Fill-in shortstop has given Braves what they needed
The Braves traded for shortstop Paul Janish strictly because of his strong defense, so they wouldn’t lose much in that area while rookie standout Andrelton Simmons recovered from a broken hand.
The Braves traded for Janish for his defense while Andrelton Simmons was on the DL, and the fill-in has been everything they'd hoped for and more.
Janish has given them what they anticipated in the field, but provided more than expected lately with his bat. He had three hits in Friday’s 4-3 win against the Dodgers, including a pair of key singles when the Braves tied the score in the eighth inning and won in the 11th.
The night before, he had two hits, two RBIs and a flashy defensive play in the ninth that helped Kris Medlen finish off a shutout against the Padres.
“I appreciate him,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “The hits, those are great … but I appreciate the hell out of him defensively. The stuff he can do. The relay to cut the runner out at the plate with two outs [in the fourth inning Friday]. Nice game on his part, and I know him and Walk [hitting coach Greg Walker] have worked hard to get a swing where he’s not an out. And he’s not by any means. And like we always say, he’s not here to win a batting title, he’s here to help us win on defense. And he’s done that. Whatever we get offensively out of him is a plus.”
He’s only hit .227 with a .303 on-base percentage and six RBIs in 32 games for the Braves, but Janish has a .273 average with 12 hits in his past 12 games.
“I haven’t been swinging the bat as bad as maybe it looks like,” said Janish, 29, who was playing for the Reds’ Triple-A affiliate before coming to Atlanta in a July 14 trade for minor league pitcher Todd Redmond. “I’ve been hitting the ball hard at people and whatnot, and having decent at-bats and just not getting the results.
“On a night like [Friday], when we really couldn’t get much going offensively, to be able to come up with some key hits at key times, that’s obviously a good thing.”
After going 18-for-95 (.189) in his first 28 games with the Braves, he’s 7-for-15 (.467) in the past four, including three multi-hit games.
“He was humongous [Friday],” said Braves catcher David Ross, who singled with two out in the 11th, before Janish singled to put runners on the corners and set up Juan Francisco’s game-ending pinch-hit single.
“You know [Janish] hits the ball good if I can go from first to third,” Ross cracked. “He made some great plays defensively. And I feel like Janish is in every at-bat. I know the numbers don’t show it, but he makes a lot of contact. He rarely strikes out and he hits the ball hard. Early on he had a lot of tough luck, and [his hits Friday] found some grass.”
Gonzalez said Saturday that a mid-September return for Simmons is more likely than early September. The rookie will stay behind when the Braves go on their 10-game trip that starts Monday, and continue to work with a Braves physical therapist and hand specialist to regain the strength and flexibility before he can begin a rehab assignment.
In the meantime, the Braves are pleased with the work Janish has done as a fill-in. He’s not the hitting threat that Simmons was proving to be, nor is he going to make as many spectacular plays as the kid from Curacao. But he’s been more than adequate for a team that has the majors’ best record (29-11) going back to July 3.
“I know he’s been swinging it pretty good,” Gonzalez said. “And not just getting hits, but big hits in important moments. When you look back, those are the type of players that are winners, championship-type players…. And he makes every play defensively. He helps make our pitchers pitch counts [stay lower]. He makes all the routine plays.
“And I’ve come to appreciate him. When you talk baseball with him, he’s sharp. He knows the game. In some situatiuons where we have to pinch-hit for him, it’s a one-run game and we have Hinske and Francisco to double pinch-hit for him and the pitcher’s spot, and he knows the game, he’s not going to be [upset]. Soon as that situation comes up, I look at him and he [nods]. You don’t have to explain it to him.”
• For the home folks: He said this week would play as many of the remaining home games as he could, but Chipper Jones is doing more than just being in the lineup. Talk about giving the home fans something to remember, check out these numbers: In his past 26 games at Turner Field (since June 26), Chipper has hit .389 (37-for-95) with 13 doubles, seven homers, 21 RBIs, .454 OBP and a .747 slugging percentage (1.201 OPS).
Chipper says he'll play as many of the remaining home games as he can in what remains of his farewell season.
That stretch includes 11 multi-hit games, a two-homer game (on Friday, when he got his 2,700th hit) and a five-hit, four-RBI game.
• Tonight’s matchup: It’s Ben Sheets, making the seventh start of his comeback, against Dodgers righty Aaron Harang.
Sheets went 3-0 with a 0.50 ERA and .200 opponents’ average in his first three starts, with 13 hits, 15 strikeouts and five walks in 18 innings. In three starts since then he’s 1-2 with a 3.60 ERA and .325 opponents’ average, with 26 hits, 13 strikeouts and three walks in 20 innings.
Harang is 1-3 with a 4.53 ERA in 10 career starts against the Braves, including 0-1 with a 6.38 ERA and five homers allowed in four starts against them since the beginning of the 2010 season. He got no decision and allowed six hits, three runs and four walks in six innings of a Dodgers loss to the Braves on April 24.
Harang is 3-2 with 3.95 ERA and solid .208 opp average in seven starts since July 4.
Brian McCann is 12-for-23 with two homers against Harang, but McCann is not in the lineup tonight. Check the story I’ll be filing separately in just a bit for more on that situation. Fortunately for the Braves, Mac’s backup, David Ross, is 4-for-9 with three homers against Harang (yes, that’s a combined 16-for-32 with five homers by the Braves catchers against Harang).
Also, Chipper is 7-for-18 with two homers against him, and Dan Uggla is 9-for-26 with two homers.
BRAVES LINEUP
- Bourn CF
- Prado LF
- Heyward RF
- Jones 3B
- Freeman 1B
- Uggla 2B
- Ross C
- Janish SS
- Sheets P
• Let’s close this with a tune from one of the most underrated songwriters alive, with a great voice to boot. William Elliott Whitmore’s got the goods. Here’s ’s “Field Song,” which you should hear by clicking here.
“FIELD SONG” by William Elliott Whitmore
Write this down, and don’t forget
That the best of times aint happened yet
The gilded age has long been done
And so many lost when the west was won
Let’s go to the field were gonna do some work
Spend our day digging in the dirt
We’ll hope for rain to follow the plow
And this piece of ground is a homestead now
This little piece of ground is a homestead now
Three square meals and a living wage
Reminds me of the good ol’ days
Before the manifest destiny of the factory farms
When those cut throats came and burned down the barn
Underneath the black locust tree
There’s a shady place that waits for me
To rest my bones and to rest my mind
I’m gonna rest right here when I die
Write this down and don’t forget
That the best of times aint happened yet
…
– by David O’Brien, Braves/MIB blog
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rbg420
August 18th, 2012
5:47 pm
jani has been great and has helped so we do not have to rush simmons back!
Weaseal
August 18th, 2012
5:49 pm
All aboard the A-train…
Animus
August 18th, 2012
5:49 pm
Why sit BMac? How about a .063/.211/.063/273 over the past seven days? It’s almost as bad for the past 2 weeks.
He may feel like he can play, but at some point, Mac has to ask himself if playing is going to help or hurt the team.
Rather see him sit, rest and HELP the team.
Ward
August 18th, 2012
5:51 pm
DOB – Thanks for the good article……..All, it’s been good, and I’ll talk tonight after the game……..Peace my friends, and “Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
Trey
August 18th, 2012
5:51 pm
Wonderful article, DOB. Thank you.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
5:57 pm
Whoever it was that said Fredi was a great players manager should listen to some of the comments by the players in the media.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
6:02 pm
Maybe DOB could ask Hanley Ramirez what he thinks about Fredi.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
6:03 pm
Get ‘em, Ward!
Powderfinger
August 18th, 2012
6:06 pm
I really think you folks are making much ado about nothing regarding Mac, his shoulder and his manager. Fredi made his call (remember that when a player says he’s ready, many – including Bobby – will hold ‘em out another day). If Brian wasn’t upset about sitting at this point in the season, I’d really be worried. The players are not revolting against the skipper. I’m not FG’s biggest fan, but good grief…
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
6:06 pm
Shutting down Strasburg is the topic of discussion today between the FOX MLB team currently during NYY/BOS…..broadcast, seems McCarver is in a twist big-time about it–saying “even Tommy John himself was not ’shut-down!” Oh by the way sco….3-1 Sawx.
brian
August 18th, 2012
6:07 pm
ACE – you know the answer. With the recent antics Fredi is not looking to bad to have stood up to Hanley
njbraves
August 18th, 2012
6:08 pm
What is wrong with Ward?? Serious question…that boy isn’t right in the brain.
Enee, Meenee, Minee, Jim
August 18th, 2012
6:11 pm
Count me as one who believes that you need to be strong at short even if you have to sacrifice offense to do so. I was not a fan of the Pastornicky experiment believing that his defense was too suspect to count on every day at short. I, along with some others here, was right. Not trying to sound cocky, just a fact.
When Simmons got the call I was ecstatic! I loved his glove and was surprised by this bat. When he was injured, I felt the Braves chances at post season were damaged. When the Braves acquired Janish, I was like “who?” Within a few games, I was a fan. Any offensive contribution would be gravy.
I agree with what Janish says about his batting average. The guy seems like he’s hitting better that that. He makes solid contact, unlike some speedster who just slaps the ball.
Janish has been MORE than I could have ever expected when he came to ATL. Although I believe Simmons has more upside, I would be comfortable with Janish at SS for the rest of the season if Simmons had problems coming back this year.
Count me as a Janish fan.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
6:12 pm
Thanks for the new Blog, Chief.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
6:14 pm
Mark Bowmen The decision [to rest BMac] seemed to have more to do with the recent struggles of McCann and the fact that Ross entered the game with four hits, including three home runs, in nine at-bats against Dodgers scheduled starter Aaron Harang.
Has anyone other than DOB taken a look at BMac’s numbers against Harang? Sheesh!…If that’s seriously the main reason he’s sitting, that really annoys me. I mean really really annoys me…
Animus
August 18th, 2012
6:18 pm
I like Mac, but he’s only had one hit in the past week, and it was a single. He is not helping the team by playing. An extra days rest can only help him (and the team going forward). He’ll play tomorrow according to Fredi.
Powderfinger
August 18th, 2012
6:18 pm
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô: I promise you it will be better for him to sit one more day (certainly can’t be harmful). Anyway, who’s to say he doesn’t get in the game later? We are in a long stretch of consecutive games, and we absolutely need him the rest of the way.
alanfalcon
August 18th, 2012
6:20 pm
I would like to know how many future HOF’s finished out their last season the way Chipper is doing, tone it down, really ! Raise the volume and cheer him on, he is the heart beat of this Brave’s team–
GO CHIPPER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
6:21 pm
Sure! Let’s put him back in tomorrow against Billingsley! 4-16 with a homer and 6 K’s. THAT’LL get him going…
Ross is 3-5 against Billingsley.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
6:23 pm
Powderfinger—
Yeah, but later in the game, Harang most likely won’t be pitching…
I promise you it will be better for him to sit one more day (certainly can’t be harmful).
Hope you’re right. That’s what everyone tried to tell me about his DL stint last year…
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
6:24 pm
I shouldn’t have read Bowman’s post—that paragraph put me in a sour mood.
Powderfinger
August 18th, 2012
6:25 pm
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô: I’m not a real doctor. I only play one on the blog
Kat
August 18th, 2012
6:25 pm
Thanks for the new blog. And for those not in the Atlanta area MLB Network will be carrying the Braves game tonight (or the Mets/Nats).
toast
August 18th, 2012
6:25 pm
really anxious to see who Sheets does tonight. come 6 weeks if could continue to be a huge asset or become a total question mark. tough call seeing if he holds up
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
6:26 pm
Powderfinger—
Ha! That’s OK…
Didn’t mean to come off like I was snapping at you…
ACE
August 18th, 2012
6:26 pm
Fredi was a catcher for six years in the minors. He knows what he’s doing.
toast
August 18th, 2012
6:27 pm
be a braves fan first and foremost. who gives a ratz azz if somebody is playing or not, as long as they win. enough of the childish talk
Trey
August 18th, 2012
6:27 pm
njbravesfan, why do you say that?
Powderfinger
August 18th, 2012
6:28 pm
toast—”really anxious to see who Sheets does tonight.”
That’s his own business. I just hope he pitches well…
ACE
August 18th, 2012
6:28 pm
Bmac said I can play and I can do all the things I need to do to play.
Couch Tater
August 18th, 2012
6:31 pm
Mac has obviously struggled of late. Banged up. Dinged up. I’d rather he sit now, than in October.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
6:33 pm
Jimmy—
Yeah, yeah. I know, I know. I’m just kind of exasperated by the whole thing—I guess he and I were cut outta the same mold in that regard…
Why is it that when DOB post a new blog, these idiots suddenly appear?
Sorry! I was just about to leave for a bit…
ACE
August 18th, 2012
6:33 pm
If Bmac sits too much the braves won’t have to worry about him playing in October.
SNEAKY PETE
August 18th, 2012
6:35 pm
the difference between a roughly 400 OBP hitter like Chipper and a 300 OBP hitter like Francisco has so far shown himself to be over an entire season could easily by 30 runs scored. Plus OBP includes the homers a guy hits, so most of the time when Francisco is not hitting homers he will be making a lot of outs.
I’m afraid though that he might start at third next year, but if he does so there will be a noticeable fall off, and if we lose Bourn too( almost a forgone conclusion it seems) we are going to be a lot worse hitting team. It would behoove them to win this season
SNEAKY PETE
August 18th, 2012
6:37 pm
I agree that Fredi seems to pick some pretty unusual times to sit players. McCann playing today and off tomorrow makes more sense to me
SNEAKY PETE
August 18th, 2012
6:40 pm
maybe Fredi was one of the few not-smart ones ACE.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
6:44 pm
You are right Sneaky Pete.
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
6:45 pm
The way Francisco has improved his game since he has been here who says he cannot improve his OBP to .320 and take a few more walks.
He seems like a coachable young guy & there is room for improvement. I don;t know what he will do over a full season but he deserves a chance.
We are not signing a David Wright type, so Juan has worked his way to getting a chance.
Of course there will be a fall off from a healthy Chipper, how do you really replace a guy of his caliber anyway.
If we get .240 to .250 BA/.310 to .320 OBP/22-25 HR85- 90 RBI and high 20’s of doubles from Juan, no way we can complain. And note the value given that we will not pay him that much.
Don’t give up on retaining Bourn, they will try though it won;t be easy.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
6:45 pm
SNEAKY PETE—
Makes more sense to me, too, but I’m not a doctor…
ACE
August 18th, 2012
6:46 pm
Nor is Fredi
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
6:48 pm
Francisco will be making around 500k next season.
Couch Tater
August 18th, 2012
6:49 pm
be a braves fan first and foremost. who gives a ratz azz if somebody is playing or not, as long as they win. enough of the childish talk
Braveheart – Good to see you. Oh..wait. Wrong.
BravesWin
August 18th, 2012
6:53 pm
@ Jimmy…I’m a BARVES fan, too…jk, couldn’t resist. Agree with your post.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
6:55 pm
Jimmy only comes out when DOB posts a new blog.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
6:58 pm
Time for some Dancing in the Sheets.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
6:59 pm
Fredi does play a manager on TV.
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:00 pm
Janish can play for a heavy offense team even if he hist .220 or so.
Was he this good defensively with the Reds????? I don’t know.
He did have one yr when he hit .260 and had a respectable OBP, think it was in 09 or 10.
Janish would have been a regular SS for half of the teams in MLB back in those late 60’s and through the 70’s, before it because such an offensive position.
