Braves looking to even series with Hudson on mound
(Staff writer Carroll Rogers is filling in for David O’Brien this series.)
Milwaukee – It’s going to be a super snappy blog this afternoon and I apologize for that, but while some of the Braves were touring the Harley-Davidson museum this morning, this gal was working ahead on some end-of-the-year Chipper Jones stories. Hopefully you’ll appreciate it on the back end?
It is Sept. 11, so first of all I sent out thoughts to those who lost friends or love ones in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. We’ll never forget. Dating back to that first game back in New York in September of 2001, which was just a spine-tingling night at Shea Stadium (and yours truly butchered the lead of the game story because I was just too nervous and anxious and caught up in the moment), Major League Baseball has had a way of treating this occasion with real honor and grace.
I’m sure tonight will be no exception around baseball, when all 30 teams will commemorate the 11th anniversary of Sept. 11 in pre-game ceremonies, and all the players and coaches will be American Flag patches on their caps.
As for last night’s Braves 4-1 loss to the Brewers, it seemed pretty clear the Braves beat themselves, after Jonny Venters’ error changed the game with his throwing error in the four-run seventh, and the Braves got thrown out four times on the basepaths. But I wanted to share some of the things you couldn’t see simply by watching the game on TV.
Last night when the media was let into the visiting clubhouse at Miller Park, Martin Prado was sitting at the video machines watching replays of the two plays when he was thrown out trying to go from first to third on a single. On the other side of the room, sitting beside Mike Minor, one locker over, was Venters, waiting for us because he knew it was the right thing to do.
But not only that, Venters waited patiently, out at his locker, until after we had all talked to Minor first, and then he addressed us. I, for one, appreciated the professionalism. I’m telling you, other teams have players who run and hide in the break room or training room in situations like that….
So the Braves turn to Tim Hudson tonight against Marco Estrada, who has faced the Braves twice in relief this season but this is his first start against them this season. He made two starts against the Braves last season, giving up 11 earned runs in 11 1/3 innings, while going 1-1. He coming off a rocky outing too, having allowed four runs in five innings to the Marlins.
Hudson pretty much willed himself to seven shutout innings against the Rockies his last time out in the second of the Braves’ back-to-back 1-0 wins. At least in terms of results, Hudson has been on this weird stretch where he’s run into trouble every other start since he gave up six runs to the Phillies on Aug. 8. He pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings his Aug. 14 start against the Padres, then gave up four in six innings in a loss to the Nationals Aug. 20. He gave up only one run in seven innings Aug. 26 in San Francisco, then gave up five in five innings to the Phillies on Sept. 1.
So either Hudson gives up a big number tonight and the trend continues or by mentioning it here, it stops. There has been a history.
This and that
How oddball was it last night that Andrelton Simmons didn’t get one chance at shortstop in his return from two months out with a broken hand? That’ll change tonight with Hudson on the mound….
The Braves postseason tickets will go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. for a potential one-game wild card playoff and the first two games of the Division Series. Info is here….
You have to love Twitter for exchanges we can all see, like this one between Tyler Thornburg, a rookie pitcher for the Brewers who grew up in Atlanta, and Chipper Jones, who is Chipper Jones.
@TylerThornburg wrote: Being from Atlanta, growing up watching the Braves, and @RealCJ10 made tonight really weird. Gave me chills when Chipper got a standing O.
And then @realcj10’s response: @TylerThornburg Good luck with ur career my man!
Here’s a story I wrote about Thornburg when he made the Futures Game last year. He was recalled on Sept. 4 by the Brewers. He is in his third stint in the majors this season, after making his major league debut in a start June 19 against Toronto (five earned runs in 5 1/3 innings). He’s made two major league starts and three relief appearances overall.
A couple more Brewers tidbits, courtesy of Mike Vassallo, the very helpful Brewers’ media relations director: the Brewers (70-71) are trying to reach .500 for the first time since they were 9-9 on April 24. The Brewers have won 15 of their past 17 games at Miller Park and seven straight, including last night’s 4-1 win over the Braves.
Ryan Braun is sitting on career home run No. 199. Closer John Axford is unscored upon in each of his last nine games. Opponents are batting .038 (1-for-26) in 8 1/3 innings during this stretch.
Braves lineup
Lyle Overbay is getting his first start as a Brave at first base against his former team tonight. This is after he collected his first hit as a Brave in a pinch hit appearance last night.
1. Bourn CF
2. Prado LF
3. Heyward RF
4. Jones 3B
5. McCann C
6. Uggla 2B
7. Overbay 1B
8. Simmons SS
9. Hudson P
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Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
4:13 pm
Thanks, Carroll!
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
4:16 pm
FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX
Reds MGR Dusty Baker cited Aroldis Chapman has shoulder fatigue, says “we might need to rest him for awhile.”
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
4:19 pm
Thanks Carroll!
Repost from Last-Blog…. take care folks.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
4:18 pm
My rationale for Greinke is simple. We need a stud SP, a LF, and a CF. We can’t trade for all those. CF and LF are underwhelming in their FA class outside of Bourn. Same with SP. However, Greinke won’t be as bad an investment as one in Bourn would be.
Also, we desperately need a power LF. It’s gonna take quite a few prospects to get that. Try to get Shields or some other top SP, and we’ve done some damage to the farm. Get Greinke, and we can trade for that LF, and use some “pieces” to get a CF. Seems more efficient to me.
If there are any questions about my position, save them for later please. I’ll be back by 6;30. Peace.
mountain_jim
September 11th, 2012
4:19 pm
At least Venters gave Kimbrel a night off last night. His top speed has bee dropping down to 96 or so last couple of times out.
Ron H
September 11th, 2012
4:22 pm
Let’s get it done, Huddy! Braves need to bounce back from last night’s loss. Don’t let this turn into a losing streak! Go Braves!
ncscoots
September 11th, 2012
4:23 pm
Chapman has been in 64 games this year. Kimbrel, in contrast, has appeared in only 53.
phil
September 11th, 2012
4:25 pm
ncscoots
September 11th, 2012
4:06 pm
Next stop? Instructional League.
phil may be sad, but he’s funny. Redeeming feature.
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phil is not sad. phil is often full of bull. Big difference!
Trader Jack
September 11th, 2012
4:26 pm
I watched Chapman last night. His velocity was in the 94-96 range, and his location was poor. One bright spot was that almost all of his pitches were down in the dirt, if they were up – sayonara
Bronke
September 11th, 2012
4:28 pm
Noticed Freeman out of the lineup tonight. Best thing for him. He is scuffling and his head has not been in the game. Can’t say I’m thrilled with Overbay but what can you do. Go Braves!
Gustopher
September 11th, 2012
4:30 pm
Great blog Carroll. I really like the links to old stories. It makes it a lot easier, Thanks
ncscoots
September 11th, 2012
4:31 pm
Can’t say I’m thrilled with Overbay but what can you do.
Ought to see if there’s anything there, before the postseason, don’t you think? Gotta have some at-bats to know that.
ncscoots
September 11th, 2012
4:34 pm
I watched Chapman last night.
I flipped over and watched that stinkin’ Gio for a while. Walking the ballgirls and the Mets couldn’t do anything about it. Dangit.
Nats beat up on the kid last night, but they get some big-boy baseball tonight. Hopefully, R.A. gets their swings all discombobulated for about a week.
cricket
September 11th, 2012
4:36 pm
Chapman has been in 64 games this year. Kimbrel, in contrast, has appeared in only 53.
yes, but that works out to about 57 games height-adjusted
Bronke
September 11th, 2012
4:36 pm
Ncscoots
You’re right. Let’s hope for the best. Better to find out now than later. Hope the Braves can put together some extra base hits instead of just singles. It would take some pressure off the bases loaded syndrome as of late.
ncscoots
September 11th, 2012
4:37 pm
cricket, re your 4:36…
HA!
RBI
September 11th, 2012
4:38 pm
Freeman needs to sit. Hopefully, Overbay won’t screw the pooch.
raleighbravefan
September 11th, 2012
4:38 pm
TOBF – (if and when you see this…) Make up your mind…Do you want a stud SP, or do you want Greinke?
raleighbravefan
September 11th, 2012
4:39 pm
scoots @4:31 – Insightful, as usual, PLUS, FF could use a break.
Heisenberg
September 11th, 2012
4:42 pm
Venters is either cannot be hit or is really bad. Fredi needed to realize as soon as a walk was issued to a guy trying to make an out that last night was the latter and get him out before any more damage can be done.
raleighbravefan
September 11th, 2012
4:43 pm
cricket @4:36 – That’s one thing I love about this blog…plenty of very good quick wit raises it’s head around here on a regular basis.
Trader Jack
September 11th, 2012
4:44 pm
scoots
Yep – R. A. has a tendency to really screw up the mashers for a period of time
raleighbravefan
September 11th, 2012
4:44 pm
RBI @4:38 – Is it Bark in the Park night?
NorCal Brave
September 11th, 2012
4:45 pm
Not surprised about Prado watching replay videos; he’s always working hard on his game. Classy move by Venters in the clubhouse; in his quotes he took full responsibility for letting the team down. Sitting Freeman? About time.
Tumbledown
September 11th, 2012
4:45 pm
I am sure that Overbay hopes he does not screw the pooch!
Sopheee
September 11th, 2012
4:47 pm
Thanks again, Carroll!
Good for Jonny for not pulling a MFIKY. Classy, fo’ sure.
Heisenberg
September 11th, 2012
4:48 pm
Wonder if the visit to Harley-Davidson is a foreshadowing of the retirement gift for CJ? Of course he would have to ride it while wearing a sausage costume.
blacked-out...right here in the ATL
September 11th, 2012
4:49 pm
“Your” Atlanta Braves: on broadcast TV only six times in the remaining twenty games. Those of us who watch “over-the-air” are S.O.L. until Friday night. Nice!
Guess we can always watch KC at MN on mlb.com…
Oh, and “FIRST!”
chipontheroad
September 11th, 2012
4:50 pm
lol Hiesenberg
gotta go to work
GO BRAVOS Y METROS
Juan
September 11th, 2012
4:51 pm
DOB…..Tonight season 5th Premier of “Son Of Anarchy…set your DVR
ncscoots
September 11th, 2012
4:54 pm
baseball gods were messing with Simmons last night, by not giving him a single chance at SS. Probably gets 2 Web Gems, 3 Cap One Premier Plays, and a half-dozen Grass Clippings tonight. Might get 25 put-outs and assists.
Two Ks by Huddy.
Jon
September 11th, 2012
4:56 pm
Don’t know if any of you have noticed, but the Phillies are tearing it up right now and are only 5 games out of the 2nd WC spot. Even if the Bravos gain homefield for the 1 game playoff, I for sure don’t want it to be against the Phills. I’d rather play Milwaukee, Pitt or the Cards. Those Phills just won’t go away. FWIW….I think Medlen needs to start that WC game if we get there.
Go Braves!!!
Big Papa Dawg
September 11th, 2012
4:57 pm
My main complaint about last night was Fredi not one time taking up for his players by arguing a call. The strike zone was terribly inconsistent. We don’t need him tossed every game but players need to feel his support. Minor was good. Venters was bad. Prado tried too hard. Others didn’t try hard enough.
Lew
September 11th, 2012
4:58 pm
That’s one good thing about living in Vermont – I’m not blacked out on the Extra Innings Package. I’ll have to listen to the Brewer’s tv Dudes who are – shall we say – not the greatest, but at least I can watch the games.
cricket
September 11th, 2012
4:58 pm
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/48817036/ns/sports-other_sports/page/2/
What irritates Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton?
What he doesn’t see.
“Pitchers going nine,” Sutton said.
In the 1970s, you’d need to record roughly 25 complete games to lead the league. Since 1999, only James Shields has hit double-digits in any single season.
Pitchers aren’t being asked to summon the same stamina.
Nor to practice the art of pacing themselves.
“There should be a mindset,” Sutton said. “We’re encouraging mediocrity and we’re getting it. We’ve lowered the standards and guys are performing up to our expectations.”
Kevin
September 11th, 2012
4:59 pm
Good for Overbay drawing a start. The Braves could have decided to use Prado at 1B and Constanza in LF instead.
Heisenberg
September 11th, 2012
4:59 pm
I missed the replay where Prado was thrown out at 3B the second time. But he must have has a loose thread hanging out the back of his shirt that got tagged because it sure looked like air was all the glove got.
Tumbledown
September 11th, 2012
5:01 pm
Jon – I agree about the Phillies. While people constantly complain about the Braves, they should realize that the Cardinals, Dodgers, and Pirates all have struggled mightily over the past ten games. The door is opening for the Phillies and even the Brewers.
cowdogit
September 11th, 2012
5:02 pm
I will wait until Prado plays third and Constanza plays left before I make my next wager.
Heisenberg
September 11th, 2012
5:10 pm
Verducci was waxing eloquent about Braves & Medlen in case anyone cares what Verducci thinks…
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/tom_verducci/09/11/kris-medlen-atlanta-braves/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t13_a0
onebravosfan
September 11th, 2012
5:16 pm
I have to run but the one good thing about the Phillies being on a tear is that they play the Gnats six more times. For the Phillies to be trying in those games can only help us.
AZBravoFan
September 11th, 2012
5:19 pm
If we get to set our rotation, Medlen absolutely should start the play-in game if he’s still hot. I’ve seen too many 1st inning 4-spots from Huddy, and this sensitive offense doesn’t need to be in that big a hole before they even step to the plate in a do-or-die game. Then in the NLDS you trust you can get at least 2 wins out of Huddy-Maholm-Minor-Hanson, reserving Meds on regular rest for Game 5 if necessary. And if you take it in 4 Meds is ready to go Game 1 of NLCS.
Bay Area Steve
September 11th, 2012
5:22 pm
Thanks, Walt.
David O'Brien
September 11th, 2012
5:30 pm
DOB…..Tonight season 5th Premier of “Son Of Anarchy…set your DVR — Juan
I’m ready. Just rode my motorcycle nearly 200 miles, up into the mountains north of Dahlonega. Beautiful day for a ride here in Georgia, now listening to the new Bob Dylan album that came out today.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
5:37 pm
TOBF – (if and when you see this…) Make up your mind…Do you want a stud SP, or do you want Greinke?
Grrr. Greinke is a stud! Haven’t you ever seen him? He’s definitely good looking… oh, and he pitches pretty well too
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
5:39 pm
Today Strasburg is a starter shut down and Medlen is a shutdown starter.
From the link Heisenberg posted at 5:10… I like that.
Screwball
September 11th, 2012
5:42 pm
Whoever the guy is co hosting Sports Nation with Charissa Thompson is the worst I have ever seen or heard. She is fantastic. Off point but it has to be said.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
5:44 pm
Some good news…
Oakland Athletics @Athletics
#Athletics’ Brandon McCarthy was discharged from California Pacific Medical Campus in San Francisco earlier this afternoon.
Heisenberg
September 11th, 2012
5:46 pm
Somebody watches Sports Nation? And then publicly admits they watch? Those late afternoon ESPN shows make me glad I have a job. Better off listening to the radio or watching Ellen than that drivel.
Mike S
September 11th, 2012
5:51 pm
I’m with Heisenberg at 4:59, it sure looked like Ramirez never touched Prado with the glove on that swipe tag from the replay. I mean, you still can’t get thrown out at third in that situation, so don’t think Martin should have chanced it, but it looked like he got in there…
Rob From SC
September 11th, 2012
5:53 pm
Just a day off for Freeman?
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
5:53 pm
Brandon McCarthy @BMcCarthy32
WELL IF BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL ISNT THE BEST TIME TO ASK ABOUT A THREESOME THEN IM FRESH OUT OF IDEAS
Braveone
September 11th, 2012
5:53 pm
From the previous blog which had 981 comments, TheOnlyBravesFan led the way with 77 posts. There were 125 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:
Rank Poster Frequency
1 TheOnlyBravesFan 77
2 phil 62
3 nolie 52
4 Efrim 45
5 Venice Jim 45
6 Mark 43
7 Capt.Mudd 36
8 tiger297 32
9 ncscoots 29
10 Brava 27
11 Jeff R 23
12 Wake Up Jeff! (and Freddie) 23
13 ncbravesfan90 21
14 ACE 20
15 Bat Masterson 18
16 ChattTownBrian 18
17 George_George 18
18 Brian from SC 17
19 Fredo 16
20 raleighbravefan 15
21 Shaun 14
22 brian 13
23 Veer 12
24 Murph 11
25 Tomahawk Mafia 11
Murph
September 11th, 2012
5:54 pm
How’s the blog fantasy league going? I stopped checking a month or so ago.
Next year… I’ll be back in first next year.
Murph
September 11th, 2012
5:54 pm
Woo hoo, my first top 25 blog finish since July!
Heisenberg
September 11th, 2012
5:57 pm
That phantom tag on Prado should have been the Coors Lite freeze frame. But life goes on. Outta here.
Max Sizemore
September 11th, 2012
6:01 pm
Carroll, I always appreciate it on the back end. At least I did when I was younger.
nolie
September 11th, 2012
6:11 pm
phil is often full of bull.,,,phil
shucks, phil beat me to it
Carroll Rogers
September 11th, 2012
6:16 pm
yes just a day off for Freeman. and a chance to get Overbay some ABs
No. 1 Braves Fan
September 11th, 2012
6:17 pm
Sizemore: Not a classy comment to our lady beat writer.
Veer
September 11th, 2012
6:26 pm
Macarthy shows he is a pervert by thinking about threesomes
Veer
September 11th, 2012
6:29 pm
Overbay getting a chance to start at first over Hinske probably shows that Overbay and Not Hinske will be in the post season roster. You have to assume 6 hitters
1.Ross
2.Janish
3.Johnson
4.Fransisco
5.Overbay
6.Conzstanza
Out- Pasternicky Hinske
bruce
September 11th, 2012
6:30 pm
gotta love Jonny Venters, a class act when he is incredibly effective like last year and a class act when he has struggles like last night… so easy to be a fan. wish him the very best!!!
ACE
September 11th, 2012
6:49 pm
I can’t believe that DOB missed out on a chance to go to the Harley Museum with Fredi.
ACE
September 11th, 2012
6:53 pm
They may have Pastornicky and Ski along with those six for the one game playoff.
AZBravoFan
September 11th, 2012
6:56 pm
No need for Janish to be on playoff roster. Gotta have guys who can contribute some offense. If Andrelton goes down we can get by with Prado until the next series.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
6:59 pm
Given that Marteen is our starting left fielder and the back up 2nd baseman, 3rd baseman & 1st baseman, I think having Janish on the playoff roster would be wise
Yogi Berra
September 11th, 2012
7:02 pm
DOB got to ride 200 miles today on his bike..can’t beat that Ace.
who cares…I do. Braves will win and make play-offs. Bet on it.
phil
September 11th, 2012
7:12 pm
who cares
September 11th, 2012
6:47 pm
this team do a lot better if u got rid of the white 3base and manager
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and when did you get out on parole? Doofus
Mark
September 11th, 2012
7:13 pm
Freddie, Cmon now
I bragged on you bringing in Kimmy in the 8th with the lead a week ago and pitched him 1 and a third for the save.
You got lucky the other day pitching him in the 8th and sideslinger in the 9th.
Today, you’re going nuts. Overbay gets a hit and you start him. Shoulda put Prado at 1B and Georgie in left against the righty. Look up the winning percentage with Georgie
Georgie plays = Braves win
braveslover
September 11th, 2012
7:18 pm
Two center fielders are FA after the season, our own Bourn and Angel Pagan of the Giants. Offer Bourn three years with an option and offer Pagan four years with an option. If the Braves can’t sign either one then shame on them. Bourn may be on thin ice as Boras is his agent and Mr. Shurholtz has said the Braves would never deal with him again after the Furcal fiasco. I like Pagan a bit more than Bourn but either one has to be wearing the tomahawk next year.
phil
September 11th, 2012
7:20 pm
I don’t think Boras was Furcal’s agent….
phil
September 11th, 2012
7:25 pm
Lol
Dum-Bass
September 11th, 2012
7:25 pm
Looks like the Braves will have a huge advantage in looking at the schedule from 18Sep-3Oct. Gnats have some really tough games to play, while the Braves have mostly the Marlins, Mets, Phillies, etc. Another big plus is that during that period the Braves have two days off in a 14 game stretch, while the Gnats have no days off in a 16 game stretch. That will be plenty tough here at the end of the year, especially on the pitching. Should be a major time for the Braves to make up some ground.
Heath
September 11th, 2012
7:26 pm
Good evening all. Let’s get a win tonight. (And the Mets too
)
Heath
September 11th, 2012
7:27 pm
…and the Marlins while we’re at it! Though… Phils are alrady up 3-0 in the 1st.
phil
September 11th, 2012
7:30 pm
Got some real bright ones here tonight.
AZBravoFan
September 11th, 2012
7:31 pm
I guess if Buddy Biancalana can impact a playoff series why not Janish…
flange1
September 11th, 2012
7:32 pm
think it is just one phil with the changing monkier thing going.
Have fun all.
Go BRaves
Mike in TX
September 11th, 2012
7:33 pm
Hey guys and gals. I’m still here in Texas for now rooting the Braves on with extra innings. I’m hoping that I’ll get to see them early next month when I go on block leave before I deploy in November. Keep up the wonderful blogging all of you and I’ll try to get on here often as possible while I’m downrange.
Mike in TX
September 11th, 2012
7:35 pm
Damn, forgot to say that I really enjoy the blog DOB and Carol. Keep up the amazing work you both do.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
7:37 pm
Given that Marteen is our starting left fielder and the back up 2nd baseman, 3rd baseman & 1st baseman, I think having Janish on the playoff roster would be wise
I agree with you as well. Though you’re forgetting about Francisco (backup 3B) and Overbay/Hinske as backup 1B. Marteen is really only the backup 2B. Just sucks that my boy REV might get left off of the playoff roster. Dang you Janish!
Webster
September 11th, 2012
7:38 pm
bravelover— Boras is not Furcals agent. The Braves have dealt with Boras before–Greg Maddux
Derek Lowe and I’m sure there were/are others. I know Boras was Andruw’s agent, but not at the time he signed the first time. Needless to say, the Braves will work with Scott Boras
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
7:45 pm
Veer
September 11th, 2012
7:46 pm
Stop looking at the scehdule strength for the Braves. Noway can we make up 6.5 games with 20 left to play. we would have to go 20-0 and Nationals would need to go 14-7
At best we can go 15-5 in this case the Nats would need to go 9-12 Not happening.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
7:47 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan-
I did not forget about Francisco or Overbay or Hinske. But in the playoffs, I’d play Marteen over any of them (unless he is playing somewhere else, of course)
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
7:47 pm
What will the comedy geniuses do when Chipper retires? No more Hooters jokes! The well dries up!
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
7:51 pm
What will the comedy geniuses do when Chipper retires? No more Hooters jokes! The well dries up!
That well dried up years ago…
Sean McDonough's Bald Head
September 11th, 2012
7:51 pm
I really think Overbay & Hinske should be at home watching games like we all are doing. Both are wasted roster spots. I guess Jeff Baker’s just the new bat boy ? Haven’t seen him play but seen a bunch of inteviews he did.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
7:53 pm
I can understand that cab, I’d even agree…. I was just thinking of it from the mindset that we might have only 1 backup OF on the roster (Reed). So, I don’t think that it’d be the wisest thing for Fredi to start both Martin and Reed in the same game. Gotta save one of them for late in the game, meaning that Prado starts LF and one of the other guys would start at 3B or 1B.
