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Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:00 pm
Well, BBQ Man, we were bad for a week plus & there is still the stench of September that won’t go away till they make the playoffs whenever they are good enough to do so.
brian
May 30th, 2012
8:01 pm
you need to reread ohhhhhhyeah – didn’t say a word until the single and then said way to go Constanza.
Maybe you need some of Freeman’s glasses to read
Trey
May 30th, 2012
8:02 pm
That was a good play by Freeman. Almost had him at 2nd.
Trey
May 30th, 2012
8:03 pm
Time to take back first!
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:03 pm
Joe in So Cal–I have had the Disgusted name since September and will keep it until they are back in the post season.
Do not have to win in post season, but at least get there.
Might still keep the disgusted name due to the Thrashers story, and that is a long long story, one yr anniversary we got shafted tommorrow nite.
Rooting for Kovalchuck, Moose and Boulton though.
brian
May 30th, 2012
8:03 pm
i see what you are talking about – typo- i thought i said big at bat by Constanza – RISP, 2 outs, etc.
I like Constanza, always have though of course I don’t think he walks on water.
Settle down there a little bit
ohhhhYEAH
May 30th, 2012
8:03 pm
brian @ 754
perhaps you meant to say BIG at bat for constanza, but i was assuming you meant “bad” since i saw it right after he swung and missed. if so, my apologies
phil
May 30th, 2012
8:04 pm
Hack Wilson can’t even catch the ball anymore…
Sigh.
Nice start though! Well done mac, fred, uggla and georgie…
Fols
May 30th, 2012
8:04 pm
Us here in Winnipeg kinda like the Thrasher story though?
Joe in SoCal
May 30th, 2012
8:05 pm
alright there’s the one…half way to the 8th. workin like a charm.
Jerry
May 30th, 2012
8:05 pm
I’m not a big Constanza fan, but I gotta say that he is a sight better defensively than the others we’ve had out there. Not saying anything against Prado in left, but I’d rather have him at third.
Kat
May 30th, 2012
8:06 pm
Interesting stat from ESPN:
@ESPNStatsInfo
Heading into play this evening, every team in the AL East and NL East is above .500; according to #Elias, this is 1st time this has happened
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:07 pm
@Brian–I don’t think that anyone thinks that Constanza walks on water but I do think you do agree that as a role player, the Braves have had worse come through here. And he is a veteran minor leaguer who will accept that role.
You need vet bench guys around, even at the AAA level just in case. If he alternates between the G-Braves and here and helps for s short stint in a piinch, that is an assett to have around. A guy like he will never complain about playing time.
phil
May 30th, 2012
8:07 pm
Bourn back under .300….
DFA the bozo.
Joe in SoCal
May 30th, 2012
8:07 pm
Disgusted..I hear ya..somethin’ bought this team feels a little different. seems a little more resilient. perhaps they learned a little somethin last year.
Fols
May 30th, 2012
8:08 pm
No we love him again…..300!
Jerry
May 30th, 2012
8:08 pm
BBQ Man
STFU and enjoy the game.
JNick
May 30th, 2012
8:08 pm
“No but I heard he works as a marine biologist in the offseason.”
Not as an architect?
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:09 pm
@Fols—If you are in Winnipeg than you should.
That is a nucleus of a team you got from us and they developed and scuffled learning the game on our watch.
And we are NOT getting a team back. Not for a couple of generations anyway. IF the league expands to 40 plus teams well, never know but there is not enough room to do that.
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:10 pm
that Prado at bat sukked big time. take two great strikes and swing at one a foot outside
phil
May 30th, 2012
8:10 pm
Keep Bourn!
Keep Mac!
Keep FF!
Cut someone else!
Fols
May 30th, 2012
8:11 pm
Yeah no Winnipeg knows the deal…we’ve been in that boat, Atlanta ownership was a mess. That team had enough talent over the years to work and they just did a terrible job putting it all together for the fans to enjoy it.
