Comments on: Live from the ballyard: Charlie Manuel reconsidered (by me)

By: DP

DP — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:31:39 +0000

To the pompous blowhard So-Called Mr. Baseball, Prado’s career OPS and batting average are 30+ points higher than Kelly Johnson’s, and Johnson strikes out twice as often per at bat. And then there’s the fact that Johnson is a butcher in the field as he exhibited most recently on Sunday. Kelly Johnson as the starting second baseman on a major league team is a joke.

By: Mark Bradley

Mark Bradley — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:21:34 +0000

I agree, TRobb. That’s what has been so frustrating. Usually a team that pitches is a team that wins. But this one hasn’t yet. Still time, though.

By: TRobb

TRobb — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:09:36 +0000

Mark, I gotta believe that a team with this kind of pitching has got to be better than the Braves have shown. Just a little clutch hitting, like our friend Marteeen tonight, would go a long way.

I don’t know if they can play .600 ball the rest of the way, but this is an extraordinary pitching staff for a .500 (or below) team. I think it’s gotta come around some.

By: Mark Bradley

Mark Bradley — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:06:56 +0000

Oh, and here's the game column, if you're so inclined. Thanks to one and all for hanging in there again. Going to try to run down photos from the game now.

By: Mark Bradley

Mark Bradley — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:05:28 +0000

Hamels against Jurrjens tomorrow. Great matchup. And Happ against Vazquez on Thursday, another good one.

Biggest two games of the year, if you ask me.

By: the truth...

the truth... — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:01:38 +0000

Saving the season at the expense of the farm and the future is not what Atlanta needs Wren….

..sorry gang….this old year in year out crap talk just sets me off…this is not 95 or 96…we need the farm…

By: the truth...

the truth... — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:57:36 +0000

HEY WREN….screw this trading away our farm business just because we have a remote chance to “do something”….

…this team is way too far from a “big bat”, and if your memory is too short to remember the Tex fiasco and how it devatated the farm then you’re a complete head case….

…we don’t want stop gaps….we want the real thing, so easy on the trigger dude….

By: mudcat

mudcat — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:42:35 +0000

Mark, great call. Are you feeling any vibes for tomorrow night’s game? Wear the same underwear tomorrow that you wore tonight!

By: Manny

Manny — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:32:00 +0000

Sorry so late to chime in but Mark your line about needing the media help had me laughing after a cruddy day I had and is just what I needed to make my day better.

Great come back win and would be great to propel us forward as the all-star game is on the way and you want to be in closing distance of the lead.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:31:14 +0000

Man we all love a winner. Prado was great and so was Blanco.