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cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
10:24 pm
MAC!!!!
Animus
August 26th, 2012
10:24 pm
Mac really wants that batting title back from Huddy – and a great idea MAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cricket
August 26th, 2012
10:24 pm
holy crap
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
10:24 pm
Mac…..good strategy
Disgusted
August 26th, 2012
10:24 pm
If Bourn threw that to home or cut off man Posey wouldn’t have tagged to score.
Don’t get this move by Bourn. He ruined Huddys shutout
Veer — Bourn made the right play– limited the potential damage.
Kept runners on first and second with a 5-1 lead. Smart safe play.
JC Brave
August 26th, 2012
10:24 pm
Finally!
Great seeing McCann taking advantage of that shift..
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
10:25 pm
Total waste of an at-bat.
ACE
August 26th, 2012
10:25 pm
VJ, that bunt was just for you.
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
10:25 pm
Brian with the Bunt……Good to see that against the shift.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 26th, 2012
10:25 pm
Speed. Demon.
Just kidding. BMac’s not a demon…
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
10:25 pm
That’s a Got Heeeem! bunt right there.
Maybe Uggla should try to employ that strategy occasionally.
Or like, every at-bat.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
10:25 pm
Bunts by sluggers are such a bad idea….
cough cough
BMac is having him a night
Tomahawk Mafia
August 26th, 2012
10:26 pm
Affelt should be banned from baseball for being a left-handed pitcher who walks Juan Francisco.
J-MAN
August 26th, 2012
10:26 pm
McCann needs to bunt more on that shift his average would be back normal because it would force the defense to play him honest.
Venice Jim
August 26th, 2012
10:26 pm
Ace – that was not designed to give away free outs…
IlliniBrave
August 26th, 2012
10:27 pm
B-Mac learning somehing maybe?
Veer
August 26th, 2012
10:27 pm
janish the best 209 hitter i have ever seen in my life
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
10:27 pm
Thanks, TOBF. You hit the nail on the head—just not worth it most nights these days, unfortunately…
She lives!!! It’s such a shame that people can’t be nicer in their criticisms….The guy is a total beast when he’s right. Hope he gets it back soon.
Disgusted
August 26th, 2012
10:27 pm
A couple of extra insurance runs will help in case we do not get a clean inning from Johnny V.
You never have too many runs in baseball — you play to the end and why is baseball the best game of em all.
One reason is that there is no such thing as running up the score.
I like football but no way does football season replace that every day friend like baseball.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
10:27 pm
Chipper w/his helmet on? Don’t hurt that oblique man.
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
10:27 pm
Real baseball tonight. Refreshing after that AIRBALLFEST the other night.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
10:28 pm
@mlbbowman They won’t see the blooper or the bunt in the box score. McCann wast starting to feel better Friday. 3 hit game will help his psyche
Kevin McAlpin @KevinMcAlpin
Yeah…next year haha RT @ninja2loco: @KevinMcAlpin the braves need to start Francisco more often, don’t ya think?
Try never, Kevin….
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
10:28 pm
ESPN camera views great tonight….especially highlighting Chipper…. [@Fredi's expense???]
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
10:29 pm
Big Mac with the wheels!!!
Animus
August 26th, 2012
10:29 pm
Look at Mac showing off his speed – first an bunt base hit, now tagging and moving over to third? Wow – impressive.
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
10:29 pm
IlliniBrave
August 26th, 2012
10:29 pm
Is it just my TV, or does B-Mac look like he’s lost a little weight?
Citi F. Jones
August 26th, 2012
10:29 pm
CHIPPA CHIPPA CHIPPA
ChattTownBrian
August 26th, 2012
10:30 pm
That is cool
David O'Brien
August 26th, 2012
10:30 pm
Chipper gets a standing ovation when he comes to pinch-hit for Hudson. Classy move by Giants fans. Tips his helmet.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
10:30 pm
Classy fans.
Disgusted
August 26th, 2012
10:30 pm
The more see, the more I believe that Francisco is our third baseman of the future.
Get over it haters. Young man has worked his tail off to improve and deserves to be considered for the future.
