just wondering….who looks worse with 2 strikes against them? Melky or Frenchy?
Because Conrad wants it more
@6 Oof, that’s a hard one. Melky will at least make contact and ground out occasionally when he flails at every 2 strike pitch.
#4 I’d get used to it.
ive seen melky take some of the worst hacks on those 0-2 breaking balls in the dirt. i just dont know if they are worse than frenchy’s swings at balls in the LH batters box
It could have something to do with if we want to get something out of Chipper these days he’s got to have off days like he’s a catcher. Throw in that Hudson’s pitching so there will be tons of ground balls and they may have wanted Conrad’s defense and figured it was a good day to let Chipper rest.
Sorry I’m a Chipper apologist. All this retirement talk has made me sad.
Unfortunately, French is doing pretty well now, while Heyward is in a pretty sharp decline (although still well ahead). It’s hard to make fun of Frenchy while he is this hot.
I guess Infante isn’t feeling better yet. I like his chances of sustaining a hot streak much better than Conrad
Heyward’s decline is breaking my heart. It’s like a duck stuck in oil. I don’t want to see another Braves hitting prospect go down in flames.
DOB tweets that there may be a press conference before tonight’s game.
Well, we should say this much about Brooksy: he does hit for some power. He’s shown that at every level he’s played. So while I wouldn’t expect him to keep hitting .300, he should knock a few doubles here and there. All that said, it makes no sense to have him batting in the 2-hole.
is Bobby going to leave Heyward in the 3 hole while he struggles? similar to leaving Frenchy in RF while he underperformed so bad?
DOB says all the Braves’ brass are in the dugout and so he thinks something is about to go down with regards to Chipper.
Chipper press conference could be happening soon. All Braves brass is in dugout area.
D’OB hinted in his latest blog that the Rangers are looking for pitching and Kawakami might be one they would look for. What would be reasonable return on Kawakami?
Even though its about the worst stat to judge a pitcher on, I don’t see how his 0-9 record doesn’t really diminish any return we could get. Granted his other numbers aren’t great. They just aren’t 0-9 bad. (4.42 ERA, 1.1 HR per 9, 1.418 WHIP, 5.62 innings per start)
#18 – salary relief, RH reliever
@18: Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay.
Chipper’s addressing the media at 6 PM. I’m guessing that this is it.
And now, I too haz a sad.
Nice EC two- fer.
Got up to The Bronx way early today. My fave little Dominican bar has the beer special of doom: 3 beers, $10.
@23, Presidente?
@12 Frenchy’s doing well to the tune of a .455babip in June. He’s gonna crash back to earth soon, and hopefully the Mets go down with him.
Basically, Chipper just announced that he’s leaning towards retirement, but isn’t going to talk about it until after the season.
In a nutshell, he’s not going to steal Bobby’s thunder.
That’s the best way to handle it.
Basically, Chipper just announced that he’s leaning towards retirement, but isn’t going to talk about it until after the season.
I hope he keeps his word. This is a first place team with a ton of good stories and it seems all we read are the Chipper ‘things aren’t going my way so I’m thinking about taking my toys and going home’ stories. Enough already.
#24 Si, but they have a couple other options.
Lotsa Philly folk here. Hope it won’t be another battle royal tonight.
So should Bobby move heyward from 3 spot?
Chipper will keep his word. It’s safe to say from the past two decades that he’s not the attention-seeking type. He wanted to meet in secret to work out a financial plan with the organization in case he retires at the end of the season, it leaked, he got upset and told people he’s not going to discuss it now.
All that’s left to do is speculate on what the plan is and how the Braves will spend the money he’s presumably agreeing to leave on the table. Not that that’s a particularly good use of time. He treasures his privacy, and thankfully, the Braves treasure theirs too.
I think it’s cool that the Red Sox started their game an hour early so everyone could watch the Celtics tonight.
2, Prettay, prettaaaay, pretty good.
It’s hard to make fun of Frenchy while he is this hot.
It’s never very hard to make fun of Jeff Francoeur.
This Chipper stuff is depressing.
To the tune of “Frosty the Snowman”:
Jeffy the Outman Makes outs all the time He both sucks and blows And the bloggers know This line has got to rhyme.
It’s slightly depressing, yeah. But as retirements go, this one isn’t too bad. Two years after one of the best years of his career, and a year after the worst, he won’t be going out on top, but he won’t be going out as an embarrassment, either. Maybe we’ll make the playoffs for him in his last year, and maybe he’ll catch a bit of lightning in the bottle over the summer, hit a few more singles, and finish closer to .300. Either way, this is probably the right time to go, and probably the right way to go.
