Frediot “we’ve got to get Uggla going.” I agree! To Houston, Kansas City, Toronto, Cleveland or Minnesota. See if he can reach the .225 heights of other failed Braves like Kotchmann, Schafer, Kelly Johnson, Escobar and Francoeur.
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The smartest move that Gonzalez has made all year is benching Uggla and he should do the same with McCann when he is healthy(maybe they are saying he is hurt as a coverup!)Coverups abound with the Braves!Isn’t it funny that a guy like A-Rod breaks his hand and is back after4-6 weeks and a guy like Simmons breaks his finger and is out over 2 months?Something not right here!
There are only 3 players on this team that is above average, Kimbrell, Medlen, and Jones. Take them away and you have a .500 team at best. Better ride them for all they are worth.
doesn’t this imply that Fredi should be manager of year?
The Atlanta Squaws will only win if Medlan can walk on water.
Michael Bourn has proven why he has never been on a very good team.. he fades as well…..getting thrown out at 3rd last night in the first inning was just dumb !
But hey he will not be back next year, now will he ?
Cardinal’s lost today so that is great news for us. We can go 3 ahead of them or remain 2.0 back.
Lets hope the Giants lose or have same record as us because you got to figure if LA gets hot and goes on crazy run then it wil come at expense of Giants whom they play several times this year. Unlikely both Giants and Dodgers to get hot at same time.
I am rooting for the Pirates. I want to face them in a one game playoff.
Cardinals have a scary offense and they got Loshe and Wainwright who can shut any team down.
Dodger’s have Kershaw and Capauno whom we can’t hit plus they got new power so they be tough as well.
As scared as i am of the above 2 teams one thing you have to consider is that on the last day of the season maybe Kershaw and Wainwright are pitching the last games inorder to just get into the 1 game playoff or hell Dodgers and Cardinals are tied and they have their own 1 game playoff. So it isn’t a sure thing that we will face one of their aces but Pirates are a walk in the park
Don’t know if this has been brought up or not, but what has happened to the 4-6 week recovery time for A.Simmons? It has been over 2 months or thereabouts!
two more no clue freddie needs to bench until they rember the strike zone and witha runner on 3rd and less than 2 out just hit a single not a3 run homer. (freddie f. and jason h)
I am rooting for Uggla tonight. If he doens’t have a good game then he will be stuck on bench. I know and we fans know that Uggla can carry the team and we need his bat in the lineup. He might be 0 his last 20 but we can go 5-5 in the next game. I don’t agree with the move. I think we are better with Uggla playing everyday.
I’m hoping for a huge breakout game for our offense tonight. 7 runs? 11 runs? Something huge. Need to get everyone going. Got an average righty going with a great lineup for the Braves. Score some runs!
Do we set playoff roster for the one game playoff? or is the regular season roster used for that wildcard game? If it is the playoff roster then if we were to advance to NLDS can we change the roster again after that 1 game playoff?
You can just fill your roster with hitters and get rid of 3 starters
Do we set playoff roster for the one game playoff? or is the regular season roster used for that wildcard game? If it is the playoff roster then if we were to advance to NLDS can we change the roster again after that 1 game playoff?
You can just fill your roster with hitters and get rid of 3 starters
That’s a really, really good question. I honestly don’t know the answer to it. In a tie-breaker game 163 situation, the regular season roster carries over. But since this is technically “the playoffs”, I would assume that you can set a separate roster for that one game, although it’s possible that you have to set a roster for that game + the next round.
Lets See who to Dump:
Fredi Gonzalez-Manager
Eric Hinske-Bum
Dan Uggla-Whiffer #1
Brian McCann-Whiffer#2
Michael Bourn:Whiffer #3
Tommy Hanson-Washed up Pitcher#1
Ben Sheets-Washed up pitcher#2
Hmmm……………………Bourn a free agent,Hanson arbritration,Sheets a free agent,McCann in option year……………..LET-EM ALL GO……….STUCK WITH UGGLA!
Dodgers do not have enough starting pitching to make a run. Besides the Dodgers, it is possible that the Yanks, Phils, Angels, BoSox, & Tigers could all fail to make playoffs. High payroll championship.
Maybe the Dodgers will take Uggla if the Brave’s throw in Delgado or Teheran!That is the only way they will eat that sorry contract Wren has stuck the Brave’s with!What an ALBATROSS UGGLA HAS TURNED OUT TO BE!
“I would think that you can still set your roster for each round like always, that being a new round”
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In which case, you take 1 starting pitcher, 1 long reliever, plus 7 other relievers for a total of only 9 pitchers. Then you can carry 2 extra bench players.
