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MFin04
June 19th, 2012
7:43 pm
Well that wasn’t too terrible. Of course, we can’t score enough to win, but at least I don’t have to shut the game off yet.
ChattTownBrian
June 19th, 2012
7:43 pm
Why do woman go crazy for Jeter? He so damn ugly.
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
7:43 pm
Nice play by Freeman.
nolie
June 19th, 2012
7:43 pm
gee Fredi ain’t the onliest manager who has a hot guy bunt with one out and a runner already in scoring oposition. gross stupidity no matter who calls it
MIBravesFan
June 19th, 2012
7:44 pm
Well they finally got Jeter out. That’s something positive.
Disaffected
June 19th, 2012
7:44 pm
This the first game all year that I’ve willingly chosen not to watch. I just can’t stand to see the Yankees own us anymore.
Trey
June 19th, 2012
7:44 pm
nolie, I wouldn’t mind them if I was a Yankees fan, since I would know each player by heart.
BravesfaninAugusta
June 19th, 2012
7:45 pm
Our DH is batting .207….that sums it up
Lil' Barry Bailout
June 19th, 2012
7:45 pm
Maybe the series against the Red Sox will be more competitive, cuz the last week has really sukked.
ncbravesfan90
June 19th, 2012
7:45 pm
On Friday the Braves will have 4 starting pitchers on the roster with ERA’s of 4+ and 2 of those starters with a 6+ ERA.
kevkat
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
tired of the Atl
June 19th, 2012
7:39 pm
valdosta, agree. It’s rebuilding time around Freeman, Simmons, Heyward, Prado, Kimbrel, Beachy, Minor, Medlen, Hanson. Trade Bourn before the deadline, shop Jurrjens. Hang onto McCann for another year while a catcher in the minors gets ready. Dump Fredi for someone who will let give the kids some leadership, play the kids, get another veteran pitcher and hitter in here with the $ and let them make a serious run in a year or two.
Don’t do anything until mini camp for football begins…
B_F 54
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
J Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!!!
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
Great job, J-Hey!!!
nolie
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
man that exploded off his bat
David O'Brien
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
Nice work by Heyward, good hustle.
ChattTownBrian
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
Awesome JHEY! That looked like that 2010 Heyward with that swing.
TNScott
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
Nice hustle, J-Hey!!!
Bat Masterson
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
Atta boy, Jason
Smoked that one
TBbravesfan
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
will he score?
IlliniBrave
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
@Disaffected yeah, I agree, it sucks when another team can say “you’re my b****” and you know it’s true. Like the Phillies two and three years ago.
MIBravesFan
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
Yeah, JHey!!
BravesfaninAugusta
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
Nice hustle but he almost made the first out at third
Ron Burgundy
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
Heyward is the only Brave that plays with any passion. I like this kid.
B_F 54
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
bingo
cabravesfan
June 19th, 2012
7:46 pm
Our DH is batting .207….that sums it up
Their catcher is hitting .205
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
7:47 pm
That ball was smoked. He continues to crush RHP.
bp
June 19th, 2012
7:47 pm
Stupid baserunning by Wayward.
nolie
June 19th, 2012
7:47 pm
good coupla at bats
BravesfaninAugusta
June 19th, 2012
7:47 pm
Simmons needs to hit higher in the lineup
Disgusted
June 19th, 2012
7:47 pm
“Drew got treated like a dog in Boston but he was a good ballplayer”
In his whole time there he never hit as many as 25 HRs or drove in as many as 70 RBI. That for 5 yrs at 70 mil a top tiered contract at the time in the winter of 2006.
Had he had two of those yrs like he had in 2004 with the Braves or even the Dodgers in 06, the Boston fans would have accepted him more.
He was not a dirt dog type of guy, just not a fit for that city. He was not good enough.
MIBravesFan
June 19th, 2012
7:47 pm
Good job, Simba!
nolie
June 19th, 2012
7:47 pm
stupid??? sigh
Frumpy
June 19th, 2012
7:48 pm
Jhey continuing his good hitting of late, liked the way he starting to go about it
Murph
June 19th, 2012
7:48 pm
Simmons needs to hit higher in the lineup
I’ll wait until he’s a bit further into the season, but I’m starting to agree with you. The kid seems to be better than advertised with the bat.
