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Jay Dubu
June 12th, 2012
2:38 pm
You know it!!!!
unbelievable
June 12th, 2012
2:39 pm
aka…Michael Bourn
RC
June 12th, 2012
2:41 pm
DOB, thanks for not writing that McCann was “robbed” of a HR, like so many other recaps I’ve read today. From all replays, it appeared that the ball wasn’t going to quite make it over the wall, although it was certainly a well hit ball.
unbelievable
June 12th, 2012
2:42 pm
RC – you must have missed the comment directly under the Swisher photo.
ChopAttack
June 12th, 2012
2:43 pm
Heyward needs to bat higher than McCann and Freeman. Those two aren’t hitting as well, but they’re getting more at bats.
southern hope
June 12th, 2012
2:43 pm
I was at the game last night….and we can blame delgardo & the pitching staff for the 3 on the board but not for the zero next to it.
Brian from SC
June 12th, 2012
2:43 pm
Minor vs. the Yankees’ Sabathia might seem like a mismatch at first glance. But it also does at second or third glance.
LOL!!!
RC
June 12th, 2012
2:44 pm
unbelievable,
I saw it, but it at least said a “potential” HR, acknowledging that it wasn’t heading out for sure. Plus, DOB doesn’t write the photo captions (I don’t think).
southern hope
June 12th, 2012
2:45 pm
DOB: “Minor vs. the Yankees’ Sabathia might seem like a mismatch at first glance. But it also does at second or third glance.” — LOL.
RC
June 12th, 2012
2:46 pm
Heyward needs to bat higher than McCann and Freeman. Those two aren’t hitting as well, but they’re getting more at bats.
For better or worse, I think that Fredi likes to use the #3 hole to “get a hitter going”. That’s the only reason McCann would be there over Freeman. Freeman was doing great batting 3rd, then had eye trouble, scuffled, went to the bench, and was placed in the #5 hole when coming back. Not sure why he wasn’t given a chance to go back to #3.
flange1
June 12th, 2012
2:47 pm
Thanks for the new blog DOB!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
June 12th, 2012
2:48 pm
Dangit, just gotta keep rubbin’ it in my face about that Swisher play, don’t we?…
(ITS)
Thanks for the new Blog, Chief.
Braves Fan in Maine
June 12th, 2012
2:49 pm
Royals put Frenchy on the trade block!!!!!
ncscoots
June 12th, 2012
2:50 pm
I love backgammon…But live, I’m goin’ no cup. Cup’s too much work.
You are such a heathen, LOL.
reckingball
June 12th, 2012
2:50 pm
go bravos!
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
June 12th, 2012
2:50 pm
RC For better or worse, I think that Fredi likes to use the #3 hole to “get a hitter going”.
Too bad it doesn’t work…BMac was coming around before he got shoved into that spot…
Not sure why he wasn’t given a chance to go back to #3.
Me neither. I don’t lose any sleep over it (if you cann believe that), but it bugs the [crud] outta me…
cricket
June 12th, 2012
2:51 pm
Cubs fire hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. Remember when so many felt he was THE ANSWER to braves’ offensive woes?
RC
June 12th, 2012
2:51 pm
Royals put Frenchy on the trade block!!!!!
I think Frenchy should go ahead and invest in a home on the trade block. In the long run its than renting one each year.
PDOG
June 12th, 2012
2:52 pm
Medlin needs to go back to the bullpen as evidenced by the game on Sunday his value will be much greater there.
Woody Woodward
June 12th, 2012
2:52 pm
I’m not one to complain about such things, DOB, but the headline “braves trade for demptster” is a bit of a heart stopper. Took me a second to read past the comma; glad it wasn’t a semi-colon.
RC
June 12th, 2012
2:53 pm
Should have said “its cheaper than renting one each year”. Stupid typos
cricket
June 12th, 2012
2:53 pm
Rememer Teixeira’s interview other day where he acknowledged yankees are home run hitting team and depend on homers but that’s ok since they have so many home run hitters. Does not bode well with Minor’s propensity to give up long balls.
Sopheee
June 12th, 2012
2:53 pm
Royals put Frenchy on the trade block!!!!!