Najeh Davenpoop
August 18th, 2012
7:00 pm
Could have used Janish the last two years. He isn’t that much worse at the plate than Alex Gonzalez, if at all, and unlike Alex he actually lives up to the hype defensively.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:02 pm
Trey Hillman running the Dodgers tonight and Tomorrow.
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
7:02 pm
Let’s put McCann in the lineup!!
Maybe his arm detaches from the shoulder during a swing and it goes flying past first base!!
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
7:03 pm
@McFann…..I am sorry you are in a sour mood and, if you will, IMO the blog is a better place when you are here and happy–I wish you an uplifted mood tonight….MAC had been doing so much better and many of us saw that as a positive in catching the Nats. So yea, creeper/bummer right now–but he’ll be ok soon and my advice to you is just know there are more Mac fans out here than not.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:03 pm
Why didn’t Misty May come with the Dodgers?
Big Country
August 18th, 2012
7:04 pm
Najeh stick a sock in it.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:05 pm
Just imagine how many more wins we would have if Uggla and McCann produced near expectations, hell throw in Simmons not getting hurt.
Tomahawkin
August 18th, 2012
7:07 pm
Vabravesfan
CoSign on that 705 post
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:08 pm
Simmons provided more offense than most of us expected, 296 AVG, 788 OPS plus his amazing defense, I bet we would have 2 or 3 more wins if he never gets injured.
We might have really hit the jackpot with Simmons, just hope this injury doesn’t set him back offensively. Keith Law already has said Simmons is the best defense shortstop in the majors already.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
7:08 pm
Ace, let me ask: are you in a bad place tonight yourself?
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
7:09 pm
Just imagine how many more wins we would have if Uggla and McCann produced near expectations, hell throw in Simmons not getting hurt.
I would go as far as saying the Braves could easily have around 10 more wins right now…
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
7:09 pm
Thanks, Capt.Mudd. Appreciate it…:)
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:09 pm
Mindless gibberish….
My turn now.
njbraves
August 18th, 2012
7:09 pm
Trey…you’re kidding, right? Have you read the guys posts? I’m pretty sure he’s not playing with a full deck.
SNEAKY PETE
August 18th, 2012
7:10 pm
Simmons was off the charts while he was starting as far as defensive metrics are concerned too. awesome debut
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:11 pm
Last look at Juan’s OBP is now stands at .311.
Little more improvement & he can get to that benchmark of the .330 to .340 which is thought of as being a “good” OBP.
Don;t bet aganst that he can raise the OBP over the course of a season.
Don’t look now but Janish is up to .227/.303, pitchers beware. Jack Wilson won’t be back next yr for sure. Gonna have real shortstop depth next yr once Andy is right.
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
7:12 pm
Cheer up, McFann, and let our boy heal up. He’ll be better for it in the long run and in the Series
Hugs to you, friend.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:12 pm
@Capt. All is good here. Just watching the wheels go round.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
7:13 pm
……Calling out around the World, are you ready for a brand new beat….summers here and the time is right….for dancin’ in the Sheets–Philadelphia,PA…Baltimore and D.C. now………….
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:14 pm
Good thing Chipper is still getting it done at 40, and Heyward and Freeman are going in the right direction or we’d be screwed. Were pretty lucky if you ask me when 2 of our expected producers are having terrible season’s and were playing great still.
McCann has produced a 229/306/422/729 slash line…. No where near his norms.
Uggla has produced a 213/344/378/721 slash line…. Also no where near his norms.
BFChris27
August 18th, 2012
7:14 pm
Lets go Braves!!!!!!!!!!!!
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:15 pm
I’ll take the Van Halen version.
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:15 pm
Simmons might have some adjustments at the plate when he first gets back, but next yr this kid is going to be a stud.
Could have similar numbers to what Jeter had his first season along with the glove. We got a winner.
Still have to keep Janish in reserve.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
7:16 pm
A fan from Montezuma, Ga caught that last one
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:16 pm
Dodgers are making Sheets work
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:16 pm
Or maybe Mick and David Bowie
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:17 pm
Great call Capt. Been a long time since we have heard that one.
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:17 pm
Yanish has been key to our success….
Key.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:18 pm
Time to get an early lead.
BF54
August 18th, 2012
7:18 pm
smooth Sheets
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
7:18 pm
Beautiful inning for Sheets.
abeeewright
August 18th, 2012
7:18 pm
Nice 1-2-3 inning for Sheets.
MIBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:18 pm
Good start, Ben!
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:18 pm
that was like Nights in White Satin
Preston
August 18th, 2012
7:19 pm
Great article DON!
Tomahawkin
August 18th, 2012
7:19 pm
S/O’s To
Bravesgrl4life
Trey
Ace
Capt Mudd
McFann
JCBrave
Disgusted
Phil
And VaBravesFan
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:19 pm
Now all we need are some Choppers to Chipper.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
7:20 pm
Nice inning from Sheets. If he gets through the first inning, he is usually golden.
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:20 pm
Va Brave — The Braves got disappointing yrs from Mac and Uggla but got some help in other areas.
Mac was starting to slug again till the latest setback. Uggla does have a decent OBP and power numbers but that long slump was grotesque.
Like improvement from both Heyward and Freeman, better yr from Marteen and a real good yr from Bourn.
And the pitching got better after a slow start.
Also have to add that the Braves overcame JJ not being any kind of a factor at all. And overcame Venter’s first half slump though he is better as of late.
Great yrs from Kimbrell and EOF.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:20 pm
Good Start.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
7:21 pm
I love it when Bourn walks. Good way to start the game.
Bama Braves
August 18th, 2012
7:21 pm
Bourn!
phil
August 18th, 2012
7:21 pm
Nice piece, David….thx
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:21 pm
Hello Tomahawkin. Got to get another W tonight.
cricket
August 18th, 2012
7:21 pm
dodgers blog
http://www.truebluela.com/2012/8/18/3252449/dodgers-vs-braves-game-v-chat
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:21 pm
Good start, lets see if Bourn is running.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
7:22 pm
Pradooooooooooooooooooooo
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:22 pm
Good to see Johnny Lester beat the NYY.
He is comming around, has to be better next time around. Hope he finishes the yr on a good note.
MIBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:22 pm
Way to go, Marteeen!!
BF54
August 18th, 2012
7:22 pm
Marteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!!
abeeewright
August 18th, 2012
7:22 pm
On his way back to the dugout, the interim Dodger manager asked Kemp, “What was up with that swing?” and Kemp replied, “Sheets happened.”
Bama Braves
August 18th, 2012
7:22 pm
MARTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DiamondbackMac
August 18th, 2012
7:22 pm
teeeeeeeeeeen
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.
*********
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…
***********************************************
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.
nolie
August 18th, 2012
7:48 pm
he has been a little bit less sharp in each of the last 4 games at least
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:48 pm
“We draw 3 walks and hit a double and they cut all the BS and just hit 3 homers haha.”
Va Braves — That is why I am more of a XBH and RBI guy than OBP.
You can have a game where you have a nice OBP and plenty of LOB.
OBP is not bad but its not the end all and be all. Pitching and the ol fashoned 3 run homer will win alot of games like the great Earl Weaver said.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:48 pm
Still an inning like that steals all the momentum. Sheets didn’t even give the defense a chance to stop em, getting rocked by 2 very easy outs in there lineup. But it still goes back to our 1st AB and only being able to score 1 run.
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
7:49 pm
Time to roll over and die.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
7:49 pm
Told you, have to get em early. Harang already a different pitcher in the 2nd than he was in first.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
7:49 pm
Sheets has got to go.
nolie
August 18th, 2012
7:49 pm
over a full season there is nothing that compares to team OBP in correlation to runs scoring including homers
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:50 pm
Sheets has already given more to us than I expected…. if for some reason his “magic” is over, so be it. We’re not doomed, we got Kris Medlen and Maholm ready to pick up the slack.
kevkat
August 18th, 2012
7:50 pm
I don’t believe Sheets has a dead arm. He throws harder than any starter we have. His trouble is location.
TuffShhhtuff
August 18th, 2012
7:50 pm
It’s hilarious to read some of the posts after Sheets first inning and the posts from the same ones after that second inning. It’s like night and day. You guys don’t know if you’re coming or going.
T-Dawg
August 18th, 2012
7:50 pm
Harang will settle in now and won’t give us runs like he was willing to give in the 1st. I’ll check back in on the game in the 7th.
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
7:50 pm
Not going there Tomahawkin. I have given up politics on this blog now, just get into too much trouble with it.
Though Dubya has pretty much stayed out of it since Pres Obama took office. I’ll give him credit for that.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 18th, 2012
7:52 pm
Delgado isn’t doing so well tonight either…
Tomahawkin
August 18th, 2012
7:53 pm
I hate seeing Big Ben go out like this especially since I was Banking on that he would pull a 2004 Jaret Wright Role for us
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:53 pm
Jason Werth is the Nationals lead off man.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:54 pm
Sheets has been throwing for what now, 6-7 months? He’s not all the way back folks, he’s gonna be a work in progress…
Bama Braves
August 18th, 2012
7:54 pm
Hes Not Fooling Anyone!
the true
August 18th, 2012
7:55 pm
Sheets it´s done… 3 of the last 4 starts including this one Sheets was awful… vs Marlins he was knocked in the 1st inning, then thrown a nice game vs Philly , vs Mets he sucks , and vs LA tonight allowing 3 HR in a row that sucks.. and it´s only the 2nd inning,,, so he K Matt Kemp but a AAA players like Loney and Cruz homered ?? WTF it´s wrong with Sheets!!!!! …. apparently the odd man after the final week this month will be Sheets and not Mike Minor… watching the game vs Mets and this one i dont see too much difference between Sheets and Jurrjens…maybe only the salary….
hope for Braves comeback!!!!
Tomahawkin
August 18th, 2012
7:55 pm
@TuffS,,t
Cmon Man, Braves Fans are hardcore SEC gans, of course we are gonna live and die and critique every game and start
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
7:56 pm
If he pitched like he has to Kemp all night then we would still be up 1-0.
nolie
August 18th, 2012
7:56 pm
sure it is TOBF and hopefully it will get better again, but he really needs to sharpen up his command and stay lower in the zone. he does not have the great pitches that he used to have that allowed him to be successful that way. Adjustments are needed.
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
7:56 pm
Now go get those runs back!!!!!
Mister Frisky
August 18th, 2012
7:56 pm
Three Sheets to the wind is the state I’m in.Good Nite Now Ben Sheets,Thanks for the memories.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
7:57 pm
Sheets is able to strikeout superstar Matt Kemp for the 2nd time tonight, doesn’t face sluggers Loney and Cruz til next inning.
Tomahawkin
August 18th, 2012
7:58 pm
Come on people we cant Ballgame it yet…The team has shown that they can come back over the last 6 weeks
And this is coming from someone who will call the team out if they start to mail it in…
Its early folks
Animus
August 18th, 2012
8:00 pm
kevkat
August 18th, 2012
7:50 pm
I don’t believe Sheets has a dead arm. He throws harder than any starter we have. His trouble is location.
Exactly what I thought – dead arm is a term which is used to explain a sudden drop in velocity (about 10mph or so). Sheets is missing locations and getting pitches UP after being down the first few starts.
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:00 pm
Sigh…
abeeewright
August 18th, 2012
8:00 pm
When you combine Sheets (torn in strips) with a gas can, you get a Molotov cocktail.
At this rate, we’re going to have to call him Ben “Molotov” Sheets.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:00 pm
Harang has settled in, 4 pitches and 2 outs.
MIBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:00 pm
Yeah, Chipper!
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
8:01 pm
Chipper on a real tear……wow
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:01 pm
Lol at Chipper! Awesome stuff.
Play on, Chipper Jones!!
Tomahawkin
August 18th, 2012
8:01 pm
Man Hoss is Clowning!!!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:01 pm
Delgado through 2 for AAA: 3 ER, 2 HR (1 to our ol’ buddy Brooks Conrad) 3 Hits, 2 SO, 0 BB. 27 pitches, 16 for strikes.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:01 pm
Just don’t understand the approach, Harang was falling behind every batter and were still being too aggressive.
Mister Frisky
August 18th, 2012
8:02 pm
FF,Takes first pitch!WTF
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:02 pm
Wow, 3-0 count to Freeman is surprising.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
8:03 pm
At least Jones still hits.
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
8:03 pm
Come on Freddie!!!
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:03 pm
Freddie…..grrrrr
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
8:03 pm
Dang, unless you think the 3-0 pitch is one you can absolutely mash and drive then don’t swing. No need to be in defense mode on a 3-0 count.
Hmmmm
August 18th, 2012
8:03 pm
Freddie hasn’t done a whole lot at the plate since the Mets series ended
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:03 pm
Wow, Freeman really? Alrighty then…
The talking monkey
August 18th, 2012
8:04 pm
Ben sheets looks like an ape.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:05 pm
Seems like they are helping Harang get threw innings.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
8:05 pm
What in the heck was Freeman doing swinging at a 3-0 pitch down and a way? There is no reason to swing at that pitch at all while ahead in the count. Freeman has had some dumb at bats tonight.
freddie "retarded" freeman
August 18th, 2012
8:05 pm
i dont know what is more stupid, swing the 1st pitch or swing the ball with 3-0 count????
wow , maybe you are the RBI leader in this team freeman, but you sucks the half of the time with your poor plate discipline…..another wasted opportunity for score….thanks retarded face…
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:05 pm
Just show the game…..please.
Mitchell
August 18th, 2012
8:05 pm
How do you leave the bases loaded like that in the first inning?
All I ever want as a Braves fan, and perhaps it’s asking too much, is to be surprised.
Last night, I was.
Tonight, I’m not.
We need more play like the old Braves and less like the team we’ve all come to know oh so well.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
8:06 pm
Got a feeling Tim Hudson would also be allowed to swing 3-0. This constant pursuit of the home run sucks.
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…
dan uggla
August 18th, 2012
8:08 pm
at least i have more patience than Freedie
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
8:08 pm
Hit Loney on the head, please!
I’d pay to see that!
The talking monkey
August 18th, 2012
8:09 pm
Who is the chocolate face in the booth?
TuffShhhtuff
August 18th, 2012
8:09 pm
Hate it when they interview people while the game is going on. Do it during the commercial breaks. Now there’s an idea!
Trey
August 18th, 2012
8:10 pm
Oh lord, that is not cool, The talking monkey.
J-Hey
August 18th, 2012
8:11 pm
yeah man. Me too i have more patience than Freddie , i never want to destroy the ball in the 1st pitch , do you saw my hit last night???:) i was patience and waited my pitch then i knocked the tie run hit my hit
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:12 pm
2 pitchers another out, what kinda game plan is this?
T-Dawg
August 18th, 2012
8:12 pm
Its a Hack-A-Thon tonight.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:14 pm
pitches*
Martin "Venezolan Hitting Machine" Prado
August 18th, 2012
8:14 pm
Yeah mannn….maybe Freedie could be learn about my hitting skills, like be patience and never swing the 1st pitch, learn about hit with 2 strikes and be clutch hitter …
The talking monkey
August 18th, 2012
8:14 pm
Why? What’s wrong with being called chocolate or vanilla face?
Trey
August 18th, 2012
8:15 pm
Paul Janish, great job!
MIBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:16 pm
Good job, Paul!
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:17 pm
Way to get the lineup turned over so Bourn can lead off next inning.