Mike in TX
September 11th, 2012
7:53 pm
CLAUSES CIRCLES
September 11th, 2012
7:42 pm
If I were a Yankees or Rangers fan, that would be fine. Luckily I’m not a Yankees or Rangers fan. I’m a Braves fan. I watch Braves games, look at Braves stats, read Braves stories, and post on Braves blogs. But thank you for the suggestion, but I’ll pass.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
7:53 pm
Freeman looks like he needs a break. Weird, I posted that after the game last night and he’s getting a break today. Makes me feel like somebody is listening to me.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
September 11th, 2012
7:55 pm
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=was#y=2012&m=9&calendar=DEFAULT
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
7:56 pm
I guess Jeff Baker’s just the new bat boy ? Haven’t seen him play but seen a bunch of inteviews he did.
Seems like he might’ve been an insurance policy for Uggla. I truly believe that if Uggs kept struggling, they would have Martin start some games against righties at 2B, and have Baker start there against lefties. However, Uggs seems to be coming out of it, so Baker hasn’t gotten much playing time. Would like to see what he’s got though…
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
7:56 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan-
I’m just thinking in terms of bench positions. Don’t want to get into rosters or who should play where- I just think it’s wise to have a back up ss that can play excellent defense on the play off roster. Too important of a position to not.
George_George
September 11th, 2012
7:56 pm
Repost from old blog.
*******************George_George
September 11th, 2012
1:36 pm
I hollared early this season about FREDI running MINOR out there every 5 days to get beat up on. Well I was WRONG, MINOR has developed into a fine pitcher. Now it seems MEDLEN, HUDSON, MINOR and pray for rain.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
September 11th, 2012
7:57 pm
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=atl#y=2012&m=9&calendar=DEFAULT – whos schedule looks the best ???
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
7:57 pm
I don’t think so sister! I’m giving Medlen 100 bucks to show his face at the Cobb Parkway Hooters! We can’t let this go so easily!
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
7:58 pm
Cab: I understand… I was in agreement!
CTB: I forward your posts of advice to Kevin McAlpin, who delivers them to Fredi nightly…
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
7:59 pm
And what blog would be complete without a repost from George squared?
big phil
September 11th, 2012
7:59 pm
who needs chipper and hooters?
lololol
Get Gant A Dreadlock Wig
September 11th, 2012
8:00 pm
Hudson hitting .235 and McCann hitting .232 & Uggla hitting .215
Pretty damn sad.
keyLargo
September 11th, 2012
8:01 pm
Arn Tellem Agency was Furcal’s representative during the fiasco when Schuerholz swore he would never deal with them again
George_George
September 11th, 2012
8:01 pm
A day off for FREDDY and yet a another day off for DOB. I saw his post saying how much he is enjoying his vacations. His Angel at AJC is looking out for him.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:02 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan-
Oh, I was not saying you were trying to argue with me! I’m just not one to get into lengthy discussions about the roster, so I wanted to end it before it took on a life of it’s own
Sopheee
September 11th, 2012
8:06 pm
Adding stupid slaps to my brick business next season. Sure money maker.
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
September 11th, 2012
8:08 pm
Huddy’s gonna win tonight, bank on it.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
8:08 pm
Paul @jpmccord
Michael Bourn is only four away from his career high of 140 strikeouts (2009 and 2011). #Braves
He’ll pass that by at least 10, I’m afraid… Don’t resign!
Heath
September 11th, 2012
8:09 pm
cab -
You can just say “hi” to me and move on…
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
8:09 pm
Paul @jpmccord
Michael Bourn’s 140 strikeouts needed 157 G in 2009 and 158 G in 2011. This year, his 136 strikeouts have needed only 141 G.
Er, makes that he’ll pass by 20. Yikes! He’s striking at out once a game.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
8:10 pm
Go Braves!!!
Get Gant A Dreadlock Wig
September 11th, 2012
8:10 pm
Bob Dylan uses a fake name. That’s not his real name. I hate music artists with fake names.
nolie
September 11th, 2012
8:11 pm
I see that the moron of a million names is back tonight. we are so blessed
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:11 pm
Heath-
Hi! (I don’t recall you saying hi to me either!
)
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:11 pm
Hi Sopheeee!
Mark
September 11th, 2012
8:12 pm
TOBF
His Ks are higher – His HRs are higher
Personally I’d prefer 75 fewer Ks if it meant zero HRs with his speed.
George_George
September 11th, 2012
8:13 pm
Outta here for game. LETS GET BACK TO WINNING WAYS. Have a good one y’all, nite all.
Fols
September 11th, 2012
8:13 pm
Come on HUDDY!
Heath
September 11th, 2012
8:13 pm
I said “Hi all..”
Where’s VJ tonight?
Sopheee
September 11th, 2012
8:14 pm
Hey cab.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:14 pm
Heath-
He’s working at the moment. Will be home in about half an hour
(I am not all! I am special
)
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:15 pm
Sopheee-
I was afraid I scared you away last night…
Tim
September 11th, 2012
8:15 pm
Bourn going to get more than 10 mil next year is a joke.
smallmouth6
September 11th, 2012
8:16 pm
Go Braves–20-0!
nolie
September 11th, 2012
8:16 pm
I can tell already that this guy is too good for the Braves hitters
Heath
September 11th, 2012
8:16 pm
cab -
You anywhere near as nervous as me for the Phils getting hot and getting in as the #2 WC? Doc & Lee pitching combined with the potential offense that they still have…
…not liking thoughts on them getting in.
Sopheee
September 11th, 2012
8:16 pm
cab, ha I didn’t see it until this morning at work. My eyes got really big for a second.
bravofan
September 11th, 2012
8:17 pm
anyone have a guess as to what time the october 5th wild card playoff game will be?
smallmouth6
September 11th, 2012
8:17 pm
Robert Zimmerman is one of the greatest musical artists of all time. Anyone who hates him, hates America!
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:17 pm
We need to win this one. If I’m not mistaken Marco Estrada has given us a headache in the past. Don’t know for sure, but I think so.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
8:18 pm
Phils cooked….
I can tell already that this guy is too good for the Braves hitters
Indeed… I’m seeing a complete game shutout…..
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:18 pm
Heath-
No. Their biggest problem is they have to go through 4 teams to get ahead, none of whom are in the East. That is not easy to do. But if they do pull it off, so be it. We gotta beat someone, might as well be the Phillies
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:19 pm
nolie being negative … life is back to normal.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
8:20 pm
Heck, even a perfect game…
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:20 pm
Sopheee-
Sorry! You caught me at a bad time
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:21 pm
B to the GAME!
Mark
September 11th, 2012
8:21 pm
Announcers gave him the first inning jinx
nolie
September 11th, 2012
8:21 pm
so much for doing better in the first inning
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:22 pm
Weeks has very strong hands … wonder what he does in his off time?
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
8:22 pm
Dang, Huddy.
Fols
September 11th, 2012
8:23 pm
I’ll take the blame for that first run…the only game time snack I could find was a cranberry muffin. Yeah….a friggin muffin for a game snack. Sorry Braves fans…don’t point the blame at Huddy.
Kat
September 11th, 2012
8:25 pm
I’m doing laundry tonight – very thrilling – however the Braves tend to do well when I’m not watching the game am in the laundry room. So hopefully they’ll have one of those nights. Another random thought – tonight is a perfect night to star gaze (my laundry facility in my apt complex is in a different building so I walk outside to get to it). Not a cloud in the sky. Gorgeous. Okay I digress back to Huddy
Sopheee
September 11th, 2012
8:25 pm
No worries, cab. I didn’t take it too seriously.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:26 pm
“Hudson got lazy with the streaky Weeks” should be the headline if we lose 1-0. Actually, that score wouldn’t surprise me, so I will let them use that headline if they so choose.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:31 pm
Guess Johnny Venterbumb is back up to his old BUMB tricks.
He deserves to be Booed. He is a BUMB having a BUMB yr.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
8:32 pm
That’s funny, Kat. I just went upstairs to fold a load of laundry and came back to find us down a run. Maybe I’d better stay here and watch the game.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:32 pm
Damn Overbay, that looked like one of my swings.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
8:33 pm
Boy that was a sorry third strike swing!
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
8:33 pm
“Damn Overbay, that looked like one of my swings.”
Looked like McCann’s too that inning….
SOS Braves
September 11th, 2012
8:33 pm
Overbay filling in nicely for freeman with a strikeout.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:33 pm
Guess these BUMBS went back to their lack of hitting with RISP habbits again.
Dr. Disgusted sez these BUMBS have the RISP flu. Cure is a good round of Booing them for motivation purposes. Very BUMB.
njbraves
September 11th, 2012
8:34 pm
This offense is so frustrating to watch.
Kat
September 11th, 2012
8:35 pm
Crazy how slow the blog gets in September. School, Football, etc I assume.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:35 pm
Overbay deserves to be Booed.
He is a real “O” at the plate.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:35 pm
It must be nice to live in a world where everyone is perfect and nobody ever makes a mistake…
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:35 pm
This offensive is offensive. Very Politically Incorrect.
Heath
September 11th, 2012
8:36 pm
cab -
Seeing that the blog is basically the same thing with some different names… you’re still sane?
Brava
September 11th, 2012
8:36 pm
I imagine mostly football, Kat.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:37 pm
A mistake is the lowest achievement performed by mankind.
Too Many Mistakes = Losses.
That is Booable
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:37 pm
Heath-
I’m not here as often as I used to be. I just don’t have the patience for some of the stuff people post…
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:39 pm
Watching Johnny Lester tonight — to his credit he is trying to make something of an off year.
New manager and new pitching coach and that is a start back on the ladder for them.
Choppinmama
September 11th, 2012
8:39 pm
After McCann took his doses of catcher punishment last night, while Braun was fouling off all those pitches, the umpire walked out in front of Brian and threw about 4 new balls in a row back to the mound. Thought that was kinda cool.
Efrim
September 11th, 2012
8:39 pm
I don’t really care how many K’s Bourn has. I think it stinks that he has been a .650 hitter for two months now.
Heath
September 11th, 2012
8:39 pm
Woo hoo! Mets score 2 (and still batting) and now up 2-1.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
8:40 pm
Crazy how slow the blog gets in September. School, Football, etc I assume.
I’d say football…still plenty of posts from the uneducated on here…
Yogi Berra
September 11th, 2012
8:40 pm
agree cabravesfan…
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:40 pm
Choppinmama-
Catchers & Home Plate Umps always look out for each other that way
You are right, it is kinda cool
Tina
September 11th, 2012
8:41 pm
Are we going to have any offense tonight please the Brewers pitching sucks. Why cant we beat anyone we see the first time like that guy last night?
Heath
September 11th, 2012
8:41 pm
cab -
You see how often I get on now… about once every… year? lol
Efrim
September 11th, 2012
8:41 pm
Phillies on their way to being 71-71 tonight. They are going to have to go 17-3 or 18-2 to make the playoffs, I’d bet. One of the Cards or Dodgers will get hot and win some games.
brian
September 11th, 2012
8:41 pm
Love the story on Jonny Venters showing the class last night. I respect someone who faces issues head on. I only hope he turns it around, has a huge outing for us, then gets a big interview.
If JV is willing to face up to his shortcomings, I have confidence that he will work his butt off in the offseason to right his wrongs
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:42 pm
SIMBA! Yay!
Mark
September 11th, 2012
8:42 pm
Efrim
He’d hit better if he hit it more often. Not much of a chance walking back to the bench.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
8:42 pm
Kevin McAlpin @KevinMcAlpin
21 of the 62 earned runs allowed by Tim Hudson have come in the 1st inning. Opponents now hitting .336 against him in the 1st.
Don’t let him start the first inning, then…Use Kimmeh!
brian
September 11th, 2012
8:42 pm
Welcome sight seeing Simmons have a hit.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:42 pm
Simmons does have a Frenchy looking swing and motion.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:42 pm
Heath-
You’re married
(and if I remember, you’re wife is not a huge baseball fan…)
brian
September 11th, 2012
8:43 pm
Please don’t compare any brave to Francoeur unless you want the guy off the team
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:43 pm
Lets go Bourn
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:43 pm
The Phillies did not quit. They will be a factor next yr.
We can appreciate the off yr the phils had cause we just might get in the postseason again.
That still does not erase last Sept. But it is a good thing and Fredi and the Boys should get credit.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
8:44 pm
Good bunt, Huddy.
Choppinmama
September 11th, 2012
8:44 pm
When they put up tonight’s lineup and stats on the screen, I was proud of Huddy’s quite respectable .234 b.a. Be a hitter Big Tim!
brian
September 11th, 2012
8:44 pm
That is how you lay down a bunt.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
8:45 pm
Simmons does have a Frenchy looking swing and motion.
Indeed… he has holes in his swing. Hopefully he gets those fixed soon, or he’ll be an all defense SS. He’s hit up until now, though, so I’m sure he can adjust.
Heath
September 11th, 2012
8:45 pm
cab -
Those are true statements… we all have our flaws (her not liking baseball) and me… well, way to long of a list.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:45 pm
Milwaukee has not quit either.
This Brewer team is not going to be easy to beat.
Come on guys lets not repeat last yr.
TBbravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:46 pm
just stay on the bag
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
8:46 pm
Hello everybody…any offense tonight?
SOS Braves
September 11th, 2012
8:47 pm
Bourn u r getting to be a strikeout king
Brava
September 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
More futility.
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
Dang this offense…..
Referencing Baseball
September 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
Bourn ain’t exactly showing he would be worth signing for half the farm next year. He’s been pretty pitiful since the all star break. What’s he hitting since then? .240?
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
@TOBF –
I do think that Simba is more coachable and less concieted than that second rate mediocre thing that Frenchy is.
Frenchy thought he was better than he was.
I do think that Simba has baseball smarts.
Guys like Frenchy and Kelly Johnson and Jo Jo Reyes = Baseball DUMB BUMBS.
Bronke
September 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
How many of you are tired of Bourn striking out in the big moments as of late? Wish the Braves had more clutch hitters!
Mark
September 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
Regarding Venters
I have no confidence in him right now. Movement, velo and command not nearly as good as early last year and the year before. He doesn’t even have the swagger any longer.
Its a shame too because in my opinion he was overused and ruined. There was a time when he was tougher on hitters than Kimmy was but no more – I hate it for him
Overuse before a kid has a chance to get a big money deal is sickening with the stuff he had.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
Bourn is no Grissom. Love the speed, defense and his hot streaks, but he fades when he’s needed most.
SOS Braves
September 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
Way to go u no hitting goofs. Looks like a losing streak coming on.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:48 pm
Bourn deserves to be Booed.
Yogi Berra
September 11th, 2012
8:49 pm
one more time..will someone please say Bourn K’s alot.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
8:49 pm
Capt., yes, I’m offended by the Braves’ lack of hitting.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:49 pm
Heath-
Like deactivating your Facebook! BOO
Chipper's Southern Bell
September 11th, 2012
8:49 pm
Commenting on blog thanking DOB and Carroll is not cool. I thanked my attorney that I just paid good money (cash only) for doing her job.
Carroll Rogers
September 11th, 2012
8:50 pm
Pitching match-ups for #Braves-Nats: Detwiler vs Medlen, Jackson vs. Hanson, Gio Gonzalez vs. Minor
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:50 pm
How many of you are tired of Bourn striking out in the big moments as of late? Wish the Braves had more clutch hitters!
One vote. Hey, let another dumb team overpay for Bourn.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:50 pm
WOW that Mets pitching must’ve been BAAAAAAAD.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 11th, 2012
8:50 pm
This team seemingly tries to avoid scoring or producing fundamental approaches at the plate with men on base. Bourn, for the second season in a row has disappeared down the stretch.
brian
September 11th, 2012
8:50 pm
Another RISP and less than 2 outs, and another runner left on base
Bat Masterson
September 11th, 2012
8:51 pm
Another random thought – tonight is a perfect night to star gaze (my laundry facility in my apt complex is in a different building so I walk outside to get to it). Kat
Kat_
Yikes! What do you do in the winter when there is 10 feet of snow on the ground?
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:52 pm
Of course Bourn strikes out way too much. Third highest on the team, and he’s the leadoff guy. That’s bad.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
8:52 pm
Be nice if Overbay would stretch toward the ball toward Chipper rather than toward SS!
Heath
September 11th, 2012
8:52 pm
Since someone asked, Post All-Star:
Bourn .232/.328/.323/.651
T-Dawg
September 11th, 2012
8:53 pm
Clutch hitting….Three year tradition of failure. It all started with Troy Glaus.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:53 pm
Nice job Huddy!
Brava
September 11th, 2012
8:53 pm
Nice play, Huddy!
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
8:53 pm
I keep telling myself over and over that we’ll have one big inning soon…..and, there you go; thanks Timmy–a little payback from an experienced Pro.
Referencing Baseball
September 11th, 2012
8:53 pm
Let someone else pay for Bourns great WAR numbers. Who are they using to compare him to? A dead guy? Joe DiMaggio maybe?
TBbravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:54 pm
good thing he got that out.
Heath
September 11th, 2012
8:54 pm
cab -
Ha ha ha. Yes, I did deactivate my FB account. There are several reasons for that. Stalk much? ;}
Yogi Berra
September 11th, 2012
8:54 pm
On Bourn where you going to get someone better..braves not buy so he’ll be gone and we’ll end up with another Nate. I’m damn glad we got him, best lead-off hitter in many years.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:54 pm
Let someone else pay for Bourns great WAR numbers. Who are they using to compare him to? A dead guy? Joe DiMaggio maybe?
HA HA That is funny. Seriously.
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
8:55 pm
Overbay makes me think I could play
Mitchell
September 11th, 2012
8:55 pm
Offense in full force again tonight.
Clearly.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
8:55 pm
I want to declare WAR on WAR numbers.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:56 pm
What has Bourn done lately?????
Striking out with men on base. He is in a slump and is not worth the big $$$$$$$.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:56 pm
WAR–
What is it good for
Absolutely Nothin’
Say It Again.
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
8:57 pm
How about that ‘tootsie roll’ pony tail?
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
8:57 pm
McCann, Bourn and Prado are the three guys in our everyday lineup that are what you call guys in their prime. The rest haven’t hit it yet, at the end of it, or way past it. That’s what hurts so much about BM struggles and now Bourn’s. Those players are supposed to be carrying you.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
8:58 pm
These BUMBS are repeating some of the fundamental mistakes of last September.
That collapse should never be forgotten.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
8:58 pm
Heath-
Actually, not stalking! I just looked since we have been talking – because I have not seen anything from you and you are still in my friends list (I noticed when looking for someone else earlier) and when I clicked on your name, it said it was deactivated!
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
8:58 pm
Damn it all! The Braves need to score first in every game! They need to get ahead, and stay ahead in every inning! Until they win! And they need to win every game from now until baseball ends in the year 2456!
Kat
September 11th, 2012
8:59 pm
Bat Masterson @ 8:51 pm …A shovel and a pair of boots. And that’s what a K+ a month will get you where I live, outside laundry..fun times. (sarcasm font) Though last winter it didn’t snow more than 5 inches and that was only 2 times. Global warming at it’s finest.
brian
September 11th, 2012
8:59 pm
Bourn is playing himself out of a huge,huge contract
Veer
September 11th, 2012
9:00 pm
Bourn isnt worth anything more than 8 million. Which ever team signs him will be making a huge mistake. A Juan Pierre Crawford type mistake.
Kat
September 11th, 2012
9:01 pm
Bat.. well it’s not ‘outside’ hah, it’s in a different building that I walk to (like 100ft away). Truly outside laundry would be interesting….
Heath
September 11th, 2012
9:01 pm
Uggla:
Post All Star: .205/.330/.368/.698, but…
September: .333/.400/.556/.956.
Hey, gotta start somewhere.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
9:01 pm
Wow, Disgusted! No one’s ever quoted Edwin Starr on this blog in reference to WAR! You’re too clever!
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
9:02 pm
I wonder what the Brewer lineup would do if they were facing Estrada? I’ll take the over on 4.5 runs….
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
9:02 pm
Can you tell I’m in a mood?
Tomahawk Mafia
September 11th, 2012
9:02 pm
This appears to be another game where the bats are nonexistant.
Heath
September 11th, 2012
9:03 pm
cab -
It’s been deactivated…maybe a year now? A while, for sure.
Veer
September 11th, 2012
9:03 pm
why aren;t we hitting
smallmouth6
September 11th, 2012
9:04 pm
T-Dawg: As so many folks are on this blog–you are wrong.
TBbravesfan
September 11th, 2012
9:04 pm
man went to get a cup of coffee came back we were out.
kelevra
September 11th, 2012
9:05 pm
giancarlo stanton with his daily homerun i see…
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
9:05 pm
Bourn will get close to what he and Boras want. Believe me.
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
9:05 pm
@Hugo……Zager and Evans questioned if man would be alive [in the year 2525]……how can man survive 69 years without baseball….MLB?
Brava
September 11th, 2012
9:06 pm
Kat, sounds pretty primitive. Do you have indoor plumbing?
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
9:06 pm
“why aren;t we hitting”
Because we used up our weekly allotment of runs saturday with 11 runs….
Fredo
September 11th, 2012
9:06 pm
“why aren;t we hitting”
they’re saving the bats for the playoffs
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
9:06 pm
Simmons does have brawn
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
9:06 pm
Heath-
And I just noticed now! Not stalking
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
9:07 pm
Cap, everything I know, I learned on “Deep Space Nine.” As in, the early bird gets the wormhole…
NorCal Brave
September 11th, 2012
9:07 pm
Another struggling starter finds the instant solution: an outing against the Braves. And as for Bourn, anybody else think he’s starting to worry more and more about the contract, twisting himself into a deeper slump?
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
9:07 pm
Don’t look now…..Phillies winning again 8-3
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
9:08 pm
Thanks Heath! I truly enjoy that Dan Uggla stat… he’s HOT in September.
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
9:08 pm
Michael Bourn…our ‘defensive specialist’ now that Janish is no longer a reg.
John Leonard
September 11th, 2012
9:09 pm
Well at least we won’t be no hit.
jj
September 11th, 2012
9:10 pm
Where would Braves be without Bourn. He carried team 1st half. Just ask Chipper.
Kat
September 11th, 2012
9:11 pm
Brava haha yea. It’s not that bad. They couldn’t charge what they charge if it was crappy. That’s my only issue, everything else is fine.
Efrim
September 11th, 2012
9:11 pm
Can we play the Mets again?
Bat Masterson
September 11th, 2012
9:11 pm
it’s in a different building that I walk to (like 100ft away). Truly outside laundry would be interesting….
Kat_
Ha, I pictured you dressed like an eskimo, on a snowmobile, pulling a laundry basket behind you. Outside, like the “good old days” yeah that would be a little rough.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Maytag-Ringer-Washing-Machine-1938-Vintage-8×10-Reprint-Of-Old-Photo-/110945156799?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item19d4d8bebf
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:11 pm
Veer
It appears to me that every hitter we have tries to knock the ball out of the stadium not just over the fence. We K way too much as well but evidently thats the philosophy because our swings all look the same regardless of the count with 2 exceptions – Prado who is just a good hitter and a good 2 strike hitter who doesn’t mind going the other way and Chipper who is just so good he doesn’t need to change his approach based on the count.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
9:12 pm
Anthony Rizzo involved in a collision at 1B in Houston… hit his head hard… hope he wasn’t concussed (though I’m ‘feared that he was)
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=24681445&c_id=mlb&partnerId=aw-5101689458926385319-996
Heath
September 11th, 2012
9:16 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan -
He is what he is: streaky.
