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ugaaccountant
December 30th, 2012
5:28 pm
Who says we can afford Laroche + Stanton in salary? We don’t have that much in the figures I see posted around here. Plus, how do we afford the raises for both Stanton & Heyward over the next few years?
Lee in S GA
December 30th, 2012
5:29 pm
Thanks for saying this. I was disgusted at Disgusted, because I was commenting on the fact that I believe Chicago and The Doobie Brothers should be considered for the R&R Hall of Fame based on their longevity and they are still making good music today…
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if the OJAYS are in the 2 groups mention above should be without a doubt…what did they have besides Love Train and I Love Music…not a lot
JC Brave
December 30th, 2012
5:35 pm
keithlaw @keithlaw
I think the real difficulty would be for a gay player to have Torii Hunter as a teammate.
What was that about?
ugaaccountant
December 30th, 2012
5:36 pm
Laroche was #6 in the MVP vote last year. He’s going to get decent money. We couldn’t afford his salary for any # of years unless we have secret reserves we’re not aware of.
If we were to trade Freeman for anyone, we’d be looking at Mejia at 1b and Francisco at 3b once Prado leaves at the end of the year. Because he’d be leaving so that we could afford the raises Stanton and Heyward will command.
JC Brave
December 30th, 2012
5:42 pm
Nevermind, I looked it up.
keyLargo.
December 30th, 2012
6:17 pm
Disaster for the Falcons if they lose these two. Hopefully with the bye they have time to heal.
Two key members of the defense left the game with injuries – end John Abraham (ankle) and cornerback Dunta Robinson (head).
Lew
December 30th, 2012
6:19 pm
Why give LaRoche three years at money we can’t afford. If you had Stanton in the outfield, you could just plug Mejia in at first and hardly skip a beat. I like Freeman a good bit, but if he’d bring Stanton? Hell yeah.
But it ain’t happening for several reasons.
TheOnlyBravesFan
December 30th, 2012
6:20 pm
and they both sure needed to be playing…
Lee in S GA
December 30th, 2012
6:26 pm
Disaster for the Falcons if they lose these two. Hopefully with the bye they have time to heal.
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don’t understand why smith had most of the regulars playing…this game meant nothing
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
6:30 pm
Teams don’t want to make their players (and most players don’t want to either) sit out 2 full weeks without game conditions- speed, contact, etc…
Mitchell
December 30th, 2012
6:34 pm
I’m officially ready for baseball.
David O'Brien
December 30th, 2012
6:43 pm
DOB we need a new blog…. seems the baseball free agent market is slow…. — Maine Braves Fan
Sorry, but not writing a new blog while I’m on vacation to say that nothing has happened in the past week while the GM’s been out of the country on vacation.
ncgary
December 30th, 2012
6:51 pm
new blog up starting on page 51
absolutely nothing happening while wren skis away
Mako
December 30th, 2012
6:54 pm
Going by this blog, Gattis straight up for Stanton would be a fair deal. I mean, look at those winter league stats!!
Clearly would be an overpay by the Braves.
ccrider
December 30th, 2012
6:54 pm
For those wanting to trade for Stanton. Are You CRAZY! . we would have him 4+ years and he would be GONE! Can’t compete with Dodgers, Angels, Yankees, Red Sox, Rangers Etc.
We will be lucky to resign Heyward( Hometown discount?)
The Braves need to focus on the Draft, Development and smart trades.
We are closer to KC, Rays, A’s, Marlins, Indians( Whoops, They just got a nice new TV deal that will move them past the Braves).
Well, you get the picture. Ted Turner is gone, the Braves are no longer the Cable darlings with the TV revenue to compete with the BIG BOYS. Sad but true!
Lee in S GA
December 30th, 2012
7:05 pm
Teams don’t want to make their players (and most players don’t want to either) sit out 2 full weeks without game conditions- speed, contact, etc…
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well I am sure u know more than Howie Long…he even said it was “stupid” but carry on
Zing
December 30th, 2012
7:08 pm
Big difference between the Marlins trading Josh Johnson, Jose Reyes, and Mark Buerle, all high-priced FA signings in a salary dump, and a guy like Stanton. The only way we’d be able to get Giancarlo would be for Simmons plus Teheran or Delgado. Freeman, though an excellent player who’s young and etc., wouldn’t get it done, because it’s a lot easier to get production from 1B.
keyLargo.
