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TheOnlyBravesFan
October 1st, 2012
5:40 pm
Atlanta Braves @Braves
Lineup change for tonight. Uggla has been scratched for precautionary reasons (swelling in his right hand).
Damn… Pastornicky or Baker? Maybe Prado to 2B and Baker/Constanza in left.
David O'Brien
October 1st, 2012
5:41 pm
Uggla scratched from lineup with swelling in right hand, precautionary move. Prado goes to 2nd, Johnson batting 6th in LF.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 1st, 2012
5:42 pm
And the answer: Mark Bowman @mlbbowman
Uggla has been scratched for precautionary reasons w/ swelling in his right hand. Johnson will bat 6th and play LF. Prado moves to 2B
was surprised that Uggla’s hand hadn’t bothered him before. Hope it heals up before Friday.
brian
October 1st, 2012
5:46 pm
back to the previous blog starting debate about Heyward being top 15 most valuable players in the league………if you take age into the equation, yes he is.
brian
October 1st, 2012
5:46 pm
back to the previous blog starting debate about Heyward being top 15 most valuable players in the league………if you take age into the equation, yes he is.
nolie
October 1st, 2012
5:46 pm
Prado has never played CF or catcher in the bigs. That should be rectified immediately
jeffrey d
October 1st, 2012
5:47 pm
I think Uggla’s been scratched for precautionary reasons.
Bigwheel
October 1st, 2012
5:47 pm
Mmmmmmmmmm..mm.mmm.mmmm.. I love Mami’s dumplins. Im all full of fanta tonight
nolie
October 1st, 2012
5:48 pm
yeah Jeffrey they prolly scratched him to not take any chances……
Hillbilly
October 1st, 2012
5:49 pm
One of my favorite things about having kids is sharing movies and music that I grew up with.
It’s pretty crazy isn’t it. I told him the other day that I have a picture of myself on my first day of kindegarten wearing a ghostbusters t-shirt and here he is at almost the same age reciting it word-for-word.
Then there’s my 9 year old. She’s out of control. Her first dog was named Johnny Cash. I took her picture riding the tube behind our party barge this summer and she was standing up on it with her arms in an X-shape above her head. She learned that watching Pink Floyd: The Wall with me a few years back. And just last week, she won the County Fair Queen Pageant…Whe she walked off the stage, I was going in for a hug, but she cut me off with a Dan Uggla elbow smash. I can’t take her anywhere.
brian
October 1st, 2012
5:50 pm
I have been opposed the Braves resting their regulars for any length of time once they clinched. Of course, since they are still alive for the division title, that was not going to happen anyway.
Now as far as the possibility of having to play a rain out game on Thursday and a 1 game playoff series on Friday, absolutely put 2nd string and send the regulars back to Atlanta to prepare for the playoff game. That make up game, if it were to happen, would put the Braves at a disadvantage in the wildcard playoff
Heisenberg
October 1st, 2012
5:55 pm
gotta go – braves/orioles in WS
nolie
October 1st, 2012
6:00 pm
I would be thrilled with a Braves/Orioles WS
David O'Brien
October 1st, 2012
6:03 pm
Uggla’s hand swelled up from the flight, around the staples (which he has instead of stitches, for cut in hand). So they’re giving it a day for swelling to subside, Fredi said.
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
6:03 pm
Murph & Hillbilly
Thanks for sharing the kids stories. Made me smile, good stuff.
BFChris28
October 1st, 2012
6:04 pm
I’d like either a Braves/O’s or Braves/Tigers.
I think Tigers will be the team to beat though.
David O'Brien
October 1st, 2012
6:04 pm
Chipper’s parents came up on the team’s charter flight.
Puma
October 1st, 2012
6:15 pm
I would take Braves/Insert any team name in WS. Lets just get there baby!
DOB – do you and other press peeps fly on team charter or you fly commercial?
David O'Brien
October 1st, 2012
6:15 pm
Chipper said he’ll probably take tomorrow (Tuesday) off. Wanted to face a lefty tonight
Couch Tater
October 1st, 2012
6:15 pm
Pittsburgh has good fans. Shame they can’t put it together.
