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TBFKB (Billy)
July 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
The Phillies Pitching is going to break down next year…..watch.
Blankster
July 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
All you moaners probably would of traded tommy hansen a few years ago for a mediocre overpaid outfielder too!
Brava
July 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
Hey, Wren brought up Constanza and bought a AAA catcher for a dollar. What more could you ask for, Braves fans? Make sure you get your tickets and fill the Ted every night to watch Constanza play. I hear he’s really good.
katherine
July 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
You all are so spoiled…you act like the braves are terrible and dont have one of the best records in mlb. Yes there are a lot of players hurt…which is exactly why we shouldnt give up our future…it wouldnt do any good this season. Get over all the complaining .
kevkat
July 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
Well, we know whenever they show Wren on the phone he’s defintely not making a deal huh?
Tomas
July 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
Constanza hasn’t hi the ball beyond the mound
Jay Dubu
July 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
Phillies are just being outright greedy. They don’t need Pence.
How can they afford to keep trading their prospects like this, prospects for Pence, Prospects for Lee, and prospects for Halladay.
I guess they did get prospects in return when they traded Lee.
Steve from OH
July 29th, 2011
9:11 pm
This offseason is gonna be crazy I think.
I agree. I think Wren’s saving his chips for a bit of an overhaul this offsesaon.
MBATL
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
Pence to the Philthies. Wren choked.
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
Wren! Do you see our injuries! Do you see our line-up tonight! Do you see our offense lately?! Do you see who our lead-off CF is right now?! Did you see who Pence went to tonight?!
Great job, Silverfox!
Afan
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
im serious if they waste any of our prospects to go get willingham or ludwick im done.
Trey
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
Fightin’ Phil, enjoy the sold out stadiums while it lasts. It’s not going to last.
later gator
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
New guy is tearing the bugs up around home plate. Don’t seem to hit it hard enough to hurt them
bravesfaninnc
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
njbraves the Phillies don’t care about prospects is because they are in wining mode now.the Braves thanks to Wren are not anywhere near winning the World Series
Tomahawk Mafia
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
I would imagine that pitchers these days count down the days and salivate whenever they see the Braves on their imminent schedule.
Nola
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
Brave hitters scare no one, this rookie is attacking them like he is Greg Maddox.
noliee
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
cant be our hitting coaches, look at how far Infante has fallen since leaving
Bravefaninok
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
Keep the faith Braves fans,The Giants got Bad knees Beltran The phils gave up the farm for a good(not great player ) who may produce or may buckle playing in a meaningful playoff race.
Wren and Co. will get something done….just won’t give up the farm doing it.I honestly think they were just driving the price up for pence because he really doesn’t fit our needs.
Mixxo
July 29th, 2011
9:13 pm
Everybody needs a great team to aspire to be. We have the Phillies.
Brave Fan
July 29th, 2011
9:13 pm
The Phils don’t care about prospects. They are getting like the Yankees. They figure they’ll buy them back after they get a little major league experience.
We don’t have deep enough pockets guys. Face it. I’m out
Steve from OH
July 29th, 2011
9:13 pm
MBATL…there’s a name I haven’t seen on here in quite some time…
abeeeewright
July 29th, 2011
9:13 pm
Pence would have made the Braves a little better and will make the Phils better. However, he wasn’t the best fit for the Braves and would have caused problems in 2012 and onward.
It’s funny how the Phils are little by little draining the Astros of their top “name” pitchers at the deadline (Oswalt last year).
I still say Bourn is a better fit for the Braves. Hopefully now there are not too many suitors for him and the price will drop.
Astros may be very good in a couple of years with all the deadline deals they’re making.
George
July 29th, 2011
9:13 pm
Once again, the Phillies go out and get the big bat and we are going to add a mediocre player past his prime. The fact of the matter is that Wren doesn’t have the balls to pull the trigger on big time deals. Sure he got Uggla but we gave up very little in that deal. We have been scared to give up any prospects since the Tex deal and until we get past that mindset then we’re just going to be second tier to the Phillies.
The Phillies just made “that” move that pushes them over the top and World Series contenders/favorites. Scary thing is, Braves could have made the same type of deal but we prefer to sit back and hang on to all of our prospects.
Eric
July 29th, 2011
9:13 pm
I know we’re w/out most of our hitters but FW are you watching this?
Peter
July 29th, 2011
9:13 pm
Damn Beachy is pitching a great game.
Afan
July 29th, 2011
9:13 pm
willingham is batting .244 and ludwick .238
is that any better than what we got?
Blankster
July 29th, 2011
9:14 pm
Vs Anable sanchez tomorrow. We will get No-no ed
The A Bomb
July 29th, 2011
9:14 pm
This is the type of game you see on the final day of the season between 2 teams out of it.
Ralph
July 29th, 2011
9:14 pm
DOB, do you want to retract that statement you made yesterday yet “its all about winning now”
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:14 pm
Braves have to save our prospects so we can make it to the 1st round of the playoffs the next 2 years!
