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Mark
August 11th, 2012
7:50 pm
He hit all the seams on that one!
brian
August 11th, 2012
7:50 pm
Another quick inning here by Meds and get the mets back in the field
Bravefaninok
August 11th, 2012
7:51 pm
450-460 sounds about right.
DiamondbackMac
August 11th, 2012
7:51 pm
What’s the opposite of McFanned? I think I just achieved it.
Jay Dubu
August 11th, 2012
7:51 pm
I thought Mac’s shoulder was the injuried body part…he was running slower than molases flowing uphill on a cold day. Any slower, and he would have been backing up.
Huggy Bear
August 11th, 2012
7:51 pm
Hugs for everyone tonight!!
mjn99
August 11th, 2012
7:52 pm
I don’t like games like this because tomorrow they won’t score a run.
Zing
August 11th, 2012
7:52 pm
Wow — that Freeman homer… dude, that was just CRUSHED.
Mark
August 11th, 2012
7:52 pm
Fan of the Game looked like Prince Fielder
Huggy Bear
August 11th, 2012
7:53 pm
Dig this. A little bird tells me there’s gonna be a trade coming and Hanson is out.
David O'Brien
August 11th, 2012
7:53 pm
Santana line: 1-1/3 innings, 8 hits, 8 runs, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts.
Brave New World
August 11th, 2012
7:53 pm
Yoo-Hoo Santana go bye bye.
Fredi Gonzales
August 11th, 2012
7:54 pm
Can’t I get some credit the same way I get the blame?
Mark
August 11th, 2012
7:54 pm
So much for the No-hitter – Shutout now?
David O'Brien
August 11th, 2012
7:54 pm
Braves notes: Uggla stays in lineup; Bethancourt fractures hand
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/08/11/uggla-stays-in-lineup-bethancourt-fractures-hand/
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
August 11th, 2012
7:54 pm
Not including the 24 million the Mets paid Santana is 2012, they also owe him another 25.5 million in 2013, along with a 5.5 million buyout for 2014.
If my math is correct, that’s 35 million for a pitcher who just got torched for eight runs in less than two innings of work. Yowzers!
ChattTownBrian
August 11th, 2012
7:54 pm
Freeman is HUUUUGE so more homers just like that is what we can expect in the future.
Mixxo
August 11th, 2012
7:54 pm
Dig this. A little bird tells me there’s gonna be a trade coming and Hanson is out.
Hope your little bird is right!
The A Bomb
August 11th, 2012
7:54 pm
Rainbows and lollipops. Still August 10. Outstanding, but will this be here in September?
This team still has manic tendencies. Especially under our incredible field commander.
DiamondbackMac
August 11th, 2012
7:55 pm
I hit the bottom of the last page with this one, so I’ll try it again.
nolie
I am gonna guess that we will not score 6 runs off of Johan tonight
Bad guess.
Mark
August 11th, 2012
7:56 pm
This is a time to rest some guys. Get Mac out and rest that shoulder! Chipper out and rest the back along with everything else for the old guy!
Fredi Gonzales
August 11th, 2012
7:57 pm
Come on! You are a good fanbase right? Give me some love like you do hate when the braves lose.
Aubrey
August 11th, 2012
7:57 pm
What is the distance on Freeman’s blast?
Mixxo
August 11th, 2012
7:58 pm
The Mets want this.
Mark
August 11th, 2012
7:59 pm
Fredi
Get off the blog and manage. Get Chipper and Bmac out of the game.
On second thought just stay on here and do what we tell you to do.
The A Bomb
August 11th, 2012
8:00 pm
Can the Braves keep pouring it on…..or will the offense go into the deep freeze as is usual when they get a lead of 4+ runs?
Efrim
August 11th, 2012
8:02 pm
Nice. Can always count on Josh Thole for a weakly hit ball…
Fredi Gonzales
August 11th, 2012
8:02 pm
Mark,
You had to find something to fuss about didn’t you? Give me credit and sit at home spectator!
