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nolie
August 22nd, 2012
8:40 pm
well, you can never say never in baseball, so ok
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
8:41 pm
How can I be sufferng when my team is very good and in a pennant race? So what they BARELY lost 2 games to the team with the best record in baseball? Could be a Mets, Cubs, Royals, Marlins fan about now…Im going to enjoy this ride no matter how it comes out. The main point is, the Braves can beat any team in baseball in a series or one game when they play to their potential and one series does not make a season. Plenty of baseball left and McCann, Uggla, Freeman, Heyward, Jones, Prado, Bourn can all get hot at the same time and if they do….lets see who is suffering little mind. Go give Chipper some more advice on hitting why dont you? ROFLMAO! That shows how much what you say on here is worth. Notta!
ACE
August 22nd, 2012
8:42 pm
Nolie you are right about Medlen’s height.
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
8:42 pm
I doubt the Nats’ pitcher is laughing at anything. He’s not exactly winning the game.
keyLargo
August 22nd, 2012
8:42 pm
Medlen has about 86 IP now and should finish with about 30 more for a total of 116IP. How many would feel good about him having 180 IP tonight and be facing 210 for the year if they started him in the rotation from day 1?
I feel the Braves can pitch Medlen any way they want to next season and not have to worry about his elbow. I wouldn’t feel that way if he was closing in on 200.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
8:43 pm
Medlen is our ace this year! Man that little kid can pitch…. he needs to be in the rotation next year.
keyLargo
August 22nd, 2012
8:44 pm
Gloves don’t work well with contacts.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
8:45 pm
Kevin McAlpin @KevinMcAlpin
David Ross leads off the 5th with a single to center. As a starter this season, Rossy is now 31-for-112 (.277) with 2 2B, 6 HR & 14 RBI
Food for thought.
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:45 pm
send rev first pitch
Backdoor Slider
August 22nd, 2012
8:46 pm
REFRESHED
I’ll have to admit, it is refreshing not to have to watch Dan at the plate tonight.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
8:46 pm
How many would feel good about him having 180 IP tonight and be facing 210 for the year if they started him in the rotation from day 1?
Agree… it’s good to not have to make the Strasburg decision and have to shut Meds down… it’d have been a downer.
ChattTownBrian
August 22nd, 2012
8:46 pm
Every Nats starter has the power stuff. Unreal
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
8:46 pm
if anybody with speed gets on they should test Suzuli’s hand
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:47 pm
med needs to get a 2 run HR here so he doesn’t force himself to pitch a shutout
Animus
August 22nd, 2012
8:48 pm
ChattTownBrian
August 22nd, 2012
8:46 pm
Every Nats starter has the power stuff. Unreal
That’s how Scott Boras and Mike Rizzo built the team.
Still can’t believe Boras actually said that
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:48 pm
green light him right here
Venice Jim
August 22nd, 2012
8:48 pm
Nice job, Meds!
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:48 pm
we will never know
ChattTownBrian
August 22nd, 2012
8:48 pm
Pop one out Prado
Backdoor Slider
August 22nd, 2012
8:49 pm
OFFENSE
Where’s the offense again tonight?
I think Fredi made a huge mistake keeping Bourn out of the lineup; he could have played.
The A Bomb
August 22nd, 2012
8:49 pm
Didn’t know they had a camera angle from on top of the Washington Momument.
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
8:50 pm
Keep them balls coming. Detweiler.
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
8:50 pm
Get on base Prado
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:50 pm
nolie – and if huddy is 6′ 1″ then im 12′ tall
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:51 pm
send the runners here come on
Venice Jim
August 22nd, 2012
8:51 pm
MARTEEENNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
8:51 pm
YES!!!
Animus
August 22nd, 2012
8:51 pm
tiger – not a big fan of sending the pitcher running, even if he is so atheletic.
Besides, THAT works better
ACE
August 22nd, 2012
8:51 pm
Pradooooooooooooooo
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
8:51 pm
Marteeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!!!!!!!!!
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:51 pm
keeping bourn out I was looking for ski on first and juan on 3B
cabravesfan
August 22nd, 2012
8:51 pm
Well done, Bryce- Thanks!
Jay Dubu
August 22nd, 2012
8:51 pm
Duces wild!
Jerry
August 22nd, 2012
8:51 pm
Thanks Harper. You blew that one.
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:52 pm
heck yeah
ChattTownBrian
August 22nd, 2012
8:52 pm
That works too. About time
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
8:52 pm
Take that hater while your telling Chipper how to hit loser!
Animus
August 22nd, 2012
8:52 pm
Three good hard liners by Prado tonight – his bat looks good. Didn’t he just have a day off?
