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I figured as much, but Gary Numan and that song featured prominently in this week’s episode. One of the best sketch-style comedy shows in a long time too, in case you’ve never heard of it. On early Monday morning at 1 am, so I usually DVR it.
One of the coolest streaks in history looks like it’s coming to an end this year — Ichiro has had over 200 hits and over 100 runs scored in all eight of his major league seasons. The latest ESPN projection for 2009* have him collecting 235 hits, but scoring only 62 runs. Thanks for nothing, Betancourt, Beltre, and Junior.
*which always assume that the player will play every remaining game — don’t ask me why they do it that way, but at least in Ichiro’s case it could actually happen.
@7: Well prepare to be surprised. These things take a while, and even if they’ve definitely decided to replace Francoeur I’d expect we make a move to add someone before we find a trading partner for Jeff. We need more of a sure thing than we could get in trade for Jeff (unless we can package him with some spare parts.)
this piece is an excerpt from peanut’s blog. please, do not read this if you are in a working environment where insane amounts of laughter is prohibited.
“When Garret Anderson and Brian McCann returned to the lineup, Jeff Francoeur wasn’t happy about the fact that he was primarily hitting seventh, where he says pitchers were less apt to pitch to him because he had Jordan Schafer and the pitcher’s spot sitting behind him.”
i didnt realize pitchers pitched to him at all. i know he swings. that’s about all the evidence i’ve seen…
I call foul. If he’s really astute enough to realize they’ll pitch around him to get to hitters behind him, he should be astute enough to take pitches and walk when they do.
However, this comment really belies Stenchy’s incompetence. Surely he knows that pitchers wouldn’t pitch around him to get to two more difficult outs.
@10: I wouldn’t discount 2006 either, which the deeper I look into the stats actually appears to be a decent year for a 22 year old (since I know this will cause controversy more on that after the game or tomorrow, once I get back home to my spreadsheets.)
I wouldn’t put much weight on 2009, April started good and ended up decent, May has been awful… a similar start to ‘08, which worries me. 2008, as I said before, appears to be a product of mental, emotional and mechanical difficulties. Overcoming these is not easy by any stretch, but it is possible (unlike physical deficiencies.)
I don’t think 2007’s production is a better representation of what Jeff will do, but it is a clear representation of what he can do. 2008 is likely a better representation of what he will do, only because it is more recent, but 2007 earned him the benefit of the doubt in my book, so I excuse his abysmal 2008 and hope for a rebound in ‘09. He has rebounded a bit from a run production standpoint, which is a huge weakness for this team, so I’ve extended his leash through the All-Star break. If he picks up his run production pace and Garret doesn’t turn around I might be able to excuse it through the end of the year, but if he puts up two consecutive years with a sub-80 OPS he’ll need a change of scenery.
My main reason for holding out hope with Jeff is based on necessity. I just don’t see Atlanta honestly competing this year without getting contributions from Francoeur and/or Garret, or making a Tex-like myopic trade. We simply don’t have enough ML-ready resources. I feel the best thing is to hold our current course and if we’ve fallen out of contention by the ASB then look into dealing Francoeur and Soriano for building blocks for 2010 and beyond.
Kearns is probably better, but I still wouldn’t do it. He still sucks, so what’s the point, and he’s squandered actual baseball talent. Put a gun to my head, and I’ll take dim over lazy.
@14&15: Someone posted that yesterday. I’m not sure where the laughter comes in.
As for taking a walk. You don’t take a walk if there are runners in scoring position if the guy behind you is slugging .103 with RISP, and yes you read that right, .103! You have to expand your strike zone in those situations… just ask the Giants how many games Barry Bonds’ dozens of walks won them in 2007.
@18 – what necessity are you speaking of? what contributions are you hoping for? The only contributions we are going to get from Frenchy are inordinant amounts of suckage. How is that going to help Atlanta compete this year? Grab almost any outfielder on any other team, and you could pretty much guarantee he would do more for this team than Frenchy. Yes, he is THAT bad.
No, it’s a bad year. There is no way to make that a good year. However, it’s not uncommon for a player who has a year like that very young to become a good player. It’s a similar year (by OBP and SLG) to Vernon Wells’ Age 23 campaign, and Andre Dawson’s Age 23 campaign. (In Dawson’s case, it wasn’t actually actually a bad season, since offensive levels were so much lower then.) But Wells and Dawson got better.
@20: Kearns is making $8 million this year, with a $1 million buyout of next year’s $10 million dollar club option. Kearns isn’t going to make this team anymore competitive, so I’d keep looking.
@22: There are plenty of outfielders out there that would perform at or below Jeff’s level, but you’ve obviously made up your mind on that point, so I’ll skip to the direct questions.
I feel it is necessary for us to get quality production out of Jeff and/or Garret in order to compete… whether that is direct production or production from someone we acquired in trade for Jeff. I just don’t see this team competing without adding a big run producing bat, and I don’t see us adding a big run producing bat without making a Tex-like move that would screw us over in the future. Jeff and Garret have shown that they are capable of being that sort of bat in the past, if at least one of them can return to their previous form then we can compete, if they can’t then we just don’t have enough resources to put together a viable run at the division or World Series. I’d rather see us finish 3rd this year and keep developing our youth movement, than trade away the farm to maybe finish 2nd this year and lose in the first round again.
@23: I’m assuming you’re talking about my comments about ‘06. As I said, I’ll make that case tonight. I should note I didn’t say it was a good year, but the more I look at it, the more decent it is beginning to appear, especially for a 22 year old.
Braves Outfield VORP:
Jeff Francoeur: -4.7 (630/663). Number of PA’s: 185
Jordan Schafer: -4.1 (619/663). Number of PA’s: 176
Garret Anderson: – 3.4 (605/663). Number of PA’s: 99
Matt Diaz: 5.7 (131/663). Number of PA’s: 89
Apparently the more useless you are in the Braves Outfield, the more plate appearances you’re rewarded with. Makes a ton of sense to me.
