Chipper on slugger Gattis: “He’s an animal”
CHICAGO – Evan Gattis was a great story in Braves spring training because of the highly unusual winding road he took to professional baseball, having been out of the game nearly four years while he worked odd jobs across the western states and chased new-age gurus in a search for happiness and the meaning of life.
Evan Gattis already has 13 homers and 38 RBIs in the minor leagues this season, and the Braves bumped him up to Double-A and moved him to left field to possibly help pave a quicker road to the majors.
Two months later, Gattis is another potentially great story, this time because of what he’s doing against minor league pitching and the increasing chance that we might see him in a major league uniform in the not-too-distant future.
He’s pummeling pitchers on a nightly basis, batting .368 with nine doubles, 13 homers and 38 RBIs in 28 games, for a .452 OBP and .821 slugging percentage in 106 at-bats and 126 plate appearances.
To repeat, he has 13 homers and a 1.273 OPS in 106 at-bats.
Before Tuesday, Gattis led all of pro ball in RBIs and was tied with Tigers minor leaguer Brad Eldred for the lead in RBIs.
Yes, as some skeptics have noted, he’s a man among boys – quite literally; he’s 25 and began the season in high-A ball, competing with a lot of 19- and 20-year-olds. But I dare say there are a lot of good 25-year-old hitters in the majors who could not do to minor league pitching what Gattis has done, last year at low-A Rome and this year at high-A Lynchburg and now Double-A Mississippi.
Gattis has wielded such a ferocious stick this year that the Braves decided after just three weeks to move him from his catching position to primarily left field and bump him up to Double-A. They want to see if the guy can handle left field well enough to play that position in the big leagues.
Let’s face it, with a right-handed power bat like this and considering his age, they don’t want to waste too much time having him toil in the minors at a position (catcher) where the Braves don’t figure to have an opening anytime soon. They have six-time All-Star Brian McCann under team control for another year and top prospect Christian Bethancourt perhaps a couple of years away.
(No, I’m not suggesting the Braves won’t re-sign McCann. At this point, I think that could go either way.)
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez sounds like a kid some afternoons when he enthusiastically begins his daily media session by telling reporters that “my man Gattis did it again last night,” and provides details about the latest exploits of the Texan that Gonzalez good-naturedly describes as a “knuckle-dragger” with thick, hairy forearms. (He means that as a compliment.)
Chipper Jones was seated on the dugout bench when Gonzalez brought up Gattis again before a weekend game at Colorado. He told Chipper that Gattis had homered again the night before.
“He’s an animal,” Chipper replied. “I went to Rome on rehab last year, played half of two games, and I saw him hit four bombs. It was unbelievable.”
This is a good point to say that if you missed the Gattis story in the spring, you’ll want to read it. Click here for a link to that story, or slap this into your browser: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/02/29/braves-slugger-gattis-has-a-story-man-does-he-ever/
Last year was Gattis’ first full professional season. Only it wasn’t a full season, because he didn’t make a team’s roster out of 2011 minor league camp, so he stayed at extended spring training for another six or seven weeks until there was an opening at Rome.
Gattis was sent there in May and produced these numbers in 88 games: .322 (109-for-338) with 24 doubles, two triples, 22 homers, 71 RBIs, .386 OBP, .601 slugging.
Some wondered how much that .986 OPS would dip in a full season at a higher minor-league level. But so far it’s up by nearly 300 points. And Gattis has kept pounding balls since the promotion to Double-A.
After hitting .385 with nine homers, 38 RBIs and a .452 OBP and .821 slugging percentage in 28 games at Lynchburg, he’s hit .321 (9-for-28) with two doubles, four homers, nine RBIs and a .406 OBP and the same .821 slugging percentage in seven games at Mississippi.
Bethancourt, 20, is on the Double-A team’s DL with a strained hamstring. He wasn’t hitting much before he got hurt (.268/.298/.296), but the kid is extremely talented, with off-the-charts defensive skills and the potential to be a good hitter, as he showed last year in A-ball and also in the Arizona Fall League. He’ll return to catching at Mississippi when he comes off the DL, and for now Matt Kennelly is doing most of the catching there with Gattis as the backup.
So far, reports on Gattis’ outfield work have been pretty good. He’s likely not going to be much of a defensive outfielder, but the Braves just need him to be serviceable, because chances seem good that he’ll drive in a whole lot more than he lets in, as the axiom goes.
Gonzalez joked that he told assistant GM Bruce Manno to make sure he didn’t play Gattis in left when shortstop prospect Andrelton Simmons was at shortstop, for fear the thick Texan would run over the defensive whiz kid.
By the way, Gonzalez was among those who lobbied to get Gattis into the outfield after seeing the gaudy numbers he was producing in the first weeks of the season. Like Braves coaches and players, Gonzalez liked all that he saw from hard-working Gattis during big league spring training.
Some who write about drafts and minor leaguers and prospects for a living insist Gattis is not a prospect because of his age, and won’t be a good outfielder (unlike them, I’ll admit I honestly don’t know, since I haven’t seen him play the outfield). But the Braves sure consider him a prospect, taking into account that he missed four years (and also missed the wear-and-tear of four years of pro ball).
As long as they have him on their roster, the only opinions that matter are the ones of Braves decision-makers. And something tells me that if Evan Gattis keeps hitting a homer run about ever 17 at-bats (he has 39 in 666 minor-league at-bats) and OPS’ing at a .900 or above clip, other teams are also going to consider him a prospect – as in, a prospective member of their teams if the Braves can’t find a place for him and someday look to trade him.
Gattis and top Braves catching prosect Bethancourt (right) are both at Double-A Missisippi now, with Bethancourt on te DL recovering from a strained hamstring.
For now, he’ll keep dragging knuckles and slamming baseballs as Gattis tries to fulfill his dreams. Gattis told me this spring that in one of the first couple of days he was at big-league camp, he started crying when he thought about where he was, how he’d survived a few years of rambling and now was suiting up in the same clubhouse with Chipper, McCann and the rest of the Braves.
Maybe some day he’ll be in that big-league clubhouse for games that count. Don’t discount his chances. So far, he’s done nothing but surpass expectations (and silence some skeptics) with every opportunity and new challenge the Braves have put before him.
BRAVES LINEUP
- B ourn CF
- Prado LF
- Freeman 1B
- McCann C
- Uggla 2B
- Jones 3B
- Heyward RF
- Pastornicky SS
- Delgado P
• From last night: In case you went to sleep before it ended last night, here are few notes of interest from the Braves’ 5-1 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley.
Eric O’Flaherty hit David DeJesus with two out in the seventh inning, and manager Fredi Gonzalez was ejected for coming out of the dugout to question why rookie umpire Chris Conroy warned both benches after the incident. Managers will usually get ejected if they come out to argue about or question an umpire issuing warnings, especially if they do it while the warning is still being issued, as was the case last night.
Jason Heyward was hit by a Jeff Samardzija pitch in the top of the seventh inning, after Heyward had homered off him in the second inning. In both cases, the DeJesus and Heyward beanings, Gonzalez and Cubs manager Dale Sveum noted it was a one-run game and wouldn’t have made sense for either team to intentionally hit anyone there. Which was true.
Heyward hit this homer in the second inning Monday, and was hit by a pitch in the seventh. (AP photo)
Back to O’Flaherty: Dejesus ended up scoring after the next two batters reached on a bunt single and single. That was the eighth earned run charged to O’Flaherty in 11 innings this season, matching his earned-run total last season in 73-2/3 innings.
O’Flaherty led the majors with a 0.98 ERA last season that set a major league record for a pitcher in 75 or more appearances. This year his ERA is 6.55, the fourth-highest among qualifying NL relievers, one spot better than teammate Chad Durbin.
Durbin’s 8.25 ERA is the third-highest among NL relievers. He allowed a two-run homer in the ninth inning last night, giving him the most homers allowed (five) among NL relievers and tied for most all among major league relievers.
The other ugliest numbers for Durbin: Against right-handed hitters, he’s allowed a .375 average (12-for-32) with four homers, five walks, five five strikeouts and a .459 OBP and .813 slugging percentage. (Lefties have hit .250 with one homer.)
With runners on base, Durbin has allowed a .360 average (9-for-25) with three homers, five walks and a .467 OBP and .760 slugging percentage.
In seven career appearances at Wrigley he has an 8.59 ERA with 10 hits, seven runs and two homers allowed in 7-1/3 innings.
Tonight’s matchup: Braves rookie Randall Delgado will make his first start against the Cubs, while Ryan Dempster will make his 30th appearance and 18th start against the Braves.
Dempster has had some of his worst results against them – 2-12 with a 4.94 career ERA – but in his past five starts against the Braves, he has a 2.52 ERA and .198 opponents’ average with 41 strikeouts and 11 walks in 35-2/3 innings.
Dempster comes in on a roll, having allowed only two unearned runs and seven hits in 14 innings in his past two starts at Miami and at Cincinnati. He got no decision in either game, and totaled 14 strikeouts with three walks.
Righties are just 5-for-60 (.083), while lefties are 9-for-37 (.243). With runners in scoring position, he’s limited hitters to .095 (2-for-21), and in any situation with runners on it’s .103 (3-for-29).
After getting ahead in the count 0-and-1, he’s allowed a .078 average (4-for-51).
Against Dempster, Michael Bourn is 10-for-29 (.345) with five walks and a .441 OBP, Freddie Freeman is 1-for-2 with a homer and walk, and Chipper Jones is 12-for-46 (.261) with a homer and seven walks. Brian McCann is 0-for-12 and Dan Uggla is 2-for-13 with homer and five strikeouts.
• Heyward rocks Wrigley: After going 16 games without a homer, Heyward is 2-for-8 with two solo homers in his past three games. That included one in Monday’s series opener at Wrigley, where he’s thrived in his brief career.
Heyward has a .341 average (14-for-41) with five homers, 15 RBIs and a .404 OBP and .732 slugging percentage in 12 career games against the Cubs, including .409 (9-for-22) with four homers, 10 RBIs and a .955 slugging percentage in his past seven.
He’s hit .385 (10-for-26) with four homers, 10 RBIs and an .846 slugging percentage in eight games at Wrigley.
• And a few more notable stats:
– The Braves are now 0-5 on Mondays, 18-7 on other days
– After giving up back-to-back homers in the fifth inning – the only two runs he allowd in six – Tommy Hanson is 0-3 with a 4.41 ERA in three starts vs. Cubs.
– The Braves are 5-5 with a .280 batting average but a 5.81 ERA in their past 10 games. This after going 13-3 with a 3.49 ERA from April 10-April 27, when they scored 97 runs with 19 homers. The offense has stayed the same, pretty much. The pitching has not.
• Let’s close with JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound doing a revved-up soul cover of fellow Chicago band Wilco’s great tune “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart.” Hear it by clicking here, and hear the original version by clicking here.
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
“I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART” by Wilco
I am an American aquarium drinker
I assassin down the avenue
I’m hiding out in the big city blinking
What was I thinking when I let go of you?
Let’s forget about the tongue-tied lightning
Let’s undress just like cross-eyed strangers
This is not a joke, so please stop smiling
What was I thinking when I said it didn’t hurt?
I want to glide through those brown eyes dreaming
Take it from the inside, baby hold on tight
You were so right when you said that I’ve been drinking
What was I thinking when I said good night?
I want to hold you in the Bible-black predawn
You’re quite a quiet domino, bury me now
Take off your Band-Aid because I don’t believe in touchdowns
What was I thinking when I said hello?
I’d always thought that if I held you tightly
You’d always love me like you did back then
Then I fell asleep and the city kept blinking
What was I thinking when I let you back in?
I am trying to break your heart
I am trying to break your heart
But still I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t easy
I am trying to break your heart
Disposable Dixie-cup drinking
I assassin down the avenue
I’m hiding out in the big city blinking
What was I thinking when I let go of you?
loves you
I’m the man who loves you
– David O’Brien, Braves/MIB blog
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Let's get ready to ruuuumbleeee!
May 8th, 2012
3:39 pm
http://thegeorgiasportsreport.blogspot.com/
nolie
May 8th, 2012
3:42 pm
trouble is that there are so few “good” marriages….
Ward
May 8th, 2012
3:43 pm
Nice article DOB……Should the Braves sign Moylan, and dump Durbin?
Hillbilly
May 8th, 2012
3:45 pm
“Slot-Money”
Hah! Awesome.
Indeed it is…And “Pitchability” should round out the rotation.
Hensenberg
May 8th, 2012
3:47 pm
Should the Braves sign Moylan, and dump Durbin?
YES! Technically Moylin is signed. Just waiting to be activated once rehab is done.
Ward
May 8th, 2012
3:48 pm
I say sign up Moylan, and bring him back when healthy.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
3:48 pm
DOB At this point, I think that [re-signing BMac] could go either way.
Thanks for the vote of confidence…
Crawford
May 8th, 2012
3:49 pm
@Ward…..The girl that you know as Samantha has brought up your name. Were you hurt in any way by her antics?
nolie
May 8th, 2012
3:50 pm
what about ‘high floor’ and ‘low ceiling” ?
Murph
May 8th, 2012
3:50 pm
I have Gattis Fever… it’s like Beiber Fever, only much more manly.
Thanks for the article DOB.
Ward
May 8th, 2012
3:52 pm
Crawford – No, she seemed fine with me. This is a good blog with good people. Just got to get to know Murph. Murph is alright, just got to get to know people, and go with flow.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
3:52 pm
if he’s a knuckle-dragger he should be doing caveman commercials
Murph
May 8th, 2012
3:52 pm
Ward is not to be picked on, Samantha/Crawford/Naomi/Bettie… not cool.
Bay Area Steve
May 8th, 2012
3:52 pm
Crawford,
Dude, your act is tired. If you’re trying to be funny, you need to take a class or something. If you’re being sincere (which you’re not), then you need to stand in front of Murph’s bus, because Samantha needs better family. Kindly go away. Thank you.
Mister Frisky
May 8th, 2012
3:53 pm
Finally a REAL left fielder with serious lumber.
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
3:53 pm
in one of the first couple of days he was at big-league camp, he started crying when he thought about where he was, how he’d survived a few years of rambling and now was suiting up in the same clubhouse with Chipper, McCann and the rest of the Braves.
That does it for me, I reckon. Think I’ll just shoot the next analyst who says, “He’s not a prospect.”, because I don’t think I really care about that very much, anymore.
Keep throwing the lumber, young man.
Crawford
May 8th, 2012
3:54 pm
Thank you ..Just making sure you were not hurt.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
3:54 pm
crying? obviously not “old school”, there is no crying in baseball…
Murph
May 8th, 2012
3:54 pm
Ward, Crawford = Samantha, just so you know who you’re talking to. I’m not putting him/her on permanent ignore (thanks Google Chrome filters!) so as to not be bothered by seeing their names ever never ever again.
Back to Gattis… I’m sticking to the timeline I posted last week. I’d bet the Real Sports With Bryant Gumball people have already contacted his agent.
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
3:55 pm
50% of all marriages end in divorce so make sure to enjoy the good times cuz 50% of the time your miserable most of the time!!!!!
What…. Efrim is getting married?? Congratulations Marriage is great!!!
Bay Area Steve
May 8th, 2012
3:55 pm
Actually, I think I should take class. I can’t be certain, but I believe I just tried to freestyle on the last blog. I’m trying to block out the trauma, but it’s not really working. Damn you, jeffrey d.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
3:56 pm
Moylan is already signed to a minor league contract. He’ll get his chance when he shows he is healthy. I’m not sure he’s even started throwing off the mound yet…
Bay Area Steve
May 8th, 2012
3:57 pm
Of all the typos, ‘now’ to ‘not’ seems to be the biggie. Talk about opposite meaning…
Ward
May 8th, 2012
3:58 pm
Crawford – When I came on. It took a while for me to understand people. We are Braves, and we all love our team. Just got to be cool, and hang, and be able to joke, and joke back. In other words be cool…….
Mister Frisky
May 8th, 2012
3:58 pm
@CraZy,I’m in the 100 pct of the time all the time.Mrs.Frisky makes life miserable.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
3:59 pm
is there really a google chrome filter that works here Murph or are you kidding?
if there is where do you get it and how do you use it
aah, You must be kidding or you would have put me on ignore long ago…
Bob in SF
May 8th, 2012
3:59 pm
Gattis other nickname will be “Hobbs” if he gets all the way to the show this year.
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:00 pm
Complete games
Season / Complete game total / NL rank / League Avg.
1991 / 18 / 1st / 13
1992 / 26 / 2nd / 15
1993 / 18 / 2nd / 12
1994 / 16 / 1st / 7
1995 / 18 / 1st / 9
1996 / 14 / 1st / 9
1997 / 21 / 1st / 10
1998 / 24 / 1st / 10
1999 / 9 / 6th / 8
2000 / 13 / 2nd / 8
2001 / 5 / 9th / 6
2002 / 3 / 12th / 6
2003 / 4 / 10th / 6
2004 / 4 / 7th / 4
2005 / 8 / 3rd / 7
2006 / 6 / 5th / 5
2007 / 1 / 13th / 3
2008 / 2 / 11th / 4
2009 / 3 / 11th / 5
2010 / 2 / 12th / 5
2011 / 3 / 11th / 5
Maybe we were spoiled in the 90’s, but to me it seems young pitchers should be able to handle more innings and we’ve been pretty young the last 3 or 4 year, but still can’t even get to the league avg.
Ward
May 8th, 2012
4:00 pm
Cab – I never thought how good Moylan was, until I’ve seen some of the pitchers in Bull – Pen. Bull – Pen is good, but could use a couple of fixes.
BravesAC
May 8th, 2012
4:00 pm
Just add to the list of people pulling for Gattis to make it. It’s a great story about making the most of the chances you get in life.
By the way, I emailed my wife the lyrics from yesterday’s song -Magic Man’s I Don’t Want No Wife.
You know, all in all, the curb really isn’ that uncomfortable and I had all my things packed in bags sitting right next to me.
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:00 pm
Tommy Hanson 84 starts 1 complete game
Jair Jurrjens 119 starts 2 complete games
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
4:00 pm
crying? obviously not “old school”, there is no crying in baseball…
Didn’t Jered Weaver cry after his no-hitter? ON CAMERA, fercrissake???
Gattis probably did it in private, so that’s OK.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
4:01 pm
DOB At this point, I think that [re-signing BMac] could go either way.
Thanks for the vote of confidence…
He’s being realistic as am I. I’d love for him to be re-signed, but I don’t think the Braves are certain where they want to go with him. I’m just glad I’ll get to see him for at least 1 more year.
I have Gattis Fever… it’s like Beiber Fever, only much more manly.
I like it!
Ward
May 8th, 2012
4:01 pm
Gattis, should be “The Gladiator”………
Hensenberg
May 8th, 2012
4:01 pm
How well does Gattis run? I am having visions of Greg Luzinski in LF with his back to the CF indicating you got everything behind me and I will cover here to the foul line while standing about 30 feet from the foul line.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:02 pm
but he admitted doing it scoots which is at least as bad…
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:02 pm
I’m in the 100 pct of the time all the time.Mrs.Frisky makes life miserable.
I’ve been married 10 years this September and I’ve never been happier. Seriously I guess I just got lucky!!
Crawford
May 8th, 2012
4:02 pm
OK I will not bring it up again. Does not seem to me that any of you have any heart or passion. Have fun.
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
4:03 pm
but he admitted doing it scoots which is at least as bad…
Rookie mistake.
Mister Frisky
May 8th, 2012
4:04 pm
You called the Wolf?
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:04 pm
oh c’mon Crawford, of course you will bring it up again…
Loon
May 8th, 2012
4:06 pm
raleighbravefan
May 8th, 2012
3:37 pm
Efrim – A good marriage is a blessing….and actually good for health and longevity, too.
**************
You’re fortunate. Efrim, if she’s irresponsible with money and drinks too much, RUN and don’t walk and do it NOW!!!!
Otherwise, congrats and best wishes!
Hillbilly
May 8th, 2012
4:06 pm
Gattis probably did it in private, so that’s OK.
His tears went 465 feet and cleared the batters eye in center. It’s unreal. I’m shamelessly on the bandwagon and THAT is not me be sarcastic.
Hensenberg
May 8th, 2012
4:07 pm
Sad to read about AGon’s injury. But I cannot hope but wonder if the Brewers are suffering from Ryan Braun getting off on a technicallity karma.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:07 pm
Wolf was my nickname in schools, they obviously modeled him on me
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:07 pm
Moderation for what
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
4:08 pm
How well does Gattis run?
Good enough for a slow trot. What more do you want?
Blog Monitor
May 8th, 2012
4:08 pm
Crawford seems to have the same whiny writing style as his sister/neice/alter ego..
Ward
May 8th, 2012
4:08 pm
Murph – How was “The Avenger”? A movie I will most definately buy when comes out.
Mister Frisky
May 8th, 2012
4:08 pm
@CraZy,Yeah me too,just kidding.Got 13 years in myself.I’m here at home on the Braves blog.Mrs.Frisky bringing home the bacon,I’m just living the dream.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
4:10 pm
Good enough for a slow trot. What more do you want? -ncscoots
Lol… is it like Chipper or Uggla’s trot??? that would be perfect
phil
May 8th, 2012
4:10 pm
Crawford – please spare us….
This is a blog of mostly anonymous folks. Exactly what is it that you expect anyone here to do for your buddy?
Venice Jim
May 8th, 2012
4:11 pm
Atlanta Braves @Braves
Tonight’s lineup at CHI (8:05, SPSO/680AM/BRN): Bourn 8 Prado 7 Freeman 3 McCann 2 Uggla 4 Jones 5 Heyward 9 Pastornicky 6 Delgado 1
Jim
May 8th, 2012
4:12 pm
Why isn’t Cole Hamels suspended for the whole year? Ala Sean Peyton, How about criminal charges? Assault and Battery
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:12 pm
Mrs.Frisky bringing home the bacon
You’re one of those guys huh Mr homemaker!!! I prefer it the other way that way I get the say so…. Go make me a samich!!!
Murph
May 8th, 2012
4:12 pm
Ward, The Avengers was amazing. I’m not a big fan of superhero movies, had only seen Iron Man and Iron Man 2 out of the bunch (Captain America, The Hulk, etc), but I loved it. Going to take the 4 year old to see it this weekend since she’s such a big Hulk fan.
As for Gattis… he’s one of those tough guys that’s so tough he can cry and act like baby whenever he wants ’cause nobody is going to make fun of him. He’s just that badass.
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
4:14 pm
is it like Chipper or Uggla’s trot??? that would be perfect
Dunno. Guess he could be taught the Wing-Down Chipper-Trot, or the Arms-Out Uggla-Trot…
Then again, if he’s the animal some appear to think, he probably already has his own Knuckle-Dragging Gattis-Trot.
Lemke’s Knuckler
May 8th, 2012
4:15 pm
Cory Gearrin and Jaye Chapman are dominating AAA hitters, and yet we still have the displeasure of seeing Chad Durbin roll out of the pen almost every night. I will never understand. I’m a reasonable guy, but I will never understand this.
phil
May 8th, 2012
4:16 pm
Don’t get so excited about the knuckle dragger….
Do we know yet if he’s fat? Potentially fat?
THOSE are the key considerations…
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
4:17 pm
With the way Pastornicky is hitting it sucks that he can’t hit higher than 8th. There’s almost nowhere else to put him though. He puts the bat on the ball quite well, I could see him as a #2 hitter someday.
Ritz
May 8th, 2012
4:17 pm
If Bethancourt comes back from the DL and does what it seems he is capable of doing for the remainder of this year and next year the odds of the Braves re-signing McCann seem pretty low.
Especially when you consider that recently the Braves have had a working strategy of starting rookies to open a season (Heyward, Freeman, Pastornicky). Also McCann will be reallllly expensive.. the drop in value between him and Bethancourt might not be worth $15 million a year in payroll. The drop probably won’t even be -that- bad due to Bethancourts superior defensive skills.
Bay Area Steve
May 8th, 2012
4:17 pm
Evan Gattis’ tears cure cancer.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:17 pm
I think he bends abit, swings his arms forward. plants his kunuckes, skips his legs through his arms and repeats as necessary
TennesseePaul
May 8th, 2012
4:17 pm
Thanks for the work DOB.
GO BRAVES!!
Ward
May 8th, 2012
4:18 pm
Well, I’ll talk after the game. If Bourn won’t sign, I say we should get Victorino next year,or Josh Hamilton. Then play Prado at 3rd. Bring up Parraz, or Durango. All Have a good one! Peace my friends……”Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!’
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:19 pm
If I had a dollar for every Braves reliever who dominated AAA while down there only to disappoint upon arrival in the Ted, …I could retire
Ward
May 8th, 2012
4:20 pm
Thanks Murph! Bet they will make “Avengers 2″. Gattis, will be up soon with his power. peace out……..”Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
4:21 pm
Evan Gattis’ tears cure cancer.
Men want to be him, and women want to be with him. And men don’t even care that the women do.
phil
May 8th, 2012
4:23 pm
I’d take a dollar for every sugary sweet article I’ve ever read during spring training each yer about how wonderful this guy or that is going to be this year because he REALLY worked hard during THIS offseason….
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:23 pm
kinda reminds me a bit of the Flowers epidemic of a few years ago. God’s next gift to the Braves he was….
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
4:24 pm
phil…just hush, will ya? You’re harshing my mellow, man.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
4:24 pm
If we can’t afford to resign Bourn, how on Earth would we be able to sign Victorino or Hamilton? (Not to mention Hamilton’s pesky habit of getting hurt all the time…)
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:25 pm
knuckle dragger:
an unintelligent person. One resembling a lower primate or un-evolved human.
knuckle dragger:
Reminiscent of the hunched over cave man, with his arms to the ground. An insult used against those of extremely low intelligence, or general stupid.
I don’t think ole Fred understands what he said!!
Hensenberg
May 8th, 2012
4:25 pm
I like Victorino, but would not be worth a long term contract IMHO. Hamilton would be too expensive and probably a long shot. If Simmons is ready next year I could see him beating out Pastornicky at SS. So if Bourn is not kept then perhaps Pastornicky could be converted to CF. Certainly has the tools for it.
