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Efrim
September 8th, 2012
11:31 am
Weather tomorrow is amazing. There should be some windows of clearing to get the game in today, but it will be close.
abeeeewright
September 8th, 2012
11:32 am
Simmons back, Uggla back (self proclaimed), Sheets back … could be a good September.
Meanwhile, Philly just showed up at the back of the pack for the second WC. If St Louis, LAD, and Pittsburgh continue to struggle, the zombie Phils might make some noise.
Cards and Dodgers have brutal schedules down the stretch.
the Ghost of Chipper Jones
September 8th, 2012
11:33 am
METS have finally got the answer to HOSS. Wine, dine, weedle, and hung over next day for the game. Yeah. At his advanced age he just can’t handle the adulation any longer.
Whew, I remember at 40 an epic one I tied on after completing a class in MANASSAS. Didn’t sober up for two days. Don’t remember half the drive home {90 miles]. The Lord looks out for fools and children, I tell you.
abeeeewright
September 8th, 2012
11:34 am
I still think Pittsburgh gets the second WC spot and Braves/Nats get the first.
Last series of the year is setting up to be epic.
abeeeewright
September 8th, 2012
11:37 am
the Ghost of Chipper talking about Chipper’s hangover.
Hopefully, today will see the “Ghost of Chipper’s Hangover.”
abeeeewright
September 8th, 2012
11:39 am
O and Kimbrel have gone three straight days. Let’s see some offense today so that those guys can take a seat.
Capt.Mudd
September 8th, 2012
11:39 am
I had to go empty something:(……..Nolieee, yes, indeed the tenable nature of positive thinking will not be further challenged.
abeeeewright
September 8th, 2012
11:41 am
Can the orioles win the AL East? I never thought they’d still be in it this late.
There’s even an outside chance that the Bombers don’t even make the playoffs.
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
11:43 am
I believe the Nationals call to end Strasburg’s season is what will keep them from the world series. Also having a innings limit has to have some affect on a player, I mean he knows he won’t be pitching when it matters most and in the spotlight. While the move makes sense considering he’s coming back from major surgery this season and its about the future, I believe this will cost them in the postseason.
David O'Brien
September 8th, 2012
11:44 am
Elias says last night’s game was only 2nd time Braves have ever used 6 pitchers in a 9-inn. shutout win. Other time was in 2002, also during the last 3-shutout-winning streak.
Juan
September 8th, 2012
11:47 am
Can the orioles win the AL East? ..Yes and i love it…..Young team good Manager….
Not Big expender team in the Playoff….No Yankee,No Boston,no Phillis, no Miami, no Angels, no LA Dodger…..Wow what a lesson for owner…
Venice Jim
September 8th, 2012
11:50 am
From Adam Kilgore’s story:
“The media hype on this things has been unbelievable,” Johnson said. “I feel it’s as hard for him as it would be anybody to get mentally, totally committed in the ballgame. And he’s reached his innings limit. So we can get past this and talk about other things for a chance.”
Johnson said Strasburg was “emotional” about the decision.
“I know he’s been struggling with it for weeks,” Johnson said. “I know he doesn’t sleep good thinking about it. Shoot, I’ve heard so much advice from every ex-pitcher, every guru on the matter.”
Johnson sensed “from the first pitch” Friday night that Strasburg was out of sorts because of the shutdown hanging over his head. Johnson consulted this morning with General Manager Mike Rizzo and pitching coach Steve McCatty and finalized his decision.
“My job is to do what’s best for the player,” Johnson said. “This is what’s best.”
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
11:51 am
Tough spot, almost seems like there putting the player before the whole ballclub. Might effect some of the other players as well. I mean damn, they come out the gate and own the NL East the whole season and then your gonna shut down our Ace pitcher? The move impacts the team a ton. Edwin Jackson is a sizable downgrade from Strasburg. Making 1 player priority over success or hell over being world series champs.
ncbravesfan90
September 8th, 2012
11:57 am
Strasburg shut down, effective immediately.
njbraves
September 8th, 2012
11:59 am
I honestly believe the Nats had no idea they would be this good this year. If they thought they were going to be serious contenders, they should have started Strasburg a month into the season to avoid this.