.. and get beat by us in the NLCS, again.
2 million attendance this year. 1.8 million in ‘92.
Coleman
October 1st, 2012
6:24 pm
DOB,
Sorry if you have answered this question already, but what time would the wildcard game be on Friday? Thanks
AZBravoFan
October 1st, 2012
6:28 pm
They better make sure that thing’s not infected for that could be the end of Uggla for the season…#staph
Waffle House or Bust
October 1st, 2012
6:28 pm
What the hell are you doing out here? – Uggla
I think we all have felt the same about Uggla this season. Ha!
jeffrey d
October 1st, 2012
6:28 pm
Coleman – I don’t think the times have been announced yet. I’ve heard that if the Yankees end up in the AL Wild Card game that one would be slated for night putting the NL one earlier in the afternoon.
Mixxo
October 1st, 2012
6:39 pm
If we lose Uggla in the play-in game or further due to some infection/shoddy ER procedure….I’ma be a PO’d fan.
O.M.G.
October 1st, 2012
6:40 pm
How did Uggla cut his hand?
DS1
October 1st, 2012
6:43 pm
If the Nats win tonight, on the last day of the year Fredi should start Prado at every position during the game. And let him close it out as the pitcher in the 9th inning.
Now that would be cool. Didn’t somebody from the Twins do something like that back in the 60’s or 70’s?
Murph
October 1st, 2012
6:43 pm
Prado in LF with Baker at 2B, or Prado at 2B and Constanza in LF?
Yikes. Get Uggla some ice!
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
6:43 pm
Mixxo @ 6:39
And that would be different from other times how?
Murph
October 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
How did Uggla cut his hand?
Held on too tight to the kite string
jeffrey d
October 1st, 2012
6:46 pm
How did Uggla cut his hand?
Opening a can of spinach
David O'Brien
October 1st, 2012
6:47 pm
McCutchen presenting Chipper with one of the commemorative bases that the Pirates will use during the series. Also gave $5,000 to Cystic Fibrosis group in Chipper’s name
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
6:47 pm
O M G
He cut it reaching into a cooler during the WC celebration, I think.
DS1
October 1st, 2012
6:48 pm
Move him from SS to 1B to C to LF to 3B to 2B to CF to RF to P in that order.
Murph
October 1st, 2012
6:50 pm
How did Uggla cut his hand?
He was trying to break ice blocks like Daniel Laruso in Karate Kid II. Needless to say he made it through the stack.
O.M.G.
October 1st, 2012
6:51 pm
Bat, thanks. That’s just amazing. Murph and jeffrey d–LOL
Murph
October 1st, 2012
6:53 pm
How did Uggla cut his hand?
The Hawkmen made Uggla reach into the stump as a test… that green scorpion thing really tagged him good.
O.M.G.
October 1st, 2012
6:56 pm
Murph, maybe Uggla has taken one to many balls off his noodle.
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
6:59 pm
Sure thing, OMG
Carolina Gent
October 1st, 2012
7:03 pm
I’ll be at work all evening.. anyone know of a place I can watch the game on my computer? Someone last week posted a link here and I watched Freddie’s magnificent walk-off…..
BFChris28
October 1st, 2012
7:03 pm
I have Pirates feed tonight.
George_George
October 1st, 2012
7:03 pm
Good evening all
I can’t believe how nice I was earller today.
usnavyvolfaninva
October 1st, 2012
7:05 pm
Go get ‘em Paul!
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
7:07 pm
Me either, George. Don’t get carried away with that sort of thing, okay
George_George
October 1st, 2012
7:08 pm
Great line from LEE CHILD’s new book REACHER says” the rifle round came in on target from 400 yds out like a curve ball dropping into the strike zone”.
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
7:09 pm
Whoa! great look from behind the pitcher
Couch Tater
October 1st, 2012
7:11 pm
Nice ice ice ice. Crowd owd owd owd.
T-Dawg
October 1st, 2012
7:11 pm
Could be a no hitter for this horrible pitcher. Lefty with a good fastball.