PWHjort, all that proves is that Francoeur is still one of the team’s four best outfielders, and the more you look at it the more decent it will begin to appear.
This is something ur been wondering about and want to hear your thoughts… If the fans vote Manny Ramirez into the allstar game, is that an event that should cause MLB to reconsider banning PEDs? If the fans don’t care about the integrity of the game, or don’t think it’s compromised by PEDs, why ban them?
Zambrano’s meltdown was more retarded than “epic.”
I don’t really have much respect for a guy who’ll get angry at a call, sling the ball into the bleachers, sling his glove into the stands, and then go into the dugout and take a bat to the water coolers. Get real, jackass.
This says it all: “In 210 games since Sept. 19, 2007, Francoeur [has] a .244 average with 16 home runs, 96 RBIs, a .292 OBP and a .367 slugging percentage.”
Without Yunel and against Johnson, I don’t see much else Bobby could do. If Yunel and Infante were healthy, Kotchman would be sitting too. Nobody has lefties face Johnson; only 32 PA by lefties against him this year. He could be a LOOGY until he’s 60.
May 27th, 2009
8:36 pm
Talked to someone in Braves organization who sort of dismissed the Red Sox rumor. Said he hadn’t heard one thing about them having any serious interest in Francoeur or scouting him recently.
@33: Because PED are an afront to everything that athletic competition should stand for, they interrupt the integrity of the game, and they are a harmful influence in youth athletics. Allowing them in the game forces anyone who wants to compete at the highest levels to intentionally harm their body.
Also, I don’t think I’d take Manny being voted into the All-Star game as proof that fans don’t care about PEDs, only that a subset of fans don’t care enough to keep a big name out of an exhibition… All-Star fan voting is and always will be a fraud.
@39: If the Braves release Norton, which I’m beginning to think makes sense, they should call-up Brandon Jones, not Barbaro. That way we can see if Jones could actually fill one of our corner outfield spots without having to completely give up on Jeff or Garret.
@42: I can’t believe that… why is Diory in the leadoff spot instead of Schafer? If Schafer is going to ever contribute on this team he’s going to have to learn to leadoff, and he’s actually fared well in that role leading off innings and in the one or two games he’s been in the 1 hole… oh, right, I forgot Johnson was pitching before I wrote all this… hahaha… I can see why we wouldn’t throw him to that wolf just yet.
@50: Did you read my whole post? I just got in from two hours of basketball and was reading it without thinking of the context. I guess I should’ve just deleted it, but I wanted to repeat that I do think Schafer needs to eventually hit leadoff or get sent down. Batting him 8th isn’t really helping him develop the skills he needs to be developing now.
Those are some insane stats though… almost a 1.00 WHIP for his career against lefties, wow. Here’s another amazing one: Right/Left PA split: 14812/2046! Only 12.1% of the batters he’s faced have been right-handed, Glavine is? at 20.5%, Hampton’s at 20.6%, Pettite’s at 21.6%, and Moyer’s all the way up at 25.5%. It surprises me that Glavine is #2 on this list, with the old “neutralize his changeup” line of reasoning.
@52: Lifetime stats are a good start, especially with a player nearing the end of a long career like Johnson. With a 25 year-old player who has had a wildly inconsistent first 4 Major League seasons, when he probably shouldn’t have been in the Majors for the first third of that, you need to look a little deeper.
@54: No problem, I don’t think many do, and sometimes I can’t blame them. You probably should before you respond to it though.
I don’t particularly want to, but I would guess that if you go through the lefties who have faced Johnson, you’d find that most of them are really good hitters. And check out last year.
Peanut writes that the Braves are going to wait a few more days, and if he still can’t go they’ll probably DL him retroactive to his injury and call up Brooks Conrad.
Now they’re showing highlights from Johnson’s perfecto. I remember that was right after Ben Sheets had 18 Ks against us (and I think that was the same series as the Giles/Andruw collision). What an awful week that was.
Could Chris Low make Kiffin look any more like an embarrassed little puppy covering his balls with his tail? Love it. When the SEC commissioner is telling Lane Kiffin to shut the heck up, I think ole Laney should take a hint…
I’ve started playing “Yakety Sax” on my iPod during particularly rancid Braves performances such as this one. It’s like pairing a gourmet dinner with the perfect wine … or washing down a Spam sandwich with Milwaukee’s Best.
I don’t quite understand how the moron scorekeeper can rule that a double steal. Rowand stopped halfway down the goddamn line and didn’t break for home until Ross fell down thanks to the errant throw.
My guess is they can’t call it an error because it was the field’s fault (as ludicrous as that sounds). This is where Chipper twisted his knee when the field gave way two years ago.
There is not a guy in the lineup today I would want on any team I ran. The ONLY player on this roster that is worth anywhere close to his paycheck is McCann.
I am so damn tired of Chipper Jones and his glass feet act. How much money did the braves just commit to him? He should have been traded for prospects years ago and then maybe we wouldn’t have to watch stenchy and Ache and Prado and Kawakami and the rest of the crap that make up this team.
@107 – or that it was totally natural for Jason Alexander to lead a merry band of idiots down the street to trumpet one of the dumber sandwiches ever released, the McDLT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSdUOC8Kac
Sciambi just said of everyday outfielders eligible for the batting title, Francouer ranks 68 out of 69 in on-base %. Of all 279 players, he is like 270 or something.
As spaced out as he’s been, it’s got to be something worse than weed. I’ve seen people play second base higher than kites make better decisions. Prado must have gotten hold of Dock Ellis’ man in the bay area.
Didn’t Chipper play in that movie with Bruce Willis? Remember, Bruce couldn’t get hurt, but Chipper was made of glass. I remember it…it was called Unbreakable.
Kotch singled to left with 2 out to drive in Schafer and cut the lead to 2-1. Chipper then struck out on multiple awkward swings which appear to have been the result of his bad toe.