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
12:01 pm
I think it goes to show that the Nationals really were not overly optimistic about being contenders this season. Cause if they were they would have delayed Strasburg’s start on the season until May. Cause just like they are right now, sending the ballclub into the playoffs without Strasburg and still being confident they could have lived without him for the 1st month. They made the wrong choice.
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
12:03 pm
If I’m a National’s fan I would be very pissed about how they handled this.
Jeff R
September 8th, 2012
12:04 pm
Odd stretch, to say the least: In their past five games, Braves are 4-1 with an 0.60 ERA and a .216 batting average and 11 runs scored.
Very odd. Just a testament to Braves’ pitchers stepping up and making it happen.
Was watching the Mets’ feed on MLB.com last night. The announcers said the distinction between the Braves this time at this point in the season and last year at the same point is that the 2012 Braves are winning games even without the hitting. That wasn’t happening during the collapse, when the hitting was awful, too.
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
12:07 pm
Cause if your OK without having Strasburg in the playoffs, you sure as hell should be OK not having him in April.
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
12:11 pm
I figured it out, The had to start Strasburg in the opener because of the money and fans and attention it would bring in. So money and 1 player trump overall team success.
Couch Tater
September 8th, 2012
12:13 pm
I hope the Nats go into a tailspin. Beginning this date, last year, we lost 13 of 20. If, they did that, the squirm over Strasburg would be fun to watch.
Go get’m Braves.
Memphis
September 8th, 2012
12:15 pm
Great news about Strasburg! However, we suck against John Lannon………
MiaBchBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
12:17 pm
Lots of fissures on the gNat side of things. GM and Davey have it out. Strasburg had an awful ERA last 8 starts. Ii is not a very together cluhouse. If reports start to leak out about this matter regarding teammate dissension and Strasburg makes even ONE comment regarding his shutdown…
The whole thing collapses like a house of wet cards. Remember, folks, I called it over a month ago. Starter innings are starting to pile up. The bullpen is weak. Starters are now under pressure to pick up Strasburg’s slack. Even though they are WAY better than we are, hitting-wise, they ain’t that good.
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock…
ncbravesfan90
September 8th, 2012
12:19 pm
Michael Bourn CF
Martin Prado SS
Jason Heyward RF
Chipper Jones 3B
Freddie Freeman 1B
Dan Uggla 2B
Brian McCann C
Jose Constanza LF
Kris Medlen P
flange1
September 8th, 2012
12:20 pm
fly on the wall,
Well welcome to the blog then!
We used to have a very creative poster from Savannah GA – monkier _ Savannah Guy that would some times post as fly on the wall of XXXX and I thought it mi8ght be him returning after a long sabticle.
But we are glad you are here, even if you are an Auburn fan!
jeffrey d
September 8th, 2012
12:21 pm
How about have a big series or two and then declare “I’m back”.
I know we’re not the most positive bunch here, but what’s wrong with a slumping guy being positive?
Anyway, I think we’re looking waaaay too much into a brief post-game comment.
Hillbilly
September 8th, 2012
12:25 pm
Great news about Strasburg! However, we suck against John Lannan
This is true but unless the Braves face them in the playoffs we shouldn’t have to face either of them. Last time I figured it up, the pitchers for the upcoming series would be Detwiler, Edwin Jackson, and Gio Gonzalez unless something has changed.
George_George
September 8th, 2012
12:25 pm
Hi y’all
Do we get our SS back today? Guess not according to ncbravesfan90s posted lineup ai 12:19. Come of FRANK he is ready, he homered last night. FRANK we need to be playing our best players, this is the playoff hunt.
Hillbilly
September 8th, 2012
12:26 pm
Even then i doubt Lannan would be in the playoff rotation.
