Perhaps the Nationals’ best course would be to… tread lightly.
Stu
on August 14, 2013 at 3:32 pm
Congrats, c. shorter!
And I wanted Bonifacio. It may just be that fantasy baseball has ruined my ability to evaluate players, but I’m a sucker for someone with speed and the ability to play seven (7) positions credibly, if not well.
Sam Hutcheson
on August 14, 2013 at 3:36 pm
In the short-lived recap folks were talking about the strength of schedule for the Braves, Pirates and Dogface Pukes. I just wanted to pipe in and suggest that the Braves SOS is actually a little tougher than it looks because the Mets are not the same team they were in April. You gotta go through Harvey, Wheeler, Mejia and Gee against those guys now. They still got no offense, but don’t sleep on that staff man. They got skills.
@7 Ah, the walking the bases loaded game against Fredi. Yeah, he’s never living that move down in my mind.
Smitty
on August 14, 2013 at 6:17 pm
Any word in the .com vs .us GoDaddy thing?
PaulV
on August 14, 2013 at 6:54 pm
I like US. Go away Daddy
joelk
on August 14, 2013 at 7:06 pm
Thanks for posting that Alex! It was fun to go back and read some of the posts from people that used to post regularly.
spike
on August 14, 2013 at 7:07 pm
Aaaand here comes the rain.
joelk
on August 14, 2013 at 7:11 pm
Anyone know how long this rain delay is expected to last?
spike
on August 14, 2013 at 7:19 pm
Doesn’t look like it will be a long one, and it seems clear behind this squall.
Hotspur
on August 14, 2013 at 7:29 pm
@1 Evan Gattis is The One Who Knocks.
Way to go, c. shorter and family!
Smitty
on August 14, 2013 at 7:58 pm
Why did Chipper think it was a good idea to wear a toboggan for a TV interview?
Rusty S.
on August 14, 2013 at 8:20 pm
@10 – Yes, I worry there are still some people who haven’t found this site. Took me a couple of days.
HawkeyeFan
on August 14, 2013 at 8:29 pm
Seconded on the change in web address — I only figured it out after I received my weekly Bravesjournal post in my email and noticed the .com vs .us. Whew! Thought I had lost my braves family forever (talkingchop, although great with minor league updates, just doesn’t have that familiar feeling).
spike
on August 14, 2013 at 8:48 pm
Sam mentioned it to me over at BBTF or I never would have found it.
/so now you guys know exactly who to blame.
krussell
on August 14, 2013 at 8:49 pm
Looking like we’ll get some baseball in a few minutes. Why is Uggla sitting for several days before his surgery? This whole thing is so weird to me.
BTW, I found the site by googling for bravesjournal – I knew the domain had expired but hadn’t a clue as to where the new home might be – took a few days for the posts on the new site to show up in the search results. Maybe we could get someone to post something on TalkingChop and other Braves sites.
Smitty
on August 14, 2013 at 8:50 pm
@21
Wait, he hasn’t had it yet? That is strange
kc
on August 14, 2013 at 8:56 pm
I wrote to AAR to find out about this address. I wanted Bonifacio too. He would be perfect, but it’s hard to acquire players in August when we have the best record in baseball.
I went to Twitter and typed in “Braves Journal” and found Alex R’s twitter feed, which directed me here. Twitter is kinda omnipotent re: the internet.
'Rissa
on August 14, 2013 at 8:59 pm
@21—Apparently you can’t wear contacts for three days before you have LASIK so that your eyes are doing whatever they do when you are operated on, and Dan can’t play without his contacts. So they put him on the DL immediately. Once his eyes are ready, he’ll have the surgery.
Also, so much for no more west coast games. These late start times due to rain don’t really mesh with my work schedule.
krussell
on August 14, 2013 at 9:04 pm
@26, that makes sense – I guess it’s also good to go ahead and start the DL countdown now so that if everything goes perfectly he’ll be able to rejoin the team faster.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 9:10 pm
Off a lefty. I love it.
Adam M
on August 14, 2013 at 9:13 pm
Heyward’s platoon splits are gone, by the way.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 9:22 pm
BJ Upton is terrible.
