“Hi, I’m Braves third base coach Brian Snitker, and I have the depth perception of a one-eyed rhinoceros.”
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Article on Captain Underpants.
Francoeur sucks.
Lineup…no Jeffy
1. Nate McLouth CF
2. Martin Prado 2B
3. Chipper Jones 3B
4. Brian McCann C
5. Yunel Escobar SS
6. Garret Anderson LF
7. Matt Diaz RF
8. Casey Kotchman 1B
9. Derek Lowe P
Washington:
Morgan – 8
Johnson – 3
Zimmerman – 5
Dunn – 7
Willingham – 9
Guzman – 6
Bard – 2
Belliard – 4
Olsen – 1
Francoeur’s career line against Olsen: 7 for 28 with 2 HR, 1 3B, and 3 2B. 1 BB, 6 K. .250/.276/.643
I hope this means something is afoot.
I hope this means Jeff’s tenure in Atlanta is about done.
haha i thought i was reading about tim Tebow for a second then it basically was saying how Jeffy sucks & i laughed again..God is good. lets win the series today!
Dunno what it’s going to look like, but the end is nigh for Turkeyboy.
Love “Life of Brian.” Very smart, very dark, and always walking that fine line of good taste and bad. It definitely had a big impact on my sense of humor growing up.
How long did we have to watch Salty sitting on the bench while the details of the Teixeira trade were being sorted out? A while if I remember right….hopefully that’s what Frenchy is doing right now. And hopefully the wait won’t be long.
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Great article. That OBP quote always makes me mad.
In Catholic high school, we were “advised” not to see “The Life of Brian.” Of course, we saw it the night it opened & laughed our asses off.
9,
It was about 4-5 games.
What did the nuns say about “The Meaning of Life”?
Haha, ububba & Mac, that’s funny. I would imagine the Catholic School teachers weren’t too fond of that “Every Sperm Is Sacred” song.
Wimbledon broadcaster just compared Federer to Greg Maddux.
So Josh Hamilton is a starter with a whopping 125 at bats and a .240 BA with 6 home runs.
5 of the 8 NL position players come from the East (Beltran, Ibanez, Hanley, Utley, Wright). Should be 6 (McCann).
Frankly, the only thing I’d like to see are longer outings. Instead of Moylan/Gonzo/Soriano (in whatever order), why not go Moylan for 1.2 and, when a lefty comes up mid-way through the 8th, bring in Gonzo for the last 4-5 outs? Or something to that effect, anyways. Maybe have a LOOGY (not Gonzo) come in to pitch to the leadoff lefty in the 8th inning and back him up with Soriano to finish the game? When Sori is out there getting 6-pitch innings, why not let him go for two innings some times and end up with 80-85 IP on 70 appearances?
And finally, no reason to complain about ‘pen over-use. This is the first game they’ve lost us in a good long while. It was only getting 3 vs. Lannan that sunk us yesterday. Luckily, I have faith that they’ll score well more than that today.
Anybody know what is up with MLB Gameday? It has only been about a week since I clicked into it from the Braves official site. And, in the past, I have linked it from ESPN Scoreboard. There are no links now (makes me think it is now a pay service?).
The Prado is now tied for the team lead in doubles.
Nitram strikes again, again.
Cliff, not sure what you mean, Gameday works just as usual for me (apart from the highlights which they moved to a premium version).
back to gamecast for me unless someone picks up the stream & puts it on tvants
Of course Soriano and Vazquez get snubbed.
Nick Johnson looks like a plumber.
he’s not one?
Not professionally.
I had a brain fart on that one… forgot about the shift and couldn’t understand how Escobar went to Chipper on the DP
Chances are Beltran will drop and another OF will be added (Dunn?)
I was kind of hoping Soriano or Vazquez might be a Final Vote candidate, but there are already 13 pitchers on the roster.
So now I’m hoping that Adam Dunn is a Final Vote candidate, because that man in the Home Run Derby would be awesome.
@24 – still rather have him than Kotchman.
It seems like the Braves should have two all-stars. But Chipper isn’t playing that well by his standard, Yunel hasn’t played enough and is crazy, and nobody else among the regulars is worth a look. So it would have had to be a pitcher, Soriano, Jurrjens, or Vazquez.
