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Dumbfound
August 23rd, 2011
11:12 pm
menlobrave
August 23rd, 2011
11:00 pm
BALLGAME F@&*ING GAME!! Can’t believe the negative “fans” on here. Unreal.
Yeah, A regular a** here said the Cubbies wants this more ! :madd: But when the Braves pulls it out, He goes running ! A regular a** hole ! With his crocodile cheering, gag me with a spoon !
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:12 pm
We lost a starting catcher, ORR
really? a guy who has never caught more than half a season. That’s your definition of a “starting catcher”
JTCobb
August 23rd, 2011
11:12 pm
Tonight the Braves joined the Phillies, Yankees, and Red Sox in the .600 club.
menlobrave
August 23rd, 2011
11:12 pm
BTW, San Diego up 4-0 on Matt Cain. I think last year was the Giant’s year.
Efrim
August 23rd, 2011
11:14 pm
Lost in all of the winning is Hanson. Sure hope he is okay. Like I said earlier, nothing worse than what is happening with Josh Johnson. Shoulder is structurally sound according to MRI’s. But the guy just continues to have soreness. Let’s hope for the best. We need that kid….
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 23rd, 2011
11:14 pm
What were you all worried about, the Braves had the game in the bag from the beginning
hahahahahahahahahahahah
Chop Chop
August 23rd, 2011
11:14 pm
Looking forward to the Brewers beating the absolute dog out of the Bravos in the postseason. What I wouldn’t pay to see Venters and Kimbrel get bombed by Prince and the Hebrew Hammer.
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 23rd, 2011
11:17 pm
What was THAT comment @ 11:14 for Chop Chop?
Dumbfound
August 23rd, 2011
11:17 pm
ray k.
August 23rd, 2011
11:01 pm
kimbrel rules.
And Jason Heyward made it in order for Kimbrel to rule, Did you know that ?!!
menlobrave
August 23rd, 2011
11:17 pm
Chop Chop, 11:14 Was that for real or was that another “Phil”?
Efrim
August 23rd, 2011
11:18 pm
Classic stuff from Chop Chop, as usual.
T for Texas
August 23rd, 2011
11:18 pm
Stizz-
Props to you if you had a hand in running off Powder Blue. Good job, my man.
keylargo
August 23rd, 2011
11:19 pm
Weather rapidly deteriorating in the Southeast Bahamas as Hurricane Irene moves in. 1100 EDT
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:19 pm
menlo/Stizz
They can’t help it. They were dropped on their heads when they were babies.
We have a lot of bandwagon fans too. Just wait until we drop 2 in a row. All hell will break loose.
Chop Chop
August 23rd, 2011
11:19 pm
Oh, I was probably kidding, Frank from KS and menlobrave.
N8
August 23rd, 2011
11:19 pm
“Chipper might never score another run in his career hitting 6th.”
Not if he runs like he did running out that ground ball up the middle. Hell, he’ll be lucky to see 2B again.
Nice to see Heyward step up and swing the stick, especially taking balls the other way. Not so nice to see his play in RF.
Everybody ragging on him for the bloop bad hop on Ramirez’s hit in the 9th, but the worse play imo, was allowing both runners to tag up on that fly ball in the inning the Cubs scored their 4 runs.
One could say in the end it wouldn’t have mattered because Ramirez doubled them in anyhow. And then followed up by the Gonzo error, it really didn’t hurt anything. But those are plays that WILL hurt come October.
Gotta play smarter than that.
Also have to assume that if Freeman is at 1B, he snags that throw from Gonzo. So for whatever that’s worth, I’m not really that bothered by that play.
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 23rd, 2011
11:20 pm
“They were dropped on their heads when they were babies.”
NO comment
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:20 pm
keylargo
I guess Hurricane’s are a price to be paid for living in paradise?