September numbers are based on only 27 official at-bats (3BBs added to that), but again, it’s a start.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
9:16 pm
I’m picturing Kat loading her laundry onto a dog sled for the trek to the laundry building. It’s a lot more fun than watching this game.
njbraves
September 11th, 2012
9:16 pm
Overbay will fit in just fine with this team.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
9:16 pm
Simba!!!
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:17 pm
START CONSTANZA.
COSTANZA = WINS
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
9:18 pm
This is why the whole, we’re 4th in the NL in runs argument does not work. Braves score 11 runs saturday and then score a combined 9 runs over the next 5 games. 20 runs over 6 games makes it look alot better than it has been, which is simply not the case.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
9:18 pm
I see you’re similarly occupied, Bat.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:19 pm
WAR = Darwin Barney MVP of the league.
brian
September 11th, 2012
9:19 pm
2 hits through 5 off of who???
This is getting ridiculous night in and night out against no name pitchers
Kat
September 11th, 2012
9:19 pm
Bat Masterson @ 9:11 pm LOL
brian
September 11th, 2012
9:19 pm
Thank you for coming to hit tonight Simmons
Heath
September 11th, 2012
9:20 pm
cab -
Yeah, I suppose that’s not stalking then…
…to bad.
Kat
September 11th, 2012
9:21 pm
Glad I can be of some entertainment to Brava and Bat during this quick boring game. If I showed you how unexciting my 100ft walk is which is probably more like 50ft because I have no sense of length, you’d be sadly disappointed hah.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:21 pm
Real glad Overbay got thatuseless hit last night so he could start tonight. 2 ABs = 2 Ks.
Brewers probably hope Yawnish, Hinski and Rev get an AB and get a groundball hit then all 4 of these guys can start!
Bronke
September 11th, 2012
9:21 pm
Hope the Braves can mount some kind of rally. They need someone to be a fire starter in this lineup. Who will step up and be the one?
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:22 pm
Ncbravesfan if we don’t get a run here it’s 9 runs in 7 games. That’s brutal. Put in Jorge Costanza and start running.
Mister Frisky
September 11th, 2012
9:22 pm
Worst 20 game over 500 team in history.
NorCal Brave
September 11th, 2012
9:22 pm
Are we still capable of beating the Fish? May have to sweep our last 2 series with them to get into postseason.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
9:23 pm
And while we’re at it, that whole “third-best record in the NL” argument doesn’t work because…uh…
BravesWin
September 11th, 2012
9:24 pm
Off-the-field question, here — can we talk about Chip Caray for a minute? The guy has a great voice, but it’s endlessly punctuated by a nervous chuckle, even when it’s bad news for the Braves. I wish I could pick up the radio guys, just to avoi-i-i-i-d that ann-n-n-o-ho-ho-ying affectation of his.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:24 pm
@Mark
It should be Prado at 1st. Freeman looks lost out there. He’s even carrying his struggles into the field this month.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:24 pm
If Georgie were playing we’d be winning
Bat Masterson
September 11th, 2012
9:25 pm
Brava_
Yes, and I like the scene you described.
Tina
September 11th, 2012
9:25 pm
Braves get shutout in wildcard game if we play SL it will be Carpenter.
Heath
September 11th, 2012
9:25 pm
Post All-Star:
Minor in 69 Innings has a 2.34 ERA, .204BAA, 54Ks, and only 13BBs.
That’s a large enough sample size to be confident in his development…at least I think.
Yogi Berra
September 11th, 2012
9:25 pm
Braves have two hits both by Simmons.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
9:25 pm
Ha, Kat, you’re a good sport. This game IS awfully boring so far.
Mitchell
September 11th, 2012
9:26 pm
Bronke
September 11th, 2012
9:21 pm
Hope the Braves can mount some kind of rally. They need someone to be a fire starter in this lineup. Who will step up and be the one?
If you’d like to make a call, please hang up and dial again…
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
9:26 pm
Tough night facing a Cy Young caliber pitcher….
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:28 pm
Freeman 5-32 with a .156 slugging pct. No EBH. 1 RBI. Frediot needs to bench Freeman like he did Uggla. Put Reed and Costantza in there and win games.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
9:28 pm
I liked yours, too, Bat.
Mitchell
September 11th, 2012
9:28 pm
Nailed it.
That’s about as funny as funny gets, folks.
Booyah!
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
9:28 pm
You know….a little ‘jab’ for the sake of a laugh is not exactly throwing someone under the bus or changing feelings for and recognition of many great things a player has accomplished. I use a lot of tongue in cheek stuff in my posts….I think most regular posters realize this…however, looking at some subsequent comments [on occasion] gives me the impression that there are a few folks out there ready to bite my finger off when I pick a favorite of theirs to use for a well intended joke.
I love this team and want each and every guy on it….just in case a few ever wondered….I want all of them to succeed and play super. I have no enemies on this board and am not planning on having a problem with anybody–please (those few of you) don’t take my posts as an ‘attack’ on anyone.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:28 pm
Fire
Based on the ABs I’ve seen from Over Brated I’d rather have Ski out there at 1B.
So far tonight Overbay has K’d twice and allowed an infield hit because of a sorry stretch.
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
9:29 pm
“Tough night facing a Cy Young caliber pitcher….”
True, True….
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
9:29 pm
I agree that Minor is on his way and the personal wins will come.
He is one building block I would call pretty much untouchable, Other teams will ask and Freddie will not bite. Not this off season.
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
9:30 pm
Nice single Mr. Prado
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
9:31 pm
Blame Larry Parrish
not sure
September 11th, 2012
9:31 pm
A hit by someone other than Simmons!
Kris
September 11th, 2012
9:32 pm
Alright Prado – now let’s get some runs!!!
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
9:32 pm
I love this team and want each and every guy on it….just in case a few ever wondered….I want all of them to succeed and play super. I have no enemies on this board and am not planning on having a problem with anybody–please (those few of you) don’t take my posts as an ‘attack’ on anyone.
Now, Captain Mudd, that is an attitude that I like. None of this is personal, its a silly baseball blog. There area few who are either ultra sensitive or elitist & that is their problem. That’s how I look at it.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:32 pm
What the hell are you talking about Capt? Do you have any idea what the heck you are even…
Just kiddin !
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
9:32 pm
Freeman 5-32 with a .156 slugging pct. No EBH. 1 RBI. Frediot needs to bench Freeman like he did Uggla. Put Reed and Costantza in there and win games.
Uh huh…
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
9:32 pm
Sigh…..warning track power tonight
Sopheee
September 11th, 2012
9:32 pm
seriously
Dum-Bass
September 11th, 2012
9:32 pm
I know some people from Mobile AL who are going to be awfully upset about the time change for Sunday’s game. Had tickets for awhile after planning a trip to see relatives in ATL for the weekend. Great, then watch the game in the afternoon(only one this year) and get home at a decent time. Now thanks to ESPN being allowed to move it to night, that means arriving home in the wee hours of the morning. Kids stay home from school or send them on as “zombie” actors? ESPN and FOX have too much power over these games.
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
9:33 pm
So close…
old man
September 11th, 2012
9:33 pm
Uggla had one good night a couple of days ago, so he’s locked in as a starter for another year or so. I kept telling you to keep him in and he would come around, and he had that game with a HR and a double. All you nay sayers get off his back. I guarantee he will have another big night in September 2013, if not sooner. Just leave him alone. You’re putting too much pressure on him. That’s why he’s 0 for 2 tonight. It’s not his fault.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
9:33 pm
Dang it.
Bat Masterson
September 11th, 2012
9:33 pm
Kat_
A little humor to relieve tedious chores and no runs is a good thing, eh.
Heyward almost gave us something to cheer for there.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
9:33 pm
I’m an ultra-sensitive elitist, myself.
Kris
September 11th, 2012
9:33 pm
Come on Braves – relax at the plate and bring those runners home. It’s amazing how often this team shoots itself in the foot.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
9:33 pm
Yea– Freeman is in a slump and he is on my Booing list.
He is in BUMB territory now.
Dan Uggla
September 11th, 2012
9:34 pm
Tim Hudson said I could use my phone to post from the dugout. Cool!
Bat Masterson
September 11th, 2012
9:34 pm
Thanks, Brava
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
9:35 pm
Don’t run, Martin!
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:36 pm
Chipper isn’t getting anyhting away with this shift.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
9:36 pm
Now you can run.
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
Fudge…
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
Correction…..warning track power this whole series…………
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
this Estrada guy has electric stuff……….no worries though, Overbay will get another crack
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
Dang…
Sopheee
September 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
seriously again
Dan Uggla
September 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
I weigh 207. As long as I’m hitting my weight, I figure it’s all good. No worries, right?
Mitchell
September 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
Jesus Christ.
WTF
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:37 pm
I’m not saying cut Freeman. But you’re just putting dead weight out there if you replace him with the obese Overbay or Hinske. Constanza and Reed Johnson are actually hitting.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
9:38 pm
Wow, Disgusted! No one’s ever quoted Edwin Starr on this blog in reference to WAR! You’re too clever!
@Hugo — Edwin Starr was great,real great Soul music. He had a bigger following in the U.K., but had two monster hits back in the day.
War and 25 miles were the big US hist. God Rest his soul. Unfortunately he is no longer among us.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 11th, 2012
9:38 pm
This offense is just futile. They can get nothing going offensively at all.
Dan Uggla
September 11th, 2012
9:38 pm
If you don’t hit your weight, people start to notice.
Kris
September 11th, 2012
9:38 pm
This team is maddening – we should be cruising to victory with this bum on the mound.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
9:38 pm
Everybody’s got warning track power tonight. They need some Wheaties up in that dugout.
M.V.P.Heyward
September 11th, 2012
9:38 pm
It’s not our night so far.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
9:38 pm
Overbay is overfed? Really?
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
9:38 pm
Estrada skips off the mound thinking…Dang im lucky to be throwing 88-91 MPH down the middle and not give up a run like I do against every other team.
Bat Masterson
September 11th, 2012
9:39 pm
And so did Chipper.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
9:39 pm
Looks like the boys need to eat their greens… they’re weak today.
tony austin
September 11th, 2012
9:39 pm
I just got home and checked the game, I see the offense is kicking butt as usual.
Kris
September 11th, 2012
9:40 pm
Estrada has pitched a masterful 6 innings. It’s time we start tipping the old ballcap gents, this is a heckuva performance
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
9:40 pm
Disgusted, you’re killing me…
NorCal Brave
September 11th, 2012
9:40 pm
These posts look just like last September………and the September before that……
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
9:41 pm
Dang im lucky to be throwing 88-91 MPH down the middle and not give up a run like I do against every other team.
He’s pitched pretty well since the end of July… 3.20 ERA over 8 or 9 starts.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
9:41 pm
Try to remember, the kind of September…
Brava
September 11th, 2012
9:41 pm
The obese Overbay?
Dan Uggla
September 11th, 2012
9:41 pm
I told Freddie, “Freddie, don’t you dare bench me. If you do, I’ll throw a tantrum.” So he sat me for one game. Then he came to his senses. How can you sit someone with guns like mine. I mean, really.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
9:42 pm
Dan Uggla, you’re not going to score points when you can’t spell the guy’s name right…
Dan Uggla
September 11th, 2012
9:43 pm
Does anyone appreciate how much concentration it takes to look mad and serious when you are getting paid $50 million to hit .214? The mental strain is almost unbearable.
Dan Uggla
September 11th, 2012
9:44 pm
I spell like I hit–whenever and however I want. Bite me.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:44 pm
Why can’t our 220 hitters hit go ahead homers?
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:44 pm
OverWeight is at least 270. He/s going with the Andruw Jones strategy of listing himself at 205.
Dum-Bass
September 11th, 2012
9:44 pm
What is it with all these 1-0 games (usually behind) until late in the game lately? Seems to be the norm.
SOS Braves
September 11th, 2012
9:45 pm
This has to be the worst hitting team in baseball.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:46 pm
Why can’t our 220 hitters hit 2 out triples?
Dan Uggla's Sport's Psychologist
September 11th, 2012
9:46 pm
Dan, focus on positive thoughts. When you go to the plate, pretend you are actually going to earn your paycheck. Think positive, Danny.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:47 pm
Oh, I know the last one. Because our 220 hitters can’t run fast enough to hit triples
SOS Braves
September 11th, 2012
9:47 pm
All of our hitters are .220 aren’t they?
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:48 pm
We should trade Kimbrel and Medlen for Darwin Barney. We would win 100 games with his WAR.
Dan Uggla's Sports Psychologist
September 11th, 2012
9:48 pm
When you think positive thoughts at the plate, it helps to close your eyes. Do that when you swing, and you might get a hit. Then that will boost your confidence. Remember, close your eyes when you swing. Your average will probably go up.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
9:49 pm
Huddy is dealin!
SOS Braves
September 11th, 2012
9:49 pm
I wish some of them hit that much
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:49 pm
Roid Boy is a good hitter. Notice how many balls he fouls off to the right field side with 2 strikes. Doesn’t try to pull every thrown ball!
Dan Uggla's Sports Psychologist
September 11th, 2012
9:51 pm
Dan, imagine the ball going over the left field fence. Feel it. Think it. Imagine the flight of the ball, the roar of the crowd. Now imagine you are playing second base, watching the other team’s hitter circling the bases. Dan, sometimes the best medicine is to be well grounded in reality.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
9:52 pm
Uggla doesn’t look like a roider. He’s just short and obviously works out a lot.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:52 pm
Macs gonna hit it. Hes not blinking wildly.
I type to blame slow.
He has hit 2 balls hard to the track tonight.
Heath
September 11th, 2012
9:52 pm
Night all…
Dan Uggla's Agent
September 11th, 2012
9:53 pm
Dan, congratulations. I was just told you are the highest paid player in the history of major league baseball.
Based on salary per hit.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
9:53 pm
Another victory for modern psychology!
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
9:53 pm
O-Ver-Bay, O-Ver-Bay, O-Ver-Bay!!! Here it comes boys!!!!! Big Knock!!!
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:54 pm
I’m calling an Overbay blast.
SOS Braves
September 11th, 2012
9:54 pm
Here comes another k
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
9:55 pm
Oh boy!!!! He fouled off a pitch!!
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:55 pm
I’m amazed that teams don’t put everyone but the 1Bman on the left field side against Uggs and we can hope hes back but it aint happening reaching out there pulling a ball with one hand on the bat being fooled that badly.
CRM300
September 11th, 2012
9:55 pm
At least Uggla is making some contact now. Braves offense in a serious funk. Wasting a good outing by Hudson, just like wasted performance by Minor last night. Somebody has to break out of this with runners on.
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
9:56 pm
Swing…just swing guy
Dan Uggla's Priest
September 11th, 2012
9:56 pm
Dan, tell me the truth. You really stink this year, right? Isn’t that true?
Confession is good for the soul. Just say it out loud, the next time you see Mr. O’Brien. You will feel better.
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
9:56 pm
He looked surprised to have made contact there…..
Mark
September 11th, 2012
9:57 pm
His practice swings look ok but the real swings suck’
Freedi – Put Georgie in so we’ll have a chance.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:57 pm
Overbay looks older than Fredi.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
9:58 pm
That little SOB!
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
9:58 pm
You have got to be kidding me…..I mean seriously…..
Dan Uggla's Hypnotist
September 11th, 2012
9:58 pm
Dan,
When I snap my fingers, you will be standing at first base. You will no longer be Joe Dimaggio.
M.V.P.Heyward
September 11th, 2012
9:58 pm
Holy crap!
David O'Brien
September 11th, 2012
9:58 pm
Aoki has been phenomenal in this series. Sure didn’t expect that.
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
9:58 pm
Ridiculous…sick…all those bombs dealt with, man!!!
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
9:58 pm
Darn, another Bravo with warning track power………. and he looked so excited jogging towards first base.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
9:58 pm
Jesus, are you kidding?!?!?! That ball had homerun written all over it and then just died.
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
9:59 pm
The luckiest guy in the game tonight just left the field…..Dang unbelievable
nolie
September 11th, 2012
9:59 pm
This offense is offensive, it will drive you crazier than you already are…..
Tomahawk Mafia
September 11th, 2012
9:59 pm
I am being to really hate Aoki.
UKUGA
September 11th, 2012
9:59 pm
Estrada looked like he was throwing BP the last 4-5 innings. Amazingly, we failed to score.
CRM300
September 11th, 2012
9:59 pm
Overbay could not hit it much harder. No luck for the Braves tonite.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
9:59 pm
What in the world is that little shi* playing so deep for? Damn that was a RBI double easily. Go back to Tokeytuoshywer or wherever you played at.
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
10:00 pm
Too bad Corey Hart wasn’t playing RF tonight
Brava
September 11th, 2012
10:00 pm
Wow. That Aoki is a freaking pest!
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:00 pm
No luck because of No Georgie
Simple as that!
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
10:00 pm
The Braves have a knack recently for making a lot of their opponents look phenomenal…….. especially pitchers.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
10:01 pm
I’m MAD! OMG am I ticked off. This one is driving me mad!
UKUGA
September 11th, 2012
10:02 pm
Overbay finally takes the bat off his shoulders and . . .
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
10:03 pm
Nice……….Braves must be using BBCOR bats lately
Tomahawk Mafia
September 11th, 2012
10:03 pm
This looks like yet another shut out for the Braves on a night where they have actually made some decent contact with nothing to show for it.
tony austin
September 11th, 2012
10:04 pm
Even if this team does make the playoffs…….
CRM300
September 11th, 2012
10:04 pm
How did these guys ever get 20 games over ,500?
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:04 pm
BBCOR
Thats a good one!
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
10:04 pm
Ok I’m cool now. I really don’t care like I used to. Whatever happens will happen no matter how hard you slam your fingers on a key board. LOL
Dum-Bass
September 11th, 2012
10:05 pm
It is kind of strange how much more often the Braves win with Constanza or Johnson in the lineup. Guess FG hasn’t noticed that yet. Still has his blinders on.
brian
September 11th, 2012
10:05 pm
this hitting is ridiculous. We have been unlucky with Overbay’s drive and with Chipper’s and Heyward’s drives. They all just missed but close only counts in horseshoes and grenades
T-Dawg
September 11th, 2012
10:05 pm
It’s unbelievable how bad this team is at hitting the ball.
uga-brave
September 11th, 2012
10:06 pm
baseball gods exacting quick revenge for our back to back 1-0 wins.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:06 pm
where is nolie? its his kinda game tonight…
old man
September 11th, 2012
10:06 pm
Exactly why is Uggla playing tonight?
Fredo
September 11th, 2012
10:06 pm
offense only has 6 more outs to work with. If Huddy and the pen can hold them, the bats are going to need to double their offensive output in this series to take the lead
Bronke
September 11th, 2012
10:06 pm
These Braves are driving me to drink. Wait I already do that. These Braves are making me not want to drink anymore. Come on Braves show some fire power please!
Fredo
September 11th, 2012
10:07 pm
“baseball gods exacting quick revenge for our back to back 1-0 wins”
it was only a matter of time before it caught up with them. Can’t be lucky forever
Trey
September 11th, 2012
10:07 pm
We only have two more chances to end this shut out.
old man
September 11th, 2012
10:07 pm
Uggla was benched, then he wasn’t. Did I miss the story on that?
There has got to be some GD accountability.
UKUGA
September 11th, 2012
10:07 pm
Ramirez was out.
the Ghost of Chipper Jones
September 11th, 2012
10:07 pm
the Ghost of Chipper Jones
September 11th, 2012
10:05 pm
DOWN ON THE FARM
LYNCHBURG
RHSP GUS SCHLOSSER has his second exceptional start in a row in these play-offs winning a tense 1-0 victory for the HILLCATS and putting them on the brink of Championship victory with a 2-1 lead in the five game series.
RHSP GUS SCHLOSSER [W 2-0, 0.00 ERA] 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 7 SO, 1 Pick-Off [1B].
RHRP RYNE HARPER [H 2, 3.86 ERA] 0.2 IP, no-hits, 1 BB, 2 SO.
LHRP JUAN JAIME [SV 3, 0.00 ERA] 1.1 IP{, 1 H, zeros, 2 SO.
Lead-off LF DAN BREWER [.333 BA] 1-4, 1 RBI [2], 2 SO.
SS NICK AHMED [.261 BA] 1-4, 1 SO.
C BRAEDEN SCHLEHUBER [.263 BA] 1-3, 1 2B [1], 1 SO.
RF DAVID ROHM [.167 BA] 1-3, 1 2B [1].
*** All stats for six play-off games to date.
brian
September 11th, 2012
10:07 pm
how would you guys/gals like to catch that bullet from Simmons?
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
10:07 pm
Postseason tickets went on sale today. Remeber how many times they told us playoff tickets were on sale last season?
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:07 pm
Chatt
Attaboy. Way to play mind games with yourself. We know you are still pissed though
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
10:08 pm
He sure was out…
brian
September 11th, 2012
10:08 pm
richbrave – tell me more about Gus
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:09 pm
perhaps because he is about the hottest hitter on the team lately?
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:09 pm
Overbay stretches like McGriff used to – Sorry
The Crime Dog could hit though!
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
10:09 pm
Yeah this sucker’s ’bout over.
Dum-Bass
September 11th, 2012
10:10 pm
This game is bearing a strong resemblance to last night’s game.
Kat
September 11th, 2012
10:10 pm
Umps can’t get simple first base calls right…
the Ghost of Chipper Jones
September 11th, 2012
10:10 pm
Let’s go BRAVES, let’s go BRAVES.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:10 pm
close at 1B but he looked out…
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:10 pm
BALLGAME!!!!!!
old man
September 11th, 2012
10:11 pm
nolie, are you talking to me? He has moved his average from 209 to 216, and so we go with him?
ACE
September 11th, 2012
10:11 pm
Ouch ouch
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:11 pm
SEASON!!!!!!!!!
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
10:11 pm
and here come the Brewers……… get ‘em on, get ‘em over, get ‘em in……… seems like I’ve heard that someone before.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
10:11 pm
@Braves
After 4, the Braves lead 1-0.
LOL, no.
Bat Masterson
September 11th, 2012
10:11 pm
Good grief
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:11 pm
Maybe we should tell our guys to throw their hip out there and take it for the team
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
10:12 pm
That’s how a offense works folks…..
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
10:12 pm
Roidmirez scores after we get umpjacked.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:12 pm
did he blow that call as well?
UKUGA
September 11th, 2012
10:12 pm
Time to get ejected Fredi.
CRM300
September 11th, 2012
10:13 pm
Two bad calls at first base cost us a run.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:13 pm
In his last 6 games, Uggla is hitting .364/.440/.636
old man
September 11th, 2012
10:13 pm
So we play the guy batting 216, not the guy batting 313?
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
10:13 pm
BOOOO
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:13 pm
You have to score runs to win in MLB.
We cannot do that anymore. Very BUMB. And Booable.
So many chances stranded in this one. Good game by Huddy but not his fault.
Have to keep this as a 2 run game — its getting late.
We lose this and I see a repeat of last yr. Not good.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:13 pm
Wasn’t a good feed to Simmons at all
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
10:13 pm
“Maybe we should tell our guys to throw their hip out there and take it for the team”
I believe we have the fewest HBP. I’ve seen guys diving out of the way with the bases loaded.
old man
September 11th, 2012
10:13 pm
Uggla is already returning to form. As we speak.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:13 pm
nope that one was safe…
CRM300
September 11th, 2012
10:14 pm
Freeman makes the stretch for the out on that play.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:14 pm
Postseason tickets went on sale today. Remeber how many times they told us playoff tickets were on sale last season?
