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May 28th, 2009 at 4:02 pmglavine with a great day for gwinnett. will kawakami be in the pen at the end of the year?
Ryan c.,
I would say Glavine was lucky tht the hits didn’t bunch a little more. 1 BB and 6 H in 5 innings. And this against AAA hitters?
I think it says Glavine has a shot to be effective at ML level. But, it doesn’t say anything more than that.
May 28th, 2009 at 4:06 pmBlanco is en fuego (13 for his last 37, with 5 walks [.429 obp]), in the last 10 games. I can see him up here before Glavine or hanson.
May 28th, 2009 at 4:17 pmCanizares is hitting .328 with 7 homeruns and an OBP of .392 with Gwinnett. Is he physically incapable of standing in left field and pointing a glove at flyballs? If not, why isn’t he playing in Atlanta?
May 28th, 2009 at 5:01 pmI don’t know how bad a fielder Barbaro is, but it is possible to be too brutal to put even in LF. I know — I’ve seen Kevin Reimer.
May 28th, 2009 at 5:15 pmWith these things, I think it’s safe to assume that someone in the organization thought of and dismissed an idea like that already. I mean, we’re not THAT much smarter than they are
May 28th, 2009 at 5:31 pmMyers could be out for the rest of the season
After having an MRI today, Phillies pitcher Brett Myers was told that there was fraying to the labrum in his right hip, an injury that could require surgery and jeopardize the remainder of his season.
May 28th, 2009 at 5:35 pmI suppose that’s right about Canizares. It just seems strange he’s never been brought up.
May 28th, 2009 at 7:35 pm7 — Wow, that’s a big blow to the Phillies if they lose him.
May 28th, 2009 at 7:38 pmThe glass Chipper needs to move on to the next stage of his career. For a regular third baseman, he’s a heck of a batting coach.
Retire a Brave, Chipper, but do it today, please. The Braves could put Prado at third and afford two everyday bats if you put the Braves ahead of your HOF credentials.
May 28th, 2009 at 7:45 pmYes, obviously what the Braves need is for their best hitter to quit.
May 28th, 2009 at 7:46 pman even bigger blog to phillies opponents–he’s given up 17 hr in 63 innings–looks more like a bp pitcher than an ace
the braves beat him twice and had 3 hr in the first game
May 28th, 2009 at 7:48 pmOh, and once again… Morning recap. Everybody be nice.
May 28th, 2009 at 8:00 pmheee, heee, heee
May 28th, 2009 at 8:02 pm“The suspension began Thursday night, leaving Zambrano available to pitch for the Cubs next Thursday in Atlanta.”
aw, @#!$
May 28th, 2009 at 8:16 pmAny thoughts on moving Chipper to first base?
May 28th, 2009 at 8:29 pmAny thoughts on moving Chipper to first base?
Chipper Jones to first base? I have never heard that suggested anywhere before. What a refreshing new idea.
May 28th, 2009 at 8:43 pmhey no strikeout!
May 28th, 2009 at 8:43 pm12 — He’s still been their best starter this year, though Hamels has been better lately.
May 28th, 2009 at 8:45 pmOn the Diamondback broadcast w/ Darrin Sutton and Mark Grace is pretty cool. They are doing a behind the scenes look. Showing on what goes in the booth during the game.
May 28th, 2009 at 8:51 pmNice defense by KJ.
May 28th, 2009 at 8:53 pm10$ ACHE and Frenchy make 3 outs between the 2 of them.
May 28th, 2009 at 8:57 pmI think McCann has decided not to get out the rest of the year.
May 28th, 2009 at 8:58 pmGarrett is showing why he is .296 career hitter.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:01 pmHaha, that was like 2 and a half feet outside.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:02 pmAt least Stenchy didn’t hit into a DP.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:02 pma pitch in the LH batters box–maybe I should swing!
May 28th, 2009 at 9:02 pmThat was a time I would have supported a bunt.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:03 pmNo words for Frenchy….
Mark Grace: “There was the very aggressive Francouer swinging at a pitch a foot outside of the plate”
Ouch.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:03 pmNo, Joe, the reason we can’t score is because we don’t ever hit homers.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:05 pmblack holes in our batting order
May 28th, 2009 at 9:05 pmI think Anderson may hit his 1st hr tonite. Arizona is the perfect ballpark for it.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:07 pmEric effing Byrnes.
