It would be nice to win the series. It would also be nice if Hampton doesn’t manage to hurt himself again.
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It would be nice to win the series. It would also be nice if Hampton doesn’t manage to hurt himself again.
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The way the Dbacks have been hitting long balls, including one off John Thomson, the homerun strangler, I wouldn’t be surprised if Hampton gave up two or three blasts.
Hopefully we job the Snakes again.
Job. 9-5. Get it?
Should I be ducking when I come back?
You’re Fired!
Good thing HoHum isn’t pitching. We would at least be looking at 4 home runs…
Who got sent down?
Davies back to AAA
Today’s press pack (reg. required) says the corresponding move for Hampton’s activation won’t be announced until game time.
did the braves not have to drop somebody off the 40-man when they activated thomson? the official site has 41 guys and nobody on the 60 day dl..
I noticed that too. Somebody (Powell, I assume) must’ve gone on the 60-day DL. It wasn’t listed as part of the transaction, but it must be what happened.
This could be totally meaningless, but… at least two completely seperate times on the radio yesterday, when Kyle Davies’ demotion came up, Skip said something like “he could be back sooner that 9/1 if there’s some deal made.” Like I said, it could very well be meaningless, and I don’t imagine Skip would know more than anybody else in the media, but it seemed pretty odd that he made a point of saying that more than once.
The ESPN transaction page doesn’t say anything about it either. But it does say that McBride was optioned out to make room for Hampton today.
it’d be nice if horacio and tony clark would switch dugouts.
Hey, it’s the orange-red uniforms!
ron gant makes me want to rip my face off
same thing with laroche
Adam’s off to an early start.
When did Tony Clark get so good? He seemed to be at the end of his career two years ago
what a great arm. wow.
He’s ours!
Does anyone know if there has been a rule change about knocking over catchers? I never see guys plow into them when they block the plate anymore. My dad (kind of a psycho) use to always tell me in little league that I better knock the catcher on his ass if he was in my way. Nowadays, guys always try to do that hook around slide.
No rules change, but if you go into the catcher you’re usually a: Going to be out, and b: Going to get hit next time up if it wasn’t a play that warranted it.
no, no rule change. guys still do it, but runners don’t like getting hurt either.
also, woo.
Nice catch!
nice catch by the fan on that HR.
Unfortunately, Ron didn’t believe in staying off dirt bikes.
A little late joining (hard to eat Wendy’s and type at the same time), but WOW what a blast. I love that sound.
If Jeff doesn’t walk here, that will be 100 PA with no walks. Jeez.
One of those nasty sports reporters on espn actually made good comments about the rookie braves this morning. He seemed impressed by the scouting, development, and even the management of Bobby Cox. Of course someone piped up with a smart comment concerning only one world series. That kind of remark always irritates me.
Thanks guys. My dad’s favorite play was Rose in the All-Star game. It’s probably true that players today are more conscious of taking care of their bodies and if you don’t get injuried in the collision you are liable to get drilled the next time up.
that was bob ryan talking about the braves. he also tele-fellated billy beane this morning.
Hampton is not good today. Way too many hits.
they’re not hard hits. he’s doing ok. if laroche wasn’t terrible with the glove he’d have had a double play in the first.
Hampton is horrible.
They’re not hard hits. He’s doing ok.
Maybe not, but they’re hits all the same and we’re down 3-2. I don’t buy the “not hard hits” argument. They’re making contact with everything he throws.
hitters always make contact off everything hampton throws up there, why would today be any different?
So how is he doing OK? He sucks today. He’s behind every hitter and they already have 7 hits after only 2 innings.
This is going to be a bad game if he gives the lead right back every time we get it. Thomson did that yesterday and it worked out all right, but the offense can’t keep doing this.
he’s an ok pitcher, that’s why. he hasn’t walked anybody and he’s given up a bunch of bleeders.
Two items here:
1) Alright, Hampton’s getting cuffed around a little bit. A few weeks ago, I heard a radio interview with Smoltz up here on WFAN. The on-air person mentioned that the Braves “are sure to get better” when Hampton & Thomson return from the DL. Smoltz was realistic: “They’re both gonna have their rough spots when they return. Don’t expect either of them to be lights-out immediately. That’s not how it works.”
2) When someone mentions how the Braves have “only one” WS victory. I often reply that the Braves have 5 pennants & 1 WS, sure, but I ask how many times the Cards have been in the WS since LaRussa took over? How many have they won? The Mets in that time? The Phillies? The Dodgers? The Reds? The Cubs? The Padres, etc.?
