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IlliniBrave
June 24th, 2012
5:00 pm
@TOBF: yeah, we have the highest strength-of-schedule in the NL. Above us overall are the Orioles, Rays, Yankees, and Jays, with the BoSox, Nats and Reds in order right below us. So basically we’ve been playing the best teams in baseball over the past four weeks.
Let’s hope that as the schedule lightens up we can take advantage.
Ralph
June 24th, 2012
5:00 pm
Our 3-4-5 hitters 1 for 12, gonna win a lot of games with that kind of performances!
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
5:01 pm
So Juan Francisco>Kevin Youkilis? No way my friend
Not saying that, but don’t think Youk needs to sit behind Chipper, he doesn’t seem to like it anyway. But the ChiSox need a 3B, we have 2 (chipper prado), so we’re fine.
Getting multiple sources and stuff reporting this, so I’d say it’s done. just wonder what the cost is and what/if the braves offered.
cowdogit
June 24th, 2012
5:01 pm
You have to give McDowell credit , He’s been impersonating a pitching coach for seven years and the idiots in charge are no wiser .
Tomahawkin
June 24th, 2012
5:01 pm
@Disgusted
Your Moniker name is intact for this series in the Fens, Double J saved the team from being taken to the Woodshed by those Filthy Sox!
ncbravesfan90
June 24th, 2012
5:02 pm
White sox give up a utility player and a pitcher, no names yet. Doesn’t sound like much at all. Oh well. Guess we will continue to stand pat, again.
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:02 pm
cain’t give cowdogit that same credit though as a blogger. we know
Powder Blue
June 24th, 2012
5:02 pm
I think I may be better than Juan Francisco.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
5:03 pm
Ha! Fredi said, “we’ll keep running him out there.” I’m a freaking psychic!
Well, since it’s h8 Minor time, there could be hope. FG said he was bringing back his entire staff, and lo and behold, his hitting coach got axed. If FW has seen enough, we’ll know by tomorrow.
Ralph
June 24th, 2012
5:03 pm
AL east owns the NL east!
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:05 pm
Medlen is middling , send him down
Sons of Rick Matula
June 24th, 2012
5:06 pm
I keep giving Fredi a six game leash on his job. 3-3 in NY and BOS was about the minimum but the trip was a disappointment given the two last bad losses.
Given that this home stand features a week AZ team and the division leading NATS, I am thinking four wins are a minimum. Anything less – at home – he gots to go.
ncbravesfan90
June 24th, 2012
5:07 pm
It’s really official now, Hawk Harrleson says Youk is coming to the White Sox.
mpimentel
June 24th, 2012
5:08 pm
We don’t need youk…. We have an every day 1st. Base man and a platoon in 3rd. (Kranc, chipper ,d hinskie)…and the next season we’ll have prado on 3rd….
Angel Wings
June 24th, 2012
5:08 pm
Got score. Did not see Game. Would someone please tell me how J-Hey did?
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:08 pm
you really thought they were gonna do better than 3-3 against those two teams at their homes
Woody Woodward
June 24th, 2012
5:08 pm
If medlin is middling, nolie, what’s minor?
Dumbfounded again......
June 24th, 2012
5:09 pm
Steve Gilbert@SteveGilbertMLB
#Dbacks Trevor Bauer removed from Triple-A game after 2 2/3 innings. Sign he could start in big leagues Thurs. @Jim_Powell @mlbbowman
jeffrey d
June 24th, 2012
5:09 pm
3-4 with a HR, Angel Wings. And he looked great
Tomahawkin
June 24th, 2012
5:09 pm
@1991 Braves
Perfectly said on that 4:58 post, This Franchise just loves to feed the excuses
Now its the interleague schedule excuse, In 2 weeks the injury excuse will be back
jeffrey d
June 24th, 2012
5:09 pm
oh yeah, and a double
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:10 pm
3-4 with double and homer
The A Bomb
June 24th, 2012
5:10 pm
PREDICTION: Bauer will destroy the Braves. Guy is unflappable. Just watch.
