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cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
9:00 pm
Bravefaninok-
Eh, anything less than about a 4.5 does not even get me to move anymore
(I still hate them…)
ACE
August 26th, 2012
9:00 pm
KeyLargo, one of those old 3 finger gloves.
M.V.P.Heyward
August 26th, 2012
9:01 pm
What a Play!
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
9:01 pm
Nicely done
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
9:01 pm
Janish — what a great pickup.
BFChris27
August 26th, 2012
9:01 pm
Janish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
phil
August 26th, 2012
9:01 pm
Great, great play by Yanish!
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
9:01 pm
Don’t know how I feel about that base mic ESPN’s got going on.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
9:01 pm
Nice job Janish
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
9:01 pm
Citi F. Jones –
VA is a dope…
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
9:01 pm
Keep hanging in there, ncgary
T-Dawg
August 26th, 2012
9:01 pm
Nice. More please
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
9:02 pm
Janish is good…..
Animus
August 26th, 2012
9:02 pm
Janish was a great fill-in pickup by Wren. Not producing many runs, but definitely saving some!
ncgary
August 26th, 2012
9:03 pm
thanks bat
als
wasnt what i was expecting to here
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
9:03 pm
Agreed, Chop.
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
9:03 pm
You and Chop are viewing a Stolen Base the same way as a homer. Like every steal is a meaningful play…
Factor in all the times a player caught stealing, factor in all the times the guy who stole the base is stranded, then factor all the times the batter gets a hit or walks after a runner is thrown out. Overall at the end of the day it doesn’t make that much impact over the course of the season.
ncgary
August 26th, 2012
9:03 pm
or hear for that matter too
lol
phil
August 26th, 2012
9:03 pm
Ncgary….i guess you’ve been told less than a yr with your form? I sure am sorry.
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
9:04 pm
BTW I had said Golden Yolk for some absurd reason — it’s the BROKEN YOLK — best breakfast in SD.
Braveone
August 26th, 2012
9:04 pm
From the previous blog which had 2,911 comments, Brava led the way with 130 posts. There were 265 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:
Rank Poster Frequency
1 Brava 130
2 Animus 117
3 brian 113
4 TheOnlyBravesFan 91
5 nolie 84
6 George 83
7 Venice Jim 81
8 VaBravesFan 77
9 uga-brave 77
10 Disgusted 66
11 ACE 63
12 The A Bomb 60
13 phil 56
14 Capt.Mudd 51
15 MIBravesFan 50
16 Pale Rider 50
17 Tomahawk Mafia 47
18 Jeff R 46
19 ChattTownBrian 45
20 Bat Masterson 43
21 David O’Brien 41
22 JC Brave 38
23 Trey 38
24 Ward 38
25 BFChris27 37
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
9:04 pm
That’s a Got Heeeem! at third base.
Four “e”s in Heeeem, people.
Make a note.
Bat offense to start the inning. Good defense to close it.
T-Dawg
August 26th, 2012
9:04 pm
Name calling on a blog. That’s what a real man (or woman) does.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 26th, 2012
9:05 pm
Lincecum seems to be settling down quite a bit here.
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
9:05 pm
Fat Panda is Fat
M.V.P.Heyward
August 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
WTG! Juan Fran!
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
9:00 pm
Bravefaninok-
Eh, anything less than about a 4.5 does not even get me to move anymore (I still hate them…)
Funny thing about quakes.We had a 5.5 here this spring,Everybody was freaking out…I knew what it was .
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
JUAAAAAANNNNN!!!
BFChris27
August 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
Juan Francisco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Animus
August 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
Juan – a little better AB that time
WOW
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
That a boy FRANCISCO!!!
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
BOOM, Francisco with his monster power.
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
9:06 pm
atta boy Juan Francisdough
keyLargo
August 26th, 2012
9:07 pm
All y’all boo Francisco.
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
9:07 pm
Lincecum did a great job of hitting Francisco’s bat.
That’s his hot zone.
phil
August 26th, 2012
9:07 pm
A moonshot homer! Yes sir!
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
9:07 pm
Roadrunnerrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
9:07 pm
GOT HEEEEM!!!
There you go, Roadrunner.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 26th, 2012
9:07 pm
Francisco continued his struggles in that at bat. Haha.
ChattTownBrian
August 26th, 2012
9:08 pm
CRUSHED
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
9:08 pm
Ha! Huddy 2-2!
M.V.P.Heyward
August 26th, 2012
9:08 pm
SS for Huddy!