Grst
on August 14, 2013 at 9:22 pm
I understand we’re scoring runs, too bad all MLB.TV will show me is this damn circle rotating on a black background.
Smitty
on August 14, 2013 at 9:22 pm
BJ took two down the middle. Can he get LASIK too?
Ryan C
on August 14, 2013 at 9:25 pm
Geez Louise. I can’t recall ever seeing someone watching pitches that meaty for strike 2 and strike 3. BJ has got some serious head problems right now.
Putter
on August 14, 2013 at 9:26 pm
I find it so hard to like BJ. He seems so utterly clueless at the plate
Stu
on August 14, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Paul Janish is officially “Batman.”
Smitty
on August 14, 2013 at 9:27 pm
Fittingly the Bat Boy went to get the bat
'Rissa
on August 14, 2013 at 9:28 pm
@35—Yes!
krussell
on August 14, 2013 at 9:28 pm
Great, now we’re gonna have to worry about DL’ing someone for rabies.
Smitty
on August 14, 2013 at 9:28 pm
@35
Seconded
Adam M
on August 14, 2013 at 9:28 pm
Rabies shots for everyone!
Stu
on August 14, 2013 at 9:32 pm
…except Uggla. And maybe Snitker.
Putter
on August 14, 2013 at 9:34 pm
Heyward is the best base runner in baseball
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 9:35 pm
Playing some ball.
Smitty
on August 14, 2013 at 9:38 pm
I’m doubting he is hurt
kc
on August 14, 2013 at 9:39 pm
BJ is going through lots of changes. One of them is changing league. Even Pujols has problem in changing league. Maybe we should just write off the first season for BJ. Thank goodness we have such a big lead this year to give him chance to adopt. Given the size of his contract, he can not continue to play like this next year.
Kyle B.
on August 14, 2013 at 9:40 pm
This is Bat Country.
DowneasterJC
on August 14, 2013 at 9:45 pm
Does damage to your psyche count as an injury?
krussell
on August 14, 2013 at 9:45 pm
Hitting Gattis with a pitch would be a perfect beginning to one of those ‘messing with sasquatch’ commercials.
blazon
on August 14, 2013 at 9:46 pm
runs tonight now matter little…
what does is that Gattis swing…mercy!
'Rissa
on August 14, 2013 at 9:47 pm
I’m really enjoying Regression. So hoping he keeps this up for a batting title.
F
on August 14, 2013 at 9:48 pm
Miner sticks the landing for the triple grybo.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 9:49 pm
Jason Heyward gonna hit himself a cycle tonight.
kc
on August 14, 2013 at 9:51 pm
Cole Hamels is pretty damn good.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 9:55 pm
That’s only an error because the hometown scorer wants to protect Beachy from an earned run.
Now that he stranded him, they can go ahead and rule it a double.
Grst
on August 14, 2013 at 9:57 pm
Running into Jason Heyward is not advisable.
blazon
on August 14, 2013 at 9:57 pm
turns out a good night to rest Simmons…he has been exhausted – that’s where most of the pop ups come from…if there was a stat for total number of minutes played by each player to date as a percentage of total team minutes by the team Andrelton would be way on top…that must be recognized by Fredi…plus the lead we have, no reason not to rest him…is it simplistic to say if you’re tired you do not hold the bat so high at address so instead of hitting down or flat you have to swing up to meet the ball?
Stu
on August 14, 2013 at 9:58 pm
Poor Tyler.
spike
on August 14, 2013 at 10:00 pm
1 for 2013 Janish!
Our New Insect Overlords
on August 14, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Blind squirrel, meet acorn.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 10:01 pm
Remember that time that Dan Uggla flung Pastornicky about 12 feet on that rolling, tumbling catch behind the second base bag?
Tyler just got the knee injury he was supposed to get that night.
Poor Tyler. He should get the wax cleaned out of his damned ears so he can hear the right fielder. Some help. I’m glad Heyward is OK.
krussell
on August 14, 2013 at 10:04 pm
I think it’s quite possible that the bat has imbued Janish with magical powers. I think that’s why Uggla tried to touch it when brought back to the dugout.
