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iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:22 pm
“TM” I think FG needs to put some “spies” out to see what the Braves players do on their Sunday nights before a Monday game, and on Mondays when they are off at home. Beginning to get kinda strange? In other words, today would be their Monday this week since they were off yesterday. I’m gonna count this as another MONDAY loss.
phil
July 17th, 2012
9:22 pm
He got 10 outs, murph….
Decent.
mpimentel
July 17th, 2012
9:23 pm
And suddendly we are back yo earth…yeah we need another arm
MFin04
July 17th, 2012
9:23 pm
Murph do you watch the games, honestly? Or do you just have to hate on Jurrjens for everything. He didn’t pitch great tonight, but he really wasn’t the cause of all the runs. The defense was really bad behind him tonight, the ump screwed him early on and made him throw more pitches, and he made a bad play missing the bag in the big inning. This game was a few plays away from stilling being tied. It isn’t and they are down 9-0, I get that. But to act like this was some terrible meltdown and that he isn’t a good pitcher who has had 4 great starts besides tonight, is ridiculous.
iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:23 pm
The “Hello, Tonya” one. What the heck was that all about?
BravesQueen
July 17th, 2012
9:23 pm
Well, this game isn’t worth staying awake for. I’m off to bed. Goodnight friends. See ya next go-round.
McFann — Can you please be sure to let cab know I said goodnight. Thx! <3
cowdogit
July 17th, 2012
9:23 pm
Since Chipper replaced Canstanza the braves are playing under five hundred.
Bravefaninok
July 17th, 2012
9:24 pm
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:15 pm
Hello, Tonya?
his name is Buster and he’s a Giants catcher
yeah,b4 his next start please….
Mcfann……… LOL
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:24 pm
he got some bad calls early and IMP Jair doesn’t handle that kinda stuff very well
can you understand that Itisi ?
Mitchell
July 17th, 2012
9:25 pm
phil
July 17th, 2012
9:05 pm
I have never and will never call in to one of those radio deals, but it does bug me to hear that question….
Is chipper jones an HOFer?
No way is Chipper an Hall of Famer.
He is on the other hand a Hall of Famer.
phil
July 17th, 2012
9:25 pm
Other than the moonshot 3 run double, avilan was decent….
Jake W.
July 17th, 2012
9:25 pm
If the Giants are like the braves of recent pasts, they’re going to max out their runs scored for the series tonight and struggle the rest of the way.
Mitchell
July 17th, 2012
9:25 pm
Or will be.
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:25 pm
Tonya Harding had her opponent crippled so she couldn’t play against her. I was asking for her help getting rid of Jair
MFin04
July 17th, 2012
9:25 pm
From the looks of it, the Braves weren’t going to win this one against Cy Young Zito anyway, yowza.
Kat
July 17th, 2012
9:26 pm
For those who didn’t see it (as it may be the most entertaining part of the game tonight) Melky showed the crowd how happy he was to be back in Atlanta by giving them a crotch chop — http://www.twitvid.com/Q3WHC
cowdogit
July 17th, 2012
9:26 pm
I don’t know why Constanza won’t return my calls……
Yogi Berra
July 17th, 2012
9:26 pm
Goodnight BravesQueen..God bless.
Bravefaninok
July 17th, 2012
9:26 pm
iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:23 pm
The “Hello, Tonya” one. What the heck was that all about?
Google Tonja Harding
Ice Skater……
cowdogit
July 17th, 2012
9:26 pm
Sometimes ,when I’m in a happy mood, I bake him muffins and fed-ex them to his house
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:26 pm
that is the strategy Jake W. let them get it out of their systems
phil
July 17th, 2012
9:26 pm
Thank you, Mitchell, for noting the spelling liberty I took in conveying my point.
1991 braves
July 17th, 2012
9:27 pm
Carey should be a D.J. at the Pink Pony. He thinks he is that pretty, And Sutton and Simpson should rewrite the book baseball 101, both of them think they know everything about baseball. Newsflash, they don’t know anymore than the average blogger on this blog. But, maybe sutton with his long curly hair, and carey with his pretty boy face could start a T.V. show in atlanta called Dumb&Dumber!!
