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Bay Area Steve
June 19th, 2012
3:18 pm
Yeah, DAP. I wanted to re-post, but without italics, it made no sense. And, I just don’t have the time to learn italics. As the last two hours, and five years, clearly show.
Ease
June 19th, 2012
3:18 pm
I need to Step My Game Up!
Please don’t.
Murph
June 19th, 2012
3:18 pm
Another p***y.
Spoken like a true Caminiti
NYBRAVESFAN
June 19th, 2012
3:18 pm
DOB,
Thanks for a new blog, can your next one be top 10 reasons why Freddie needs to be fired asap.
If you need help writing it, there are a ton of people on this blog who can help you.
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:18 pm
Where Is Jeffrey D at?
I need to Holla At him….
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
3:20 pm
This team needs an ace, a stopper.
If that shoulder never whacked out, Hanson was near that level. A shame.
Sigh….
ncscoots
June 19th, 2012
3:20 pm
Spoken like a true Caminiti
Maybe that will be my handle, if I ever go social:
@caminitisderision
Murph
June 19th, 2012
3:20 pm
Where Is Jeffrey D at?
I need to Holla At him….
He typically spends his afternoons on a blog about cocker spaniels… I’m not sure which one, though, so I’d recommend you close this window and just start at the beginning.
He posts under a different name, though, so you’ll need to spend some time reading the blogs and matching up his mannerisms.
See ya in a month or two.
Ease
June 19th, 2012
3:20 pm
can your next one be top 10 reasons why Freddie needs to be fired asap.
Why are we firing the first baseman?
That bum finger has a lot of people all out of joint…
Shaun
June 19th, 2012
3:20 pm
Yeah, I can remember thinking last season that there was no way Heyward’s poor performance would continue… but… ummmmm… well, bad example.
Murph, so he was the same hitter every 8, 10, 12 games? That’s what I’m talking about here.
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:21 pm
@NYBravesFan…
You really want Fredi to get Ol Yellered? Who do you replace him with?
Sweet Lou Pinella?
Terry Pendleton?
Larry Bowa?
I still don’t know why so many people want him to get sent out to the pasture, Its the players (B-Macc, Ugg, Heyward, Hoss) who are cutting it….
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
3:21 pm
Hell, Beachy was there too. Injuries suck, but I expect Beachy will bounce back from this and still be a very good pitcher.
Bob the Blogger
June 19th, 2012
3:21 pm
The Braves have said that Medlen was too valuable in the pen to be a starter. But after losing Beachy and JJ, I think now that Medlen is too valuable as a starter to be in the pen. That means getting some more arms for the pen, but finding bullpen arms is easier than finding starters.
Bay Area Steve
June 19th, 2012
3:21 pm
@weejunwearincheeseslut
No brainer.
Bama Mike
June 19th, 2012
3:21 pm
Even though they deny it looks like they are pressing to me. If they dont make the playoffs this year it will be what 1 appearance in last 7 years. We have seen teams such as Milwaukee, St Louis, Colorado and Texas just to name a few to pass us. We are considered among the others and in the lower portion of that group. My prediction is that heads will roll if there is no playoff appearance this year. Good bye to Terry, Frank and Fredi.
Etrain
June 19th, 2012
3:21 pm
Does everyone know about the petition in Charlotte to get the Bobcats name changed back to the Hornets?
Should we do a similar petition to get rid of Fredi?
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
3:23 pm
Meden, Jurrjens or Teheran. I guess I see the point that one of these dudes should be able to cover us with the Beachy injury. Just hope Minor and Delgado can continue to progress.
ncscoots
June 19th, 2012
3:23 pm
No brainer.
Love it, love it, love it. Done deal.
But I’m gonna hang on to @caminitisderision, for those days when I want to sneer.
Brian from SC
June 19th, 2012
3:23 pm
Freeman back in the lineup. Ski DH’ing and hitting 9th.
