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nolie
August 22nd, 2012
4:53 pm
I don’t attack players every time I come here, in fact, I very seldom do…Brava
I don’t want to get in the middle here, but I’m not sure I can agree with that statement Brava
njbraves
August 22nd, 2012
4:53 pm
Who really cares if someone attacks a player? I honestly believe there are people on here who are just looking for an argument, so they find anything they can to get one going.
cricket
August 22nd, 2012
4:53 pm
Meds needs to pitch a gem tonight…and pray
fixed it – Meds needs to pitch a gem tonight…and hit a homer
Brian from SC
August 22nd, 2012
4:54 pm
I don’t even know who’s fighting with whom, but if just one person commits to just stop posting about whatever it is, this blog would be a much better place to be right now.
Wow...
August 22nd, 2012
4:54 pm
HAHAHA! This blog cracks me up, got a lot of “tough” guys on here. But I guess it’s easy to tell someone to go to hell or that you’re going to “attack” them anytime you want in the safe confides of your bedroom/basement.
cricket
August 22nd, 2012
4:56 pm
Blanton departed from the field to the collective boos of the 56,000 fans who were drawn to Dodger Stadium by a bobblehead promotion featuring Fernando Valenzuela. … He didn’t appear bothered by the hostile send-off he received from his new home fans, who watched their team fall to the Giants twice in as many days.
“I’ve played in Philly,” Blanton said. “That’s nothing.”
http://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/dodgers/la-sp-0822-dodgers-giants-20120822,0,2484460.story
Wow...
August 22nd, 2012
4:56 pm
“This is the type of fan you are and it’s the type of fan that I’m going to “attack” whenever I want to.”
HAHAHAHA!! Things like this
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
4:57 pm
Show me, nolie. If I’ve done so, I’ll apologize. All I’ve done lately is blog in-game and I’ve been very positive as far as I can remember, until the other night. Last season, I did have some thoughts on Heyward, which many disagreed with, but I wasn’t bashing him. I just thought he would have benefited from being sent down to work on his swing, an opinion which didn’t win me any friends here, but which I still stand by.
Efrim
August 22nd, 2012
4:57 pm
I’ll stop for the night as I have to leave. But as I leave, I have to post this and laugh all the way home…
I don’t attack players every time I come here, in fact, I very seldom do – Brava
Wow. I mean, this is the funniest thing said today.
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
4:58 pm
Who really cares if someone attacks a player? njbraves
Who really cares if someone attacks another poster? They are both people, and some bloggers are instigating on purpose while a player is not doing anything bad on purpose.
and if a player or poster is attacked in a forest with nobody around, did it actually even happen???
cricket
August 22nd, 2012
4:58 pm
Denard Span can’t complete MRI because he’s claustrophobic
Span had an MRI of his neck on Monday and was supposed to have one of his clavicle on Tuesday — but he couldn’t go through with it.
Span revealed that he’s claustrophobic and sometimes isn’t comfortable in the close quarters of the MRI machine.
“I don’t know what else to say,” Span said. “It’s embarrassing that I couldn’t get it done today, but bottom line, I stayed there for an hour trying to get it done. Just couldn’t do it, man. I tried my best. When they strapped me in there and told me I couldn’t move for 35 minutes, I just couldn’t do it.”
http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/166993736.html?refer=y&refer=y
Murph
August 22nd, 2012
4:58 pm
Where’s Ward? He can settle this blog dispute.
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
4:59 pm
“This is the type of fan you are and it’s the type of fan that I’m going to “attack” whenever I want to.”
I won’t go back to see who said this, but it’s pretty childish. Wow!
Trey
August 22nd, 2012
5:00 pm
Damn, is this argument still going on?
cricket
August 22nd, 2012
5:00 pm
who really knows? players are people. people are people. corporations are people. soylent green is people.
Braveone
August 22nd, 2012
5:01 pm
From the previous blog which had 1,795 comments, TheOnlyBravesFan led the way with 110 posts. There were 260 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:
Rank Poster Frequency
1 TheOnlyBravesFan 110
2 Efrim 73
3 nc fan 64
4 Tomahawkin (Suffering Fan) 59
5 Brava 55
6 Jeff R 48
7 nolie 40
8 Lew 34
9 Time to say goodbye 32
10 Brian from SC 31
11 Astral 29
12 The A Bomb 27
13 Venice Jim 27
14 ncbravesfan90 27
15 Trey 26
16 tiger297 25
17 cabravesfan 24
18 Animus 23
19 George 23
20 MiaBchBravesFan 22
21 phil 22
22 ChattTownBrian 21
23 ACE 20
24 Capt.Mudd 20
25 phil (always confident fan) 20
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
5:02 pm
Damn, is this argument still going on?