George_George
September 8th, 2012
12:27 pm
We continue to win but look awful doing it, but we keep winning. BELIEVE IN THE MEDS.
MiaBchBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
12:30 pm
I feel for Chipper. IMO, he’s exceeded the number of games I thought he could play this year. Unfortunately, we have a 40 year old forced to carry this team for quite some time this season – and the wear and tear is starting to show. Lately, Heyward has shown some flashes of having what it takes to carry this ballclub, but he is not there yet. Ditto Freeman, to a smidge of a lesser extent. As far as I’m concerned, Bourn can leave after this season, and Uggla can do the same. The rest of the 1-to-8 are made up of hurt or incapable ne’er-do-well’s who are incapable of being playoff-caliber contributors. Unless McCann goes to the AL, he is done as an AS-caliber catcher & hitter, and is not worth the option for next year – under any scenario.
I mean this. Uggla can go all Pujols in the next month, and I would still jettison his tail out of Atlanta to the first idiot that’ll take him. Another vulgar and idiotically pathetic waste of money by Franky-boy.
jeffrey d
September 8th, 2012
12:30 pm
Come of FRANK he is ready, he homered last night
So did Uggla…doesn’t mean he should be hitting cleanup yet.
We continue to win but look awful doing it
The pitching staff has thrown 3 consecutive shutouts. But who needs good pitching?
jeffrey d
September 8th, 2012
12:33 pm
I don’t think Chipper’s “carrying the team.” He’s doing his part, sure, but several players (pitching especially lately) have been pulling their own weight.
Of the Braves’ 584 RBIs (sorry Shaun), Chipper has knocked in 58 of them for 9% of the Braves’ RBIs
NO MORE FREDI
September 8th, 2012
12:35 pm
Interesting…..
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/york-pub-changes-name-honor-chipper-jones-noted-161935660–mlb.html
ChattTownBrian
September 8th, 2012
12:36 pm
Nobody ever said baseball players were real smart. Just read some of their stuff and it shows clear they made the right decision playing a sport.
NO MORE FREDI
September 8th, 2012
12:36 pm
Please people don’t start the BELIEVE stuff on here. It’s played out, unoriginal and never works.
George_George
September 8th, 2012
12:37 pm
jeffrey d
September 8th, 2012
12:30 pm
Come of FRANK he is ready, he homered last night
So did Uggla…doesn’t mean he should be hitting cleanup yet.
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Do you prefer a .208 hitter playing second instead of MARTIN [second being his best position]? We neen SIMMIONS back. One night does not make DAN great.
Capt.Mudd
September 8th, 2012
12:39 pm
The whole thing about the Uggla post-game comment–and, really it’s the same old thing here on the blog–the friendly dissection of a poster’s words which may or may not be laudable.
It is what it is….but, in a pragmatically theatrical maner—rather bizarre IMO.
CB
September 8th, 2012
12:39 pm
Prado at SS.
ChattTownBrian
September 8th, 2012
12:42 pm
We all like McCann, but he looks like sh** and has for too long. All the eye problems and his shoulder have made him look like he could be at the end of a great career already. I’d give him another season to see, after that I would cut the ties.
ACE
September 8th, 2012
12:47 pm
Good thing we had Frank and Fredi taking care of Medlen so he wouldn’t have to be shut down. YEAH RIGHT
MiaBchBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
12:50 pm
With the money saved by not paying Chipper, McCann, and Lowe in 2013. With an opportuinty to not waste money on JJ or Hanson – I mean, really, they both need to go far away – as well as avoiding another failed Wren gambit by not signing Bourn, the Braves can go out and truly make an attempt to sign/trade for a truly-proven MVP bat that can play 150 games in the OF, that can hit for power AND high OBP, and has a PROVEN track record of high performance.
I admit I was at first happy with the Uggla trade. But I am not a baseball GM. The chance to see Uggla down here in Miami showed a streaky player who never hit for average or high OBP, struck out a lot, and played suspect D. If I had all that info at my disposal as a GM, I would’ve never made him the highest paid 2B in the league.
