As a changeup, no video. Instead, I present “Little-Known Family Facts About Former Braves That I Made Up.”
- Ryan Langerhans’ great-uncle discovered the “Islets of Langerhans”. Upset by his brother’s success, Ryan’s grandfather spent the last 34 years of his life dissecting glands hoping to discover something more interesting.
- Pedro Borbon Jr. is actually a member of the Spanish royal family. He is currently 43rd in line to the throne, one spot below his father.
- While Jose Oliva was not related to Tony Oliva, he was actually a collateral relative of Pedro and Ramon Martinez.
- Dave Gallagher is comedian Gallagher’s half-brother, though oddly they share their mother, not their father.
- Steve Avery stands to inherit three percent of the Avery office supply company.
*on Kelly.
We’ve managed to turn Mike Freaking Gosling into Mariano Rivera.
Maybe we should get Mark Teixeira.
or strike out.
C’mon McCann, act like you care.
We’ve struck out 17 times and hit into 4 double plays. This helps explain how 17 hits and 3 walks equals 3 runs… but it doesn’t really do it justice.
A tying HR would make sense. C’mon, boys…
Not bashing Kelly, I like KJ…just stating a fact.
Jeffy Francoeur, singles hitter.
Hah, SUCK IT GOSLING!
i smell a kj DP
I think they are just going to tie it and make us wait forever.
No frenchy i needed a Homer!!
Good god, how many times are we gonna strike out looking today!?!?
another 1 run loss, end this now KJ
well, way to take one for the team kj
Guys, we’re in the 15th inning—I think there’s an easy explanation for why we’ve only gotten 3 runs on 17 hits.
It’s up to Salty.
We need a Tex in this lineup. 17 hits and maybe only 3 runs is sad. 18 hits, 4 runs…KJ make up for the error.
If Salty hits a 2 run jack right now, I say we don’t trade the man. C’mon salty.
Damn that sucks….
do we have any pinch hitters left?
Davies is on deck, csg
@521
davies
why not let reyes hit if possible
because gosling is a lefty, probably.
Alex, I’d be happy to go with that, but the way this team is playing, I’m worried it’s heads Reds win, tails we lose.
Crap. We’re down to Davies?
KYLE GOES YARD!! (please)
I have a lot of confidence right here
PS-this is why you don’t carry 13 pitchers.
C’mon, Kyle. Double in the corner.
Somewhere, that jackel LaRussa is laughing at us.
Davies I hope your bat is better than your arm!
I wouldn’t call up anyone from AA right now. I would get on the phone and go find someone, not randomly bring up 20-year olds (or however old he is). Just don’t think it’s a good plan in a pennant race, sorry.
Course neither is signing Julio Franco, but whatever.
Put your damn hands down, Phillips. You’re still in last place. Moron.
well that was one helluva series
Game
Ok im out for the moment arghh swept by the Reds puts a damper on the day.
Okay, so Kyle Davies is still the opposite of good. Sort of an unfair situation for him, I guess, but there’s your ballgame, ladies and gentlemen.
Let’s get the hell out of there.
unbelievable, we can only score when they score. Good job to Smoltz today for a good outing
Now that we took care of Griffey and the Reds…bring on Pujols and Redbirds!!! I can’t wait to see Pujols get shutdown. Sigh…….
mlb rumors…salty for arroyo
Olney: Braves Interested In Arroyo
ESPN’s Buster Olney heard a rumor: the Braves are interested in Bronson Arroyo. Olney believes the Reds would demand Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Personally, I think Salty can bring someone better. And using him at first base isn’t the worst idea in the world, if no one knocks John Schuerholz’s socks off.
Arroyo is the definition of an innings eater, and he’s signed at about market rate. On second thought, $10MM a year for him might be slightly below-market. Atlanta got a good look at Arroyo last night, as the 30 year-old hurler had his best start of the season (seven scoreless innings). Arroyo has been solid in his last five starts, though he did get to face the Cardinals and Giants.
So, are there any Braves fans out there who would trade Salty for Arroyo?
And the 4 man bench comes back to bite us.
Um, why did we sign Julio Franco? He’s done.
We like to have worthless old guys on our bench. It pisses me off.
Arroyo’s a little underwhelming. I’d much rather trade Salty for a guy like Snell, who’s cheap and whose rights we’ll own for a while.
Arroyo’s someone whose salary we can’t really afford. And our offensive hole at 1B is too big for us to tie up that much salary.
If we trade Salty, I’d rather have Snell as well.
I wouldn’t mind Arroyo but not at the expense of Salty.