IKR?
cricket
August 22nd, 2012
5:03 pm
was that all just a conspiracy to book top 5 spots in Braveone’s list? wish it was..
flange1
August 22nd, 2012
5:03 pm
Good one cricket!
Still can here Charlton screaming that!
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
5:03 pm
i was thinking more of last year Brava, like you say you have not been here all that much lately.
it’s pretty much all frustration. some folks rip the player(s) others don’t want to but are still frustrated so they take it out on the folks who are doing what they think is poor behavior.
start winning again and it will get better, except for the few freaks who come here for no other reason other than to start trouble.
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
5:03 pm
Unfortunately, Trey. I’m going to go find something constructive to do. I actually had a day planned out, but now, have gotten nothing done. I don’t know how some people can spend all day here, day after day after day. It’s unhealthy.
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
5:04 pm
Whoever just used my moniker, you will be reported. Thanks.
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
5:05 pm
That is not Brava
Trey
August 22nd, 2012
5:05 pm
Everyone always wants the last word. I know I do.
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
5:05 pm
Very true, nolie. Tensions are high as we come down the stretch. I’m not proud of telling Dan Uggla to go to hell, but as I said, I can’t take it back and mean it. It’s how I felt at the time.
Murph
August 22nd, 2012
5:05 pm
IKR?
Alright, now I have to attack you for using interweb abbreviations that I don’t know.
I… Kick… Rumps?
I don’t know what that means! You go to hell!
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
5:06 pm
The 5:03 isn’t me, nolie.
cricket
August 22nd, 2012
5:07 pm
In this week’s poll, carried in the current edition of SI, Morgan finished an impressive third place in another poll question put to 232 players. They were asked to name the phoniest player in baseball.
Two Yankees finished ahead of Morgan in this category.
hird baseman Alex Rodriguez (left, credit: MCT) got 26% of the vote, followed by rightfielder Nick Swisher with 14%.
Morgan was next with 11%, followed by Giants pitcher Brian Wilson (9%) and Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips (5%).
The magazine notes that most of the votes for Rodriguez (64%) came from players in the American League and 44% of those votes came from players in the Yankees’ division, the AL East.
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
5:07 pm
Icelandic Krona Alternate Murph
cricket
August 22nd, 2012
5:09 pm
IKR?
seriously, this sounds like a 13-yr old girl
Vicki Copeland
August 22nd, 2012
5:09 pm
Glad to see Uggla on the bench tonight Think he might have his mind on more than baseball.
Trey (c)
August 22nd, 2012
5:09 pm
We need Ward and his peace.
Trey
August 22nd, 2012
5:10 pm
Didn’t work
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
5:11 pm
©
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
5:11 pm
alt 0169 Trey
cricket
August 22nd, 2012
5:12 pm
nolie ©
you can’t use it anymore, ha ha
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
5:12 pm
IKR? = I know, right?
Trey©
August 22nd, 2012
5:13 pm
Thanks, nolie. I could have sworn the (c) was a way to do it. I know it works on Word.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
5:14 pm
The fake Brava has been reported…
IKR?
seriously, this sounds like a 13-yr old girl
Sorry…
Later folks
njbraves
August 22nd, 2012
5:14 pm
This is all about telling Uggla to go to hell? Really? I’m pretty sure Dan has been told worse, it’s not a big deal at all. Dan will be fine…let it go.
monty
August 22nd, 2012
5:15 pm
Not sure what scuffling means. A euphemism for slumping? Is that just like a bad 7-8 game stretch or is there like different levels of scuffling. Like a 3 month scuffle thingy? All season scuffling? a Mega-Scuffle? Is scuffling a mild way of saying “I’m awful right now”? Or, “I couldn’t hit my way out of a wet paper sack?” Whatever McCann and Uggla are going through this year seems a tad bit more than “scuffling”.
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
5:17 pm
scuffle is short to mid term, longer than that is a definite slump
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
5:18 pm
the progression is: scuffle,struggle,slump,Uggla
Chas
August 22nd, 2012
5:20 pm
Truth be told, Uggla has been a bust for several months….not just lately. The same is true for McCann. Brian has stunk since LAST AUGUST. In the past year, he’s hit “like the old Brian” for one month. (Look at all his numbers, since August, 2011, when Brian led the epic collapse.)
