Ah, yes, the trip to the west coast. I suppose that when you’re in college, this isn’t such a problem, but I am old now and need my sleep. I’ll be able to recap this game because I’m working tonight.
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Bethany, responding to your comment in the last thread:
Heyward, not AGony, was behind Uggla.
Maybe Fredi felt he owed something to the fans after the debacle last night. Or maybe that was his plan all along.. to manage the game into the ground after winning the series just so he could “make up for it” by moving Heyward to second. Maybe he’s actually a genius and not a moron.
In any case, the new lineup is much better than the old one, though once Uggla gets going I think he and McCann could be flipped to break up the string of LHH 2-4 and give Uggla better protection. It works tonight given that Lilly hasn’t been good against LHH so far this season, but in late games it just invites a LOOGY. Even with Chipper being a switch hitter it’s worth it to turn him around to his right side.
Still, short of batting Chipper leadoff, it’s probably one of the best lineups that Fredi could draw up.
It only took him 16 games to figure out that more Heyward and less McOut are both good things. That doesn’t bode well. How long will it take to cure him of the ill-timed sac bunt stuff?
It’s good thing that he changed a lineup that wasn’t working.
That Beach Boys video was the absolute lamest lip synching I have ever seen.
And, I’m willing to give Fredi a pass, as it didn’t take him until Memorial Day to move Heyward. -1 for thinking it was a good idea to start with, +2 for switching this soon.
To be fair, 16 games isn’t a crazy amount of time for a manager to stick to his guns on a lineup decision. It was a stupid decision to begin with, but we’ve all seen much worse than 2 weeks of Louth in the 2-hole.
@4 and 6, Amen. Willingness to change after a relatively short time, 16 out of 162 games, is a good sign in my opinion.
“but we’ve all seen much worse than 2 weeks of Louth in the 2-hole.”
Like 3.5 months of Andruw Jones batting 4th in 2007.
I agree with the 16 game thing. No biggie.
So mike leake was just arrested for shoplifting. Guess Minor was the right pick after all.
Well, Tyler Matzek hasn’t had any run-ins, has he?
@8
Yeah, or a year and a half of Francoeur just being in the lineup period.
Just his pitches with bats this season, but other than that…
Gah, sorry for that, Stu, we talk so much about protection for Heyward that my head wasn’t in the right place.
Moylan has a bulging disc in his back. He hopes to avoid surgery and return this season at some point. He is suppose to have an epidural in the coming days. Pray for the best.
That’s awful, here’s wishing to a speedy and full recovery.
Todays fun fact:
The Braves are one of four teams without a pinch hit this year. The Angels are 0 for 2, White Sox are 0 for 4 and the Royals are 0 for 1.
Without cheating, who can guess the Braves pinch hit stats? (i.e. We’re 0 for X, guess for X).
This is the lineup that I wanted back in December. I guess better late than never.
I’ll agree with ububba about the west coast games. I love them, but I’m probably one of the few that wishes the Braves were still in the NL West.
I see a lot of outs in a row at the bottom of the order, especially when Freddie goes through his typical rookie slumps.
Does the Moylan injury mean we’ll finally get Marek into the bullpen?
we’re something like 0-for-24
@17 – Isn’t it 23 or something ridiculous like that?
I’m with ububba though – west coast trips are awesome. When I was a kid I’d pretend to be asleep and then turn on the radio broadcast and listen til I dozed off. I swear I remember Skip on those mid-90s radio broadcasts, but he was consistently doing TBS right? Anyone know who did the radio job in the mid-90s? The nostalgic side of me needs to know.
Anyway, these days I can have a somewhat functional adult evening and then just sacrifice some sleep to see the whole game. Plus I get to substitute Vin Scully for Chip with GameDay Audio.
You remember right. In the mid 90’s it was Skip, Pete, Don, and Joe. I forget the exact way they paired up, but each would do 4.5 innings on the radio and then switch for 4.5 on TBS.
Fredi: “I’d move my wife up to second hole or first hole if I knew we’d score some runs; activate her.”
@22 Skip, Pete, Joe and Don would alternate doing TV and radio. They would also switch around who teamed with who, before settling primarily on Skip + Joe and Pete +Don.
Is Lowe going on 3 days rest this week with the doubleheader earlier, or are the Braves going to call up Minor so he can go on normal rest?
Reds pitcher Mike Leake was arrested for stealing $59.80 from Macy’s. Guess that $400K salary needs to be a little higher.
Axford sucks
#24 – Lowe is pitching on short rest
I dont understand why you give a closer an out after walking the first guy. Phillies just did the same thing the braves did, however, they dont have Young and Conrad to follow
Lowe is going on three days’ rest.