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:21 pm
Actually, the best “comments” you make are when you make no comments……
Stizz
August 23rd, 2011
11:21 pm
This could turn out to be a very fruitful year for the city. Both Falcons & Braves are serious championship contenders.
menlobrave
August 23rd, 2011
11:21 pm
Chop Chop, Thought so.
T for Texas
August 23rd, 2011
11:22 pm
Efrim, you are dead on correct about Hanson’s shoulder. Scariest thing is the doctors can’t find anything to fix, but the problem remains. I had a high ankle sprain years ago, that the doctor told me if I would have broken it, or torn the ligaments he could’ve fixed and I’d be fine in 6-8 weeks. As it was I was on crutches for 14 weeks, and still have some issues years later.
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 23rd, 2011
11:23 pm
HA….someone needs to look in the mirror, themself
fastasballs
August 23rd, 2011
11:23 pm
It was good to get Sunshine Freeman a rest tonight, but as N8 pointed out he probably saves Gonzo the error on that play. In fact he’s saved countless errors over there from our infielders.
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:24 pm
Concerning Hanson. If it’s tendonitis (is it called that when the shoulder is inflammed?), there ain’t nothing that can be done short of injections, anti-inflammatories and rest.
menlobrave
August 23rd, 2011
11:25 pm
Key Largo. Good luck. Hope it misses everything. Lived in Florida for a while (was BocaBrave then), and you see those storm tracking projections and just pray. Good luck.
Stizz
August 23rd, 2011
11:25 pm
T for Texas,
Thanks man. That guy was a serious a**hole. Bitched and moaned right before the trade deadline about how we would get some slop player and how we don’t make any serious moves.
Damn near everybody on this blog knew we would get a player, we were just getting anxious for Frank to pull the trigger.
Ever since Bourn has arrived P***y Blue hasn’t shown.
monty
August 23rd, 2011
11:26 pm
Martinez strong again, Vizcaino looked good. Congrats to JHEY on his 1st GS. Why cant we throw Ramiriz a pitch in the dirt instead of everything over the plate? Minor was lights out til the 6th.
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:27 pm
Frank
You know, I am breaking my rule here: never talk to stupid people. But you are one of the WORST sunny day fans on here. And you are about as stupid as the day is long.
If someone put you in a closet, you’d be too damned dumb to figure out how to open the frickin door and get out. THAT’S how stupid you are.
Don’t worry folks, I have this one completely under control!!
Efrim
August 23rd, 2011
11:27 pm
T for Texas, yeah, Johnson has just had general soreness and I don’t believe he has had any rehab starts. I know they had him on a throwing program, but I’m not sure how far he progressed. Like I said, hopefully this setback is a minor one for Tommy.
Personally, I think he has the best stuff of any pitcher in the entire org., three latin arms, Beachy, Jurrjens, etc. Best pitcher we got, imo. Be a shame if he went down with a serious shoulder injury.
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 23rd, 2011
11:27 pm
Stizz – well, I don’t blame Powder Blue for NOT coming on the blog much anymore. I haven’t either, bc of some on this blog.
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:28 pm
guys in the Carolinas and even Maryland need to keep a lookout. Fla is safe this time, though there is another one brewing off of Arica which is starting far enough South that it might get into the Caribbean is it develops. always something…
tiger297
August 23rd, 2011
11:28 pm
kl – yeah they keep turning it farther and farther east so maybe only the south islands get hit really hard…and it should only be a cat 2 prior to then have you seen any estimates on the surge expecations?
Nova Scotia Steve
August 23rd, 2011
11:28 pm
Buncha zingers on here tonight.
For example: Actually, the best “comments” you make are when you make no comments……
Stizz
August 23rd, 2011
11:29 pm
DS1,
Toss him in the category with JC and Mixxo.
Stizz
August 23rd, 2011
11:31 pm
Frank from KS,
PB was one of the guys that kept some off of this blog. Dude had his nose so far up in the air it was ridiculous.