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:23 pm
D.O.B.
Whats The status on J-Hey’s hand?
I heard he got hurt on the last out (I turned it off and started watching the News 15 minutes before it happened) what is his status?
Is he day-to day or will this be another nagging injury that is worse than initially thought…(Fab 5 Freddie’s injury is a case in point)
Brave New World
June 19th, 2012
3:24 pm
NYBRAVESFAN: If we got Greinke, all it would take is for him to read the blogs from the AJC about him, and his social disorder would put him on the DL.
Bat Masterson
June 19th, 2012
3:24 pm
The Cap Tipper @ 3:06 pm
I’m not gonna try to read all that, but from a quick scan I got underperforming as the theme. Yes/no?
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:24 pm
I meant to say that those 3 aren’t cutting it on that 321 post
Brian from SC
June 19th, 2012
3:24 pm
Heyward must be fine…he’s starting tonight, hitting 7th.
Heisenberg
June 19th, 2012
3:25 pm
Proposed line-up for tonight
CF Bourne
SS Simmons
1B Prado
RF Bourne
2B Simmons
DH Prado
LF Bourne
3B Simmons
C Prado
ncbravesfan90
June 19th, 2012
3:25 pm
Guess the plan to DH chipper was scratched.
Brian from SC
June 19th, 2012
3:26 pm
Maybe tomorrow Chipper will DH, or maybe not. We know he doesn’t really like it.
ncscoots
June 19th, 2012
3:26 pm
but from a quick scan I got underperforming as the theme.
Pretty sure there was some “no heart” in there, too. Underperformers never have any heart/grit/urgency, everybody knows that.
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:27 pm
@NYBravesFan
“Lets pony up and trade for Greinke and sign him for a long term deal. The braves have money for next year and are in dire need of a real number 1 ”
No offense, but Thank Gawd Ur not The GM
Brian from SC
June 19th, 2012
3:27 pm
DHing Chipper would be better if Constanza was on the roster, so Martin could play 3rd. As it is, DHing Chipper would mean either Francisco at 3B or Diaz in LF against a RHP. Neither are very appealing.
flange1
June 19th, 2012
3:28 pm
Line of the day about FF’s finger from Ease
That bum finger has a lot of people all out of joint…
Props to Ease!
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:28 pm
Brian from SC
“Maybe tomorrow Chipper will DH, or maybe not. We know he doesn’t really like it.”
Chipper will be out tomorrow, Bank on it, Its a Day game after a night game, we know how Fredi does it…
just sayin'
June 19th, 2012
3:29 pm
the braves have 2-3 hitters who change their hitting philosophy on a bat by bat basis, depending on number of outs, men on base, RISP, etc…bourn, prado..and simmons…all the others swing for the fence, regardless of the situation…as long as that happens, they’ll hit into inning ending double plays..the most recent opponent, the yankees, get men on base and drive them in..they swing for hits..not the fences…even in their short fence home, the NEW yankee stadium…. chipper/mccann…bases loaded..pitcher just walked two batters to load the bases..what do they do…swing at first pitch…double play ground out…the pitcher is the guy in trouble…not the batter..very frustrating to watch, night after night…
Murph
June 19th, 2012
3:29 pm
Freeman back in the lineup. Ski DH’ing and hitting 9th.
We’d be better off letting the pitcher hit.
I like Hinske, but any talent the guy once had has all but vanished like a fart in the wind at this point.
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:30 pm
We better Win tonight! I Simply Can’t Take It Anymore, One more loss to The Damn Yanks and I might poison myself!
Hillbilly
June 19th, 2012
3:30 pm
@weejunwearincheeseslut
No brainer.
Is there even any point in reading beyond this? Can’t get any better can it?
Walker and Fletcher
June 19th, 2012
3:31 pm
Walker and Fletcher were getting accolades a few weeks back. Now it’s time for them to get some blame.
You can’t have it both ways.
