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anyone think noah lowry would be worth trying to acquire? the giants seem to be shopping a starting pitcher and he’s young. either him or matt morris on the back end of our rotation could most definitely make an improvement.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=270505129&prov=ap
This is so depressing. What will it take for the damn Mets to lose? I mean, we have Huddy and we lose and they have Jorge Sosa against Brandon Webb and the Mets win.
It’s a sign of the apocalypse. Clearly, there’s nothing we can do to pass the Mets.
Maybe they’ll finally lose some games when Reyes/Beltran/Green/Maine/Alou/Perez… will stop playing over their heads. Ok these players are good but Reyes, Green and Alou with near .350 averages ? Cmon
Why Sample Size is Everything:
Randy Wolf at home –
2-2, 5.70
1st Inning against Wolf –
.357/.438/.607
1st Time facing Wolf –
.340/.446/.532
Nasa, speaking of playing over their heads…
Renty, a .331 hitter?
KJ, an adjusted OPS of 178?
A team adjusted OPS of 123 (2003 adjusted OPS was 122)
I’m not saying the Braves can’t hit or will stop hitting, but I am not willing to say they are better than the 2003 offense either. Both teams have players playing over their head and both teams have a cleanup hitter who has yet to get hot.
If this race does come down to pitching, the Braves are going to need to shore up the back end of their rotation (and hope James is just struggling) to have a hope at the division title.
Yeah, Sosa outdueling Webb sucks. Pelfrey sucks so I have a pretty good feeling the Mets will lose today.
Would anyone here do this trade?
Braves get: Cash
Cubs get: Chip Caray
“Pelfrey sucks so I have a pretty good feeling the Mets will lose today.”
Even though I think the Mets will lose, I don’t like the Braves’ chances either. Furcal and Pierre will probably get walked by Davies, and who knows what will happen.
I hope I’m wrong. But my confidence in Davies is pretty damn low.
i’d give cash if they’d take chip
Hey, I hate to post this here, but would anybody happen to know a good place to sell extra tickets? I have two tickets to tomorrow’s game that our friends bailed out on (some friends), and I’d rather have a few bucks to grab a beer and a hot dog than two empty seats beside us that we paid for.
“Hey, I hate to post this here, but would anybody happen to know a good place to sell extra tickets?”
The “ticket market place” on the Braves’ official site or maybe that stubhub.com site that is one of the ads on this site.
I remember Furcal doing good for us, but he was in top form last night. It was almost unfair how easily he was getting on.
Before the game starts, does anyone want to guess in which inning Kyle Davies will implode?
Yesterday’s results were not encouraging, but its a long season….
I think Davies will be alright today because he is pitching in Atlanta, but the Braves need at least two more starters. Basically, one of the subtexts of this season is the race between the time it takes for the Braves best pitching prospects in the upper minors (Lerew, Harrison, Smith, Reyes and possibly even Bueno) to become useful in Atlanta and the team’s ability to stay competitive with uneven starting pitching. In other words, how long can the Braves afford to rely on Redman, Davies and Kevin Barry (and worse)while keeping their prospects on most suitable track for development.
The problem is that under these circumstances it almost means that the Braves must win everytime Smoltz, Hudson or even James pitches. That is a pretty tall order for any team in a strong division….
Today’s lineups
Furcal SS
Pierre CF
Garciaparra 1B
Kent 2B
Gonzalez LF
LaRoche 3B
Ethier RF
Liberthal C
Wolf P
Johnson 2B
Renteria SS
Francoeur RF
Jones CF
Diaz LF
Wilson 1B
Salty C
Woodward 3B
Davies P
I can’t say I’m too thrilled by the lineup…but we’ll see.
Woodward…….ugh
I’ll go off on a limb and say Davies pitches well and goes 5 innings.
Nice play, Salty!
WOW!! I love this kid….
Nice…1-2-3 inning
I think davies knows that this might be it for him, so he will muscle up a quality start, maybe no lights out, but quality start, that or he will get bombarded in the first, giving the vulture his turn in the sun…..woodward at third, ugh, everytime i see that i cringe, think about it, had danny baeyzs appendix ruptured on las dime, we would have betemint today at third, and aybar would be in tijuana somewhere
there we go Renty..15 game hitting streak.
