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Billy Beaneater
July 1st, 2012
1:50 pm
first?
MIBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
1:50 pm
Thanks, DOB!
Venice Jim
July 1st, 2012
1:51 pm
Thanks, DOB!
just to let you know
July 1st, 2012
1:51 pm
first
bravesgrl4life
July 1st, 2012
1:51 pm
Thanks, DOB!
BFChris27
July 1st, 2012
1:51 pm
Thanks for new blog!!!!!!!!!
Tomahawk Mafia
July 1st, 2012
1:51 pm
Braves have their work cut out for them today. Spotting the Nationals 4 runs.
VaBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
1:51 pm
Let’s see how the bats respond in this inning. It will show alot.
Jake W.
July 1st, 2012
1:51 pm
Worst start of the weekend, time to replace Huddy with Medlen…..
ChattTownBrian
July 1st, 2012
1:52 pm
Bourn was fighting a laugh after that misplay. Heyward was covering his face like he was covering a laugh. Unreal. Nothing funny about it to me.
barack o'drama
July 1st, 2012
1:52 pm
no chance, even if he’s hitting .330 at the end of the year he cant beat the harper hype.
Venice Jim
July 1st, 2012
1:53 pm
LA Times listed top 10 rookies in each league (in the estimation of the writer) – apparently he had never heard of Andrelton…
The A Bomb
July 1st, 2012
1:53 pm
Good of Bourn to help his new team out in the first.
VaBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
1:53 pm
Totally a ball right there. WOW. It’s not where the catcher catches the pitch it’s where it crosses the plate and it didn’t go over the plate.
ncbravesfan
July 1st, 2012
1:53 pm
Game over, people. Thanks for showing up in today’s big game, Huddy.
Now on to an unimpressive split with the lowly Cubs
YoungerThan ThatNow
July 1st, 2012
1:53 pm
Good blog as always DOB! And Andruw’s two ‘96 WS homers is a sweet memory for all of us long time Braves fans! Andrelton is very special as well… hoping for a long Braves career and steady improvement for him!
GO BRAVES!
phoenix
July 1st, 2012
1:54 pm
Uggla in the All-Star game: what an embarrassment. I’d rather have Chase Utley on crutches, not to mention Omar Infante. Oh well, at least the fans got it right with McCann this year. And I’m not sure why anyone would vote for Chipper. He was an All-Star when he was able to play like one. Odds are he would be injured before the game while taking BP.
Thrashers Fan!
July 1st, 2012
1:54 pm
Who else wanna fu<k with Hollywood court.
Ralph
July 1st, 2012
1:54 pm
And this is our best pitcher, can’t wait til next year.
phoenix
July 1st, 2012
1:55 pm
Two days, two CF misplays, lots of laughter for Bourn. Reminds me of the old days with Melky.
bravesgrl4life
July 1st, 2012
1:55 pm
Gonna be a frustrating afternoon.
Jaded Braves Fan
July 1st, 2012
1:55 pm
The Nats have destroyed Huddy this year. I think this 11 earned runs in about 6+ innings. He’s just not what he used to be.
TuffShhhtuff
July 1st, 2012
1:55 pm
Wonder if DOB brought a good supply of softballs with him today for the post game press conference. Looks like he will need a few today.
jeffrey d
July 1st, 2012
1:55 pm
Here’s one minor complaint I’ve had once All Star rosters are announced (besides the “I can’t believe the fans voted for that guy!”)
I just want to see a list of the rosters. Not a 10 paragraph story. Just a list. That looks something like DOB’s lineup.
Bourn – CF
Prado – LF…..etc
I clicked on ESPN’s “NL Roster” link and it was just a story about Votto.
VaBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
1:56 pm
Heyward slashes a single to right.
MIBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
1:57 pm
Nice hit, JHey!
ncbravesfan
July 1st, 2012
1:57 pm
“Gonna be a frustrating afternoon.”