Schafer singled, was bunted over by the pitcher, Diory hit a ball hard to the third baseman for an out. Kotchman singled to left, Schafer scored. Chipper struck on a terrible swing on a 3-2 pitch.
Light-hitting Burris just hit a double over Francouer’s head
@14 “When Garret Anderson and Brian McCann returned to the lineup, Jeff Francoeur wasn’t happy about the fact that he was primarily hitting seventh, where he says pitchers were less apt to pitch to him because he had Jordan Schafer and the pitcher’s spot sitting behind him.”
It’s this kind of crap that more than anything else shows how hopeless Jeffy is.
Can’t wait for Superfly to come back after the game and give us his dissertation on why signing Kawakami was not an egregiously stupid decision by Wren, on par with offering arbitration to that useless sack of turds Francoeur, because we didn’t really need a one dimensional player like Adam Dunn anyway.
Anderson is fair and I think he will end up hitting for a decent average, but his power is non-existent. If we didn’t have Norton, he would be an okay bench player, but nothing more. Maybe we should release Norton and keep Anderson, but please don’t start Garrett in left!
Can we please get Chipper out of there? He’s killing us at the plate and now in the field. That’s likely an inning-ending DP with Prado at third. (Yes, I’m aware that Prado’s had a brutal game defensively, but he’s better at third than at second.)
O’Flaherty is finally looking mortal. Still, unless he continues to pitch like this after tonight, he is much better than we could have ever anticipated.
I think Superfly will also need to give us a dissertation on why offering an extension to Chipper Jones for no good reason whatsoever was not Frank Wren’s biggest bonehead move yet. The guy’s body is clearly breaking down and we give him 42 million over three additional years? We will never win another championship with this front office.
JC, but Frenchy has talent and that matters. Look at what he did in April of this season, august of last season, and 2005! If he didnt have to play the rest of the games around those months he’d be an allstar. I cant believe you guys dont notice his 2 out rbis
Mac, did you watch this weeks Adult Swim presentation of Mighty Boosh, or is that video just totally a coincidence?
Did you know Gary Numan has a pilot’s license?
May 27th, 2009 at 5:07 pmJust running through the one-hit wonders.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:07 pmOn the bright side, Johnson is a lefty, so Stenchy shouldn’t be totally worthless tonight. At least not at the plate.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:14 pmI figured as much, but Gary Numan and that song featured prominently in this week’s episode. One of the best sketch-style comedy shows in a long time too, in case you’ve never heard of it. On early Monday morning at 1 am, so I usually DVR it.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:16 pm@3 – He will go 0-4 with 2 strikeouts…
May 27th, 2009 at 5:17 pmAnyone here whether Chipper’s gonna be in the lineup today? I read he still feels pain batting from the right side.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:20 pmI keep checking Yahoo sports anticipating a move likes it the trade deadline.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:21 pmIf he is still on the team Sunday i will be very surprised.
One of the coolest streaks in history looks like it’s coming to an end this year — Ichiro has had over 200 hits and over 100 runs scored in all eight of his major league seasons. The latest ESPN projection for 2009* have him collecting 235 hits, but scoring only 62 runs. Thanks for nothing, Betancourt, Beltre, and Junior.
*which always assume that the player will play every remaining game — don’t ask me why they do it that way, but at least in Ichiro’s case it could actually happen.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:22 pm@8: He needs a guy like Stenchy behind him, someone who can P those Rs.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:26 pmFor Superfly’s sidekick, G-Fly.
Three year 2005 to 2008 on Ganderson. Yes, I know he is sliding, but that is not out of his range.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?playerId=3129&type=batting3
But I don’t get why 2007 is so much better a reflection of Francoeur than 2006, 2008, or 2009 to this point.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:26 pm@7: Well prepare to be surprised. These things take a while, and even if they’ve definitely decided to replace Francoeur I’d expect we make a move to add someone before we find a trading partner for Jeff. We need more of a sure thing than we could get in trade for Jeff (unless we can package him with some spare parts.)
May 27th, 2009 at 5:26 pmStenchy IS a spare part. He’s like a ruptured appendix.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:28 pmI wouldn’t use Frenchy as a spare part. I’d rather go without.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:33 pmthis piece is an excerpt from peanut’s blog. please, do not read this if you are in a working environment where insane amounts of laughter is prohibited.
“When Garret Anderson and Brian McCann returned to the lineup, Jeff Francoeur wasn’t happy about the fact that he was primarily hitting seventh, where he says pitchers were less apt to pitch to him because he had Jordan Schafer and the pitcher’s spot sitting behind him.”
i didnt realize pitchers pitched to him at all. i know he swings. that’s about all the evidence i’ve seen…
here’s an interesting piece from mlbtraderumors. nationals ready to deal their vets.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:33 pmhttp://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/05/nationals-ready-to-trade-veterans.html
I call foul. If he’s really astute enough to realize they’ll pitch around him to get to hitters behind him, he should be astute enough to take pitches and walk when they do.
However, this comment really belies Stenchy’s incompetence. Surely he knows that pitchers wouldn’t pitch around him to get to two more difficult outs.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:40 pmDamning with faint praise department: I wouldn’t trade Frenchy for Austin Kearns.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:41 pmI would. Jeffy’s that bad.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:41 pm@10: I wouldn’t discount 2006 either, which the deeper I look into the stats actually appears to be a decent year for a 22 year old (since I know this will cause controversy more on that after the game or tomorrow, once I get back home to my spreadsheets.)
I wouldn’t put much weight on 2009, April started good and ended up decent, May has been awful… a similar start to ‘08, which worries me. 2008, as I said before, appears to be a product of mental, emotional and mechanical difficulties. Overcoming these is not easy by any stretch, but it is possible (unlike physical deficiencies.)
