OK, folks, your wish is granted: Freddie Freeman gets the call
I mentioned yesterday that Freddie was almost ready. Today the Braves made it official: Freddie Freeman, the 20-year-old first baseman, will be promoted to the majors Wednesday, which is Sept. 1, which is the day big-league rosters can expand to 40.
I’m like you: I want to see the guy play. But I’m not sure how much we will. The Braves already have a new first baseman in Derrek Lee and a backup plan in Troy Glaus. But this has been, as we’ve noted a time or two, a stunning season.
Who would have predicted that Glaus, so bad in April, would be the National League’s May player of the month? Who saw Jonny Venters coming? Who envisioned Omar Infante as an All-Star? Who figured a career utility man might well lead the National League in hitting? Who guessed a team without Chipper Jones leading the reigning National League champion by three games with 31 to play?
So, as much as I’m trying to tamp down civic enthusiasm regarding Mr. FF, I’d be remiss if I didn’t say: Given the tenor of our times, it would only make sense if Freeman gets pushed into the lineup as a callow rookie — and then is named MVP of the 2010 Fall Classic. Not saying it will happen that way. Just saying that, with these Braves, pretty much anything could.
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459 comments Add your comment
Kenny Rogers
August 31st, 2010
8:08 pm
Lead off triple by Ross… don’t score…not good….
Two innings in a row…lead off double then lead off triple…
Got’em on…
Got’em over…
Did not get’em in….
Heath
August 31st, 2010
8:08 pm
Happy Birthday Claudell Washington.
Atta boy, Minor. Go Braves, hit ‘em where they ain’t in the 4th!
Trey
August 31st, 2010
8:10 pm
Double by Marteen Prado! Let the games begin! Haha.
Trey
August 31st, 2010
8:10 pm
Darn pronunciation! Martin
Heath
August 31st, 2010
8:11 pm
Wooh! Another runner in scoring position, let’s get this one in!
Heath
August 31st, 2010
8:12 pm
Yes!
Kenny Rogers
August 31st, 2010
8:13 pm
Prado and Lee…. Braves 1 Mutts O
Trey
August 31st, 2010
8:20 pm
Heath, you won’t see them anytime their team falls further and further back into the bowels of the division. They will see the NLDS, but from their homes on television.
Heath
August 31st, 2010
8:40 pm
Stinkkin’ former Baraves and their sacrifices. Time to rally Bravos!
Heath
August 31st, 2010
8:41 pm
Stinkin’ keyboard sticking! Time to rally, nonetheless.
Heath
August 31st, 2010
8:44 pm
McClouth discovers a way to get on base in the majors.
DrewDawg
August 31st, 2010
8:50 pm
Yes there is a GOD!
Bravissimo
August 31st, 2010
8:55 pm
I think Blanco should get the assist not Francouer….afterall he had to tango with Prado
Matt
August 31st, 2010
8:55 pm
Freeman just can’t get that much playing time. He’s a September call up and is not eligible for post season play and the Braves are in the middle of a pennant race. So, as much as I would love to see the kid play, it just isn’t going to happen because he can’t play in the post season.
MWC
August 31st, 2010
8:58 pm
According to Wren and Mb your wrong Matt.
Mark Bradley
August 31st, 2010
8:58 pm
Freeman is eligible, Matt. All the Braves have to do is swap out, say, Chipper Jones for Freddie on the postseason roster.
MWC
August 31st, 2010
8:59 pm
This team is SICK!!! OMG!
Bravissimo
August 31st, 2010
9:00 pm
Rosssss!!
MitchC
August 31st, 2010
9:03 pm
Seven runs in the fifth. Take that, Phillies! Woo hoo! If the Braves keep playing like this, we will win the East.
As to the subject of Mark’s blog: Congrats to Freeman. Hopefully he will get some good experience being up here for the final month.
Good news all around.
bostonbravo
August 31st, 2010
9:06 pm
why do we need him? I see Nate (the Great) McClouth is back!!
(tell me this is a nightmare!)
