The little kid singing lead is pretty good. Whatever happened to him?
The little kid singing lead is pretty good. Whatever happened to him?
Yes, the road trip that continues to keep Mac’s stomach, quesey.
Not queasy enough to miss out on making fun of Mets fans’ testicles.
Check out #36 and 37 in the last thread…I love this blog.
Met talk at an all-time low today. Two reasons:
1) Pelfrey on the mound tonight, a most-feared situation by Shea types. An 0-10 streak vs. Pha is a genuine possibility. They don’t wanna discuss that.
2) Devils-Rangers, the PATH playoff, kicks off tonight.
Let’s go, Devils.
Cliff at #91 from the last thread:
The day the Braves waste money on a sports psychologist for a mediocre talent like Thorman, is the day pigs fly.
Smoltz has Hall of Fame talent. He’s worth the head shrink fees.
#3
ububba…well thank goodness, they always have the Knicks! Oh wait, on 2nd thought…they at least have the Giants!
Torre already benches Andruw. That’s a lot sooner than the Braves ever benched him.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080409&content_id=2507791&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Met fans are avoiding the very subject of their team today. Going 0-3 vs Atl & Pha, even this early, does a number on their heads.
A couple more losses to the Phils & Willie Randolph will be officially less popular than Elliot Spitzer around here.
I love that Torre’s benching him to help clear his head. Seemed like Bobby never gave him a day off, just kept penciling in his .200 batting average every single day, most times in the cleanup spot.
ububba,
Wait, are you saying that a Governor of NY who throws every guy who’s ever visited a Prostitute in jail, and then it turns out was doing that himself, is unpopular?
I am shocked.
Torre benching Andruw.
My already high opinion of Joe Torre has further increased.
And of course Pierre is 2 for 2 with the game’s only RBI at this point.
Alex,
Spitzer’s unpopular for a lot more than that.
As for me, I liked Spitzer ever since he, as NY Attorney General, got me full refunds from the Yankees for post-season tickets.
In ’02, the Yanks got bounced in the ALDS by the Angels & they had tried to pull a Ticketmaster-type ripoff by not refunding the “service charges” on 9 unplayed games. For me & my pals, it added up to about $175.
On that issue, Spitzer stuck up for the fans & I thought it was supercool that he did.
I hope they get this mug in. No way in hell we need to play a doubleheader on getaway day given our already overtaxed bullpen.
Yo ububba,
We gotta catch another game at Shea this summer, man. I graduate mid-May, so I’ll be definitely looking to see a few games out there.
“Torre dismissed Jones’ weight as a factor in his struggles at the plate, which seem more a matter of him pulling off pitches with a power mentality instead of staying on pitches and going up the middle.”
wow, pulling off pitches? why does that sound familiar?
Rob,
I’m down. I have tix for April 25 already.
Here are the ATL @ NYM dates:
April 25-27
August 19-21
Sept 12-14
Lemme know what you’re into.
FWIW, I also try to catch at least one game in Philly each year. It’s a pretty easy trip actually.
James vs Redman. I see a 20-19 final score….
How about we trade Pena or Corky for Morgan Ensberg? Posada has a “dead” shoulder.
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/04/08/posada-may-be-headed-for-dl/
How about we could have signed Ensberg this offseason without it costing a player.
Mets are close to signing Claudio Vargas to a minor league deal
Sorry if I missed it somewhere, but what roster move did the Braves make to bring up Chuckie?
By David O’Brien
April 9, 2008 6:56 PM | Link to this
JimD, they don’t have to activate Chuck until they exchange lineups, so they’re waiting to make the move to make sure we’re actually gonna play.
Forecast a little better now for tonight, in that the bad stuff might not arrive until a little later. But we’ll see.
Bobby just told me there were several options for the move.
I guess we can rule out a trade, though, because they wouldn’t be having another team wait to see if we play tonight. At least I don’t think they would.
hope its ok to copy and paste…
No word yet. DOB says the Braves are waiting to make sure this game isn’t going to get postponed to maybe buy extra time.
Thanks!
DOB says the Braves are waiting to make sure this game isn’t going to get postponed to maybe buy extra time.
Because our roster is just so jam packed with talent you see…
Damion Easley grounds out with the bases loaded and the Mets settle for one in the first. Man, it seems like Easley has been playing forever.
Damion Easley was the answer to last night’s Aflac trivia question, which was “What active player holds the record for most games played without ever playing in the postseason?” 1,595 games.
Dear weather please don’t rob us of the chance to face Redman.