I don’t think 2007’s production is a better representation of what Jeff will do, but it is a clear representation of what he can do. 2008 is likely a better representation of what he will do, only because it is more recent, but 2007 earned him the benefit of the doubt in my book, so I excuse his abysmal 2008 and hope for a rebound in ‘09. He has rebounded a bit from a run production standpoint, which is a huge weakness for this team, so I’ve extended his leash through the All-Star break. If he picks up his run production pace and Garret doesn’t turn around I might be able to excuse it through the end of the year, but if he puts up two consecutive years with a sub-80 OPS he’ll need a change of scenery.
My main reason for holding out hope with Jeff is based on necessity. I just don’t see Atlanta honestly competing this year without getting contributions from Francoeur and/or Garret, or making a Tex-like myopic trade. We simply don’t have enough ML-ready resources. I feel the best thing is to hold our current course and if we’ve fallen out of contention by the ASB then look into dealing Francoeur and Soriano for building blocks for 2010 and beyond.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:44 pmDoesn’t Kearns have a bad contract? I guess I’d take him over Frenchy if the Nationals ate some of the contract.
Would the Nationals take Morton for Willingham?
May 27th, 2009 at 5:47 pmKearns is probably better, but I still wouldn’t do it. He still sucks, so what’s the point, and he’s squandered actual baseball talent. Put a gun to my head, and I’ll take dim over lazy.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:47 pm@14&15: Someone posted that yesterday. I’m not sure where the laughter comes in.
As for taking a walk. You don’t take a walk if there are runners in scoring position if the guy behind you is slugging .103 with RISP, and yes you read that right, .103! You have to expand your strike zone in those situations… just ask the Giants how many games Barry Bonds’ dozens of walks won them in 2007.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:50 pm@18 – what necessity are you speaking of? what contributions are you hoping for? The only contributions we are going to get from Frenchy are inordinant amounts of suckage. How is that going to help Atlanta compete this year? Grab almost any outfielder on any other team, and you could pretty much guarantee he would do more for this team than Frenchy. Yes, he is THAT bad.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:50 pmNo, it’s a bad year. There is no way to make that a good year. However, it’s not uncommon for a player who has a year like that very young to become a good player. It’s a similar year (by OBP and SLG) to Vernon Wells’ Age 23 campaign, and Andre Dawson’s Age 23 campaign. (In Dawson’s case, it wasn’t actually actually a bad season, since offensive levels were so much lower then.) But Wells and Dawson got better.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:51 pm@20: Kearns is making $8 million this year, with a $1 million buyout of next year’s $10 million dollar club option. Kearns isn’t going to make this team anymore competitive, so I’d keep looking.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:52 pmRandy Johnson has a 6.26 ERA, 1.57 WHIP and a .293 opponent’s batting average; but despite that I bet he looks like an ace tonight.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:53 pm@25 – I bet he throws a 2 hitter.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:57 pm@22: There are plenty of outfielders out there that would perform at or below Jeff’s level, but you’ve obviously made up your mind on that point, so I’ll skip to the direct questions.
I feel it is necessary for us to get quality production out of Jeff and/or Garret in order to compete… whether that is direct production or production from someone we acquired in trade for Jeff. I just don’t see this team competing without adding a big run producing bat, and I don’t see us adding a big run producing bat without making a Tex-like move that would screw us over in the future. Jeff and Garret have shown that they are capable of being that sort of bat in the past, if at least one of them can return to their previous form then we can compete, if they can’t then we just don’t have enough resources to put together a viable run at the division or World Series. I’d rather see us finish 3rd this year and keep developing our youth movement, than trade away the farm to maybe finish 2nd this year and lose in the first round again.
@23: I’m assuming you’re talking about my comments about ‘06. As I said, I’ll make that case tonight. I should note I didn’t say it was a good year, but the more I look at it, the more decent it is beginning to appear, especially for a 22 year old.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:03 pmBraves Outfield VORP:
Jeff Francoeur: -4.7 (630/663). Number of PA’s: 185
Jordan Schafer: -4.1 (619/663). Number of PA’s: 176
Garret Anderson: – 3.4 (605/663). Number of PA’s: 99
Matt Diaz: 5.7 (131/663). Number of PA’s: 89
Apparently the more useless you are in the Braves Outfield, the more plate appearances you’re rewarded with. Makes a ton of sense to me.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:06 pmPWHjort, all that proves is that Francoeur is still one of the team’s four best outfielders, and the more you look at it the more decent it will begin to appear.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:11 pmNo, it’s a cumulative stat. ACHE is far more useless than Jeffy.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:11 pmquestion_ how bad of an outfielder is Norton? He is not doing anything as a
May 27th, 2009 at 6:26 pmph right now and maybe some plying time woud help?
@31,
May 27th, 2009 at 6:38 pmHow?
This is something ur been wondering about and want to hear your thoughts… If the fans vote Manny Ramirez into the allstar game, is that an event that should cause MLB to reconsider banning PEDs? If the fans don’t care about the integrity of the game, or don’t think it’s compromised by PEDs, why ban them?
May 27th, 2009 at 6:40 pmWe’ll go Runs Created / 27 Outs
Jeff Francoeur (72/92 NL Outfielders): 3.11
Jordan Schafer (69/92 NL Outfielders): 3.50
Garret Anderson (75/92 NL Outfielders): 2.98
Matt Diaz (23/92 NL Outfielders): 7.01
Well, ACHE isn’t THAT much more useless than Francoeur.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:43 pm@33,
May 27th, 2009 at 6:44 pmPlaying devil’s advocate here. Because they’re terrible for your health.
At least “ACHE” has a track record and was just fine last year.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:45 pmYahoo has a headline “Epic meltdown by pitcher” , It was bad but I have seen worse. Zambrano goes nuts but not to the degree of Yahoos story line.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:47 pmZambrano’s meltdown was more retarded than “epic.”
