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Venice Jim
June 29th, 2012
3:20 pm
Thanks, DOB!!!
TennesseePaul
June 29th, 2012
3:20 pm
Thanks for the work DOB.
GO BRAVES!!
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:22 pm
Yo… who be dat punk kid at da top of da page….Bro!!
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:23 pm
DOB, What would you say if Brice told you that was a clown question.. Bro!!
Brian from SC
June 29th, 2012
3:23 pm
At one point in probably early May, I specifically remember looking at the splits, and the Braves were leading the NL in batting average with RISP. Shows you how far they have fallen there.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 29th, 2012
3:24 pm
Give Uggla today and Sunday off….
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:24 pm
“Here are the Braves who’ve hit .225 or lower in the late innings of close games: Jack Wilson .176″
To be honest, that is pretty clutch for Jack Wilson!
Bama Brave
June 29th, 2012
3:25 pm
4th
Bobby H
June 29th, 2012
3:25 pm
Yo… who be dat punk kid at da top of da page….Bro!!
That’s not a very nice thing to say about DOB, CraZy.
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:27 pm
I think it would be perfect if Kaminski the Braves organist played Bozo the clown music for Brice Harper…
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:28 pm
Don’t look now but we face:
Lefty, Strasburg, Lefty with Delgado, Minor, Hudson. Could very well be a sweep.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 29th, 2012
3:29 pm
Well, looky here, Uggla ain’t the worst in late inning batting avg.
Brian McCann .061, and Juan Francisco .000 (0-for-13).
BMac isn’t clutch, and that batting average for Juan is fairly close to his overall batting average!
phil
June 29th, 2012
3:30 pm
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:18 pm
Maybe I need to move somewhere with better weather!!
I guess I’d have to leave the US since the whole damn country is either 100+ or on fire!!
************
Funny and true!
Brian from SC
June 29th, 2012
3:31 pm
MFin04, you know the Braves as a team have hit righties and lefties almost the exact same, right?
phil
June 29th, 2012
3:31 pm
PJ Harvey….
I’ll pass.
Harper just has the look of someone who will own us for years to come. Can’t wait to enjoy it all!
ChattTownBrian
June 29th, 2012
3:31 pm
Mark Teixeira looks like Prince William and that guy from Tears for Fears.
Yes, I’m weird and random. Go Braves
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:32 pm
Brian from SC – You know that for years they have struggled against lefties, right?
phil
June 29th, 2012
3:33 pm
Play Uggla since he’s probably the only one who won’t be whining about the heat…
Lord knows what it will do to McCann.
Fish Bisch
June 29th, 2012
3:34 pm
Debtwiller owns us
Venice Jim
June 29th, 2012
3:34 pm
Atlanta Braves @Braves
Tonight’s lineup vs. WSH (7:35, PTV/680AM/BRN): Bourn 8 Simmons 6 Heyward 9 Jones 5 McCann 2 Diaz 7 Freeman 3 Wilson 4 Delgado 1
Brian from SC
June 29th, 2012
3:35 pm
I guess if you think the struggles of Nate McLouth, Jordan Schafer, Yunel Escobar, Omar Infante, and Melky Cabrera against lefties is going to cost the Braves this weekend, more power to ya, I guess.
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:36 pm
You can’t make that lineup up? Umm Jack Wilson over Martin Prado? Brilliant.
Disgusted
June 29th, 2012
3:36 pm
Nats probably take this series two out of three. They are the better team.
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:36 pm
Matthew Kaminski @bravesorganist
#Braves vs. #Nationals – “Be a Clown” or Harper Valley PTA for Harper
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:37 pm
Wilson?? He’s still on the team!
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:37 pm
Brian from SC – We’ll see, you are right the splits are dead even, but I got a feeling that it may be different with the Nationals two lefties.
manolo
June 29th, 2012
3:37 pm
Wow that 2 for 33 from Mc shows how vulnerable he has become with a lefty specialty on the mound. How anti clutch.
Disgusted
June 29th, 2012
3:37 pm
Those “Not Clutch” stats are ghastly, and one of the reasons why I think we are going to fall short — again. And again and again.
My chrystal ball sez that Uggla will SO over 200 times this yr. Not good.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 29th, 2012
3:38 pm
Simmons gets to hit 2nd waay earlier than Rev did…. Heyward, 3rd, Chipper 4, Mac 5…. Unfortunately, McFann gonna like this lineup and that makes me mad!
Harry Schwartz
June 29th, 2012
3:40 pm
FIRST
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:40 pm
Does Fred know were playing the Nats tonight? You know the team in 1st place in our division?