Lemke’s Knuckler
May 8th, 2012
4:25 pm
Teheran has looked a little better his last two outings…9 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K. The important part being the 1 BB in 9 innings, as opposed to the 10 BB in his previous 16 innings.
Also, after a slow start, Andrelton Simmons starting get hot at the plate. Hitting .406 during current 8-game hitting streak. He’s now 7th in the Southern League in average, at .320.
And then obviously Gattis leading the minor league world in nearly every category.
Good stuff…
DAP
May 8th, 2012
4:26 pm
scoots Gattis probably did it in private, so that’s OK.
when Fredi heard about Gattis crying, he responded “I wish he had been a little more discreet.” Gattis has been suspended 5 games, and won’t appeal.
Of course, Jim Leyland doesn’t believe 5 games is enough.
Frankie Wren
May 8th, 2012
4:27 pm
With the way Pastornicky is hitting it sucks that he can’t hit higher than 8th. There’s almost nowhere else to put him though. He puts the bat on the ball quite well, I could see him as a #2 hitter someday.
He hit in 2 slot in the minors. Who knows, if he stays and beats out Simmons possibly could bat there next season. Especially that Bourn probably leaves and Prado maybe leadoffs.
TennesseePaul
May 8th, 2012
4:28 pm
Last 9 Starts of the Starting 9
_________AVG__OBP__SLG___OPS_wOBA_L9S9+
Bourn__ .350 .435 .400 0.835 .403 __111
Prado__ .286 .375 .400 0.775 .373 ___94
Freeman .333 .341 .667 1.008 .423 __143
McCann_ .194 .275 .361 0.636 .264 ___57
Uggla__ .250 .325 .389 0.714 .300 ___77
Chipper .324 .375 .541 0.916 .394 __125
Heyward .167 .324 .400 0.724 .325 ___80
Pastorn .294 .294 .382 0.676 .322 ___67
Delgado .125 .125 .125 0.250 .202 __-37
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:30 pm
I think Pastornicky would be better than Prado leading off.
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
4:30 pm
Of course, Jim Leyland doesn’t believe 5 games is enough [punishment for Gattis' crying]
Most severely and righteously beaucoup old-school is Jim Leyland.
“Skip, why do you still wear spikes in the dugout?”
“I’m a ballplayer.”
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
4:31 pm
6/4 230
Frankie Wren
May 8th, 2012
4:31 pm
Depending on what the Braves do on the remainder of the road trip and how Marteen hits the ball the next 5 games, you just might see #10 batting behind Bourn when the Braves come home. Fredo probably doesn’t make a move unless they lose a couple of series in a row.
Hensenberg
May 8th, 2012
4:32 pm
I think BCox wore spikes in the dugout.
Lemke’s Knuckler
May 8th, 2012
4:33 pm
nolie…”If I had a dollar for every Braves reliever who dominated AAA while down there only to disappoint upon arrival in the Ted, …I could retire”
True dat, but we’re not talking about bringing one of these guys up to displace a guy throwing decent innings with a sub-5.00 ERA. We’re talking about bringing one of them up to take Durbin’s place.
And I still think Gearrin is going to be a quality reliever at the ML level. Last year, he had a line of 16 IP, 11 H, 6 BB, 21 K, 3.38 ERA before he blew up 2 of his last 3 outings, so he’s shown he can get out major league hitters. Chapman may never be more than a AAA pitcher, but I just get aggravated seeing Gearrin down there while Durbin is throwing 87 mph meat down the middle.
Snotboogie
May 8th, 2012
4:33 pm
crying? obviously not “old school”, there is no crying in baseball…
Didn’t Jered Weaver cry after his no-hitter? ON CAMERA, fercrissake???
Yeah, but he also took a pee break before the ninth inning, much to the awe of everyone in baseball.
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:34 pm
C- McCann
1B- Freeman
2B- Uggla
3B- Prado/Francisco
SS- Pastornicky / Simmons
LF- Gattis
CF- Bourn
RF- Heyward
Just thought you all would like to know what the roster would be for 2013.
SRC
May 8th, 2012
4:34 pm
That cover was awesome!
Snotboogie
May 8th, 2012
4:34 pm
just so you know who you’re talking to. I’m not putting him/her on permanent ignore (thanks Google Chrome filters!) so as to not be bothered by seeing their names ever never ever again.
What google chrome filter is this?
I want, I want.
Tomahawkin
May 8th, 2012
4:35 pm
Thanks for the stats D.O.B.
All the more reason as to why it is Time to ‘Ol Yeller” Gas Can Durbin now before he costs us more games which could be the difference in us winning the division or having to settle for a Wildcard slot
raleighbravefan
May 8th, 2012
4:35 pm
CraZy – If Mrs. CraZy puts up with that….well that explains why you are so happy.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
4:36 pm
I think Pastornicky would be better than Prado leading off.
Yeah, I agree. It’s like asking if Prado can play SS. No he can’t/shouldn’t and don’t say it again!!!
IMO, Prado has too much power and not enough speed to hit leadoff. I kinda like Pastor in the 2 hole following Bourn/speedy CF.
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
4:36 pm
Yeah, but he also took a pee break before the ninth inning, much to the awe of everyone in baseball.
Seriously?
Fish Bisch
May 8th, 2012
4:36 pm
Dempstor owns us?
Snotboogie
May 8th, 2012
4:37 pm
BAS
Unlucky that you had to do that freestyle bit after the “New Bloggage” post.Try it again over here, possibly also provide the requisite beat for it.
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
4:38 pm
Braves lineup: Bourn CF, Prado LF, Freeman 1B, McCann C, Uggla 2B, Jones 3B, Heyward RF, Pastornicky SS, Delgado P
phil
May 8th, 2012
4:38 pm
Leave Chipper on the list, Crazy…
He changes his mind soon and reups for 30 million.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:39 pm
prado did a very nice job leading off one year not too long ago
Frankie Wren
May 8th, 2012
4:40 pm
Prado’s stats better batting leadoff the last two years as opposed to hitting 2nd.
phil
May 8th, 2012
4:40 pm
We were beaten last night, Tomahawkin, well before cat turd came in the game to pad the Cubs lead.
We couldn’t hit a nerf football. Just wasn’t our night.
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
4:41 pm
Is Bryan Lahair for real? It sure looks like it. You have to ask though, how could the Mariners release this guy? He played two years in AAA for the Cubs after his release. There’s hope for Gattis as Lahair is almost 30.
Year one……….308/ .385./ .557/ .942 in 125 games
Year two……….331/ .405/ .664/ 1.070 including 38 HR and 38 2B in 129 games.
Do you think he and EOF could make the Mariners any better?
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:41 pm
CraZy – If Mrs. CraZy puts up with that….well that explains why you are so happy.
raleigh…. My wife would be pissed if she read this blog!!
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
4:41 pm
prado did a very nice job leading off one year not too long ago
…and would still be the best option on this team next year, without a Bourn or someone of his ilk.
Snotboogie
May 8th, 2012
4:42 pm
Yeah, but he also took a pee break before the ninth inning, much to the awe of everyone in baseball.
Seriously?
Yup. He was asked about it in the post-game interview and said he just had to. So much for superstition, huh.
Frankie Wren
May 8th, 2012
4:42 pm
We couldn’t hit a nerf football. Just wasn’t our night
Dempster’s not going to be a walk in the park, he can deal. Hope the rook has good stuff tonight .
phil
May 8th, 2012
4:42 pm
Bat Prado leadoff.
dump Bourn to 8th….he clearly can’t hit.
Move Rev up to 2.
phil
May 8th, 2012
4:44 pm
And fire FG!!
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
4:44 pm
Made me laugh, BAS.
Hensenberg
May 8th, 2012
4:46 pm
Some advantages with Prado 1st & Bourn 2nd:
If Prado gets on less likely for GIDP.
The sac bunt could actually create runners on 1st/2nd with no out.
Disadvantages:
Could reduce stolen base attemps for Bourn
Lefty/lefty if Freeman is hitting 3rd
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:46 pm
Leave Chipper on the list, Crazy…
He changes his mind soon and reups for 30 million.
Well if the plan works and Chipper sits every other game and hits a HR or gets 5 RBI the game after he sits. I’d be fine with that!!
Sopheee
May 8th, 2012
4:47 pm
Major re-post worthiness here -
Bay Area Steve
May 8th, 2012
3:45 pm
I’m a Durbin. No turbin.
I’m white, and a baller.
Think LeBron, but smaller.
I’m gettin’ old.
Still strike you out cold.
I got three pitches.
Siddown, bitches.
CrαZy
May 8th, 2012
4:47 pm
Wait did I just use RBI in a comment?? Forget I said that!!!!
Frankie Wren
May 8th, 2012
4:48 pm
Bourn’s not batting anywhere but leadoff.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:48 pm
I said that Durbin would be a terrible signing. I am so glad to be proven right once again no matter how badly it affects the Braves…
Fish Bisch
May 8th, 2012
4:49 pm
I lol’d at the durbin poem.
DAP
May 8th, 2012
4:50 pm
prado did a very nice job leading off one year not too long ago
but wait…i thought that before michael bourn, the Braves havent had a “true leadoff hitter” since rafael furcal!?!
Tony LaRussa
May 8th, 2012
4:52 pm
Bat the pitcher 8th, Prado 9th, Bourn 1st. Problem solved!
Frankie Wren
May 8th, 2012
4:52 pm
said that Durbin would be a terrible signing. I am so glad to be proven right once again no matter how badly it affects the Braves…
Pretty much took a huge leap of faith on that one with a guy with 5. ERA didn’t ya!
phil
May 8th, 2012
4:52 pm
Nolie’s hate leeching out in the water again…
Fish Bisch
May 8th, 2012
4:53 pm
I’ve got a poem too:
Roses are red
Bacon is also red,
Poems are hard.
mmmmm bacon.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:53 pm
well he’s not a “treu” leadoff hitter due to lack of speed, but he still did a pretty effective job
phil
May 8th, 2012
4:53 pm
I need a haircut…
JeanE
May 8th, 2012
4:54 pm
Who cares if no one else thinks Gattis is a “prospect”, it matters what the Braves think and since they have a brain, this slugger is a hot prospect! Rooting for you, Evan, hope you make it and your dreams come true. Great Story. Now, back to the Braves tonight, got to win, boys…
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:54 pm
“treu”… I hate it when I lapse into French on the blog…..
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
4:55 pm
Nice idea, Tony. It seems to have worked for you as well.
TaylorVol
May 8th, 2012
4:57 pm
DOB, on the broadcast last night, right before commercial when Heyward was stranded on 2nd base, the camera caught, ever so briefly, Heyward yelling at the long haired ex. ND WR turned pitcher. Is there any light you can shed on this? I assume it had to do with Heyward getting plunked earlier in the game, but thought it was odd that it would come up so late in the game.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
4:57 pm
prado did a very nice job leading off one year not too long ago
He did a good job getting on base, not much after that. He isn’t a threat to steal bases.
Ben
May 8th, 2012
4:57 pm
The plural of RBI is “RBI.” Not RBIs” – That would be Runs Batted Ins.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:57 pm
Flowers vs Gattis…the hype of the oversized catchers…
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
4:58 pm
Nice poem BAS. Thanks for re-posting SOPH.
Paddy
May 8th, 2012
4:58 pm
Hensenberg……..how does Gattis run? LOL He is a knuckledragger who is a catcher. How do you think he runs??????? Gabby Hartnett just ran past him! For those of you that don’t remember, Gabby was the slowest player in ML history.
ncscoots
May 8th, 2012
4:59 pm
Flowers vs Gattis…the hype of the oversized catchers…
Hush, now.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
4:59 pm
he scored 100 runs, which BTW Bourn has never yet done in his career.despite all his steals
Getting on base is the biggest part of it
DAP
May 8th, 2012
4:59 pm
nolie well he’s not a “treu” leadoff hitter due to lack of speed, but he still did a pretty effective job
furcal was a little overrated, i think. good player, but prado and even kelly johnson were better leadoff hitters. they got on base more.
DAP
May 8th, 2012
5:01 pm
sorry not johnson, meant to say blanco. yes, gregor blanco.
DAP
May 8th, 2012
5:02 pm
nolie well he’s not a “treu” leadoff hitter
i would like to add that i am a terrible typer.
Snotboogie
May 8th, 2012
5:02 pm
Flowers vs Gattis…the hype of the oversized catchers…
Hype with value, nolie. We got Javy for Flowers didnt we?
Kris
May 8th, 2012
5:02 pm
Gattis is our Michael morse, our Logan Morrison
Murph
May 8th, 2012
5:03 pm
I don’t ever remember hearing any stories about Flowers crying.
Gattis > Flowers
cricket
May 8th, 2012
5:04 pm
lot of potential in RF in the NL east – Harper, Heyward, and Stanton
2 prospects and a surefire HOFer
DAP
May 8th, 2012
5:04 pm
nolie he scored 100 runs, which BTW Bourn has never yet done in his career.despite all his steals
Getting on base is the biggest part of it
bourn gets on base as well as furcal ever did. he hasnt scored 100 runs yet because he played for the astros.
cricket
May 8th, 2012
5:05 pm
meh..my forearms may be thinner but they are way more hairy..
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
5:05 pm
well, folks, i’ll be getting off now…. got a baseball game tonight, so hoping it doesn’t rain. I will miss the start of the game, but hopefully they start well. I should be back by the 4th inning.
Peace out, bloggers.
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
5:07 pm
The plural of RBI is “RBI.” Not RBIs” – That would be Runs Batted Ins.
Picky, picky. What if the player only has one RBI? What then?
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
5:07 pm
bourn gets on base as well as furcal ever did. he hasnt scored 100 runs yet because he played for the astros.
True… Prado had the luck to be on a 90 win team, while bourn was stuck on a 60 win team that didn’t hit all that much.
later folks
Fairbrave
May 8th, 2012
5:08 pm
Went and seen Gattis in Mobile on Friday. He looked real good in outfield made a diving catch and went back on ball well. At the plate a homer and double and one to the wall. He is the real deal. Can’t wait until he gets a chance.
George Stein
May 8th, 2012
5:10 pm
While some who write about drafts and minor leaguers and prospects for a living keep insisting that Gattis is not a prospect because of his age, and won’t be a good outfielder (unlike them, I’ll admit I honestly don’t know, since I haven’t seen him play the outfield).
I wonder who DOB might be referring to?
Mister Frisky
May 8th, 2012
5:11 pm
We want Gattis!
monty
May 8th, 2012
5:12 pm
Gattis can bloop balls for HR’s.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
5:12 pm
there have been numerous poor low-scoring teams that had 100 run scoring leadoff hitters
Crawford
May 8th, 2012
5:13 pm
My name is not Crawford, it is Chuck. Samantha real name is Amber. We are being moved out of state where she can get the treatment she needs. The story I told you about her multiple personalities is true. I have never seen any people like you before. I thought maybe you cared about her but apparently you have no heart. We will be fine. I am going to get her cured. We will not be back so Be happy. Take care of each other and may God be with you. So long. have peace and Go Braves.
Murph
May 8th, 2012
5:14 pm
I heard that Gattis once leaned into a pitch and it hit off his elbow… and cleared the CF fence. The umps didn’t know how to rule, so they gave him a HR and HBP.
He’s just that badass.
Heisenberg
May 8th, 2012
5:16 pm
What if the player only has one RBI? What then?
Case RBI
when 1 then R = “Run”
when > 1 then R = “Runs”
End
Thus still RBI either way.
monty
May 8th, 2012
5:17 pm
When Gattis drinks, he drinks Dos Equis. He is the most powerful man in minor league.
Double down
May 8th, 2012
5:20 pm
Did Flowers ever have a stretch at the plate in A/AA like Gattis has had?
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
5:20 pm
Live long and prosper, Crawford.
Mister Frisky
May 8th, 2012
5:22 pm
@Murph,We need Gattis like Vincent and Jules needed the Wolf.
Heisenberg
May 8th, 2012
5:23 pm
I seem to recall Flowers had a really good winter ball stretch in Arizona, but was traded that winter in the Vazquez deal.
Efrim
May 8th, 2012
5:26 pm
Sheeesh Ef, You’re getting married in the middle of the Season? Tough man. I had mine moved back to November so it wouldn’t impact any baseball.
I remember you telling me that. Unfortunately, I think she planned it to be in May on purpose to keep me away from my Braves….
I’ll still be checking the box scores in Hawaii to see how Heyward and Hanson are doing….
Bill M.
May 8th, 2012
5:27 pm
If the Braves don’t sign Born, why not put Simmons in center if the Pastor contunies to improve. Gattis in left for the future. The Braves will be young and ready to go for the future. Go Braves
Efrim
May 8th, 2012
5:28 pm
Just going to have to wait and see on Gattis. Tough to figure how he’ll do up in the majors given his age level currently. Also be nice to see him pummel for a full season across three levels. That would be a nice sign heading into next year.
cricket
May 8th, 2012
5:29 pm
plural or RBI is Ribbies
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
5:29 pm
Gattis and Simmons both are ready for AAA, the sooner the better.
Efrim
May 8th, 2012
5:30 pm
Rome loses again. Shut out again.
David Filak with another strong outing. Lone bright spot for Rome to date. Him and Kyle Kubitza.
cricket
May 8th, 2012
5:30 pm
I’ll still be checking the box scores in Hawaii to see how Heyward and Hanson are doing…
polish’s feelings are hurt
Jeff R
May 8th, 2012
5:32 pm
Gattis to Gwinnett soon, I believe. Well, soon being then next couple of months.
Efrim
May 8th, 2012
5:33 pm
22 year old David Filak in 7 starts: 35.2 IP, 25 hits allowed, 7 ER, 1.77 ERA, 17/45 BB/K ratio. Add him to the 2010/2011 draft class that could be better than I thought….
Simmons, Gattis, Terdoslavich, Gilmartin, Ahmed, Lipka, La Stella, Graham, Martin, Kubitza, Filak.
Heisenberg
May 8th, 2012
5:34 pm
Bill M, Simmons is and will continue to be a better defensive SS than Pastornicky. Pastor got the nod because of more experience in AAA and better hitter. Now that Simmons is hitting in AAA, he would most likely beat out Pastor in a rematch next spring. Thus I suggested earlier that Pastor move to CF in that scenario.
Efrim
May 8th, 2012
5:35 pm
If the Braves don’t sign Born, why not put Simmons in center if the Pastor contunies to improve.
I’ve read from multiple people that Simmons is like an 80 defender at SS. Why in the world would you move him to CF?
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
5:35 pm
I think Gattis goes to Gwinett as soon as Bethancourt comes off the DL.
Murph
May 8th, 2012
5:35 pm
I had mine moved back to November so it wouldn’t impact any baseball.
I got married during the playoffs… just so happened that the Braves lost to the Astros that day, and someone wrote a little sign with the score on it and put it on my groom’s cake, which was a perfect replica of Turner Field.
I proceeded to get really, really drunk. And the cake tasted awesome, despite the tampering.
Efrim
May 8th, 2012
5:36 pm
Simmons is still in Double-A. Doing well there in a small sample of a little over 110 plate appearances.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
5:36 pm
Gattis isn’t in AA to catch. He’s learning a new position and catching as a back up. He’ll probably be there for a bit longer…unless Bethancourt is out for a lengthy time…
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
5:37 pm
Heisenberg
Simmons is not at AAA, he’s at AA Mississippi
Heisenberg
May 8th, 2012
5:38 pm
Oops, accidently typed to many AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAs
Efrim
May 8th, 2012
5:39 pm
Really hoping for either Clemson 3B Richie Shaffer or Stanford 3B Stephen Piscotty.
Heisenberg
May 8th, 2012
5:40 pm
But my opinion on the Simmons/Pastornicky thingy remains unchaaanged.
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
5:40 pm
Heisenberg
Nobody’s perfect!
Enquiring Minds Want to Know
May 8th, 2012
5:41 pm
Regarding Gattis’ age, wasn’t Ryan Howard 25 or 26 before he made the Phillies major league roster?
Efrim
May 8th, 2012
5:41 pm
Or any pitcher that can hit 93mph with the fastball. College or High School. Preferrably a pitcher that is 6′3” or taller.
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
5:41 pm
Who here likes Dempster’s ‘glove waggle’ wind-up?
I really don’t like it.
Love Durbin tho.
Lets …….Go
Heisenberg
May 8th, 2012
5:44 pm
I believe Dempster’s ‘glove waggle’ came from earlier in his career he was tipping pitches with something he did with his glove on off speed stuff. So he came up with that on every pitch.
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
5:46 pm
Yeah Heisy, that what I’ve heard as well.
don sutton's poodle perm
May 8th, 2012
5:47 pm
As Biggie Smalls rapped, “Who Got Da Gat?” Da Braves Got Da Gat!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64ptFDmMqJ8
Snotboogie
May 8th, 2012
5:49 pm
You know those “Go Barves” tshirts that Fish Bisch bought Here is a story about it on Talking Chop and 11Alive.
http://www.talkingchop.com/2012/5/7/3006291/the-story-behind-those-barves-shirts-yes-barves
Snotboogie
May 8th, 2012
5:57 pm
The interwebs (and Bob Brenly) seem to think that one of the Braves bullpen guys got the number of a cubs ball girl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEORz7HJ6t8
Who Me?
May 8th, 2012
6:00 pm
The Durbin experiment is over, time to OR him. Give Medlen more opportunities off the bench and increase the side-work on OFlaherty til he figures out the hitch in his giddy-up. time to cut way back on the Free Runs we’ve been handing out across the board lately.
Murph
May 8th, 2012
6:00 pm
Snot, thanks for posting the link… that’s awesome!
Who Me?
May 8th, 2012
6:01 pm
told you guys Gattis isn’t blinking at AA. They’ll send him to G-Braves next where everyone can go ga-ga over his power and then he’ll be here in Sept. for the stretch. Simmons too most likely…
Murph
May 8th, 2012
6:03 pm
Who would you rather have on your playoff roster, Simmons or Wilson?
Who Me?
May 8th, 2012
6:04 pm
Snotb – excellent link dude, and she’s not ugly. Wonder if Marteeeen was hitting on that in LF last night lol???
Kat
May 8th, 2012
6:06 pm
Great new DOB blog today, thanks David. Perfect read to get in the baseball watching mode after a long dreary day at work. The Gattis story this spring was pretty cool and it’s great to see him do well this year. I hope he gets promoted to AAA if only so that I could see him play when Gwinnett travels up to NY in June.
Supes
May 8th, 2012
6:07 pm
I hope the Braves take their time bringing up Evan slowly as he’s learning to play the corner OF spot. No need to rush him this season. Let him learn and get some seasoning and get him out from behind the plate.
Even if McCann leaves or is traded down the road, I think the Braves see Bethancourt(sp) as their “next in line” not Evan (at catcher).
BTW…why does Fredo continue to put Prado 2nd and Chipper 6th? Who has the higher OBP??? Isn’t the job to put the guys who get on base the MOST near the top of the lineup? I believe Chipper is better suited to hit 2nd at this point in his career.
Murph
May 8th, 2012
6:07 pm
Who here first posted “Go Barves”? I can’t remember… but somebody posted it on accident, then a few people laughed about it, and it’s kinda taken off since. Was it Mixxo? Or Bat? Damn my short term memory loss!
Who Me?
May 8th, 2012
6:09 pm
for me, too early to say right now. Question isn’t defensive in my mind, its the offense that will decide for me. Simmons is ++ on defense and arm strength, Wilson is – for me – solid but not spectacular defensively with an average arm. Thoughts?
Heisenberg
May 8th, 2012
6:09 pm
Wilson can play 3 infield positions. Not sure if Simmons has played anywhere other than SS. That would be the only advantage of Wilson over Simmons if that decision is to be made. But Braves got Francisco/Prado to back up 3B and Prado at 2B so it could happen.
That is all for me. Bye.
Kat
May 8th, 2012
6:11 pm
Murph I’ve seen “Barves” thing on Twitter since spring training or even last year.
64 year Braves fan
May 8th, 2012
6:12 pm
With McCanns terrible stats against Dempster why is he batting 4th. He kills us in that spot. Too many double
play grounders to kill potential big innings. Batting 8th he can’t clog the bases if he gets on. Then
serves as cleanup hitter #2. I would not sign him to a long term contract. With his size and advancing
age it would be a killer contract. Go with Ross and bring along Bettancourt. A lot cheaper and a lot
better defense. Also can Durbin now.
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
6:12 pm
Wasn’t me. idk
Murph
May 8th, 2012
6:12 pm
I too am on my way out the door… Mrs Murph is picking up pizza tonight! I don’t know if I’m more excited about eating pizza or not eating Mrs Murph’s cooking.
Either way, it’s going to be a ++ night. GO BARVES!!!
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
6:14 pm
Check out the view (and the billboard). This is from back window of pressbox at Wrigley.
http://twitpic.com/9iwmee
Snotboogie
May 8th, 2012
6:14 pm
Glad to be of service, guys.
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
6:16 pm
You’re welcome Kat. Saw a bunch of people taking your Wrigley Field tour today….
Lew
May 8th, 2012
6:16 pm
Prado may not steal you bases, but leading off in his career, in 582 AB (about a season), he’s put up a .297, .339, .462, .801 line. Not bad at all.
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
6:17 pm
Pizza night here too! Maybe this means a W?!!??
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
May 8th, 2012
6:28 pm
Evan Gattis might be an absolute stud or dud. His future like most minor leaguers depends on the ability to hit breaking stuff and making adjustments. But it’s obvious that the entire organization believes they have another diamond in the rough…ala Brandon Beachy.
The master of baseball
May 8th, 2012
6:32 pm
I bet the Braves lose 13-3 tonight.
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
May 8th, 2012
6:33 pm
Thanks for the pic O’Brien. Although I have never been to a game at Wrigley I have drove right past it a time or two. Gotta get there one of these days as Chicago also has one of the coolest World War II exhibits to be found anywhere:
http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/u-505/
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
6:35 pm
The master of baseball
May 8th, 2012
6:32 pm
I bet the Braves lose 13-3 tonight.
