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Efrim
May 1st, 2012
8:11 am
Rome got smashed again. That’s the worst Low-A team we’ve had in a while. Not a good roster, at all.
Frankie Wren
May 1st, 2012
8:44 am
Solid #3,
I see him as the #4 on this team with Huddy back.
Frankie Wren
May 1st, 2012
8:44 am
Solid #3,
I see him as the #4 on this team with Huddy back.
Jimmy
May 1st, 2012
9:07 am
Wow. That pass ball on McCann in the 7th was terrible.
With a man on third, you’ve got to get your body in front of the ball, not try to backhand it.
It’s just hard to watch his technique sometimes.
Also, I’ve resigned from the “Durbin’s Dudes” club. Things were looking better… until last night.
Livan has been a big help to us this year.
Anyway, today is a new day and a new game. Let’s get this opener tonight!
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
9:14 am
Halladay and Hamels wont be easy
Raise your hand if you think the Phils are excited about seeing Hanson and Beachy in those games.
Mixxo
May 1st, 2012
9:23 am
Phillies own us.
Ease
May 1st, 2012
9:27 am
Might be best to start May 0-4 as well…
April seemed to work out just fine…
Veer
May 1st, 2012
9:30 am
If Minor falters we have Medlen to fill his shoes.
One good thing about our team is that we have 4 back up starters in Medlen, Jurrjens, Teheran, and Hernendez
Lew
May 1st, 2012
9:32 am
vewer- You damned fool. The other day you were telling us just how much Teheran and Jurrjens sucked. You just have no clue – just like the other damned fools who think McCann needs to be traded.
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
9:33 am
It’s a tough room when playing .600 ball gets you b!tched at, man, LOL.
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
9:37 am
This year you have Napoli, Wieters, Posey who are all better [than McCann offensively], and a couple of others including Molina for whom you could construct a good argument
In April. Check back with me at the All-Star break.
Honestly, a month? Really? Seriously?
tiger297
May 1st, 2012
9:46 am
scoots – its projection though…we can’t sweep the stinking pirates obviously we are going to get owned by the NL east. I mean that connection is just so logical
Sopheee
May 1st, 2012
9:49 am
Aw, Sacramento has a new muse. Welcome to the club, Mac.
Moeman
May 1st, 2012
9:49 am
Folks calm down. It’s a marathon not a sprint. Best team doesn’t always win. One poor outing doesn’t make you a bad pitcher and 0-5 doesn’t make you a bad hitter. It’s what you do over the long haul that counts. Must admit am a bit concerned about BMac he’s struggling on offense and defense and has been for a long time. But again his skills should rise to the occasion soon.
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
9:55 am
its projection though…we can’t sweep the stinking pirates obviously we are going to get owned by the NL east. I mean that connection is just so logical
Maybe it’s just that all the D&Gers are daytraders, and are genetically incapable of a view lasting longer than 15 minutes, LOL.
TennesseePaul
May 1st, 2012
9:56 am
Ef, did you see the game last night? Saw Polished dish up some 92mph pitches. That was pleasing. Too bad he left so many over the plate. Still though, even when the Pirates, owners of no winning record in the last 20 years, kept smashing the ball off the wall, Polished looked poised up there on the mound. And he went into the 7th which is also pleasing.
The most pleasing part, to me, about Polished going 6.1 innings is it means Fredi refrained from yanking him after he’d already given up 6 runs. He let him go back out there in the 7th and try to keep going. So kudos Fredi. Very nice job.
jeffrey d
May 1st, 2012
9:57 am
I don’t think Medlen will fit into Minor’s shoes
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
9:57 am
Aw, Sacramento has a new muse. Welcome to the club, Mac.
Maybe the college team he coaches is on break, and he needs something to fill the down time.
Murph
May 1st, 2012
9:58 am
For someone as bullpen-happy as Fredi is, I’m really surprised he left Minor in as long as he did… I guess it was just his turn to take one for the team.