Not really. At least they got blown away early and now, we can get on with the rest of our day. Better than wasting three hours and having them blow it late.
Weaseal
July 1st, 2012
1:58 pm
Nice old song -Thanks!!
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
1:58 pm
Sorry about your mann, McFann
Tomahawk Mafia
July 1st, 2012
1:59 pm
Going to be a long day at the ballyard today. When the Braves allow four runs or more in a game they are 14-27.
usnavyvolfaninva
July 1st, 2012
1:59 pm
Braves dig themselves into a huge hole yet again.
Disgusted
July 1st, 2012
2:00 pm
There is a whole half of baseball left so yes, Simmons could push Harper for ROY.
The Sheets sign in interesting —- long shot but if he is anything like he was, watch out N.L. East.
jeffrey d
July 1st, 2012
2:00 pm
Better than wasting three hours and having them blow it late.
So you’re not watching anymore?
ncbravesfan90
July 1st, 2012
2:00 pm
I just wish we had one ace….Washington has 3…
Disgusted
July 1st, 2012
2:01 pm
Hudson is not a top of the line starter anymore. Not done, not bad at all but more of a number three guy right now.
Tennessee Braves Fan
July 1st, 2012
2:01 pm
Ok guys, Getting married Saturday and first stop on the honeymoon will b Sunday in Philly 2 watch the Bravos away from Turner Field. Does anyone have any info on things I should check out while at Citizens Bank Park?
Sons of Rick Matula
July 1st, 2012
2:01 pm
Wren … why not Jamie Moyer? If Sheets, why not Smoltz?
ChattTownBrian
July 1st, 2012
2:01 pm
Somebody wake up Lew and tell him Hudson isn’t an ace. Very good pitcher, love him as much as any Brave, but if somebody thinks he is a true #1 on a playoff hopeful team fighting against team like the Nats and Giants … you’re in a fantasy world.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:01 pm
got a dilemma for Final vote candidates…. Bourn (he deserves it), or Chipper (last year).
Mark
July 1st, 2012
2:02 pm
We are beat before I can get in from church, get a bite and get comfortable. Bummer!
iTiSi
July 1st, 2012
2:02 pm
Ben Sheets=Livan Hernandez II
VaBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:03 pm
I’m voting for Chipper. It will be the last time any of us can do this. Don’t blow it.
MIBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:03 pm
Much better inning, Huddy!
njbraves
July 1st, 2012
2:04 pm
It’s not a dilemma…Chipper is the choice.
ChattTownBrian
July 1st, 2012
2:04 pm
Ask Chipper if he thinks Hudson is a top of the league pitcher you want in a definite must win game. Do it in private though, not in front of a camera. IDK though, Chipper is pretty honest.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
July 1st, 2012
2:04 pm
I’m just hoping that Sheets isn’t the least bit overweight, or else we’ll have a new, never-ending wave of fat jokes…
jeffrey d
July 1st, 2012
2:04 pm
That Blue Bell girl has to feel ridiculous
Braveone
July 1st, 2012
2:04 pm
From the previous blog which had 3,167 comments, nolie led the way with 186 posts. There were 193 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:
Rank Poster Frequency
1 nolie 186
2 NickB 175
3 The A Bomb 115
4 Tomahawk Mafia 112
5 ChattTownBrian 101
6 TheOnlyBravesFan 95
7 DS1 75
8 Venice Jim 73
9 phil 69
10 Bat Masterson 63
11 Brava 60
12 ncbravesfan90 59
13 IlliniBrave 58
14 VaBravesFan 57
15 Lew 56
16 Disgusted 55
17 Efrim 55
18 Mark 52
19 brian 51
20 McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô: 49
21 Ward 42
22 Powder Blue 38
23 richbrave 38
24 Capt.Mudd 37
25 monty 36
Tomahawk Mafia
July 1st, 2012
2:04 pm
Nothing wrong with the Ben Sheets move. The Braves have nothing to lose by signing him. If he turns about to be similar to the Scott Proctor signing, who they signed after his Tommy John surgery, then it will be a loss.