Your crazy, no way braves score 3 runs tonight!
Kat
May 8th, 2012
6:40 pm
David, pretty great tour…hopefully those on the tour enjoyed it and their experience at Wrigley. Wrigley was a fun place to wander around.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
6:42 pm
Weaver cried? Pus**!
Kat
May 8th, 2012
6:47 pm
If people are looking for tonight’s game and you’re not in a viewing area you can watch it here for ‘free’ http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/baseball.html
South Bound And Down
May 8th, 2012
6:48 pm
Hope he can pass a Roid test! Saw him in Rome and no doubt he
is cock strong!
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol fandango)
May 8th, 2012
6:53 pm
Beyond Braves land,
The Orioles and Rays are tied atop the A.L. East, while the Yankees and Red Sox are wallowing at the bottom of their division.
Then over in the A.L. Central we have the Cleveland Indians leading the charge. In our own NL East…the Nationals (yep, I knew they would win, but 1st?). Over in the NL West, those lowly Dodgers are in first. So what in the blue hazes is going on here? Have the Baseball Gods lost their freaking minds!!!!!
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
6:57 pm
Against tonight’s starter Delgado, righties are hitting only .196 (9-for-46) with a .625 OPS, but lefties .328 (20-for-61) with .865 OPS.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
7:00 pm
can we platoon pitchers?
ncgary
May 8th, 2012
7:09 pm
maybe we ought to teacj pitchers to play left field too
that way you could bring in minor and delgado same night, switch em back and forth
nolie
May 8th, 2012
7:13 pm
I was thinking just along that line gary
nolie
May 8th, 2012
7:13 pm
pitchers shag fly ball in the OF during ST, or at least they used to..
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
7:14 pm
Use Meldeen, he’s a switch hitter, right.
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
7:16 pm
OPS 2.000
ncgary
May 8th, 2012
7:18 pm
t always thought when furcal was here he’d made a good closer
ACE
May 8th, 2012
7:25 pm
You just have to tip your cap and believe the back of the bubble gum card.
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
7:29 pm
McCann is 8-for-47 (.170) w/ two homers and 8 RBIs in his past 12 games, and half the RBI came on one swing off Roy Halladay.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
7:30 pm
back of the bubble gum card says that the Cubbies win again tonight. I’m not sure I wanna believe that….
Brava
May 8th, 2012
7:31 pm
Go Braves!
Kat
May 8th, 2012
7:32 pm
Is it sad if I’m using my laptop that’s over heating to keep me warm while I watch relax on my couch catching up on my dvr.. haha. I see it’s 81 in Atlanta ..in the 50s here, burrr.
Brava
May 8th, 2012
7:34 pm
Sounds like a resourceful use of energy to me, Kat.
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
7:35 pm
Whatever works Kat. I’m siting on the screen porch listening to the kids, that live in the house behind mine, play in the pool.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
7:40 pm
I’m sitting in the ‘puter room finishing up a thick slab of medium rare prime rib with au jus and horseradish sauce and french fries, after an antipasto salad. waitin’ for the game
nolie
May 8th, 2012
7:41 pm
key lime pie coming up for desert…
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
7:42 pm
DOB McCann is 8-for-47 (.170) w/ two homers and 8 RBIs in his past 12 games, and half the RBI came on one swing off Roy Halladay.
Dear lord……
Hey! Maybe that’ll work as a Reverse-Curse!…To make it official, tell Joe Simpson to say it on air!…
Bravesfan54
May 8th, 2012
7:51 pm
DOB – great-ass column. I understand the cynics, heck, everyone is here and there, but I am hoping that Mr. Gattis makes good. He inspires us the way many cultural and literary figures do. I do like hearing the updates on this guy, and am amazed at how he’s done. Couple of weeks ago I read somewhere to forget about him – he was, according to this writer, a ST footnote, an interesting story, but nothing more. Man, those numbers are wicked – and, as you well-noted, the missing four years didn’t take their toll on his body. Thanks for a great write.
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
7:53 pm
More key lime pie?
Now I want some but don’t have time to go to publix and back before game time.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
7:53 pm
DOB’s column had a great ass? I didn’t even notice. Must be even older than I thought I was…
Joe in SoCal
May 8th, 2012
7:54 pm
Love McCann…but they need to seperate him and Uggs right now. Can’t afford back to back rally killers. BMac just ain’t feelin it. Last at bat was not good…not sure what it is..confidence/vision?
nolie
May 8th, 2012
7:56 pm
yeah I use it regularly when I do have a sweet, it has fewer calories than some other pies and does not jack my sugar up all that much.
Sopheee
May 8th, 2012
7:57 pm
I haven’t had their key lime pie. I’ll have to take a look the next time I’m there.
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
7:58 pm
Damn, nolie beat me to the ass comment.
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
8:00 pm
Braves offense has hummed despite McCann’s “ups and downs”
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/05/08/mccanns-stats-down-braves-offense-still-humming/
Couch Tater
May 8th, 2012
8:00 pm
…meanwhile, the Holsteins are having a fabulous kosher BBQ before the game. The Chick Filet cow can’t attend. The gossip is, she’s always plastered at Turner Field. Mrs. O’Leary’s cow wants to roast marshmellows afterwards.
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
8:01 pm
Soph_
I did try the vanilla buttercream cake. Very good
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:01 pm
This is one of DOBBlogroll: Hot Links. You older guys (of which I am too) will love the pictures form the 50’s – 70’s. Hippies, Bikers, Musicians from that era (Stunning picture of Edgar and Johnny Winter), Harleys, BSA’s, Triumps, Husqvarnas (of which I had a motocross 400cc single cylinder). This will bring back so many memories. Be prepared to spend a couple of hours on this site your first visit.
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:01 pm
The link would help
http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/you-look-so-money-johnny-cash-slicked-back-style-of-the-50s-60s/
bostonbravo
May 8th, 2012
8:03 pm
Mac will be an all star. Too bad Ross is so damned good. No longer trust Hansen, don’t “get” Delgado. Huddy, Minor, Venters, Kimbrell(?),super. Bring Medlen back in there!
apologize for saying I miss Moylen.
Sopheee
May 8th, 2012
8:03 pm
Bat – addictive stuff. The frosting on that cake is like crack.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
8:04 pm
Why are the Cubs full of theselves anyways? Seems they’ve been like that in the recent years.
Lee in S GA
May 8th, 2012
8:04 pm
McCann is slowly working his way out of a big contract signing with the Braves…but I’m sure he and this organization will work out a discount deal for the future and BOTH be happy with it…not bad considering his past performances but not good enough to be the FRANCHISE future player…Freeman is probably on his way to earn this title
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:05 pm
I love carrot cake, the frosting on that is addictive too, but that does drive my sugar outta sight
Efrim
May 8th, 2012
8:06 pm
2010 Draft reaps rewards – LF Gattis, 3B Terdoslavich, SS Simmons, CF Lipka are Braves everyday players in 2014.
Efrim quits job, leaves wife, moves to top of mountain and lives in alone for the remainder of his years…..
Joe in SoCal
May 8th, 2012
8:07 pm
Agree Lee…although he doesn’t admit to it…reading between the lines on DOB’s last blog about McCann…he sounds kinda depressed.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:09 pm
McFatty depressed? needs a sugar binge that will get him going again….
Joe in SoCal
May 8th, 2012
8:11 pm
Deepfried tweenky with a powder sugar coat is all it takes, eh?
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
8:12 pm
Braves are getting Dempstered tonight..
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:12 pm
Marteen yay, Freeman boo
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
8:12 pm
Chip has already said “Chigaaaago” 3 times since first pitch. He said it around 40 times last night. Man the guy is so silly sometimes.
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
8:13 pm
Soph
Harry Caray
May 8th, 2012
8:14 pm
@ChattTownBrian (CTB) You mad bro?
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:15 pm
Send McFatty down, bring up Gattis
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:16 pm
2010 Draft reaps rewards – LF Gattis,
I thought Gattis had been out of the game for a few years?
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
8:17 pm
chip is at 4 “Chigaaago” now.
Jake W.
May 8th, 2012
8:18 pm
Marvin Williams=useless
As frustrating as Josh Smith can be at times at least i’ve seen progress in his game. Can’t say the same for Marvin.
Couch Tater
May 8th, 2012
8:18 pm
Efrim quits job, leaves wife, moves to top of mountain and lives in alone for the remainder of his years…..
…Befriends a member of the Sydney Pollock Tribe and they watch old movies while eating eat crow.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
8:19 pm
Nice glove from Freddie…YAWN
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:19 pm
Freddie showing those old 3B moves.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:19 pm
who likes Castro? Guy hits but makes bow-coo errors each year
TNScott
May 8th, 2012
8:19 pm
Yabba Dabb Do, Fred!
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
8:21 pm
nolie, each year? How long has Castro even been around? Thought he was in his 2nd full year.
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
8:21 pm
That guy looks about 12 years old
Kat
May 8th, 2012
8:21 pm
cab it’s funny how Freddie’s great stretches or snags are so common that it brings zero reaction by the fans. Or at least not enough that someone will take the time to type it on the blog.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:22 pm
this is his 3rd year and he has 8 errors already.27 and 29 the first two
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
8:23 pm
Have the Hawks folded yet?
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:23 pm
lotsa folks here are on game day so of course they don’t even know about the great plays
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:23 pm
Casto – 21 years old. Going to be great. Much better D than Pastornicky now and hits better than Pastor ever will.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
8:23 pm
UGHHHHHHH these fu***** commercials … specially that kid in the at&t talking to the little kids playing basketball. Every. Single. Game. they show it 50 times.
Screw you nolie!
Just want to start a fight!
Jake W.
May 8th, 2012
8:24 pm
Good to see Horford back. Really missed his athleticism.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:25 pm
much better D? with 30 errors per year? I’m not buying that at all
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:25 pm
Justice would be Dempster on the DL with left wrist inflamation.
Joe in SoCal
May 8th, 2012
8:25 pm
How is it a guy as old as Chip can still be going thru puberty? His voice still cracks like a thirteen yr old school boy.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
8:25 pm
Somebody needs to shoot those friggin birds.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
8:26 pm
5 “Chicaaaaaaago”s for Chip the dork
Kat
May 8th, 2012
8:26 pm
nolie very true, didn’t think about that.
Jake W.
May 8th, 2012
8:27 pm
Have the Hawks folded yet?
They’re trying, making the celtics feel good about themselves in the process.
Shame too, East outside of Miami is wide open this year.
Kat
May 8th, 2012
8:28 pm
Where’s Alfred Hitchcock?
Half Empty
May 8th, 2012
8:28 pm
You are forgetting that ever since the first play he ever saw Pastornicky make, Largo decided that he was not a major league shortstop, and will never change his mind about that noles
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
8:29 pm
Jerry, be sure to tell them to point that pellet gun at Samardja as well. That hippie is douchebag, you can tell.
Jake W.
May 8th, 2012
8:30 pm
Enough with the hit and runs, this team is not very successful at them. I actually like them, we just don’t execute them well.
Half Empty
May 8th, 2012
8:30 pm
we loo flat again tonight offensively, hopefully Delgado can pitch a gem
Tomahawk Mafia
May 8th, 2012
8:31 pm
Heyward worked a good at bat and then swung at slop to strike out. Do the Braves ever successfully execute a hit and run? Their opponents sure do.
Mister Frisky
May 8th, 2012
8:31 pm
Go Braves!
njbraves
May 8th, 2012
8:32 pm
It wasn’t a hit and run.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
8:32 pm
Joe in SoCal he sounds kinda depressed.
Depressed?? I don’t think he’s depressed…Unless the fact that he keeps getting ROBBED OF HITS AND RBI is starting to get to him…
He’s going to make a comeback, don’t you worry…Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday and for the rest of your life…
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:32 pm
Nolie – Pastornicky has lived a charmed life with the Official Scores so far. He’s had about 5 or 6 plays that could go either way plus his range is so bad he has avoided a couple of errors there too. Plus Freddie saved his butt more than a few times. He’s not a starter IMO. Sorry.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:33 pm
Thank you for that link KL, I book-marked it for perusin’ at my leisure
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
8:34 pm
Hayward stood and took the perfect pitch to hit out onto Waveland Ave then struck out on ball 4. If he took that pitch we have runners on 1stand 2nd with 1 out.
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
8:34 pm
McFann
George
May 8th, 2012
8:34 pm
GATTIS NOW so we have our 3rd catcher and can male in-game moves with BRIAN and DAVID, Shame to waste one of thier bats every game, A plus GATTIS also corner outfield type cat.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:35 pm
his range is not that bad
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
8:35 pm
“Pastornicky has lived a charmed life with the Official Scores so far. He’s had about 5 or 6 plays that could go either way plus his range is so bad he has avoided a couple of errors there too.”
Same strategy worked for Cal Ripken… lol
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:35 pm
Chicago might trade Castro to the Braves for Pastornicky if the Braves threw in Freeman, Delgado and Teheran.
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
8:36 pm
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:32 pm
100% in agreement!
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
8:37 pm
Maybe we should wait until Gattis has more than 28 AA at bats before we call him up to the majors…maybe even some AAA time? Just a thought…
Frankie Wren
May 8th, 2012
8:37 pm
Harper with another double. Kid has 6 already. Going to be a good one.
TNScott
May 8th, 2012
8:37 pm
Jake- What really makes me sick is that we could’ve had Chris Paul or Deron Williams, but wound up with Marvin and Sheldon. Sad thing is Sheldon’s wife is a better player than both of them combined.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
8:38 pm
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
8:29 pm
Jerry, be sure to tell them to point that pellet gun at Samardja as well. That hippie is douchebag, you can tell.
Not much to look at either. OMG! Thing is, at some point he can stop being a douchebag, but he will always being ugly as hell.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
8:38 pm
being=be oops
Jake W.
May 8th, 2012
8:39 pm
Durbin is just an all or nothing kind of guy. No runs or long ball server upper. Nothing to much in between.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:39 pm
Soto makin’ Randy work
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:39 pm
I’m sorry if you, Half Empty, don’t see Pastor like I do. That one play he demonstrated bad technique in taking the wrong route to the ball, a weak arm by his trow being several feet short and an inaccurate arm in that even Freddie with his ten foot reach had to come off the bag.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:39 pm
George
May 8th, 2012
8:40 pm
I believe BRIAN was brought up from AA with no AAA.
Joe in SoCal
May 8th, 2012
8:40 pm
McFann..fear not..he shall not go quitely into that dark night!! I shall rest easy, knowing full well that your beloved BMac will again regain his rightful place amongst those hallowed few..those league leaders…but don’t call it a comeback!! que music…
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:41 pm
doesn’t mean its a good idea George
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
8:42 pm
Mac was called up as an injury replacement and because there was nobody in AAA they liked better. But he’d had a lot more than 28 at bats…
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
8:42 pm
Theres are favorite Braves fan. He’s at every Braves home game right next to the visitors dugout and he never shows emotion.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
8:43 pm
I wish Dempster would stop wagging his glove during his delivery. It’s very irritating.
Couch Tater
May 8th, 2012
8:43 pm
Where’s Alfred Hitchcock?
The man who knew too much was looking out his rear window and said he was heading North by Northwest.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
8:43 pm
That wasn’t a police siren Joe, it was a fire truck.
Kat
May 8th, 2012
8:44 pm
Couch Tater he may be traveling around Chi town to gather up his Birds at Wrigley.
Half Empty
May 8th, 2012
8:44 pm
I think that making such an adamant decision based on one play is unrealistic. Talk about a small sample size, you couldn’t have a smaller one
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
8:44 pm
Bat M.—
It’s not funny!…
Joe in SoCal—
Haha! Nice. Been a while since I’ve seen that movie…
It will be a comeback, though—’cause he’ll come back to his usual self…
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:45 pm
I imagine he knows that Jerry
Jake W.
May 8th, 2012
8:46 pm
What really makes me sick is that we could’ve had Chris Paul or Deron Williams, but wound up with Marvin and Sheldon. Sad thing is Sheldon’s wife is a better player than both of them combined.
You won’t get a superstar everytime you get a high draft pick, what frustrates me the most is that Marvin hasn’t seem to put the time or work in to improve his game. I question his motivation. Some people have talent and waste it, some just do enough to get by, and others work hard to get better. Marvin is one of the first two. Just doesn’t seem as if he puts in the proper effort. He’s shown flashes of what he could have been and then nothing for the majority of the time.
I hate that we missed out on better talent as well but mostly I just hate that we drafted a player that lacks the motivation for whatever reason.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:47 pm
perhaps he is running from a psycho?
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:47 pm
his range is not that bad Nolie
It is if your range includes areas you cannot throw the runner out. Lots of players can get to balls All Star SS’s can, they just can’t make the throw to get the runner out. Pastornicky falls into that category.
I’d not getting thoroughly understood here. Pastornicky is the best choice now, but you’d better believe Frank Wren is looking and listening.
John Travoltas Masseuse
May 8th, 2012
8:48 pm
Let’s go Braves
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
8:48 pm
Fredi on Durbin: He’s fine for the role he’s in
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/05/08/braves-manager-on-durbin-hes-fine/
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
8:49 pm
Nice stop Old Man!
George
May 8th, 2012
8:52 pm
Wirgley is a real good looking ballpark, now otta here I am posting in-game, I don’t like doing that. nite y’all.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:52 pm
sounds like something that Fredi would think alright…
Joe in SoCal
May 8th, 2012
8:53 pm
Quittin’ time…gotta run folks…let’s go Bravo’s..take it to the bubbie’s..send’em home to their mommies..
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
8:53 pm
Now we’ve got to gattis some hits!!!
Couch Tater
May 8th, 2012
8:54 pm
Couch Tater he may be traveling around Chi town to gather up his Birds at Wrigley
Without a shadow of a doubt.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
8:54 pm
Don’t wanna jinx him, but Delgado is doing a nice job for the second game in a row.
keylargo
May 8th, 2012
8:55 pm
Delgado 80 mph change followded by an 81 mph change followed by 91 mph fastball then a 80 mph change. K, end of inning.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:55 pm
perhaps he is talking to a stranger on a train
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
8:56 pm
Ok Martin–now here we go.
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
8:58 pm
BALLGAME!
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:58 pm
or perhaps he got locked in his room at the Jamaica Inn
nolie
May 8th, 2012
8:59 pm
or he might be tied up somewhere by a Rope
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
8:59 pm
That’s hilarious…Durbin is fine for the role he is in. He wouldn’t have been in there if it were a one run game or a tied game, but hell, let’s throw him in there when we are down 3-1. I mean, he is going to let up runs. He isn’t fine for any role.
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
9:00 pm
Ok
stud….dig in
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:00 pm
like I’ve said, pretty unlikely they are gonna throw away 900K early in the season
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
9:02 pm
Well, who’s gonna hit the homer that’s gonna win this game? Obviously, no one looks to put a rally together.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:02 pm
I love high scoring binges, but I hate the games that come after them
Couch Tater
May 8th, 2012
9:02 pm
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps…suspicion.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:04 pm
another meaningless Uggla hit…..
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
9:04 pm
Prado and Uggla not having a problem with Dempster.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:07 pm
he might be having trouble with harry too
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:08 pm
Somebody needs to do something! lol
Harry Caray
May 8th, 2012
9:09 pm
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:07 pm
he might be having trouble with harry too
__________________________________
You called?
Moe Berg
May 8th, 2012
9:09 pm
SBerthiaumeESPN Steve Berthiaume
A 3 Home Run night in Baltimore for #Rangers Josh Hamilton. Now with 13 homers and 34 RBI. He’s hitting .400.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:11 pm
or maybe he found out that Rebecca was a Saboteur ?
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
9:12 pm
Gattis has cooled off quite a bit, 1 for last 10, that being a HR, BA down to .300
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:12 pm
be a bummer lo lose on an unearned run
Moe Berg
May 8th, 2012
9:13 pm
Did that foul ball go up about 39 steps into the stands?
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
9:13 pm
It’s about time for Delgado’s big inning!
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:13 pm
Another pathetic effort by Delgado…
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:13 pm
Gattis gonna struggle some, they all do. WAY to early to be talking about jumping him up to the bigs
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:14 pm
Gattis belongs on a sandlot somewhere…
Kat
May 8th, 2012
9:15 pm
Do the Cubs have their own walk up music like other parks or do their players have to walk up to the organist? Just noticed they organ was playing while Parker went up to bat. Random I know..
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:16 pm
Chip is clueless as always….
Delgado looking good.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:16 pm
he mighta gotten vertigo and fallen through that torn curtain and was rescued by the wrong man
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
9:16 pm
Kid is figuring things out…
Harry Caray
May 8th, 2012
9:17 pm
@kat Organist
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
Pretty impressive work there by Delgado to get out of that jam with the two K’s.
Wind has picked up now, blowing out to right field.
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
Is phil short for Phillies fan?
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
9:18 pm
Delgado firing good enough…now shall we commence by rallying the
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
JASON!
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
No, ralph…
Is ralph short for durbin?
Nice triple for jason!
Harry Caray
May 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
I bet Phil is a Red Sox fan
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I love watching that somb!tch run!
TNScott
May 8th, 2012
9:19 pm
J-Hey for THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Be careful J-Hey, don’t go and jam another thumb.
BFChris27
May 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Pastornicky!!!!!!!!!!!
TNScott
May 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Great job, Rev!!!!
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Nice, Kid!!
TNScott
May 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Randy with a dandy!
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:20 pm
Pastornicky in BEAST mode!
LAG
May 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
Some good batting going on this inning.
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:21 pm
The rev delivers…
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:22 pm
I have a copy of every movie that we have mentioned and many more Hitchcock opuses
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:22 pm
I bet harray caray is dead.
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:24 pm
Or Harry…
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
9:25 pm
Harry Caray was dead when he was alive.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:25 pm
thats about hey’s third triple aint it
Harry Caray
May 8th, 2012
9:25 pm
Drunk most of the time…
Kat
May 8th, 2012
9:27 pm
Love Medlen mike’d up
Moe Berg
May 8th, 2012
9:28 pm
phil, I thought you were making some hari-kari–death pun.
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:28 pm
We can’t have Chipper actually retire with this much left in the tank….
Can we?
Even though we have no say?
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:29 pm
Medlen miked up was even less original than me…
A virtual impossibility, yet he managed.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:30 pm
Campana can be a pest
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:30 pm
5-5, 4 homeruns
Josh hamilton
He needs a drink or 2.
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
9:30 pm
He gone
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:31 pm
heh heh
LAG
May 8th, 2012
9:32 pm
So Hamilton did do it. MLB.com says he’s still looking for it. lol
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
9:32 pm
Josh Hamilton 4 HRs tonight — only Freeman (6), McCann (5) and Chipper (5) have more this season among Braves
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:32 pm
You can thank Joel Hanrahan for this Nats win.
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
9:33 pm
We need runs!
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
9:33 pm
Fast Bizarro
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
9:33 pm
Jesus! Freddie is killing the ball tonight with nothing to show for it.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
9:33 pm
How many rockets has Freddie hit that have been caught? I think we are up to 3…
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
9:34 pm
This is a good point to say that if you missed the Gattis story in the spring, you’ll want to read it. … slap this into your browser: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/02/29/braves-slugger-gattis-has-a-story-man-does-he-ever/ – DOB
And for those of you fictional characters looking for an after hours, off the beaten track blog to engage in your shenanigans, you might want to go to the last page and carry on.
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
9:34 pm
Freddie having some bad luck lately…has hit some balls hard but right at people.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:34 pm
Zooey Deschanel should quit while she’s ahead… if that means she’ll get off my TV faster…
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:36 pm
If FF weren’t entering a sophmore slump, those would’ve been hits….
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:36 pm
When FF’s kneecap is attached, he’s a BEAST!
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
9:37 pm
Let’s snap out of this sedate melodrama; we’re not here to tickle the masseur.
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:39 pm
How did Mac reach?
An act of God?
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
9:40 pm
Gosh–fastball in his wheelhouse
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:40 pm
Mac used his fat to go into… STEALTH mode!
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:40 pm
Beefy K there chief…
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:41 pm
Chipper…
Pathetic AB
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
9:42 pm
I hate to say this folks but there is no way we are going to win this game 1-0.
Mister Frisky
May 8th, 2012
9:42 pm
Mc Cann is just big boned.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:42 pm
Hawks up by 4? Does not compute.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:42 pm
send the old bumb down
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:43 pm
Chipper is out of options….
That’s it.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:43 pm
wow, Rod Bajaras with the walk off HR in Pittsburgh.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:44 pm
Mac just has a slow metabolism
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:45 pm
BALLGAME!!!
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:45 pm
And a slow bat….
And poor vision.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:46 pm
AJ Burnett just put a huge shaving cream pie on Barajas
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:46 pm
Slow metabolism = ballgame?
Fire nolie!
cricket
May 8th, 2012
9:47 pm
PIT beat WSH
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
9:47 pm
Fire BALLGAMERS!!
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:47 pm
Zooey Deschanel in for the Hawks. Her job is to slow Paul Pierce with her funky quirky ways.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:48 pm
I kinda like Zooey’s sister
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
9:49 pm
I like Zooey’s sister too (not like that!)…but I also like Zooey (she’s grin on me…)
TNScott
May 8th, 2012
9:50 pm
No. Mac’s just big boned.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:51 pm
Rondo on endo. Celts down by 11.
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:52 pm
No. Mac just eats way too much.
But i love him all the same.
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
9:52 pm
The Cubbies WANT this.
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:52 pm
Choke….
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:52 pm
big boned with a slow metabolism, big thighs and butt, thick waits. prototypical endomorph
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
9:53 pm
Damn. Good fight by RD. One pitch away from getting out of the inning. Have to give Soriano some credit there.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:53 pm
bummer
Powder Blue
May 8th, 2012
9:53 pm
Not a fan of Delgado at this point.
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
9:54 pm
Real nice performance by Delgado. He did some serious pitching tonight. Shame he’s not going to get a win, and just hope for his sake this run doesn’t score.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:54 pm
huh? the kid pitched a great game
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
9:54 pm
sigh…
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:54 pm
Thick waits?
Lol
A big boy regardless.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:55 pm
Campana is a FIERCE FORCE!
