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Capt.Mudd
August 7th, 2012
10:59 pm
@tiger297…..”My guestimate…….”
Mine is and has been 95…..we’re real close.
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:00 pm
i’m struggling to remember but didn’t we trade for a 1B that hit pretty good for the year or so he was with us?
MikeInFl
August 7th, 2012
11:01 pm
You have to go back to Gary Sheffield to find a successful transaction involving a hitter who contributed to a Braves’ lineup. Jeez, wasn’t that in the last century or something???
Teixeira?
nolie
August 7th, 2012
11:01 pm
nah, a lot of big leaguers never change their approach, afterall it got them to the point of being one of the approximately 1000 best players in the world. He may refine his mechanics, hopefully, but I doubt he makes any big lasting change in his approach. everybody here seems to forget that after the first two months he was leading NL second basemen in just about every stat there is.
hope he can bounce back. we’ll see
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:01 pm
Teixeria yeah thats his name..
MikeInFl
August 7th, 2012
11:01 pm
damn you, Tiger. Damn you, sir!
nolie
August 7th, 2012
11:02 pm
Hiya tiger, how ya doi’ buddy?
Capt.Mudd
August 7th, 2012
11:03 pm
@tiger297…..Some folk only harken to his slow start…..in the long run, any fifth grader could tell the Mark was/is a fantastically gifted batsman.
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:03 pm
capt – yeah my optimistic number is 96…but I’m a cynic so 92 it is-mainly because we have enough games left a swoon is almost inevitable
brian
August 7th, 2012
11:04 pm
Colorado is not going to trade Carlos Gonzalez but for the fun of it, what are his home and away splits? Hitting .261 away with 7 HR this year if I read it right.
Still he is young and does have a relatively team friendly contract.
Don’t know why they would move him but he is someone who you would move top prospects for
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:05 pm
sorry mike
brilliant minds and all
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:05 pm
nolie – i’m doing well just busy as heck
brian
August 7th, 2012
11:05 pm
neither Tex trade worked out well for us but his stats while a Brave were amazing
Capt.Mudd
August 7th, 2012
11:05 pm
When Uggly gets that cowboy boot out of his @ss….watch out/three run jacks will become the favorite ‘fast food.’
Venice Jim
August 7th, 2012
11:06 pm
I saw this on Twitter last night, and thought it was an amusing twist from a Nats’ fan on ideas often expressed here:
Luke Russert @LukeRussert
Thank goodness #Nats 14 hits and a L wld have been terrible. Freckin #Braves won’t stop winning, it’s remarkable.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 7th, 2012
11:08 pm
I unsuccessfully try to forget the Teixeira trade on a daily basis. Never has so much been given for so little (really, nothing) in return.
nolie
August 7th, 2012
11:09 pm
Cargo hits about 750 away for his career and over 1000 at home. so guessing he would be an 800 hitter at the Ted. not bad , but not really great either and starting 1n 2015 he is coming up on some big bucks
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:10 pm
I can tell MiaBch has never been on the opposite side of a bad marriage
nolie
August 7th, 2012
11:10 pm
no, the Butler trade was nothing in return. Tex did just what was expected of him.
nolie
August 7th, 2012
11:11 pm
who would marry an old grouch like MBBF? j/k
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 7th, 2012
11:12 pm
Luke Russert @LukeRussert
Thank goodness #Nats 14 hits and a L wld have been terrible. Freckin #Braves won’t stop winning, it’s remarkable.
But I thought the Braves sukk…. we’re not remarkable
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:13 pm
VJ – there are very few things in the world that are truly unique
The A Bomb
August 7th, 2012
11:13 pm
Astros making the Nats work, at the very least.
The A Bomb
August 7th, 2012
11:13 pm
Astros making the Nats work, at the very least.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 7th, 2012
11:13 pm
Back to back extra inning games for the gNats. Maybe they’ll do an El Foldo and help us out.
Venice Jim
August 7th, 2012
11:14 pm
Took the bunt off…
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:14 pm
careful nolie she (she right I can’t remember sometimes) isn’t that far a drive from you
Capt.Mudd
August 7th, 2012
11:15 pm
@VJ……Whenever it becomes apparent that we are not going away; naturally Nat fans are seeing a sweat drenched Stephen Strasburg ambulating in haste from a Sunday “nightmare” in Atlanta—my, my……….Could that happen again?
Venice Jim
August 7th, 2012
11:16 pm
DFA Altuve!!!
The A Bomb
August 7th, 2012
11:16 pm
100-loss teams are so hard to watch.
Harper, Zimmerman, Laroche for the Nationals. Shoot the horse.