Kat
August 11th, 2012
8:02 pm
Very FUN game to be at. Everyone is booing their team. Love it.
keylargo
August 11th, 2012
8:03 pm
This is a time to rest some guys. Get Mac out and rest that shoulder! Chipper out and rest the back along with everything else for the old guy!
Mark, I’d be all for pulling CJ, Mac etc if they would play tomorrow.
Disgusted
August 11th, 2012
8:03 pm
Man, I was wrong on Freddie Freeman a couple yrs ago when he had his off yr in Mississippi in AA when he hit .248 with 8 HR.
I did not expect that kind of power.
Freddie has great hands at first but the range factor will rate him lower than most first basemen.
Still do not get his below 2 WAR rating, that does not make sense. You and I both know that Freddie is more than 2 games better than your typical replacement player.
Capt.Mudd
August 11th, 2012
8:04 pm
The team looks motivated and inspired–a good sign late in the season, and, tellingly a positive sign of effective managerial strategies…….Fredi, I may pound you some; but you’re getting there and you deserve some love too!
Fredi Gonzales
August 11th, 2012
8:04 pm
I wish I was a part of a baseball loving fanbase. St.Louis, NY, Chi, etc..
I’m stuck in Atlanta of all places to deal with backward thinking morons who can’t cheer for there winning manager like real fans do.
Mark
August 11th, 2012
8:04 pm
You gotta admit you give us plenty of ammo to fuss about you.
LAG
August 11th, 2012
8:04 pm
CC Sabathia DL’ed with an elbow problem? And the Yankees sign Derek Lowe to take his place?
Not a good time of the year for baseball in NYC.
Lance
August 11th, 2012
8:04 pm
How many teams can say they have a switching-hitting pitcher?
Disgusted
August 11th, 2012
8:06 pm
And what is this about D. Lowe going to the NYY.
Heard that on the broadcast. I hate the NYY but they do make the best of their dumsta dives like Freddie Garcia and they did get milage out of Bartolo Colon last yr.
Lowe prolly has a couple or three big gaes down the stretch for them. Might even beat the incompently run Boston Dead Sux twice if not more. That is the RS luck.
LAG
August 11th, 2012
8:06 pm
Lance – How many teams can say they have a switching-hitting pitcher?
Off the top of my head, us and the Marlins (Zambrano). Me being me, I’m gonna look for more.
Mark
August 11th, 2012
8:06 pm
Keylargo
Definately. If he were planning on keeping them out they could change plans and get them in now.
The A Bomb
August 11th, 2012
8:06 pm
That’s another million.
Capt.Mudd
August 11th, 2012
8:07 pm
Michael knows how to impress us and the NY press….by…..pressing.
Lance
August 11th, 2012
8:08 pm
Thanks Lag
Mark
August 11th, 2012
8:08 pm
Freddi
NY? You here all those boos. Imagine what they’d be yelling at you
Venice Jim
August 11th, 2012
8:08 pm
Good job, RJ!!!
Disgusted
August 11th, 2012
8:09 pm
Can we at least give credit where credit is due and respect Fredi for the work he has done this yr.
And I am typed out on the FW posts, he is an excellent GM and that is where I stand. His record does not really need defending.
Much more good than bad.
And our scouts and baseball ops people who answer to FW are among the best.
They overcome the parent corporation.
The A Bomb
August 11th, 2012
8:11 pm
MORONS ripping on Heyward in 3…..2……1………..
Mark
August 11th, 2012
8:11 pm
Lag and Lance
Don’t know your age but remember Jaquinn Anduhar with the Astros. His famous quote was “swing hard in case you hit it”. He was a switch hitter but you never new which way he was going to hit. Might go up there righty against a righty!
Capt.Mudd
August 11th, 2012
8:12 pm
I think Jason was staying back on that AB….trying for an opposite field dink—hand were close to the vest….kind of new?