Good start Delgado. Sorry that Bourn, Freeman, McCann and Chipper LET YOU DOWN!
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
9:55 pm
Would’ve been nice to see Delgado get a win with the nice job he did tonight. Now the bullpen needs to make sure he doesn’t lose it.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:55 pm
yeah, Tom’s brother, Thick
Nick
May 8th, 2012
9:56 pm
EOF in, Braves lose again.
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
9:56 pm
The best word I can think of to describe this offense is “fragile”. The slightest movement or action from anyone and anything can spook it.
Frankie Wren
May 8th, 2012
9:56 pm
Beltran launches his 9th first inning. What a pickup and perfect fit for the Cards.
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
9:56 pm
Not a fan of EOF at this point.
Nick
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
2 great starts in a row from Randy.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
good job O’
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
The sleeping Giant Moyer woke up on Saturday stayed in Colorado, I’m guessing?
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
Stewart groundout ends inning, Delgado allowed 1 run, 3 hits, 3 walks with 5 K in 5-2/3 innings. Strong performance.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
Powder Blue
May 8th, 2012
9:53 pm
Not a fan of Delgado at this point.
After his last two games, what does he have to do to please you?
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
Hi Nick. Where’ve you been? Oh, that’s right…the Braves were winning…
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
Just ban this fool.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7903832/metta-world-peace-los-angeles-lakers-call-james-harden-elbow
As for the elbow itself? “I felt something, but I didn’t know it was his actual head,” World Peace told O’Brien.
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
Frankie, yup, he sure would have looked good in a Braves uni. I wanted Beltran this offseason…big time. Oh well, this ofense is doing pretty good…well, except the last couple of games. But, we are NOT losing this game.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
“After his last two games, what does he have to do to please you?”
rawr!
nolie
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
sure wish Carlos was playin’ here
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
All I can say is Fruti has balls to bring in EFO in that situation, wroked out fine though.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
Good evening bloggers. I see that Delgado had himself a nice start. Let’s get those bats going!!!
phil
May 8th, 2012
9:57 pm
Not a fan of EOF after last year’s effort?
Bat Masterson
May 8th, 2012
9:58 pm
Thick waits?
Tom after a dentist visit.
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
9:58 pm
Ian Stewart, “The Year of the Cub?”
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
9:59 pm
Yeah…what a horrible job by Delgado. I can’t believe he gave up ONE run in 5 2/3. FIRE HIM!!
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:00 pm
Hawks go up 11, josh smith shows out, you know what that means….
Immediate collapse and celtics rally, cutting it to 2 in a minutes time….
brian
May 8th, 2012
10:01 pm
no worries Heyward. Thanks for bringing the one bat to the series
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
10:01 pm
Gattis would have gone 9IP with 12K. But, that’s just how Gattis rolls.
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:01 pm
But Dempster is still going strong.
Nick
May 8th, 2012
10:01 pm
Unfortunately the Braves are done scoring tonight.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
10:01 pm
“Hawks go up 11, josh smith shows out, you know what that means….”
Josh Smith in BEAST MODE! Sigh…
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:01 pm
September’s bats have returned…
Sigh.
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
10:02 pm
@TheOnlyBravesFan; Indeed, a fine evening to you. Have you ever been to Chicago in your 17 years on this planet?
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
10:02 pm
Be careful, Seagulls! Little cuties…
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:02 pm
Seagulls are nasty birds…
bustersonly
May 8th, 2012
10:02 pm
True Ralph but look who he is playing.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:03 pm
Seagulls are the rats of the avian world…
Nick
May 8th, 2012
10:04 pm
I’m just gonna go ahead and call BALLGAME! Braves lose again and lose series to the Cubs….the Cubs!!
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:04 pm
Dempster is carving us up.
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:05 pm
Seagulls have feelings too…
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:05 pm
Wouldn’t you know we get a great pitching performance and the bats go silent.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:05 pm
Is O’ stayin’ in??
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:05 pm
i think id rather pay more money to have the carpet installed downstairs than have to move all this chit…or deal with the crappy old carpet
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
10:05 pm
lose series to the Cubs….the Cubs!!
After sweeping Rockies at Coors…
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:05 pm
nevermind
Powder Blue
May 8th, 2012
10:06 pm
nolie,
He did…until that pitch to Soriano.
Powder Blue
May 8th, 2012
10:07 pm
Of course I guess it wouldn’t be an issue if some more of those Braves baserunners wouldn’t have been stranded.
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:07 pm
I am a “what have you done for me lately” type of person.
Turtsnap
May 8th, 2012
10:07 pm
On Gattis – maybe he will continue to burn a path to the MLB, so that we can cut Francisco and move Prado to play 3B 2-3 games a week.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
10:08 pm
I hate all birds because they live to shyt on my truck. Especially after I’ve just washed it.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:08 pm
too harsh for me Powder…
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
10:09 pm
cabravesfan Seagulls are nasty birds…
They’re still cute…
And they couldn’t be nearly as nasty as our mockingbirds…
(ITS)
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:09 pm
I am more of a what can you do for me next…
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:09 pm
Cut chipper while we’re at it to make room for a guy who has 30 AB in AA……
Sensible.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
10:09 pm
Thank God Diaz was not in right field trying to catch that ball coming in.
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:10 pm
Medlen makes it look so easy!
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:10 pm
Chipper….
Retire? Why?
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:10 pm
attaboy kricky
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:10 pm
McFann-
No, they are not cute. They are disgusting rat birds that poop on everything, throw trash everywhere, steal food, and generally make messes everywhere they go…and they are loud.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:10 pm
see how great it is to have Meds available in one of the last three innings?
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
10:10 pm
Chipper can still field really well, regardless of what some haters say. As long as his knees are decent.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:11 pm
actually,one or more of the last 3 innings
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
10:12 pm
Thank God the Cubs aren’t a good team..
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
10:12 pm
Celts up by 2.
Order is restored.
Bravefaninok
May 8th, 2012
10:12 pm
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:04 pm
Dempster is carving us up.
He is in a contract year….and he has been carving everybody up this spring.
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:12 pm
cabravesfan, May 8th, 2012, 9:49 pm … “she’s grin on me”
You Wanged that one.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:12 pm
Chipper has always been a klutz at third. about as much range as McFatty would have over thar
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:12 pm
nolie – you up for helping me move some furniture this evening? ain’t much but I could use a 2nd
LAG
May 8th, 2012
10:13 pm
After avoiding most teams’ best starting pitchers recently (Dodgers and Dbacks series), it’s only fitting that we get to face Samardzija and Dempster back-to-back. Baseball has a way of balancing itself out.
Good poke, Bourn.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:13 pm
Hawks suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Let’s go Braves. Matt Chernoff is still trying to believe in those hawks tho, what a homer…
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
10:13 pm
nolie, I’ll pat my shoulder and say that’s exactly what I’ve been saying about Medlen in the pen since they said he’d be in there. Like you, my shoulder often hurts from all the patting.
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:13 pm
Durbin should take medlen’s role so he can start in place of hanson….
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:14 pm
Prado 2 for 3 but he can’t hit with Bourn on 1st.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:15 pm
abeeewright-
Gotta admit, I have no idea what that is from…or what I meant…
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:15 pm
my shoulder is ok, its pretty callused up after 60 some years of self-props
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
10:15 pm
Hit it to CJ and most times he’ll get you. Very good, accurate arm and makes that play on the bunt as good as anybody, even now.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
10:16 pm
Can’t say I agree with Prado trying to bunt when their catcher stinks at throwing out runners.
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:16 pm
I hate bunting in this situation.
Ask Bourn to try to steal.
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:16 pm
Chipper has been fine at third over the years…
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:16 pm
Oy…Yeah, I wanged that and didn’t even notice…clearly, I need more wine
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:17 pm
Anyone think Fredo will put the bunt on with Freddie at the plate? Wouldn’t surprise me.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:17 pm
that’ll do Marty
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:17 pm
Fredi is overdue
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:18 pm
chipper was once considered by many as the worst third baseman in baseball
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:18 pm
Bad toss….thank you
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:18 pm
wine + cabravesfan + autocorrect = many, many great bloggisms. <grin>
Bravefaninok
May 8th, 2012
10:18 pm
Freddie showin off the wheels!
LAG
May 8th, 2012
10:18 pm
Tie goes to the runner. Whew.
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:19 pm
Bravefaninok, absolutely. We need a run or two, boys! Why the hell is Bourny not running lately??
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:19 pm
Suicide squeeze with Mac at the plate?
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:19 pm
Oh boy, look who’s up
brian
May 8th, 2012
10:19 pm
that is how you hustle out a grounder. Freeman’s hustle kept that from being a double play
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:19 pm
I don’t know who that #5 is, but he can’t hit worth a damn 0-4 tonight
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:19 pm
I disagree on chipper at third. You guys say mac is thin, then chipper ismbrooks robinson.
brian
May 8th, 2012
10:19 pm
McCann is a good bunter……
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
10:19 pm
DO something Mac …….for cryin’ out loud!!!!!!!!!!!
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:19 pm
Bad toss….thank you
Actually, I don’t think it was a bad toss- was just not hit hard enough to turn a DP…
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
10:19 pm
Please Mac….please…
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:20 pm
Double play coming up
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:20 pm
cabravesfan … you meant “she’s growing on me” in reference to Zoey Deschannel.
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:20 pm
Ismbrooks?
Sigh…
Brooks
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
10:20 pm
A slam would be nice about now.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:20 pm
It’s UGGLA TIME!!!!
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:20 pm
tryin’ to set up the Uggly DP
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:20 pm
autocorrect has rendered me incapable of proper spelling…
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
10:21 pm
lean into one here….
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:21 pm
Deliver me, lord….
The toss was weak and lolly popped.
My eyes work very well, thank you.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:21 pm
and wine has rendered me incapable of proper grammar
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
10:21 pm
Double play coming up
Every Mac AB with a runner on first is a potential DP…
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:21 pm
Hope he strikes out or walks so Chipper comes up
David from Athens, AL
May 8th, 2012
10:21 pm
Respect for Mac …
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:22 pm
abeeewright-
Sounds about right
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:22 pm
Still remember Kerry Wood sticking it to the Braves in the playoffs.
Would be nice to see the Braves set him with the L in this one. Small redemption.
‘Course, Braves will sign Wood when Livan has finally retired.
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:22 pm
Not to mention, poor judgment on pathetic tosses!
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:22 pm
DANNY!!!!!
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
10:22 pm
His name is…………………… !!!!!!!!!!
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
10:22 pm
wooo hoooo!!!
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:22 pm
UGGLA IS BETTER THAN MCCANN!!! HE DELIVERS!!!
BFChris27
May 8th, 2012
10:22 pm
Dan UGGLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
I’ll eat some crow, love it
Harry Caray
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
Does Uggla juice?
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
Uggla only 3-4….
Don’t get too excited!
LAG
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
Eh, a meaningless go-ahead 2-rbi single by Dan Uggla.
Someone get Keith Lockhart out of retirement, please?
/s
brian
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
huge, clutch hit by Uggla
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
phil-
nope. Unless you mean the toss to Castro. His throw to 1st was fine
Bravefaninok
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
Thank you danny!!
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
another meaningless hit by Uggla, guy is worthless and as unclutch as they come
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
Single Uggla? Really?
B_F 52
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
ugglaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
cab … autocorrect makes sure you spell correctly. Just puts the wrong, correctly spelled words in place.
It’s kind of like a bizarre “mad-libs.”
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:23 pm
Good job Uggs!
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:24 pm
nice one battleaxe
The A Bomb
May 8th, 2012
10:24 pm
DORN IT!
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:24 pm
chipper needed tonight off….
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:24 pm
Come on, J-Hey. We need you!
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
10:24 pm
It’s an embarrassment… having guns like those, and being a singles hitter…
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:24 pm
Smack one, heyward.
Harry Caray
May 8th, 2012
10:25 pm
lol
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:25 pm
Don’t swing on 3-0!
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:25 pm
Way to go, mac…
Sigh.
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:25 pm
Does Uggla juice?
Dan Uggla carries his juicer with him wherever he goes. OJ in the morning gives you a little pep in your step. On the road, prune juice helps keep the line moving.
Powder Blue
May 8th, 2012
10:25 pm
Really, McCann? WTF?
cricket
May 8th, 2012
10:25 pm
wtf Mac
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:25 pm
abeeewright-
So “wanged” is an actual word??
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:25 pm
McFann ain’t McCann amazing???
btw, what was that from Wood?
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:25 pm
McFat great base running as usual
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
10:25 pm
I’ve got nothing to say.
Chris from the Rock
May 8th, 2012
10:26 pm
McCann=quite possibly biggest liability on the base paths in MLB
Mr. Enigma
May 8th, 2012
10:26 pm
My God, McCann is such an idiot.
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
10:26 pm
Mac = rally killa!
That was a beaut Mac. My goodness why is he on this ballclub!?
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:26 pm
Say what?
LAG
May 8th, 2012
10:26 pm
nolie – another meaningless hit by Uggla, guy is worthless and as unclutch as they come
That’s what I’m saying. Fire Russ Nixon!
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:26 pm
way to run the bases Mac…
David from Athens, AL
May 8th, 2012
10:26 pm
Poor Mac … tough going right now
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
10:26 pm
I’m becoming more convinced every day that Mac is just not focused this year. What the $#@!! is going on with this guy?
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
10:27 pm
Not only with the Bat… he can also F up on the basepads..
Cap: Where's My Tip
May 8th, 2012
10:27 pm
2 run lead for JV and Kimbrel, 6 up 6 down guys!
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:27 pm
kevkat
May 8th, 2012
10:27 pm
Needs to get his arse chewed out…
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:27 pm
TRADE McCANN NOW!!! BRING UP GATTIS
sarcasm
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:28 pm
McCann would make a good back up for Gattis.
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:28 pm
When one is slower than a parked car, why get picked off?
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:28 pm
let Kris stay in??
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:28 pm
McFatass couldn’t hit into a DP so he decided to get himself out
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
10:28 pm
Who knows what’s going on with him. He’s so focused on last year’s choke job…..he can’t focus on THIS freekin’ year.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:29 pm
Some comments are just utterly amazing in their lack of common sense…
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
10:30 pm
What has he done this year????
Not a freekin’ thing!
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:31 pm
Venters has 2 chins now too…
More fatness.
Cheating cubs…missed him by an inch.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:31 pm
what the hell is with all the slow stuff he has been throwing all year? Use the mid90s FB to set stuff up at least
George Stein
May 8th, 2012
10:31 pm
How quickly we forget, Mixxo.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:31 pm
If you are going to fake being hit by a pitch, you might want to grab the part that was actually close to the ball…and maybe pretend like it hurt?
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:31 pm
So “wanged” is an actual word
I’m actually laughing on this one.
I think your post got changed to “Wang” (which is why I always capitalize). It’s a last name.
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
10:31 pm
Here we go..
The A Bomb
May 8th, 2012
10:31 pm
Dale Sveum is a very, very solid manager.
Defensive metrics, pickoffs knowing a player doesn’t have a head in the game.
Sawx made a major blunder not hiring him. Good baseball guy.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
10:31 pm
Good call ump. Trying to cheat, and then gets a hit. No justice at all.
TaylorVol
May 8th, 2012
10:31 pm
Getting picked up with a one-way lead is really dumb—especially at 2nd base with two outs. Wow. C’mon McCann, you’re better than that!
Frankie Wren
May 8th, 2012
10:32 pm
Beltran with his 10th in the 2nd inning with a 3 run shot. Wow.
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:32 pm
Hawks by 4.
1 minute.
Kat
May 8th, 2012
10:32 pm
Need some better acting classes.
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
10:32 pm
Terrible throw by Jonny. Almost got Jack injured.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:32 pm
7 pitches and not one stinking fast ball. this is startin’ to annoy me
LAG
May 8th, 2012
10:32 pm
Mixxo – What has he done this year????
Not a freekin’ thing!
*snicker*
The A Bomb
May 8th, 2012
10:33 pm
Venters almost got Wilson killed there.
Powder Blue
May 8th, 2012
10:33 pm
Where has the velocity for these pitchers gone?
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
10:33 pm
“I’m becoming more convinced every day that Mac is just not focused this year. What the $#@!! is going on with this guy?”
Yadier money on his brain…
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
Come on Cubbies!
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
abeeewright-
The only words it is supposed to autocorrect to are dictionary words and, eventually, words that I use a lot (like automatically capitalizing names of Braves players and such)…no idea why it changed something to “Wang” because it’s not a word I have ever typed…
kevkat
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
johnny is not looking good..wild and high pitches…
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
here we go…..
The A Bomb
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
Maybe it’s time to feed Venters to the vultures.
kelevra
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
wow what a turnnnnnn!!!!
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
DOUBLE PLAY!!!! THAT WAS A FAST TURN!!!
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
Hawks by 1.
10 seconds. Idiot josh to shoot 2.
Fire LD!!
brian
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
that was a major league double play right there
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
Geebus. Thought there was no chance on that DP.
TNScott
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
4-6-3 BABY!!!!!!!!!!
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:34 pm
sinker and change? the change is s’posed to work off your FB
is his arm hurting?
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
That was one of the slowest developing double plays I’ve ever seen. Good thing pastornicky was relaying that ball.
LAG
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
Now THAT is how you turn a DP on a slow grounder. And I’m certain that Bryan LaHair is faster than Freddie Freeman.
Chris from the Rock
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
Jack Wilson might not be able to hit off a tee, but he’s smooth in the field.
George Stein
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
They’re trying to give it to Boston, phil.
Brava
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
Awesome DP!
Cap: Where's My Tip
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
nice work JV
The A Bomb
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
WIlson with the phantom DP! Well done!
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
*wasn’t
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
The Rev wouldn’t have turned that dp.
TaylorVol
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
Uggla looked like Glenn Hubbard on that feed to Wilson for the 4/6/3 DP. Very nicely done!
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
10:35 pm
Y’all keep hatin’ on Mr. Wilson. He’s solid!
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:36 pm
That’s why we re-signed Jack Wilson folks…. hopefully, I can be that good defensively
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
10:36 pm
The Cubbies don’t like it when i cheer for them :’(
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:36 pm
Yes, george stein….
Gets so old.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
10:36 pm
cabravesfan They are disgusting rat birds that poop on everything, throw trash everywhere, steal food, and generally make messes everywhere they go…and they are loud.
Sounds like Petey!…
count_s Yadier money on his brain…
I don’t think that has anything to do with it…
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:37 pm
Man, not much is coming easy for O’Ventbrel this year! We need to get them straightened out!
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:37 pm
Surely Shawn Camp didn’t spring from the loins of Rick Camp?
Jerry
May 8th, 2012
10:38 pm
Seeing Camp out there is giving me bad flashbacks. Brrrrrrrrr!
George Stein
May 8th, 2012
10:38 pm
That was almost the most Hawk way of losing a playoff series ever, phil.
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
10:38 pm
Hawks tried their best to lose it. D
It’s over after the next tilt in Beantown anyway.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
10:38 pm
“count_s Yadier money on his brain…
I don’t think that has anything to do with it…”
McCann goes home, opens up a fresh bottle of Jameson…
clutches his fist into a ball, and through his gritted teeth, angrily mutters… “YADIER!”
Chris from the Rock
May 8th, 2012
10:38 pm
Ugly final 10 seconds, but a win for the Hawks.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:39 pm
McFann-
Except they are probably 3 times his size and tend to travel in flocks…
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:39 pm
man I was hoping for jack to have a little more time so he could part that schmucks hair on the throw to first
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:39 pm
cab … if you google “autocorrect wang” you will find that your foible is not unique. No one seems to know why autocorrect changes “want” to “wang” but it seems to do so routinely.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:39 pm
I don’t think that has anything to do with it…
Yeah sure, it happens to all of them. It just gets worse after the player signs said big contract
TNScott
May 8th, 2012
10:39 pm
Maybe this the role that Fredi sees for McCann.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33n-IS8a1S4
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:39 pm
Idiot Josh tries to give it away himself.
He barely failed.
Hawks win.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
10:40 pm
GOLFWANG!
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:41 pm
abeeewright-
Have you ever read the “Damn You Autocorrect” site? I have shed tears laughing so hard… (Warning- many of the posts are NSFW…or small children)
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:41 pm
Yeah, george stein…
That would’ve exceeded even the worst of chokes.
Josh smith has rocks in his head….i swear he makes me insane.
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
10:41 pm
Mac is not shallow enough to be pissy about money. However, he just seems to be making a ton of uncharacteristic mental errors. Maybe it’s just bad luck but it seems like it’s affecting his entire game.
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:41 pm
Come on, Heyward. Pick it up a notch and become the stud that we all know you can be!
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:41 pm
nolie … are you talking about Venters? I saw a 94 mph fastball on one of the pitches.
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:42 pm
nolie – remember jonny had what 6 days off-there is a reason behind that (regardless of what they tell us)
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:42 pm
Maybe, just maybe, Wood made a good move to pick Mac off. I mean, it’s not like that has never happened before in baseball…
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:43 pm
Nice play by Castro…
The A Bomb
May 8th, 2012
10:43 pm
Phil — only one idiot on the Hawks — the guy who signs these Wunderlichs.
Rick Sund.
B_F 52
May 8th, 2012
10:43 pm
Wang is a word in the north Georgia mountains it means many things”let me get a wang on that”maybe it slang for wing -arm -hand.people say it all over the mountains for a variety of reasons thats why I have been laughing at the whole wang thing.
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:43 pm
Hinske slower than mac….
Sigh.
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:43 pm
cab … I haven’t, although google just threw it up for my enjoyment.
This interweb is a mysterious and wonderful place.
Mister Frisky
May 8th, 2012
10:43 pm
Give me 25 Jack Wilsons.Braves goin all the way.
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:43 pm
ab – last year his fastball was 97 I think
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:43 pm
Wow the Hawks suck…. barely escaped tonight… after game 2 I stopped following the Hawks over a Braves game
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
10:44 pm
cabravesfan—
Yeah. But I bet Petey could out-scream them on his worst day…
Actually, though, they sound more like the squirrels that overtake our yard on a day-to-day basis. Man, those things chew on everyfreakingthing, EAT everyfreakingthing, poop everyfreakingwhere…nasty little buggers…ugh…
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:44 pm
castro almost got trucked
George Stein
May 8th, 2012
10:44 pm
He’s so talented, phil, but he cannot handle the ball worth a damn. And no jump shots. Ever.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:45 pm
I think he threw one fastball in that entire inning ABW. thats not good pitch calling with his speed
yeah tiger, it seems like that, he has not been throwing many FBs at all for awhile it seems
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:45 pm
abeeewright-
You should take a look if you are not easily offended by questionable language or context. It is pretty hilarious
Kat
May 8th, 2012
10:45 pm
(2min behind here re: MLB.tv) Great play by Castro… wrong team though.
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:45 pm
although I’m sure someone will pitch FX it for me and tell me I’m wrong…
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
10:45 pm
Rilo However, he just seems to be making a ton of uncharacteristic mental errors.
Off hand, I can’t think of any…
Mr. Enigma
May 8th, 2012
10:45 pm
No lead-off walks please, Craig,
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:46 pm
I’m starting to use “Wanged” in a similar sense to “McFanned.” Whenever autocorrect induces a funny line, “You Wanged it.”
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:46 pm
Maybe, just maybe, Wood made a good move to pick Mac off. I mean, it’s not like that has never happened before in baseball…
Such an apologist. So when Rev misses an easy play, don’t criticize, right? After all, players have lost balls in the lights or wherever many times.
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:46 pm
Of course, Cab.
It wasn’t Mac’s fault.
It was brilliance by Wood.
I’m just giving you a hard time, but you have nearly no credibility where Mac is concerned. You can see no wrong with him. Unlike us haters…
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:46 pm
McFann-
The Seagulls will dive bomb the trash cans at the beach and pull it all out and toss it everywhere…they get into people’s food that they bring with them, they are EVERYWHERE…yuck
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
10:46 pm
yes Cab…..stuff happens all the time both lucky and unlucky. People understand that.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
10:47 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan So when Rev misses an easy play, don’t criticize, right? After all, players have lost balls in the lights or wherever many times.
True that.
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:47 pm
Oh God, here we go, hold your breath folks, if Kimbrel gets the first batter he’ll be ok.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:47 pm
Clean inning please Kimmie.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
10:47 pm
This is why we wang.
ncgary
May 8th, 2012
10:47 pm
nail it down
and go braves
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:47 pm
nolie .. the several days off for Venters + no FB = worried look.
(All you parents know what the “worried look” is.)
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:47 pm
Venter’s pie chart on gameday shows him as throwing no fast balls.
Harry Caray
May 8th, 2012
10:48 pm
I am still puzzled by Joe Johnson’s contract.
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
10:48 pm
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
10:45 pm
Rilo However, he just seems to be making a ton of uncharacteristic mental errors.
Off hand, I can’t think of any…
…of course you can’t.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:48 pm
phil-
I didn’t say that. Just that instead of always blaming Braves players (like saying we are terrible hitters when a pitcher shuts us down) instead of giving credit to the other team for a good play…that does happen every now and then, you know. It’s not always because the Braves suck.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:48 pm
yeah I am a bit concerned. hopefully it will pass
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:49 pm
He won’t stop shooting jumpers, george. Big reason he drives me insane.
And he has zero feel for when to celebrate. His antics led directly to the comeback tonight for them….
He makes me nuts with that crap.
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:49 pm
nolie – curve/slider harder on the elbow and FB harder on the shoulder?
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:49 pm
tiger and nolie … I definitely saw 97 out of Venters this year and consistently.
It seems to be recent that his speed has dropped (assuming it has).
Ralph
May 8th, 2012
10:49 pm
Hanging tough
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:50 pm
Maybe, just maybe, Wood made a good move to pick Mac off. I mean, it’s not like that has never happened before in baseball…
Such an apologist. So when Rev misses an easy play, don’t criticize, right? After all, players have lost balls in the lights or wherever many times.
TheOnlyBravesFan-
Never said that either. But like I just said to phil, it’s not always “because the Braves suck”
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:50 pm
Fair point, cab.
