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nolie
August 13th, 2012
1:56 pm
sure cause we have never beaten any of those guys, or any other top-line pitchers either
JoshTown
August 13th, 2012
1:56 pm
Thanks Carroll! Looks to be a good ending to the season. If we just keep playing the way we have, we’ll be in great shape. Losing last night sucks, but hopefully gives the guys some confidence going into today after a great comeback. Go Braves!
Joe
August 13th, 2012
1:56 pm
first
Pace
August 13th, 2012
1:57 pm
Still think the six against the gNats are going to be the games that make or break the race for the Division.
nolie
August 13th, 2012
1:59 pm
well we should hope they are anyway Pace
Clayton
August 13th, 2012
2:00 pm
Looking forward to spending my 21st birthday watching the Bravos win with the high socks
nolie
August 13th, 2012
2:02 pm
Happy Birthday, but now you gone and put xtra pressure on them…..
Thaddeus
August 13th, 2012
2:05 pm
Sure, the Braves can win against a top line guy, but I’d hate to see a one game playoff against one of the 3 earlier mentioned. Especially Kershaw. I don’t know the stats, but from memory it seems like he’s really had the Braves’ number the past several times we’ve seen him.
ncscoots
August 13th, 2012
2:06 pm
Looking forward to seeing some mammo yickety from the middle of the order on this homestand.
Thaddeus
August 13th, 2012
2:07 pm
Of course, I mean that I’d hate to see the one game playoff as opposed to winning the division.
I’d love to see the one game playoff as opposed to missing the postseason completely…
Heisenberg
August 13th, 2012
2:09 pm
With the way Medlen has looked it could be that Minor is auditioning for his spot in the rotation (again) if Braves stick to 5 instead of going to 6. But he has shown a knack for bearing down when there is a gun pressed to his temple.
ncscoots
August 13th, 2012
2:09 pm
but I’d hate to see a one game playoff against one of the 3 earlier mentioned. Especially Kershaw.
You think any of those pitchers would look at this lineup and think “easy money”?
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
2:11 pm
(Chipper Jones is expected to get a rest day after last night’s late travel back from New York. Reed Johnson will likely be the in the lineup in left field and Martin Prado at third base.)
Would give Heyward tomorrow off…..
Just sayin.
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
2:12 pm
You think any of those pitchers would look at this lineup and think “easy money”?
Cough…..you could make a case for a LHP like Kershaw saying that……cough…
TennesseePaul
August 13th, 2012
2:13 pm
Thanks for the work CR.
GO BRAVES!!
Byron
August 13th, 2012
2:13 pm
“But they’ll play seven games against the Padres in the next 17 days, including three at Petco Park on July 27-29″
Maybe there is a time machine allowing the Braves to go back to playing more games in July. Probably should read August 27-29 and not July.
ncscoots
August 13th, 2012
2:14 pm
you could make a case for a LHP like Kershaw saying that
Not if Uggla is squared away. That changes the equation.
Heisenberg
August 13th, 2012
2:15 pm
You think any of those pitchers would look at this lineup and think “easy money”?
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Agreed ncscoots. But now I have an old REO speeedwagon song stuck in my head.
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
2:15 pm
Not if Uggla is squared away. That changes the equation.
Isn’t he worse vs. LHP over the course of his entire career? I could be wrong there, though.
veer
August 13th, 2012
2:16 pm
we have to win the division. we cant match the cardinals offense or kershaw or cain
ncscoots
August 13th, 2012
2:16 pm
Heisenberg, sorry for the ear-worm, man.
BF54
August 13th, 2012
2:17 pm
No time warps Byron this is a new year,although it would give me a extra birthday but i’m not readdy to be 55 yet,maybe next year
ncscoots
August 13th, 2012
2:18 pm
Isn’t he worse vs. LHP over the course of his entire career? I could be wrong there, though.
I doubt such stats calm a LHP facing him, if he’s swinging the bat well. Somebody can pull out a tape measure and show you the ledge is 15 inches wide, but that doesn’t make you confident enough to take a step forward.
JT Grace
August 13th, 2012
2:19 pm
Anyone else think these Romney ads are extremely irritating? It’s hard to even navigate on the page without that stupid thing popping up.
veer
August 13th, 2012
2:19 pm
Richards for Padres on Wed will be hard to beat. Next yr he will probably be one of the 10 best pitchers in the NL. Hudson needs to be on his game. No excuse to not win 3 out of 4 this series. If Giants can do their part then we will probably be within 2.5 games by Thursday
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
2:21 pm
Uggla vs. LHP for his career: .240/.344/.428
vs. LHP in 2011: .201/.288/.360
vs. LHP in 2012: .218/.378/.371
Capt.Mudd
August 13th, 2012
2:22 pm
“Pre-complaining,” and “Pre-blame,” May these interesting thoughts be applied to possible precomunications of pre-brain surgery?