Brian from SC
June 19th, 2012
3:31 pm
The Braves need Hinske. What can they do, just drop him? He’s been very cold for a long time. Might as well try to get him going with a day at the office, in a familiar DH spot.
Tumbledown
June 19th, 2012
3:32 pm
Aren’t the Braves 0-8 in the last eight postseason games against the Yankees (last four games of 96 World Series and 99 sweep)? Also, I only remember the Atlanta version of the Braves winning two games against the Yankees in postseason play (overall record 2-8). Anyway you slice the numbers, I despise the Yankees.
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
3:32 pm
Tonight’s lineup at NYY (7:05, SPSO/680AM/BRN): Bourn 8 Prado 7 McCann 2 Uggla 4 Freeman 3 Jones 5 Heyward 9 Simmons 6 Hinske DH
bravesgrl4life
June 19th, 2012
3:33 pm
Tomahawkin’
Didn’t intend to wake you up with the text message, but glad it worked out. I’m just goofin’ at work right now, because in light of the current situation, it all feels pointless.
Yes, my niece threw up at that game, resulting in a prissy little couple in front of us complaining and requesting that we be moved. So, we got moved one section over (away from home plate) and in that row of seats behind the back rail of the terrace level seats. View of the field was fine but couldn’t see the Big Board due to the overhang from the 3rd deck. I was little ticked off, as you can imagine. She knows better – it happens again, she’ll be moving by herself.
Lew
June 19th, 2012
3:33 pm
Murph – I’m far from certain that illustrations would help all that much. What is needed is for someone to sit in the dugout next t Fredi and at appropriate times hit him upside the head and say “No, the bases are loaded with one out and you CAN’T put Livan in there in this situation – use Venters instead.”
Of course, Wren took Livan out of Fredi’s arsenal, so that particular FUBAR ain’t happening again, but you get the drift.
bravesgrl4life
June 19th, 2012
3:33 pm
Ooops, I mcfanned that one
NYBRAVESFAN
June 19th, 2012
3:34 pm
The great gonzo needs to be fired because he has no clue how to manage in game situations. The offense is struggling i get it, but he has no clue how to manufacture runs the right way.
last night he has the 5 hitter (diaz) bunt in the 4th but in the fifth doesnt have the 9 hitter (ross ) bunt. The idiot had the pitcher bat 8th while constanza was here so we would have speed at 9-1 but last night he has simmons at 8 and ross at 9?
he needs out of here.
tomahawkin- is greinke the best number 1 out there – no , but he’s a number 1 who happens to be better than any of our pitchers so think about it a little before you shoot it down.
DAP
June 19th, 2012
3:34 pm
BAS, to do the italics, you have use the symbols, which is hard to do with a whiskey bottle in one hand. :- )
Doofus(Goober and Gomer's Smart Brother)
June 19th, 2012
3:35 pm
“Light Travels Faster Than Sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
Walker and Fletcher
June 19th, 2012
3:36 pm
Count me as someone who thinks if the offense was doing their job, the pitching would be better. It’s hard to pitch thinking you have to throw a 3 hitter just to have a chance to win!
Murph
June 19th, 2012
3:36 pm
Again with McCann in the 3rd spot. Cripes, Fredi’s decisions are maddening sometimes.
Do you think Fredi even knows about sites like Baseball Reference dot com? One of you locals, next home game, make a sign with Baseball Reference on it in big, bold, legible letters and go hold it up behind the Braves’ dugout so Fredi can see it.
Kentavo
June 19th, 2012
3:36 pm
I bet my wife last night when the bottom of the 9th started that the game would end with a Heyward KO and she asked me if I was trying to trick her by watching the replay again.
It is so predictable it might as well be a re-run.
Brooks Conrad
June 19th, 2012
3:36 pm
I hear the Braves need another AAAA player hitting under .100?