If we keep up this nonsense there will be no post season baseball.
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
10:14 pm
Quit blaming Uggla. Simmons started the inning by booting the play from Roidmirez.
Bronke
September 11th, 2012
10:14 pm
Everybody plays loose but the Braves. They need to stop using crazy glue on their bats and just relax and get it done!
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
10:14 pm
Yeah, sloppy throw from Uggla.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:15 pm
Braves playing bad baseball in this series — they stink bad again.
BOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
brian
September 11th, 2012
10:15 pm
I will be so happy when that move is banned
CRM300
September 11th, 2012
10:16 pm
Call in the dogs, the hunt is over!
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
10:16 pm
I love Chip Caray’s calls.
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
10:16 pm
Seen this movie a few times, Braves have to learn to hit it where they ain’t….
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
10:16 pm
good to see Fredi get fired up and charge the first base umpire on the initial play at first base this inning……..oh wait,
old man
September 11th, 2012
10:16 pm
I’ll blame the guy batting 216 a lot sooner than the guy batting 300. It’s called sound baseball. You play people who hit. You don’t play people who don’t hit. It’s very, very simple.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:16 pm
2 nights in a row of 7th inning crap!
T-Dawg
September 11th, 2012
10:17 pm
It really is misleading that this team is in the lead for the Wild Card.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 11th, 2012
10:17 pm
Well, Ramirez should have been called out and Uggla should have made a better feed to Simmons.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:17 pm
ok earhole this guy…
Kris
September 11th, 2012
10:17 pm
This team makes me want to puke
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
10:17 pm
more 7th inning stench
Bat Masterson
September 11th, 2012
10:17 pm
Oh come the hell on.
Ric Flair to Right
September 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
Just when you thought FG wasnt a dumbass anymore!!!! I swear this man has a mental disability, or he’s just a plain idot!!!!
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
And some on here trust this offense in a one game playoff….yeah right.
Ted
September 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
Simmons is paid to boot a ball or two. Uggla is paid 12M not to.
Brava
September 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
Left Huddy in too long.
M.V.P.Heyward
September 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
Dan Uggla is not a second baseman.
He has no range with awful throwing arm.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
Who is the guy batting .300?
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
Good Night — Game Over .
Turn out the lights — again. Stinking losing streak on the horizon.
Brewers > than Braves. That is how its shaking. This is a disgrace. Why doesen’t Fredi take this bum out of hee.
Hudson sucks, he is a BUMB and deseves to be Booed
This is the worst team is baseball. Hudson cannot get out of it — again.
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
Maybe the Braves should try a few Japanese everyday players……..
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
nolie, are you talking to me? He has moved his average from 209 to 216, and so we go with him?…old man
no matter what the average started at 1o days ago, since then he is the hottest hitter on the team. as long as he hits he will stay in the lineup, those previous failures have nothing to do with now. He stops hitting again, they will sit him again. not really all that hard to figger out.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:18 pm
Hudson fails in a must win game again.
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
10:19 pm
Tim Hudson’s pitching line…….. IP: One Too Many
tmc
September 11th, 2012
10:19 pm
hey look, the manager is finally going to make a pitching change!
Nothing like waiting 2 or 3 batter to long to make the change.
now, we’re down 3 w/ the bases loaded.
OH, that’s right… we’ve been scoring so many runs lately. my bad.
Good job skip.
not sure
September 11th, 2012
10:19 pm
Hudson looks done.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:19 pm
Tomahawkin
Those are good shouldas but the first shoulda shoulda been to pencil in GEORGIE
FREDDI – Want to win? PLAY GEORGIE
brian
September 11th, 2012
10:19 pm
there still must be something wrong with the chemistry of the club and manager. I have never seen a team play so hot and cold with wins and losses. The failures with RISP just kill us. I do not know if we get tight or if we just lose focus but there are times when it is obvious that something is missing.
Dum-Bass
September 11th, 2012
10:20 pm
Somebody would have to explain “small ball” to FG. He would just look at you with a blank stare.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:20 pm
Overbay was not a good pickup.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
10:21 pm
I don’t like foreigners coming over seas playing our American game. I just never liked it.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:21 pm
Constanza > Overbay
not sure
September 11th, 2012
10:21 pm
Playoffs! We don;t need no stinkin’ playoffs!
This team is just too inconsistent.
They need to revamp the entire coaching staff for next year.
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
10:22 pm
I’m officially on the Play Georgie Bandwagon”!!!
MVPrado14
September 11th, 2012
10:22 pm
Up and Down Bravos strike again.
Looks like a 1-5 stretch in the making.
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:22 pm
Talk about a complete joke this is. Pathetic
JC Brave
September 11th, 2012
10:22 pm
*Tries to think of a meaningless, empty but witty comment he so often posts, but realises it wont change a thing so he stays quiet*
Veer
September 11th, 2012
10:22 pm
This is frustrating. Can’t blame Hudson he pitched his heart out today.
The offense needs to do something. Bourn needs to sit. The guy is no good.
Gerrian proving why he should be the 7th inning man.
brian
September 11th, 2012
10:22 pm
we are still sitting pretty for the playoffs but games like the last 2 against no name pitching as well as the games versus Colorado don’t give me much confidence that we will advance far in October, even if we get past the play in game.
What would we do when we face 3 top pitchers?? We showed our prowess against Philly recently. Unless we are in “hot” mode we will have a quick exit
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:22 pm
And some on here trust this offense in a one game playoff…ncb
who said anything about trusting it? It is what we have available, how we think of of has nothing to do with anything.
You hope for the best, or go hide in a corner and don’t watch cause you afraid of some disappointment.
Those are the choices all of us have at this point
ACE
September 11th, 2012
10:22 pm
Phillies leading the Fish
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:23 pm
I have never seen a team play so hot and cold with wins and losses.
Apparently, you have never watched EVERY other team in the major leagues over the past 100 years…
(okay, maybe not the 1927 Yankees and the 2001 Mariners)…
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:24 pm
CTB — Latinos come over here and play our game better than alot of Americans do.
I do not like Japanese League starting pitchers because most of em are not very good.
Kuroda is about the only good one that came over and in time we will see what Yu Darvish will do. He might be an exception.
Most of em are BUMBS like Dice-K, KK and Irabu, and Nomo was really no great shakes overall.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:24 pm
Overbay sucks at 1B. Watch his stretch. Its killing me! Obviously, about the 3rd time I’ve commented on it
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:24 pm
in fact, I’m headin’ for a corner right now for the rest of this game…..
old man
September 11th, 2012
10:24 pm
cabravesfan, The guy batting 300 is Simmons.
Uggla will bat .150 over the next week, then people will start to think that last week was a fluke. That’s the point, nolie, when he stops hitting, they WON’T sit him. They have proven that. Step back and look at the big picture. He stinks in the field and has hit 216 for an entire season. Some guy getting paid 500K would NEVER be cut that kind of slack, NEVER.
GoNatsGo
September 11th, 2012
10:24 pm
Nats just won again, denying R.A. Dickey his 19th win in NY. Ain’t no stopping those boys.
After Tonight, DOB STILL Won't Ask The TOUGH QUESTIONS
September 11th, 2012
10:24 pm
Folks…I am SICK AND TIRED of all this bitching and whining on here!!!!
You just have to tip your cap to the other team, folks. Plain and simple. They hit’em where they ain’t'em! You can plan that. Thats baseball sometimes! Folks, if you don’t learn how to Tip the old Capper, you will be frustrated and disgusted with a team that has NO BUSINESS doing so well. Folks, learn to Tip the Cap. Its as simple as saying…ATTA BOY FREDI!
http://bit.ly/OF6GNa
And as always, avoid the Noid!
http://bit.ly/RQNJuc
MVPrado14
September 11th, 2012
10:25 pm
“You hope for the best, or go hide in a corner and don’t watch cause you afraid of some disappointment.”
I’m not afraid of disappointment. When it comes to the Braves and postseason baseball, I expect it!
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:25 pm
September of 2011 is rearing its ugly head again.
We are going to blow it — again.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
10:25 pm
Joe Simpson is all over Uggla’s sloppy throw to Simmons on the DP try.
uga-brave
September 11th, 2012
10:25 pm
would it kill that buffoon to come out and try to give a little lift to his team and support his players.
it was a close play on ramirez, either way get of your hands and support your frickin team.
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:25 pm
yup, that stretch is costing us the game, no doubt….
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
10:25 pm
This Gearin guy should pitch more often.
TBbravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:25 pm
they probably didn’t need but the 1 anyway.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:25 pm
old man-
Last I checked, Simmons was playing. And Uggla is hitting now. Why worry about the future when you can’t predict it?
sometimesiwonder
September 11th, 2012
10:25 pm
Tomorrow’s batting order:
1. Georgie
2. Kris Medlen
3 thru 8. 6 players from Lynchburg
9. Pitcher
Bronke
September 11th, 2012
10:25 pm
I hope we don’t have to hold our breath all the way to the finish line this year. How much can our hearts take? Will the real Atlanta Braves please stand up and be accounted for!
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:26 pm
I am tired of tiping my cap– I;d rather tip my urinal to the other stinking team.
This continuous losing stinks to the bottom of the plumbing system.
tmc
September 11th, 2012
10:26 pm
our woes vs. teams with a .500 record or above continues.
Milwaukee is a win tonight away from a .500 record, but they have been playing very well for the last 2 months….
We can beat teams like the Met’s, but not hot teams or above average teams.
tmc
September 11th, 2012
10:26 pm
our woes vs. teams with a .500 record or above continues.
Milwaukee is a win tonight away from a .500 record, but they have been playing very well for the last 2 months….
We can beat teams like the Met’s, but not hot teams or above average teams.
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:26 pm
Somebody would have to explain “small ball” to FG
He had a guy batting over .300 against right handers bunt – that didn’t make you shiver with bubbly joy? – of course, small ball would have avoided those runs…
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:26 pm
man if he was starting he could have done that 3 more times…no way ramirez gets all 4 of them
old man
September 11th, 2012
10:27 pm
We have had two chances this year to make a run at the Nats, but we have no nuts, so we have folded both times.
Kris Medlen is the only reason we MIGHT win a one game playoff. MAYBE. But I doubt it. Unless Kris hits a HR and we win 1-0.
ACE
September 11th, 2012
10:27 pm
Nats win again
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:27 pm
Gotta love the ole bring in a pinch hitter to try and bunt for a base hit trick.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
10:27 pm
Disgusted, trying NOT to sound racist, I am far from it, I was refering to Japanese players in that post. I just think their culture of baseball is way different and I just don’t care for their style.
Carroll Rogers
September 11th, 2012
10:28 pm
Line on Hudson: 6 2/3 IP, seven hits, four earned runs. one walk, four strikeouts. 93 pitches (60 strikes)
Bourn is 0-for-8 in this series.
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:28 pm
Nationals take care of the Mets, while the Brewers take care of us.
ncbravesfan90
September 11th, 2012
10:28 pm
Brewers just keep running guys out there with 4 and 5 ERA’s and Braves hitters still can’t touch em.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 11th, 2012
10:28 pm
Yet another K for Michael Bourn. His strike outs have been a constant source of frustration this season.
M.V.P.Heyward
September 11th, 2012
10:28 pm
We need to get FF & Bourn going tomorrow.
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
10:29 pm
here they go…..rally time….rally just like the Nats!
not sure
September 11th, 2012
10:29 pm
…anyone want to calculate Bourn’s daily dollar value drop?
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:29 pm
That, the couple of other ones and Georgie not starting sealed the deal earlier today!
JC Brave
September 11th, 2012
10:29 pm
Might be a good idea to let Bourn ride the pine for at least one game…
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:29 pm
either way get of your hands and support your frickin team.
Ah, the myth of the pointless argument as the way to support your team…We knopw Fredi doesn;t care, and the team does too. Empty gestures would be worthless after two years of utter indifference…
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
10:29 pm
We have no nuts? Speak for yourself sir!
TBbravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:29 pm
about 3 games of 4 or 5 runs and the anoucers have the braves out of there slump. but then they go right back to there old ways.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:30 pm
get him prado…
UKUGA
September 11th, 2012
10:30 pm
Two games:
No breaks for us
Many breaks for them
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
10:30 pm
@chatttown
If Simmons doesn’t choke and throws out Ramirez then the big inning never happens.
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:30 pm
Enter your comments here
Veer
September 11th, 2012
10:30 pm
BOURN IS USELESS. SEND HIM BACK TO HOUSTON. HE WILL BE A BIGGER MISTAKE THAN CRAWFORD
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:30 pm
“know” “doesn’t”
Dont look now, but here come the Phillies
September 11th, 2012
10:30 pm
A couple of gift wins over a terrible Colorado team and ONE decent offensive game in New York against another bad team and the band wagon starts filling up….then the Braves play a decent team and this is what you get
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:30 pm
Hudson was ok, but he’s easily on pace to have over a 4 ERA by season’s end.
Tomahawk walk
September 11th, 2012
10:30 pm
Who will VJ P.O. tonight? Last night Tiger. He bozoed Mixxo too.
ChattTownBrian
September 11th, 2012
10:30 pm
Of course Fredi won’t come out and argue that call. The guy is a robot with no personality. At least he is as a manager from what I’ve seen.
Bronke
September 11th, 2012
10:31 pm
Can you guys wake me up when September ends? I can’t take this much longer. Not as much fun down the stretch. Born is working his way out of a big contract. He is a good half year player.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:31 pm
Now see that was a stretch. Had he did the Overbay rendition then Teen is safe!
Little things matter an awful lot in this game!
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:31 pm
Brewers were real hot coming in……
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
10:31 pm
Five years, 35 mil for Bourn! That’s the best I can do now.
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
10:31 pm
It would havebeen OK for Fredi to go blow up that 1st base Ump–Prado, could use and deserves the support.
MVPrado14
September 11th, 2012
10:31 pm
“Nats win again”
Irrelevant. The Braves cannot catch the Nats and the Braves cannot beat the Nats. They will be fortunate to avoid a sweep this weekend. If they take one, that will put them at 6-12 for the season series. And should they somehow miraculously get past the one-game playoff, they would play those same Nats that they cannot beat.
I guess the NLDS experience will be good, but this team is not getting any further (if they make it that far)
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:31 pm
Who will VJ P.O. tonight? Last night Tiger. He bozoed Mixxo too.
He most certainly did not
UKUGA
September 11th, 2012
10:32 pm
not sure,
I’m with you. I finally actually looked at Bourn’s stat line yesterday and kind of furrowed my brow. He really doesn’t look like a guy who is about to cash in on a huge pay day.
But, he will.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:32 pm
CTB – on twitter carroll said fredi did come out to argue…FWIW
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:32 pm
yeah, but his stretch has had nada to do with this game last I looked
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:32 pm
Bourn is clearly a 1st half player, still is gonna get paid the big bucks tho.
old man
September 11th, 2012
10:32 pm
cabravesfan, someone tried to equate Simmon’s bobble with Uggla’s bad feed. I was simply trying to say that I am quicker to forgive a guy hitting over 80 points higher.
And I guess what I am saying is that I can predict the future. Danny will return to form right now. He’s not going to flip a switch and suddenly hit .300 over a sustained period. Ain’t gonna happen. I sure hope I’m wrong. But I say play Johnson, the guy already hitting 313 for the year. To me, that is the statistically smart move to make.
Rich
September 11th, 2012
10:32 pm
2 bad calls at first go against the Braves and Fredi never moves…and why doesnt Pendleton ever defend his players when they argue a bad call?
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:32 pm
CR @ajcbraves
Fredi’s out to argue that last call at first base on Prado’s groundout….not much going #Braves way at first base tonight
ACE
September 11th, 2012
10:33 pm
That comeback against the Phillies looks even bigger now.
UKUGA
September 11th, 2012
10:33 pm
MVPrado14
If Braves win one game play-off, they will play Cincy – who they cannot beat in Cincy.
But, the first 2 games would be in Atlanta (due to a scheduling quirk that applies only to this year’s play-offs), which might give us a puncher’s chance.
Astral
September 11th, 2012
10:33 pm
Tomahawkin?? lying about folks bozoing others again
Brava
September 11th, 2012
10:33 pm
I despise Braun. He’s in Victorino territory with me.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:34 pm
old man-
Since you can predict the future, I assume you foresaw Uggla hitting .364 in the last 6 games?
Veer
September 11th, 2012
10:34 pm
Good thing we have a huge lead in the wildcard and atleast we are far enough back of the Nationals for us to not get hurt with this loss. Bascially we won’t win the division and we can’t lose the wildcard but this is still frustrating scoring 1 run or zero runs vs Rockies and no named Brewer pitching.
not sure
September 11th, 2012
10:34 pm
Well, at least Batista is in to “mop up”…cannot get any worse, right?
JC Brave
September 11th, 2012
10:34 pm
Of course Fredi won’t come out and argue that call.
The offense is not gonna score just because Fredi argues about a call.
Astral
September 11th, 2012
10:35 pm
you peeps are wasting your time with the old man, I think his brain is calcified from age
Tina
September 11th, 2012
10:35 pm
Brewers playing playoff baseball. Braves suck but none worst than Bourn. Get your playoff ticket for the one wildcard game and watch Braves get shutout .Brewers beating us everyway because they have more speed.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:35 pm
for the record I havent been bozoed…
unless you count the time I dated that clown but I’m pretty sure that is different
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
10:36 pm
Phillies and Brewers could be 4 back of the 2nd wild card if the Cards lose tonight. It has suddenly become a 5 team race.
Tomahawk walk
September 11th, 2012
10:36 pm
He for sure P.O. ed Tiger. Are Cab and VJ the same person?
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:36 pm
I like our chances on the road more than home as our record indicates.
not sure
September 11th, 2012
10:36 pm
nite all
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:37 pm
Just making points about how the game should be played. Whether it hurt us tonight is irrelevant. He does a poor job at it yet he is out there for us – So, I point it out – You know the game some – Can’t you just agree that his stretch isn’t how or what anyone that knows the game teaches? Or is it ok until it does costs us a game?
ugafan13
September 11th, 2012
10:37 pm
Sheer madness that is what we are witnessing! We won’t last if we make the one game play off!
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:37 pm
Hey atleast Fredi brought in the right reliever in this situation. Last year he would have called upon Venters or EOF down by 4.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:37 pm
No, Cab & VJ are not the same person
FIRE FREDI GONZALEZ
September 11th, 2012
10:37 pm
“Good thing we have a huge lead in the wildcard and atleast we are far enough back of the Nationals for us to not get hurt with this loss. Bascially we won’t win the division and we can’t lose the wildcard ”
Fredi: “Wanna bet?”
We had a bigger lead than this last year and still managed to choke.
JC Brave
September 11th, 2012
10:37 pm
Brewers were real hot coming in……
The Braves always get to face teams when they’re hot.
Just bad luck.
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:37 pm
Tomahawk walk
I did nothing to intentionally annoy tiger last night after he bashed Chipper with an misguided attack – he was totally off the wall for complaining – using language that young tiger would certainly appreciate. And Mixxo got himself banned by swearing at at least 2 bloggers – blaming me shows that you have no concept of civility and courtesy in a public forum, but I will forgive you for being a fan of hatred and anti-Braves sentiment…
Veer
September 11th, 2012
10:37 pm
Brewers and Phillies both will be 4 games out if Cardinals lose today.
Fredo
September 11th, 2012
10:38 pm
I thought if they could go into the Nats series 4.5 back they’d still have a shot (albeit a long one) at the division, but going into it at least 7.5 back …… I don’t think it’s happening. But still they need to go into that series ready to play because chances are IF they make the playoffs (and get past that playoff) they’d face the Nats right off the bat so they still need to go in and give them a fight and let them know they’ll be in for a fight.
Tomahawk walk
September 11th, 2012
10:38 pm
VJ said he counseled Mixxo. Just his way of saying he bozoed him.
MVPrado14
September 11th, 2012
10:38 pm
“If Braves win one game play-off, they will play Cincy – who they cannot beat in Cincy.”
As things stand now, it would be the Nats because they own the best record. But it really doesn’t matter. First, the Braves have to earn a wild card spot (not a given). Then, they have to find a way to win that one game.
Just don’t see this season ending on a positive note.
Tomahawk Mafia
September 11th, 2012
10:38 pm
Can we stop the Miguel Batista experiment, please?
TBbravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:39 pm
Very Very strange team.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:39 pm
Disgusted, trying NOT to sound racist, I am far from it, I was refering to Japanese players in that post. I just think their culture of baseball is way different and I just don’t care for their style.
I understand CTB and did not want to imply that.
Overall, the Japaneese players are not as good as the players who come out of our hemishphere. I do not know if its cultural, its about talent.
Japan has produced one star and that is Ichiro & he is HOf material. There have been a few good palyers but till proven differently the players from the Americas are better. History says it. Its about what is on the field.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:40 pm
between the brewers & phillies think some teams might rethink trading away so many players at the deadline?
Veer
September 11th, 2012
10:40 pm
Batista can bring it 93 Mph impressive
chuckt
September 11th, 2012
10:41 pm
The “gagging / choking” Braves will not make the playoffs and the Phillies will be in the playoffs. Difference between a team that knows how to turn it on when the chips are down and a team that runs and hides when it is crunch time. Wow, what a bunch of weanies!!!
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
10:41 pm
If VJ and cab are the same person, I’m impressed.
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:41 pm
nah, it is poor. I’m just in a contrary mood over the last two steeenkin’ games….
but I’m kinda surprised that you would fuss about it with all the other stuff going wrong
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:42 pm
We might not even have to worry about winning a playoff game.
We might still fall a game short. This is not good. This is a fiasco. And the garbage continues.
This bullpen is a garbage dump this series. Very BUMB.
MVPrado14
September 11th, 2012
10:43 pm
Still can’t see this team doing anything IF they get to the postseason
Well, guess we’ll try to “salvage the series” tomorrow! Whoo-hoo.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:43 pm
well I know DS1 and he said he met both CAB & VJ…so unless he is all 3 of them I think they are not the same person
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:43 pm
I like bringing is Batista in that spot, the game is already over. Might as well let them tack on a few that’s the ballgame runs so we can all call it a night. They didn’t come to compete anyways. Always fun seeing goose egg after goose egg each inning.
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:43 pm
If VJ and cab are the same person
that would include auto-eroticism too I suspect…..
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:43 pm
I told Mixxo he was courting trouble, because I always got along with him, but he went off even more – unfortunately, I am not given the power of bozometry – spew foul language at bloggers and these things happen…
uga-brave
September 11th, 2012
10:43 pm
would like to see fredo give teheran an inning or two out of the pen. he could be useful down the stretch as a power rh in the right situation.
JC Brave
September 11th, 2012
10:44 pm
Chipper is hitting under .300
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:45 pm
I hope that VJ and Cab are not the same people.
I kind of doubt it. I hope they are real friends, I don;t know but its none of my biz.
UKUGA
September 11th, 2012
10:45 pm
vabraves . . .
but not our record in Cincy
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:45 pm
If VJ and cab are the same person, I’m impressed
It would give new meaning to a certain off-color phrase…
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:46 pm
WE ARE NOT THE SAME PERSON
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:46 pm
Chumper under .300?????
Man, he deserves to be Booed.
