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Disgusted
July 14th, 2012
6:05 pm
Tommy Hanson is the king of slow curves. And he gets hit and hit hard.
Mid of the line pitcher, not the ACE we hoped we would have.
Lets face it, it will be yrs before we have another era like the 1990’s, the likes of Smoltz, Glavine and Mad Dog have not been replaced. Some have tried, like a fairly good Hudson and wanna bees like Hanson and for a couple yrs like Lowe, but these guys have not carried the torch of excellence.
The recent bunch have carried a torch of half ass mediocrity
ijonathan
July 14th, 2012
6:05 pm
I hope the announcers talk about that play each and every inning through the end of the game.
njbraves
July 14th, 2012
6:05 pm
Karros and Myers should be fired for not understanding that play. Seriously, what don’t these dummies understand.
phil
July 14th, 2012
6:05 pm
Sigh…
Jake W.
July 14th, 2012
6:06 pm
Weren’t the Mets supposed to not have a prayer against the rest of the division this year?
Yes and the tigers were suppose to be the best team in the AL and the phillies were suppose to win it all last year and blah balh balh. The mets have talent, they always have, just have mostly underachieved with it.
Tomahawk Mafia
July 14th, 2012
6:06 pm
I would imagine this move to bring Avilan will be a bad move since it has been so long since he last pitched. Sure, bring him into a high-leverage situation.
Tomahawkin
July 14th, 2012
6:06 pm
Tin Man of the Day goes to Big Red
Has anyone noticed that his speed and velocity dropped 5MPH on his fastball after Boras took over as his agent?
Borass wants that big contract!
bravesgrl4life
July 14th, 2012
6:06 pm
Good job, Avilan!
gene garbage
July 14th, 2012
6:06 pm
i don’t remember saying they are a ‘big offensive team’. but they are scrappy..up and down their entire lineup..that’s why they’re where they’re at.
Disgusted
July 14th, 2012
6:07 pm
I would not have a problem with FW putting up Tommy Hanson for trade bait if we can get abetter pitcher.
Tommy Hanson = Joe Johnson and Chris Miller in the legacy of ATL athletes.
LAG
July 14th, 2012
6:07 pm
That was a filthy curve by Avilan. Welcome to the big club, kid.
Mister Frisky
July 14th, 2012
6:07 pm
Hanson probably had one too many Irish car bombs.Another red nosed Mc.
JaxNC Braves Fan
July 14th, 2012
6:07 pm
njbraves, Mets are 7th in the league in average, 3rd in runs scored. Not really a powerhouse but hardly “light hitting.”
Tomahawk Mafia
July 14th, 2012
6:07 pm
I was wrong. The inning mercifully ends. The Mets are supposed to have a pretty weak bullpen. Maybe the Braves can regain the lead.
Jaded Braves Fan
July 14th, 2012
6:07 pm
I’ve never seen a staff struggle so much to handle prosperity. It’s almost like a natural law – if the Braves score some runs, the next half-inning will be a major struggle for the pitcher.
Our record late in games is good, but we’ve blown a ton of leads in the middle innings this year.
Tommy "I'm cool with average" Hanson
July 14th, 2012
6:08 pm
I’m cool. I don’t care dude. Things are always cool with me. Damn you dudes need to shutup!
gene garbage
July 14th, 2012
6:08 pm
he sounded a lot happier saying, “and the Mets have stormed back in front!
”…unlike earlier when he sounded so sad about something…’The Braves lead the Mets. 
“
Jake W.
July 14th, 2012
6:08 pm
Offense has to play a bigger role this year with our staff. Only a one run lead. Time to get some more runs.
phil
July 14th, 2012
6:08 pm
Hanson isn’t exactly in excellent physical condition…
He’ll be out of baseball in 5 yrs if he doesn’t start working out, running, doing something other than sitting there….or running out of the road into trees w/o believable explanation.
Bravefaninok
July 14th, 2012
6:09 pm
The Fox crew said Chipper didn’t take BP today….anybody know why??
ijonathan
July 14th, 2012
6:09 pm
Tommy should get on the Matt Ryan core and arm strenghtening program. Apparently it produced noticeable improvement in Ryan; Hanson needs to improve upon his doughboy, no muscle, declining velocity a$$.
tmc
July 14th, 2012
6:09 pm
my argument against what Eric Karros is saying is:
if the umps got the call correct to begin with, Martin Prado would not have felt like he needed to run back to first.
the whole thing was screwed up because the umps blew an easy call.