Lil' Barry Bailout
June 19th, 2012
7:48 pm
A 0.207 DH? That’s either pathetic, stupid, or both.
ncbravesfan90
June 19th, 2012
7:48 pm
Come on, don’t need a defensive swing on a 3-1 count, geeez!
Ron Burgundy
June 19th, 2012
7:48 pm
Braves need to play Mike Lum more.
bp
June 19th, 2012
7:48 pm
Hinske sux
kevkat
June 19th, 2012
7:49 pm
Wow..you know you’re going to get a fastball and that’s the best you can do…Geez
nolie
June 19th, 2012
7:49 pm
he was cited a coupla yeas as the team MVP by their management. he fit well, he was just not a star
BravesfaninAugusta
June 19th, 2012
7:49 pm
Hinske flirting with the Mendoza line now
Disgusted
June 19th, 2012
7:49 pm
I might be having second thoughts on wanting them to pick up the $9M option on Hudson if this keeps up.
Tomahawk Mafia
June 19th, 2012
7:49 pm
Nobody should hit a 3-1 pitch that weakly.
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
7:49 pm
I don’t usually pick on bench players, but that was a 3-1 fastball right down the middle and Hinske with a weak grounder to 3rd base. I mean, come on, Eric……
cabravesfan
June 19th, 2012
7:49 pm
Not really sure where else you would hit Simba except 7,8, or 2 and he is not going to hit in the 2 spot as long as Marteen is hitting well there…
ChattTownBrian
June 19th, 2012
7:50 pm
Wow Hinske. Yikes he is rolling pitches down the middle softly on the ground.
TBbravesfan
June 19th, 2012
7:50 pm
go blimpski go.
IlliniBrave
June 19th, 2012
7:50 pm
Yankees announcers (it’s all I can get up here) ripping on Hinske not getting better contact on that fastball he was waiting for. Eric does seem to be a different batter this year.
Ron Burgundy
June 19th, 2012
7:50 pm
Braves need more scotch sponsors.
B_F 54
June 19th, 2012
7:50 pm
But JD helped em win the WS
BravesfaninAugusta
June 19th, 2012
7:50 pm
Hudson needs an easy inning here
kevkat
June 19th, 2012
7:51 pm
There’s your run Huddy…hold the lea..oops..ah hold em there…
Ron Burgundy
June 19th, 2012
7:51 pm
Hinske sucked last season but they brought him back because he part of the good ol boy system.
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
7:51 pm
I might be having second thoughts on wanting them to pick up the $9M option on Hudson if this keeps up.
He could finish with an ERA in the 4’s and that’s still fine value for Hudson. Especially if Beachy isn’t available until mid-August.
IlliniBrave
June 19th, 2012
7:52 pm
Could Hinske be this year’s Greg Norton?
nolie
June 19th, 2012
7:52 pm
yeah I was not really in favor of re-signing ske last winter
Ron Burgundy
June 19th, 2012
7:52 pm
Remember the good ol days when this blog did not have all the spam?
BravesfaninAugusta
June 19th, 2012
7:53 pm
Can’t decide who is more annoying: Chip or Don?
Tomahawk Mafia
June 19th, 2012
7:53 pm
A shutdown inning would be nice.
BravesfaninAugusta
June 19th, 2012
7:54 pm
I like listening on the radio but Sutton never shuts up so I’m voting for him
ChattTownBrian
June 19th, 2012
7:54 pm
What do you do when you lose your #1 to injury? Teams that want to go for it and have the means go out do everything to get a #1 if he’s out there. Wren I hope will think this way pretty soon. Doubtful, I know, but I hope.
IlliniBrave
June 19th, 2012
7:54 pm
@BravesinAugusta: I actually am listening to the Yankees announcers and I have to say they are better than Chip and Don for sure.
nolie
June 19th, 2012
7:54 pm
I like them both just fine
BravesfaninAugusta
June 19th, 2012
7:55 pm
That’s more like it
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
7:55 pm
Cano really has a special swing, eh nolie?
IlliniBrave
June 19th, 2012
7:56 pm
nolie: seriously?