What a BUMB.
ACE
September 11th, 2012
10:46 pm
Where is George?
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:47 pm
Because I’m mad he’s even out there wasting a spot tonight. Got mad at work when I checked ther lineup before leaving.
I know how you feel about Georgie and believe me I kid alot but I know he’s not the long term answer to win big games but heck fire Overbay???? At least when Georgie does play we win a lot for whatever reason.
Thats why as silly as it may be!
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:47 pm
nolie with excellent anticipation of my comment…
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:47 pm
of course you ain’t. you is much cuter than James
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:47 pm
Remember coming into the season it was easily said that the Braves have the best bullpen in baseball? But then all of a sudden we have to sign Livan Hernandez and Chad Durbin cause I guess they were better than who we had.. That right there still gets me giggling.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:48 pm
so with the day off thursday do we skip hanson or minor’s next start?
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:48 pm
I suppose VJ & I are real friends…most of the time. He walks my dog and cooks me dinner and does the grocery shopping, so I let him stay…
ACE
September 11th, 2012
10:48 pm
Phillies win again
MVPrado14
September 11th, 2012
10:48 pm
I see 8-11 the rest of the way, which would put us at 89-73 and out of the playoffs
0-1 at Mil
1-2 vs Wash
1-2 at Fla
1-2 at Phil
2-1 vs Fla
2-1 vs NYM
1-2 at Pitt
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:48 pm
2012 Astros > than 2012 Braves
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
10:48 pm
How do you know you’re not the same person? Have you ever seen the two of you together at the same time?
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:48 pm
nolie-
finally we agree on something
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:49 pm
Lyle hit well in ‘zona and IMO is a better fill in than Hinske at this point. I think it obvious that Freddie could use some time off. and he did just miss a homer tonight
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:49 pm
Wayne has…
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:49 pm
Wayne has…
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
10:49 pm
@cabravesfan….Hello! How you doing tonight?
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:49 pm
Hugo-
Every day
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:50 pm
Padding time…(obviously)…
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:50 pm
Le Grande Orange!!!
UKUGA
September 11th, 2012
10:50 pm
I wish Chipper’s hit to pass Buckner had gone through someone’s legs.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:50 pm
Capt.Mudd-
Hi. I’m good. You?
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:51 pm
“I suppose VJ & I are real friends…most of the time. He walks my dog and cooks me dinner and does the grocery shopping, so I let him stay…”
And if that is the case that is a nice thing. I am actually being half serious for a change.
Take care of the dog — I lost mine 6 mos ago and still miss him. Not really over it but have to go on.
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:51 pm
UKUGA – brilliant!
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:51 pm
Losing a series to the Brewers… The Nats are coming to town next so it only gets worse.
Hugo Z Hackenbush
September 11th, 2012
10:51 pm
This is, quite possibly, the most elaborate hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting blog…
Tomahawk walk
September 11th, 2012
10:51 pm
Cab seems to always come to the defense of VJ so I thought it could be the same person. VJ call it what you will if it makes you feel better.
Who are you to decide if a comment is misguided or not?
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:51 pm
wouldnt mind one of those meaningless uggla HR’s here
Tina
September 11th, 2012
10:51 pm
Thanks to the offense Krimbel and O Flarety get some rest.
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
10:52 pm
Dan “Big Time” Uggla…..Blast one for the love of Pete
GoNatsGo
September 11th, 2012
10:52 pm
Wow. Coming on here and watching you people rip the Braves and each other to shreds is almost as fun as watching the Nats win.
Mark
September 11th, 2012
10:52 pm
Well say those prayers tonight and say one for me…
Why do i get so aggravated at a bunch of millionaires swinging like that last one by Uggla!!
Night all
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
10:52 pm
Disgusted-
The dog is the Queen of the house, and my baby. She is well looked after. I’d be crushed if I lost her. Sorry to hear you lost yours. Dogs make life a little better
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
10:52 pm
That was a fitting conclusion to the contest…
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:53 pm
A loss — that is not good.
Fredo
September 11th, 2012
10:53 pm
dang, Braves are still RBI-less in this series
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
10:53 pm
Great way to end the night watching none other than Dan “I’m Back” Uggla flailing away for strike 3.
MVPrado14
September 11th, 2012
10:54 pm
Cue the Paul Simon music …
“slip sliding away … slip sliding away .. the Braves postseason hopes are destined to be dashed … they’re slip sliding away”
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
10:54 pm
@Mark…Do you know that is being a sour loser? Just kidding…:)
kelevra
September 11th, 2012
10:54 pm
they’re talking about the seventh inning like it decided the game…..this one was over the first…after weeks’ homer….seventh just gave them some insurance
Bronke
September 11th, 2012
10:54 pm
Booh again to another awful effort!
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:54 pm
at least it wasn’t a 1-0 game?
although again it was 1-0 long enough to do the damage to an old man’s heart
ACE
September 11th, 2012
10:54 pm
At least the Pirates have faded.
monty
September 11th, 2012
10:55 pm
If runs were money, the BRaves wouldn’t have 2 nickels to rub together.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:56 pm
cab – yes the big chocolate pupper laying on my feet makes the loss a little more bearable…
and keeps my feet warm its cold in this house
nolie
September 11th, 2012
10:56 pm
Enter your comments here
Dum-Bass
September 11th, 2012
10:56 pm
I’ve always heard when a man and woman get married, they “become as one”. So, explain that one.
ACE
September 11th, 2012
10:56 pm
Don Sutton said Hudson was the tough luck loser.
George
September 11th, 2012
10:57 pm
What a TEAM GREAT.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
10:57 pm
You have that right CAB — I never understood why people would not like cats or dogs but hey, not everyone is an animal person.
Let her keep being the queen of the house — I am sure she is a good girl.
Dum-Bass
September 11th, 2012
10:57 pm
Yesssssiiiirrrrreeeee, McCann and Uggla are both back, big time! NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Billy Beaneater
September 11th, 2012
10:57 pm
The dam will break. Go Braves.
Drought
September 11th, 2012
10:58 pm
It’s the run production and offense, stupid. They’ve scored 1 or no runs in 6 of the 11 games played this month. Forget the pitching.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
10:58 pm
wow CR with about 1K words on the loss posted about 30 seconds after the strikeout…one positive for a loss like tonight for the sportswriter I suppose-which may make up for all the evenings with 15 rewrites (wonder what the print deadline is I’m sure DOB has told us I just dont remember)
Capt.Mudd
September 11th, 2012
10:59 pm
@cabravesfan….Just grilled two pork chops so I am good…yum,{garlic, chipotle rub…on wood chips}
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
11:00 pm
Just hard to believe this team cannot drive a run in… I really don’t see us maintaining this wild card lead. Should be a interesting finish to the season. Tomorrow is a must win. It’s not about just winning and losing, but how you win and lose. These are the kinds of losses where the whole team is flat our pathetic that just kills any kind of momentum. I mean come on! Were in September facing a team under 500. and we’ve only managed 1 run in 2 games??? This is not convincing playoff baseball…. Yeah a playoff berth would be nice but at some point setting the bar higher would be nice. Cause we sure look like a 1 and done team. But hey it’s an improvement from last season for what it’s worth.
Disgusted
September 11th, 2012
11:00 pm
Okay — lets hope for better tommorrow. Must win game tonight and those BUMBS better come up with a W.
That Brewers RF is killing us — I cannot stand the guy at least for this series.
This offensive offense has to change the error of its ways.
Billy Beaneater
September 11th, 2012
11:01 pm
Go Braves! Go!
Tina
September 11th, 2012
11:01 pm
We get there best pitcher tomorrow against homerun MaHolm. Wonder how many times this year we lost after trailing after the first .Know Hudson has four times. Another thing that kills this team is Bourn and Prado very seldom hit in the same inning. I cant wait til winter meeting to see what they do.I say Heyward,Freeman,Prado,Simmons,Medlen,Krimbel and Minor and get rid of the rest.
Drought
September 11th, 2012
11:03 pm
1 or no runs in 6 of the 11 games played this month. no other team has done this, not even Mets
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
11:03 pm
Maybe we can scratch together a few runs tomorrow…. Maybe score on a Error, or hit into a double play with the bases loaded. Cause were sure not gonna be the one’s driving a run in.
cabravesfan
September 11th, 2012
11:03 pm
Disgusted-
She & I have been together over 9 years. She is my pride & joy
Tomahawk Mafia
September 11th, 2012
11:03 pm
This inconsistency craph has to stop and the Braves better start hitting.
VaBravesFan
September 11th, 2012
11:07 pm
I’ve changed my opinion on Fredi about his job too…At first I said if we miss the playoffs he should get the ax, but no… If we don’t get past the 1 game playoff he should be canned. Give Eddie Perez a shot or something. Frank Wren said this is a contender that needed a 2nd chance, Fredi’s job is on the line. While the players still need to get the job done…if they fail, Fredi has to take the fall.
GaryinBham
September 11th, 2012
11:07 pm
I really like our team, but truthfully, our offense just sucks. Sucks bad. TOo much pressure on the pitchers. Ramirez was out at first, so no way they should get that second and third runs. But the problem is getting to the eighth and being shut out by a .500 team with one of the worst bullpens in baseball. We may make the playoffs but we can’t hit our way past the first game. We can’t pitch shutouts the rest of the year. Something is really missing from this team.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
11:10 pm
worst case 19 more games with chipper…best case 35 or so
the games are frustrating but enjoy the end of this ride folks cause it won’t likely happen again for most of us
benchwarmer
September 11th, 2012
11:11 pm
Can’t hit against even middle of the road teams. Lack of offense is the doom of this teams chances. When Chipper leaves and with Uggla and McCann on the downslope(seemingly). This may be the off season to make some significant moves. If not don’t see anything but a fall off for the next year or two at least. Oh this year? Not holding on to much hope Braves as currently constituted are just not a likely championship team. Probably just barely a playoff team and quickly out.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
11:21 pm
guess I missed the new blog announcement…
NO MORE FREDI
September 11th, 2012
11:23 pm
Is this what you guys want? A team in the playoffs that can’t beat another good team? Sorry but the Astros, Met’s and Rockies won’t be in the post season. Hopefully, the Braves won’t be either.
Francona or Smoltz in 2013
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
11:25 pm
Francona or Smoltz in 2013
Biggest collapse in history, or no experience whatsoever – glad to see you do not let intellect cloud your brilliance…
Tina
September 11th, 2012
11:41 pm
In are last eight games five of those we dont have a RBI thank god we won two. Tv ratings have to be bad for Braves games. Seems like every bang,bang play there are safe and were out. Call strike three we seem like we get called out but we cant get a call srike three must be they know strike zone better than Braves do.
Mitchell
September 11th, 2012
11:42 pm
The Brewers are playing really well right now so that’s why we lost.
What, are we supposed to match with giants teams that are playing well?
We’re the Braves.
Homey don’t play that.
tiger297
September 11th, 2012
11:43 pm
when its sleepy time down south…
JAFO
September 11th, 2012
11:47 pm
To even assimilate Tito and the collapse fg managed shows your dimness.
Mitchell
September 11th, 2012
11:48 pm
“Giants teams”?!
What?
Damn you iPad auto correct!
That’s the last time you make a fool of me.
brian
September 11th, 2012
11:50 pm
yes, against Colorado we were shut out, scored 1 unearned run and then scored 1 unearned run.
now against the Brewers we score a run on a DP (no rbi) in 1 game and are shut out in the 2nd game.
The starters of those 5 games and their records/ERAs coming into the game versus the Braves?
Did we face Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, and Sandy Koufax all in their primes??
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
11:52 pm
A team that played badly versus a team that lost all semblance of discipline and control – or is your dimness so overwhelming that you have no idea what the first 5 meanings of assimilate are and feel you should use the 6th definition to assume an air of non-vapidness?…
Carroll Rogers
September 11th, 2012
11:53 pm
postgame quotes are up….
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/09/11/braves-postgame-quotes-after-tuesdays-loss/
John Leonard
September 11th, 2012
11:55 pm
If we do get a new manager,it should be someone outside of the present staff.
Venice Jim
September 11th, 2012
11:55 pm
Probably time to shut down the blog for the evening, so the poor little people who never show up and celebrate when the Braves are winning are enjoying the opportunity to be sad and pathetic losers, complaining about everything that makes baseball what it is – enjoy the evening!
JAFO
September 12th, 2012
12:02 am
Happy to see you got the point. Save it. You are relieved.
Fredo
September 12th, 2012
12:02 am
“Biggest collapse in history”
based on what we know, blaming that all on Francona is a little unfair. That whole team was a mess last year
phil
September 12th, 2012
12:04 am
And on this losing night….
Good night.
Sigh…
Capt.Mudd
September 12th, 2012
12:09 am
“My little(no) Run-a-way…..my(no) run. run, run run, run-a-way……..As I walk along–I wonder what went wrong with our team…..a team that was so strong/
And as I still walk on, I think of the things they’ve done together—-while their hearts were young……..”
Brava
September 12th, 2012
12:09 am
Wow… just wow.
Good night.
Capt.Mudd
September 12th, 2012
12:10 am
Thanks…Brava! I thought you would like it.
Carroll Rogers
September 12th, 2012
12:12 am
Final gamer is up…..nite y’all
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/09/11/braves-offensive-woes-continue-in-5-0-loss-to-milwaukee/
Brava
September 12th, 2012
12:12 am
Wasn’t directed at you, Capt. Have a good night.
Brava
September 12th, 2012
12:13 am
Nite, Carroll.
Now, I’m really outta here.
Brava
September 12th, 2012
12:15 am
Chipper Jones @RealCJ10
Same story, diff day. Good pitchin, no offense. Gotta find a way to salvage the series tmrw. 4-2 road trips are good. Keep the faith!
Tina
September 12th, 2012
12:22 am
Remember when we said all we have to do is win series well if we keep losing to these losing pitchers we will be looking over are shoulder. Looks like we get a break with Dodgers lost and Cards losing.
T
September 12th, 2012
12:23 am
Enter your comments here
Powder Blue
September 12th, 2012
12:35 am
Team can’t hit. Same old story.
MIBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:14 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyAF0UQ4cmk&feature=related
tony austin
September 12th, 2012
1:16 am
I was just checking the standings, and maybe this has been brought up before, but if the Braves could just go 10-9 the rest of the way, that would for STL to win 16 games to tie and the Dodgers 71. (Phillies would have to go undefeated the rest of the way).
But with this anemic offense who apparently doesn’t know how to make the proper adjustments, 10 wins might be a stretch.
tony austin
September 12th, 2012
1:18 am
wow – corrections, that would force STL…, Dodgers 17 (not 71).
Late, can’t type, must sleep….zzzzzzzzzzzz
Veer
September 12th, 2012
1:21 am
we will be in the wildcard game that is for sure . Both Dodgers and the Cardinals are playin worse than we are. Bottom line is aganist which team do we have a better shot at winning?
Kershaw is one guy that would be hard to beat but then the Cardinals can score tonnes of runs.
I would just wish that there is a tie between Cards and Dodgers and they play a game playoff. Either way have to ensure that Kershaw is used.
nolie
September 12th, 2012
1:26 am
Unfortunately we don’t get to choose which team we wanta play….
nolie
September 12th, 2012
1:28 am
qué será, será
uga-brave
September 12th, 2012
1:30 am
kershaw and wainwright both get beat tonight.
Veer
September 12th, 2012
1:43 am
Kershaw only allowed one run though.
Cardinals can end our season in the first inning of the wildcard game with the offense that they have and if by chance Hudson is pitching that first inning then our season will be over.
Fredo
September 12th, 2012
2:07 am
“10 wins might be a stretch”
doesn’t leave much room for error (avoiding a Brewers sweep would help that) but otherwise
Nats – they can lose 2/3 like usual
Fish – lose the monday game but will have to win the series
Phillies – hot team/road series/etc, lose 2/3
Fish – home series, win 2/3
Mets – home, win 2/3
Pirates – road series against a team fighting for a winning year. If this is last year’s Sept, they’ll get swept. If this is last year’s Sept but with a slightly better team they win 1, if they’ve finally started to hit they win 2/3 (series starts on Monday so there’s one of the losses)
So avoiding sweeps after Mil and before Pitt. gives them 8 wins. They avoid the sweep tomorrow, there’s one more. Go against the norm against the Nats, there’s another. Or they go into Philly and put their season on ice … there’s 1 or 2 more wins.
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
September 12th, 2012
3:36 am
Since August 12 (30 games), the Braves have scored 3 runs or less 17 times.
John Leonard
September 12th, 2012
6:22 am
Is that all? Seems like 29.
Couch Tater
September 12th, 2012
6:59 am
I never understood why people would not like cats or dogs but hey, not everyone is an animal person.
Liked mine. Don’t like the neighbors.
1.Small one. Yap, yap, yap, yap ,yap, yap, yap….
2.Big one. Needs Huggies.
3.Both. Run loose.
4.Always. Always. Always. On garbage day.
5.Their owners can’t or won’t take a hint.
6.Their owners think the Dog Catcher is evil.
7. No. I haven’t.
8. Yes. I shoud.
9. Leash Law & Poop scoop.
10. Not the dogs fault. They’re damn dogs.
Jeff R
September 12th, 2012
7:10 am
Hot and cold Braves. The season’s story. The thread’s the lack of offense. There’s a lot being placed on the pitchers, particularly now. The hitters need to pick it up.
Couch Tater
September 12th, 2012
7:14 am
Get outta my yard!
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
7:16 am
Huddy was left in too long… another bad night. He pitched well until the 6th though. Seeing that start makes me nervous of having him start a 1game playoff. He struggles in the first, then struggles in the 5-6th again. Use the Meds!
Jeff R
September 12th, 2012
7:18 am
Get outta my yard!
Okay, okay. Just walking my dog, fella. Anyone tell you poop is organic?
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
7:18 am
Boys need to eat their wheaties and greens today…. get the ball past the warning track and over the wall.
Bourn needs to get going, he’s disappeared like last September. Can’t have that.
Jeff R
September 12th, 2012
7:19 am
TheOnlyBravesFan, granted, not Hudson’s best outing, but even if he gives up just a run, the Braves lose. The Bravos have got to start hitting.
Jeff R
September 12th, 2012
7:20 am
Bourn needs to get going, he’s disappeared like last September. Can’t have that.
Isn’t that true.
Jeff R
September 12th, 2012
7:26 am
Incredible pitching has kept the Braves atop the NL wild card race. But when Braves’ pitchers come back down to earth, as they have recently, the offense isn’t picking up the slack.
But for Braves’ pitching, the wild card chase would look quite differently right now, I believe.
Swing For The Fences
September 12th, 2012
7:39 am
As I watched the “swing from the heels” Braves put 3 out of 4 balls to the warning track in the 6th and 7th, I envisioned the post game rhetoric of how hard they hit balls that just didn’t fall.
This team looks like a bunch of slow pitch softball players trying to elevate every pitch they see. If they just hit a few sharp gappers instead of everyone trying to hit nine run homers, some of these losses might have different outcomes.
Their approach at the plate is lacking. Is it Walker? Is it the players are too stubborn to change their approach or are they just uncoachable? Are they just a group of poor to mediocre hitters? Are they a collective bunch of head cases?
I give Fredi credit for trying to make something happen and shake things up but it seems he has no bullets to insert into the lineup. The offense is one of two things. They just aren’t good or they are underachievers. Either way, it’s futile to apologize for them. That just doesn’t wash.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
7:46 am
Actually, Mike B was okay from August to mid Sept… then he fell off the cliff
August 1- Sept11, 2011- .290/.331/.370/.702 38 games, 178 PAs, 10 BB, 35 Ks
August1- Sept11, 2012- .238/.347/.363./.710 39 games, 173 PAs, 26 BB, 34 Ks
I also checked his month-by-month stats for the year, his monthly BA has declined since June (.324, .250, .243). Hitting .222 for the month of September.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
7:52 am
I told You Guys To Throttle Back after we beat a AAA Mets team last weekend, a weekend in which excluding 1 game we still hit like ####
Where are all the Kool Aid Drinkers who were claiming Monday Morning that this team with its crap offense can catch the Curley W’s?
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
7:53 am
Milwaukee has been a house of Horrors for the Braves since 2000
If we hit like this against the Curley W’s this weekend, they are gonna take us to the Woodshed
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
7:54 am
I’m still here (not a Kool-Aid drinker though)… I still believe that we can catch the Curley W’s, but we need to win tonight, sweep them in ATL, and get HOT down the strech. Not over yet.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
7:56 am
Their approach at the plate is lacking. Is it Walker? Is it the players are too stubborn to change their approach or are they just uncoachable? Are they just a group of poor to mediocre hitters? Are they a collective bunch of head cases? —-Swing For The Fences
I think its reason #2
And I don’t care how many times Chip Caray Mentions that he is near the league in 2 out RBI’s he batting average has been sinking the last 6 weeks, Its like Chip Jinxes Fab 5 Freddie everytime he mentions that in a game, which feels like every at bat
JRW
September 12th, 2012
7:58 am
The Brewers/Phillies Freight Train is picking up speed. All three of the teams they have to catch lost again last night. It’s like Ground Hog Day every morning I look at the overnight scores. I really believe the Braves are going to face either the Brewers or the Phillies in the Wild Card “Play-In” Game. And history shows that the Braves have trouble with both of those teams in the fall.
JRW
September 12th, 2012
8:04 am
TheOnlyBravesFan – “I still believe that we can catch the Curley W’s, but we need to win tonight, sweep them in ATL, and get HOT down the strech”
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Not going to happen. The Braves are eight games down in the loss column. I don’t know if the Nats will lose eight games the rest of the season, even if the Braves sweep them.
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
8:04 am
I really believe the Braves are going to face either the Brewers or the Phillies in the Wild Card “Play-In” Game.
The chances of either team continuing their current hot streaks for another three weeks is just about nil. Unfortunately, the Phightens will probably burn out their hot streak before the six they play against the Nats.
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
8:06 am
Not going to happen. The Braves are eight games down in the loss column.
Yeah, it’s too many back. Despite what some of our worriers think, historic collapses don’t occur every year. That’s kinda why they’re called “historic”.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
8:06 am
TheOnlyBravesFan
“I’m still here (not a Kool-Aid drinker though)… ”
I know The Kool Aid Drinkers were All Over The Buck And Kincade Show Monday Afternoon claiming that the Braves can Catch The Curley W’s…
Not Happening, and Watch out for the Phillies….We Got a series left against them as well as the Final Showdown in The Steel City to end the Season…
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
8:11 am
If we lose 2 more games, it’s over… until then, I’ll still hold out in that small chance. We win tonight, they lose, and we sweep in ATL, it’s 4 back in the L column… hope the Phillies whoop up on those guys, and see what happens.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
8:14 am
though I must say, being the WC winner is kinda intriguing to me… get the first 2 NLDS games at home! Can go up 2-0 pretty quick, I hope.
coach
September 12th, 2012
8:16 am
It’s too bad they won’t let Castanza play more, all the Braves do is score and win when he has played. It’s the same as with Medlen, how many more games would the Braves have won if they had started him earlier.
1. Bourne CF
2. Castanza LF
3. Prado 2B
4. Heyward RF
5. Chipper 3B
6. Freeman 1B
7. Simmons SS
8. McCann C
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
8:16 am
Well, if you want to look at implausible scenarios, Braves could stop hitting the snooze alarm on their bats and sweep the Nats, and Nats could go 3-6 in that last nine-game stretch. Short of that, I don’t think there’s much catching them.