'Rissa
on August 14, 2013 at 10:05 pm
Poor Tyler. I was looking forward to seeing what he can do with some playing time at second. Hoping he’s okay.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Pop up right on the foul line in short right field, Tyler was just about camped under it, and Jason came in and plowed over him. The front of Heyward’s knee got Tyler in the back of his knee, bent mostly forward, a little sideways, and knocked his ankle a little funky too.
He was able to walk with a limp, and finished the defensive half-inning, but they pulled him between innings to get it looked at.
Smitty
on August 14, 2013 at 10:06 pm
I have to think we are in the market for an infielder
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 10:08 pm
If I had to guess, Tyler will be diagnosed with some kind of hyperextension or “strain.” He walked, he hopped, he moved laterally. This isn’t an ACL or MCL thing.
spike
on August 14, 2013 at 10:08 pm
I want to get the story on this bat business. If the Rev goes on the dl we’re in a bit of a bind.
csg
on August 14, 2013 at 10:12 pm
Sprained left knee, he’s day to day
'Rissa
on August 14, 2013 at 10:12 pm
Oh, man. Sprained left knee for Tyler. Ouch.
Our New Insect Overlords
on August 14, 2013 at 10:13 pm
@69
Being called a sprain. But that can also be a pre-MRI diagnosis; usually torn ACLs are listed as “sprains” before the full examination. Wait and see, I reckon.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 10:19 pm
When I tore my ACL, I thought I was fine, just a little wobbly legged. I even got myself up off the ground. But the first step I took, I swear to God, the first step I took, my chin must have hit the dirt with my foot still standing flat on the ground, that’s how far backward my knee bent. That obviously doesn’t make me qualified to diagnose, but I’d be pretty surprised if there was any serious ACL issue here. For me, there was no question of hopping, jogging and moving laterally like Pastornicky did.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 10:22 pm
@70 – I’m assuming you mean you weren’t watching on TV.
In the top half of the second, I think, play was interrupted when a bat landed on the field near the pitcher’s mound. Janish picked it up with his glove and scooped it to a bat boy (ha) who covered it in a towel and brought it in to the dugout, and then had no idea what to do with it next.
As it turns out, from still images, you can see there were two bats, and they were probably mating or something. One flew away when Janish made the hand-off to the bat boy.
blazon
on August 14, 2013 at 10:22 pm
to fill in for Pastor…
why are we sounding so yella
go trading for some wasted fella?
the solution’s at home
we’ve no reason to roam
let’s welcome Tommy La Stella.
spike
on August 14, 2013 at 10:24 pm
@70, Now that makes me miss having cable.
Dirt Napper
on August 14, 2013 at 10:29 pm
Sam’s line from the last recap was a day too early: “Same bat time, same bat channel.”
Edit: A thread too early…earlier today, I see.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 10:30 pm
Beachy is through 5 with only 67 pitches.
That’s getting it done.
c. shorter
on August 14, 2013 at 10:36 pm
Thanks, guys.
Loving Heyward and Beachy these days.
Putter
on August 14, 2013 at 10:41 pm
So now it’s a ballgame
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 10:42 pm
Fishing MLB’s videos for Pastornicky reminded me that I meant to compare his swing to AJ Pollock of Arizona. When we played Arizona, I thought Pollock looked like Pastornicky’s big brother.
Their stances and swings are really similar, but so are their body proportions and the way they each move. It’s really weird to me.
DowneasterJC
on August 14, 2013 at 10:44 pm
@74
Same thing happened to me. About 5 times before I decided it wasn’t going to get better in its own. Each time hurt as much as the initial injury.
I’m sure Pastornicky is more of a composed athlete man than I am, but when I tore mine I was a wreck on the ground. He didn’t seem to be in that much agony from what I saw.
Our New Insect Overlords
on August 14, 2013 at 10:51 pm
Don did the same thing ( I presume) that Chip did – must have looked pretty good, but still.
DowneasterJC
on August 14, 2013 at 10:54 pm
“I thought Freddie killed that ball!”