Thank you
We NEED to face Redman tonight. Please…
The Phillies give the Mets the gift of 6 walks in the first two innings and they can’t get a hit.
The guy on Braves Live just called Redman’s stuff “offspeed junk”.
Well that’s what it is.
Soriano to the DL.
I missed it but please dont tell me we bunted against Redman?????
Escobar tried, for some reason, and it hit him outside the batter’s box.
Brad,
Where are you getting your information about Soriano?
DOB at the ajc, and the announcers said it before the game.
DOB just posted it on his blog at AJC.com.
Brad,
That ball came nowhere NEAR Escobar – really bad call by Angel Hernandez (to no suprise – he hates the Braves)
Thanks, everyone. I’m here in Chico, California, listening to the Rockies broadcast.
Chuckies fastball is at 85-86, two years ago it was at 90-91. Maybe its the weather
So who do you think Bobby has penciled in to close?
The Colorado announcers on the FSN broadcast treat the Braves with a lot of respect. It’s one thing to be a “homer,” but these guys do a great job of treating the opposing team fairly. And they are knowledgeable. Being from Ohio, I am at times subjected to Jeff Brantley on FSN Ohio and he is giant toolbox.
this doesn’t look good….
wonder if he is ready at all
I have this medical condition where I can’t physically watch Chuck James pitch.
I wasn’t really watching, but on the replay, you’re right. Terrible call. I was more questioning why you’d bunt in the first inning with no one on base against Mark Redman.
just showed the Yunel bunt, it was NO WHERE NEAR HIM
Chuck doesn’t look good.
Good to have Chuck back, isn’t it?
Time for Holliday to hit one to Utah.
#42 – probably Acosta, because he was the closer in Richmond. My choice would be Moylan.
Doesn’t Chuck James make you want to be “that guy” who is always like…”I could hit that.”
He just threw that speedball by him
Made him look like a fool, boy
why doesnt Chuck look good?? he’s gotten ahead of every hitter. That was 90mph there
wow struck out Holliday. Nice suprise
Willy Taveras hit one to the warning track, the hit Tulowitzki, and Helton got his customary hit against us. Not great. Looked good against Holliday, though.
*HE hit Tulowitzki
Taveras at any other field is a routine fly ball, not a warning track shot. Dont care about one pitch to Tulo., Helton is a great hitter and it hit Tex’s glove. Should’ve caught it. Chuck has problems when he gets behind, okay so far
I’m Chuck James, bitch.
Triple!
Francoeur leadoff triple…nice
lead!
Mark Redman…just what the doctor ordered.
Here we go. Nice hit Brian.
With Redman it may even be more than the customary early 1-0 lead.
#59 – that still goes through my head every time he strikes someone out. LOL.
There’s ma Frenchy
How do Angel Hernandez and CB Buckner have jobs?
Redman got hit ha ha ha
this could be bad news, leave Redman out there
noooo don’t injure Redman!
Remember that movie “Rookie of the Year”? Now that he got hit, I bet he turns into Smoltz
Great bunt, Chuck.
shoot me
Lol Smitty.
I’ll take my chances though. Hopefully he comes back more.
That call on the bunt is just terrible. It’s not often you see an umpire just make something up.
That was special.
Why would you squeeze against one of the worst pitchers in baseball with a statue at third base?
Pretty obvious this just isn’t our series.
breaking news – Detroit has a lead
well, we got our 1 run.
What have they done to the *real* Mark Redman? This guy is obviously an alien posing as MR.
Smitty,
add Doug Eddings to that list
Chuck–hit batter, walk…
This doesn’t look like it can end well.
K
Holliday just owns us. I’m gonna miss leaving Coors.
Lovely.
3-1. If we lose to Mark Redman, I swear…
another hit batter. Goodbye, Chuck.
Bobby is pissed!!
Why in the world was the infield playing in there? You don’t think you can score 3 against Redman in this park?
Brad too many runs there. We’ll lose 4-3 or 3-2
Mets 7-2 in the 7th..
Am I reading this right? Marlins have 10?
#90 – my thoughts exactly. If Yunel is playing back he catches that hit and the runner doesnt score
Maybe Bobby sees that we got our 1 run, so we’re finished for the night.
…
Sadly that was only a matter of time.
Bleh.
gonna be tough to lose this one by a run.
…I like how Bobby is just leaving Chuck out there. No need to polish the brass on the Titanic.
Another hit batter?!!?
chuck james rule: never let him pitch in coors.
or in the majors for us.