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:11 pm
minor
Angel Wings
June 24th, 2012
5:12 pm
Thank you jeffrey d. Won’t bother you any more. Thanks for info.
bigbrave
June 24th, 2012
5:12 pm
Time to put Heyward in the 3rd spot or cleanup. McFann and Uggly just aren’t getting it done!
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
5:12 pm
Many here would benefit from the gift of a dictionary
ncbravesfan90
June 24th, 2012
5:12 pm
White Sox give up Zach Stewart and an utility infield player; Stewart had an ERA of 5.88 in the majors last year and a 4.20 ERA in the minors. Surely we could have gave up someone like that….
IlliniBrave
June 24th, 2012
5:13 pm
@ Tomahawkin: the reality is that we have the highest strength-of-schedule in the NL. And the four teams above us as well as the one just below us are those in the AL East. We have basically been playing the best teams in baseball for most of the past month. That’s not like the Dodgers or Cards, who have had a much easier row to hoe.
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:13 pm
more funn to make up yer own werds
Efrim
June 24th, 2012
5:13 pm
Heyward now up to .278/.351/.510. Incredible turnaround.
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:14 pm
we could have but why would we?
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:14 pm
he’ll be back down to 700 soon…….
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
5:15 pm
Or at least your own definitions
ACE
June 24th, 2012
5:16 pm
Ben Ingram must be joking. He just said there were some tough questions for Fredi in the post game. We know for sure one person who didn’t ask any of them.
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:16 pm
Enter your comments here
usnavyvolfaninva
June 24th, 2012
5:16 pm
Still just 4 games out.
sorry, just can’t be negative.
mpimentel
June 24th, 2012
5:16 pm
If any dpt. Have to be upgrade rigth now is our starting pitching….enough pressure on minor’s and delgado’s shoulders …send them down to AAA…again huddy, hanson,jj, medlen and teheran or redmond (c. Martinez started in winter league , it could be an option too)
The A Bomb
June 24th, 2012
5:16 pm
Hahaha! More Heyward backtracking. Funny stuff.
RIpping on a 22-year-old has risks, doesn’t it — MOST OF YOU?
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:17 pm
poor ol’ DOB, such a creampuff……
Efrim
June 24th, 2012
5:17 pm
Little surprising that teams continue to pitch to Heyward. He hasn’t been walked at all. Pitchers are going right at him and he’s making them pay. I keep thinking it’s going to end and he’ll be walked, but it hasn’t happened yet.
Angel Wings
June 24th, 2012
5:17 pm
Just popped back in to say you guys are very nice and funny. Thanks for chatting.
ncbravesfan90
June 24th, 2012
5:18 pm
“we could have but why would we?”
Chipper’s health is up in the air and Youk would have gotten plenty of starts at the hot corner plus he could spell Freeman against a tough lefty. And if he doesn’t start one day, then he makes our bench ten times better, cause the bench could use some improvement desperately. Then you keep Prado in LF next year and have Youk as your everyday 3rd basemen and you still have plenty of money to spend on a CF plus a Starting pitcher or two.
monty
June 24th, 2012
5:18 pm
Look for Wren to pull a trade soon for a reliable SP. At least someone with a .500 record who can eat innings. And Oh yeh, keep the ball in the park.
jeffrey d
June 24th, 2012
5:18 pm
Here’s what I think some people expect DOB to do
http://apublicdefender.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/interrogation.jpg
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
5:18 pm
White Sox give up Zach Stewart and an utility infield player; Stewart had an ERA of 5.88 in the majors last year and a 4.20 ERA in the minors. Surely we could have gave up someone like that…
Carlyle and Pastornicky….. Flande and Pastornicky…. Redmond and Pastornicky….Hughes and Pastornicky
Now, I don’t know how any of those pitchers compare to Stewart (who seems to be young), and I’m in no way advocating trading REV or wanting Youk here, just throwing out ideas….
Marvin Mangrum
June 24th, 2012
5:18 pm
It dont matter, he is a fry cook at micky ds, whats he making 13.5 a year, oh, that be in thousands, 13.5? Oh, no hes making $16 mil! Somebody got screwed didnt they? Yup! Again! And again! Yup and again!