The answer for some is 1 and ZERO, the answer for most is ZERO and ZERO. Now how do the Braves look?
How is it only 85 degrees in Atlanta? Up here it’s 95 already and I’m 400 miles north. And at the O’s game I went to yesterday, it was 100 degrees.
I hate August.
CHIPPER!
ANDRUW!
EVERYBODY!
When Andruw, Francoeur, and Langerhans are out there, the Braves have an excellent defensive outfield.
It’s amazing how often that’s important at critical times. We saw it against the Astros. Now we’re seeing it with the Diamondbacks.
JEFF!
Boring.
OMG. Jeff is awesome.
And why does Bobby call him “Jeffrey?” The antithesis of a nickname.
A sat Francoeur in my fantasy team today because he had been cooling off, and he was facing a righty.
I’m so stupid.
now this is what happens when a pitcher sucks. my god, i almost feel sorry for the yankee bastard.
This is too freakin’ fun. Still nobody out…
Does anyone know what that piece of music they play everytime some hits a homerun? It’s getting on my nerves!!! Although, I’d love to keep hearing it!!
It’s becoming increasingly clear that Langerhans should be the everyday left fielder for the rest of the year. KJ might have a higher ceiling, but Langerhans is better both defensively and at the plate at this point. Bobby finally saw the light on Franco over LaRoche. Let’s see how many starts Langerhans starts getting.
Damn, I missed it! I switched to the O’s game to see what the fans did to Raffy. Some boos, some cheers.
So, a little late: RYAN!
Percent Composition of Dry Atmosphere,
by volume – ppmv: parts per million by volume
Gas per NASA
Nitrogen (N2) 78.084%
Oxygen (O2) 20.946%
Argon (Ar) 0.9340%
Carbon dioxide (CO2) 365 ppmv
Neon (Ne) 18.18 ppmv
Helium (He) 5.24 ppmv
Methane (CH4) 1.745 ppmv
Krypton (Kr) 1.14 ppmv
Hydrogen (H2) 0.55 ppmv
i love that home run music. no idea what it is though.
This is just what I needed! My son left for Denver to attend college this morning and I have been blue. Homeruns always make me feel good.
Mac, WTF was that list for? Are we blaming this inning on nitrogen again?
🙂
That rally song is a early hip-hop tune called “Apache” by the Sugarhill Gang (same people who did “Rapper’s Delight”).
The refrain:
“Apache! Jump on it!
Jump on it!
Ah-unga-unga-unga!”
Sorry, I like it. It means the Braves are kicking ass.
I wish we’d hurry up and score runs and get out of this inning. I have to go to the bathroom.
I really like Brian McCann, but right now I think it’d be the coolest thing for him to make all the outs in this inning.
Is that wrong of me?
I thought it was “Apache” by The Shadows.
Meaning we batted around 3 times? That’s fine.
FRANCOEUR/RICE 2008!!!!
You can download a crappy MIDI file of that Shadows song here:
http://www.norbry.net/midi/archive/guit/shadows/apache.mid
They definately use a remix. It could be a from the Shadows song in the song ububba mentioned, and that’s what the Braves use.
I mean a sample of the Shadows song in the song ububba mentioned, which could have been, in turn, sampled by the Braves.
if the braves don’t throw at someone this game i’ll be shocked.
Let’s see if the HBP theory holds true next at bat!
Andruw hit! Time for 10 HR in the next week!
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theres a link to the Sugarhill one.
The Sugar Hill Gang tune is based on The Shadows’ original song. The stadium music, however, is definitely the Sugar Hill Gang.
The original is more like a Dick Dale surf tune–very early 60s “Pipeline” kinda thing. The Sugar Hill tune used the same guitar signature & melody, but replayed it on a keyboard, added a breakbeat and vocals. That version was big in clubs in the early 1980s.
How many batters are they going to hit? This is ridiculous.
Watch Francoeur’s OBP go up the hard way… All HBP’s.
Seriously, will he ever take a walk?
Charlie, try either posting a link or using tinyurl.com
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Thanks. The song is having a Pavolvian effect on me, I get giddy when I hear the first few notes. And, if it being played enough to grate on me then that’s a VERY GOOD thing…
bruney looks like he’s hurting.
LOL @ JoeyT – how many HR will Andruw end up with? Anybody think he’ll hit over 50? Time for him to seriously be considered for MVP talk?