Two strikeouts for Davies in the first. With a little help by the dumb Pierre and the arm of Saltalamacchia, of course.
I hope Davies does great. I don’t want to see him fail.
Woodward replacing Chipper sucks.
Maybe we could DFA Chip and call up that Josh Caray kid from Rome.
Renty!
wow a 4 pitch walk…
another francouer walk, wow, ill tell you what, maybe he is coming around! dont foget he is very very young!
I still like McCann much more than Saltalamacchia. It feels like everyone is catching Saltalamania and forgeting how great McCann is.
i just can’t get use to seeing that
So, if Andruw has a bad year (and I’m not hoping he will), what happens at the end of the year? Will somebody still pay him a huge contract, or does he sign somewhere in a one year deal and hope to make a bigger splash next offseason?
Anybody know the stat for how many straight games Francoeur has played in know, dating back to a certain point in ’05? While he has been the subject to a lot deserved criticism, people should forget that he is still only 23 yrs. old, and was brought up ahead of schedule, esp. since he missed most of the one season in the minors with an injury. Hopefully he can continue to develop and improve, b/c he along with many of his other “Baby Brave” peers in becoming fun to watch.
So do I, Dan, but (so far) Salty’s better behind the plate. I’d have no problem with moving McCann, as his bat is plenty good enough for 1B.
Scott BorASS will get Andruw Jones 100+ million no matter how he plays this season. He can sucker a lot of teams.
Dan,
It’s no contest between BMac and Salty at least for me…but i’m not going to lie, I love the idea of having both Salty and BMac in the lineup whichever one is playing catcher/1st base.
DIAZ!!!
Good work, Matt!
Diaz rules.
Seriously, Woodward why? It’s good to give Chip a rest, but why not plug Willie Harris and his hot bat in there?
Diaz gets it done–its nice to have the lead…
Lets see if Salty can pull a Pence…first homerun a grandslam yesterday.
hopefully randy wolf completley implodes ala dan kolb/chris reitsma/jorgesosa06/albie lopez
What a great place for Salty to get his first hit. The Braves need to capitalize on this opportunity…
I didnt’ notice this before…but he’s got that Sheff bat waggle going….
Terrible call on “strike three.”
Damn…we should’ve had more than just 1…but a lead’s a lead.
If the Braves have one run, and their opposition none, and Daives or Redman is pitching, is it still a lead?
got to protect that plate
Very true…
with redman on the mound,pitcihng a sure 6 innings, is 8 a lead? or how about this, redman pitches a complete game, he gets 10 runs, do you tak ehte over or the under?
Redman pitch a complete game? Wouldn’t that take close to 200 pitches?
yes most likely, but, 10 runs, do you take the over or under?
if he pitches a complete game, and we get 10 runs….then we lose by 26
Well that’s not helping now is it Kyle?
Marvellous!
wiow, lose by 26, i think it would be a fascinating study to see how he would handle bostons lineup
davis two strong innings on his standards, lets hope my quality start prediction comes true!
Well Done Kyle!
Davies tends to pitch well in Atlanta and so your prediction might just be correct.
since Redman is good for about 4 runs an inning…I’m assuming he gives up about 36. But it will probably be more because he’ll tire as the game goes along..and he’ll lose his “command” and “effectiveness”…
So..he’ll give up about 50 in a complete game.
almost…
command and effectiveness are funny words when used wth redman in a sentance
Mark Redman has twelve (12) complete games in his career.
hence the quotes… to imply irony.
no i know it was funny, thats what i meant to say!
I got ya 😀
this is what is frustrating about Davies, he does have good stuff, and occasionally he is very good, if he could just harnes it and make it 3 out of 5 or 4 out of 5 starts, it would be so much better, maybe just start him at home, haha, who knows, but if he could ever come around, what a huge boost in the arm it would be
Saltys better behind the plate? What do you base that on?