The time has come for the Braves to STOP paying significant millions to players who have significant flaws in their game. The time has come to stop paying significant millions in the hopes that speculative garbage can become playoff gold. Yeah, that means a $20 million-plus contract. But that’s the game. If the Braves want to get past WC status, they need their own Cabrera or Kemp, or the stands will continue to stay empty, as well as their playoff chances in their near future.
George_George
September 8th, 2012
12:50 pm
On his big night, a double and homer
“I’m back. Just because I hit the ball hard, if I have a bad night and go 0-for-4, it’s not about feeling for it anymore, it’s not about searching for it. It’s here. This is me. And like I said, I’m going to battle and compete the way I know how to.”
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DAN’s qoute last night. GOOD GRIEF what a ego this guy has. he is wierd, one night is NOT a comeback. I USED to like this guy.
jeffrey d
September 8th, 2012
12:54 pm
Yeah, that means a $20 million-plus contract. But that’s the game
I can’t think of many $20 million plus contracts that haven’t completely haunted a team after about 2 years.
jeffrey d
September 8th, 2012
12:54 pm
With the money saved by not paying Chipper, McCann, and Lowe in 2013
Also, McCann’s going to be here next year…not sure where you’re getting that.
ChattTownBrian
September 8th, 2012
12:55 pm
Uggla is a head case, as they say in sports with guys like this. He fits the term to a tee. He’s really his own worst enemy as you can see with his words.
cabravesfan
September 8th, 2012
12:56 pm
I’m not sure what that quote has to do with ego- sounds like he’s feeling better at the plate than he has in a while and I think it has shown a bit in the last few games. Even when he is making outs, he is getting better contact then he has in a while. It may not be much, but it’s a sign of hope.
MiaBchBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
12:57 pm
Dan Uggla is one fortunate sonofagun. He has to be the luckiest Rule Five player in the history of the game. However, his run of luck is over; unfortunately – and again! – it happens on our very shiny dime.
And people wonder why I loath franky “Bird-Brain” wren.
ncbravesfan90
September 8th, 2012
12:58 pm
I will say this, Uggla looks better at the plate right now than McCann does….
ChattTownBrian
September 8th, 2012
12:58 pm
But I would definitely start Uggla right now. He CAN carry an offense for a stretch. McCann is another story. He’s battling injury and I still think his vision is messed up and he won’t admit it. His swings look funny which tells me his sight it not right.
MiaBchBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:00 pm
jeffrey d: if the Braves exercise the CLUB option on Brain McCann next year, Frank Wren should be fired.
cabravesfan
September 8th, 2012
1:00 pm
Or his swing looks funny because of his shoulder.
cabravesfan
September 8th, 2012
1:01 pm
MiaBchBravesFan-
So you would be OK with JC Boscan as our everyday catcher next year?
jeffrey d
September 8th, 2012
1:02 pm
ChattTownBrian
September 8th, 2012
1:05 pm
McCann looks late on a lot of pitches more than I ever remember. Same thing last year when they said his eyes were starting to get screwed up.
jeffrey d
September 8th, 2012
1:05 pm
For all that McCann’s done for the Braves (I dunno…6 ASGs and 5 Silver Sluggers in his first 6.5 seasons. No big deal), and as a fan favorite who’s great in the community, I think Wren owes McCann the benefit of the doubt of a slump that’s been fueled by injury.
cabravesfan
September 8th, 2012
1:06 pm
CTB-
I just don’t think he would bother hiding it if his eyes were bothering him. Everyone already knows he’s got a bum shoulder. No reason to hide any other problems, if they exist
ChattTownBrian
September 8th, 2012
1:08 pm
cab, he looks awful. You can’t deny how bad the guy has been really since late last year when he even admitted he felt a big part of the teams big collapse. Yes, we all like BM, but what a huge mess he’s been on offense for way too long.