But, as always, implausible isn’t the same as impossible, and everybody still gotta play all 162.
Jeff R
September 12th, 2012
8:19 am
But, as always, implausible isn’t the same as impossible, and everybody still gotta play all 162.
Always believed you aim for the bull’s eye. If you don’t hit it, you come closer. In this case “closer” is the Braves finishing first in the wild card positioning. Kinda critical.
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
8:23 am
Always believed you aim for the bull’s eye.
Oh yeah, I absolutely agree. Go hard for the division title until mathematically eliminated. It’s the only way to play.
If anything, last year’s September ought to provide the Braves with an attitude that anything can happen, if you get after it every day. The only standings that count are the ones after 162.
Lew
September 12th, 2012
8:27 am
Yep – It ain’t over til it’s over and until it is there’s always a chance.
But I’d be much more optimistic if we were actually hitting. Sh*t loads of singles and warning track power just ain’t gonna get it done.
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
8:38 am
Scoots, I’m baffled, why is it these Nats are in first, have a large lead, and have scored more runs than the Braves? Weren’t they supposed to be in the cellar shortly after the All-Star break? ( :
Perhaps it’s all those tall players they have…
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
8:38 am
The only standings that count are the ones after 162.
Or game 164 if there is a three way tie.
Hillbilly
September 12th, 2012
8:45 am
Gus dealt another gem lastnight for Lynchburg yesterday: 7 innings, 0 runs, 4 hits, 7 Ks.
That gives Schlosser 15 innings of shutout ball in his two playoff starts with 2 walks, 7 hits, and 13 strikeouts.
Lets hope for a good showing in the Arizona Fall League to go with his strong playoff performance, and Carolina Leauge Pitcher of the Year honors,…and then maybe someone will bite on him as a prospect in the trade market.
David O'Brien
September 12th, 2012
8:48 am
Of the first four teams in the wild-card standings: Braves have lost two in a row, second-place Cardinals have lost two lost two in a row, third-place Dodgers have lost two in a row, and fourth-place Pirates have lost five in a row.
The record of those four teams in their past 10 games: Braves 7-3, Cardinals 4-6, Dodgers 4-6, Pirates 2-8.
Dadgum....
September 12th, 2012
8:49 am
Those that think the Braves are going to catch the W’s definitely need to understand it was t remotely going to happen last week much less this week or weekend. Even if the Braves sweep they aren’t catching them. Folks, consider this, the Braves have managed to play 16 games this year without recording an earned run. Remarkably, they won two of those back to back. So, too much futility in play to believe the Braves have any realistic shot.
Again, I think the Braves make the playoffs by a slim margin. Play-in game that is. I mean, Mets not withstanding, the Braves have not won a series in the last 9. Hard to say at this point the Braves can hang on to the wild card lead. Should, but who among us is confident even with a 5 game lead? Didn’t think so.
Rock on…..this team would be nowhere without Prado.
Lew
September 12th, 2012
8:58 am
Well, one thing I agree with Dadgum on is Prado – getting tired of hearing that Bourn has been the team MVP – He’s talied off terribly the second half and sure isn’t puitting up that “career year” we kp hearing about. But not Martin – Dude is as steady as they come and apparently CAN play SS – and likely anywhere else they play him on any given night.
Martin needs to be signed long term – they’d be damned fools not to.
ChattTownBrian
September 12th, 2012
9:02 am
People want to blame somebody and Fredi is the bullseye, but he is trying everything with the lineups. Y’all really believe Constanza is a savior, then I really don’t know what else to say. That’s ridiculous. He pretty much suks too.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
9:05 am
Y’all really believe Constanza is a savior, then I really don’t know what else to say. That’s ridiculous. He pretty much suks too.
This!
Well, one thing I agree with Dadgum on is Prado – getting tired of hearing that Bourn has been the team MVP
Janish was our MVP for a month or so… but yes, Prado is the guy who’s kept this all together. We’ve managed to win games despite Bourn’s sukkage the last 2 months.
brian
September 12th, 2012
9:06 am
agree Lew – Prado needs an extension.
Jeff R
September 12th, 2012
9:07 am
Of the first four teams in the wild-card standings: Braves have lost two in a row, second-place Cardinals have lost two lost two in a row, third-place Dodgers have lost two in a row, and fourth-place Pirates have lost five in a row.
Yes, the other wild card contenders aren’t doing much, either. But I’d rather the Braves not pace them.
brian
September 12th, 2012
9:07 am
watching last night’s game was about as fun as beating my head against a wall. Frustrating but common outcome against a no name pitcher
Jeff R
September 12th, 2012
9:09 am
Bourn’s second half slide has certainly made me reassess him. Still think he’s a talented guy and a contributor, but not as much as I thought previously.
I’ve never thought the Braves would seriously try to sign Bourn long term, anyway. He still would cost too much.
Lew
September 12th, 2012
9:16 am
Janish plugged a potential defensive hole at SS while Simmons (and even Wilson) was on the shelf. MVP? Let’s not get carried away. Great acquisition, though and certainly a move that needed to be made..
brian
September 12th, 2012
9:23 am
Braves will offer Bourn a qualifying contract to get the draft pick and assuming he declines it for free agency the Braves will then look to other options such as Pagan, Victorino, Bourjos and (hopefully not) Span
UKUGA
September 12th, 2012
9:24 am
Even though the second close play of the pivotal inning was the right call, I still wish Fredi had complained. He should have complained after the Ramirez call, then he really should’ve complained about the next one.
Complaining AFTER Prado was called out to end the inning did us no good. Complaining earlier may have turned a call our way.
No breaks for ATL in two games in Milwaukee. Maybe the tide turns today.
Dadgum....
September 12th, 2012
9:30 am
While I think Prado is our MVP, I forgot to mention he should be our starting 2nd baseman too. Read what you want into that. Also, where would the Braves be without Medlen doing his best Beachy impersonation?
old man
September 12th, 2012
9:30 am
There is a lot of dogma on this board. Prado can’t play shortstop. (He can.) Medlen should stay in the bullpen. (Nope.) Constanza is worthless. (I don’t accept that either. He’s perhaps in the bottom quartile of MLB outfielders, but the guy he could replace–Uggla–is in the bottom one percent of MLB players, period.)
On Uggla, he is sort of like the fantasy of the old prospector you saw in westerns. You pan for gold for years. Every couple of years you find a tiny nugget, or a hint of gold dust in one pan, and you know your fortune is right around the corner. Sort of like Uggla’s last week. In the movies, the prospector looks in the mirror one day, and realizes he has no family, no teeth, no gold, nothing, and he’s 65 years old with nothing to show for it. After you guys go into town and have spent your little bag of gold dust from last week on a couple of shots of red eye, and one very, very short fling with Miss Kittie, and then your Uggla suddenly turns ice cold again for a couple of years, go look in the mirror. It won’t be a pretty sight.
abeeeewright
September 12th, 2012
9:34 am
” I mean, Mets not withstanding, the Braves have not won a series in the last 9. “
I tell you what. Losing that series at home to Colorado by only taking 3 games out of the 4 was pretty disappointing.
Lew
September 12th, 2012
9:35 am
Constanza is NOT an improvement over Uggla no m,atter how far up your *** your head is.
abeeeewright
September 12th, 2012
9:36 am
Bourn did the exact same thing last year (great start to the season, was tailing off before the trade deadline, finished the year struggling). I haven’t looked at Bourn’s career trajectory, but I have a feeling that this is why he isn’t a .300 hitter for his career.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
9:37 am
Michael Bourn since the All-Star Break – .228/.323/.317
If DOB is around, would love to know if he would still pay Bourn $18 million a year at 5-6 years.
abeeeewright
September 12th, 2012
9:37 am
I was frustrated with the poor calls at first base. However, when you score 0 runs, you cannot win the game. So, other than making Huddy feel better about giving up runs that shouldn’t have scored, last night was going to be an L, no matter what.
abeeeewright
September 12th, 2012
9:41 am
I would feel better about the offensive malaise, knowing that the funk has to break sometime.
But, last year and starting this year, with essentially the same team, Braves had two consecutive months of terrible offensive baseball.
Braves have been putting together some good ABs this year, though. In September last year, Braves were putting weak swings on the first pitch and going 1-2-3 on 4-7 pitches pretty routinely.
I’ll keep hoping that the Braves break out the bats in late September while Cincy, St Louis, and Washington put their bats into the ice-box.
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
9:41 am
He’s talied off terribly the second half and sure isn’t puitting up that “career year” we kp hearing about.
It’s still a career year for him. Highest SLG and OPS of his career over a season. Still has room to go down though… and… he still isn’t worth any where remotely close to a $16M+/year 6-7 year deal. Handing out a contract like that to a player like Bourn is the epitome of foolishness.
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
9:45 am
But, Bourn is certainly better than Schafer. That guy is a complete and total bust. Just a bad player. He’s hitting .211/.297/.294/.591 this season and I’m pretty sure there are no people left who would claim to be fans of him.
cowdogit
September 12th, 2012
9:45 am
Trade Constanza to Washington, We need a division team to win a World Series.
Lew
September 12th, 2012
9:45 am
Actually in 2009, Bourn was hitting ,283, .360, .407 at the AS break and ended the season at .285, .354, ..384 and in 2010 his AS break numbers were .252, .325, .327 and final numbers were .265, .341, .346.
KInd of a mixed bag on second half performance with 2011 and 12 added.
Lew
September 12th, 2012
9:48 am
I’d hardly claim a career year on the basis of hitting five or simore HR – and that’s exactly what accounts for those numbers.
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
9:51 am
I’d hardly claim a career year on the basis of hitting five or simore HR
Bourn averaged 3 HR a year prior to this year. His single season career high was 5. He had a total of 13 HR in his career before this season. He has 9 so far this year.
Lew
September 12th, 2012
9:52 am
Not a career year for Batting average. Not a career year for OBP. Not a career year for doubles or triple or XBH. Not a career year for RBI. He has hit four more HR than his career high which accounts for the incrementally higher SLG and OPS .
If you want to claim that makes a career year, be my guest, but I don’t agree.
phil
September 12th, 2012
9:53 am
Anyone who thinks we have what it takes to actually advance far in the playoffs, assuming we even make it, well, sorry you feel that way.
On paper, we do.
On the field, a different story. so damn frustrating to watch, even though you know, nearly every night, what you’re going to see.
phil
September 12th, 2012
9:54 am
We knew Schafer was a bust when we dumped the guy. It was obvious.
But not to the Astros. Which must be at least part of the explanation for why they’re so bad these days.
Murph
September 12th, 2012
9:56 am
Bourn WAS having a career year… WAS. His second half hasn’t been all that great.
Put Simmons at leadoff next season and let Bourn walk. I’m sure the team can find someone who plays good defense and hits a little bit via trade or free agency. Worse comes to worse, put Heyward in CF. It’ll probably be easier and cheaper to find a RF than it will be to find a CF.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
9:59 am
KInd of a mixed bag on second half performance with 2011 and 12 added
Agreed… his career stats show him being roughly consistent between his 1st and 2nd half, in fact he averages better in the 2nd half! He was actually better in the 2nd half last year, but his September was awful. He’s been horrible in the 2nd half this year.
Career: 1st half- .272/.337/.375/.712
2nd half- .274/.340/.354/.694 (less power in 2nd half)
2011: 1st half- .287/.351/.395/.746 (keep in mind that he was at .303 when he came to ATL)
2nd half- .303/.346/.374/.720
2012: 1st half .311/.366/.451/.817
2nd half .228/.323/.317/.640 (still drawing the walks, but he’s slugging less than his OBP. Not good at all)
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:00 am
brian
“watching last night’s game was about as fun as beating my head against a wall. Frustrating but common outcome against a no name pitcher”
Co-Sign, I turned it off in the 5th inning and started watching The Cosby Show
Lew
September 12th, 2012
10:00 am
Career year or not, Bourn still adds a lot to the lineup. Not sure if he’ll be better at the price he’ll command than a cheaper option – I keep wavering back and forth on that. I’d like to see him back, but……
VaBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
10:00 am
Bourn was on pace for a overall career year, but he tailed off too much this 2nd half.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
10:01 am
He has a 103 OPS+. Last year, he had a 104 OPS+. Still early. Gotta imagine Bourn will do a bit better over these last 19 games, right?
Right?
crickets….
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
10:04 am
Career year or not, Bourn still adds a lot to the lineup. Not sure if he’ll be better at the price he’ll command than a cheaper option – I keep wavering back and forth on that. I’d like to see him back, but……
Would you pay him five years, 90 million or six years, 108 million? That’d be 20% of the payroll over the next five or six years, assuming we stayed at around 90 million. Bourn’s age 30-35 or 36 year old seasons.
I think that’d be the worse move by this organization in the last decade.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:05 am
TennesseePaul
“But, Bourn is certainly better than Schafer. That guy is a complete and total bust. Just a bad player. He’s hitting .211/.297/.294/.591 this season and I’m pretty sure there are no people left who would claim to be fans of him.”
Yes, I’m glad that Overrated Schafer Bandwagon was sent out to the pasture, Biggest Overyhped Prospect/Bust since Jose Capellan
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
10:06 am
Gotta imagine Bourn will do a bit better over these last 19 games, right?
This year’s all the way down to a 101 OPS+…
Lew is making some strong arguments for why Bourn is not worth a contract extension, but at the same time, he’s ignoring the fact that when the career year statements were made, Bourn was on pace to have a career year, and he’s still having his second best season, if not his best.
Some idiot will give him a Carl Crawford deal. I just hope it isn’t the Braves. If the Braves are going to sink a lot of money into a player, I’d prefer it be a front line pitcher.
phil
September 12th, 2012
10:06 am
Let Boras walk…
The guy mopes all over the place after his too common strikeouts. He makes me look and feel like a ray of bright sunshine!
phil
September 12th, 2012
10:07 am
We should sink all of our money into tying up Uggla until age 40….
What’s left over can be spent on an extension for Overbay.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:07 am
phil
Anyone who thinks we have what it takes to actually advance far in the playoffs, assuming we even make it, well, sorry you feel that way.
On paper, we do.
On the field, a different story. so damn frustrating to watch, even though you know, nearly every night, what you’re going to see.”
Perfectly Said, Thats why I just Turn It off, No use in getting Mad and getting Tempted to throw Beer Cans at the Big Screen
They are 1 and Done, hell they will get screwed in that Stupid 1 game elimination, We are we gonna do in the offseason on here?
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
10:07 am
I’d prefer it be a front line pitcher…
Or a slugging left fielder. Haven’t had one of those in well over a decade.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:08 am
I meant to say: What are we gonna do in the offseason on here?
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
10:08 am
Didn’t a lot of folks on this blog give the Marlins crap for giving Jose Reyes a six year, $106 million dollar deal. Reyes over the last seven seasons including 2012 – .294/.352/.453, 114 OPS+. Pretty good defender at SS during that time too. Excellent baserunner as we all know. Year younger than Bourn, I believe as well.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:09 am
Some idiot will give him a Carl Crawford deal. I just hope it isn’t the Braves. If the Braves are going to sink a lot of money into a player, I’d prefer it be a front line pitcher.—TennPaul
I hope its Booben Amaro of the Phillies: Their Fans want him to overpay for Bourn or Josh Hamiliton
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
10:09 am
Career year or not, Bourn still adds a lot to the lineup. Not sure if he’ll be better at the price he’ll command than a cheaper option – I keep wavering back and forth on that. I’d like to see him back, but
He’s in his prime right now… the last 2 years are supposed to be his best, especially as a speedster CF. He’s underperforming this 2nd half, and did so last September… that’s not encouraging. I wouldn’t pay him 18mil, not even 12mil. I’m sure we can get someone else that can provide at nearly the influence that Bourn does for a much cheaper price.
Hell, even Bourjos could match Bourn’s 2nd half performance.
Murph
September 12th, 2012
10:10 am
Would you pay him five years, 90 million or six years, 108 million?
Absolutely not. Someone will, but not the Braves.
If the team could swing a trade for a Willingham or someone of similar caliber, put Heyward in CF, then they could add a mid-range guy to play RF and have lots and lots of money to spend on SP and the bullpen.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:10 am
Efrim
“Didn’t a lot of folks on this blog give the Marlins crap for giving Jose Reyes a six year, $106 million dollar deal.”
Reyes is gonna turn into LOAF part II in few years, Bank on It
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
10:11 am
If the Braves are going to sink a lot of money into a player, I’d prefer it be a front line pitcher.
Me too. Get Zack.
Lew
September 12th, 2012
10:12 am
No, I’m not ignoring anything. I’ve been claiming for quite some time now he’s not having a career year.
You’re basing this opinion compoletely on the basis of a larger number of HR’s this year from a non HR hitting player. I think a few more HR are insignificant for a player of ZBourn’s talents. I’m much more interested in seeing him hit for higher average, get on base more often, steal more bases and hit mor doubles and triples. Yet none of those numbers are at career high levels or some of them even at career avergae levels.
Those HR are pretty meaningless for a player who relies on on base ability and speed.
Is he worth $16 mil a year? I don’t know. What I DO know is we need a ood lreadoff hitter and a good defensive CFer – and he IS that. Could someone else put up his offensive numbers or add the defense he brings at a cheaper price? If there is such a paragon, by all means, sign them up.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
10:13 am
Zack for 16mil, Willingham or a similiar player for LF at 7mil, then a cheap CF. That’s 23 mil right there, which is approximately our offseason budget. Trade Hanson and EOF, that gives us about 5-6mil more to work with, possibly for an inseason trade as well.
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
10:14 am
Didn’t a lot of folks on this blog give the Marlins crap for giving Jose Reyes a six year, $106 million dollar deal.
Of course, but then, it is a right of a blog poster to blast the contract offerings of other teams. We blasted the Cubs and the Byrd contract. Howard and the Phillies. Rollins and the Phillies. Zito and the Giants. Teixeira and the Yankees. A-Rod and the Yankees. AJ and the Yankees. CC and the Yankees…. basically every Yankee contract…. actually I think it would be shorter to list the contracts of other teams that this blog has praised…
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:16 am
Happy Born-Date to FAB 5 FREDDIEEEEEEEEEEEE
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
phil
September 12th, 2012
10:16 am
Boras will not be signed. It ain’t happening.
Who do we replace the whiner with? No idea, but enough of his whiffs and pouting and talk of career years.
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
10:18 am
Scoots, I’m baffled, why is it these Nats are in first, have a large lead, and have scored more runs than the Braves?
Alien inhabitation. Happened during the All-Star break.
Everyone knows this, TennPaul.
cowdogit
September 12th, 2012
10:18 am
Pitchers under stress will cause mistakes, Speed is the only stress factor. The braves homerun hitters need mistakes. Fredi is the only manager that would allow McCann to be thrown out at home,with three catchers on the roster and a bench full of speed. Fredi is brain dead when when speed is involved.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:18 am
Who do we replace the whiner with? No idea, but enough of his whiffs and pouting and talk of career years.—-Phil
Bring In Victorino! He is having an off year and will be a cheaper option
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:19 am
cowdogit
“Pitchers under stress will cause mistakes, Speed is the only stress factor.”
Case in point-Tommy Hanson
Lew
September 12th, 2012
10:20 am
No one can afford to sign Boras.
Trader Jack
September 12th, 2012
10:21 am
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:08 am
I meant to say: What are we gonna do in the offseason on here?
Whine, bitch and moan come to mind
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:21 am
FREE MIXXO
Braves now 10-13 since he got Bozo’d, and their offense during that span has been total ####
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
10:21 am
Well it looks like we are making the playoffs…but maybe only for a game.
If this offense continues to hit like this we are screwed in a 1-game playoff against an Ace.
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
10:22 am
Or a slugging left fielder. Haven’t had one of those in well over a decade.
and that has to be the first priority in the offseason. Pitching second, CF third.
Though I’m getting a bad feeling that Wren is going to stand pat on his SP.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
10:23 am
One of us on the blog has now officially become more incessant than Shaun.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
10:25 am
Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS
last year #braves collapsed in wild card race, this year it’s everyone else
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
10:25 am
You’re basing this opinion compoletely on the basis of a larger number of HR’s this year from a non HR hitting player.
Not completely on HR. (though in all other years in history, doubling your career high in HR is generally seen as a career year).
At the time I made that statement Bourn was hitting .311/.366/.451/.817 at the break and .292/.354/.429/.783 just three weeks ago (with a career high in HR and a career high XBH rate).. easily shaping up to be his best year, and a walk year. If you even recall the dialogue at the time, there were some prominent baseball followers arguing that Bourn deserved $17M-$18M a year for at least 6 years. In that context, with those numbers, stating “he’s having a career year, this is the best you’ll ever see him play, he isn’t worth that much money” is nothing more than a statement of fact given the production at the time. And, his subsequent drop off in production (Since then he has hit .187/.319/.200/.519 over his last 21 games which apparently you knew was coming) is only further proof that Bourn is not worth that much money. I really don’t know why you are arguing so hard on the “career year” point.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
10:25 am
“Though I’m getting a bad feeling that Wren is going to stand pat on his SP.”
The pitching is the only reason we are still in this Wild Card race. Gotta get some offense. Although I don’t understand how a lineup of:
Bourn
Prado
Heyward
Chipper
Freeman
McCann
Uggla
Simmons
Can’t score 4-7 runs a night with ease.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:26 am
MFin04
“Well it looks like we are making the playoffs…but maybe only for a game.
If this offense continues to hit like this we are screwed in a 1-game playoff against an Ace.”
I said the same thing 6 weeks ago…And damn that we will get screwed by Bad Umpiring, Mental Mistakes on the bases or a 1 run on 9 hits performance by the AWFense, WATCH
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
10:28 am
Though I’m getting a bad feeling that Wren is going to stand pat on his SP.
Thanks Medlen!
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:28 am
Braves are gonna have to Play Flawless all around baseball in that Stupid One Game Playoff to win…
What are the Chances?
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
10:33 am
Can’t score 4-7 runs a night with ease.
I don’t know about “with ease” (opposing pitchers draw a ML paycheck, too), but “more often than not”, I’d go along with. And, for most of the year, they have. I don’t remember anyone crying about the offense in July and August (or most of August, anyway).
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
10:33 am
Can’t score 4-7 runs a night with ease.
The team is scoring an average of 4.4 runs a game with that line up.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
10:34 am
I’d rather Wren stand pat on SP then waste all our money on a pitcher who would be marginally better than Kris Medlen. Give me some more offense.
Also, if Michael Bourn continues his end of the year collapse trend it won’t be as hard to see him go.
Lew
September 12th, 2012
10:41 am
TenPaul – Whatever. I said what I had to say – accept it or not.
Lew
September 12th, 2012
10:42 am
And since it will likely be not accepted – what’s new?
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
10:43 am
The team is scoring an average of 4.4 runs a game with that line up.
From the period of July 1 until the start of the 6-11 skid, the team was scoring 4 or more runs in a game nearly three games of every four. In a stretch of 40+ games, they were held under four runs scored in only ten games. For all the bleeting about consistency here, I don’t know that an offensive team can get much more consistent than that.
This has little to do with the current scoring slump, but folks who think the lack of scoring is indicative of the actual offensive talent on the team just haven’t been paying attention.
Trader Jack
September 12th, 2012
10:44 am
The baseball gods have a twisted sense of humor:
Rollins hits a pop up that the Marlins catcher proceeds to drop, next pitch 2 run HR
Go figure
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
10:48 am
“but folks who think the lack of scoring is indicative of the actual offensive talent on the team just haven’t been paying attention.”