Haven’t you heard how all the pitchers talk about how great McCann calls a game and handles the pitchers. You’ve seen Salty two games and he threw out a couple runners and your ready to say he’s better behind the plate? Geez…
Who’s impersonating Davies today?
Davies dealing.
The Dodgers, because they have no power to speak of, are a good matchup for Davies. His problem is control, but he doesn’t have to fear throwing strikes against them because there’s a limited amount of damage they can do.
McCann will be Braves catcher for the next 8-10 years, we can only hope. TBD, where Salty fits it, but he won’t be unseating McCann I think we can bet on that.
Salty looks like he has a better arm than McCann, but that doesn’t mean he’s better behind the plate. Throwing out runners says nothing about game-calling and his own defense.
However, based on how well Davies has pitched, maybe he and Salty have good chemistry together…
Francoeur goes the opposite way. Where is Joe Simpson?
Andruw is lost up there…
andruw might need a day off, he is looking BAD which A hurts our ability to trade him, B Our ability to win, and probably C his amount of money in a contract, even with borass, but the thing is, he has never been an average guy, just a streaky power hitter who is the greatest defensive centerfielder of this generation
OH…i thought that was gone..
7 SOs…
right now it looks like we have anywhere from 4-6 easy outs in ourlineup, including Andruw…..
I love the red uni’s at home on Sundays.
thos lineup is a joke, does bobby not want to win this game? rest chipper and mccann the same day?
But on the other hand, Francoeur’s looking really comfortable in that 3-hole.
Davies is DEALING….this is great…he might go more than the 5 I predicted.
Damn Davies. What the heck? He’s looking good (knock on wood).
“andruw might need a day off, he is looking BAD which A hurts our ability to trade him”
I think Andruw Jones’ 10/5 rights hurt the Braves ability to trade him the most. I don’t think he’ll accept any trade.
who is this guy wearing davies’ jersey? man, he rocks!
We may pay the price for not getting to Wolf when the Braves had the chance in the 1st. He is smokin now…
Roachy(Adam version) gets his first hit…
no, your exactly right about the 10/5. I know they want to keep him and not trade him, but
!?! I thought he was NAILED.
AWW he got him..BAD CALL
He had him…
so had him
He was out too. Stupid umpire.
OUT! darn it.
Wow…awful call. And the ump was right in position to see it.
Keeps missing up.
a bad call…and now he can’t rebound from it and he’s falling apart…
Well this is bad.
diaz can’t really throw or what?!
He missed up on the throw to second…everything’s sailing.
Damn another bad throw from Davies…come on get it together, you were doing soooo well
Bad decision making leads to further bad decision making by Davies.
jeez
This is going from bad to worse….
He’s melting down. This game feels over.
stop the insanity!
Come on, get this DP.
He can’t throw strikes anymore
Well… there’s the Kyle Davies we all know, and wish we didn’t… does well until a mistake / bad break, then can’t keep his composure and falls apart.
Renty saved a run there
yeah, its always a matter of time before it implodes, but, lets see how he gets out of this
KJ’s lucky his knees are still attached.
KJ could’ve been hurt there
Yeah that’s what I was just thinking
finally
Whew. That really hurts. Can the Braves please tie or take the lead ASAP?
At least the inning is over. The Braves always seem to have a daily heart-attack inning.
Does anyone know what time the Metrosexuals play the Diamondbacks?
Hopefully Pelfrey keeps it going.
Not to be pessimistic, but with the lineup today that one run looks huge.
Davies got out of it and now would be a good time to see Paronto.
cmon renty
time for jeff to go deep
guess not
Heaven forbid a Braves player gets on base….
Skip made a good point about Barry Bonds that I’m sure has been made before. People really want to discount Bonds’ achievement because of steroids, but how many pitchers that were using steroids did he homer off of? That’s a pretty valid question.
Of course, I just don’t like him. That’s why I couldn’t care less about the record. A-Rod will pass him in 5 years anyway.
Go Braves.
Rob, speaking of which, has anyone ever been able to explain how Luis Gonzalez hit 57 homers?
