There’s a trip to Colorado later this year, but they don’t start too late.
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There’s a trip to Colorado later this year, but they don’t start too late.
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Am hearing that Izzo will indeed take the Cavs job and will announce tomorrow. I’m surprised. And disappointed.
Any chance the Hawks are diddling around waiting for the opportunity to steal Doc Rivers from the Celtics?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/tom_verducci/06/09/surprise.contenders/index.html
Wait till you see which team in our division he has in there.
Ah, the post-Lionel, Jheri-curl-era Commodores—Tuskegee’s finest, musically speaking.
Funny how those ’80s R&B groups all worked that Prince look. (Remember Cameo?) Always liked that tune, though.
Word Up.
2 — I guess the Braves aren’t a surprise.
#5
Braves weren’t sub.-500 last year either. That’s really what the story’s about.
Cameo was “Word Up” correct? (showing my age)
I turned my daughter on to Nirvana and Soundgarden last night, I think I’ll kick her some Ramones tonite and REALLY blow her mind. I just couldnt stand listening to that damn Justin Beaver or whatever his name is.
Agree on Izzo. I thought he was an MSU lifer. I guess Tom Crean would be the biggest name out there w/ ties to Michigan State.
full crew…
1. Prado 2B, 2.Heyward RF, 3. Jones 3B, 4. McCann C, 5. Glaus 1B, 6. Hinkse LF, 7. Escobar SS, 8. McLouth CF, 9. Kawakami RHP
Funny how those ’80s R&B groups all worked that Prince look.
New Edition. The New Edition era photos of Bobby Brown are awesome. He’s barely recognizable. The BBD guys too.
Tonight’s the night for KK. It all turns around for him. Lookout 1-8.
after analyzing nate’s at-bat last night, something looked a little different. it seems as though he opened his stance up a few inches which would enable him to turn on that inside pitch.
prediction: nate’s about to go on a tear.
You’re doing God’s work, FBF. If she digs the Ramones, no harm in blowing her mind with the Dead Boys, New York Dolls, and Dictators…
Maybe you can even watch Rock ‘n Roll High School together!
My fave was the ever-changing look of this funk group called Lakeside. (Remember Coolio’s “Fantastic Voyage”? Sampled from Lakeside.)
Anyway, each album cover had them in a different themed outfit. One album they were Robin Hood archers, then on another they were Middle-Eastern genies, then they were pirates, & another they were FBI G-Men.
Guess they ran out of looks, if not ideas. They probably made some bank off that Coolio tune, though.
Robert,
Hadn’t thought of Ralph Tresvant in years.
FBF,
This is going to sound crazy, but I recently had a road trip with a 21-year old co-worker who had never listened to The Rolling Stones or The Beatles.
So I played “Some Girls” & “Revolver.” Completely unimpressed.
That would get you left at a truck stop if I was driving. You have the patience of a saint
My first thought when I saw this was to wonder if Mac would:
a) Hate it
b) Find it suprisingly catchy
c) both A&B
The fact that today’s teenagers need outside help to get into Nirvana — or that Nirvana fans have had kids — is mind-boggling to me. I’m 27.
This year, Kurt Cobain would’ve been *43*.
Of course, Cobain was 27, too. That always seems to be the age.
13—I hope you fired him/her immediately. That’s seriously pathetic.
College sports is about to get more absurd with this rumored Big 12 exodus.
I’ve never been able to get into Nirvana, but it isn’t because I’m young. Their music is just something that never really got me going. I’ll take AC/DC or Guns n’ Roses over them any day.
If Nebraska goes to the Big 10, apparently Missouri will follow — and then they’ll probably have to go to 16. Which means that the SEC and the Pac 10 will as well.
Yes, I too would take AC/DC…
For a long walk into a deep forest and leave them there.
Whatever happens, just don’t let Tech back into the SEC.
I’m pretty sure it would have to be unanimous for a team to join the SEC, wouldn’t it? There’s no way UGA would let Tech back in, if that’s true.
I also prefer AC/DC and Guns n Roses over Nirvana.
I’d take Nirvana over AC/DC and Guns n Roses, but my musical tastes are all over the place.
