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nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:14 pm
ok I gotta admit that Francisco is doing much better lately. still have concerns about how long it lasts and about his D and that he only plays third.
Woody Woodward
July 31st, 2012
11:15 pm
Janish! .176! (course BA don’t matter)
Mark
July 31st, 2012
11:15 pm
What in the world is Yawnish going to do now? He broke his lucky bat he got those 2 hits with yesterday!!
Bravefaninok
July 31st, 2012
11:15 pm
The A Bomb
July 31st, 2012
11:13 pm
Uh oh. Francisco lovers in 3, 2, 1……….
Like him or not he is a Brave and the better he hits is making the team that much stronger…..
Woody Woodward
July 31st, 2012
11:16 pm
Hinske play for the Varsity?
Ralph
July 31st, 2012
11:16 pm
Hinski is hitting below the Uggla Line!
TNScott
July 31st, 2012
11:17 pm
The field just drained the rest of the water off because it tilted with Ski and Juan out there.
JC Brave
July 31st, 2012
11:17 pm
This umpire is freaking retarded…
Woody Woodward
July 31st, 2012
11:17 pm
Worry bout his belt line.
GT Alum
July 31st, 2012
11:18 pm
Francisco is one of those guys who has talent. It’s just can the Braves afford to give him the chance to show what he can do.
Choppinmama
July 31st, 2012
11:18 pm
DS1 – They’d have to offer a pretty good package to pry DOB out of ATL. Too much team knowledge to throw away for a new gig. And we all know how much he loves the spring at Dark Strar.
He’s gonna pull a Chipper and stay until he retires.
Mark
July 31st, 2012
11:18 pm
Hinski, gotta swing to hit the ball Buddy
Lee in S GA
July 31st, 2012
11:18 pm
never bought into the Nats were not going to let strasburg pitch until October with the year they are having…the fans may have burnt the stadium down if management refused….he may get a couple of starts off as the season goes on…just depends if they still maintain a few games lead over the Braves
nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:19 pm
Eric and Dan need to join a 12 step program for hitters addicted to making outs
TNScott
July 31st, 2012
11:19 pm
Two words Ski: Industrial League!!!
Capt. "Fly" Mudd
July 31st, 2012
11:19 pm
Francisco has a chance to steal 3rd here
The A Bomb
July 31st, 2012
11:19 pm
Francisco is a bench guy. He won’t play a lick next year when Prado’s moved in. And he has a hole in his swing low and inside that you could fly a 747 through. We gave up an excellent trade piece in Hoover to get him.
Otherwise, he’s great!
Woody Woodward
July 31st, 2012
11:19 pm
Dusty said that, too, GT
Tahillzfan
July 31st, 2012
11:19 pm
Hey DOB… can fans move down after the rain like they used to could at FCS
Capt. "Fly" Mudd
July 31st, 2012
11:20 pm
American Skigion League
Robert
July 31st, 2012
11:21 pm
This was not a bad trade. They got a back of the rotation starter and some bench help for a damaged goods one-time prospect (in other words, now more of a suspect than a prospect)
That’s a no-brainer
The problem is while this wasnt a BAD trade, it wasnt an IMPACT trade. Paul Maholm (career WHIP 1.4, 5.5 K’s/9IP, K/BB of) is not the same kind of player as a Hanley Ramirez, or a Ryan Dempster, or even a 38-year old Ichiro Suzuki. Put it this way. Maholm currently leads the league in hit batsmen. If he finishes the season atop that list, it might just be his most significant career accomplishment
This has too often been the Braves modus operandi in recent years. Other contenders go out and add a Porsche or a Cadillac to the stable. The Braves go out and get a good deal on a used Buick and try to convince their fan base they did just as well
MikeInFl
July 31st, 2012
11:22 pm
Braves’ pitchers have thrown 76 pitches thru 7. Lessee if they can finish it off below 100…
Capt. "Fly" Mudd
July 31st, 2012
11:23 pm
Scott “big roll” Cousins
Woody Woodward
July 31st, 2012
11:24 pm
Janish might fit it well in tonights marlins order. Plenty of company in the upper 100s in BA
GT Alum
July 31st, 2012
11:24 pm
Wow, Bucs really going for it. Good for them.
Abandon
July 31st, 2012
11:24 pm
I’d like to see Juan Francisco’s numbers with Dan Uggla’s at bats…would probably have more home runs and a better batting average with (at the worst) similar defensive acumen.
Woody Woodward
July 31st, 2012
11:25 pm
Porches and Cadillacs don’t go in stables.
Lee in S GA
July 31st, 2012
11:25 pm
Other contenders go out and add a Porsche or a Cadillac to the stable.