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
7:11 pm
Come on, Jason
Let’s get something started here
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
7:11 pm
Or don’t
BiggDawgK
October 1st, 2012
7:13 pm
DO’B
Great job as always. You are a consumate pro. I look forward to you working hard and keeping us informed for the rest of the season. Let’s hope that you don’t get a break until the second week in November.
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
7:13 pm
Good line Tater
Kind of the same in here lately
BiggDawgK
October 1st, 2012
7:15 pm
George George
One of my favorite lines from that book.
Reacher said nothing.
Dum-Bass
October 1st, 2012
7:16 pm
Uggla cut his hand in an uncalled for, not necessary, premature celebration. How many times have we heard of players getting injured while throwing a tantrum or celebrating? Someone got injured not long ago in the bottom of a pile on the field. Would be a bad omen if there’s infection and he’s lost for the post season, NOW that he has it somewhat together.
George_George
October 1st, 2012
7:18 pm
Here is something to think about. How cou;d you talk for one minute without usesing the letter A or a word with a in it? This is not a joke it can be done.
Ghost of Chipper Jones
October 1st, 2012
7:21 pm
nolie
October 1st, 2012
5:46 pm
“…….Prado has never played CF or catcher in the bigs. That should be rectified immediately…….”
Chuckle.
Dum-Bass
October 1st, 2012
7:21 pm
I know that already, GG. You can count to 999 before using the letter A. You don’t see or hear it until one thousand. Very odd!
George_George
October 1st, 2012
7:21 pm
LEE CHILD is English but has moved to this country and is a great baseball fan, has season tickets to YANKEE games.
Couch Tater
October 1st, 2012
7:22 pm
Kind of the same in here lately
Bat – Not necessarily a bad thing. I was surprise there weren’t more on here for Chipper’s last game, yesterday.
Braveone
October 1st, 2012
7:22 pm
From the previous blog which had 1,370 comments, TheOnlyBravesFan led the way with 129 posts. There were 116 different poster names. Here are the Top 25:
Rank Poster Frequency
1 TheOnlyBravesFan 129
2 nolie 69
3 Efrim 67
4 Venice Jim 59
5 phil 48
6 MFin04 39
7 Bat Masterson 36
8 DS1 35
9 George_George 35
10 cabravesfan 34
11 Brian from SC 33
12 Disgusted 33
13 Capt.Mudd 30
14 MiaBchBravesFan 30
15 ncscoots 29
16 Tomahawk Mafia 28
17 TennesseePaul 27
18 chipontheroad 26
19 raleighbravefan 24
20 Couch Tater 23
21 Jeff R 23
22 jeffrey d 23
23 David O’Brien 22
24 Kat 21
25 Shaun 21
Mixxo
October 1st, 2012
7:22 pm
Hit it on the screws…..Dang!
George_George
October 1st, 2012
7:24 pm
Dum-Bass
October 1st, 2012
7:21 pm
Yup.
David O'Brien
October 1st, 2012
7:26 pm
Uggla scratched from lineup due to swollen hand
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/10/01/uggla-scratched-from-lineup-for-swollen-hand/
David O'Brien
October 1st, 2012
7:27 pm
Sorry if you have answered this question already, but what time would the wildcard game be on Friday? Thanks
Not determined. You’re welcome.
ncgary
October 1st, 2012
7:27 pm
go braves
George_George
October 1st, 2012
7:28 pm
WOW George_George is in the top 10, good for him.
Trader Jack
October 1st, 2012
7:28 pm
Phils 2 Nats 0
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
7:29 pm
Me too, Tater.
I guess it will pick up for Fridays game or sooner depending
ncbravesfan90
October 1st, 2012
7:29 pm
2-0 Philly Middle of 2nd inning
ncbravesfan90
October 1st, 2012
7:31 pm
I think Uggla will end up with a higher batting average than McCann….
Mixxo
October 1st, 2012
7:31 pm
My goodness he’s s-l-o-w !!
George_George
October 1st, 2012
7:34 pm
In a way it is better when fewer are here. the submit button gets very slow when a lot of folks are here.