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
2:22 pm
I doubt such stats calm a LHP facing him, if he’s swinging the bat well.
His presence does help, but I still really hope we face RHP in that one gamer – or every game from here on out for that matter…
Gustopher
August 13th, 2012
2:22 pm
Great blog Carroll.
Heisenberg
August 13th, 2012
2:23 pm
Reo Speedwagon
Easy Money lyrics
South of the border and busted,
Caught by a woman I trusted,
Now don’t you call me a fool,
It could have happened to you,
It’s just my luck,
It had to happen to me.
Sweet carmelita betrayed me
She said, “take me home, serenade me.”
I figured a song could do me no wrong.
I didn’t know how wrong I could be.
Easy money for just one run to peru.
It’ll be so easy. we’ll have no trouble gettin’ through.
Well I almost made it, except for that one border guard.
He opened up my guitar. hello prison yard.
Goodbye easy money. easy money.
The chiquita must have told ‘em my story
’cause when my eyes finally focused next morning
Carmelita had spoken ’bout guitars and some coke
And she laughed as they slapped me in chains.
I was thrown in cell with a killer.
A convict who coughed through the night.
While I laid awake with the chills and shakes,
Hoping for a file in a cake.
Easy money for just one run to peru.
It’ll be so easy. we’ll have no trouble gettin’ through.
Well I almost made it, except for that one border guard.
He opened up my guitar. hello prison yard.
Just to make me mad he smashed my guitar.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,
Easy money
ncscoots
August 13th, 2012
2:25 pm
May these interesting thoughts be applied to possible precomunications of pre-brain surgery?
BF54
August 13th, 2012
2:28 pm
Obama to nasa workers ‘if in fact you do make contact with martians” …”please let me know”
good sense of humor
ncscoots
August 13th, 2012
2:28 pm
but I still really hope we face RHP in that one gamer – or every game from here on out for that matter
Well, they hospitalize RHP, that’s a fact. I’m all for your plan.
phil
August 13th, 2012
2:30 pm
34th or so!!
Another day off for Chipper? Seriously? Oh well…
Thaddeus
August 13th, 2012
2:30 pm
scoots
I don’t think anybody looks at the Braves lineup and thinks “easy money” by any means. I’m also not one of these pessimists that says we can’t win that game in that given situation. But when Kershaw is on, he’s gonna be tough for any lineup to score runs against. Nobody’s lights out every time they step out there, but that looming possibility would make me nervous about the game. I don’t think the Braves necessarily have a guy that imposing in the rotation.
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
2:34 pm
The Braves are 7th in team OPS, but are 2nd in runs scored in the National League.
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
2:34 pm
The Nationals actually have a better team OPS than we do – they rank 6th.
Efrim
August 13th, 2012
2:35 pm
Is it a stretch to say the Braves are the best baserunning team in the National League?
Heisenberg
August 13th, 2012
2:37 pm
” I don’t think the Braves necessarily have a guy that imposing in the rotation.”
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Maybe not in the rotation, but they do at the back end of the bullpen. Nobody wants to go into the 8th against Braves down a run or 2.
Capt.Mudd
August 13th, 2012
2:38 pm
Oye Como Va (State opens vs. Tech)
urban redneck
August 13th, 2012
2:39 pm
joe, you are a loser. only thing stupider than saying first is saying it and failing. that is just embarassing for you.
what’s going on in the FF/Jhey picture above?
Brian from SC
August 13th, 2012
2:39 pm
Efrim, it’s hard to really measure, but in the ways you can measure it, the Braves are stellar. I don’t think it’s a stretch to call them the best baserunning team in the league.
veer
August 13th, 2012
2:41 pm
Our best bet to winning the 1 game wildcard playoff is to hope that either the Pirates or the DBacks take the 2nd spot as we match much better aganist them.
You look at the Dodgers and Kershaw that guy will have the adredlin going and be hard to beat. The Giants are loaded with good pitchers and have Cain and then you have the Cardinals who have the best offense in the MLB and Wainwright is capable of shutting people down.
We might get lucky if Wainwright and Kershaw are pitching last game of the season and we end up missing them but again wildcard is not where i want to be bascially if we dont win the east then our season is over.
Capt.Mudd
August 13th, 2012
2:42 pm
Oh boy another ’shooting,’ Texas A&M
Thaddeus
August 13th, 2012
2:43 pm
“Maybe not in the rotation, but they do at the back end of the bullpen. Nobody wants to go into the 8th against Braves down a run or 2.”
Word.
nolie
August 13th, 2012
2:44 pm
Not if Uggla is squared away. That changes the equation….Scoots
now you know better than that, Uggla hits righties much better than lefties, almost like having another damn LHed hitter in the lineup
cricket
August 13th, 2012
2:47 pm
The Nationals are expected to have right-hander Stephen Strasburg miss two or three regular-season starts, according to a baseball source.