But the pick off was on mac.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
10:50 pm
cabravesfan—
The squirrels are everywhere, too…and so is their dang poop. And they try their best to break the grill—and are always licking the brush, or climbing up into the grill and licking the part where the food goes (this is why we got a grill cover, of course…) They chew on our deck, on our birdhouse, on our swingset, dig up the flowers, eat our $40 mealworms, eat our birdfood………
B_F 52
May 8th, 2012
10:50 pm
smoked soriano
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:50 pm
True that.
Okay, will be on the lookout for that. No criticizing from McFann or cab as whatever a player did wrong was likely done before. ;roll;
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:51 pm
I hesitate to ask but…..
Doesn’t Kimbrel looka bit chubby now too?
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:51 pm
Uh oh. Only 97 on that FB from Kimbrel. Didn’t he used to hit 98-99 on the gun last year?
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:51 pm
McFann-
This is why I have a dog
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:51 pm
phil-
so it had nothing to do with a good move by Wood?
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:52 pm
mcfann – start eating those tasty buggers and the rest will leave you alone. I have some nice recipes if you would like.
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
10:52 pm
Carving Brarves not tonight
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
10:52 pm
Suffice is to say, y’all at the beach have the seagulls, we in the ‘burbs have the squirrels…
The A Bomb
May 8th, 2012
10:52 pm
SO you blow 97 by the guy twice and come back with 2 sliders. Extra pitches even with the strikeout. Ridiculous.
George Stein
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
At least we aren’t Sixers fans, phil. They have 25 points. At the half.
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
ab – there is your 98
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan-
Also, I’m not an apologist. I don’t apologize for anything that I think about my teams. Or for any player.
Powder Blue
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
Braves win! Nice comeback after last night. Good night, all.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
I know that we have to lose, and that some days we will be outplayed. I just don’t see why that can’t mean that players didn’t execute something properly. I play high school ball, and no matter if we win or lose, there are times that we don’t execute properly. Those things are always addressed.
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
BARVES WIN! BARVES WIN!
BFChris27
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
Braves WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
I am not really talking mostly about his speed, I am talking about the fact that lately he been throwing VERY few of them at all. if he is sound then it is pretty silly pitchcalling IMO. his breaking stuff works even better when set up by heat
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
cabravesfan—
Yeah, I’m thinkin’ of getting one of those someday…
tiger—
Uh…yeah, that’s OK…
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
Kimbrel surgical carving of Cubbies—nice one Bravos…real nice.
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
Good job, Kimmie! Get the series win tomorrow boys!
Bravefaninok
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
That is the Kimbrel we all know and love….
Mister Frisky
May 8th, 2012
10:53 pm
Ball Game.Go Braves!
LAG
May 8th, 2012
10:54 pm
Ballgame!
Nice to see Kimbrel bounce back.
Short night for me, kids. Man, this semester just will not end…
The A Bomb
May 8th, 2012
10:54 pm
WELL DONE! No song tonight.
phil
May 8th, 2012
10:54 pm
He made a great move, cab. But why is mac 40 feet off the bag?
Anyway, good night all.
I like wins like this. Tough and impressive. Even Mac!
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:54 pm
at least I’m not an NBA fan…could care less how many they points score – did they just come off the strike for the playoffs?
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
10:54 pm
3-1 is pretty close. They still have work to do.
Cap: Where's My Tip
May 8th, 2012
10:54 pm
“he just seems to be making a ton of uncharacteristic mental errors.”
“…of course you can’t”
if you can’t name anything other then the supposed pickup, your argument that he makes “a ton” of mental errors is as good as dead
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:55 pm
McFann-
Oh, we have squirrels too…at the house I used to live in (which was near a park), they would assemble on the roof of the building in the back yard and taunt poor Nala. Literally…they would sit on the edge of the rain gutters and chatter at her…drove her nuts…
Kat
May 8th, 2012
10:55 pm
Good win!
abeeewright
May 8th, 2012
10:55 pm
Tied for first place!
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
10:56 pm
Uh oh. Only 97 on that FB from Kimbrel. Didn’t he used to hit 98-99 on the gun last year?
Yes, but I heard that most pitchers velocity is down by 1-3 mph this year, likely meaning that radar guns aren’t working effectively.
At least we aren’t Sixers fans, phil. They have 25 points. At the half.
DAYUM!!!
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:56 pm
phil – he was that far off the bag to increase his chances of scoring on a double
The A Bomb
May 8th, 2012
10:56 pm
phil — probably McCann was extending his lead to score on a base hit.
Probably seen in the dugout a pitch or two before. Probably heads-up Sveum or Jamie Quirk. Cubs have hired a very solid coaching staff.
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
10:56 pm
cab
…no one said it wasn’t a good move. You’re argument was great move and stuff happens. The response from a majority of folks here is Mac could have been more focused there. I’m sure HE would even say that. You can be critical and fair.
Mixxo
May 8th, 2012
10:57 pm
Not a sexy win but, we’ll take it anyway.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
10:57 pm
SO you blow 97 by the guy twice and come back with 2 sliders. Extra pitches even with the strikeout. Ridiculous…
thats what pitching is about changing speed and eye level. no more ridiculous doing it, than bitching about it
The A Bomb
May 8th, 2012
10:58 pm
nolie — one slider fine, but you dominated the guy at 97. Why another? That’s my point.
cricket
May 8th, 2012
10:58 pm
WAS, PHI and MIA lost, mutts keep up dark horse role
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
10:58 pm
Rilo-
I was not even making an argument. Just suggesting that, maybe we should give some credit to Wood for making a good play, instead of simply blaming Mac for getting picked off.
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
10:59 pm
well heck the game is over…what is my excuse for not moving stuff downstairs now?
Cap: Where's My Tip
May 8th, 2012
11:01 pm
props go to Delgado: quality start tonight, 13 and 2/3 IP his past two starts giving up just 3 earned runs (but still having an 0-1 record).
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:01 pm
don’t wanna make noise and wake folks up?
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
11:03 pm
Cap: Where’s My Tip
if you can’t name anything other then the supposed pickup, your argument that he makes “a ton” of mental errors is as good as dead
1. It’s pickoff
2. errors at the plate (swinging at pitches off the plate…early in the count…when the pitcher has walked two in a row).
3. Not getting in front of pitches that bounce (most people are just saying he’s fat and an idiot…I’m trying to see something a tad more logical)
4. I have to think some of the struggling from our starting pitching MIGHT have something to do with the staff and McCann not being on the same page. (i.e. it’s not always Hanson’s fault for throwing 5 straight curveballs. Perhaps Mac called for all five? McCann even stated that some of the errors were his.)
…Do I need to keep going?
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
11:04 pm
cab – I think gitting picked off is always on the runner regardless of how good the move is.
Especially with 2 outs and a 3-0 count.
JasonInFL
May 8th, 2012
11:04 pm
Huddy is going to pitch his first really, really solid game tomorrow and lead us to the series win!
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
11:04 pm
tiger-
I disagree, but c’est la vie…
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
11:06 pm
Cab….
my statment is you can do both. It was a great move but it’s also fair to say Mac could have prevented it.
tiger297
May 8th, 2012
11:06 pm
nolie – thats not bad…I’m going to go move something loud then she will complain and I can quit with her blessing
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:06 pm
ok I need that win
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
11:07 pm
The Mets doing to the Phillies what the Braves seem unable to do…
Unbelievable…
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
11:08 pm
Rilo-
I never said Mac was blameless…
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
11:08 pm
cab – I think gitting picked off is always on the runner regardless of how good the move is.
Especially with 2 outs and a 3-0 count.
Especially, as Chipper says, the Braves play the right way and take on 3-0… didn’t need to running there… I will say Wood had a good move, but McCann appeared to be caught off guard.
brian
May 8th, 2012
11:09 pm
great job Braves
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 8th, 2012
11:09 pm
cabravesfan—
Squirrels are devils…
maybe we should give some credit to Wood for making a good play, instead of simply blaming Mac for getting picked off.
Are you kidding? Blaming BMac is the thing to do right now!…
Oh well, time to call it a night! Nice win. Night, all!
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:09 pm
what exactly is unbelievable about it? Same things happen to every team every year. it not football where the better teams wins almost every time. the best in baseball only win 6 out of 10 and they lose games to every team in the league including the worst ones
CaptMudd
May 8th, 2012
11:09 pm
I didn’t see the ‘pick-off’ and, so what if it was Mac….could have been just about anyone on the roster. Wood is a slick operator and very experienced so really doesn’t surprise me. Hey he made a mistake and it’s a human thing…we won…to heck with Brian’s ‘faults,’ no need to complain when we won! We don’t have to be perfect to win a game…Huddy tomorrow and a series win…Go Braves!!!
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
11:10 pm
Night McFann!
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:11 pm
some peeps always need someone to blame about something
Kat
May 8th, 2012
11:12 pm
Aww an afternoon game… stinks. Well I hope I get home from work tomorrow to see that they won the series.
J-Man
May 8th, 2012
11:12 pm
With Chipper and Lowes money coming off the books next season $24 million dollars. We could actually have a real chance to sign Josh Hamilton if he becomes a free agent. I think if we do make that deal Liberty Media will trade McCann and/or Prado to open up extra cash. And will probably not make a tender offer to Jurrjens to make enough room for other moves. Granted this is purely speculation and obviously I have no idea what the future holds I see this as a possibility
Rilo
May 8th, 2012
11:12 pm
Cab…
I hear ya…but this is what your comment was:
“Maybe, just maybe, Wood made a good move to pick Mac off. I mean, it’s not like that has never happened before in baseball…”
seems very sarcastic and leaves little room for both of those to exist (critical and fair).
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 8th, 2012
11:13 pm
I need to get to bed, as I have school in the morning. Good night all!!!
No need to bash BMac, at least for McFann’s sake. He made a mistake, but it didn’t cost us the game. He’ll be better next time.
Go BRAVES!
Peace out, bloggers.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:14 pm
they aint signing josh hamilton no matter how much id available, if you really believe that you are letting yourself in for some severe disappointment
J-Man
May 8th, 2012
11:16 pm
Well they will have the money available, nolie didnt say they would sign him but I think they will make an offer.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
11:17 pm
Rilo-
If that’s the way you read it, so be it. But I get tired of reading all the overly critical and totally unfair comments regarding Mac…
But all that says is maybe we should consider other ideas than just “Mac sucks”
David O'Brien
May 8th, 2012
11:18 pm
Lot of talk in the clubhouse about the turn that SS Jack Wilson made on that 8th-inning DP — def. replacement paid off tonight
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
11:18 pm
But whatever. I don’t want or need to spend the rest of the evening debating this.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:19 pm
I don’t. too much risk for the money he will want. something goes wrong and a medium tier team like Atlanta would be really screwed. I seriously doubt they even think about it. besides Hamilton will likely stay in Texas and even if he doesn’t some big money team will be willing to pay more than the Braves.
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
11:22 pm
The word “unbelievable” has become an expression of shock caused by something you can’t accept.
I’m just unable to accept how the Braves almost beat themselves every 2 out of 3 games against the Phillies, and the Mets are handling them so well. Not that the Mets CAN’T do it, just that if every team is doing it, why can’t these guys?
That’s all.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
11:25 pm
How lucky to have an elite closer on the cheap.
J-Man
May 8th, 2012
11:27 pm
Wilson still has gold glove caliber defense. That being said easily 1 of Fredi best moves this year. Pastornicky flat out scares me when any ball is hit toward him but to quote someone “his lack of range has definately prevented a lot of Errors”.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:27 pm
I just think it is an unrealistic way to look at baseball, the essence of the game is build around a high level failure involving all teams and all things. when you think that way you are just pening yourself up to more disappointment because thats what happens to all teama
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:28 pm
“Granted this is purely speculation”
Only speculation, but, Hamilton goes for about twice what the Braves could spend.
And, not to be a downer… he’s 31 this season.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:28 pm
yeah well it certainly wasn’t anybody actually in baseball who said that about his range
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
11:28 pm
nolie, that’s a concept that blows my mind people can’t understand by now. That’s right, this ain’t football.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:29 pm
ooooh oh ohh oh ohhh ohh ohhho oh
Moves like Wilson, got the moves like Wilson.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:29 pm
and he is a risk, he relapsed again this season.
richbrave
May 8th, 2012
11:30 pm
I laugh at all the wails and gnashing of teeth from last night’s blog. The idiots who predicted the mighty DEMPSTER Dumpster would throttle the BRAVES while the wet behind the ears ineffective rookie DELGADO would be taken to the wood-shed by the mighty CUBS line-up.
Enjoyed the game immensely, thank you WGN, and even more so remembering the prognostications of the…………….fill in your own appropriate word here.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:30 pm
“and he is a risk, he relapsed again this season.”
nothing a properly written clause could take care of…
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:32 pm
yup that’s why they bother to play the games rich, but to be fair, the odds did look to favor the Cubs a bit
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:34 pm
oh yeah it is, too many ways things could go for it to be totally cut and dried. Union would have its input, and another richer team would likely offer a contract with less clauses
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
11:34 pm
Hamilton has an addiction disease that isn’t cured by talk and counselling. He keeps falling off his wagon … or is that for an alcoholic? Whatever.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:35 pm
Comcast is labeling my MBL traffic as CS1 to give CS5 priority to their own Comcast Infinity services.
Outrageous!
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
11:35 pm
Not getting my point. Yeah, i beat myself too much on every loss knowing that every team has around 60 of those every year. But that’s my problem to get over it.
My point is, the Braves are failing so bad against the Phillies, even when they’re as weak as they are atm. It was only the first series of the year, there are still 15 games to play against them, but the Phillies are flat out dominating the Braves on every level. And I’m not even gonna talk about the Nationals.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:35 pm
sue ‘em count
J-Man
May 8th, 2012
11:36 pm
I know there is risk but he is the best overall player in the game along with Matt Kemp. I know that he will be expensive at least 25 million a season for 6 years. But you have a gold glove defense a guy that can steal 25 a season, and hit 40-50 a season and he hits for average. I know its a “Pie in the Sky” at the moment but we will have 24 million off the books and will probably have close to 30 million off the books if we nontender Jurrjens. And more than that oif McCann or Prado gets traded. So I think we resign Bourn and then we still have a lot money available.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
11:36 pm
Braves fans should be very grateful we have a great closer, awesome 1st baseman, RF, and a few really good starters which are all cheap on the teams payroll.
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:37 pm
I see your point, but a three game series proves nothing,
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
11:37 pm
And I’m not even gonna talk about the Nationals.
How are the Nats dominating the Braves, exactly?
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:37 pm
I don’t even think we re-sign Bourn
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:38 pm
I’m actually trying to send them a bill charging them $100 an hour for the 3 hours I spent on hold trying to fix their billing mistake that I knew was going to exist from the moment their DRUNK independent contractor left my house.
No luck yet, but I’ll keep you posted.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
11:39 pm
I used to get way more attention here when I was nasty. Least I know where to go to get some attention.
J-Man
May 8th, 2012
11:39 pm
So do we just do nothing with that 24 million Nolie?
richbrave
May 8th, 2012
11:39 pm
Admittedly, I’m only seen DELGADO on the bump three times, but his stuff had snap tonight. It seemed electric by comparison to this spring and last season. If the kid stays this good, that era should soon begin to shrink as i suppose it did tonight.
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
11:39 pm
How are the Nats dominating the Braves, exactly?
Domination over the Braves is not the point. Playing bad baseball against particular teams is.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:39 pm
“I don’t even think we re-sign Bourn”
I like Bourn, but I wonder if we should not have kept the pothead around. Lesser lead off man, but better value.
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
11:40 pm
We have not even played the Nats yet…I’m just trying to figure out how they fit into your comment…
cricket
May 8th, 2012
11:41 pm
24 million municipal bonds
richbrave
May 8th, 2012
11:42 pm
CTB:
You’re leaving CHATTTOWN for NASTYVILLE! Say it ain’t so JOE!
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:42 pm
Alcoholic Bum Hits 4HRs. Cheered by thousands. Story at 11.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:43 pm
Lost the Dodgers game due to SHAPE SHIFTING traffic by Comcast.
Someone call my senator!
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
11:44 pm
We have not even played the Nats yet…I’m just trying to figure out how they fit into your comment…
And i’m trying to figure out why is so difficult to grasp the idea that i might not be limiting my argument to this year…
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:45 pm
Where’s your net neutrality now?
http://blog.streamingmedia.com/the_business_of_online_vi/2012/05/comcast-traffic.html
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/05/08/netflix-is-right-comcast-may-be-evil/
cabravesfan
May 8th, 2012
11:46 pm
Maybe because this year is the one that matters. Previous years are over and done with.
JC Brave
May 8th, 2012
11:46 pm
Alcoholic Bum Hits 4HRs
I’d gladly have that kind of alcoholic bum on the roster..
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:46 pm
acquire some decent but cheaper players, pay raises and bonuses, perhaps extend Mac or Freddie.put some in the bank, and Hopefully use some to restock the available draft funds
I’m not saying that there is no chance on Bourn, but I think he will want more than they will want to pay.
I do think there is no chance at all on Hamilton
J-Man
May 8th, 2012
11:46 pm
Well lets see how we do against the Cardnials and Nationals since they look like teams we are gonna need to beat
Steve from OH
May 8th, 2012
11:49 pm
Alcoholic Bum Hits 4HRs
Gimme a break. Half of these guys (or more) are probably alcoholic bums in their spare time. The only difference is he’s the one being publicized.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:49 pm
“Gimme a break. Half of these guys (or more) are probably alcoholic bums in their spare time. The only difference is he’s the one being publicized.”
Not Mickey Mantle or Darren Daulton…
J-Man
May 8th, 2012
11:54 pm
I really dont know if Mac should warrant an extension like Molina from the Cardnials got. Since the All-Star game last year he has not hit over .200. He no longer tries to hit for average like he did 2 years ago and tries to hit it out of the ballpark every time making him susceptible to double playsand he still never makes adjustments to that shift teams always put on him. Also his defense has regressed alot, and he has 1 of the worst throwing out baserunner percentages in the majors. And is a big guy and that extra weight will affect his knees being a catcher and he cant move to 1st base.
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:58 pm
We owe mac. Give him a new contract that pays him well until he’s 33. Then let him got to the AL and pull DH backup catcher duty.
We can’t pay him $12m for 34, 35 and 36yo though, no.
DS1 called me a stoner, I suspect he has reading comprehension issues due to rage. I think he’s a truck driver and hits the meth pipe.
Johnny Bench
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/benchjo01.shtml
Javy Lopez
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lopezja01.shtml
tl;dr don’t hire DS1 to drive your truck
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:58 pm
I don’t know if they will extend him either, I kinda think so but would not be real surprised if it does not happen
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:58 pm
I don’t know if they will extend him either, I kinda think so but would not be real surprised if it does not happen
count_schemula
May 8th, 2012
11:59 pm
I don’t know if they will extend him either, I kinda think so but would not be real surprised if it does not happen
nolie
May 8th, 2012
11:59 pm
wasn’t really worth repeating noles….
J-Man
May 9th, 2012
12:04 am
Well Mac will make 12 million next year unless he gets bought out gor $500K
On a side note Hudson will make 9 million unless we buy him out for a million.
nolie
May 9th, 2012
12:07 am
I think he is worth what Molina got, not much more to an NL team at least
David O'Brien
May 9th, 2012
12:10 am
QUOTAGE
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/05/09/braves-quotes-after-tuesdays-win-against-cubs/
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
12:14 am
I’ve been a little irascible tonight… good times.
The A Bomb
May 9th, 2012
12:17 am
Any of you guys making a big deal about hitting this year isn’t watching. Braves making a ton of hard outs this year.
Walker is the man.
And imagine if Wren had keeled over in the deal with Houston last season — no Minor, no Delgado. We would have been screwed.
As it is one more solid arm wouldn’t hurt. Like a 3-4 guy. Hanson scares the bejeezus out of me.
nolie
May 9th, 2012
12:18 am
thank you for the quotage David, appreciate you bringing it back
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
12:19 am
There’s no doubt the hitting and approach are as good this year as we’ve seen in a long time.
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
12:19 am
DOWN ON THE FARM
MISSISSIPPI
The Bandits have BLUE WAHOO for dinner matching the score in CHICAGO.
LHSP SEAN GILMARTIN [W 1-4, 3.20 ERA] 7.0 IP (complete game], 6 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 9 SO. That’s a tidy little ratio of BB’s to SO’s.
SS AL SIMMONS [.330 BA] 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB [7].
2B PHIL GOSSELIN [.261 BA] 2-4, 1 R, 1 3B [1], 1 RBI [10], 1 SO, 1 SB [4], 1 E [5, fielding].
LF JAMES GATTIS [.323 BA] 1-3, 1 RBI [10], 1 CS [1], 1 Picked Off.
P SEAN GILMARTIN [.125 BA] 1-2.
LYNCHBURG
HILLCATS paper the BLUE ROCKS tonight 10-4 [good buddy]. And what’s with the’ BLUE’ teams? BLUE WAHOOS, now BLUE ROCKS. Reminds me of DEAN SMITH. Gimme a break.
RHSP AARON NORTHCRAFT [W 4-1, 2.12 ERA] 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 9 SO. AARON continues to develop nicely.
LHS/RP RONAN ‘Ferdie the fight doctor’ PACHECO [7.94 ERA] 1.0 IP, no-hts, 1 BB. Pretty much the first time he’s been effective this season.
RHRP BRETT CAMMONS [nee] [2.70 ERA] 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 2 SO. BRETT continues his slow recovery from TJ surgery.
LHRP MATT CHAFFEE [7.20 IP] 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.
Lead-off MATT LIPKA [.291 BA] 4-6, 2 R, 1 SO. MATT’s having his first real success at the plate since being drafted.
SS NICK AHMED [.288 BA] 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B [8], 3 RBI [15], 1 BB, hat trick!.
DH TIM SMITH [.355 BA] 2-5, 2 R, 1 SO.
3B ED SALCEDO [.263 BA] 2-5, 2 R, 1 RBI [14].
1B CHRIS GARCIA [.344 BA] 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR [2], 3 RBI [17], 1 BB, 1 SO.
RF KYLE ROSE [.298 BA] 2-5, 1 R, 1 SO.
nolie
May 9th, 2012
12:20 am
I don’t have much trouble with hanson, get us a good LFer and I’ll be happy next winter
nolie
May 9th, 2012
12:21 am
Simmons tearin’ it up I see, thanx rich
The A Bomb
May 9th, 2012
12:22 am
Thanks richbrave —
Looks like Lipka is starting to look like a top pick.
I can’t wait to see him and Ahmed progress. Like them both.
nolie
May 9th, 2012
12:23 am
Beltran having the same years so far as he did last.
The A Bomb
May 9th, 2012
12:24 am
Hanson’s too mechanical for my good taste. And I agree — a bat for LF would be great if we could re-ignite Prado/Jurrjens/prospect while they’re still tradable.
I think JJ needs to come back up soon if nothing else for value sake.
nolie
May 9th, 2012
12:26 am
BaseballRef shows Lipka at 268, I wonder how far behind they are
The A Bomb
May 9th, 2012
12:26 am
And Northcraft — SoCal boy from Mater Dei High School. Wow — 9 Ks….Well done!
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
12:28 am
DOWN ON THE FARM
Jeezus H, the G-Men are shut out and the ROME gang are no-hit. DAN FILAK has another stellar pitching performance go aglimmerin’. Makes me want to puke after the game in CHICAGO. Tomorrow folks.
Yunel's Frosted Tips
May 9th, 2012
12:28 am
We don’t owe Mac sh*t ………he is declining………let him walk………hitting .200 since last July
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
12:28 am
Oh, yeah, it IS tomorrow. Well……….later then.
J-Man
May 9th, 2012
12:33 am
@ Nolie you want a “Good LF” next year to be happy but dont want Josh Hamilton???????? Is he too good for you? The best player in baseball is too good for you.
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
12:37 am
nolie:
“……BaseballRef shows Lipka at 268, I wonder how far behind they are……”
Not far. he’s been pretty hot last several games…8-19 last four games; 17-40 last ten. But batting .179 against lefties, and .333 against RH’ers this season.
Venice Jim
May 9th, 2012
12:39 am
he is declining………let him walk………
Of course, there is no team in MLB that would have any interest in such a no-talent bumb, so his walk would be back to the Retirement Village…
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
12:39 am
nolie:
He was at .268 on the first of the month.
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
12:41 am
“The best player in baseball is too good for you.”
I’d take Kemp or even even Braun, but… regardless, we can’t afford Hamilton. No way.
BTW, to qualify my answer, Kemp is 27, Braun is 28, Hamilton is 31.
Kemp and Braun also steal 30-50 bases.
CaptMudd
May 9th, 2012
12:42 am
His distant ship’s moat on the horizon….”you are only coming through in waves,” “Your tips move–but I can’t hear what you’re saying.”
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
12:43 am
“Your tips move–but I can’t hear what you’re saying.”
The LOL is strong with this one…
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
12:43 am
Acknowledgements acknowledged. You’re welcome. O.K. off to beddie-bye. NYTOL
Venice Jim
May 9th, 2012
12:45 am
The Dodgers have finally lost a home game to a team not from Atlanta…
CaptMudd
May 9th, 2012
12:45 am
Bottom line is McCann will be a Brave as long as Mr. Wren is the dealer.
J-Man
May 9th, 2012
12:45 am
You can say that Kemp is better than Hamilton but no way Braun is better.
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
12:47 am
33 SB last year, 3 years younger?
Braun has herpes. Hamilton is a lush.
I’d take Braun.
CaptMudd
May 9th, 2012
12:48 am
@Yunel’sfrostedtips…vis-a-vis Countschemula….Shall we meet with different names.
The A Bomb
May 9th, 2012
12:49 am
Braves are not giving ANY $20 million contracts unless there’s new ownership. No way.
Molina deal might have screwed us out of Mac but we’ll see. No doubt he’ll have to pick it up or he’ll be a DH before we know it. It’s not like we don’t have good prospects to come in and take over.
Like I said with SS, anyone could come in and do better than Gonzalez. Way Mac has been playing lately he is definitely replaceable.