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:36 pm
bravesgrl4life
Yes, those vodka shots in 85 degree heat had me doing crazy mess as well…I’m glad I ate before I started getting tuned up…
I’m glad I have never puked at a game, that would suck to have to do a prayer in the mens restroom….
Jimmy
June 19th, 2012
3:37 pm
Fire FG! Fire FW!!
Fire McDowell! Fire TP!!
Fire them all! Seasons Over. BALLGAME!!! DEATHNAIL!!
There, I feel better now. It’s been building all day.
Heisenberg
June 19th, 2012
3:37 pm
bravesgrl4life, so your niece pukes and you get moved to seats where you do not have to see or smell it and the prissy couple got to stay in their seats with the puke?
B_F 54
June 19th, 2012
3:37 pm
I have to agree with those who say our pitching has been pretty good but our bats will heat up any day now …..today would be nice
GO BRAVOS
usnavyvolfaninva
June 19th, 2012
3:37 pm
Heisenberg,
Bourne’s fast, but not THAT fast; CF AND RF?
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:38 pm
NYBravesFan
Grienke will be too expensive and he has admitted that he doesn’t like pitching in big games, we have better/cheaper options in the Farm…Its The AWFense that needs work
Brian from SC
June 19th, 2012
3:38 pm
Are there any sites where Braves fans get together to try to encourage each other about the team when they are in a losing spell?
bravesgrl4life
June 19th, 2012
3:38 pm
Tomahawkin’
If you noticed, she wasn’t eating. So, it was a combination of vodka shots (after beer), heat, and no food.
She apparently doesn’t know the old advice: beer before liquor, never sicker; liquor before beer, never fear.
B_F 54
June 19th, 2012
3:39 pm
Heisenberg you’re comedic skills are on fire today lol
LAG
June 19th, 2012
3:39 pm
I was just poking around Baseball-Reference and saw that a lineup of:
C – McCann
1B – Freeman
2B – Uggla
3B – Jones
SS – Pastornicky/Simmons
LF – Prado
CF – Bourn
RF – Heyward
… has been used a total of 14 times (only once with Simmons).
Whether due to injury or random shuffling, the Braves haven’t gotten into an offensive rhythm. Probably helps explain why we’re so streaky… on fire, then ice cold, then back again…
ncscoots
June 19th, 2012
3:40 pm
Are there any sites where Braves fans get together to try to encourage each other about the team when they are in a losing spell?
You’re joking, right?
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:40 pm
bravesgrl4life
As Hammered as I was, Atleast I didn’t get kicked out of the Chophouse….lol
That makes my streak 2 years in a row now
bravesgrl4life
June 19th, 2012
3:40 pm
Heisenburg –
the puke got cleaned up with a nice smelling kitty litter (that sounds weird). The prissy couple didn’t even stay for the whole game, and the little prissy girl in her little prissy dress spent the whole evening chatting with her girlfriends who were there with their boyfriends. I think the whole crew left in like the 6th inning.
benchwarmer
June 19th, 2012
3:40 pm
Love Bob Dylan. Good pick DOB
Larry
June 19th, 2012
3:40 pm
Thank goodness I have the last two episodes of “The Killing” to watch tonight….and won’t have to subject myself to the sad performance of FG’s hapless Braves.
Heisenberg
June 19th, 2012
3:40 pm
I am here all week….be sure to tip your servers
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:41 pm
bravesgrl4life
June 19th, 2012
3:38 pm
Tomahawkin’
“If you noticed, she wasn’t eating. So, it was a combination of vodka shots (after beer), heat, and no food. ”
OUCH!
Kentavo
June 19th, 2012
3:41 pm
Never throw Uggla a fastball, just a steady diet of breaking stuff and he will K; go inside, outside with Heyward he will K or pop-up; Chipper can’t handle the heater anymore (at least since coming back from DL) from either side; McCann will pull into the shift; Diaz is a hacker, will swing at anything, even if the pitcher just walked the previous hitter on 4-straight balls, and that leaves Prado, Bourne and Simmons as the only competitive bats.