Yeah I have always been a little weary of Gonzo’s season…
Gonzalez’s 57 HRs are probably a bit like Dave Johnson hitting 43 for the Braves in 1973. That also remains a mystery–and one that took place before steroids reared their ugly head.
When are we going to find out bats?
Looks like now…come on Salty!
Could be worse for Gonzo…he could be Greg Vaughn.
You’ve seen Davey Johnson — doesn’t it seem like that he could have been doing steroids before anyone else?
I have a feeling that this is going to be do or die. C’mon Salty!
SALTY…FIRST HIT!!!!
Congratulations on your first hit, Salty. It’ll look like a line drive in the box score.
Game situation — you have to hit Chipper for Woodward.
yeah, and congrats to snitker for holding Diaz. He’s getting better at this base coaching thing
I havn’t seem him in many years–also his power disappeared the next year…
Salty!
Bases loaded, one out. Pinch hit Chipper for Woodward!
Please, no double plays.
Not a bad time for your first hit, wish it was an RBI, but it’ll work.
LETS GO BRAVES!
David Ortiz just should not run the bases…
No, it’s Woodward! WHY!?
……Woodward???
Yeah, that swing will drive in a lot of runs…
I mean it, this is a bad idea. And he hits into a double play. Bobby screwed up.
Thanks a heap, Bobby. Thank a bunch, Woodward.
we deserve to lose for keeping Woodward at bat there…
Yep…saw that coming…Why? Why wasn’t chipper subbed in?
FCK!!!!!!!
Woodward must die
3 Hits No Runs–Damn!!
jesus mary and saint joseph, WOODWAD IS TERIBLE, he should not have been in, at all, under no circumstances, bases loaded with him up, we do deserve to lose, and it sucks because its a rare good start for davies
I am not pleased at all with the way that turned out.
these are the times when casual fans will make better decisions than managers..
Malcolm Gladwell has an interesting theory on it…fits perfectly here.
woodward has a gift
if we traded Shortstops then that would have been an RBI
It’s always an adventure out their in left for Diaz, but nice grab.
I guess we know who got the pictures.
It was bad enough to waste Hudson’s good outing last night, but it isn’t often Davies’ pitches this effectively, we need some runs here.
I don’t know if anyone saw or said this already but Oscar is most likely going to pitch on Tuesday.
http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/probable_pitchers.jsp?c_id=atl
…………………………………..
Not again…
See Woodie? that’s what they call a pingh “hitter”.
Betemit hitting pinch-hit HRs for the wrong damn team.
Bobby is making it tougher and tougher to like him. I know I shouldn’t be saying this, and should look at the big picture, and what he’s done for this team over the years. But his poor in-game decisions over the past few years have become a disturbing trend. And with decisions like this, I can only shake my head.
Betemit…#%*&
you have got to be shittin me!
Can we get Betemit back? Aybar stinks!!!!
Speaking of trading shortstops: Damn!!–Does this mean that Langerhans will hit us as well–while being terrible against everybody else?
The only reason Aybar stinks is because he’s been hitting the bottle all day. But the way we’re playing, I’m tempted to join him.
Bobby, when you try to squeeze out one more inning from the starter, you wind up walking out there to yank him anyway after a couple of runs. Human beings are supposed to be good at recognizing patterns. Why aren’t you?!?
Wow, what an arm!
The only reason Aybar stinks is because he’s been hitting the bottle all day. But the way we’re playing, I’m tempted to join him.
Hell they way Woodwards going, I’d be tempted to start him.
I reckon the Dodgers have figured out what Betemit’s role should be.
Salty has one of those laser rocket arms I’ve heard about.
i haven’t heard about aybar since he failed to meet with someone from the players union some weeks ago. anybody has any news on him?
fckin woodward
Bases loaded, one out and Bobby Cox sits on his hands and lets Woodward bat. Then with two outs, no one on, that happens. That inning could have been really different. Now a one run deficit is three, and this game looks beyond done.
Thanks for nothing Bobby, Woodward and Davies.
langerhans just singled to lefT!!
