Braves can take sole possession of first place in NL East

He’s not that old.

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Fire McDowell. He obviously totally screwed up a great pitcher in Lowe for three full years

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sure back in the 30s he wasn’t Vin yet….

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Thanks, Carroll!

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George repost from old blog. and SCULLY is VIN not VINCE sorry nolie.

April 30th, 2012
12:38 pm
cabravesfan

April 30th, 2012
12:33 pm
Tremendous baseball point by Keith Olbermann. The baseball aficionado pointed out Saturday that for Mickey Mantle’s big-league debut in 1951 and for Bryce Harper’s in 2012, Vin Scully was in the broadcast booth both times.
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Good point cab, but I don’t like OLBERMANN’s politics.

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Derek Lowe just pitched 7 2/3 innings of three-hit shutout ball for the Indians yesterday against the Angels to move to 4-1 for the year, with a 2.27 ERA. He’s tied for the AL lead in wins with James Shields and David Price of Tampa Bay and Robbie Ross of Texas.

Lowe had a good April last year, too… finished the month with a 3.21 ERA.

He’ll soon return to form… I’d guess he finishes May with an ERA around 4.50.

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They don’t have booze in Cleveland?

Maybe he hasn’t found them yet!!

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Wait a minn cab, no inter-league play in 1951, how could VIN have called the MANTLE game?

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Didn’t D-Lowe pitch well at the beginning of last year only to suck it up later on in the year?

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Outside Uggla’s catch, the coolest thing on the field over the weekend were the new uniforms. Any word on how often we will see these beauties? Any chance these could become the home jerseys?
PS: Is it just me or do the hats not match exactly?

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Haven’t seen anyone discuss JJ’s start yesterday… sounds like he did ok. Just getting to the 7th inning is encouraging.

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George-

Spring training. Keith explained it, apparently I just missed it

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id like to see medlen get a bunch of 3 inning saves this season.

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the few sacred words i do offer are merely geared to the betterment of the bravo nation—and, of course my grandmother.

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http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/2012/04/28/mantle-and-harper-and-vin-scully/

George, for the love of God, would you please use Google before you let your fingers type anything here. If you did that, and retrieved your own information, you would immediately go from the bottom of the information escalator to the top of the information escalator quickly. It would be less embarrassing for sure.

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gives [the Nats] four starters with ERAs under 2.00. Yow.

…and therein lies the problem, I think. They are bound to come back to earth, even if it’s just the tiniest little bit, and then their offense becomes a fairly large problem. They are coming out on the right side of low-scoring one-run games right now, but an extra run on the starters’ ERA is liable to make such outcomes problematic. That would still their make rotation fan-freakin-tastic, but somewhat less so for their W-L record.

That team is going to have hit much better, and I’m not sure they have the players to do so.

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Are we going to have to follow Derek Lowe’s progress all year?

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yeah more than likely right about that DAP. missing those two is hurting them now

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i think they’ll hit plenty.

Morse had a .900 OPS last year, and I got real American dollars that says no chance he even sniffs that in 2012. Zimmerman had an off year by his standards, but still had an ops around .800. And they were 12th in runs scored.

You might be right, in the end, but I still see the offensive side as a problem, until proven otherwise.

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Did not realize the standings were what they were but, the Bravos are 2 out of having the best record in baseball behind the Rangers and Dodgers. Knew they were playing well but the Bravos are really kicking tail. Good to see.

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scoots, im not thinking they have even a top 5 offense, or anything, but they have good arms, and a few very solid bats. i think they are in good shape for a win total in the mid 80s, putting them right there in the convo all the way to the end.

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kevkat

April 30th, 2012
1:10 pm
Are we going to have to follow Derek Lowe’s progress all year?

Why not…..We’re paying 10 mill of his Salary

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Joey, AGREE on most of your post, however GONZO much better fielder and hitter then PASTORNICKY.

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Outta here, hope to be back before game, if not. Lets win one tonight y’all.

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Nice blog Ms.Rogers. JP and Don have talked about the effect KM has had some of the other pitchers. They said he has helped Tommy with his pick off move to first base.

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Anyhew Thanks Carroll

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Hey Juan, here’s an update: “Derek Lowe combined with Vinnie Pestano and Chris Perez to shut out the Angels on three hits to give the Indians a victory in the rubber game of their weekend series. Lowe improved his record to 4-1 this season”

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…and therein lies the problem, I think. They are bound to come back to earth, even if it’s just the tiniest little bit, and then their offense becomes a fairly large problem.

Therein lies another problem, their offense could turn around just as the pitching comes back to earth and further sustain them. I don’t see them playing .700 ball all season, but I think they have a real shot at being in contention all season.

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Hey guys ~ sorry I couldn’t have pitched that way for y’all down the stretch last Fall… maybe you should’ve employed hotter female Fox Sports South ‘beat’ reporters…?

Anywho, the 10 mill is spending just fine up here in Ohio… later.

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Right now Xavier Nady has an OPS+ of 1. One.

That’s certain to last for the next 5 months.

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Nothing wrong with mentioning the current ERA of Mr. Lowe, as long as you take the opportunity to also mention the current OPS of Elvis Andrus (.694), Yunel Escobar (.552), Jeff Francoeur (.574), Mark Teixeira (.663), etc.

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Why would anyone in Atlanta be “hanging on” pitches by Maddux in ‘91 or ‘92. Maddux’s first year as a Brave was ‘93.

Ahhh! The misrememories!

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I know this, which is why I refrained from any mention of Desmond and Espinosa.

Desmond is doing what he did last year. Besides the dirtbag I pull for at that position plays in Colorado. So you can blast away at Desmond all you please.

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So you can blast away at Desmond all you please.

Yeah, but seems like half the universe has those guys joined at the hip. You almost never hear the Nats’ announcers mention one without the other. Therefore, I would normally follow suit. But I think I’ll pass on doing so.

