the Astros the house. The Philles are going all in for the next 3-4 years.
njbraves
July 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
Same exact game every single night.
katherine
July 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
Fightin’ Phil
July 29th, 2011
8:58 pm
Phillies + Pence = You losers will finish in 2nd place. See ya!
LOL you gave up wayyy to much for a so so player…good luck with that
later gator
July 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
Jason a robust 222. 3-20 in their time of need.
Craig
July 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
Quentin > Pence
We get him, we are fine.
Nick Saban
July 29th, 2011
8:59 pm
B.J. Upton should be who the braves trade for but if we can’t get him then Carlos Quentin should be the next option,
Please explain how BJ Upton can help this team. Seriously. He is terrible.
Tony Austin
July 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
Yet another productive inning.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
July 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
Man
Now we really need a bat
McFann O O Get Well Soon, BMac!!!
July 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
Holy cow! Somebody score! ANYBODY!!
David O'Brien
July 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
If this report is accurate, it would’ve taken more than Minor to land Pence. Because Phillies are giving up Cosart AND Singleton, two of Keith Law’s recent top-25-rated prospects
Tomahawk Mafia
July 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
This team hits more weak groundballs and pop ups than any team I’ve ever seen.
Blankster
July 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
Heyward got it out the infield so i guess thats a good at bat for him
Fightin' Phil
July 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
I’m just glad we have a GM with the resources, to include the sack, to get a deal done. Don’t worry though…you guys will always have yesterday and lots of division banners. One WS though. That must suck.
NORRIS
July 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
I have a question:
If we cant get Pence or Quentin or someone of value then why settle on something that we dont need. Why give prospects for someone that is no better than what we have. so basically im saying why give away our talent if we cant get what we really want? I dont think we should give away talent just to satisfy the masses. unless it is of course for a real upgrade.
Heath
July 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
@Ken_RosenthalKen Rosenthal
#Astros, #Phillies may announce one of players to be named tonight. Four-player return: Singleton, Cosart, two more. #tradedeadline #MLB
Sounds done to me
Brave Fan
July 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
Upton my A**
If we do that we might as well let Gonzo and Hanley switch dugouts to save on travel.
Same attitudes and work ethic
The A Bomb
July 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
ZERO — the official number of your Atlanta Braves!
Braves95WS
July 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
Braves now need Bourn and Quentin.
Blankster
July 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
The phillies got bent over. HAHA!
later gator
July 29th, 2011
9:01 pm
This is pathetic night after night
McFann O O Get Well Soon, BMac!!!
July 29th, 2011
9:02 pm
Fillies are getting Pence?
Jay Dubu
July 29th, 2011
9:02 pm
Last 4 – 5 games, the Braves’ starters have come back to their standard, by keeping the game low scoring.
Have to get the bats going just a little. WHen the pitching is this good, not a lot of runs are needed.
NORRIS
July 29th, 2011
9:02 pm
phillies deal is done. they will announce tonight. once again we get no one while the phillies get the best the league has to offer.
im sick of it.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
July 29th, 2011
9:02 pm
All the reports I am hearing are that the Braves are unwilling to part with there big 4 Teheran, Minor, Vizcaino, Delgado
Its gonna be tough to get a productive bat if we dont part with at least one of em. I wanan keep Teheran and Vizcaino
Tomahawkin
July 29th, 2011
9:02 pm
katherine
July 29th, 2011
8:52 pm
Tomahawkin
July 29th, 2011
8:50 pm
katherine
“alex is hurting the team in the field now as well as in the lineup…he needs to go. put lugo in”
lol, that sounds like you menat to say P.U.G.O.
Sorry for the Beavis and Butthead reference
“Im sorry ….I dont get it lol”
P.U.G.O.