Tim Hudson
August 18th, 2012
8:17 pm
Yes folks..Even me and im a pitcher i have more plate discipline than Freedie….who watched me hitting a sharp double to CF vs Phillies 2 weeks ago??? yes with 3-2 after 7-8 pitches AB
…
play me in 1st base
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
8:18 pm
Harang has thrown more balls than strikes and still beating us….
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:18 pm
Ben Sheets has seen more pitches at the plate tonight than Heyward and Freeman.
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
8:19 pm
Ben Sheets has done fine except for 4 lousy pitches.
Took the momentum out of the game for now.
The offense has to bail him out and all we are doing is fattening the OBP and ending the innings with LOB.
Bunk You Bill James
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:19 pm
Gotta be patient vs Harang and let him get his self into trouble.
Paul Janish
August 18th, 2012
8:20 pm
Yes me too…i supposed to be a defensive player but i have few timely hits since i arrived to the ballclub,,, and yes i never swing the 1st pitch ,,,do you see me knocking a double 3 minutes ago with 3-1 count
,,yes i take 1 strike before swing the bat …. 
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
8:20 pm
This game is getting frustrating.
The talking monkey
August 18th, 2012
8:21 pm
Ben sheets is pitching well.
Veer
August 18th, 2012
8:21 pm
Offense looks dead today. Having mac in the lineup would have made a world of difference. He atleast would have drawn the walk and got us the 2nd run or more. Ross is a blackhole today and Freeman is stupid
TuffShhhtuff
August 18th, 2012
8:22 pm
Did not know that Paul Janish was an uneducated Venezuelan?
Trey
August 18th, 2012
8:22 pm
Freddie can learn a lot from Janish.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
8:23 pm
Nothing but offspeed pitches now.
Veer
August 18th, 2012
8:24 pm
Maybe Sheets isn’t done after all? He is in NO Man’s Land right now. He looks half done and half quality starter.
Chipper "God" Jones
August 18th, 2012
8:24 pm
Hi everybody im your daddy and your god,,,yes im CJ10.. and i have 1000+ BB in my carrer, a lot of patience ah
… and yes sometimes a swing the 1st pitch with the big difference i hit the homeruns, doubles etc 
see you later folks i see you in Cooperstown
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
8:25 pm
I think a case of “Ban” is coming up on this “Civil Rights Game” night.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
8:25 pm
Top of the line up due for the Braves. Time to make some noise, plus Sheets appears to be settling down after that awful stretch in the second inning.
SteveInFXBG
August 18th, 2012
8:26 pm
How long has it been since we were down 3-1 to the Dodgers and won a game? 22 hours?
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
8:27 pm
We take some of the most defensive looking swings on some great hitters count….
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:27 pm
Wow, Are you flipping kidding me? 2-0 and swinging….. All the players have lost there minds tonight.
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
8:28 pm
Can we not wait until a called strike when we’re ahead 2-0 or 3-0 before we swing?
Trey
August 18th, 2012
8:29 pm
Beautiful, Heyward didn’t swing.
TuffShhhtuff
August 18th, 2012
8:29 pm
The Gnats are winning again 0-0 in the fifth inning against the lowly Mets.
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
8:30 pm
Thank you for your patience and intelligence, Jason.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:30 pm
There we go… Harang would probably have like 8 walks by now if they wern’t so aggressive…
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
8:30 pm
Please Chipper, be my hero tonight. I’ll even deal with the heat to sleep in that Chipper picture Tshirt I bought Thursday night.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
8:31 pm
At least Jones showed patience.
BF54
August 18th, 2012
8:31 pm
Lol
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
8:32 pm
77 pitches 35 strikes 42 balls……And Harang actually has the lead in this game. Helps out when swinging at 3-0, 2-0 pitches.
Disgusted
August 18th, 2012
8:32 pm
Another doggone zero run inning and another one LOB.
Very BUMB.
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
8:33 pm
Rolling over and dying = Braves’ baseball.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:33 pm
Well atleast were not getting shutout.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
8:33 pm
Yeah, Bourn swinging at a 2-0 pitch down and away was mind boggling. That was likely ball three. I still have faith in there ability to score a couple more runs though.
MIBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:34 pm
Nice play on D by Danny and Freddie!
BF54
August 18th, 2012
8:34 pm
Uggs and Freddie
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:34 pm
Harang has been horrible 2nite, Braves hitters have helped out a ton tho.
Bama Braves
August 18th, 2012
8:35 pm
UGGLAA,FREDDIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trey
August 18th, 2012
8:35 pm
Maybe Freddie will be patient next at bat.
TuffShhhtuff
August 18th, 2012
8:35 pm
His name is Dan. Dan Uggla. Profession: Full time second baseman, part time hitter. Salary $13M
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:36 pm
lol
Veer
August 18th, 2012
8:36 pm
Alot of weak swings by the Braves while being ahead of the count.
T-Dawg
August 18th, 2012
8:36 pm
Not such a good game plan tonight. There is something encouraging about being a team that can ambush some of the best pitchers in baseball but it is very disconcerning how we can be dominated by pitchers that are struggling. It doesn’t mean we suck as a team it just means we are our own worst enemy. Oh well, let’s hope it stays close until the 7th.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
8:39 pm
Good to see that not only does Uggla field like Mario Mendoza, he hits like him as well.
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
8:41 pm
BALLGAME!!
BF54
August 18th, 2012
8:41 pm
Janish got in good position but ball handcuffed him
Veer
August 18th, 2012
8:42 pm
I guess the game is out of hand now.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
8:42 pm
Sheets looks spent.
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
8:42 pm
Sheets can’t throw a strike right now.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
“I guess the game is out of hand now.”
It is now
Animus
August 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
Sheets shouldn’t have thrown THAT strike
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
You have another base open.
sid
August 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
back to reality
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
ballgame
njbraves
August 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
Sheets deserved that. No reason to walk two guys in a row with two outs.
bravesgrl4life
August 18th, 2012
8:43 pm
Damn
I absolutely hate that 
SOB 
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
8:44 pm
Now that’s how you swing 3-0.
Take note, Weaveralez.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
8:44 pm
90 MPH above the belt will yield that kind of result very often….ask JJ, Minor
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
8:44 pm
Braves’ baseball.
TuffShhhtuff
August 18th, 2012
8:44 pm
The Love for Sheets is turning to Hate faster than you can say “Georgia Cracker”! Wasn’t but a week ago he was the “second coming of JC” for some Braves fans.
Remley
August 18th, 2012
8:44 pm
Bad decision to pitch to Hanley when you’ve got Loney on deck
MFin04
August 18th, 2012
8:44 pm
Why would you groove a 3-0 pitch to a guy and not walk him? Makes no sense. He already has hit a homer. Just a bad call by Ross/Sheets/Fredi.
Veer
August 18th, 2012
8:45 pm
Why throw a 3-0 strike? with Loney on deck?
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
8:45 pm
Right in his wheel house and a tough night for Ben–looks like fredi will get to make a few decisions
T-Dawg
August 18th, 2012
8:45 pm
Everything right down the middle.
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:45 pm
Time to change the Sheets….
Sigh.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
8:45 pm
Sheets looked good until he got two outs that inning. Rough start for him again.
Remley
August 18th, 2012
8:46 pm
I’m with you on that bravesgirl
MFin04
August 18th, 2012
8:46 pm
Gotta get at least 6 more runs…get to it.
njbraves
August 18th, 2012
8:46 pm
Pretty sure Fredi and/or Ross didn’t call for a belt high fastball right down the middle. That inning is on Sheets.
Glum2Day
August 18th, 2012
8:46 pm
bravesgrl4life, nobody can stand Hanley. I’d rather Harang hit the HR than that sack of manure
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
8:46 pm
ncbravesfan90
Ask Tommy Hanson too.
Ward
August 18th, 2012
8:47 pm
Enter your comments here
IlliniBrave
August 18th, 2012
8:47 pm
Lookin’ sheetier every other start.
Trey
August 18th, 2012
8:47 pm
Unfortunately, Sheets isn’t making a case for himself to stay in the rotation.
Glum2Day
August 18th, 2012
8:47 pm
Whatever happened to a good ole HPB?
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:48 pm
First Melky showed us up. No response.
Now Ramirez tries to be cute. No response.
Aside from laying down and rolling over…..
Veer
August 18th, 2012
8:48 pm
Sheets was selfish he knew if he walked Hanley then he would been lifted from the game so he decided to throw 3-0 down the middle. However I think even a 3-1 defecit was too much for us to overcome today so atleast being down 6-1 we can move on and do other things instead of watching the game with hope
StingerSplash
August 18th, 2012
8:48 pm
Do love the Sheets story. But is the magic wearing off? Um, looks that way.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:48 pm
Freeman is so frustrating to watch.
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
8:48 pm
Swinging 2-0 down 5, makes perfect sense.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
8:48 pm
“Ask Tommy Hanson too.”
Yes, thank you. Forgot about him
Remley
August 18th, 2012
8:48 pm
Gotta root for the Jackson is dealing, 10Ks
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
8:48 pm
Last at-bat, horrible.
This at-bat, stupid.
Chasing 5 we need baserunners. Can’t hit a 5-run homer with no one on.
Ward
August 18th, 2012
8:48 pm
Hello everyone! Sheets wasn’t bad, but location. Might have to take one with the team tonight. It is what it is, and nothing we can do about it, but keep watching the game.
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:49 pm
Team refuses to take pitches and get a big inning started.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
8:49 pm
Way too many outs made while way ahead in the count.
sid
August 18th, 2012
8:49 pm
how much does Uggla make per year?
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
8:49 pm
And to boot we’ve got Roseanne screeching in the background.
Ebenezer Snerdberg
August 18th, 2012
8:49 pm
AW SHEETS!
BOY BE FLINGIN’ THEM DURBINS TONIGHT!
Veer
August 18th, 2012
8:49 pm
Our best 3 are Hudson Malholm and Medlen and lucky we have those 3 going vs the Nationals. We just have to hope that the Mets win today and that tmr somehow we win.
We win 2 out of 3 then we can bring be within 3 games of the Nationals should things not change.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
8:50 pm
Question to ask if you’re a Brave…..if this was Wash. we are playing, how do we proceed? This lead is not insurmountable…..and, if it were DC, the mindset must be….WE CAN.
Remley
August 18th, 2012
8:50 pm
I meant root for the Mets
VaBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
8:50 pm
Harang is falling behind every batter and has walked 5 guys, could have 10 to be honest.
TarHeel 1
August 18th, 2012
8:52 pm
Fire fredi now
Ward
August 18th, 2012
8:52 pm
Did we actually think Braves were going to win all three? Come on man…….
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:52 pm
This game is over….no comeback tonight.
Fire FG!!
IlliniBrave
August 18th, 2012
8:52 pm
So now with this horrible performance by Sheets very fresh in the minds of Fredi and Frank, Minor has a chance to go out tomorrow and show them both why they need to keep him in the rotation. But I’m betting he can’t and won’t do that. Any chance we could go from a six man to a four man rotation?
Jay Dubu
August 18th, 2012
8:53 pm
Just when you start to get uber excited about the Braves pitching, they show up like this.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
8:53 pm
“Did we actually think Braves were going to win all three? Come on man…….”
No that’s why we wanted to win this one, Minor is pitching tomorrow….
second guesser
August 18th, 2012
8:53 pm
Shoulda played Mac instead of Ross.
Ross is a back-up catcher. Not an everyday guy.
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:54 pm
I thought we were supposed to be good against the average right hander?
Fire Walker!!
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
8:54 pm
“Just when you start to get uber excited about the Braves pitching, they show up like this.”
This is why a one game playoff scares me really bad. The offense is just too dang streaky to trust it in a one game playoff scenario.
Ward
August 18th, 2012
8:55 pm
Anyways guy’s have fun bitching…….Better days to come a head. Peace, and talk tomorrow, and “Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
abeeeewright
August 18th, 2012
8:55 pm
4 hits, 4 home runs
Feast or Famine with Molotov Sheets.
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:55 pm
Our pitching was going to come back down to earth…it had to.
Fire Roger McDowell!!
IlliniBrave
August 18th, 2012
8:55 pm
The ESPN guys might have to write retractions on all of those glowing articles about the Sheets comeback and the Braves surplus of pitching.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
8:56 pm
NY METS 2 WASHINGTON 0 TOP 7
Rick C
August 18th, 2012
8:56 pm
Mets take a 2-0 lead.
abeeeewright
August 18th, 2012
8:56 pm
At least the Mets have taken a lead over the Nats in the seventh.
Kurt Cobain
August 18th, 2012
8:57 pm
Hey DOB I am going to the game tomorrow. Do you know if Chipper will play?
Glum2Day
August 18th, 2012
8:57 pm
Correcto, Mr. Ward. Heck, been a good run. Wash this one out and get over it. Ah, Ben Sheets has done us good. Gave us a lift. He’s still in April, I figure. And this is one game.
Hmmmm
August 18th, 2012
8:58 pm
might not be their night tonight but the good news is that the Nats are losing so maybe no ground lost in the division
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:58 pm
Huge crowd….
Braves lay an egg. An all too familiar sight in general with all Atlanta teams.
abeeeewright
August 18th, 2012
8:58 pm
Actually, when Fredo announced the six man rotation, the Baseball Gods redrew who would get the minimum run support spot in the rotation.
Sheets is screwed from here on out.
Minor has a reprieve.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
8:58 pm
The offense has been atrocious tonight. Frustrating.
TuffShhhtuff
August 18th, 2012
8:58 pm
sid, Per BaseballReference, it’s $13M per year, in answer to your question.
David O'Brien
August 18th, 2012
8:58 pm
Sheets’ unsightly line: 6 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 4 HR. Threw 62 strikes in 98 pitches.
Remley
August 18th, 2012
8:58 pm
Go Mets!
TuffShhhtuff
August 18th, 2012
8:59 pm
Now, does anybody seriously think the Gnats will lose to the Mets with score just 2-0 right now? Seriously?
phil
August 18th, 2012
8:59 pm
Chipper will sit tomorrow, most likely…
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:00 pm
hard to believe, Sheets gave up only 4 hits tonight and 2 walks. Unfortunately, every baserunner he allowed scored!!
Ugly.
IlliniBrave
August 18th, 2012
9:01 pm
Since this game went down the Sheeter, I kinda wanted to see Benny throw some more batting practice fastballs to at least help out my Fantasy Teams with Kemp and Ethier.
phil
August 18th, 2012
9:02 pm
Mets only 2-0?
They’re doomed!
Braves/Heat 2012 Champs
August 18th, 2012
9:02 pm
Mutts are beating the Nuts.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
9:04 pm
Must be the Florida Connection. Fredi will sit Mac but not Uggla.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
9:04 pm
Highlight of the night….Timothy Miller of the Atlanta Opera with another stunning rendition of God Bless America.
David O'Brien
August 18th, 2012
9:04 pm
First time Sheets has allowed four homers in a game in 248 career starts.
phil
August 18th, 2012
9:04 pm
That dude can sing…
Can he hit?
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
August 18th, 2012
9:04 pm
The clock has struck midnight and Sheets has turned back into a pumpkin.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
9:04 pm
Song is exemplary in all respects—Timothy is a great tenor—blessed to have him in attendance.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
9:04 pm
Time for the offense to do something.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 18th, 2012
9:04 pm
May God almighty strike down the next person who makes a Sheets pun…
IlliniBrave
August 18th, 2012
9:05 pm
DOB: were every one of the HRs off of fastballs? Or were any off of his trademark curve. He seems to be hesitant to throw the curve except as an out pitch.
