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Jeff R
July 19th, 2012
12:32 pm
Right now, who would you rather have hitting, Melky or Uggla?
Howe about Josh Hamilton? Hypotheticals matter naught.
M.V.P.Heyward
July 19th, 2012
12:32 pm
Please don’t jinx the braves, Chip.
O.J.
July 19th, 2012
12:33 pm
Bumgarner probably wont give up a hit until the 6th. By then it will be 4-0 or something stupid like that
PMC
July 19th, 2012
12:33 pm
It would be stupid to throw at Melky. Especially early on. You really want to see more Chad Durbin after last night???
cabravesfan
July 19th, 2012
12:33 pm
BravesQueen-
Hi! Not sure how much I can post- got a lot going on today, work wise, but I’ll be around
tony austin
July 19th, 2012
12:34 pm
If Melky was hitting for the Braves he’d have to stop between pitches for a bite of a doughnut.
Sam from SW
July 19th, 2012
12:34 pm
Braves will win World Series..next year
Pace
July 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
We’re tied
cabravesfan
July 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
FREDDIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
ACE
July 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
Freddieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
BravesQueen
July 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
WAY TO GO FREDDIE!!!!!!!!!!!
Efrim
July 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
On fire. I think his run is a bit better than Jason’s was. Incredible.
UNCBrave
July 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
3 HARD HIT balls now by Prado, Heyward, and Freeman
O.J.
July 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
See, reverse jinx, works
Now, Bumgarner wont give up more than 1 run.
bravesgrl4life
July 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
FAB 5 FREDDIE!!!!!!!!!!
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
Freeman = ferocious. Goes deep against a tought lefty. I believe that may be only the 2nd HR hit by a lefty of Bumgarner ever.
O.J.
July 19th, 2012
12:37 pm
Matt Diaz is such a waste of roster space.
Brian from SC
July 19th, 2012
12:37 pm
Sixth homer by a lefty off Bumgarner in his career, 2nd this year. McCann had one last year.
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
12:37 pm
I was kind of close.
ncscoots
July 19th, 2012
12:37 pm
First “BALLGAME!” at 12:32; tied at 12:34. That might be the shortest BALLGAME-burn in the blog’s history.
O.J.
July 19th, 2012
12:38 pm
How about a trade for Dempster and David Dejesus?
DeJesus could replace Bourn next year at a cheaper price and we get Dempster for the stretch run
Brian from SC
July 19th, 2012
12:38 pm
McCann’s HR off him last year was the only one he gave up to a lefty in 204 innings.
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
12:38 pm
NO way Uggla strike out again…
BravesQueen
July 19th, 2012
12:39 pm
Cab — Understood. Still good to see you, however brief that may be. Actually, I’m not going to be here for the entire game anyway.
tony austin
July 19th, 2012
12:39 pm
I’ve heard of ball players going into slumps, but this is ridiculous.
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
12:39 pm
Wow. Dan is really slumping isn’t he?
BravesQueen
July 19th, 2012
12:40 pm
Bravesgrl4life — Hey there, chica! Other than the Iphone issues, how’s it going?
David O'Brien
July 19th, 2012
12:40 pm
Uggla entered today with 105 strikeouts, on pace for a career-high 189. He set a franchise record with 156 in 2011.
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
12:41 pm
O.J. have you seen much of D. Dejesus? He’s weak, and even worse he tries to do too much (hitting). Hits way too many fly balls..there has to be a better option @ CF. Do you guys want to keep M. Bourn?
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
12:41 pm
O.J. have you seen much of D. Dejesus? He’s weak, and even worse he tries to do too much (hitting). Hits way too many fly balls..there has to be a better option @ CF. Do you guys want to keep M. Bourn?
Arkansas Transplant
July 19th, 2012
12:42 pm
Just keep throwing him out there…. really I don’t mind it, but does he really need to be hitting anywhere near the top of the lineup?
O.J.