RE: Big 12
It’s going nuts around here. The lodestone to the entire thing is Nebraska. Missouri is probably going, but (as much as it pains me)we’re replacable. If Nebraska leaves though, it’ll trigger the 6 southern teams (replacing Baylor w/Colorado) to look after themselves and jump to the PAC 10.
I have no clue, but Osborne (the tsar of Nebraska) has hated Texas for years(or more specifically, how the power base of the Big 12 has shifted there over the past few years), and I could now legitimately see it.
I am a high school teacher and high school kids do not even know who Jack White is and he is still rather active, forget the Stones, Beatles or Zeppelin.
Tech back to the SEC would be pointless. The entire expansion business is about money markets and UGA owns the Atlanta area anyway. So the SEC gains nothing with GT. Texas on the other hand…
Tech adds a huge “something”. Joining the SEC would prevent the Big 10 from coming into Atlanta and adding another ~3/4 million to its Big 10 Network footprint.
I just watched The Road. If you haven’t seen it, please don’t — unless endurance tests are your thing. I don’t mind bleak, but I draw the line at exercises in bleakness. Looking for a win tonight, if for no other reason than to stave off existential dread.
Then it’s unfortunate that our starter tonight is Kenshin “Sisyphus” Kawakami.
Hey, I don’t mind a 1-2-3 inning one bit!
Did Chip say something about it being a down-year for the Padres, or did I hear him wrong?
Yunel… please don’t ground into a double play on the first pitch.
EDIT: I’ve never been happier to see strike one.
Nate let his top hand fly off on every single swing that at-bat. He’s flailing by every definition.
I have more confidence in Kawakami than McLouth.
*sigh* Pitiful. This is not a good sign.
kenshin has to be wondering if the Braves really want to score when he’s pitching!
Why is it seemingly every time the Braves load the bases; it’s some combination of McLouth, Cabrera and the pitcher coming up?
34 – he was talking about Allstar potential players
anyone else getting a choppy mlb.tv feed?
I hate to say it but I would much prefer Melky right now to McStinks.
“Makes smoothies for chemotherapy patients”?
Hard to argue with you there, putter. Only the walks McLousy draws because he bats eighth are keeping him from historically significant awfulness.
after seeing Nate miss these fastballs, Im convinced…he wont get better any time soon
I was at Strasburg’s first start last night. There were a few Pittsburgh fans at the park wearing Pirates jerseys. McCutchen, Van Slyke, Clemente… and, yes, McLouth. I wanted to run up to that guy and say, “Please, take him back!”
Schafer, please. Anything but Nate.
Wren is going to have to physically remove McLouth from the roster to keep Bobby from playing him.
Have you ever seen a worse at bat? Oh, yeah – McCann’s against the Dodgers – but I digress.
Melky, Blanco, Infante – hell, Diaz with his arm in a sling – is better right now. It is managerial malfeasance to put McLouth in the lineup right now.
mlb.tv is really slow tonight! I reduced the quality to its lowest level and that helped a bit.
MLB.tv has been awful for me all season. I’ve had to reduce picture quality nearly every time I’ve watched a game.
btw, I just checked up on Schafer’s progress or lack there of. Might as well hope Melky can hit about a .260 clip, Schafer’s AAA numbers are brutal
BIG NEWS – we are evaluating the “poser’s” trade
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100609&content_id=11003218&vkey=news_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl
I guess the two days off were for Nate to re-set and re-work the swing, getting him more open and a little more upright.. And I figure that Bobby will give him about 10 games to get it going in game action.
But we have to see an end soon.
he shoud re work those AB’s at AAA/AA
if Zombie Chipper retires does Glaus slide back to 3B next year?
54 – thank you.
55 – I was thinking the same thing.
Glaus – 3B
Yunel (if we must) – SS
Prado – 2B
McCann – 1B
Ross – C
Heyward – RF
Upgrade – CF
Upgrade – LF
They say Strasburg is pitching the 28th in ATL. Anyone wanna have a BravesJournal meetup?
do we have an option on Glaus next year? he’s in line for a helluva raise.
and i’m hoping Freeman is ready at 1B by next year.