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You almost never hear the Nats’ announcers mention one without the other.

I guess I’ve installed such a great mental filter I haven’t noticed. I just hear Danny Espinosa’s name.

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As always, nice blog Ms. Carroll!

@Phil… LOL! That’s funny right there! Personally, I don’t care to hear anything out of Olbermann’s mouth and didn’t feel much different when he was at ESPN back in 1953. He exudes arrogance, and I don’t care for arrogance.

Whatever the Nats hitters and pitchers do against everybody else is pretty irrelevant, IMO. The fact is, they give the Braves fits, and did so when they were at the bottom of the heap. Every team has that opposing team that just takes them to the woodshed, and for the Braves it’s the Nats… Marlins used to be the same way it seems.

I’m certainly not saying that the Nats aren’t for real… I think they are… but the weekend in LA says a lot for how they can expect top tier teams to match up with them. But all those games were close and at least 2 of them could have gone either way… easily! I recorded and watched all of them and both teams look like serious foes… and as has been pointed out, the Nats have several key pieces missing.

It’s gonna be interesting, but I’ll stick with Harold Reynolds and his prediction… “it’s gonna be Atlanta!”

GO BRAVES!

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“You almost never hear the Nats’ announcers mention one without the other” -ncscoots.

You know, that is absolutely right. They do mention both of them.
Like Simon and Garfunkle…or the like.

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With the advantage of hindsight, I think I’d rather take my chances with Pastornicky or Simmons, rather than Elvis.

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Still like Elvis. if we had Elvis then we are not talking about Gonzo @ SS and I think we still trade for Bourne

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wonder if kawakami is having as good a year as d-lowe…………nah, just kidding. i don’t care.

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I liked Andrus, still do… but I miss Feliz and Harrison way way way more than I do Elvis.

I miss Wainwright!! Wait…. is this limited to the Tex trade???

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Good lord… so now we have the widowed version of Samantha? When will this madness stop?

I’ll look like double the arse for pointing out that they are fake…. but when have I let that stop me before?

FAKE!

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I guess I’m an ass too then because I thought the same thing.

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Apparently not very friendly people on this blog. So thanks for chatting. I wil try somewhere else.

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shaun Freddie Freeman is OBPing .304, worst among the eight regulars, worse than Pastornicky.

ooof. gonna have to get that under control. aaaand hes still batting 3rd, by the way. id switch him and jason in the lineup.

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Wainwright having a tough time coming back so far. always liked the big bender he throws

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@Shaun, wouldn’t you agree that few of those things will still be the case in a few months? I just don’t think Freddie is that kind of hitter – sample size.

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MacDonalds owns us

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Liberty owns us

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the marlins are losing big again today, which is good to see. itll put them 6 full games behind us in the standings. i want as much distance as we can get away from these teams.

by the way, the mets in 2nd place at this point surprises me more than the nats tied for 1st or the marlins in last. the mets are hanging tough. everyone thought they were the worst team in a good division, which still probably made them good enough to be middle of the pack in the NL.

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I’m not sold that Freddie will hit for quite as high a BA and OBP as some here think he will

As far as his OBP, the kid has always liked to swing the bat. Not a hacker at all, but he has always liked to whale on the first hitter’s strike he sees.

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Don’t know about the BA or the 30 HR but I don’t believe Freddie is a 304 OBP guy and I wouldn’t think about screwing with a lineup that is producing like this one is currently. I believe he and Heyward will be relatively big OBP guys for most of their careers. Dang, they’re barely old enough to drink.

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The Tex trade was brutal in hindsight, that said what were we gonna do. Buddy Carlisle and Jorge Campillo were starting games that year.

KK had heart one of my favorites, just could not cut it MLB, it happens

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not sure just how brutal it really was.

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Yeah, a real Columbo you are. How would we ever know…

Dunno… that’s why I pointed it out.

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FU Lowe!

Besides 1 month, Lowe NEVER pitched that good for us.

Bastard…

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I don’t see him being a 400 OBP guy at all but I do think he’ll walk a bit more than he is so far this year and he is missing a lot of pitches the last few games. I’d see him as a 340-350 or so OBP type hitter. Do you agree?

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While we are tossing numbers and right wing conspiracy theories around, who would have thought that on April 30th:

Pastornicky (.263) is within 4 points of batting better than Chipper (.267) ???

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I hate the new jerseys, they just look dirty. I like the white or red. Guess I’m in the minority.

I love ‘em at first, then hated them, and am now back to liking them again… but not enough to drop $250 on one. Yet. If the team plays well in them I might be convinced to buy one.

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hell there are folks here who claimed Chipper would be hitting .000 now

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James MacDonalds has a career .81 ERA against the Barves.

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I miss Gonzo’s glove work!

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I follow all the ex-Braves I can, to see how they’re doing. It makes me crazy but I can’t help myself! Most of them seem to do very well when they leave here with a few exceptions. I guess D-Lowe likes pitching up there where it’s cooler and he’s not such a sweat-monster. I still think he’ll come back to Earth, so to speak but good for him. Poor DeRo just got put on the DL with the Nats, I think his wrist problems are preventing him from hitting like he used to. Good Guy…Go get ‘em tonight Braves!!

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woman in the throes, I don’t think Freeman will ever be a huge OBP guy. But he has good enough offensive tools to be fine at firstbase, even without big-time on-base skills.

I would. Else we shall all concern ourselves that McCann has a .311 OBP right now and he doesn’t even like that band.

TennesseePaul, well, the difference is that McCann is showing much more discipline, so you figure his OBP is more likely to come around. McCann has one of the lower swing rates on the team and he and only Prado has a lower rate of swinging strikes.

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I will add to my comment above that Chipper’s average is based on a smaller than normal number of at bats; thus, a hit or 2 should shove it up 10 or 12 points.

