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cricket
October 18th, 2011
11:44 am
Last quote from Ozzie in this is priceless -
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/cowley/8271457-452/ozzie-guillen-fires-on-white-sox.html
CB
October 18th, 2011
11:45 am
You guys are terrible about Robert. (Refreshed 100 times)
McFann O O o
October 18th, 2011
11:47 am
Snotboogie Ha! Gimpah/Jeff321, where are you now?
Back under the rock whence he came…
nolie
October 18th, 2011
11:47 am
Ozzie the Idiot
CB
October 18th, 2011
11:47 am
I’m going to train my dog to hit the refresh button, dude trained hamster to say row and my dog is smarter than a hamster.
McFann O O o
October 18th, 2011
11:48 am
Thanks for that link about blocking pitches, BTW, cricket.
nolie
October 18th, 2011
11:49 am
I love the idea of driving up Roberts cost. I wasn’t aware of that possibility when I brought up his sponsorship yesterday. Good thinking!!!
McFann O O o
October 18th, 2011
11:52 am
Hey, and David Ross is 7th on that list, 2 behind BMac! No Joe Mauer, though…
Murph
October 18th, 2011
11:53 am
Chrome users, here’s a page auto-refresher: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oilipfekkmncanaajkapbpancpelijih
Configure it to refresh Robert’s page, set the interval to every 5 seconds, and walk away… cha ching!
George
October 18th, 2011
12:02 pm
Good morning y’ll
I can live without the NBA. Without it, it would be nice if FSS and SPORTSOUTH would televise some winter league baseball from the Islands and Mexico. FOX SPORTSWORLD did televise the playoffs from the Islands one year. On another note PLEASE no more teams in playoffs, it is fine just the way it is. Baseball should not become the NBA.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
12:07 pm
This Robert sponsor thing is hilarious.
George
October 18th, 2011
12:08 pm
Hi Murph
Is your head ok?
DAP
October 18th, 2011
12:08 pm
dude trained hamster to say row
i love that commercial.
Arkansas Transplant
October 18th, 2011
12:11 pm
Murph, haven’t done much but play black ops lately. Just prestiged up again this weekend.. wasn’t going to but thought oh well since the new MW3 is due out soon and black ops will hit the shelf then. Those headphones sound like a great idea, do they have a built in bluetooth headset as well? Sounds like something I might need to look into myself.
So, how’s the job coming long these days? Anything new on the horizon?
braves4ever
October 18th, 2011
12:12 pm
The Robert sponsor page is the best thing to happen to off season baseball in Braves land, this will help take the pain away.
George
October 18th, 2011
12:12 pm
Hope RUGBY WORLD CUP final is on free TV this comming weekend.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
12:12 pm
There is potential for free agency to officially start Saturday morning, 10/29.
Snotboogie
October 18th, 2011
12:14 pm
Hope RUGBY WORLD CUP final is on free TV this comming weekend.
NBC universal – extended cable – channel 245 on Comcast in Atlanta.
Murph
October 18th, 2011
12:15 pm
Definitely check out that headset AT… from all of the reviews I’ve read they are really top-notch.
Got some new games on the horizon, but nothing ready to give people a sneak peek of yet. Hopefully before Xmas.
Bat Masterson
October 18th, 2011
12:20 pm
Auto refresh at 5 seconds ……..
Hits
Per hour …. 720
Per day …..17,280
Per week … 120,960
Per year ….. 6,289,920
Tell your friends ………..
Murph
October 18th, 2011
12:25 pm
Bat, that should cost Robert about $7k per auto-refreshing user per year… that’ll work.
Murph
October 18th, 2011
12:25 pm
Sorry, actually closer to $8k per year.
David O'Brien
October 18th, 2011
12:27 pm
It went pretty much unnoticed outside of K.C., but the Royals promoted Chino Cadahia to bench coach for 2012 right after the ‘11 season ended. The ex-Braves bench coach (2007-2010) went to the Royals a year ago as a special assistant in player development.
Arkansas Transplant
October 18th, 2011
12:30 pm
Murph, just looked up those headsets. Those are brand new on the market, looks pretty cool. I wish they were bluetooth, that’s the only thing that a little strange.. wonder why they didn’t go that way?
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
12:31 pm
How much is it again? $1.25 per 100 hits?
I mean, wow.