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
5:19 pm
David Kaplan of CSNChicago.com tweets the White Sox gave up pitcher Zach Stewart and a utility player. Heyman tweets the utility player is Brent Lillibridge.
Ben Ingram must be joking. He just said there were some tough questions for Fredi in the post game. We know for sure one person who didn’t ask any of them.
You
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
5:20 pm
Heyward now up to .278/.351/.510. Incredible turnaround.
Yeah……… We saw a pretty good stretch where Heyward looked good at the plate but was mostly just missing and getting so, so results. Then a couple of weeks where he did not look good. Now we see what he looks like when he’s not missing much at all, and everything is going his way. I think he had two swinging bunt, and one broken bat, infield hits in the last two games.
ncbravesfan90
June 24th, 2012
5:20 pm
And the utility player was Brent Lillibridge, batting a hefty .175. Sure looks like the Red Sox got a haul for Youk (sarcasm). If that’s all it took, I wonder if Wren has been asleep the past week?
TOMY FOURNIER
June 24th, 2012
5:20 pm
Uggly all start second base….pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase, people…where are your sense???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:21 pm
how much did boston eat of his salary
ncbravesfan90
June 24th, 2012
5:22 pm
nolie-
Reports yesterday were that they would eat 5 million of his 8 milliion left. If that infact proves to be the case and that is all the whitesox gave up thats the definition of a steal.
mpimentel
June 24th, 2012
5:22 pm
4 runs and mccan, uggla and freeman didn’t do much…hum, sounds good to me …it’s time to be positive….and a 3-3 roud trip against nyy and bosox is’nt bad either…how many teams can play better than that against those teams in their homes??…give some credit to our guys..
jeffrey d
June 24th, 2012
5:22 pm
Or mabe this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C0_jDBxJ8w
Fredi: Minor’s going to stay in the rotation.
DOB: slams Fredi’s head on the table WHERE IS HE???!
Fredi: okay okay! He’s out of the rotation!
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
5:24 pm
how much did boston eat of his salary
Don’t know yet, all I see is that a “significant” portion was covered.
And the utility player was Brent Lillibridge, batting a hefty .175. Sure looks like the Red Sox got a haul for Youk (sarcasm). If that’s all it took, I wonder if Wren has been asleep the past week?
Maybe FW doesn’t think him necessary? Or he doesn’t want him, scouts didn’t think favorably of him….
Tomahawkin
June 24th, 2012
5:25 pm
We Don’t Need Youk!
B-Macc and Uggg are Gonna get Hot, Watch and Bank On It! (sarcasm)
Seriously Though, Chipper, B-Macc and Ugg Can NOT be relied on to carry the offense…Fredi needs to make changes to the middle of the order….
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
5:25 pm
Nolie: this is all i’ve got
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
Youkilis and cash – lots of cash – to #WhiteSox for Lillibridge and Stewart. #RedSox.
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:26 pm
wow. Lilli had one decent small season and is tanking it bad again this year. knew he was never gonna amount to much when I watched him in the minors…
The A Bomb
June 24th, 2012
5:27 pm
Why would Wren deal for Youkilis? Anyone who makes double-digits is out of play. Anyone who makes single digits is probably out of play as well.
They have exactly the type of manager they need for a team like this. Water-tredo Fredo.
One more we have ANOTHER losing streak for the MANICS.
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:27 pm
maybe Frank is saving his sofa change in hopes that he can do better. Big Youk fan but he has beet terrible for quite a while now
ACE
June 24th, 2012
5:28 pm
We would just like to see something other than the usual cap tipping, got to believe the back of the bubble gum card quotes. At least ask the MANAGER why he made certain moves.
Tomahawkin
June 24th, 2012
5:29 pm
I can Taste Matt Garza…Minor is Uggghhhh, I can’t describe it other than he gets Rattled easily…Rossy should be his personal catcher. That sequence of pitches B-Macc called to Minor in both those ab’s to Cody Ross makes one wonder…
jim
June 24th, 2012
5:30 pm
Fredi needs to be grilled on his lineup. How long does he plan to keep hitting Mac 3rd? Why does he insist on keeping Heyward batting 6th or 7th in the order.