No, it’s pretty bad. He’s one of my favorites, ever. That I’m not going to get to watch his swing anymore after this season depresses me. I hate that this era is ending, regardless of whether it’s the “right” time. YMMV.
Not sad it he goes out a winner.
#37 Agreed.
But the show must go on.
And BMac / Heyward / Hanson is a great nucleus for it to go on.
What’s the extent of the rain delay looking like?
And do opponents do a rain dance when Hudson’s scheduled to pitch or something? Seems like 4 out of his last 5 or 3 of 4 have had some sort of rain delay.
Hey, a rain delay! We haven’t had one of those in a couple of days.
Already stopped and dry here. Mostly blue sky too
Game’s starting.
If Chipper is gonna sit, it certainly makes sense to do it with Hudson on the mound, so that we can get Conrad’s glove in there for all the ground balls.
thank god. I know I am the only person who feels this way, but I loathe Seinfeld.
Hohn already being a jackass two pitches into our lineup!
Wow, I really would have thought better of ol’ Rob. That’s just unfounded character assassination right there. Why on earth would you write such a thing?
Heyward looks real bad, guys.
in Heyward’s defense, that strike 2 call might have thrown him off. I hate Hohn.
but still, Heyward is in a deeeep funk
Almost looked like McCann golfed that one after it bounced.
How do you score from second on a single to second?
Put this in the wrong thread:
Not sure if I am visible on TV, but if you see a guy (yellow shirt) about 10 rows back of the owner’s box over the catcher’s right shoulder, it’s me.
Crawford was running on the play, ball was up the middle, so Prado had to run a ways to get it, and he didn’t get much on his throw to 1B (bang-bang play), after which there was no chance to get Crawford.
I TAKE IT BACK, JASON!
Yay!
Jason!
@49, I’m glad that you’re wrong. I’m sure you are, too.
I was about to get upset at EJ for mentioning that it had been a while since his last HR…
even further proof that EJ is just better than Chip — he doesn’t seem to jinx ’em.
Did Crawford seriously score from second on an infield single?
THAT’S why we keep Escobar around. And did you see the weird bounce the ball took?
Prado got to it quite a bit out into the outfield (they were playing the shift) and pretty much had to go to first to have a chance at any out I think.
Except for the solo homer, Shields is shutting us down.
Walking Crawford isn’t a good idea, Tim.
Crawford is a bit bigger than most other base stealers too, Joe Moron.
Got him!
Nice play by McCann.
Good tag by Odarp too, he had to go get it a bit in front of the base.
And a couple strikeouts for Timmy!
Leadoff hit for Tim.
I really hope the leading hitter in the league doesn’t bunt.
Heyward time.
Ah, Conrad delivers some more of that NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL I’ve heard about.
46-
Just read that. Prima facie of why I dislike the guy’s “work”. I like this guy’s comment:
This is one of the dumber things you’ve ever posted Neyer. Chipper’s restructured his deal numerous times before for the team. It’s never been about the money with him. For you to imply otherswise without a shred of legimate information is irresponsible at best and destructive regardless. You’re worse than TMZ.
That hurts.
If you keep it down and away or just give him off-speed pitches down in the zone, Heyward can’t really hit it right now.
An IBB to get to Glaus? I’ve seen dumber plans before, but not many.
Edit: And Troy proves it.
It fell in!
Thanks Joe Maddon!
I hope Hudson isn’t worn out after running the bases.
He has a K pitch tonight.
Bobby Cox lives vicariously through Brooks Conrad.
Huddy was listening to you guys about not having enough Ks.
A fine evening’s work for Mr. Hudson. Thanks.
Why not just let Hudson hit for himself and then bring in the reliever? Hicks is hopeless.
Yunel is the franchise leader in getting doubled off
mississippi trying their best to match their runs scored for the year in one game… http://tinyurl.com/35tejyd and diory hernandez is back in action for gwinnett, or he was…
Cody Johnson’s not even in that lineup.
I trust Venters more than anyone in the entire bullpen. Just filthy
Venters is going to have to cut down on the walks, though.
He needs a break, Bobby is going to run him into the ground. this is his 10th appearance this month.
what is up with the strikeouts for heyward? they’re really mounting up.
25 ks in the month of june for heyward.
Win, win, win.
Mets won, Phillies winning late.
good win…we’re good
2 out of 3!!!
Recapped.
I hate this f’in team so much. Hudson isn’t striking anyone out, Heyward looks terrible, and we can’t hit with runners in scoring position, Bobby’s an idiot with the bullpen, and we lose games we should win. We’re never gonna make the playoffs!
This is my favorite Elvis C song, thanks Mac.
That Teheran guy is pretty good I hear
One of my top 5 Declan tunes as well.
this is getting insane…why is chipper sitting again?