Greg
September 8th, 2012
1:10 pm
For all that continue to hate on Frank and Fredi, make two lists. One for those that are doing better with less and one for those doing worse with more. Make sure it has a column for this year, twoo years, and four years. Have a Keith Law column rating farm systems also. Get back to us with the results showing us all how unfortunate we are to be rooting for a team that has a great shot at the playoffs.
cabravesfan
September 8th, 2012
1:12 pm
CTB-
All I said was I don’t see a reason he would hide any additional problems.
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:14 pm
While we mostly agree the option for McCann will be picked up, nothing is 100% set in stone. Were talking about 12 million in payroll. Which is roughly 13% of our budget.
Say if it was Dan Uggla who happened to have the 12 million option for 2013? Would we pick it up cause he’s been so consistent over the years and refuse to believe he’d drop off this fast? I bet we would let him walk, and hey guess what Uggla is actually healthy too. McCann isn’t. He’s a 29 year old catcher with alot of wear n tear. He’s having shoulder issue that is very concerning to go along with all his other normal injuries and pains all catchers have. Then throw in that he continues to have vision issues on some level.
Brava
September 8th, 2012
1:14 pm
Atlanta Braves @Braves
Fredi just announced that Simmons will join the team in Milwaukee on Monday.
Brave New World
September 8th, 2012
1:16 pm
Live from moronville: Let’s not pick up 2013 option on 6-time all star Brian McCann; Freeman is struggling so let’s start piling on him; so Dan thinks he’s back – let’s hope he continues to struggle. On a previous episode: Heyward should be sent down to the minors or traded; Mike Minor cannot win in the majors; Venter is washed up.
Conspiracy Theory: Snooki and the Kardashian girls secretly blog under several names.
Brava
September 8th, 2012
1:20 pm
So, I saw a list the other day on MLB where Simmons is still listed as a Braves prospect. I assume that’s because of how little he’s played with the big team this season. Does anyone know if he would be eligible to compete for Rookie of the Year next season?
MiaBchBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:20 pm
cab: would you be OK with spending $12 million for a battered catcher who is on the relative downslope of an otherwise nice AS career as he recovers from an injury that offers no guarantee whatsoever of a full recovery?
We need to face it. If I am Brian McCann, I would welcome a move to the AL, where I can extend my career and DH, provided I had the requisite hitting skills still intact after my shoulder surgery. He will need the cyst drawn, as well as have his frayed labrum shaved. He will not throw as well as he ever did, he will always have a losse shoulder, which will invite repeat injuries, and his body type has never spoken to inspired optimal fitness.
Sorry, cab, I have always respected you, and I know that you do not agree with many of the things I have to say. That said, given the Braves’ relative economic restraints, catcher – with all of its inherent risks – is not a position I wish to squander $12 million for nostalgia purposes.
He is done as an AS catcher. So yeah, JC Boscan at $200-$400 K is the better deal for slightly less performance. That said, you and I know that either the Braves sign another catcher to split time with Ross, or Bethancourt comes up, Simmons-style. Truth be told, that’s how it should be: find a cheap LH-hitting catcher and spit time between Ross and the other in a platoon.
CB
September 8th, 2012
1:20 pm
Nah, Kardashians too busy looking in the mirror and Snooki would need help getting on internet.
Woody Woodward
September 8th, 2012
1:22 pm
Has Bourne’s free agent value slipped in the last two months?
Venice Jim
September 8th, 2012
1:22 pm
Jon Morosi @jonmorosi
#Nationals trail 2-0 on the day Stephen Strasburg is shut down. Clearly they are doomed.
benchwarmer
September 8th, 2012
1:23 pm
Wow! Can anybody be more stupid than the Nationals for the way they have handled the whole Strasburg thing. Really unbelievable!
benchwarmer
September 8th, 2012
1:23 pm
Wow! Can anybody be more stupid than the Nationals for the way they have handled the whole Strasburg thing. Really unbelievable!