July 19th, 2012
12:43 pm
Would love to keep Bourn, just not as his asking price, which will be high, because Borass is his agent.
bravesgrl4life
July 19th, 2012
12:44 pm
Hi, BravesQueen. I’m having a rough day. Customer has been driving me crazy. They tried to transfer to their external account yesterday, but the account number had an extra digit in it. They want us to figure out how to get information to give to the external bank to have them find it and credit it. I’m going through a maze trying to find that information. Of course, this is to cover their payroll. Waiting on my company contact to call me back and then customer tells me they may have another way to make it work. Waiting on the customer to call back.
And I haven’t eaten lunch yet.
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
12:44 pm
Boras? Uh ohh. That is not good…
Efrim
July 19th, 2012
12:44 pm
Freddie Freeman in his last 22 games, 93 plate appearances from June 20th – July 18th, 2012: .350/.430/.600
Jason Heyward in 24 games, 100 plate appearances from June 2nd to July 1st, 2012: .351/.380/.660
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
12:45 pm
Melky 1, Hudson 1
Brian from SC
July 19th, 2012
12:45 pm
Moving along at a predictably quick pace. I’ll be surprised if this one isn’t over by 2:30.
Capt.Mudd
July 19th, 2012
12:45 pm
@ColbyInCali……You appear to possess an affinity for chronicling the positive attributes of our guys. Would you consider logging on more and guide some of our lost….it would be an honorable deed and, upon completion; we’ll send you an autographed photo of Paul Yanish.
UNCBrave
July 19th, 2012
12:48 pm
take one for the team JANISH!
Blue
July 19th, 2012
12:49 pm
Tony Austin; you DO realize that all big leaguers strike out sometimes, right? And you DO realize that Bourne is having a great year, both defensively and offensively, right?
BravesQueen
July 19th, 2012
12:50 pm
Good start. Thanks for the bobble.
Capt.Mudd
July 19th, 2012
12:50 pm
He got ate up be a sandoball
Rick
July 19th, 2012
12:50 pm
Listen I am not the one for the “golden ages of baseball unspoken rules and ethics”, however I do agree that Milky took it a little to far last night. However with me saying that if you are the Braves YOU SHUT HIM UP BY KICKING HIM AND HIS TEAM OUT OF ATLANTA! You dont blow the opportunity to win games like they did last night. I am so so so so so tired of Fredi. It seems like he gets outcoached almost on a nightly basis. No way that Janish should have been hitting in that spot with the game ready to be won in the 9th inning! Just poor coaching at that point. Until the Braves can shut up the “Milk Man” by kicking the Giants but out of Atlanta, he will continue to do what he did.
David O'Brien
July 19th, 2012
12:51 pm
Thanks for the new blog, DOB. I know it was a late night for you as well. — bravesgrl4life
Bowman and I walked out of ballpark at 2:20 a.m. Ahhh … nothing like rain delay coupled with extra innings.
Brian from SC
July 19th, 2012
12:51 pm
We do have at least one pitcher left who can handle a bat correctly.
tony austin
July 19th, 2012
12:51 pm
I just don’t get a warm and fuzzy feeling about Bourn liking ATL. It’s not Lofton bad, but he just doesn’t put out an air of happiness to me.
haggard
July 19th, 2012
12:52 pm
BravesQueen
Good to see you!
Rick
July 19th, 2012
12:52 pm
Please sit Uggla and bring Constanza back up. Until Uggla learns how to go the other way on a consistent basis he is no more than a power hitting strike out ready to happen.
BravesQueen
July 19th, 2012
12:53 pm
YES! Niiiiice Bourn!!
B_F 54
July 19th, 2012
12:53 pm
Mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!!!
cabravesfan
July 19th, 2012
12:53 pm
That’ll work
TNScott
July 19th, 2012
12:53 pm
BOURN!!!!!
haggard
July 19th, 2012
12:53 pm
David O’Brien
Thanks for the new blog and the overtime. You and Bowman doing the “Moondance”.
haggard
July 19th, 2012
12:54 pm
Allllriggghhht!
Turtsnap
July 19th, 2012
12:54 pm
Too bad Melky didn’t get to Bourn’s hit….. he could’ve thrown the ball to right field for the Giants, like he did for us
Arkansas Transplant
July 19th, 2012
12:54 pm
DOB, hopefully you’ll get some down time this afternoon.