Fox and Karros need to let it go! (me too i guess)
The A Bomb
July 14th, 2012
6:09 pm
Braves proving the Triple-A level is worthless. Gwinnett has no purpose in the organization right now.
bravesgrl4life
July 14th, 2012
6:10 pm
Uggla, I’m hungry. How about a tater?
njbraves
July 14th, 2012
6:10 pm
Give me a break, who in the Mets lineup is dangerous?? Wright, of course, but who else? Davis hits a few HRs, but he’s hitting.200. The Mets are a light hitting team, and our “aces” looked bad these last two days.
kevkat
July 14th, 2012
6:10 pm
Pace
July 14th, 2012
6:00 pm
Wow – just piss poor defense and pitching. Don’t know what else to say.
I get the piss poor pitching……defense?..there isn’t any against solid hits
Tomahawkin
July 14th, 2012
6:10 pm
But Seriously People
Its The Story of the season
We Give Our Starters 2 Field Goals to Play With and they Always Pitch Like Shyt!!!
David O'Brien
July 14th, 2012
6:11 pm
Lefty Avilan strikes out Ike Davis to end 6th inning, 1st batter he faced in big-league career…
Hanson: 5-1/3 inn., 9 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 5 K.
gene garbage
July 14th, 2012
6:11 pm
the dummies don’t understand that just because you’re not sure what to do on the basepads, you simply can’t be walking back and forth in between bases. If you’re not sure, go to a base, and stay on it. .. evidently didn’t play the game for long.
bravesgrl4life
July 14th, 2012
6:11 pm
Dang it.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
July 14th, 2012
6:11 pm
These announcers are pro-Met or something…
TNScott
July 14th, 2012
6:11 pm
The Spirit of Eric Gregg lives on.
JC Brave
July 14th, 2012
6:11 pm
Best team in the world!
Fresh Meat
July 14th, 2012
6:12 pm
Long story short…Prado had “no business”…wanderin’ back to 1B. No chance to make it back safely. So, just stand on 2B. If they eventually rule he caught it…you’re out anyway. If they eventually rule he “trapped” it…you’re safe anyway. End of story.
phil
July 14th, 2012
6:12 pm
Cause he didn’t wanna…
Jaded Braves Fan
July 14th, 2012
6:12 pm
“Lets face it, it will be yrs before we have another era like the 1990’s, the likes of Smoltz, Glavine and Mad Dog have not been replaced”
Not only have the Braves not been able to replicate their rotation of the ’90s, no other team in baseball has been able to put together a rotation like that. The Phillies had a good run for a couple of years, but they didn’t have three Hall of Famers in the rotation for a decade like we had.
I don’t expect to ever see the Braves have a rotation like that again in my lifetime. I just hope we can put together one that is a close enough facsimile.
Pace
July 14th, 2012
6:12 pm
kevkat – the limited range of today LF has cost us twice and Uggla, much as I like him….just has a very limited range – should have stopped a weak hit that went through to RF earlier in the game. No errors, just lack of skills is more of what I was trying to say.
NickB
July 14th, 2012
6:12 pm
this strikezone would make Eric Gregg blush
Hmmmm
July 14th, 2012
6:12 pm
sheesh, looks like Braves starters are bringing their “A” games after the Break ………….
gene garbage
July 14th, 2012
6:13 pm
must be one of those guys that ‘plays the game on paper’.. don’t have any big names? must not be any good!
ACE
July 14th, 2012
6:13 pm
Great comment by Fredi about Uggla. Just have to keep running him out there. He forgot to add you have to believe the back of the bubble gum card. I am sure he will repeat it for the AJC crew.
TNScott
July 14th, 2012
6:13 pm
Fox feed sucks.
Tomahawkin
July 14th, 2012
6:14 pm
The Field Goal Quote was an Exaggeration, but everytime our starters get run Support they Look Like Jo Jo Reyes!
We Get a Greg Maddux performance from one of our starters we cant hit for shyt!
So frustrating!
NickB
July 14th, 2012
6:14 pm
This is one of the worst umpired games I have ever seen, just terrible
Uncle Tom
July 14th, 2012
6:14 pm
Dave, let me get this straight. We are PAYING Henske and not vice versa?
ACE
July 14th, 2012
6:14 pm
Phil, No way they question why SKI was sent.
kevkat
July 14th, 2012
6:15 pm
Pace
July 14th, 2012
6:12 pm
kevkat – the limited range of today LF has cost us twice and Uggla, much as I like him….just has a very limited range – should have stopped a weak hit that went through to RF earlier in the game. No errors, just lack of skills is more of what I was trying to say.