Oh and just to even things up a bit…Francoeur/Bayh 2008!! Sorry Mac, last one, we’ll be good we promise…
This is the sabermetrician wet-dream inning. Now for a GSHR.
3 walks and 2 HBPs this inning. The D-backs outfielders are going to die at this rate.
“Death by 1,000 cuts”. Nice, Chip.
david15, Bruney looks like he’s bad.
Oh, wait, he’s looked that way all year.
Okay, I know the umpire’s hot and tired, but come on. Those pitches weren’t strikes. Be fair!
he looks bad definitely. he might only look hurt because he’s wearing long sleeves in atlanta in august. i just didn’t like the way he was holding his arm between pitches.
Black long sleeves, to boot.
Nice catch by Ryan.
Ron isn’t saying anything about Palmerio…what’s the over/under on Gant being juiced back in the day?
I hate to denigrate our star RF with this analogy, but his arm is like Raul Mondesi’s.
Sorry.
heh, i don’t know how you’d do an over/under on something like that.
two things:
1. joe doesn’t know OU football all that well
2. luis gonzalez is a fool.
Why do these stupid D-backs keep testing Francoeur? When will teams learn?
Mac, do you think you could change the “questionable content” warning to something informing us what word or words are questionable?
And, no, there’s no p0ker in my comment.
Forget it…I don’t care who the VP is!! I’m in the bag for Francoeur…
ububba is compeletely right. If you download the radio show from this site, and you go to about the 1 hour 25 minute mark, you’ll hear the song. It’s identical to what’s played at Braves games, minus the vocal track.
I thought Francouer was a corner back, he should be a quarterback…what an arm!!!
By the way, how many of us believe Langerhans should be our starting leftfieder instead of Kelly Johnson?
Well, I was able to comment using TypeKey. Still, I have no idea what in my last comment triggered a filter.
I’m on board for Langerhans, kc. But I still like KJ, he just needs to adjust.
I was looking for years juiced on Gant…I just assume he was, but whole career, half a career?
He seems to hit the low and in pitch a lot better than most righties. Golfing that kind of pitch is usually a lefty specialty, esp. lefty hitters who throw righty. I think thats been a key part of this early hot streak, teams who dont have a good scounting report on him go by their gut and guess that, like a lot of RHBs, low and in isnt a strength of his and hes making him pay. Ill be curious to see how he hits once he doesnt get to golf one oncea game. Maybe he’ll only hit .330/.335/.600 instead of .400/.400/.900 or whatever
Are we starting this again? This game is never going to end.
His power numbers fell off in his late 30s like a normal human being so I assume he didn’t partake then, but I remember the body he had back in the days with the Braves…freakish…
Adam is really swinging at crappy pitches. Kind of like Francoeur, except he can’t hit any of them while Jeff can, thereby vindicating himsef.
Looks like most of the Braves fans are sticking it out in Turner field. Up here in NYC if the Mets are down or up by 8 in the middle innings half the stadium empties..
the mets don’t have dan kolb.
WTF is Chip talking about? The Orioles are playing the Blue Jays, not the Athletics. Is he stupid? Barry Zito? What?
Am I the only one who has noticed that none of the NL leader tallies list Derrek Lee whatsoever? I’m sure he’s had more than enough ABs to qualify, so I wonder why TBS isn’t showing him there.
HRam in the game, maybe this’ll be a tandem start type of finish — Hampton 5ip, Horacio 4ip. Spares us from Kolb, at least.
If Langerhans and KJ’s offensive output is similar, Langarhans should be starting because he is a better defender.
Perfect David….that would keep anyone nervously in the park…
Oh, they stopped the game early are just takingsome BP now I see….
…oh no, thats jsut Horacio pitching, nevermind
You know, what I look for in a reliever is the ability to give up lots of long home runs.
I think by sending Rameriz to the bullpen, it’s a sign that the Braves are realizing he is not good enough for us.
Boy…Chip and Joe Simpson combination is just not working…or Chip is simply not as entertaining as his dad…
I didn’t realize Brett Butler was the first base coach…that’s our brett, no?
There’s a way to say what the content is but I don’t know how. But I don’t see any recent comment denials.
Really? I could be a long reliever, then! Cool!
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hope that works. . braves HR music.
Here, I’ll post it as a link.
See if it works.
“Chip is simply not as entertaining as his dad”
Not many are
KELLY!
“Really? I could be a long reliever, then! Cool!”