Schemula, right you are about the extraneous noise at the ball park. Unfortunately the majority of a Braves crowd doesn’t know when to pay attention and cheer their team unless they are urged by bright lights and loud noises.
If we set the roster for one game playoff then you essentially carry 1 starter and replace them with hitters. Also you can get rid of long guys like a Christan Martinez. There is no point in going with 12-13 pitchers for that 1 game playoff but knowing Fredi I bet he will carry 14 pitchers
Yankees didn’t have enough starting pitching.
Rays are dangerous with their pitching. All they need is just to score 1 2 runs. If they make the playoffs they will be dangerous.
No idea how Baltimore is leading the division. They dnt have an ace or a solid team. They have negative run diff. They will be the worst team to ever make the playoffs.
Wren has hung the Brave’s with the contracts of Lowe,Uggla and that Jap-slap of a pitcher Kenshwin Komikazi(sp?)in the last 3-4 years!……….As Vince Lombardi once said”What The Hell Is Going On Here!”…….I think I will WATCH FOOTBALL FROM NOW ON!
Orioles run diff has gone from -50 something to -19 over second half mostly due to changes made to the starting rotation and a lock down bullpen. Would not be surprised to see this go positive before season ends.
Hanson’s next start:
Hanson-2 innings
Delgado-2 innings
Teheran-2 innings
Venters-1 inning
O’Flaherty-1 inning
Kimbrel-1 inning……………………………Maybe this will equal a win!
Just not easy for me to consider us as making the playoffs with this one gamer. We could be in and out before you know it – not the real October feel of playoff series baseball.
Simmons will play rehab games tonight with Rome and tomorrow with Lynchburg, in those teams’ playoff series. Could play another if either team’s series goes three games. Fredi said he could rejoin the big club Saturday, though that’s not certain. (I think it’ll happen.)
Just not easy for me to consider us as making the playoffs with this one gamer.
Really? The one gamer you think is going to be the down fall? This team isn’t really built for the post-season, one game or 7 games. The rotation leaves so much to be desired. The only benefit of the lack-luster rotation is, it really doesn’t matter which pitcher takes the mound in a one gamer, the chances of winning are the same.
What has happened to Freeman?I thought when he hit 84RBI’s a week or so ago that he would easily hit 100 for the season!Now I doubt he will hit 90 RBI’s.Freddie,Freddie,Freddie are U ready?I hope so but I doubt it!
“Just not easy for me to consider us as making the playoffs with this one gamer. We could be in and out before you know it – not the real October feel of playoff series baseball.”
After last year, we should throw a parade if we make the playoffs and lose the first game!
Braves might go rest of way with McCann getting a rest every few days to try to keep his shoulder calmed down and get through the season without it worsening.
That is what the Brave’s Hitters are Reaching for .225 ………Uggla and Janish .20 to .40 cents to go and McCann just about a few cents better……….McCann better start watching Clint Eastwood’s “For a Few $ More”cause he is going to lose alot$ on his next contract!
whenever I think of McNate I think of that game where he hit the walk off homer and got back to the dugout and everybody was gone to the locker room. You know the guy was well liked for them to pull that elaborate a prank on him
The Top 10 Signs That Your Team Is Out of Contention for a Postseason Berth:
10. Your best player, who will be eligible for free agency, has already started wearing a Yankees cap and jersey.
9. Your starting rotation has a frequent-buyer card to the local Popeye’s chicken franchise … And it’s full of stamps.
8. Your favorite team is Atlanta, and it has a six-game lead over the next wild-card contender.
The climax to last season was so dramatic, so thrilling and so captivating that even Tampa Bay fans briefly considered actually buying tickets to a game before deciding to just stay home and watch on TV instead.
So after one of the most dramatic finishes in memory, baseball naturally voted to change its postseason format. We can’t have excitement like that again! Not when the alternative is the unrelenting drama and tension of seeing which team with the 10th-best record in the majors reaches the playoffs.
The stated objective behind adding a wild-card team — and then making the two wild cards square off in a one-game playoff — was to create a greater incentive for finishing in first place. Like Sunday alternate jerseys, this never made sense to me. Since the addition of the wild card in 1995, how many times was there actually an incentive NOT to finish first? Plus, even if you do think being the wild card isn’t a significant disadvantage, the remedy is definitely not to add MORE wild cards.
The obvious benefit of adding wild-card teams is that it allows more teams into the playoffs, which usually means more contenders and intrigue in September. The drawback is that by allowing in such teams, you open up the possibility that they might get hot and win the World Series, despite not even winning a division. This has happened four times in the past decade alone. And it will happen even more frequently now that there are twice as many wild-card teams.