Uggla is a total waste of time and money, but as long as Franki Wren and Fredi G. are around, WORTHLESS DAN will be in the line-up… even though he is a near automatic out every time.
Fredi keeps waiting for WORTHLESS DAN to bust out it. He won’t. He isn’t inteeigent enough to realize and correct his batting flaws.
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
5:21 pm
Truth be told, Uggla has been a bust for several months…chas
yup. since about the middle of June or so
BF54
August 22nd, 2012
5:22 pm
lol
tony austin©
August 22nd, 2012
5:23 pm
Alright, I like that, thanks nolie!
Wow...
August 22nd, 2012
5:23 pm
I bet Wren’s going to try hard to trade Uggla this offseason. Whether or not he succeeds is another story, but I bet he’s going to at least try.
tony austin©
August 22nd, 2012
5:25 pm
Dan’s the man! if he can’t do it, nobody can!! – Arkansas Transplant
Wow, the Braves sure are screwed then
Arkansas Transplant
August 22nd, 2012
5:26 pm
Can’t really be that bad.
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
5:27 pm
whole lotta scrolling going on man is there anything worth reading the last 10 pages (including last blog)
Arkansas Transplant
August 22nd, 2012
5:27 pm
or can it?
Trey©
August 22nd, 2012
5:29 pm
tiger, I think so, but I like reading those things.
Arkansas Transplant
August 22nd, 2012
5:29 pm
tiger297, think of it as a treasure hunt.. makes it more fun that way.
Around The Horn
August 22nd, 2012
5:29 pm
MORE FREDI LOGIC
Fredi gives Bourn a “rest day” against the Nationals.
Just unbelievable!
BF54
August 22nd, 2012
5:30 pm
Lets see if Hoss can groove a few and get these boys “clicking” the timid scruffle i8s going away
GO BRAVOS
Mikey
August 22nd, 2012
5:31 pm
I think even Frank Wren was as dumfounded as me to see the pathetic at bats in the ninth by Uggla & McCann in their inability to get the ball out of the infield. Uggla’s back knee actually touched the dirt so he was capable of getting under the ball and driving it into the undeck circle.
Is there a message finally being given that BOTH are not in the lineup tonight? I like it because the status quo is not working against the “good teams”.
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
5:32 pm
think of it as a “box of chocolates” tigre
BF54
August 22nd, 2012
5:33 pm
And perhaps Medlen will teach ‘em to battle
tony austin©
August 22nd, 2012
5:33 pm
It’s not a rest day for Bourn:
“Michael Bourn is a little sore today, but manager Fredi Gonzalez said he should be available to pinch hit and could be used for defense. He should return tomorrow.” – http://www.rotoinfo.com/comments-2012_08_22_05_12_pm__Braves_Michael_Bourn_OF-143779.html
MikeInFl
August 22nd, 2012
5:37 pm
Bourn is also 1 for 13 against Detwiler.
Trey
August 22nd, 2012
5:37 pm
Plus, I love it when nolie throws his 2 cents in there.
JEB
August 22nd, 2012
5:37 pm
You don’t have to be negative and say ugly things about McCann and Uggla!
The stats speak for themselves – and say enough about them.
Pull out any stat you would like for this year on these 2 and it’s not pretty!
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
5:38 pm
if 3/4 the box was chocolate covered turds I think I might pick another treat..
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
5:41 pm
hafta talk to Mr Gump about that tiger
Braint
August 22nd, 2012
5:42 pm
I mentioned 3 years ago that if McCann wanted a long career he should move to 1B. He’s known for his bat and he was amazing at the plate. He’s never been a good physical catcher — meaning, he handles the pitchers well and calls a great game but he has problems blocking balls, guarding the plate, and throwing guys out. He’s beat up, out of shape, and is a shadow of his former self. Look at his stats since he got hurt last year. Now that Freeman is at 1B we really don’t need McCann. The Braves picking up his option for 2013 shouldn’t be….an option.
Animus
August 22nd, 2012
5:42 pm
Just got back home – saw the lineup and had to smile. I kinda figured Rev would play 2nd at some point, didn’t figure today. I kinda knew Bourne was going to sit after what Fredi said last night and Mac was due for a day off – 13 innings, 8 last night and he’s “scuffling”.