@57 – I think McCann stays at catcher. If Freeman improves at AAA and we think Glaus can still play third, I suppose he is our 3B next year. Either way I think it is very important that we resign him.
make or break AB with Reynolds here
@59 – no option on Glaus as far as I know, but I’m assuming we’ll have money saved on Chipper’s deal to resign Glaus.
we dont have an option on Glaus
how about a run for the guy?
He made it, CSG, so that he can break our hearts later.
McLouth- would you get your sorry-overpaid ass in gear to give the K-man a much deserved single victory?
damn. I thought Nate would be a working-man’s (one or two removed) Kenny Lofton (minus minus avg; plus power; minus speed; minus a bit on defense).
KK with 62 pitches through 3.
After watching Glaus at 1b this year, how could you imagine him at 3b, stabbing one-hop rockets on the line, charging bunts and throwing across his body, cutting off weak grounders behind the pitcher’s mound, in front of the short stop?
I think he’s a 1b from here on out. He’s less athletic than Chipper, and Chipper’s already a poor fielder.
@68 – probably true. We need his right handed power bat in the lineup though.
I think Hinske is turning back into a pumpkin.
I see Joe West’s fat ass is behind the plate.
I Hate Nate.
ANYONE BUT MCLOUTH.
For christ’s sake.
at least he swung the bat this time. Im tired of watching him K looking with the pitcher on deck
Nate McLouth is about as useless as a position player can get right now.
How on EARTH does McClouth sleep at night? How can he cash his paycheck with a straight face? He is beyond awful.
The problem with the AB was the second and third pitch in the sequence, which were hittable, and both fouled off. Then it was 1-2 and was going to get curves and changes until he walked, or put something in play.
I’d rather have 2007-2008 Andruw Jones than McLouth.
2009 Jeff Francoeur – June 8th .243/.275/.341/.616
2010 Nate McLouth – June 8th .180/.299/.287/.587
Parra hit that double to almost the exact same spot where Chipper put a ball last night, which Chris Young had no trouble getting to.
I think Ken’s stuff just isn’t good enough to get guys out. He can’t ever get in to Cruise Control. Every start follows the same script. He starts each inning, pitches to contact, gets an out, then has a ball crushed. Then he has to bear down, try to work guys harder, gets out of a few jams in a game, eventually caves, and ends up with 3 or 4 earned.
EDIT: Of course I say that as he carves up Ryal. But I think my point is not entirely invalid.
Yeah but 2009 Francoeur was coming off the heels of 2008 Francoeur.
McLouth wasn’t bad last year (.788 OPS, 20 home runs).
For KK, this is an amazing effort. Man does this guy deserve some support.
Does anyone have access to plus/minus defensive numbers?
81 – when your team never scores for you, you cant get on cruise control
Kenshin The K.
81 — That’s what you call a 5th starter.
ugalaw, to be fair, Young has to play Chipper much deeper than McLouth has to play Parra.
McLouth -3.7UZR -12.3UZR/150
good thing Bobby compared him to the old Andruw
@87 – Agreed. And that’s what he is. But that isn’t what he was expected to be.
@85 – I get what you mean. But what I’m referring to is his lack of clean innings. He almost always gives up hard hit balls, in my eyes, because he pitches fat strikes with no one on, and then bears down much better with men on.
I hate our offense right now. But not nearly as much as Kenshin Kawakami must hate our offense.
Hey, nice catch by McLousy!
I just wrote this about Nate today: “He’s a mediocre player who’s had horrifically bad luck, with predictably appalling results.”
For what it’s worth, Wren and McGuirk flew in to Phoenix today and are in attendance. Perhaps there here violate McLouth and then DFA him.
Perhaps there here violate McLouth and then DFA him.
Excuse me? lol
Sdp, you’re conjuring up some ugly mental images.
I’m sorry. 🙂
Zombie Chipper shows off his warning track power.
Either Chipper is starting to find his power stroke and he’ll start hitting them out soon, or like many have said, he’s done.
Now is when KK gives up his inevitable 3 spot.