B_F 54
July 17th, 2012
9:27 pm
I think you nailed it and the pitcher’s”hit”didn’t do much good either JJ could get mad and come back strong next time
ACE
July 17th, 2012
9:28 pm
Post game quottage, Fredi, Just have to keep running JJ out there. Tip your cap to the giants players tonight.
iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:28 pm
Oh, OK, but you guys need to keep up. That was like yesterday! I can only concentrate on the “present”, not the past, nor the future!
MFin04
July 17th, 2012
9:28 pm
Wow did Melky really do that? Man, Braves fans have every right to boo him, guy was a joke in LF for us. Heck even Loaf might have been better.
BravesQueen
July 17th, 2012
9:28 pm
Goodnight, Yogi Berra. God bless you too.
iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:29 pm
Mets just got a 3 run HR to take the lead 3-2 . Thank the Lord for small miracles!
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:29 pm
I’ll try to “keep up” better, I promise…..
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:30 pm
Nats are gonna fade, just watch
iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:30 pm
Top of the 9th BTW, and Davey J wants a review. I think it was out! A fan did touch it though.
BravesQueen
July 17th, 2012
9:30 pm
Ha, the Mets HR is ‘under review’.
brian
July 17th, 2012
9:30 pm
Avilan seems to have settled down
iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:30 pm
Hey, nolie, if you can’t “ketchup” at least try to “mustard” OK?
Sopheee
July 17th, 2012
9:31 pm
Holy fudge, what happened? Guess I picked a good one to miss.
Jake W.
July 17th, 2012
9:31 pm
I think its time to reach in the minors and call up some better announcers. Joe Simpson is lower on my depth chart than Chip at this point and that takes work.
iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:32 pm
The Mets-Gnats game is the difference, with the Braves losing, of a two and a half, or three and a half game lead. That was off Clippard too, wow!
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:32 pm
I’ll try to “cut the mustard”
Mitchell
July 17th, 2012
9:32 pm
The Giants won the World Series two years ago and have thrown two no hitters in the past three years.
They are most certainly not like the Braves.
Murph
July 17th, 2012
9:33 pm
MFin, I did watch… right up until they were down 8-0. Then I put on America’s Got Talent.
I won’t deny that JJ has had 4 good starts… problem is, that’s 4 out of 9 starts this season. That doesn’t count all the eggs he laid in AAA.
A good pitcher recovers from defensive miscues, even if they are his own, and gets the outs. JJ did not. 8 hits and 3 walks is 8 hits and 3 walks, whether he should have been out of an inning or not.
I’m not hating. JJ’s 2012 campaign speaks for itself. It’s been more bad than good. That’s not up for debate, the results speak for themselves.
We’ll see how he does his next time out. Another start like this and he isn’t likely to be in the rotation for long.
iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:33 pm
“Sopheeeeeee”, don’t even ask. You do know it’s the Braves “Monday” today don’t you?
phil
July 17th, 2012
9:33 pm
Bad luck there…
Jake W.
July 17th, 2012
9:33 pm
Nats are gonna fade, just watch
Don’t know if you’re being serious or not but I agree. If the braves can make some moves the division is within their reach.
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:33 pm
hey me hero Bitchell is here, planting daisies and spreading sunshine….
ACE
July 17th, 2012
9:34 pm
Melkdud in rare form.
Mitchell
July 17th, 2012
9:34 pm
I will just sit here and hold my breath until I turn blue so neener
iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:35 pm
More like “planting pot” and “spreading moonshine”!
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:35 pm
half serious anyway. going all the way the first time is tough. not making any guarantees though
MFin04
July 17th, 2012
9:35 pm
Even when we hit the ball hard…it bounces off the top of the wall. Nice. Just not happening offensively…
phil
July 17th, 2012
9:35 pm
My cell phone gets down the line faster than Mac…sigh.
Jake W.
July 17th, 2012
9:36 pm
The Giants won the World Series two years ago and have thrown two no hitters in the past three years.
They are most certainly not like the Braves.
1 world series win since they’ve moved to their new city and done on the back of pitching. More like them than not.