Minor was overdue for a mediocre start… this just means that he’s going to invoke the Hanna Rule and shutout the next team he faces. Even with yesterday’s start I’m still pleasantly surprised by Minor thus far in 2012.
I didn’t watch the game so I don’t really have any other comments. Mighty proud of Hinske getting out there and going 4-4… that’s awesome.
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
10:01 am
even when the Pirates…kept smashing the ball off the wall, Polished looked poised up there on the mound
I’m hoping that we aren’t confusing “poise” with “shell-shock”.
Seriously, just one of those nights. No pitcher brings his “A” game every night, not Halladay or Verlander or Minor. Nothing fundamentally wrong with Minor that would lead you to believe that nine-run outings are his future norm, so why would anybody get bent outta shape over a single game?
David O'Brien
May 1st, 2012
10:05 am
Bourn has hit .408 (29-for-71) w/ .468 OBP in past 17 games, his .400 OBP tops among NL leadoff hitters (second in majors to Jeter’s .433).
David O'Brien
May 1st, 2012
10:08 am
Braves go into tonight’s series opener with a 7-game losing streak vs. Phillies. ATL won 6 of first 11 between teams in ‘11, then lost the rest.
Of those seven straight losses, Lowe was the starter (and losing pitcher) in three.
kwajbraves
May 1st, 2012
10:10 am
Tough series ahead. Let’s beat the Philties. Go Braves!
TennesseePaul
May 1st, 2012
10:11 am
scoots, just for the record, you know I’m not bent out of shape over this game right? I was truly pleased by the poise of Polished and the patience of Fredi. Also pumped on Freeman’s jack. Pirates are going to win some games. No team could continue to not hit at the level they were not hitting. So we get to send them off to fight with confidence all our rivals. It’s a clever ploy.
jeffrey d
May 1st, 2012
10:14 am
No team could continue to not hit at the level they were not hitting
Already forgotten last September, eh?
Random
May 1st, 2012
10:15 am
keylargo (April 30th, 2012 11:17 pm): “McCann’s highest ratings – All occurred in 2008 or before except HR in 2011 when he hit 24. He hit 23 in 2008. And OBP in 2010 when he got on base at a .375%. In 2008 he got on base .002 less @ .373. This is a clear gradual decline in the purest offenssive sense.
“McCann IMO has clearly had his best years and it was four years ago after 2008 when the decline began.”
Yes, McCann clearly declined from 2011 to 2008 in HRs and from 2010 to 2008 in OBP.
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
10:21 am
just for the record, you know I’m not bent out of shape over this game right?
You bet. The mob seemed ready to kill his girlfriend and send him to Rome, though.
Jeff R
May 1st, 2012
10:21 am
If Minor falters we have Medlen to fill his shoes.
A Veerism, if there ever was one.
Minor has one bad outing and off he goes to Gwinnett (or maybe waivers)? Come on, how many rotation guys are going to have 30-odd quality starts in a season? Let’s get real.
raleighbravefan
May 1st, 2012
10:23 am
Let’s see…we go 14-4 since the bad strart, then…
Minor has one bad outing…it happens to the best…and it’s like the whiners are just laying in wait for the opportunity to do their thing. A look at last night, and is there anyone on the team worth a damn? Unbelievable the slander aimed at McCann. The old “Heyward will never be anygood” chorus is back. On and on. .600 plus isn’t good enough.
This is baseball, folks. The best team will lose at least 60ish games. The best team can get POUNDED by the worse team on any given night. The best pitchers will have bad nights. The best players will make errors.
Some of you aren’t fans…you are just spoiled whiners. AND, you obviously don’t know much about baseball…or the Braves. You win…at least for today, I don’t want to hear your worthless crap. I’m outta here.
TennesseePaul
May 1st, 2012
10:25 am
Already forgotten last September,
jeffrey d, The Pirates were … even further below that level.
Last September the Braves hit .235/.300/.357/.657.
Prior to this Pirates series the Braves were hitting .261/.324/.422/.746
… thus showing no team could continue to hit at that low of level.