I am sure that Chipper has helped him some. Look how he has gotten better since he first got here.
And speaking of the devil — here comes Chipper to a nice ovation.
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
10:30 pm
Classy move by many of the Giants fans- standing ovation for what will probably be Chipper’s last at bat in The City by the Bay
2K91
August 26th, 2012
10:30 pm
BMac showing off the wheels tonight!
Speed never slumps!
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
10:30 pm
Not worth it here.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
10:30 pm
Nice job, Giants fans… last time we meet until October, maybe
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
10:30 pm
Chipper.
Get a hit.
MikeInFl
August 26th, 2012
10:31 pm
Disgusted, if he shows he can hit LHP, you’ve got something there.
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
10:31 pm
Chipper, shoulda gone deep.
Animus
August 26th, 2012
10:32 pm
Pretty good swing – guess it wasn’t hurting much. Okay bullpen, shut them down.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 26th, 2012
10:32 pm
A younger Chipper beats that out. He roped it though.
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
10:32 pm
A cognitive highlight for Fredi…[sending Chipper to PH] good cognition skipper
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
10:33 pm
Disgusted, if he (Francisco) shows he can hit LHP, you’ve got something there.
This…. and from what I can see, that swing isn’t helping him… 1-dimensional player right now. Defense ain’t all that great either, just barely adequate.
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
10:34 pm
A younger Chipper beats that out. He roped it though.
So true. And this is why he is calling it a career. Not because he doesn’t have the desire anymore. His body just won’t do what it needs to. No doubt the Old Man can still play this game
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 26th, 2012
10:34 pm
Bat M It looks like some pretty rough weather in nolie’s area.
Yikes! Hope he’s gonna be OK!…
TOBF—
Yeah—some folks just go so overboard. But perhaps tonight will get BMac back to being BMac and they’ll all shut it!…:)
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
10:34 pm
Giants fans can still suck a lime for all I care.
Or bust a rhyme.
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
10:35 pm
Durbin in bottom 8?
IlliniBrave
August 26th, 2012
10:35 pm
@Disgusted: not hater, but see my earlier post. Juan is just a slightly taller and heavier – and poorer fielding – version of Uggla. They have nearly the same stats. Uggs walks more and thus has a higher OBP, and Juan has a higher BA and slightly higher HR rate. Otherwise they are amazingly similar in their production.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
10:36 pm
Kevin McAlpin @KevinMcAlpin
Tim Hudson’s line: 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 82 pitches (60 strikes). Jonny Venters takes over in the 8th for the #Braves.
Nice! just 60 strikes to 22 balls. That’s Medlen territory there! Great ratio.
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
10:37 pm
Here go the nerves again.
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
10:38 pm
@McFann….I think I speak for most….in saying that the well-wishers for Mac’s increased performance on field–and, improved health thereof–outnumber vastly those opposed.
M.V.P.Heyward
August 26th, 2012
10:38 pm
Everyday Jonny !
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
10:38 pm
Slick.
Nice play by Uggla.
LOL.
Veer
August 26th, 2012
10:38 pm
Would love to see Poet Miguel Batista pitch for us in the 9th with the game already out of hand now
Disgusted
August 26th, 2012
10:39 pm
@TOBF — Juan’s defense has been improving and he has made some real good plays as the season has gone.
He is not the same Francisco of early season & he deserves credit for getting better. As long as he keeps it up, why overanalyze the game so long as he is doing the job.
No, he will never be the combo power hitter and OBP guy that Chipper is, but if he plays adequate D and gives good power, I can live with that. And his OPB has gotten better.
I can accept a .310-320 OBP if he give me 25 HR and 90 RBI.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
10:39 pm
JV is looking better… that’s good news.
Veer
August 26th, 2012
10:40 pm
Hanson would have thrown 82 pitches by the 3rd inning.
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 26th, 2012
10:40 pm
Capt.Mudd—
Oh yeah—I don’t doubt that at all! It’s just that negative folks everywhere tend to be so much louder…
Animus
August 26th, 2012
10:41 pm
Venters is pitching much better down the stretch – just a little hiccup earlier I hope. He’s going to be important the next 6 weeks.
