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hmmmm.........
June 1st, 2012
6:17 pm
Im not sold on Wren look what he did with the Orioles when he had money to spend given it was only a year
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 1st, 2012
6:21 pm
Im not sold on Wren look what he did with the Orioles when he had money to spend given it was only a year
Key Words: Orioles, only a year… you can’t grade a GM on one year
Darth Obama
June 1st, 2012
6:21 pm
He’s done well with the Braves though. That’s like evaluating Bill Belichek based on when he coached the Cleveland Browns.
chc4
June 1st, 2012
6:21 pm
I don’t think Wren is the problem, the payroll is. (though it is workable, I mean look at the Rays)
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Yeah but the Rays spend big $ on the draft while the Braves draft low ceiling, low $ college guys like Minor and Gilmartin. That explains why our minor league system ain’t looking so hot right now while the Rays have a seemingly endless flow of great prospects. It all goes back to ownership. and the willingness to invest in the future of the on-field product. Liberty Media just wants to break even year to year and flip the team at some point. At the insane rate sports franchises are appreciating in value I can’t really blame them. At some point they will make a huge profit on our Bravos. Until then though, we’re stuck with what we have.
extremus
June 1st, 2012
6:23 pm
If Minor has another bad outing tonight I’d be VERY hard pressed to see how or why the Braves keep him in the Majors, let alone their rotation.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
June 1st, 2012
6:23 pm
I’d wish they’d tell us if they’re gonna play or what…hate hanging like this…
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 1st, 2012
6:24 pm
Yeah but the Rays spend big $ on the draft
This I agree with. But as for our bigleague payroll, while it could be better (and I would like it to be a little higher), it’s not all that bad. Our draft spending, however, is atrocious.
Darth Obama
June 1st, 2012
6:24 pm
Teheran is 4-2. He should be called up if/when Minor gets rocked again.
Solyndra
June 1st, 2012
6:25 pm
How could we not notice Jay…what u see is what we got..
Choppinmama
June 1st, 2012
6:26 pm
I rec’d a nice little book for Christmas, “The Wit and Wisdom of Baseball.” Enjoyable reading, quotes and anecdotes from the baseball world. I’ll share a few of them with you all from time to time.
*Joe Niekro hit his only major-league homer against brother Phil, beating him in a 1976 game. Together, the Niekros won more game -539- than any other pair of pitching brothers.
*Richard Ashburn, center fielder for the original NY Mets in 1962, had a communication gap with Spanish-speaking ss Elio Chacon. So Ashburn learned how to say “I got it” in Spanish. When a looping fly ball came his way later that day, Ashburn screamed “Lo tengo! Lo tengo!” Chacon stopped in his tracks but left fielder Frank Thomas, who spoke NO Spanish, knocked Ashburn aside just as he was reaching for the ball.
*Herbert Hoover – “Next to religion, baseball has furnished a greater impact on American life than any other institution.”
Playoffs!!!
June 1st, 2012
6:26 pm
The problem is Wren overrated his pitching staff (with the excepion of Beechy). He hoarded his young pitching, and so far, they have either been too fragile (Hanson and Jurrgens) or just let us down.
Mixxo
June 1st, 2012
6:26 pm
lol….we’re in the middle of a tenuous run….in the meat of our division…..people are talking about roster re-structurement. My goodness!
:facepalm:
chc4
June 1st, 2012
6:28 pm
This I agree with. But as for our bigleague payroll, while it could be better (and I would like it to be a little higher), it’s not all that bad. Our draft spending, however, is atrocious.
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But that’s part of the issue… we would be better off cutting our annual big league payroll by $5mill and reinvesting money that into the draft. Or whatever that *magic* number is. Because the pipeline of cheap, great talent would start flowing in 3-4 years and that is essential to a medium payroll. But that’s a big picture view and Liberty doesn’t have that.
One-Eyed Mac
June 1st, 2012
6:34 pm
I’m in the DC area and I’m surprised they haven’t called the game yet. Given the severity of the storms that are in the area and headed this way, the Nats are being irresponsible in bringing fans out for this.
I don’t envy Carroll having to sit in that ridiculously high press box tonight!
keeping it real
June 1st, 2012
6:35 pm
I do not understand why JJ is not with the club. He pitched 8 innings and gave up 3 hits (hitting 93 on the gun.) What more does he have to do?
