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tiger297
August 18th, 2012
9:50 pm
come on lets find that earhole
tiger297
August 18th, 2012
9:51 pm
oh well guess that works
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:51 pm
He (Juan) tried to hit it out of the stadium!!!
Sure looked like that to me.
tiger297
August 18th, 2012
9:52 pm
lets see if he can make loney fall down again…one of my favorite strike outs
Mark
August 18th, 2012
9:52 pm
If Francisco played every day Uggla wouldn’t have to worry about leading the team in K’s.
brian
August 18th, 2012
9:53 pm
As I said a blog or two ago, sheets looks tired out there and his fastball is flat. Give him a 2 week rest on the dl for dead arm so hopefully he can be fresh for the stretch run
TBbravesfan
August 18th, 2012
9:54 pm
would have liked to see big mac there
tiger297
August 18th, 2012
9:54 pm
ok down and in again
nolie
August 18th, 2012
9:56 pm
I’m not a fan, but lets not be too hard on Juan, he came through big time last night and that will not happen for anybody game after game
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:56 pm
Uggla might strike out a lot, but he seems to “work” the count. Never seen 1 batter have so many 3-pitch Ks as I have from Juan this year…
Last chance here. Go get ‘em boys. Get it started Mikey! #CommenceTheChop
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:57 pm
If Francisco played every day Uggla wouldn’t have to worry about leading the team in K’s.
LOL… Uggla wouldn’t even have 1/2 of the Ks that Juan would…
nolie
August 18th, 2012
9:58 pm
5 run homer ties it up, lets go boys
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
10:00 pm
Prado!!!!!
Mitchell
August 18th, 2012
10:00 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:07 pm
Mitchell: All I want as a blogger is for you to surprise me and not b!tch about every thing the Braves do/don’t do…
How unoriginal.
Animus
August 18th, 2012
10:00 pm
Hey, didn’t give up at least (and here come the ‘meaningless’ posts)
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
10:00 pm
Just 4 more guys…. let’s go
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
10:01 pm
Just mocking you with your previous post Mitchell.
Mark
August 18th, 2012
10:01 pm
Got in from fishing and then cleaning fish. Just in time to see Yawnish walk last time. Really didn’t understand why he was hitting there. We had 4 outs to go down by 4 runs and I wondered why isn’t someone hitting for him here? Figured we were out of hitters.
Then I read back and see we had Mac on the bench – Not healthy but still better than Yawnish and Francisco at the dish.
4 outs to go with 2 guys on, down by 5 and we let a 200 hitting defensive specialist hit and then we hit Flabby before Mac?
Somebody tell me I missed something and there is a good reason for all that please.
After reading recent post
nolie
August 18th, 2012
10:02 pm
Marteen only guy who wore his hitting shoes tonight
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
10:02 pm
Strikeouts racking up for Heyward….
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:02 pm
Fredi did NOT keep running Bmac out there tonight but never fear he did with Uggla.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
10:03 pm
ZERO singles tonight.
nolie
August 18th, 2012
10:03 pm
How unoriginal….Mitchell
yeah your constant whining is unoriginal and boring
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
10:03 pm
The Braves with their patented meaningless homer.
Hmmmm
August 18th, 2012
10:03 pm
in Minor’s last 2 starts, he put the team in an early hole against 2 really good pitchers and they lost. Can’t afford to do that tomorrow against Billingsley and expect to win this series
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
10:03 pm
That game was terrible. Sheets appears to be victimized by two bad innings when he loses games.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:04 pm
Maybe Ramirez does know more than Fredi. Like he said Fredi doesn’t understand he never played in the big leagues.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
10:04 pm
Another K for JHey…. and nice sprinting too
( I know, I know)
Series tied, against a playoff team. Go get ‘em tomorrow boys!