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:32 pm
now there’s an interesting thought. the Braves complainers aren’t coming on because of others -presumedly Braves non-complainers- on the blog. free speech does not mean free of consequences of any kind for speaking
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:34 pm
my guess is that PB is around under another name
T for Texas
August 23rd, 2011
11:34 pm
Efrim, agree with you on Hanson having the superior ’stuff’ in the org. The one thing that puzzles me with him, unless this is just something that it takes some guys a few years to learn, is the ability to get strike three. It seems with the wickedness of his pitches the K’s would come easier. I have wondered for a while if something in his delivery tips what pitch he is throwing. You have an opinion as to why he struggles with strike three?
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:35 pm
Primary reason Frank doesn’t come on the blog any more is because when we are winning, he has a lot less to whine about. He’s kind of a Mitchell lite. Or a Mitchell with half the brains.
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:37 pm
NSS
Yeah, I was kinda proud of that one……..
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:37 pm
Big Red got a pretty fine K-rate this season Tfor. The brst of his career so far at least until his arm started bothering him. his mechanics are pretty terrible which makes repetition harder which in turn causes command troubles. Ball is at times as likely to be over the heart of the plate as it is to bee a ball.
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 23rd, 2011
11:37 pm
Wayne – ya better not say anymore, my friend.
TRUST ME, ya better not…..
menlobrave
August 23rd, 2011
11:38 pm
noliee, I can’t say I never complained. I complained a lot about Frenchy and I’ve groused about Agon. I think you can be a fan and still critique a guy’s performance, e.g. Chipper loafing to second tonight. What I don’t get is Brave’s fans on the blog seeming to want guys to fail and the team to lose. If they were Phillies or Mets fans, I’d get it. However, some of the Phillies fans who come on the blog are more rational than some of the Braves fans. That said, Free speech for all! Except PL.
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:38 pm
Da Sensitive One, not da big mean one
Stizz
August 23rd, 2011
11:39 pm
I love the postgame convos on here. Tonights discussion: Idiots vs. the sane.
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:39 pm
T for Texas and Efrim
Agreeing that Hanson probably has the best pure stuff. Great stuff, still learning how to put it all together. Let’s hope his arm holds up, or he might end up being another Mark Prior.
If Hanson ever learns how to put hitters away, he will be a true #1.
Chop Chop
August 23rd, 2011
11:41 pm
I’m a lifelong Brewers fan, so I hope people here don’t decide to mock me for being a lifelong Brewers fan when my Brew Crew are stomping a mudhole in Damn Fuggla’s backside.
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:42 pm
sure menlo. we all complain , we all critique. It’s mostly a matter of degree. some folks , 90% of their posts are negative.Repetition and venom get old pretty quick.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 23rd, 2011
11:42 pm
I think we should be talking about Kimbrel.
Dude is something else. He’s going to blow the doors of the rookie saves record. Absolutely amazing.
Great job by “The other guys” in the BP tonight as well!
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:42 pm
Oh no. Now Frank is going to find me out here in blog land and whup up on me if I say anything else??
Frank, let’s face it. You tolerate the blog when the team is going well. But you revel in the negativity when the team or a player or two are doing poorly.
Go play in the street, OK.
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:44 pm
mommy mommy can I play in the street with Frank???
Bat Masterson
August 23rd, 2011
11:46 pm
T @ 11:34
Buckhead
Elbow bending
The girls
People have seen it
=
No out pitch.
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 23rd, 2011
11:46 pm
Listen Wayne, I lost my job in June of 2009, after I threatened to kick a guys BUTT, if I ever caught him outside of work, after 8 years of bullying, harrassment, etc, etc….and believe me, ya JUST BETTER NOT SAY ANYMORE.
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:47 pm
NSS
The scary thing is they are ALL doing very well. Sure, a pen guy will lay and egg from time to time, but that’s why some of them are in the bullpen.
We know that eventually they will give up a run here or there. But for now, we just enjoy the ride!
Many folks on the blog have been saying that a Braves team with Heyward hitting closer to what we think he is capable of will take the team farther into the post season than a slap hitter like Constanza. Not that I don’t appreciate Georgie, I certainly do.