Incognegro
June 1st, 2012
6:36 pm
Looking forward to Simmons’ 1st start. When Minor blows it again, we will be injected with a dose of Teheran.
richbrave
June 1st, 2012
6:36 pm
CARROLL ROGERS:
Going to ARLINGTON in two weeks for the interment of a good family friend who was a member of UDT [Underwater Demolition] Team # 8, JACK PHILLABAUM forerunners of the NAVY SEALS. He re-enlisted in 1966, and did two tours in VIETNAM as an Army Chaplin. He was a PRESBYTERIAN minister by then.
cabravesfan
June 1st, 2012
6:36 pm
I do not understand why JJ is not with the club. He pitched 8 innings and gave up 3 hits (hitting 93 on the gun.) What more does he have to do?
maintain it…for more than one start
keeping it real
June 1st, 2012
6:38 pm
One bad start. The other 4 good to great. Bring him up. Right now I would rather see him start ahead of anyone but BB.
chc4
June 1st, 2012
6:39 pm
JJ have up 11 runs in a AAA start a couple of weeks ago. I, for one, have all but given up on him. And radar guns can be subjective. I seriously doubt he was *really* hitting 93mph. If he were he’d already be back with the big club.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 1st, 2012
6:40 pm
I do not understand why JJ is not with the club. He pitched 8 innings and gave up 3 hits (hitting 93 on the gun.) What more does he have to do?
Do it consistently… like for 3-4 consecutive starts. One start isn’t proof of him being “fixed”.
I’m gonna go make myself some dinner (mom isn’t home to make it for me lol, I’m a good cook myself anyway, don’t mind) hopefully I can come back to Braves baseball… i’ll be around
nolie
June 1st, 2012
6:41 pm
clean up your area of the basement too b4 she gets home…..
chc4
June 1st, 2012
6:41 pm
Check the weather radar for DC… this game isn’t starting before 10pm which probably means PPD.
Kat
June 1st, 2012
6:42 pm
From Twitter:
@KevinMcAlpin
Per @Nationals – Tonight’s #Braves / #Nationals series opener has been postponed due to rain
Choppinmama
June 1st, 2012
6:42 pm
Need…………….some…………….Braves………………..baseball………………..soon………………it’s been…………………..over 24 hrs………………
cabravesfan
June 1st, 2012
6:42 pm
JJ at Gwinnett:
3-2 4.85 ERA (6 games), 39 IP, 43 H, 23 R, 21 ER, 3 HR, 8 BB, 21 K, 1.308 WHIP…He’s had more than one bad start
keeping it real
June 1st, 2012
6:43 pm
According to reports the guys at Gwinnett say he is ready. I really think Freddi has something against him. He has got to be better than MM.
nolie
June 1st, 2012
6:43 pm
play the damn game, who cares if somebody gets hurt. I need my baseball fix right now after a day off….
cabravesfan
June 1st, 2012
6:44 pm
What reports?
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
June 1st, 2012
6:44 pm
BOO!!!
Two days in a row with no Braves…not sure how I’ve made it this far…
Trey
June 1st, 2012
6:45 pm
Time to rebound from the last series against Washington. Get some, Braves!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
June 1st, 2012
6:45 pm
nolie—
Yeah! I need some [dang] baseball before I get cranky!!…
richbrave
June 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
No more eager than I am to see AL SIMMONS live via NATIONALS t.v.
richbrave
June 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
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bravofan
June 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
Dang can’t believe its ppd
Carroll Rogers
June 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
game has been postponed. no word yet on makeup date….
chc4
June 1st, 2012
6:47 pm
Assuming we are PPD and not playing a DH tomorrow, Fredi has got to skip Minor. Our other 4 starters don’t need 2 extra days of rest. I’ll be really PO’d if Fredi pushes em all back another day.
Mixxo
June 1st, 2012
6:47 pm
Yay!!
VaBravesFan
June 1st, 2012
6:47 pm
figures, ruins the whole night.
richbrave
June 1st, 2012
6:47 pm
Hey, McFANN, how’s them JENNY WREN’s at your place.
keeping it real
June 1st, 2012
6:47 pm
Atlanta starting pitcher Jair Jurrjens turned in his best performance on the mound Sunday since being demoted to Triple-A Gwinnett. Jurrjens, who was optioned to the minors in late April, permitted just three hits in eight scoreless innings during a 1-0 win over Rochester. He finished with five strikeouts and did not walk a batter as his fastball topped off at 93 mph. “Like night and day,” Gwinnett manager Dave Brundage told MLB.com.
Trey
June 1st, 2012
6:48 pm
Oh, just fantastic.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
June 1st, 2012
6:48 pm
Dude—why have I been getting so bombarded by spam e-mails lately? Good lord…I’ve gotten more spam in the past month than I had for the rest of the three years since I got my e-mail set up!…
cabravesfan
June 1st, 2012
6:48 pm
keeping it real-
Nowhere does that indicate the AAA team thinks he’s ready…
kevkat
June 1st, 2012
6:49 pm
Before the current two game winning streak, I would have said a rain out might be just what the doctor ordered..but now I’m even praying for baseball tonight although it looks bleak at the moment.
richbrave
June 1st, 2012
6:49 pm
My grandson’s final for the REGION II Championship postponed ’till Sunday.