That’s because you’re an idiot with the depth perception of a opossum, Chip.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 10:58 pm
It was a screaming line drive, clocked pretty good, but it never had the height to get out, and it wasn’t even to a gap or anything. It was a hard-hit out, but it was an out all the way.
Putter
on August 14, 2013 at 10:58 pm
@89 Good work
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 11:00 pm
Really hope we don’t regret blowing that scoring opportunity.
jjschiller
on August 14, 2013 at 11:06 pm
Its funny to me how you hear about guys “losing their arm slot” and about guys mechanics getting messed up, not keeping their weight balanced and all this… and then you’ve got guys like Luis Ayala who throw from different arm slots and even change the duration of their deliveries from one pitch to another.
It’s like “Oh, mechanics are just so important for a pitcher. Well, tot this guy, no. But everybody else? Oh yeah.”
csg
on August 14, 2013 at 11:40 pm
I guess we could see what Terdo looks like at 3b for a game or two and let Johnson play some 2nd?
John R.
on August 14, 2013 at 11:42 pm
Here comes Kimbrel.
krussell
on August 14, 2013 at 11:46 pm
Seemed like a pretty good set up to give Kimbrel a night off.
Use code “Journal” for a 5% discount.
Perhaps the Nationals’ best course would be to… tread lightly.
Congrats, c. shorter!
And I wanted Bonifacio. It may just be that fantasy baseball has ruined my ability to evaluate players, but I’m a sucker for someone with speed and the ability to play seven (7) positions credibly, if not well.
In the short-lived recap folks were talking about the strength of schedule for the Braves, Pirates and Dogface Pukes. I just wanted to pipe in and suggest that the Braves SOS is actually a little tougher than it looks because the Mets are not the same team they were in April. You gotta go through Harvey, Wheeler, Mejia and Gee against those guys now. They still got no offense, but don’t sleep on that staff man. They got skills.
Here’s JonathanF’s table from the last thread:
#3, Right you are, but it looks like their one offensive weapon, David Wright, will miss the rest of the season.
Congratulations c. shorter!
Been reading in Mac’s old blogsport Bravesjournal… First recap I just read:
4/24/2007
Braves 11, Marlins 6
ESPN.com – MLB – Box Score – Braves at Marlins
So, here’s what we know: Mark Redman is done; Ryan Langerhans is awful; and Fredi Gonzalez is really, really stupid.
Edit: Herzlichen Glueckwunsch, c.shorter
http://bravesjournal.blogspot.com/2007/04/braves-11-marlins-6.html
@7 Ah, the walking the bases loaded game against Fredi. Yeah, he’s never living that move down in my mind.
Any word in the .com vs .us GoDaddy thing?
I like US. Go away Daddy
Thanks for posting that Alex! It was fun to go back and read some of the posts from people that used to post regularly.
Aaaand here comes the rain.
Anyone know how long this rain delay is expected to last?
Doesn’t look like it will be a long one, and it seems clear behind this squall.
@1 Evan Gattis is The One Who Knocks.
Way to go, c. shorter and family!
Why did Chipper think it was a good idea to wear a toboggan for a TV interview?
@10 – Yes, I worry there are still some people who haven’t found this site. Took me a couple of days.
Seconded on the change in web address — I only figured it out after I received my weekly Bravesjournal post in my email and noticed the .com vs .us. Whew! Thought I had lost my braves family forever (talkingchop, although great with minor league updates, just doesn’t have that familiar feeling).
Sam mentioned it to me over at BBTF or I never would have found it.
/so now you guys know exactly who to blame.
Looking like we’ll get some baseball in a few minutes. Why is Uggla sitting for several days before his surgery? This whole thing is so weird to me.
BTW, I found the site by googling for bravesjournal – I knew the domain had expired but hadn’t a clue as to where the new home might be – took a few days for the posts on the new site to show up in the search results. Maybe we could get someone to post something on TalkingChop and other Braves sites.
@21
Wait, he hasn’t had it yet? That is strange
I wrote to AAR to find out about this address. I wanted Bonifacio too. He would be perfect, but it’s hard to acquire players in August when we have the best record in baseball.
