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ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
7:00 pm
You’d think Braves would be getting better at the LHP since they face them so much though. Guess not.
Animus
August 29th, 2012
7:02 pm
Ignoring the FB – waiting for a breaking ball (hanging) to hit.
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:02 pm
might have to throw all curves
JC Brave
August 29th, 2012
7:03 pm
You’d think Braves would be getting better at the LHP since they face them so much though. Guess not.
Apparently they are getting more and more exposed instead of making the proper adjustments. And a lefties heavy lineup doesn’t help their case either.
Bronke
August 29th, 2012
7:04 pm
Medlen Is great but not this team on the field tonight. I think we are in for a long night. Hope the Braves can at least get a few hits! Sorry for the pessimist attitude but the Braves have not been spanking the ball around against anyone as of late. Hope the prove me wrong.
Tina
August 29th, 2012
7:05 pm
Good luck Hanson your going to need it today as are offense cant hit leftys or anybody below 90 MPH. Not going to be easy against Phils with Lee and Doc.
ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
7:05 pm
WOW!
Bravefaninok
August 29th, 2012
7:05 pm
nolie
August 29th, 2012
5:48 pm
no more CB? That caint happen
try C_B or @CB
Brava
August 29th, 2012
7:05 pm
WTG, Bourney!
count_schemula
August 29th, 2012
7:05 pm
mmm pasta fazool – chard, where have you been my whole life?
Hugo Z Hackenbush
August 29th, 2012
7:06 pm
Say, that wasn’t a bad catch at all!
Animus
August 29th, 2012
7:06 pm
Fantastic Catch – Top10. Defense trying to help Tommy, some runs would be nice.
MIBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
7:06 pm
Great catch, Michael!
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:06 pm
u own Michael a prime rib dinner Tommy
CaptainMudd
August 29th, 2012
7:06 pm
good effort and result
JC Brave
August 29th, 2012
7:07 pm
At least no one has been pounding the ball AGAINST the Braves either.
Ken Stallings
August 29th, 2012
7:07 pm
Hanson owes Michael Bourn and Heyward both steak dinners tonight! Bourn snagged one to his left and then immediately thereafter made an even more impressive catch to his right! Hanson is once again getting drilled but living lucky!
Stoned Mountain
August 29th, 2012
7:08 pm
Sign Michael Bourn.
Kat
August 29th, 2012
7:08 pm
Jimmy @ 4:19 pm .. not NYC.. Albany, NY. (There is a whole state attached to NYC
) Although most the time you have to clarify with people when you say you’re from NY – since almost everyone assumes NY=NYC. In Vegas now.. with a delayed flight back home..but free wifi so I’ll take it.
Lew
August 29th, 2012
7:08 pm
count – They’ve responded to me, they just won’t let me use my email address to make any changes and I don’t want to change it – been using it for years and there’s nothing wrong with it.
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:08 pm
Janish just can’t stay above 200
ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
7:09 pm
“u owe Michael a prime rib dinner Tommy”
Nah. Hanson isn’t a giver of food. Can’t you tell?
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:12 pm
looking like a toughie so far
Kat
August 29th, 2012
7:13 pm
Agreed it’s a good idea to require people to register – was too lazy to think of a different name though when I was waiting for my plane in SD. I do like counts kit_kat ..hah, very clever. No biggy, we’ll all figure it out. Now on to the game.. might pay $5 on the plane to watch it on mlb.tv. Curious to see if mlb.tv can handle plane wifi– they barely can handle providing a good product to my home wifi
keeping it real
August 29th, 2012
7:14 pm
Hanson is just painful to watch. He has lost 6 mph on his fastball since he came up and throws his 89er as straight as an arrow. I wish we could trade him to an AL team. I don’t ever want to see him pitch again.
Lookie Lookie
August 29th, 2012
7:14 pm
For those fans new to baseball, let this game be an example of the difference between an effective pitcher and a pitcher who is struggling somewhat.
Medlen shows how it’s done. He has a number of pitches, but everything is working off his fastball. He can throw it for a strike whenever he wants to. He stikes guys out with it @ 90. His fastball sets up his other pitches.
Now look at Hanson. He can’t throw a fastball for a strike, therefore he has to pray the opposition doesn’t tee off on his breaking ball when he hangs a few (and yes he will hang a few)
If Hanson could get back to basics and learn to throw a fastball for a strike, then perhaps he would become more effective…… at least until his arm falls off from that dart throwing motion.
Bravefaninok
August 29th, 2012
7:14 pm
I was able to register and keep my name.
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
7:14 pm
I know by now we have to lead the league in giving up hits to the opposing pitcher….88 MPH down the middle is very hittable….
Animus
August 29th, 2012
7:15 pm
Even the opposing pitcher hits Tommy’s FB – straight and slow. Sad.
