You ever feel like you’re going to get squashed by a giant boulder? Braves pitchers do, all the time!
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You ever feel like you’re going to get squashed by a giant boulder? Braves pitchers do, all the time!
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Why is Jason Schiell starting for this team especially vs the Reds? Is he the best our farm system has to offer? I’d rather go to a 4 man rotation until Davies is back.
Who the hell knows with fill-in starters.
looks as though the game will get televised nationally according to mlb.com.
… great, they’re using the “Frankly, he’s good” description with Frenchy again on atlantabraves.com
Oh no.. does that mean Buck and McCarver??
Well, I know I’m not watching that then.
Let’s hope Buck and McCarver do Phillies-Mets..
Bad relievers, why does it have to be bad relievers?
1914 Update:
NY Giants 55-37 (–)
Chicago Cubs 52-45 (5.5 GB)
St. Louis Cardinals 52-47 (6.5)
Boston Braves 48-45 (7.5)
Philadelphia Phillies 45-49 (11)
Cincinnati Reds 46-51 (11.5)
Brooklyn Robins 40-51 (14.5)
Pittsburgh Pirates 40-53 (15.5)
Today’s Game:
Pitts. 000 000 000 – 0 4 3 LP- O’Toole
Braves 100 001 11x – 4 6 1 WP- Jones
The Braves move to within a game of third after their eighth straight win and fourth shutout in five games. Time of this game- ninety-eight minutes.
Looks like Andruw is in the lineup, so no trade.
I know somebody usually comes on here and posts the lineups:
Aybar
Giles
Renteria
A Jones
McCann
Frenchy
LaRoche
Thorman
Shiell
—–
Phillips
Hatteberg
Griffey
Aurilia
Dunn
Ross
Denorfia
Castro
Arroyo
Jenny, the IP address from last week does not work anymore. I went to Proxy4Free, but I couldn’t get any of those to work either. Any thoughts ??? Thanks as always, you’re the best.
Didn’t realize that St. Louis has lost 8 in a row…
Ken Rosenthal just talked about the Yankees maybe signing Andruw when he becomes a free agent…
And he compared Roy Oswalt to Tim Hudson.. “a smallish starter that loses his effectiveness when he becomes older”…
ugh…
Like Pedro Martinez, huh? I mean, he just lost it at 30.
No proxy this week, jj3bagger. My magic knowledge comes from blacked-out Red Sox fans, but the team plays after 7PM so nobody needs a proxy today. You could try http://www.publicproxyservers.com, but if the other site didn’t work, I doubt that one will either. You’d probably have more luck with ones outside the U.S., Japan, and S. Korea, if you do decide to test them. I almost got an Iranian one to work last week. Sorry, though.
This is promising. Can the “heart” of the order (more like the appendix lately) deliver the runs?
MCCANN!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!
MCCANN!!!
Wham, bam, thank you Cann.
Jenny, I got this one to work, it’s a transparent one, but it still worked. It’s from India. 210.7.74.140 port 3128.
Kinda cool to listen to Marty Brennaman on the XM, and then listen to his son Thom, on the FOX broadcast.
Ugg.
Well… that didn’t last long….
Sing along… (Waterboy)
Shiell sucks, he really really sucks
Shiell sucks, he really really sucks…
Jason’s getting Shielled out there.
Just when I was starting to feel comfortable with a 3 run lead. How foolish of me.
can you imagine what mccann feels like. last 2 nights he has given his pitcher the lead, only to see it quickly vanish. i would hate to be an offensive player for the braves right now.
Ryan, would you hate to be Francoeur? Of course, that depends on how you define “offensive.”
seriously though, Ron posed a legitimate question earlier, do we really not have anybody better ??? I know Thomson and Davies are hurt, but we really don’t HAVE anybody better than a guy that was in Independent ball two months ago ??? I think Kevin Barry could post better than a 6 ERA in a starting role. It’s not like we are up 10 games and can afford just to throw one out of five games away.
McBride is already up in the pen. Wow, that didn’t take long. Let’s run through our pen today so we officially have nothing left for tomorrow either. That’s the other great thing about not having a fifth starter.
Two-pitch popout to short. Frenchy’s consistent, you gotta give him that.
Huck striking out, looks like he’s coming back down to earth.
Yeah, Lando, he’s 0 for his last 2. Slumping big time. Hope he can bust out of it soon.
Down to earth? He’s 3 for 8 in his last 4 games with two bombs. Right. Good one Lando.
Aybar sure hits a lot of fly balls.
Four pitch walk. If you throw as slow as Shiell, you better be able to throw strikes.
That was sad. Always go to first. What was McCann thinking telling him to goto 2nd.
Add fielding to the list of things Shiell can’t do.
Wow, this guy can’t do anything right…
As I speak, he gives up a 3 run dinger.
Remind me why we didn’t use Smoltz today, somebody, anybody.
We lose.
Be quiet, Lando. A good throw gets him easily.
Man, Schiell stinks.
Paging Kyle Davies, paging Kyle Davies, please call Bobby Cox ASAP.
did anyone actually expect anything different from our amazing starter?
I’d rather have Cormier out there..
my next prediction: schiell gone and davies recalled.
Davies is gonna need at least three more rehab starts from what I’ve read. Perhaps we could speed that process up to one or two and let him to his last “rehab” start with the Braves ??? Surely a Kyle Davies rehab start could be better than a normal Shiell/Cormier/Travis Smith/whatever random 5th starter you wanna throw out there.
You can’t be mad a jason shiell. Its really not his fault that he simply isn’t good enough to be a major league pitcher. It is Bobby and JS’s fault. Lance Cormier just pitched a CG shutout agaisnt Durham. Lance Cormier has major league stuff, and is a major leauge pitcher. Shiell is your typical spring training non-roster invitee, tripple A pitcher. Not his fault he’s not good.