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
10:04 pm
ncbravesfan90
Strike outs mounting for Michael Bourn as well. That guy strikes out entirely too much.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
10:05 pm
Janish looks better than Alex Gonzalez did at any point during his agonizing Braves career. Guy needs to be back next season as the backup middle infielder. He’s damn solid.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:05 pm
Where is the blog police and others who correct mistakes?
Trey
August 18th, 2012
10:05 pm
Speaking of whiners, whatever happened to Nick?
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
10:06 pm
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman
Braves lose 6-2. Each of the game’s nine hits went for extra-bases. Harang allowed one run while throwing 58 of 116 pitches for strikes.
50/50 Balls and strikes
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
10:06 pm
The A Bomb
Agreed. Watching Alex Gonzalez hit was painful. Having an OBP of .275 should be illegal.
T-Dawg
August 18th, 2012
10:06 pm
We are our own worst enemy. No reason that game couldn’t have been closer. We probably would have still lost but the approach was pretty bad. I would love to hear that Sheets would skip his next start to make some adjustments.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
10:07 pm
Coulda used Rev, Reed, and BMac tonight off the bench.
Let Rev start tomorrow, Janish needs the rest
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
10:09 pm
I will ALMOST be upset when Simmons returns — almost.
phoenix
August 18th, 2012
10:09 pm
Since Uggla is being paid $13 million a year to lead the league in walks, why not bat him 2nd, so he’ll be on base when the actual hitters come to the plate.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 18th, 2012
10:12 pm
Having an OPS of .567 should be illegal…oops, that’s Janish.
DiamondbackMac
August 18th, 2012
10:12 pm
Braves and Nats seem to synchronizing their losses lately. What’s up with that?
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
10:12 pm
“Since Uggla is being paid $13 million a year to lead the league in walks, why not bat him 2nd, so he’ll be on base when the actual hitters come to the plate.”
What to do with McCann whose making a little over $11 million this year with similar production of Uggla?
Mark
August 18th, 2012
10:12 pm
I really wish the Braves in general didn’t K so much. Free outs just kill me but I know some people, somehow, don’t care about how much hitters K but I hate it.
Chipper is the only Brave close to having more BBs than Ks. Not sure now but a while back he was plus in BBs over Ks. Think he is for his career. Wish some of the guys killing the grass walking back and forth to the plate would take a page out of his book! We’d be better
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
10:14 pm
Janish has played steady and spectacular defense at times. Will fill a great need down the line.
Mark
August 18th, 2012
10:16 pm
Phoenix
Agree with you and said it myself weeks ago. If they insist on Uggla playing he’d serve the team better hitting 2 and maybe getting driven in rather than having to drive others in.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
10:17 pm
Mark, I hate the strike outs, as well. We’ve been blessed for so long with Chipper, as he has never had a 100K season. In 95, I believe, he hit 99.
Glum2Day
August 18th, 2012
10:17 pm
Yeah, Hanley knows more than Fredi. He is the greatest player who ever lived. Just ask him. Bob Gibson, where are you when we need you. Douchebags respond to chin music. Drill ‘im
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
10:17 pm
I’d be more suspicious of Fredi’s avoidance of pinch-hitting BMac tonight if it wasn’t for the fact that he generally doesn’t pinch hit the catchers, at least that’s been the case this year…
BMac’s pinch-batted a grand total of 4 times this year, Ross has 7 times.
Nerdville
August 18th, 2012
10:20 pm
Every time the Braves have a chance to move up, they gag. Wren’s grand experiment, Ben Sheets, has quickly morphed into a dead arm.
And again we had to endure watching that same old piddlin, inept, and effete Braves offense.
Mark
August 18th, 2012
10:23 pm
I guess he was saving the catchers and the SS in the 8th down by 5 with 4 outs remaing for us in the game.
I’d took a tie at that point. or even 3 or 4 runs, even if I knew EOF had to play SS and Reed had to catch – OK that was an exageration but you get the idea.
Hmmmm
August 18th, 2012
10:23 pm
… the SF Giants have a pitcher named E.Hacker
MikeInFl
August 18th, 2012
10:26 pm
Janish’s OBP the last 7 games was over .400 (not including tonight when he got on twice).