David O'Brien
June 19th, 2012
3:41 pm
Braves lineup: Bourn CF, Prado LF, McCann C, Uggla 2B, Freeman 1B, Jones 3B, Heyward RF, Simmons SS, Hinske DH, Hudson P
Heisenberg
June 19th, 2012
3:41 pm
did they have prissy boyfriends?
space monkey
June 19th, 2012
3:42 pm
We need to stop playing the Yankees. Matt Diaz is not a hitter and not a fielder. Should only be used to pinch hit.
Walker and Fletcher
June 19th, 2012
3:42 pm
“Maybe tomorrow Chipper will DH, or maybe not. We know he doesn’t really like it.”
I know it’s blasphemy but I really don’t care what Chipper does or doesn’t like!
This team could, I said could, be out of it by the trade deadline. This is Chipper’s last season. He ain’t hitting and looks like a lightweight out there right now. By the time he gets fully healthy, he could be retired. Give him his farewell tour, his gold watch, and give Prado all the reps you can at 3rd to try and get ready for 2013.
Anyone who is really thinking that Chipper is going to get healthy and lead this team to the promised land, simply IS NOT thinking.
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:42 pm
Larry
“Thank goodness I have the last two episodes of “The Killing” to watch tonight….and won’t have to subject myself to the sad performance of FG’s hapless Braves.”
Co-Sign! The Game on Sunday Got so Boringggg, I turned it off and started watching Teen Mom
This team at times, especially the AWFense has been unwatchable
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
3:42 pm
vs. RHP:
Heyward:.285/.376/.518
Prado: .284/.353/.379
McCann: .227/.327/.391
Freeman: .267/.310/.489
Uggla: .233/.347/.440
Bourn: .344/.389/.478
Jones: .268/.341/.390
Rufus
June 19th, 2012
3:43 pm
Fire everyone!
/knee-jerk, panicky, and otherwise short-sighted reaction to Braves play lately
Murph
June 19th, 2012
3:45 pm
Are there any sites where Braves fans get together to try to encourage each other about the team when they are in a losing spell?
There used to be one… but it got bought by Liberty Media… they cut way back on the bandwidth, so it can only accommodate one user at a time, and Ward has it set as him homepage.
Ward
June 19th, 2012
3:45 pm
Hello everyone! Sucks about Beachy, and I figured that he would have to have Tommy John, and was with most on that one. Feel better that Huddy is pitching tonight. Maybe there is a slight chance of hope with Huddy?
Jimmy
June 19th, 2012
3:46 pm
“Matt Diaz is not a hitter and not a fielder. Should only be used to pinch hit.”
Or fill-in in the field.
Reminds me of what someone told me one day – “Them plastic bumpers ain’t nothing but plastic.”
never were consistently clutch (see all the hitting coaches come and gone)
June 19th, 2012
3:47 pm
Can a Braves pitcher make it through a season now without having TJ surgery?
And can we get our position starters healthy?
If Braves don’t find capable middle relief the season is over.
Don’t worry about the hitting….they’ve been streaky for 15 years…..pitching and health is the problem today.
bravesgrl4life
June 19th, 2012
3:47 pm
Yeah, they looked like Arnie’s definition of “girly-men”.
The worst part, tho, was she wasn’t done throwing up. After we left after the fireworks, thank God she had two of the big souvinier (sp?) cups. Before we got to the Lenox Mall exit on 400, she had the “hot spits” and asked me to pull off so she could get rid of those. Then, before we got to Holcomb Bridge, she really had to throw up again, so she puked in the cup. I pulled off the highway to a convenience store to let her go wash her mouth out. But it was 3 or 4 days before I could get the smell out of my new Challenger.
Heisenberg
June 19th, 2012
3:47 pm
Maybe there is a slight chance of hope with Huddy?