Interesting article about Shafer on ajc.com. They say they can’t comment, but are inferring something’s rotten in MS. His dad claimed he was willing to submit blood test, hair samples, anything they wanted to prove his innocence. Sounds like they found something that tied him to HGH. His high-powered agent is working on it.
Good news! The Braves will roll over now and they’ll lose (to Mark Redman!) by a margin bigger than one run.
and so like I asked him like do you even know where Colorado St. is like? I mean seriously.
well Chuck sucks tonight, but why not walk Torrealba and get Redman up there to hit. It seems like our positioning and our game management sucks also
Pretty sad how we’re playing against Mark Redman and a 6-1 deficit in the 4th seems insurmountable.
Well you’d think a major league pitcher could get Yorvit Torreabla out. But you’d be wrong.
Is she related to Ratso Rizzo?
6 runs on 3 hits.
I agree that our in game management all around seems to be lacking early in the season. I realize they are the professionals and all, but too many things just don’t make a lot of sense.
@102, I read on espn.com that Schafer didn’t test positive for HGH, but was suspended based on anecdotal evidence.
Hey, at least our Pythagorean record will move closer to our actual record.
Is circumstantial evidence enough to ban someone for 50 games?
Nice cut.
wow. wow. i like 105’s idea better now
Stu unfortunately we’ll make it close now and then once again end up losing by 1 run….
Diaz its time for an ugly hit
No, we’ll tie it, and Blaine Boyer will give up a HR to Holliday.
I was scared Bobby was going to have him bunt.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3336898
Schafer’s father told ESPN.com’s Mike Fish that his son did not fail a drug test and did not purchase HGH from an online pharmacy or supplier.
“At this point he would love to comment, but under counsel’s advice he can’t,” David Schafer told ESPN.com. “He says he loves the Braves. He wants to play his entire career with the Braves. He loves the city and the fans of Atlanta. It hurts him that he can’t make a comment, but under advice he just can’t make a comment right now.”
Mercifully, Chuck’s night is done.
Welcome, Jeff Bennett. You suck too. Tex must feel like he’s back in Texas with these pitchers.
4 for 1 Tacos in Colorado!
Well, this ought to fix that Pythag record right up!
Can the Braves never beat a struggling team?
The 0-7 Tigers need a series against the Braves.
I doubt it. Teix could hit in Texas.
The Tigers would sweep the crap out of this team. We’re pitiful.
Redman for cy young
Man, Tex. Killing us.
What the hell, bro?
Maybe it is a blessing for Chucky to give up so many runs. Time to stop blaming the relievers for all the one-run loses. It’s time for the offense to wake up. If the offense has scored more runs (like more than four runs in two games at Coors), there would not be any of those one-run loses. It’s time for the offense to wake up or shut up.
…and yes, we really need Tex to start heating up…
Think the Rockies will trade us Mark Redman for Jordan Schafer?
Wow, that throw was awesome.
I think we may have a new curse besides the closer curse…it’s the Boras client contract year curse…wait, that didn’t apply to Drew…nevermind…
“The Tigers would sweep the crap out of this team. We’re pitiful.”
The way it usually goes is the Braves lose two of three to struggling/crappy team.
Afterwards, Bobby Cox is quoted as saying: “they’re a really good team who have just been unlucky. It’s a shame they got hot against us.”
(Then said struggling/bad team procedes to get swept by next opponent.)
Can Escobar pitch?
Can we ask all of our opponents to start wearing Mets’ uniform? Maybe that will help…
Cy Redman is out of the game!!!
From the ajc:
Keep this in mind…these are the starters in the games that the Braves have lost (this is a loss tonight) – Odalis Perez, Ian Snell, Zach Duke, Aaron Cook, Ubaldo Jiminez, and Mark Redman.
Redman > Chuck
Brad, I think Redman’s performance tonight speaks more about the current status of our offense more than Chucky’s talent. Chucky starting at Coors has never been a great idea to begin with…
Our offense sucks so bad…
Aren’t we leading the majors in runs?
More bad news if people haven’t heard already:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ar4iW3ua4IPcmbJA8pW.P3CFCLcF?slug=ap-bravesmoves&prov=ap&type=lgns
Soriano on the DL…
That’s not bad news, Trent. Only matters if we have a lead in the 9th, which we have forgotten how to do.
is this the same mark redman we had last year? why does he suddenly decide to not give up 7-8 runs in the first inning…
We lead the league in runs because the team scored 32 runs in three games while scoring 12 runs for the other five games…actually, this sort of explains the team’s 3-5 record…
I have been wondering why Bobby wouldn’t consider starting Bennett at Coors while letting Chucky to spend just a little bit more time in the minor to recover…as Chucky is a flyball pitcher while Bennett is a groundball pitcher…I just think it’s common sense…
I really like Gotay’s bat off the bench…thanks Mets!!!