Brava
September 8th, 2012
1:23 pm
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman
Sheets and Delgado will throw a simulated game like Teheran did Friday. Braves just trying to keep them all prepared to start if necessary
Kat
September 8th, 2012
1:24 pm
Severe weather today in the northeast. Looks like showers may hit the NYC area around 2 with a break till 4-5.
Venice Jim
September 8th, 2012
1:24 pm
The G’s with Marlins’ HRs – Gorkys and Giancarlo off Detwiler…
Venice Jim
September 8th, 2012
1:25 pm
David O’Brien @ajcbraves
#Braves Kimbrel and O’Flaherty probably won’t pitch today. Venters could close, or matchups w/ Durbin, maybe Avilan, etc.
Jay Dubu
September 8th, 2012
1:28 pm
Davey: “I don’t see the ball jumping out of his hand. I don’t see any crispness. This game is 99 percent mental.”
What effect will this have on the Nats mentally? The Braves need to put the pressure on them and take the Division.
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:29 pm
I love Brian McCann, but we can’t ignore what’s happened since the 2nd half of last season.
MiaBchBravesFan, I agree with you in a way, just not as hardcore as your view is. Gotta remember were only talking about a 1 year commitment, not a long term deal.
cabravesfan
September 8th, 2012
1:31 pm
MiaBchBravesFan-
Unless you are a doctor, nobody has any idea if Mac’s shoulder will be a continuing problem after he gets it taken care of. I don’t believe he is done as an all-star catcher and I believe Boscan would give us a lot less than “slightly worse” performance. And Bethancourt is just not ready.
How many “cheap LH-hitting catchers” do you think are out there? Answer: Not many. You may be willing to give up on Mac, but I’m not.
(And this doesn’t even take into account that he has zero interest in being a DH)
cabravesfan
September 8th, 2012
1:32 pm
Kat-
It’s already pouring at Giants Stadium…no idea which way the rain is headed, but they have also postponed the US Open Women’s final until tomorrow based on the forecast tonight
cabravesfan
September 8th, 2012
1:33 pm
Anyways, I am not interested in having an argument today. Got things to do before the football game at 12:30 (we don’t get the Braves game today).
Brava
September 8th, 2012
1:33 pm
Never mind, I answered my own question. Simmons is unlikely to be considered a rookie next season because he’ll likely exceed 130 at bats this season. He’s already at 115.
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:39 pm
Just a heads up folks, the Braves have lost the last 5 games that I’ve actually been able to watch on TV. So be prepared for Medlen to come back to earth today.
MiaBchBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:39 pm
VABravesFan: $12 million represents 13% of the Braves operating budget for one season. If I am Braves management, aware that I have to get rid of Uggla and probably won’t, and need to drastically improve hitting in The Post-Chipper Era…
Well, I am sorry, I just would not exercise McCann’s option. With Chipper gone, people on this blog see McCann as a significant vestige of the past, a symbol; I see him as a player whose position has finally taken its toll. I do not waste that money on a gambit and a prayer; been a LOT of that waste done already.
cab: we agree to disagree.
Jay Dubu
September 8th, 2012
1:40 pm
Mac is playing with a bad shoulder. Don’t you remember how Heyward performed last season with his shoulder injury?
George_George
September 8th, 2012
1:43 pm
jeffrey d
September 8th, 2012
1:05 pm
For all that McCann’s done for the Braves (I dunno…6 ASGs and 5 Silver Sluggers in his first 6.5 seasons. No big deal), and as a fan favorite who’s great in the community, I think Wren owes McCann the benefit of the doubt of a slump that’s been fueled by injury.
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AGREED
Train Wreck Bystander
September 8th, 2012
1:43 pm
While I am not an Uggla-basher by any means, I do not understand how a HR last night – which did not decide the game, mind you – makes up for April, May, June, July and August.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:44 pm
VaBraves: Don’t watch!!!
George_George
September 8th, 2012
1:45 pm
Brava
September 8th, 2012
1:33 pm
Never mind, I answered my own question. Simmons is unlikely to be considered a rookie next season because he’ll likely exceed 130 at bats this season. He’s already at 115.