Gotcha…yea, I was thinking there was errors or something I missed.
tgraa
July 14th, 2012
6:15 pm
An umpire cannot put a runner in jeopardy. That is why when the out call was reversed the runner on first was awarded second. If he had been put out past second base he would have been out.
njbraves
July 14th, 2012
6:15 pm
gene garbage….hey dummy, if the ump signals out, what was Prado supposed to do? Just stand on 2nd and get doubled up? Umps made the wrong call initially, and when they fixed it, they have to put Prado on 2nd base. Why is this difficult to understand?
Bobby's Cox
July 14th, 2012
6:15 pm
Are they seriously throwing the ball in the middle of the left handed batter’s box against diaz?
ACE
July 14th, 2012
6:15 pm
Walk Diaz to get to Bourn.
phil
July 14th, 2012
6:15 pm
Wren sporting the Augusta National shirt…..
Pace
July 14th, 2012
6:16 pm
How in the world was that first pitch a strike??????
Tomahawk Mafia
July 14th, 2012
6:16 pm
Josh Edgin is death to lefties the last couple of days.
gene garbage
July 14th, 2012
6:16 pm
he’s tough on lefties.
Tomahawkin
July 14th, 2012
6:17 pm
Anyone wanna Bank on a ComeBack Win Late Inning Style?
ijonathan
July 14th, 2012
6:17 pm
hope those shadows go past the mound soon.
kevkat
July 14th, 2012
6:17 pm
Guess that’s payback for Chipper’s homer yesterday..
Bobby's Cox
July 14th, 2012
6:17 pm
This Edgin guy is freakin’ mowing us down. What’s that like 7 K’s in 2.1 innings the last 2 days?
phil
July 14th, 2012
6:17 pm
The Bad Braves putting in an appearance today….
Day game, ya know.
ACE
July 14th, 2012
6:17 pm
Good job by Fredi leaving Hanson in long enough to lose and for Dickey to pick up a win. Just got to tip your cap to those Mets hitters.
bravesgrl4life
July 14th, 2012
6:17 pm
That inning sucked.
NickB
July 14th, 2012
6:17 pm
Bourn strikes out a lot for a lead off man, I’m no fan of bringing him back as i doubt he is ever this good again
Jake W.
July 14th, 2012
6:18 pm
the whole thing was screwed up because the umps blew an easy call.
Fox and Karros need to let it go!
I don’t know the exact rule but if they reverse a call on the field I would imagine its a little bit like a deadball situation where whatever happened before the call was blown is where they pick up. Prado was on second and he would have stayed there had the ump not blown the call. Had he been between bases when the call was blown its a different matter imo.
Jay Hey
July 14th, 2012
6:18 pm
Bravesgrl4life – Hinske was hungry too. He ate that tater you had your eye on!
ijonathan
July 14th, 2012
6:18 pm
mmmm….love the sound effects on that Hardees chicken tender sandwich ad.
gene garbage
July 14th, 2012
6:19 pm
name calling,, nice! how mature. One ump called out, another signaled no catch, he should stay on the base. simple…how come some people don’t understand this? look it up.
Fresh Meat
July 14th, 2012
6:20 pm
In a situation where one of our umps screwed up…we always, instead of trying to make something up, would just have one of the umps step up and say., “I called timeout”…right after the “catch” was made in this instance. After that, can’t nothing happen, and Prado was on 2B at the time the timeout was called…so…end of story. Play Ball !!
gene garbage
July 14th, 2012
6:20 pm
did you know spitting in your hat is good luck? Cristian does.
NickB
July 14th, 2012
6:21 pm
there’s nothing to look up, no matter what he did, the ball is ruled dead after the call was reversed and even if prado had run all the way and scored on the play, he would have been returned to 2nd base
LAG
July 14th, 2012
6:21 pm
This broadcast crew is terrible, as many have said.
NO MORE FREDI
July 14th, 2012
6:22 pm
Hanson is good. he could be great if pushed but our manager does not know how to inspire any of his players. Too much of a comfort zone here under fat boy. Hope Braves miss the playoffs so we can get a real manager in here and kill off Bobby ball finally.
Bobby's Cox
July 14th, 2012
6:22 pm
The announcers were pleading Prado to be out the whole time. First they were saying Prado was forced out, then when the replay showed Murphy never stepped on 2nd and that Prado not only touched 2nd rounding the bag, but going back to 1st, they said he should have just stayed there.
gene garbage
July 14th, 2012
6:23 pm
it’s obvious it takes starting pitchers a little bit of time to get back in the groove after a long break.
