Today’s game thread video goes out to Michael, Carlos, Lou, and all those crazy kids in the outfield bleachers.
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Today’s game thread video goes out to Michael, Carlos, Lou, and all those crazy kids in the outfield bleachers.
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Welcome Cormier!
Bobby said it before. “Sometimes, Spring Training can be deceiving,” Cox said. “But in his case, it wasn’t. He had quality stuff every time out. He was downright nasty.”
Unfortunately day game. I’ll grab some sleep for skin care;;;;; ’cause slept badly last two days. ;;;; Draw “two words” in my heart next morning. “Braves Won”! GO GO!
Piniella suspended for yesterday’s tirade:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2891897
I should hope so. I also hope that the Cubs organization is fined for their fans getting out of control — though that is really Piniella’s fault for getting them riled up.
Sounds like it could be a somewhat lengthy suspension. They don’t normally suspend someone indefinitely while they’re waiting to figure out how long they’re actually gonna suspend them if it’s just gonna be a game or two.
Anyone else notice how the ESPN guy completly butchered Salty’s name on the video of that page?
He also called Thor “Scott Thorton”.
What a complete homer.
“Salamanochi?” It’s a long name, true, but it’s not that complicated. That ESPN announcer should be ashamed of himself.
My guess will be 7-10 games for Piniella’s suspension. He didn’t bump the ump the way Pete Rose did to earn a 30-day suspension, but the incitement of the fans will put him on the shelf for longer than most suspensions.
A sweep would be mighty sweet today.
I guess I missed this, but how are they making room for Cormier?
Seems to me like he was suspended 10 games for a similar tirade at some point when he was with Seattle, so I would agree that that’s probably about right.
To his credit, though, Cubs fans are idiots. He didn’t actually directly incite them. Perhaps he meant to, perhaps not, but he didn’t gesture toward them or even look toward them or anything. I think the Cubs fans more or less incited themselves. With his reputation and the idiocy of Cubs fans and so forth, I wouldn’t be surprised if that happens every single time Lou gets tossed at Wrigley.
On a side note, at least the Cubs didn’t lose much money on that free travel mug promotion. They got most of the travel mugs back…heh.
For all you Ramones fans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP9BBUK7LvA
By far, my favorite Ramones song ever.
And in retrospect, that video is dedicated to Sweet Lou, hahaha.
Kirk H. – David O’Brien is reporting that Prado was sent down to make room for Cormier.
i like that move. one would hope we could keep escobar up to be a betemit-ish backup to 3rd, ss, and 2nd. i dont know that this could happen, but i sure would like to see what our lineup could do with an everyday lineup of kelly, willie/diaz, renteria, gimper,druw, mccann, francoeur, and salty. that sounds pretty unbeatable. i vote we name our left-field platoon willie diaz. HOW CREATIVE! that’s a really funny name. mac, i also vote we make thor our new whipping boy. i dont mind him, but playing him at 1st holds back any chance of us seeing salty in a braves uniform for the future.
Gimper… lolzz
If Piniella is really suspended 7-10 days, I don’t want to know how long Phillip Wellman will get. What do you recon: He has got to get fired or what?
Wellman has some serious issues…
The crawl and the grenade launch is just not something you see very often.
Wellman should get a medal.
The Cubs’ substitute manager today is Alan Trammell.
hey guys, is the game on TBS?
AJ just called Fenway weird… and he doesn’t like Wrigley either.
Hmmmm……
Yessir, game is just about to get under way on TBS.
Wellman should be fired.
He’s supposed to be an adult. If I did that at my job, I would have been fired before I threw a base, let alone tossed a rosin bag grenade.
He did have good placement of the grenade at the ump’s feet.
LaRoche is heating up, just homered against Penny. Good for him.
Thanks BX!
Yunel’s starting again, and this lineup is certified Pradorrward-free!
KJ,
Nice start.
Dustin,
Ramones, yes.
I dig that tune, but lyrically that one’s always been, um, problematic to say the least.
If you’ve seen the Ramones’ documentary, “End of the Century” (which is terrific), there’s a bit about that song where the owner of Sire Records is begging them to change the lyrics—and Johnny just won’t do it.
Wellman’s antics–especially around home plate–reminded me of the scene played by Richard Dreyfus in Close Encounters. At least in that movie Dreyfus was dealing with alien life….
This is not a promising start.
Not looking so hot, Lance.
Cormier still has a chance to get out of it….
are the cubs ever freaked out by Frenchy or what?
A break? And for whom?
We don’t want to give DeRosa a chance to beat us….
Son of a…
Oh yeah, this was SO worth waiting for.
He just did.
Welcome back Lance..
That was right down the middle, yuck.
So the question becomes: How are the Cubs going to blow this one?
jeez!
Damn!!! What an embarassment…
Lance Cormier sucks. It’s sad so many people forgot this just because he had a meaningless good spring training.
A little painful…but I am leaving my trust in the Braves
One inning in and people are already downing Cormier?
I’m not so much putting my faith in the Braves as putting my faith in the Cubs’ ability to fall apart under pressure.
I guess the good news is that Cormier can only get better….
Remember, the Cubs don’t exactly have Ferguson Jenkins out there today. Be cool—we still have 8 more times at bat.