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
9:08 pm
wooo boy Huddy way to chop that wood
Animus
August 26th, 2012
9:08 pm
Huddy 2-2. What’s up with him today?
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
9:09 pm
Can’t believe some still want that guy off the team, yeah he strikes out alot and is a below average defender but he’s only gonna be making 500k next season and is slugging over 460.. Very easily a good bench piece or half of a platoon.
David O'Brien
August 26th, 2012
9:09 pm
Francisco’s homer went where Bonds used to hit them, but not a lot of others have. Ball was CRUSHED.
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
9:09 pm
Huddyyyyyyy
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
9:09 pm
Bench depth!
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
9:09 pm
That was hit so far I thought it was an out, if that makes any sense.
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
9:09 pm
Ncgary_
Yeah I guess not. Really sorry my friend
brian
August 26th, 2012
9:09 pm
Impressive by francisco
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
9:10 pm
T-Dawg
August 26th, 2012
9:10 pm
Can Huddy play 2B? Or left field?
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
9:10 pm
VaBravesFan — I just don’t look at him as a starter with his defense and also, he’s lefthanded — too many of those guys.
phil
August 26th, 2012
9:10 pm
Bourn – Boooooooooo!!
Tomahawk Mafia
August 26th, 2012
9:10 pm
That is twice Bourn has swung at that pitch that bounced three feet in front of the plate.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
9:11 pm
VaBravesFan – If Francisco follows through on what he said about losing another 15 pounds or so in the offseason, his defense will improve (range) and hitting is something he’s improving on.
I’m all for giving him the shot at 3rd – sure Wren is too.
ChattTownBrian
August 26th, 2012
9:11 pm
Wow is Clinton one arrogant old fool.
T-Dawg
August 26th, 2012
9:13 pm
It sure seems like Bourn either goes 4-5 or 0-5, doesn’t it?
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
9:13 pm
Francisco as a everyday player would probably produce around what Dan Uggla did in 2011.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
9:14 pm
Huddy has a higher BA than MAC? That was funny – explains why the bench was messing with him. Of course, Uggla isn’t in the line-up tonight or it could have been really embarrassing.
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
9:15 pm
Nice effort, Janish
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
9:15 pm
Juan will most likely be the 3rd basemen next year unless we pick up a left fielder in the offseason, then of course Prado would be the third basemen (if he stays)
Veer
August 26th, 2012
9:17 pm
Hudson throwing 92 mph. wow!!!
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
9:17 pm
T-dawg… Huddy was an outfielder in college and high school
Animus
August 26th, 2012
9:17 pm
CHOP SHOP – if who stays, Prado? I can’t foresee ANY scenario that would include Prado not being a Brave. He’s due his last year of ARB next year.
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
9:18 pm
Nice D, Freddy
VaBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
9:19 pm
Keith Law was definitely right about the Dan Uggla extension. A mistake, said Uggla wouldn’t age well and said the last 2 years of the contract would hurt alot. But so far it looks like 4 of the 5 years will look pretty bad.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
9:19 pm
Only 43 pitches through 4 for Huddy – looking like a long outing for him. Plus he has to stay there if he wants that 4-4
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
9:19 pm
Game progressing well; can’t help but analyze the ‘what if’s,’ per the immediate Psychographic of Mr. Uggla.
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
9:20 pm
Animus – Touche’.. a fact I did not know.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 26th, 2012
9:20 pm
David from Athens, AL Is McFann ill? Have not seen her post recently!!
Nope! But thank you for asking…:)
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
9:21 pm
Hudson broke most of Frank Thomas’s records at Auburn.
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
9:21 pm
A win and not having to see Uggla’s front knee buckle would make this evening quite pleasurable.
phil
August 26th, 2012
9:21 pm
Always some loon in the cove hoping for a dinger ball….
T-Dawg
August 26th, 2012
9:22 pm
Prado will be at 3rd next year. It will be much easier to get a power bat in an outfielder than it will be at 3B.
phil
August 26th, 2012
9:22 pm
There she is! Where ya been, McFann?
Animus
August 26th, 2012
9:22 pm
Because they FORGOT TO INCLUDE BULLPENS in the building plans
CRM300
August 26th, 2012
9:23 pm
All you guys with a man crush on Michael Bourn should check his batting average and OBP since the All Star game. Less than impressive! He also strikes out way too much for a lead off man. Do you really want to sign this guy to a long term contract at $15 million plus for six or seven years? Check his career stats. Not a supestar! Braves don’t need another Uggla/Lowe type of contract on the books which steals needed money from the bench and the bullpen. There are cheaper alternatives out there. Let Bourn go to the money. McCann will follow him the year after.