We’ve got a chance here if KK can get thru the 6th. Kennedy has thrown 96 pitches. I like our chances with the D-back’s bullpen.
I think KK is out of gas.
Great… now KK can’t find the zone at all.
Bobby wants him to get a win.
I think, in that at-bat, Parra was going to swing approximately never.
He did the same thing his last start and got him a loss.
Double play!!!
there is nothing that he can do to EARN a loss in this game….its all on the offense
Alright, double play.
Woooooooo KK!
It might work this time…
I hate what this team does to Kenshin. The poor man has probably developed a complex.
huge.
Are you sure? McLousy bats third in this inning. I’m sure he could do something worth a negative run.
KK ERA now under 4.5
So Kawakami has so far thrown six scoreless innings against one of the more powerful offenses in the NL this year. Not bad for a “fifth starter.”
KK probably has the lowest ERA in modern history for someone who is 0-8. It’s 4.48.
Kawakami has now thrown 111 and 110 pitches his last two starts.
last 7 starts KK has given up 3 ER or less in 6 of them
Nobody wants to win this game.
just 1 run ladies
I didn’t know Daron Sutton, the DBacks play by play man, was Don Sutton’s son.
should Nate sacrifice and let Infante hit with two outs
edit: apparently Bobby thinks so
I think I could physically harm Nate at this point and not feel guilty.
McLouth looks like he has an anxiety disorder or something.
You can’t spell McLouth without O-U-T.
put Infante in CF
as i said earlier, this is mclouth’s “turn around” game. too bad it means “turn around and walk away from the game of baseball”.
one more hit or a wild pitch please
Can Infante play center? He may be just a singles hitter but still, he is not McLouth.
Nate McLouth.
SIGH.
And KK’s win must wait for another day.
shouldve let Nate bunt
well score in the 8th
I think KK is cursed…
The DBacks announcers were just talking about Pendleton and how he doesn’t value walks.
Meanwhile, the Braves have nearly 50 more walks than any other team in the NL.
I want to send KK a box of chocolates and a condolences card.
I think you could physically harm Nate McLouth and not be guilty.
My God they must hate KK.
Well, at least Kawakami won’t get the loss.
Yunel!
wow–good play by Esco
heck of a play by Yunel
Helluva play, Yunel.
Bruce Feldman is reporting that USC will be hit with a two season postseason ban and scholarship reductions in addition to “other penalties.” No word yet on if those other penalties will include vacating wins, but it sounds like USC is about to get popped. This will be a major story tomorrow.
I don’t think Renteria would have made that play.
And, that’s why we keep him around.
another LH vs KJ
good for Kiffin
I’d almost rather see Blanco in center at this point. At least he can get on base a few times a week.
146 — Very few humans make that play.
ian snell is about to be dfa’d. now there’s a right handed pitcher i’d like to see in a braves uniform.
Nice job, Eric!
id like him over Chavez
152,
I hope that’s sarcasm.
Nice. Now of course the W for O’Flaherty.
Just. One. Run. Please?
O’Flaherty is a pretty sexy dude.
GO HEYWARD GO!
There we go.
Always nice to see Mr. Heilman. Now’s the time, boys.
Snell could be a good arm out of the pen, he’s not a starter IMO
just steal 3rd Jason
Chipper has hit the ball hard tonight with nothing to show for it.
Mark Grace (on Chipper): “If New Yorkers take the time to hate you, you must be really good.”
dont new yorkers hate everybody?
BMAC!!
B-Mac!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Go Brian!!!!
Pimpbot!
McCann!
‘Bout time.
B-Mac! About damn time.
*big ass slap to Brian Mccann’s hiney*
Ian Snell the last two seasons: 105 BB, 111 SO
Boy do I like the cut of his Jib.
Why is Moylan in the pen?!
Oh wait, it’s the 8th.
Off topic, She LOVED the Ramones, and she fell asleep listening to Led Zepplin II on her IPOD. Tomorrow its Pink Floyd while we are at the beach. Any other suggestions?
Poor KK, He’d be a .500+ pitcher in the AL. What more could you ask out of a 5th starter?