Before this series the Pirates were hitting: .221/.269/.325/.594 this season.
They hit .258/.333/.386/.720 during the series.
Tomahawkin
May 1st, 2012
10:27 am
Its Time To “Ol Yeller” Gas Can Durbin!
(Shaking!) I Simply Can’t Take It Anymore! Get Flande or Gearrin in there in Close Games as opposed to the Old Slug!
Gas Can Durbin Has no Business being on a ML Roster
TennesseePaul
May 1st, 2012
10:30 am
scoots, I pay no attention to the mob. I question it’s true size when I glimpse. If the mob is as intelligent as it sounds, there is no real threat.
When I get on here in the morning, the solids are here. The people who talk ball and have a level, to tilted favoritism, point of view. I can live with that just fine. I like the Braves. Even in that clan there is room for each individual to pick apart their least favored and still cheer for the team.
flange1
May 1st, 2012
10:31 am
Not sure what the advantage would have been to have Greg Maddox in his prime pitching the 7th 8th and 9th last night.
Chill out folks!
Tomahawkin
May 1st, 2012
10:31 am
We are due for a series loss from the fact that we have been winning series or tying since the opening day mess in The Rotten Apple…
My Gut tells me that we only take the rubber game with Heavy B (Blanton) on the Hill
And once again assuming the Wed game will be on BSPN…? People(mostly opposing fans and people who don’t live near The A) will start raving abt the poor attendance during weekday home games regardless of who the opponent is…Happens every year
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
10:32 am
Tough series ahead
For which team, LOL? If the Braves are toast because they could only split with the lowly Pirates, what does that make the Phightens, who could only split with the lowly Cubs?
Phils aren’t going to suddenly get well on the offensive side, just because they are facing Hanson and Beachy. Now, they have scored a few more runs in the past week (against the likes of Randy Wells, Chris Volstad, Josh Collmenter, and the like), but I’d say the Braves’ pitching is a tiny bit better than what Philadelphia has recently faced.
Murph
May 1st, 2012
10:33 am
I’m really surprised how the whiners have such an effect on the regulars around here… maybe it’s ’cause I’ve only been here for a couple of years, but they seem pretty easy to just scroll on by.
People are gonna vent. My guess is they really are Braves fans, but they take the game way to seriously and have nowhere else to go and release their frustrations.
Not worth letting it get to you to the point where you leave the board.
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2012
10:33 am
Maybe it’s just that all the D&Gers are daytraders, and are genetically incapable of a view lasting longer than 15 minutes, LOL.
Ahem………. 15 minutes can be a long time, sometimes.
Somedays, maybe one needs more patience, like say an hours worth. Buy at 10:30, sell at 11:30
Other days, buy or sell into the open or close.
Then maybe,from time to time, set up a long play of two or three weeks based on reporting dates.
All that emotion is best set aside for sunsets, sunrises, good books, and romancing tourist women for a day or two, shoot maybe even a week.
David O'Brien
May 1st, 2012
10:36 am
Seems strange to see Phillies below .500 on May 1, and no Phillie among NL’s top 10 in avg, OBP, slugging, OPS, HRs or RBIs.
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
10:37 am
All that emotion is best set aside for sunsets, sunrises, good books, and romancing tourist women for a day or two, shoot maybe even a week.
It upsets me that you appear to be having even more fun than I, LOL.
Tomahawkin
May 1st, 2012
10:39 am
richbrave
“Get out the brooms. I’nm ready for a sweep”
I cant even Remember the last time we swept Philly? I’m guessing It was May 2010…I only remember that because I got Kicked Out of the 2nd Level Chophouse Patio Bar for yelling Exepletives at Shane Pestorino.
And oh yeah, I was Tore Up from The Floor Up that Memorial day Game
Murph
May 1st, 2012
10:39 am
My Gut tells me that we only take the rubber game with Heavy B (Blanton) on the Hill
Does “rubber game” refer to the 3rd game in a series all the time or only if the series is tied going into the 3rd game? I always through it was the latter… so, if they win the rubber game, they win the series.
