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Kat
August 26th, 2012
8:31 pm
My hotel roomhas three windows (corner room) two face PETCO. Awesome…
J-MAN
August 26th, 2012
8:31 pm
This is one of them Games where Huddy can throw a complete game his stuff is looking that good
J-MAN
August 26th, 2012
8:31 pm
This is one of them Games where Huddy can throw a complete game his stuff is looking that good
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
8:31 pm
way to go Huddy
phil
August 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
Hudson swinging the lumber!!
Animus
August 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
And Huddy with a hit – might just be his night
cricket
August 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
giants blog
http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2012/8/26/3269446/open-gamethread-8-26
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
So how come nobody here is complaining about Lincecum’s 18.25 mil salary?
T-Dawg
August 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:28 pm
I’m more worried about McCann making it worse and needing surgery in the offseason and possibly missing time in 2013. Oh well kinda seems like 13′ will be his last season here. No way I’d give him a long term deal anymore unless its like 4 years 40 million…
Yeah. Agree. We need Mac’s power though so I would DL him.
phil
August 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
Why the first pitch swinging?
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:33 pm
I’m cool with Janish posting a 565 OPS or whatever. Hell he’s making less than a million and plays great defense.
I’m not cool with Uggla getting 39 million over the next 3 years when he plays barely average defense while floating around the mendoza line and not even slugging 400…
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
8:33 pm
This ump has an awfully tall strike zone…
Kat
August 26th, 2012
8:33 pm
Bat …. Yeah I’m in SD, hopefully ill be good luck Monday and Tuesday.
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
8:34 pm
nice flip scoot but ya cant get the speedy bourn!
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:34 pm
Bourn should run again
Larry
August 26th, 2012
8:34 pm
“When Jones showed up Saturday morning, he told Gonzalez he didn’t think he could help the team Saturday.”
WIth playoffs hopes fading, an entire teams fortunes in the balance, memories of off last September’s historic collapse weighing on their minds, now is the time for great leaders to suck it up and lead.
Chipper’s natural talents have never been in question; his leadership by example, for me, will always be what has kept him from being more than a special talent, but a special player.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
8:34 pm
Needs #37 right now.
phil
August 26th, 2012
8:35 pm
Hudson lazily refuses to slide….sigh.
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
8:35 pm
So we’ve basically gone from a manager who picks his nose to a manager who picks his spots.
Progress.
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
#37!
Animus
August 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
phil
August 26th, 2012
8:35 pm
Hudson lazily refuses to slide….sigh.
SIGH – he was out by 20 feet – he’s pitching – rather see him exert ON THE MOUND – SIGH
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
REAL! STRATEGY!
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
With ease.
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
Come on Reed.
phil
August 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
Lincecum with his best Hanson immitation….
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
Gonna be a way different Braves team without Bourn next season, but we can easily find a better contact hitter and someone with just as good OBP ability to fill his shoes.
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
8:36 pm
Hope so, Kat. Have fun
If you meet Wayne be careful. I think he’s an anarchist.
Trey
August 26th, 2012
8:37 pm
Thanks, cricket. Wow, their blog is crappy looking.
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
8:38 pm
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 26th, 2012
8:32 pm
So how come nobody here is complaining about Lincecum’s 18.25 mil salary?
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If they was paying him 20mil I might complain.
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
8:38 pm
Come on, Reed.
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
8:38 pm
I agree with Animus, Phil, I would ream my pitcher if he slid into second trying to break up a double play!!!
phil
August 26th, 2012
8:38 pm
Hudson better stay sharp…
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:38 pm
Bat-
No worries- I will protect Kat from Wayne
ChattTownBrian
August 26th, 2012
8:39 pm
Johnson exactly litten my fire yet.
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:39 pm
Stolen bases don’t really impact the game much, but they sure are fun to watch.
ChattTownBrian
August 26th, 2012
8:39 pm
Johnson hasn’t exactly litten my fire yet.
phil
August 26th, 2012
8:40 pm
Lol….
Not serious about Hudson sliding.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
8:40 pm
Lincecum at 47 pitches already – gonna see an early bullpen it seems – since they all pitched last night – I’d like to see ‘em again.
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:40 pm
Buster Olney @Buster_ESPN
Three steals against Lincecum tonight matches a season high in any start for him.
And we’ve played 2 innings
David from Athens, AL
August 26th, 2012
8:41 pm
Is McFann ill? Have not seen her post recently!!
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
8:41 pm
What VaBravesFan?! You get a guy to steal from first to second then a routine single now becomes a potential rbi single… how does that not change the game…?