TNScott
June 19th, 2012
7:56 pm
Ask and ye shall receive, Tomahawk.
nolie
June 19th, 2012
7:56 pm
Been a big Cano fan for years Efrim. one of my faves
Tomahawk Mafia
June 19th, 2012
7:56 pm
Good inning, lets get some runs.
BravesfaninAugusta
June 19th, 2012
7:57 pm
Switching to radio now thanks for the tip IlliniBrave….but I’ll miss Jim Powell
cabravesfan
June 19th, 2012
7:58 pm
I like Cano much better than I like Jeter. But that’s like saying I like pizza much better than flesh eating bacteria…
nolie
June 19th, 2012
7:58 pm
I think Don knows baseball than all the rest of their ex-jocks combined. Skip has never really bothered me all that much like he seems to so many here. just individual taste
usnavyvolfaninva
June 19th, 2012
7:58 pm
Man, are there that many Gata fans in ATL, that every time I log on to ajc I see an ad for UF season tix?
MIBravesFan
June 19th, 2012
7:59 pm
Good start to the inning, Martin!
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
7:59 pm
Hah! Michael Kay said Greg Walker isn’t preaching “working the count” to the Braves hitters. Oh boy…..not sure about that. Every offense looks like they aren’t patient enough when they are struggling. I like Walker, so far.
B_F 54
June 19th, 2012
7:59 pm
Good knock Marteeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!
TNScott
June 19th, 2012
7:59 pm
Nice hit, Martin!!!
BFChris27
June 19th, 2012
7:59 pm
Heyward!!!!!!!!
Marteeeeeeeen!!!!!!!!
nolie
June 19th, 2012
7:59 pm
prado can hit a ball anywhere
ChattTownBrian
June 19th, 2012
8:00 pm
Come on fat lard
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 19th, 2012
8:00 pm
Could Hinske be this year’s Greg Norton?
Possibly. He looks lost and slow at the plate…
IlliniBrave
June 19th, 2012
8:00 pm
Great sarcastic comment by one of the announcers here: “guess Walker the hitting coach is not preaching working the count”
nolie
June 19th, 2012
8:00 pm
its a stretch but all 4 of their IFers could end up in the Hall.
Efrim
June 19th, 2012
8:00 pm
nolie, I never thought Cano would be THIS good. He’s unbelievable.
IlliniBrave
June 19th, 2012
8:01 pm
Efrim: you beat me to it!
nolie
June 19th, 2012
8:02 pm
how did that miss Mac’s big butt?
ChattTownBrian
June 19th, 2012
8:02 pm
How’d it miss that blubber butt
Ron Burgundy
June 19th, 2012
8:02 pm
How did that ball miss Macs fat booty?
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 19th, 2012
8:02 pm
At least Mac moved Prado over… let’s go Dan!
MIBravesFan
June 19th, 2012
8:02 pm
Well done by BMac to get Martin over
TNScott
June 19th, 2012
8:03 pm
Productive AB, Cann!
Disgusted
June 19th, 2012
8:03 pm
I don’t know why anyone would not like Don Sutton and he is honest in the game anaylasis.
The two who bug me the most are Ben Ingram and Jay Howell. Too pollyana and sun is always in the sky, everything is going to be all right. Never say any nasties.
Not really a big Jim Powell fan or detractor. Take him or leave him.
Tomahawk Mafia
June 19th, 2012
8:03 pm
The chances are slim that Uggla will knock this runner on third in.
tired of the Atl
June 19th, 2012
8:03 pm
down the middle… whiff! Uggla looking at his buddy Nick Swisher’s cup size.
IlliniBrave
June 19th, 2012
8:04 pm
Crap! Uggs is swinging for the fences. How about a grounder to the right side of the IF?
Ron Burgundy
June 19th, 2012
8:04 pm
Uggla is no Marty Perez.
CaptMudd
June 19th, 2012
8:04 pm
Yaba Daba do…..Uggla who!
Disgusted
June 19th, 2012
8:04 pm
Hinske did not suck last yr or the yr before, but he is not getting the J-O-B done this yr.
I have defended him but its getting to the point where I can’t anymore.
What has happened to this bench?
bravesgrl4life
June 19th, 2012
8:04 pm
Dang it, Uggs.
IlliniBrave
June 19th, 2012
8:05 pm
So damn predictable. Swinging for the fences almost every time. Why can’t these Braves play small ball?