Some ugly clouds out there right now.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
June 1st, 2012
6:49 pm
richbrave—
THEY HAVE A NEST IN OUR YARD!!!
5 eggs…Babies hatched either Tuesday or Wednesday. SOOO excited!!!…
richbrave
June 1st, 2012
6:50 pm
Everybody along the east coast keep their fingers crossed.
nolie
June 1st, 2012
6:50 pm
is it political span, really heave this time of an election year
kevkat
June 1st, 2012
6:50 pm
Oops, didn’t see CR note..guess I’ll look forward to tomorrow’s game.
Trey
June 1st, 2012
6:51 pm
This may be a blessing in disguise. Minor was supposed to pitch tonight. This just gets us one less start with Minor and one day closer to Medlen’s return.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
June 1st, 2012
6:51 pm
Everybody in the area of these storms, STAY SAFE!…Scary stuff…
richbrave
June 1st, 2012
6:52 pm
DOWN ON THE FARM
LYNCHBURG’s game postponed tonight.
keeping it real
June 1st, 2012
6:52 pm
Cab: We obviously don’t agree on this. I think last year should count as something. The first half Jair and Halliday were the 2 best pitchers in the NL. It seems like JJ is healthy again and has regained his form. He has got to be better than what we have seen from the Braves starters the past few weeks.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
June 1st, 2012
6:52 pm
nolie—
No, it’s uh…not political…some of it is the next-worst thing…
ray k.
June 1st, 2012
6:54 pm
Rainout. Well, the good news is the Braves get to skip Strassy. In even better news, they get to skip Minor.
Trey
June 1st, 2012
6:55 pm
ray, I think Strasburg is overrated
cabravesfan
June 1st, 2012
6:55 pm
keeping it real-
One game does not mean he is back. Last year did count- that’s why they stuck with him so long…but he has struggled for too long to make a quick judgement call. Let him prove that he is more consistent before you call him up again and maybe have the same problems. I am a big JJ fan- he’s one of my favorite Braves and I would like nothing more than to see him back to his old self. But I am not going to get too excited over a single great outing. He has to do it regularly.
nolie
June 1st, 2012
6:55 pm
why would we miss Stras?
Incognegro
June 1st, 2012
6:56 pm
Is it official? Is the game postponed?
nolie
June 1st, 2012
6:56 pm
Chipper says he is the greatest Trey. I wonder if he is hurting again
Ralph
June 1st, 2012
6:58 pm
His teammates and coaches call him everything from Andy, Andreltron, Simmons, Simba, Simone
I like the nickname Simba.
Murph
June 1st, 2012
6:59 pm
This just gets us one less start with Minor and one day closer to Medlen’s return.
I was kinda hoping for a 12-11 Braves victory tonight with Minor giving up 6 or 7 runs… I don’t want the team to lose, but I also don’t mind Minor digging his grave a little deeper so there’s no question who gets the boot when Medlen is ready.
nolie
June 1st, 2012
6:59 pm
if he tanks we can call him Simpleton….
Murph
June 1st, 2012
7:01 pm
Does Freeman have a nickname?
If not, it should be Milhouse.
Incognegro
June 1st, 2012
7:01 pm
God sent the rain to prevent another Minor meltdown.
keeping it real
June 1st, 2012
7:02 pm
Lots of good pitchers have one really bad start. Last night look at Norris and Kershaw.
Disgusted
June 1st, 2012
7:02 pm
If we were to get a new owner who could spend money, I don’t think Wren needs to be fired. He’s doing the best he can while under budget constraints. If he could spend just a little more (like 120mil), he might get to be more creative and do more. I don’t think Wren is the problem, the payroll is. (though it is workable, I mean look at the Rays)
@The Only Braves Fan— In five yrs a $120 million payroll will be needed just to stay in the middle of the pack. By then, we hope LM is gone.
The Rays have made their run because they were smart in taking the best players and they were right on most of them–that why its rorking to date. Still say they are in a downward turn if the people do not even show up for middle of the pack attendance.
One big issue with the Braves is the low ceiling players like Minor they picked high, they have chimped in the draft and player development just to keep a 90 or so mil payroll.
The fans want an owner that has some interrest in baseball, and LM bought the team for reasons that do not benefit us in any way shape or form.
keeping it real
June 1st, 2012
7:02 pm
Officially postponed
Disgusted
June 1st, 2012
7:03 pm
Cannot believe those BUMBS got rained out—The weather man deserves to be Booed. He is a BUMB.
cabravesfan
June 1st, 2012
7:03 pm
JJ has had a lot more than one really bad start since the All-Star Break last year…quite a few more, in fact
Trey
June 1st, 2012
7:04 pm
nolie, well Chipper knows a lot more than me about Strasburg. From what I have seen, he looks overrated, but Chipper would know, since he faces him.