J-Man
May 9th, 2012
12:49 am
But on a positive note its nice to see a 3-1 Braves win………..Make me miss Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
12:49 am
oh hey, I LOVE the name Yunel’s Frosted Tips, but I only post under count_schemula, or… Samantha.
CaptMudd
May 9th, 2012
12:50 am
David O'Brien
May 9th, 2012
12:52 am
Updated game story with quotes
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/05/08/ugglas-8th-inning-hit-lifts-braves-past-cubs/
J-Man
May 9th, 2012
12:52 am
Brauns on HGH Hamilton is on alcohol
Snotboogie
May 9th, 2012
12:55 am
LF JAMES GATTIS [.323 BA] 1-3, 1 RBI [10], 1 CS [1], 1 Picked Off.
Tut tut, Jimbo. Just keep hitting HRs and then you wont have to worry much about base-running.
By the way, “Signable” got his first win of the season. Good for him.
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
12:58 am
“Brauns on HGH Hamilton is on alcohol”
Does not match my theory. I think Braun has an itchy penis.
He was probably on a steroid like prednesone or something (which they gave me for an eczema condition). They load you up – I had to take 8 pills the first day, then 7, then, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
He should have gotten permission, but was “embarrassed.”
So, yes, he failed the drug test, maybe even posted crazy levels, but I don’t think it was HGH or a performance enhancing steroid. I think it was herpes medicine.
He always maintained his innocence, said he would tell the whole story, but when he got off on a technicality, he was like, pfft, that skeleton stays in the closet.
Just my theory…
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
1:00 am
McCann migt be faster than Yonder Alonso.
Alonso just scored from second and… he is SLOW…
nolie
May 9th, 2012
1:03 am
can you not read? I said nothing about not wanting Hamilton, I said that the Braves will not sign him and gave the reasons.
J-Man
May 9th, 2012
1:03 am
Interesting theory, maybe he did come out to MLB and then they had “Tampering” evidence to come up. But dont rule out Chlamydia because they give you a big antibiotica and a stereroid to treat it……so it might not be itchy penis as opposed to oozing penis
J-Man
May 9th, 2012
1:05 am
Now you may throw up
Venice Jim
May 9th, 2012
1:07 am
I’ve spent the past 20 minutes compiling the list of teams with more wins than the Braves – I apologize for taking up so much space:
Texas Rangers…
tiger297
May 9th, 2012
1:08 am
well nolie that didn’t work at all…she fell asleep and she doesn’t wake up.
nolie
May 9th, 2012
1:10 am
you’re just not trying hard enuff tiger, or she is really awake but knows your scam and is gonna ignore it
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
1:11 am
test
tiger297
May 9th, 2012
1:11 am
lies damn lies and statistics…
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
1:11 am
Hmm.. well, maybe I can’t post links…
google “braun herpes” there are a few good reads on the rumor…
tiger297
May 9th, 2012
1:12 am
if the sound of couch legs screeching across concrete didn’t do it nothing is…remember I also don’t want to wake up little tiger
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
1:13 am
She’ll wake up… If you wake her up.
nolie
May 9th, 2012
1:14 am
well there the rub, lil tiger . guess you are just beaten and might just as well do it and get er done
J-Man
May 9th, 2012
1:16 am
I moving over to the Brave quotes blog everyone come on over
tiger297
May 9th, 2012
1:18 am
I’m done…at least with the room on my list…im going to try and play musical furniture when they get here with the other rooms
nolie
May 9th, 2012
1:18 am
nah its just the minors over there……
count_schemula
May 9th, 2012
1:22 am
This is the Champagne Room…
nolie
May 9th, 2012
1:24 am
well since I actually gotta get up in the AM, I’m gonna go try to get some sleep. see y’all later
tiger297
May 9th, 2012
1:24 am
when its sleepy time down south…
Mitchell
May 9th, 2012
1:52 am
Love early to mid-period Wilco but that song, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, has some of the worst words in the history of lyricism.
By the way, I hear Uggla got the clutch game winning hit but once again, I wasn’t there to see it so it didn’t happen.
As far as I’m concerned the go ahead runs scored on wild pitches.
From now on with regards to Matty and Uggla, if I don’t see them do something live with my own two eyes I’m just going to have to assume that all of their highlights were edited to include special effects.
They’ve got Bud Selig by the balls. It’s a conspiracy I tell you.
I’m kidding. Ha ha. Silly me.
About time we scored some runs for Randall but I guess he doesn’t get the win.
I never really understood why people were so against him. He’s still young.
He gave up four runs to the Pirates and it was as if he ran over an old lady with a walker.
Didn’t think we’d win tonight, that’s why I was so annoyed after the 5-1 loss.
Glad Randall stepped up again and gave the offense a chance to get a win.
Let’s finish it off tomorrow and take it to St. Louis.
Man, I wish it was September right about now. I just want to know how it’s all gonna end this time.
Mitchell
May 9th, 2012
2:00 am
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 8th, 2012
11:36 pm
Braves fans should be very grateful we have a great closer, awesome 1st baseman, RF, and a few really good starters which are all cheap on the teams payroll.
Yeah, and they’re finally all playing the way they’re supposed to play (not to mention some of the older more expensive players), the way they should have played last year.
They’re all generally too good not to perform the way they have at the start of this season for the rest of the season.
By the way, can we find a cot for Jason down in the visitors’ clubhouse at Wrigley?
He needs to consider some commuting options to and from Atlanta.
Something about the Cubs and Wrigley Field get him going.
Mitchell
May 9th, 2012
2:02 am
Okay, I’m basically just talking to myself now.
But then, it’s everything I’ve ever wanted.
Right, self?
Ward
May 9th, 2012
2:15 am
Hello everyone! Hamilton would be nice at the right price. I would sign Hamilton over Bourn. Power over speed, and just bring up Durango next year. Bourn might not be signed, but Hamilton could be? If not Hamilton than keep Bourn, and snag Victorino. Josh Hamilton would be worth a contract. Bourn would want too much. It wouldn’t be worth what Bourn could be asking for. Hamiliton would definately be worth a contract.
Ward
May 9th, 2012
2:16 am
Love speed, but seeing Hamilton hit, is just power……..
Ward
May 9th, 2012
2:18 am
Nice Braves win, and Hawks win tonight.
Ward
May 9th, 2012
3:26 am
Beating a pitcher like Dempster was huge. Happy for Uggla, some times singles are just as good as a home runs. What matters is he drove in some runs. Braves are in 1st place, not bad at all, and very well pleased. All, talk tomorrow, and Peace my friends……”Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
nolie
May 9th, 2012
4:15 am
Man, I wish it was September right about now. I just want to know how it’s all gonna end this time…Mitchell
seems to be spoken by an impatient idiot that does not give a damn about actually watching and enjoying baseball but only cares for season wins and losses..no wonder i hate what he posts
Veer
May 9th, 2012
5:22 am
Seeing what Delgado did aganist the Cubs makes you realize just what a terrible pitcher Hanson has become. Our opening day starter perhaps is the worst SP in our rotation. Now with Jurrjens gone I suspect Hanson will be picked on by many of the fellow Brave Bloogers.
Jeff R
May 9th, 2012
6:44 am
Jurrjens who? Delgado is looking better with each start. Yes, Delgado’s young and inconsistency is part of the picture, but I say stick with him.
In fact, what if… what if Jurrjens looks like he’s back on track but Delgado is pitching well in Atlanta. What do the Braves do?
haggard
May 9th, 2012
6:50 am
David O’Brien
Thanks so much for the Gattis story,(I’ll bet you’re hoping for an every day continuation should he get called up) and thanks for hustling for the post quotes.
A good friend was diagnosed with ALS just prior to Christmas and I’ve been up most of the night preparing for a fundraiser we’re having for him this morning / afternoon. It’s certainly been a welcome break to catch up a bit on the ol’ blog.
haggard
May 9th, 2012
6:51 am
The Gattis story reminds me of another late blooming slugger, Jack Cust.
Couch Tater
May 9th, 2012
6:56 am
After swimming in the Vernon Wells, fired Angels GM Tony Reagins heads to the local watering hole to get punch drunk on shots of Pujols.
Bartender: “Mr. Reagins, Haven’t you had enough?”
Reagins: “I love this dive bar, man. Gimmee another, 0 for 4 with a Strikeout shooter.”
Reagins: “…and put in some Johnny Paycheck! Wooohoo!”
Bartender: “Call him a taxi…”
haggard
May 9th, 2012
7:00 am
The late inning come-from-behinds are fun to watch. But sometimes it’s nice to have a win–like last night’s–when the Braves confidently move through the innings. And though I hold my breath every time he does it, I’ll have to admit Heyward’s head first at the triple’s end was fun to watch.
ncgary
May 9th, 2012
7:01 am
sorry to hear about your friend haggard
thats one scary diagnosis to have to live with
maybe one day very soon they can at least
find a treatment that helps it
haggard
May 9th, 2012
7:04 am
I realize now last night’s Uggla hit did come in the late innings. But–in the early going– this Braves team seems to have most parts working and primed for the long haul.
haggard
May 9th, 2012
7:11 am
ncgary
Thanks so much. He’s 42, had been the picture of health, is a great family man, and a passionate, avid water skier. Now, his walk is already deliberate as he says, “Man, if I could only get my legs back”.
But his explanation is, “I’ve just been dealt a bad card”, his attitude is, “I’m going to try and stay around long enough to beat it”, and he’s “thankful my wife or kids didn’t get it”. He’s an inspiration to us all.
haggard
May 9th, 2012
7:12 am
I’m going to try for a couple hours sleep. See ya’ll later……
Jeff R
May 9th, 2012
7:20 am
Hamilton will get a mega-contract when the time comes, Ward. Even with more play in the budget in the post season, I’m not sure the Braves could make the sort of commitment to Hamilton that he’ll want.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
7:33 am
While I would like Hamilton for the Braves, I don’t see it happening. The Braves won’t outbid someone like the Mets/ Yanks, nor would they likely give Hamilton the # of years he’ll want. Also, with 1 10mil+ guy on the roster for a mid market team like the Braves, it would be irresponsible to commit 15-20 mil/yr on one player.
JasonInFL
May 9th, 2012
7:43 am
Thoughts are with you, Haggard.
JasonInFL
May 9th, 2012
7:44 am
I think it might be time to move Mac out of the cleanup spot. He is down to .232. He has a .308 OBP, is slugging at .411 for a OPS of .719.
keylargo
May 9th, 2012
8:06 am
“Do the right thing”.
Haggard appears to live by that.
nolie
May 9th, 2012
8:12 am
I hope he’s a better hitter than Cust at least for BA
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
8:16 am
Gotta love what’s going on in Philadelphia these days. Phils gag again yesterday when leading, Flyers going down and Sixers bowing. Even better watching those fans leave CBP early and seeing empty seats. STILL, after 3 years of counting these guys out won’t write them off it. 5 games back and would love to see that continue to increase. Howard and Utley will help but time might just be running out this season on this ballclub.
Lemke’s Knuckler
May 9th, 2012
8:17 am
Look at these gaudy projected stats for the season…
Runs: Freeman 115, Uggla 110, Bourn 110, Heyward 94, Prado 94, Chipper 73
RBI: Freeman 136, Chipper 110, Uggla 99, McCann 89, Prado 84
HR: Freeman 31, Chipper 26, McCann 26, Uggla 21, Heyward 21
Love it, love it, love it. Not an easy out in this entire lineup. Now if only Hanson could get back that extra 3 mph on his fastball, Minor could quit leaving balls up in the zone and Hudson could round into his usual solid form, then I can see this squad winning 100+ games easily.
Delgado’s stuff looked good last night, devastating change up. The kid just needs to relax a bit and he’ll be fine.
keylargo
May 9th, 2012
8:21 am
EOF would need about 44 consecutive scoreless innings to get back to last years ERA but the real concern to me is his WHIP – 1.85. Too many men on base for a guy being asked to hold the lead.
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
8:21 am
DOWN ON THE FARM
GWINNETT
G.Men shut-out 0-3 by the BISONS
Lead-off LF ‘George’ CONSTANZA [.352 BA] continues elevating his game in hopes that he will be the LF to supplant MATT DIAZ in 2013. 2-3, 1 BB, 1 SO.
CF LUIS DURANGO [.259 BA] 1-2, 1 BB.
1B ERNESTO MEJIA [.262 BA] 1-4, 1 SB [3].
2B DREW SUTTON [.240 BA] 2-4, 1 2B [6], 1 SO, 1 CS [2], 1 E [5, missed a catch].
SS JOSH WILSON [.273 BA] 1-4, 1 2B [8], 1 SO.
3B JOE TERDOSLAVICH [.196 BA] 0-4, 2 SO, 1 E [10, throw]. The kid is overmatched. Please send him down, and get some more success. It’s been bad, now it’s getting sad.
MISSISSIPPI
page 9, 12:19 a.m.
LYNCHBURG
page 9, 12:19 a.m.
ROME
DAVE FILAK pitches a marvelous game, but the DRIVE no-hit and shut-out the R-BRAVES 1-0. In fact, the GREENVILLE trio of pitchers come within one walk of a perfect game.
RHSP DAVID FILAK [L 1-2, 1.77 ERA] 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 HR, 1 R/ER, 3 BB, 6 SO. Has pitched well all season.
RHRP JARRETT MILLER [0.00 ERA] 1.0 IP, no hits, no walks, no strike ouits. A 2010 draftee just out of extended ST. First assignment.
No offensine stats. There weren’t any.
Oh wait, 1B JAKOB DALFONSO [.283 BA] draws a walk.
ncscoots
May 9th, 2012
8:27 am
Although he didn’t pick up his third win, Teheran was satisfied with his outing. “It’s not too important for me right now,” he said. “The only thing I’m worried about is having a good game and having command of my pitches. If I don’t get the win, it’s OK.”
Excellent. It’s more about process than results for the young man, at this point. Besides, good work in the former will eventually lead to success in the latter.
keylargo
May 9th, 2012
8:28 am
The Braves are in a tie with the Nats but are a few % points behind them.
ncscoots
May 9th, 2012
8:31 am
Delgado appeared to have a little more confidence in his breaking ball last night. Picked good spots to throw it, also. This made me happy.
First couple of innings, I didn’t think he was going to throw anything higher than top of the kneecap, LOL. He was really keeping his heater in a good spot. He screwed the pooch by about 13 inches of location on the shot by Soriano, but what the hey, rest of it was all good.
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
8:34 am
If there are any, I wonder how fans in GWINNETT feel about that “not worrying about winning” approach to base-ball as they send in the next payment on that new stadium their taxpayers helped to build? That’s just the sort of thing that is partly to blame for the lack of impatis for a new stadium here. A lot of folks hereabouts think if minor-league baseball wants a stadium, they should build one.
keylargo
May 9th, 2012
8:35 am
When I heard that Josh Hamiltion had a 4 HR night, my brain, after hearing so much about Bryce Harper, misremembered or misinterpreted the information. Thanks goodness for small brain malfunctions in this case. I don’t know that I could have handled the media coverage after what we went through over a simple HBP with Harper.
David O'Brien
May 9th, 2012
8:40 am
EOF would need about 44 consecutive scoreless innings to get back to last years ERA but the real concern to me is his WHIP – 1.85. Too many men on base for a guy being asked to hold the lead. — keylargo
How do you figure he’d only need 44 consecutive scoreless innings to get back to last year’s ERA? He allowed 8 earned runs in 73-2/3 innings in 2011. He’s allowed 8 earned runs in 11-1/3 innings this season.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
8:40 am
LHSP SEAN GILMARTIN [W 1-4, 3.20 ERA] 7.0 IP (complete game], 6 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 9 SO. That’s a tidy little ratio of BB’s to SO’s.
Richbrave, was it called because of rain after 7 Innings?
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
May 9th, 2012
8:41 am
Don’t look now but I think we are in first place
ncgary
May 9th, 2012
8:43 am
well a working stiff i am again
now its just like blogging all day
cause now i worked with disabled people
never did anything like this before
but i seem to connect with the mental disabled well
ncscoots
May 9th, 2012
8:45 am
but i seem to connect with the mental disabled well
Your time here has you well-prepared. No-doubter.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
8:46 am
Rich it looks to me like Lynchberg and Mississippi are a couple fun teams to watch. Gwinnett has Teheran and a few bullpen arms that are fun to watch, but other than that it’s a big collection of older AAAA players. I was excited about Terdo at the start of the season, but he is clearly overmatched. Even I can see that from the stands. I’m not sure what’s taking the Braves so long to move him.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
8:48 am
Lynchburg not Lynchberg
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
May 9th, 2012
8:50 am
I honestly can’t remember the last time our Braves traded any starting pitcher during the season. That said, with the emergence of Randall Delgado along with the question of Jair Jurrjens, one has to wonder if the Braves would consider moving JJ’s five million salary before the off season.
Although I don’t think such an occurrence has legs just yet….one never knows what will happen later on during the season to shift the balance in favor of a trade.
Jeff R
May 9th, 2012
8:50 am
I think before the season is over, the Braves will be making at least a few promotions from Mississippi up to Gwinnett (Gattis, Simmons, maybe Gilmartin and Spruill, etc.)
Of course, Jurrjens could come back up, meaning Delgado heads up 85?
Jeff R
May 9th, 2012
8:53 am
with the emergence of Randall Delgado along with the question of Jair Jurrjens, one has to wonder if the Braves would consider moving JJ’s five million salary before the off season.
Jurrjens would need to return to Atlanta and pitch with his old effectiveness to make him attractive enough to move. Hard to see another team assuming Jurrjens’ contract without his having strongly demonstrated that he can still pitch effectively.
keylargo
May 9th, 2012
8:54 am
DOB
Because I mistakenly used 6 ER for this year and multiplied it x 9 to get 54 for the IP with a 1.00 ERA and subtracted the 11 IP so far this year. His ERA last year was under 1 so I added an inning for a total of 44.
You might notice I used “about” in my post too since I just did it in my head. Thanks for the criticism though.
Brian from SC
May 9th, 2012
8:54 am
Hope Chipper will let Fredi give him the day off today. Start Diaz in left and Prado at third against the lefty. I think Huddy has a really good day.
ncgary
May 9th, 2012
8:56 am
as the year grinds on
maybe delgado and julios
innings can be limited by mlb bullpen dutys
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 9th, 2012
8:56 am
Oh, poop—there’s a lefty pitching today?…
Brian from SC
May 9th, 2012
8:57 am
Jurrjens would need to return to Atlanta and pitch with his old effectiveness to make him attractive enough to move. Hard to see another team assuming Jurrjens’ contract without his having strongly demonstrated that he can still pitch effectively.
Definitely agree. JJ and the Braves are in an interesting situation that could go a number of ways. All parties ultimately benefit if he just gets his pitching back on track.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
8:59 am
JJ and Pastornicky to the Cubbies for Ryan Dempster and cash difference between the two. Dempster a half year rental and starts game 2 of playoffs behind Huddy(if Huddy returns to last year’s form). Wilson starts SS.
Brian from SC
May 9th, 2012
8:59 am
LOL, McFann…Brian has faced Paul Maholm in just one game, in 2009. He grounded out and was hit by a pitch twice. That’s kind of interesting.
Brian from SC
May 9th, 2012
9:01 am
Frankie, don’t think that would appeal to the Cubs any. Putting Pastornicky in the deal from the perspective adds nothing. They have their shortstop, and he’s even younger than the Rev, I’m pretty sure.
Lew
May 9th, 2012
9:03 am
McCann on pace to hit 26HR and 89 RBI and some think he’s declining? The BA will come up when he starts missing gloves with those line drives.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
9:04 am
Probably right Brian, throw in somebody else then. Dempster is big time pitcher who(everybody here hates rentals I know) can get you over the top. Love to see them go for it in Chipper’s last season. Our SP isn’t horrible currently, but not one feared going into October baseball. If this team’s offense prowess is legit and stays that way, one huge arm starting makes them very dangerous. Dempster wants to resign with Cubs but heard they are leaning against it.
flange1
May 9th, 2012
9:05 am
FUn game last night.
Really enjoyed watching Delgado, he keeps getting better and better.
I still think FW sees Beachy, Minor, Delgado and Gilmartin as an inexpensive 2-5 starting in 2013.
Resign Hudson, keep JT in AAA and trade Hanson and JJJ?
FW has given himself options with all of the Braves pitching.
This should be a great year!
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
9:05 am
JJ and Pastornicky to the Cubbies for Ryan Dempster
Not sure I could handle the glove waving!! Plus dude hasn’t won a game since last August. I think you can do much better if you were trading JJ and Pastor.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
9:06 am
JJ and Pastornicky to the Cubbies for Ryan Dempster
That’s something CraZyTraDeMaN would come up with!!!
Fish Bisch
May 9th, 2012
9:06 am
I’m glad you posted that link to that story about the Barves shirts Snotboogie. I’m glad my 20.00 went to the braves foundation.
Brian from SC
May 9th, 2012
9:06 am
I would not be particularly against adding Dempster, but the deal has to be there on both sides. I’m sure Rev wouldn’t be in the picture, and JJ would have to show a lot for the Cubs to be interested in him, either.
Matt
May 9th, 2012
9:07 am
I would hope they would not trade him since a power hitting OF is exactly what this team needs.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 9th, 2012
9:07 am
Brian from SC Brian has faced Paul Maholm in just one game, in 2009. He grounded out and was hit by a pitch twice. That’s kind of interesting.
Did Maholm pitch for the Pirates then? ‘Cause if so, I totally know what game that was……
Bat Masterson
May 9th, 2012
9:08 am
An Atlanta flavor to some TV this morning. Smoltz talking the Braves and his book.. Tim Green, former Falcon, talking concussions and his newest novel.
On a this is so sad note. Two 30ish guys on CNBC this morning discussing Europe and their problems and ultimately ours. One guy says, people used to live to 50 now they live to 65, the other guy says, no people used to die at 65,when they retired, now they live to 85. What??!!!
This is “the business channel”. Life expectancy at birth is one thing and of course it increases as one ages. I’m not even going to look it up but I think people that lived to 65 around 1935 lived on average another 13/14 years, today about 4/5 more. Of course people retire a couple of years later today.
Oh well, they did both have good hair, maybe they have a future in politics. I just want to know what the futures are. They’re down.
Lew
May 9th, 2012
9:08 am
Frankie – You’d like to see them go for it? Dude, there is only one team in baseball right now (The Rangers who have been to the Series the past two years) that has more wins than we do (one).
Why would you need to pick up another starter when you have more waiting in the minors (and on the staff) and why would you think that the Cubs would want Jurrjens who no one knows if he’ll be all right?
Brian from SC
May 9th, 2012
9:09 am
CrαZy,
With all due respect, JJ and Pastor wouldn’t bring hardly anything in a trade right now. Definitely not a pitcher the caliber of Dempster.
If JJ makes it back to the major leagues and performs very well, then he becomes a possible trade piece. But then, why would the Braves trade a starting pitcher who is performing well, if they are trying to win this year?
I still think it’s more likely JJ is trading in the offseason, IF he gets back to pitching well. If he doesn’t, he’s likely to be non-tendered.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
9:09 am
maybe delgado and julios
innings can be limited by mlb bullpen dutys
If anything they need to increase innings. Julio is avg 4.2 innings per game. Sounds like they’re training him to be a long relief pitcher to me!!
Brian from SC
May 9th, 2012
9:10 am
Yes, McFann…was that some kind of beanball game or something?
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
9:12 am
Lew,
This is a playoff team right now no doubt. I have reservations about Hanson(still like but not overpowering) and Mike Minor pitching in huge playoff games. Huddy is still questionable(wait and see). This is a capable staff but not a WS winner. We will see more the next couple of months I guess.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
9:14 am
With all due respect, JJ and Pastor wouldn’t bring hardly anything in a trade right now. Definitely not a pitcher the caliber of Dempster.
Probably true right now with JJ pitching like he is, but I wouldn’t give up on Pastornicky for a half season of Dempster.
tiger297
May 9th, 2012
9:15 am
mcfann – yes he was pitching for the pirates
Jeff R
May 9th, 2012
9:16 am
I still think it’s more likely JJ is trading in the offseason, IF he gets back to pitching well. If he doesn’t, he’s likely to be non-tendered.
Yes, indeed. Either way, Jurrjens isn’t likely to have a future with the Bravos.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
9:16 am
Would the Cubs trade Dempster for someone like Mike Minor?
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 9th, 2012
9:16 am
Brian from SC—
No—that was when BMac was having trouble with his eyes. That second HBP was what made him relise he really needed to do something ’cause he said he never really saw the pitch coming…
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 9th, 2012
9:17 am
Thanks, tiger! I thought so…that name was familiar…
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
9:18 am
Would the Cubs trade Dempster for someone like Mike Minor
I wouldn’t give up on Minor as he still fits in long range plans. JJ doesn’t. Would depend obviously on JJ getting healthy and pitching in the bigs again before break( a big if). Dempster on the bump in October as a 2 and Beachy following in third game is pretty damn formidable.
space monkey
May 9th, 2012
9:20 am
Great game last night. I was sorry to see Delgado cough up the lead. He pitched really well. The only major concern is McCann. He’s got to start attacking that shift. Can’t somebody teach him how to bunt down the third base line. Yes, I know he occasionally hits a home run, but that shift is killing him. Is he too stubborn to bunt? They are almost giving him first base. If he took it a few times, they’d have to think twice about that shift.
Couch Tater
May 9th, 2012
9:20 am
A lot of folks hereabouts think if minor-league baseball wants a stadium, they should build one.
Pythagorean Slush = Tax (fME)+ Builder Campaign Contributons (CRKdeal) – Economic Impact (eiWAR). eiWar is an arbitrary number made from whasinitformeWAR.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
9:21 am
Dempster on the bump in October as a 2 and Beachy following in third game is pretty damn formidable.
I agree… but I think the Cubs would want a young arm for him though.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 9th, 2012
9:21 am
BMac is supposed to hit Doubles, not bunt…
Jeff R
May 9th, 2012
9:24 am
This is a playoff team [the Braves] right now no doubt.