WASHINGTON 2 HOUSTON 2 TOP 11
MiaBchBravesFan
August 7th, 2012
11:16 pm
LOL – never been married. Why buy the cow when you can rent the milk. But yeah, I can’t stand myself sometimes neither. That said, we manage alright.
JC Brave
August 7th, 2012
11:16 pm
This damn Astros are horrible.
nolie
August 7th, 2012
11:17 pm
MBBF a she? I thought he was some kinda sports coach, pointyball or sumthang?
I think you are thinking of MiBF in Michigan?
SNEAKY PETE
August 7th, 2012
11:19 pm
MBBF is Lou/Earl IMO
keylargo
August 7th, 2012
11:20 pm
I still think the Marlins would dump Josh Johnson, who is signed next year for $13+ M, for two of our young pitchers and a good prospect. One would have to be Delgado or Teheran. That’s all they are doing now is dumping salary in a panic mode. I don’t care what they say publically money talks to that crew down there and if they can dump $13M and get two or three players that make their roster next year at $.5 M it could get done.
We need a true ace to compete in the playoffs.
MikeInFl
August 7th, 2012
11:20 pm
Pathetic. That’s just how I feel about this organization’s ability to evaluate hitting
Well, you feel the need to create some kind of drama just about every night.
Anyway, just checked, and since the start of the 2006 season (the end of the golden era of Braves’ baseball), the Braves are 4th in the National League in runs scored. Just 28 runs behind 3rd place St. Louis, and substantially trailing only the Coors-fed Rockies, and the billion dollar Phillies.
Seems that someone in the organization has some idea about offensive baseball.
nolie
August 7th, 2012
11:21 pm
C’mon ’stros.
MikeInFl
August 7th, 2012
11:21 pm
Agree, Sneaky Pete.
The A Bomb
August 7th, 2012
11:23 pm
Harper F6
Zimmerman KC
LaRoche 3U
MICKEY! STOREY!
WASHINGTON 2 HOUSTON 2 BOT 11
JC Brave
August 7th, 2012
11:24 pm
One more chance for the Astros…
MikeInFl
August 7th, 2012
11:24 pm
Well, if nothing else, Houston is wearing out Washington’s bullpen. 6 pitchers last night; only four tonight, but the night’s still young… hope they play 21 innings.
nolie
August 7th, 2012
11:24 pm
C’mon ’stros!!!!
TuffShhhtuff
August 7th, 2012
11:26 pm
OK it’s the bottom of the 11th tied 2-2 at Houston. Justin Maxwell is already 0-4, and comes up third. Why can’t he do the same thing to the Gnats he did to the Braves. If there’s any justice he will hit one out for the win. Do the Gnats know how to pitch him and ATL doesn’t?
MikeInFl
August 7th, 2012
11:27 pm
ah, there’s #5.
The A Bomb
August 7th, 2012
11:28 pm
Why can’t Maxwell do the same thing he did against the Braves?
Because the Nationals saw the tape and have thrown him NOTHING but sliders. Dumb us.
David O'Brien
August 7th, 2012
11:29 pm
Don’t know if you guys have seen this link, but this video that the Braves Fan Cave guy did on Chipper’s Twitter exploits is pretty darn clever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ttZNc0Nfxg
The A Bomb
August 7th, 2012
11:29 pm
Storen in for the Nats to face Francisco with 1 out.
The A Bomb
August 7th, 2012
11:31 pm
Maxwell’s got the Uggla swing in full force.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 7th, 2012
11:35 pm
MikeinFL: no drama, just call ‘em as I see ‘em. We’re all entitled to our opinions. As far as that stat, it means nothing when the team can’t hit in September. Tell ya what. I’m not a stat head, but I am sure someone can find how the Braves hit in September for the past six seasons-plus. Use that, a more accurate breakdown, and see what those numbers say.
Sometimes, perception is reality. You start getting it in your organizational DNA that when September comes, you go into a shell. That speaks to bad team construct and poor positional player evaluation. That’s how I feel. I’m a football guy, but am a Braves’ fan first. I get mad at ‘em, then go back to ‘em b/c the Braves are a lifetime relationship for me that goes back to the earliest reaches of my formative years.
Like any sports’ fan relationship, I get to love and criticize at my discretion. As do many on this blog.
TuffShhhtuff
August 7th, 2012
11:36 pm
What is it that the Gnats know about Justin Maxwell that the Braves don’t? Don’t they scout these games? He’s 0-5 tonight. BTW, “The A Bomb” Gametracker on MLB said the first two strikes were 4 seam fastballs. Struck him out with a slider. Don’t know how reliable that is.
