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Brava
September 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Yeah. It’s a Constanza’s fault.
Ken Stallings
September 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
And Kris Medlen just cooly throws the next two outs as if it never happened!
I’m going to say it — the only difference between Medlen and Maddux is 20 years of excellence. Medlen has all the character and control of Maddux. He just has to do it for 19 more seasons!
stizz
September 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Once again, I’m with you Disgusted. I’ve been advocating for Uggs all the way up till mid August, as he’s shown he can turn it around before, but right now he needs to swallow his pride and put in the man hours in the batting cage and video room.
Disgusted
September 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Timothy Miller is a treasure.
tony austin
September 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
Cubs have Darwin Barney at 2nd. He should win the gold glove this year and if he doesn’t it’s because he didn’t hit 40HR (offensive numbers are not supposed to be included but…). I don’t think the Cubs would displace him for Uggla.
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
guy does an awesome job on that song
San Antonio Brave
September 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
DOB,
Can Overbay play catcher?
bravesgrl4life
September 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
Chillbumps
Brava
September 3rd, 2012
3:17 pm
WTG Timothy! Such a talent.
MIBravesFan
September 3rd, 2012
3:18 pm
I always enjoy hearing him sing
Ken Stallings
September 3rd, 2012
3:18 pm
Man! That dude can flat out sing! Rousing rendition of God Bless America — none finer! Kate Smith herself stood up and gave an ovation!
San Antonio Brave
September 3rd, 2012
3:18 pm
I’m in the military, and that tradition is sooooo lame. Enough already.
Disgusted
September 3rd, 2012
3:19 pm
Stizz — I believe that Uggla will and come back with a bang in 2013.
I would be intrigued at a possibility of Uggs for Soriano is the Cubs would do it. Soriano is maligned and his OPB is so so but the guy still gets you HRS and RBIS & is having a decent yr this yr. And Soriano is only signed untill 2014.
No eating of Uggla’s contract of course.
Birdhair
September 3rd, 2012
3:19 pm
Nolie, I never saw a retort to my comment earlier. It’s probably because you can’t make an argument. You’re too busy making one or two sentence posts so that you can be high up on the frequency chart lol.
WTFredi???
September 3rd, 2012
3:19 pm
Hugo, I never said you would be looking for expensive players, just productive ones who do their job, which is what Uggla is not right now.
And to your point, check out the 40-man roster. Not many guys are over $3.5 mil.
If you take Chipper’s, McCann’s, Hudson’s, Jurrjens (not sure where he is contract-wise), and 3.5 million of Uggla, that is roughly $43 million of the payroll. If Bourn is interested in staying, that’s a lot of money to pay him and find him some friends to play left field and third base next season. I’ll swap McCann for a cheaper defense-oriented catcher. I’m afraid B-Mac’s best days are behind him, his bat is slowing down and the eyesight issues and injuries are not helping.
Couch Tater
September 3rd, 2012
3:20 pm
Today’s attendance may have been affected by
TN Scott – I was going. 70-90% chance of rain kept me on the couch.
Of course, no rain.
The A Bomb
September 3rd, 2012
3:20 pm
This singer Miller ought to become our national anthem singer for big games — sorta like what they do in hockey in Chicago.
Get the crowd all fired up…. He has quite a voice.
Disgusted
September 3rd, 2012
3:21 pm
Yea Tony Austin, you might be right on that one — they have the younger and much cheaper Barney and the Cubbies are a rebuilding team.
It will not be easy to find a trading partner for Uggla.
San Antonio Brave
September 3rd, 2012
3:21 pm
Chip has the best Skip imitation around.
The A Bomb
September 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
Uggla could become the new Sadaharu Oh, however.
Ken Stallings
September 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
Folks, two hits but five walks! Good situational hitting yes, but also by moving the runners along who got the walks, it makes the difference we see here.
brian
September 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
nest thing for Medlen there was striking ou and taking a seat
Trey
September 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
Brian, absolutely. I was always advocating for him to be a starter, because I always thought of him being in the pen as a waste of talent.
Jeff R
September 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
I would be intrigued at a possibility of Uggs for Soriano is the Cubs would do it. Soriano is maligned and his OPB is so so but the guy still gets you HRS and RBIS & is having a decent yr this yr. And Soriano is only signed untill 2014.