AND
Why does he never play hit and run with Prado and Bourn????
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
5:30 pm
nolie: Here ya go
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
#WhiteSox getting $5.5M in deal.
ACE
June 24th, 2012
5:31 pm
Go back and take a look at all the quotes after the games. Same old same old.
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:32 pm
sure ssıd the manager off and see what you get the rest of the year. works fer me….
ACE
June 24th, 2012
5:32 pm
Why keep the hottest hitter batting seventh would be a good first question.
Efrim
June 24th, 2012
5:32 pm
Stewart and Lillibridge isn’t that bad of a haul for a mostly washed up Youkilis. He’s looked terrible in the field and at the plate. I’m sure he’ll be better in Chitown. I think…..
jim
June 24th, 2012
5:32 pm
Why so much interest in Youkilis on this blog? Can he pitch?
SMOLTZ 29
June 24th, 2012
5:33 pm
Minor and Delgado on the same bus to Gwinnett. Can’t keep giving away ballgames with awful starting pitching. MAKE IT HAPPEN, WREN!
mpimentel
June 24th, 2012
5:33 pm
So the white sox gave a jack wilson kind of player and a varvaro kind of pitcher for youk….we may don’t need him but geez wren!!… you can’t top that???and bosox will pay 6 of 9 mills left for this season….WREN WAKE. UP!!!!!
ChattTownBrian
June 24th, 2012
5:33 pm
Matt Garza tastes like cabbage and a spicy enchilada mixed together.
ACE
June 24th, 2012
5:33 pm
He couldn’t get any less than he does now. He may not get invited on any more Harley rides.
JeanE
June 24th, 2012
5:34 pm
If I need a laugh, I just scroll the blog after a loss to get some perspective on life. Some of you all are hilarious, just not intentionally. I am so glad the AL stint is over, I hate it. I missed Hinke’s triple, how the he** did that happen?! Awesome! He’s too good a hitter not to get it going and I guess today was the day. I still love these guys, losers today or not. I am a FAN>some of you are not.
Go BRAVES!
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
5:35 pm
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN
The Red Sox are eating all but $2 million of the money owed to Youkilis for the rest of the season.
George
June 24th, 2012
5:35 pm
Awful game, but nice sendoff for KEVEN Y, good he got trible his last AB . He was one of my favorate players.
ChattTownBrian
June 24th, 2012
5:36 pm
Dan Uggla wears a thong that is attached to his cup.
That is all for now.
ACE
June 24th, 2012
5:36 pm
Let’s hope FW does something. Like Yogi said it’s getting late early.
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:37 pm
whos paying his 1m option buy out next season
ChattTownBrian
June 24th, 2012
5:37 pm
JeanE, fans come in all shapes and colors my dear. Just because you get nasty and silly on a sports blog doesn’t mean you aren’t a freakin fan.
ACE
June 24th, 2012
5:38 pm
JeanE, if you like reruns just wait for the after LOSS comments. Same old cap tipping got to believe the back of the baseball card etc.
BFChris27
June 24th, 2012
5:39 pm
Youkilis to White Sox for Zach Stewart and our good buddy Brent Lillibridge.
George
June 24th, 2012
5:39 pm
Please no more MINOR, he hits a wall every game, every game he is in is automatic loss.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
5:39 pm
we may don’t need him but geez wren!!… you can’t top that??
If we don’t need him, then why would you try to top that???
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
5:42 pm
I expect FW to be getting busy soon. There will be moves (maybe a trade, but not necessarily) made before the All-Star break…
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
5:42 pm
Damn, Sunshine Skyway bridge closed
George
June 24th, 2012
5:43 pm
No post game comments by FREDI today?
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
5:44 pm
Cars floating in Clearwater
AJC Reporting
June 24th, 2012
5:44 pm
David O’Brien: “What are your thoughts on the team so far, namely the pitching and what will you be looking for comethe deadline”?