Means Put Out! or Get Out! That Should be the Mantra for Gonzo AKA Rafael Belliard from here on out
David O'Brien
July 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
Hensley has recorded 14 outs in 13 batters since back-to-back 1-out singles in #Braves’ 1st inning
SoWeGa Fanatic
July 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
Pence, Holiday, Lee, Oswalt, etc. Phillies have become the NL Yankees. Their payroll must be the highest in the NL.
bravesfaninnc
July 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
Frank Wren you are the worst GM in baseball you should issue a public apology to all braves fans.Fired Wren NOW
Puma
July 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
I am just saying he looked better in Seattle than tonight, not saying he looks bad
Ralph
July 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
Phillies get Pence, no problem braves counter with Ludwick
Dan_in_NC
July 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
Watching Astros and Brewers…Pence still in the game, would be funny if he got hurt in the next 10 minutes…
NORRIS
July 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
bourn is going to the reds. so he is now gone too.
and here we sit again with no runs and nobody can hit. but hey look on the brite side. we have some good pitchers in the minors.
Tomas
July 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
stats not overly impressive for Phils prospects. But i’ve been a baseball fan long enough to know that stats don’t mean anything when talking about minor leaguers.
katherine
July 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
Fightin’ Phil
July 29th, 2011
9:00 pm
I’m just glad we have a GM with the resources, to include the sack, to get a deal done. Don’t worry though…you guys will always have yesterday and lots of division banners. One WS though. That must suck.
It must suck to have to come on a braves blog to make yourself feel like a big shot…..be careful about getting too cocky….all good things come to an end eventually.
Brave Fan
July 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
The phillies did get bent and yes we need Bourn and Quentin.
The price just got much higher though with Beltran and Pence off the board because now they know we are really desperate. Or worse, content!
Komminsk
July 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
I’d love to know what we did offer for Pence. Phillies sent their two best minor league prospects + two more players. They are all in for this year.
Fightin' Phil
July 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
Katherine…yeah we gave up a lot…but that’s ok…we’ll just buy more talent later when we need it. Amazing what you can do when you put 45K in your stadium every night. There is no guarantee that Cosart and Singleton will turn out to be….oh….let me see…like Elvis Andrus and Feliz.
I crack myself up.
Puma
July 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
I am glad Braves did NOT give up as much as the Phillies did – I don’t know much about those two, but its their two top prospects right?
My Name Is Earl
July 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
Can someone please tell me how to email Chip and Joe? Someone has got to let Chip know that if he is going to imitate is Dad then he will have to speak in a lower tone and speak slower.
NORRIS
July 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
i throw a little every time i here the name ludwick. (hits .230) why not keep what we got than get him.
clay dalrymple
July 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
must be tough being a pitcher on this team, night in and night out, the same thing, no damn support. uggla’s 1st inning dp, swings on first pitch, where’s the patience, geeez, this gets old.
Busch leaguer
July 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
Save the prospects ,trade Lowe back to the Red Sox for Josh Reddick. and a player to be named later.Preferably Jed Lowrie. What the hell throw in Sea Bass too .Reddick could step in and play CF.
njbraves
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
Might as well do nothing at this point. I hate the Phils just like everyone else, but they’re just absolutely loaded at this point. Getting Ludwick or Willingham would just be embarrassing now.
kevkat
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
I’m sorry but I would’ve parted with some of our great future pitching…Pence looks to be gone and our offense is not that great with Chipper and B mac…it’s absolutely putrid now.
later gator
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
It is over Pence to Phillies, Wren can go crawl in a hole so we don’rt have to look at him and his smug face.
Tomahawkin
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
Good!
I did not want Hunter Pence
Erin
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
Earl– twitter would be your friend in this case: kapaya1234 is Chip.
kwajbraves
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
Singleton and Cosart, I hope that RA kissed Ed Wade before the trade. Took him to the cleaners on that one.
Heath
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
What are the remaining years for Halladay, Lee, and Hamels? The Phils could be looking at those guys and thinking that they can afford to give up their top pitcher(s) because they’ll have time to develop more over the next few years…
NORRIS
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
phillies are all in for the next 2 to 3 years. that is the problem.
Nick Saban
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
We need Bourn AND Quentin. This offense is flat out horrendous.
What’s sad is these players all proved in the past they’re all capable of being good. (except Schafer… who has yet to do anything impressive for a significant amount of time). You’ve got to blame Larry Parrish and the coaches for all this lack of offense. The hitters were doing fine until he arrived.
VaBravesFan
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
Wren has to have a back up plan. He isnt gonna put so much time into a deal if he isnt willing to give up top prospects like the teams were competing with.