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@ Shaun, I don’t know what “swing rates normalize pretty quickly” means but l will look it up. That said, I’m not real concerned about plate discipline for a 22 year old. He strikes me as a coachable kid as does Heyward so my guess is they both get better. I like what ncscoots said above that “he has always liked to whale on the first hitter’s strike he sees” with the key part being hitter’s strike.

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Jorge Cantu Elects Free Agency
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [April 30 at 1:42pm CST]
Infielder Jorge Cantu has opted out of his minor league deal with the Angels and elected free agency, MLB.com’s Alden Gonzalez reports (Twitter link). The Wasserman Media Group client is now free to sign with any team.

The Angels, who signed Cantu to a minor league deal in January, assigned him to Triple-A, where he has a .291/.300/.488 line with four homers in 90 plate appearances. Cantu hit 28 homers in 2005 and 29 homers in 2008, but has struggled to produce at the plate since then. Cantu signed with the Padres last year, but they cut him after he posted a .194/.232/.285 line in 155 plate appearances. Cantu, a right-handed hitter, has hit lefties and righties at a nearly identical clip over the course of his eight-year career.

Wow, i really thought this guy was going to be a star. Maybe not an Puljos type but maybe a LaRoche/Dunn type. Amazing how far players in all sports fall from the spotlight so quickly!

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Gah, Diaz is hitting .000 against McDonald… for the love of all that is holy, don’t play him tonight!

0 – 1 with 1K… horrible… absolutely horrible.

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woman in the throes, I say Freeman can be around .330-.340 on-base with a slugging in the .420-.430 range. But I can also see some seasons in the .320’s because he likes to hack, so he’s going to have to depend a lot on getting hits to boost his OBP and I can see him struggling more than other good hitters against the better pitchers and defenses.

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Carroll is a closet Nats fan.

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but freeman has the type of swing to hit for a high average, doesnt he? he Ks a good bit, but he isnt what i would call a hacker. to me, hacker means long swing with a lot of holes.

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some folks just throe like a woman I guess

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Or I could have just said that Derek Lowe was paid 15 million per season and probably worth closer to 5 million.

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a hacker, on other words would be alex gonzalez, or jeff francouer.

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Shaun, he likes to hack but I’d call him “agressively selective” if that’s even a thing. Doesn’t look to me like he gets fooled a lot, he just likes what he likes and ain’t afraid to swing at what he likes. I’m with nolie that 320 OBP seems low for him but heck, I haven’t been called by any MLB teams to evaluate talent yet this month so I could be wrong.

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But I could see it in the .320-.330 range.

That would be the lowest end, should he have a bad season. But I don’t think he will. He’ll be in the .350 range with .450 slugging.

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Thanks Shaun, I’ll have to ruminate on that explanation. Are you saying a guy, even a 22 year old guy is what he is and will continue to swing at the same rate forever? Wouldn’t that suggest that he isn’t learning anything or at best learning at the same rate as the pitchers he is facing? Not saying you’re wrong but I just want to get my head around the concept.

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yeah, I think woman is throeing us for a loop.neither a newby or a woman

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woman in the throes, no, he won’t necessarily swing this often forever, although I do think it’s likely he’ll never be a big-time contact hitter or a hitter who draws lots of walks. It’s just that any change in his approach probably won’t happen all the quickly and a drastic change probably won’t happen by the end of this season.

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@BravesFansince1968 – not a newbie, been here off and on for more than a year, just happened to have a little time today and was struck by a conversation. As to gender, I ain’t letting you look up my skirt but I’ll be happy to provide DNA if it’s a requirement. AND, why would someone pretend to be a woman if they aren’t?

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Bettie K,

Don’t leave us. Welcome to our world.

We don’t have any rules. Post whatever you want and try not to get your feelings hurt. Mostly be nice and folks will be nice back at ya. If you go wrong, I am sure somebody will point it out.

Most importantly, be nice to Carroll Rogers. And David O’Brien. GO BRAVES !

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A crossdresser maybe? Why does anybody here pretend?

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As I said, everyone knew Lowe was overpaid before he threw his first pitch for Atlanta. Don’t hate Lowe for that. It seems if one were going to direct their hate towards someone, it should be directed toward Wren. That’s like getting mad at the gate agent because the airline overbooked your flight and you don’t have a seat.

And if you are going to respond to my post, don’t use my own argument to make your case. I clearly said everyone knew Lowe was overpaid. I guess the real answer is some people think there is a direct relationship between a player’s salary and their future performance. Actually, it is more typically an inverse relationship for players later in their careers like Lowe was when he signed.

The Braves were desperate for starting pitching at the time. Lowe capitalized on that desperation. Both sides got what they bargained for. Don’t get mad at Lowe for enjoying a relaxing smoke afterwards. If you don’t like the way it feels afterward, grin and bear it. All participants involved should have known what to expect. Besides, I think it was worth to make the playoffs that one year. In that regard, it was money well-spent.

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Heyward getting the night off…Hinske in.

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Atlanta Braves ‏ @Braves
Tonight’s lineup vs. PIT (7:10, SPSO/680AM/BRN): Bourn 8 Prado 7 Freeman 3 McCann 2 Uggla 4 Jones 5 Hinske 9 Pastornicky 6 Minor 1

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Heyward getting the night off…Hinske in.

Uh oh. No slump buster for him today. Good to see Chipper in there again.
Go mikey!

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Uh oh. No slump buster for him today.

Maybe he picks up a little ownage on Hamels tomorrow, then.

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‏ @ajcbraves
Heyward woke up w/some soreness in left oblique. Thinks he might just need a day or so. Said no tightness so believes its a day-to-day thing

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@Nick

Who is an idiot ? Did Fredi not call and discuss his reasons?