I don’t really have much respect for a guy who’ll get angry at a call, sling the ball into the bleachers, sling his glove into the stands, and then go into the dugout and take a bat to the water coolers. Get real, jackass.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:20 pmBraves could and should release Norton and call up Barbaro
May 27th, 2009 at 7:21 pmThis says it all: “In 210 games since Sept. 19, 2007, Francoeur [has] a .244 average with 16 home runs, 96 RBIs, a .292 OBP and a .367 slugging percentage.”
http://www.ajc.com/braves/content/sports/braves/stories/2009/05/27/red_sox_francoeur.html
May 27th, 2009 at 7:28 pmI think we’ve already said it all and then some with respect to Stenchy’s ineptitude.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:30 pmIt’s joke lineup night:
1. Diory Hernandez, SS
May 27th, 2009 at 7:31 pm2. Kotchman, 1B
3. Chipper, 3B
4. Prado, 2B
5. Diaz, LF
6. Francoeur, RF
7. Ross, C
8. Schafer, CF
9. Kawakami, RHP
Without Yunel and against Johnson, I don’t see much else Bobby could do. If Yunel and Infante were healthy, Kotchman would be sitting too. Nobody has lefties face Johnson; only 32 PA by lefties against him this year. He could be a LOOGY until he’s 60.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:34 pmLord have mercy…that lineup couldn’t beat Cal State Fullerton.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:35 pmwe’ll score 6+ runs tonight
May 27th, 2009 at 7:39 pmDavid O’Brien
May 27th, 2009
May 27th, 2009 at 7:41 pm8:36 pm
Talked to someone in Braves organization who sort of dismissed the Red Sox rumor. Said he hadn’t heard one thing about them having any serious interest in Francoeur or scouting him recently.
Well, obviously they couldn’t have scouted him recently and still have interest in him.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:43 pm@33: Because PED are an afront to everything that athletic competition should stand for, they interrupt the integrity of the game, and they are a harmful influence in youth athletics. Allowing them in the game forces anyone who wants to compete at the highest levels to intentionally harm their body.
Also, I don’t think I’d take Manny being voted into the All-Star game as proof that fans don’t care about PEDs, only that a subset of fans don’t care enough to keep a big name out of an exhibition… All-Star fan voting is and always will be a fraud.
@39: If the Braves release Norton, which I’m beginning to think makes sense, they should call-up Brandon Jones, not Barbaro. That way we can see if Jones could actually fill one of our corner outfield spots without having to completely give up on Jeff or Garret.
@42: I can’t believe that… why is Diory in the leadoff spot instead of Schafer? If Schafer is going to ever contribute on this team he’s going to have to learn to leadoff, and he’s actually fared well in that role leading off innings and in the one or two games he’s been in the 1 hole… oh, right, I forgot Johnson was pitching before I wrote all this… hahaha… I can see why we wouldn’t throw him to that wolf just yet.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:53 pmI can’t believe that… why is Diory in the leadoff spot instead of Schafer?
Lefties apparently can’t face Randy Johnson, even though they’re hitting .333 against him this year.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:58 pmGadfly, do you really want Schafer leading off against Randy Johnson?
here some lifetime stats for you: Johnson vs LH
499IP 359H 142BB 587K .198BAA
May 27th, 2009 at 7:59 pmdoes anyone have a real answer as to why diaz gets no love from the braves organization?
May 27th, 2009 at 8:14 pmcsg , u cant use lifetime stats when talking to gad, u must use the francour conversion factor and fit the timeline to suit your needs
May 27th, 2009 at 8:16 pm@50: Did you read my whole post? I just got in from two hours of basketball and was reading it without thinking of the context. I guess I should’ve just deleted it, but I wanted to repeat that I do think Schafer needs to eventually hit leadoff or get sent down. Batting him 8th isn’t really helping him develop the skills he needs to be developing now.
Those are some insane stats though… almost a 1.00 WHIP for his career against lefties, wow. Here’s another amazing one: Right/Left PA split: 14812/2046! Only 12.1% of the batters he’s faced have been right-handed, Glavine is? at 20.5%, Hampton’s at 20.6%, Pettite’s at 21.6%, and Moyer’s all the way up at 25.5%. It surprises me that Glavine is #2 on this list, with the old “neutralize his changeup” line of reasoning.
May 27th, 2009 at 8:26 pmsorry gadfly, didnt read all of it
May 27th, 2009 at 8:28 pm@52: Lifetime stats are a good start, especially with a player nearing the end of a long career like Johnson. With a 25 year-old player who has had a wildly inconsistent first 4 Major League seasons, when he probably shouldn’t have been in the Majors for the first third of that, you need to look a little deeper.
@54: No problem, I don’t think many do, and sometimes I can’t blame them. You probably should before you respond to it though.
May 27th, 2009 at 8:33 pmACHE is far more useless than Jeffy.
Mac sucks up to gadfly.
Re the lineup tonight–at least Diaz is in and Anderson is out.
May 27th, 2009 at 8:40 pmI don’t particularly want to, but I would guess that if you go through the lefties who have faced Johnson, you’d find that most of them are really good hitters. And check out last year.
May 27th, 2009 at 8:44 pmand that wasnt a strike, btw
May 27th, 2009 at 9:17 pmI hope K2’s strike zone is as generous as the Unit’s.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:22 pmI think I would have led off with Prado and batted Diaz cleanup.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:26 pmany news on Esco’s return or dl?
May 27th, 2009 at 9:27 pmPeanut writes that the Braves are going to wait a few more days, and if he still can’t go they’ll probably DL him retroactive to his injury and call up Brooks Conrad.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:30 pmthanks–that’s going might deep on the organizational depth chart
May 27th, 2009 at 9:32 pmYep. Conrad isn’t on the 40 man, either, but I think there’s room for him to be added.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:33 pmThere aren’t any other infielders on the 40-man, and Conrad has been hitting. He’s also hit more than 20 homers in each of the last four seasons.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:33 pmNot this again.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:38 pmFor some reason, Oakland never really gave him a chance at the big league level.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:39 pmAlso, I’ll link to this. Baseball journalism has a lot of stupid people.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:39 pmActually, Conrad was mostly with the Astros — the A’s just got him last year, and at least they gave him a cup of coffee.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:40 pmFigures. The Astros don’t like young players with potential. ( See the mishandling of Chris Burke)
May 27th, 2009 at 9:43 pmSo Conrad has 20 hr each of the past 4 seasons–wonder if he can play OF. Probably not much worse than some of the other characters we trot out there.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:45 pmAndy Pettitte has 230-some odd wins and if his arm holds up has an outside shot.