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
10:41 pm
Disgusted — Remember you need to replace a .900 OPS.
And look at all the tough lefties. We already have Rob Deer/Mark Reynolds in Uggla.
Now you want 2 of them?
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 26th, 2012
10:41 pm
I can accept a .310-320 OBP
Juan ain’t ever approaching that kind of OBP in a season if he’s starting…. esp. since he struggles against lefties. Walks add to OBP, and Juan doesn’t walk.
Veer
August 26th, 2012
10:42 pm
Rooting for the Dodgers to win the Division because Dodgers in the 1 game wildcard playoff will be a tougher opponent for us than the Giants
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
10:42 pm
Yeah—some folks just go so overboard. But perhaps tonight will get BMac back to being BMac and they’ll all shut it!…:)
McFann_
People have been ripping McCann the whole time I have been on this blog. Surprised me when I first started reading the blog. I’m not sure that they were not ripping him even more then. Heap’ll be fine, guys a player.
Gift Check
August 26th, 2012
10:42 pm
Did the Giants not give Chipper a retirement gift of any kind? Are they the only team who hasn’t?
nolie
August 26th, 2012
10:42 pm
looks to me like Francisco has gained a few pounds back
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
10:44 pm
@Veer…re: 10:40, I don’t know about that number [82]; but most likely he would have ‘veered’ from course.
Veer
August 26th, 2012
10:45 pm
Just because Johnson has the Huddy goatie it doesn’t mean he can be as good a hitter as Huddy.
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
10:45 pm
Kimbrel should be up.
This is a huge fame and 4-5-6 coming up.
Not like Kimbrel has thrown a ton lately.
TBbravesfan
August 26th, 2012
10:46 pm
when was the last time the nats lost 4 straight?
nolie
August 26th, 2012
10:46 pm
they had a celebration for Chipper but I don’t think they gave him anything
Mitchell
August 26th, 2012
10:46 pm
I’m getting a little tired of hearing about Giants fans.
I’m pretty sure they weren’t selling out every night when they were losing 80 and 90 games for four years in a row.
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
10:46 pm
Did he say…..’thick in the cap tippin?’
nolie
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
Jason Beastman!!!
M.V.P.Heyward
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
J-Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!
Venice Jim
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
HEY JASON!!!
Animus
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
Fredi with a WTF look there after JHey’s bunt attempt.
And now we know why!!!
JHEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BFChris27
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
JHey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
BOB ROBERTSON!
MikeInFl
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
Kimbrel should be up.
That’s just a bad idea. You get a good starting performance, score some runs… why get him up if you don’t need to?
JC Brave
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
Heyward is an ANIMAL…
That ball was CRUSHED!
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
Heyward is a player, too.
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
J-Heyyyyyyyyyyy,deeked em with the bunt attempt…..then killed one
M.V.P.Heyward
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
FF!
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
GAWWWD DOES HE SUCK!
Peachstealth
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
J-Ha goes MAMO
BFChris27
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
Freeman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nolie
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
BtB
Animus
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
BACK TO BACK JACKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
FREDDIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bat Masterson
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
Freddie says, me too
MikeInFl
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
Youth is being served.
Brava
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
Holy Cow!!!
Venice Jim
August 26th, 2012
10:48 pm
FF!!!
JC Brave
August 26th, 2012
10:49 pm
FREEMAN!!!!
Holy guacamolee!!
The A Bomb
August 26th, 2012
10:49 pm
Siddown Kimbrel!
cricket
August 26th, 2012
10:49 pm
that’s why sluggers shouldn’t bunt
ChattTownBrian
August 26th, 2012
10:49 pm
See ya! Back to back! Future looking good
Tomahawk Mafia
August 26th, 2012
10:49 pm
That was fun.
CaptainMudd
August 26th, 2012
10:49 pm
A big….Carry On my Heyward Son…………freddy, freddy!!! Yes…those guys are showing out!
Bravefaninok
August 26th, 2012
10:49 pm
Freddieeeeeeeeeeeee
cabravesfan
August 26th, 2012
10:49 pm
I thought that was a replay..
JASON!
FREDDIEEEEE!!!