No Simba tonite?
Heyward 9, JUpton 7, Freeman 3. Gattis 2, CJohnson 5 ,Pastornicky 4, BUpton 8, Janish 6, Beachy 1
I went to Twitter and typed in “Braves Journal” and found Alex R’s twitter feed, which directed me here. Twitter is kinda omnipotent re: the internet.
@21—Apparently you can’t wear contacts for three days before you have LASIK so that your eyes are doing whatever they do when you are operated on, and Dan can’t play without his contacts. So they put him on the DL immediately. Once his eyes are ready, he’ll have the surgery.
Also, so much for no more west coast games. These late start times due to rain don’t really mesh with my work schedule.
@26, that makes sense – I guess it’s also good to go ahead and start the DL countdown now so that if everything goes perfectly he’ll be able to rejoin the team faster.
Off a lefty. I love it.
Heyward’s platoon splits are gone, by the way.
BJ Upton is terrible.
I understand we’re scoring runs, too bad all MLB.TV will show me is this damn circle rotating on a black background.
BJ took two down the middle. Can he get LASIK too?
Geez Louise. I can’t recall ever seeing someone watching pitches that meaty for strike 2 and strike 3. BJ has got some serious head problems right now.
I find it so hard to like BJ. He seems so utterly clueless at the plate
Paul Janish is officially “Batman.”
Fittingly the Bat Boy went to get the bat
@35—Yes!
Great, now we’re gonna have to worry about DL’ing someone for rabies.
@35
Seconded
Rabies shots for everyone!
…except Uggla. And maybe Snitker.
Heyward is the best base runner in baseball
Playing some ball.
I’m doubting he is hurt
BJ is going through lots of changes. One of them is changing league. Even Pujols has problem in changing league. Maybe we should just write off the first season for BJ. Thank goodness we have such a big lead this year to give him chance to adopt. Given the size of his contract, he can not continue to play like this next year.
This is Bat Country.
Does damage to your psyche count as an injury?
Hitting Gattis with a pitch would be a perfect beginning to one of those ‘messing with sasquatch’ commercials.
runs tonight now matter little…
what does is that Gattis swing…mercy!
I’m really enjoying Regression. So hoping he keeps this up for a batting title.
Miner sticks the landing for the triple grybo.
Jason Heyward gonna hit himself a cycle tonight.
Cole Hamels is pretty damn good.
That’s only an error because the hometown scorer wants to protect Beachy from an earned run.
Now that he stranded him, they can go ahead and rule it a double.
Running into Jason Heyward is not advisable.
turns out a good night to rest Simmons…he has been exhausted – that’s where most of the pop ups come from…if there was a stat for total number of minutes played by each player to date as a percentage of total team minutes by the team Andrelton would be way on top…that must be recognized by Fredi…plus the lead we have, no reason not to rest him…is it simplistic to say if you’re tired you do not hold the bat so high at address so instead of hitting down or flat you have to swing up to meet the ball?
Poor Tyler.
1 for 2013 Janish!
Blind squirrel, meet acorn.
Remember that time that Dan Uggla flung Pastornicky about 12 feet on that rolling, tumbling catch behind the second base bag?
Tyler just got the knee injury he was supposed to get that night.
EDIT:
This one. I forgot McLouth had been the one who hit it.
http://wapc.mlb.com/atl/play/?content_id=20966009
Tommy La Stella, please answer the Bat Phone.
Paul Janish…silencing his critics.
Ok missed it. What happened to Tyler?
Poor Tyler. He should get the wax cleaned out of his damned ears so he can hear the right fielder. Some help. I’m glad Heyward is OK.
I think it’s quite possible that the bat has imbued Janish with magical powers. I think that’s why Uggla tried to touch it when brought back to the dugout.
Poor Tyler. I was looking forward to seeing what he can do with some playing time at second. Hoping he’s okay.
Pop up right on the foul line in short right field, Tyler was just about camped under it, and Jason came in and plowed over him. The front of Heyward’s knee got Tyler in the back of his knee, bent mostly forward, a little sideways, and knocked his ankle a little funky too.