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Great, Heyward’s hurt.

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@Nick

Then I take back my smart mouth comment too. Good day.

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You have to TIP YOUR CAP to way the braves are playing.

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So we get to see the water Buffalo attempt to play in the OF tonight!! Great!!

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@ Murph, I guess unless you worry about what someone you’ve never met and never would want to meet thinks.

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Jon Morosi ‏ @jonmorosi
Josh Hamilton is not in the #Rangers lineup. Murphy LF, Gentry CF.

Ron Washington is such and idiot…

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you can say what you want to say without fear of reprisal

You can get banned for some things!!

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I don’t know Samantha or Bettie, but you are welcome.

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The Braves are getting their money’s worth for Lowe. Aren’t they paying him $10 Million to pitch for someone else?

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Hamels? Poor guy.

You can be the shark, or dinner. Eat, or be et.

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They apparently dont believe in second chances.

Pretending to be a widow to get a second chance? You put the ass in class.

Whoever you are, whatever personality you are portraying today, whether you’re a regular or some retard in off the streets, you should be IP banned.

For-ev-er.

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Bell was bad.

Once is a fluke, twice may be coincidence, three times is a trend.

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Last 9 Starts of the Starting 9

_________AVG__OBP__SLG___OPS_wOBA_L9S9+
Bourn__ .432 .488 .514 1.001 .446 __178
Prado__ .314 .375 .514 0.889 .402 __144
Freeman .294 .333 .382 0.716 .312 ___98
McCann_ .212 .297 .333 0.631 .311 ___74
Uggla__ .323 .432 .548 0.981 .427 __170
Chipper .212 .308 .394 0.702 .331 ___93
Hinske_ .143 .250 .143 0.393 .203 ___11
Pastorn .324 .378 .382 0.761 .370 __111
Minor__ .000 .000 .000 0.000 .000 _-100


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TennPaul, do HInske’s last 9 starts go back to last year, or something?

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Maybe the Padres knew something.

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How many games does Rondo deserve to be suspended?

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“I dunno, if I didn’t like 99% of the people on here, care about what they think, then I probably wouldn’t be on here” – I have no idea whether I’d like 99% of the people on here. I mostly come to read Carroll and DOB’s takes on the Braves. Occasionally I try to feel the pulse of the folks posting here but it is frequently a place I don’t care for and don’t stay. Sometimes an intelligent discussion pops up and piques my interest. When I come here it isn’t to make friends, though I’m not opposed to making friends, it is to discuss baseball in general and the Braves in particular. And FYI, when I referred to people I wouldn’t want to meet I was talking about that one douche, not everyone here.

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Saving bullpen arms is good. Using Medlen for middle relief is not good. Gotta find someone else to help bridge the gap to the big 3.

Braves are the first team in history to make the argument that a good middle reliever is more important than a good starter. It’s simply not true. Medlen would help the Braves win more games by taking Delgado’s turn in the rotation. And actually there’s less need for middle relief innings without Delgado’s short starts.

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CraZy – I say one game like the rules say. It definitely wasn’t an accident like he’s claiming. I could see that from the nosebleed section yesterday.

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Sometimes an intelligent discussion pops up

Really….I’ve been reading this blog for 4 or 5 years I must have missed those days!!

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Sopheee

I agree it’s only a 1 game suspension, but Rondo already has 1 suspension under his belt this year. The league has the right to punish him harder than a 1st time offender!!

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What’s this about the NBA? I thought they were on strike?

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Hello everyone! Have time for one post. Good to see the Braves in first. Let’s keep it rolling. Last night some one complained about Heyward being back to old ways. He’s batting about .273, so I see an improvement. Uggla is batting about .276, and I see an improvement there too. Offense is definatley better, and that’s why the Braves are in first too. You can add great bull – pen too. All, have a good one! Peace my friends……”Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”

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Okay…too much NBA talk. I’m outa here.

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@Muph. I could come back as Samantha,Bettie, or my real name. It would not matter to you. I know I was wrong before and wanted to correct my mistakes. You dont believe in second chances so that is OK. I will not bother anybody ever again.

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A mention of LOWE makes me yearn for the MELK-man, JEFF FRANCOUER, and other notables who performed not so well in BRAVES’ unis. Where are they now?

A.L

East

Baltimore

Wilson BETEMIT 51 AB .235 BA

Boston

Jarred SALTALAMACCHIA 50 AB .240 BA

N.Y. Yankees

Boone LOGAN 9.1 IP 0.96 ERA
MFIKY 7.0 IP 1.29 ERA
Mark TEIXEIRA 83 AB .229 BA
Andruw JONES 30 AB .200 BA

Tampa Bay Rays

Kyle FARNSWORTH – 15 DL elbow

Toronto Blue Jays

Yunel ESCOBAR 98 AB .224 BA
Kelly JOHNSON 77 AB .247 BA

Central

Chicago White Sox

Wil OHMAN 6.1 IP 5.68 ERA
Tyler FLOWERS 15 AB .133 BA
Brett LILLIBRIDGE 21 AB
Duente HEATH minors 40 man

Cleveland Indians

Jairo ASCENCIO 11.1 IP 7.15 ERA
Derek LOWE 31.2 IP 2.27 ERA
Casey KOTCHMAN 67 AB .149 BA

Detroit

Octavio DOTEL 8.2 IP 0.00 ERA

Kansas City Royals

Bruce CHEN 27.2 IP 4.23 ERA
Tim COLLINS 12.0 IP 3.00 ERA
Brayan PENA 39 AB .282 BA
Jeff FRANCOUER 83 AB .229 BA

Minnesota Twins

Scott DIAMOND – minors 40 man

West

L.A. Angels

NONE

Oakland Athletics

Joey DEVINE 15 DL TJ surgery scheduled
Brandon HICKS minors 40 man

Seattle Mariners

Kevin MILLWOOD 22.1 IP 5.24 ERA
George SHERRILL 15 DL 1.1 IP 27.00 ERA

Texas Rangers

Neftali FELIZ 21.0 IP 3.00 ERA
Matt HARRISON 26.2 IP 3.38 ERA
Elvis ANDRUS 82 AB .256 BA

N.L.