Hmmmm
August 26th, 2012
9:23 pm
“It sure seems like Bourn either goes 4-5 or 0-5, doesn’t it?”
I wish it seemed like he was going 4-5 a lot ….. I just looked up Bourn’s stats; since Jul 4 he’s had 10 games where he got more than 1 hit (Braves are 9-1 in those games). Only 10 games in almost 2 months where he’s had a multi-hit game
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
9:23 pm
All this hate towards Uggla… I mean yea he’s struggling but his occasional bat sure is NICE to have…
phil
August 26th, 2012
9:23 pm
Is reed really that slow? Sigh…
Bravesfan54
August 26th, 2012
9:23 pm
In my opinion the most recent labor-management agreement has resulted in huge shifts in player-salary strategies. If you have a lot of money (i.e., are a big market team, you throw “insane money” at a dwindling supply of so-called superior talent. But the union put the brakes on the money you can pay to amatuers and international players. The end result is in finding value with the ‘journeyman’ player who have good resumes. BMAC will attract the high-rollers, and, the Braves would be foolish (relatively speaking) to take the same risk that a Boston, LAD, LAA, NYY, NYM, or either Chicago team. Brian will have surgery during the off-season and may return to his historic levels, but can the Braves afford to pay the inflated “market” value that even an injured McCann would command? The answer is maybe. Declining the option will be fatal. Why? Because in that eventuality, he is, hate the term, publicly “dissed”. The big spenders will not hesitate to tell him and his agent that his off-year is a non-factor. For our Bravos, it will be about money and statistics, but others will readily over-pay him. (Think Boston, who has some $260 million more than they had 6 months ago. Want me to say it again, that is $260 million – off their books – money that they can’t throw at the latest HS or college phenoms, and money that they can’t pay to Dominicans, Arubans, Mexicans, etc.
I understand that I am willing to let one of the last so-called (hate the term) ‘baby Braves’ go. But we survived FanCoer’s leaving’, and nothing in Andrew Jones’ post-Braves career ever came close to justifying a 2-year $36M contract. With due respect (absolutely – hey, I am a 66 year old guy, whose has followed this team daily sincc 1954))to Ms McFann- good business demands that the Braves decline a $12M option on an injured player.
David O'Brien
August 26th, 2012
9:24 pm
Juan Francisco’s HR in the 4th went 454ft according to ESPN Homerun Tracker…
Animus
August 26th, 2012
9:24 pm
Juan Francisco’s HR in the 4th went 454ft via our ESPN Homerun Tracker…
Not too shabby.
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
9:24 pm
McCann will a Brave for A LONG time CRM300
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
9:25 pm
All this hate toward Uggla…..LOL.
phil
August 26th, 2012
9:25 pm
We’re bailing this guy out swinging at crap….
Monica Lewinsky
August 26th, 2012
9:25 pm
I like baseball players and politicians. I’ll be working the Republican convention this week. Then I’ll go pay a visit to the boys at the Democratic Party Convention next week.
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
9:25 pm
Hey McFann, good to see you
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
9:26 pm
Hello. McFann!!!
cricket
August 26th, 2012
9:26 pm
damn – freeman tear coming out of left eye, hope eyes are ok
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
9:27 pm
Hi Mcfann….
CRM300
August 26th, 2012
9:28 pm
Braves will pick up McCann’s option for next year, but he is a Yankee after that.
phil
August 26th, 2012
9:28 pm
Uggla is the worst hitting regular in the NL….the season is nearly over.
He did this last year too, minus the 33 game hitting phenomenon.
When is enough enough? Never? Play the guy, no worries, come what may?
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
9:29 pm
Cabrera should be disqualified from winning the batting title this season.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 26th, 2012
9:29 pm
Hey, Bat! Thanks. Good to see you, too…
Hey, phil! Just been away from the Blog…
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
9:29 pm
Lincecum is three outs from a quality start.
CHOP SHOP
August 26th, 2012
9:29 pm
A Yankee… I doubt that. He would get tore up in the american league.
Bronke
August 26th, 2012
9:30 pm
Folks, the Braves aren’t the only only ones with the monkey on the back contract with Uggla. Look at the Giants with Lincecum. How much does he make each year? Put Uggla on waivers and hope the Dodgers will pick him up!