Hmmmm
August 18th, 2012
9:06 pm
“does anybody seriously think the Gnats will lose to the Mets with score just 2-0 right now? Seriously?”
if they don’t have to use their bullpen I think they can win 2-0
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:06 pm
Hinske.
Japan.
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
9:07 pm
Can the Eric Hinske experiment end this year?
I used to really like the guy, but wow…
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
9:07 pm
The days of Eric Hinske being a useful player have passed.
BF54
August 18th, 2012
9:07 pm
I’m about Hinskied out
phoenix
August 18th, 2012
9:08 pm
Um…about that six-man rotation. I think Mr. Sheets is gradually pitching his way out of the rotation, and off the post-season roster.
Bobby's Cox
August 18th, 2012
9:08 pm
Man I hate losing to the Dodgers.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:09 pm
Let him go. He sucks.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:10 pm
No singles in this game thus far.
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:10 pm
Mikey Bourn be faaaast
SteveInFXBG
August 18th, 2012
9:10 pm
We will never win the NL West if we can’t beat the Dodgers!
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
August 18th, 2012
9:10 pm
Aaaaaahh SHEET!
TuffShhhtuff
August 18th, 2012
9:11 pm
Mets only have 2 hits, but 2 runs, and just like the Dodgers both came off HRs. These games are running parallel tonight.
Charlie
August 18th, 2012
9:11 pm
AH, Ben Sheets….He’s surely come back to the pack. What a lousy effort on his part. No focus. His head wasn’t in the game
The Braves at bats have been equally sad. Freddie Freeman’s at bats were 3rd rate, at best. No approach. His head wasn’t in the game either.
Hopefully the Nats will finally lose one. The Ben Sheets Braves mailed this one in.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:11 pm
Hinske looked pitiful… why is he still here???
Nice triple Bourn!!!
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 18th, 2012
9:12 pm
Adios, Coach.
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
9:12 pm
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 18th, 2012
9:04 pm
May God almighty strike down the next person who makes a Sheets pun…
Come on,Hugo, don’t have a Sheets hemorrhage about it.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
9:12 pm
We swing, swing, swing and then take one on the plate.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:12 pm
Dang, that was a sweet pitch… unfortunately, it wasn’t against our guy.
Glum2Day
August 18th, 2012
9:13 pm
Silly to write Sheets off for a couple bad starts. Drop out of rotation for a while, maybe, but the league has figured out something and now it’s his turn. He’ll figure it out. Meanwhile, I will continue a little Hanley Loathing with this story: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8280208/miami-marlins-ozzie-guillen-blasts-los-angeles-dodgers-hanley-ramirez-post-homer-antics Ozzie don’t lie.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
9:13 pm
Dang Prado.
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
August 18th, 2012
9:14 pm
Metros blowpen has six more outs to get……and it ain’t gonna happen.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:14 pm
Sheets is human…. wonder if he’s the guy who would come out of the rotation since he’s struggled recently.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:16 pm
Collins pulls Niese with 1 out in the 8th pitching a shutout. Moronic. Just threw a fastball at 91 with a nasty curve to retire Harper.
Bobby's Cox
August 18th, 2012
9:16 pm
Wow… bad call
phil
August 18th, 2012
9:17 pm
Dirty Sheets….
Wet the Sheets…
King-sized Sheets…
raleighbravefan
August 18th, 2012
9:18 pm
Top of the 5th just ended in Durham. The Braves sent 13 to the plate. 9 Hits. 8 runs scored. Durango and Constanza both had 2 hits in the inning. Durham finally got the 3rd out, when the ump called a 3rd strike on Mehia…on a terrible pitch.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:19 pm
Another swinging K from Heyward…. shoulda squeezed with Prado
What is with Heyward and these Ks? He’s worse than Uggla!
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:19 pm
Strand a runner at 3rd – gotta have those runs. Forget the bad call for strike 2, that swing at a slider for strike 3 was all JHey’s doing.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
9:19 pm
Runner at third with less than two outs and then two strike outs. No good.
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
9:20 pm
That would have been a good pitch for Heyward to swing at except it would have hit a right handed batter.
phil
August 18th, 2012
9:20 pm
Swing at one 5 feet off the plate….sigh.
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
9:20 pm
Kemp bomb coming up…
Hmmmm
August 18th, 2012
9:22 pm
Todd Redmond pitched the 2nd game of the Reds double header ….. and it looks like the Cubs beat him up: 3 and a third, 7 hits, 4 earned, 5 walks, and 1 homer
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:22 pm
Bourn at 3rd, one out.
#2 batter – Prado – looks at a third strike after a couple of questionable swings earlier in the at bat.
#3 batter – JHey – swings a pitch the ends up at least a foot off the plate.
Discipline gentlemen, patience.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:22 pm
Rauch gets Werth to fly out to the warning track, Espinosa grounds out to 1st…..
NY METS 2 WASHINGTON 0 TOP 9
phil
August 18th, 2012
9:23 pm
Good night, friends….
And the rest of ya.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
9:23 pm
Uggla multi-tasking….field ball…..spit excess juice….all without being offensive
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:24 pm
Ok – let me fix that (I was watching the gNats for a second)
#3 batter – JHey – swings at a pitch that ends up at least a foot off the plate.
T-Dawg
August 18th, 2012
9:27 pm
5-run homer and we are right back in this thing.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
9:27 pm
A hotdog wrapper must have caught his attention @Animus
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
9:29 pm
Did Joe say…..”3 big games for Washington?”
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:30 pm
I just don’t get it. The Braves have 4 hits, 5 walks, the opposing pitcher had more balls than strikes thrown, and they ONLY HAVE ONE RUN?????
How is that possible?
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
9:32 pm
Not good, we have Uggla, McCann not hitting and now Freeman heading into a slump…
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
9:32 pm
Thanks for the plate discipline, Freddie.
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
9:32 pm
I just don’t get it. The Braves have 4 hits, 5 walks, the opposing pitcher had more balls than strikes thrown, and they ONLY HAVE ONE RUN?????
How is that possible?
Braves’ Baseball.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
9:32 pm
Four weak at bats for Freeman tonight. That guy acts like it is a crime to take pitches.
T-Dawg
August 18th, 2012
9:33 pm
Freeman is officially struggling.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:34 pm
LOB – Los Angeles 0, Atlanta 8.
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:34 pm
Uggla’s OBP is .750 today. So, by the logic I’ve seen on the blog, he should have a least one run scored by the end of this inning – yes?
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:35 pm
The OBP is why most people just LOVE Dan Uggla.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:36 pm
Francisco in to blow it…er….close for the Mets.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:37 pm
Ross’s great stats against Harang sure worked out 0-3…. wish BMac coulda played.
T-Dawg
August 18th, 2012
9:38 pm
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:30 pm
I just don’t get it. The Braves have 4 hits, 5 walks, the opposing pitcher had more balls than strikes thrown, and they ONLY HAVE ONE RUN?????
How is that possible?
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:34 pm
Uggla’s OBP is .750 today. So, by the logic I’ve seen on the blog, he should have a least one run scored by the end of this inning – yes?
……. ???? Same person…..two differing comments.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:38 pm
A Walk for Uggla…. he’s gonna score this inning if Ross can gap one.
ATLcracker
August 18th, 2012
9:38 pm
So what happens if both Sheets AND Hanson eliminate themselves from the six man rotation?
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 18th, 2012
9:39 pm
Somehow, I knew that whatever goodwill the Braves gained from a four-game winning streak would quickly vaporize when the going got a little tough…and sure enough, the usual bitches are bitching.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
9:39 pm
Maybe Hinski is headed to Tokyo Dome {read: Yomiuri Giants}…..and, that be located for any travel log people in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.
mjn99
August 18th, 2012
9:39 pm
What the…………………..? Six runs on four hits? I just got home, what the h… has been going on?
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:40 pm
Same person – same question. With the earlier argument on the blog yesterday and today about OBP, the Braves logically should have 5-6 runs. just a little sarcastic questioning.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:40 pm
Dammit!
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
9:40 pm
AHHHHHHH another 3-1 count and another out with nothing to show for it.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:41 pm
Even at .230 Braves Nation has to be very pleased with Janish.
Bobby's Cox
August 18th, 2012
9:41 pm
Swinging 3-1 against a new pitcher when we need baserunners? Ouch.
TNScott
August 18th, 2012
9:41 pm
Can we be any more clueless at the plate tonight?
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
9:41 pm
The Braves have been horrendous with men on base tonight.
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:41 pm
Francisco whiffs Morse….2 out.
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
9:42 pm
David Ross with the productive at bat right there. Love him.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
9:42 pm
Another 3-1 count, I wonder what type of foolishness Janish will do to make an out.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:42 pm
Let’s go Janish.
nolie
August 18th, 2012
9:42 pm
Sheets might be the guy who gets passed over unfortunately
Bobby's Cox
August 18th, 2012
9:42 pm
Friggin’ Ross!!!!
Rick C
August 18th, 2012
9:42 pm
Nats lose
Venice Jim
August 18th, 2012
9:43 pm
Well done, Mets…
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:43 pm
NY METS 2 WASHINGTON 0 FINAL
nolie
August 18th, 2012
9:43 pm
well that’s good news anyway
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:43 pm
That would be unfortunate nolie…. Would be a bad end to the miracle story
Let’s go Juan…. do what you did last night, please.
Hmmmm
August 18th, 2012
9:43 pm
mets aren’t completely useless
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:43 pm
Mutts win. Can Francisco come through 2 night in a row?
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
9:44 pm
Kvetching nebbich all must be dealt with throught proper means
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:44 pm
Thanks Mets! At least we won’t lose any ground today.
Mark
August 18th, 2012
9:44 pm
Not quite as well as he did last night because the guy in the on-deck circle is the one that has to score
The A Bomb
August 18th, 2012
9:45 pm
Niese pitched great tonight. Lefty who will give us fits for years.
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:45 pm
Just a base hit – don’t need all 4 at once.
tiger297
August 18th, 2012
9:45 pm
where is key talking about our 3B of the future?
Bravefaninok
August 18th, 2012
9:45 pm
I wouldn’t give up on Sheets yet guys He is a vet and will make the adjustments
If Juan comes up big here …..
Mark
August 18th, 2012
9:46 pm
Not being too greedy – Just get one in the gap to the wall
ncbravesfan90
August 18th, 2012
9:46 pm
Good morning, good afternoon, and goodnight
njbraves
August 18th, 2012
9:46 pm
That was quick…
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:46 pm
Juan back to the 3 pitches and a K….
Hmmmm
August 18th, 2012
9:46 pm
5 run 9th inning, lets go Braves!
Tomahawk Mafia
August 18th, 2012
9:47 pm
More horror at the plate with runners on base.
mjn99
August 18th, 2012
9:47 pm
wow, that didn’t even seem fair!
JC Brave
August 18th, 2012
9:47 pm
That was the best at bat I’ve seen all year.
Not even a pitcher chokes like that.
Especially on pitches right down the middle.
Good job Francisco.
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:47 pm
So….BMac glaring at Fredi right now??? You know he wanted to PH there.
Only good thing is no ground to be lost in the division race today. Hate to thank them, but..tip your cap to the Mutts tonite
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:47 pm
where is key talking about our 3B of the future?
Lew too…
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 18th, 2012
9:49 pm
TOBF Ross’s great stats against Harang sure worked out 0-3…. wish BMac coulda played.
Oh he could have……
No, seriously—that makes 3 of us…
tiger297
August 18th, 2012
9:49 pm
ok lets get a good news story here…venters gets 3 outs no runs here but allows 1 baserunner HBP
Mark
August 18th, 2012
9:50 pm
He tried to hit it out of the stadium!!!
Umm
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
9:50 pm
So….BMac glaring at Fredi right now??? You know he wanted to PH there.
I woulda preferred him to Juan right there too… heck, I’d even have taken Pastornicky or Reed!
Animus
August 18th, 2012
9:50 pm
ok lets get a good news story here…venters gets 3 outs no runs here but allows 1 baserunner HBP –
Gets my vote.
tiger297
August 18th, 2012
9:50 pm
I like Juan and think he should likely get a shot at 3B next year – but dont be surprised when he K’s like that
brian
August 18th, 2012
9:50 pm
Just read the blog on McCann not happy to be out of the lineup. I think I had the same cyst he does but I completely tore my labrum front and back. The cyst in the groove as he describes it pushes on a nerve to a muscle in the back – the infraspinatus. The nerve pain is tremendously painful and McCann will get atrophy of that nerve.
If the labrum is just frayed the surgeon (Dr. Andrews I presume) can go in arthroscopic ally and just drain the cyst. That will be a temporary fix because if he also does not repair the labrum the cyst will likely return but the labral tear wil greatly increase the surgery and recovery. The longer Mac waits to repair it the more arthritis will build up from it as well. I hope it is his left shoulder or Mac will be in trouble as a non – DH player. I had surgery 4 months ago and am still not cleared to do squat. I cannot even imagine throwing overhand right now
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.
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
11:26 pm
Ace….did you know: People are strange when you’re a stranger—–you might be thrown into The Doors!
MikeInFl
August 18th, 2012
11:27 pm
Alrighty then, DOB. Thanks for the quottage. Always enjoy it. But the guys are posting sensuous song lyrics to each other now… so think I’ll call it a night.
A win tomorrow and we win the series against a 1st place team. A loss and… well, life goes on.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
11:30 pm
the time to hesitate is through, no time to wallow in the mire.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
11:32 pm
Thanks DOB for the quotes
David O'Brien
August 18th, 2012
11:35 pm
Updated GAME STORY with quotes
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/08/18/sheets-rocked-for-4-hrs-in-6-2-loss-to-dodgers/
Capt.Mudd
August 18th, 2012
11:35 pm
Yes….Let’s get Physical….physical….let me feel your body flow….and these silly posts make me want to go. Can’t rub elbows with some; so I shall go “savage” some fried chicken….my goal before bed is to be ‘totally happy.’ Nighty nite.
ACE
August 18th, 2012
11:36 pm
cheeseburger in paradise would be nice right now.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 18th, 2012
11:40 pm
“I’d rather hit a dinger than be a singer!”
Dumbfounded again......
August 18th, 2012
11:41 pm
Chipper Jones@RealCJ10
Not playin tmrw. Knees are killing me! Bmac will be back though.
Retweeted by Mark Bowman
Venice Jim
August 18th, 2012
11:41 pm
To recap – I like Capt Mudd very much – there was no malice intended in what I wrote 2 nights ago – I was surprised to discover something I did not know, that the derivation of schneid was baseball-related – that was the only reason I posted that, not in a corrective effort…
David O'Brien
August 18th, 2012
11:42 pm
Chipper just tweeted that he’s not playing tomorrow, said his knees are killing him.
Fredi G. likes to say Damn and Hell alot
August 18th, 2012
11:44 pm
I am just about civil righted out at this point……
Bobby H
August 18th, 2012
11:46 pm
For what it’s worth, VJ, I read what you said about “schneid” and knew just why you posted it. I’m find it hard to believe anyone would take offense over it. Especially someone that struck me as being intelligent.
Fredi G. likes to say Damn and Hell alot
August 18th, 2012
11:48 pm
Ben Sheets cap looked like he took it out of the washing machine before the game and he is wearing those old loose sleeves like pitchers wore in the 1980s…….
Capt.Mudd
August 19th, 2012
12:16 am
…..Our everyday lives/oh how unjust at times….the inequitable and deceptive blends, hard and understandably taxing. Perhaps I just misunderstood your intent VJ regarding the corrective nature of your post…in fact I even stated the I thought you meant well. However, and, at the same time I can see that you would feel attacked (relative to blog mannerisms) and, for that I do apologize–I am not perfect by any stretch and have a history of being overly aggressive in both my professional and private lives….so therefore I say please forget the post thereof and consider yourself well-liked too.