Although I think it’s a safe bet the Cubs still will not reach the World Series.
7. Your favorite team’s game broadcasts are bumped for football. And MLS soccer. And world team tennis. And roller derby. And Serbian arm wrestling. And rhythmic gymnastics …
6. Half your favorite team’s opening day lineup is now playing for the Dodgers, and you don’t live in Los Angeles.
5. There are so many September call-ups that the players have to dress in the parking lot and sit in the stands.
The unstated reason for the additional wild card is to increase attendance/revenue for teams that previously would be out of contention by September. But for the moment, the extra wild card doesn’t seem to be helping much. In the past couple of weeks, enough contenders have pulled away from the pack that there doesn’t appear to really be any more teams in the hunt this September than any previous one.
What the new format does add is a great deal of confusion as to where the opening rounds will be played, which will be real fun for traveling secretaries. Especially if there is a tie.
This is the biggest hazard to the new format. Baseball already is dancing on a wire with the weather due to the full slate of playoff games pushing the World Series into November. But with the very real possibility of a series of wild-card tiebreakers delaying the start of the postseason, the World Series could be interrupted by the Rally Reindeer flying over the field and dropping misfit toys on Skip Schumaker.
4. You hear your team’s best pitcher threw a perfect game and your immediate response is, “Yeah, but did we win?”
3. The stadium concession stands have begun selling those ice cream helmet sundaes in football helmets.
2. Roger Clemens is about to join the starting rotation.
It’s fun to see the Orioles and Athletics with a real chance to reach the postseason. But they would have that chance without the added wild-card team. At last glance, the Orioles were tied for first place in the AL East while the Athletics had the best record of any team not in first place. You didn’t need to add a wild card (or Brad Pitt) to make their September interesting.
Perhaps the current situation will improve as this month goes on, especially if (cross fingers!) the Yankees continue to slump. After all, when September began last year, an exciting finish seemed unlikely in either league. And if the new format fails to produce more contenders this season … well, as Cubs fans say, there is always next year.
We’ll see. But having more teams contending doesn’t necessarily mean the races will be more exciting. It just means the entire regular season will be less meaningful. Championships will not be won over the course of seven months (including October) but over a couple weeks at season’s end.
Baseball’s road to the world championship won’t be any more tense or thrilling with the extra wild card. It will simply become more random. Although, alas, probably not random enough for Royals, Padres and Mariners fans.
And the No. 1 sign your team is out of contention:
Former UGA running back Washaun Ealey now with Jacksonville State has been arrested for drug possession. He has subsequently been suspended indefinitely.
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Bay Area Steve
September 5th, 2012
4:35 pm
“You don’t use the Rally Stripper for a stinkin’ Rockies game”
How ’bout the stripping dog. Was that Queen’s dog? Brandi? Clear heels? Feels non-Tulo-Rockies appropriate.
phoenix
September 5th, 2012
4:35 pm
Frediot “we’ve got to get Uggla going.” I agree! To Houston, Kansas City, Toronto, Cleveland or Minnesota. See if he can reach the .225 heights of other failed Braves like Kotchmann, Schafer, Kelly Johnson, Escobar and Francoeur.
CB
September 5th, 2012
4:35 pm
Not enough, Bat.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 5th, 2012
4:35 pm
Bat I think you forgot a zero before the 9…
nolie
September 5th, 2012
4:35 pm
did you TOBF? I’ll try it then, it used to say it did not work
Bay Area Steve
September 5th, 2012
4:36 pm
“Just multiply his post total by .95″
I don’t think that’s fair to ‘Hanson’ and ‘untradeable.’
MikeInFl
September 5th, 2012
4:37 pm
Do Not Track Plus does not work on Chrome does it?
Yes, nolie. I have it loaded on all my browsers, including Chrome.
nolie
September 5th, 2012
4:38 pm
says that windows can not open the file
jerry
September 5th, 2012
4:39 pm
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count_schemula
September 5th, 2012
4:39 pm
And this team, with its unparalleled regional draw has THIS as their TV deal?
Brave Hokie
September 5th, 2012
4:42 pm
To hit you need male chromosomes, which is not what I see when I look at this soft lumpy lineup of softball chicks…
{Forgive me softball chicks…}
The Braves have NEVER hit in the clutch and late in the season, and thus they have always been LOSERS in winning championships.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 5th, 2012
4:44 pm
??? I got it fine Nolie, as a Chrome extension…
Peter
September 5th, 2012
4:44 pm
Well all you folks are saying is what a wonderful job Wren has done putting this team together……\
They can be considered the Atlanta Squaws soon.