East

Miami Marlins

Omar INFANTE 62 AB .323 BA

N.Y. Mets

Manny ACOSTA 9.2 IP 9.31 ERA

Philadelphia Phillies

Pete ORR 18 AB .222 BA

Washington nationals

Adam LaROCHE 82 AB .329 BA
Rick ANKIEL 39 AB .256 BA
Mark DeROSA 15 DL 37 AB .081 BA

Central

Chicago Cubs

Joe MATHER 24 AB .292 BA

Cincinnati Reds

J.J. HOOVER 3.0 IP 0.00 ERA
Willie HARRIS 30 AB .100 BA

Houston Astros

Jordan SCHAFER 83 AB .265 BA
Juan ABREU minors 40 man

Milwaukee Brewers

Alex GONZALEZ 67 AB .264 BA

Pittsburgh Pirates

Charlie MORTON 17.0 IP 2.65 ERA
Chris RESOP 8.1 IP 3.24 ERA
Nate McLOUTH 22 AB .182 BA
Gorkys HERNANDEZ minors 40 man
Jeff LOCKE minors 40 man

St.Louis Cardinals

Adam WAINWRIGHT 19.2 IP 7.32 ERA]
Rafael FURCAL 89 AB .315 BA
Scott LINEBRINK 15 DL shoulder

West

Arizona Diamondbacks

Henry BLANCO 15 AB .200 BA
Takashi SAITO 15 DL calf injury

Colorado Rockies

NONE

L.A. Dodgers

NONE

San Diego Padres

Mark KOTSAY 16 AB .250 BA

San Francisco Giants

Gregor BLANCO 22 AB .182 BA
Melky CABRERA 90 AB .300 BA

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Way to go Murph! Samantha was just trying to right her wrongs, and you got mean with her again.

Now, you’ve got me tearing up and leaving. You are just a meanie.

GO BARVES!!

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Joey the Bull

April 30th, 2012
1:15 pm

There is something special about this team. I did not feel the same last season because I figured we would have to have a ton of good luck and planetary alignment to get us to the big show. This season, with the few key additions and subtractions we made (Bye bye D Lowe-we won’t miss you, and as for you Gonzo, even my daughter last season (she is 10) hated when you came to the plate especially with RISP-because she and I both knew “out”) this season is different. Especially Chipper. He is leading this team and even though Kemp is a lock for the MVP, Chipper this year is the Braves MVP. He has injected something special-call it energy, call it confidence. But I have not had this much confidence since the ‘96 season. I have not felt this excited about the Braves since the ‘91 and ‘92 seasons-it is like we have the energy back. Remember how Buckhead sports bars were over crowded and Atlantans hanging on every Avery or Glavin or Maddux or Smoltzy pitch? What is different about this team vs. the ‘91 team is Chipper. We get to watch his story book farewell season. This will be a year to remember. How awesome will it be if Chipper is the WS MVP…
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I love Chipper as much as the next guy, but you’ve got to get real here.
1. We have to make the World Series.
2. We have to win the World Series.
3. Chipper has to stay somewhat healthy until the World Series.
4. Chipper has to play in all of the games.
5. Chipper has to dominate most of the games.

Have I said enough? It ain’t gonna happen.

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Lowe doesn’t have to focus on hitting now, so he can fully devote his energy to pitching.

To whomever had the question of, “Do we have to follow Lowe all season?”…yes, he’s still on the Braves’ payroll.

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Frenchie back to being Frenchie.

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FYI, it is anonymous posting so you can say what you want to say without fear of reprisal//WITT

that sounds kinda Lou-ish

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The Lowe trade was bound to happen after his performance last season…I just think the Braves are paying way too much of his salary regardless.

Othr than Mac, Uggs and Chipper, no one on the Braves’ roster is getting 10 mil.

At ~85 mill, how can you pay a guy 10 mil to not play for you? That, plus Mac, Uggs, and Chipper comes to ~half of the Braves payroll. So you have the 22 players splitting the other half.

That 10 mil could hve been sed to get some very good bench help.

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Have you ever heard any team make the argument they’re holding a good starter out of the rotation because they really need someone who can pitch a good 6th inning?

No, but I’m not making that argument, either.

One of the strengths of the team is the back-end bullpen, correct? Can you quantify the effect of saving wear and tear on those three arms? That’s hard to do. There may be a number of games that the Braves win because they are able to get to the back end of the bully in situations where they might otherwise not be able to do so were Medlen not in the bullpen. Be pretty tough to put an actual number on that. Might be zero, might be ten or fifteen, who knows?

Now balance that number against the losses that fifth starter might suffer. That guy isn’t going to lose 10 or 15 games, because he’ll get bounced before that happens, replaced by another pitcher (who may or may not be any better). It is just unlikely, in my opinion only, that Medlen could significantly alter the team’s W-L record over some other fifth starter to the point that such performance would outweigh his value of his current role. But I don’t have any numbers that will bear that out, because Medlen indirectly affects wins in that role.

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Venice Jim

April 30th, 2012
3:52 pm

‏ @ajcbraves
Heyward woke up w/some soreness in left oblique. Thinks he might just need a day or so. Said no tightness so believes its a day-to-day thing
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Of course he did….

This guy is a walking disaster. He gets us thinking he’s truning things around, then right off the cliff he goes again. Naturally, an injury gets conjured up as cover for the collapse.

We’ll be hearing this crap now for the rest of the dang season.

arghhhhhhhhhhh!