Why do they keep the roof open when it’s 96 degrees and humid? Morons.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:14 pmbraves14, thats nothing. try out birmingham sometimes when its 95 and 90% humidity
May 28th, 2009 at 9:20 pmChipper!
May 28th, 2009 at 9:23 pmAttaboy, Chipper.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:24 pmChipper is strong.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:25 pmhere’s something that you could consider a bad idea, getting a tatoo that covers your whole neck. Wonder what this Roberts guy was thinking that day
May 28th, 2009 at 9:30 pmAnderson-Francoeur-Hernandez-Schafer is walk the dog time.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:38 pmKelly….
Wow. Every damn little mistake.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:45 pmDamn KJ…you got to be kidding me.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:45 pmThis team is breathtakingly bad.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:46 pmWhat IS this, clown college?
May 28th, 2009 at 9:46 pmI sure am glad that I’ve stayed up to watch this pathetic excuse for a NL East contender over the last couple of days.
Pathetic. Just pathetic.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:48 pmLowe has been gettiing the ball up way too much. The Braves coming back from 3 runs down is like normal teams coming back from 12 down.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:49 pm#45–Especially against Haren….Given the way that we have played on this trip, its hard to imagine that we swept Toronto not so long ago….
May 28th, 2009 at 10:20 pmThis team makes me sick.
May 28th, 2009 at 10:20 pmFrenchy SUCKS!!
May 28th, 2009 at 10:25 pm3.5 GB of first, 3.0 being Phillies, 1.5 ahead of Marlins…under .500 again (23-24).
This team can sure kill any momentum quick.
May 28th, 2009 at 10:28 pmSo Don is talking about Dan Haren, who apparently loves Seinfeld and has all the episodes. And he says, “to borrow a phrase from that show, Haren tonight has truly been ‘master of his domain’.”
Well, yes, I suppose so. Dan Haren has refrained from masturbating out on the pitcher’s mound. Good call, Don.
May 28th, 2009 at 10:41 pmbut there’s been lots of jacking off in the batters box tonight while Haren’s been on the mound
May 28th, 2009 at 10:43 pmJoe Simpson: “I don’t think you can put enough emphasis on the loss of Omar Infante for the Braves’ offense.”
My anger at Frank Wren grows daily.
May 28th, 2009 at 10:44 pmSchafer swings like he has his eyes closed.
May 28th, 2009 at 10:46 pm#50,
May 28th, 2009 at 10:53 pmFunniest thing I’ve read all night.
I’m starting to think Jeff is sucking on purpose.
May 28th, 2009 at 11:01 pmStenchy doesn’t disappoint.
May 28th, 2009 at 11:01 pmYou really gotta question the guys up top if some moves are not made soon.
May 28th, 2009 at 11:15 pmroster moves that need to be made tonight
Ive been a big supporter of Schafer, but his lack of contact is now affecting his defense and he’s taking bad routes on balls now. Bring up Blanco to replace Schafer
Brandon Jones replaces Frenchy or Garret, take your pick
Barbaro replaces Norton
Hanson replaces Medlen
this can be done now and they will help the team, other moves can be made in the following weeks
May 28th, 2009 at 11:17 pmcsg, those moves wouldn’t help much. Our offense would still be an embarrassment.
…and Tommy will be back soon to replace Medlen…whether you lilke it or not…and I mean Glavine…not Hanson.
May 28th, 2009 at 11:41 pmhttp://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=4770653&c_id=mlb
Anybody got some soap?
Can anybody figure out what his second sentence was?
May 28th, 2009 at 11:45 pmUnfortunately, the time to deal with the offense was in the offseason. Sure, we can make a trade now, but it will cost a lot and it might not make enough of a difference. To my mind, the worst aspect of this situation is that it was entirely predictable….That is, unless you believe that Frenchy was going to be magically transformed into Roberto Clemente or Yaz….
May 28th, 2009 at 11:50 pm60,
Something about having to call his mother later.
May 28th, 2009 at 11:58 pmcsg–Blanco went 4 for 5–maybe he will heat up and get the call….