BravesQueen
July 19th, 2012
12:54 pm
Haggard — SO nice to see you! Its been a long time friend. Too much time passes, and I don’t spend too much time on the ole blog these days. How are things with you?
King of Carrot Flowers
July 19th, 2012
12:55 pm
The Braves are a team with a manager who’s too timid to stand up for his players and argue a blatantly bad call. Do you really expect Fredi’s team to have any balls when the opponent disrespects them on their home field? When Melky says “suck it,” the Braves respond, “oh, okay, sir, you got it.” At least that’s basically what McCann said in his post-game quotes yesterday.
David O'Brien
July 19th, 2012
12:55 pm
Too bad Melky didn’t get to Bourn’s hit….. he could’ve thrown the ball to right field for the Giants, like he did for us
Oh, man, I had forgotten about that play. Thanks for reminder.
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
12:55 pm
“You appear to possess an affinity for chronicling the positive attributes of our guys. Would you consider logging on more and guide some of our lost….it would be an honorable deed and, upon completion; we’ll send you an autographed photo of Paul Yanish.” — That is great Mudd
I am a positive baseball fan, always focusing on the good stuff and saying “get ‘em tomorrow” when a player stinks it up. Sure, I’ll log on 
Especially since our game day threads in SF have serious troll issues. Thanks for having me
Efrim
July 19th, 2012
12:55 pm
Let’s go Jason. Two out base hit here would be nice.
Brian from SC
July 19th, 2012
12:56 pm
Prado has cooled off in recent days as well.
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
12:56 pm
2-1. *sigh* I knew we couldn’t keep Bourn down. Being down against Hudson = not a good feeling.
DAP
July 19th, 2012
12:57 pm
obviously i have no way of knowing, but i get the feeling that melky is a funny, but obnoxious person, who has no idea that other people dont think he is as funny as he does.
Murph
July 19th, 2012
12:57 pm
My MLB radio feed on the crack of Bourn’s triple and hasn’t come back… he must have hit it pretty hard to knock out radio communications.
Efrim
July 19th, 2012
12:57 pm
Prado has cooled off in recent days as well.
Around a .500 OPS during the month of July. Wish we could get these guys hitting at once!
Slammin' HELMETS, and breakin' BATS!
July 19th, 2012
12:58 pm
“I asked manager Fredi Gonzalez about it again last night after the game, about what could be done and if they’ll continue to let him try to hit his way out of it.”
Keep at it, DOB, you’re doing a good job. Don’t let up on this, we need Uggla to either find his swing soon, or we need to go about this in a different way. Uggla is becoming a liability, and I’ve been one of the few that has continued to defend him, but he’s truly hurting this lineup now.
Slammin' HELMETS, and breakin' BATS!
July 19th, 2012
12:58 pm
“I asked manager Fredi Gonzalez about it again last night after the game, about what could be done and if they’ll continue to let him try to hit his way out of it.”
Keep at it, DOB, you’re doing a good job. Don’t let up on this, we need Uggla to either find his swing soon, or we need to go about this in a different way. Uggla is becoming a liability, and I’ve been one of the few that have continued to defend him, but he’s truly hurting this lineup now.
tony austin
July 19th, 2012
12:58 pm
Tony Austin; you DO realize that all big leaguers strike out sometimes, right? And you DO realize that Bourne is having a great year, both defensively and offensively, right? – Blue
Yes I do realize Ks happen. I do realize Bourn is having a good year. However, I also realize that he’ about 6 Ks away (or so) from 90 Ks on the season. IMO that is way too much for a lead off hitter. He has speed, he needs to put the ball in play and use that speed. I understand most of the time he isn’t going to leg out an infield hit, but he has a better chance getting on base that way that his does walking back to the dugout with the bat in his hand.
UNCBrave
July 19th, 2012
12:59 pm
3-1 Mets over Nationals….Wright and Ike Davis have gone deep
Duke
July 19th, 2012
12:59 pm
Wasn’t someone just criticizing Bourn? Hmmmm………
PMC
July 19th, 2012
12:59 pm
I wonder if Donruss will come out with special edition for Dan Uggla…. Strike out KING
Efrim
July 19th, 2012
12:59 pm
Freeman up to .277/.335/.486 on the year.
