I was thinking, “What if Jeff Francoeur was a bad fourth outfielder?” And then I remembered, he is!
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I was thinking, “What if Jeff Francoeur was a bad fourth outfielder?” And then I remembered, he is!
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Good song
How about some offense?
It’s a day game today, isn’t it?
Another new version by popera group, Il Divo. Different voices from various nationalities. My dear english elderly lady recommended the sweet guys to me.
the good braves are back today.
1. Prado 2B, 2. Heyward RF, 3. Chipper 3B, 4. Glaus 1B, 5. McCann C, 6. Diaz LF, 7. Gonzalez SS, 8. Cabrera CF, 9. Lowe
so, when mclouth comes back, what happens? would the braves fo have the nerve to dfa melky, or will they make the obviuos move and send blanco back to AAA?
Blanco’s gone. Melky’s got the pictures this year. Regardless, they’d fake DL him before they DFA’ed him.
Melk Dud is more useful than Blanco–at least he can bust one outta the park every now and then.
Love the line from mlbtraderumors.com from Ken Rosenthal’s latest.
“Some Braves officials are quite fond of Hart, but others see him as only a slightly better version of Francoeur.”
@6
there’s no person on this earth that could ever convince me of that…
nothing unusual…chipper a late scratch. all star infante will bat 3rd.
I’ll bet that chatter Rosenthal is referring to is from before this series.
@8 – I agree, Ryan. Blanco’s defense more than makes up for any possible advantage Melk-Dud’s bat might have to offer.
I really hope we get to see Nate get back to being some semblance of a hitter when he returns. If Wren wants to test him out before deciding whether or not to pursue another bat, we need to get him back up to Atlanta soon… right?
At Turner Field. Man, it’s humid here…Lowe will sweat like hell!
@9 – Before this year, it always bothered me when Chipper missed a game. I hate to say it, but it’s something of a relief these days knowing that he’s so far from 100% and looking like he’s running on fumes. I’d rather play him even more conservatively and hope we can get something out of him down the stretch.
He’s a shadow of his former self and as a fan, it hurts to watch. But wouldn’t it be cool to make the post season and have Larry conjure up some Kirk Gibson magic? Come off the bench, limp to the plate, and hit a walk-off homer or some such? It could happen!
He’s given us a lot to cheer about over the years and it’d be nice to see him ride off into the sunset as a hero.
About last night …
Was Bobby asleep? Why didn’t he bring in the warmed-up Venters to face the lefty before Hart?
Stupid, stupid decision.
Here comes the rain und thunder 🙁
My neighbor just dropped 4 tickets on me – has there been a delay announced yet?
For how long is it supposed to rain? Is this game gonna happen?
Looks brighter towards the east but still raining like crazy. No announcements yet.
looks like it’ll clear up around 3:30 eastern. about an 85% chance of showers ’til then.
Rain is stopping here now – I hope.
Okay. the cover is coming off the infield.
First pitch scheduled at 2.10.
Jerry Crasnick tweeted that the Rays had interest in Escobar and that Reid Brignac was being discussed. Interesting.
Ugh. Lowe…
Yunel just hit a grand slam.
Yunel just hit his 1st
apparently TOR is the place to go hit
Are we hear to talk about the Braves or the former Braves?
both, its a braves/sports/baseball blog
Well all this lust over a guy who gave us nothing is driving me up the wall. He’s gone, get over it.
Chip sucks.
29 — Well, he might have been our best player last year.
did I say that I missed him or that I wanted him back? Im over it…why cant Mac or I point it out though?
I love Bmac
Matty!
I had a response for braves14 and csg, but yay, offense!
when did this become bethanyjournal? they pointed out he hit a homerun. what’s wrong with that?
Diaz is back folks….hopefully itll end all this Corey Hart talk
i freakin’ love matt diaz.
you also had a response for the person running the blog, who said the exact same thing
Females.
(j/k Bethany)
that was awful
I must have missed the thread where even the smallest bit of lust was being directed toward Yunel…
Yes, I obviously attempting to make everyone agree with me and write about what I want them to write about.
What’s wrong with it is that everyone seems to be rooting for this to be a bad trade. They are waiting for Alex to fail and pointing out every little success Yunel has in Toronto.