Again, sorry if all this misunderstanding of intent has caused you unhappiness in any fashion—please continue to be the well-informed thought provoking blogger you are.
Best Regards,
C.M.
The A Bomb
August 19th, 2012
12:20 am
Wonder if Chipper will miss Monday as well, knowing what the altitude does to them sometimes.
Venice Jim
August 19th, 2012
12:41 am
Wow – Angels led the Rays 8-0 – now trail, 10-8…
Venice Jim
August 19th, 2012
12:50 am
C J Wilson gives up 7 ER in 4 2/3 IP…if I remember correctly, he might be making a dollar or two more than Sheets…
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:54 am
Dang that is one poor outing… anything to keep Zack from staying with Anaheim
I love your sarcasm VJ… much better than mine.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:55 am
Astros fire their manager Brad Mills…. not like it’s his fault they sukk
Bobby H
August 19th, 2012
1:06 am
Astros fire their manager Brad Mills…. not like it’s his fault they sukk — TOBF
Before the season started, the Astros’ upper management promised the fans that they’d have 40 wins before August 20.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
1:10 am
Bobby: Well that should still be on management… I mean look at what they’ve given him for a team. Outside of Altuve, J.D. Martinez, and a few other pieces (Maxwell) he has a AA roster… Schafer can’t hit, he’s lost his slugging 1B, he’s lost his closer, one of his SP, and a 3B. His catcher isn’t great, his OF has been mixed and matched all year, and the bullpen is full of minor league arms trying to pitch in the majors. He might not be a great manager, but it’s awfully tough when you’re handed that sorry excuse for a roster.
Bobby H
August 19th, 2012
1:12 am
Sigh… I think I’m calling it a night.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:15 am
He has to manage what he is given to work with. Of course, he will look like a bum, if his players are sh*t.
Venice Jim
August 19th, 2012
1:15 am
TOBF – I think you totally missed Bobby’s sarcasm…
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
1:20 am
Yeah, I think I did… Sorry Bobby
I’m tired…. I’m off to bed. Night all.
Venice Jim
August 19th, 2012
1:25 am
Shutting down – heading home from a late Saturday workday…
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
1:25 am
pretty obvious who they should sign long term. bourn.
all say what about bourns legs. he aint otis nixon.
the other option is a a guy that has 12 doubles.
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
1:30 am
bourn has almost as many triples as macc has doubles.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:56 am
so you paying for the 100 mil it might cost to sign Bourn Uga?
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
1:56 am
we have a .732 .ops barely in the top half.
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
1:59 am
nolie you hate bourm. always have. you hate the fact he replaced nate who you loved.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
2:06 am
I hate Bourn? Really? hmmm
so you paying the 100 mil?
nolie
August 19th, 2012
2:07 am
but we have the third highest OBP and the second most runs scored so who gives a crap what out OPS is?
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
2:11 am
you loved glaus to.
bourn, should be resigned, him and prado at the top of the order is why we score runs.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
2:11 am
Lol, I love the uga-brave and nolie comments.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
2:12 am
They always crack me up.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
2:12 am
Uga you have a funny way or remembering things. I never “loved” Glaus, I simply bet that you were wrong when you claimed he would be cut b4 Memorial Day. There is a difference between being realistically supportive of a Braves player and loving him
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
2:14 am
bourn, aint otis nixon. he aint a hitter that bangs it in the ground and runs it out.
he is a gap to gap hitter,
his talent is not only in his legs.
he his a pretty damn good hitter.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
2:14 am
I love Chipper. I love Mac. I love Prado. I might could fall in love with Heyward and Freeman. That’s who I love,
nolie
August 19th, 2012
2:17 am
he has a career OPS+ of 92, well under average.and while he brings several other assets to the table he is not a career “good hitter” and with his past there is almost no reason to expect that he will continue at his present level for 5 to 7 more years
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
2:20 am
so you dont like bourn? you just pretty much said it.
i like freeman to, but his penchant for swinging at anything close early in the count will always preclude him from being a great hitter.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
2:23 am
uga, I don’t think that’s what he said or meant. He just has reason to believe that Bourn may not be worth what he and Boras are going to ask for him in the long run.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
2:26 am
If they can sign him for 5/75 I say go for it. much higher than that, and I think it will likely take more than that, I say pass.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
2:29 am
nolie, it’s Boras we’re dealing with. He’s as slick as a used car saleman, we know exactly how he is. That is the same guy who conned TX into overpaying for Alex Rodriguez. Thank goodness we have a frugal owner, though.
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
2:29 am
see this is where we will disagree. noting wrong with that.
i see a guy that is getting better at 29.
i see a really good gap hitter. not a totally leg guy.
and for my money he plays every day.
no oblique. no flu. no i cant see. no shoulder subu whatever.
he plays everyday. and if you want to pay someone plus big money, he should play eveyday.
much like uggla.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
2:30 am
no that is not what I said Uga. I said I do not think he will play at the current level through a long expensive contract. I also said he has not really been a “pretty damn good” hitter but brings other things to the table. none of that means that I hate him. he has been great this season
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
2:31 am
trey, his WAR his right there with mike trout.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
2:33 am
maybe so Uga, but that does not make him worth what some wealthy team will likely offer him. he is in a great spot to cash in and has the agent who does it the best and I see no reason that he would give us a meaningful discount though he might stay if a tie occured
nolie
August 19th, 2012
2:34 am
anyway I’m off buddy. take care. talk later
Trey
August 19th, 2012
2:35 am
uga, he has good stats, but with Boras, we know he is going to try and rob us blind. The stats will mean nothing if we are paying 100MM a year for a disabled guy sitting on the bench.
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
2:35 am
so why do you think he will not play well through his hopeful contract?
that is a roll of the die with anyone you might sign.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
2:38 am
I’m not saying he won’t, but you have to be careful.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
2:39 am
I want the Braves to keep Bourn, but I don’t want them to pay 100MM a year.
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
2:47 am
trey, just think some of you discount how much to this team he means.
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
2:48 am
check out the numbers. when he scores we win.
SNEAKY PETE
August 19th, 2012
2:50 am
I think that Bourn has been great this season, but I don’t think he will ever have a year that would be worth what he will get in the future, to a middle salary team like the Braves.
You are talking about almost 20% of the payroll to a leadoff hitter with a below average batting history.
Look how terrible it worked out with Crawford who had a much better previous career than Bourn has had.
15 or 16 million for 5 years is tops IMO, and I think that most here think that too.
I hope he will take that, but I too doubt that he will.
SNEAKY PETE
August 19th, 2012
2:52 am
Disappointing about Sheets the last several games. I hope he can bounce back
John Leonard
August 19th, 2012
2:56 am
Bottom line is Bourn is a real good player,but just that,a perenial 280’s hitter with good D and a lot of stolen bases.I don’t know what the K record for lead off hitters is, but he has to be near it.To me he is worth around 8 to 9 a year for 3 years.I know he will get more because of the market.
SNEAKY PETE
August 19th, 2012
2:58 am
yes, he might even get twice that John. too much
John Leonard
August 19th, 2012
3:01 am
And its a shame,cause the Braves are a perfect fit for him.
SNEAKY PETE
August 19th, 2012
3:02 am
Yes. I do not want to see him go, so I’m just hoping that he will not be as expensive as most think.
uga-brave
August 19th, 2012
3:04 am
sneaky, who has more value contract wise him or macc?
SNEAKY PETE
August 19th, 2012
3:08 am
At this point probably Bourn.
If Mac bounces back healthy and near his old levels next season, I would prefer Mac.
The problem is that the decision on Bourn will be made while Mac is still up in the air.
That is assuming that they will pick up his contract, which I think they will do since there is probably a health reason for his poor play.
I would not give either one of them much more than 15 million
Veer
August 19th, 2012
4:04 am
Hanson and Sheets were throwers at one time and they were successful because they had fastball clocking 95-97 Now that they have lost velocity they can’t have the same success with a 88-90 MPH fastball. They are similar pitchers now. Mirror image of eachother. Yesterday Hanson gave up homeruns and today Sheets. If Sheets had a 95 MPH fastball he probably would have had swing and a miss on those would be homeruns. Sheets and Hanson both have to realize that they don’t have that fastball anymore and have to reinvent themselves.
In Hudson and Medlen you have pitcher’s they don’t need a 95 mph fastball.
Minor is a lefty so that is a totally different story.
Beachy is a thrower. Once he loses his fastball the guy will also be down hill.
Ben Sheets gave us 4 wins and I think that is all we should expect from him.
SNEAKY PETE
August 19th, 2012
4:07 am
I agree that Sheets and Hanson need to make adjustments. I think Tommy is already trying to do that, Sheets probably not yet.
I think Beachy is more than just a thrower though
Veer
August 19th, 2012
4:15 am
Imagine Smoltz losing his 97 MPH fastball and becoming a 89 MPH guy. Noway would he have much success. Like wise Kimbrel imagine if he becomes a 90 MPH guy?
I had a feeling that something was wrong with Beachy early in the season because we were used to seeing him throw 95 96 last year and this year he was throwing 91 92. Even though he was succesful you had to wonder where did that velocity go?
I don’t think Sheets can adjust it’s too late for him. He is at the end of his career and Hanson needs to develop a sinker or a cutter at this point to make himself into an effective 89 MPH guy. He won’t be able to do much with his fastball and curve ball.
Veer
August 19th, 2012
4:20 am
With Beachy Surgery route was obvious. He hadn’t pitched that many innings in the minors and initially was a reliver. The guy stressed his arm last year and that was a continuation this year. His fastball was slower and his K rates were down. His arm wasn’t used to the innings that he was pitching. National’s are making a great move with Strasburg in shutting him down.
Beachy probably doesn’t come back with the same fastball of 95-97. If he is at 92 range then he has a chance to be succesful however if he goes Hanson and Jurrjens route and has a 89 90 MPH fastball then I think he is just a Hanson waiting to happen.
Beachy was probably suited to be a RP and probably would have made for a great set up man or even a closer
SNEAKY PETE
August 19th, 2012
4:35 am
I hate to be negative but I think there is a faitly high chance that we will lose today. Billingsley has been very tough lately
SNEAKY PETE
August 19th, 2012
4:39 am
I think you are being too negative about Beachy,
I also think it is not too late for Sheets for sure, he is not that old.
Tommy might have problems because he needs to become a command pitcher and that has always been a weakness in his game.
He has a very good curve though
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
5:42 am
DOWN ON THE FARM
GWINNETT
G-Men stomp the BULLS 10-5.
1B ERNESTO MEJIA [.308 BA] 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI [89], 1 SB [9], 1 BB, 2 SO.
RHSP RANDALL DELGADO [5.13 ERA] 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 HR, 4 R/ER, 2 BB, 9 SO.
The HR contagion that swept Turner Field last night spread to LAWRENCEVILLE as well, and old buddy BROOKS CONRAD [HR 3] was right in the middle of it .
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
5:57 am
DOWN ON THE FARM
MISSISSIPPI
Bandits fall in a tight one 3-2 to the GENERALS. CHRIS JONES surrenders the winning run in relief.
HR’s abound yesterday as RHSP ZEKE SPRUILL [3.71 ERA] 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 HR, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 6 SO surrenders one as well in an otherwise excellent outing.
CF TODD CUNNINGHAM [.308 BA] 1-5, 1 R.
1B JOEY T. [.312 BA] 1-5, 1 RBI [45], 1 SO.
LF/C EVAN GATTIS 0-5, 1 SO.
And the LYNCHBURG HILLCATS lose 1-0 in relief to the BLUE ROX as they are three-hit and shut-out.
Couch Tater
August 19th, 2012
6:31 am
brian –
Your 9:50 sounds like a Mayo Clinic symptom finder. Great post. Very informative. Sorry, you have to hold your keyboard so low. Good luck on your recovery.
Side note: I went to see Dr. Andrews about 10 years ago for my shoulder. I was stressing big time. Panic Attack stressing. Needles and scalpel stressing.
Tendonitis. Told me to lay off the golf for a few weeks.
Girlfriend said, “See, Baby..” or was it, “See! Baby!” ?
Couch Tater
August 19th, 2012
7:07 am
but with Boras, we know he is going to try and rob us blind.
I’ll call John Malone and let him know this. Where’s my yacht list? The S.S. Land Barron, perhaps? That ship fits for shore…
“A BBQ?…”
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-07-09/where-vacationing-media-moguls-enjoy-more-than-the-scenery
Jeff R
August 19th, 2012
7:44 am
At least the Braves didn’t lose any ground to the Nats last night.
Braves can take the series today against the Dodgers. That’s the key.
Lew
August 19th, 2012
8:19 am
“Pidlin, inepet and effet offense.”
Well, I gess you covered all your bases (so to speak) with that one. Colorful, anyway.
Jeff R
August 19th, 2012
8:27 am
I agree that Sheets and Hanson need to make adjustments. I think Tommy is already trying to do that, Sheets probably not yet.
Right now, I’m going to say that Sheets is coming back down to earth after an incredible opening run. Let’s see what his next couple of starts are like.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
8:31 am
Last night’s approach was flippin pathetic, I’ve never seen a pitcher fall behind so many guys and still produce a quality start. So many guy’s swinging at the 1st pitch or on 2-0, 3-0 counts…. Harang had more balls than strikes but they refused to take advantage of his control issues.
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
8:37 am
Sheets has one more start before that off day on the 30th.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
8:40 am
Very disappointing game last night, but it’s time to bounce back and beat those damn Dodgers into the ground.
BravesFanForever
August 19th, 2012
8:41 am
Paul Janish is a terrible player who barely deserves to be in the major leagues. He may be a good fielder but he can’t hit at all (a .274 slugging percentage!!!). If it wasn’t for the Braves current needs, he would even be on the team. Sugar coat it all you want but he is awful.
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
8:43 am
Good to see Hanson at least keep the team in the game on Friday night. Starts like that won’t kill his trade value heading into the offseason. Although, if he’s sent to the bullpen, that’ll hurt it some. But…it’s about putting the best five out there in September, so if Tommy isn’t that, so be it.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
8:44 am
Bourn with a lead off walk, Prado drives a double to score Prado, Heyward comes up takes 2 balls (Harang is clearly struggling) but swings 2-0 for a lazy fly ball failing to move runner over, Intentional walks Chipper after falling behind 2-0, Runners on 1st and 2nd and Freeman up, pop up on 1st pitch…. Uggla comes up and draws a walk, bases loaded and Ross battles to a full count and swings at what looked to be ball 4. Heyward and Freeman hurt us bad that inning. Gotta understand there is a struggling pitcher on the mound and to make him throw you a strike or 2.
That’s frustrating as hell. Then once the Dodgers have batting practice with 3 consecutive homers the Braves are only able to draw 2 more walks even tho Harang continues to fall behind just about every batter. Or were swinging at the 1st pitch.
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
8:46 am
Jason Heyward has hit .223/.283/.354 vs. LHP with an alarming 59 strikeouts in 175 at bats.
John Leonard
August 19th, 2012
8:46 am
BFF: Stop smoking that stuff.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
8:47 am
Paul Janish overall is much better than Jack Wilson in my opinion, he’s the least of our problems. He’s just here to play great d.
