Comments on: Your attention, please: Braves have a new second sacker

By: HATinGA

HATinGA — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:53:09 +0000

These fans are tough, I think Kochman is leading the team in doubles and he missed some games.And he is very solid with he glove. Frenchy has looked a lot better at the plate.
Altho more days off to get Diaz more ABs might even help him,Jeff has Alot of hard line drives right a infielders ,he looks alot better when he sees more pitches, but thats the Braves as a hole Chipper looked bad last night swinging early in counts.

By: Theo

Theo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:03:59 +0000

I agree with Robby and his post on July 1st. KJ should be platooned in the outfield and allowed to challenge JF in right. A little competition just might help both of them. When Infante comes back, he could do the same thing to Kotchman. I agree that Infante should be in the game every day somewhere. I also think the idea of trying Ross at 1st wouldn’t be a bad idea at time. Keeping him in the game as much as possible is a good thing.

By: patrick

patrick — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:06:21 +0000

Everyone says that Kelly has always been a terrible hitter, but since when? Last year he hit .287 with 12 homers, including an unreal September. I wouldn’t expect the posters on here to understand what BABIP is, but I’m disappointed Mark apparently doesn’t either. Batting Average on Balls In Play is a stat that measures how often the batter gets a hit on a ball put in play. BABIP is almost always between .290 and .340, with anything higher considered lucky and anything lower considered unlucky. Kelly’s is .238, well below his 2007 and 2008 numbers of (respectively) .328 and .340. Clearly he has been very unlucky and his average will regress (in the good way) back to his career norms. At the same time, I agree with Bobby’s decision to play the hot bat. However, the hate for Kelly is ridiculous

By: the truth...

the truth... — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:22:30 +0000

OK….for all you dump Kotchman band wagon riders….let’s take a look and see the truth about Sid Bream and the first 3 years of the 14 season run as Division Champ…….remember him? Well he was our 1B from ‘91-’92-’93….So the take is that Kotchman isn’t enough at first..

the Truth for Sid Bream is:

Batting Average: .253-.261-.260
Home Runs: 11-10-9
RBI: 45-61-35

the Truth for Casey Kotchman:2007-2008-2009

Batting Average: .296-.272-.269
Home Runs:11-14-2
RBI:68-74-28

By: don pardo

don pardo — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:28:44 +0000

I have to admit, I have never been a big Kelly Johnson fan. Maybe it was his less then 200 BA his first year. I will admit the second half of last year, gave me pause, but in the end it turned out to be more of blip than the real thing. You can argue cox should made the move sooner but will all the injuries, Omar Infante, Chipper, Kotchman, Escobar, it’s been tough.
Frankly I thought at the time that Omar was a huge loss, and I think that turned out to be correct.
So now we lived through Schafer, and Johnson. Now just one more to go.

By: Mitch C

Mitch C — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:21:04 +0000

This is a good move since Prado is hot.

I didnt watch much of the Phillies series due to work, but winning two in a row against the division leaders at home is good.

As much as I hate to be a party pooper, Mark, isnt this how the Braves have played all year? We get up for the good teams, and flop against the second division flops. While we are only three games out of first now, we simply need to get on a good streak if we want to be a contender.

I’m going to take a wait and see approach.

Mitch

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:35:35 +0000

Hey Mark…can you ask Bobby if Diaz is his new starting LF now? Might as well strike while the iron is hot.

By: Quint

Quint — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:32:39 +0000

What do yo guys think about this: Should the Braves make an offer for Juan Pierre? He is a much better leadoff hitter than anything we have right now. Put him at leadoff and move everyone else back a spot. I am still not sold on Garret Anderson. I think he may still be too tentative after his injury. He just never seems to be putting much effort into anything other than swinging a bat. I know Pierre may be playing a little better than he is know for, but he still has speed and can steal bases. I don’t know. Just a thought.

By: Sir Stealth

Sir Stealth — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:04:37 +0000

Mark, I understand that you’re currently in the business of interacting with internet bloggers, but I think you do a disservice by legitimizing a mass of blog comments by equating them with a mass of true feeling when it comes to Bobby Cox. Even tongue in cheek comments referring to some kind of overriding sentiment that our Hall of Fame legend of a manager is an idiot make such garbage seem like the dominant voice of Braves fans. It’s natural that those commenting on the internet will post less rational reactions and constantly be ready to ride the manager out on a rail and cheapen the Braves’ legacy of winning, but no one who I actually respect feels this way, and I know a lot of Braves fans.

If I sound like a kool-aid drinker or blind worshipping fan, it really doesn’t matter, cause it remains stupid and self-defeating to dump on your own legends and cheapen your own team’s legacy.

By: trueblueBravesFan

trueblueBravesFan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:59:49 +0000

Mark that’s what you get when you drink Relabeled Tab(My Name for Coke Zero….think about it…it tastes just like Tab did)