Zing
October 18th, 2011
12:33 pm
DOB:
What is your take on the post yesterday about the Braves’ budget? The basic gist was that despite a considerable amount of payroll coming off the team (goodbye McLouth & KK), with the expected raises of the rest of the players and the addition of Bourn, the Braves were essentially even and had next to no payroll flexibility. Is that the way you see it?
Murph
October 18th, 2011
12:37 pm
Efrim, $1.25 per 1000… so what are you waiting for, start auto-refreshing today!
AT, I was wondering about the bluetooth as well. Not sure why they decided to not go that route… maybe they have a limited number of items that can connect to the PS3 via Bluetooth and didn’t want the headphones creating an issue? I read an article on Gizmodo that said it might be because Bluetooth audio is crappy… that might be why.
Snotboogie
October 18th, 2011
12:38 pm
I looked up their sponsoring rules. It apears that Robert has a year’s worth (or less) of sponsoring locked for a particular price. The best we can do is make the page so popular that he cannot renew it for a low price.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
12:45 pm
Very cool timeline on ESPN.com:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/feature/video/_/page/worldseriestimeline/world-series-timeline
Don’t click on 1996!!!
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
12:47 pm
I completely forgot that the Braves played 5 one run games vs. the Indians in 1995.
Also, looking over the last decade, the last good World Series was in 2002, in my opinion. I suppose 2009 was okay…..but truthfully, every game in that Angels/Giants World Series was pretty damn good.
Shaun
October 18th, 2011
12:48 pm
Hard to believe the Yankees led the American League in ERA+, were 3rd in fewest runs allowed per game, 3rd in fewest runs allowed, 4th in lowest ERA. This from a team whose only consistently great starter was CC Sabathia.
Here’s a theory: Perhaps no one noticed how weak pitching was this season (at least in terms of pitching depth on any given staff) because offense was so weak across the board. Pitching seemed better than it was because of the offensive environment but the weakness of the pitching showed up in the postseason, when pitching staffs had to face the best offenses.
This postseason hasn’t featured an all-pitching, no-hitting team like the Giants of last season. Every team in the postseason this year was above their leagues’ averages in OPS+. I need to go back and look but I can’t think of a year in which all the playoff teams were in the top half in their league in OPS+.
In the American League, the four playoff teams were in the top 5 in OPS+. In the National League, St. Louis, Milwaukee and Arizona were all in the top four and Philadelphia was tied for 6th, mediocre but still in the top half of the NL.
abwright
October 18th, 2011
12:48 pm
Murph, October 18th, 2011, 10:37 am … “I’m glad I opted out of getting staples… turns out the superglue stuff they used worked really well.”
I knew a guy once who used duct tape to patch over a stab wound. Tough SoB.
According to Mythbusters, if you get the duct tape on before it gets wet, you can patch a hole in a boat. No reason it wouldn’t work for a head injury.
abwright
October 18th, 2011
12:51 pm
Lew, October 18th, 2011, 10:59 am … “… no extra playoff team…. do away with interleague play, the DH … go back to a balanced schedule.
And you kids! Get off my damn lawn!
Lew
October 18th, 2011
1:00 pm
abwright – Nah, I could have added go back to 1962 and start over allowing nothing other than to let the Braves move to Atlanta.
Just really don’t like interleague play now that the novelty has worn off – too many instances of uneven matchups for fairness and a balanced schedule is much fairer to everyone. – and never really liked the DH all that much.Notice I did n’t say they should do away with the Wild Card.
Arkansas Transplant
October 18th, 2011
1:12 pm
it might be because Bluetooth audio is crappy
That I can definitely agree with.
Bat Masterson
October 18th, 2011
1:12 pm
The best we can do is make the page so popular that he cannot renew it for a low price. _ Snotboogie
Well that’s something. What really matters is that a number of people here were willing to go to extreme measures to hit Robert in his wallet as hard as possible. That speaks well for the blog’s character, if you ask me.
That, plus a couple of pages of comments making fun of Robert’s obsession with Cox is fun. Though I do suppose one should not gleefully make fun of the mentally unwell, perhaps an intervention is in order.
David O'Brien
October 18th, 2011
1:14 pm
Consensus seems to be Rangers in 5 or 6 games. Consensus is wrong.
I’ll take Cardinals in 6. Why? Couple of main reasons are Pujols, and Carpenter’s edge over C.J. Wilson this postseason (they’re going to face each other twice).