David O'Brien
July 14th, 2012
6:24 pm
Hanson’s ERA climbs to 5.19 in nine home starts, compared to 3.00 in 10 road starts (he’s 7-2 on road)
Yogi Berra
July 14th, 2012
6:24 pm
nickb..361 ab..112 hits..75 k’s…300 ba..I’ll take that any day.
Uggla 295 ab..66 hits..101 k’s..thats bad!
bravesgrl4life
July 14th, 2012
6:25 pm
Hanson, take note. That was a shut down inning.
Tomahawkin (Ol Yeller Wilson)
July 14th, 2012
6:25 pm
The Broadcast crew Does Suck!
Thank Gawd for Powell and Sutton
NO MORE FREDI
July 14th, 2012
6:25 pm
Jaded Braves Fan – I’ve never seen a staff struggle so much to handle prosperity. It’s almost like a natural law – if the Braves score some runs, the next half-inning will be a major struggle for the pitcher.
I agree. Our manager has a church softball game mentality so its just high fives after Braves score instead of thinking ahead to next innings. As soon as Braves took advantage of the blown call, I knew Hanson was going to go out there uninspired. Fredi has to go before Braves become a real contender again.
Jake W.
July 14th, 2012
6:25 pm
Martinez has pitched well these last two days.
Yogi Berra
July 14th, 2012
6:26 pm
yea, yea rule 13.4…lol
bravesgrl4life
July 14th, 2012
6:26 pm
LOL @ Jey Hey up there at 6:18
NO MORE FREDI
July 14th, 2012
6:27 pm
Chill out on the blown call. Even Niekro said it was the worst call he had seen this year and Prado should have been out. You guys only hear what you want to hear.
Fresh Meat
July 14th, 2012
6:27 pm
Actually, I think the 1B tagged Prado out coming back to 1B. And yes…that is a “force out”….you don’t have to step on 2B for it to be a force out. (Once Prado “gave up” 2B and was returning to 1B & assuming the LF was ruled to NOT catch the ball)
Tomahawkin (Ol Yeller Wilson)
July 14th, 2012
6:27 pm
@BG4Life
Co-Sign on you calling out Big Red
I dont think he cares though? Bleh
He is Ready to hit Up East Andrews in Buckhead, He is a frequent patron there….
ChattTownBrian
July 14th, 2012
6:28 pm
Anybody’s else’s channel all messed up?
JC Brave
July 14th, 2012
6:29 pm
Today feels like a Monday… If you know what I mean…
phil
July 14th, 2012
6:29 pm
When we lose this game, someone should pay with their job!!
Tomahawkin (Ol Yeller Wilson)
July 14th, 2012
6:30 pm
@NO MO Fredi
You want Fredi to get the AX already? Why?
Who do you want to replace him? Don Sutton? or Ozzie Guillen?
Mitchie-sand
July 14th, 2012
6:30 pm
If you can’t explain a check swing, you shouldn’t have a job.
The A Bomb
July 14th, 2012
6:30 pm
Man between Rauch and Young that’s quite a front court the Mets boast.
bravesgrl4life
July 14th, 2012
6:31 pm
Come on Chipper!
SOS Braves
July 14th, 2012
6:31 pm
HANSON stats show he really does SUCK.
Tomahawk Mafia
July 14th, 2012
6:31 pm
Nice to see the walk from Heyward. Let’s cash it in.
David O'Brien
July 14th, 2012
6:32 pm
In case anyone was wondering,
YanishJanish will wear No. 4 for BravesTNScott
July 14th, 2012
6:32 pm
Yes, Chatt. Horrible. I feel like I’m watching a game produced by a crew just back from a Jack Daniels Convention
Tomahawkin (Ol Yeller Wilson)
July 14th, 2012
6:33 pm
@CTB
Good Reception here 40 miles east of The A,
OTOH, I’m abt ready to just turn it off altogether
Tomahawkin (Ol Yeller Wilson)
July 14th, 2012
6:35 pm
He will wear Jeff Blausers Numer, Hell Yeah!
IlliniBrave
July 14th, 2012
6:36 pm
So unless this goes extra innings, Chipper’s hitting streak is toast.
phil
July 14th, 2012
6:37 pm
Banish will be my nickname for Yanish since that’s what we’ll want to do with him very quickly, I’m guessing…