A 1st baseman batting 8th in a lineup. Has that ever happened?
would it rain blood if somehow jeffy made the all-star team?
Pretty surprised they took 3 backup first basemen. Kind of overkill, don’t you think? I was thinking 2 backup third basemen, with Mark Reynolds making it. Somewhat low batting average with an enormous amount of strikeouts, but still has 23 home runs with a good OPS.
Jason Marquis made the All-Star team, and the Rockies already had Brad Hawpe, so he wasn’t a charter member. Jason Marquis is an All-Star and Javier Vazquez isn’t. Tell me how that works.
It’s 70 degrees here in DC in July. SO Lowe should be able to go a long way, if he can keep the ball down.
Lowe is pissing me off…
Every ball is up. Lowe has been garbage since June.
so is lowe is just pitching like shit?
@38: That’s generally what you call it when you are losing to the Natinals
touche’ sir, touche’
Typical Prado defensive effort.
Lowe is our No. 5 starter right now.
PRADO is ridiculous….
Good job, Prado. I knew I added you to my fantasy team for a reason…
I added him too! Second base was pretty awful for me on that team, hopefully he finally gives me a consistently good second baseman.
Damn Mac….
Can we just get rid of Lowe?
That was ugly Prado….very ugly.
TYPICAL.
Lowe’s pitches are up, up, up. Not good at all. Near 50 pitches in the 3rd inning. Even the outs are getting smoked.
Lowe has really been struggling lately.
Nah Lowe’s going to be fine. So the sinker is staying up, and the slider’s a little flat. He’ll just have to start getting outs with the…
Oh.
Meanwhile, we’re making Olsen look like C.C. Sabathia.
The Phillies beating the Mets again….
Come on, quick inning here Lowe. Get our guys back up making outs again. If we can’t win, we can at least lose more quickly.
Marquis is leading the NL in wins, that’s why.
Look at it this way, the Braves have developed their first all-star starting pitcher since Kevin Millwood!
What really sucks is that as the only backup catcher, McCann will be nailed to the bench until the ninth.
Seriously though, what the hell is the point of having four first basemen?
Sandoval might make it and help with the Catching
Oh well….
Well, Fielder and Gonzalez clearly belong. (As, of course, does the starter, Pujols.) The problem is Howard, probably the most overrated player in baseball today. Among qualifying NL batters, he is 33rd in Offensive Winning Percentage, behind not only the three real All-Stars at the position, but also Todd Helton, Derrek Lee, Nick the Plumber, and Adam LaRoche(!).
Since his manager is managing the All-Star game, I can see why Howard is going. Although I don’t think he belongs this year either.
Sandoval has caught two games all year.
Me 3 days ago:
“Both Vasquez and Jurrjens should be on the team. However, we’ll probably get Jason Marquis and Randy Johnson.”
If I’d replaced Marquis with Johan, would’ve nailed it
Scott Olsen isnt this good
The players picked the reserves, not the manager, right? Howard’s on the team because he’s hit 20 homers, but then, Jay Bruce has hit 18 and he’s on the verge of Louisville.
Seriously, this is Scott Olsen. Can we please start scoring runs in bunches?
Here comes the best shot we’re likely to get: Prado, Chip and Mac. I say that because we aren’t going to get much of a shot at that sketchy bullpen unless we draw some pitches out of Olsen.
PRADO!
This Morgan guy is making me sick….
And I will rant on about Howard, but I feel very strongly about this for some reason — I just don’t understand why people don’t realize that all he does is hit homers, and that he’s simply not a very good player, much less a great one.
Why exactly did Pittsburgh have Morgan in left and McLouth in center?
Pathetic.
It amazes me how I can swing from optimistic to totally hopeless about this team’s chances in less than 48 hours. This is not the first time it’s happened this year.
Because they’re dumb.
Eight pitch inning, and the first guy WALKED.
Seriously?
Wow…a leadoff walk, with the heart of the order coming up and get nothing.
I would rather have Ryan Howard than Casey Kotchman.
Yeah, but nobody’s pushing Kotchman for the All-Star Game or voting for him for MVP.
This game is very, very important. Losing 2/3 to the Nats negates all of the good work against the Phillies
Annoying that the Braves seem to be in a hurry to catch the plane.
Lowe should have been run for in the 5th.