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:15 pm
1st Base Runs Saved
Teixeira, Mark 16
Gonzalez, Adrian 15
Pujols, Albert 7
Votto, Joey 7
Sanchez, Gaby 6
LaRoche, Adam 5
Loney, James 5
Rizzo, Anthony 5
Belt, Brandon 4
Morrison, Logan 4
Smoak, Justin 4
Alonso, Yonder 3
Freeman, Freddie 3
Barton, Daric 2
Carp, Mike 2
Goldschmidt, Paul 2
Helton, Todd 2
Ishikawa, Travis 2
Prado, Martin 2
One Big Dummy
August 29th, 2012
7:16 pm
Hanson must LOVE following Medlen in the rotation, it puts a spotlight directly on his mediocrity!
ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
7:16 pm
Good play, another bad pitch though. Luck
Lookie Lookie
August 29th, 2012
7:16 pm
Fastball for a strike, doesn’t mean fastball down the middle.
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2012
7:16 pm
Hanson after Medlen is like Susan Boyle after Catherine Zeta Jones.
Kat
August 29th, 2012
7:17 pm
I’m in a blackout area damn! onto vipbox.tv
Rico
August 29th, 2012
7:17 pm
Hanson is good trade material in the off season.
CaptainMudd
August 29th, 2012
7:17 pm
Hanson….not looking like he has a pitch to fool a Padre or two.
Animus
August 29th, 2012
7:18 pm
FF ranked that low for 1B? I’m really surprised he’s only credited with saving 3 runs. Guess I’m going to have to pay closer attention. And Prado has 2??? This is what his 2nd game over there this year???
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
7:19 pm
That’s a rule book strike at the letters, don’t see it called much these days but its a rule book definition strike.
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:19 pm
lack of range Animus, defensive metrics of all kinds are very range oriented
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2012
7:21 pm
I absolutely believe that about Freeman. Half the time he’s like Herman Munster out there. Digs balls well.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
7:21 pm
Freeman has saved just 3 runs? WTH! Throw that list out the window, it’s trash.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 29th, 2012
7:23 pm
Just got home. I am guessing that Hanson has looked pretty pedestrian with his stuff again tonight.
CaptainMudd
August 29th, 2012
7:23 pm
Who knows….seems like he has an extra gear he can still tap and his record suggests perhaps the takers {for his potential skill set} outnumber the nontakers…Hanson is ok. Nothing really special but certainly ok.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
August 29th, 2012
7:23 pm
so i guess w/ prado at 1B tonight, are we no longer going to use hinske? love prado, but he needs a rest too.
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:23 pm
he lets way too many balls get past him TOBF
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
August 29th, 2012
7:24 pm
hanson/jurrjens package trade this off-season, a scott boras special!!
Animus
August 29th, 2012
7:24 pm
I understand about FF’s lack of range, but…as many as he digs out and with the errors he prevents – I would have guessed more runs saved. But…it is what it is. I liked all the other lists you pulled up, so I can’t complain about one bad one
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
7:25 pm
Heyward seems to be challenging Uggla for most Ks on the team.
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:25 pm
lefties just eat him up with outside slow stuff
CaptainMudd
August 29th, 2012
7:25 pm
I’ll say this also about Freddy; he did a swift job last night getting those tags down for Meds’ P/O.
Dave
August 29th, 2012
7:25 pm
I was a big fan of Tommy when he first came up but like many have already said it’s really hard to watch him pitch now. You can get away with throwing a ball down the middle at times, when you’re throwing 93-95 but not when you’re topping out at 90 and it’s it’s straight. Still not ready to give up on him though. He has a lot of work to do this off-season. Definitely needs to get in better shape.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 29th, 2012
7:25 pm
Jason sure is susceptible to the breaking ball when behind in the count.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
7:26 pm
he lets way too many balls get past him TOBF
I know that, but I think he saves quite a few runs by saving our infielders from bad throws….
One Big Dummy
August 29th, 2012
7:27 pm
Freeman picks so many out of the dirt that I don’t see that stat as being correct.
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
7:27 pm
“Heyward seems to be challenging Uggla for most Ks on the team.”
It’s closer than alot of folks think, only 13 more K’s for Uggla….
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:27 pm
he is susceptible to a breaking ball from a lefty most all the time. It is what he needs to improve a lot to take the next step. a demon against righties
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2012
7:28 pm
Again, passive baserunning costs Atlanta a run.
CaptainMudd
August 29th, 2012
7:28 pm
Reluctantly….many MLB hitters get fooled and swing just like Freddy at the low outside pitches.
CaptainMudd
August 29th, 2012
7:30 pm
Ahh….ex. Rossy!
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2012
7:30 pm
Soft toss lefty….shadows…..nightmare.
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:31 pm
terrible breakingball hitting team, really. why so many junk pitchers shut them down
count_schemula
August 29th, 2012
7:31 pm
That’s a list only Shaun could love.
Mark
August 29th, 2012
7:33 pm
Just got in from work.