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:11 pm
cut Chipper
JNick
May 30th, 2012
8:11 pm
@nolie, maybe someone bet Prado that he couldn’t do a Heyward impersonation…?
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 30th, 2012
8:12 pm
Those hits with RISP/2 outs are gonna come…I cann FEEL it!!…
cabravesfan
May 30th, 2012
8:12 pm
Hockey talk has reminded me there is a game on tonight…if they ever get around to playing it instead of all the recapping and other needless filler…
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:13 pm
@Joe in So Cal—The one area why I think this team will still fall short is thet they are depending on very young SP’s who are still in their learning curve.
Minor–yes he has to be better, and he might be sooner then later but he is raw, and Delgado has been up and down and Beachey, still very young, can he keep that pace all yr at this stage in his career.
Hanson is pretty much a mid rotation guy. Its still a team with alot of guys in their learning curve so that is why I still think they fall a little short — again.
But a couple of good games in a row is nice to enjoy for now.
Jerry
May 30th, 2012
8:13 pm
The “Fan of the Game” fat kid needs to dance more often. He’s gonna be a huge lard ass when he grows up.
Joe in SoCal
May 30th, 2012
8:14 pm
Thrashers were a tough sell…no one knows much about hockey in the south..this is football country for the most part. Remember we tried with the Flames long ago. same thing. crickets most nights.
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:14 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever been anywhere where folks obsessed so much about fat…..
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 30th, 2012
8:15 pm
cabravesfan—
Hokey over Braves??
Jerry
May 30th, 2012
8:15 pm
Love that Freeman defense!
JNick
May 30th, 2012
8:15 pm
@Disgusted, agree – to make it thru the playoffs, they need 3 solid starters. Right now, they have two, at best
On another note…holy smokes that was a hell of a play at first by Freddie….
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 30th, 2012
8:15 pm
nolie—
Yes. It is so beyond annoying…
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:15 pm
This is the best sports time of the yr, from April to June.
NBA and NHL playoffs, MLB and the NFL draft and off season.
Forget March madness, this is my favorite time. I can take or leave College basketball, more of an NBA guy
Can take or leave College Fotball too. Pros over college any day.
cabravesfan
May 30th, 2012
8:16 pm
McFann-
1. I didn’t say that
2. Stanley Cup Finals
3. I have Picture-in-Picture
jeffrey d
May 30th, 2012
8:16 pm
How would x-ray glasses help Freddie?
Joe in SoCal
May 30th, 2012
8:17 pm
Huddy is dealin tonight..back to the ol’ ways.
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:18 pm
Heyward has picture in picture of Fredi which is why he is still starting….
JNick
May 30th, 2012
8:18 pm
Best sports time of year is anytime when basketball isn’t being played…can’t wait for that crap to be over.
Fols
May 30th, 2012
8:18 pm
This Canadian would take a Braves game over hockey any night!
Joe in SoCal
May 30th, 2012
8:19 pm
FF needs a triple right here… then an easy single for the cycle. i know..a miracle…i’ve seen him run the bases.
cabravesfan
May 30th, 2012
8:21 pm
FF needs a triple right here… then an easy single for the cycle. i know..a miracle…i’ve seen him run the bases.
With the way Holliday plays left field, anything is possible
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 30th, 2012
8:21 pm
cabravesfan—
Ah, picture-in-picture! Well, that’s different…
JNick
May 30th, 2012
8:22 pm
I think Lohse should throw the rosin bag up there to see if Heyward would swing at it.
cabravesfan
May 30th, 2012
8:23 pm
McFann-
Also, that’s what commercials are for. Flip on PIP during breaks in the Braves game- Hockey game has not started yet (just about to drop the puck)…
ncbravesfan90
May 30th, 2012
8:23 pm
Heyward looking very bad folks.
ohhhhYEAH
May 30th, 2012
8:23 pm
At least Heyward is in mid-season form
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:24 pm
“Thrashers were a tough sell…no one knows much about hockey in the south..this is football country for the most part. Remember we tried with the Flames long ago. same thing. crickets most nights.”