Oh joy. How many minutes pass by before someone pines for a return here?
Braves Fan in Maine
June 12th, 2012
2:54 pm
Id rather have frenchy right now with his arm and defense than diaz and or costanze
ncbravesfan90
June 12th, 2012
2:55 pm
If the Braves want to have a fighting chance of actually being able to compete in the playoffs, or even make the playoffs, they will HAVE to acqurie a proven starting pitcher. Minor, Delgado, Teheran, Medlen, JJ, just won’t cut it as the 4 and 5 starters, just look at the numbers.
Woody Woodward
June 12th, 2012
2:55 pm
When is the Roger mcDowell bashing going to begin?
Sopheee
June 12th, 2012
2:56 pm
One whole minute.
Winner.
Braves Fan in Maine
June 12th, 2012
2:56 pm
Woody Woodward……. hopefully soon he is awful at managing this rotation
RC
June 12th, 2012
2:57 pm
Sample AJC headlines
BRAVES TRADE FOR BRAUN….isn’t going to happen
BRAVES RELEASE HEYWARD is happy with the progress he’s been making
HANSON CUT a blister on his finger. Doesn’t expect to miss a start.
Murph
June 12th, 2012
2:57 pm
I read the headline and my jaw dropped, not believing that the team had just traded for Dempster.
I was neither happy nor sad, just surprised. Then I read further and and realized that no trade had taken place… and as quickly as my mind had tried to make sense of the trade, it has just as quickly gone back to thinking about which types of cheese I like and which types I do not.
ncscoots
June 12th, 2012
2:59 pm
thinking about which types of cheese I like and which types I do not.
I’m a Gouda guy.
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
2:59 pm
Anti-Frenchy-Trade Club? I think Hillbilly’s still lookin’ for an office.
Just make sure he uses a dice cup if y’all play Yahtzee. And, then ask yourself why you’re playing Yahtzee. God, I hated that game. Stupid five-of-a-kinds.
RC
June 12th, 2012
2:59 pm
Murph,
Big fan of grated parmesan. Goes really well on a burger in place of the usual Kraft single.
ncbravesfan90
June 12th, 2012
3:02 pm
I guess trading for Dempster just makes too much sense and would be a pefect fit, I don’t know.
Murph
June 12th, 2012
3:02 pm
Gouda is good, I also dig parmesan… after watching a show the other night all about cheese I’ve realized that I’m very sheltered and know very little about cheese, at least real cheese that isn’t made by Kraft or some other mass-producer.
When I make my famous green chile cheeseburgers I use extra-sharp cheddar.
Juan
June 12th, 2012
3:03 pm
MLBTR report that DOB from AJC Dempster Trade for the Braves
WOW……April fool….oh wait is June 12
cricket
June 12th, 2012
3:04 pm
Woody Woodward – I read it the same way and was getting ready to see how Lew was going to complement Ward
Brandon
June 12th, 2012
3:05 pm
DOB…first thing I read was “Braves trade for Dempster…” Nice way to grab our attention! Haha
ChucktownBrave
June 12th, 2012
3:05 pm
The Braves don’t need pitching help, they just need patience with the young guys. Oh and Simmons was robbed last night of a hit.
ncscoots
June 12th, 2012
3:05 pm
I’ve realized that I’m very sheltered and know very little about cheese, at least real cheese that isn’t made by Kraft or some other mass-producer.
You need new parties to go to, LOL.
Ease
June 12th, 2012
3:06 pm
I’m a Gouda guy.
Smoked or old?
Ease
June 12th, 2012
3:07 pm
Tonight’s lineup: Bourn 8 Prado 7 McCann 2 Uggla 4 Diaz 9 Jones 5 Freeman 3 Simmons 6 Minor 1
Frankie Wren
June 12th, 2012
3:07 pm
oh the pain, the pain. Still holding out for Dempster. Mortgage the bloody future, who cares about next year!!! Get Chipper a ring! FW pull a Cardinal trade that makes no sense ie Rasmus, Jackson, Patterson etc. For the love of Chipper man, make it happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woody Woodward
June 12th, 2012
3:08 pm
Cricket, woulda been worth the price of demptster to see that!