Edit: Actually, 219, and he’s 37. Probably not. Mike Mussina had a real chance with 270 but retired last year after winning 20 games.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:46 pmHe played the outfield corners a little last year with Sacramento. Can’t be worse than ACHE.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:52 pmNow they’re showing highlights from Johnson’s perfecto. I remember that was right after Ben Sheets had 18 Ks against us (and I think that was the same series as the Giles/Andruw collision). What an awful week that was.
That was 5 years ago? Holy crap.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:57 pmWe were shut out for the first seven innings the next day.
May 27th, 2009 at 9:59 pma perfect game requires lots of luck–no bloop hit, seeing eye grounders, etc.–but this year’s offense is entirely capable of such ineptitude
May 27th, 2009 at 10:02 pm@66 – Ah, why the hell not. If you’re gonna lose, might as well be a part of history. No one’s ever had 2, right?
May 27th, 2009 at 10:02 pmWay to catch and tag, Diory.
Way to catch a pitch, David.
This sucks.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:03 pmCould Chris Low make Kiffin look any more like an embarrassed little puppy covering his balls with his tail? Love it. When the SEC commissioner is telling Lane Kiffin to shut the heck up, I think ole Laney should take a hint…
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sec/0-6-246/Over-signing-may-be-a-thing-of-the-past-in-SEC.html
May 27th, 2009 at 10:04 pmWow, you don’t see that every day.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:10 pmWell, this game just became farce.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:10 pmWay to fall down, David.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:10 pmGreat. Vaudeville.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:10 pmI don’t think that I have ever seen a runner get picked off twice and score! Then again, this is Atlanta Braves baseball….
May 27th, 2009 at 10:13 pmI’ve started playing “Yakety Sax” on my iPod during particularly rancid Braves performances such as this one. It’s like pairing a gourmet dinner with the perfect wine … or washing down a Spam sandwich with Milwaukee’s Best.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:14 pmThat was an awful throw by our shortstop.
Edit: Or our Prado.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:14 pmI thought it was Prado who made the throw.
Not that it matters.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:15 pmHey, a hit!
May 27th, 2009 at 10:15 pmHey, a hit! A double by Diory, no less.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:16 pmThat was creepy.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:17 pmAll hail Diory! Way to help the Braves avoid a particularly specific type of ignominy.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:17 pmToday in search requests:
May 27th, 2009 at 10:18 pmEasy question. Blyleven.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:19 pmAnd with that, I am going to go to bed. I’ll recap this atrocity in the morning.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:21 pmAnd now Chipper’s hurting. What’s next?
May 27th, 2009 at 10:23 pm79—And Low is a UT guy!
That “double steal” might be the Pradoest Prado we’ve yet seen.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:25 pmChipper was definitely grimacing.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:28 pmI don’t quite understand how the moron scorekeeper can rule that a double steal. Rowand stopped halfway down the goddamn line and didn’t break for home until Ross fell down thanks to the errant throw.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:29 pmThis game just keeps getting better….
May 27th, 2009 at 10:32 pmPrado doesn’t even know how many outs there are.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:33 pm98,
My guess is they can’t call it an error because it was the field’s fault (as ludicrous as that sounds). This is where Chipper twisted his knee when the field gave way two years ago.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:34 pmThe Braves just turned a double play with two outs.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:34 pmThe definition of “Prado” can now include superfluous outs. This is the stuff of legend.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:34 pmPrado with a nice, if unnecessary, turn.
What’s up with the asian dudes in the new KFC commercial? Are we supposed to believe asian people walk around like that all the time?
May 27th, 2009 at 10:34 pmCan we surgically remove Prado’s head from his own ass before the next inning?
May 27th, 2009 at 10:36 pmThere is not a guy in the lineup today I would want on any team I ran. The ONLY player on this roster that is worth anywhere close to his paycheck is McCann.
I am so damn tired of Chipper Jones and his glass feet act. How much money did the braves just commit to him? He should have been traded for prospects years ago and then maybe we wouldn’t have to watch stenchy and Ache and Prado and Kawakami and the rest of the crap that make up this team.
This team sucks.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:37 pmAdvertisers often ask their viewers to take leaps of absurdity … like back in the ’80s when we were asked to believe that there was some omniscient voice telling pregnant women to use Preparation H.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:37 pmSimply terrible.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:37 pmSimply terrible.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:37 pmSo the Blue Jays just got swept by the Orioles…so basically the Braves caught the Blue Jays at exactly the right time.
Poor Francouer….what an embarrassing stat.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:39 pm@107 – or that it was totally natural for Jason Alexander to lead a merry band of idiots down the street to trumpet one of the dumber sandwiches ever released, the McDLT:
May 27th, 2009 at 10:42 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSdUOC8Kac
Molina’s slower than McCann. Wow.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:43 pmYet another Prado. This guy cannot play 2b.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pmPrado is an idiot. Good grief.
You send Molina??? I thought Norton was slow…
May 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pmLOL @ Prado
May 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pmanother prado by prado his 3rd of the night by my count
May 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pmThere’s classic Prado…
May 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pmThat’s on Molina…I coulda got him out
May 27th, 2009 at 10:45 pmNow that was a “Prado”.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:45 pmWow, is Molina ever slow. Nice throw, Stenchy.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:45 pmWhat stat, Tony? So many embarassing things to choose from. Meanwhile…Prado must be on drugs.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:45 pmSciambi just said of everyday outfielders eligible for the batting title, Francouer ranks 68 out of 69 in on-base %. Of all 279 players, he is like 270 or something.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:46 pmGod help the team with No. 69.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:47 pmPrado must be bonging out between innings. It’s hard to be more lost than he is tonight.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:47 pm124, I need some of what he’s on. This game is agonizing and my roommate is eating up.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:50 pmThey should immediately drug test Prado after the game…lol…that was just hilarious, sad, but funny as hell.