The A Bomb
August 22nd, 2012
8:52 pm
That’s why the Nats will go hard after Bourn.
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
8:52 pm
Marteen has hit everything hard tonight
BFChris27
August 22nd, 2012
8:52 pm
Marteeeeeeeeen!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BF54
August 22nd, 2012
8:52 pm
Marteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:52 pm
break the ice that is a dumb statement…the same person who has been hitting just got another hit…just had some folks on in front of him
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
8:53 pm
MVPrado!
ACE
August 22nd, 2012
8:53 pm
Keep Dan on the bench, ride the Rev.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 22nd, 2012
8:53 pm
That was fun. It is nice to break through a bit.
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
8:53 pm
Prado! You are a ballplayer brother! So close last night but you got em tonight!
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
8:53 pm
Yes! We are in business now.
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:53 pm
did he really just swing at the first pitch after dude couldn’t throw a strike and your pitcher just ran first to home?
keyLargo
August 22nd, 2012
8:53 pm
if anybody with speed gets on they should test Suzuli’s hand
Let’s see, we have Heyward coming up at 3rd and Heyward will be back up at12th.
Hmmmm
August 22nd, 2012
8:53 pm
I like the idea of Prado leading off and Bourn behind him. Both players know how to get on base plus you can kinda negate Prado’s ability to hit into double plays
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
8:53 pm
And a nice job of Harper to go the wrong way…. first step is back kid!
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
8:54 pm
yup, Huddy more like 5′11″
MIdtown
August 22nd, 2012
8:54 pm
Reed … that was a time to take a pitch or two. Give your pitcher some time.
ACE
August 22nd, 2012
8:54 pm
There’s your support Medlen.
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
8:54 pm
I hope that runs all the haters away for the rest of this game….!
TBbravesfan
August 22nd, 2012
8:55 pm
i was thinking the same thing tiger
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:56 pm
nolie – I like that as well cause if he is 5′ 11″ then I’m 6′1″ and I’m ok with that
Sopheee
August 22nd, 2012
8:56 pm
Belated Marteeeeeeen
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:57 pm
ok boys holdem…im off for a bit
Bobby's Cox
August 22nd, 2012
8:57 pm
I like the idea of Prado leading off and Bourn behind him. Both players know how to get on base plus you can kinda negate Prado’s ability to hit into double plays
Which is exactly why you hit and run those two, yet Fredi never does.
Jerry
August 22nd, 2012
8:57 pm
Personally speaking, Reed Johnson should shave that thing off. It looks like a landing strip. You know what I’m talking about.
Hmmmm
August 22nd, 2012
8:57 pm
“I hope that runs all the haters away for the rest of this game”
it should do for now .. at least until the Nats hit another homer like they’ve tended to do this entire series
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
8:57 pm
Martin has the power stroke!
Atlanta Braves @Braves
For Prado, 11 of his last 17 hits have gone for extra bases (8 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs).
Animus
August 22nd, 2012
8:58 pm
Medlen w/a NASTY 2 seamer for strike 3!!! The kid can definitely pitch.
The A Bomb
August 22nd, 2012
8:58 pm
That was Maddux movement. Well done.
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
8:58 pm
I think he got a lucky call there
tiger297
August 22nd, 2012
8:58 pm
love that pitch starts at his knees and ends up on the corner…even if they are looking for it cant do much with it
Coming Up Small
August 22nd, 2012
8:58 pm
Columbus,
you probably made the same argument last August and maybe were even making it in October after the Braves folded. The Mets, Cubs, Royals, and Marlins fans were probably laughing at the Braves and their fans on October 1st last year. There was no difference between the Braves and those teams on October 1st 2011. They ALL were staying home and watching the playoffs including the Braves. So if you’re happy singing “rah, rah and lets get em boys” and think thas all it will take to put the Braves over the top, then enjoy your little fantasy.
As for Chipper, he’s a 40 year old who no longer plays like a hall of famer. He earned his credentials over an entire career, not how he has performed over the last 3 or 4 years. Sometimes he shows flashes of talent. Sometimes he swings the bat like a 40 year old has been.
Henry Aaron is a Hall of Famer, but if he tried swinging the bat today, he would have some bad at bats and bad approaches. And of course if Henry swung at a bad pitch you would probably claim he knew exactly what he was doing and tried the miss the ball.