Most of the problems withh both teams was ownership–Note that the Flames were averaging around 10 k and they did outdraw the Hawks each yr but the last one. It was the Cousins who sold out due to the real estate problems they were having at the time.
In the 70’s ten thousand was not bad, it was better than some teams were doing at the time.
The Thrashers were building a fan base but the Spirit was not committed to maintaining it. And the salaries were going up and they did not want to pay to keep the better players.
There is a hockey community that was dedicated and it was not all just transplanted Northerners. When I was going to the games there were people with Southern accents and I was encouraged to see some African American fans show up in the stands as time went on. Hey, hockey IS for everybody.
Our sports talk madia did us no favors, the paper was not bad, but the moneyed establishment that had the means had no desire to step up and save the team—In essence we lost on that one.
That Balkan turned out to be fools gold. I do think there were people in the talk media that sort of wanted them to go away because they did not want to do their homework on another sport. Not the local paper but on our sports jock shows (I do not even call them talk shows).
Joe in SoCal
May 30th, 2012
8:24 pm
how happy would everyone be if JHey could just hit .260 -.270. I’d take it.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 30th, 2012
8:24 pm
cabravesfan—
This is true. Although whenever we try flipping between two things, they’re always on commercials at the same time…
phil
May 30th, 2012
8:25 pm
I think Heyward really does just wander up to the plate sometimes with no plan, no idea who’s pitching….just get it over with and go sit down.
That AB was awful.
cabravesfan
May 30th, 2012
8:25 pm
McFann-
That’s the glory of PIP- no need to actually flip unless something is on
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:27 pm
announcers are quoting Card guy that players today are too fit and that causes injuries. shades of Whitey Herzog…
cabravesfan
May 30th, 2012
8:28 pm
Nice play by Jack to get one…nice stretch by Freddie
Joe in SoCal
May 30th, 2012
8:29 pm
Disgusted…ownership can kill a team thats fo’ sho’…(ala our Bravos).
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:29 pm
Commercials are BUMBS!!!!!
They deserve to be Booed.
jeffrey d
May 30th, 2012
8:29 pm
announcers are quoting Card guy that players today are too fit and that causes injuries
Then shouldn’t McCann be injury-free?
phil
May 30th, 2012
8:29 pm
Too fit?
Is that some kind of joke?
Sure, some overdo it but it cuts both ways….
Mister Frisky
May 30th, 2012
8:30 pm
Georgie to RF,Heybust to the beer league.
Trey
May 30th, 2012
8:30 pm
Gah, bean Furcal and get his punk ass out of the game.
phil
May 30th, 2012
8:30 pm
Another seeing eye single….
Yank Hudson!!
Joe in SoCal (slightly perturbed)
May 30th, 2012
8:31 pm
dag gummit…ruined my prediction right there…now I’m slighlty perturbed.
2K91
May 30th, 2012
8:31 pm
I miss Gonzo at short.
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:32 pm
@Joe—Liberty won’t kill our Braves though—MLB is too strong in Georgia for that and our kids play the game at the youth level and play it seriously and well
And they are likely to be gone in time.
We are STUCK with the Levinson/Geron cluster for some time I think. They got what they wanted. They wanted the rights to the arena and the Hawks–If they cannot make money and build a serious winner on this arraingement they are total fools.
TNScott
May 30th, 2012
8:32 pm
Oh, to have Nolan Ryan or Bob Gibson pitching for us to Matt Holliday.
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:32 pm
no it isn’t a joke. very old school though. like I said Herzog daid the same years ago. Same thing happened in football decades ago, players got bigger and more muscular and injuries, often joint injuries went up. Being overly fit when it’s not necessary can cause more problems than the bloggers here think. baseball has actually always been anti-workout
kevkat
May 30th, 2012
8:33 pm
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
7:59 pm
At least Wilson holds his own in the field. I thought he would hit at least .200.
Hmmm…normally
phil
May 30th, 2012
8:33 pm
Adams sure isn’t fit!!