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
8:49 am
Freeman is 2 for his last 23 and that’s dropped his OPS 25 points to .796.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
8:50 am
BFF
Well I take it you weren’t a fan of Simmons being called up? Most projected him to not hit much at all but that it wouldn’t matter how much he hit cause he’s so amazing defensively.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
8:54 am
Regardless of Paul Janish’s slash line he’s had some good ABs. Always seems to see a good amount of pitches, of course he isn’t gonna hit for any power look at him… If you wanna complain about slugging talk about Uggla and McCann. Mac is slugging over 50 points under his career norm and Uggla is almost 100 points lower than normal….
Trey
August 19th, 2012
8:55 am
BFF, that’s because he’s not a slugger.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
8:57 am
Hard to believe Uggla still has a 347. OBP, he’s only slugging 377 tho, (Career SLG 471)
Trey
August 19th, 2012
8:59 am
Janish has done better than many of us would have expected from him. He can’t get too much grief for it. Janish is much better than Jack Wilson was.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
8:59 am
VaBravesFan, well, Uggla is still drugging walks like crazy.
Veer
August 19th, 2012
9:02 am
Janish is a better player then his average shows it to be. He has been better than Alex Gonzalez and Janish doesn’t strike out much and puts the ball in play. He could be starting for many teams. We haven’t missed Simmons at all and i am not sure I would want Simmons back with the way Janish is playing. He is probably the best 210 hitter i have ever seen in my life. It is always shocking to see his average down there.
Veer
August 19th, 2012
9:04 am
Ben Sheets luck has ran out. It is between him and Hanson for the final spot and unless Hanson becomes Jurrjens then i see Sheets being the odd man out.
Offense needs to show up today
crm300
August 19th, 2012
9:11 am
Going to assume BFF is just kidding. No telling where this team would be without Janish. He makes every play and gives the pitching staff confidence that they can throw to contact and anything hit to short is going to be an out. With the help of the pitching coach, he is no longer an automatic out. He certainly deserves a spot on the team when Simmons gets healthy.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
9:14 am
Wow, Uggla is still getting walks like crazy.
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
9:21 am
Zeke Spruill with a great outing last night: 9 IP, 7 hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K’s.
phil
August 19th, 2012
9:28 am
BravesFanForever
August 19th, 2012
8:41 am
Paul Janish is a terrible player who barely deserves to be in the major leagues. He may be a good fielder but he can’t hit at all (a .274 slugging percentage!!!). If it wasn’t for the Braves current needs, he would even be on the team. Sugar coat it all you want but he is awful.
*********
ever actually watch a game? Apparently not.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
9:29 am
Janish may not be the best hitter, but he certainly isn’t the worst. He will come through when needed. Besides, we didn’t get him for hi hitting, but for his defense.
phil
August 19th, 2012
9:30 am
Veer is ready to dump Simmons….
Did you get any sleep last night? Dump Simmons?
Sigh…
phil
August 19th, 2012
9:32 am
We didn’t get Uggla or mac or freeman for their hitting either…
Disgusted
August 19th, 2012
9:36 am
Janish is a nice player to have as a reseerve in case we have ijuries to Simmons in the future.
Anyone who thinks Janish is a bad player has no appreciation for defense.
Now Pastornicky, he is not a very good player in my book, at least not to date. No power and not a good defensive player, he might be a suitable hitter in time but has a long way to go.
I see him as a AAAA player unless he makes some big improvement.
I’d rather have Jack Wilson than the Rev.
Disgusted
August 19th, 2012
9:39 am
At least Uggla does take his walks, its made his season half bearable.
And he has played decent D but some of that is credit to the defensive improvement at the shortstop position. Uggla has looked better in the field when they realized that Passtornicky is not of MLB caliber.
The shortstop and second baseman affect each other.
I really do not think that Uggla has been as disgusting as some make him out to be. Dissapointing but not a total zero.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
9:39 am
What did we get Uggla for, phil?
phil
August 19th, 2012
9:44 am
Randal Patrick McMurphy
August 19th, 2012
8:41 am
Push yourself away from the table and put a chain on the fridgey door, Fat Boy… McCann’s as mobile as vending machine, and at this point he couldn’t catch a balloon in a phone booth on his best day…
He’s the prototypical DH in a DH-less league… old n worn out… buh-bye Fat Boy, and take yer buddy Havana Fats with ya… |-)
**********
let’s be glad we’ve never seen this idiot post here that I know of….
THIS is hate.
phil
August 19th, 2012
9:45 am
For his excellent defense, Trey!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
9:46 am
Zeke had a nice outing last night I see…nice looking trade bait
Disgusted
August 19th, 2012
9:47 am
I do see Bourn playing at this level for another 3, maybe 4 yrs, but is what you get in those age 34 plus seasons that is always a red flag when you are dealing with a speed player.
Some guys do last, Lou Brock stole 118 bases in his age 35 season, so you never know.
If we can get him for 5 yrs at 75 and maybe even 80, I say go for it. If Boras gets another team to go 5 or 6 yrs at the 20 mil per yr range, we prolly have to pass. No one will like it but business is business.
And you know how Boras drags it out. Boras will drag it out to the point where the Braves will not have time to move on a secondary suitable option, so if we lose we might be triple screwed.
Disgusted
August 19th, 2012
9:49 am
I have been a defender of Hinske but unless he contributes something over the next few weeks, he too has to go this off season.
He was a useful player for a while. I hope that Diaz comes back and is good again for somebody.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
9:50 am
Now Pastornicky, he is not a very good player in my book, at least not to date.
Whoa whoa whoa! As possibly the only person here who seems to like Pastornicky, I’m gonna disagree with ya. He’s a very good hitter, even if he is a slap-hitter. He makes contact and has speed… both things that are good to have out of a hitter. A little Reed Johnson, possibly.
I’d rather have Jack Wilson than the Rev.
I wouldn’t. Wilson’s defense isn’t all that special, and he can’t hit…. apparently all he can do with the bat is drop down some bunts.
phil
August 19th, 2012
9:51 am
Uggla is hinske’s hitting mentor….
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
9:55 am
Janish sukks, eh? Chew on this then. Janish has a .313/.371/.344/.715 line in his last 7 games, just 2 K
.268/.325/.310/.635 in his past 20, with 10 K
And while he has a .230/.310/.274/.584 line since coming over to ATL, he’s played 33 games, just 19 K. He has 11BB in that time frame. He is making contact, just at people. All you can ask is for him to make contact.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
9:55 am
Uggla is definitely deserving of a gold glove!
Disgusted
August 19th, 2012
9:55 am
@TOBF — In time Pastornicky might be a useful offensive player, but he is not there yet at the MLB level. There is some potential for his offensive game to develop but his defense is something left to be desired.
Maybe in 2 yrs he might be there. Reed Johnson has more power though in time maybe the Rev might develop a little pop.
I was okay with Wilson in the field though Jansih and Andy are better, much better.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
9:58 am
Disgusted, I’m surprised you are having a real conversation and not calling everyone bums, or as you for some reason call it “BUMBS” who deserve to be booed.
Disgusted
August 19th, 2012
10:07 am
Trey — They have been playing great ball the last couple months and look like the 90’s Braves who used to go to the series.
They have not been playing like “BUMBS” anymore.
There is little to really be negative about, so its a good time to be a Braves fan. This team has overachieved in my opinion.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
10:09 am
Disgusted, hopefully they can keep it up. It would be nice to see another Series come to Atlanta. Chipper definitely deserves it, in his last year. He got it in his first FULL major season, he deserves it in his last.
brian
August 19th, 2012
10:10 am
Thanks couch tater. One good note – the first thing I will be cleared for is golf because it puts much less stress on the labrum than throwing, tennis, etc
David O'Brien
August 19th, 2012
10:11 am
Braves lineup: Bourn cf, Prado lf, Heyward rf, Freeman 1b, Uggla 2b, Francisco 3b, McCann c, Janish ss, Minor p
Trey
August 19th, 2012
10:12 am
McFann will be happy to see McCann paying today, but she’ll be quite pissed seeing him bat 7.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
10:12 am
play*
brian
August 19th, 2012
10:13 am
Cortisone is not going to help BMac and his shoulder. Whatever they use with the cortisone to numb things up will feel really, really good though
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
10:14 am
And while he has a .230/.310/.274/.584 line since coming over to ATL, he’s played 33 games, just 19 K. He has 11BB in that time frame.
#8 hitters get a lot of walks hitting in front of the pitcher.
brian
August 19th, 2012
10:15 am
McCann’s shoulder will bother him most at both ends of his swing – when he assumes the MLB logo look as he is about to swing and then on his follow throw
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
10:15 am
McCann’s paying for our meals today??? Sweet! It’ll cost him just as much to feed us as it does to feed himself dinner!
BMac is back… Yay. BMac is hitting behind Francisco and in front of Janish…. boo.
Thanks DOB
brian
August 19th, 2012
10:16 am
Through not throw
Trey
August 19th, 2012
10:19 am
I don’t think his salary would cover us, too.
brian
August 19th, 2012
10:20 am
Anybody think that janish may be playing well enough to become a valuable trade chip this offseason since there are many SS needy teams?
ChattTownBrian
August 19th, 2012
10:30 am
Good to see Jansih getting some love around here. People are coming to his defense. He plays a very key position almost as smooth as you can and what you get out of him offensively is just a bonus. That doesn’t really matter at all. You have to understand how valuable such a great defensive SS is on your team. He’s just that.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
10:31 am
I don’t know if he’d be that valuable (he’s 30-31 after all) but it is possible, especially if he can keep swinging the lumber pretty good. I might have to keep calling for Pastornicky to get a start, that’s how Janish started hitting.
I wouldn’t want him traded though… there’s room for both him and Rev next year.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
10:37 am
With Janish there is no need for Wilson. Wilson provides zero offensive value and that makes Pastornicky more valuable for the bench. Pastor isn’t gonna kill us defensively cause he plays in the field rarely and is a ok hitter who has done well as a reserve in pinch hitting spots so far. Gotta remember Pastor is a rookie as well. He has plenty of time to improve and become a damn good utility guy like Omar Infante for example.
ChattTownBrian
August 19th, 2012
10:38 am
Looks like Sheets fatiguing. Not good.
Brave New World
August 19th, 2012
10:56 am
Gio Gonzalez is pitching today, so we will not see him in next series against Nationals. Gio is Nats best pitcher, so this is good. GO BRAVES!
Lew
August 19th, 2012
10:58 am
I sincerely doubt that Michael Bourn will be anywhere close to needing a hover-round or walker at age 35 as some here seem to believe. Won’t be eligible for Medicare yet, either, but I’m sure the Braves have a good medical plan.
Jeff R
August 19th, 2012
10:59 am
Looks like Sheets fatiguing. Not good.
We’ll see.
Lew
August 19th, 2012
11:00 am
Well, If Sheets is fatiguing, I guess we won’t have a six man rotation, will we?
Jeff R
August 19th, 2012
11:01 am
Whoever started that thread about Janish being awful is a dolt with a strong bias against people whose names start with “J.”
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
11:02 am
His name starts with a P
Jeff R
August 19th, 2012
11:02 am
If Sheets is fatiguing, a 6-man rotation should help him, huh?
Jeff R
August 19th, 2012
11:03 am
His name starts with a P
Not his sir-name, amigo.
Kat
August 19th, 2012
11:07 am
Anyone have any San Diego food suggestions? Traveling there next weekend for a few games.
Venice Jim
August 19th, 2012
11:10 am
Kat – DS1 will be at Tuesday’s game, cab and I on Wednesday…
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:11 am
I’d like to see them resign Bourn but it would be an overpay to keep him. It would also most likely force us to platoon in LF or 3B with Francisco being a part of it. Even with all the available money we’ll have it seems like this team is destined to be worse next season on “paper”. Easy to say were not gonna upgrade over Chipper or Bourn, hell were not even gonna replace with equal value.
While I’m not big on spending a ton in free agency we need to spend more than we did last offseason. Only signing Jack Wilson, Chad Durbin, and Livan Hernandez for less than 3 million total was a joke. We spent the least of any team in baseball.
I think we can fill our needs by spending on 1 player and trading prospects for another. Having Prado gives Wren the option to look for a LFer or 3B. But overall this offseason will be huge for Wren. This is the most money we’ll have had to work with in quite a few years. But we gotta not overpay big for anyone and keep our current players in mind about the future.
Kat
August 19th, 2012
11:13 am
VJ – I’ll be at the Mon and Tues games. Monday 2nd row behind Braves dugout and Tues first row behind the Braves bullpen in that cemented off area where there are 7 seats. I’ll take any food suggestions though haha. I have a few I have found online might be good, but first hand experience is always a good guage.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:16 am
I’d like to see them resign Bourn but it would be an overpay to keep him. It would also most likely force us to platoon in LF or 3B with Francisco being a part of it.
I don’t want Bourn back in that case…. If Francisco is part of anything more than the bench, it means that we got no LF (again). It wouldn’t be fair to platoon Martin either, esp. since Juan can’t hit lefties.
Only signing Jack Wilson, Chad Durbin, and Livan Hernandez for less than 3 million total was a joke. We spent the least of any team in baseball.
Durbin’s turned out pretty good…. Wilson was a joke, but they needed someone to backup Rev. for the first 50 games. And we’re the 4th best team in baseball, 2nd best in the NL. Not too shabby.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:17 am
I always found a nice good fast to be refreshing…
It’s been like 7-8 years since I’ve been to San Diego, so I wouldn’t be of much help.
Venice Jim
August 19th, 2012
11:17 am
The GasLampd District is right there, and there are tons of options, but I’m not an expert. There are also many different options in the stadium…(we might also go Tuesday, especially if it appears that Chipper will not play Wednesday)…
Trey
August 19th, 2012
11:18 am
jeffrey, actually it was BravesFanForever who started it. At least, that was the first person that I read who said anything negative about him this morning, and I responded to him.
Venice Jim
August 19th, 2012
11:23 am
Lampd? Sigh…
Kat
August 19th, 2012
11:26 am
Thx, I’m sure I’ll find some places.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
11:27 am
Kat, have fun!
Trey
August 19th, 2012
11:28 am
VJ, you and cab also have fun!
Lew
August 19th, 2012
11:29 am
JeffR – Last night was the 18th. Sheets had not pitched since the 12th. He’s already pitching in a six man rotation. If he’s fatigued, he won’t be in a rotation – much less in a six man rotation.
Venice Jim
August 19th, 2012
11:30 am
I suspect we will – thanks!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:31 am
LOL
David O’Brien @ajcbraves
#Braves Hudson just announced in clubhouse that chapel was starting at 11:30. Hinske replied, “Take my bats with you.”
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:33 am
NY Daily News Sports @NYDNsports
Exclusive: Daily News uncovers bizarre plot by Giants’ Melky Cabrera to use fake website and duck drug suspension | http://nydn.us/P6XCjK
Dude Melky… A-hole Jerk you
Trey
August 19th, 2012
11:33 am
Oh no, you said the “T” word, Waffle House or Bust will have a fit.
BFChris27
August 19th, 2012
11:33 am
Venice Jim
August 19th, 2012
11:36 am
But I did not thank you for doing your job…
Lew
August 19th, 2012
11:36 am
Not fair to platoon Martin? Why is that? Will they not pay him if he platoons? Will hehave to sit on the bench if he doesn’t? Will Martin refuse to play if he can’t play a single position?
Give me a break – all Martin cares about is being in the lineup and helping the Braves win. If that requires him to play part time in LF and part time at third – or even sometimes at second, short or fitrst, he’ll do it, not complain and likely play quite well wherever they ask im to play.