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
10:41 am
and no Phillie among NL’s top 10 in
…except making outs. Those guys have been pretty good at that in April.
raleighbravefan
May 1st, 2012
10:41 am
Murph @10:33 – You are right, of course. It’s just hard for me to see the truely ignorant crap being flung here without reacting. I guess I should just consider the source(s)…feel sorry for these sad, bitter people with no joy in their lives, and let it go. Hard to do.
jeffrey d
May 1st, 2012
10:41 am
Are you saying Tomahawkin’s gut is wrong, Murph?
Tomahawkin
May 1st, 2012
10:41 am
Murph
“I’m really surprised how the whiners have such an effect on the regulars around here… maybe it’s ’cause I’ve only been here for a couple of years, but they seem pretty easy to just scroll on by.”
The people who whine abt others who vent on here are the worst… especially knowing that using the scroll and Ignore Option is as easy as 1-2-3
With that said I’m gonna be doing some Hard core Venting…I take these Rival games with Philly like SEC rival Games! In Full Effect Mode
Tomahawkin
May 1st, 2012
10:43 am
3rd Gam/ rubber game…Its a toss up on which game we win against this Phillies staff
If Gas Can Durbin Pitches, then Chalk that one up as a Fat L…
I’d rather have Bob “Sticky” Wickman back…or Tim Spooneybarger!
raleighbravefan
May 1st, 2012
10:44 am
Murph @10:39 – Right again…you’re onm a roll this morning. Winning a “rubber game” would give us a series win, 2-1.
Jeff R
May 1st, 2012
10:44 am
The Pirate, they aren’t all that lowly. The Pirates have good pitching (as we saw through the Braves’ series) and their bats started to wake up. The Braves split a series with what could be a good Pirates’ team in 2012.
The Phils are a very solid team, despite injuries. How can the Phils not be bery, bery good with that killer rotation?
But the Braves play the Phils well. I think we’re going to see three nights of very good baseball, tight games.
Murph
May 1st, 2012
10:44 am
raleigh, are you on during the games? That might be another reason why I’m impervious to the whiners… I don’t come on the board during the games, and I seldom read the in-game comments. That right there cuts out a good 90% of the whining posts.
Every now and then I read the overnights to see what people thought of this play or that player, but I’ve found that it makes for a much more peaceful existence to just skip all that, catch up with the crew in the morning when most of the whiners are in gym class, and then sign off before the whiners get out of band practice.
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
10:44 am
Are you saying Tomahawkin’s gut is wrong, Murph?
What’s more disturbing is that Murph took the time to read the guy’s post.
Twenty seconds you’ll never get back, Murph.
Ease
May 1st, 2012
10:45 am
And oh yeah, I was Tore Up from The Floor Up that Memorial day Game
Meaning it was just another ordinary day.
Jeff R
May 1st, 2012
10:46 am
Seems strange to see Phillies below .500 on May 1.
I’ll wager the Phils are well above .500 come September, DOB.
Roman Gal
May 1st, 2012
10:46 am
That’s the worst Low-A team we’ve had in a while. Efrim
Let’s be honest, though. The Rome team is usually pretty horrendous.
Tomahawkin
May 1st, 2012
10:47 am
Damn
I thought myself and a few others on here were hardcore during the game?
But That Chrisfromsac Cat is Ruthless…!
He doesn’t Give a (Exepletive)…
Ease
May 1st, 2012
10:49 am
scoots, it’s like a train wreck, or a bad car accident that has had you stuck in traffic for hours.
DAP
May 1st, 2012
10:50 am
minor is going to be fine. his command was off last night but he is going to give a good start more often than not. the braves will also be fine. they are playing good baseball right now, and i really like our chances versus the phillies in this series.
raleighbravefan
May 1st, 2012
10:51 am
scoots @ 10:44 –
Roman Gal
May 1st, 2012
10:52 am
People(mostly opposing fans and people who don’t live near The A) will start raving abt the poor attendance during weekday home games regardless of who the opponent is
I’ll be going to Wednesday’s game. Therefore, attendance will be lively and attentive. And if anyone near me tries to start the wave, imma start putting gum in their beer.