He was able to walk with a limp, and finished the defensive half-inning, but they pulled him between innings to get it looked at.
I have to think we are in the market for an infielder
If I had to guess, Tyler will be diagnosed with some kind of hyperextension or “strain.” He walked, he hopped, he moved laterally. This isn’t an ACL or MCL thing.
I want to get the story on this bat business. If the Rev goes on the dl we’re in a bit of a bind.
Sprained left knee, he’s day to day
Oh, man. Sprained left knee for Tyler. Ouch.
@69
Being called a sprain. But that can also be a pre-MRI diagnosis; usually torn ACLs are listed as “sprains” before the full examination. Wait and see, I reckon.
When I tore my ACL, I thought I was fine, just a little wobbly legged. I even got myself up off the ground. But the first step I took, I swear to God, the first step I took, my chin must have hit the dirt with my foot still standing flat on the ground, that’s how far backward my knee bent. That obviously doesn’t make me qualified to diagnose, but I’d be pretty surprised if there was any serious ACL issue here. For me, there was no question of hopping, jogging and moving laterally like Pastornicky did.
@70 – I’m assuming you mean you weren’t watching on TV.
In the top half of the second, I think, play was interrupted when a bat landed on the field near the pitcher’s mound. Janish picked it up with his glove and scooped it to a bat boy (ha) who covered it in a towel and brought it in to the dugout, and then had no idea what to do with it next.
As it turns out, from still images, you can see there were two bats, and they were probably mating or something. One flew away when Janish made the hand-off to the bat boy.
to fill in for Pastor…
why are we sounding so yella
go trading for some wasted fella?
the solution’s at home
we’ve no reason to roam
let’s welcome Tommy La Stella.
@70, Now that makes me miss having cable.
Sam’s line from the last recap was a day too early: “Same bat time, same bat channel.”
Edit: A thread too early…earlier today, I see.
Beachy is through 5 with only 67 pitches.
That’s getting it done.
Thanks, guys.
Loving Heyward and Beachy these days.
So now it’s a ballgame
Fishing MLB’s videos for Pastornicky reminded me that I meant to compare his swing to AJ Pollock of Arizona. When we played Arizona, I thought Pollock looked like Pastornicky’s big brother.
Check out these two videos:
http://wapc.mlb.com/atl/play/?content_id=20898965
http://wapc.mlb.com/ari/play/?content_id=29078447
Their stances and swings are really similar, but so are their body proportions and the way they each move. It’s really weird to me.
@74
Same thing happened to me. About 5 times before I decided it wasn’t going to get better in its own. Each time hurt as much as the initial injury.
I’m sure Pastornicky is more of a composed athlete man than I am, but when I tore mine I was a wreck on the ground. He didn’t seem to be in that much agony from what I saw.
Damn you, Chip.
Dammit Chip.
I hate you Chip Caray. I hate you.
Typical Chip
Don did the same thing ( I presume) that Chip did – must have looked pretty good, but still.
“I thought Freddie killed that ball!”
That’s because you’re an idiot with the depth perception of a opossum, Chip.
It was a screaming line drive, clocked pretty good, but it never had the height to get out, and it wasn’t even to a gap or anything. It was a hard-hit out, but it was an out all the way.
@89 Good work
Really hope we don’t regret blowing that scoring opportunity.
Its funny to me how you hear about guys “losing their arm slot” and about guys mechanics getting messed up, not keeping their weight balanced and all this… and then you’ve got guys like Luis Ayala who throw from different arm slots and even change the duration of their deliveries from one pitch to another.
It’s like “Oh, mechanics are just so important for a pitcher. Well, tot this guy, no. But everybody else? Oh yeah.”
I guess we could see what Terdo looks like at 3b for a game or two and let Johnson play some 2nd?
Here comes Kimbrel.
Seemed like a pretty good set up to give Kimbrel a night off.
Oh, Fredi Jr. That was a poor time for a passed ball.
Recapped!
Oh well. Get the win. He’s got a night off tomorrow, anyway. Good move.
We can go back to reducing our magic number in pairs this weekend.