Lance
August 11th, 2012
8:13 pm
I had forgotten about him. And that quote is a classic
LAG
August 11th, 2012
8:14 pm
Lance
ATL – Kris Medlen (of course)
BAL – Troy Patton
HOU – Lucas Harrell
LAD – Kenley Jansen
MIA – Chris Hatcher, Carlos Zambrano
NYM – Manny Acosta (I shoulda remembered him)
OAK – Pat Neshek
PIT – Wandy Rodriguez
TEX – Derek Holland
WAS – Drew Storen
LAG
August 11th, 2012
8:15 pm
Mark – I never saw Andujar play, but I do remember hearing the quote from time to time. It is a good one.
Lance
August 11th, 2012
8:15 pm
Thanks for the list. I had forgotten Zambrano
jeffrey d
August 11th, 2012
8:15 pm
I am gonna guess that we will not score 6 runs off of Johan tonight nolie
Stewpid!
Lance
August 11th, 2012
8:16 pm
We were discussing social media and a baseball game broke out?
abeeewright
August 11th, 2012
8:18 pm
Meldeeeen is getting it done through three.
David O'Brien
August 11th, 2012
8:20 pm
At least Mets fans get to boo Chipper tonight. All is not lost in Flushing.
Lance
August 11th, 2012
8:20 pm
Good point, DOB.
LAG
August 11th, 2012
8:21 pm
Freddie Freeman, that bum…
Chipper's ACL
August 11th, 2012
8:22 pm
By far Wren’s best seasonal moves by far. Not a fan of previous moves but 2012 has been productive. Now let’s see how he addresses all of the off season decisions.
Lance
August 11th, 2012
8:25 pm
If McCann’s shoulder is bothering him, taking him out here might not be a bad idea
Kat
August 11th, 2012
8:26 pm
That second deck foul ball by Freddie came right to me and my friends. One jumped and it went threw his hands, so close hah.
Fuzzzmeister
August 11th, 2012
8:26 pm
Med > Red
DiamondbackMac
August 11th, 2012
8:27 pm
Wright has to shaking his head at that curveball.
Kris
August 11th, 2012
8:27 pm
It will be an interesting off-season for the Braves. They have a lot of $$$ coming off the books, but it will also be their first year without Chipper and potentially without Bourne.
nolie
August 11th, 2012
8:29 pm
Bad guess,,,DMac
great jinx though
Mark
August 11th, 2012
8:29 pm
Games out of hand and the family stole the TV. Watching Family Feud reruns now so I’m blogging blind off you guys.
Survey says?
Kris
August 11th, 2012
8:29 pm
He would you all feel about the Braves pursuing Wright in the off-season 3B next year? It would cost a lot in terms of talent, but it would be a nice offensive addition.
Bravefaninok
August 11th, 2012
8:30 pm
Disgusted
August 11th, 2012
8:03 pm
Man, I was wrong on Freddie Freeman a couple yrs ago when he had his off yr in Mississippi in AA when he hit .248 with 8 HR.
I did not expect that kind of power.
Freddie has great hands at first but the range factor will rate him lower than most first basemen.
Still do not get his below 2 WAR rating, that does not make sense. You and I both know that Freddie is more than 2 games better than your typical replacement player.
If the replacement is the big diesel(Hinske) his war would be 10+
jeffrey d
August 11th, 2012
8:30 pm
Survey says?
Which host?
David O'Brien
August 11th, 2012
8:31 pm
Freeman’s homer over apple beyond CF fence was longest that anyone here in NY pressbox can remember hit to CF at Citi Field.
Lance
August 11th, 2012
8:31 pm
I think it would cost way to much in cash and players to get David Wright.
DiamondbackMac
August 11th, 2012
8:32 pm
nolie
Yep, thanks for the jinx.