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We’ll be hearing this crap now for the rest of the dang season.

Only if you bring it up, phil.

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richbrave, that’s some very good info…thanks for sharing.

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great summation scoots, but likely wasted on the target subject in that case….

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¡Afronta hedor que ellos no podrán continuar ganar como esto!!

Both you and Juan need to figure out the punctuation rules.
If it’s 2 inverted exclamation marks at the start, it should be 2 at the end too. Or it’s just 1 at both ends. Dont mix and match – makes you look fake.

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And Delgado lost the other night. What’s your point? You prefer a potential black hole in the rotation rather than even take the chance on finding someone else who can pitch a solid 6th or 7th inning?

I’m not saying Medlen doesn’t have value in the bullpen. He clearly does. My opinion is a good starter is more important than a # 3 or 4 reliever. If that’s not true, why do starters make so much more money than middle relievers? Guess I’m just not buying the Braves company line like some of you here. I’ll go with the other 29 teams on this issue.

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Phil

I hope he gets 2 since it’s his 2nd time he’ll be suspended this season!!

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with the braves playing well, we can start to look at how we would improve the little things. i personally think the bench could be better without jack wilson. but, it seems like the team still doubts pastornicky on defense. they always sub for him late in the game, putting wilson in for defense. are we in agreement that wilson is so much better than pastornicky? i wouldnt mind having a guy who might not be as good with the glove, but could hit a little bit. maybe calling sutton up.

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If he didn’t mean too he would have put his arms up to catch himself instead of poking his chest out. He clearly lunged at the ref after he stumbled.

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He certainly deserves two. The chest bump into the ref’s back was obvious. You can see him thrust it out there and from behind, you see his shoulder blades flex backwards.

what a doof.

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nolie I am, plus he still serves as a mentor all the time. I think we have more problemos than Jack being on the bench, but thats JMO

whats a more pressing area that needs improvement, in your mind?

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Mark Bowman ‏ @mlbbowman Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Evan Gattis will catch and play LF for Mississippi while Bethancourt recovers from a hamstring strain.

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Anyone heard how Gattis has looked so farin LF? Moving well, how’s he reading balls off the bat….anything?

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Is it just me or does Bryce Harper look like the major jagoff?

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Have you ever heard any team make the argument they’re holding a good starter out of the rotation because they really need someone who can pitch a good 6th inning?

Another thing you’re not taking into consideration is that he pitched two innings last year after TJ surgery. The Braves probably don’t think it wise to ask Medlen to pitch 200 innings in the starting rotation after his 2011 numbers. He’s on pace for about 100 IP the way they’re using him now.

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heyward is hurt again? this kid cant catch a break…. and neither can the braves. hope it’s not too serious

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cause its fun debravity, you might wanna toughen up a bit though if you thought that was douche-baggery

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he is not just pitching middle relief, he is also pitching in lieu of one of the big three. did you miss the figures on how many less innings they have so far?

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I think its weak in realtion to what we should get from particular slots on the bench. They are gonna carry a light-hitting goof fielding SS no matter what and I don’t think anybody else will be enough of an improvement over Jack to talk about. I do believe that several others could be improved on relative to what we would like to expect. hey we all see it differently

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nolie, you might want to check yourself if you’re oblivious to the fact this is douche-baggery:

“great summation scoots, but likely wasted on the target subject in that case….”

Would you like for me to explain why this makes you a douche bag, douche bag? This is fun…

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gee I am soo very very sorry that I hurt your lil’ feelinges debravity.
Man up and get over it wuss

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I’m good, nolie. Thanks for your concern, douche bag.

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you are comparing Hamels with an ERA+ over his career of 126 and who would be at least a #2 in most rotations, to Medlen?

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Explanation of Vin Scully calling Micky’s & Harper’s debuts:

http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/2012/04/30/more-on-mickey-vinnie-and-the-bryce/

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glad to see Lowe doing well- no point second guessing trading him and eating the 10 mil ( can we go back in time and send Jurgens instead for a few prospects)- he was willing to come to Atlanta when no one else would Peavy, Burnett etc – Lowe won a bunch of games- carried us into the playoffs two years ago – sure he crashed last September but overall he did well in Atlanta- I don’t think he can do it for a whole season but 15 wins looks pretty attainable at this point

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need to subtract games/innings that Kimbrel Venters and O pitched to get work in… so the stats are even more impressive.

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believe me I didn’t miss the point, i just think little of it. Hamels has pitched in a great hitter’s park of course his ERA is higher. he is a 126+, Lee is a 117+. and anybody who doesn’t know that he is a damned good pitcher needs to study up some.
by relying on ERA and W-L record as descriptions of a good pitcher is just so 1965-ish. no wonder I thought you would be incapable of understanding his summation. From your continued comments I see I was right

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ok, I’m outta here to have supper with visitors.. you can have the last word.
see y’all a bit later, yeah sorry debravity I will eventually be back with more alleged douche-baggery likely in tow

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The Flatbilled Kid may not stand tall on the mound but he’s a by god giant in the minds of some here.

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No, we were comparing the value of a good starter to a good middle reliever. If you buy nolie’s argument, the Phillies should be a better team by moving Hamels to the pen. Hamels was just an example, could’ve been any starter.

Med vs. Hamels comparison started as nolie arguing against his straw man. Nolie says Medlen will never have the “cool stats”. Wins and losses have not been relevant since 1965. I think the straw man won that argument.

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Refused to include him as one of Phillie’s great pitchers? Where? When? I’m going with your argument that a great starter makes an even better middle reliever, and wins more games for his team in the process.

What was that you said about “incapable of understanding”?

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“by relying on ERA and W-L record as descriptions of a good pitcher is just so 1965-ish. no wonder I thought you would be incapable of understanding his summation”

Nolie–Wins and losses are ERA will never go out of style, though I am a big believer in IP and WHIP in addition to it.