Not saying he’s a weapon. But really, in a 6-1 game, I don’t see the sin in letting him hit, Mark. Plenty else to complain about in this game.
tiger297
August 18th, 2012
10:27 pm
when its sleepy time down south…
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:28 pm
To prove a team can come back from a miserable first half, the Rome Braves are headed for the playoffs. That last won it all in 2003 when a couple of guys named McCann and Francoeur were playing.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
10:29 pm
Alex Wood gave Rome a boost!
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:34 pm
you are right Alex wood has been a big addition.
Blog Monitor
August 18th, 2012
10:35 pm
so, it is not possible for the Braves to lose a game with out being:
over paid
over weight
unfocused
not ready
not patient
not prepared
can’t hit
slow
can’t field
can’t pitch
can’t coach
at least according to some of you computer “experts”
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:35 pm
8 walks and only Bourn was able to score.
nolie
August 18th, 2012
10:40 pm
it is surprising how often a team loses a game following a big comeback that many folks think should get them going
brian
August 18th, 2012
10:40 pm
McCann’s injury does not need to be underestimated. It is significant and can have some term implications based on the severity
MiaBchBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
10:42 pm
Still riding the Ben Sheets Bandwagon. Four pitches that if they are off by a quarter of an inch or less on the bat are nothing more than fly balls, and Sheets carries a no-hitter into the sixth.
Tomorrow’s game is gonna be a hum-dinger!
BF54
August 18th, 2012
10:43 pm
Termimplications eureka
MikeInFl
August 18th, 2012
10:44 pm
termplications?
Ebenezer Snerdberg
August 18th, 2012
10:44 pm
HOLY SHEETS BATMAN, FOUR (4) DURBINS! IF WILSON COMES BACK TO THE BRAVES WHEN HE HEALS, THEN HAVANA FATS BRAINS HAVE SPILLED OUT FROM ALL THAT CAP TIPPIN’!
GO BRAVES!
BF54
August 18th, 2012
10:45 pm
Start another streak tommorrow
GO BRAVOS
Mark
August 18th, 2012
10:46 pm
miabch
I’m with you. Didn’t see but the last two innings so I missed Big Ben but 6 innings and 4 hits couldn’t have been too bad.
Wont win many when you score 1 and leave a gazillion on base.
Wonder how many outs we made with all those guys on base with a K
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:47 pm
Fredi said if not for the 4 pitches that were homerun balls and the braves wasting scoring chances it would have been a close game.
Ebenezer Snerdberg
August 18th, 2012
10:47 pm
MiaBch, IF MINOR DOSEN’T GET MURDERLATED, I WILL BE GREATLY SURPRISED!
David O'Brien
August 18th, 2012
10:48 pm
Braves went 0-for-9 with RISP, stranded 11 baserunners.
David O'Brien
August 18th, 2012
10:49 pm
Those wondering about the D.Ross-Hanley Ramirez tift Friday, Ross caught Hanley looking down at his signs. Asked what the hell he was doing. Hanley tried to say he was just getting in the box, that he needed time to get in the box. Ross told him if you need time ask for time, but don’t look at his signs. Told him it was a good way to get hurt, etc. The Dodgers TV feed showed Hanley clearly looking down to get the signs.
But Ross said tonight when I asked him about it that he didn’t have a problem otherwise with Hanley. It didn’t carry over to tonight.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:50 pm
Did VJ take the night off or get banned for what he said about Captain Mudd.
Mitchell
August 18th, 2012
10:51 pm
Seems like there are some people on here complaining tonight.
Interesting.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:51 pm
Looks like Hanley might have stole a couple of signs tonight.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
10:52 pm
Fredi said if not for the 4 pitches that were homerun balls and the braves wasting scoring chances it would have been a close game.