TnBrian
August 23rd, 2011
11:47 pm
My dad and brother live in SC about 45 minutes from the coast, so I am a little worried. My dad was caught in Hugo back in ‘89. He got in his car because he was afraid his trailer would blow to away to bits. He got in his car in the back yard and when it cleared he ended up way out in a cotton field.
Stizz
August 23rd, 2011
11:47 pm
Ouch, DS1.
Venice Jim
August 23rd, 2011
11:48 pm
Wayne – so, how about that pitch in the fifth inning?
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:49 pm
Frank
If people pick on you, there must be a reason. Maybe you should sell your damned computer……..
Company’s don’t fire folks that are being harassed…..
Just sayin’.
UKUGA
August 23rd, 2011
11:49 pm
I must admit that when Constanza tweaked his ankle I though it would be positive for Jason to be able to play for a couple of days with no fear of being pulled/benched the next day. (As opposed to when he homered in New York, only to sit the next day).
Well, whatever it was, he had a great game.
Welcome back, Jason!
Stizz
August 23rd, 2011
11:50 pm
“Wayne, I lost my job in June of 2009, after I threatened to kick a guys BUTT, if I ever caught him outside of work, after 8 years of bullying, harrassment, etc, etc….and believe me, ya JUST BETTER NOT SAY ANYMORE.”
I can only imagine how hard you were pushnig the keys when typing this.
BIG JAM
August 23rd, 2011
11:51 pm
Kimbrel for CY
Freeman for ROY
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:51 pm
VJ
You trying to distract me???
Gonna run out and grab a DDP. It’s still early here……
Later Braves fans……. and you too Frank.
Stizz
August 23rd, 2011
11:51 pm
Man with all this hostility I need BAS around to have a good Tyler Perry discussion.
TnBrian
August 23rd, 2011
11:52 pm
Frank from Kansas, wow! What’s up man? Long time no see bud. How are ya
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 23rd, 2011
11:52 pm
Wayne – am I proud of what I did? no, but after 8 years of bullying, harrassment, etc, etc…I had had enough, and the guy that got me fired, is STILL there…BC he’s one of their *quote on quote* pets.
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 23rd, 2011
11:53 pm
Hey Brian – Oh I’m hanging in there…sorta..(LOL)
DS1
August 23rd, 2011
11:53 pm
Sorry folks. This character is somebody I don’t like too much (I guess you all figured that one out).
I think a DDP and I will feel much better (and maybe he will be gone when I return).
N Nine
August 23rd, 2011
11:54 pm
Jays DP duo infielders are now KJ and Yunel.
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:54 pm
buncha haters……
tiger297
August 23rd, 2011
11:55 pm
not much conversation for me to join in on tonight so
when its sleepy time down south…
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:55 pm
boy Hill fell a long ways since 2009
noliee
August 23rd, 2011
11:55 pm
nite tigre
Bat Masterson
August 23rd, 2011
11:56 pm
Ah hell, I can’t pull off an uga brave impression with out my keyboard
monty
August 23rd, 2011
11:56 pm
And I thought we were all one big happy family.
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 23rd, 2011
11:57 pm
Nolie – it does for me too, especially still jobless
Jarryd
August 23rd, 2011
11:58 pm
It was a pretty good post though Bat.
Jarryd
August 23rd, 2011
11:58 pm
I did a double take to check the name.
TP
August 23rd, 2011
11:59 pm
If there was ever a player that would benefit from being managed by Bobby, it’s Heyward. No way Bobby would be jerking this young man around like this.
Bat Masterson
August 24th, 2011
12:00 am
Ha, thanks jarryd
uga-brave
August 24th, 2011
12:01 am
braves are making their dingers count this season. actually during this six game streak they are depending on them.
viz sure looks good as the bridge to o’ventrebel.