RC
June 12th, 2012
3:09 pm
SIMMONS SENT DOWN in the bottom of the 3rd on a lineout double play to the pitcher.
HUDSON RETIRES the side with no walks or hits in the 6th.
Najeh Davenpoop
June 12th, 2012
3:09 pm
Maybe I am the only dumbass who thinks so, but this headline was a little misleading. I read it to mean that they just made a trade for Dempster and further trades for pitching are unlikely.
ncbravesfan90
June 12th, 2012
3:09 pm
“The Braves don’t need pitching help, they just need patience with the young guys.”
They need pitching help that can contribute to the Major league club in an effective way this year. Let the young guys season in the Minor leagues. There’s a NL East title to be had.
RC
June 12th, 2012
3:09 pm
Crap, messed up my bold formatting. Still practicing my AJC headlines.
Frankie Wren
June 12th, 2012
3:10 pm
Getting a ring in Atlanta is more difficult than Frodo getting to Mordor.
Ease
June 12th, 2012
3:10 pm
DOB is not the headline writer, so I doubt he cares that much…
least of the east
June 12th, 2012
3:10 pm
all they draft early almost every year are pitchers and we still don’t have enough. their scouting is overrated. Minor will prove that again tonight when he gives up at least 2 homers to Yanks.
if van Poppel had agreed to sign back in 1990, we’d have another pitching stiff on our long list. luckily, he refused and we took Chipper 1st overall.
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
3:11 pm
No platoon, huh?
ncscoots
June 12th, 2012
3:11 pm
Ease, I’m more partial to the smoked. But, truthfully, I’m pretty much a cheese slut. I’ll even eat Brie, if that’s what’s on the table.
I do tend to draw the line at Kraft singles, though. Man’s got to have some pride.
David O'Brien
June 12th, 2012
3:11 pm
Braves lineup: Bourn CF, Prado LF, McCann C, Uggla 2B, Diaz RF, Chipper 3B, Freeman 1B, Simmons SS, Minor P
Brad
June 12th, 2012
3:12 pm
Would a player like Matt Garza interest the Braves? They’d have him for a year and a half before he hits free agency and would definitely solidify the rotation.
The price would be higher than a half-year rental pitcher, but the Braves have a deep farm system and the Cubs will most likely be looking to move Garza this July for prospects. The Braves have plenty of young pitching prospects to deal, Minor and Delgado included.
Frankie Wren
June 12th, 2012
3:13 pm
Yankees good possibility of getting Garza. He will help somebody as well.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
June 12th, 2012
3:14 pm
Lord in Heaven…
ncscoots
June 12th, 2012
3:14 pm
No platoon, huh?
Heyward faced every lefty in creation when he was hitting .200, he gets a few hits in June and gets splinters against lefties. Fredo has got some magical mind.
cabravesfan
June 12th, 2012
3:14 pm
Matt Diaz is 5-9 against Sabathia
Braves Fan in Maine
June 12th, 2012
3:15 pm
I dont want the braves to trade the farm for a 1-1.5 player….. still feel the pain from the tex deal
Frankie Wren
June 12th, 2012
3:15 pm
Cab with the knockout punch. Can’t fault Fredo there.
Boyd
June 12th, 2012
3:16 pm
Give me a good sharp cheese and I am happy. Throw in a laxative.
cabravesfan
June 12th, 2012
3:16 pm
Frankie Wren-
I confess I lifted that from DOB’s twitter…and he mentioned it in the blog as well
cabravesfan
June 12th, 2012
3:18 pm
And I suspect it will not be the last time that stat will have to be mentioned…
JT Grace
June 12th, 2012
3:18 pm
Looks like Frediot is back to his old tricks again. Jason has sat against LHP twice in the last week. Someone needs to remind Fredi that YOU DO NOT PLATOON A YOUNG PLAYER LIKE HEYWARD!!!!!!
If the Braves aren’t going to play Jason every day he should be traded to another team. This is ridiculous.
flange1
June 12th, 2012
3:19 pm
I would rather have Heyward.
cabravesfan
June 12th, 2012
3:19 pm
Like I was saying…
MATT DIAZ IS 5-9 AGAINST SABATHIA
ncscoots
June 12th, 2012
3:19 pm
Can’t fault Fredo there.