DC Braves Fan
August 31st, 2010
9:08 pm
How ’bout that
Heath
August 31st, 2010
9:12 pm
Son of a biscuit! I go to rescue a turtle (women) and the floodgates open. Go Braves!
Katherine
August 31st, 2010
9:13 pm
Hey everyone….some game so far huh
Jason
August 31st, 2010
9:14 pm
What number will Freeman wear? I vote for #5 so we can call him Fab 5 Freddie!
Bravissimo
August 31st, 2010
9:14 pm
MB Does MLB mandate when teams must start games? I was thinking if they started the games at 8 it might help attendance.
Enrico Palazzo
August 31st, 2010
9:14 pm
Does anyone know who sang the National Anthem tonight?
Heath
August 31st, 2010
9:15 pm
Somebody tell me what happened. Braves had 1st and 3rd no one out in the 5th when I had to go be Ace Ventura.
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
August 31st, 2010
9:15 pm
Me think Braves pretty okay.
Katherine
August 31st, 2010
9:15 pm
It looks like a good crowd to me tonight
Heath
August 31st, 2010
9:16 pm
I like it Jason.
Morgan Freeman
August 31st, 2010
9:17 pm
My son will be wearing number 69.
DC Braves Fan
August 31st, 2010
9:17 pm
Scored three runs, yada, yada, yada Ross Grand Slam. 7 spot in the fifth.
Today's motivational speaker to the Braves
August 31st, 2010
9:19 pm
Kreese: Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?
Braves: NO, SENSEI!
Kreese: Pain does not exist in this dojo, does it?
Braves: NO, SENSEI!
Kreese: Defeat does not exist in this dojo, does it?
Braves: NO, SENSEI!
Heath
August 31st, 2010
9:19 pm
I love the yada yada. Someone explain the president’s speech to me now.
Enriko Palazzo
August 31st, 2010
9:19 pm
Who sang the National Anthem tonight?
Tonight's game
August 31st, 2010
9:22 pm
Ring Announcer: [Daniel has just scored the winning point with a kick to Johnny's chin, thus winning the championship... ring announcer prepares to present trophy] OUR NEW CHAMPION!
Johnny Lawrence: [with bloodied face taking trophy from ring announcer and presenting it himself to Daniel] You’re all right, LaRusso! Good match!
Katherine
August 31st, 2010
9:24 pm
So I guess Don is really mia after the braves win and phillies loss last night…..
Jean Pierre
August 31st, 2010
9:24 pm
Frenchy surrenders.
Heath
August 31st, 2010
9:24 pm
I remember when that big come-from-ahead- loss at Colorado was supposed to be the end of our season. Maybe not so much.
Katherine
August 31st, 2010
9:25 pm
whats with the comments not showing up
Big Brother
August 31st, 2010
9:27 pm
Why are all of my posts being del….
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
August 31st, 2010
9:29 pm
Tonight’s choice: blackened salmon
Bravissimo
August 31st, 2010
9:29 pm
I think ajc is having tech probs tonite…couldnt go prom page to page on DOB’s blog earlier.
Katherine
August 31st, 2010
9:29 pm
lol i know right big brother….ive posted 3 times and its not shown up
D Lee's mother
August 31st, 2010
9:30 pm
D Lee isn’t D sucking tonight
Dalai Lama
August 31st, 2010
9:31 pm
Too bad with the technical problems. I just submitted the meaning of life and it didn’t post.
Dalai Lama
August 31st, 2010
9:31 pm
Now I forgot what I wrote. Oh well.
Katherine
August 31st, 2010
9:33 pm
Enter your comments Phillies, Class of the NL
August 31st, 2010
4:01 pm
Mark Bradley, since you are the only intelligent one on here, could you please explain to a yankee northerner the attendance issues the braves are having?
LOL I see Philly PHan is still trying to harp on attendance…since there isn’t anything else he can say. It’s sad really…..
Ph the Phillies
August 31st, 2010
9:34 pm
Don’t get that guy started on attendance. PLEASE.
Ph the Phillies
August 31st, 2010
9:35 pm
“We have better attendance than you. Haha.”
“And………….?”