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
8:41 pm
cab_
Good to know. Who’s gonna protect you abd VJ?
Animus
August 26th, 2012
8:41 pm
Sorry phil – didn’t see the sarcasm font
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:41 pm
Posey is a beast to be honest, 326 AVG with a 900+ OPS
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
8:42 pm
Is the an iPhone App for this blog? Anyone?
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:42 pm
Bat-
I can protect Kat & VJ. I don’t need anyone’s help. I can kick Wayne’s butt (if he needs it) all on my own
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:43 pm
CHOP SHOP
Over the course of a full season they don’t make a huge impact.
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
8:43 pm
Chipper would’ve made that play
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
8:44 pm
nice try, Francisco
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
8:44 pm
Got to put that on the dough Francisco!
Animus
August 26th, 2012
8:44 pm
Nice try Juan – think Chipper might have thrown it a bit better. Pence really got down the line though!
David O'Brien
August 26th, 2012
8:44 pm
Chipper out lineup with sore oblique
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/08/26/chipper-out-of-lineup-with-sore-oblique/
Tomahawk Mafia
August 26th, 2012
8:44 pm
Pence records so many cheap infield hits against the Braves. The most infamous being his weak pop behind Freddie Freeman in game 162 last season.
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
8:45 pm
Come on BMac.
sid
August 26th, 2012
8:45 pm
David Ross please.
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
8:45 pm
cab_
M&M power?
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:45 pm
Of the top 10 teams leading in stolen bases only 2 of them look to be true contenders.
M.V.P.Heyward
August 26th, 2012
8:46 pm
Move your fat ass, Brian!
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
8:47 pm
Mmm hmm.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
8:47 pm
VaBravesFan – but don’t you agree that Bourn should make every effort to get to second? Prado does have 16 GIDP – I’m sure Bourn was the first out on most of those.
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:47 pm
David Ross- 15 WP in 300 innings (.05 per inning)
Brian McCann- 26 WP in 816 (.032 per inning)
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:48 pm
Bat-
I don’t know what that means
ChattTownBrian
August 26th, 2012
8:48 pm
Those shots of SF they’ve shown the last few days are beautiful. We want to visit the west coast next year and that looks like a nice place.
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
8:48 pm
Cab,VJ,DS1 and Kat hope you all have a great time in SD,Have fun and be safe!
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
8:48 pm
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:39 pm
Stolen bases don’t really impact the game much, but they sure are fun to watch.
******
They sure do when you’re down a run in the 9th and after the stolen bag you are now in scoring position. Wow what a dope!!
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:49 pm
CHOP SLOP
Actually of the top 10 teams in stolen bases none of them lead a division. Only the Rays are in line for a wild card spot. With Oakland being the 2nd best team of the top ten stealing teams.
The Marlins lead all of baseball in Steals but have a record of 59-67
richbrave
August 26th, 2012
8:49 pm
Well looky, looky, here. My preferred line-up. Thank you FREDDI
ChattTownBrian
August 26th, 2012
8:49 pm
“Move your fat ass, Brian”
You forgot to put bald in there, too.
Kat
August 26th, 2012
8:49 pm
Bravefaninok thanks!
richbrave
August 26th, 2012
8:50 pm
Oh wait. Not quite. ROSS as catcher.
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
8:50 pm
M.V.P.Heyward
August 26th, 2012
8:46 pm
Move your fat ass, Brian!
And people wonder where McFann is
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
8:50 pm
TO ANYONE IN OR GOING TO SAN DIEGO….
Suggest you avoid the tourist traps in the Gaslamp area.
If you want a GREAT breakfast hit up the GOLDEN YOLK in Pacific Beach…
If you want a GREAT BBQ hit up PHIL’S by the San Diego Sports Arena — closed Monday but BY FAR THE BEST BBQ in SoCal and maybe in the west. Unbelievable. BTW not run by the sarcastic sighing blogger of the same name.
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:50 pm
Bravefaninok-
Thanks! There seems to have been a series of earthquakes down that way today, but the largest was a 5.3 (which is a good jolt, but not enough to cause damage)
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
8:50 pm
VaBravesFan… how does getting runners in scoring position not affect the game? Michael Bourn is on track to have a career high for runs scored with 84.. you know why.. because he LEADS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN STOLEN BASES… getting in scoring position affects the game…
ChattTownBrian
August 26th, 2012
8:51 pm
Pitchers are being more and more careful with JHey as he pushed himself towards that superstar.