December 30th, 2012
7:12 pm
Gattis straight up for Stanton would be a fair deal. I mean, look at those winter league stats!!
Yeah, but look at Stanton’s MLB stats: 37 HR’s and SLG .600+. Might have to throw in PTNL
Zing
December 30th, 2012
7:12 pm
ccrider, if we could have Stanton for 4 years via a reasonable trade, I’d do it. 3-4 years with all our young guns? (Freeman, Simmons, Heyward, and now Upton and Stanton?) That would be a fun team to watch.
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:13 pm
Lee-
So you decide to post a sarcastic reply to me why? I think it’s bad to sit your players without playing AT ALL for 2 weeks. Just because Howie Long thinks differently does not make him automatically right.
Lee in S GA
December 30th, 2012
7:16 pm
you either cabravesfan….sarcastic…lol…u r one to be talking
nolie
December 30th, 2012
7:17 pm
snark? on this blog? nah no way….
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:18 pm
Lee-
My response was not sarcastic. I was simply responding to the original post.
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
7:18 pm
well I am sure u know more than Howie Long…he even said it was “stupid” but carry on — Lee in S GA
There are 2 schools of thought on that subject.
1) Rest the starters and eliminate any possibility of injury.
2) Play the starters, some, in order to keep the starting team’s timing sharp.
The Packers tried what Howie Long said would be “smart”, last year. Ask any of them if they’d do it, again.
It’s easy in hindsight to call something “stupid”. Just as it’s easy to get on another blogger’s comment because someone on TV disagreed with the opinion… in hindsight!
Maybe you should attempt an opinion all on your own, sometime.
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:19 pm
Not even sure how that could read as anything other than a straight response…
Lee in S GA
December 30th, 2012
7:20 pm
My response was not sarcastic. I was simply responding to the original post.
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well ur wrong…
ccrider
December 30th, 2012
7:20 pm
Zing, It would be a fun team to watch, on the field, but not when they start to leave and we have raped our minor league teams of every player worth anything to make the trade.
So, we would put everything into a small window of opportunity and be bad for years to come. Think Chicago Cubs BAD!
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:20 pm
Hi Tom!
Why can’t your Packers just roll over and DIE ALREADY????
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
7:23 pm
Hi LAdy, told you this would be a tough game. Can’t make a mistake!
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:24 pm
From Brian Billick:
In my own case, I found it hard to sit down key players for two reasons. One, you only have a 53-man roster to draw from. When you sit one player down, you are asking another to assume his role, and in the case of some backups, also continue on with their special-teams duties, heightening their odds for injury. I also found it hard to stand in front of a team and say to one player “you are so important to us we don’t want to risk you playing,” then turn to his teammate and say, essentially, “but we need for you to double your snaps because we don’t need you as much.”
Secondly, I’ve always been leery — not so much of the missed game snaps, but of the lack of focus that comes with a player knowing he is not going to play. Don’t get me wrong: To get a No. 1 or No. 2 seed and enjoy a bye week before you begin the playoffs is a great feeling. But there’s a down side to too much rest. You don’t want to be flat for the start of the most important game of the year. At the very least, start your players then pull them during the game.
I guess he’s wrong too…but what does he know?
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:25 pm
The link
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/playoff-bound-coaches-resting-players-balancing-act-wednesdays-with-billick-121212
Lee in S GA
December 30th, 2012
7:29 pm
I guess he’s wrong too…but what does he know?
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like u said doesn’t make him right either …Long and him both won super bowls…but common sense says….don’t play them…seems like baseball managers have that knowledge once the team has made the post season and besides baseball is not like football when injury comes into play often
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
7:29 pm
Nice win, today, LAdy!