Hernandez is getting comfortable.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:51 pm124: Not hard to score some weed in San Francisco, so that’s quite plausible.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:51 pmSciambi just said of everyday outfielders eligible for the batting title, Francouer ranks 68 out of 69 in on-base %
I heard that too. Who the heck is 69th?
May 27th, 2009 at 10:52 pmWay to go Kotchamn.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:52 pmCASEY KOTCHMAN!
May 27th, 2009 at 10:52 pmAs spaced out as he’s been, it’s got to be something worse than weed. I’ve seen people play second base higher than kites make better decisions. Prado must have gotten hold of Dock Ellis’ man in the bay area.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:53 pmman i missed it. did anyone else lose their mlbtv feed?
May 27th, 2009 at 10:54 pmDidn’t Chipper play in that movie with Bruce Willis? Remember, Bruce couldn’t get hurt, but Chipper was made of glass. I remember it…it was called Unbreakable.
Good movie.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:54 pmChipper’s really hurting.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:56 pmChipper looks terrible. Oblique is my guess.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:56 pmChipper’s looking pretty pathetic. Why is he still in there?
May 27th, 2009 at 10:56 pmIf Chipper is hurting that bad sit him. That was useless. Way to go team leader.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:56 pmI think that was Samuel L. Jackson. Looks nothing like Chipper.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:56 pmYeah, MLB feed dropped out. I’m logging out & logging in.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:56 pm135 — The foot is what has (publicly) been bothering him.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:57 pmThanks MLB tv. Anyone care to recap what happened?
May 27th, 2009 at 10:58 pmSeriously, though he looked terrible at the plate. If he is in that much pain…
May 27th, 2009 at 10:58 pmChipper swung at two straight ball fours. Was he trying to “make something happen” before Prado got up there?
May 27th, 2009 at 10:59 pmKotch singled to left with 2 out to drive in Schafer and cut the lead to 2-1. Chipper then struck out on multiple awkward swings which appear to have been the result of his bad toe.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:59 pmChipper to Red Sox?
May 27th, 2009 at 11:00 pmSchafer singled, was bunted over by the pitcher, Diory hit a ball hard to the third baseman for an out. Kotchman singled to left, Schafer scored. Chipper struck on a terrible swing on a 3-2 pitch.
Light-hitting Burris just hit a double over Francouer’s head
May 27th, 2009 at 11:01 pmSurprised they pinch-hit for Johnson with only 79 pitches thrown.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:02 pmI take it both Chipper and Yunel are headed to the DL.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:03 pmThank you. I got the feed back after the inning was over of course.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:03 pmChipper’s still in the game, FWIW.
I think KK is toast.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:04 pm@147: They probably thought his 299th win was safe. Even safer after they got that third run.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:06 pmDoesn’t Ross ever try to block a pitch?
May 27th, 2009 at 11:08 pmJust not a huge Kawakami fan (still)
May 27th, 2009 at 11:09 pmYeah, but I’d rather see him stay in and try to get one more out than bring in Moylan, who’s been a bloody gas can lately.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:11 pmOr not.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:12 pmWhy in the world does Bobby keep bringing Moylan in with men on base?
May 27th, 2009 at 11:13 pmWhy does Bobby keep using Moylan against lefties? Is it a white flag?
May 27th, 2009 at 11:14 pmRoommate is waving his broom at me.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:18 pmThat looked like Burriss is trying to imitate Prado. He failed though, got an error.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:18 pmI hate to laugh at your misfortune, RobBroad4th, but I’m laughing at your misfortune.
Bunt, Frenchy, bunt!
May 27th, 2009 at 11:20 pm158—Kill your roommate. I doubt anyone would miss him.
Stenchy is so predictable.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:20 pmridiculous idea to bring in Moylan, even worse idea to keep Chipper in the game
May 27th, 2009 at 11:21 pmSame ol’ Francoeur.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:21 pmFrancoeur takes a mighty cut, connects…and flies out to shallow left center.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:21 pmmy lord, the guy before you walks and you hack at the 1st pitch. Frenchy, I really really hate you being on this team!
May 27th, 2009 at 11:22 pmCorrect me if I’m wrong, but did Frenchy swing at the first pitch three at bats in a row?
May 27th, 2009 at 11:22 pmJeffy swung at the first pitch?? Wow, that’s different.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:24 pmThe catcher went up to talk to the pitcher before Frechy batted, no doubt hilarity ensued.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:25 pmHe’s a Giants fan, his life will be miserable again soon enough.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:26 pmGoofus and Gallant.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:27 pmI guess they don’t mind loading the bases with McCann & pitching to anybody else.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:28 pmLove it – the guy before and after Frenchy walked, yet he swings at the first pitch. Classic Frenchy!
May 27th, 2009 at 11:29 pmAt least Shaffer didn’t hit into a double play.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:29 pm@14 “When Garret Anderson and Brian McCann returned to the lineup, Jeff Francoeur wasn’t happy about the fact that he was primarily hitting seventh, where he says pitchers were less apt to pitch to him because he had Jordan Schafer and the pitcher’s spot sitting behind him.”
It’s this kind of crap that more than anything else shows how hopeless Jeffy is.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:29 pmthey should fine our OF’rs for swinging at the 1st pitch against any pitcher
May 27th, 2009 at 11:29 pmwow. schafer missed that by 2 feet…
May 27th, 2009 at 11:29 pmACHE!