Strasburg, who is on an innings limit after having Tommy John surgery in late 2010, more than likely will pitch no more than 180 innings this season. There was talk of Strasburg pitching 160 innings this year, but the source said those amount of innings are not set in stone.
The same source went so far as to say Strasburg will not pitch in the postseason once he is shut down.
http://therocket.mlblogs.com/2012/08/12/plans-for-strasburg-garcia-to-be-called-up-by-nats-bourn-mum-on-free-agency/
nolie
August 13th, 2012
2:48 pm
according to ESPN Braves are tied for third in OBP in NL and are second in runs scored
Heisenberg
August 13th, 2012
2:49 pm
Can we all just agree that the WC crapshoot is less than desirable compared to being a division winner but better than being 3rd or lower in the WC standings?
Brian from SC
August 13th, 2012
2:50 pm
If the Nationals finish with something like 97 wins, which it looks like may come to pass, then a wild card is nothing to be ashamed of.
There’s still a lot of baseball to be played. 30% of the season left.
nolie
August 13th, 2012
2:50 pm
damn copycats sukk. should be shot….
Thaddeus
August 13th, 2012
2:50 pm
I can go with that Heisenberg.
Sundrop Kid
August 13th, 2012
2:52 pm
The period 17-26 Aug will either make or break the Braves season. Mark it down now. Also Braves need to hope for a Nats losing streak, otherwise it’s nothing but the wildcard. A one game wildcard and the Braves are out until next year.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
2:52 pm
Expecting an avg. of 2 yicketties and 1 mammo every day from this lineup… turn Petco into a hitter’s park
nolie
August 13th, 2012
2:52 pm
OBP has the highest correlation usually
veer
August 13th, 2012
2:53 pm
I think we have a team that is capable of winning the NLDS NLCS and WS bcause of our solid offense bullpen and starting pitching. Our biggest obsticle might just be winning that 1 game in the wildcard series. In a 7 game series we match up aganist any team but in a game series we don’t match so well with opposing aces
Thaddeus
August 13th, 2012
2:55 pm
agreed
nc fan
August 13th, 2012
2:58 pm
any time in the playoffs can win the world series,throw all the stats,out the book,ask the cardinals
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol Fandango)
August 13th, 2012
2:58 pm
Lets see, late night last inning gasp before losing on national television, followed by cross country red eye flight. Then arriving in San Diego jet lagged in the wee hours of the morning, screwing up the entire teams sleep and arriving the the ball park feeling like road kill.
Then we get the joy of seeing another lefty on the mound. Joy, joy , joy and the inevitable loss that is about to happen tonight.
Hey, don’t say I didn’t try to warn everybody……..
Pace
August 13th, 2012
3:01 pm
Two posts about the Braves playing/flying to SD? Did the schedule change, I thought these 4 games were being played in Atlanta?
nc fan
August 13th, 2012
3:01 pm
lets see how this team reacts to playing the dodgers and giants
the braves should take 3/4 from the padres……but then again…
thanks jhey for the strikeout once again
chipper thanks you also
nc fan
August 13th, 2012
3:03 pm
the braves are at home
quit listening to the sheep and kool aid people
they still looking for that hope and change
Thaddeus
August 13th, 2012
3:03 pm
My MLB AT Bat app says the games are in ATL.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
3:03 pm
The same source went so far as to say Strasburg will not pitch in the postseason once he is shut down.
Bullcrap…. not that I wouldn’t mind it.
DAP
August 13th, 2012
3:03 pm
coach, except the braves are at home.
nc fan
August 13th, 2012
3:03 pm
jhey is trying to catch uggla on the strikeouts
nolie
August 13th, 2012
3:04 pm
it was coach Pace…ya gotta make exceptions….
phil
August 13th, 2012
3:04 pm
Hope doesn’t win championships…
Coach (2012 Fredi's beisbol Fandango)
August 13th, 2012
3:04 pm
LOL, just messing with the locals. I know we are at home tonight, but it’s still fun to screw with people
nc fan
August 13th, 2012
3:04 pm
amazing how fredi can see the velocity of the ball from the dugout,and jhey thinks he is playing golf again
swung at balls all night
nolie
August 13th, 2012
3:05 pm
njbraves
August 13th, 2012
3:05 pm
I think the toughness of the schedule is a little misleading because of the Phillies. They’re having a bad season, but they still have those three great pitchers you have to deal with. Those six Phillie games won’t be easy.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
3:05 pm
My MLB AT Bat app says the games are in ATL.