Bat Masterson
September 5th, 2012
4:45 pm
Do Not Track Plus does not work on Chrome does it?
nolie_
Seems to be working for me and the blog reloads faster.
raleighbravefan
September 5th, 2012
4:47 pm
Gotta go. I guess I’ll spend all night solving the “ghost” riddle. Go Braves! Let’s get a win streak going.
flange1
September 5th, 2012
4:47 pm
For any Joe South fans…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoznjbKVnmw&feature=related
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 5th, 2012
4:47 pm
I don’t think that’s fair to ‘Hanson’ and ‘untradeable.’
Grrr
Nolie: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/epanfjkfahimkgomnigadpkobaefekcd
Bat Masterson
September 5th, 2012
4:48 pm
Probably not, CB.
Those two piggyback Greinke, BAS.
MFin04
September 5th, 2012
4:49 pm
If this lineup doesn’t start a win streak vs one of the worst teams in the NL then our playoff hopes are in trouble:
Bourn
Prado
Heyward
Chipper
Freeman
McCann
Uggla
Constanza
Minor
Bat Masterson
September 5th, 2012
4:51 pm
Forgot about the stripper dog. Might work bring it on.
Bay Area Steve
September 5th, 2012
4:51 pm
You’re a good sport, TOBF. A bit overzealous, maybe. But, no criticism. Heck, even Our Crusading Everyman was once deemed an ‘over-reacher.’
Uggla is Canned
September 5th, 2012
4:53 pm
The smartest move that Gonzalez has made all year is benching Uggla and he should do the same with McCann when he is healthy(maybe they are saying he is hurt as a coverup!)Coverups abound with the Braves!Isn’t it funny that a guy like A-Rod breaks his hand and is back after4-6 weeks and a guy like Simmons breaks his finger and is out over 2 months?Something not right here!
Where is Simmons?
September 5th, 2012
4:55 pm
What has happened to the 4-6 week recovery time for A.Simmons?It has been over 2 months or thereabouts!
Where is Simmons?
September 5th, 2012
4:55 pm
What has happened to the 4-6 week recovery time for A.Simmons?It has been over 2 months or thereabouts!
Where is Simmons?
September 5th, 2012
4:55 pm
What has happened to the 4-6 week recovery time for A.Simmons?It has been over 2 months or thereabouts!
Where is Simmons?
September 5th, 2012
4:55 pm
What has happened to the 4-6 week recovery time for A.Simmons?It has been over 2 months or thereabouts!
Bat Masterson
September 5th, 2012
4:55 pm
Bat I think you forgot a zero before the 9…
0.95
Where is Simmons?
September 5th, 2012
4:55 pm
What has happened to the 4-6 week recovery time for A.Simmons?It has been over 2 months or thereabouts!
cricket
September 5th, 2012
4:55 pm
There are only 3 players on this team that is above average, Kimbrell, Medlen, and Jones. Take them away and you have a .500 team at best. Better ride them for all they are worth.
doesn’t this imply that Fredi should be manager of year?
how many lou_avatars are here right now?
Peter
September 5th, 2012
4:55 pm
The Atlanta Squaws will only win if Medlan can walk on water.
Michael Bourn has proven why he has never been on a very good team.. he fades as well…..getting thrown out at 3rd last night in the first inning was just dumb !
But hey he will not be back next year, now will he ?
Please can we get rid of WREN !
Gene
September 5th, 2012
4:56 pm
UGGLA BENCHED!!!!!!!
ON SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!
TOO LATE !!!!!!! Fredi.
MFin04
September 5th, 2012
4:56 pm
“A-Rod breaks his hand and is back after 4-6 weeks and a guy like Simmons breaks his finger and is out over 2 months?”
Steroids help.
Paper Bag Hitters
September 5th, 2012
4:57 pm
The only hitters that aren’t whiffing are Jones,Prado and Johnson………the rest look pitiful!
Veer
September 5th, 2012
4:58 pm
Cardinal’s lost today so that is great news for us. We can go 3 ahead of them or remain 2.0 back.
Lets hope the Giants lose or have same record as us because you got to figure if LA gets hot and goes on crazy run then it wil come at expense of Giants whom they play several times this year. Unlikely both Giants and Dodgers to get hot at same time.
I am rooting for the Pirates. I want to face them in a one game playoff.
Cardinals have a scary offense and they got Loshe and Wainwright who can shut any team down.
Dodger’s have Kershaw and Capauno whom we can’t hit plus they got new power so they be tough as well.