Luckily, it took McCann so long to get to the plate, Diaz had no problem moving up to third.
man, melky is slow.
swinging squeeze!
good grief, I mention a HR and you think its because I want him back. You’re looking to deep here. What do you think about all the Frenchy talks now? he’s been gone for a year and he’s brought up everyday at least once
I’m following on Gamecast. Was the Brewers infield playing in when they threw McCann out at home?
bethany, i apologize to you for jumping into an argument i didnt belong in.
I don’t really understand all the talk about Jeff either. Why would you want to dwell on someone who was such a dark spot on the team for so long? At least when he’s brought up, it’s his failures.
What people are doing with Yunel is similar to someone coming on here and bragging about how good Jeff looked early in the season.
I’m sorry for coming off so aggressive, I didn’t mean to start something. I’ll do my best to keep my mouth shut when it comes to Yunel.
well I just mentioned the HR because it was shocking, not because I wanted him back or want AAG to fail.
@51 Sorry for jumping on you and Mac, and I’m shocked too.
I always root for ex-braves, as long as they don’t do it against us.
The only exception is Jeffy, of course.
Chip still sucks.
Well I am finally in back of home plate with my 4 year old. Good times
where are we at on Nate’s timeline?
Jeff isn’t bashed because he’s a former Brave, or even because he sucks. He’s bashed because he’s an arrogant, delusional pissant.
In pregame they said he could be back this week.
Whew, glad he got out of that.
Lowe is missing McCann’s targets by quite a bit…good thing Braun and Weeks missed a few there
Have fun, Spike.
And Braun and the Brewers wonder why they get pitched inside. Geez, he just about screwed himself into the ground swinging wildly at a 2-strike pitch.
trivia – who is the only 20hr/20sb guy for the Braves and the Brewers?
any guesses
marquis grissom?
Yay, Heyward lives!
ALL STAR OMAR!
It’s Grissom.
My first thought was Gerald Williams, but yeah, I think you’re right with Grissom.
My first guess was Sheffield, but that’s clearly wrong.
Let’s blow this one open.
GRAND SLAM BMAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, how many is that this year? And didn’t we go like 2 years without anyone hitting one?
Take that, Yunel!
BMAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That will blow it open, alright.
Joe right before the slam: “You’d be better off pitching him inside here.” The pitch was inside.
McCann, you damn rally killer you.
Lowe has regained his ability to will the offense to score.
He’s remembered how to win.
That Derek Lowe just knows how to f’in win!!
I thouhgt a grand slam.*
Yep, he knows to let the pitcher get on base and tire himself out running the bases.
0-2 fastball…BMac just says thanks
Chip manages to ruin every great play the Braves make with his overexuberance. Every time the ball is hit in the air you’d think it was a grand slam to win the pennant. So when McCann actually unloads on one, Chip start yelling and I automatically start cringing instead of enjoying the HR.
Why the hell is Brent Clevlen still hanging out with the club?
83 — I know, right? Surely he’s healed from that sprain he had by now.
Lol.. maybe no one has noticed yet.
A slam looks really cool from here. And playing “they call me the breeze” for fielder was rich.
DOB says he asked the same question about Clevlen today and really didn’t get an answer. Other than that, he’s probably headed back to AAA this week.
John Gaines might be on to something.
Rain won’t take away the split. It is “official”.
Matty D!
Matt Diaz is back.
Matt Diaz is back!!!!
Matt Diaz > Corey Hart – take note Wren and Co.
I just wish he could play CF
Jinx.
Yunel….3 for 3 with 5 rbis, good for him.
welcome home Diaz!!!!!!!!This game is interesting but poor Parra.
Corey Hart >> Melky Cabrera
Parra is getting hung out to dry.
95 – when I see players get traded away from Atl and start producing immediately, it makes me think they werent focused here and giving it 100%. Kind of frustrating, IMO
we got a plunking coming…just waiting to see who gets it
Interesting comments by Glavine here given his own situation with the Braves in his last days.
Who fed Rickie Weeks his wheaties?
We should pre-emotively plunk Fielder again just for Macha complaining.
I enjoy Cowboy Joe having to run his fat ass covering 2nd during a July day game.
@95….I honestly believe Yunel’s issues were with Cox. Rickie Weeks is built like a fullback.
Holy crap they just played big girls don’t cry for fielder
Lowe may be tiring.
It’s amazing how quickly the wheels come off for Lowe.
Bobby didn’t screw it up this time.
Melky sucks as a cf. This can’t go on
Yunel who?!
Stupid warning.
