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Kimbrel rocks
July 30th, 2011
7:05 pm
Could schafer and bourn both play in outfield? maybe bat schafer like 7th so that he can get better without the stress of being the lead off guy. prado at 3rd…schafer in left or right when chipper is in line-up….heyward is obviously not in the starting line-up when the trades are done.
Dan Uggla for 56
July 30th, 2011
7:05 pm
Frankie Wren: You know nothing about me or my knowledge of the game, troll.
nolieee
July 30th, 2011
7:06 pm
its them damn catwalks Lew, they keep stealing his hits with ground rules. It has driven him mad.
K with a K
July 30th, 2011
7:06 pm
Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
If #Braves ask about #Orioles CF Adam Jones, here’s the answer: Not in play. #tradedeadline #MLB
WOW thanks Ken…what will you inform us of next??? If Braves about _____ player from _____team they will be told he is not in play…stupid waste of a update!
chatt matt
July 30th, 2011
7:06 pm
Furcal was a good player I just dont remember him stealing that many bases some of those years.
RJB in DC
July 30th, 2011
7:06 pm
This just in we traded Nate Mclouth to Kansas City for a pack of chicken and a case of beer to be named later
I’d take Kansas City reliever Greg Holland in a heartbeat for a case of beer and pack of chicken.
That doesn’t help us with Mclouth. Maybe we can toss in Scott Proctor for fries?
George
July 30th, 2011
7:07 pm
One more thing, the Rays have a awful ballpark LEW.
Scrub21
July 30th, 2011
7:07 pm
i have 63 unread tweets from DOB, mlbtraderumors and espn and thats just in the last our.
thinking about turning phone off…..
Dan Uggla for 56
July 30th, 2011
7:07 pm
Kimbrel Rocks: lol, Heyward will definitely still be in the starting lineup after a trade.
Ward
July 30th, 2011
7:07 pm
PhillieFan: Braves want to win,but they usaully like to win with the farm,but I would like to see Wren go against the farm idea,and pull some thing out tonight!Some thing will get done accordng to ESPN News. I keep hearing Uton or Crisp.
K with a K
July 30th, 2011
7:07 pm
I hate the word untouchable!!! No one should be untouchable!
AlabamaBrave
July 30th, 2011
7:08 pm
bravesgrl4lifeeee
July 30th, 2011
7:05 pm
“Almost game time. Can we please discuss the game and suspend all talk of the trade possiblities?”
Yeahhhhhhhh, like that is going to happen
Teejayy
July 30th, 2011
7:08 pm
mlbbowman Mark Bowman
Not sure exactly who the other “two untouchables”. But I have heard Paul Clemens’ name twice today.
make a trade, any trade!! over pay for a minimal upgrade if you have to!!!!
July 30th, 2011
7:08 pm
ward, who do you keep hearing?
Kimbrel rocks
July 30th, 2011
7:08 pm
@dan uggla 56 ….are you high? heyward’s lack of production is WHY we need another bat. why do you think we have been looking at right-fielders for a month??? where does he play again??? right-field
Billy the kid
July 30th, 2011
7:09 pm
Get Upton out of TB and he will hit fine. He is hitting 100 points higher on the road…I would take him in a heart beat. You never know why someone may not hustle at times. Ever player has….he was like 22 years old …just 25.5 now…He’s the first one out of dug-out when his teammates do sometime good..How many times have Braves players just half a@@ it to 1st base.
nolieee
July 30th, 2011
7:09 pm
they should postpone the game so we can all concentrate on trade talk. who cares if we win a game as long as we get sumbody?
SCBravesFan
July 30th, 2011
7:10 pm
Is Matt Kemp available? jk jk…
make a trade, any trade!! over pay for a minimal upgrade if you have to!!!!
July 30th, 2011
7:10 pm
real games are just a distraction..
we need a trade..
Seattle Braves
July 30th, 2011
7:10 pm
And yet we stay 2nd rate for reasons I have explained on these blogs in the past days…
Frank Wren wants to stay afloat and rake in on all the profits from the success of the Braves historic playoff births.