Francoeur sucks.
Boy, Hacky really wants that all-time outs record. One out isn’t good enough for him anymore.
Jared, how can you in good faith suggest another Lance Cormier start? I honestly don’t give a dang what he did in Richmond, he has been horrible in every start and almost every relief appearence for the Braves.
I thought Lerew was our great starter of the future, the Braves best AAA pitching prospect. Where is he?
Leave it to the Braves to give Arroyo that win he hasn’t been able to obtain in nine chances.
If only Smoltz could pitch every day.
Atleast Adam got us one back…
“Huck striking out, looks like he’s coming back down to earth.”
Ouch.
GILES!
Giles is on fire.
Gilyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!
Marcus!
You be quite robby, my reverse psychology obviously is working. So shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Break out The Vulture?
First hitter walk. Ugh.
great…
Again I ask, where is that 100 MPH fastball that the papers and the Braves said Villarreal could throw when the Braves traded for him?
C’mon Hacky…
First two on and the Braves aren’t going to score, are they? How many times has this team done this lately?
Aw, gee, thanks, FOX, I get bonus coverage of the Braves for the next either 15 or 45 minutes, depending on what Jeanne Zelasko meant. Hello, all.
Jenny, I did you try that IP address I gave you earlier ??? It’s been working for me very nicely all day long.
Maybe Giles will increase his trade value in the off season by hitting better in the 2 hole.
it’s really getting to be ridiculous with this rotation. Schiell shouldn’t even be on the roster, let alone starting games.
Announcer: “You cannot fault Wayne Krivsky for trying to get better.”
OK, can you fault him for being stupid?
Well that’s it. I hate Yates.
Arrrrggghhh.
I already have Shiell in the Doghouse, do you want me to put Yates in instead?
Can anybody tell me why Yates keep coming into close games? How could you not use Baez here?
Everyone expects Shiell to suck. Put Thomson in the doghouse for making us resort to him.
Yaayyy……
Tyler Yates in tomorrow’s newspaper:
“I don’t even know why Bobby keeps using me.”
And yes, Mac.
yeah, what’s the point in trading for better relievers if you’re not willing to put them into tie games?
Shoulda used Ray or Baez.
Oh well. Stick a fork in us.
This will be a great one for Mac’s Loss Types: have traded relief pitchers on the bench with game lost due to Bobby’s desire to give a recycled pitcher experience….
8-6
Thats why I stopped posting.
Yates need to be DFAed.
Offense puts up numbers, pitching sucks.
Visa-versa the next day.
Rosenthal is a liar and a nerdy goob.
Why do you walk Dunn? He’s not all that likely to get a single, and what’s the frigging difference between being down three and being down four?
The reason Baez is sitting down for the 8th with a tie game is becuase he is good. Yates sucks and Bobby has been bribed by the Mets who have a comprosiing picture of him, Fidel Castro, Anna Benson, and a chicken.
Somewhere the Mets are laughing.
“How could those stupid Braves sign Yates?”
David, you can’t fault Cox for putting Yates in there. Yates was warming up if it was tied, Baez was warming if they got the lead in the 8th, with Wickman ready for the 9th. I believe Baez has pitched the last two days, so Yates was the guy for the 8th, he just didn’t get the job done.
Tyler Yates’ middle name is “Kali”. For those of you not up on your Hinduism. Seems more or less appropriate.
Gameday just advertised MLBTV.com. Yeah, thanks, I know.
Baez didn’t pitch yesterday.
I have one more inflatable, a Braves Suck t-shirt.
Whoever gets the question right wins one.
How many outs will the Braves accomplish in the 9th, certifying their pathetic season?
I’m sure “Til Death” is going to be a stupid show, but the “Don’t use the downstairs toilet” line makes me laugh every time.
Wonderful Andruw.
Don’t give me that. There was no reason whatsoever to not use Baez there. None, nada, zero, zilch, zip.
baez hasn’t pitched since the 2nd, and you can’t tell me it’s more important to hold a one run lead in the bottom of the eighth than it is to keep it tied. it’s that kind of backward-assed thinking cox has displayed so often this year that really goads me.
It’s time, Francouer.
A K would be better than a you know what right now…
Ugh. I hope that catcher’s OK. I mean, I’m glad he missed it, but ouch.
David/Mac,
You are absolutely correct. He has not pitched the last two games. I don’t know what I was thinking.
We suck. Yep.
Goodnight.
Thanks, Adam, thanks, Bobby, thanks, Kali.
yuck
Baez has talent. So does Wickman.
Yates has none.
Lets put in Yates for the 8th in 6-6 game.
Laroche strike out Jeff pop-fly. No adjustments.
Braves are done.
Nine games under .500 again, just like the Braves were before the second half started. 6.5 out of the wildcard. The fat lady is clearing her throat.
Told ya, coming back to earth.
Who wants a new hitting coach?
We’re second in the NL in runs scored, so lets fire the hitting coach?
Landogarner, what did Thorman do today?
And why the hell is Jeff “Shit For Brains” Hackcoeur still hitting 6th?!? Utterly ridiculous.
Dan,
The fat lady sang about 2 months ago, but our fanbase was too delusional to hear it.
Dan, not much why? I wasn’t talking about Thorman.
Why exactly is everyone turning on Francoeur once again?
Because Jeff “first pitch pop-up” Francoeur has really been hurting the Braves recently.
Chuck, one reason is because he’s an offensive zero right now, however you slice it.
Lando, how old are you? Your personal vendetta against LaRoche is getting almost as frustrating as your man-crush with Francouer. LaRoche had a bomb today; Francouer DP’ed. You have no room to make any comments about LaRoche.