See tony austin’s post at 3:17 pm. And as I posted earlier, Soriano, hands down, is producing far better than Uggla. The point of the Cubs taking Uggla?
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
Birdbrain, the subject has been talked to death and i have made my position clear a large number of times. It has also been discussed when you have come in here b4 spewing your Wren hate, why would I waste my time talking about it again with someone who obviously has a huge hard on for Wren?
Say what you will, talking to folks like you about a subject you already are bitching about on a regular basis is like talking to the village idiot, a total waste of time
brian
September 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
Jeff R – to get rid of Soriano is why they would take Uggla.
Disgusted
September 3rd, 2012
3:24 pm
Whoever posted for Heath Bell, why do you want Heath Bell here when he will not be the closer?
We would be better off re-signing EOF than take on Bell’s contract, the bridge we have to Kimbrell is better than Heath Bell for now.
Its not enough of a cost saving even if you move Uggla. And why would Florida want the second go round with Uggla now?
Mark in ATL
September 3rd, 2012
3:24 pm
Got to trade the guy unless he shows some type of spark late in the season…he’s been an anchor for this team for this entire season….can’t have that type of output from a guy you counted on.
CaptainMudd
September 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
good stroke Con man
MIBravesFan
September 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
Happy birthday to Brandon Beachy! Look forward to his return next season!
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
good day for Georgie
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
trade 1 bad contract for another?
phoenix
September 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
Constanza and Reed Johnson have accomplished more in 2 games than Uggla did in the last month.
San Antonio Brave
September 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
Heyward gonna go yard here
brian
September 3rd, 2012
3:25 pm
agree Trey on Medlen. The one thing that keeps the Braves looking good is the Nats inexcusably sitting down Stephen S. No science or data in that decision. Medlen is fresh for the stretch run
Jeff R
September 3rd, 2012
3:27 pm
Jeff R – to get rid of Soriano is why they would take Uggla.
Then the Cubs are stuck with Uggla longer than they’d be stuck with Soriano.
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:27 pm
there is a fair amount of data in it, no absolute proof, but it certainly has lots of examples of what can happen
tony austin
September 3rd, 2012
3:27 pm
Oh great, Hanson vs Pomeranz, a LHP who is 1-8. Sounds like a complete game shutout is in the work for the Braves tomorrow.
Brava
September 3rd, 2012
3:27 pm
Wow, Birdhair, nolie is one of the most knowledgeable members of this blog about baseball. I’m sure he could care less about padding his stats.
tony austin
September 3rd, 2012
3:28 pm
Or should I say against the Braves tomorrow.
T-Dawg
September 3rd, 2012
3:28 pm
Only three hits so far but we were do for a game like this.
Jeff R
September 3rd, 2012
3:29 pm
Plus, Darwin Barney is young, cheap and a solid defensive second baseman. Where would the Cubs put Uggla, in the outfield? Uggla thinks of himself as a second baseman. Not a fit, I believe.
phoenix
September 3rd, 2012
3:29 pm
Surely there’s room for Uggla at some barely-major-league outpost like Toronto, KC, Minnesota or Houston. Braves have done a good job dumping Francoeur, Schafer, Escobar and Kelly Johnson. They move on, taking their .225 batting averages Uggla would fit right in, although he’d have to crank it up a few notches to get to .225.
T-Dawg
September 3rd, 2012
3:30 pm
*due. Not do
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 3rd, 2012
3:30 pm
WTFredi, what event in Braves history has led you to believe there’s a chance that they would eat nearly 30 mil of salary?
Jeff R
September 3rd, 2012
3:31 pm
Surely there’s room for Uggla at some barely-major-league outpost like Toronto, KC, Minnesota or Houston.
Oh, I believe the Braves could dump Uggla – if they’re willing to eat most of his remaining contract. What remains over three seasons? Something like $36 million? Not exactly pocket change.
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:32 pm
WTG Meds, 10 Ks
brian
September 3rd, 2012
3:33 pm
there is no magic inning limit nolie on what the elbow can handle after Tommy John.No medica data. THe best you can get is a concensus opinion which you will not have in this case either. No significant different between 2 and 4 starts which would carry him to the end of the season.