If someone can come up with a PLAN to show Fran Wren that he would make more money winning a WS, then maybe he will pull the trigger on some of these so called un-touchables. Otherwise he wants to keep cheap avarage talent (some above avg talent), so he can continue making money every year. He beleives the risk of losing players to try to win a WS, is too risky and might lose his profits doing so. But if the Braves mess up and win the WS, it would be due to the Players and Coaches (NOT WREN)…
Im not a fan of Wren for sometime. Many of you dont know this, but you can search this out and read what he did. He intentionally told the Baltimore Oriols plan to take off, after Cal Ripken called and told them he was stuck in traffic and is running 10 minutes behind. Wren didnt want to be fined for not leaving or delaying flights (MONEY AGAIN). He was fired after ONE year as thier GM because he was also looked down on his staff and players. How is this guy here in ATL?
chc4
July 30th, 2011
7:10 pm
PhillieFan… you traded a A first baseman who is blocked for 3-4 years thanks to a silly extension Amaro gave the aging Howard last year. And Cosart has mixed reviews in A ball. Our pitchig prospects are all in AA or above (and more highly rated than Cosart) and 2 of them have made their ML debuts. And Pence isn’t THAT good. I understand what’s going on here. The Phillies are built to win today. Your window is closing. As long as you win the WS this year or next and Pence is good then you won’t regret it. But if not it will be a big failure.
As for the Braves, Uggla is coming around. If Heyward somehow comes around and we can get Bourn I think we are right there assuming McCann gets back healthy and Chipper can somehow take the field in October. The latter is a big if.
Dan Uggla for 56
July 30th, 2011
7:11 pm
Kimbrel Rocks: The reason why we’ve been reluctant on Quentin is because he plays RF. We will not bench Jason Heyward. That would be the dumbest thing to do in trying to let him grow as a player and learn the league. We’re looking for a CF. You’ll keep seeing Heyward out there.
Sputnik
July 30th, 2011
7:11 pm
Wow. 800+ comments, three hours BEFORE gametime.
Ward
July 30th, 2011
7:11 pm
I keep hearing Upton or Crisp,and Crisp keeps popping up more!
Seattle Braves
July 30th, 2011
7:11 pm
And yet we stay 2nd rate for reasons I have explained on these blogs in the past days…
Frank Wren wants to stay afloat and rake in on all the profits from the success of the Braves historic playoff births.
If someone can come up with a PLAN to show Fran Wren that he would make more money winning a WS, then maybe he will pull the trigger on some of these so called un-touchables. Otherwise he wants to keep cheap avarage talent (some above avg talent), so he can continue making money every year. He beleives the risk of losing players to try to win a WS, is too risky and might lose his profits doing so. But if the Braves mess up and win the WS, it would be due to the Players and Coaches (NOT WREN)…
Im not a fan of Wren for sometime. Many of you dont know this, but you can search this out and read what he did. He intentionally told the Baltimore Oriols plan to take off, after Cal Ripken called and told them he was stuck in traffic and is running 10 minutes behind. Wren didnt want to be fined for not leaving or delaying flights (MONEY AGAIN). He was fired after ONE year as thier GM because he was also looked down on his staff and players. How is this guy here in ATL?
Sputnik
July 30th, 2011
7:11 pm
I said that wrong. 800+ comments during the three hours before the game.
JasonInFL
July 30th, 2011
7:12 pm
Like I said, I would like to know what Ski says about Upton. He is the only one on the team that played with him. And he played with him when he went off in the playoffs.
MariettaDerek
July 30th, 2011
7:12 pm
Dan Uggla – 20 game hitting streak is the longest active streak in the majors. That. Is. Amazing.
Let’s keep it up Danno and continue getting DOUBLE PITS TO CHESTY with it!
Heath
July 30th, 2011
7:12 pm
Game time!