And as for overpaying for Bourn – any player that will perform to the “standards” some of you have decided that we need or we’ll fade into baseball obscurity on the level of the Royals, will be overpaid – Bank on it.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:37 am
50 games is kinda light for Melky…. ban him for a year, maybe 2, if not life. Geez
Trey
August 19th, 2012
11:38 am
Ah, fair point, VJ.
tiger297
August 19th, 2012
11:38 am
high today supposed to be 80 winds out of the WNW-should be a comfortable (if not cool) day at the ballyard
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:39 am
Lew: I know that’s all Martin wants… so does every Brave. But I don’t see us platooning Chipper, BMac when he was healthy, Freeman, Hey, etc… why does Martin have to be that guy? He’s starting material… platoons are for people who are 1-dimensional (can only hit righties/lefties)
Trey
August 19th, 2012
11:40 am
He’ll still probably have a heart attack from that word.
Venice Jim
August 19th, 2012
11:40 am
Major Braves’ love on The Sports Reporters this morning. Howard Bryant opened the show by saying that, while the Red Sox get all the headlines for their dysfunction, more attention should be paid to how well the Braves have rebounded from a similar collapse. Mike Lupica’s parting shot was a nice little homage to Chipper…
tiger297
August 19th, 2012
11:41 am
lifetime suspension my rear how about public execution -
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:42 am
Exclusive: Daily News uncovers bizarre plot by San Francisco Giants’ Melky Cabrera to use fake website and duck drug suspension
The scheme began unfolding in July as Cabrera and his representatives scrambled to explain a spike in the former Yankee’s testosterone levels.
In a bizarre attempt to avoid a 50-game drug suspension, San Francisco Giants star Melky Cabrera created a fictitious website and a nonexistent product designed to prove he inadvertently took the banned substance that caused a positive test under Major League Baseball’s drug program.
hat might have been a simple suspension has attracted further attention from federal investigators and MLB
Oooh, he got the feds involved…. jail time maybe?
The idea, apparently, was to lay a trail of digital breadcrumbs suggesting Cabrera had ordered a supplement that ended up causing the positive test, and to rely on a clause in the collectively bargained drug program that allows a player who has tested positive to attempt to prove he ingested a banned substance through no fault of his own.
Wow, Juiced Man, wow…
Trey
August 19th, 2012
11:45 am
I would support an 81 game suspension the first time someone got caught with HGH, then a 162 game suspension the 2nd time. 50 just doesn’t seem harsh enough.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:47 am
how about public execution
That wouldn’t be too bad.
Trey: Why not 1 year first, 2 the second…. not being able to play for a full year hurts the players FA value more IMO.
Lew
August 19th, 2012
11:48 am
Only Braves – For one simple rerason – Martin can do it and do a much more than credible job whereever they have him play. Hell – he even did a decent job at shortstop and he’d only played a handful of games there thoroughout his career.
Y’all need to face facts that Martin is a special player simply because he is able to play all of those positions, do so well and continue hitting no matter where he is playing and also turn into a pretty good defensive player at whichever position.
Utilitzing his talents and special skill set is all they would be doing.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:50 am
IF you want the game to be clean, then lifetime bans are the only way.
Comment from that Melky story… It truly is the only way, even if it is harsh.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:51 am
Okay Lew, just as long as Juan isn’t in that platoon… Headley, then maybe
Trey
August 19th, 2012
11:53 am
I wonder how many players are still doing HGH that haven’t been caught. TOBF, we may as well ban them from baseball, altogether
Lew
August 19th, 2012
11:54 am
The Padres aren’t trading Headley – time for everyone to just realize thad move on.
And as for Francisco? He’d likely make a quite effective platoon partner for a RH Hir at third. Also about time y’all realized that they don’t stamp MLB players out of a mold that guarees they will all have OBP’s over .345. Just not the way it is. Juan is still a worthwhiole player even if he never gets on base as often as some believe he should or strikes out as much as he does.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:56 am
I never said platoon Prado, I meant Prado would play everyday at 3B or LF, while we platoon in the other spot. That is if they choose to spend big on Bourn. Francisco would likely be part of that particular platoon.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:58 am
Francisco is definitely gonna be part of the ballclub next season. He’s only gonna be making around 500k, his power alone is worth that.
Kat
August 19th, 2012
11:58 am
Thanks Trey!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
11:59 am
Throw him (Melky) out of baseball – this stunt has proven him a cheat – no need for a federal thing – Cooperstown must weigh in on this – bonafide cheat. Such foresight Cooperstown had when they decided not to allow Pete Rose into their little club. This is right there and can possibly close the door on any asterek players from entering their Hall.
another posters’ thoughts
Lew
August 19th, 2012
12:00 pm
VaBraves – Say they signed Bourn and used most of their money to do that and to lock up a couiple players like Martin. Why could they not then sign a player like Reed Johnson (not necessarily him) and played Francisco at third against RHP with Martin in LF and against LHP, Martin moves to third and the Johnson type plays LF.
What would be the problem with that if that’s how things worked out?
Astral
August 19th, 2012
12:01 pm
how can anybody be so unrealistic about this team as to think that they are going to platoon Prado and Francisco? That is about as ignorant a thought as I have read here in a while, and that is really saying something.
Lew
August 19th, 2012
12:01 pm
Other than that’s not how some of you want it to work out.
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
12:02 pm
1) Pete Rose himself accepted a “liftime” ban from MLB. Not a “wait a few years until things simmer” ban.
2) Who was considering Melky for Cooperstown??
Trey
August 19th, 2012
12:02 pm
I won’t be surprised if Prado is stuck in LF, next year. He’s definitely valuable out there.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:03 pm
Lew
Not a problem at all. Prado would still be playing everyday which is the key. I also think resigning Reed Johnson and David Ross should be on Wren’s to-do list.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:04 pm
Astral
Prado wouldn’t be platooning…. He would be playing everyday still just at 2 postions depending on the opposing pitcher.
Astral
August 19th, 2012
12:06 pm
Also about time y’all realized that they don’t stamp MLB players out of a mold that guarees they will all have OBP’s over .345. @Lew
of course they don’t, that doesn’t mean a team has to be stupid enough to use one who doesn’t when OBP is so important.
If he starts (he will never ever platoon regularly with Martin) it will mean that the Braves once again have failed at getting a left fielder
Astral
August 19th, 2012
12:08 pm
how would that worn out unless they have a left handed hitting outfielder, which we need like we need a hole in the head, Va
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
12:09 pm
Adam Dunn hit his 400th homerun. Has there been a non-juicing 500+ HR guy who didn’t get into the Hall of Fame?
David O'Brien
August 19th, 2012
12:10 pm
Today’s Dodger starter Billingsley: 5-0 with a 1.56 ERA and .209 opponents’ average in his past five starts.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
12:11 pm
Not to my knowledge, jeffrey. Not unless they screwed up.
Astral
August 19th, 2012
12:11 pm
how do we know that he isn’t a juicer? and yes there has been. Kingman at least
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:11 pm
tiger297
August 19th, 2012
11:41 am
“…..lifetime suspension my rear how about public execution -/////”
Now there’s a thought.
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
12:12 pm
I don’t know if the Padres will trade Headley, but I don’t think they should. Why sign a player like Quentin to a three year deal and then deal away Headley? I’d keep him and build around him, Quentin, Alonso, Maybin, Grandal,etc.
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
12:12 pm
Because he hasn’t tested positive
Astral
August 19th, 2012
12:13 pm
also Darrell Evans
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
12:13 pm
Kingman had 442 HR
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
12:14 pm
Darrell Evans had 414
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:14 pm
David O’Brien
August 19th, 2012
12:10 pm
“……Today’s Dodger starter Billingsley: 5-0 with a 1.56 ERA and .209 opponents’ average in his past five starts……”
Ha! He hasn’t faced our line-up yet! At least, not recently.
Astral
August 19th, 2012
12:15 pm
I’m sorry. I misread your post. For some reason I was thinking that the second figure was a 400 too.
Astral
August 19th, 2012
12:17 pm
Dunn could hit 600 and never see the Hall though
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
12:17 pm
It looks like the only inactive 500+ HR guys not in the Hall are
Bonds, Griffey, Sosa, McGwire, Palmeiro, Thomas, and Sheffield.
And Bonds, Griffey, Sosa, Thomas, and Sheffield aren’t eligible yet.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:18 pm
KINGMAN, HOWDY DOODY?
Didn’t ypu realize that there’s a minimum HR total necessary for consideration into the HOF set at 463?
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
12:18 pm
Dunn could hit 600 and never see the Hall though
That’s what I was wondering. Barring injury or turning into Anduw, he’ll get 500 HR. There hasn’t been a person not associated with steroids who’s hit over 500 and not gotten in. But my gosh, is he awful at a lot of things besides hitting HR and walking
Fred McGriff
August 19th, 2012
12:19 pm
Didn’t ypu realize that there’s a minimum HR total necessary for consideration into the HOF set at 463?
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:21 pm
And thar CHIPPER just met that requirement before his ‘bobble-head’ moment?
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:21 pm
Martin might be a good player, but he needs to have his own position to play every day by himself…. Juan just needs to sit on the bench, start every week or so, and PH occasionally. If he wants to start, trade him somewhere that’ll take him.
Astral
August 19th, 2012
12:22 pm
If Crime Dog had those numbers as anything but a first baseman, he would have a good shot at the hall. Unfortunately
DiamondbackMac
August 19th, 2012
12:22 pm
Good morning everyone.
I see that next year’s lineup is being decided today. I bet these discussions provide lots of laughs for the players and front office. I know that I can never read the blog while drinking coffee in the morning. I end up spewing the coffee all over my monitor every time I laugh.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:24 pm
And that ‘Crime-dog’ just came up seven short.
Well, in his case the mimimum is a moving target.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
12:24 pm
Most of those players were juiced, though.
Fred McGriff
August 19th, 2012
12:24 pm
That was my point
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
12:25 pm
I’m not Martin, but I’d love to just get to the ballpark knowing I’m the Braves third baseman….
I hope Wren gives him the opportunity to do that with a long term contract this offseason. Unless of course we get Headley, then Martin could be back in LF.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
12:26 pm
They will probably not get both a starting center fielder and a starting left fielder this winter, so as much as it pains me I think there is a good chance that Prado will be back in left and Francisco will start at third
Trey
August 19th, 2012
12:26 pm
McGriff should have stayed in a little bit longer. He could have hit those seven.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:26 pm
DiamondbackMac
August 19th, 2012
12:22 pm
“……Good morning everyone. I see that next year’s lineup is being decided today…..”
And aren’t we pleased. Good afternoon D-BACK MAC
Lew
August 19th, 2012
12:28 pm
Astral – Just like I said a little while ago – You need a RH hitting, part time LFer to play LF when Prado is at third against LHP. When a RHP starts, Martin plays LF and Francisco plays third. Quite simple actually and very likely quite effective – and the only thing Wren would need to do is to sign Reed Johnson (or someone similar).
That way, Prado plays full time (albeit at two positions) and Francisco platoons at third with him and Johnson platoons in LF with Martin.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:28 pm
Fred McGriff
August 19th, 2012
12:24 pm
“…..That was my point…..”
Shouldn’t you have spelled the last word in your post with a “j”?
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:28 pm
so as much as it pains me I think there is a good chance that Prado will be back in left and Francisco will start at third
Yikes!!! That better only happen if Greinke is on our roster…
nolie
August 19th, 2012
12:28 pm
Not sure if 7 would have been a guarantee or not. IMO it shouldn’t be anyway. If he is not a HOFer at 493 around what Gehrig got IIRC, then I don’t think he is at 500 either
Bama Braves
August 19th, 2012
12:29 pm
More Bashing Juan I See.
Lew
August 19th, 2012
12:30 pm
Posters and their obsessions -
Robert – Bobby Cox
Don – Roger McDowell
George and Ace – Fredi Gonzalez
and the newest addition to the list
Only BravesFan – Juan Francisco
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:31 pm
Oh, and while we’re platooning Prado/Juan let’s do the same with Uggla… he struggles against lefties so get Pastornicky or Janish to play 2nd when a lefty starts
nolie
August 19th, 2012
12:31 pm
it will depend on what the do at center I guess TOBF and I’m not sure they will spring for two starters
Lew, that seems like a complicated approach to me
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
12:32 pm
If Bourn is re-signed, I think we may be looking at Juan Francisco at 3B – at least in a part time role.
Or we could increase payroll up to 100-105. That’s the only way I see us signing Bourn.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
12:33 pm
I’m obsessed with OBP and regression to the mean, I admit it
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
12:34 pm
You forgot some
McFann – McCann
Soph – Martin
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:34 pm
Bama Braves
August 19th, 2012
12:29 pm
“….More Bashing Juan I See…..”
Yeah well he’s brought it on himself.
Hitting with authority and consistancy as a BRAVE. Accepting being a part-time, bench player. Willing to take batting instruction from WALKER et.al, Losing weight and shaping up. Stating he intends to continue improving in the winter leagues. Yeah, he brought all this bashing on himself. Reminds of ‘LOAF’ and the ‘MELK-DUD.” doesn’t he?
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 19th, 2012
12:34 pm
Trey McFann will be happy to see McCann paying today, but she’ll be quite [peeved] seeing him bat 7.
Eh, he’s batted 7th a fair amount this year. Only reason to still be peeved about it is that means his numbers are still crummy…
Anyway, after all that hullabaloo yesterday, it sure would be nice if he got a hit or two with RISP/2 outs…
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
I’d prefer you change Juan to Greinke, Lew… I’m not obsessed with bashing on Juan, I just don’t see why he should start at 3B for the Braves. Dude can’t hit lefties and had work ethic issues… sounds like Melky. Just hope Juan can turn it around the right way.
Lew
August 19th, 2012
12:35 pm
Efrim – That would be great, but do you really think we’ll increase payroll or start Juan?
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
12:36 pm
I like watching the little league World Series, but seeing 13 year old kids throwing these breaking balls….. Yikes.
O.B. Session
August 19th, 2012
12:37 pm
I’m obsessed with obsessions…
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 19th, 2012
12:38 pm
Also, sorry I was such a maniac yesterday—shouldn’t have gotten so freakishly worked up…
nolie
August 19th, 2012
12:38 pm
well if they want to go Lew’s route all they need to do is re-sign Johnson
nolie
August 19th, 2012
12:39 pm
Sign Greinke
re-sign Bourn
trade for Headley
there I’ve solved it all
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:40 pm
McFanniac!
I like watching the little league World Series, but seeing 13 year old kids throwing these breaking balls….. Yikes.
What? I was throwing curveballs and sliders at that time…. still have my UCL
(I have stopped pitching since, however)
kenhotlanta
August 19th, 2012
12:40 pm
RIP….. Scott McKenzie, writer and singer of the Hippie anthem “San Francisco”. BAS and Dentz should be in mourning today and be sure to wear some flowers in your hair as a tribute.
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
12:40 pm
That would be great, but do you really think we’ll increase payroll or start Juan?
Neither. I think Bourn leaves and we move Prado to 3rd base permanently while looking for a LF and CF via free agency or trade.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:40 pm
O.B. Session
August 19th, 2012
12:37 pm
“…..I’m obsessed with obsessions…..”
“Now that’s more to my liking” ‘Rooster’ COGBURN – TRUE GRIT
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:41 pm
there I’ve solved it all
All for the low low price of a 96mil payroll!