Didn’t think we’d see all three sitting out the same game, but…more RH vs a Lefty pitcher. Should be interesting.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
5:44 pm
Truth be told, I was totally against the Lowe & KK signings from day one. Conversely, I was at both times for the McLouth trade & Uggla trade & sign. However, I do not get paid six-seven figures to conduct proper player evaluations and needs assessments for the Atlanta Braves.
The six-seven figure set gets paid handsomely to at least get one of the four right, if not two. Right now, I’d take one for four – and that’s not looking too good for the duration of Uggla’s contract, folks.
After these four years, that’s always been my point, whether you all agree or disagree.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
5:47 pm
And I know that Kris Medlen will handcuff gNat bats tonight, as Maholm did last night, save for one pitch on the three-run dinger. At least we can all agree that there is nothing wrong with the pitching, from start to finish.
Woody Woodward
August 22nd, 2012
5:48 pm
With all the talk about McCann and Uggla failing in the clutch, did anyone howl when Prado grounded into a DP (again) in the 8th?
dawg4life
August 22nd, 2012
5:49 pm
All I hear is “blah, blah, blah, we have the same team as last year”….
Animus
August 22nd, 2012
5:49 pm
Pitching has been stellar, no question. A few bad pitches cost the team games, but, if the Braves had scored the season average (about 4.6 rpg), the pitchers would have wins instead of losses in several of the latest games.
Animus
August 22nd, 2012
5:50 pm
Woody – yes I did “howl” – made note that it was his team leading 16 GIDP, which I just don’t get when Bourn hits in front of him. Though Bourn should be a second for several of the DP’s Marteen has hit into.
taylor
August 22nd, 2012
5:50 pm
Uggla: .208/.340/.370 on the season.
That’s not a slump that he needs to bust out of. That’s a gigantic hole in the lineup that needs to be addressed. Move Prado to 2B and Johnson to left.
Johnson: .320/.370/.360
Even though it is a much smaller sample size, Johnson gives us a big advantage in AVG, without sacrificing (what little) power Uggla was supplying.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
5:51 pm
Animus @ 5:49: could not have said it any better myself.
ncbravesfan90
August 22nd, 2012
5:51 pm
“With all the talk about McCann and Uggla failing in the clutch, did anyone howl when Prado grounded into a DP (again) in the 8th?”
I did, although your right, not many people did. Also, when Prado led off an inning with a double and teh 3-4-5 hitters couldn’t even move him from second, let alone get him in…….It’s not just one person to blame, it’s the offense as a whole.
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
August 22nd, 2012
5:52 pm
I just know everybody’s looking forward to the Braves impending one game wild card playoff…………NOT!
DS1
August 22nd, 2012
5:54 pm
Coach
It is what it is….
DS1
August 22nd, 2012
5:54 pm
That went thru??
Woody Woodward
August 22nd, 2012
5:54 pm
I was telling someone today that I hope the Braves play the wild card game away, preferably in some puny little ballpark.
taylor
August 22nd, 2012
5:55 pm
McCann: .229/.306/.416
Ross: .263/.351/.449
McCann needs some rest, maybe even DL him once the rosters expand.
Jed
August 22nd, 2012
5:57 pm
Im kinda hoping to see tyler at 2b tonite. At least you’d get some defense. Im up here in dc for the games and every pitch, uggla’s swinging for the fences. Just ridiculous looking.
J-MAN
August 22nd, 2012
5:58 pm
I havent been in here since the Padres series. I wanted to not come in here bashing players but the Braves deserve better resilts from McCann and Uggla. They are making a combined 24.5 million so that means they should be hitting better than sub .230. But lets really put the blame where it belongs (The Management). If McCann is indeed hurt and its affecting him to where his he cant then he should have been placed on the DL. And Uggla has hit under .220 as a Brave in 2 seasons here. And if it wasnt for that 30 game hitting streak he would be hitting under the Mendoza line as a Brave. But Fredi trots him out thee everyday. I think competition brings out the best in everybody. I think Uggla needs to sit out a few days and put Prado back at 2nd base and move Reed Johnson to LF, I think Uggla has a mechanical problem to where he flies out on everything. But both Uggla and McCann have been commiting “Selfish At Bats” to where they hack at everything, McCann has the entire 3rd base side to hit to and still pulls on everything, and Uggla is pulling on everything and all any pitcher needs to do is throw a low and away breaking pitch and they will strike out.
