Comments on: Interlude: Bobby’s bullpen management

By: Kevin Lee

Kevin Lee — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:25:46 +0000

@22
My spouse noted that Gaetti, when his hair grows long, bears a striking resemblance to Alice Cooper.

Maybe he made too many appearances as an Alice stand-in that year he only hit 5 dingers. Working as Alice would require copious amounts of golf, and many think that ruins your swing in baseball.

Okay, it’s just a theory. Maybe Gary was just hurt.

By: Rob Cope

Rob Cope — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:45:04 +0000

We had cages next to our dugout in high school. Guys that were pinch-hitters would sometimes take some hacks while our team was in the field. Aren’t there underground cages at Turner Field too?

By: Mac Thomason

Mac Thomason — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:08:47 +0000

Probably. There are usually cages under the stands where hitters can work out if necessary, and of course the pinch-hitters can go out on deck.

By: desert

desert — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:58:16 +0000

I have a question for the crowd here. Playing at home during middle school baseball, we had a couple of cages next to the home dug-out. 2 or 3 batters before he intended to use a pinch-hitter, our coach would send four of us (a LHB, RHB, and two pitchers) into the cages to take a few practice swings. I don’t see this implemented anywhere in professional baseball (nor did we have the opportunity to do so in high school ball). If there is a designated area for relief pitchers to warm up (i.e., the bullpen), and this warm up period increases the effectiveness of the pitcher and reduces chances of injury, wouldn’t an area meant for the same purpose for pinch-hitters increase their effectiveness also?

By: redclay

redclay — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:19:26 +0000

“The braves management has to know how Cox likes to use the pen and should have spent a little more money on the pen for an extra arm last year. I think it would been worth 3-5 extra wins”

The braves could carry 20 pitchers, and Bobby would still use a couple favorites till their arms fell off.

By: P. W. Hjort

P. W. Hjort — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:07:17 +0000

Only in Spring Training do your closer and set up man give up four runs in the third and fourth inning and Todd Redmond picks up a 6-out save.

By: P. W. Hjort

P. W. Hjort — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:02:13 +0000

I feel like this game would’ve made for an extraordinarily entertaining recap. There was so much nonsense going on the entire time it seems like.

By: drew

drew — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:40:30 +0000

I don’t know if the Braves are still running a kangaroo court but either way Freeman (and Thurston to a lesser extent) is going to be hearing about that one for a long, long time.

By: BFedRec

BFedRec — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:34:17 +0000

Well this game is VERY re-assuring.

By: Alex Remington (Another Alex R.)

Alex Remington (Another Alex R.) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:07:31 +0000

Apparently, Jesse Chavez is a poor man’s Stephen Marek.