Hey, I will always say that either Hammels and Lee are excellent pitchers.

The W-L is not the same measure that it used to be, I do wish they could change the way of awarding wins to starters to match how the game is managed in this century.

I think that it was either Chernoff or Oliver that made the point today that in the complete games of 1979, a guy was throwing 9 throwing 110 or so pitches because the hitters back in the day did not work the count the way they are coached today. So today, they are prolly throwing the same amount of pitches in 6 to 7 that they threw in 9 then.

In essence, we will not see the CG’s we used to see, hence alot more no decisions for SP’s.

I do wish that they would not award a W to a reliever who comes in and gives up a lead. If the SP throws at least 7 and leaves with a 2-0 or 2-1 lead, and the pen ties it up but the team comes back and win in 9, the starter who threw the 7 should get the win.

Call it the 7 inning rule. What is the best way to reward a SP who throws most of the game with a W.

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Mantle game was at Ebetts Field before season started, exhibition game!

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Medlen as a starter – 4.35 ERA, 103 Hits in 102 IP, 1.27 WHIP, 7.1 K/9

Medlen as a Reliever – 2.97 ERA, 80 hits in 88 IP, 1.21 WHIP, 8.2 K/9

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Medlen as a starter – 4.35 ERA, 103 Hits in 102 IP, 1.27 WHIP, 7.1 K/9

Hater………

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Attaboy Ski !

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Chris awakens from another liquor/drug-induced slumber…

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From the previous blog which had 964 comments, JasonInFL led the way with 64 posts. There were 121 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:

Rank Poster Frequency

1 JasonInFL 64
2 cabravesfan 39
3 Ralph 34
4 phil 33
5 richbrave 32
6 David O’Brien 29
7 Mitchell 29
8 Venice Jim 27
9 keylargo 26
10 brian 25
11 ChrisfromSacramento,Ca 24
12 VaBravesFan 24
13 katherine 23
14 nolie 22
15 CaptMudd 21
16 Jerry 20
17 Lew 19
18 Woody Woodward 18
19 ncscoots 18
20 ray k 16
21 TNScott 15
22 Brian from SC 14
23 Disgusted 14
24 MIBravesFan 14
25 Ward 14

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God …….. Make sure no one wakes Bourn up…….

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I’m actually becoming a teensy bit of a Whip follower.

So educate me, Bat or Lew.

Total walks and hits divided by 9?

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Bourn has been hosed so many times already this year on SBs.

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Umps must have it in for Bourn

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way to argue fredi- pansy!!

So now even when Fredi argues, he gets criticized? Sigh…

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FREDDIEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Freeman! And to think we could be up 3 to 0 dang ump

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I bet my life that FG doesn’t take 1 step out of the dugout if Bourn doesn’t raise hell with Kerwin Danley over the call.

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Yes sir!

FF saves himself from the waiver wire…

That was killed!

That ump out at second is pathetic. So is Mac…

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What a shot by Freeman

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And yeah, Kerwin Danley blew the call.

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The umpire must still be rattled from taking a ball to the mask the other night, for that call on Bourn.

Oh well, let bygones be bygones.

FREDDIE!!!!!!!!!!

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Get hot again Freddie, get hot again!

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Umps need to be fired, they should treat umps and NBA officials like they do in Pro Wrestling.

And Pro Wrestling is real.

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LAG, I was joking bro. But, that is at least twice he has been called out where he has been clearly safe.

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That shot by Freddie reminded me of Don Sutton’s call of a Ryan Klesko line dive homer … “It didn’t have a lot of altitude, or a lot of longitude, but it had a lot of quickatude!”

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So what does Minor do?

Begins to implode.

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phil–Once in a while screaming at the scumps gets ur team fired up but its not long lasting.

We can live without scumps like Doug Eddings, Joe West and Wally Bell. I believe that Bill Hohn is gone, thank God. He was one of the worst.

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phil_

Walks plus hits, divided by innings pitched, equals whip

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lets get a DP here!!

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What is wrong with Mac? Something seems to be. He can’t field the ball.

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Nice DP!

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Yes sir!

Mike unimplodes…i knew he would.

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‘What is wrong with Mac? Something seems to be. He can’t field the ball.’

He never can. One o’ those things we have to live with I ’spose.

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Bat Masterson
April 30th, 2012
7:32 pm

phil_

Walks plus hits, divided by innings pitched, equals whip
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running totals based on hard numbers….thanks. It’s a logical stat.

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Spoil it Ski!

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Awesome love it!!

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I hope B Mac was watching that..

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Everyone is asking what’s wrong with McCann.

Here’s a clue he is pulling everything.

Take a clue from Ski,Brian. Bunt!!!!

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Wow, this is the first time I have gotten lightheaded and felt weak after donating anything.

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JasonInFL – LAG, I was joking bro. But, that is at least twice he has been called out where he has been clearly safe.

My bad, lol. My joke detector’s broken today.

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Rev!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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love that swing by Pastornicky.

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Avy Hinske rumbles to third….

Nice job of hitting, kid.

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Very impressed with Tyler at the plate lately.

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cabravesfan – Mac has bunted against the shift in the past. But Mac is not paid to bunt every time he’s up there…

Your fellow statesman doesn’t get that.

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PASTERNICKY!!!

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Great, misspell a guy’s name and be the top post of the new page.

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‘Big Jim’ is movin’ on up. Can’t wait to see if he can rake AA pitchers like those he buried in the Carolina League.

I’m also curious to see how 2B TOMMY LaSTELLA handles someone else behind him in the order. LaSTELLA typically hit third, GATTIS fourth. TOMMY is stroking the pill at a .362 clip right now with six doubles and 20 RBI.