Snell is no improvement over the current staff.
Shit, it’s Moylan. Hold your breath.
Ramones are actually great babysitting music.
I would say you can’t go wrong with The Beatles, but that’s been disproven, apparently.
Edit: Sheee-it.
God. Moylan is a fat bum.
Ian Snell is one of those Pirates mirages.
F*CK!
Unbelievable that Bobby (a) pitched Moylan at all, and (b) let him pitch to the lefty there.
I think Heyward ignored McOut on that one.
Oh no.
At least Jason’s okay.
I wouldn’t want to collide with Heyward.
moylan has never gotten a rhb out…
That’s on Heyward, I’m afraid. Shoot.
McLouth vs. Heyward
David vs. Goliath
Did McLouth call him off?
McLousy has to call for it or get the hell out of the way.
Moylan is awful.
I came home for this?
They just showed the replay. McLouth never called for it.
They just showed the replay. Nobody ever called for it.
why is anyone blaming Moylan, that shouldve been the 2nd out
It’s got to be the center fielder’s play, Heyward’s aggressiveness is fine when he’s running through Snitker, not so much when he’s running into people in the outfield.
Ugh, I’ve had enough, I’m afraid we’ve lost this one.
more importantly…heyward is limping.
That looks like a concussion for McLouth.
Hitting the leadoff batter in a 1 run game in the 8th really isn’t the work of genius, csg.
Probable fly out turns into a collision-aided inside-the-park HR.
Yep, guess that one’s on Heyward.
He’s got to call that… That’s McLouth’s fault.
That’s not Moylan’s fault. That’s also a pathetic home run.
Damn, and now we’re going to lose.
and he’ll stay in against another lhb.
Um, how is that on Heyward? He’s just supposed to assume Nate’s gonna catch it?
Why the hell are West Coast road trips always HELL?
Moylan has no idea where the ball is going, why can’t anyone on the Braves staff see that?
Moylan has a 1.6 WHIP. He’s awful and shouldn’t be anywhere near the mound in a 1 run game.
Moylan is a fraud. never gets a big out.
Moylan stinks
The only person Moylan is fooling is Bobby
Bobby get off your lard azz and fat belly and get him out of there
moylan has gotten many big outs…just none in the last month.
Heyward did what a corner outfielder is supposed to do: go for it until called off.
Moylan hasn’t known where the ball is going all season. 15 BB in 25 IP.
EDIT: 16 BB in 25 IP.
The Phillies got rained out so we’ll lose a half game tonight.
Christ…………… Let’s load em up before you take him out. Great managing by that Cox
BY the way, let me make myself clear. I HATE PETER FU–ING MOYLAN.
Oh, and I hate NATE FU–ING MCLOUTH.
surprised that didnt happen with KK on the mound actually
The centerfielder should take the leadership role in the OF. Gotta’ put that one on McLouth. Moylan has not looked good over his last 3 to 4 games.
But his career WHIP is 1.27. He’s just struggling lately.
Moylan is utterly useless right now. How long before Bobby realizes that?
I’m not looking forward to the get-away day lineup against a lefthander tomorrow.
Did I mention I also hate BOBBY FU–ING COX?
I am watching the game as I go to work and the Braves are leading now 1-0 and get to my office and low and behold Moylan has struck again!!
#220–at least KK will not get the loss….
here comes Mr Martinez
“Moylan is utterly useless right now. How long before Bobby realizes that?”
August. I put my money on August 13th.
Ball hit McLouth’s glove. I’d say he had a better chance to catch it.
We can pitch Martinez with two on, down by one, but not with none on, up by one?
@225
Do you expect anything less from that Cox?
@226 – it’s Nate’s fault.
Heyward should win rookie of the year TODAY if he knocked McClouth out and put that steaming pile of useless goo on the shelf.
I’d say that’s going a little far, Alex. He’s hurt. He’s not trying to suck.
Why does Bobby have to wait to October to retire? I will personally make a donation to his retirement fund if old man Cox would leave today. Any sane, half live manager would have stopped using Moylan in that role, weeks ago.
Hey a RHP to face KJ.