As scared as i am of the above 2 teams one thing you have to consider is that on the last day of the season maybe Kershaw and Wainwright are pitching the last games inorder to just get into the 1 game playoff or hell Dodgers and Cardinals are tied and they have their own 1 game playoff. So it isn’t a sure thing that we will face one of their aces but Pirates are a walk in the park
Nova Scotia Steve
September 5th, 2012
4:58 pm
RE:
RC and 4:20PM postage
HILARIOUS!
Father A. Long
September 5th, 2012
4:59 pm
Fraudi pinch hits Ugh-la. Tim Hudson was available!
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 5th, 2012
5:00 pm
Bat I think you forgot a zero before the 9…
0.95
0.095…
I’m out for now folks, take care, Go Braves…. we win tonight, Minor has 7 strong. Peace.
Jimmy
September 5th, 2012
5:01 pm
Don’t know if this has been brought up or not, but what has happened to the 4-6 week recovery time for A.Simmons? It has been over 2 months or thereabouts!
Later good folks.
GO BARVES!!
south al fan
September 5th, 2012
5:02 pm
two more no clue freddie needs to bench until they rember the strike zone and witha runner on 3rd and less than 2 out just hit a single not a3 run homer. (freddie f. and jason h)
Veer
September 5th, 2012
5:03 pm
I am rooting for Uggla tonight. If he doens’t have a good game then he will be stuck on bench. I know and we fans know that Uggla can carry the team and we need his bat in the lineup. He might be 0 his last 20 but we can go 5-5 in the next game. I don’t agree with the move. I think we are better with Uggla playing everyday.
MFin04
September 5th, 2012
5:05 pm
I’m hoping for a huge breakout game for our offense tonight. 7 runs? 11 runs? Something huge. Need to get everyone going. Got an average righty going with a great lineup for the Braves. Score some runs!
Veer
September 5th, 2012
5:05 pm
Do we set playoff roster for the one game playoff? or is the regular season roster used for that wildcard game? If it is the playoff roster then if we were to advance to NLDS can we change the roster again after that 1 game playoff?
You can just fill your roster with hitters and get rid of 3 starters
Quack Quack
September 5th, 2012
5:06 pm
Maybe with a couple days off, Uggla will come out swinging. Oh wait, that’s what he was doing before, I mean hitting the dang ball!!
I hope BMac’s shot has done some good. He and Uggs can really do some damage, hopefully in our favor.
GO BRAVES!!!
RC
September 5th, 2012
5:08 pm
Do we set playoff roster for the one game playoff? or is the regular season roster used for that wildcard game? If it is the playoff roster then if we were to advance to NLDS can we change the roster again after that 1 game playoff?
You can just fill your roster with hitters and get rid of 3 starters
That’s a really, really good question. I honestly don’t know the answer to it. In a tie-breaker game 163 situation, the regular season roster carries over. But since this is technically “the playoffs”, I would assume that you can set a separate roster for that one game, although it’s possible that you have to set a roster for that game + the next round.
Dump the Chumps
September 5th, 2012
5:08 pm
Lets See who to Dump:
Fredi Gonzalez-Manager
Eric Hinske-Bum
Dan Uggla-Whiffer #1
Brian McCann-Whiffer#2
Michael Bourn:Whiffer #3
Tommy Hanson-Washed up Pitcher#1
Ben Sheets-Washed up pitcher#2
Hmmm……………………Bourn a free agent,Hanson arbritration,Sheets a free agent,McCann in option year……………..LET-EM ALL GO……….STUCK WITH UGGLA!
nolie
September 5th, 2012
5:09 pm
lets just bench everybody
Heisenberg
September 5th, 2012
5:09 pm
Dodgers do not have enough starting pitching to make a run. Besides the Dodgers, it is possible that the Yanks, Phils, Angels, BoSox, & Tigers could all fail to make playoffs. High payroll championship.
Go Orioles!!!!!
nolie
September 5th, 2012
5:10 pm
I would think that you can still set your roster for each round like always, that being a new round. Haven’t seen anything that spells it out though
Heisenberg
September 5th, 2012
5:11 pm
That should read “High payroll not equal to championship”. The arithmetic symbol for not equal got dropped.
nolie
September 5th, 2012
5:12 pm
Please can we get rid of WREN !…Peter
nope, we can’t. sorry
Brava
September 5th, 2012
5:12 pm
Thank you to whoever first suggested “Dp Not Track Plus” today. You know who you are.
I didn’t know such an add-on was available. Neat.
David O'Brien
September 5th, 2012
5:13 pm
BRAVES LINEUP
Bourn cf
Prado ss
Heyward rf
Chipper 3b
Freeman 1b
McCann c
Uggla 2b
Constanza lf
Minor p
MFin04
September 5th, 2012
5:13 pm
“You can just fill your roster with hitters and get rid of 3 starters”
Interesting thought process. I’m assuming you do want some starters I suppose if you went into an epically long game, but I get the theory behind it.