Slammin' HELMETS, and breakin' BATS!
July 19th, 2012
12:59 pm
Crap, double post.
haggard
July 19th, 2012
1:00 pm
BravesQueen
Doing well and staying busy–which is the way I like it. And doing long distance dating (2 hrs. away) for 15 months now. The only bad thing is both of the above have severely curtailed blog time and I miss those eclectic conversations.
How are you feeling?
bravesgrl4life
July 19th, 2012
1:00 pm
DOB – seems like we have had a few of those with San Francisco.
Mikeyc588
July 19th, 2012
1:00 pm
DOB –
Is this the Melky throw you mean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufICeiWz56A&feature=player_embedded
bravofan
July 19th, 2012
1:01 pm
LIKE this Thanks Chipper page I created !!!
http://www.facebook.com/ThanksChipper
Capt.Mudd
July 19th, 2012
1:02 pm
You are ok Colby….I like a good dedicated mate like yourself…..since we are stuck in this humid ‘dog days’ weather…..Can you tell me the temp. in SF, CA?
Mitchell
July 19th, 2012
1:03 pm
We couldn’t have gotten that hit from Michael last night, in the 9th inning?
With the bases loaded? Game on the line?
Base hit, game over?
Can’t even make contact?
And of course he triples in his second at-bat the next day.
Capt.Mudd
July 19th, 2012
1:05 pm
@BravesQueen…….Again, our thoughts are with you daily. Glad you logged on.
David O'Brien
July 19th, 2012
1:05 pm
Hudson has thrown 32 strikes in 47 pitches through 4 innings (4 hits, 1 run, 0 BB, 2 K)
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
1:05 pm
Well…we have a little bit of morning fog so it’s 57. But around noon we’ll be cruising @ 75 degrees
We have it soooo goood here. Speaking of cruising, Hudson sets down 7th in a row. Uh Oh.
Dutchieeeee
July 19th, 2012
1:05 pm
For anyone who wants twó games on their laptop….. USA vs Netherlands in the Haarlemse Honkbalweek:
http://www.honkbalweek.nl/?hhw=service_livestream&id=live1
Never mind the Dutch comentary
Now let’s run these Gigantes out of tone with the taste of a loss in their mouths. Go Braves!
Mitchell
July 19th, 2012
1:09 pm
Not to be a Michael Bourn hater.
He’s not the only Brave to have zero clutch hits this season.
Slammin' HELMETS, and breakin' BATS!
July 19th, 2012
1:09 pm
I wish Freeman would stop choking up on his bat… I think he would be an even better hitter if he did.
LAG
July 19th, 2012
1:09 pm
Freddie’s swinging well today. Too bad that liner to 1st didn’t find some grass.
David O'Brien
July 19th, 2012
1:10 pm
Nice leaping catch by
PoseyBelt, or Freeman has another extra-base hit. When healthy, he hits. Period.RC
July 19th, 2012
1:10 pm
I wish Freeman would stop choking up on his bat… I think he would be an even better hitter if he did.
Or, he might not be as good. If it ain’t broke….
SFDave
July 19th, 2012
1:11 pm
How about letting the players play? Don’t take your frustrations about poor play out on Melky – its a team effort. Braves are a classy club – fans? Not so much. Oh, and about that goofy chant with the chop – you are the only fans in baseball who practice that – what does that tell you? (oh yea, and real fans don’t do the ‘wave’ at a baseball game)
Pace
July 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
DOB – I think Posey is catching – would’ve been a great play though
cabravesfan
July 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
ROSSY!!!!!!!!!
Pace
July 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
Thank you David Ross
Efrim
July 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
Way to go, Ross!
BravesQueen
July 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
BYE-BYE!!
TNScott
July 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
ROSS THE BOSS!!!!
Chris from the Rock
July 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
I’m David Ross, and I approve this message!
ColbyinCalifornia
July 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
Dang. Bumgarner has to keep the ball down! You guys brought your hitting shoes
LAG
July 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
What’s that, about 425 from Ross? That one was hit about as far as Francisco’s yesterday.
Turtsnap
July 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
Man, those Braves catchers can POKE!