1. Prado 2B, 2. Conrad 3B, 3. Heyward RF, 4. McCann C, 5. Glaus 1B, 6. Hinske LF, 7. Escobar SS, 8. Cabrera CF, 9. Hudson RHP
Because he’s old and has arthritis, probably.
just wondering….who looks worse with 2 strikes against them? Melky or Frenchy?
Because Conrad wants it more
@6 Oof, that’s a hard one. Melky will at least make contact and ground out occasionally when he flails at every 2 strike pitch.
#4 I’d get used to it.
ive seen melky take some of the worst hacks on those 0-2 breaking balls in the dirt. i just dont know if they are worse than frenchy’s swings at balls in the LH batters box
It could have something to do with if we want to get something out of Chipper these days he’s got to have off days like he’s a catcher. Throw in that Hudson’s pitching so there will be tons of ground balls and they may have wanted Conrad’s defense and figured it was a good day to let Chipper rest.
Sorry I’m a Chipper apologist. All this retirement talk has made me sad.
Unfortunately, French is doing pretty well now, while Heyward is in a pretty sharp decline (although still well ahead). It’s hard to make fun of Frenchy while he is this hot.
I guess Infante isn’t feeling better yet. I like his chances of sustaining a hot streak much better than Conrad
Heyward’s decline is breaking my heart. It’s like a duck stuck in oil. I don’t want to see another Braves hitting prospect go down in flames.
DOB tweets that there may be a press conference before tonight’s game.
Well, we should say this much about Brooksy: he does hit for some power. He’s shown that at every level he’s played. So while I wouldn’t expect him to keep hitting .300, he should knock a few doubles here and there. All that said, it makes no sense to have him batting in the 2-hole.
is Bobby going to leave Heyward in the 3 hole while he struggles? similar to leaving Frenchy in RF while he underperformed so bad?
DOB says all the Braves’ brass are in the dugout and so he thinks something is about to go down with regards to Chipper.
D’OB hinted in his latest blog that the Rangers are looking for pitching and Kawakami might be one they would look for. What would be reasonable return on Kawakami?
Even though its about the worst stat to judge a pitcher on, I don’t see how his 0-9 record doesn’t really diminish any return we could get. Granted his other numbers aren’t great. They just aren’t 0-9 bad. (4.42 ERA, 1.1 HR per 9, 1.418 WHIP, 5.62 innings per start)
#18 – salary relief, RH reliever
@18: Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay.
Chipper’s addressing the media at 6 PM. I’m guessing that this is it.
And now, I too haz a sad.
Nice EC two- fer.
Got up to The Bronx way early today. My fave little Dominican bar has the beer special of doom: 3 beers, $10.
@23, Presidente?
@12
Frenchy’s doing well to the tune of a .455babip in June. He’s gonna crash back to earth soon, and hopefully the Mets go down with him.
Basically, Chipper just announced that he’s leaning towards retirement, but isn’t going to talk about it until after the season.
In a nutshell, he’s not going to steal Bobby’s thunder.
That’s the best way to handle it.
Basically, Chipper just announced that he’s leaning towards retirement, but isn’t going to talk about it until after the season.
I hope he keeps his word. This is a first place team with a ton of good stories and it seems all we read are the Chipper ‘things aren’t going my way so I’m thinking about taking my toys and going home’ stories. Enough already.
#24
Si, but they have a couple other options.
Lotsa Philly folk here. Hope it won’t be another battle royal tonight.
So should Bobby move heyward from 3 spot?
Chipper will keep his word. It’s safe to say from the past two decades that he’s not the attention-seeking type. He wanted to meet in secret to work out a financial plan with the organization in case he retires at the end of the season, it leaked, he got upset and told people he’s not going to discuss it now.
All that’s left to do is speculate on what the plan is and how the Braves will spend the money he’s presumably agreeing to leave on the table. Not that that’s a particularly good use of time. He treasures his privacy, and thankfully, the Braves treasure theirs too.
I think it’s cool that the Red Sox started their game an hour early so everyone could watch the Celtics tonight.
2,
Prettay, prettaaaay, pretty good.
It’s hard to make fun of Frenchy while he is this hot.
It’s never very hard to make fun of Jeff Francoeur.
This Chipper stuff is depressing.
To the tune of “Frosty the Snowman”:
Jeffy the Outman
Makes outs all the time
He both sucks and blows
And the bloggers know
This line has got to rhyme.
It’s slightly depressing, yeah. But as retirements go, this one isn’t too bad. Two years after one of the best years of his career, and a year after the worst, he won’t be going out on top, but he won’t be going out as an embarrassment, either. Maybe we’ll make the playoffs for him in his last year, and maybe he’ll catch a bit of lightning in the bottle over the summer, hit a few more singles, and finish closer to .300. Either way, this is probably the right time to go, and probably the right way to go.