My target list in order is now.. 1. Michael Bourn 2. Carlos Quinten 3. BJ Upton
jrn
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
katherine, he was a great player but he is the first to call out heyward for being hurt he needs to retire so we can put that money somewhere else.watch you will see how selfish he is when he comes back next year and picks up his op in 2013 he is stealing money!!!!!! but who can blame him at 14 mill a yr
Eric
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
so phillies are up 8-0 against Pirates, the team we had hard time scoring against, they go out there and get another offensive piece to their roster…. smh
Fightin' Phil
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
I’m pulling for you guys….I have you coming in first to get Ryan Ludwick.
Chop Chop
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
The Phils are all-in every year.
Peter
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Marlins announcers call Willingham, “the Hammer”.
Tomas
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Kyle Farnsworth and Upton………..DOB might block my ip address for that one
Brava
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Face it, the Braves are cheap. While our opponents shop at Macy’s, Wren is at Big Lots looking for closeout items.
Powderfinger
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Fightin’ Phil
9:00 pm
I’m just glad we have a GM with the resources, to include the sack, to get a deal done. Don’t worry though…you guys will always have yesterday and lots of division banners. One WS though. That must suck.
You have 1 WS also. Look where you live. Case closed.
kevkat
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
I agree njbraves..Wren had his chance..anybody else isn’t much of an upgrade
TnBrian
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Joe Simpson must’ve just gotten wind of Pence to the Phillies and now he’s doing everything he can to cover Frank Wren’s behind. Not that Joe is 100% wrong in what he’s saying, but still. Brown noser if I ever saw one.
bravesfaninnc
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Chip what you just said on the air is total bs and lie .If Wren was really trying to improve the team he would have got Pence
Tomahawk Mafia
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
How good would it feel if the Braves scored a run in the sixth inning?
SoWeGa Fanatic
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Man, Phils are giving up a boatload of talent for Pence. I think Ed Wade may keep his job after all. He screwed the Phillies, big-time.
bravephan
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
Dan_in_NC,
i shouldnt have laughed at that. but i did. probably going to tear my acl now walking the dog later tonight…
Jay Dubu
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
This game is flying by. One more inning for Beachy, and then the bullpen takes it.
Have to get some runs on the board right here.
Brave Fan
July 29th, 2011
9:06 pm
The Phils would have been better off to over pay Werth. He could hit a little in that lineup.
TBFKB (Billy)
July 29th, 2011
9:07 pm
While it may hurt our chances in the playoffs this season, it helps dramatically at reclaiming dominance in the long term.
I’m thrilled that we did not get Pence.
Tomahawkin
July 29th, 2011
9:07 pm
Well We All Know That John Kincade is Jumping For Joy!
katherine
July 29th, 2011
9:07 pm
Fightin’ Phil
July 29th, 2011
9:04 pm
Katherine…yeah we gave up a lot…but that’s ok…we’ll just buy more talent later when we need it. Amazing what you can do when you put 45K in your stadium every night. There is no guarantee that Cosart and Singleton will turn out to be….oh….let me see…like Elvis Andrus and Feliz.
You have a much higher payroll that is true…. I think its the third highest in baseball. Personally I am happy to not have another awful deal made like the tex deal…and btw all that money didnt help you last year did it
NORRIS
July 29th, 2011
9:07 pm
bourn is headed to the reds guys. he is gone now too.
Ralph
July 29th, 2011
9:07 pm
I don’t care that we didn’t get Pence but I am BURNING that Wren let the Phillies get him, Phils overpaying for him is not going to help the braves in any way.
VaBravesFan
July 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
I know one thing Minor better be in the rotation by next opening day, and Teheran better be in there by mid 2012. But Idk how that happens with our current 5 man staff returning next season….. Plus Delgado and Vizciano could be ready sometime next season. We only have 5 spots Wren. This offseason is gonna be crazy I think.
Blankster
July 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
All you idiots are going to change your tune when you see tehren punish hunter pence from september and the next few years.
bravesfaninnc
July 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
Puma the Phiilles might have give up a top prospects .The big deference between the Braves and the Phillies is that the Philles want to win the world series .While the Braves Don’t
Mixxo
July 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
….but hey look on the brite side. we have some good pitchers in the minors.
same ol’ song and dance….