Correct… I was looking at someone’s twitter feed, showing a picture of Petco… I apologize for my error.
nc fan
August 13th, 2012
3:05 pm
put prado in at ss
Kirk
August 13th, 2012
3:07 pm
@Jt Grace
Get yourself a pop up blocker. Ghostery does pop ups and trackers.
cricket
August 13th, 2012
3:07 pm
since when is NY to ATL flight considered cross country? thought they were playing at home
nc fan
August 13th, 2012
3:08 pm
just once i like to read chipper comments on how he screwed up in the 1st inning hitting into dp on 1st pitch never the less
of course no ajc writer will ask this since he is a god in atlanta
cricket
August 13th, 2012
3:09 pm
yep, phillies games are not a gimme due to their pitchers. same reason i was ok to see braves win series against them, tho sweep would’ve been great.
Brian from SC
August 13th, 2012
3:10 pm
nc fan, Chipper hit into a double play on the fourth pitch of the at-bat on a 1-2 count. Hit it hard too.
You might want to get your facts straight before spouting off about AJC writers.
nc fan
August 13th, 2012
3:10 pm
chipper mentioned on espn that he wants to spend a lot more time with his 4 bos which is a good thing…….didnt mention that a lot more times at hooters also.
chipper a piece of advice……you mite get the ajc writrs to to listen to what you say but no woman is going to put up with your bs
phil
August 13th, 2012
3:10 pm
The Cardinals got the hits, scored the runs, made the pitches and recorded the outs when they mattered.
That’s not luck, hope, chance, etc. That’s an excellent ballclub. Period.
cricket
August 13th, 2012
3:11 pm
chipper is on twitter now. why not ask him tough questions on twitter yourself?
phil
August 13th, 2012
3:12 pm
nc fan = doofus
nc fan
August 13th, 2012
3:12 pm
k brian still never hear him say i blew it now do you?
THOUGHT SO
Brave New World
August 13th, 2012
3:12 pm
It’s going to take about 95 wins to win The NL East. It’s going to take about 90 wins to be a Wild Card team. Braves are capable of either. So are Nats. I’m happy for Nats to be having a break out year. I’m even happier to see the collapse of the aging Phils. But what would make me happiest of all, would be The Braves winning a World Championship in 2012. GO BRAVES!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
3:12 pm
cricket
Heisenberg
August 13th, 2012
3:13 pm
“since when is NY to ATL flight considered cross country?”
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When you fly TWA and every flight had a layover in St. Louis. Wanna fly Atlanta to Charlotte? Sure but you had to go through St. Louis first. Wonder why TWA no longer exists?
nc fan
August 13th, 2012
3:13 pm
PHIL
TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE
IDIOT
cricket
August 13th, 2012
3:14 pm
i’m willing to bet any amount that many more women will be willing to put up with chipper than with anyone else on this blog
SNEAKY PETE
August 13th, 2012
3:14 pm
nc fan = doofus @phil
now you are just being nice, doofus barely even starts to cover it
Brian from SC
August 13th, 2012
3:14 pm
k brian still never hear him say i blew it now do you?
Chipper’s built up enough collateral over his HOF career, and this season, to not have be accused of “blowing it” when he hits into a double play. Maybe you should call the AJC, get yourself a job as a sports writer since you know how to do it so well, and then you can ask him that to his face. And, please, please get it on camera. I’d pay to see it.
itsi
August 13th, 2012
3:15 pm
it is what it is
cant wait to see the game in san diego tonight
Pace
August 13th, 2012
3:15 pm
Kinda hate to post good news and break up this little tiff going on, but saw this and thought it was great news for the Braves going forward:
Andrelton Simmons @Andrelton
Man, I love Atlanta I hope I get to stay here for a while. It just feels like #thinkingoutloud
ncfan
August 13th, 2012
3:17 pm
as a fan i can say anything
just so you know last homestand i asked chipper when is he going to hooters again
itsi
August 13th, 2012
3:19 pm
petco park is nice cant wait
Heisenberg
August 13th, 2012
3:19 pm
I usually try not to make comments here about players personal lives but I got a laugh about Chipper saying he has not done well being married except for his marriage with Braves on a TV commercial that ran during recent games.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 13th, 2012
3:20 pm
People seem to enjoy biting the dust around here…
itsi
August 13th, 2012
3:21 pm
since the game is at 710pm eastern,its 410pm in san diego,good thing chipper is not playing,that sun is tough at this time of day,dont want him to lose the ball in the sun
UKUGA
August 13th, 2012
3:22 pm
First
to mention the Lakers acquisition of Dwight Howard on today’s blog.
Go Lakers!
Go Braves!
veer
August 13th, 2012
3:22 pm
Why is Chipper’s wife leaving him? is this the same Hooters wife? I mean she isnt very decent girl as she was a hooter before. Anyon have any scoop on reason why she is leaving Jones?