They just talked about that on Fox 5…. they were like, yeah, it’s obvious.
nolie
August 18th, 2012
10:53 pm
Interesting….mitchell
nah, boring
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:53 pm
What a manager.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:55 pm
Some great quotes to look back on after the season is over.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
10:55 pm
nolie, are you going to stir the pot tonight?
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:56 pm
Maybe Schultz or Bradley will make a highlight or lowlight reel of all them.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:56 pm
what about pot?
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:57 pm
one toke over the line.
BF54
August 18th, 2012
10:58 pm
Dodgers are pretty good don’t beat up on Sheets to badly he’s 4-3 not bad
ACE
August 18th, 2012
10:59 pm
I am sure the sports dept at Fox 5 got a good laugh about Fredi’s comments.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
11:00 pm
Some great quotes to look back on after the season is over.
Indeed… I’m really gonna enjoy the one where he says, “We just won the World Series! Whaddya mean how do I feel? I’m excited for all those guys.”
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
11:01 pm
don’t beat up on Sheets to badly he’s 4-3 not bad
Not bad at all… Jair Jurrjens wishes he could be 4-3.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
11:03 pm
TOBF, I hope you are right. Would be a great way for Chipper to go out. He might even let Fredi touch him one last time.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
11:03 pm
I say Minor has a pretty good game tomorrow. But the Dodgers proved something tonight. When you have power bats like Kemp, Ramirez, & Ethier, you take take a game where you’re otherwise being handcuffed, and you can wreck it with a clout or two – especially during playoff baseball, where a dinger is magnified.
I know the Braves have Heyward, Freeman, and Chipper (to a certain degree). The power loss of Uggla and the shoulder miseries McCann has endured lately portends to some serious concerns heading into September.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
11:07 pm
JJ would just like to be still pitching for the atlanta braves. Who would have thought at the start of the season that the braves would have a six man rotation and JJ would not be part of it.
Venice Jim
August 18th, 2012
11:09 pm
Capt Mudd totally misunderstood what I was attempting to say two night’s ago, and I just happened to open the blog last night to see him savaging me, so I was a bit miffed…I regret that he took what i said in such a negative manner…
Mark
August 18th, 2012
11:10 pm
9 runners left in scoring position.
Number of Ks:
Braves 12
Dodgers 3
There is a correlation there!
MikeInFl
August 18th, 2012
11:10 pm
Who would have thought at the start of the season that the braves would have a six man rotation and JJ would not be part of it.
Or Beachy. Or Delgado. Pretty bizarre to replace 3 of your starting 5, and have to go to a 6-man rotation ’cause you can’t figure out the odd man out.
Venice Jim
August 18th, 2012
11:11 pm
Not much point commenting tonight, because I might have been accused of not being properly supportive of those who were not totally happy…
ACE
August 18th, 2012
11:11 pm
Capt was around earlier but seems to have jumped ship.
David O'Brien
August 18th, 2012
11:14 pm
Braves quotage after defeat
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/08/18/braves-quotes-after-saturdays-loss-to-dodgers/
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
11:16 pm
Oh touch me, touch me….I get a thrill, I get a chill when you touch me….a thrill I can’t ignore, keeps me coming back for more…..oh. oh, oh touch me one more time……
ACE
August 18th, 2012
11:18 pm
Capt, I thought you had left on a fantastic Voyage.
Mark
August 18th, 2012
11:19 pm
Maybe we’ll hit the ball and make them catch and throw more than 24 times like we had to tonight rather than the 15 times they had to tonight.
Night all
Say those prayers
ACE
August 18th, 2012
11:20 pm
Just touch me and walk away.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
11:22 pm
Well I’m still waiting for that…(fantastic voyage)….but I’ve been to Canaan, and I want to go back again.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
11:23 pm
Come on Come on now touch me baby, Can’t you see that I am not afraid. What is that promise that you made?
benchwarmer
August 18th, 2012
11:25 pm
Freeman is not batting smart, Mac is hurt and underperforming and Sheets is showing a lack of conditioning. Team going good now but these things are starting to have an effect.