And even with expanded rosters, the Braves haven’t really seemed to be overly using their bench, so who knows if extra bats would help.
Brava
September 5th, 2012
5:13 pm
Do, sheesh. I’m a poor typist.
Trade Uggla to Dodgers!
September 5th, 2012
5:13 pm
Maybe the Dodgers will take Uggla if the Brave’s throw in Delgado or Teheran!That is the only way they will eat that sorry contract Wren has stuck the Brave’s with!What an ALBATROSS UGGLA HAS TURNED OUT TO BE!
ATLcracker
September 5th, 2012
5:14 pm
This doesn’t sound good for Furcal
http://www.bnd.com/2012/09/03/2308155/furcal-to-receive-prp-injection.html
nolie
September 5th, 2012
5:14 pm
≠
Heisenberg
September 5th, 2012
5:15 pm
“I would think that you can still set your roster for each round like always, that being a new round”
***************
In which case, you take 1 starting pitcher, 1 long reliever, plus 7 other relievers for a total of only 9 pitchers. Then you can carry 2 extra bench players.
Billy Beaneater
September 5th, 2012
5:15 pm
Schemula, right you are about the extraneous noise at the ball park. Unfortunately the majority of a Braves crowd doesn’t know when to pay attention and cheer their team unless they are urged by bright lights and loud noises.
Veer
September 5th, 2012
5:16 pm
If we set the roster for one game playoff then you essentially carry 1 starter and replace them with hitters. Also you can get rid of long guys like a Christan Martinez. There is no point in going with 12-13 pitchers for that 1 game playoff but knowing Fredi I bet he will carry 14 pitchers
count_schemula
September 5th, 2012
5:17 pm
with only 16 multi-hit games, the best you can hope for out of Uggla is
1-4 1HR 1R 1RBI
1-3 1HR 1R 1RBI 1BB
The kind of numbers Ruth was famous for…
Heisenberg
September 5th, 2012
5:17 pm
What keystroke is that nolie? I was using the less than / greater than as the not equal to symbol.
Bay Area Steve
September 5th, 2012
5:18 pm
Man, I wish I was as confident as y’all.
Setting playoff rosters seems a long way away.
Veer
September 5th, 2012
5:18 pm
Yankees didn’t have enough starting pitching.
Rays are dangerous with their pitching. All they need is just to score 1 2 runs. If they make the playoffs they will be dangerous.
No idea how Baltimore is leading the division. They dnt have an ace or a solid team. They have negative run diff. They will be the worst team to ever make the playoffs.
Nova Scotia Steve
September 5th, 2012
5:18 pm
If by some miracle the Braves make the play-offs:
Who makes the roster is going to be darn interesting.
Even if it is for only a single game! Actually, once you get in, anything can happen. Anything.
Heisenberg
September 5th, 2012
5:19 pm
You need at least 1 long man in case starter gets rocked early, or injured, or extra innings.
Wren the Bird Brain
September 5th, 2012
5:19 pm
Wren has hung the Brave’s with the contracts of Lowe,Uggla and that Jap-slap of a pitcher Kenshwin Komikazi(sp?)in the last 3-4 years!……….As Vince Lombardi once said”What The Hell Is Going On Here!”…….I think I will WATCH FOOTBALL FROM NOW ON!
cricket
September 5th, 2012
5:20 pm
what the..
Shout out to people who wear white underwear, you have some serious marbles walking that tight rope and wearing that beautiful blank canvas.
— Brent Lillibridge (@BSLillibridge) September 5, 2012
count_schemula
September 5th, 2012
5:20 pm
the geek in me likes !=
Heisenberg
September 5th, 2012
5:21 pm
Orioles run diff has gone from -50 something to -19 over second half mostly due to changes made to the starting rotation and a lock down bullpen. Would not be surprised to see this go positive before season ends.
Efrim
September 5th, 2012
5:22 pm
So what was everyone’s take on Hanson last night? Some folks still want to non-tender him? Ridiculous.
nolie
September 5th, 2012
5:22 pm
not a keystroke, and there is no alt code AFAIK, I have just saved a list of unusual items that are hard to make and copy/paste it into the blog
Heisenberg
September 5th, 2012
5:24 pm
!= , hmmmm C++ or X++? Thought about using that but I underestimated my fellow bloggers.
Rockie Pitching Philosophy
September 5th, 2012
5:24 pm
Hanson’s next start:
Hanson-2 innings
Delgado-2 innings
Teheran-2 innings
Venters-1 inning
O’Flaherty-1 inning
Kimbrel-1 inning……………………………Maybe this will equal a win!