N8
October 18th, 2011
1:15 pm
“also, why do you think the big three were “gassed” by the end of august?” DAP
Actually O’flaherty seemed fine. But the command for Kimbrel and Venters just wasn’t there. Not as many swings and misses. Harder hit balls, etc…
Could have just been good advanced scouting and good approaches by hitters too. But both of them missed spots badly down the stretch. To me that’s just a sign of being tired. I could be wrong though.
DOB, I’m just finishing up on Season 3 of “Always Sunny…”, to me it’s the best comedy of all time (I know that gets thrown around a lot – but I like it that much). I was just telling a buddy of mine that isn’t sold on it, that I like it better than Arrested Development, which to me when I watched all of those on DVD, I thought it wouldn’t be topped in my list of favorites anytime soon. Sunny is just so over the top and so politically uncorrect, yet kind of believable in a fiction kind of way. Where Arrested Development was more SNL skit over the top.
Both very well writen and unique in their own way.
Which do you prefer if you had to choose (which of course you don’t)?
George
October 18th, 2011
1:15 pm
I still caint get over the fact that Robert is paying to sponsor the Bobby Cox page @ BaseballReference just so he can put nasty remarks on it. How sad is that??? _ nolie
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Finnally found what y’ll been talking about ” a paid robert page” robert is sick in the head. I don’t care for FREDI, but would never do anything like that. He really posts mean stuff on BOBBY’s page?
Bat Masterson
October 18th, 2011
1:18 pm
Well, George, we can make fun of Robert here for free.
George
October 18th, 2011
1:23 pm
Robert forgets about 14 in a row 1st place finishes. Sure hope BOBBY does not look at his page.
ncscoots
October 18th, 2011
1:28 pm
I’ve long thought that Robert’s obsession was just a blog schtick, but now, I’m not so sure.
TOP FREE AGENTS - not ordered
October 18th, 2011
1:35 pm
1. Pujols
2. Reyes
3. Fielder
4. Sabathia
5. Wilson
6. Beltran
7. Ramirez
8. Rollins
9. Cuddyer
10. Ortiz
11. Jackson
12. Buehrle
13. R. Hernandez
14. Pena
15. Johnson
16. Willingham
17. Crisp
18. Ross
19. DeJesus
20. Kubel
21. Papelbon
22. Bell
23. Madson
24. F. Rodriguez
25. Nathan
26. Capps
27. Broxton
28. F. Lopez
29. Gonzalez
30. Francisco
31. Lidge
32. Kotchman
33. Lee
34. Ellis
35. Furcal
36. A. Gonzalez
37. Barmes
38. Betemit
39. Damon
40. Ibanez
41. Ludwick
42. J. Rivera
43. A. Jones
44. Sizemore
45. Fu#od#me
46. Matsui
47. Iwakuma
48. Bedard
49. Capuano
50. Colon
51. Garcia
52. Harang
53. Harden
54. Kuroda
55. Oswalt
56. Wada
57. Wang
58. Oliver
59. Doumit
60. Carroll
Shaun
October 18th, 2011
1:38 pm
DOB, I just don’t think the Cardinals pitchers outside of Carpenter can match-up with Texas’ lineup depth. But the Cardinals did handle a decent Milwaukee lineup. However, I don’t think Texas’ lineup has as many flaws and their individual hitters don’t seem to have the weaknesses of the Milwaukee hitters.
ncscoots
October 18th, 2011
1:38 pm
Speaking of bench coaches, is Carlos Tosca still breathing? Did he never have occasion to say, “Fredo, maybe what you are about to do…well, there’s another option.” Or does Fredo not utilize his bench coach that way, maybe? If he’s not there to help keep his manager’s head in the game or present options, what exactly is Senor Tosca’s role?
nolie
October 18th, 2011
1:51 pm
I never had that impression scoots. I have always thought him to be genuine OCD.
David O'Brien
October 18th, 2011
1:54 pm
Rangers are 15-3 in 18 home games since Aug. 28 inc. postseason, and scored 7 or more runs in 13 of those 18 games. Remarkable.
But it’s worth noting, the Brewers also had a great home-field advantage this season, and the Cardinals ranked at Miller Park in NLCS….
ncscoots
October 18th, 2011
1:55 pm
nolie: Robert, you mean? Maybe so. You know me, I’m a benefit-of-the-doubt guy, for the most part. He was just so over the top with it, I figured it had to be a gag. But the B-R thing…man, that’s a little odd.