Tomahawkin
July 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
TnBrian
Agreed! Both Simpson and C. Caray try too hard to Sugarcoat stuff on the air!
rally
July 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
Fight’n Phil… One world championship is exactly one less than the Philthies have in nearly 130 years of history.
AlabamaBrave
July 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
NORRIS
July 29th, 2011
9:03 pm
“bourn is going to the reds. so he is now gone too.
and here we sit again with no runs and nobody can hit. but hey look on the brite side. we have some good pitchers in the minors.”
I think that sums up the frustration of many on here. Someone said earlier that the purpose of the minors was to get good young players that can fill spots with the big club or be used as pieces to get the players they want. The Braves do a good part at getting the players. It is the using them to get the pieces they want that they are not very good at.
My Name Is Earl
July 29th, 2011
9:08 pm
Thanks Erin but i dont know how to twitter.
kwajbraves
July 29th, 2011
9:09 pm
I honestly think that FW spoke with Wade before the trade and ask him to go along for a while. He did not want to appear like he wasn’t trying. Now he’s back to the only COA he always got in mind: Ludwick and the cereal guy.
Steve from OH
July 29th, 2011
9:09 pm
If Wren was really trying to improve the team he would have got Pence
That’s quite a price the Phils payed for a good (not great) player who’s likely to not play to the caliber that his salary suggests he should. I would imagine we would’ve had to have given up Minor+Delgado (and then the two others) for this deal…wow. No way.
Philly Phanatic
July 29th, 2011
9:09 pm
I think I may turn back to the Alamo in Philly. The Braves are a perfect sedative for insomnia. Watching Gonzalez was a humorous bit. Cumulatively he has to be the worst shortstop in baseball. Can’t hit run or field. Aside from that you guys have a real nugget at short. As I see the Braves marching up to the plate I’m trying to imagine myself as the pitcher and ask who could beat me over there? The answer is get the Braves back on D and hit a routine grounder to as the two bozos in the booth call him Gonzo, which if they’re smart that’s where he’d be, gone.
Jay Dubu
July 29th, 2011
9:09 pm
Blog can break out in tears…Pence to the Phillies.
Afan
July 29th, 2011
9:09 pm
i dont see anyone stopping the phillies now for a long time. they have really set the mark here. world series for at least next 2 years.
Tomahawk Mafia
July 29th, 2011
9:09 pm
Gonzo gets ahead in the count 2-0 again and still manages to make a weak out as usual.
Brave Fan
July 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
Did the announcers have all this scripted because they knew the Phils would make a splash before we made a ripple
Fightin' Phil
July 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
Who ya gonna get? Ryan Dudwick? Ty Wontingham? Carlos Quitin?
Tomahawkin
July 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
Watch Us get that Slop Lugnut, or Willingham after the game is over1
kevkat
July 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
I agree bravesfaninnc…our pitching prospects are way better than what both the Phillies and Giants hand to offer…Wren has no one to blame but himself..does anyone think John S. former general manager would have made the deal?
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
Everyone is confirming Pence to the Phillies.
Great job, Wren! Way to go!
njbraves
July 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
The Phillies don’t care about prospects because they have a huge budget to work with. Having a massive payroll doesn’t guarantee a WS, but it does allow you to do whatever you have to do to win right now. Atlanta does an amazing job of infusing young talent into it’s ML team, but at some point, more funds are going to be needed to keep pace with Philly.
Mister Frisky
July 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
Two floaters headin for the ATL.Phillies get another all star.BTW 9 runs last 52 innings.
later gator
July 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
The announcers don’t forget get off on talking about Heyward the hall of famer and how much better Uggla is taking pitches.
SoWeGa Fanatic
July 29th, 2011
9:10 pm
Fightin’ Phil
July 29th, 2011
9:05 pm
I’m pulling for you guys….I have you coming in first to get Ryan Ludwick.
*********************
Thanks, Phil. We need all the help we can get.
Nick Saban
July 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
I hope to God those guys the Phillies are sending to Houston become big-time BALLERS!!!
Tomahawkin
July 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
This AWFense is Putrid!