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:35 pm
As for players being too fit, you can make that point about NFL players too. Those guys are walking (or running) missels at top speed.
There might be too much training in sports as we know it today.
And for all the training and pitch counts intended to save pitchers, guys are still blowing out their arms like they did in the sixties and 70’s and yrs before and after.
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:36 pm
oh c’mon Huddy. we stopped scoring, you can’t give up a buncha runs
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:37 pm
sumbatch
ohhhhYEAH
May 30th, 2012
8:37 pm
this game is getting way too close
phil
May 30th, 2012
8:37 pm
I agree completely, nolie….just not with baseball players as so many are so clearly not fit that it doesn’t apply. Some are so unfit, i think they get hurt for the opposite reason.
Of course for the too fit in baseball, same deal.
ncbravesfan90
May 30th, 2012
8:37 pm
Yikes, this has gone down hill quick!
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:37 pm
Hudson is just not as good as he used to be and he is showing his age–fact.
Turned out to be not such a good start.
TNScott
May 30th, 2012
8:38 pm
When Huddy goes, he goes quickly.
Cap: Where's My Tip
May 30th, 2012
8:38 pm
come on Huddy, what’s happened here?
brian
May 30th, 2012
8:38 pm
that’s alright Huddy
ncbravesfan90
May 30th, 2012
8:38 pm
Too bad when we need a starter we can’t go out and sign one like the Rangers.
njbraves
May 30th, 2012
8:38 pm
Walks hurt the Braves once again. Terrible job by Huddy…you get a 5-0 lead you need to make it hold up.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 30th, 2012
8:38 pm
cabravesfan That’s the glory of PIP- no need to actually flip unless something is on
That would be cool…
Disgusted
May 30th, 2012
8:39 pm
Should we bring back Hudson for next yr? Its to the point where it might be time to move on.
Second bad start in a row.
Jerry
May 30th, 2012
8:39 pm
Well hell, it appeared the Braves would cruise, but not in this reality. Now Venters will come in and try to do something he hasn’t done in a while, and that is not give up runs. Stay tuned.
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:39 pm
in my day in baseball,and b4 that, it was very poorly thought of to work out and build muscle mass
phil
May 30th, 2012
8:40 pm
Hudson is too fit.
Joe in SoCal (down right miffed)
May 30th, 2012
8:40 pm
now that just makes me down right miffed…c’mon Huddy what the ‘ell happened.
Trey
May 30th, 2012
8:40 pm
Gosh, whadda bum, Hudson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ric Flair to Right
May 30th, 2012
8:40 pm
Were are all the “huddy is a number 1″ now?
brian
May 30th, 2012
8:40 pm
the way our pitchers struggle the 2nd and/or 3rd time in the order makes me wonder if an assistant pitching coach who was a starter would help our rotation. Seems to me that either a starter or reliever can teach fundamentals of pitching, watch tape, make adjustments in mechanics. Just seems to me that a coach with starting experience would help the starters more than McDowell with strategy going through the lineup multiple times
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:41 pm
Venters in the 6th now. how the mighty have fallen
Trey
May 30th, 2012
8:41 pm
I’m kinda tired of Venters out there.
brian
May 30th, 2012
8:41 pm
big appearance by venters here – big for the team and big for his confidence
JNick
May 30th, 2012
8:41 pm
I step away for 10 minutes and look what’s happened….
Trey
May 30th, 2012
8:41 pm
F*** Venters.
nolie
May 30th, 2012
8:41 pm
BALLGAME!!!!!
brian
May 30th, 2012
8:41 pm
couldn’t type fast enough
cabravesfan
May 30th, 2012
8:42 pm
Were are all the “huddy is a number 1″ now?
Because no No. 1 has ever struggled?
phil
May 30th, 2012
8:42 pm
Venters is not too fit and can’t come close to fielding his position….
Sigh.
njbraves
May 30th, 2012
8:42 pm
What a surprise…Venters gives it up.