ACE
August 7th, 2012
11:37 pm
Some classic Fredi quotes. Minor gave us a great chance to win other than Cole pitching a complete game shutout. What an astute command of the obivious.
ACE
August 7th, 2012
11:39 pm
Another Gem by Fredi. On Howard’s homer, it was a ball out over the plate, he’s a big boy, we have seen him do that before.
TuffShhhtuff
August 7th, 2012
11:39 pm
Of course the Gnats will come up with a way to manufacture a run here shortly, which is something that is not even in FG’s vocabulary.
JC Brave
August 7th, 2012
11:43 pm
There we go… Nationals win.
I guess the Astros magic only works against the Braves… go figure…
Hmmmm
August 7th, 2012
11:44 pm
Nats lead oh well, got 2 months to make up 4 games … so that’s not really important right now. The unfortunate side of it, is that even with the Braves playing good baseball the Nats are still managing to gain in the standings when they do lose.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 7th, 2012
11:44 pm
I rest my case.
TuffShhhtuff
August 7th, 2012
11:44 pm
I know sooner said it, then they did it. Somebody show FG the tape of this game and how to bunt and manufacture a run when you need to, and he will see why the Gnats are in first place playing at a .600 clip.
The A Bomb
August 7th, 2012
11:44 pm
Shoot the horse.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 7th, 2012
11:46 pm
Need to kick the Astros out of baseball…. they sukk so bad.
Good night folks!
ACE
August 7th, 2012
11:52 pm
The Cards closing in on the WC.
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:52 pm
mercy braves have won 70% of the last how many games…and we are still bitching?
TuffShhhtuff
August 7th, 2012
11:53 pm
*****Hmmmmm****** Strange you just said that. I did an analytical study tonight(bored while the Braves were losing) and ran it out through the end of the year. The way I see it the Braves will have to avoid any kind of losing streak at all, and the Gnats will need to hit one of at least 6-7 games. If they keep playing at a .600 clip, or even close, and the Braves keep playing at a .575 clip, or even slightly higher the Gnats win the division by 3 games. I took each series for the Braves for the rest of the year and gave it optimistic results. So optimistic that in fact I came up with the Braves going 30-21 for the remainder of the games, which could be a stretch. I say the Braves finish at 94-68 and the Gnats finish at 97-65. I see the Braves chances of winning the division at only about 50/50 right now, and the wildcard could be in doubt with St. Louis getting hot with a 4 game win streak, and about to replace ATL as the 2nd wildcard team. Wish I could be more optimistic, but just can’t do it right now, in running the numbers.
The A Bomb
August 7th, 2012
11:53 pm
Brad Mills looking for a promotion to the International League next season.
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:55 pm
cards play 7 against the nats 6 against the reds and 6 against the pirates…I’m ok with them getting hot as long as they kick the crap outta those 3 teams (specally the nats & pirates)
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 7th, 2012
11:55 pm
mercy braves have won 70% of the last how many games…and we are still bitching?
Sarcasm…. I do it quite often, actually.
Good night!
tiger297
August 7th, 2012
11:57 pm
I also left out the 4 against the dodgers…so they can do some damage to a lot of the other wildcard contenders
tiger297
August 8th, 2012
12:00 am
ummm the braves aren’t the 2nd place wildcard team
TuffShhhtuff
August 8th, 2012
12:03 am
If you pull up wildcard race on MLB.com, as I did earlier tonight, it shows the Braves as the 2nd WC team right now.
cabravesfan
August 8th, 2012
12:05 am
Atlanta & Pittsburgh are basically tied for the Wild Card at this point- the Braves have one more win (63-47 to 62-47) and have played one more game
cabravesfan
August 8th, 2012
12:06 am
And both have a 2.5 game lead on St. Louis
Capt.Mudd
August 8th, 2012
12:06 am
@Ace…..You still out there?
keylargo
August 8th, 2012
12:07 am
Atlanta 63 47 .573 - 0
Pittsburgh 62 47 .569 - 0
Figure this one out from MLB.com Atlanta one more win but tied for the wild card with Pitt.
The A Bomb
August 8th, 2012
12:07 am
WASHINGTON 3 HOUSTON 2 FINAL – 12
Unbelivable catch by Bernardina.
Exercise in futility. AL West has to be salivating at all these extra wins next season. Can’t wait for them to get the hell out of the NL where they pad NL Central team’s records. Pathetic.