Mixxo
July 29th, 2011
9:14 pm
We don’t care about the whole shebang…..we’re good with the WC and an occasional div crown.
later gator
July 29th, 2011
9:14 pm
Is the Marlin pitcher Like Ryan or halladay/
Lone Wolf
July 29th, 2011
9:14 pm
SI Heyman Pence to phils for 4 players. Curse of the Wren strikes again!
Nick
July 29th, 2011
9:14 pm
Watching this Braves team is so depressing. The Phillies are scoring 8 runs tonight but they HAD to have Pence and push their payroll to $180M yet we can’t even get on base and our idiot GM wouldn’t trade a 5th starter. Our “ownership” won’t let us spend a penny over $85M. I hate baseball. If we get Ludwick, I will cease being a Braves fan.
Trey
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
Fightin’ Phil, you may not want to talk about our one World Series banner in Atlanta. Out of your Phillies long career in Philadelphia they only have two.
Jay Dubu
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
Phillies have equally talented starting pitching as the Braves, probably have the edge because their starters go deeper into the games.
Braves have better bullpen, but not by much, and the Phillies are getting their bullpen healthy.
No contest between the Philly’s hitters and the Braves.
Rilo
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
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.
….but we can upgrade. that’s the frustrating thing.
katherine
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
Wren! Do you see our injuries! Do you see our line-up tonight! Do you see our offense lately?! Do you see who our lead-off CF is right now?! Did you see who Pence went to tonight?!
Great job, Silverfox!
Yes..obviously he is smart enough to know that adding pence to a lineup that is riddled with injury isnt going to help much and is NOT worth giving up the future of this team for. Why dont you let the man do his job…you act like he doesnt want this team to succeed…of course he wants this team to win
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
This is so depressing! Way to NOT get DOUBLE PITS TO CHESTY with it, Wren!
Puma
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
bravesfaninnc – yeah your right Braves do not want to go to WS!
That doesn’t make any sense, what do you think they do all of this for, to win the wild card. We do not have the financial muscle of the phillies – we must rely on home grown talent with FA sprinkled in to be competitive. Our payroll is $85-90 mil, phillies is like $170 mil – they can buy talent every year if they want. We cannot
Ralph
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
This is just a continuation of the Pirates series.
later gator
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
Can anyone guess how many innigs since braves last hit.
TnBrian
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
What worries you is that the Braves aren’t the types to counter a Pence to Phillies trade. DOB has even said before the Braves don’t operate that way. Sucks, but you just hope we can keep pitching and hope the guys that actually DO hit keep it up all season.
BFChris26
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
If Wren settles for just a Ludwick type, I consider it a failure.
If it’s Ludwick & another bat, like Upton, that’s fine.
noliee
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
Constanza hasn’t hi the ball beyond the mound….Tomas
gonna be a struggle for him . many strong pitchers will just try to overpower him in the zone since they won’t much fear him getting the bat on the ball.
Be a nice story if it works out though
That's so Taguchi
July 29th, 2011
9:15 pm
Bravefaninok,
Go look at beltrans post season stats before you criticize.
Busch leaguer
July 29th, 2011
9:16 pm
Babe Ruth could not hit well enough to carry this weak lineup. Too many bench players in the starting line up. Trade Lowe while you can .Save the 15M and go buy some bats next year. This team will be lucky to hold on to the wildcard.
katherine
July 29th, 2011
9:16 pm
Peter
July 29th, 2011
9:13 pm
Damn Beachy is pitching a great game.
yes he is!
bring back blauser
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
the phillies blinked now the braves can get a deal done without having to mortgage the farm. no other bidders to run up the price
Bravefaninok
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:12 pm
Wren! Do you see our injuries! Do you see our line-up tonight! Do you see our offense lately?! Do you see who our lead-off CF is right now?! Did you see who Pence went to tonight?!
Great job, Silverfox!
Pence is not a CF or leadoff hitter……And besides that do you think Pence would have put Atlanta over the phils?I don’t Get a real leadoff man and a real power bat .
noliee
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
Steve OH so what did you think about that quote that the Braves don’e value OBP as much as other teams?
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
Wren choked! No other way to see it! Another 1st round exit for us this year!
SoWeGa Fanatic
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
Pence is having a career year so far. He will probably drop off some. He’s good, but Phils overpaid. I’m glad FW didn’t give up 2 top pitching prospects plus others – Tex all over again.
Dan_in_NC
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
Pence taking out of the game in Milwaukee…
BFChris26
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
8:16pm: Pence has been removed from tonight’s game against the Brewers, tweets MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart.
McFann O O Get Well Soon, BMac!!!
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
I think it’s been 15 days…let BMac bat next inning and get this thing going!!
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
WREN! What were you thinking?! You redneck!
NORRIS
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
Rilo
i agree
Tomas
July 29th, 2011
9:18 pm
What I don’t get is, the Braves have a very solid team, maybe the Phillies have a small edge, but with Pence it turns into a big edge, they won’t have any weaknesses assuming he does what he is supposed to do. The Braves have injuries all over the place, and even if everybody was healthy, SS, CF, and RF have some serious deficiencies compared to Philly.
They need a bigger player than Pence to have a shot
Fan in NOVA (thats near DC)
July 29th, 2011
9:18 pm
Hey Beachy looks good. Offer him to the Pirates for Diaz and a bible.