Efrim
September 5th, 2012
5:24 pm
Setting playoff rosters seems a long way away.
Just not easy for me to consider us as making the playoffs with this one gamer. We could be in and out before you know it – not the real October feel of playoff series baseball.
nolie
September 5th, 2012
5:25 pm
that looks like the smile of a vampire with two fangs, count
TennesseePaul
September 5th, 2012
5:25 pm
Last 9 Starts of the Starting 9
_________AVG__OBP__SLG___OPS_wOBA_L9S9+
Bourn__ .226 .375 .226 0.601 .325 ___79
Prado__ .306 .333 .528 0.861 .386 __144
Heyward .211 .211 .368 0.579 .244 ___63
Chipper .278 .350 .361 0.711 .369 __106
Freeman .241 .421 .448 0.869 .392 __152
McCann_ .243 .263 .243 0.506 .232 ___48
Uggla__ .194 .306 .387 0.693 .308 ___99
Biff___ .281 .303 .313 0.616 .269 ___78
Minor__ .111 .158 .167 0.325 .151 ___-6
count_schemula
September 5th, 2012
5:25 pm
∑ – ∜ = uggla
illy
September 5th, 2012
5:26 pm
Bird Brain..don’t forget Nate’s contract.
David O'Brien
September 5th, 2012
5:28 pm
Simmons will play rehab games tonight with Rome and tomorrow with Lynchburg, in those teams’ playoff series. Could play another if either team’s series goes three games. Fredi said he could rejoin the big club Saturday, though that’s not certain. (I think it’ll happen.)
TennesseePaul
September 5th, 2012
5:28 pm
Just not easy for me to consider us as making the playoffs with this one gamer.
Really? The one gamer you think is going to be the down fall? This team isn’t really built for the post-season, one game or 7 games. The rotation leaves so much to be desired. The only benefit of the lack-luster rotation is, it really doesn’t matter which pitcher takes the mound in a one gamer, the chances of winning are the same.
Heisenberg
September 5th, 2012
5:28 pm
Nate is playing LF every day for Orioles and hitting in the middle of the order. Whodathunkit!
TennesseePaul
September 5th, 2012
5:30 pm
So what was everyone’s take on Hanson last night?
Didn’t watch the game. But I still wouldn’t non-tender him. Trade him, yes.
Freddie Freeswinger
September 5th, 2012
5:30 pm
What has happened to Freeman?I thought when he hit 84RBI’s a week or so ago that he would easily hit 100 for the season!Now I doubt he will hit 90 RBI’s.Freddie,Freddie,Freddie are U ready?I hope so but I doubt it!
MFin04
September 5th, 2012
5:30 pm
“Just not easy for me to consider us as making the playoffs with this one gamer. We could be in and out before you know it – not the real October feel of playoff series baseball.”
After last year, we should throw a parade if we make the playoffs and lose the first game!
nolie
September 5th, 2012
5:31 pm
I never saw a reason that McNate could not bounce back and play ok ball. much of his troubles here were related to concussion and hernia
MFin04
September 5th, 2012
5:31 pm
ESPN has Freeman projected to get to 99 RBIs at this rate.
Heisenberg
September 5th, 2012
5:32 pm
Just have the parade before the first game of the playoffs while hopes are high.
David O'Brien
September 5th, 2012
5:32 pm
Braves might go rest of way with McCann getting a rest every few days to try to keep his shoulder calmed down and get through the season without it worsening.
nolie
September 5th, 2012
5:33 pm
nothing much more worthless that stats projections
Heisenberg
September 5th, 2012
5:33 pm
McCann will probably need to be put in the shop for repairs after season. No aftermarket parts – OEM only.
illy
September 5th, 2012
5:35 pm
Nate hitting 255 in 23 games with 2 hrs 12 rbi’s 98 ab 333 obp..I wish him well with birds..
Uggla's Back!
September 5th, 2012
5:36 pm
Uggla appears to have regained his starting job—2 days after being benched. Where is the commitment to win?
Duece and a Quarter
September 5th, 2012
5:38 pm
That is what the Brave’s Hitters are Reaching for .225 ………Uggla and Janish .20 to .40 cents to go and McCann just about a few cents better……….McCann better start watching Clint Eastwood’s “For a Few $ More”cause he is going to lose alot$ on his next contract!
nolie
September 5th, 2012
5:38 pm
whenever I think of McNate I think of that game where he hit the walk off homer and got back to the dugout and everybody was gone to the locker room. You know the guy was well liked for them to pull that elaborate a prank on him
Quack Quack
September 5th, 2012
5:39 pm
DOB…..Good news on Simba’s return. He adds some spark on both sides of the plate.