Sure, I can.
Frankie Wren
June 12th, 2012
3:19 pm
This has been beat to death but have to revisit. JS pulled a major rock in 07. Heading for one of the worse trades of alltime. Salty and Harrison are now lighting it up.
Ahhh, who cares. Get Dempster and win for Chipper and watch the Gwinnett Braves the next 4 years.
Efrim
June 12th, 2012
3:20 pm
No platoon, huh?
Heyward faced every lefty in creation when he was hitting .200, he gets a few hits in June and gets splinters against lefties. Fredo has got some magical mind.
2 days off in the last 3 days with another off day on Thursday. Awesome.
Slide J-Hey
June 12th, 2012
3:20 pm
Thats one reason Braves should have got Oswalt….
Frenchy can go to Maine? are to *#@*
McDonell should have been fired last year..it didn’t just start Woody..where u been?
Wren did nothing since last year and now you see the results.Amen!
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
3:20 pm
“Matt Diaz is 5-9 against Sabathia”
I read the blog, and I didn’t say I disagree. If you want Diaz in, you have to sit Chipper or Heyward. I remarked because many here said a platoon wouldn’t happen. Sitting twice in a row against lefties is gettin’ awful close…
RC
June 12th, 2012
3:20 pm
Looks like Frediot is back to his old tricks again. Jason has sat against LHP twice in the last week. Someone needs to remind Fredi that YOU DO NOT PLATOON A YOUNG PLAYER LIKE HEYWARD!!!!!!
If the Braves aren’t going to play Jason every day he should be traded to another team. This is ridiculous.
Normally I’d agree, but come’on, it’s CC freakin’ Sabathia. If you are going to give Heyward a day off, now is a great time to do it.
I’m more surprised by the move to play 2 3b and no LF. Pretty unconventional Fredi
JT Grace
June 12th, 2012
3:20 pm
Matt Diaz is 5-9 against Sabathia
Small. Sample. Size.
Jason is the better overall player and is one of the top young players in baseball. Frediot is probably the only manager dumb enough to platoon him.
Sopheee
June 12th, 2012
3:21 pm
Still no me gusta. Too many days off, imo.
Frankie Wren
June 12th, 2012
3:21 pm
MATT DIAZ IS 5-9 AGAINST SABATHIA
MATT DIAZ IS 5-9 AGAINST SABATHIA’
MATT DIAZ IS 5-9 AGAINST SABATHIA
MATT DIAZ IS 5-9 AGAINST SABATHIA.
Forgot the point I was trying to make.
B_F 52
June 12th, 2012
3:22 pm
Eh Tu Murph ? I thought we had traded for Dempter too.
I am hoping JJ is the comeback kid and ergo our Dempster
ncscoots
June 12th, 2012
3:22 pm
Salty and Harrison are now lighting it up.
Five years later, Frankie. Five…bleepin’…years.
JT Grace
June 12th, 2012
3:22 pm
If you are going to give Heyward a day off, now is a great time to do it.
If Jason did not also miss the Ricky Romero game I would agree. This is getting awfully close to smacking of a platoon and I don’t like it one bit. It’s not good for Jason and it’s not good for the team going forward.
RC
June 12th, 2012
3:23 pm
I forgot that Heyward sat Sunday. Yeah, Fredi might be doing Fredo things again….
cabravesfan
June 12th, 2012
3:23 pm
Ok, you want a larger sample size?
Career vs. lefties:
Heyward: .221
Diaz: .328
Slide J-Hey
June 12th, 2012
3:23 pm
cabravesfan..5-9 don’t mean shi# as for him getting a hit tonight. My Border Collie can catch and run better than Diaz. Probably hit too.
Hillbilly
June 12th, 2012
3:23 pm
Just make sure he uses a dice cup if y’all play Yahtzee. And, then ask yourself why you’re playing Yahtzee. God, I hated that game. Stupid five-of-a-kinds.
Couldn’t secure the 35 point bonus, huh? Don’t hate.