Shaun
October 18th, 2011
1:57 pm
When Texas came into Turner Field, I thought they were an awesome offensive team with few weak spots in the lineup and an underrated pitching staff. I thought they were legitimately one of the best teams in baseball. Of course at that time it was hard to imagine them and Boston not giving each other a run for their money in the playoffs.
Shaun
October 18th, 2011
1:59 pm
Of all the playoff teams, Texas looks most like a team from the mid 2000s as opposed to a team from the 1980s or 2011.
ncscoots
October 18th, 2011
2:01 pm
Of course at that time it was hard to imagine them and Boston not giving each other a run for their money in the playoffs.
An understandable sentiment, pre-chicken.
Shaun
October 18th, 2011
2:06 pm
BC…Before Chicken
Bay Area Steve
October 18th, 2011
2:07 pm
cricket,
‘Preciate the link, man. That dude did some serious work.
Shaun
October 18th, 2011
2:09 pm
By the way, I think Lester did about as good a job as anyone explaining things firmly to the media. I think it was honest and forthright. It had a humbling tone but also a calm-down-everyone tone.
Shaun
October 18th, 2011
2:11 pm
…that should probably read “a humble tone” as opposed to “humbling.”
Murph
October 18th, 2011
2:13 pm
I hate seeing giant lists of free agents… reminds me of when I was a kid and we used to get those giant Sears catalogs in the mail, all chock full of toys and legos and stuff. I’d go through and meticulously make my Christmas list, citing page number and full item descriptions, etc. My parents didn’t have much money at the time, so I’d end up being very disappointed…
The Braves remind me a lot of Murph Sr. from the late 70’s… good intentions, but poor.
ncscoots
October 18th, 2011
2:22 pm
good intentions, but poor.
Rich in life lessons. Without sacrifice, victory is hollow. That includes scarfing up on the monster Legos kit.
Patrick
October 18th, 2011
2:23 pm
DOB,
Have you seen “The Walking Dead” on AMC?
If so, thoughts?….
abwright
October 18th, 2011
2:33 pm
Lew, October 18th, 2011, 1:00 pm
Lew … I actually hate the DH, interleague play, and too much spring training too.
It’s just funny when someone says “it was better in the old days.” In this case, it really was.
Murph
October 18th, 2011
2:37 pm
I had to use the wife’s deodorant this morning because Murph Jr hid mine… my armpits smell like baby powder. It’s actually kind of nice and soothing.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
2:43 pm
I never had that impression scoots. I have always thought him to be genuine OCD.
Yeah, I kinda thought that too. But B-R is still a bit crazy.
nolie
October 18th, 2011
2:43 pm
just so some guy at the office doesn’t pinch you on the butt…….
nolie
October 18th, 2011
2:44 pm
NTTAWWT
Murph
October 18th, 2011
2:45 pm
nolie, it’s not very feminine smelling… it’s Dove Powder scent. Really does smell like baby powder.
If I go workout after work I imagine my armpits will smell like a dirty diaper… but I’m ok with that.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
2:45 pm
I hate seeing giant lists of free agents… reminds me of when I was a kid and we used to get those giant Sears catalogs in the mail, all chock full of toys and legos and stuff.
You’re a spoiled brat in baseball terms then. I mean, you already have plenty of toys, legos and stuff.
nolie
October 18th, 2011
2:46 pm
OCD is a thread that runs through the posts of several of our less popular bloggers
Murph
October 18th, 2011
2:53 pm
You’re a spoiled brat in baseball terms then.
My third baseman action figure is falling apart. The arms and legs keep falling off my starting pitcher action figures. And my magic eight ball of a manager is stuck between two answers, no matter how hard I shake it.
nolie
October 18th, 2011
2:54 pm
demand a raise so you can buy new ones
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
2:58 pm
DOB, respectfully disagree on the World Series. Mostly because I dislike TLR. Seriously though, Texas lineup depth, athleticism on the basepaths and in the field, bullpen with Ogando/Feliz throwing 100mph darts. Despite his amazing Game 5 performance vs. the Phils, I think he faces a tougher task in the Rangers. Texas in six games.
nolie
October 18th, 2011
2:59 pm
Cards in 7
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:00 pm
I’m not a big Mike Adams fan after watching him this playoffs. Nice pen arm, but nothing to get crazy over. Flyball pitcher succeeding in Petco…..no sh!t. Yawn.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:02 pm
Cards in 7
I think I’ve said it every year, but I really do believe we are going to have one of the best to watch WS since 2002. I hope…..
