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CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:26 pm
Cmon blue that was a ball last inning!!!
ChattTownBrian
August 28th, 2012
11:26 pm
Chipper starts the game with a dip, then some seeds and the on to gum. Watch.
Columbus
August 28th, 2012
11:27 pm
I told you guys, Uggla is looking like he is slowly pulling out his slump the last few games…..LOOKOUT IF HE DOES! That would be a huge shot in the arm and rear end!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:27 pm
A single isn’t producing? He was on base waiting to be driven in….
Animus
August 28th, 2012
11:28 pm
And…Uggla has a two game hitting streak going – longest such streak since a 3 game streak 2 weeks ago.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:29 pm
3K’s for Freeman… that’s worse than anything Uggs does!
ncbravesfan90
August 28th, 2012
11:29 pm
Hat trick for Freddie……..
Brava
August 28th, 2012
11:29 pm
This pitcher’s got Freddie’s number.
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:29 pm
Fredo – For a guy like Uggla who is getting paid 13 mil to bring runs in, play this “great defense” everyone says he has, and most of all for a guy of his size and with his power… no a single is not producing…
MikeInFl
August 28th, 2012
11:29 pm
who the hell cares if he strikes out
… and who cares if Chop Shop “gives him credit?”
Tomahawk Mafia
August 28th, 2012
11:30 pm
Werner is carving this lineup to pieces, yet Medlen has the lead.
CaptainMudd
August 28th, 2012
11:30 pm
I sense a lull here….things need to ge going a bit…..hey VJ and Cab; how about making that place ‘rock!’
ACE
August 28th, 2012
11:31 pm
Medlen has all the support he needs and most likely all he will get.
Columbus
August 28th, 2012
11:32 pm
You guys kick and hate on Uggla while he is down all you want.. I will pull for him because WE NEED HIM and send the team some POSITIVE vibes instead of the negativity and hatin’.
Come on Uggla, work through this slump thing and come through it just as hot as you did last year! You can do it Dano!
Uggla, Uggla!
tiger297
August 28th, 2012
11:32 pm
did not realize durbin went to woodlawn…crazy how close that was to me…
ChattTownBrian
August 28th, 2012
11:32 pm
BALLGAME!
Sopheee
August 28th, 2012
11:32 pm
Disregard if this has already been posted.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/ranking-chipper-jones-retirement-gifts-far-172941742–mlb.html
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:32 pm
AGAIN! Meds!!!!
Brava
August 28th, 2012
11:32 pm
Got heeeeem.
Animus
August 28th, 2012
11:32 pm
WOW
WOW
Amazing Kris Medlen
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:33 pm
And another!
CaptainMudd
August 28th, 2012
11:33 pm
Professonal….top notch move…just great.
Fredo
August 28th, 2012
11:33 pm
needs to teach hanson that move
Bronke
August 28th, 2012
11:33 pm
Medlen is awesome!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:34 pm
Medlen has all the support he needs and most likely all he will get.
Indeed…. and the Braves need to only score 1 more run, because I (selfishly) want Kimmeh to get a save. Meds going the distance wouldn’t be bad either, would be good for my fantasy leagues!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:35 pm
If Meds is ever traded/not in our rotation next year, someone needs to be fired!
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman
Medlen now leads the team w/ three pickoffs. Maholm and Hanson have 2 and per @fauxfrankwren Uggla has at least one
nolie
August 28th, 2012
11:35 pm
fence post
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:36 pm
So close prado!!! wouldve been a top ten! which would have forced ESPN to show DA Braves on tv! haha
CaptainMudd
August 28th, 2012
11:36 pm
Professional duh? Anybody else having trouble with words/letters not showing up on comments when–in fact–originally typed correctly????
Animus
August 28th, 2012
11:36 pm
So that’s why Prado only plays SS occasionally?
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:37 pm
Simmons def would have made the play but he wouldnt have had to dive haha
nolie
August 28th, 2012
11:38 pm
that’s why…
Brava
August 28th, 2012
11:39 pm
Medlen is very good, y’all. Exceptional.
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:39 pm
Medlen is just NASTY…
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:40 pm
This Medlen kid is a star…
David O'Brien
August 28th, 2012
11:40 pm
Medlen runs his scoreless innings streak to 26, has a 2-0 lead through six.
CaptainMudd
August 28th, 2012
11:40 pm
For my money; he’s our ‘Ace.’