Im pretty good at walking guys myself, though I think ill need to work on my Igloo punching before Im ready for tryout camp. I really fkked my hand up last time i went after a peice of poor helpless plastic as a scapegoat for my bad control
We’ve got at least a run in every inning so far except for the second.
Okay, the link works. And it sounds way better on the PA system. That is a song I would never voluntarily listen to.
Picky point, Chip, but it’s INTRAdivision, not INTERdivision.
Thanks Jenny. Cool song. I wish they played a little more of it after the home runs. The bongo stuff is nice…
Francoeur is now 3rd for assists in a season with 8. The leader, Jenkins, has 10.
HoHum is batting CLEANUP? LOL!
Jeezzz…they are comparing cockroach to Mark Grace?
laroche/grace comparison? give me a break.
Francoeur is getting patient he didn’t swing at the 1st 3 pitches.
papa roach? ACK
That’s exactly what I was thinking, david15. Papa Roach?
Ya basta! La Cucaracha es repugnante!
What’s with the compression sleeve thing on Giles’ elbow?
i bet horacio likes papa roach
HR is so bad. Does he have any options left?
I’m sorry. HoRam sucks. This thing with giving up bombs on pitches right down the middle has to stop immediately. 23 HRs? He’s lucky we scored 13 runs.
I like the shot in the dugout of Bobby shaking his head, and Leo, while rocking, nodding his head in agreement.
Even they, who have worked with him for years, just cannot believe how bad Ramirez is.
Here’s a positive: the home runs he gives up are so long that none of our outfielders will get hurt jumping for them! KJ just stopped and watched that one.
“HR is so bad. Does he have any options left?”
I think he should, he was never a great prospect so I doubt he was on the 40man long before he was in the bigs. They did use one in his rookie year to demote him for 2 days before Sept 1 to get some else on the postseaon roster
FRANCOEUR / JENNA BUSH 2008!!!!
Darn, I wanted to see an assist for KJ.
TRADE LAROCHE!!!
From a female perspective, I will state that Jeff Francoeur is very hot.
Hey, Malone, I was waiting for you to say that!
What about “trade HoHum?”
I’m thinking that a
LaRoche/HoRam/KJ/minor league pitcher
package might tempt some teams at the Aug 31 deadline…
HOHUM BLOWS! I HATE THIS GUY!
Has Chipper ever publicly dealt with the potential move to 1B?
I am SO still in the rotation.
how do you plan on getting all those guys past waivers, malone?
I bet deep inside, Boyer is mad he had to get up.
I really want the Marlins to play the Cardinals in the first round of the playoffs. The Phillies have no starting pitching.
I thought the Mets would make a run, but that horrible collision put a crimp in that. Now, I really hope it’s the Marlins. I want the Cardinals to get a double dose of Willis and Burnett before the NLCS.
This just in: HoHum still sucks.
True…
Waivers…
You’re prolly right…
Bobby’s expressions are great. “What the hell?”
the game that will never end….
One freaking out. ONE FREAKING OUT.
COME ON!
FINALLY!
The Marlins have won the World Series twice, both times as a wild card entry–don’t let them in!!! I’d sooner deal with Houston, Phili, etc., and yes, even the Cards. Those Marlins are talented and seem to know what they are doing when they make it into the playoffs.
I really want to see an interview with Bobby Cox after this game. He looked absolutely exhausted by his pitching staff.
All Hail Blaine Boyer.
Down With HR.
speaking of bullpen, capellan is making his debut in milwaukee at the moment.
Started it off with two walks, and got his first out from a sacrifice.
yeah, kolb could have done that, jose.
“From a female perspective, I will state that Jeff Francoeur is very hot. ”
You shouldve heard the women in the crowd when he was in Rome….they also liked the his at-bat song went “she thinks my tractors sexy”
at least we get a funny bolg entry when KolBB pitches. With HR we only get heart attacks for the fans (and Bobby and Leo), neck aches for the OF and BP for the other team
I’m glad the braves pa guys switched back to this song… if you’ll recall they used montgomery gentry at the beginning of the season.
The waiver thing can work if you’re trading younger players to a team very low in the standings in the same league… escecially if you trade for a guy who’s already cleared. Just put ’em all out there at once and hope no teams with an even lesser record claims them, if there is one. If the team you want to trade with claims them all AND has the player you want cleared to trade, you got yerself a deal. Still not easy, but they don’t have to “clear” completely. I know all of this because Steve Phillips told me, and since he’s never done/said anything stupid… oh, wait… well, I still think it’s right 😉