DAP
May 1st, 2012
10:53 am
tomohawkin My Gut tells me that we only take the rubber game with Heavy B (Blanton) on the Hill
winning a rubber games means you win the series. rubber game is always game 3 when each team has won 1 game. its rubber because series could go either way.
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2012
10:54 am
Probably not having more fun that you, scoots. Living down here does have its benefits though.
raleighbravefan
May 1st, 2012
10:54 am
Murph – I usually am not on during the games…but sometimes make the mistake of going back the next day to see what was said…BAD MOVE, by the way, because that’s when the assylum lets the patients out for a field trip.
TennesseePaul
May 1st, 2012
10:56 am
A rubber-game is only “rubber” when it decides which team wins the series. If there is a “rubber” game it implies that the first two games of a 3 game series were split. If a single team wins both of the first two games, the third game is not “rubber.” It is merely a chance to avoid or, depending on perspective, gain a sweep.
monty
May 1st, 2012
10:56 am
“But the Braves play the Phils well”
Huh?
raleighbravefan
May 1st, 2012
10:57 am
Roman Gal – I’m with you,on the wave. The only time we get it during Hurricane games, is on nights with some kind of promotion, like teacher appreciation night, with lots of non-fans who don’t usually come to the game, and who don’t know what’s going on…so they have to do something to amuse themselves.
raleighbravefan
May 1st, 2012
10:58 am
Skip always hated the wave.
Murph
May 1st, 2012
10:58 am
Twenty seconds you’ll never get back, Murph.
Sadly it was much longer than that. First I read it and didn’t think much of it, then I thought to myself “Hey Murph, I don’t think that’s what a rubber game is…” (yes, in my inner monologue, I address myself by my blog moniker… it helps me stay in character).
So, I read it again. Then I looked it up on Google, but got distracted when a coworker sent me a link to a funny talking dog video. So, I watched that twice, then remembered what I was doing and went back to Google and looked it up again.
THEN, I copied the Google definition of “rubber game” which I was going to use to craft a witty retort, but as I was about to paste it I was filled with self-doubt and had a struggle with myself about whether or not to make Toma look silly for not knowing what a rubber game is.
Instead I posted my response in question form so as not to sound as if I were attacking him, yet making sure that others would jump all over it in their response.
So, in summation, it was more like 3 or 4 minutes. But at least I got to watch a video of a funny talking dog, so it wasn’t a complete loss.
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2012
10:59 am
Chris from is a troll or otherwise just a guy that needs someone to hate on. He may have made one or two comments in the last two years that could be considered reasonable.
jeffrey d
May 1st, 2012
11:01 am
I like the wave
Tomahawkin
May 1st, 2012
11:04 am
I honestly think Only Atlanta Fans still think the wave is Popular…?
I only did it at The old Chop Shop…and that was when The Macerina was Hot on the Streets….
bravesgrl4life
May 1st, 2012
11:07 am
A lot over the in-game crap is why I’ve been hanging out on the Tomahawk Nation Facebook page during the game. At least over there, the negativity is friendly and good-humored. Not the vitriol I see on this blog. I’ve enjoyed most of the people on this blog for a long time now, but some of you make it completely unbearable.
There are good people on here, and then there are some total tools.
MFin04
May 1st, 2012
11:13 am
“Braves can take sole possession of first place in NL East”
Yep, they didn’t they gave it up with a terrible pitching performance by Minor, a bad managing job by Fredi keeping him in wayyyy too long, and for some reason putting Chad Durbin in any game that isn’t at least a 5 run game is ridiculous.
Now let’s see if the Braves are once again the whipping boys of the Phillies…hope not, but they seem to get all scared and bullied around by the Phils.
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
11:14 am
So, in summation, it was more like 3 or 4 minutes.
Geez, might as well put you down like a broke hoss. You got nothing to live for, now.
ncscoots
May 1st, 2012
11:15 am
but they seem to get all scared and bullied around by the Phils.