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:36 pm
with the glowing DOB lead in you knew we were gonna tank it, that is his forte
TuffShhhtuff
July 17th, 2012
9:36 pm
This Braves “roller coaster” is now heading down into one the many valleys on the track, and it looks like the next hill is quite a distance away.
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:37 pm
next hill is tomorrow
eddie willers
July 17th, 2012
9:38 pm
[best Ernie Johnson voice]
“Gotta go get ‘em Braves!”
kelevra
July 17th, 2012
9:39 pm
HERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE SOME OPINIONS ON:
if you r not good enough to win the world series….and we r not….i would rather lose games, trade vets, get prospects and try again to build a winner…..the ABSOLUTE worst thing to do is to always be an average team that can win some games and can make the playoffs but never go much further. it seems the braves are FOREVER stuck in this state where we always make trades for this year, trade prospects, maybe squeeze in the playoffs but thats it. just commit to a rebuild purge the payroll trade for some prospects and try to build a team that can win the WORLD SERIES. that is the goal remember, NOT to win 90 games.
Capt.Mudd
July 17th, 2012
9:39 pm
Climbing Jacobs Ladder
Bravefaninok
July 17th, 2012
9:39 pm
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:30 pm
Nats are gonna fade, just watch
Them philthies will be in the race before it is over.
phil
July 17th, 2012
9:40 pm
Time to mail it in…
Good night, friendly folk….
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:41 pm
we could win the WS just as easily as ST Louis did last season and in 2006. its a freakin’ crap shoot once you get there
MFin04
July 17th, 2012
9:41 pm
It was an odd start for Jair, Didn’t really get hit hard, didn’t really get any calls, didn’t really get a good defensive effort behind him tonight, and to add insult to injury missed 1st base which started the whole thing. He wasn’t great, but I don’t think he was as bad as his line indicates.
Hope to see him bounce back next start. Crap games happen, not gonna judge him based on that or the beginning of the year. Guy is 3-1 in 5 starts for us since coming back and he has been a good pitcher for us.
TuffShhhtuff
July 17th, 2012
9:41 pm
Best Skip Carey voice: “Braves stink, Braves stink, Braves stink” (well, tonight anyway)
TBbravesfan
July 17th, 2012
9:42 pm
Everybody hold your breath POSEY is up.
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:43 pm
way past mattering
N Nine
July 17th, 2012
9:43 pm
braves starters since the break:
4 G 18.2 IP 27 H 18 ER
DOB hit it on the head with the title.today.
MFin04
July 17th, 2012
9:44 pm
“we could win the WS just as easily as ST Louis did last season and in 2006. ”
Or similarly to the Giants or the Cardinals last year. Well except for that one game playoff thing. I’d like the Braves to win the division personally. Think they have a pretty good shot. This offense still is pretty darn good.
kelevra
July 17th, 2012
9:44 pm
lots of blow outs around the league tonight
ACE
July 17th, 2012
9:44 pm
Kelevra, That is why Danny Ferry has blew up the Hawks. He knew standing pat he had a playoff team that could reach the second round and go no further.
Billy Walsh
July 17th, 2012
9:45 pm
The Nats starting pitching will not allow them to fade.
Busch Leaguer
July 17th, 2012
9:45 pm
Holy Crap!!! Mutts bullpen is in Gas Can form again tonight.
Mitchell
July 17th, 2012
9:45 pm
kelevra
the goal is to win the world series sure, but the first goal is just to make the playoffs, with the addition of the first wildcard making that a crap shoot and ,diminishing the value of having the best record, it’s really what’s important, now with 2 wildcard teams, it’s gonna be an even bigger crap shoot.
If every team who wasnt guaranteed to have the best record followed your philosophy the game would just be a merry go round of new players every single year. The Braves are doing it right, building from within and due to their successful record thus far, looking to improve externally.
If they traded all their vets they would suck for 3 more years and no matter who they picked up, have no guarantee of a world series (ask the Yankees, they spent over $2 billion dollars over the past 10 years and have 1 world series to show for it)
Hoopty
July 17th, 2012
9:45 pm
Watch. These losers are going to reel off 7 losses in a row, starting with SF.