Tomahawkin
July 29th, 2011
9:18 pm
You know This game is a borefest when we are all saddened by a marginal player getting traded???
katherine
July 29th, 2011
9:18 pm
im tired of hearing about pence..who cares
NORRIS
July 29th, 2011
9:18 pm
pence just removed from the phillies game. i think im going to vomit.
bravesfaninnc
July 29th, 2011
9:18 pm
Puma What I meant that the Braves don’t want to go to the world series.Is that we had enough prospects to get Pence.Yet not giving up all our very good prospects
Heath
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
@Ken_RosenthalKen Rosenthal
#Astros, #Phillies may announce one of players to be named tonight. Four-player return: Singleton, Cosart, two more. #tradedeadline #MLB
NORRIS
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
astros game that is.
Lone Wolf
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Pence just pulled out of the game.
Jerry
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
That is Contanza. Worthless!
Mitchell
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Brandon Beachy is walking a razor thin tight rope tonight.
Win or lose, he deserves a Rolex for his performance. Okay, he probably has three but still.
The Braves, without the gracious assistance of the Florida Marlins (hint, hint), are clearly not scoring any runs in this game. Or ever. Again. For the rest of time.
He has no room for error whatsoever.
And that’s an error.
Costanza!!!
abeeeewright
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Bad play by Can’t Stand Ya. Who’s next in line at AAA?
later gator
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Guy is on the darn fence and gives up double no arm power .
Puma
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Nice play!
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Hey Beachy! Great job, tonight! Sorry for the offense Wren has stuck you with!
Efrim
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Well, I’m happy, but also kinda frustrated because I was hoping they would give up Domonic Brown. I still think the Phillies overpaid. Two top 50 prospects for Pence is a lot. But now, boy, that team is pretty solidified for the next couple seasons. Pence/Brown/Victorino outfield. Howard/Utley/Rollins(I think they bring him back) and Polanco. Plus Ruiz at catcher. Pence gives them that right handed hitter that they lost when Werth left. Oh well. We’ll see.
Nick
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Our “CF” can’t even catch a routine flyball, This is embarrassing.
Mister Frisky
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Phillies post 8 in four innings against Pirates.Guess the had hard wood hearing about the Pence deal.Braves won’t score 8 this weekend.
TnBrian
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Constanza hasn’t made a real good first impression
Tomahawkin
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
Oy! But I rather him get burned by one that falls in front of him than him break in and get burned by one that goes over his head
katherine
July 29th, 2011
9:19 pm
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:17 pm
WREN! What were you thinking?! You redneck!
can you stop please…you are being ridiculous and borderline offensive
Venice Jim
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
Twinkletoes Hinske!
Kat
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
Diesel just made that catch!
BFChris26
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
Hinske!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
Pull Constanza from the game and send him to Seattle for nothing!
bravesfaninnc
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
Wooot what a catch
Trader Jack
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
The Phillies stole Pence from the Astros. Cosart is in A ball still learning how to throw more than one pitch, and has been plagued with arm problems. The outfield experiment with Singleton was a disaster, and is projected for 1B. no room at the inn with Howard there. Phillies fans should keep Ed Wade on their Christmas card list
TBFKB (Billy)
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
atta boy Ski!!!….
abeeeewright
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
Heavy Hinske just saved Can’t Stand Ya’s and the Braves’s bacon with that catch.
Heath
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
@Buster_ESPNBuster Olney
Hunter Pence hugging teammates goodbye in the dugout, after being told he has been traded.
Tomahawkin
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
SKEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
NICE
Nick Saban
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
Can we send Constanza back to Gwinnett? Just throw Hudson or someone in center.
MikeInFl
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
MBATL…there’s a name I haven’t seen on here in quite some time…
Steve, I saw that too. However, I am the old mbatl that used to post here. When I moved to FL I changed my moniker. So, someone else is the proud owner of that tag now…
McFann O O Get Well Soon, BMac!!!
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
Nice catch, Potty Mouth!
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
Great job tonight, Wren! You choke artist!
The A Bomb
July 29th, 2011
9:20 pm
Weebles wobble but they shouldn’t fall down.
bravephan
July 29th, 2011
9:21 pm
they are hugging pence in the dugout right now, saying goodbyes. this is all so emotional!!!
Jay Dubu
July 29th, 2011
9:21 pm
The Phillies are becoming just like the Yankees and Red Sox. They go and get the best players available.
Pretty soon, MLB will be a 7 – 8 team league.
NY Yankees
Red Sox
Phillies
Texas
Angles
Cubs
White Sox
Dodgers (if they get their owner out)
later gator
July 29th, 2011
9:21 pm
WE are pitifil nothing on the farm as far as position players look at Lugo, Wilkin, Costanza, Hernandez,
MariettaDerek
July 29th, 2011
9:21 pm
Just call our GM LeBron Wren!
Peter
July 29th, 2011
9:21 pm
Can’t………Stand…….Ya
Powder Blue
July 29th, 2011
9:21 pm
Looks like the front office is waving the white flag on the season. Shocking.