The A Bomb
July 1st, 2012
2:04 pm
Disgusted — Do you honestly believe as long as Gonzalez is at the helm, “WATCH OUT NL EAST” will be a slogan associated with the Braves in any way, shape or form?
Come on now.
nolie
July 1st, 2012
2:05 pm
one career type year might be the only chance some guys will ever have at the all star game, why begrudge them that thrill if they have played well? not sure how the subject warrants getting all upset over anyway
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
July 1st, 2012
2:05 pm
TOBF—
Thanks. It’s a bummer, for sure—not so much because he didn’t make it, but because of how his year has gone so far…
Tomahawkin
July 1st, 2012
2:05 pm
Wanna Raise Some Hell?
Tomahawk Mafia
July 1st, 2012
2:05 pm
Terrible at bat again by Uggla.
CSP
July 1st, 2012
2:06 pm
Dave, love Badfinger, but hate the remastered versions. What do you think?
jeffrey d
July 1st, 2012
2:06 pm
I’ll bet Harper gets the last spot
TuffShhhtuff
July 1st, 2012
2:07 pm
My weather page on DTV says it’s now 104 in ATL already. Was only predicted to hit 103. Did Chip actually just say “Freeman is swinging a hot bat?”
VaBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:07 pm
I wouldn’t mind Melky being on the bench, but there is just no way he start’s over super stars IMO.
nolie
July 1st, 2012
2:07 pm
go vote hundreds of times with made up addresses and get Chipper in
ChattTownBrian
July 1st, 2012
2:07 pm
It isn’t Hudson’s fault at all. He is coming off another surgery and ain’t getting any younger. You want a sinkerball pitcher to have pin point sink and location to be your consistant stopper. Not a chance anymore I don’t believe.
Mitchell
July 1st, 2012
2:08 pm
Hey, this way we don’t have to wonder what the Nationals are doing.
LAG
July 1st, 2012
2:08 pm
Back from vacation and finally back to the blogs.
Congrats to Uggla and Kimbrel for being selected to the ASG. Still room for Bourn and maybe Prado, either via injury replacement (Kemp) or the Final Vote. Let’s get them there.
Jaded Braves Fan
July 1st, 2012
2:08 pm
“Ben Sheets=Livan Hernandez II”
The difference is Ben has heat and can miss bats. Plus, he’s three years younger than Livan.
Odds are Sheets blows his arm out again, but until that happens I think he can help.
Tomahawkin
July 1st, 2012
2:08 pm
I love the Sheets deal, He will Comeback and be the savior of the back end of the rotation, Bank on It
He will come out and Dominate like Jorge Sosa did in 2005 or like Jaret Wright did in 2004
Love the signing
As for the game, I’m tempted to turn it off
Mark
July 1st, 2012
2:09 pm
Uggs. That a way to rip it and shut up all these people questioning your all-star selection!
nolie
July 1st, 2012
2:09 pm
those “superstars” will get plenty of opportunities, joe schmoo might just get one. Granted its different now with the all star game determining the home field, so I can understand if that is the main beef
The A Bomb
July 1st, 2012
2:09 pm
One thing’s for sure — we will NEVER see Gonzalez managing the NL All-Star team. NEVER.
Bat Masterson
July 1st, 2012
2:10 pm
Don’t care about the All Star game. Still Chipper should go, tony L should just go away
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:10 pm
Ok, Chipper it is.
Sheets is better than Livan. He has the ability to miss bats.
Sopheee
July 1st, 2012
2:11 pm
I think Harper will get it too.
bravesgrl4life
July 1st, 2012
2:11 pm
At least Simmons is making Gio work
Capt.Mudd
July 1st, 2012
2:11 pm
Is Ross going to count this game as his ‘easy money’ game? He was not bourn to play like dat.
VaBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:11 pm
Fans just vote for players out of spite. Like Panda beating David Wright…. LOL Do fans really wanna see Panda play more than Wright? NO
Tomahawkin
July 1st, 2012
2:11 pm
I warned you guys about the Power of The Curley W! And their Natitude!
They really remind me of the 1994 expos, Just a Serious pain in the groin for the Braves and us fans
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:12 pm
Wow, Simmons putting up a fight
VaBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:12 pm
Simmons is having a helluva AB
Disgusted
July 1st, 2012
2:12 pm
“Somebody wake up Lew and tell him Hudson isn’t an ace. Very good pitcher, love him as much as any Brave, but if somebody thinks he is a true #1 on a playoff hopeful team fighting against team like the Nats and Giants … you’re in a fantasy world.”
CTB — I never really thought that we ever was an ACE. Very solid number 2 guy in his best yrs with both Oakland and us, but an ace, no. And that is not a knock on him. I like what Hudson has done here and in Oakland, but he is not a Pedro, CC or Randy Johnson.
Did he ever take some good Oakland teams past the first round? Maybe once. And in one of those yrs, think it was 2000 or 01, that Oakland team was better than the Yankees & they came so close but could not overcome them. Those A’s teams should have gotten to the series at least once in that time.
The Braves do not have an ace. They have two very good pitchers at the top of the rotation in Hudson and Hanson.
Hudson had a bad first innig for sure, costly.
The A Bomb
July 1st, 2012
2:12 pm
Great at-bat by the kid. Regardless.
Ric Flair to Right
July 1st, 2012
2:12 pm
Call me crazy I’d go with this
bourn
simmons
prado
heyward
freeman
jones
uggla
mac
TBbravesfan
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
keep working him sim
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
Wow! That’s how you do it.
TuffShhhtuff
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
Pitchers don’t “miss” bats, batters “miss” pitches, SOMETIMES!
Sopheee
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
If you’re voting, vote for 10. One last time.
nolie
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
oh baloney, millions of fans do not vote for a guy out of spite, utter silliness
VaBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
Simmons is a future star.
Mark
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
Managers that retire and are out of the game should not be allowed to come back and manage the all-star game. Let them assist or throw out the first pitch or something.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
That was a Pastornicky like At bat
Tomahawkin
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
Gawd I wish Lil Andy started the season with us!
Bravefaninok
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
Simmons is running up Geo’s pitch count,love this kid!
Tomahawk Mafia
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
Great at bat by Simmons. Even if the Braves fail to score here, that at bat took a toll on Gonzalez.
MIBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:14 pm
Nice job making him work, Simba!
LAG
July 1st, 2012
2:14 pm
@ Tomahawk Mafia re: signing Sheets –
The problem with Proctor was that he actually ended up in Atlanta. Nothing he did in Mississippi or Gwinnett warranted him coming up (ERA never below 5 at any level). If Sheets is horrible in the minors, I’m pretty sure the Braves would part ways with him.
Good AB, Simmons. Especially on a hot day like this.
Capt.Mudd
July 1st, 2012
2:14 pm
Rookie shows ‘em how to work the pitcher—especially given the climate of today’s affair.
VaBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:14 pm
nolie
I’m being stubborn and sarcastic.
TheOnlyBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:14 pm
D. Ross hitting better than BMac…..
Mark
July 1st, 2012
2:14 pm
Right now Ross needs to be playing more too!
Bravefaninok
July 1st, 2012
2:14 pm
VaBravesFan
July 1st, 2012
2:13 pm
Simmons is a future star.
The way he is playing you can drop the future,the kid is a star.
1957 Braves Fan
July 1st, 2012
2:14 pm
If the goal was to avoid a sweep then the Braves managed to do that. Braves always waste their opportunities.
Mitchell
July 1st, 2012
2:14 pm
Come on Huddy.
Bat Masterson
July 1st, 2012
2:15 pm
Simmons is trying to get Gio out of the game singlehandedly