Mitchell
October 1st, 2012
7:34 pm
Wonderful, Brian.
What a great year he’s had.
Dan Uggla and Brian McCann are why we lost the division.
T-Dawg
October 1st, 2012
7:35 pm
No reason to play Brian McCann any more his season.
Dum-Bass
October 1st, 2012
7:35 pm
DOB says if it’s the Cards, it will be Lohse on Friday. Matheny must be another stubborn, hardhead like FG, if he’s not going with a LH. I know he has GARCIA, and could have set that up. It’s to the Braves advantage though, so maybe he doesn’t read stats much. ATL has scored twice as many runs against RHs this year. As of a couple days ago it was 448 vs righties, and an unbelievable 238 vs lefties. Keep that quiet, maybe the Cards skipper doesn’t know that. Personally, if I were the manager of the team facing the Braves in a one game playoff I would use a young lefthander just up from AAA possibly. One they had not seen before.
Kat
October 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
Thanks for the new DOB blog David.
Scary part as Fredit admits about the offense having spurts is if the one WC game day is a down spurt. Rough part of playing just one game.
David are the umpire lineups set yet from the WC game? Interested to see who our umps will be. Now that every missed call will mean even more in this one game playoff.
Mitchell
October 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
God, I’m so proud of not making Bravesone’s list.
I would have thought for sure I was in there somewhere.
Turns out I’m not nearly as big a loser I thought I was.
Winning!
Mitchell
October 1st, 2012
7:41 pm
Thank you, Charlie Sheen.
T-Dawg
October 1st, 2012
7:44 pm
It’s interesting that at the beginning of the season the Braves front office was counting on Hanson to slide into that ACE pitching role and for McCann to be our best hitter.
George_George
October 1st, 2012
7:44 pm
Kat
October 1st, 2012
7:36 pm
To much bad can happen with one game , it sure scaires me. The owners should insist on 2 out of 3 next year. Of course the best thing would be go back to one WC,that would be the fairest.
Venice Jim
October 1st, 2012
7:45 pm
No, we were the winners…
phil
October 1st, 2012
7:46 pm
Mac…..
Sigh.
Venice Jim
October 1st, 2012
7:46 pm
Adam Kilgore @AdamKilgoreWP
Lannan grounds out to leave the bases loaded.
Trey
October 1st, 2012
7:47 pm
The umpiring has been awful this year. I wonder if we have replacement umps.
Mixxo
October 1st, 2012
7:48 pm
Man, I thought Andy tagged it better.
Mitchell
October 1st, 2012
7:48 pm
Bigwheel
October 1st, 2012
5:47 pm
Mmmmmmmmmm..mm.mmm.mmmm.. I love Mami’s dumplins. Im all full of fanta tonight
Honey Boo Boo Child in the house tonight.
Welcome, Honey Boo Boo.
Rick C
October 1st, 2012
7:49 pm
Damn I thought that one was gone off the bat
phil
October 1st, 2012
7:49 pm
Yeah.
Umps are why we don’t hit worth a toot…
Bat Masterson
October 1st, 2012
7:50 pm
Good to see that from bourn
Mitchell
October 1st, 2012
7:51 pm
How the hell was that not a home run?
Mixxo
October 1st, 2012
7:52 pm
Nice to see Michael getting his stroke back.
phil
October 1st, 2012
7:52 pm
Rally killer Heyward, folks….
Mixxo
October 1st, 2012
7:53 pm
Jason needs to come through here!
For cryin’ out loud.
phil
October 1st, 2012
7:53 pm
How? Dude caught it.
Mixxo
October 1st, 2012
7:57 pm
Attaboy JHey!!
Venice Jim
October 1st, 2012
7:57 pm
Good job, Jason!!!
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 1st, 2012
7:57 pm
Hit for JHey! Who cares that he’s hitting .176 for his last 19 games?
T-Dawg
October 1st, 2012
7:57 pm
Good job J-Hey. More please.
phil
October 1st, 2012
7:57 pm
Great at bat, heyward!
Attaboy!
BFChris28
October 1st, 2012
7:57 pm
Heyward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!