I like both players and both players were good but I think the smart move for the Braves would be to cut bait and move on next year. Obviously Uggla has 3 more years on his contract and maybe you would have to keep him in AAA to just keep him from hurting the Big League club like we did McClouth and Kawakami. And at this point could you really rationalize giving McCann $12 million next yea. I mean we could have Bethancourte come here and hit .250 and play better defense and be under a million dollars.
Animus
August 22nd, 2012
5:58 pm
McCann is the starting catcher. That’s not going to change. Some rest would be helpful, but not sure if he’s going to accept it w/out complaining again.
He’s obviously not swinging very well right now, and offense is what the team is lacking this week. For the good of the team, I wish he’d take a good long look in the mirror and see that he is one of the weak links right now and sitting isn’t always a bad thing.
ACE
August 22nd, 2012
5:59 pm
cccchangessssssssssssssss
J-MAN
August 22nd, 2012
5:59 pm
I havent been in here since the Padres series. I wanted to not come in here bashing players but the Braves deserve better results from McCann and Uggla. They are making a combined 24.5 million so that means they should be hitting better than sub .230. But lets really put the blame where it belongs (The Management). If McCann is indeed hurt and its affecting him to where his he cant then he should have been placed on the DL. And Uggla has hit under .220 as a Brave in 2 seasons here. And if it wasnt for that 30 game hitting streak he would be hitting under the Mendoza line as a Brave. But Fredi trots him out thee everyday. I think competition brings out the best in everybody. I think Uggla needs to sit out a few days and put Prado back at 2nd base and move Reed Johnson to LF, I think Uggla has a mechanical problem to where he flies out on everything. But both Uggla and McCann have been commiting “Selfish At Bats” to where they hack at everything, McCann has the entire 3rd base side to hit to and still pulls on everything, and Uggla is pulling on everything and all any pitcher needs to do is throw a low and away breaking pitch and they will strike out.
I like both players and both players were good but I think the smart move for the Braves would be to cut bait and move on next year. Obviously Uggla has 3 more years on his contract and maybe you would have to keep him in AAA to just keep him from hurting the Big League club like we did McClouth and Kawakami. And at this point could you really rationalize giving McCann $12 million next yea. I mean we could have Bethancourte come here and hit .250 and play better defense and be under a million dollars.
1991 braves
August 22nd, 2012
5:59 pm
Biggest difference between braves and nats, or the braves vs. any team with a winning record is that the braves veterans disappear in big games, and the other team’s veterans seem to always produce. McCant, UGly, Prado, Hudson, all disappear on the big stage, and i didn’t even have to mention larry jones, because he usually disappears by sitting on the bench. Throw in Fredi who the braves could only wish would disappear, and the playoffs don’t look so promising for this team. After this team gets swept in Wash. and after losing 2 out of 3 to L.A, braves fans shouldn’t be to excited about their chances to back into the playoffs. The only positive thing going for this bunch of heartless veterans, is that they don’t play but a few games down the stretch against winning teams.
N8
August 22nd, 2012
6:00 pm
“Do you think the Braves stand a chance, if they make the playoffs, if the starting lineup has Reed Johnson, Paul Janish, and David Ross in it?”
Sure. Braves won a world series with Rafael Belliard at SS, Mark Lemke at 2B and Mike Devereaux/Luis Polonia coming up with significant AB.
1991 Braves got to a WS with Lemke at 2B, Greg Olson behind the plate, Sid Bream at 1B and Lonnie Smith in CF.
That same WS was won by a base hit from Gene Larkin.
Marlins won a WS on a Craig Counsil base hit. Jim Leyritz hit a go ahead “don’t look back” 3 Run HR off of a domiant closer.
If Chipper, Bourn, Freeman and Heyward don’t carry this team like they have all year? It really doesn’t matter who the other guys are.
MiaBchBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
6:01 pm
nolie touched on something the other day regarding Uggla, and how his past hitting success may explain such a rigid plate approach, when many of us ask why Uggla has not gone to the opposite field. This is especially true as may of Uggla’s swings-and-misses have come when he wants to pull and he gets pitched off the plate.
These are the sorts of things that I, as GM, would’ve asked Fredi about prior to having Uggla sign the extension. Baseball is a game of adaptability. Albert Pujols – this decade’s premier MVP hitter – is not above using all fields. This was especially true earlier this season when he was in a slump, and decided to break down his swing and start making contact to the pitch location.
If I am going to pay $13 million, I do not expect Albert Pujols. However, I expect that hitter to be the kind of player that can adjust when adversity affects performance. Given the prior knowledge Fredi had about Uggla, as well as all the data compiled on Uggla and his otherwise un-stellar BA, one wonders if…
No. You know what? You know where I am going with this. And that is why the GM upsets me and why I am not his fan in the least IMO.