Double play! Today, I have a 100-percent accuracy rate of my prediction so far. HA!
Dunn is a fastball guy? He pitched only fastballs against 2 hitters.
111
haha, how many other Yunels do you know??
“Melky sucks as a cf. This can’t go on”
I’m glad somebody out there noticed that play. He seems to have no instincts, and overall, the stats have him well below average in the field. With a .301 wOBA, he’s probably one of the worst position players in the NL right now.
He’s pretty much replacement level. Melky has a 1.0 VORP.
And that doesn’t account for defense…where Melky is mediocre.
For what it’s worth, Hart is a pretty bad outfielder as well.
EDIT: re: Melky, he has -.6 WAR because of his defense.
That was a risky play there by Prado, but it seems as though he might have judged it well.
Cowboy Joe West is an ass. This has nothing to do with the current HBP situation; just an independent fact I’m noticing.
So at a pivotal point in one game, one of our top relievers plunks a player in what was clearly an accident and then gets ejected along with our manager. But then the next day, in a game that’s mostly decided, the same thing happens for the other team, but no one gets ejected. What a stupid system.
The chances of a bench-clearing brawl are high right now.
Damn, just missed West.
Yunel doesn’t swing at that.
Well, yeah, he probably does….
Riske is a veteran. uhhhhh awful
So what do you guys think? Showcasing Dunn for a trade?
There was once an ABSOLUTELY VALID AND NOT MADE UP rumor that the Braves were going to trade Ryan Langerhans to Cleveland for Riske.
Just heard a report on ESPN: After his grand-slam Yunel donated a kidney to an ailing fan in the stands, performing the transplant himself, before returning to the field in the top of the fifth to single in two runs.
Hmmmm still only fastball. Even some location is high. SCARY.
Nice start by AAG
FWIW, don’t care about Yunel anymore. Don’t care if he returns to form. Don’t care if his head remains up his ass. He’s in the AL East. Just don’t care.
BTW, if you’re ever in Denver you gotta catch a show at Red Rocks. Spent the last 2 days there & it is spectacular.
Let’s score another TD, boys…
Ububba, concur with the Red Rocks experience, it’s awesome!
It’s also being reported that Yunel has been cast as Hickey in an upcoming production of The Iceman Cometh at Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre. When asked about the challenges of translating O’Neill’s very Irish play into a Spanish adaptation, Yunel surprised everyone by responding in a completely unaccented English that it will be a very traditional production. Yunel says he’s been working on his English for the last year and was planning on surprising his Atlanta teammates after the All-Star break. He still plans on mailing each of them the personal terracotta sculptures he’s been making depicting each of their spirit animals. Says Yunel “Chipper’s Sea Turtle covered in Oil came out particularly well. It’s one of the most moving pieces of I’ve ever done.”
Another ground ball by Heyward…..
Shoulda just hit him.
Chavez sucks.
My wife, “Look at that guy’s (Fielder) boobs, their huge!”
Ken Macha looks completely uninterested in this game.
I think the Brewers have to trade Fielder this year.
Trevor Hoffman is a mop-up man. I’m not watching this.
Discussion question: So, does Heyward get hot again this season and take ROY or does he continue to be serviceable but unspectacular at the plate and lose it to someone else? And if so, who will it be?
@141,
I think he heats up, but if he does lose it, Strasburg gets it.
Bobby really doesn’t have Wagner up, does he? Tell me that is KK in a Wags t-shirt.
Resop is on a rehab assignment. He probably will replace Chavez soon and compete to see who is worse.
Chavez is about to make it a save situation.
Why is this dope on this roster?
Chavez is absolutely useless.
I don’t really have a problem with this… This is a win we needed and the bullpen hasn’t looked so hot lately.
Why is that guy on the team again? He can’t even pitch in the situations that are tailor-made for him.
Chavez needs to walk from the mound to the Marta Station and get a connector to Gwinnett
I think Posey has been about as impressive as Strasburg.
@151,
But with way less hype
They could’ve at least left Chavez in long enough to hit Fielder..
AWESOME!
That was so lucky.
Fielder would have used Chavez to pick lettuce out of his teeth
At least tomorrow is an off day, but having to get Wagner up there sucks. You suck, Chavez.
Off-day tomorrow, ok to use Wagner after he didn’t pitch yesterday.
Recapped.
Strasberg has been awesome. The hype is not his fault.