Enjoy wearing your Chipper Jones jersey, Columbus. I bet you’re the envy of all the other 12 year olds in your neighborhood.
ab initio
August 22nd, 2012
8:58 pm
“When you’ve got a couple guys who are struggling in the lineup, it seems like the big at-bats always find you,” – Chipper Jones
LOLOLOLOLOL
Hey HOF Bonehead, there’s always a coupla guys struggling in our lineup. The ownership won’t spend, and we got the guy that made Baltimore a laughing-stock making the decisions for our club. It’s absurd. You’re absurd, too, Chipper. With rationale like this from players, coaches, and management, it’s not surprising this ball club has one World Series ring since it decided to ooze down from Milwaukee.
Typical Idiot Blogger
August 22nd, 2012
8:59 pm
Jerry, keepin’ it classy…
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 22nd, 2012
8:59 pm
Atlanta Braves @Braves
Martin Prado notched his 46th multi-hit game. Entering tonight, he ranked 2nd in the NL and 4th in the Majors with 45 multi-hit games.
I’ll be back later folks.
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
9:00 pm
Kris musta bought stock in a lumber factory recently
Frumpy
August 22nd, 2012
9:00 pm
Marteen has seemed to hit alot of doubles the last 10 games or so. anyone got a stat on that? now upto 36 for the year,. May not be hitting as many home runs but still very good for doubles.
Bobby's Cox
August 22nd, 2012
9:00 pm
For Prado, 11 of his last 17 hits have gone for extra bases (8 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs)
And 7 of the last 8 games in which he has a hit have been multi-hit games (7 of last 11 games)
njbraves
August 22nd, 2012
9:01 pm
I love the way Medlen pitches. He goes right after every hitter he faces.
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
9:01 pm
Nice
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
9:01 pm
gotta admit that I like the way that he pitches
Bobby's Cox
August 22nd, 2012
9:01 pm
2nd in the NL in multi-hit games to Melky Roid Cabrera
nolie
August 22nd, 2012
9:02 pm
njb beat me
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
9:04 pm
Prado, Chipper and Bourn have been rocks at the plate….if the other guys get cranking at the same time….look out for the Braves train and be ready to get out of its way. Potentially unstoppable
brian
August 22nd, 2012
9:04 pm
I like seeing Jason hit these lefties and S.S.
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
9:05 pm
Well, I argued with several here about Meds starting months ago and I’m glad to see he’s supporting my opinion with outstanding pitching. Very proud of the little guy.
WTG, Jason’
Jay Dubu
August 22nd, 2012
9:05 pm
Go long Chipper, to make up for the DP last AB.
Coming Up Small
August 22nd, 2012
9:06 pm
One more thing Columbus,
Find some other phrase or word instead of the worn out “haters” thing. To dummies like you, someone who says they don’t like a certain kind of food is a “hater.”
You don’t like it to rain 7 days in a row? You must be a “rain hater!”
You prefer summer to winter? You must be a “winter hater!”
You don’t like it when your mom cooks brussel sprouts? You must be “your mom hater!”
Grow up and stop the hype.
Felix
August 22nd, 2012
9:06 pm
The best Braves pitcher was sent down to Gwinnett to stretch and stuck in the bullpen for months by those two baseball geniuses-Wren and Fredi.
Great! Just great!
brian
August 22nd, 2012
9:06 pm
good at bat there by CHipper – patient and went the other way
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
9:06 pm
WTG, Chipper!
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
9:06 pm
Werth got a cannon
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
9:07 pm
It must been the advice “small” gave him lol!
The A Bomb
August 22nd, 2012
9:08 pm
Rally time.
Break time for that JC Brave mensa.
bp
August 22nd, 2012
9:09 pm
double play
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
9:10 pm
Dang! Almost Freddie.
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
9:10 pm
You got chipper straightened out didnt you coming up small?
Almost Fred good lick. Lets get some more right here right now. Lets get Bourn back in the game if its a righty
Animus
August 22nd, 2012
9:10 pm
FF swinging a bit better tonight it seems. 2 hard hits, but….nothing to show for it…yet.
JC Brave
August 22nd, 2012
9:11 pm
Break time for that JC Brave mensa.
Keep trying.
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
9:11 pm
No. Don’t take Detweiler out. We like him.
Coming Up Small
August 22nd, 2012
9:11 pm
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
9:07 pm
It must been the advice “small” gave him lol!”
Nahh Columbus, it was that the Braves have a 2 run lead when he comes up and the lump in the throat isn’t as tight.
It must have worked Columbus. He wasn’t hacking at the first pitch.
Either that or you lit an extra candle in your Chipper shrine before he came to bat.
DawgNole
August 22nd, 2012
9:13 pm
Columbus
August 22nd, 2012
8:54 pm
I hope that runs all the haters away for the rest of this game….!
___________________
Obviously it hasn’t–you’re stil here.
Brava
August 22nd, 2012
9:14 pm
LOL!