Disgusted
June 1st, 2012
7:04 pm
You think that KC would do Myers for both Heyward and Minor?
Jay Dubu
June 1st, 2012
7:04 pm
Braves can use another day off. They had a long streak of games without a day off. Hopefully, play tomorrow & Sunday, and have Monday off. Fresh and ready to beat the Miami Marlins.
Incognegro
June 1st, 2012
7:05 pm
This rain postponement only delays Teheran’s callup from the minors. Darn!!
Ralph
June 1st, 2012
7:05 pm
JJ pitching tonight, have to catch it on “gameday”
keeping it real
June 1st, 2012
7:06 pm
OK Cab. One last question than I give up. 2nd half he was injured and never got back on track. This year he still had not gotten back to form so they rightfully sent him down. It seems to me that 4 of 5 good performances in minors earns him the right to come back and replace a guy who is 5 of 5 poor starts. No?
Trey
June 1st, 2012
7:06 pm
You’re right, Disgusted. DERNED BUMBS!
Disaffected Braves Fan
June 1st, 2012
7:06 pm
Possibly a good break for the Braves. Minor vs. Strasburg was a rough matchup.
Disgusted
June 1st, 2012
7:07 pm
“Im not sold on Wren look what he did with the Orioles when he had money to spend given it was only a year”
One move Wren had bad luck with was the Albert Belle sign for big $$$$$$$ — he developed the career ending arthritic hip the year after Wren signed him, he lasted about 2/3 of a season for them if my memory serves me right. I think that was FW’s sign.
nolie
June 1st, 2012
7:07 pm
he has had some mediocre games lately Trey, and actually has not pitched well in general against us so I can see why you would think that. just passing along what Chipper said if you missed it
Disgusted
June 1st, 2012
7:08 pm
Yep Trey — the clouds around the DC area are plain BUMBS.
How could dey do his to me. BOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I wanted a Braves game tonight, guess I have to setle on the Yankees and Detroit. Go Tigers.
nolie
June 1st, 2012
7:08 pm
Wren did what the owner told him to in Baltimore, had almost no input at all
cabravesfan
June 1st, 2012
7:10 pm
keeping it real-
He has not had 4 out of 5 good performances in AAA. In 2 of his last 3 starts he gave up 10 & 6 ER in 4.2 & 4.1 innings, respectively.
Bat Masterson
June 1st, 2012
7:11 pm
Why would the Nats skip Strasburg?
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 1st, 2012
7:12 pm
clean up your area of the basement too b4 she gets home…..
Nice generalization nolie. I’m 17 and entering my senior year of high-school, where do you think I live?
tool
Waffle House or Bust
June 1st, 2012
7:13 pm
ESPN wants to have sex with Harper. I have never heard them talk about any player like they do that guy. In the words of Flava Flav (Public Enemy days)…. Don’t Believe The Hype!
Ask Heyward about hype.
WTF
June 1st, 2012
7:13 pm
damn stupid rain!
nolie
June 1st, 2012
7:13 pm
my ex-wife’s brother’s father-in-law’s uncle’s niece’s cousin went to a Gwinnett game he pitched and said he is ready to come back to the big team…
nolie
June 1st, 2012
7:14 pm
it was a joke, tool..
Waffle House or Bust
June 1st, 2012
7:14 pm
Disgusted – You think that KC would do Myers for both Heyward and Minor?
That sounded dirty.
Trey
June 1st, 2012
7:15 pm
nolie, yeah, I missed what Jones said, unfortunately. Hell, if he didn’t hurt his arm, it may be much different with him on the mound.
nolie
June 1st, 2012
7:15 pm
sigh…..
Waffle House or Bust
June 1st, 2012
7:15 pm
nolie is awake at 7?
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 1st, 2012
7:15 pm
whatever, just drop it….
no baseball tonight, go get em tomorrow
nolie
June 1st, 2012
7:16 pm
no way the braves are trading heyward for an unproven prospect
nolie
June 1st, 2012
7:16 pm
in fact that generalization rampant through this blog was the joke…
Trey
June 1st, 2012
7:18 pm
I miss living at home. It makes me realize how fast time flies and that eventually I will have that one foot in the grave.
Take advantage of that, TOBF
Incognegro
June 1st, 2012
7:19 pm
It feels wonderful outside. Since there’s no game, I think I’ll partake in this thing called life.
McFann's date
June 1st, 2012
7:22 pm
ESPN wants to have sex with Harper. I have never heard them talk about any player like they do that guy. In the words of Flava Flav (Public Enemy days)…. Don’t Believe The Hype!
Ask Heyward about hype.
What is sex?