Otherwise, Rohrbough took the loss and the AA game was pretty ugly. Cofield is not going to go any further if he does not improve his command….
May 29th, 2009 at 12:01 am…Looks like Gearrin is now at AA, which makes sense as he has been lights out at the Beach….
This lineup…
May 29th, 2009 at 12:09 amDamn, glad I had to work tonight and missed another crappy performance.
May 29th, 2009 at 12:25 amoldtimer?–Good for you; on the other hand, I was up before 6:00 am so that I could see it. Somehow I managed not to go to sleep when the Braves were at bat….
May 29th, 2009 at 1:02 am@52: I’m missing a piece of your logic here. How is it Frank Wren’s fault that Omar Infante got hurt?
I’d love to have had a better replacement for him, but its not like ML-ready stud utility-men grow on trees.
@58: I’d understand Blanco for Schafer, even though Blanco’s arm in center makes me curse uncontrollably. Hanson will come up eventually, but probably not for another turn or two. How about calling up Brandon Jones in place of Norton? Then you can see if he could actually be a regular improvement over Garret, or Jeff. Barbaro really isn’t going to help this team any more than Norton is… I say you can have a PH-specialist or you can have a 12 man pitching staff, but you really can’t have both with as many question marks as the Braves have roaming the field.
@61: Predictable isn’t exactly the right word. It was, and still is, quite possible that Garret will get hot like he did over stretches of last year, and/or Francoeur will rebound to his 2007 form. It was inevitable that if both of these things didn’t happen then we just weren’t going to be able to compete without selling the farm, drastically increasing payroll, or shifting resources away from pitching and putting our faith in Jo-Jo and Charlie Morton… That was basically the choice: bet on Jeff and Garret, or bet on Jo-Jo and Charlie. Just not a good situation to be in, but that’s what you get when you’ve been searching for “one more/last piece” for as long as the Braves have been.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:35 amSaw the last three innings… Man, pathetic offense.
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May 29th, 2009 at 1:41 am@50… Excellent
@60: Love it that Varitek took the hit for Beckett.
Gadfly, now you really make me laugh…
“It was, and still is, quite possible that (…) Francoeur will rebound to his 2007 form.”
May 29th, 2009 at 1:43 am@69: It was possible, and there’s still a chance it could happen. It doesn’t look like a great chance, obviously, but in the offseason it looked like a much better chance than I’d have given Jo-Jo Reyes or Charlie Morton becoming quality starting pitchers. Morton might have figured something out, but I doubt it, so I’d still say it is about an equal chance.
You have to do the best with what you’ve got, and after we fought and scratched to keep that division title streak alive, we ended up with a pretty bare cupboard. It happens.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:55 amGadfly, I think the chance of Schafer rebounding from his terrible start is more likely than Frenchy rebounding…even though both are pretty slim…
May 29th, 2009 at 2:06 am@70 No, it’s not.
May 29th, 2009 at 2:47 amI don’t understand why the Braves haven’t been giving Norton any PAs at all in the corner OF.
May 29th, 2009 at 3:45 amYa know, I have this sneaking suspicion that Jeff Francouer is not going to be the starting RF for the National League in the All Star game. However, it is possible that he could hit .650 for the next month with 12 home runs and overtake everyone else.
May 29th, 2009 at 5:43 am#74–Good point; don’t forget that he might steal 10-12 bases as well….
May 29th, 2009 at 6:15 amRecap is up.
May 29th, 2009 at 7:05 amWhat does Matt Diaz have to do to earn a starting OF job? This is an organization that once allowed Dewayne Wise to win a job over Gary Matthews in spring training. A quarter of the season is gone. He’s got an OPS 200 points higher than any other OF on the team, and he’s the one in a platoon? I do understand that Diaz is better in a platoon, so would any other OF.
May 29th, 2009 at 7:11 am@72, 74 & 75: I’ve seen little more than one episode of Full House in my life, but even they understood the difference between impossible and improbable. As Jeff showed in March and the first three weeks of April it is possible for him to produce, but as he continues to revert to his ‘08 summer form, it is looking less and less probable that this will happen over a significant enough stretch of this season.
I’d still say it is just as probable as Jo-Jo or Charlie becoming quality Major League starting pitchers. Though neither is terribly likely.
May 29th, 2009 at 2:56 pm