I believe the only folks who are scared of the uni don’t wear one.
MFin04
May 1st, 2012
11:19 am
Let’s just see what happens in this series vs the Phillies, clearly should be a sweep against a team that can’t score runs and doesn’t have their two best players.
Hope the Braves show up and try to get out in front of the division.
TennesseePaul
May 1st, 2012
11:23 am
a bad managing job by Fredi keeping him in wayyyy too long
Actually, it was a very, very, very, incredibly astute, and excellent decision to leave Minor out there pitching. It would have been foolish and idiotic beyond reason to yank him after the one out single in the fourth to preserve the lead before Pedro Alverez hit his 2 run HR…. and then hope beyond reason that the bullpen would hold for 6 innings of shut out ball for a win.
Or shall we also blame Fredi for the Braves inability to plate a run from the 5th inning on?
Jeff R
May 1st, 2012
11:23 am
“But the Braves play the Phils well”
Huh?
Correct me if I’m wrong, Monty, but the Braves went 6-12 against the Phils last season. Not good, not good at all. But, if memory serves, they lost games to the Phils during the Great Skid of 2011. Then, again, the Braves lost games to just about every NL team they played during that dark time in Bravos’ history.
In 2010, as I recall, the Braves either split the season series with the Phils or came close.
I think the Braves tend to play the Phils well – at least, when they’re not tanking. But I stand to be corrected.
Efrim
May 1st, 2012
11:26 am
Ef, did you see the game last night? Saw Polished dish up some 92mph pitches. That was pleasing. Too bad he left so many over the plate.
I didn’t watch the game…..it is a good sign to see him touch 92-93mph. He’s given up a few too many extra base hits in his young career, but he looks like a good mid-rotation type.
Efrim
May 1st, 2012
11:27 am
a bad managing job by Fredi keeping him in wayyyy too long
It’s April 30th. Not Game 5 of the NLCS.
cricket
May 1st, 2012
11:28 am
King Albert is not the best offensive 1B after the perfectly justifiable sample of 23 games and his team still hasn’t traded him away? Do they think they are braves and he is Mac?
Efrim
May 1st, 2012
11:28 am
Let’s be honest, though. The Rome team is usually pretty horrendous
True. But that roster just doesn’t do much for me thios year, whereas at least last year included Salcedo, Lipka, Bethancourt and then later on..La Stella.
MFin04
May 1st, 2012
11:28 am
TennesseePaul – Minor should have been out after the 5th, the game was still 4-3, Minor clearly didn’t have it, and finally got himself through a clean inning, but you knew impending doom was coming in the 6th and 7th, and it did.
If Chad Durbin was my option to come in for him, however, I’d let Minor pitch 13 innings before I’d let that happen.
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2012
11:29 am
There are good people on here, and then there are some total tools.
One of the things that kills me is the knee jerk critism of Heap. McCann makes an almost perfect throw Uggla doesn’t handle and the response is “god another horrible throw from McCann, he sucks, trade him”.
MFin04
May 1st, 2012
11:31 am
“It’s April 30th. Not Game 5 of the NLCS.”
Gotta win games on April 30th in order to get to game 5 of the NLCS.
Either way, Chad Durbin has no place on this team. Why is it that a team can’t have a completely solid bullpen? I mean is there some rule that you have to have a old, washed-up veteran in your bullpen with a 9.00 ERA? I just don’t get it.
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2012
11:32 am
There are good people on here, and then there are some total tools.
Every game is game seven of the World Series.
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2012
11:36 am
It’s April 30th. Not Game 5 of the NLCS.
Every game is game seven of the World Series.
That’s better
cricket
May 1st, 2012
11:38 am
Every game is game seven of the World Series.
THAT’S THE ATTITUDE THAT COST US PLAYOFF SPOT LAST YEAR. THEY ARE PROFESSIONALS. HAVE TO TREAT EVERY GAME AS GAME SEVEN OF WS. I ALWAYS GIVE 110% AT MY JOB OR I WOULD BE FIRED.