Dan Uggla for 56
July 30th, 2011
7:12 pm
Billy the Kid: Touche
cabravesfan
July 30th, 2011
7:12 pm
The reason we’ve been reluctant on Quentin is that the Sox decided they didn’t want to trade him. At least not right now.
David O'Brien
July 30th, 2011
7:12 pm
Heath: It was more the number of so-called “untouchable” players that a few players I asked were surprised by. They can understand Teheran, Vizcaino, guys with 100-mph arms or whatever, guys like Hanson a few years ago and Heyward and Freeman the past two years, being untouchable, but when you say four, then that number supposedly has gone to six, well, that’s a lot of guys to call untouchable.
And I don’t think they all are. If Braves pull off this trade for Bourn, I’m fairly certain one of those so-called untouchables is going to be in the deal.
Heath
July 30th, 2011
7:12 pm
His name is…. Popeye!
Heath
July 30th, 2011
7:12 pm
His name is…. Popeye!
JasonInFL
July 30th, 2011
7:13 pm
No, No, No, No to CoCo
RJB in DC
July 30th, 2011
7:13 pm
chatt matt- Furcal didn’t steal much, but I am not sure how much of that was his choice. Bobby Cox was notorious about not wanting to have players hurt and didn’t see swiping a base as being worth the risk of injury. Plus, back then, the braves were built for the long ball. These days, it appears that small ball is in.
Ward
July 30th, 2011
7:13 pm
Ludwick, was mentioned yesterday,but I think Pirates will end up with him.
make a trade, any trade!! over pay for a minimal upgrade if you have to!!!!
July 30th, 2011
7:13 pm
ward, thanks…
i know you have the pulse of the trade talk..
K with a K
July 30th, 2011
7:13 pm
Lets get Upton and Delmon Young!!
Ward
July 30th, 2011
7:14 pm
Thanks DOB!
LeBron Wren
July 30th, 2011
7:14 pm
I got this team through the first three quarters of the season. I’m sitting the last quarter out.
Ward
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
No problem, Make a Trade!
AlabamaBrave
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
@ DOB: what is you gut feeling on the Bourn deal happening?
Seattle Braves
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
I dont think any trade will come if its going to increase payroll.. Wren operates to make money, not spend it. Thats why he cant wait to see Chippers and Lowes money fall off the books..
Dan Uggla for 56
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
cabravesfan: Not completely true. On the week of July 4th they named a deal that they would go for. We weren’t going to do the deal when we had nowhere to put him. (Jordan and Nate healthy then). Only way we would get a RF is if we believe Heyward could play CF, which Leo and a few other guys believe he could. I’m not convinced. We will be getting a CF if we get anything, case closed.
Heath
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
DOB -
Gotcha. Keep up the good work!
Peter
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
Serenity Now!!
nolieee
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
Bobby Cox was notorious about not wanting to have players hurt and didn’t see swiping a base as being worth the risk of injury.
and here I thought Nixon played for Cox. must be getting senile I guess
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
Dbacks got Jason Marquis for a Single A propect
WTF is going on with all these players being moved for single A players
phil
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
P’cola Brave
July 30th, 2011
4:18 pm
Guys/Gals, You CANNOT trade a player on the DL. Mclouth isn’t going anywhere at the deadline. Neither is Schafer. Both on the DL.
##############
What idiot team would want either of these guys? Exactly. None.
And i missed what happened to land Nate on the DL….again.
What was it this time?
And soon, we’re going to be out of players….
DS1
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
Seattle
It’s pretty obvious that the Braves top management does not feel the same way you do about Frank Wren.
make a trade, any trade!! over pay for a minimal upgrade if you have to!!!!
July 30th, 2011
7:15 pm
8 pitches, all for strikes..
timmy is on tonight..
a win, bank on it!!!
AlabamaBrave
July 30th, 2011
7:16 pm
That would be your….not you
chatt matt
July 30th, 2011
7:16 pm
Go Braves!! Lets beat the marlins and there 150 year old skipper who retired playing for Connie Mack.