“I just think it’s common sense…”
Well there’s your answer. Bobby doesn’t use common sense.
Brad, I know you are going to say that. We are on the same page as always on Bobby.
We’re so clutch.
Wow…Micah Bowie…I remember that name, is he the one we sent to the Cubs for Cruz?
Awesome, just awesome.
I miss being a fan of a good baseball team.
The Rocks figured they would rub it in our faces that Mark Redman owned us by trotting out another Braves cast off to kill the rally. It is still a forgone conclusion we have to put 3 more on the board though, right? I really think if Tex can get it going we’re going to be all right. Chipper batting over .400 with Tex not being able to pick him up but a handful of times is not how the rest of the season should play out.
I tried to tell you guys this was an average team at best. We will be around .500 when all is said and done. No where near challenging for the division and probably not the wild card.
As I’ve said, way too many holes. Stats don’t win games. This board is infatuated with the sabermetrics of the Braves, but this team is just average when taken altogether.
and we don’t see Helton and Holliday again until September, and hopefully by then Chris Resop will not be on the team.
Parade of the horribles: James, Bennett and now Resop.
I guess the team is trying to avoid another one-run lose. If they don’t come back to tie this game, then there will be no chance for another one-run game.
Bennett was fine.
Chipper : Mets : Holliday : Braves
Mark Redman, Micah Bowie…Is Marvin Freeman closing? probably wouldnt even matter at this point
Chipper : Mets : Holliday, Nady, Zimmerman, Utley: Braves
Resop sucks.
I despise Resop.
Resop is our new Yates…the real Yates, as we have expected, is actually becoming a decent reliever…
As AAR mentioned, this team can’t win if they don’t score ten runs…
Resop is proof why you should never make real roster decisions based on spring training. The Braves dumped Yates and kept Resop based on spring training. How’s that working out now?
Don’t the Braves have anyone in the minors who can pitch better than Resop? It’s about time he goes.
Hat’s off to McCann.
Great game on an otherwise miserable night.
Yay! Hes on my fantasy team…
I have been reading lots of “lined out” on Frenchy’s at-bats…are they really being hit hard?
Five more runs guys…
Gotta thank Resop for preventing this game from another one run game.
Resop is the anti-Soriano.
Somehow, I think “Prado delenda est” is already anachronistic.
Resop = Bobby’s white flag…
Yes. I vote to change it to “Resop delenda est” until Resop is inevitably designated for assignment.
Diaz vs. RHP:
3 for 20, 0 BB, 5 K
Diaz started slow in last season as well I believe…
That was absolutely crushed.
Resop’s ERA is what…458?
Diaz was platoon player last year.
Gotta love Resop.
Free Phil Stockman.
Another example as to why spring training performance means nothing.
Reitsma. Resop. What’s the difference?
Resop is “the towel”.
Resop= Runs Gauranteed
I miss Kali.
The Braves are going to rally for 6 this inning just to keep it close.
Tex has started slow in every year but 2006. He’ll pick up the pace.
Wow, the Tigers finally won their first game…
See, it would have been another one-run lost if not because of Resop. We have to thank him for that.
I’m jealous. Wish we could win a game. Maybe Clint Hurdle will call off the dogs and play the backups tomorrow.
“Somebody’s gotta light a fire under these guys. There’s no excuses for playing this bad.”
-Ron Gant
Nice quote there by Gant. Incredibly harsh coming from a former player.
“Well, we played maybe our best game of the year, actually.”
-Bobby Cox (no kidding)
…and Cox would not be the one to light that fire.
Losing to Redman…I think I am going to be sick.
And the Jordan Schafer thing is really weird.
Baghdad Bob(by)?
Im Glad we Got Kotsay instead of Andruw and saved the money while our young players are still developing. To bad Shafer got 50 games.
Mark Kotsay:
http://bravesinfo.blogspot.com/2008/04/player-profile-mark-kotsay.html
Hey. Are the Braves snowed out tomorrow? I heard they would likely be.
It might not be a bad thing.
Chuck James must return to Richmond immediately. Chris Resop should be on the same plane with him.