TennesseePaul
September 5th, 2012
5:39 pm
The Top 10 Signs That Your Team Is Out of Contention for a Postseason Berth:
10. Your best player, who will be eligible for free agency, has already started wearing a Yankees cap and jersey.
9. Your starting rotation has a frequent-buyer card to the local Popeye’s chicken franchise … And it’s full of stamps.
8. Your favorite team is Atlanta, and it has a six-game lead over the next wild-card contender.
The climax to last season was so dramatic, so thrilling and so captivating that even Tampa Bay fans briefly considered actually buying tickets to a game before deciding to just stay home and watch on TV instead.
So after one of the most dramatic finishes in memory, baseball naturally voted to change its postseason format. We can’t have excitement like that again! Not when the alternative is the unrelenting drama and tension of seeing which team with the 10th-best record in the majors reaches the playoffs.
The stated objective behind adding a wild-card team — and then making the two wild cards square off in a one-game playoff — was to create a greater incentive for finishing in first place. Like Sunday alternate jerseys, this never made sense to me. Since the addition of the wild card in 1995, how many times was there actually an incentive NOT to finish first? Plus, even if you do think being the wild card isn’t a significant disadvantage, the remedy is definitely not to add MORE wild cards.
The obvious benefit of adding wild-card teams is that it allows more teams into the playoffs, which usually means more contenders and intrigue in September. The drawback is that by allowing in such teams, you open up the possibility that they might get hot and win the World Series, despite not even winning a division. This has happened four times in the past decade alone. And it will happen even more frequently now that there are twice as many wild-card teams.
Although I think it’s a safe bet the Cubs still will not reach the World Series.
7. Your favorite team’s game broadcasts are bumped for football. And MLS soccer. And world team tennis. And roller derby. And Serbian arm wrestling. And rhythmic gymnastics …
6. Half your favorite team’s opening day lineup is now playing for the Dodgers, and you don’t live in Los Angeles.
5. There are so many September call-ups that the players have to dress in the parking lot and sit in the stands.
The unstated reason for the additional wild card is to increase attendance/revenue for teams that previously would be out of contention by September. But for the moment, the extra wild card doesn’t seem to be helping much. In the past couple of weeks, enough contenders have pulled away from the pack that there doesn’t appear to really be any more teams in the hunt this September than any previous one.
What the new format does add is a great deal of confusion as to where the opening rounds will be played, which will be real fun for traveling secretaries. Especially if there is a tie.
This is the biggest hazard to the new format. Baseball already is dancing on a wire with the weather due to the full slate of playoff games pushing the World Series into November. But with the very real possibility of a series of wild-card tiebreakers delaying the start of the postseason, the World Series could be interrupted by the Rally Reindeer flying over the field and dropping misfit toys on Skip Schumaker.
4. You hear your team’s best pitcher threw a perfect game and your immediate response is, “Yeah, but did we win?”
3. The stadium concession stands have begun selling those ice cream helmet sundaes in football helmets.
2. Roger Clemens is about to join the starting rotation.
It’s fun to see the Orioles and Athletics with a real chance to reach the postseason. But they would have that chance without the added wild-card team. At last glance, the Orioles were tied for first place in the AL East while the Athletics had the best record of any team not in first place. You didn’t need to add a wild card (or Brad Pitt) to make their September interesting.
Perhaps the current situation will improve as this month goes on, especially if (cross fingers!) the Yankees continue to slump. After all, when September began last year, an exciting finish seemed unlikely in either league. And if the new format fails to produce more contenders this season … well, as Cubs fans say, there is always next year.
We’ll see. But having more teams contending doesn’t necessarily mean the races will be more exciting. It just means the entire regular season will be less meaningful. Championships will not be won over the course of seven months (including October) but over a couple weeks at season’s end.
Baseball’s road to the world championship won’t be any more tense or thrilling with the extra wild card. It will simply become more random. Although, alas, probably not random enough for Royals, Padres and Mariners fans.
And the No. 1 sign your team is out of contention:
You root for the Cubs … and it’s April.
nolie
September 5th, 2012
5:40 pm
I see somebody is filling his lonely, boring life with posts under a myriad of names ….again
McRoid
September 5th, 2012
5:42 pm
They better test Nate McClouth for elevated levels of Testosterone………..He is pulling a Melky!
bravofan
September 5th, 2012
5:42 pm
Former UGA running back Washaun Ealey now with Jacksonville State has been arrested for drug possession. He has subsequently been suspended indefinitely.