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Hi Brava
Unless they hold him out so he will be eligable for ROY. ONLY KIDDING.
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:47 pm
MiaBch
Like I said I agree with you somewhat. It truly depends on what Frank Wren’s plan is. I bet him and his team already have a few plans on how to approach the offseason and I’m sure there is a plan with McCann and without McCann. Cause anything can happen between now and next season.
What happens if McCann is batting and BAM swings and misses and he’s holding his shoulder in extreme pain. Something serious is wrong and he will need surgery, possibly missing time in 2013.
Or hell, McCann could start to hit and make a huge impact down the stretch and in the playoffs and appear to be healthy and so on.
But I know one thing for sure, there is no way in hell I would even think about a long term contract until after the 2013 season.
Brave New World
September 8th, 2012
1:47 pm
CB September 8th, 2012 1:20 pm Nah, Kardashians too busy looking in the mirror and Snooki would need help getting on internet.
Honey Boo Boo?
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:48 pm
Jay Dubu: Good point… we just need to hope that he gets his shoulder problems fixed this offseason. If he does, he’ll be “back”. Next year, we watch to see if he can make it through without injuries, then try to re-sign him.
I wouldn’t be against “shutting Mac down” (giving him 2-3 starts a week). Ross may not be ideal, but at least it isn’t causing a risk to BMac and it’s giving us some offense. Ross is doing okay with the bat this year. McCann isn’t. Look at his swing. You can tell it hurts, he’s swing slower. Hence, he’s missing fastballs that he used to kill.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 8th, 2012
1:49 pm
I need a rain out. TV shows the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers coming on Fox.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:50 pm
But I know one thing for sure, there is no way in hell I would even think about a long term contract until after the 2013 season.
Co-sign. And about picking up his option, the only way that doesn’t happen is if he hurts himself (shoulder, whatever) badly enough where he’ll miss much of the season. No reason to not pick it up otherwise.
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:51 pm
TOBF
I gotta watch the game any chance I get. Only reason I’m a Braves fan is cause of TBS, hell TBS is the reason I’m a baseball fan. Still remember the 1st time I came across it channel surfing in 1997 (10 years old) 1st AB I ever watched on TBS was Chipper and he ended up hitting a homerun. That’s where it all began. lol
George_George
September 8th, 2012
1:51 pm
No todays lineup yet?
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:54 pm
Nice stuff Va…. just know that if we lose I’m blaming you!
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:55 pm
Now only can watch when they play the Nationals, or are on ESPN or FOX.
George_George
September 8th, 2012
1:56 pm
Outta here for a bit. BELIEVE IN THE MEDS.
jeffrey d
September 8th, 2012
1:57 pm
#Braves lineup: Bourn 8, Prado 6, Heyward 9, Chipper 5, Freeman 3, Uggla 4, McCann 2, Constanza 7, Medlen 1
VaBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:57 pm
I think we’ll win today. Our bats are due big time and we have our best pitcher on the mound. So even if Medlen gives up 2 or 3 runs in 6 innings I think we can win it, with Dan being “back” and all. lol
MiaBchBravesFan
September 8th, 2012
1:58 pm
In the Great Cultural War between signing McCann or Francoeur, or both, during their arb years, the Braves were very fortunate to sign the right guy long-term. Brian has been well-paid for his significant services years before he was eligible for free agency. He has been declining; now he is significantly hurt, and not the player he used to be.
It is easy to spend other people’s money, and do it for less than logical purposes. This team is a hitting mess. Uggla compounds that misery for years to come. Real baseball is a game of bitter realities and few instances of defiance. $12 million for another Chipper-like au lang syne holds no interest for me when we have an excellent pitching window right NOW that must be supported by better hitting than the garbage we have seen for too many seasons.
The waste has been sinful. It has to stop. The Braves need to hire an Asst. GM who knows more about hitting, and how to evaluate it at all levels in the organization, than the person presently at the helm – who knows NOTHING whatsoever about hitting, or how to evaluate it.