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ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:22 pm
there’s that early lead.
BFChris27
August 18th, 2012
7:22 pm
Marteeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
7:22 pm
MARTEEN!!!!!!
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
7:23 pm
Nice one, Prado!
Making up for last night right from the start!
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:23 pm
Speed Speed Speed.
Got to love that speed that Bourn brings. And a key bang for Marteen.
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:23 pm
Boras on base already!
Boras scores! Attaboy, prado!
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
7:23 pm
Yanish is now officially a integral part of Braves Country—-well, of course Martin hit that wall baby–Martin–a great pro
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:23 pm
Now, that was funny Phil. Seriously, that was funny.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:24 pm
Early lead! Prado with his 31st double
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:24 pm
Boras is just as gone as chipper….sigh.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
7:25 pm
njbraves, Ward’s not all bad!
George
August 18th, 2012
7:25 pm
ACE
August 18th, 2012
6:26 pm
Fredi was a catcher for six years in the minors. He knows what he’s doing.
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Are you sure? BTW did you check out his BA for those 6 years?
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:25 pm
Heyward a bit to aggressive there, failing to move runner over.
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:26 pm
Boooooooo!!
But what a show of respect.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
7:26 pm
@abeeewright…..nice sheet there my man…..re: 7:22
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
7:26 pm
Sure, walk him. Bad things happen when intentional walks take place.
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
7:26 pm
This would be a good time for Freddie to return to Fab 5 form.
Tomahawkin
August 18th, 2012
7:27 pm
Hey Yo?
We Need more faces with the Moniker names
Join D.O.B.’s Facebook Group
Bravesfans of D.O.B.’s blog on facebook, and pay respect to D.O.B.
Abt time to plan a tailgate party for Chippers last home game????
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:27 pm
Cheer up McFann… it’s gonna get better soon.
I see the Francisco peeps came out in force on the old blog… good thing I wasn’t there I guess…. He can’t hit lefties, is on a hot stretch right now, but he Ks too much. No need for him to start.
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
7:27 pm
Or not
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:27 pm
Poor job by Fred….
njbraves
August 18th, 2012
7:27 pm
So tired of Freeman swinging at the first pitch.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
7:27 pm
Pretty bad at bat for Freeman.
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
7:27 pm
What a great job by Freeman.
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:27 pm
They call him…
The Whiff! Welcome, Dan Uggla.
Bravefaninok
August 18th, 2012
7:28 pm
Tomahawkin Whats up ????????Good to see you on the ole blog tonight.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
7:28 pm
Way to go, Freddie.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:28 pm
Braves Fans of DOB’s blog? with 244 members?
Trey
August 18th, 2012
7:29 pm
Good eye, Uggla!
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
7:29 pm
Thanks, bravesgrl4life!…:)
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
7:29 pm
Can Rossy get it done?
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
7:29 pm
I think the phone Haranged in the Dodger bullpen right there
abeeewright
August 18th, 2012
7:29 pm
If Ross pushes a run across here, Fredi’s a genius.
If not … shoulda played McCann.
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:30 pm
I’ll pass on putting a face with the name….
I don’t trust you wackos.
With some, i’m serious.
njbraves
August 18th, 2012
7:30 pm
I know Trey, I’m just questioning his mental state. I actually get a kick out of the guy.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
7:30 pm
phil, I don’t blame ya.
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:31 pm
Did The Whiff walk? I’ll be.
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
7:32 pm
Prado needs to teach Freddie that you don’t have to swing at the first one even if it is a strike.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
7:32 pm
njbraves, you aren’t the only one. Ward’s awesome, though, his humor is great
Tomahawkin
August 18th, 2012
7:32 pm
@TOBF
Yessir Buddy! thats the one on facebook
Trey
August 18th, 2012
7:32 pm
I’d bench Freddie for a game or two.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
7:33 pm
Wow
George
August 18th, 2012
7:33 pm
There for a couple of inns, I don’t like to post during games, but BRAVES have been doing ok when i am on for a couple of inns
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
7:33 pm
Even the Whiff is having better at bats than Freeman more often than not…
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:33 pm
Bench Ross.
Hmmmm
August 18th, 2012
7:33 pm
oh well, they got 1 and that’s better than 0
njbraves
August 18th, 2012
7:33 pm
Terrible luck there.
abeeewright
August 18th, 2012
7:33 pm
Ross stinks. Fredi’s an idiot.
Ncgary
August 18th, 2012
7:33 pm
Nonono
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
7:33 pm
Hopefully no one watching the game is wondering where BMac is because Joe and Chip are obviously in no hurry to tell us…
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
7:34 pm
Looks like he swung at ball four. The consolation is that Harang had to throw 26 pitches that inning, but Heyward and Freeman had poor at bats in the inning.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:34 pm
Well we worked Harang… 3 walks and a double but only 1 run. If Heyward and Freeman have better ABs there this game could have been blown wide open early.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
7:35 pm
Ug, I can’t stand Selig.