Frank Wren: “We like our team a lot. Heyward is coming on strong and we feel McCann is too good to struggle for long. The pitching has been good for the most part. We really like Minor and Delgado and feel they can help stabilize this rotation for years to come. Just because they hit a few bumps in the road and have a few little hiccups doesn’t mean you quit on them. Hanson, Hudson and the way Jair pitched a few days ago make us excited about those top three spots in the rotation moving forward.
On trades – nothing out there really excites me right now. A tweek here or there might be possible, but expecting anything major is highly unlikely. Our bench is chalk full of vetrans and proven guys and promising guys like Francisco. All in all, we love our team”.
George
June 24th, 2012
5:45 pm
Bat
Are you getting the STORM?
Disgusted
June 24th, 2012
5:45 pm
Garza is not comming here and neither is Dempster.
With Chipper back and Freeman;s finger better there was really no room for Youklis here.
The Red Sox did not get much fr sure and word has it they still are on the hook for some of the $$$$$$$$$$$ left on Youk;s salary. Not good for them.
My thinking is that they will ride Monor and Delgado through the year come hell or high water, no way $$$$$$$ is being added to the budget. And its foolish to get a rental that they have no chance of signing.
So much for Braves baseball in 2012.
I see the RS put Buchholz on the DL, they are still snake bit by injury.
ACE
June 24th, 2012
5:46 pm
All of the post game comments are the same just look at any others during the season. Just have to tip your cap, keep running him out there, believe the back of the bubble gum card etc.
Lew
June 24th, 2012
5:46 pm
Bat – Where are you? I used to live in N.E.St. Pete = sounds like you’re not far from home.
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
5:48 pm
George_
Just rain a steady light to moderate rain and a little windy. Strong surf and riptides. No big deal yet.
IlliniBrave
June 24th, 2012
5:48 pm
@George: do we really need to have somehing posted to know what will be said/
Fredi: gotta tip your cap to those guys over there – that’s a really good ballclub.
Minor: I just wasn’t quite hitting my spots. But I’m going to go out and keep battling.
Field Player: we’re in a bit of a slump lately, but it’s a long season and we’ll come out of it. We’re going home now [where we have a losing record] so hopefully we can get a streak started.
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:48 pm
I guess we just caught a bit of the southern edge down here.
Disgusted
June 24th, 2012
5:48 pm
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN
The Red Sox are eating all but $2 million of the money owed to Youkilis for the rest of the season.
Wow——that is a bad deal for Boston. Terrible trade if that is all CWS picks up. Great deal for CWS.
If CWS picked up half of it I could see it.
You want to complain about Frank Wren, Ben Cherington has been horrible for a once proud franchise. That guy has zero clue in the big boy;s seat. He makes Wren look great.
Bobby Valentine might rub some the wrong way but given how that team has been snake bit the bottom line record for that team is not so bad. Look how their SP has been a mash unit.
Efrim
June 24th, 2012
5:49 pm
Despite the pitching problems, I still have confidence in this team and I think they’ll have a good homestand vs. poor offensive teams in Arizona, Washington and Chicago.
nashvillewill
June 24th, 2012
5:49 pm
I, for one, have had it with Minor and Uggla. Minor is the same story over and over; he could be demoted to long-man in the bullpen (swap roles with Medlen) or sent back to AAA. I think he has earned the right to not-start more games. Uggla is a .250 hitter at best who will wind up with 30 HR’s that look good in stat sheets; he is a downgrade, imo, from Infante, who had earned a promotion and a positon, not a trade. Since he is on the books and unlikely to be traded for value, I say, bat him 8th and tell him he earns his way back up when he gets his average to .280. Period. McCann cannot hit.
The Braves have more production in the bottom of their order than the middle. So change those guys around. Simmons has earned a promotion to the 2-hole; move Prado to 3. Bat Chipper or Freeman (neither great choices) cleanup. Move Heyward up to 4 or 5. Bourn has also been umimpressive and I now think Braves could afford to pass on him at renewal time. Changes are mandated. Who ’s in charge here?