I wouldn’t really blame Davies. Bobby should have yanked him…
Betemit’s role shouild clearly be to pretend that WE are always on the mound when he hits.
I think it’s still safe to day that trade is not one of JS’s finer moments.
Yes, why AGAIN are Chipper & McCann off in the same day? Why not just bench KJ for Pete Orr Bobby and then forfeit the game? Might as well.
“skip : has ryan langerhans been traded yet today?”
damn..my quote placement went as well as a Redman pitch.
timo #172:
All I have heard about awol-bar is that he is struggling with addiction. Makes the whole Betemit trade hurt all the more (even with his poor season so far). Not that his two run shot today doesn’t suck!
skip “he really is a good kid” carey
Good eye, Renty.
Renty? errr… Willie, I’m crazy.
It’s fun when Skip is allowed to do TV again. I miss him.
Is there any way Skip can first put tape over his obnoxious son’s mouth and then beat him with his belt? I mean, I think it’s time for Chip to be punished for being such a ra-ra guy for the opposing teams.
Alright KJ..
Rally, rally, rally! Come on, Renteria!
No that Betemit homer sucks even more.
Gotta love Wilie and KJ….RALLY RALLY RALLY!
if we leave these runners stranded in this situation i’m not going to be happy…but also i won’t be surprised either
That was the worst pun ever, Chip. Just shut yet yapper and let daddy talk. please.
RENTERIA!
SWEET!
RENTERIA!
Renty!
Renty! Maybe idiocy won’t be enough to stop us today!
alright, thanks renty for proving me wrong! i’d honestly like to see more of that
RENTY!!
Renty!!
i like this song they always play nowadays, who is this?
Francoeur is too eager. A single works here, Jeff.
No reason to throw him a strike…
A flyball to advance the runner would work here.
yeah, he is looked like the 05-06 frenchy right there
How many balls has Jeff swung at?
Just think about the dollars, Andruw.
i look back at that woodward at bat now hard
Chipper! It’s a little late Bobby, but finally.
COME ON CHIPPER!! a little late…but lets go!
that Dodger outfield could not throw out my mother…
WHAT!!! BULLSH**
And Bobby’s been ejected. About damn time.
Go Bobby GO
Pwnt!
CHIPPER DID NOT GO! BOO!
“i look back at that woodward at bat now hard”
You ain’t kidding.
And Chipper’s gone too.
Ouch! When are we going to get a call?
No way he went
Man, that’s two completely blown calls this game that are killing us.
Ump screwed us twice already.
BAD UMPIRING TODAY!!!
Another terrible call goes against the braves. The play at the plate, and now this? Absurd.
Hell yeah…horrible umping.
“And Bobby’s been ejected. About damn time.”
I know. The umpires should have thrown him out for letting Woodward bat.
THOR!
The Mighty Thor!
The All Mighty THOR!!!!!!
YESSS!
Man…talk about your groundball with eyes…
Sweet!
Yes…nice job Thor
How’d that ever get through? Took about 95 hops.
Thor!
Roger Clemens is a Yank…wow
tiny t!
Clemens to the Yanks…and I just threw up
Wow… Clemens a Yankee again. Is he still sitting out til mid-year, or coming back sooner?
This guy had given up 1 hit all season, retired his last 24 batters faced, and we touch him for 4 runs. Nice.
oh, he was due!
Dan…Your comment earlier about throwing Bobby out for letting Woodward bat today…hilarious.
That was a horrible call and once again, Chip to the rescue of sounding like a NON BRAVES ANNOUNCER.
The more I listen to Chip Caray, the more I want to hit him upside the head with a pogo stick.
SALTY!
Salty!
SALTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Salty!
too many “!” but oh well
Is it a surprise that Clemens is a Yank? He fits right in.
WHOOO!!!!
JARROD!
Salty!!
salty is campaigning to stay up with the big club….and he’s not a bad politician with his throwing arm and bat
I HATE HATE HATE Te yankees, i despise them, they just spend money 200 million no problem, it makes me sick, imagine we had 200 million, we could go out get 3 more starters and a left fielder and we would be lighting the world afire
The bad news is that my drafting for ranting about Bobby losing the game by not hitting for Woodward is useless now.
