Wow, that was some game, huh? Remember when that thing happened? And that other thing? Some performance by that one guy.
Anyway, ignore this if the game is for some reason still going on. Here is a video.
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It’s still going on for me since I’m watching the recast. A few thoughts….
-Sadly, I get the feeling we are going to trade Willie Harris.
-Huddy suffered from bad defense, among other things. We could have won this one.
-Escobar rocks
-I currently have the same, or a very similar, injury as Chipper, from what I decode from the commentary. He should go on the 60 day DL at the minimum. I hurt mine pulling a fire hose and it was a long time before I could pinch, grab or grip anything with that thumb. It’s one of those injuries that quietly lingers and any little thing can reset the healing process.
What would possibly give you the idea that Willie Harris will be traded ?? I have not heard that anywhere else …
Also I think the bigger issue with Hudson, is he is clearly not on the same page with McCann.
I really like the idea of getting Salty the occasional start at first base, but I don’t really see that happening until Pena is called up.
Huddie pitched ok. The defense let him down.
Going back to the previous thread–I want to Thank Ububba for notifying us about the death of Clete Boyer. A good NYTimes obituary can be found here:
I guess that I am one of the ‘oldtimers’ on this list and I do remember Boyer. Boyer was regarded as one of the essential Braves which won the NL West in 1969–only to be upset by the Mets. Fans marveled at his glove and eventually became frustated with his bat.
Long after Boyer left the Braves, he remained the standard by which many Atlantans measured defense at the `hot corner’. Darrell Evans was not regarded as a bad 3B, but he just wasn’t Boyer. The fans were right: correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that the next Brave to win a Gold Glove at 3B would be Terry Pendleton.
One final thought: at least by the time I became a fan (late 1960s) the Boyer brothers never received the attention which was given to the Alous.
I don’t see why it’s sad we’d trade Harris. I mean, sure, he’s killing the ball right now, but historically he’s been awful. If a team would trade someone that’s a 4th starter or so, I would JUMP at the opportunity.
In MLB’07 I trade Willie and a couple scrub minor leaguers for John Koronka and Jason Botts. I thought it was a pretty damn good deal back in March.
I’d trade Willy for a decent starter as well because he is not a long term solution anywhere. However, I don’t see that happening. If anything I could see us moving Escobar, so here’s to hoping he hits 400 the rest of the season.
Going back to the previous thread–I want to Thank Ububba for notifying us about the death of Clete Boyer. A good NYTimes obituary can be found here:
I guess that I am one of the ‘oldtimers’ on this list and I do remember Boyer. Boyer was regarded as one of the essential Braves which won the NL West in 1969–only to be upset by the Mets. Fans marveled at his glove and eventually became frustrated with his bat.
It was probably during the 1969 season that Boyer went into a slump. He was about 1 for 50 and it became a semi-public event. He received advice from disparate sources—newspaper articles, letters, talk shows, people he encountered in other walks of life—on how to end the slump. Eventually he did, but he never hit as much as people hoped: “Why can’t he hit like Ken?”
Long after Boyer left the Braves, he remained the standard by which many Atlantans measured defense at the `hot corner’. Darrell Evans was not regarded as a bad 3B, but he just wasn’t Boyer. Growing up in the 1970s in Atlanta meant hearing about the legendary gove of Clete—occasionally “Cletus”. The fans were right: correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that the next Brave to win a Gold Glove at 3B would be Terry Pendleton.
One final thought: at least by the time I became a fan (late 1960s) the Boyer brothers never received the attention which was given to the Alous.
I would trade Escobar when Chipper is back from his sabbatical.
jessie jackson and his boys will go crazy on the braves if we move the only african-american on our 25 man roster. even if we did move him we probably wouldn’t get much for him. willie must like being back home in georgia.
unfortunately, escobar and salty were brought up in hopes of upping their trade value and i don’t see both of them still in atlanta after the break.
Having already traded Marte and Betemit last year, the Braves can’t afford to trade Escobar anytime soon especially since it’s completely unclear when Chipper will be back. Besides trading Escobar would mean more starts by Woodward and Orr. Ugggh.
I had never heard of Clete Boyer so when I first saw the headline on the AJC I thought they meant Blaine Boyer. Is Blaine any relation?
Escobar and Salty suffer from the same problem: being good.
Too good to be sitting on the bench. Moves will have to be made soon. Maybe not until after the break though.
beedee – it’s jesse jackson. and come on.