This game is national on both TBS and WGN. The guys on WGN cheered less for that grand slam than Chip Caray did. I think I’m going to watch WGN to avoid Chip Caray.
Can you trade announcers? Chip Caray for … well, let’s just give him away.
yes, that is pretty quick to say the least that they are counting him out already.
“One inning in and people are already downing Cormier?”
That implys that at one time I believed in Lance Cormier.
mac,
where’s kolb’s spot on the poll?
Let’s go Rain!
Oh, I only listed players and announcers who were on the team at the end of last season and not at the beginning of this one.
sorry, little slow on the uptake.
good to see cormier picked up right where he left off
“good to see cormier picked up right where he left off”
Would seem so.
we should have “old yellar-ed” his ass this spring.
“Wellman should be fired.”
Wellman should be the frontrunner for Bobby Cox’s job when he retires.
dare i say the d-backs are clinging to a 2 run lead over the mets?
Well, we have a fifth starter problem then. Then again, so does mostly everyone else.
The Diamondbacks are going to need more runs….
The question is whether James and Davies can fix our third starter and fourth starter problems… and whether Smoltz is going to be able to stay in the rotation. Remember that Smoltzie should have pitched today.
Please don’t remind me that we should have had Smoltz out there.
Brian J.,
I have no qualms that Smoltz SHOULD have been out there today. Just let him get better. No rush.
Oh, wonderful. Did somebody just dump a beer on Andruw?
Are you serious, a home run each inning? Let the trade talk, resume?
Why is Lance Cormier still pitching?
Batting practice continues….
Dan, why waste the bullpen, this game’s in the toilet anyway.
this is getting ridiculous! Villareal, get ready.
Cormier doesn’t have anything on his fastball.
“Did somebody just dump a beer on Andruw?”
Yes. Those whacky Cubs’ fans.
It’s finally happened: Julio Franco is playing like a 48-year-old man.
He was just toyed with by Doug Davis. The last few times I’ve seen him hit, he was blown away pretty easily. He was hitting .171 coming into that AB & he just isn’t getting around like he used to. Bound to happen, sure, but he’s certainly not a guy to fear anymore.
I know Minaya loves him, but he’s killing the Mets. I wonder if he’ll finish the season with them.
D-Backs hanging onto a 4-1 lead in the top of the 8th. Isn’t Chi-Town expecting rain?
So, the Cubbies are in need of a catcher for the future. If we did deal Salty, do they have a young arm we could use?
Sky is “ominous”, but it hasn’t rained yet from what I’ve seen. Maybe the Braves will have to call up someone else, or keep giving people chances. I don’t think there’s much else they can do.
BX,
Rich Hill. No less. LOL
Yeah, he just got in a fight with their
catcher. And the other guy, Rich Hill, I would imagine is fairly untouchable. Nobody’s trading us their good, young, cheap pitchers.
Nope. So we’re stuck with the Fifth Starter Shuffle.
i say we put the “towel” squad in and get ready for the next series
Given Redman’s prodigious numbers, our 5th starters have to be on pace for some kind of record of futility.
beedee,
Does that ever REALLY happen without injuries?
… I want Shane Reynolds! *cry*
We should’ve kept Sosa.
(kidding.)
no. bobby usually put the towel squad in to start games, not finish them.
Yeah, pretty much. 🙂
What the hell is going on with Sosa? Only the Braves can beat him.
Is Andruw getting another platinum sombrero today?
If he gets to bat five times, which is unlikely.
cormier is broken…can orr pitch?
What happened to Francoeur’s power. He slugged .396 in May and has only 2 HR in his last 131 AB.
jeremy,
i think his strike outs are up too.
Ouch, Edgar.
Sickels is having a live mock draft and has the Braves taking Josh Smoker.
Chip- “And it’s fisted to second”…well looks like it’s time to take two drinks and a shower.
Mets lost 4-1
This is not how I imagined finishing off this series.
i feel fisted
woody is 2 for 16 off the bench… make that 2 for 17
bring on baby wick!
I’ve had the game on but I’ve been too concerned with destroying the Tigers in The Show which I hadn’t played in a while. I won 19-4…Chipper and Andruw both hit for the cycle.
“Sickels is having a live mock draft and has the Braves taking Josh Smoker.”
Isn’t Smoker a pitcher? Bowman keeps saying the Braves want an outfielder. Why? I don’t know. It feels like the Braves have plenty of position depth and hardly any good pitching prospects.
just to let you guys know..it seems as though andruw has gained a couple of steps back in the outfield. since we are now 1/3 of the way through the season, andruw is on pace for 475 putouts. that would be the 100 extra balls that the “overrated” centerfielder should be getting to.
They are some good pitching arms in the lower levels. Feliz, Hanson, Richmond, Rasmus, Locke, Evarts. Those guys are a long way away but I don’t think the system is totally bare of arms.
thorman is really starting to work my nerves. FREE SALTY!!!!
Francoeur and Thorman: the first pitch out brothers.
FINALLY!!! Salty is playing first.
Free at last! Free at last! Well, not quite…but still…
From your lips to gods ears – Salty in at 1st
I think Francoeur could use a day off every so often.
Putting the K in Macay