DAP
October 18th, 2011
3:02 pm
texas in 5. i predict they dominate.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:04 pm
Steve (Ohio)
So looking at Nelson Cruz, Mike Morse, and a few good years of Jack Cust, I realize teams need to stop giving up on prospects with high power potential before Age 30. Then I think about Andy Marte and cry.
Jerry Crasnick (1:43 PM)
Steve, It’s also worth noting that Jayson Werth blossomed in Philly after stops in Baltimore and LA, and Jose Bautista broke out in Toronto in his late 20s. Sometimes all it takes is the proverbial “change of scenery” and a team to have some faith in a guy. You can usually chalk that up to a really smart scout or two advocating for a certain player.
Steve from Ohio needs to get out of school and get his butt back on this blog.
jeffrey d
October 18th, 2011
3:06 pm
Surely that can’t be the same Robert, though
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:07 pm
Adam (Atlanta)
Enough of this boring World Series stuff. How do we fix ATL’s offense? Is it just hope for Heyward to return to form or are serious changes needed? You’d thing a core of Bourn, McCann, Uggla, Heyward, Freeman with players like Prado and Chipper should be enough.
Jerry Crasnick (2:01 PM)
Adam, I’ve talked to some baseball people who think the Braves have to start looking beyond Chipper and find another middle of the order bat who’s going to be good for more than 120 games, 18 homers and 75 RBIs a season. But the pieces are there for that club to be better next season. Prado and McCann were terrible in the second half, for assorted reasons, and if Jason Heyward can stay healthy, there’s no way he can be that bad again.
Murph
October 18th, 2011
3:07 pm
I work for a giant media conglomerate… raises are minuscule at best. Not enough to afford that cool new SS action figure with the kung fu grip.
ncscoots
October 18th, 2011
3:07 pm
Cards in 7
What-evah. My fandom must be slipping, because I can’t raise the first tiny ripple of excitement for Rangers-Cards. Guess I’m well-submerged in college football already.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:09 pm
Adam, I’ve talked to some baseball people who think the Braves have to start looking beyond Chipper and find another middle of the order bat who’s going to be good for more than 120 games, 18 homers and 75 RBIs a season.
I agree with Jerry, but he’s a year off from that happening. The Braves will have no choice but to find another middle of the order hitter next year.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:12 pm
Sorry, misread that question. Chipper is very solid in terms of third baseman. What they need is another 4th outfielder or utility infielder that is damn good who can sub in for Chipper when he goes down. I think that’s what Wren meant in what he is looking for.
Murph
October 18th, 2011
3:14 pm
if Jason Heyward can stay healthy, there’s no way he can be that bad again.
Sure he could be… so far he’s had one great half of a season and 3 not so great halves of seasons.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:14 pm
Guess I’m well-submerged in college football already.
No NBA. NHL I love, but it’s tough to get into it in October. For the first time in a decade the San Francisco 49ers are relevant. I actually care about the NFL season and are not just looking forward to the draft in April.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:21 pm
Sure he could be… so far he’s had one great half of a season and 3 not so great halves of seasons.
I’ve never understood this. I’m not sure where people are getting this.
2010 First half: .251/.366/.455(303 PA’s)
2010 Second half: .302/.419/.457(320 PA’s)
2011 First half: .226/.315/.404(260 PA’s)
2011 Second half: .229/.325/.367(194 PA’s)
I think it’s the April/May thing from 2010. Everyone thinks he stunk from June 1st on. Not the case. It’s his power that stunk – 6/1/10 – end of season: .270/.386/.401(428 PA’s).
Anyway, he’s had 1 great half. 1 good one, and 2 sorry ones.
Murph
October 18th, 2011
3:22 pm
I’m actually excited about this World Series. I want to see Josh Hamilton win… something about his turnaround really makes me root for him.
Add in the sprinkling of drama that comes with Pujols and his possibly final games with the Cardinals and it’s got the makings to be a decent little October spectacle.