If the Nats team doctors wanted to limit Stephen S., they should hav limited him early – either 5 innings per start for the first 2 months, started him in the bullpen, or use Lannan to skip Strasburg 4-5 times through the season so they cold hae him at the end of the season or in the post-season.
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:33 pm
Meds has joined Chipper as the Braves stories of the year
David O'Brien
September 3rd, 2012
3:34 pm
Medlen (19 strikeouts and no walks in past 2 starts) gets big standing ovation as he leaves field after 8th.
whatfor
September 3rd, 2012
3:34 pm
I don’t know who that was that sang “God Bless America” at today’s (Monday) Braves game – but he was great – sent chills down my back.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 3rd, 2012
3:35 pm
I would love to see Medlen finish what he started today.
WTFredi???
September 3rd, 2012
3:36 pm
phoenix,
I like you thinking. I believe someone like Houston would take a flyer if the Braves paid a big chunk of the salary. Houston gets a huge reward if Uggla plays like he did for Florida, the Braves free up money, even just a little, to get a bat or two to compliment the new core and/or sign Bourn if possible. And I think Uggla would look like a better hitter playing half his games in that bandbox in Houston and in the more offensively-geared AL.
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:36 pm
here is no magic inning limit nolie on what the elbow can handle after Tommy John.No medica data. THe best you can get is a concensus opinion which you will not have in this case either..brian
you never know brian, I agree that continuing on is prolly safe, but especially now that it has been discussed so much, if they play him and something does happen there would be a huge shyt storm
MIBravesFan
September 3rd, 2012
3:36 pm
Great job today by Kris!!
southern hope
September 3rd, 2012
3:37 pm
hey, do any of you know how to listen to 680 the fan radio highlights from last night’s game? I’d love to hear the entire 9th inning
stizz
September 3rd, 2012
3:37 pm
I must have watched Chipper’s walkoff thirty times. Although the 3 hits today are worrisome, what #10 did last night is something you can go back and look at if the Braves do indeed go on a tear.
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:37 pm
what makes y’all think that the Braves are gonna pay a big chunk of three years worth of contract?
Brava
September 3rd, 2012
3:38 pm
Timothy B. Miller, whatfor.
Brava
September 3rd, 2012
3:39 pm
Marteen!!!
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:39 pm
I think we have to be grateful to the Rox today. It is great that we took advantage of course, but without that help we might be struggling to win.
WTG MARTEEN!!!!
MIBravesFan
September 3rd, 2012
3:39 pm
Great hustle by Marteeen, as always!!
Couch Tater
September 3rd, 2012
3:39 pm
Meds has joined Chipper as the Braves stories of the year
…Meanwhile, Prado just keeps doing what Prado does.
jeffrey d
September 3rd, 2012
3:40 pm
Holy cow….it’s impressive that the Braves are up 6-1, even more impressive considering they only have three hits
CaptainMudd
September 3rd, 2012
3:40 pm
An da lay Juan
stizz
September 3rd, 2012
3:40 pm
I’d say Heyward is as well Nolie. With Mac and Uggs not performing, we needed Jason to really step it up from last year and he’s done just that. Dude is a five tool player for a club that desperately needs one.
GermanBravesFan
September 3rd, 2012
3:40 pm
exactly, nolie… with the Braves’ budget, there is no way they’ll pay for Uggla for three years not to play for them…
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:40 pm
how can you swing at a 55′ pitch?
Tomahawk Mafia
September 3rd, 2012
3:41 pm
Nice hustle from Prado.
rfgh
September 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
Thank goodness FG finally sat Uggla before the season was lost. At least if they dont make playoffs now, FG wont have to answer as to why he let Uggla continue to play everyday and that be one of the reasons for the teams collapse. FG may have saved his own job.
keyLargo
September 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
All of you talking about trading Uggla are forgetting one thing. Who is going to replace the power? That’s why they traded for him and put Prado in LF. They figured they’d get 30 HR from one of them. Won’t happen if they have to depend on Prado or Johnson for 30.
rfgh
September 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
Thank goodness FG finally sat Uggla before the season was lost. At least if they dont make playoffs now, FG wont have to answer as to why he let Uggla continue to play everyday and that be one of the reasons for the teams collapse. FG may have saved his own job.