Doesn’t matter if the Braves are a playoff team “right now.” It matters in September. Don’t get me wrong. I’m thrilled that the Braves are off to a solid start. But it’s a solid finish that the team really needs.
David O'Brien
May 9th, 2012
9:25 am
#Braves moved back into 1st-place tie in NL East, and have majors’ best record (19-8) since April 10, after their 0-4 start.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
9:25 am
I agree… but I think the Cubs would want a young arm for him though.
Yeah probably. JJ is 26. Whoever I don’t care. Don’t want to mortgage the future but Dempster is a FA so Cubs will listen. You got Bourn for a reason knowing probably short term. Get Dempster and WS talk is much more legit. Honestly if Chipper isn’t retiring, probably don’t make the deal but love to see him HAVE the opportunity to go out on top. Huddy, Beachy, Hanson and Minor make it a little more difficult IMO.
Brian from SC
May 9th, 2012
9:28 am
CrαZy, Dempster for Minor is a much better deal from the Cubs’ perspective. But that cuts both ways…it may not be such a great deal from the Braves’ perspective. I don’t see it.
This is why being a GM is hard. You think of a move that works for you, and the other team might laugh at you. And vice versa.
Lew
May 9th, 2012
9:30 am
Frankie – With all due respect, most people around here haven’t even thought this year’s Braves were even a mid division, much less winning team and look where we are – even with Hanson (who is still working out his pitching changes), MInor, Delgado taking some lumps and Jurrjens in the minors – not to mention we haven’t seen Mac light it up yet, or Uggla start to crank it like we have seen.
It’s doubtful to me that a. we could even work an equitable deal for Dempster or that he could be considered – in any stretch of the imagination – as the missing link to the Braves’ late season success.
If there were to be acquisitions (and there will NOT be – at least anyone significant), I’d prefer a RH reliever to replace Durbin.
coach joe
May 9th, 2012
9:32 am
First Place..Only on team in baseball has more wins(Texas).. Wow maybe Frank Wren knows what he is doing……Loving it.
Go Braves…Freeman is a stud..
coach joe
May 9th, 2012
9:33 am
(Jason) Bourne is the key.. Need to sign him long term.. Good lead off men are hard to find… (remember Furcal)..
Jeff R
May 9th, 2012
9:36 am
Boras will put Bourn on the open market to maximize his return. I doubt Boras will have Bourn sign with the Braves unless the Braves participate and win a bidding war for Bourn’s services. I think CF will be an open question for the Braves, post-season.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
9:37 am
While only the Rangers might be better than us right now, we had this situation last year, where we were the 3rd/4th best team in baseball. We couldn’t finish though and collapsed, as we all know. I wouldn’t be against adding another experienced and good veteran pitcher like Dempster or Oswalt.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
9:37 am
Lew-
The fact that management didin’t make any changes in the off season tells you they thought highly of this team and it was playoff contender. I fully expected them to be good(maybe not the start they have had). Did you really think Prado and Heyward would not be more productive? I’m sure Wren surely did hence not making changes.
Could they make a equitable deal? Not sure. I do agree that how Hanson performs is the key whether they do or not. I am not giving up on him but….. Penciling him in as your starter for a game 3 doesn’t make me overconfident by any means.
I just always like Dempster. Has pitched in playoff games before(game 1 in 2008 although not a great game for him) . I also like the makeup of the Cardinals a lot. IMO they will be the team to beat and another big arm makes that matchup much more viable.
A lot of baseball to be played and long time before the break, anything can happen.
flange1
May 9th, 2012
9:38 am
Isn’t this the last year on Dempster’s contract?
Brian from SC
May 9th, 2012
9:43 am
Yes, flange1. That combined with the Cubs’ struggles makes him a prime trade target this summer. A true hired gun. I betcha he moves somewhere.
He is a 10/5 guy, so he can veto any trade. I would think he would waive that to pitch for a contender. For Atlanta I feel certain he would.
I am NOT saying the Braves will or even should pursue him. I’m just describing Dempster’s situation if anyone’s interested.
Lew
May 9th, 2012
9:53 am
FRankie – Did I not expect Prado and Heyward to rebound? Dude, you do realize that I’m conmsidered a Blind Homer?
Who are the Braves going to trade for less than a year of a veteran pitcher? What woud get us someone of this ilk? I’d say that it would cost us young pitching. What is the ONE thing Wren has steadfastly refused to trade? Young pitching.
Now why would he steadfastly refuse to trade young pitching? Could it be to avoid having to pay for more expensive veteran pitching?
I’m telling you that the only way he signs veteran pitching is getting someone else like Durbin that will do little except to fuel the blog fires.
They still have Medlen or Martinez who could start. They still have Teheran in the minors and the only way Jurrjens is valuable is IF he’s pitching well. If he is, he’ll be back in Atlanta and not in Chicago or any other MLB city.
And lest we forget, why do you think they signed Buddy Carlyle?
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
10:00 am
1st place !!!!!!!!! Marlins and PHILLIES on the bottom (Phillies under .500) !!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I KNOW it’s early…and it’s a long season, as we all learned last year….BUT, with 19% of season done, have the best record on the NL, 1 win behind TEXAS.
I know the “half-fullers” and trolls are just waiting to pounce, but some of us felt that Wren knew what he was doing all along.
tiger297
May 9th, 2012
10:00 am
lew with the morning dose of reality for the dreamers.
and lets not mention the 5 years of wailing over whoever we give up whenever they do anything somewhere else.
David O'Brien
May 9th, 2012
10:01 am
Braves are 6-1 with a .295 BA and 4.08 ERA in their past seven road games
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
10:01 am
Hah, I know you are a blind homer and respect that of ya man. Medlen and Martinez obviously won’t start in the playoffs and they are perfect where they are. Speaking of which, these two will make our young stud closer that more dominating. While Venters needs constant work, the rest Kimbrel is getting more this season is a godsend. He was lights out last night and will have more gas in the tank come September if Medlen, Martinez and even Hernandez keep performing as is.
If Hanson shows signs of 2010 than I am all in. If not, we become the Atlanta Hawks. Get in the playoffs and fail to advance to the second round………………………….
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
10:05 am
A love Hamilton, and his story (Raleigh boy, you know), but…forget him ever being a Brave…with good reason.
Top guys are getting rediculous contracts (see Albert), especially for a NL team without the possibility of DH. Hamilton’s contract will be so high, good chance the Ranger don’t resign him. He will likely be in NY or Boston, IMO. Add to that personal issues and injuries, and he just isn’t a good risk, even if we had the $$$. We will free up a lot, but a chunk will go toward increases that will go to guys we have, and that is even if we don’t sigh Bourn.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
10:07 am
If Hanson shows signs of 2010 than I am all in. If not, we become the Atlanta Hawks. Get in the playoffs and fail to advance to the second round………………………….
Only a couple big differences… The Braves seem to have heart unlike the Hawks most nights. The Hawks have a terrible leader the Braves have a HOF leader!!
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
10:09 am
Hanson and JJ are both interesting cases. Will they recover from injuries, and learn to pitch effectively, post those injuries? Time will tell. Best case is that they both are effective enough to have value, either to us, or as trade pieces to improve our team.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
10:09 am
The Atlanta Hawks are just a flat out embarrassing franchise. Josh did his best to give away that game at the end didn’t he? Amazing this team has never been pass the second round.
Murph
May 9th, 2012
10:10 am
and 4.08 ERA in their past seven road games
Yikes!
Great game yesterday from Delgado. That’s two decent starts in a row for him… love it.
I’m a little worried about BMac, but he is hitting the ball hard when he hits it. His brother needs to pay him a visit and get him back on track. Worked out ok last season. I just keep reminding myself that BMac is one hot-streak away from getting his average back up to .290, and we all know he’s going to get on a streak sooner or later.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
10:11 am
CraZy – Big difference in organizations/FO, as well. Even if the haters don’t think so, Braves are almost universally considered one of the best run teams in sports.
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
10:11 am
CraZy:
No explanation on why the game was suspended. Sorry I missed your posts earlier. Had a couple errands to run.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
10:13 am
Murph – 3 of those road games were in Colorado, after all.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
10:13 am
richbrave – You are not allowed to leave for any reason.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
10:16 am
. Amazing this team has never been pass the second round.
I like Josh even though he makes bone head mistakes. Teague Smith and Horford are a good group of players the problem is the guy paid to be the best player on the team goes missing at the beginning of May every year. I really wish there was a way to get rid of Joe and Marvin… To bad it’ll probably be Josh Smith that gets traded this off season!! Doesn’t matter who they replace him with were still stuck with Joe and he’s just good enough to get you to the playoffs and then hide in the corner once he gets there
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
10:18 am
Lol, was the Crazy saying why get a guy like Dempster who hasn’t won a game since August last season? Hard to win when your team scores 6 runs in the 5 games you have started. Said it yesterday morning before he started last nights game, make it happen and get him.
Okay, too much looking into the future.
Go get them Huddy.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
10:20 am
CraZy – Big difference in organizations/FO, as well. Even if the haters don’t think so, Braves are almost universally considered one of the best run teams in sports.
Yes this is true… The Hawks have a solid coach IMO and a half decent GM… The main problem over there is players don’t want to play for a team that has a shaky ownership. Which causes them to overpay players to get them here (Joe Johnson). The Hawks will never be a solid NBA franchise until they get a good owner!!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 9th, 2012
10:22 am
Murph I just keep reminding myself that BMac is one hot-streak away from getting his average back up to .290, and we all know he’s going to get on a streak sooner or later.
Ditto…
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
10:22 am
Agree with that, Spirit is a joke. Funny thing is Steve Belkin the one everybody despised was spot on. Did not want to pay big bucks for Joe Johnson. 20 million dollar a year Scottie Pippen.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
10:26 am
Frankie Wren
We’d have more success if Belkin was the owner.
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
10:27 am
TERDO needs to take a step back. The reason it isn’t being done is 3rd rounder JOE LEONARD [.254 BA - 118 AB] I think.
LEONARD’s in MISSISSIPPI, and they project him to ATLANTA in a couple years. As a third round selection he’s prolly more highly thought of than JOEY who came in the sixth. Can’t embarress the scouts by having a lower-rounder beat out the highest rated guy.
And his LYNCHBURG slot’s at third and first are already filled by ED SALCEDO [.263 BA] and CHRIS GARCIA [.344 BA].
He’s got no fall-back position it appears to me. He lives or dies at GWINNETT unless there’s an injury lower down the org.
BTW ROBBY’s down to .227 and falling like a stone.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
10:29 am
CraZy – I also think there is a difference in player mentality/attitude of NBA vs MLB, and Braves vs Hawks, specifically….especially, it appears, this year…Braves clubhouse seems solid. I’m talking about attitude and way of looking at things, not actual level of intellegence.
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
10:30 am
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
10:13 am
“…..richbrave – You are not allowed to leave for any reason…..”
Oh snap, sorry! HEH!
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
10:31 am
Good to see Simmons hitting at Miss. Our old buddy Elvis down in Texas lighting it up setting the table for the big boys. .319 with a strong .OBP
Tomahawkin
May 9th, 2012
10:33 am
Gotta Take the Rubber Game today…Because that Series in The Louie This Weekend is Gonna be Huge!!!
“‘Statement Series” On Deck…! For the weekend
Today will be the Laugher game of the series in our favor…I’m expecting the wind will be blowing out if the winds are from the Southwest which works to our advantage
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
10:33 am
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
10:00 am
1st place !!!!!!!!! Marlins and PHILLIES on the bottom (Phillies under .500) !!!!!!!!!!
“…..Yes, I KNOW it’s early…and it’s a long season, as we all learned last year….BUT, with 19% of season done, have the best record on the NL, 1 win behind TEXAS.
I know the “half-fullers” and trolls are just waiting to pounce, but some of us felt that Wren knew what he was doing all along…..”
And have been consistant in that position all along.
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
10:35 am
Enter your comments here
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
10:36 am
O.K. folks yard-work time.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
10:37 am
I expect nothing. Cubs just took the Dodgers in the series before us, nothing guaranteed.
I expect the Braves to play well in St. Louis though even if it means not winning that series.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
10:43 am
TERDO needs to take a step back. The reason it isn’t being done is 3rd rounder JOE LEONARD [.254 BA - 118 AB] I think.
Stick with him a little longer to see, but yes, he does seem to be a little overmatched at AAA. I was surprised they sent him that far, I mean while he did good at High-A, he didn’t exactly have “high school numbers” as Don Sutton would say.
Tomahawkin
May 9th, 2012
10:44 am
@Frankie Wren
I sort of agree abt that Series This Weekend in The Louie…
The New Busch Stadium has been a House of Horrors for the Braves especially last year, so we are due for a Breakout series in The Louie…
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
10:45 am
O.K. folks yard-work time.
Poor you, lol.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
10:46 am
The New Busch Stadium has been a House of Horrors for the Braves especially last y
Friday night 3-1 lead going into the 9th and Kimbrel gives up tying run to King Albert. 8 game lead turns into 4 games by Sunday night.
jeffrey d
May 9th, 2012
10:49 am
Breakout series in The Louie…
That sounds like slang for a #2
ncscoots
May 9th, 2012
10:49 am
Stick with him a little longer to see, but yes, he does seem to be a little overmatched at AAA.
Look only at Freeman’s first 100 ABs at any level, and you would have said he was “overmatched” at every one of them.
I haven’t seen Terdoslavich play at Gwinnett, so I can’t speak knowledgeably as to whether he’s over his head or not. However, I do know that the first month at a level, good or bad, is rarely an indicator of actual ability.
phil
May 9th, 2012
10:50 am
Kimbrel chokes when the glare of the spotlight is at its hottest….
And it shall remain so until he proves otherwise.
phil
May 9th, 2012
10:51 am
There is no replacing Chipper at third. We can stick whoever there next year and I feel sorry for the poor guy.
ncscoots
May 9th, 2012
10:56 am
We can stick whoever there next year and I feel sorry for the poor guy.
I think that sympathy won’t outlive his first oh-fer, phil. At that point, you’ll rip him for being a scrub not fit to wear the uni.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
10:59 am
Good to see Kimbrel going with the money pitch to get ahead of batters. Keep throwing the heater to get ahead in the count. Slider is nasty when he sets up hitters with his fastball. He’s going to have a huge year.
Venice Jim
May 9th, 2012
11:01 am
Atlanta Braves @Braves
Today’s lineup at CHI (2:20, SPSO/680AM/BRN): Bourn 8 Prado 7 Freeman 3 Uggla 4 Jones 5 Heyward 9 Ross 2 Wilson 6 Hudson 1
David O'Brien
May 9th, 2012
11:03 am
Braves lineup: Bourn 8, Prado 7, Freeman 3, Uggla 4, Jones 5, Heyward 9, Ross 2, Wilson 6, Hudson 1
TennesseePaul
May 9th, 2012
11:05 am
Last 9 Starts of the Starting 9
_________AVG__OBP__SLG___OPS_wOBA_L9S9+
Bourn__ .293 .370 .341 0.711 .348 ___82
Prado__ .294 .385 .412 0.796 .382 __102
Freeman .297 .317 .622 0.939 .401 __129
Uggla__ .289 .325 .421 0.746 .309 ___87
Chipper .316 .350 .526 0.876 .376 __118
Heyward .167 .324 .467 0.791 .342 ___97
Ross___ .318 .375 .545 0.920 .395 __129
Wilson_ .115 .143 .115 0.258 .093 __-33
Hudson_ .000 .000 .000 0.000 .153 _-100
Jimmy
May 9th, 2012
11:06 am
Hey folks. Back from a self-imposed exile.
I see where Hamilton hits 4 dingers and now the bloggers (some of us) are calling him the best hitter in baseball, and want the Braves to sign him? Come on, lots of baggage with him. Very pricey too.
Good to see Chipper back in there today.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
11:07 am
Weekend in St Louis = opportunity to exorcize some demons….or not.
flange1
May 9th, 2012
11:09 am
Thanks for the lineup DOB.
Looks like Chipper is feeling a bit better! Hope it can continue.
Lets kick some Cubs rear end today!
Go Barves!
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
11:09 am
Look only at Freeman’s first 100 ABs at any level, and you would have said he was “overmatched” at every one of them.
I haven’t seen Terdoslavich play at Gwinnett, so I can’t speak knowledgeably as to whether he’s over his head or not. However, I do know that the first month at a level, good or bad, is rarely an indicator of actual ability.
I’ve watched him twice in person, plus seen video of him there, he doesn’t look that great. He looks worse than REV did during his first week.
Tomahawkin
May 9th, 2012
11:12 am
As Much as I Crapped on Francisco and Fredi earlier this season, they have made me eat my words…
That Chipper/Francisco Platoon has produced over 30 rbis…Our Production from 3rd base has to be amongst the Highest in the Game?
Braveone
May 9th, 2012
11:20 am
From the previous blog which had 1,645 comments, nolie led the way with 129 posts. There were 146 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:
Rank Poster Frequency
1 nolie 129
2 phil 97
3 TheOnlyBravesFan 59
4 Bat Masterson 52
5 Lawton 48
6 JC Brave 45
7 cabravesfan 45
8 JasonInFL 44
9 ncscoots 42
10 tiger297 41
11 CaptMudd 37
12 brian 37
13 Efrim 35
14 CraZy 33
15 Murph 31
16 kelevra 31
17 ChattTownBrian (CTB) 29
18 DS1 29
19 Brava 26
20 McFann :Ô: :Ô: 26
21 Joe in SoCal 25
22 abeeewright 24
23 David O’Brien 23
24 George 23
25 MiaBchBravesFan 22
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
11:23 am
3 TheOnlyBravesFan 59
I posted that much??? Wow
Venice Jim
May 9th, 2012
11:25 am
Good article on Grantland on Chipper:
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/26231/chippers-brave-look-at-baseball-mortality
Lew
May 9th, 2012
11:26 am
Not even in the top 25 yet again. I’m fading even further.
Murph
May 9th, 2012
11:28 am
Chipper must be feeling pretty good lately… good to see him in the lineup again.
I understand the need to get Wilson in from time to time, but can’t they make the time greater between the time to time? Like, starting once a month?
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
11:29 am
Bourn 8, Prado 7, Freeman 3, Uggla 4, Jones 5, Heyward 9, Ross 2, Wilson 6, Hudson 1
Why does Fred choose to sit Pastor so much??
Murph
May 9th, 2012
11:29 am
3 TheOnlyBravesFan 59
I posted that much??? Wow
I bet if I accused you of being Ward you’d come in first…
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
11:30 am
Braveone
Do you use IP addresses to get the post total?
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
11:31 am
Well, I’ve got a top 25 and a top 5 back to back…. maybe #1 next time???
It don’t matter where I finish, Go BRAVES!!!!
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
11:32 am
I bet if I accused you of being Ward you’d come in first…
LOL
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
11:33 am
Braveone
Do you use IP addresses to get the post total?
Yeah, I’ve always wondered how he got that… using a browser finder would take waaaay too long.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
11:37 am
I was just wondering because I typically use 3 or 4 different computers in a day to post on here.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 9th, 2012
11:40 am
Boo…no BMac, no Tyler…
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 9th, 2012
11:42 am
I mean, sheesh, they’ve got a day-off tomorrow, and Ross just played on Sunday…
brian
May 9th, 2012
11:42 am
Mac could use the rest McFann – day game after night thing.
BMAC also needs to work with the hitting coaches and his dad and brother to get back into a groove
John Adcox
May 9th, 2012
11:44 am
Boy, I hate seeing BMac and Paster out at the same time.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
11:44 am
Boo…no BMac, no Tyler
Tyler is treated like an aging vet. Play the kid he’s better than Wilson.
Braveone
May 9th, 2012
11:45 am
I use program to scan all posts and grab poster name. Only AJC admin would have access to IP addresses.
Lew
May 9th, 2012
11:46 am
brian – The only groove Mac needs to get into is to hit those line drives somewhwere other than right at someone like he’s done the past two weeks.
Murph
May 9th, 2012
11:46 am
Tyler is treated like an aging vet. Play the kid he’s better than Wilson.
I second that emotion. The kid needs to be on the field.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
11:48 am
Lew unless it’s off the pitchers face…. that seems to work!!
Lew
May 9th, 2012
11:50 am
Crazy – Yeah, seems that’s the only way he gets one by the defense. Between atem balls and wall hugging blast for outs, Mac has not had such good luck, even though he’s barreling up the ball. Killing his BABIP, for sure.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
11:51 am
Tyler needs to be out there….. I need him for OBA in one of my fantasy leagues lol. The REV needs to play everyday to work on his defense and for confidence. He doesn’t need a rest every4-5 days.
ncscoots
May 9th, 2012
11:51 am
I hate seeing BMac and Paster out at the same time.
They’re hitting about .240 combined, right now. Not as if you sat Ruth and Gehrig down.
cabravesfan
May 9th, 2012
11:53 am
Wilson is playing because he is a better fielder and Huddy induces a lot of ground balls
ncscoots
May 9th, 2012
11:55 am
Wilson is playing because he is a better fielder and Huddy induces a lot of ground balls
Maybe Fredo changes the lineup, if the wind’s blowing out at Wrigley.
tiger297
May 9th, 2012
11:56 am
scoots – I’ll bet if you look there is a period where ruth/gehrig were batting like that. Or did they never have slumps?
Lew
May 9th, 2012
11:56 am
Yeah – What cab said.
tiger297
May 9th, 2012
11:57 am
scoots – I hope if the wind is blowing out they let jack start…would be nice to watch him hit another HR
Tomahawkin
May 9th, 2012
11:58 am
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
11:44 am
Boo…no BMac, no Tyler
“Tyler is treated like an aging vet. Play the kid he’s better than Wilson.”
Yeah, I don’t Get It! Free The Rev!
Hack Wilson should only be in games from the 7th inning on!
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
11:58 am
Ross will almost always start in day games following a night game…which I agree with.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
11:59 am
They’re hitting about .240 combined, right now. Not as if you sat Ruth and Gehrig down.
Well if Ruth and Gehrig were .270 hitters and they sat them every 4th day fro a .170 hitter people would be pissed!!
Pastor isn’t the most important, but geez we basically have 2 pitchers hitting 8th and 9th.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
12:00 pm
cabraves – So you’re saying that maybe Fredi isn’t a total doodie head?
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
12:02 pm
See what I’m doing?? I figure the more I pile on the better the chance Wilson has of proving me wrong by going 3-4 today which I would be just fine with!!!
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
12:03 pm
CraZy – And pitchers were on a 4 man rotation, and expected to finish games most of the time. Times change.
ncscoots
May 9th, 2012
12:03 pm
Pastor isn’t the most important, but geez we basically have 2 pitchers hitting 8th and 9th.
You get a lot of that going around, in the NL.
It’s a DGANG against a LHP, and Heap is scuffling a little. If you’re not gonna rest him in that situation, when would you, LOL?
Also, The Rev has been just the tiniest bit sucky against lefties, so far.
You guys put me in the untenable position of defending Fredo, fercrissake,. Man, don’t be that guy.
cabravesfan
May 9th, 2012
12:04 pm
Raleighbravesfan-
Maybe not
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
12:05 pm
If Pastornicky’s D was that big of a concern then maybe Simmons should’ve been given the job.
Veer
May 9th, 2012
12:06 pm
I dont know why the heck is Jack Wilson starting over Pastornicky. It’s not like Wilson wil get 27 tough put outs today. How many of the 27 outs will be made by Jack Wilson and how many of the 27 Tyler wouldn’t been able to make?
Your putting in a guy there who will end rallys today and go 0-4.
Wilson doesn’t even belong in the Majors let alone start a game aganist Malholm.
If anything Jack Wilsons offense will cost us the game then his defense will win the game.
PATHETIC
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 9th, 2012
12:06 pm
brian Mac could use the rest McFann – day game after night thing.
Yeah, I guess so. Heck, last time he had two days-off in a row (DGANG and team day off), he came back and went 4-5 with 4 RBI…So maybe this will be OK…
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
12:08 pm
And pitchers were on a 4 man rotation, and expected to finish games most of the time. Times change
Times change? Are you talking about Pastor not playing SS or about how long SP go into games?
Lew
May 9th, 2012
12:09 pm
veer – Yeah, you are pathetic.
David O'Brien
May 9th, 2012
12:09 pm
Chipper said knee steadily improving, not getting the after-game and next-day soreness like he did in first weeks of season.
He’ll be honored in a pregame ceremony today. Not sure what Cubs are doing for him, but something.
ncscoots
May 9th, 2012
12:12 pm
People, I seriously doubt that today’s game will hinge on Jack Wilson starting for Pastornicky. Try to get a little perspective here. If the first six guys in the lineup are throttled down, it won’t matter who is at SS. On the other hand, if they’re hangin’ and bangin’, it won’t matter, either.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
12:16 pm
ncscoots
I agree that it isn’t going to make that much of a difference as you said, but I would rather see the kid play over Jack. I wouldn’t have a problem with it if Tyler wasn’t playing solid baseball.
George
May 9th, 2012
12:16 pm
Hi y’all
Nice win last night, guess what we are almost in tie for first, who would have thought it the way the team looked at end of ST.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
12:16 pm
Veer
May 9th, 2012
12:06 pm
I dont know why the heck is Jack Wilson starting over Pastornicky. It’s not like Wilson wil get 27 tough put outs today. How many of the 27 outs will be made by Jack Wilson and how many of the 27 Tyler wouldn’t been able to make?
Your putting in a guy there who will end rallys today and go 0-4.
Wilson doesn’t even belong in the Majors let alone start a game aganist Malholm.
If anything Jack Wilsons offense will cost us the game then his defense will win the game.
PATHETIC
Take a hard right and VEER off the blog thank you.
brian
May 9th, 2012
12:17 pm
Chipper deserves every bit of the recognition he is receiving.
Lew
May 9th, 2012
12:20 pm
George – How many saw it at the end of Spring Training? Several of us, actually. Those who were called Blind Homers and worse and were roundly criticized for thinking so.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
12:22 pm
Veer – Always the optomist, aren’t you? (Gotta have SOMETHING to gripe about, I guess).