Of course they are playing the bottom barrel of the league and can’t score runs, what happens in a 1-game playoff against an Ace? The Braves offense gets confident all the sudden and starts mashing? Heck if I was a team playing the Braves in a 1-game playoff, I’d give all my righties a day off and bring every lefty I had in my organization to the ballpark.
Maybe if fly (or keep) my righties in the city of the next series.
benchwarmer
September 12th, 2012
10:49 am
Prado is what a baseball player is supposed to be!
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
10:49 am
Just to show the other side of the offensive coin, the Braves have scored four or more runs in only eight of their last 20+, since the beginning of that 6-11 slide.
JRW
September 12th, 2012
10:53 am
As I stated earlier today the Phillies and Brewers are Rolling and the three teams in front of them are reeling. The Phillies are 8-2 while the Brewers are 7-3 in their last ten respectively. 15-5 combined while the Cards, Pirates and Dodgers are a combined 10-20. Not even the Braves are slowing them down. I still say one of these two teams will be the Braves opponent in the “Play-In” Game. Hudson is the “Ace” but do Braves fans want to see his 1st inning struggles in that game?
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
10:53 am
Of course they are playing the bottom barrel of the league and can’t score runs, what happens in a 1-game playoff against an Ace?
Do the playoffs start tomorrow? Damn, people, get a grip. What’s more likely, that a team that has been able to score all year will find their lumber, or that they’ll spend another three-plus weeks being futile? Get your head out of the sand.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
10:55 am
Last 8 games:
0
1
1
3
11
3
1
0
2.5 runs a game
1.3 runs a game (taking out the 11 run game)
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
10:57 am
“Hudson is the “Ace” but do Braves fans want to see his 1st inning struggles in that game?”
I’ve said it all year long (half year long), Kimbrel in the 1st, Hudson the next 8 innings (maybe have Medlen close)
phil
September 12th, 2012
11:05 am
All the talent in the whole wide world doesn’t mean much when it can’t score…
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:05 am
I was sort of expecting us to cream Peralta and Estrada and fall to Yovani. It’ll just the exact opposite tonight.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:07 am
We’ll see LeBlanc, Eovaldi and Josh Johnson next week vs. the Fish.
DAP
September 12th, 2012
11:08 am
does anyone think going with heyward in center, and trying to get 2 corner OFers is a viable plan?
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:12 am
Phillies are going to have to go at least 15-5 to make this thing interesting. Can’t see 85 wins for the 2nd wild card.
Simply disgusted that a 2nd wild card is even in play here.
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
11:12 am
All the talent in the whole wide world doesn’t mean much when it can’t score…
Bleep it, I give up. This place is flippin’ hopeless.
Veer
September 12th, 2012
11:12 am
Offense is slumping at the right time. These games are kind of meaningless. We have the wild card secured and noway of catching the Nationals. better to be in slump now then in postseason. Every team goes through a slump and then they get out of it. We will get out of it last week of September and go on fire
ACE
September 12th, 2012
11:15 am
Where’s George?
raleighbravefan
September 12th, 2012
11:15 am
TOBF – I’m pretty much done beating this horse, who does appear to be at room temp. We will not get Greinke at $16M. If we COULD get him for 3-4 years, ave $16M, I would be OK with that. I would rather put money into some outfielders who could hit, and move Prado full time to 3B. I would also rather Teheran to become what we thought he would be.
monty
September 12th, 2012
11:16 am
Looks like Minor has matured past his 1st half probelms, and with the addition of Maholm and Medlen,next year’s SP looks better than even this year’s initial SP. Minor, Meds.Maholm,Hudson,(trade,Sheets,Hanson,or Delgado) looks better at least on paper for next season. All you have to do is look at the ERA.
Losing Chipper and Bourn will definitely make it hard to score runs, so finding a RH slugger to play LF who is more than just a HR threat is job-1, then you have to hope FF and JH keep progressing and that BM and DU return to what they used to be.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:17 am
does anyone think going with heyward in center, and trying to get 2 corner OFers is a viable plan?
Nope, not me. Don’t think I want to see Heyward handle CF over 162 game season. Wren needs to just focus on the outfield this winter, CF and LF.
Unless of course someone can kidnap Chase Headley from San Diego. He’s the only player that would make me okay with using Prado in LF again. Otherwise, Prado better be the starting 3B in 2013 and over the next few seasons after it.
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
11:18 am
“Hudson is the “Ace” but do Braves fans want to see his 1st inning struggles in that game?”
Hudson Sure as Hell Ain’t No Ace, despite what the team and the Media Feeds Us…
Fredi Better Start Meds in that stupid 1 game playoff or ELSE!
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:19 am
And of course I still want a top of the rotation starting pitcher. But I am starting to think Wren is going to make lots of “I like our starting rotation” comments a few days after the conclusion of the season. He’ll probably be open to any upgrade, but I just see that sort of approach come from him. “We like our starting pitching depth at the major and minor league level” – something like that, sadly. Depth ain’t the issue, imo.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
11:19 am
does anyone think going with heyward in center, and trying to get 2 corner OFers is a viable plan?
I wouldn’t like that… don’t think it’s all that viable anyway.
I would also rather Teheran to become what we thought he would be.
As would I… appears that he will play AAA for the 3rd time next year though. Gotta wait and see on him. Would’ve been nice if he cracked into the rotation this year.
raleighbravefan
September 12th, 2012
11:23 am
Nay-sayers are still feeling burned over 2011. I get that. I really do. But I just don’t see us missing the post-season, or even giving up #1 WC.
Even most non-believers are now saying that we will be in the WC “playoff”. They all predict that we lose, of course. I say that’s far from being a given.
Venice Jim
September 12th, 2012
11:25 am
If only we could afford a murderer’s row of Kemp, Gonzalez, Ramirez and Ethier, and an ace like Kershaw…no way a team like that would lose 1-0 on an unearned run in the midst of a pennant race…
phil
September 12th, 2012
11:26 am
Lol at scoots….
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:27 am
I don’t see us giving up the #1 WC either. Just hate that we have to play in some stupid one gamer.
Hey, at least we get that extra revenue from the one gamer to spend on player development and upgrades to the major league roster…..right?
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
11:29 am
Don’t think I want to see Heyward handle CF over 162 game season.
That would kill his WAR. Put that man at first and he’d actually be costing the team wins if one were to look at WAR.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:29 am
If only we could afford a murderer’s row of Kemp, Gonzalez, Ramirez and Ethier
I still might be the only one who believes that this time, the Marlins made some smart moves in trading away Hanley, Infante and 2 months of Anibal Sanchez. Hanley isn’t the player he once was. He’s not even a good defensive 3rd baseman anymore.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
11:30 am
“He’s not even a good defensive 3rd baseman anymore.”
Never was.
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
11:33 am
Just hate that we have to play in some stupid one gamer.
Get rid of the Wild Card all together and the problem is solved.
Besides, I don’t see the one gamer having a big impact on the Braves. It may help to align the starters in a more favorable way… if one is to believe there is a favorable way to align 4 starters who toss 90mph and below.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:33 am
Put that man at first and he’d actually be costing the team wins if one were to look at WAR.
Not so sure about that……
Hah!
Venice Jim
September 12th, 2012
11:34 am
MLB @MLB
REMINDER: 2013 @MLB schedule will be unveiled today at 1 pm ET.
DAP
September 12th, 2012
11:34 am
efrim, i like choo for LF, and i dont care that he is lefthanded. i think hes a better bet to get traded than willingham, and hes also a better player. out of the FA CFers i like pagan the most, considering his performance and what kind of contract he will probably get. something about his ‘tude doesnt sit well with me though. i wonder if he is a problem child.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
11:35 am
I don’t see us giving up the #1 WC either.
Don’t see why anyone was/is seeing that happening. Look at our lead, and how the other teams have played. It’s been almost “over” for a while…
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
11:36 am
if one is to believe there is a favorable way to align 4 starters who toss 90mph and below.
There is. Just make sure Tommy isn’t the one starting the 1-gamer. Any other guy is fine.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:36 am
Put that man at first and he’d actually be costing the team wins if one were to look at WAR.
Nah….
Hah!
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:38 am
efrim, i like choo for LF, and i dont care that he is lefthanded.
Looked at him yesterday – not nearly as good vs. LHP, DAP. We want him, Heyward and Freeman in the middle of the order? We have to get a RH hitter that can mash LHP and break the two youngsters up. Thought Uggla would be that – hasn’t been.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
11:39 am
i like choo for LF, and i dont care that he is lefthanded. i think hes a better bet to get traded than willingham,
Agree… however, he is a Boras client. Likely will make 7.6mil next year, so he is affordable, but we’d likely still have a hole in LF in 2014.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
11:39 am
Tommy Hanson shouldn’t see another start this season. Especially if he has to throw a shutout to win a game. All the other guys are capable, he isn’t.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:40 am
Besides, I don’t see the one gamer having a big impact on the Braves. It may help to align the starters in a more favorable way… if one is to believe there is a favorable way to align 4 starters who toss 90mph and below.
I guess I just would really like to see a playoff series with the Braves taking part in it. 91, 89, and let’s say 90 wins the last three seasons and only only one playoff series is going to be frustrating.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:41 am
Tommy Hanson shouldn’t see another start this season.
?!?!??! What was so terrible about the last two starts? 5.2 IP? That is not bad at all from your current #5 starter.
DAP
September 12th, 2012
11:42 am
efrim, choo makes this a really good lineup, and a really good team in the field. lefthanded or not. 3/4ths of pitchers in MLB are righthanded, and if you get a team that mashes righties, you win alot of games. either way, there is still CF, and with prado, uggla, simmons, you still have a shot at a very balanced lineup, lefty/righty. Choo! (bless you)
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
11:42 am
Melky will be available for LF… likely will be cheap.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
11:46 am
Come on MFin, he’s been better his last 2 starts out… It’s okay to give him another start. He just doesn’t need any post-season starts. That slow arm darth-throwing motion and walking the bat boy pitching won’t help there.
Just looked at stats for all LF, Willingham leads the way in RBIs with 102. And yet he’s hitting only .261. Get him Frank!
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
11:46 am
Not so sure about that
It’s an automatic penalty to stand at first.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:46 am
DAP, he’s not a bad call. But I’d rather there be a different target. But we could do worse than Choo – a lot worse. Guy is basically .290/.400/.500 vs. RHP. Imagine him, Heyward, Freeman and a healthy Mac. We’d absolutely destroy the righties.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
11:47 am
“What was so terrible about the last two starts? 5.2 IP?”
That and if the bullpen doesn’t bail him out in both, he ends up giving up 4 or 5 runs in each.
the Ghost of Chipper Jones
September 12th, 2012
11:49 am
brian:
Brian last night wanted to know a bit about RHSP GUS SCHLOSSER. GUS is showing some promise as a starter. He sort of ‘emerged’ if you will from the pack in A+.Second year player. Nothing to get hysterical over at this point, but if he develops consistancy next season, he could end up in GWINNETT by 2014 I think.
His line at LYNCHBURG in 2012
13-7 record, 27 G/GS, 1 CG, 1 SOut, 3.38 ERA. 1.14 WHIP, .252 AvAg., 1.72 GO/AO, 165.1 IP, 156 H, 62 ER, 9 HR, 22 BB, 139 SO.
Uneven season, better against righties than lefties. Light’s out July 0.53 ERA, 5 GS, 34.0 IP, 19 H, 4 BB, 31 SO.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:49 am
It’s an automatic penalty to stand at first.
Really was just joking. I hate WAR for 1st baseman, Catchers and their defensive metrics are questionable. But I love that presently, Heyward is a 6 win player. When looking at his baserunning, defense and hitting – I’d agree that he’s been one of the more valuable players in the National League this year.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:52 am
Giancarlo Stanton has a .700 SLG since returning from the DL in early August. He’s also struck out an insane 53 times in 128 at bats while only getting 6 BB’s in that time.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
11:54 am
Alex Gordon might likely be available as well… I’m sure the Royals will want/need to call up Wil Myers. That might make Gordon expendable. He’s up to a respectable .293/.362/.449/.811 line with 11 HR and 63 RBI this year.
He’s having a career year for doubles, currently with 46. An OPS of 120 this year. He has dropped off from his HR and RBI numbers last year (23 and 87), but still putting up a near .300 batting average. That’s 2 straight years of a batting avg. near .300 (hit .303 last year). Also takes a fair share of walks, so he does have a good OBP.
Only thing is that he is also a LH batter, and struggles a bit against lefties, esp. relievers. He does decent against LH starts. Signed through 2015, with a team option for 2016.
the Ghost of Chipper Jones
September 12th, 2012
11:54 am
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
11:42 am
Melky will be available for LF… likely will be cheap.
Yeah, he can stand out there between innings, and have entertainment value giving the fans in the bleachers the finger. What a loser!
ACE
September 12th, 2012
11:54 am
Is Uggla and Bmac back?
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:54 am
That and if the bullpen doesn’t bail him out in both, he ends up giving up 4 or 5 runs in each
Of course this would be your response….sigh.
phil
September 12th, 2012
11:59 am
ACE
September 12th, 2012
11:54 am
Is Uggla and Bmac back?
***********
Yes but not DOB…
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
11:59 am
Alex Gordon might likely be available as well… I’m sure the Royals will want/need to call up Wil Myers. That might make Gordon expendable.
Or they could release Jeff Francouer so he can pursue a career in Nippon Professional Baseball and the Royals can win more baseball games with Myers and Gordon in the corner outfield spots……..
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
11:59 am
Tommy Hanson has been fine his last 2 starts..11.1 IP, 9 Hits allowed, and 3 Walks. Struck out 13. 4 Runs allowed. Not bad.
However, his terrible year as a whole makes me not want to see him start anytime in the playoffs. Trade him for whatever we can get this offseason. Clear 3mil in salary, open up a rotation spot for the young guys, and not have to deal with his possible decline. He’s gotten worse every year. There isn’t much to say that he’ll get it together now and do better.
ACE
September 12th, 2012
12:01 pm
DOB is riding his Harley with George.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
12:01 pm
Or they could release Jeff Francouer so he can pursue a career in Nippon Professional Baseball and the Royals can win more baseball games with Myers and Gordon in the corner outfield spots……..
That’d be better for them, but apparently Dayton Moore really likes Jeff Francouer. I don’t think he’s going anywhere.
Swing For The Fences
September 12th, 2012
12:06 pm
I thought Bourn was too expensive to keep when he was getting on base. I KNOW he is too expensive to keep now that he isn’t!
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
12:07 pm
“apparently Dayton Moore really likes Jeff Francouer. I don’t think he’s going anywhere.”
Everyone likes Francouer. He just isn’t a major league caliber baseball player.
DAP
September 12th, 2012
12:10 pm
MFin04He just isn’t a major league caliber baseball player.
maybe if you need a platoon corner outfielder on a rebuilding team.
BravesFanInPA
September 12th, 2012
12:10 pm
Here is the line up I wish they would give a try:
Bourn
Simmons
Heyward
Chipper
Prado
Freeman
Uggla
McCann
phil
September 12th, 2012
12:10 pm
Fire FG!!
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
12:11 pm
I’d agree that he’s been one of the more valuable players in the National League this year.
Yup. Now just imagine, he’s standing at first, suddenly his only around a 2 win player. Pretty lame. And on Sean Smith’s scale, that’s maybe a starter… if he lands on the right side of 2, otherwise he’s contributing no better than a reserve player…. Paul Konerko generally ranks in that scale as a reserve player because he’s at first base.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
12:12 pm
and Walker/Fletcher…
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
12:14 pm
Frenchy vs Lefties: .234 .319 .414 .733
Not even platoon worthy. He does have good range and an incredible arm.
I do like Jeff though, I always hope he does well with whatever team he gets a fresh start with, he may be running out of options now…
George_George
September 12th, 2012
12:14 pm
Hi all
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
10:07 am
phil
Anyone who thinks we have what it takes to actually advance far in the playoffs, assuming we even make it, well, sorry you feel that way.
On paper, we do.
On the field, a different story. so damn frustrating to watch, even though you know, nearly every night, what you’re going to see.”
Perfectly Said, Thats why I just Turn It off, No use in getting Mad and getting Tempted to throw Beer Cans at the Big Screen
They are 1 and Done, hell they will get screwed in that Stupid 1 game elimination, We are we gonna do in the offseason on here?
******************************************************
AGREE, Our bums just cannot score runs when NEEDED [sure eleven runs when not needed on Saturday] Hey guys the idea is with runners on base hit the ball hard and not right at the fielders. GET IT BUMS? Did FREDI teach you nothing?
MVPrado14
September 12th, 2012
12:16 pm
Here’s a kick in the teeth – Phillies end up winning the 2nd WC and end our season on our field for a second straight year
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
12:18 pm
He just isn’t a major league caliber baseball player.
He has a career line of .266/.310/.425/.735 with an OPS+ of 93 averages 17 HR a year, plays good defense, is a “club house” guy and is 28 years old. He’s worth at least $16M-$18M a year for 6 to 7 years….
He just isn’t a major league caliber baseball player.
Seriously though, he’s a platoon player. .291/.343/.484/.826 against lefties. That’s more major league caliber than Biff… and basically 99% of the rest of the planet.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
12:21 pm
“Phillies end up winning the 2nd WC and end our season on our field for a second straight year”
We do control the Phillies destiny though, beat them in a series and they are done.
George_George
September 12th, 2012
12:25 pm
JEFF is not a top flight player, but he is a good guy who got the bums rush out of ATLANTA. He was to good to early, so the BRAVES expected to much from him.
DS1
September 12th, 2012
12:26 pm
10Paul
Just hopped on for a few minutes. So are we discussing the merits of Francouer back in ATL? I’d be OK with him in LF; maybe platoon him with a lefty if you can get one.
Francouer and Francisco??? On second thought, let’s hope not.
the Ghost of Chipper Jones
September 12th, 2012
12:26 pm
98.6
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
12:29 pm
Next year will be crucial for Francouer.. If he’s going to post a .720 OPS vs. LHP, then he’s going to have trouble finding even a platoon role in 2014 – might just be an extra RH bat off of the bench and defensive replacement.
DS1
September 12th, 2012
12:29 pm
Just was checking JF’s numbers this year in KC, and with his stat line and salary for next year, NO THANKS!!
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
12:29 pm
We already have a better version of Frenchy in Reed Johnson.
DAP
September 12th, 2012
12:30 pm
MFin04 Frenchy vs Lefties: .234 .319 .414 .733
this year. hes usually in the .800s. shouldnt be a starter, even on a bad team.
DS1
September 12th, 2012
12:30 pm
This winter is certainly going to be interesting for us Braves fans…………
Later folks.
Bo Graves!!
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
12:30 pm
Phillies end up winning the 2nd WC and end our season on our field for a second straight year
Don’t care who we face as long as LHP isn’t on the mound.
DAP
September 12th, 2012
12:32 pm
DS1 So are we discussing the merits of Francouer back in ATL?
absolutely not. MFin think he isnt a MLB player. some of us think he is a platoon player as long as a team doesnt expect to contend.
DiamondbackMac
September 12th, 2012
12:34 pm
brian
agree Lew – Prado needs an extension.
And, maybe a statue.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
12:34 pm
“some of us think he is a platoon player as long as a team doesnt expect to contend.”
I’ll give him that. A platoon role. But I’m not sure playing 40-60 games as a RF hitting lefties is being a MLB player. I suppose it is as much as being a bench bat or a 6th inning relief pitcher.
Either way .720 OPS isn’t gonna get you much of a role anywhere.
cabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
12:35 pm
MCFANN WHERE ARE YOU??????
DAP
September 12th, 2012
12:39 pm
MFin But I’m not sure playing 40-60 games as a RF hitting lefties is being a MLB player. I suppose it is as much as being a bench bat or a 6th inning relief pitcher.
yeah, i mean were talking 24th or 25th journey man type players.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
12:40 pm
missing in action like McCann….
Francouer and Francisco??? On second thought, let’s hope not.
Those 2 Franc’s would combine for a record number of Ks and a record low number of walks. Yikes.
brian
September 12th, 2012
12:40 pm
still celebrating Notre Dame to the ACC even if it just includes 5 football games per year
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
12:44 pm
still celebrating Notre Dame to the ACC
…whereas I think the recent additions to the conference, including Notre Dame, destroy the character and tradition of the conference. It’s become just another group of schools tied together by money alone.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
12:44 pm
TJ Simers again… http://t.co/iUnttEHU Matt Treanor wasn’t too happy with him… TJ was just trying to spread some joy in the Dodger clubhouse!
brian
September 12th, 2012
12:45 pm
Frenchy never did the work required to be a great player. He never made the adjustments that he needed to and when he struggled he basically refused to listen to coaches and change. He pouted when he was sent down to work on his swing in a non-pressure situation.
If Frenchy worked half as hard as Heyward did this offseason after Frenchy struggled, he never would have been given away in a trade
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
12:48 pm
“Those 2 Franc’s would combine for a record number of Ks and a record low number of walks. Yikes.”
Oh, but think of the BOMBS!!!
cabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
12:49 pm
TJ has an amazing effect on people…
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
12:49 pm
MVPrado14
“Here’s a kick in the teeth – Phillies end up winning the 2nd WC and end our season on our field for a second straight year”
It will be more of a Kick in The B@lls! If they Go All da way, like the Cardinals did last year at our expense, My Groin still hurts from that!
jeffrey d
September 12th, 2012
12:51 pm
Phillies end up winning the 2nd WC and end our season on our field for a second straight year
If the Braves went 5-14 (26.3%) to end the year, the Phillies would have to go 16-4 (80%) to beat them.
George_George
September 12th, 2012
12:51 pm
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
12:44 pm
I would think considering thier location it would be more logical for them to join the big 10.
cowdogit
September 12th, 2012
12:52 pm
Any stat nerd that wants to shut me up, Look up Canstanza,s won, lost record when he appears in a game for the last two years. I would aiso like to know the braves record when he’s on the roster.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
12:53 pm
David O’Brien @ajcbraves
Michael Bourn is hitting .320, with a .403 on-base in 81 #Braves wins only .221 with a .269 on-base in 61 losses. That’s how important he is
Pay him 18mil!!! (sarcasm)
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
12:55 pm
cowdogit
“Any stat nerd that wants to shut me up, Look up Canstanza,s won, lost record when he appears in a game for the last two years. I would aiso like to know the braves record when he’s on the roster.”
lol at the Stat nerd reference
Tomahawkin
September 12th, 2012
12:55 pm
cowdogit
“Any stat nerd that wants to shut me up, Look up Canstanza,s won, lost record when he appears in a game for the last two years. I would aiso like to know the braves record when he’s on the roster.”
lol at the Stat nerd reference
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
12:55 pm
Yeah, Constanza sure caused us to win in every game he’s started…
jeffrey d
September 12th, 2012
12:55 pm
ugh…I’m tired of Notre Dame acting like the football world revolves around them.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
12:57 pm
I took a look at Constanza’s W/L record, I see him as being 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA……
MVPrado14
September 12th, 2012
12:57 pm
“If the Braves went 5-14 (26.3%) to end the year, the Phillies would have to go 16-4 (80%) to beat them.”
The Phils don’t have to catch the Braves, just the Cards. Then my scenario would play out.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
12:59 pm
To Reach 90 wins:
Braves 81 62 9 10
Cards 75 67 15 5
Dodgers 74 68 16 4
Pirates 72 69 18 3
Brewers 71 71 19 1
Phillies 71 71 19 1
jeffrey d
September 12th, 2012
12:59 pm
Yes, it was Constanza’s mythical .286 SLG that led us to all those wins.