THEY ALSO SHOULD SHOW SOME EMOTION AFTER NOT SWEEPING LOWLY PIRATES AND FIRE AT LEAST SOMEONE FROM COACHING STAFF TO SEND A MESSAGE. ALSO JJJ SUCKS, WILL NEVER SAVE THIS STAFF, DETROIT IS LAUGHING AT US.
nope, doesn’t really feel very good…don’t know what those guys get out of this kind of crap…
MFin04
May 1st, 2012
11:39 am
Unfortunately, you actually have to win games to get to game seven of the World Series, if you don’t win them in April, you just have to win a few more in September…and last year that philosophy didn’t work out so well.
Bat Masterson
May 1st, 2012
11:41 am
nope, doesn’t really feel very good…don’t know what those guys get out of this kind of crap…
Paul Bunyan like fingers
TennesseePaul
May 1st, 2012
11:45 am
Minor should have been out after the 5th, the game was still 4-3
Disagree. Poor management would have done this. The type of crappy managing that over utilizes a bullpen when your starter has only thrown 80 pitches through 5 innings and completed the 5th in order with 2 strike outs. In the sixth it was a walk then HR… followed by two strikeouts and a weak grounder.
No. Fredi made the exact right call leaving Polished in there and letting him go back out in the 7th. He pulled him at 107 pitches. That elongated his bullpen heading into a series against a division rival. It gave his young “rookie-ish” 5th starter some experience. It was the absolute right thing to do and doing otherwise would have been foolish and short-sighted. And as it is, the team would have lost anyway by following the brash, knee-jerk, yank-em quick attitude Fredi had last season. They would have lost and more arms would have been used out of the pen making the Phillies series that much more difficult.
Ease
May 1st, 2012
11:48 am
Muffin is always a ray of sunshine around here.
TennesseePaul
May 1st, 2012
11:48 am
and last year that philosophy didn’t work out so well.
That’s right. Last year the team lost 15 games int he first month of the season. This year they lost 9… AND they gained an extra win. That is a swing of about 4 games in the standings on the season, which would put the Braves in the post season. So good job Braves. You’re already way up on last year and your pen is in even better shape.
Roman Gal
May 1st, 2012
11:52 am
so they have to do something to amuse themselves.
People have asked me to help them start the wave. Did not/will not happen.
Murph
May 1st, 2012
11:53 am
People have asked me to help them start the wave. Did not/will not happen.
You’re too cool to do the wave?
Venice Jim
May 1st, 2012
11:55 am
No team has won the World Series in the past 40 years without winning at least 12 of their first 27 games.
Stat of the Day, DP Show
Pressure completely on the Phillies to win a game this series…
raleighbravefan
May 1st, 2012
11:56 am
TNPaul @11:45 – Stop it! Rational talk is NOT allowed here.
Tomahawkin
May 1st, 2012
11:57 am
This is a 100 Percent “Statement Series!
I still can’t believe we went out like some Punk Mudda-Suckas last year in their park, Infront of their Girls, I know I ain’t goin out like that again…
That was Nauseating watching their fans Mock The Chop, But Karma is a B!0tch!
raleighbravefan
May 1st, 2012
11:57 am
cricket – Why do you always shout…perhaps making up for some personal shortcoming?
Tomahawkin
May 1st, 2012
11:59 am
Today is Just like a Huge MNF Football Game! And where the hell are all the Phillies on here that were on here gloatinglast Sept/Oct until The NLDS?
Other Than John Kincade, They have been silent…
Brian from SC
May 1st, 2012
12:00 pm
Did you know…
Since 1955, Chipper Jones has the 4th most career home runs by a white player? He’s 25th overall in that time span.
kenhotlanta
May 1st, 2012
12:01 pm
In addition to adding “Like” and “Unlike” buttons on the blog, we should also have the ability (like Facebook) to hide or limit posters we don’t wish to waste our time reading. My fingers get tired rolling the scroll wheel.