Animus
August 28th, 2012
11:40 pm
Yeah, this Medlen guy is doing pretty good for a #4 or #5 starter
ChattTownBrian
August 28th, 2012
11:40 pm
Medlen might be our ace heading into the next year.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:41 pm
Can’t Medlen pitch every day? Or at least cloned? I’d love having 5 Meds in the rotation, and a bullpen of 6 Medlens (2 LH, of course) and Kimbrel…. that’d be friggin awesome.
nolie
August 28th, 2012
11:41 pm
Hope Meds isn’t gonna be like the wonderful one hoss shay, when he finally gives up a run he will just disintegrate into ashes
CaptainMudd
August 28th, 2012
11:42 pm
Andrew..’Not this Time,’ Werner
ChattTownBrian
August 28th, 2012
11:42 pm
No way I thought Medlen would be this good. He’s just figured it out I guess. Good because I know they need him bad.
Heisenberg
August 28th, 2012
11:42 pm
Holy dominance Batman! Can Medlen get some CY votes? Could be a stretch to ask for winning CY but somebody please put in a vote or 2 for this guy.
Ralph
August 28th, 2012
11:42 pm
ChattTownBrian
August 28th, 2012
11:40 pm
Medlen might be our ace heading into the next year
Not if Fruti can find an excuse to put him backi in the pen!
N8
August 28th, 2012
11:42 pm
For anybody that cares, and who has the mlb package or mlb.tv….. Dick Enberg can’t rave enough about Medlen. I’ve always liked listenting to what other announcers think of the Braves (call it the anti-homerism fascination).
But is there ANY doubt that Medlen belongs in this rotation for good moving forward?
Dude is frickin mini-Maddux out there.
Ken Stallings
August 28th, 2012
11:42 pm
A question to ponder:
Would Kris Medlen have won the Cy Young Award had he been in the starting rotation from the start of the season? Or, did the Braves do a very smart thing by putting him the bullpen initially and lower his total innings pitched to give time for his surgically repaired shoulder the extra time to recover to make him this effective?
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:43 pm
LOL Animus…. he’s so overrated, the comparisons to Glavine are bogus
kelevra
August 28th, 2012
11:43 pm
ross will play tomorrow so this mccann’s last chance for a hit in the series
Heisenberg
August 28th, 2012
11:43 pm
Braves lefty hitters rejoice. They put in a RHP.
Sopheee
August 28th, 2012
11:43 pm
You guys are putting the ultimate jinx on him. Shhh.
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:43 pm
I wouldnt say ace, ChattTown but he def wont be #4 or 5 thats for sure
Venice Jim
August 28th, 2012
11:44 pm
Great meeting Kat and Wayne – just need to stay ahead (just occasionally glancing at the blog)…
CaptainMudd
August 28th, 2012
11:44 pm
Not so fast….well, at the leat Meds can be Co-Aced into pitching more!
Animus
August 28th, 2012
11:44 pm
Ken – actually it was TJ surgery, and I think the Braves wanted to limit his innings. And they had a lot of promise coming out of ST, felt the pen was the place for him. Remember, he only started once some of the more promising pitchers faltered.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:45 pm
Hope Meds isn’t gonna be like the wonderful one hoss shay, when he finally gives up a run he will just disintegrate into ashes
Negative nolie…. Meds ain’t giving up any runs anytime soon!
Can Medlen get some CY votes?
Agree, he deserves to get some… he’s been great, and will continue to do so.
CaptainMudd
August 28th, 2012
11:45 pm
Uggla has bigger muscles now…..Tiger Milk Dan?
Heisenberg
August 28th, 2012
11:45 pm
Ken, IMHO Braves did a smart thing. But he should garner a few votes. Strong finishes impress voters.
N8
August 28th, 2012
11:45 pm
“Braves lefty hitters rejoice. They put in a RHP.”
…. and yet McCann still looks like an over-matched boy among men. Sigh….
Ken Stallings
August 28th, 2012
11:45 pm
I have DirecTV and the MLB Extra Innings package and many times I have watched the Padres late at night here in New Mexico just because I so much like Dick Enberg as a baseball announcer. He has more fame from football play-by-play, but I think he’s best as a baseball play-by-play man.
He is very honest and gives credit where due. No one can look at Medlen’s performances and draw much of any negative. The man has just flat out done the job! If he had ten more starts in 2012 and kept this up, he’d win the Cy Young going away.
I still think despite the limited innings and starts, he will still get some significant votes.
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:45 pm
I think uggle has already started back to the dugout
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:46 pm
yup… good job uggla
JC Brave
August 28th, 2012
11:46 pm
There’s the real Uggla!
T-Dawg
August 28th, 2012
11:46 pm
That home run just bought Uggla 10 more games.
Ken Stallings
August 28th, 2012
11:47 pm
Thanks for the correction! I could not remember if it was Tommy John or a shoulder and obviously guessed wrong!