George_George
September 12th, 2012
1:01 pm
cowdogit
September 12th, 2012
12:52 pm
Any stat nerd that wants to shut me up, Look up Canstanza,s won, lost record when he appears in a game for the last two years. I would aiso like to know the braves record when he’s on the roster.
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I DON’T AGREE with you very often at all, but in the above I sure do AGREE. We win more often when he srarts and the tecord proves it.
jeffrey d
September 12th, 2012
1:01 pm
The Phils don’t have to catch the Braves, just the Cards. Then my scenario would play out.
But said the Phillies would end the Braves’ season on the Braves’ field for the second straight year.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:02 pm
I think that it’s gonna take at least 85 wins for the 2nd wild card…. the Phils and Brewers would need to go 15-5 to get it, Pirates 14-7, Dodgers, 12-8, Cards 11-9.
Phils and Brewers are just about done. Dodgers could be out of it soon.
brian
September 12th, 2012
1:02 pm
the ACC would not and could not survive as the 8 team league it once was. It would be swallowed by another league or have schools picked off one by one. We are headed to super conferences.
Notre Dame is a perfect fit for the ACC in its academic institution and a much needed lift in football. Its ancillary sports fit very nicely in the ACC as well. There will be some dynamic girls soccer games for example. ACC will become the LaCrosse conference adding ND and Syracuse to Duke, UNC, MAryland, and UVA. Basketball becomes much stronger with the addition of Syracuse, Pitt, and ND. Exit fees also increased markedly
Once ND’s contract with NBC is up in football the question becomes do they join the ACC in football and who is the 16th? I still would love for it to be Texas if the Big XII fizzles.
I have been at the games when ND came to UNC and when ND came to Wake Forest – those games could not have been more huge or had a bigger turn out. Now they are likely to come every 5-6 years to each ACC school. That in itself is huge. I don’t think there is any college football team close to what ND brings to the table – some have won more championships, many have been better year in and year out, but having Notre Dame visit your campus to play football is priceless
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
1:03 pm
David O’Brien @ajcbraves
Michael Bourn is hitting .320, with a .403 on-base in 81 #Braves wins only .221 with a .269 on-base in 61 losses. That’s how important he is
Wait, what?
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
1:06 pm
“Michael Bourn is hitting .320, with a .403 on-base in 81 #Braves wins only .221 with a .269 on-base in 61 losses. That’s how important he is”
Of course it is safe to say that every player on the Braves roster mirrors that trend to some extent.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:06 pm
We start next year against the Phils, 3 games in Atlanta. First game is April 1, Monday
cowdogit
September 12th, 2012
1:08 pm
I see ” Stat nerd’s can’t answer a couple of simple questions. Stop spinning and give me the facts.
tony austin
September 12th, 2012
1:08 pm
If the Braves went 5-14 (26.3%) to end the year, the Phillies would have to go 16-4 (80%) to beat them – jeffrey d
Both very attainable goals. The offense barely scores anymore and we all know how fast Philadelphia can make up games.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:09 pm
We end the season with 4 against the Phillies, in Atlanta. Brewers come right before that. Nice way to end the season, 7 straight home games.
Wait, what?
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
1:10 pm
“First game is April 1, Monday”
Second game is April 3, Wednesday
Third game is April 6, Saturday
Just in case there is rain or something.
David O'Brien
September 12th, 2012
1:11 pm
Braves open 2013 season April 1 at home vs. Phillies, have 6-game homestand vs. Phillies and Cubs before heading to Miami and Washington. Then it’s back home for an interleague series vs. Kansas City starting April 16.
George_George
September 12th, 2012
1:11 pm
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
1:03 pm
David O’Brien @ajcbraves
Michael Bourn is hitting .320, with a .403 on-base in 81 #Braves wins only .221 with a .269 on-base in 61 losses. That’s how important he is
Wait, what?
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In other words he is good when we win, bad when we lose. brilliant DAVID
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:12 pm
I see ” Stat nerd’s can’t answer a couple of simple questions. Stop spinning and give me the facts.
I did! 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA. That’s his W/L record.
His singles hitting, barely getting the ball out the infield sure caused us to win alot of games. Yeah right. We could’ve won alot of games even if he wasn’t playing. In fact, this “losing” streak didn’t start until he came back!
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
1:14 pm
If you are looking for Brilliant…Twitter feeds probably aren’t the place. Better off looking into the blog articles.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
1:14 pm
Jason Heyward
in wins: .312/.392/.579
in losses: .217/.270/.357
Freddie Freeman
in wins: .283/.371/.498
in losses: .228/.309/.372
Martin Prado
in wins: .321/.381/.451
in losses: .270/.317/.406
Chipper Jones
in wins: .330/.394/.592
in losses: .246/.353/.313
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
1:14 pm
ACC will become the LaCrosse conference adding ND and Syracuse to Duke, UNC, MAryland, and UVA.
this is one of the goals we always talk about in alumni meetings.
I’m just messin’ with ya, brian, LOL. These additions may indeed be a good thing, for all the reasons you mention. But allow a dinosaur to wallow in his grumpiness that it might be so.
And get off my lawn!
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:14 pm
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman
The Braves will open and close the 2013 season against the Phillies at home. They will also visit Kansas City for the first time (6/25-26)
Come back for 1 more year Chipper. Then you can play in that park in a reg. season game!
Venice Jim
September 12th, 2012
1:14 pm
Braves make the LA – San Diego swing together this year, giving us a week in early June to see them…
Venice Jim
September 12th, 2012
1:15 pm
“next year”
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:17 pm
Only Prado is good in a loss? Sweet.
I figured that when you lose, your hitters all do well…
David O'Brien
September 12th, 2012
1:17 pm
The Braves open AND close the season at home vs. Phillies.
George_George
September 12th, 2012
1:20 pm
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:12 pm
I see ” Stat nerd’s can’t answer a couple of simple questions. Stop spinning and give me the facts.
I did! 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA. That’s his W/L record.
His singles hitting, barely getting the ball out the infield sure caused us to win alot of games. Yeah right. We could’ve won alot of games even if he wasn’t playing. In fact, this “losing” streak didn’t start until he came back!
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Your above has NO facts to back it up. We know JUAN C is NOT a pitcher, so he does not have a w-l record. You know damn well I am speaking of BRAVES team record when JAUN C starts. Facts don’t lie.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
1:21 pm
“They will also visit Kansas City for the first time (6/25-26)”
Happy Birthday me. Gonna have to go to those two games. Why a two game series, though?
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:22 pm
Dan Uggla
in wins: .254/.375/.474/.849
in losses: .162/.298/.259/.557
BMac
in wins: .279/.353/.521/.874
in losses: .158/.215/.248/.463
Shows how important they are…
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
1:23 pm
Facts don’t lie.
here’s a fact for you: Constanza isn’t the most feeble excuse for a ML baseball player I’ve ever seen.
But he sure jump-starts the conversation.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:24 pm
Oh, and let’s not even look at the pitchers… I figure that when we lose games, the pitcher’s all did well too.
George_George
September 12th, 2012
1:25 pm
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
1:23 pm
YUP
jeffrey d
September 12th, 2012
1:25 pm
Your above has NO facts to back it up. We know JUAN C is NOT a pitcher, so he does not have a w-l record. You know damn well I am speaking of BRAVES team record when JAUN C starts. Facts don’t lie.
Fact 1: His name is Jose, not Juan.
Fact 2: Of the 104 runs the Braves have scored in games where Jose plays, he’s scored 7 of them, all while putting up a monstrous .588 OPS
Murph
September 12th, 2012
1:26 pm
No games against the Astros next season… or the Rangers. Sigh… gonna have to get on a plane if I want to see the team in person.
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
1:29 pm
Constanza has a 60 OPS+. Do you have any idea just how bad that is? He has an OPS under .600; his OBP is below average at about .300; he’s slugging under .300. And somebody wants to opine that this guy helps win ballgames?
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:29 pm
Jose Constanza 2012
in wins: .238/.304/.262/.566 (16 games 47 PAs)
in losses: .286/.286/.429/.714 (just 7 games, 7 PAs)
He has played and hit in more wins, but his BA is not impressive. He’s not doing all that much.
George_George
September 12th, 2012
1:30 pm
jeffrey d
September 12th, 2012
1:25 pm
But BRAVES win -loss record is better both in 2011 and 2012 when JOSE C starts. Sorry about his given name.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
1:30 pm
“And somebody wants to opine that this guy helps win ballgames?”
At this point if he has scored ANY RUNS in ANY GAMES, he is an ELITE Braves player.
David O'Brien
September 12th, 2012
1:30 pm
14 of Braves 20 interleague games in ‘13 are before All-Star braek. No Yankees or RedSox on sked, road or home (which won’t help attendance at Turner Field).
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:32 pm
Constanza has awful home/away splits this year too, and he has more away ABs! Even for his career, this is quite a difference in those splits.
Also, when you’re slugging under .300, less than your OBP, that’s not good. Worth -0.1 oWAR if you’re so inclined.
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
1:32 pm
At this point if he has scored ANY RUNS in ANY GAMES, he is an ELITE Braves player.
If the charter went down with all hands, the Braves would still have a better chance of winning a ballgame than if Constanza started.
David O'Brien
September 12th, 2012
1:35 pm
Braves 2013 road interleague games will be at Detroit, Kansas City, Toronto, ChiSox.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:35 pm
Elite? Hah! Then again, so was that Braves pitcher…
Jose is .389/.476/.389/.865 at home and .161/.188/.226/.413 on the road. (22 and 32 PAs, respectively) Sure screams elite to me.
George_George
September 12th, 2012
1:37 pm
Enough already win-loss records are the most important stat in baseball or any sport. Sorry I got into this, all it got me is a migrain headache. Outta here for now. Wish our bums could hit a baseball when needed.
DS1
September 12th, 2012
1:39 pm
Is there a link to the schedule?
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
1:43 pm
The whole offense has been awful for the last 8 games, save one 11-run anomaly.
Heck maybe Constanza single-handedly wins a couple of those games with his legs.
David O'Brien
September 12th, 2012
1:46 pm
Happy birthday to Freddie Freeman (23) and to the Possum, George Jones (82).
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:46 pm
Hasn’t yet.
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
1:47 pm
Braves starters are hitting:
________AVG__OBP__SLG__OPS
Wins.. .287 .363 .468 .830
Losses .209 .272 .315 .586
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
1:48 pm
So that must mean that all our hitters are “that important” to this lineup. Not just Bourn. Hmmm
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
1:48 pm
Hand them all $18M a year…
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
1:52 pm
Heck maybe Constanza single-handedly wins a couple of those games with his legs.
And he did, when he used those legs and walked away from the field to allow someone better to play.
cowdogit
September 12th, 2012
1:52 pm
I’am waiting for an answer to my question – If no one knows , stop wasting my time with your stupid opinions !
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
1:53 pm
I wonder what Greinke’s ERA looks like in wins and losses?
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
1:59 pm
Hand them all $18M a year…
We win when our hitters hit well. We lose when our hitters suck. This is not surprising. And it does not mean that we should give $18 million a year to a leadoff hitter with a 91 OPS+. The stick isn;t the selling point on Bourn. The defense and baserunning is – but that ain’t worth 20% of the Braves payroll, sorry.
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
2:00 pm
I wonder what Greinke’s ERA looks like in wins and losses?
Better than JJ’s!
Even his isn’t great… but I’m not saying that he’s so desperately important that we NEED to pay him 18mil/yr. There are other good options. Some people here say Bourn is the heart and soul of this team. Yet it’s shown that all our Braves struggle in losses. In fact, pitchers struggle in losses. TO say that we need to bring Bourn back because of his W/L splits is crazy.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
2:00 pm
” that ain’t worth 20% of the Braves payroll, sorry.”
25% next year. :tear:
No player is worth that.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
2:05 pm
Dees (Jersey): If Andrelton Simmons were still eligible, where would you rank him in your top 100?
Jim Callis: He still qualifies until he gets another 10 big league at-bats. I’d put him in the middle somewhere. Gifted defender who won’t be a lightweight at the plate.
Sit him so our org. ranking is higher !!! – said the blind prospect hugger
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
2:06 pm
“I wonder what Greinke’s ERA looks like in wins and losses?
Better than JJ’s!”
Actually not true either. Not even close.
raleighbravefan
September 12th, 2012
2:06 pm
cowdogit – I once again bow to your superior knowledge and understanding of the game of baseball. Since there were NO other variables invlolved in the games Georgie appeared in vs those he did not, it’s obvious that he was solely responsible for those wins.In fact, he is such an elite and important player, we should have been able to trade him for Greinke, or maybe even King Felix.
You may wish to put down those stones you are casting at those you accuse of wasting your (oh so valuable) time with their “stupid” opinions. (look in a mirror, bud).
DS1
September 12th, 2012
2:06 pm
cowdung
If your curious, look it up yourself.
Obviously, the stat nerds don’t seem to care.
DAP
September 12th, 2012
2:07 pm
we need to step it up in losses though, hunh?
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
2:07 pm
“we need to step it up in losses though?”
Technically we need to step it up in wins too. Unless you love using your bullpen to death in winning games 1-0.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
2:08 pm
We’d probably have 4 Top 100 prospects if Simmons were eligible – Teheran, Bethancourt(I still think he gets in there because of his tools/position scarcity), and Graham(borderline) being the others.
raleighbravefan
September 12th, 2012
2:09 pm
TOBF – Actually, our pitchers have looked pretty damn good in a lot of our loses.
Efrim
September 12th, 2012
2:10 pm
BenBadler Per B-Ref, teams whose hitters have fewer combined WAR than Mike Trout: Astros, Cubs, Rockies, Marlins, Dodgers, Orioles.
“Once in a generation” level talent.
chipontheroad
September 12th, 2012
2:12 pm
The “is ought gap”is rearing its ugly head
GO BRAVOS
Venice Jim
September 12th, 2012
2:13 pm
DS1 – I went to MLB and paged through the entire MLB schedule 3 days at a time…
TennesseePaul
September 12th, 2012
2:15 pm
“Once in a generation” level talent.
Yes, but that pales compared to once in a four generation talent.
CB
September 12th, 2012
2:16 pm
Fire John Swofford!
Venice Jim
September 12th, 2012
2:16 pm
Actually, I misrepresented the facts in an effort to make myself appear more industrious – I stopped paging through as soon as i got through the western trips…
DS1
September 12th, 2012
2:17 pm
Rh
Thx VJ
MVPrado14
September 12th, 2012
2:17 pm
“But said the Phillies would end the Braves’ season on the Braves’ field for the second straight year.”
In the one-game playoff
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
2:19 pm
VJ and DS1- I just scrolled through to next year on Braves current schedule
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=atl
Venice Jim
September 12th, 2012
2:20 pm
Well, that wasn’t there an hour and 15 minutes ago…
TheOnlyBravesFan
September 12th, 2012
2:26 pm
TOBF – Actually, our pitchers have looked pretty damn good in a lot of our loses.
You’re right… I can’t find a stat that shows how they’ve done in games the team has lost, I can only get it for games in which the SP got the loss.Those numbers are all pretty bad (ERA over 5 for everyone).
DS1
September 12th, 2012
2:45 pm
All games out west are early…..
ChattTownBrian
September 12th, 2012
2:48 pm
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
ChattTownBrian
September 12th, 2012
2:51 pm
Gallardo actually stayed out late and slept about an hour this morning. He knows it’s all good. Tonight he can be at 30 % and breeze his way through this Braves lineup.
phil
September 12th, 2012
2:53 pm
The Brewers could trot Gaylord Perry out there at this point and own our pathetic lineup….
Can’t wait for October 5th!
ChattTownBrian
September 12th, 2012
2:53 pm
Poor Paul. Braun, Weeks and the rest of the Crew might just knock out the finesser in a few short innings if he’s off with his 86 mph fastballs by even less than half an inch. Poor Paul.
ChattTownBrian
September 12th, 2012
2:55 pm
Bourn might not strikeout tonight since he has good numbers against Gallarado. It’s a positive for him at this point, and us.
phil
September 12th, 2012
2:57 pm
Bourne will go 0-3 against this latest washed up wretch of a pitcher….2 ks at least.
MVPrado14
September 12th, 2012
2:58 pm
“Maholm (12-9, 3.67), though, is 1-10 with a 5.37 ERA in his last 18 starts against the Brewers, including five straight losing decisions over his past seven matchups.
He made two starts against Milwaukee while with the Chicago Cubs this season and went 0-2 with an 11.25 ERA.”
That’s encouraging. Guess we’ll be going back home with a 3-3 road trip.
phil
September 12th, 2012
3:01 pm
Good grief….that bad, eh?
Maybe we’ll get a reverse of normal performance from maholm ourselves, as we can surely expect from this bum Gallardo….
DS1
September 12th, 2012
3:04 pm
That just means he’s due……….
phil
September 12th, 2012
3:07 pm
I see ol Cheatzik at Auburn is up to some more of his usual tricks….
Fish Bisch
September 12th, 2012
3:11 pm
Must win game tonight.
phil
September 12th, 2012
3:12 pm
If we lose tonight, the only acceptable reaction is to relieve Pendleton of his first base coaching duties…..
phil
September 12th, 2012
3:15 pm
I see that playoff tickets are about to go on sale….
Yawn.
Step right up and buy your tickets to watch us fall flat on our collective faces at home for roughly the tenth straight time in a big, make it or break it game.
And I don’t even have a degree in marketing…
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
3:15 pm
If we lose tonight, the only acceptable reaction is to relieve Pendleton of his first base coaching duties…..
Is that all? Whew. I thought fer sure you’d want some players drawn and quartered, instead.
Is phil not merciful?
phil
September 12th, 2012
3:16 pm
My overt negativity and I have to go do a little work.
I’ll spare you all til later!
CB
September 12th, 2012
3:20 pm
Every time I read phil now I picture him as Doug Whiner.
DS1
September 12th, 2012
3:20 pm
Is phil not merciful?
Downright saintly four shore.
abeeeewright
September 12th, 2012
3:22 pm
If the Braves get home-field in the play-in game, it just means they can bracket the playoffs with an elimination win at home to start and complete the post-season.
raleighbravefan
September 12th, 2012
3:24 pm
I don’t assume…AT ALL… that we will lose the play-in game. In fact, we should be favored to win. Once past that, who knows? Anything could happen. Poster negativity does not = Brave losses.
abeeeewright
September 12th, 2012
3:26 pm
Braves have already been banking runs for the post-season. Store them up now, draw them out in October.
It works that way, doesn’t it?
DAP
September 12th, 2012
3:27 pm
who should start the play in game? right now im going medlen, then huddy and minor to start at home in the first round.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
3:27 pm
“Poster negativity does not = Brave losses.”
Yep, Braves offense=Braves losses.
cabravesfan
September 12th, 2012
3:29 pm
Gotta love that Brandon McCarthy has not lost his sense of humor about his ordeal:
Brandon McCarthy @BMcCarthy32
Guess who’s “a good big boy who went potty all on his own” today? This is all doing wonders for my self- esteem!
DS1
September 12th, 2012
3:35 pm
I still get squeamish thinking about that come-backer that beaned McCarthy!
OUCH!
DS1
September 12th, 2012
3:38 pm
DAP
Anybody in their right mind would want Medlen to start that play in game, as things stand now.
What would be really nice is for the Braves to get a chance to set up their rotation for the playoffs. We’re pretty much out of the running (though not technically) for the division championship, and so long as we don’t have a 2011 type collapse, we should fairly easily be able to have the best WC record at the end of the season.
I’d love to see the team set up their pitching accordingly.
DS1
September 12th, 2012
3:39 pm
But that might be too hard for Fredi to figger out all by himself. Maybe TP and McDowell can help him do the calculations……..
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
3:41 pm
who should start the play in game? right now im going medlen, then huddy and minor to start at home in the first round.
Can you work it that way? There’s only the off day on 10/04. If Hudson or Minor have to pitch on 10/03, they couldn’t come back on 10/06. I admit, I have no idea how the rotation plays out at the end of the month.
raleighbravefan
September 12th, 2012
3:41 pm
MFin – Yep, Braves offense (or lack thereof) = Braves loses.
Usually true, although we occasionally have a pithching meltdown….but for ALL the negativeity, offense, pithcing, etc., we are still 19 games over .500, on track to win 92 games, on September 12.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
3:43 pm
“What would be really nice is for the Braves to get a chance to set up their rotation for the playoffs.”
They will no doubt have that ability. The last week of the season will be pointless for the 1st wild card. The 2nd wild card probably will have some drama but not for the Braves.
I’m assuming the Braves go: Medlen, Hudson, Maholm, Minor, (Sheets)
And can only hope they don’t pitch Tommy Hanson in the playoffs at all.
Not sure how the schedule works out, but possibly they’d be able to go:
Medlen, Hudson, Maholm, Medlen, Minor
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
3:45 pm
Is the first playoff series still a stupid 5 game series?
raleighbravefan
September 12th, 2012
3:48 pm
MFin – Yep, 5 games. (and we will win 3 of them)
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
3:50 pm
They will no doubt have that ability. The last week of the season will be pointless for the 1st wild card.
Ah, but what if the unthinkable (for some here) happens, and the division is up for grabs?
Venice Jim
September 12th, 2012
3:50 pm
Is the first playoff series still a stupid 5 game series
I’ve always found that it was stupid when you lose, but just right when you win…
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
3:52 pm
“and the division is up for grabs?”
There is a better chance the Braves miss the playoffs than the Braves win the division. Neither of which are very likely.
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
3:54 pm
If the Nationals go 2-18 and the Braves go 9-10, we tie!
If the Nationals go 5-15 and the Braves go 12-7, we tie!
nolie
September 12th, 2012
3:55 pm
poster negativity ≠ Braves doing better either
MFin04
September 12th, 2012
3:56 pm
At this point Tommy Hanson should be starting every 3rd day to get our really rotation ready for the playoffs.
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
3:57 pm
Neither of which are very likely.
I said nothing about “chances”. Just “what if”. Can’t ignore the possibility.
Carroll Rogers
September 12th, 2012
3:58 pm
new blog is up!
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/?p=22917
ncscoots
September 12th, 2012
4:00 pm
poster negativity ≠ Braves doing better either
I dunno, this might be like the Volatility Index. Negativity gets real high, it’s a sure sign to make your bets in the other direction.
Carroll Rogers
September 12th, 2012
4:04 pm
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/09/12/braves-need-bourn-to-heat-up-chipper-in-si/
last link was bad. but new blog is up.
DAP
September 12th, 2012
4:04 pm
What would be really nice is for the Braves to get a chance to set up their rotation for the playoffs
DS1 and scoots, if we keep the current rotation, i think medlen can start the one game playoff on 3 days rest.
or, they can skip a starter on an off day(which would be easy, since hanson is scheduled to start on an off day), and medlen can start the playoff on regular rest.
Lee in S GA
September 12th, 2012
5:30 pm
Ah, but what if the unthinkable (for some here) happens, and the division is up for grabs?
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what if the real unthinkable happens and the phillies come back and win one of the wild card spots
icon pack
September 23rd, 2012
1:01 am
You commit aj error. Let’s discuss it. Write to me in PM, we will talk.
hpixel
JT
September 23rd, 2012
3:50 pm
Here is where that dumb shyte Fredi loses the game. What an idiot