N Nine
July 17th, 2012
9:45 pm
NATS about to score
TuffShhhtuff
July 17th, 2012
9:46 pm
POSEY’s name spelled backwards is YESOP. Too bad it’s not KUSEY, then it would be YESUK!
nolie
July 17th, 2012
9:46 pm
Baseball is not any other sport. the unlikely happens way more often in baseball
Mitchell
July 17th, 2012
9:46 pm
Mitchell
July 17th, 2012
9:34 pm
I will just sit here and hold my breath until I turn blue so neener
Wow, that sounds so much like me.
ACE
July 17th, 2012
9:46 pm
The braves only won one WS with Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz. What makes you think they could easlly win one now and add to the fact that Fredi is the mananger.
N Nine
July 17th, 2012
9:47 pm
Parnell got 2nd out with man 1st and 3rd.
kelevra
July 17th, 2012
9:47 pm
ACE
EXACTLY!! and i love him for it….he understands this concept…i wish the braves did
Mitchell
July 17th, 2012
9:47 pm
tryin to compare basketball and it’s small rosters , half the games and extended playoffs , to baseball isn’t even apples and oranges, it’s apples and chevrolets
Jake W.
July 17th, 2012
9:48 pm
Kelevra, That is why Danny Ferry has blew up the Hawks
MLB and NBA playoffs are completely different. Something like 8 different teams have won an NBA championship in 30 years. That league just doesn’t spread the wealth and their playoffs are a marathon where the strong usually survive while the MLB playoffs are more like a sprint. One good hot streak can win you the whole thing.
MFin04
July 17th, 2012
9:48 pm
“add to the fact that Fredi is the mananger.”
That automatically makes them better than any Bobby Cox managed team, that is for sure. Not even up for debate.
NickB
July 17th, 2012
9:48 pm
Enter your comments here
iTiSi
July 17th, 2012
9:48 pm
Speaking of Posey, and him being from GA, there’s another player just drafted out of HS who just has to make it to the bigs. He has the perfect name. It’s Skye Bolt. Honest, no joke!
NickB
July 17th, 2012
9:48 pm
oops, I posted as my making fun of Mitchell identity
keylargo
July 17th, 2012
9:49 pm
Tonya Harding had her opponent crippled so she couldn’t play against her. I was asking for her help getting rid of Jair
MY main memory about that was Nancy Kerrigan (the victim) wailing “why me!!!, why me?”
Jair won’t be layng on the ground moaning meaningless questions when Tonya gets through with him.
MFin04
July 17th, 2012
9:49 pm
Lol, Uggla dropping an F bomb on MLB mics.
Capt.Mudd
July 17th, 2012
9:51 pm
Is Janish a Dane{read:Danish}…….cause dat was sweet
unbelievable
July 17th, 2012
9:51 pm
braves starters since the break:
4 G 18.2 IP 27 H 18 ER
But, but, we dont need another starter.
Trader Jack
July 17th, 2012
9:51 pm
Bobby Parnell blowing it for the Mets – tied 3-3
N Nine
July 17th, 2012
9:51 pm
Down to the LAST STRIKE a .237 hitter (before hit) tied game. Our crappy luck.,. FML
NickB
July 17th, 2012
9:52 pm
well crap…. daburn undependable Mets
N Nine
July 17th, 2012
9:52 pm
I hate our luck.
unbelievable
July 17th, 2012
9:52 pm
Hey at least that was against good offenses…no wait, it wasnt
MFin04
July 17th, 2012
9:52 pm
New guy got a double.
Mets throw 8 unhittable curves, than throw a fastball right down the middle. Brilliant.
Capt.Mudd
July 17th, 2012
9:53 pm
Purely swinging for the fence–no style, no grace, a harlequin with muzzels
N Nine
July 17th, 2012
9:53 pm
braves starters since the break:
4 G 18.2 IP 27 H 18 ER
But, but, we dont need another starter.
Hahaha, you work for Liberty Media.
unbelievable
July 17th, 2012
9:54 pm
Please get Fransisco off this roster.
TuffShhhtuff
July 17th, 2012
9:55 pm
Think I would bunt Bourn right here just for the hellofit! Would be a surprise!