Efrim
July 30th, 2011
7:16 pm
6 untouchables – clearly, the four pitchers, Pastornicky and Salcedo. Very easy to see that.
Semiballcoach
July 30th, 2011
7:16 pm
Constanza is better than mcclouth too
Ward
July 30th, 2011
7:17 pm
Cab: Rght on Quentin!Sox Minor league player went down,and Sox want to keep him.
cabravesfan
July 30th, 2011
7:17 pm
Dan Uggla for 56-
But then the guy at AAA they would have called up got hurt and they decided to hold off trading Quentin. At least, that is what has been reported by Buster Olney and others
Dennis Jenkins
July 30th, 2011
7:17 pm
I hope we get a ton of Seinfeld/Can’t-Stand-Ya references and jokes tonight. Each one is funnier than the last.
George
July 30th, 2011
7:17 pm
I really hope Ubaldo doesn’t get traded to the Indians and scratched tonight. I have a bet against the Padres with them
Seattle Braves
July 30th, 2011
7:17 pm
@ DS1
Ofcourse they dont.. I just ranting… Im also a huge Ripken Fan who still likes to banter on Frank Wren.. Stir the pot… make some noise.. burn the house down…
Thats just fun stuff
JasonInFL
July 30th, 2011
7:17 pm
Yes, you can trade players on the DL. It has to be approved by Selig.
nolieee
July 30th, 2011
7:17 pm
Infante back to exactly what he was B4 Terry got aholt of him and straightened him out……
K with a K
July 30th, 2011
7:18 pm
Could a player on the DL be included in a trade as a player to be named later??
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
July 30th, 2011
7:18 pm
The Twins are insisting on acquiring Storen with Bernadina and minor league infielder Stephen Lombardozzi for Span, according to Jim Bowden of ESPN.com (on Twitter).
They could have gotten pence with that
Peter
July 30th, 2011
7:18 pm
Constanza was safe! SERENITY NOW!!
nolieee
July 30th, 2011
7:19 pm
Guys/Gals, You CANNOT trade a player on the DL. Mclouth isn’t going anywhere at the deadline. Neither is Schafer. Both on the DL.
sure you can as long as the league oks it. doesn’t happen all that often but it is certainly possible to do so. study up more
K with a K
July 30th, 2011
7:20 pm
Storen getting traded will kill my fantasy team!!!!
Dennis Jenkins
July 30th, 2011
7:20 pm
YES! More Seinfeld references! EACH is soooo funny and original!
Dan Uggla for 56
July 30th, 2011
7:20 pm
cabravesfan: Yeah, you’re right about that. But I want to say that was after the original offer. I’m not sure on it though. Either way, I think getting a RF would be dumb and create some interesting decisions.
cabravesfan
July 30th, 2011
7:21 pm
Dan Uggla for 56-
that’s why I said as of now, they don’t want to trade him. I think if the AAA guy was healthy, they would probably move him, and the Braves would be interested. But not anymore
bravesgrl4lifeeee
July 30th, 2011
7:21 pm
We don’t have to make it as easy on them as they did on us in the first half of this inning. But so far, we have.
nolieee
July 30th, 2011
7:21 pm
don’t have to do it that way KwithaK. DLed players can be traded.
LeBron Wren
July 30th, 2011
7:21 pm
Guys! LeBron Wren is not a closer! I’m not going to make any deal because that would mean I was doing something to help this team win a ring. And all ya know, LeBron Wren ain’t ever winnin’ no ring.
nolieee
July 30th, 2011
7:23 pm
man oh man that Constanza sure does ground out a lot……
chatt matt
July 30th, 2011
7:23 pm
Nate Mclouth can stay on the DL for the rest of the year for all I care.He can sweep up after the game just let him in Turner Field after the game is over so he cant jinx us.
Brave4life-1995 all over again??
July 30th, 2011
7:23 pm
The Rockies and Indians are in serious talks, Renck reports (on Twitter). He hears that a deal would center around Pomeranz, Alex White and Jason Kipnis.