Trey
August 22nd, 2012
6:02 pm
“Bartolo Colon suspended 50 games without pay”
I’m sure he’ll manage without pay.
MikeInFl
August 22nd, 2012
6:03 pm
These are the sorts of things that I, as GM, would’ve asked Fredi about prior to having Uggla sign the extension.
You’re taking the art of hindsight to a whole new level, MBBF.
benchwarmer
August 22nd, 2012
6:05 pm
It’s the guys hitting in the middle of the order that are combining their inconsistancy and or outright failuresthat are handy copping this team. Freeman flails pretty badly to often. Chipper helps a lot but can’t do it all anymore; Uggla is a black hole and Mac hasstarted to become one. This team needs at least one probably 2 reliable middle lineup bats. Someone who remembers that base hits score runs too. Remember Hank Aaron said he never tried to hit homeruns. Just tried to make solid contact and get hits. The homers came because of his talent. Uggla please read up on this approach.
N8
August 22nd, 2012
6:07 pm
MikeInFl….. Isn’t hindsight what should be used when deciding if a player is deservng of a long-term contract? One that at the time made him the highest paid 2B in MLB history?
He was saying that as Fredi being his past manager, Wren SHOULD HAVE used Fredi’s “hindsight” and past experience as Uggla’s manager to help determine if Uggla was worthy of a long-term deal of that magnitude.
That being said, I don’t think anybody saw THIS Dan Uggla being the one we were getting. But he’s right. Uggla has never really been a good hitter. Just a guy with a lot of power.
N8
August 22nd, 2012
6:11 pm
benchwarmer…. chipper has aways been the same way. Good approach (willing to take the pitch where it is pitched) and just an overall balanced swing that allows him to use his natural strength and extention to drive th ball. If it happens to go over the fense? That was a bonus.
Not that chipper wasn’t immune to slumps. He’s surely had his share. But even at his worse…. he’s NEVER looked as bad as Uggla and certainly not for an extended period of time.
Chipper, has one thing going for him though. His switch-hitting ability. He’s rarely been ice cold from both sides of the plate. Thus his overall slumps have never been that prolongued.
Most of Chipper’s “slumps” have been from nagging injuries and a hitch in his swing that he would usually hammer out with his dad.
That all being said… Chipper is going to the HOF for a reason. Dan will need to purchase a ticket if he’s interested in attending in the future.
J-MAN
August 22nd, 2012
6:19 pm
Well lets not use hindsight. I’ll be honest I was glad when we signed Uggla and I have been a big McCann fan since he came up. But this season has showed that they are not getting the job done and in Uggla’s case its been 2 seasons. McCan an be attributed to his position and that Catchers play the toughest position in sports besides Runningbacks in pure punishment absorbed. But McCann isnt gonna move to 1st base and therefore his numbers arent likely to get any better and his overall play will get worse because of the punishment. And Uggla just hasnt perormed and should be benched but Fredi will not because Uggla is his favorite player.
WTFredi???
August 22nd, 2012
6:22 pm
I can understand McCann. The guy is hurt and trying to play through it, plus he shown the ability to make adjustments in the past.
Uggla, on the other hand, keep doing the same things over and over again, has the same bad habits, cannot make the necessary adjustments. If Fredi had any cojones he would sit him and tell him to stay there until Uggla and Greg Walker figured it out. Personally, I think Uggla needs a heavier bat and Fredi needs to bench him everytime he pops up swinging for a homerun, especially in situations like last night. Uggla would be out of my lineup tonight.
DS1
August 22nd, 2012
6:26 pm
works??
DS1
August 22nd, 2012
6:27 pm
tiger/VJ
Works thru a proxy server (when I am tied to work), but not when I am going straight in. Different IP address maybe?
Is there a “rat” on the blog???
Murph
August 22nd, 2012
6:27 pm
Wren SHOULD HAVE used Fredi’s “hindsight” and past experience as Uggla’s manager to help determine if Uggla was worthy of a long-term deal of that magnitude.
Look into Fredi’s eyes the next time the camera is focused on him… do you really think there’s any hindsight going on inside that skull of his?
DS1
August 22nd, 2012
6:29 pm
Murph
Can you go back to page 3 and see if there is a 3:49 post to Hillbilly from me? My page says it’s “awaiting moderation”
thanks buddy