Bat Masterson
May 9th, 2012
12:22 pm
Seems like its been quite a while since Heyward had a multi hit game. 6 hits and 8 walks over his last 10 games. 1 double, 1 triple, 2 homeruns
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
12:24 pm
I know Pastornicky isn’t expected to be as good as Heyward and Freeman were but still I didn’t see those two being sat every 4-5 days. You’ve got to give the rookie time to get comfortable with daily at-bats. Heck, they stuck with a .204 Jordan Schafer starting everyday in 2009 for 50 games.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
12:25 pm
Hudson = groundball pitcher = plausable reason to start Jack Wilson.
Haters gotta hate, I guess.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
12:25 pm
Take a hard right and VEER off the blog thank you.
LOL… I see whatcha did there
George
May 9th, 2012
12:27 pm
Frankie Wren 12:16
I do not like either one PASTORNICKY or WILSON, would perfer R FURCAL at SS. We should never have let him get away years ago. We should have paid him what he wanted, he still is a very good SS.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
12:28 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan (a false assumption, BTW) – 2009, Bobby Cox was managing…therefore, your point is irrelevant.
Hillbilly
May 9th, 2012
12:29 pm
Holy Hell…A day game, then an off day, then 3 blacked out games vs. the Cardinals? This is going to be a week of torture for me.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
12:30 pm
George – How old is Furcal ????? We tried to resign him…thought we HAD resigned him. He and his agent screwed the Braves. Screw him.
Lew
May 9th, 2012
12:31 pm
It’s all about giving Hudson a bit more of an edge in that he’s a ground ball pitcher and Wilson is much better defensively than Pastornicky.
And the comparison to Freema/Heyward is not all that accurate. As soon as Simmons is deemed ready, we’ll never see The Rev as a starting Brave ever again, so it’s how he does NOW and NOT what he might develop into that concerns his playing time.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
12:32 pm
LOL… I see whatcha did there
Everybody’s entitled to thoughts and opinions but that guy’s knowlege of baseball can fit in a thimble
Duke
May 9th, 2012
12:33 pm
DOB, just tried out Nick’s Greek Corner. It was superb. I’m thinking you have tried it before as well? Thoughts?
George
May 9th, 2012
12:34 pm
I have noticed a lot of players that we let leave or trade do much better after they leave us. The BRAVES hardly ever resign free agents.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
12:34 pm
@raleigh I know Bobby managed in ‘09. I wasn’t blaming this on Fredi, just questioning why it should be done/ many bloggers agree with it. In ‘09 Schafer struggled yet still started basically every day until he was sent down. He hit .204. Rev is hitting .265, almost .300 in last 10 games or so. Heyward in 2010 did well, and I don’t remember him sitting every 5 or so days. Same with Freeman. So I’m just questioning why must the REV be sat every 5 days or so when he is doing better than Schafer and hitting for average like Heyward/Freeman. He’s doing a good job in the 8 spot, I don’t understand throwing Hack Wilson in every 5 days.
Lew
May 9th, 2012
12:36 pm
Yeah, picking up Furcal would have been so equitable – 36 games played in 08, 97 played in 2010 and 87 played last year. Money in the bank, right? Unfortunately, not OUR bank.
unbelievable
May 9th, 2012
12:36 pm
Wow, Fangraphs has Pastornicky at -10 in runs saved so far this season.
keylargo
May 9th, 2012
12:37 pm
…….thought we HAD resigned him
That was when he signed with the Dodgers several years ago. George is complaining about him signing with the Cardinals.
Duke
May 9th, 2012
12:37 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan
It’s more of trying to keep Wilson sharp and also the fact that Huddy is pitching. Lots of groundballs and Wilson is a bit better in the field.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
12:38 pm
I miss AGon’s defense and watching him play shortstop myself.
Horrible the guy is out for the year. Not good for the Brewcrew.
George
May 9th, 2012
12:39 pm
raleighbravefan 12:30
FURCAL is 34 or 35, BTW A-GON is about that age and ca out field and hit better than PASTORNICKY and of course A-GON can out hit WILSON.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
12:39 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan (a false assumption, BTW)
I know I’m not the only Braves fan, was wondering how long til someone would say something. It’s more because I’m the only person in my family/baseball team who is a hardcore Braves fan, everyone else follows them casually. I get called the only Braves fan by my fam/team frequently. I just decided to use that name here.
cabravesfan
May 9th, 2012
12:39 pm
I imagine the Braves didn’t go after Furcal when he signed with the Cards because they didn’t want to pay a 33 year old injury prone short stop that much money
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
12:39 pm
Haters gotta hate, I guess. Raleigh
Jesus.. I’m normally the one that gets on people for complaining. I understand getting on Veer, b/c all he does is b itch about everything, but I don’t think it’s that big of a deal to question Fred about sitting the Rev. It’s not that big of a deal, I just question it!!
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
12:39 pm
IWow, Fangraphs has Pastornicky at -10 in runs saved so far this season
I take it as that is not good.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
12:42 pm
Wow, Fangraphs has Pastornicky at -10 in runs saved so far this season.
Yikes!!!
cabravesfan
May 9th, 2012
12:42 pm
George-
And the reason Alex was not resigned is because the team didn’t want to block either Pastornicky or Simmons by signing him for the 2 years he was looking for. They did (if I remember correctly) offer him a one year deal that he turned down (understandably, since the Brewers offered him 2)
unbelievable
May 9th, 2012
12:42 pm
If anything Jack Wilsons offense will cost us the game then his defense will win the game.
PATHETIC – frankiewren
There’s the tradeoff. Which is better for this team…Pastornicky’s bat or Wilson’s glove? The Braves did the smart thing by keeping Simmons in the minors to start the year, but Id expect to see him called up before or around the AllStar break.
Lew
May 9th, 2012
12:42 pm
George – Gonzo hits better than The Rev? In what world? He can hit for more power, but that’s all.
George
May 9th, 2012
12:43 pm
WOW I did not know A-GON was hurt , missed that news.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
12:43 pm
Didn’t mighty Jack rope a hit last night? I thought he got a knock in wild Philly game wed night too. Wilson not killing you being in the lineup .
Murph
May 9th, 2012
12:43 pm
Let’s hope Hudson is on and getting ground balls… so far this season he’s split right down the middle on ground balls vs fly balls/line drives.
Wilson might be looking up a lot if Hudson isn’t his normal self.
unbelievable
May 9th, 2012
12:44 pm
I take it as that is not good.
Costing the team 10 runs over what 30 games? Yeah, thats like Garrett Anderson being in LF again. I doubt Pastornicky is as bad as those numbers considering Tulo and Reyes are just ahead of him. Just for conversation talk. Yunel has saved the Blue Jays 8 runs so far.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
12:44 pm
Those are Veer’s words blasting Wilson, not mine.
monty
May 9th, 2012
12:47 pm
Mybe just me, but Kimmie looked really confident and relaxed last nite. Had that, “I’m going to throw my fastball and there really isn’t anything you can do about it” look. Billy Jack mode.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
12:47 pm
I don’t see Simmons called up before break or maybe all season actually. See if he wins the spot in spring training my guess.
Fols
May 9th, 2012
12:48 pm
If it’s going to be this much of a trial….they could have split Pasto and Simmons 80 games each to give them lots of starting opportunity, a defensive specialist for Huddy games and such and let them duke it out man to man.
Would either ruin both of them or create one super SS! lol
Okay maybe not ideal, but Wilson is just a boring story. Super SS is probably the 2nd best super-hero story this summer next to The Avengers. Think about that!
Go Braves!
Bat Masterson
May 9th, 2012
12:48 pm
I think A Gon is gonna cut way back on strikeouts this year, George.
Arkansas Transplant
May 9th, 2012
12:49 pm
I’m hopeful that JJ is figure things out, that alone could be a huge boost down the road. And given the advancement that Gattis is showing, that could also possibly pay some dividends down the line this year.
George
May 9th, 2012
12:50 pm
Lew
May 9th, 2012
12:42 pm
George – Gonzo hits better than The Rev? In what world? He can hit for more power, but that’s all.
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I know the REV is on a bit of a hot run, but I also remember some ker HRs from A-GON last year, he was one of only a few position players that played well during the colapse.
Arkansas Transplant
May 9th, 2012
12:50 pm
Looks like Lipka might have found something, really turned things around.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
12:51 pm
I don’t see Simmons called up before break or maybe all season actually.
I agree… If he had played AA and was in AAA this year I could see him getting called up, but he is tearing up AA and could get moved to AAA before to long. The only player here in Gwinnett at SS is Wilson and they’ll happily move the 30+ year old to the bench for Simmons!!
George
May 9th, 2012
12:51 pm
About the only one.
Murph
May 9th, 2012
12:53 pm
AT, how ya been? Haven’t been around the ol’ blog much lately.
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
12:54 pm
That’s just me being selfish… There’s not much here in Gwinnett right now to watch except when Teheran starts… Terdo has been terible and everyone else is older AAAA players!! Not many young prospects to get excited about yet. I’m selfishly hopeing to see Simmons Gattis and Christian at some point along with Gilmartin.
Lew
May 9th, 2012
12:54 pm
George – A sub .300 OBP for how many years, no walks and either a HR or nothing at all and you think we’ve lost a bat?
The Braves’ offense never was contingent on Gonzo’s bat last year or the end of 2010, nor would it have been this year, anymore than it is on The Rev’s offensive contributions. We let an older Dude who wanted a multi year deal walk in favor of the bridge to the future. Just not that big a deal and the standings show it.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
12:55 pm
CraZy – Was not (intentionally, at least) calling YOU a hater…didn’t mean that at all.
George – Any talk of obtaining Furcal is irrelevant, after he and his agent screwed the Braves…no matter what the time frame. Braves won’t do business that way…PERIOD.
Again, Hudson = ground ball pitcher…enlough said.
B_F 52
May 9th, 2012
12:56 pm
When the season started I said I like this team the FO put together a lot ,I like it even more now
Fredi tends to over react to some things but he always tries to improve the club as does Frank so we’ll see
WE are as fans are blessed to see Chippers last run(hope he come’s back to go for 500)
If our bats stay steady and our arms gain a few MPH over may we just might make a storied campaign for all to celebrate
Lew
May 9th, 2012
12:56 pm
And if you look at Gonzo’s performance, during the collapse was the only time he stepped up offensively. Color me unimpressed with how he did the final couple weeks. We lost a good glove and several mil in salary. Not worth griping about – especially since he’s out anyway.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
12:57 pm
What kind of hitter is Bethancourth? From his stats doesn’t look like he has much power. Is this guy
projected to be on this team in the next couple of years?
Snotboogie
May 9th, 2012
1:00 pm
I think A Gon is gonna cut way back on strikeouts this year, George.
Sure, but he isnt going to be walking much for the next few months either. So low OBP.
cabravesfan
May 9th, 2012
1:00 pm
Frankie Wren-
I seem to recall Bethancourt is not much of a power hitter…still needs to be a better hitter to be a consistent starter in the majors, but his defense is outstanding…I imagine he is projected to be with the big club in a few years (maybe next year as a back up if Ross is not resigned)- Mac is going to be with the club through at least next season so there is time for the kid to keep improving his bat
Fols
May 9th, 2012
1:01 pm
I am sure going to miss having Bourn at the top of our line-up. This is a go for the gusto kind of season.
Patrick
May 9th, 2012
1:01 pm
•I wish there was more offseason NFL coverage on ESPN, specifically on alleged “bounty” issue I’ve heard whispers about. (Sarcasm font)
That is exactly why watching ESPN is a waste of life.
I hope that the likes of MLB Network, NFL Network, etc…will start to turn the tide and make ESPN go away. I know it sounds impossible since ESPN seems to have a monopoly on sports broadcasting. But other giants have fallen in the past.
Unless you live in New York or Boston, there is very little reason at all in watching any ESPN channel. Sportscenter is a joke as is their entire broadcast team. All their best have left for better endevours.
Frankie Wren
May 9th, 2012
1:02 pm
Thanks Cab
Jack Wilson #2
May 9th, 2012
1:02 pm
Thanks for the start Fredi, I will do my best to live up to my nickname, Hack Wilson. After all, I’m hitting .230 since last August, but hey, I’ve got a cannon for an arm and great range. Cut the kid, I’m all you need.
I WILL SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH!!!!
George
May 9th, 2012
1:02 pm
That looks like today’s lineup. CHIPPER playing a day game? Guess the knee not to bad now.
CaptMudd
May 9th, 2012
1:03 pm
Dan Uggla…observed rendering unique soliloquy in corner of locker room earlier today: “May the winds blow out towards LF….Then I shall jack 2 big ones that way!”
Arkansas Transplant
May 9th, 2012
1:03 pm
Murph, doing pretty good… How are things going down in your world? I’ve seen a few posts pop up on my FB news feed, saw the ol cannon ball into the pool pic. Looked like a good day.
Yeah, haven’t been on here much. I haven’t really found much time here at work, it’s been rather busy lately. And reading some of the posts, it looks like I’ve missed a few things.
Got my tickets to one of the games in late July against the fish. Hoping by that time we’re leading the pack.
Patrick
May 9th, 2012
1:03 pm
Yeah, what’s with all the A-Gon talk all the sudden
1. He couldn’t hit a beach ball when he was here unless it was popping up or grounding into a double play with runners in scoring position
and
2. The dude tore his ACL, out for the season…so, let’s move the conversation elsewhere.
brian
May 9th, 2012
1:06 pm
I wanted Pastornicky to start tonight, but Wilson’s turn of the double play late last night saved runs
George
May 9th, 2012
1:08 pm
Patrick 1:01
I make a point to ONLY watch live sports on ESPN. They DO do that well NOTHING else.
raleighbravefan
May 9th, 2012
1:09 pm
Yeah, unless you are an NFL junkie (a lot are, but not me) or an NBA fan, to a lesser degree (I quit watching when Larry Bird retired), or a Yanks or Sox fan, ESPN has little to offer.
PTI and Sports Reporters are about all I watch.
Snotboogie
May 9th, 2012
1:09 pm
Unless you live in New York or Boston, there is very little reason at all in watching any ESPN channel.
Even then, ESPN has too much of boring yappity yap from “experts”. It used to be more about highlights and with funny commentary at times. Now it’s blah blah blah all the time.
Also extremely stupid – on one hand they are bidding millions and millions on getting european soccer coverage rights, but their SC people constantly talk down the sport. Doesnt seem like a very intelligent approach at all.
VaBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
1:10 pm
The biggest question mark with all of our position player prospects is will they hit. But were pretty good when it comes to defense and speed.
VaBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
1:11 pm
Were loaded with defense and speed. We also have lots of arms projected to be bullpen guys.
VaBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
1:13 pm
Bethancourt might be the best defensive catcher prospect in baseball. Same for Simmons at shortstop.
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
1:14 pm
We also have lots of arms projected to be bullpen guys.
Can never have too many short-relievers/closers. Heck, we even need good long-relievers.
phil
May 9th, 2012
1:16 pm
Hack Wilson at SS today and hitting 8th?
Dear God in heaven…2 guaranteed outs at 8 and 9, just like with Gonzo last year.
Deliver me.
CaptMudd
May 9th, 2012
1:18 pm
…@Snotboogie…re:1:09 pm post, I think those guys like repetitive action that leads to lively chatter; if some ‘hard to pronounce’ soccer club earns a 2-1 victory–well, that ain’t nothing to get you smoking anything in Menosha, Wisconsin.
billy walsh
May 9th, 2012
1:18 pm
Sportscenter was great in the late 80’s to mid 90’s when it was a 1/2 hour show and wasnt trying to be funny…
phil
May 9th, 2012
1:19 pm
The only good news with ESPN is the silencing of Valentine and Moyer this year with them somehow finding other jobs….
And Steve Phillips did an admirable job of silencing himself a couple of years ago by being an idiot.
VaBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
1:19 pm
phil
The move makes sense with Huddy on the mound. Should be alot of groundballs, Wilson is easily the better defender and it’s not even close.
Moe Berg
May 9th, 2012
1:19 pm
With a groundball pitcher in, I think we might want Wilson’s glove.
George
May 9th, 2012
1:24 pm
On the bounty thing. The NFL over the past few years has made rule changes to cut down on injureys, ,but the game has changed not for the better. the past few years the offences have improved out of proportion., just look at the passing stats, used to be 50% completion was good now it is close to 60 or 65% is considerd good, scores are why up. The QB is now over protected. S
Snotboogie
May 9th, 2012
1:25 pm
if some ‘hard to pronounce’ soccer club earns a 2-1 victory–well, that ain’t nothing to get you smoking anything in Menosha, Wisconsin.
Completely true – then they just dont need to bring it up at all. Why go to the effort of making a highlight package and then talk about it half-heartedly?
Billy
May 9th, 2012
1:26 pm
OMG were doomed, doomed I say. All is lost. The only hope is a Pujols type hitter in the 8th hole. Wren please trade for Josh Hamilton and have Fredi bat him 8th so we can finally win a game
Jeff R
May 9th, 2012
1:28 pm
Bethancourt might be the best defensive catcher prospect in baseball. Same for Simmons at shortstop.
Both are defensive standouts. I think Simmons is bumped up to Gwinnett sooner rather than later. Bethancourt is off to a slower start offensively, so I’m thinking if he goes to Gwinnett, it’s toward the end of the season.
Interesting, though. If Simmons makes it to Gwinnett earlier than later and does well, surely he’s got to be considered as contending with Pastornicky for shortstop in ‘13 (provided Pastornicky continues to play capably offensively and defensively).
Got to believe Simmons is management’s favorite for shortstop. Would the Braves’ consider moving Pastornicky elsewhere in the field? Could he play center, presuming Bourn is gone? Does Pastornicky move into a super-utility role? Or would the Braves just try to trade him?
Longer range stuff, but interesting.
CaptMudd
May 9th, 2012
1:28 pm
@George….1:24 post…Makes me wonder {Chris Carter’s views}…How did Randy Moss operate in this “protection” system?
George
May 9th, 2012
1:29 pm
With all the rule changes the NFL may soon become the NFFL National Flag Football League.
phil
May 9th, 2012
1:30 pm
VaBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
1:19 pm
phil
The move makes sense with Huddy on the mound. Should be alot of groundballs, Wilson is easily the better defender and it’s not even close.
************
I know why he’s in there, but I also know what I just saw the other day out at Coors from Hudson…hopefully the ball is sinking today.
phil
May 9th, 2012
1:31 pm
Billy seems worried…
CaptMudd
May 9th, 2012
1:33 pm
@Snotboogie..1:25 post…The Network is further expanding overseas in UK, {Europe} and those folks are too busy listening to music in lieu of sportscasting is my theory:)
CaptMudd
May 9th, 2012
1:36 pm
NFL Commish…a busy lad with too much time on his hands……damn trouble-making executive!!!
Billy
May 9th, 2012
1:36 pm
I can picture Valentine, Moyer, Phillips and phil sitting around a table talking baseball. The only words uttered by phil were uh, oh, um, gee, gosh, I don’t know, really?, I’m 44, sorry, Billy seems worried, I need to be back before curfew
George
May 9th, 2012
1:37 pm
Got pregame on. Game only on sportsouth down here, not WGN.
Russell Bell
May 9th, 2012
1:40 pm
Jack Wilson goes 1-3 today with a walk and a double.
VaBravesFan
May 9th, 2012
1:42 pm
Simmons is the long term shortstop, he could be one of the best defenders in baseball pretty quickly I think. Just needs to be able to hit enough.
phil
May 9th, 2012
1:42 pm
Billy – Unless I miss my guess, you’re in the mood to be an ass today, yes?
cabravesfan
May 9th, 2012
1:43 pm
The only hope is a Pujols type hitter in the 8th hole.
Pujols is hitting .190 with one home run and 9 RBI (sorry…clearly that was a joke, but it made me giggle
)
Bat Masterson
May 9th, 2012
1:44 pm
The only hope is a Pujols type hitter in the 8th hole
I don’t know what kind of D he offers at SS but his bat is a huge fall off from the Rev.
George
May 9th, 2012
1:44 pm
Outta here for game, Lets have a good one today y’all.
phil
May 9th, 2012
1:45 pm
George – Take Billy with you…
Please.
George
May 9th, 2012
1:47 pm
Don’t want him phil, but you have a good day hear.
brian
May 9th, 2012
1:55 pm
I see that Brian Johnson has moved to #28 on Law’s latest big board…..
abeeewright
May 9th, 2012
1:59 pm
Murph, May 9th, 2012, 12:53 pm … “AT, how ya been? Haven’t been around the ol’ blog much lately.”
Once the Braves traded Lowe, AT had a lot less to say. And, unlike you, he didn’t pick another player to “hate on (cough … Diaz … cough).”
Russell Bell
May 9th, 2012
2:03 pm
Against LHPers (20 ABs with 4 BB), Diaz has an OPS >1.100 with 2 HR and 1 2B.
No need to look at his numbers vs. RHPers. Barring an injury to another player, Diaz should get as close to zero ABs vs. RHPers as possible.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 9th, 2012
2:05 pm
Hudson better pitch a good one today or I quit as a Braves fan
Murph
May 9th, 2012
2:07 pm
Once the Braves traded Lowe, AT had a lot less to say. And, unlike you, he didn’t pick another player to “hate on (cough … Diaz … cough).”
Right now I’m torn… Diaz has been doing ok, but I’m worried that if I turn the full force of my ire to Durbin, like I want to, Diaz will hit the skids and I will be raking the wrong player over the coals.
For now I’m just laying low, waiting until 1 of the 2 proves himself beyond a reasonable doubt to be the worst player on the team, and then I’ll unleash like I did on Proctor last season.
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 9th, 2012
2:08 pm
Tweet me Beth. Tweet me baby …
ChattTownBrian (CTB)
May 9th, 2012
2:09 pm
Brian Jordan is phenomenal!
Russell Bell
May 9th, 2012
2:10 pm
She ain’t that hot. But I understand the allure of a woman discussing baseball-related topics.
Duke
May 9th, 2012
2:11 pm
Anyone have a good radio stream?
David O'Brien
May 9th, 2012
2:12 pm
NEW BLOGGAGE
CrαZy
May 9th, 2012
2:13 pm
Unless you live in New York or Boston, there is very little reason at all in watching any ESPN channel.
Well, I somewhat agree… The ESPN 3 thing on my XBOX gets used all the time for college football and College basketball. It might be the greatest thing ESPN does.
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
2:14 pm
SPOTLIGHT on the DIVISION
METROPOLITANS best the PHILLIES 7-4
Lead-off CF ANDRES TORRES [.313 BA] 2-5, 2 R, 1 SO.
LF KIRK NIEUWENHUIS [.310 BA] 2-3, 2 R, 1 2B [5], 2 RBI [10], 1 SO.
3B DAVID WRIGHT [.375 BA] 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B [6], 1 RBI [17], 1 SO.
RF LUCAS DUDA [.247 BA] 2-4, 2 RBI [16], 1 BB, 2 SO.
2B DAN MURPHY [.308 BA] 1-5, 1 RBI [10].
MIGUEL BATISTA [5.89 ERA] 5.1 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO.
MANNY ACOSTA [W 1-2, 8.59 ERA] 0.2 IP, zeros, 1 SO.
RAMON RAMIREZ [H 1, 4.15 ERA] 1.2 IP, 1 H, zeros, 1 BB, 2 SO.
TIM BYRDAK [H 7, 3.86 ERA] 0.1 IP.
JON RAUCH [SV 1, 2.70 ERA] 1.0 IP, 1 H.
PHILLIES
LF JUAN PIERRE [.337 BA] 2-5, 1 R, 1 SO, 1 SB [5].
CF SHANE VICTORINO [.254 BA] 1-4, 1 2B [4], 1 RBI [14], 1 BB.
RF HUNTER PENCE [.264 BA] 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR [7], 2 RBI [22].
C CARLOS RUIZ [.319 BA] 1-4, 1 2B [7].
3B PLACIDO POLANCO [.269 BA] 1-4.
1B JOHN MAYBERRY [.224 BA] 2-4, 1 R.
2B PETE ORR [.303 BA] 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B [3], 1 RBI [5], 1 SO.
JOE BLANTON [3.24 ERA] 6.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R/ER, 3 BB, 7 SO.
CHAD QUALLS [L 1-1, 3.48 ERA] 0.0 IP 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER.
ANTONIO BASTARDO [2.25 ERA] 0.2 IP, 1 H, zeros
JOSE CONTRERAS [8.53 ERA] 0.2 IP, zeros
MIKE SCHWIMER [8.53 ERA] 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 1 SO.
JOE SAVERY [4.50 ERA] 0.1 IP, 1 H, zeros.
richbrave
May 9th, 2012
2:16 pm
Game time – let’s get it on.
ncscoots
May 9th, 2012
2:23 pm
She ain’t that hot. But I understand the allure of a woman discussing baseball-related topics.
I watched her once. Very stilted, not communicative. She’s either dating somebody, is related to somebody, or has pictures, because she most assuredly is brutal in front of a camera.
Admittedly, it’s not as if she has great content to work from (the whole concept is a shameless, reaching pander to social media, with no actual redeeming value to a baseball-centric program), but she’s a really, really bad broadcaster. The mixture of the two things makes for a foul brew.
brian
May 9th, 2012
3:45 pm
where are the bats?
ME
May 10th, 2012
10:20 am
heres what needs to happen…put Gattis in left next season, move Prado to 3rd and send francisco somewhere…he’s been good as a fill in when needed but its pretty clear he doesnt have the defense to be an every game starter for us when chipper’s gone…
74bravesjersey
May 12th, 2012
8:43 am
“Mighty Evan” is Raging; If & when he’s called up, who’s place can he take; might be Diaz, then stick the Big Gun in left field, Lord-a-mercy! What a good problem to have Huh? Can we have prado learn short? Just a thought?
74bravesjersey
May 12th, 2012
8:46 am
& please, I’m not discounting pastor……, the kid is doing a whall of a job, both hitting,fielding, man this is awesome. Oh what to do Huh?
74bravesjersey
May 12th, 2012
8:47 am
sorry, i mispelled, i meant “whale of a job”,
dududukkkkkkk
June 5th, 2012
9:53 pm
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