TnBrian
August 24th, 2011
12:07 am
Bat, uga-brave goes something like this,
kimbrel is smoltz out of the pen without the tude.
sick.
venters throws a screwball.
eof is the tag along that could close for lots of teams.
all this and coperate mcgurik dont show up at turner field.
ever seen terry sporting tomahawk shirts like ted did at the game.
smilin frank cant stop the grin now.
Nova Scotia Steve
August 24th, 2011
12:07 am
Fredi should start Heyward again tomorrow. He’s earned that IMO.
I like Georgie as well. Think he’s been a heck an add on to the team (and contributor). But Heyward deserves another start tomorrow after tonight’s performance (minus the bobble).
noliee
August 24th, 2011
12:08 am
maybe they non-tender Moylan and use Viz in the pen next year
David O'Brien
August 24th, 2011
12:08 am
Heyward is 9-for-16 with 3 HRs, 8 RBIs in five games (four starts) at Wrigley Field
BFChris26
August 24th, 2011
12:09 am
Not sure if this is OK, but I wanna share a video I created with my bro’s funeral service. It has all of our family in it. I am one in the white shirt with flag on it in the big family picture at the beginning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq5aofw4OX8
noliee
August 24th, 2011
12:09 am
trade him to the Cubbies for Big Z
uga-brave
August 24th, 2011
12:11 am
always imitated never duplicated.
DS1
August 24th, 2011
12:12 am
nolie
Good nickname for Viz: “Little Z”
or “Quik Z”
TnBrian
August 24th, 2011
12:14 am
uga, that’s right. There’s only one uga-brave. No doubt.
Bat Masterson
August 24th, 2011
12:15 am
Good stuff there TnBrian
Uga _ bull or bear?
dying battery
Peace y’all
Go!!! Braves!!!
Chop Chop
August 24th, 2011
12:16 am
Here is my uga-brave impression:
just got back from the game. had great seats and ran into kevin butler. kicked for the dawgs and bears.
ate steak at morton’s. probably drank some. more than probably.
bas, you there?
s&p blew it.
minor aint got it. more thrower than pitcher.
nolie, you there?
anybody there?
noliee
August 24th, 2011
12:18 am
oh my, three Ugas. what we gonna do??
David O'Brien
August 24th, 2011
12:23 am
Chipper on what Kimbrel has shown him: “Fearless. Absolutely fearless. I think he realized really early on in the season, I throw the ball 100 miles an hour, and 99 percent of the people in the big leagues, you can tell them 99 [mph] is coming and they ain’t going to hit it. And he’s got a devastating breaking ball to boot. And he commands both.
uga-brave
August 24th, 2011
12:24 am
noliee, dont tell my wife.
Venice Jim
August 24th, 2011
12:25 am
Since my ability at impersonation is weak, I will head off to the outer chamber and make preparations in case the fault center shifts to the west overnight…
T for Texas
August 24th, 2011
12:28 am
Oh yeah, Bat. If forgot it’s not his pitches he’s tipping, it’s pints.
Frank from KS (now living in CO)
August 24th, 2011
12:28 am
Let’s hope this is the game, that maybe gets J-Hey going somewhat. They need him going down the stretch and into October
David O'Brien
August 24th, 2011
12:29 am
Link to QUOTAGE
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2011/08/24/braves-quotes-after-tuesday-win-against-cubs/
Heyward grounds out to second
August 24th, 2011
12:31 am
Our starting pitching has been a little inconsistent lately despite winning games for us. Seems the fifth and sixth innning is where things get a little unpredictable. I really don’t know who would be our starting rotation for the NLDS.
Right now only Beachy and Hudson are the guys in the rotation I’d be confident with going forward. With either Minor or JJ being the third starter. If JJ can keep improving then yeah we should be ok, but I just don’t know who you go with in this situation.
Heyward looks like he’s improving a lot lately. He’s been hitting much better over the last few games he’s played in. Still, when Jose is back you gotta play him, but Heyward is making strides, there is no doubt about it.