************************************
So long as the ankles hold up. At this point Medlen has got to be thinking “How many guys do I have to take out before they put me in the rotation”
phil
June 19th, 2012
3:48 pm
Why didn’t the niece throw up ON the prissy girlfriends? Teach the ba*tar*s a real lesson….
Jimmy
June 19th, 2012
3:48 pm
Murph @3:45 –
Ward
June 19th, 2012
3:48 pm
Murph – I only type with my adress, and only that, also don’t use cell phones, or I – pads.
usnavyvolfaninva
June 19th, 2012
3:48 pm
Rufus,
damn right. THat includes TP, worst first-base coaching EVER! LOL
bravesgrl4life
June 19th, 2012
3:48 pm
phil –
She was trying to be nice, I guess. I didn’t even realize that is what she was doing when she was doing it.
Murph
June 19th, 2012
3:49 pm
I don’t understand people who go to ballgames and get so drunk they yack or pass out. How much does it cost to go nowadays? $75, $100 a person if you include a few snacks, ticket, parking, etc?
That’s one expensive cover charge.
Ward
June 19th, 2012
3:50 pm
Murph – Drop that Sh*t it’s getting old……I have nothing against you.
Is there a doctor in the house?
June 19th, 2012
3:50 pm
getting clutch hits with RISP has always been a Braves problem. Even in their glory years.
But pitching has helped. Now their pitching is shot. Oh, what to do?
Turtsnap
June 19th, 2012
3:51 pm
As much as I hate to say it, might be time to give up on Heyward and trade him while you can get some decent returns. Otherwise, you wait another year or two, like we did with Frenchy, and end up with a Ryan Church return
Ward
June 19th, 2012
3:51 pm
Murph – Who’s in charge? I think Wren is calling the shots, and Liberty Media is letting him.
phil
June 19th, 2012
3:52 pm
bravesgrl4life – thanks for those extra graphic details as I eat my Twix bar….
StingerSplash
June 19th, 2012
3:52 pm
So this is how the Braves’ tailspin begins? Not in September, but in June, and at the hands of the AL East. The Yankees are primed to sweep another series from the Braves and while the Red Sox aren’t the sum of their parts right now, and also curiously managed (i.e, Bobby V has had his own share of injuries to deal with, including having not one but two entire starting outfields on the DL at some point, but he’s also prone to “what was that?” in terms of strategy and preparation), how many times do you want to poke the bear before it arises and eats you?
somebody make a stand
June 19th, 2012
3:52 pm
Can anyone wake up Jurjenns Lotion?
Tomahawkin
June 19th, 2012
3:53 pm
Murph
I don’t understand people who go to ballgames and get so drunk they yack or pass out. How much does it cost to go nowadays? $75, $100 a person if you include a few snacks, ticket, parking, etc?
I spent 60 Bucks, Vodka Shots in the lot (Peer Pressure is a Bch) A Four Loko, Bud Light Margarita, and 2 Tomaritas
I was hurting Saturday morning though
Murph
June 19th, 2012
3:53 pm
You started it Ward.
Scorpion Deathlock
June 19th, 2012
3:53 pm
The splash was weak!!!
usnavyvolfaninva
June 19th, 2012
3:53 pm
phil,
I hear there’s such a thing as “puke” flavored jelly beans.
phil
June 19th, 2012
3:54 pm
Murph
June 19th, 2012
3:49 pm
I don’t understand people who go to ballgames and get so drunk they yack or pass out.How much does it cost to go nowadays? $75, $100 a person if you include a few snacks, ticket, parking, etc?
That’s one expensive cover charge.
**********
Moronic for sure….and I don’t understand drinking at all anymore at a game with those highway robbery prices….
nolie
June 19th, 2012
3:54 pm
well it were a great blog at one time, now about 80% negative. Seen it with half a dozen sites over the years, the haters always take over and inundate the place.
Wonder where Moe and Tom O’ went?
More will leave, mark my words