Braves Fan in Maine
June 12th, 2012
3:24 pm
Fredi is an idiot play the kid and have em work out his problems….. this management could screw up a T BALL TEAM!!! Fredi , wren must go
RC
June 12th, 2012
3:25 pm
Considering that Heyward sat Sunday, it might have made sense to have either Prado or Diaz play 1b tonight and give Freddie a night off. But of course that’s not happening
Frankie Wren
June 12th, 2012
3:25 pm
“Five years later, Frankie. Five…bleepin’…years”
Doesn’t matter if it 5 yrs or 1 year. Still goes down as one of the most brutal trades in history. Hell, I was for it actually. Doesn’t change anything. Like talking about Lou Brock traded from Cubs to Cards. This one will get discussion down the road. Just sayin
keylargo
June 12th, 2012
3:26 pm
Mac at 3rd again? I would really rather see him at 7 than 3. One more 0 fer 4 and he’ll be hitting .228 with an OPS of .692.
Efrim
June 12th, 2012
3:26 pm
MATT DIAZ IS 5-9 AGAINST SABATHIA
He’s going to hit LHP better than Heyward. He just is. So is it a platoon, or not? I guess we’ll see. Chen, Sabathia and Pettitte three outta four days next week. I doubt Heyward will sit all three…..I hope.
cabravesfan
June 12th, 2012
3:26 pm
It would make zero sense to have Diaz or Marteen play 1st base tonight. Neither is any kind of 1st baseman. If Freddie got the day off, Hinske would be in there
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
3:26 pm
“Couldn’t secure the 35 point bonus, huh? Don’t hate.”
Must hate. No, not many bonuses, for sure. You never saw a guy fill up his wild spots so fast. 20 rolls to go, and my wilds are filled. Hated that game.
Braves Fan in Maine
June 12th, 2012
3:27 pm
I agree with you Frankie Wren (ugh hate that name) that trade will haunt us
Russell Bell
June 12th, 2012
3:27 pm
I’ll even eat Brie, if that’s what’s on the table.
Put down the cheese plate, Scoots!
Frankie Wren
June 12th, 2012
3:27 pm
Keylargo- Mac killed the ball yesterday.
TennesseePaul
June 12th, 2012
3:28 pm
Thanks for the work DOB.
GO BRAVES!!
Last 9 Starts of the Starting 9
_________AVG__OBP__SLG___OPS_wOBA_L9S9+
Bourn__ .436 .463 .615 1.079 .467 __191
Prado__ .268 .268 .366 0.634 .275 ___71
McCann_ .182 .289 .303 0.593 .236 ___62
Uggla__ .241 .421 .621 1.042 .419 __180
Diaz___ .281 .361 .438 0.799 .333 __117
Chipper .250 .294 .281 0.575 .264 ___58
Freeman .270 .270 .405 0.676 .290 ___81
Simmons .219 .286 .406 0.692 .280 ___86
Minor__ .056 .056 .056 0.111 .096 __-70
Penpal
June 12th, 2012
3:28 pm
I love my Braves, win or loose, but, most of all I respect the class of the Braves. No silly childish antics when they get on base, No pie in the face when they do an interview, No Gatorade bath. I think those things are degrading, not complimentary.
RC
June 12th, 2012
3:28 pm
It would make zero sense to have Diaz or Marteen play 1st base tonight. Neither is any kind of 1st baseman. If Freddie got the day off, Hinske would be in there
Both have played 1b in the past couple of years. Neither would be an issue for one game, especially if the goal is to maximize the RH bats vs. Sabathia.
Efrim
June 12th, 2012
3:28 pm
Ok, you want a larger sample size?
Career vs. lefties:
Well, I tell ya…. If we’re calling it quits on the Heyward as an everyday player this far into the season……
Slide J-Hey
June 12th, 2012
3:28 pm
It don’t really make a damn..fredi will screw it up..
flange1
June 12th, 2012
3:29 pm
I could care less what Diaz has hit against CC, I would rather have Heyward.
Bay Area Steve
June 12th, 2012
3:29 pm
What’s nice, whichever side you’re on, is that Fredi has the option.
‘Cause if we’re bickerin’ about starts, that means that Chipper’s in, and the FMJ is good. Don’t matter who plays, we gotta swing it. And, as big a fan as I am of Heyward, he hits, he’ll play. It’s on him.