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they are like me Robert they can can’t afford those things or it will really put them in a bind…Wren did the best he could
JC Brave
July 31st, 2012
11:25 pm
Jurrjens warming up in Braves’ pen…
Jerry
July 31st, 2012
11:28 pm
The Braves are about to be 2 1/2 games back of the Nationals. I wonder if the Nats can hear those footsteps? They should have made a deal before the deadline. Now, any deal they try to make can be blocked by the Braves, at least while the Braves have the lesser record.
nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:29 pm
he would also make way more outs than Dan does
abeeewright
July 31st, 2012
11:30 pm
gonzalez and jackson should be good for 200+ innings.
strasburg and zimmerman are going to be trouble past 16 innings.
detweiler can’t be counted on for much more.
lannan is meh.
gcs
July 31st, 2012
11:34 pm
Everyone hits except Uggla and Janish.
nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:35 pm
I’m ♥ing the scores of the games lately. not only is it good for my blood pressure but it keeps down some of the worse in-game ranting
Jerry
July 31st, 2012
11:35 pm
Uh oh. Mac feeling around his right shoulder.
Mark
July 31st, 2012
11:38 pm
I don’t know if I woulda called Mac streakin around third!
DS1
July 31st, 2012
11:38 pm
7-1
Well, that might be enough of a pad to trust Jurrjens with the 9th!
GT Alum
July 31st, 2012
11:39 pm
Heh, Freddie rubbing some cheetah blood on his bat.
abeeewright
July 31st, 2012
11:39 pm
“Maholm currently leads the league in hit batsmen.”
Melky Cabrera better get worried when the Braves come to SF.
Joe 12-Pack
July 31st, 2012
11:39 pm
Uggla kills another rally.
bravofannnn
July 31st, 2012
11:39 pm
anybody with extra innings see the tv schedule come up for like 30 seconds?
ChattTownBrian
July 31st, 2012
11:39 pm
I though the Grand Canyon was the biggest hole in the world. Then nolie speaks …
JC Brave
July 31st, 2012
11:40 pm
Even when he makes good contact, Uggla is useless… -__-
David O'Brien
July 31st, 2012
11:40 pm
Jurrjens to pitch 9th for Braves with 7-1 lead
nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:40 pm
well at least we cleared Uggla….oh wait they likely won’t be back. anyway it is good practice for future games
how are they scoring all these runs with just 6 hitters?
keylargo
July 31st, 2012
11:41 pm
Within a year McCann is going to be indecipherable form Curly in the 3 Stooges running.
DS1
July 31st, 2012
11:41 pm
Snake bit, I say. Even when he hits it hard, somebody catches it.
mikega1965
July 31st, 2012
11:41 pm
Need to sit Ugly and let Prado play second and reed play left for a while
nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:42 pm
surely you can do better than that….
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
July 31st, 2012
11:42 pm
Jerry Uh oh. Mac feeling around his right shoulder.
Yeah, I know…that’s really starting to bother me…
Mark
July 31st, 2012
11:42 pm
Have a good inning JJ
MikeInFl
July 31st, 2012
11:42 pm
Need to sit Ugly and let Prado play second and reed play left for a while
Yeah, ’cause things are going so badly…
Lee in S GA
July 31st, 2012
11:43 pm
-1
Well, that might be enough of a pad to trust Jurrjens with the 9th!
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nice call
DZ
July 31st, 2012
11:45 pm
The Mendoza Line has now officially been renamed as the Uggla Line.
ChattTownBrian
July 31st, 2012
11:45 pm
nolie, your birth certificate is an appology from the condom factory.
Mark
July 31st, 2012
11:45 pm
JJ was super nice to my son one Sunday after Church in the parking lot. Wish he could figure it out and get those 4 mph and control back.
LAG
July 31st, 2012
11:47 pm
Seems like we end a few games on DPs these days. I’m cool with that.
JC Brave
July 31st, 2012
11:47 pm
Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win!
nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:47 pm
that was better, but keep trying….
GT Alum
July 31st, 2012
11:47 pm
Wonder if JJ knows he’s going down tomorrow.
Capt. "Fly" Mudd
July 31st, 2012
11:47 pm
now they decide to call it a wrap–mercifully
abeeewright
July 31st, 2012
11:47 pm
That’ll help JJ’s ERA a bit.
BARVES WIN! BARVES WIN!
nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:48 pm
geeze how many DPs did we turn tonight? 3? 4?
Pace
July 31st, 2012
11:48 pm
2.5 games back, good pitching from everyone tonite – and the bats did well. All is well in Bravesland
cabravesfan
July 31st, 2012
11:49 pm
Ladies and Gentlemen and Other Life Forms, you Atlanta Braves are only 2.5 out. Don’t give up yet
N Nine
July 31st, 2012
11:49 pm
Ball game!!!!!!
usnavyvolfaninva
July 31st, 2012
11:49 pm
CTB,
Call me “Johnny come lately,” but damn, dude!
Couch Tater
July 31st, 2012
11:49 pm
The crowd murmers and the pressbox cheers wildly. Yea!!
BFChris27
July 31st, 2012
11:51 pm
Brave WIN
Pace
July 31st, 2012
11:51 pm
So the Braves go 18-8 for July. I’ll take that for August too – playing well right now. Can’t wait to read some of the quotes later on.