Anyway, this kid’s name really needs to be Spoonerized. “Bad Chillingsley” is much better.
Woodward??
Really??
WOODWARD!
OMG! Even Woodward brought in a run!
wow…Woodward didn’t eff us. Go figure.
Woodward atones! Getting singled to death ain’t much fun, is it, Dodgers?
Hey Woodie – little after the fact, but it’s a start.
I never thought this would happen…2 out rally, lovin’ every minute of it.
woodward?!
Whose the pitcher of record for the Braves?
paronto
Bad Chillingsly?
Woodward–Bobby is smiling about it now…
“jeff kent has the range of a rosebush out there”
he came in, threw a pitchout to gun down furcal….he might get a 1 pitch win
“wow…Woodward didn’t eff us. Go figure.”
I guess that passes for a compliment from Alex. 😀
bobby is drop kicking someone in the catacombs probably…
This is best rally of the year–against the vaunted Dodger bullpen–and despite a half-baked call on Chipper.
“Dan…Your comment earlier about throwing Bobby out for letting Woodward bat today…hilarious.”
Seriously, how funny would that be? As soon as Chris Woodward came up and hit into that double play in that big situation, one of the umpires go towards the Braves’ dugout, point at Bobby Cox and eject him.
it’s good to see us string together several hits, instead of relying on the longball.
Sori in now.
Let’s go Soriano and Gonzalez! Let’s finish this great, come-back win.
Soriano–time for be Lights Out!
Chipper getting tossed shouldn’t be a surprise. I don’t think you get to say eff-you to the umps on a strikeout and stay in the game.
If you didn’t have any friends…
If people called you names…
And if you smelled really bad…
You’d be named Tony LaRusa too.
two quick outs
If you didn’t have any friends…
If people called you names…
And if you smelled really bad…
You’d be named Tony La Russa too.
“I don’t think you get to say eff-you to the umps on a strikeout and stay in the game.”
It was obvious Chipper was saying “f*** you”, wasn’t it?
Though Smoltz didn’t get ejected when he flipped off the home plate umpire last year.
It’s great having Soriano and Gonzo
Yeah, Basil…it’s the best I could do. But hey, I will quit bashing him for a day now.
My understanding is that the magic word is MF, that anything else is a judgment call.
I wish Clemens went to the Astros, just so ESPN could go on about what a mistake it was and basically how only New York and Boston matter.
hey, I’m late in today, but what’s with the black patch on the Braves left arms? Did Brian Jordan die? if so, was Mac involved?
I got thrown out of a little league game. I don’t think I’d make it through a week of MLB games.
As opposed to how it’s a great move and only Boston and New York matter? Not enough of a difference to get excited about.
I’d assume the patch is for the Cards pitcher.
Why is Francoeur swinging 3-0?
The patch is for Johnny Sain and Lew Burdette, who wore the same number as Spahn’s second bananas.
Speaking of little league, I’m pitching in with my kid’s 8-9 yr old team. half of them have never played before. Anyone know of any decent resources on how to teach the game to kids? I never fully appreciated how difficult a game it is to explain to someone with zero base knowledge. many thanks.
jesus, pete. focus!
“I’d assume the patch is for the Cards pitcher.”
I think the patch is in honor of Lou Burdette.
Come on Gonzalez.
come on gonzo…
there we go KJ
someone please show him the plate
Martin has a flare for dramatics
Wow, he puts everything in his pitches.
One more…
Game Braves win!
braves win braves win braves win.
Big win! Love it.
Well done, despite Bobby’s brain farts.
29th straight save for Gonzo!
Great win…
Thank you so much Schuerholz for Soriano, Gonzalez and Wickman.
great win!
Awesome comeback…gotta love winning series…now we just gotta hope the mets lose later today
Did anyone see Skip holding the dog? High comedy.
A line you don’t see everyday:
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
C Paronto (W, 2-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 2.25
A line you don’t see everyday:
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
C Paronto (W, 2-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 2.25
hahaha
Paronto really worked hard for that one.