No, it’s pretty bad. He’s one of my favorites, ever. That I’m not going to get to watch his swing anymore after this season depresses me. I hate that this era is ending, regardless of whether it’s the “right” time. YMMV.
Not sad it he goes out a winner.
#37 Agreed.
But the show must go on.
And BMac / Heyward / Hanson is a great nucleus for it to go on.
What’s the extent of the rain delay looking like?
And do opponents do a rain dance when Hudson’s scheduled to pitch or something? Seems like 4 out of his last 5 or 3 of 4 have had some sort of rain delay.
Hey, a rain delay! We haven’t had one of those in a couple of days.
Already stopped and dry here. Mostly blue sky too
Game’s starting.
If Chipper is gonna sit, it certainly makes sense to do it with Hudson on the mound, so that we can get Conrad’s glove in there for all the ground balls.
thank god. I know I am the only person who feels this way, but I loathe Seinfeld.
Jackassery from Neyer.
Hohn already being a jackass two pitches into our lineup!
Wow, I really would have thought better of ol’ Rob. That’s just unfounded character assassination right there. Why on earth would you write such a thing?
Heyward looks real bad, guys.
in Heyward’s defense, that strike 2 call might have thrown him off. I hate Hohn.
but still, Heyward is in a deeeep funk
Almost looked like McCann golfed that one after it bounced.
How do you score from second on a single to second?
Put this in the wrong thread:
Not sure if I am visible on TV, but if you see a guy (yellow shirt) about 10 rows back of the owner’s box over the catcher’s right shoulder, it’s me.
Crawford was running on the play, ball was up the middle, so Prado had to run a ways to get it, and he didn’t get much on his throw to 1B (bang-bang play), after which there was no chance to get Crawford.
I TAKE IT BACK, JASON!
Yay!
Jason!
@49, I’m glad that you’re wrong. I’m sure you are, too.
I was about to get upset at EJ for mentioning that it had been a while since his last HR…
even further proof that EJ is just better than Chip — he doesn’t seem to jinx ’em.
Did Crawford seriously score from second on an infield single?
THAT’S why we keep Escobar around. And did you see the weird bounce the ball took?
Prado got to it quite a bit out into the outfield (they were playing the shift) and pretty much had to go to first to have a chance at any out I think.
Except for the solo homer, Shields is shutting us down.
Walking Crawford isn’t a good idea, Tim.
Crawford is a bit bigger than most other base stealers too, Joe Moron.
Got him!
Nice play by McCann.
Good tag by Odarp too, he had to go get it a bit in front of the base.
And a couple strikeouts for Timmy!
Leadoff hit for Tim.
I really hope the leading hitter in the league doesn’t bunt.
Heyward time.
Ah, Conrad delivers some more of that NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL I’ve heard about.
46-
Just read that. Prima facie of why I dislike the guy’s “work”. I like this guy’s comment:
This is one of the dumber things you’ve ever posted Neyer. Chipper’s restructured his deal numerous times before for the team. It’s never been about the money with him. For you to imply otherswise without a shred of legimate information is irresponsible at best and destructive regardless. You’re worse than TMZ.
That hurts.
If you keep it down and away or just give him off-speed pitches down in the zone, Heyward can’t really hit it right now.
An IBB to get to Glaus? I’ve seen dumber plans before, but not many.
Edit: And Troy proves it.
It fell in!
Thanks Joe Maddon!
I hope Hudson isn’t worn out after running the bases.
He has a K pitch tonight.
Bobby Cox lives vicariously through Brooks Conrad.
Huddy was listening to you guys about not having enough Ks.
A fine evening’s work for Mr. Hudson. Thanks.
Why not just let Hudson hit for himself and then bring in the reliever? Hicks is hopeless.
Yunel is the franchise leader in getting doubled off
mississippi trying their best to match their runs scored for the year in one game…
http://tinyurl.com/35tejyd
and diory hernandez is back in action for gwinnett, or he was…
Cody Johnson’s not even in that lineup.
I trust Venters more than anyone in the entire bullpen. Just filthy
Venters is going to have to cut down on the walks, though.
He needs a break, Bobby is going to run him into the ground.
this is his 10th appearance this month.
what is up with the strikeouts for heyward? they’re really mounting up.
25 ks in the month of june for heyward.
Win, win, win.
Mets won, Phillies winning late.
good win…we’re good
2 out of 3!!!
Recapped.
I hate this f’in team so much. Hudson isn’t striking anyone out, Heyward looks terrible, and we can’t hit with runners in scoring position, Bobby’s an idiot with the bullpen, and we lose games we should win. We’re never gonna make the playoffs!