Pete Orr ties the game in the 9th for the Phillies. I hate the Phillies.
I hate the west coast games, but damn if I don’t stay up for them. F the Dodgers. Go Braves!
Oh, joe… “Nate isn’t hitting that much worse than Jason”
great start
Scully is awesome!
Nate took 4 steps and a hop before throwing the baseball
Nate McLouth is not good at anything. Johnny Damon laughs at McLouth’s arm.
Also, Hudson needs to stay the hell away from Hanson, because whatever is wrong with Hanson is contagious.
I feel like we’ve started every game this year with a deficit.
You know, obviously Huddy was getting a bit lucky last year, but he really hasn’t looked as good so far this season – his control has been off, and movement inconsistent.
That said, I’ll be happy if we can get out of the first only down by 1.
EDIT: never mind, I guess Hudson’s still paying for his undeserved success last yeason. UGH.
Huddy really looks awful out there
Did Hudson throw consecutive clunkers even once, last season? This is rather disconcerting.
Game over?
Seriously, Johnny Damon.
@40 – yes
Nate sucks.
Well, at least I can get to bed early now
*sigh*
At least I can turn in early.
Sitting it on a tee folks
F-balls….
Hey Hudson, stop sucking please. These Dodgers hitters, aside from Kemp, are pretty awful.
This is basically how Huddy looked early last year, minus the luck.
I blame that stupid beard he tried to grow last year. I don’t think he’s been the same since..
Having to IBB Barajas, hitting sub .200, in the 1st to get to the pitcher = not good
@49 THANK YOU! The beard was clearly the beginning of the end.
“Fredi is stoned again” is the new “Bobby is drunk again”.
3 Runs at Dodger Stadium and our lineup–pretty big mountain to climb….
33 pitches through one. Screw it, I’m just gonna root for Vin Scully.
Vin Scully can throw better than McLouth.
We suck so hard right now.
#55 – those were two of the weakest throws Ive seen in a while
Didn’t realize Dan was 0 for the year against LHP. Well, that’s kind of defeating the purpose of the RH power bat.
I just realized why I don’t like Lilly. He kind of looks like Urban Meyer.
Or not.
At least Milwaukee’s up 4-3 now.
Good AB by mclouth but typical result. There’s no real pop in his bat anymore.
Nate is scared of being successful at the plate.
Why didn’t Mattingly walk Nate to get to the pitcher?
What’s the difference?
Why didn’t mattingly name his kid Leon? Because he didn’t want to, that’s why.
‘Pete Orr’ is a trending topic on Twitter.
We’re due for a solo HR.
I’m making a rule for myself. If we don’t score this inning, I’m going to bed.
Four-pitch walk to Alex Gonzalez to get to the pitcher.
This inning? Hell, I’ll be surprised if we score tonight.
Glad I could finally find success somewhere. Ugh. Time to change the moniker.
Freaking heck.
Who woulda thunk that Alex Gonzalez gets pitched around for anyone other than a pitcher?
BTW, just so everyone knows Brandon Hicks was on deck. Not Hinske or Ross, who you know, can actually hit a baseball.
Night all…
If Gonzalez had pinch hit for Hudson there with Brandon Hicks, it would have been at least twice as stupid as anything he did yesterday, and I’m including the bases-loaded squeeze play.
Going to be a long road trip fellas
Ted Lilly owns the Braves.
What was that like 4 pitches to Chipper, Bmac, and Uggla? This is piss poor.
Tip your cap.
Most pitchers own the Braves. To be fair.
Huddy buzzed the rookie’s tower with that one.
Need a grand slam from Freeman, here.
Ted Lilly is such a punk.
And Brooks Conrad has become completely useless.
why does ted lilly lobbing a pitch behind our tiny center fielder make me chuckle? shouldn’t i be angry
Conrad sucks, the Braves suck, and I’m going to bed.
Highlight of the game: the Tim Hudson/Derek Lowe commercial or Nate trying to look menacing after Lilly threw behind him?
I’m going with the commercial. At least it succeeded at it’s goal.
Tip of the cap. That’s another good team over there. Seems like we play a good team every night. Only 17 games in, the season is barely started here…as long as we’re within 15 games by the all-star break then we’re happy, right?
The Braves will hit better when the temperature warms up. Mark it down.
If we continue to play like this, we will make a lot of teams look great….
By then it wont matter.
I remember when Martin Prado could hit.
By then it wont matter.
You’re right. Season over.
I must say that Prado’s completely empty .250 is becoming a concern.
Squeeze play
There’s not two strikes yet, it’s too early for the squeeze.
EDIT: Tying run to the plate. C’mon ‘Ske.
Chip is an ass.
To little too late….
Broxton sucks. The Braves suck more.
Teases.
Recapped.