LeBron Wren
July 30th, 2011
7:24 pm
I wish I could trade for my buddy, GM Dwyane Cashman. We still wouldn’t win a ring but it’d just be fun to have my good friend around.
Ward
July 30th, 2011
7:24 pm
Yankees are interested in Jimenez,but don’t want to give up three of thier prospects.It’s possible?
RogueRunner
July 30th, 2011
7:24 pm
The Bourn Solution seems right to me.
Heath
July 30th, 2011
7:25 pm
Huddy lookin’ REALLY good after only 12 pitches and 5 outs… exactly the kind of game we need from him all game long.
Shaun
July 30th, 2011
7:25 pm
Did the Braves use the word “untouchable”? Clearly no player is literally untouchable. Offering Mike Trout or Bryce Harper would get a team any Braves’ prospect or two that the Angels or Nats want. Don’t take it too literally.
Those six may have literally been untouchable for an above-average, second-division player in his late 20’s, like a Hunter Pence.
ryan
July 30th, 2011
7:25 pm
I guess looks like it might be Upton the Crisp deal would be disappointing because it wont do hole lot i still hope we get Bourn but looks Astros again asking to much .
nolieee
July 30th, 2011
7:25 pm
Cash says he sure does wish that you’d come be a fan of his team. You should consider it.
Tomas
July 30th, 2011
7:26 pm
maybe it’s a strategy, saying they’re untouchable to drive they’re value up.
George
July 30th, 2011
7:26 pm
I have 8 Twitter feeds currently open…. If something goes down, I will post it ASAP.
make a trade, any trade!! over pay for a minimal upgrade if you have to!!!!
July 30th, 2011
7:26 pm
question, is a country mile longer than a standard SAE mile?
Heath
July 30th, 2011
7:26 pm
Damn… less than 10 pitches per inninga average for Tim so far. Lovin’ it.
bravesgrl4lifeeee
July 30th, 2011
7:26 pm
Huddy is dealin’
Good to see that.
cabravesfan
July 30th, 2011
7:27 pm
I have 8 Twitter feeds currently open…. If something goes down, I will post it ASAP.
Just out of curiosity, wouldn’t it be easier to just join twitter and have them all on one feed?
groundfog
July 30th, 2011
7:27 pm
Thanks George!
LeBron Wren
July 30th, 2011
7:28 pm
A lotta peeps be askin’ “LeBron Wren, why didn’t you trade any of the prospects for Pence?” And I say, “Because The Braves have one goal. To get bounced out of the first round of the playoffs every single year. If we traded our talented youth to put us over the top this year, than we possible make the World Series and NOT get bounced out of the playoffs. Makes sense to me.”
Kimbrel rocks
July 30th, 2011
7:28 pm
huddy is pitching great——-which means the braves will not score tonight
Yummy Fresh Doo Doo
July 30th, 2011
7:28 pm
Braves are gonna end up acquiring Coco Crisp and it’s going to be pretty disappointing.
The Phillies and Giants are going to get an A on their trade season report card and the Braves will have a big fat D for everyone to laugh at.
George
July 30th, 2011
7:28 pm
cabravesfan
I like the excitement of seeing 8 different tabs open and a little (1) pop up when somebody tweets. It’s like a build up that maybe, just maybe it’s the Braves making a move.
I know, a bit odd.
Heath
July 30th, 2011
7:30 pm
Double for Ske !
nolieee
July 30th, 2011
7:30 pm
some folks just go on and on don’t they? Way past the point of diminishing returns. right up to repetition nausea
Shaun
July 30th, 2011
7:30 pm
LeBron Wren, are you referring to Hunter Pence or some other Pence of which no one is aware, that is truly an awesome baseball player?
bravesgrl4lifeeee
July 30th, 2011
7:30 pm
Diesel
cabravesfan
July 30th, 2011
7:30 pm
George-
I get the little (1) or sometimes a (2) or (4) or (32) (yes, I got a 32 when the Bourn thing started earlier today)- but if it works for you, carry on?