ChattTownBrian
July 31st, 2012
11:51 pm
You had to have been born on the highway because that’s where most accidents happen.
Capt. "Fly" Mudd
July 31st, 2012
11:51 pm
Next series with Nats–Uggla has to sit; no time to screw around this late–need producers playing–we’ll just have to figure out a way to replace Dan’s walks for a few days/games.
DS1
July 31st, 2012
11:51 pm
Jurrjens ERA is now under 7. Glorious day!
Capt. "Fly" Mudd
July 31st, 2012
11:53 pm
Enter your comments here
Jerry
July 31st, 2012
11:53 pm
Nite all. See you all tomorrow. Same Braves time, same Braves channel.
Mark
July 31st, 2012
11:53 pm
Anything less than a sweep by any contending team against the Marlins or Astros could hurt down the road.
Not sure Houston Astros would have a tough time against the East Cobb Astros right now!
abeeewright
July 31st, 2012
11:54 pm
Braves are catching teams when they’re just falling out of contention and before they can toughen up to spoiler mode.
Looking for a 10-0 home stand. Call me greedy.
nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:54 pm
nah, not as good
Jerry
July 31st, 2012
11:56 pm
cab, believe it or not, I’m starting to believe that we are gonna beat out the Nats for the east. Not so much because I think we are gonna stay on this tear, but because I think the Nats are about to come back down to Earth.
nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:56 pm
its his time of the month USNavy
ChattTownBrian
July 31st, 2012
11:56 pm
What’s that on your chin, nolie? No, the third one down …
nolie
July 31st, 2012
11:57 pm
I have always thought that the Nats would come back some this half
MikeInFl
July 31st, 2012
11:58 pm
Geez. D Lowe gave up 7 in 2 IP (to KC) tonight, raising his ERA to 5.52. I guess we all knew his early-season magic was just that, but good lord, he’s done.
ChattTownBrian
July 31st, 2012
11:59 pm
These silly insults are just ways to say I like ya. I like just about everybody here. All pretty much seem like good people and we’re all Braves fans.
DS1
August 1st, 2012
12:00 am
Love our chances, but the Nats are for real. Their biggest obstacle might be their youthfulness.
ChattTownBrian
August 1st, 2012
12:01 am
usnavybrave, nah I think I like everybody here. Even Mitchell. I feel sorry for him though.
DS1
August 1st, 2012
12:01 am
CTB
If I win the Power Ball tomorrow, your invited to my Ted Tailgate party in September, but only if you are on your best behavior.
nolie, I’m going to pay tiger to fly down and pick your old azz up for the party, OK?
DS1
August 1st, 2012
12:02 am
I’ll invite Mitchell too, though I am sure he would be “embarrassed” to come.
nolie
August 1st, 2012
12:02 am
you smokin’ the good stuff tonight?
ChattTownBrian
August 1st, 2012
12:02 am
Nats go with their pitching. Pitching tends to wear down in the 2nd half, so it really might depend on their depth in the pitching dept.
nolie
August 1st, 2012
12:03 am
we are younger than they are DS1
MikeInFl
August 1st, 2012
12:03 am
I think it’s their unbridled enthusiasm that will get them in the end.
nolie
August 1st, 2012
12:04 am
our urgency will overcome them…..
kenhotlanta
August 1st, 2012
12:06 am
Play Marteeen at second and Johnson in LF for a few days.
DS1
August 1st, 2012
12:07 am
nolie
Concerning our youthfulness, that is probably one of the reasons why we are so up and down this year.
Darned glad we could hang onto Delgado. Though I think Teheran has more upside, there’s something about Delgado that I like. (I know you are less enamored with him than I)
ChattTownBrian
August 1st, 2012
12:07 am
Fredi annoyed by DOB after he asked FG if he was going answer his question.
Jerry
August 1st, 2012
12:07 am
Question: Medlen has another start this weekend. If he pitches as well again, what do any of you think will happen to him with a staff of Hudson/Sheets/Minor/Maholm/and Hanson? My belief is that he’ll return to the bullpen until he is needed to spot start. Then, he’ll be given a decent shot at a starting spot in spring training. Still, I’d love to see him and Hanson swap rolls for a while.
ChattTownBrian
August 1st, 2012
12:09 am
DS1, would love to come. I’m probably the nicest person you’ll meet. Believe it or not. This place doesn’t even come close to what you might think.
DS1
August 1st, 2012
12:10 am
ken
I’d love to see Bourn sit for 1-2 days with Johnson replacing him. He’s been struggling at the plate lately. Maybe use Pastornicky to replace Uggla for a day or two also. Leave Prado in LF or 3B.
But I’m not sure I’d take Uggs and Bourn out at the same time, though Sunday’s prove Fredi ain’t afraid to go short handed.
nolie
August 1st, 2012
12:10 am
I like Degado’s demeanor and his mechanics and his change. I worry about his command for the most part. He is promising no doubt.