@71
McLouth started last year with Jason Bay and Xavier Nady on his sides. He went on to win a golden glove.
Taking him out of his golden glove position would be a slap in the face regardless of the decision’s merits.
He was awarded the Gold Glove after the year was over and the other guys were already gone.
We’re making Olsen look like Babe Ruth.
The last thing the Braves needed….a short outing by their “ace”.
My point is he was given a gold glove for CF prior to Nyger being a full-time player…
I’m pretty sure that Morgan was starting last year after Bay and Nady were traded.
Olsen for the cycle!!
3 runs for gods sake get three more runs
Daniel,
Why is that point relevant? They save more runs by putting Morgan in Center and McLouth at a corner. So why wouldn’t they do it? Even if he won a gold glove.
Manny Acosta vs. Ryan Zimmerman with the bases loaded. Interesting.
Good job…
Francoeur would not have made that play.
I said regardless of the merits of the decision, it is a slap in the face. Just ask Texas and the Young/Andrus situation in the offseason.
Not everything in baseball makes baseball sense…
@87, PHWjort,
Because managing is really about managing the sensibilities of the players and if a better lineup or defensive arrangement BY THE NUMBERS might upset them, then a good manager shouldn’t do that.
Do we have to use Francouer now? Damn…
Lets place bets on what kind of DP he hits here. I’m going 5-4-3.
Or a foul out to RF.
89 MPH fastball right down the middle, and he is late and fouls out on the first base side. Horrendous.
Stenchy sucks.
Francouer is horrible…
“I didn’t like that at bat”- Joe Simpson. Really? You didnt?
Why didn’t we just let Acosta hit?
If you’re making a decision that results in a sub-optimal arrangement based on not wanting to “upset” your players you’re running your organization very badly.
Nats broadcaster Carpenter has given no respect to any Braves hitter besides Chipper. Sort of funny actually.
The Braves have hitters?
I wasn’t saying it was optimal, I was just giving an explanation.
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MASN just televised the seventh inning stretch as someone sang “God Bless America.” Her ability paralleled that of the Nationals.
Ok, then the Pirates were running McLouth out in center because they knew they were going to trade him and his value would be much higher as a center fielder than a left fielder.
The Braves are killing me.
103,
There’s a rational explanation. Though I’m not convinced they were planning on moving him. I feel like that was a spur of the moment deal.
I would pay 5$ for a video of Tommy Hanson chasing Tim Hudson with a remote-control Helicopter.
@Daniel
LOL…I tried to listen to the little girl sing, but it was too painful. Had to change the channel.
Dammit
Is that the first Yunel from Prado? Only a half-inning after a Prado by Yunel!
That was dumb play by Prado.
How quickly that Phillies series will be forgotten.
Marlins win and Phillies are winning….
Shown up by Olsen…
Wow… looks like we are going to give the Nats their first complete game win…
This team disgusts me.
Aww don’t make Olsen bunt he has 2 hits and ruby today!
“Ruby”?
Why can’t they find a hat that fits Medlen?
Morgan looks like an idiot with his mouth full of tobacco. Someone should remind him that it’s 2009.
Well let’s go get the Cubs at Wrigley, and the Rockies in Denver.
@100–not even McCann?
Can we just wave a white flag?
@Frank. Nope. Not even McCann.
ruby=rbi
Kotchman sucks.
Braves 3-6 hitters are 0fer today.
I probably would have hit Conrad for Kotchman and Ross for the pitcher…but I’m sure it wouldn’t matter much.
Though the 3-5 hitters do all have one walk.
This is so typical Braves. Put a few on the board in the 9th and fall short.
Prado is amazing at the plate.
4-4 and a walk… beautiful regardless of baserunning gaffe
That was ball 3….
Chipper has nerves of steel.
Good eye….
C’mon Mac…
McCann is due.
Ouch. Very bad series.
Very bad series indeed.
Game thread is up. Francoeur sucks.
I thought all we needed was Francoeur to be gone. Looks like we still suck.
This team disgusts me. They are losers, I’m sorry to say. There is nothing to like about this team. These guys do nothing but talk about how good they are or should be.
The lack of heart on this team is especially apparent after watching Federer and Roddick leave it all on the court.
As for Lowe, that’s a lot of money for a number 5.