McFann O O o
October 18th, 2011
3:22 pm
Prado and McCann were terrible in the second half, for assorted reasons,
Ouch, man…
DAP
October 18th, 2011
3:22 pm
how about you just dont bat chipper in the middle of the order? put him lower or bat him 2nd. also, with a catcher as one of our big bats, we arent going to be able to avoid needing to change the middle of the order every now and then. i dont really think its a huge problem.
cricket
October 18th, 2011
3:24 pm
I’m not a big Mike Adams fan after watching him this playoffs.
What about Koji? Is he on WS roster?
Murph
October 18th, 2011
3:25 pm
Efrim, I actually was referring to JHey’s 2nd half of his rookie year as his one good half of a season… I guess I should have phrased it as “so far he’s had one great half of a season, one above-average half of a season, and two below average halves of seasons” instead of the more vague yet easier to type “3 not so great halves of seasons”.
N8
October 18th, 2011
3:30 pm
“I’m not a big Mike Adams fan after watching him this playoffs.”
That’s funny, because about two weeks ago it was either Tim Kurkjian or Buster Olney had a bit (Maybe Jayson Stark) about how over the last two seasons Adams has had the most 1-2-3 innings amongst qualifying relievers.
I can see why Braves fans wouldn’t like that. We like to live on the edge.
But yeah, having seen how his playoffs have gone, I’m not sold he’s better than anybody we’ve already got in a setup role.
Lew
October 18th, 2011
3:32 pm
abwright – Not everything was good in the old days – I like HD Cable TV a lot better, the quality and price of music delivery systems and almost all the technology is better these days. Some of the ways of doing things and taking a whole pint out of a half gallon of Breyer’s Chocolate mint ice cream? Not so much.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:33 pm
What about Koji? Is he on WS roster?
I think he hurt his hammy and are keeping him off. They have some serious depth in the pen: Feliz, Ogando, Adams, Gonzalez, Oliver, Uehara, Feldman.
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:36 pm
That’s funny, because about two weeks ago it was either Tim Kurkjian or Buster Olney had a bit (Maybe Jayson Stark) about how over the last two seasons Adams has had the most 1-2-3 innings amongst qualifying relievers.
I guess, but he seems like a guy that was helped out by Petco. Still a really good reliever. But not the dominant guy that people try to feed you.
IABrave
October 18th, 2011
3:36 pm
Hmmm…Michael Cuddyer anyone???? That puts Prado as UT guy for OF and for Chip. IF Heyward stinks then Prado plays OF full time!
DAP
October 18th, 2011
3:36 pm
check out this video from good morning america. its johnny cash’s son who wrote a book about his dad.
http://gma.yahoo.com/video/music-26594262/johnny-cash-s-son-reveals-father-s-personal-life-26986343.html#crsl=%252Fvideo%252Fmusic-26594262%252Fjohnny-cash-s-son-reveals-father-s-personal-life-26986343.html
ncscoots
October 18th, 2011
3:40 pm
I actually care about the NFL season and are not just looking forward to the draft in April
Truth be known, I’ve gone commie on the NFL, too, LOL. I haven’t really followed pro football in years. Totally un-American.
Murph
October 18th, 2011
3:42 pm
Truth be known, I’ve gone commie on the NFL, too,
Get a rope…
Efrim
October 18th, 2011
3:43 pm
Hmmm…Michael Cuddyer anyone???? That puts Prado as UT guy for OF and for Chip. IF Heyward stinks then Prado plays OF full time!
Cuddyer is probably getting a three year deal of some sort that pays him around 10 million per year. I think the Braves will shoot lower for their 4th outfielder/utility infielder type.
Ward High Hopes back
October 18th, 2011
3:46 pm
Hello my friends! How about a Ryan Ludwick in left. That would be interesting?
ncscoots
October 18th, 2011
3:47 pm
I think the Braves will shoot lower for their 4th outfielder/utility infielder type.
Still, I guess one has to be open to the possibility that they replace Chipper’s bat a year early. You know, get the guy who can semi-replace Chipper’s performance next year. If they can do that this year, instead of next, I think Prado would be OK with a utility spot for a year.
I don’t have any sense that such a thing is in the plans, but it’s possible, I guess.
Murph
October 18th, 2011
3:49 pm
I think the Braves will shoot lower for their 4th outfielder/utility infielder type.
My guess, and unfortunately I’m being serious, is that the Braves end up signing either Marcus Thames or Scott Hairston… guys with a little athleticism yet fall short on the tools side o’ things.