Mark
August 11th, 2012
8:33 pm
Whos a free agent 3B coming up?
Bet we put Jhey in CF because he can play it and theres not many good ones available out there. I’d prefer he stay in right just because he is really coming into his own and I’d hate to see that disrupted by changing spots.
jeffrey d
August 11th, 2012
8:33 pm
Bad guess,,,DMac
uhh….someone else pointed it out too
nolie
August 11th, 2012
8:33 pm
hey, I was right, we did not score 6, we scored 8
Lance
August 11th, 2012
8:34 pm
Interesting spin nolie….but I like it!!
brian
August 11th, 2012
8:35 pm
Uggla still out in front
Efrim
August 11th, 2012
8:35 pm
Uggla is on fire.
David O'Brien
August 11th, 2012
8:35 pm
Uggla singles after hitting a loooong foul that sailed left of the pole
Venice Jim
August 11th, 2012
8:35 pm
Good job, Dan…
brian
August 11th, 2012
8:36 pm
Nice hit though
abeeewright
August 11th, 2012
8:36 pm
I know that the ingredients don’t match, but Freeman’s HR could be called “Scrapple!”
brian
August 11th, 2012
8:37 pm
What was the distance of Freeman’s hr?
DiamondbackMac
August 11th, 2012
8:37 pm
nolie
When I posted, it was 6.
nolie
August 11th, 2012
8:39 pm
I was really responding to Jeffrey there Mac
Mark
August 11th, 2012
8:39 pm
Jeffery
Old gray headed dude. Think he played on a soap opera or something one time.
Steve Harvey is a good one!!
Mark
August 11th, 2012
8:41 pm
I’m guessing 470 on Freddis knock
DiamondbackMac
August 11th, 2012
8:42 pm
jeffreyd
uhh….someone else pointed it out too
I pointed it out 26 minutes before you.
Efrim
August 11th, 2012
8:46 pm
7 K’s…..
keylargo
August 11th, 2012
8:47 pm
That damn Fredi G is going to kill the starters. He has not used anyone in the bullpen for 3 days now. I bet we have two or three pitchers on the DL soon the way he is using them.
nolie
August 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
Meds looking good again tonight
usnavyvolfaninva
August 11th, 2012
8:49 pm
Hola, peoples! Great game tonight! Man, Johan got whooped!
usnavyvolfaninva
August 11th, 2012
8:52 pm
Man, I’m sure glad that Dan Uggla doesn’t quit when the going gets rough like some on this blog did.
DiamondbackMac
August 11th, 2012
8:53 pm
LAG
Gameday and the Mets we site says that Manny Acosta bats right, not switch.
Lance
August 11th, 2012
8:54 pm
It’s good to see Bourn and Heyword (and others) hustle down the line to first – playing with intensity and hard.
Disgusted
August 11th, 2012
8:55 pm
“Bet we put Jhey in CF because he can play it and theres not many good ones available out there. I’d prefer he stay in right just because he is really coming into his own and I’d hate to see that disrupted by changing spots.”
They could go for Angel Pagan who should not command a crazy salary but would not want to go more than 2 yrs with that guy.
I do not want Peter Bourjos.
Kris
August 11th, 2012
8:56 pm
Meds definitely deserves a spot in the rotation. I really hope they find a way to keep him in there. I wonder what will happen if Tommy comes back and gets hammered or struggles with control in his first start back from the DL? I would hope Tommy is removed from the rotation, but I have a feeling that unless he approaches the level of atrocity that Jurrjens reached he will be in the rotation and Meda will be backup the ‘pen. That would be really disappointing.
ncbravesfan90
August 11th, 2012
8:56 pm
Jason Marquis holding the Pirates to no hits through 6 innings….
richbrave
August 11th, 2012
8:56 pm
D-BACKS 3 NATS 1 after two complete
richbrave
August 11th, 2012
8:57 pm
ED JACKSON not locating well and being cuffed around a bit.