Sure wish the pen still had either Saito or Medlen.
Stu, he sucks. I want him out of the lineup, not permanently hurt. And this game has put me in an extremely angry mood right now.
lineup tomorrow?
Blanco LF
Infante 2B
Cabrera RF
Ross C
Conrad 3B
Hinkse 1B
Yunel SS
McLouth CF
@233….agree completely about getting him out of the lineup but that should have happened a month ago anyway
Seriously, I can’t believe I wasted my breath ripping Melky earlier in he year. Melky is Albert Pujols next to effing McClouth.
@238 – Surely Nate goes on the DL tomorrow. Even if it’s not medically necessary.
238–doubt it–Prado and Glaus should be in the lineup
I don’t think Nate knew where he was after the collision.
it was a joke
The worst part of this is we’re GIVING AWAY GAMES. We have the Twins coming up in Minnesota and we’re wasting games we should have been able to close out against bad teams like the Diamondbacks. We’ll be in 3rd place by Sunday at this rate.
We still got a chance. Qualls is a tomato can.
Right now McLouth is making the team worse–he’s below average in the field (slightly) and really below average at the plate. At his current rate, he’d cost the team nearly two wins over the course of a full season. That’s amazing. The Braves really can’t get this outfield thing sorted out.
McLouth’s got a pulled suck muscle. Very serious condition for which DL time is absolutely necessary.
Can Omar Infante play center field? That’s actually a serious question.
As pissed as I am at Moylan, that was not a home run. McLouth misplayed that ball, whether by having it bounce off the heal of his glove or by not calling for the ball. Official scorer, that was no homer.
Way to go, Yunel.
Is Melky bunting? Where do we stand on that?
will Melky bunt
Jay, McClouth gave up a bullet to the outfield and then proceeded to put more runners on. Yes, we can blame McClouth, Moylan and Cox.
I dont give away outs against this guy
@247 – as bad as Nate is right now, he has been a productive player for at least the last three years prior to this year. A trip to the DL and an extended time in the minors will hopefully help him get back to being productive.
Infante can play CF, yes. He played 49 innings out there last season.
It looks like Melky asked McLouth for tips on how to approach that at-bat.
Truly awful AB by the Melkman.
Thanks, Melky, for taking the time to remind us that you still suck.
Hey look, it is McLouth’s “improvement”.
he’s awful…just call up Schafer, who cares how bad he is
McClouth was productive ONE year. He’s a stiff and he needs to be off the Braves. Period. Don’t want him on the team.
Melky gives away outs even when he’s not bunting.
You know you suck when Qualls makes you look bad.
If we’re contending at all by the All Star break, we have to find a competent major league outfielder.
Melky has never been productive
Maybe we can trade McLouth for Michael Stanton.
Hey, Yunel didn’t get thrown out on the basepaths for once!
Schafer would be a big improvement in the field.
cmon edit: Prado
Nice baserunning, Yunel.
yunelsky!
It’s all up to Prado.
His on base was over .350 each of those three years with an OPS over .800. That’s useful especially when he has a little speed which is something this team lacks.
Really bad loss.
unreal
At least we don’t have to play extra innings. Yeesh.
fuck me running.
Damn, that’s a painful way to lose.
Un-fu–ing-believable.
Thanks Moylan.
A real tough-luck loss there.
That’s some shit right there.
Terrible clutch hitting early on let the D-backs hang around and when you let a team hang around it usually bites you. That plus letting Moylan pitch in a close game.
And it appears Prado has caught “McClouthilis”. He needs to take Penicilian.
Truly Disgusting…. Way to show up with the bats fellas. Why don’t you lineup and just kick KK in the balls. Hey but look on the bright side KK, Mclouth and Melky would probably whiff on the kick
yeah Moylan told the OF’rs to run into each other….amazing thing is they actually did
That sucks!
A few days ago I thought that people on this site were too hard on Moylan—but not anymore.
A hard loss, but it happens….
That one hurts–should be 4-3 on this trip right now, if not 5-2. Going to sleep.
Burn in hell, you chunky dumb Aussie.