T-Dawg
August 26th, 2012
8:51 pm
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:47 pm
David Ross- 15 WP in 300 innings (.05 per inning)
Brian McCann- 26 WP in 816 (.032 per inning)
Wild Pitches or “WP” are charged to the pitcher, not the catcher. PB or past balls are charged to the catchers.
richbrave
August 26th, 2012
8:51 pm
BRIAN’s footwork has never been the best. One of the reasoons he’s a fraction slow to 2B with the throw. But his bat makes up for it. Heh!
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:51 pm
Yeah I’m a dope, your clueless if you think Stolen bases make that much a difference in team success over a full season. Plenty will agree with me.
ACE
August 26th, 2012
8:51 pm
Thanks Sundrop
Tomahawk Mafia
August 26th, 2012
8:52 pm
What in the heck was Heyward swinging at in that at bat? The ball was two feet out of the zone and missed the glove by four feet.
ACE
August 26th, 2012
8:52 pm
Some great quotes by Fredi. It applies but it doesn’t apply.
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
8:53 pm
cab_
I seem to remember from a long time ago you love M&M’s
rc35
August 26th, 2012
8:53 pm
I’d just rest Uggla twice more this season…maybe three times…August, September, and, if we should get there, October. That ought to hold us until Spring Training when he can show up fit and ready to hit or show up slow and let him go.
I used to marvel at how the “U” guys would always beat the Braves. We had a hard time hitting Ugueth Urbina, and seemed to always have problems getting Chase Utley and Dan Uggla out. Once we traded for Uggla, I thought, “He could never beat us again.”
How wrong I was!
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:53 pm
T-Dawg-
I know that. That last one was a wild pitch (they do keep stats for catchers on wild pitches too, by the way)
Just for comparison, David Ross has 2 passed balls in 300 innings and Mac has 5 in 816+
richbrave
August 26th, 2012
8:53 pm
Stayed at Pacific Beach once for a week. Right on the beach. Nice!
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:54 pm
Bat-
I do
Been a while since I’ve had them…
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
8:54 pm
hahaha CHOP SLOP… did you think of that one all by yourself or did your sister/wife help ya with that one? And of course you would bring up the rays.. Who do they have on their team beside Longoria that can bring any runners in to score…? of course if you dont have batters to bring runners in then stealing does nothing for your team… haha the rays.. cmon vabravesfan stop looking up stats in between post.
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:55 pm
I never said it doesn’t impact the game, I’m saying it doesn’t make as much of a impact as you’d think.
The batter still has to get a hit, also factor in all the times players are caught stealing, then factor in the times a players steals a base but is still stranded. When all is factored the impact is very low.
ACE
August 26th, 2012
8:55 pm
After an entire season of got to keep running him out there and believe the back of the bubble gum card he now suddenly says why keep running him out there who is that going to help.
sounds like Frank had a long talk with Fredi. Mayve one that included his job security if he presides over another epic fail.
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
8:55 pm
Those were not good at-bats.
ncgary
August 26th, 2012
8:56 pm
still kicking here in carolina them mayans didnt miss my time by much though
lol
go braves
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:56 pm
CHOP..
That was an accident to be honest on the Slop part..
T-Dawg
August 26th, 2012
8:56 pm
Cabravesfan
It’s not a reflection on the catcher so it didn’t make sense to me why you would share that. Oh well, just saying.
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
8:57 pm
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:51 pm
Yeah I’m a dope, your clueless if you think Stolen bases make that much a difference in team success over a full season. Plenty will agree with me.
**********
Lol, yeah you’re a dope for suggesting that getting in scoring position doesn’t affect the game.
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
8:57 pm
richbrave — Pacific Beach is strange place sometimes…
Older folk mixing with drunk/stoned college kids.
Good food. Good alcohol. Strange mix.
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:57 pm
T-Dawg-
Because a lot of folks here will blame Mac for every wild pitch and demand Ross catch. It was merely to point out that Ross, in fact, is not better than Mac and preventing wild pitches (which, yes, are not the fault of the catcher)
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
8:57 pm
Citi
I feel bad for you, cause you obviously can’t read what I’m typing.
keyLargo
August 26th, 2012
8:58 pm
Did that big glove they just showed have 4 fingers?
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
8:59 pm
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
8:50 pm
Bravefaninok-
Thanks! There seems to have been a series of earthquakes down that way today, but the largest was a 5.3 (which is a good jolt, but not enough to cause damage)
Yea,I loved Southern Cal when I lived there,but I do not miss the quakes.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
8:59 pm
keyLargo – storm mostly past you now?