TennesseePaul
June 29th, 2012
3:40 pm
Last 9 Starts of the Starting 9
_________AVG__OBP__SLG___OPS_wOBA_L9S9+
Bourn__ .256 .262 .385 0.647 .272 ___66
Simmons .303 .294 .424 0.718 .332 ___84
Heyward .429 .447 .914 1.362 .548 __240
Chipper .250 .368 .438 0.806 .382 __110
McCann_ .189 .231 .243 0.474 .197 ___25
Diaz___ .176 .200 .235 0.435 .194 ___13
Freeman .286 .342 .429 0.771 .321 __100
Wilson_ .194 .216 .222 0.438 .179 ___15
Delgado .294 .294 .294 0.588 .265 ___55
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 29th, 2012
3:41 pm
Wilson gonna go 3-4 tonight, with a double…. Take it to the bank!
Murph
June 29th, 2012
3:41 pm
Holy crap… Fredi is sitting Prado?
WOW.
I don’t mind Simmons hitting 2nd, Heyward hitting 3rd, Chipper hitting cleanup, and all that… but I cannot believe, in a game against the 1st place team in the division, that Fredi is sitting his best hitter.
Boggles ma’ mind.
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:41 pm
Hope Prado has a broken leg, swine flu, and got deported. Otherwise…he should be in the lineup. You know the guy who was an ALL-STAR 2nd baseman.
Bat Masterson
June 29th, 2012
3:42 pm
Umm Jack Wilson over Martin Prado?
I don’t want to step on Murph’s turf here, but ……….
I’m gonna hate myself for this
That’s a frown question, bro
Murph
June 29th, 2012
3:42 pm
Wilson gonna go 3-4 tonight, with a double…. Take it to the bank!
Wilson won’t make contact tonight… take THAT to the bank!
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 29th, 2012
3:42 pm
Wilson hitting better than Mac in their last 9…. who woulda think it?!
David O'Brien
June 29th, 2012
3:42 pm
Braves lineup: Bourn CF, Simmons SS, Heyward RF, Jones 3B, McCann C, Diaz LF, Freeman 1B, Wilson 2B, Delgado P
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:43 pm
“Wilson gonna go 3-4 tonight, with a double”
If we are lucky 0-3 with a sac bunt, or 0-4 moving a runner over.
Juan
June 29th, 2012
3:43 pm
The Braves are playing for a 533% 40 win on 75 Games…..they has to be hot in the next three month or there’re not making the play off…533 is about 86.5 game win of 162.
TennesseePaul
June 29th, 2012
3:44 pm
or 0-4… without any grounding into double plays.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 29th, 2012
3:44 pm
Holy crap… Fredi is sitting Prado?
Prado and Uggla get today off. I don’t mind. He might be trying to give 2 guys rest a day this series…
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:44 pm
3 players hitting under .200 in the line up… Damn move Delgado to the 5 hole!!
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:44 pm
That whole clown question thing is stupid. I don’t even know what it means. Did he get it from the Tweeter? Because it certainly isn’t English.
Either way, why would you pick Jack Wilson over Martin Prado?
Harry Schwartz
June 29th, 2012
3:44 pm
OBF: “McFann” lolololol!!!
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:45 pm
“or 0-4… without any grounding into double plays.”
SOOO Negative!
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 29th, 2012
3:46 pm
Hey, I’m trying to be positive over here… we’re missing our great #2 hitter and our cleanup hitter. Wilson’s gonna fill their shoes tonight!
DAM
June 29th, 2012
3:46 pm
Seems a bit odd to rest both Prado and Uggla on the same day, which means we’ll probably go out and score 10.
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:47 pm
I don’t normally complain about lineups, but Fred has me scratching my head quite often?
Efrim
June 29th, 2012
3:47 pm
Braves lineup: Bourn CF, Simmons SS, Heyward RF, Jones 3B, McCann C, Diaz LF, Freeman 1B, Wilson 2B, Delgado P
Sure hope Prado is okay……
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 29th, 2012
3:48 pm
I bet tomorrow, Hey and Simmons get to rest, and on Sunday, Mac and Chipper rest.
Bayou Brave
June 29th, 2012
3:48 pm
Brian from SC,
What are the Braves pitchers’ BABIP splits before and after Simmons?
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:48 pm
“Seems a bit odd to rest both Prado and Uggla”
Is that because they both are All-Star 2nd baseman in their careers? Can’t make this crap up.
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:49 pm
Did he get it from the Tweeter?
Come on Bro get with the times!!
monty
June 29th, 2012
3:49 pm
DOB pointing out the obvious. Team isn’t clutch. Way too many scoring opportunities gone by the wayside. Hope they read the article and man-up. Nats have clowned us pretty good lately. Looking for signs of a new mental toughness this weekend. Grind those AB’s guys!
Hillbilly
June 29th, 2012
3:49 pm
Prado and Uggla on the bench on the same day? Can you imagine having to tell ONE of them he’s sitting this one out? Much less both of those guys. They’re going to bug the crap out of him in that dugout.