May 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pmWell done, Garret.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pmthat’s a professional at-bat from a professional hitter…or so they will say.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pmACHE
May 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pmHelluva time for Schafer to get his first K of the day.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pmACHE, nice hit.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pmYeah, Schafer looked pretty hopeless there, but the ACHE comes through.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pmSince May 10, Anderson’s actually been useful. He was hitting .349 between then and 2 days ago, and has gone 2-4 since then.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:31 pmit’s now a 1-run game….
May 27th, 2009 at 11:31 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUsYBO5QdVE
gotta let KJ hit for Chipper right?
May 27th, 2009 at 11:32 pmI sometimes wonder if the Braves’ organization teaches hitters to swing at the first pitch….
May 27th, 2009 at 11:32 pmCan’t wait for Superfly to come back after the game and give us his dissertation on why signing Kawakami was not an egregiously stupid decision by Wren, on par with offering arbitration to that useless sack of turds Francoeur, because we didn’t really need a one dimensional player like Adam Dunn anyway.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:34 pmI am hoping that if Schafer looks hopeless long enough the Braves will come to their senses….
May 27th, 2009 at 11:34 pmbiggest surprise of the year…o’flaherty.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:36 pmstephen, its taken them 4 yrs with Frenchy. Dont expect anything soon
May 27th, 2009 at 11:36 pmAnderson is fair and I think he will end up hitting for a decent average, but his power is non-existent. If we didn’t have Norton, he would be an okay bench player, but nothing more. Maybe we should release Norton and keep Anderson, but please don’t start Garrett in left!
May 27th, 2009 at 11:38 pmlook, Schafer has looked bad for two months, Jeffy has looked like this for 2 and a half years. I can be patient with Schafer but Jeffy’s time is up.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:39 pmCan we please get Chipper out of there? He’s killing us at the plate and now in the field. That’s likely an inning-ending DP with Prado at third. (Yes, I’m aware that Prado’s had a brutal game defensively, but he’s better at third than at second.)
May 27th, 2009 at 11:40 pmnow Chipper cant move on defense
May 27th, 2009 at 11:41 pmO’Flaherty’s giving them right back, though he’s getting dinked and dunked.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:42 pmO’Flaherty’s not getting much help. Schafer misplayed that flyball.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:42 pmthis team sucks, good night
May 27th, 2009 at 11:43 pm194, agreed.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:43 pmO’Flaherty is finally looking mortal. Still, unless he continues to pitch like this after tonight, he is much better than we could have ever anticipated.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:43 pmWe might as well save everybody’s time and bring in Buddy….
May 27th, 2009 at 11:45 pmdisturbing frenchy fact:
May 27th, 2009 at 11:46 pmin 24 may games, flailcoeur has left 52 men on base, but he has 8 rbis.
I think Superfly will also need to give us a dissertation on why offering an extension to Chipper Jones for no good reason whatsoever was not Frank Wren’s biggest bonehead move yet. The guy’s body is clearly breaking down and we give him 42 million over three additional years? We will never win another championship with this front office.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:49 pm@202 well, that’s what batting 7th will do for you. right?
May 27th, 2009 at 11:50 pmThis damn team is so fucking depressing.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:51 pm193–True enough, but I would rather not see the Braves ruin another promising young outfielder…
May 27th, 2009 at 11:51 pmIs it just me or are these West Coast road trips always horrific for us? It seems like every one of them are.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:56 pmI knew we would see Merkin Valdez again….
May 27th, 2009 at 11:57 pmI’m hiding the stupid broom.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:57 pmPrado was definitely safe. Like it matters.
May 28th, 2009 at 12:00 amsdp–its not just you: but then over the years I havn’t felt that confident when we went to Florida either….
May 28th, 2009 at 12:00 amChipper with 4 Ks….he has spent too much time with Schafer and Stenchy….
May 28th, 2009 at 12:01 amIt seems like we always play really bad against the really bad teams and always seem to beat the good ones. Don’t really get that.
May 28th, 2009 at 12:01 am#213–I know what you mean…and I think that it does say something….
May 28th, 2009 at 12:03 amHopefully Chipper sits tomorrow.
May 28th, 2009 at 12:03 amGotta love Mac.
May 28th, 2009 at 12:14 amSwing at that first pitch and swept…
May 28th, 2009 at 12:15 amThis line-up is abysmal. I started watching in 1991 and I can’t think of a worse line-up than the one Bobby trotted out today.
May 28th, 2009 at 12:20 amGlad I stayed up for that. Ugh.
May 28th, 2009 at 12:21 amAt least there was some good news on the farm: Richard Sullivan had a great game at the Beach: a 3 hit shutout with 9 strikeouts…
Gerardo Rodriquez hit for the cycle at Rome…
May 28th, 2009 at 12:23 amHey, back to .500 again! Right at where we belong!
May 28th, 2009 at 12:35 am#218–Actually, the way the Braves played reminded of the teams from the 1970s and 1980s….
May 28th, 2009 at 12:36 am221–Just like water seeking its level…
May 28th, 2009 at 12:37 am…or regression back to the mean, ha.
May 28th, 2009 at 2:14 amryan c Says:
disturbing frenchy fact:
in 24 may games, flailcoeur has left 52 men on base, but he has 8 rbis.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Ugh. That should do for the recap, nothing else needs to be said.
May 28th, 2009 at 6:31 amDid I not predict this would happen… right after we sweep the Jays, we throw that away and get swept by the GIANTS.
May 28th, 2009 at 7:14 amAfter his last game with the Braves on May 27, 2005, Raul Mondesi had an OPS of .630. After Jeff’s May 27 game, he has an OPS of .629.
May 28th, 2009 at 7:21 amJC, but Frenchy has talent and that matters. Look at what he did in April of this season, august of last season, and 2005! If he didnt have to play the rest of the games around those months he’d be an allstar. I cant believe you guys dont notice his 2 out rbis
May 28th, 2009 at 8:06 amRecap is up.
May 28th, 2009 at 8:11 am