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phil-

He does bunt, probably more than once in a blue moon

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Sure thing, phil

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Just got a chance to sit down but I’ve been watching from the kitchen. Good game so far. Lets do this, Michael, and make ‘em pay for that blown call at 2nd last inning.

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Smoove Criminal
April 30th, 2012
7:41 pm

“…..Pastornicky is on fire right now. Just comes up with hit after hit. All the Andrelton Simmons lovers are puking right now watching his success……”

WRETCH! E-e-e-e-w-w-w, clams for dinner

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He does? When?

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phil-

He’s actually tried it at least once or twice this season, and he was successful a time or two last year

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He bunted at the first pitch and missed.

And yeah….our pitchers aren’t bunters anything like they once were back in the day.

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phil-

they were saying it appeared that Minor missed a sign on the first pitch…no way they try a suicide squeeze with Hinske on 3rd (not to mention he was anchored to the bag…)

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“Disgusted” mentioned Jeff Blauser. Where’s he at now? I remember many saying his last 2 yrs. he would make a great manager.

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Chris-

So because I am a woman and didn’t play beyond little league, I don’t know anything about baseball?

(And again, big difference between thinking Heyward is a good player and declaring him a HOF candidate. You understand that, right?)

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Phil—Hey, I have coached kids and always told them the difference in how they should behave in the kids league and that the pros who argue, well that is their office, their business. Most of the arguing is generally not tolerated in kids leagues. In basketball, the kids league I was in, the kids just started to run their mouth, it was a TECH, and correctly so.

That is what sometimes goes on in the game at the higher level.

Of course you would never go off like that in a real world office but the game does not reflect the real world.

Some of the tactics used in coaching sports at the high levels are never used in the real world. That is why its a game.

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Chris with yet another sensitive, thoughtful remark.

Don’t have to be a total ass…

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Chris is a repeat offender…therefore…ignore!

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Jesus Christ, wtf?

Who the hell is josh harrison?

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Bucs “want” this.

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DOWN ON THE FARM

ROME

ROME has a team with poor hitting and reatively weak pitching. A bad combination. They were mashed today by KANNAPOLIS 7-0

LF JAKOB DALFONSO [.381 BA] 1-4. Here’s a bat. SS NICK AHMED was pulled from the line-up after some good success because he evidently fell into some bad habits. CHASE LARRSON the only other bat with consistant positives is currently shut-down and on the DL.

RHRP JOHN CORNELY [2.79 ERA[ 2.0 IP, 2 H, zeros, 1 BB, 2 SO is decent most of the time, and was last night. Of course, the game was well in hand by the time the 8th rolled around.

MISSISSIPPI

Travel day. EVAN is on the way.

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Wow.

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McCann needs to get untracked

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rich – ahmed – bad habits hitting or other bad habits

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McDonald seems to be settling down.

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Cabravesfan

Ya adjustment made! Mac is locked in!

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ROME

ROME has a team with poor hitting and reatively weak pitching. A bad combination. They were mashed today by KANNAPOLIS 7-0
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we let them win in honor of Earnhardt….

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Sorry, I missed where I said Mac was locked in…or had made adjustments. Just pointed out that he hit the last ball to left field

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sheesh, that reporting a comment system is harsh … but sometimes it’s worth going through the effort

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Ugh

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DOUBLE DAMN

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Minor is losing it.

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Clint Hurdle is the red-faced picture of robust health….a role model for Mac.

Minor is not exactly foolin em tonight.

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Minor is really struggling.

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A nice picture of Clint hurdle..where is his cat?

http://40acresandacubicle.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/blofeld.jpg?w=640

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pirates almost at their stopping point, they haven’t scored more than 5 runs this season and once the offense kicks it back into gear, they can reclaim this game.

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4 runs in two innings by a team that struggles to score 3 runs, day in and day out.

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Spare the gd, JC.

Please.

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Damn. Minor is laboring

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Fire Richbrave!!

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tomahawk: new generation
April 30th, 2012
8:12 pm
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from whence do people like this come?

Amazing.

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Uggs!!!!!

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Uggla!!!

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Nice inside out Uggs

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But more base hits…and in the park wallops…that’s why I like the Uggly hustler

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Good job Hoss.

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Another runner in SP…less than 2 outs. Let’s see.

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C’mon give me some real Hinske

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Woohoo Hinske!!!

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Yes sir!

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Nice Eric

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Wow we got comeback thrills vis-a-vis Hinske

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Andruw would have dived forward for that

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The plate ump is in over his head…

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Your a good man, richbrave…

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McCann could sure learn something from Barahas on blocking balls. I’ve seen him let 4 bounce off the chest protector and back into fair territory. McCann would have attepmpted to backhand all of them resulting in a couple of wild pitches.

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Way to swing the bat, Minor.

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@phil: i only try to say Minor dont need to pitch relaxed only because is a bad ball club….

i don’t see nothing but fastball fastball and more fastballs ,,,, Minor needs to mix the foking pitches

if he want to be our ace he need to be smart no only throw fastballs

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What a disaster McLouth was. I can’t help but think about that when the Braves play the Pirates.

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“The happiest baseball moment in my career,” getting Mantle, Maris, Tresh, Kubek, Pepitone, Ford and Elston Howards autograph at a spring training game in Fl…….1968 season….all on 3×5 cards.

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Wait…who is the other Mike?

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Minor looked a little pissed….that was a very nice inning.

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Game vs. Pittsburgh and wish I had time to try getting a few Pirates’ autographs.

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Doug Eddings is at it again.

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My god has there been horrendous calls in this game.

Did the umpiring crew go out for a “liquid lunch” today?
They BLOW!

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Is there any accountability for umpires in the majors? I know, I know, the union and all that. But good grief, Doug Eddings is a joke.

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phoenix-

The umpires do get graded during the season, and those dictate post season assignments (and all star games) as well as bonuses and such…

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