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
yeah Hey is big to, but I don’t think quite as emotional, at least IMO
WTFredi???
September 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
Hugo, what event in Braves history has there been a player they paid $15 million per year with the lowest average among everyday position players in the majors? From a guy expected to hit cleanup during his time here.
And currently the Braves are paying $10 million of his $15 million salary to the Indians to let Derek Lowe lose ballgames for them instead of Atlanta. And Lowe was almost as big a dumpster fire last year as Uggla is now.
NO MORE FREDI
September 3rd, 2012
3:43 pm
UGGLA = SELFISH
”Numbers don’t mean anything to me. … I’m part of the team that got us where we are now.”
FREDI = KNOWS THE END IS NEAR
”Next year is next year,” Gonzalez said. ”I might not even be around for next year. I don’t even look that far ahead.
The A Bomb
September 3rd, 2012
3:43 pm
nolie — don’t make fun of our starting 3B next year!
(I can’t do that “wink” deal some of you people into this always do, but consider THIS it.)
The A Bomb
September 3rd, 2012
3:44 pm
BO! JACKSON!
jeffrey d
September 3rd, 2012
3:44 pm
An da lay Juan
Not to be a nerd, but it’d be “Anda te“
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:44 pm
And currently the Braves are paying $10 million of his $15 million salary to the Indians to let Derek Lowe lose ballgames for them instead of Atlanta. And Lowe was almost as big a dumpster fire last year as Uggla is now….WTF
that is nothing like paying a ton of money over three years
David O'Brien
September 3rd, 2012
3:45 pm
Medlen in to pitch the 9th inning
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 3rd, 2012
3:45 pm
This discussion is getting silly. The Braves saved 5 mil and lost one season of a pitcher clearly at the end of his career. Not comparable to Uggla in the least.
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:45 pm
wink is semicolon )
Tomahawk Mafia
September 3rd, 2012
3:46 pm
Wow. Ross with the strength to break his bat over his knee.
stizz
September 3rd, 2012
3:46 pm
Don’t like Meds pitching here.
Ken Stallings
September 3rd, 2012
3:46 pm
Excellent! Medlen starts the ninth! Woud be special to see the bullpen get a complete day off — not even warming up!
MIBravesFan
September 3rd, 2012
3:46 pm
Good to see Kris getting the chance for the complete game (again).
David O'Brien
September 3rd, 2012
3:47 pm
Medlen has thrown 76 strikes in 98 pitches through 8, will go for the CG
Ken Stallings
September 3rd, 2012
3:48 pm
Now the umpire is squeezing the zone slightly — a few pitches previously called strikes called balls! But, Medlen stays tough and records the out on a liner to centerfield.
archie
September 3rd, 2012
3:48 pm
Difference between Medlen and Hanson. After Janish’s 7th inning error, Medlen just locked in and got out of the inning. Hanson would have pouted, lost his composure, and given up 5 more runs.
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:49 pm
yeah let him go for it
MIBravesFan
September 3rd, 2012
3:49 pm
This kid is something!!
stizz
September 3rd, 2012
3:50 pm
At this point, you’re lucky if you can get Hanson for 5IP and just 3ER.
joseph gamble
September 3rd, 2012
3:50 pm
Kris Medlen a.k.a Baby Maddux
nolie
September 3rd, 2012
3:50 pm
11 = baby Nolan Ryan
MIBravesFan
September 3rd, 2012
3:50 pm
It’s so fun watching him pitch!
keyLargo
September 3rd, 2012
3:50 pm
Ross with the strength to break his bat over his knee.
It’s all in the grain. You turn it 90 degrees and you’re on the DL.
Brava
September 3rd, 2012
3:51 pm
Brilliant, Meds!!
Braves Win!!!!!!
The A Bomb
September 3rd, 2012
3:51 pm
This is something. This is really something.
We go from this to a pot of boiling red oil tomorrow. Better get the bats going.
Couch Tater
September 3rd, 2012
3:51 pm
Winning streak!
Ken Stallings
September 3rd, 2012
3:52 pm
Medlen records the final out with a curveball that froze the hitter! Another absolute gem from the man!