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:49 pm
“Sure hope Prado is okay…”
Sure hope Fredi is ok, Prado and Uggla probably have him cornered by now.
Efrim
June 29th, 2012
3:50 pm
On what the Braves might do before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline:
“We have the flexibility to make a big deal. If one presents itself and we think it can improve our club, we’re gonna be there trying to finish it. I think we have the talent in our minor league system [and] we have the payroll flexibility to make a deal.”
I think we can get Dempster without having to give up too much. If he’s healthy, he might be our best option. Garza and Greinke would cost too much and Jason Vargas’s of the world are back of the rotation types, imo.
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:51 pm
Seems a bit odd to rest both Prado and Uggla
Can’t be because of the heat it’s only a dry heat!
ColoradoBravesFan
June 29th, 2012
3:51 pm
I really just wish uggla could help the team in situations like last night instead of striking out.
Eight inning, tie game….Chipper walks and is balked to second. Uggla just has to move chipper to 3rd in that situation. Give some many opportunities to score from 3rd.
Go Braves
ChattTownBrian
June 29th, 2012
3:51 pm
Fredi does know Hudson or Hanson aren’t pitching tonight, right? Prado has to be sick or something. No way you sit him to begin this kind of series.
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Murph
June 29th, 2012
3:51 pm
Bryce! Over here! Bryce! Mark Bradley, AJC… Bryce, we’ve heard that Justin Bieber has invited you to attend the Grammys with him next year. True? What do you plan on wearing?
That’s a gown question, bro.
monty
June 29th, 2012
3:51 pm
Obviously not a statement game for Fredi,unless Prado is sick???
Bryce Harper
June 29th, 2012
3:52 pm
I have been reading your comments–man these are clown posts.
Disgusted
June 29th, 2012
3:52 pm
Man, I hate it that Prado is not playing — hope he ges back in there soon.
Jack Wilson at 2B. He is okay with the glove but a likely 0 for 4.
DS1
June 29th, 2012
3:52 pm
What is it with Fredi and thinking that he should rest 2 of his regulars in the same day. Now if he’d wanted to get Diaz bat in against the lefty, he coulda put Prado at second for a game.
???
Hillbilly
June 29th, 2012
3:53 pm
Kind of thinking along the same lines as Ef, here. I wonder if Prado might be banged up a little.
ChattTownBrian
June 29th, 2012
3:53 pm
I think I’m sitting McCann before I sit Martin. No, I KNOW I am.
ncbravesfan90
June 29th, 2012
3:53 pm
Dang, I told you the Braves had more $$$ to spend than many here believed.
The biggest statement from the blog, tells all you need to know:
(From Frank Wren): “We have the flexibility to make a big deal. If one presents itself and we think it can improve our club, we’re gonna be there trying to finish it. I think we have the talent in our minor league system [and] we have the payroll flexibility to make a deal.”
(From Terry McGuirk): “McGuirk said Thursday that there is no available player who is out of the Braves’ affordability range, if they decided it was a deal that made sense for the team.”
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
3:54 pm
DS1- Are you sure Prado is stretched out enough to play 2nd? He has only had reps at LF/3B.
Disgusted
June 29th, 2012
3:54 pm
“I think we can get Dempster without having to give up too much. If he’s healthy, he might be our best option. Garza and Greinke would cost too much and Jason Vargas’s of the world are back of the rotation types, imo”
Maybe we can get away with giving them Salcedo. That would not be so bad, Even if Dempster is only a rental.
Salcedo is a long shot for MLB as it stands now.
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:54 pm
Sure hope Fredi is ok, Prado and Uggla probably have him cornered by now.
I’d hate to be on the recieving end of a head lock from Uggla!!
monty
June 29th, 2012
3:55 pm
Prado did look a little wierd on that scoring play last nite when he thought the RF had caught the ball over his head. Looked like he barely could make it home.
DS1
June 29th, 2012
3:55 pm
fan90
A lot of big IF’s in those statements buddy. Huge IF’s.
Tomahawk Mafia
June 29th, 2012
3:55 pm
That lineup looks troublesome, maybe I will be proved wrong.
ChattTownBrian
June 29th, 2012
3:56 pm
Harper mentions Ripkin,Jr and Jeter as guys he looks up to because they’ve played for the same team their whole careers. Leaves out Chipper, the man on a team breathing down your necks.
Whatever, stupid teenager is still popping white heads on his face anyways.
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
3:56 pm
I know I’ve already said it once, but I really hope they play carnival clown music for Brice tonight!!
Felix
June 29th, 2012
3:56 pm
Thanks Fredi for sitting Uggla. It was driving me nuts watching his pathetic attempts at the plate. You can sit him out for the entire Nats series as far as I’m concerned. Hell, for the rest of the season for that matter. Even better—trade his butt. Another Wren trade that went wrong.