Probably behind but Medsw sure is the man right now! Control is Maddux like. Didn’t say he was Maddux but control is awful good.
Would love to see some old post from the baseball gurus from a few weeks ago saying “Meds is no starter…”
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
7:33 pm
“he is susceptible to a breaking ball from a lefty most all the time. It is what he needs to improve a lot to take the next step. a demon against righties”
A Reed Johnson/Jason Heyward platoon then??
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:33 pm
not hardly, everybody in baseball recognizes the top half dozen players there as the best year after year, those guys are as good with the glove as Freddie but can actually move laterally
Tomahawk Mafia
August 29th, 2012
7:34 pm
Bad start to the inning for Hanson. He looks terrible.
Lookie Lookie
August 29th, 2012
7:35 pm
So the Braves hitters were obviously having trouble with the sunlight transition between the plate and the mound this time of day. So what does Hanson do? He throws 4 straight balls to start the inning and put the lead off hitter on.
I’m not sure I understand how anyone can have patience with that approach on the mound.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
7:35 pm
Tommy in trouble…. Hanson’s only in the 4th, it’s about right for him to start struggling.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 29th, 2012
7:36 pm
I figured that as soon as I got home Hanson would run into trouble. This better be his last start this season.
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
7:36 pm
Can’t pitch there at 87-89 MPH….
Tina
August 29th, 2012
7:36 pm
darn leadoff walk again means a run.
njbraves
August 29th, 2012
7:36 pm
Just a matter of time before Hanson’s luck runs out.
Mark
August 29th, 2012
7:36 pm
How long are we going to wait because they are getting all good swings and we are chasing an awful lot of balls around the outfield. Been lucky so far
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:36 pm
no platoon, too early in his career and he is too potentially important. they will let him try to get better
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
7:36 pm
Dang.
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:37 pm
I’ll say it for us…..BALLGAME!!
ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
7:37 pm
Let’s not act surprised. I expected this.
Tomahawk Mafia
August 29th, 2012
7:37 pm
More trouble. Hanson is fooling nobody.
Fredo
August 29th, 2012
7:37 pm
it would seem the shadows do not affect both teams equally
Brava
August 29th, 2012
7:37 pm
Wow. Could we please bring Delgado back up?
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
7:37 pm
“no platoon, too early in his career and he is too potentially important. they will let him try to get better”
I mean Reed is only hitting 100 points better against lefties this year than Heyward, but I reckon that makes too much since.
Animus
August 29th, 2012
7:38 pm
time’s up Tommy – just don’t have it this year. Killing this team and w/the offense struggling, 2 runs is tough to make up.
njbraves
August 29th, 2012
7:38 pm
Hanson is a shell of the pitcher he used to be.
Lookie Lookie
August 29th, 2012
7:38 pm
Tommy is no better than a mop-up guy right now.
ncbravesfan90
August 29th, 2012
7:38 pm
How come lead off walks score for everybody else but us???
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2012
7:38 pm
And again, Gonzalez just sits there. No such thing as a big game.
1. Hanson can’t pitch a shutout.
2. Hanson has a 6-inning ceiling.
3. Hanson’s velocity has crashed.
But again, Gonzalez just sits there.
Mark
August 29th, 2012
7:38 pm
He is turning into Proctor
One Big Dummy
August 29th, 2012
7:38 pm
I’d much rather have Randall Delgado in the rotation than Tommy Hanson. It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest if this is the last game Hanson played for the Braves.
count_schemula
August 29th, 2012
7:39 pm
Freeman excels at catching bad throws from his infielders, but this stat only seems to account for “lateral” movement. ok
ChattTownBrian
August 29th, 2012
7:39 pm
Who else would go with Delgado over Tommy? Delgado strikes people out.
rt
August 29th, 2012
7:39 pm
Hanson has nothing,we need to put him in bullpen!!
Bronke
August 29th, 2012
7:40 pm
Boy or girl, Hanson is hard to watch with that stupid flick of the wrist.
rt
August 29th, 2012
7:40 pm
I would take me over Hanson!!
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
7:40 pm
Same Sheets got hurt… Hanson isn’t all that special, I tell ya.He might be worse than Delgado!
The A Bomb
August 29th, 2012
7:40 pm
Any manager with a winning thought process would say, “Short hook. Pitch by committee. Day off tomorrow.” We HAVE to win this game. Nope. Not this guy.
SOS Braves
August 29th, 2012
7:40 pm
As usual, Hansen starts to suck like he normally does and the loser weak hitting Braves lineup cant hit the dam ball.
nolie
August 29th, 2012
7:40 pm
Gloom, despair, and agony on We
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 29th, 2012
7:40 pm
Shame Sheets got hurt…
Fols
August 29th, 2012
7:40 pm
You guys are paying too much attention to the 2 runs against……..i’m much more concerned with the disappearing offense. They aren’t all going to pitch a shut-out…