Trey
August 19th, 2012
12:41 pm
McFann, I almost said peeved, since I know that is your word of choice! Anyway, maybe hitting in the lower part of the order will allow him to see some more pitches than can raise his BA, unless they walk him to face Janish, but hey, his OBP will raise!
nolie
August 19th, 2012
12:41 pm
way more optimistic than I am Efrim
Trey
August 19th, 2012
12:43 pm
TOBF, throw some screwballs. Now that’ll screw up your arm.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:43 pm
39 million off books before ARB raises.
Non-Tender Jurrjens, removes 5.5 million
Trade EOF removes 2.5 million (Set too make around 4 million in 13′ to much for Braves)
47 million now.
Prado ARB 3 expected to get around 2.5 million raise. (Or Extension)
Estimated Salaries
Hanson 2.5-3.5 mil
Heyward 2.25-3 mil
Medlen 1-1.75 mil
Venters 1.25-1.75 mil
CMart 750k-1 mil
So a estimated total amount of 12-14 million. Braves will roughly have around 30 million depending on EOF, and the exact upcoming salaries.
You really think Wren is gonna try and resign Reed Johnson and David Ross which would cost around 4 million total. So around 25 million give er take to to figure our LF or 3B and CF, possibly SP help.
Lew
August 19th, 2012
12:44 pm
Yeah, you are obsessed with Juan AND Grienke. You’ve totally lost perspective.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:44 pm
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/files/2012/08/Phillies+Braves+Baseball.JP.JPG
Lew
August 19th, 2012
12:45 pm
jeffrey d- Totally different type of obsession.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 19th, 2012
12:46 pm
TOBF McFanniac!
That’s me!…
Trey—
Haha! That’s OK…
Hope you’re right about that spot in the order—we shall see! He’s started six games there (came in for Ross in that spot twice), and only has a .136 AVG, but the shoulder thing may have screwed that up…
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:46 pm
If I were McFANN I’d be peeved over his shoulder problem and not wanting to fix it until the season is done.
But of course, I’m not McFANN.
Maybe she wants to see him struggle on. Goodness knows we need him.
J.C. BOSCAN is certainly not the answer. Nor BETHANCOURT, who is likely out for the rest of the season. MATT KENNELLY is not ready either.
One-Eyed Mac
August 19th, 2012
12:46 pm
Wow, that Melky story is crazy….glad he got busted and shown for what he really is. If I were his agents, I would be pissed! It also tells me that between this and the Braun defense that players (or at least a good number of them) are still juicing and are committed to finding new ways to beat the system rather than just stopping and playing clean.
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
12:46 pm
Wouldn’t a McFanniac be obsessed with McFann?
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
12:47 pm
well if they want to go Lew’s route all they need to do is re-sign Johnson
Yeah, I think I did a payroll projection that had us resigning Bourn and just playing Juan at 3rd. If they choose to go this route, then we have to get a really good 4th outfielder.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:49 pm
Efrim
my 12:43 post is a rough breakdown, tho I’m sure you would be better at estimating the salaries of our ARB guys.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:49 pm
BILLY BEST is the best! Thanx again BB.
Lew
August 19th, 2012
12:50 pm
nolie – It’s not MY route. I’ve said all along that I want David Wright at third and Martin in Left, but I realize that’s totally unrealistc.
However, the way I mentioned actually makes sense with the players we already have (minus Johnson or whoever) and would actually be something Wren would do. It would aslo free up almost all the miney for CF, bench, bullpen (like re-signing O’Flaherty – which they should do) and locking up arb eligible players.
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
12:50 pm
way more optimistic than I am Efrim
They have more than 20 million to spend. I don’t think they can fill LF, CF, SP, and reshape the bench – but two of the three plus figuring the bench out should be a possibility.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:50 pm
98
Trey
August 19th, 2012
12:51 pm
McFann, I don’t know how much it will really improve, but if it does, then they’ll need to keep him there, as that is where he will hit best.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
12:52 pm
jeffrey, we had a McFanniac on here, before.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:52 pm
That WURLITZER is lookin’ mighty good up here on my wall next to the oil of my three daughters. Sweet as Maple Syrup.
Thanx LEW!
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:53 pm
89
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
12:53 pm
Heyward at .265/.346/.454 in 48 games, 211 plate appearances since moving up in the order on June 26th vs. Arizona.
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
12:55 pm
15?
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:55 pm
We’ll have enough money to resign Bourn, Ross, and Johnson. That would likely be it tho expect for very minor cheap moves. We also know Wren likes to have some money for mid-season moves as well.
Lew
August 19th, 2012
12:56 pm
Efrim -= Way more optimistic than me, too. I think they’ll get ONE really good outfielder – not seeing them come up with two. They’ll definitely throw Francisco into the mix and move Martin around where needed.
Fine with me as long as they get a GOOD outiielder and Martin gets to play full time. PLatoons have worked great in the past and should this time, too. Platooning will also save a bundle of bucks.
Time to head yout y’all – enjoy the game and hopefully your Sunday is as beautiful out as ours is in Vermont. Have a great one.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
12:56 pm
we may have the money, but I doubt that we re-sign Bourn
Lew
August 19th, 2012
12:57 pm
richbrave – Really glad you’re enjoying it.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 19th, 2012
12:57 pm
jeffrey d Wouldn’t a McFanniac be obsessed with McFann?
Eesh…that’d be scary…
Trey—
Ha! Nah, we all know #5 is where it’s at!…
Trey
August 19th, 2012
12:58 pm
I’d say bat him #9, McFann.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
12:58 pm
One-Ryed Mac:
i wonder if player agents have a clause in their contracts with the individual players stating that there is no recission of commissions due and payable because of personal acts which impinge on the total compensation package? Ya’ know?
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
12:59 pm
Wouldn’t a McFanniac be obsessed with McFann?
I did that since she said she was a maniac yesterday, hence she was a McFanniac.
ncbravesfan90
August 19th, 2012
12:59 pm
“we may have the money, but I doubt that we re-sign Bourn”
That don’t make much sense to me. We finally have an impact leadoff hitter with speed that we have not had since the Furcal days and now we actually have a great deal of money to spend in the FA pool and we won’t re-sign. If we don’t resign Bourn it will not be because Wren didn’t try, he will put all his chips into the Bourn re-signing.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:00 pm
Billingsley and no Chipper. onea them games that sounds tuff to win. we’ll see….
O.B. Session
August 19th, 2012
1:01 pm
VBF is obsessed with the payroll.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
1:01 pm
Bat Mac 10th!
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 19th, 2012
1:02 pm
richbrave—
I don’t really know what kind of opinion to have—never been in this situation before…
I DON’T want to see him continue to struggle. If they determined that having surgery now would be the best thing for his future, I’d be bummed out, but ya know, wouldn’t be the end of the world…
I just want to see him back to hitting like BMac.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:02 pm
doesn’t make any sense to me to pay him what he will likely bring as a mid-level salary team. no matter how good he is, he is still only worth so much of our payroll dollars
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:02 pm
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:00 pm
:….Billingsley and no Chipper. onea them games that sounds tuff to win. we’ll see….:
Sez you! We’ve got JUAN!
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 19th, 2012
1:03 pm
Trey—
Now that’s going to far!…
George
August 19th, 2012
1:03 pm
Good day all
Can;t win them all, but the writeing seems to be on the wall. When the few times NATS we lose so it looks like we go to that silly play-in game insteat of winning WC outright and FREDI will find a way to lose that game.
ncbravesfan90
August 19th, 2012
1:04 pm
“doesn’t make any sense to me to pay him what he will likely bring as a mid-level salary team. no matter how good he is, he is still only worth so much of our payroll dollars”
Probably a good reason we won’t win a World Championship anytime soon, won’t spend the $$$$$$
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
1:05 pm
Way more optimistic than me, too. I think they’ll get ONE really good outfielder – not seeing them come up with two.
I’d be very disappointed if we just brought in one outfielder and ignored the the other outfield spot and the starting rotation. That’d be annoying.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
1:06 pm
Kinda hard to have an opinion on what the Braves might do without knowing the payroll situation. Options, ARB raises, and how the team is known to operate.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:06 pm
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nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:06 pm
there is no winning the WC outright anymore George.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:06 pm
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richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:07 pm
SKIDOO
Efrim
August 19th, 2012
1:07 pm
Aside from Bourn signing for around 12 million a year, I don’t see why it would make sense for the Braves to bring him back. Why in the world would a team with a 90 million dollar payroll give Bourn five years and 80 million. That doesn’t make any sense and I’d question Wren big time if that happened.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:07 pm
!!!!
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:07 pm
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:08 pm
FREDI will find a way to lose that game.
Yeah, we get it, George. Heard you the first thousand times.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:08 pm
I’d go 5/75 tops
Sopheee
August 19th, 2012
1:08 pm
My Melky club was the best idea ever.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
1:08 pm
In last week’s column, Cafardo wrote that Braves officials thought Michael Bourn would not re-sign when he becomes a free agent due to a less-than-stellar track record with Scott Boras clients. However, Boras told Cafardo that he has had an excellent relationship with General Manager Frank Wren and the club as a whole. The agent says he is not ruling out Atlanta at all and added that Bourn enjoys playing there.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:09 pm
you been busy lately Jeffrey?
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:09 pm
I’m probably the only one who doesn’t understand why MLB brought in the one game WC playoff.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:09 pm
“…….That doesn’t make any sense and I’d question Wren big time if that happened……” EFRIM
Heh! Don’t hold your breath on getting through to FW one way or the other!
George
August 19th, 2012
1:10 pm
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:06 pm
there is no winning the WC outright anymore George.
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Yup NOLIE i know, thats why I call it a play-in game to get to WC instead of calling it a WC game.
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:10 pm
Correct, nolie
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:11 pm
money Trey
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:11 pm
Hey TREY. Went through OXFORD and CARY yesterday. In your neck of the woods?
George
August 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:09 pm
I don’t unerstead either, I hate the damn thing.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
I think Wren could land 2 good pieces this offseason. We can always target a player who fits our budget threw trade. While spending on another. That would be the only way I see us bringing in 2 everyday players or 1 and a SP.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
They may as well lower their standards to the Little Leagues, to even where the losers get a trophy
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:12 pm
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nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:13 pm
If I was still in Atlanta and could get around I would definitely come by and see you guys play somewhere. Talk some music and some baseball.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:13 pm
Trey:
Or the NBA
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
I never heard of Oxford or Cary, richbrave. Oh, last month, I went to Richmond, richbrave, for training
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
Do you think the Braves have a shot at winning the play-in game, George?
George
August 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
excuse typos PLEASE
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:15 pm
Sorry you can’t nolie. That would be cool. Of course, I’d have a flight in myself if I could make it.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:15 pm
the nature of short series in baseball is that you always have a shot
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:15 pm
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Efrim
August 19th, 2012
1:15 pm
my 12:43 post is a rough breakdown, tho I’m sure you would be better at estimating the salaries of our ARB guys.
Guaranteed:
Uggla – 13.2
Club Options to be exercised:
McCann – 12
Hudson – 9
Maholm – 6.5
Estimated arbitration:
Prado – 7.5
O’Flaherty – 3.5
Hanson – 4
Heyward – 3.5
Venters – 2
Medlen – 1.5
Martinez – 1.25
Janish – 1
Roughly 65 million in 12 players. If we pay the remaining 13 players for the 25 man roster the average minimum salary next year of 520K, we are at 71 million which gives us around 20 million to spend.
I could see trades of Hanson and O’Flaherty giving us more flexibility. But now that we traded for Maholm at 6.5 million, we’ve got around 20 million to spend. Bourn taking up the majority of that would limit what we can do greatly.
VaBravesFan
August 19th, 2012
1:16 pm
How about this
Trade for Josh Willingham to play LF, move Prado to 3B, and resign Bourn.
richbrave
August 19th, 2012
1:16 pm
O.K. Game-time – later.
Trey
August 19th, 2012
1:16 pm
richbrave, the NBA is notorious for that. I don’t follow it, much. I could never get into watching people run back and forth a little court dribbling a ball.
Sopheee
August 19th, 2012
1:16 pm
George still being George, I see.
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:17 pm
Thanks, nolie, that means a lot
George
August 19th, 2012
1:17 pm
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:14 pm
Nope
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:17 pm
SOPHEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yippee!!! you been missin’ gal
ncbravesfan90
August 19th, 2012
1:18 pm
“Trade for Josh Willingham to play LF, move Prado to 3B, and resign Bourn.”
This. Anyday and everyday and even twice a day on Sunday.
jeffrey d
August 19th, 2012
1:18 pm
Looks like my triumphant return has been overshadowed
phil
August 19th, 2012
1:19 pm
This is a 5 hits if we’re lucky type game today….
I’m sighing already.
Sopheee
August 19th, 2012
1:19 pm
Hi nolie polie! How are you doing these days?
George
August 19th, 2012
1:20 pm
Outta here. LETS WIN TODAY,
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:21 pm
not too bad thanx. good to see you…and Jeffrey too..back.
nolie
August 19th, 2012
1:22 pm
ah, I kinda like ol’ George myself
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 19th, 2012
1:25 pm
In 2010, the Braves had a payroll of approximately 84 mil and were paying Derek Lowe 15 of that. It’s hardly unprecedented.
David O'Brien
August 19th, 2012
1:25 pm
NEW Sunday BLOGGAGE
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/08/19/braves-have-one-more-vs-dodgers-before-the-big-trip/
phil
August 19th, 2012
1:27 pm
Nolie polie….
LOL!
Disgusted
August 19th, 2012
1:31 pm
Just want to put in my $.02 on the Melky debate.
Once Melky is back, he might initiate his own lifetime ban by not being good enough to play clean.
Just revert to the ATL Brave verson of Melky and U will seal ur fate.
Disgusted
August 19th, 2012
1:38 pm
All I ask out of the Braves to do is make a good competitive offer for Bourn which I am sure they will do.
If one team blows it out of the water and gives him 6 yrs at 20 plus mil per, I won’t like it but will understand it, that is not good business sense for anyone.
Wren could find a player we do not know about and make something out of it, like the pickup of Francisco and Janish.
I am sure that Frank could find an adequate player for CF, but any way you look at it its a drop off from Micheal who us fans have gotten attached to in his time here.
Micheal does things at a level we have gotten spolied watching so we love his play.
Its was similar to losing Texiera and replacing him with Kotchman, no way were we going to like Casey Kotchman even if he played to his 2007-08 level at LAA. Kotchman could not do what Texx could do.
If we lose Micheal, his successor is going to have a thankless job (we are not going to get a star type).
njbraves
August 19th, 2012
2:11 pm
Such a dumb play by Mac. Has this guy ever hit someone in the chest with a throw?
Braveone
August 20th, 2012
2:04 pm
From the previous blog which had 1,429 comments, nolie and phil led the way with 75 posts. There were 151 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:
Rank Poster Frequency
1 nolie 75
2 phil 75
3 Animus 59
4 TheOnlyBravesFan 56
5 tiger297 56
6 Trey 49
7 TuffShhhtuff 47
8 JC Brave 44
9 Jerry 39
10 McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô: 39
11 David O’Brien 38
12 ACE 37
13 uga-brave 35
14 SNEAKY PETE 34
15 Mitchell 31
16 brian 31
17 Powderfinger 29
18 cabravesfan 28
19 MFin04 26
20 Ward 26
21 Jay Dubu 24
22 Bravefaninok 23
23 ChattTownBrian 23
24 Venice Jim 23
25 The A Bomb 19
Del
August 28th, 2012
9:49 pm
What a surprise — another black hole in the bottom of the lineup. Seems like we just don’t want to win these series. There comes a time when mgmt must realize that some players are having a bad YEAR!!!