Rick
June 29th, 2012
3:56 pm
DS1, I’d agree with you if both Uggla and Prado were hitting well. Although I wish Prado weren’t sitting against the Nats, I can’t remember the last time he’s had a day off and they are playing in some extreme heat this weekend. Also Wilson hasn’t gotten a start since Simmons was brought up. Need to keep the bench players fresh.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 29th, 2012
3:57 pm
Sure hope Fredi is ok, Prado and Uggla probably have him cornered by now.
LOL
I think I’m sitting McCann before I sit Martin. No, I KNOW I am.
Sit Mac sunday…
BTW, I don’t think Prado is hurt, at least I hope so…. think it’s just a rest day… when was the last time he didn’t start?
DS1
June 29th, 2012
3:57 pm
MFin04
Maybe Prado is not in there because he got injured getting “stretched” out to play some second base??
Disgusted
June 29th, 2012
3:57 pm
Hey, this is a mega rich corporation that has more $$$$$$$$ than one can imagine. Does not mean they want to spend it on the salaries of a major league ball player.
They could spend the $$$$$$$ on two Pujols type of deals and it is a drop in the bucket, wanting to do it and seeing value in it is another thing.
(And even I don;t think even one of those kind of deals is smatr for this team).
The way it stands now, for what I know a $20 million a yr player is not wise for this team. That kind of cash does not make sense to me anyway, so much $$$$$$$$$.
monty
June 29th, 2012
3:58 pm
Maybe the organist can play Send in the Clowns for Bryce on his AB’s.
ncbravesfan90
June 29th, 2012
3:58 pm
Dempster would not be a rental. We would have him for the 2013 season as well.
Ralph
June 29th, 2012
3:58 pm
I would give Uggla to anybody that would take his payroll, don’t have to give up anybody just take his payroll then I would use that money and get a left fielder that can hit and put Prado back on 2B where he belongs. I like Delgado but he will not have a winning record on this team as presently constructed, they simply do not give him the run support to give him confidence to go out and pitch aggressively.
Bay Area Steve
June 29th, 2012
3:59 pm
Really shoulda stopped after “noun” question. That was classic. Now, y’all are just tryin’ too hard.
What’s left? brown, town, crown, down…
Shoot, modern-day rap don’t even need to rhyme, as long as it sounds right, and in time. That opens some doors…
cricket
June 29th, 2012
3:59 pm
strong is the bench today
Harry Schwartz
June 29th, 2012
3:59 pm
AMEN Felix. “Struggla” needs to go.
Disgusted
June 29th, 2012
3:59 pm
“I know I’ve already said it once, but I really hope they play carnival clown music for Brice tonight!!”
Now, that is funny. Real funny. The music from the Six Flags commercial when the old man was dancing would be funny.
DS1
June 29th, 2012
4:00 pm
Darned glad Ralph is not the GM……….
CrαZy
June 29th, 2012
4:01 pm
Monty
“Be a clown” by Judy Garland is what he posted for Harper on Twitter!!
monty
June 29th, 2012
4:01 pm
Resting your #3 hitter for an important game who has the highest BA on the team. WOW! I’m hoping for Fredo’s sake he’s sick.
Disgusted
June 29th, 2012
4:01 pm
Dempster would not be a rental. We would have him for the 2013 season as well.
My bad ncbravesfan90. Now I would like to go after Dempster.
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
4:01 pm
“McGuirk said Thursday that there is no available player who is out of the Braves’ affordability range, if they decided it was a deal that made sense for the team”
Biggest BS line I have heard in a long time. Grienke is not in their range. Neither is Garza or anyone like that. Bargain bin and/or bust.
DS1
June 29th, 2012
4:03 pm
Best thing to do with a player like Harper is to just ignore him. Pitch him well and don’t give him anything to use to motivate him more to kick your azz. Those kind of guys don’t need much goading to get more motivated to kill the competition.
Do not wake up the sleeping giant (even if he is not sleeping).
MFin04
June 29th, 2012
4:03 pm
It amazes me how no one from AJC has the time to actually clue us all in on why Prado is out of the lineup. You’d think with the blog or the Tweeter or whatever they could get us the info pretty quickly.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
June 29th, 2012
4:05 pm
Thanks for the new Blog, Chief.
Int’resting lineup—it has it’s good point, cough cough…Hope it’s just a day off for Prado and there’s nothing wrong with him—maybe Fredi wanted to get MattE in there but didn’t wanna sit Heyward after just one lousy 0-fer…?
Efrim
June 29th, 2012
4:05 pm
Kind of thinking along the same lines as Ef, here. I wonder if Prado might be banged up a little.
Doesn’t make sense to rest him and Uggs on the same day, Hillbilly. Hope Martin is healthy.