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:34 pm
Tom-
They sure took their sweet time getting going…
Lee in S GA
December 30th, 2012
7:35 pm
besides Abraham is an old fossil…rest him for the playoffs …no brain-er
nolie
December 30th, 2012
7:38 pm
even Fairly Legal is better than pointyball. Coupla hot ladies, especially Sarah
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
7:39 pm
They just wanted to tease you a little, cabravesfan. It took 9 minutes for me to get the blog refreshed!
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:39 pm
Lee-
Exactly- it’s just a difference of opinion- neither is right or wrong. unfortunately, injuries happen, even in practice.
Moving on…
ugaaccountant
December 30th, 2012
7:39 pm
With the way Stanton slugs, he could be looking at 20M in arbitration salary in a few years. He’s not going to be cheap and neither will Heyward. Time to lock up Heyward now.
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
7:40 pm
This is looking good for a Niners’ fan…
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:41 pm
Tom-
Yeah, they really don’t need to do that
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:42 pm
I no longer trust any kickers…
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
7:43 pm
This guy is one of the best
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:43 pm
But that helps…This Peterson kid is kinda good
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:44 pm
THANK YOU VIKINGS!
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:46 pm
A 29 yard field goal THAT HE ALMOST MISSED
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
7:46 pm
Congrats, LAdy!
Well, my buddy Charlie’s team is in, and I’m happy for him. Now we’ll just have to kick his butt, next week.
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:47 pm
Tom-
Your boys might want to shore up that rush D a little before next week…
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:48 pm
And perhaps we will see you in 2 weeks
cricket
December 30th, 2012
7:50 pm
possible for braves to get matt carpenter?
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
7:51 pm
… or do a Tonya Harding on Peterson’s knee…
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:53 pm
Tom-
I think he’s proven that he has a bionic knee…today is the one year anniversary of his (major) surgery. Not sure bashing it with a pipe would do much damage
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
7:55 pm
You’ve got a point there, cabravesfan. Maybe we’ll just have to water the hell out of the field, this week.
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
7:58 pm
Tom-
In Green Bay? In January? Hope the players can ice skate…
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
8:03 pm
Lambeau has a heated field. A system of warm-water pipes (I think) running below the turf. No more, “frozen tundra”.
Zing
December 30th, 2012
8:06 pm
ccrider – I think 3-4 years should be ample time to get some prospects ready, and I would hope that we wouldn’t lose ALL of those guys.
But it’s not going to happen, so why worry about it? Stanton’s stuck in FL.
Wes Jorga
December 30th, 2012
8:09 pm
Gattis had an amazing winter league batting .303 with record breaking 16 hrs 2nd in RBIs, .365 OBP, .595 slugging, and .960 OPS. Very good, but just the Venezuelan league, No Big deal. But consider this, In the minors in 2012. he surpassed every one of those stats, BA, Hrs, RBIs, OBP, SLG., and OPS. Still not impressed? In 2011 he had a higher BA, more RBIs and more HRs, and a higher OBP, than his 2012 minor totals. SLG for 2011 was still .601. and OBP.986
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
8:15 pm
Tom-
I know it has heat, but not sure even those pipes can help when the high for next week is 25 degrees
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
8:18 pm
THAT, I don’t know. Is that their forecast? Sounds a lot like mine. Supposed to get really, BRRRRRRR, this week.
Soph
December 30th, 2012
8:21 pm
Where’s nolie? It’s time to talk pointyball.
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
8:22 pm
He snuck on here a little while ago, Soph, but we chased him back off.
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
8:23 pm
Tom-
Next Saturday & Sunday (all week, really) the highest temp is 25
(It’s cold here too…low here is 54
)
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
8:26 pm
Hi Sopheee!!
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
8:26 pm
54? That’s a bummer!
Did you say “hi” to Soph?
Fredo
December 30th, 2012
8:27 pm
“For a reason(s) “@oobeau78: @ajcbraves what you think about delmon young for a year in left. No one else seems to want him.”
Nov 14, 2011: Delmon Young makes plenty of sense for #Braves — last-year arb eligible, RH bat, LF, not OBP guy but hit .298 w/ 21 HRs and 112 RBIs in ‘10
… wonder what Delmon did to fall out of grace with DOB??