CaptainMudd
August 28th, 2012
11:47 pm
Also like the way Meds won’t just give up his at-bat
N8
August 28th, 2012
11:48 pm
Agreed Ken. He’s good as a baseball announcer. Now if we could just get Dan Dierdorf in the booth with him. Kidding. He’s horrible.
kelevra
August 28th, 2012
11:49 pm
medlen is so good he’s making everyone forget how terrible our offense is right now
CaptainMudd
August 28th, 2012
11:49 pm
The earlier Homer by Dan is equivalent to 8 walks…..I know he cares!
Heisenberg
August 28th, 2012
11:49 pm
Would trade the bad ABs for a dinger twice a week from Uggla. I know it is setting the bar low but would at least be an upgrade.
Animus
August 28th, 2012
11:49 pm
Comparisons to Glavine & Maddux are premature. The guy has only started 24 games in his career, if he continues to pitch well for the next ….. 15 years, then the comparisons can begin. Seriously, he’s doing well, enjoy it and hope it continues for a long time in Atlanta.
Bronke
August 28th, 2012
11:50 pm
As soon as you get some giddy up back in your step, here comes the strikeouts again. I really think McCann needs to sit. Sorry McFann. He was awesome at one time but has become a shell of his former self. Hope he snaps out but I don’t see it happening this year.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 28th, 2012
11:51 pm
The line up better get its act together. They have a lead but this is troubling to only have two runs after being shut out last night and shut down for much of the past two weeks.
Jay Dubu
August 28th, 2012
11:51 pm
26 2/3 cosecutive scoreless innings pitched by Medlen.
Heisenberg
August 28th, 2012
11:51 pm
I could see more of the Prado starting at SS then moving to LF for defense late. At least until Simmons gets back.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:52 pm
I woulda preferred Pastornicky at SS to finish the game, but Janish is okay…
Take a look at this play: It’s amazing…. 2 players touch the ball, and still record the out.
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:52 pm
Animus – None of the braves current pitchers can be compared to Maddox or Glavine
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:53 pm
BMac….
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:54 pm
Great, McCann dinged up again…
Sopheee
August 28th, 2012
11:54 pm
Eek.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:54 pm
That’s why I don’t catch…. those kinda hits hurt.
nolie
August 28th, 2012
11:54 pm
that hurt
JC Brave
August 28th, 2012
11:54 pm
Careful Medlen, you are beyond 75 pitches and “your effectiveness may start slipping”…
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
August 28th, 2012
11:54 pm
no more babies….
Animus
August 28th, 2012
11:54 pm
Good thing Mac already has a kid – may not be able to have any more after that hit! OUCH
keyLargo
August 28th, 2012
11:54 pm
N8 – I’ve been listening to Chip tonight but I did listen to Dick Enberg the last series against the Padres. I prefer Enberg over Vince Scully of the Dodgers too, although both are HOF announcers. I think Scully only does home games now.
Bravefaninok
August 28th, 2012
11:55 pm
Ouchhhhhhhhhh that was in a bad spot.
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:55 pm
Medlen is making everyone hurt themselves! haha
tiger297
August 28th, 2012
11:56 pm
wonder if cab is close enough to hear mac swearing
Heisenberg
August 28th, 2012
11:56 pm
In Little League a cup is mandatory. Surprising how many MLB players do not wear one.
Animus
August 28th, 2012
11:56 pm
Tiger – she’ll have to listen for a very high pitched F-Bomb
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:57 pm
He (BMac) was awesome at one time but has become a shell of his former self. Hope he snaps out but I don’t see it happening this year.
BMac is .276/.344./.276/.620 over his last 8… and .246/.329/.463/.792. He’s done better in 2nd half than in his 1st half…. he’s coming around, I hope.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:57 pm
27.1 IP scoreless for Meds #LikeABoss
CHOP SHOP
August 28th, 2012
11:57 pm
Heisenberg – I think most baseball players quit wearing cups at high school.
Animus
August 28th, 2012
11:58 pm
Only 86 pitches, looks like he’s strong. Could be another CG for him. Wouldn’t mind seeing Kimbrel come in though.
nolie
August 28th, 2012
11:59 pm
not much fun to wear a cup as a catcher
Heisenberg
August 28th, 2012
11:59 pm
Hate to post-n-run but I am not on SD time. Good night. Catching the rest of this from a horizontal position.
uga-brave
August 28th, 2012
11:59 pm
braves lead the national league in walks by a wide margin (454) next closest the mets with 423.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 28th, 2012
11:59 pm
Chop Shop: You are correct… though some coaches make sure that catchers wear them, esp. with the hard-throwing pitchers. Most guys I know (myself included) rarely, if ever, wear them. But I’m an OF/2B, so it’s not needed often.
Animus
August 29th, 2012
12:00 am
Cups are uncomfortable, but…the one time you don’t wear one…you get hit, crawl away thinking you’re going to die…and throw up in front of everyone. (I think that’s the order it happened, I’ve tried to block the memory out)