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:35 pm
A bigger idiot than Chip….
Bud selig.
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:36 pm
Freddie is off a bit….that drop last night was just odd.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:36 pm
BMac or Fredi musta put the TV guys under the gag rule… not 1 mention of why he’s out
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
7:38 pm
Pitch count getting high…
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
7:39 pm
TOBF Cheer up McFann… it’s gonna get better soon.
It kinda has to at this point…:)
not 1 mention of why he’s out
Yeah—they talked about everything but…explaining about runners moving with a full count and the advantage the man on first has when the pitcher works out of the windup…
If I didn’t follow the Blog and DOB’s Twitter, I’d be going mad…
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
7:39 pm
How big do those runners left on in the bottom of the first look now?…..
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:40 pm
Game tied already, missed opportunity last inning.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
7:40 pm
NOW how big do they look? Haha
Trey
August 18th, 2012
7:40 pm
Damn it, Sheets.
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
7:40 pm
And there’s the bases loaded choke’s bite.
Veer
August 18th, 2012
7:40 pm
BEN SHEETS IS FINISHED.
END THE 6 MAN ROTATION
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
Batting Practice?
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
Well, crap!!! Get Bud out of the booth.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
Embarrassing.
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
Ruh roh. Selig screwing the Braves once again.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
This isn’t going well…
BF54
August 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
3 sheets to the wind
Bama Braves
August 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
sheets Sucks!
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
I knew the f cking James Loney was going to do some sort of BS during this series…
How the F do you allow a HR to James Loney?
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
This is ridiculous.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
7:41 pm
It never fails guys, when your suppose to score and don’t, it comes back to bite you….
Jay Dubu
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
Is this batting practice that Sheets is pitching?
What is going on?
George
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
7:33 pm
Hopefully no one watching the game is wondering where BMac is because Joe and Chip are obviously in no hurry to tell us…
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Maybe optioned to G-BRAVES. ONLY KIDDING.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
That’s one way to keep guys off base.
Bravefaninok
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
He is tipping the curve…..Somebody tell them.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
Yep, batting practice. Nationals commentators are loving the Dodgers smacking 3 homers in a row off us.
abeeewright
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
Sheets has definitely come down to earth since his debut.
This inning has been ugly. Extremely ugly.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
Well–the Sheets has hit the fan
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
Ben Sheets to the wind.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
Maybe Sheets will settle down after this.
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
Bud Selig deserves to be Booed.
He is BUMB luck.
nolie
August 18th, 2012
7:42 pm
I’m afraid that the Sheets magic is draining away. He is leaving to may pitches up over the last 4 games and he no longer has the electric stuff to get away with that all the time.
Hmmmm
August 18th, 2012
7:43 pm
seems like the homer ball has found Sheets … better to do this now rather than later and with the way Harang pitched in the first the Dodgers might want to score about 8-9 more
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:43 pm
Come on Harang you hit 1 too! hell with it lol
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
7:43 pm
Watch this, Harang will be lights out now. Get em early or don’t get em at all.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
7:43 pm
The Ben Sheets experiment is beginning to deteriorate.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:44 pm
We draw 3 walks and hit a double and they cut all the BS and just hit 3 homers haha.
Tomahawkin
August 18th, 2012
7:44 pm
I was hoping that dead arm BS that BSPN was talking abt was BS…but Im getting concerned now…that ball Hanley hit just landed by our patio deck
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
7:45 pm
We may have just found out which of the 6 pitchers goes at the end of the month. Sheets was a great story for the first 3 games, but it looks like there was a reason he hadn’t pitched in 2 years.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
7:45 pm
And it looks like the ‘bedbugs treatment’ has failed….take the sheets to the laundry please!!!
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:45 pm
I don’t know if the Sheets magic is completely gone, but no way we could have expected what we were getting the first 5 starts.
He still gave them a shot in the arm and at least we do have Hanson healthy again, he was not great last night but he did give them 7.
Medlen is the guy giving them the boost right now and Hudson is having a big yr in spite of ankle issues.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
7:45 pm
Kevin McAlpin isn’t Tweeting about BMac’s not playing, either…They must have instructed the talking media about the Fifth Amendment…
Veer
August 18th, 2012
7:45 pm
Sheets has been a great story but lets face it he is finished. Maybe his arm is dead. Maybe its the amount of innings he is pitching but Ben Sheets should not be starting right now.
Bravofan
August 18th, 2012
7:45 pm
Ugh wow
Tomahawkin
August 18th, 2012
7:46 pm
@Disgusted
Dud Selig is the George Dubya Bush of Baseball, whaddya expect?
Jaded
August 18th, 2012
7:46 pm
Thanks for your help, Ben. We can take it from here.
Jay Dubu
August 18th, 2012
7:46 pm
Homer to CF, homer to RF, and homer to LF…all fields covered, so now Sheets can settle in and pitch shutout ball the next 5 innings.