Not only do we have to suffer this loss tonight, but we have the inevitable Triple A lineup tomorrow on getaway day against a left-hander.
Even Chip and Joe don’t seem to care that McLouth is hurt.
At least USC, contrary to what Robert predicted, was hit really hard. 2 years probation and 20+ lost scholarships.
braves14
We had a triple AAA lineup tonight. We’re also forgetting that Chipper Jones has morphed into a useless old man.
I can’t believe I actually want Chipper to get another thumb injury so we can have Infante instead. Pathetic.
this place is unreal sometimes
Stu, I saw the report about USC and I stood up and clapped for ten minutes.
Disabled list! Disabled list! Disabled list! Disabled list!
Chip just said “maybe a day off for McLouth” Um… he can take all the time he needs on the DL. This is the excuse we need.
Chief Nocahoma should be here any minute.
Tomorrow’s lineup:
2b Prado
Rf Heyward
3b Chipper
1b Glaus
Ss Escobar
Lf Infante
C Ross
CF Cabrera
P Hanson
A DL trip is standard for an outfield collision, even more so when the dude that got popped is making Jeff Francoeur look like DiMaggio.
Win tomorrow, take 2/3 in the Twin Cities, come home 6-5. Why not?
USC doesn’t care… still gets the best recruits and in 2 years the Pac 16 will be the best football conference in the country.
Certainly not better than the Big Ten!
even when the big ten brings in nebraska, and notre dame they still won’t be better than the pac 16. Just too much top dog firepower with USC, Oklahoma and Texas in the same conference
The SEC seems like they will be the ones left in the dust as both the Pac 10 and Big Ten will pick up schools that will put both conferences over the top in terms of football prowess.
Didn’t UT & OU get topped by another conference kinda recently?
Infante might be an option, but if our other choices are Cabrera and Blanco in CF, they suck just as badly as McLouth. I really don’t see how having either of them in the everyday lineup is an upgrade at all.
Also, that collision is no one’s fault. Sometimes shit happens. It is the CF’s ball, but he probably wasn’t sure he was going to get to it, so he didn’t want to call Heyward off and then have it fall in. There’s no use blaming anybody for that. It happened, we lost because of it, let’s move on. There’s a lot of games to go, and we’re finally getting close to the end of this damn road trip. Let’s win tomorrow and then win at least one in Minnesota, get back home, and get on with this damn season.
@305, now where have I heard that before..
Big 12 (1996): The SEC is now obsolete. The Big 12 is here!
ACC (2004): We have a new leader in the South, the new ACC!
SEC (2010): (to Big 12) I drink your milkshake!
SEC (2010): (to ACC) Do you mind if we dance with your dates?
So, forgive me, if I yawn at the new PAC-16/Big-16 Axis.
At least USC, contrary to what Robert predicted, was hit really hard. 2 years probation and 20+ lost scholarships.
The two year bowl ban kinda sucks but we are rebuilding now anyway. If your not playing for a title, you are not really playing anyway.
I hear it might be 7 scholarships per year for three years. The team usually hands out two or three to walk-ons at the beginning of every year, so that will go on hold for a while. A minor hit to depth I guess.
It’s unfortunate, but USC will emerge from this just fine. As I’ve posted here, I figured the NCAA would have to put some teeth in the penalty with the media swarm around it. So they did but it could have been worse.
The back to back AP titles will stay and that is what is important anyway.
So does this count as a real HR, or has Moylan still not allowed an HR since opening day 2008?
Unbelievable that Bobby (a) pitched Moylan at all, and (b) let him pitch to the lefty there.
Yeah it is pretty unbelievable that he used his primary right-handed setup man with a one run lead in the eighth to start an inning that had two righties coming up. Also unbelievable: death, taxes, the sun rising in the East.
With Saito hurt and Medlan in the rotation, there ain’t much to choose from down there from the right side. Chavez sucks, Kimbrel is too wild to use, no one knows what Martinez is. Slim pickings. It’s got to be real odd to have a bullpen where the three best pitchers are all lefties.
And I guess I should add that everything likely would have worked out if one of the outfielders catches that ball as they should have.
Recap.