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
8:28 pm
Now THAT time, I can’t blame it on the blog-techs. I forgot to shut off my auto-refresh and it wiped out my comment.
Otherwise, my timing would’ve been perfect!
Soph
December 30th, 2012
8:31 pm
Hi cab (and Tom)!
Go Redskins.
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
8:34 pm
Tom-
Yeah- it’s downright chilly! Of course I said hi to Sopheee! Go Redskins!
brian
December 30th, 2012
8:34 pm
Go Skins
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
8:35 pm
Yes, Go Redskins!
I doubt if there’s anyone on here rooting for Dentz’s Cowboys.
(How come I got parenthesis?)
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
8:39 pm
Because you didn’t actually say hello!
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
8:40 pm
Ahhhhhhhhhhh… good reason!
Soph
December 30th, 2012
8:43 pm
What cab said. I’ll add a non-parenthesized hello as well though!
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
8:44 pm
Well, in that case, I’ll make it official, then… Hello Soph!
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
8:48 pm
DOB, if he sees this, must be shaking his head and thinking, well, they’re blog-hits, and I don’t have to ban anyone…
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
9:10 pm
Tom scared everyone away
peewee
December 30th, 2012
9:11 pm
http://www.match.com/ you two
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
9:13 pm
Huh? Which 2?
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
9:14 pm
Apparently I’m not allowed to talk to boys?
Mark
December 30th, 2012
9:17 pm
Went out of town to visit family for Christmas and do some hunting. News wasn’t important but since I’m back in the real world again I just wanted to know if our Braves have done anything? Did Bourn sign?
ncgary
December 30th, 2012
9:19 pm
bourn has a deaf dog that he signs too occasionally
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
9:23 pm
Check out, ncgary, with the little knee slapper!
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
9:25 pm
Gotta go get ready for dinner…Night Tom & Sopheee! And everyone else…
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
9:26 pm
You’re not coming back, cabravesfan?
Venice Jim
December 30th, 2012
9:26 pm
Brief pre-dinner appearance…
jbailz23
December 30th, 2012
9:30 pm
Hey CAB – How bout those Niners baby!!! Playoff bound and a bye week! Thanks fudgePackers!
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
9:30 pm
Do we get a post-dinner appearance?
David O'Brien
December 30th, 2012
9:37 pm
Gattis done for the winter, won’t play in Venezuela Winter League playoffs.
cabravesfan
December 30th, 2012
9:37 pm
Tom-
Perhaps. On the iPad (computer needs to charge) so anything is possible
Jbailz-
GO NINERS!
Venice Jim
December 30th, 2012
9:38 pm
More than likely…
keyLargo.
December 30th, 2012
9:41 pm
DOB – why did Gattis decide not to play? I thought he had committed to go back for the playoffs?
jbailz23
December 30th, 2012
9:42 pm
CAB – Big party in two weeks here in SLC. You’re invited if you can make it!
David O'Brien
December 30th, 2012
9:42 pm
Gattis was tied for Venez. league lead with 16 homers, and the two guys he was tied with, Ernesto Mejia and Eliezer Alonzo, each had 245 at-bats before Sunday, 50 more at-bats than Gattis.
Tom O'Hawke
December 30th, 2012
9:43 pm
computer needs to charge
Don’t you guys have electrical outlets out there?
Mark
December 30th, 2012
9:43 pm
Am I the only one on this blog that suspects Stanton is a PEDer?
Dr. Seuss
December 30th, 2012
9:49 pm
I use to think that Frank Wren was the Cat in the Hat, but now I know that he’s really the Grinch.
dylan
December 30th, 2012
9:58 pm
@ mark
yes, yes you are.
not everyone with crazy power uses, nor does everyone who isn’t a brave
David O'Brien
December 30th, 2012
10:02 pm
Pitchers and catchers report to Dark Star six weeks from tomorrow (Monday).
keyLargo.
December 30th, 2012
10:16 pm
So that’s Feb. 11th?
nolie
December 30th, 2012
10:16 pm
when will Chipper show up??