TuffShhhtuff
August 8th, 2012
12:07 am
My mistake, ****tiger297***, as of now it’s reversed with the Pirates slightly ahead, but I swear it was the other way around earlier tonight(3-4 hrs. ago) I know the Braves lost but don’t know what the Pirates did tonight. Anyway, doesn’t much matter, it’s so close.
cabravesfan
August 8th, 2012
12:08 am
Wow- Bernadina with a hell of a catch to end the game…would have at least tied it
JC Brave
August 8th, 2012
12:08 am
The piece of monkey crap Astros have done it again.
It appears Maxwell’s exploits only work against the Braves… as he’s 1-for-8 so far against the Gnats…
cabravesfan
August 8th, 2012
12:09 am
Pirates got smoked tonight by Arizona, 10-4
Hmmmm
August 8th, 2012
12:09 am
“it shows the Braves as the 2nd WC team right now”
the Pirate game probably wasn’t over when you looked, that’s why they were in front, they were still playing while the Braves had already lost. Then when they lost too, the standings went back to what they were with the Braves ahead by percentage points
TuffShhhtuff
August 8th, 2012
12:09 am
Problem is St. Louis is hot as a firecracker right now, 4 game win streak, and we all know what happens when they get going at the end of the year. A 2.5 game deficit is nothing to them.
tiger297
August 8th, 2012
12:10 am
maybe if you pulled it up after braves game ended and before pirates did…but its not that way now
cab – braves are 1/2 game up right now (know that won’t exist at the end of the season but today it do)
cabravesfan
August 8th, 2012
12:11 am
St. Louis also lost tonight and the Dodgers are down 1-0 to the Rockies in the bottom of the 6th
cabravesfan
August 8th, 2012
12:12 am
tiger-
Just typing it as MLB has it listed- technically, yes, the Braves are .5 up based on the one more game they have played
cabravesfan
August 8th, 2012
12:13 am
Although I suppose it is listed that way because there are 2 teams this year, so both are technically “leading” the wild card race…
tiger297
August 8th, 2012
12:14 am
beauty of the 2nd wildcard especially with the cardinals schedule – for the cardinals to pass the braves they will ahve to beat up on the teams ahead or close to us. That helps us
Hmmmm
August 8th, 2012
12:16 am
Aug 24 – Sept 2 is when we’ll probably know what team the Cardinals are (3 city road trip: Reds/Pirates/Nats). Their season could come down to the final 3 games against current NL Central leader, Reds (might be a series the Braves have to scoreboard watch while they’re playing the Pirates)
cabravesfan
August 8th, 2012
12:16 am
Anyways, I am off to bed…it’s really hot and I have to be up early.
Good night all!
tiger297
August 8th, 2012
12:19 am
night cab
TuffShhhtuff
August 8th, 2012
12:20 am
I will say it now, and hope it doesn’t happen that way, but the make or break stretch for the Braves will be coming up soon. It’s from 17-26 August, a 10 game “B” of a schedule that has 3 with the Dodgers, 3 with Washington, and 4 with the Giants. That will tell the tale most likely.
tiger297
August 8th, 2012
12:22 am
hmmm-i feel the same way about our 10 consecutive games against giants/dodgers/nats
reds have the easiest schedule remaining
tiger297
August 8th, 2012
12:24 am
the best/worst part of baseball is despite how big that 10 game stretch is the braves likely go .500 through it and we don’t learn much except we aren’t out of it yet
tiger297
August 8th, 2012
12:24 am
when its sleepy time down south…
The A Bomb
August 8th, 2012
12:25 am
Plus we have that end-of-the-year series at Pittsburgh.
20 years after Francisco Cabrera….think it’ll be a theme for those guys?
Venice Jim
August 8th, 2012
12:49 am
Still working for another 40 minutes – at least my computer is back off the DL…
Venice Jim
August 8th, 2012
12:50 am
Chipper Jones @RealCJ10
Stinker tonite. Tip of the cap to Hollywood! Thx for all the prayers for Shea. He is doing great after sinus surgery yest. Gotta win tmrw!!!
Venice Jim
August 8th, 2012
1:18 am
Arizona is the same number of games out of first as the Braves, despite being only 2 games over .500…
Venice Jim
August 8th, 2012
1:23 am
Time to prepare to go home…shutting down…
Ward
August 8th, 2012
1:29 am
Hello everyone! Not tipping my hat to Hammels. The Braves’ bats sucked again. Can’t blame Minor on this one too. Braves bats are terrible right now, and it needs to be fixed.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
1:31 am
Braves bats better wake up! Can’t do this against the Dodgers, and San Fran, as well as the Nats.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
1:31 am
They all have good pitching.
Ward
August 8th, 2012
1:33 am
Wren please take my advice, and get us a bat. You’ll see this happen in the Playoffs.