13 Sep
Orange dust game thread: Sept. 13, Nats at Braves
“Hello, I’m Melky Cabrera. I’m here to eat Cheetos and, failing that, play baseball, and I’m all out of Cheetos. No, wait, I found another case. I’m good, carry on.”
“Hello, I’m Melky Cabrera. I’m here to eat Cheetos and, failing that, play baseball, and I’m all out of Cheetos. No, wait, I found another case. I’m good, carry on.”
Being fat isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Look at Babe Ruth. I’m sure Melky has been compared to Babe Ruth many times. After all, we were expecting Melky to hit .300 with thirty home runs. Too bad that he actually sucks and couldn’t keep Betty White from taking an extra base.
September 13th, 2010 at 1:11 pmBetty White taking
September 13th, 2010 at 1:16 pmAn extra base? I hope that’s
In the baseball sense.
That’s not what your girlfriend haikus.
September 13th, 2010 at 1:30 pmBe vewy, vewy quiet, but I was right that the hangman isn’t hanging this year – at least as it regards celebration penalties.
If they didn’t flag the Bama receiver for the flip, they aren’t gonna flag anyone that doesn’t directly trash talk a fallen opponent.
Makes football sooooo much better.
September 13th, 2010 at 1:32 pmSo after the Jacksonville State debacle I’ve finally gotten on the internet again. Its been a long sad week and the Braves aren’t helping.
Stu, I know who Vandy’s going to get their at least one SEC win against this year, and that’s this weekend. If you’re making the trip I’ll supply you with a beer at some point.
Mac is it two late to re-write my preview? 7-5 looks a little overly optimistic at this point. I may have lost my journalistic integrity.
September 13th, 2010 at 1:32 pmI guess I missed it somewhere – what is the 5.7.5. about?
September 13th, 2010 at 1:35 pm5.7.5 counts
September 13th, 2010 at 1:43 pmSyllables said when reading
Braves Journal haikus
Jonathan
Five syllables first.
September 13th, 2010 at 1:45 pmSeven next in a haiku.
Five to finish it.
I’ll never link from TMZ (they are the spawn of the Devil), but they are reporting that what sent Floyd Mayweather off on his woman-beating tear was the knowledge she was having an affair with CJ Watson (former UT basketball great).
All the women in the world and CJ hooks up with Floyd Mayweather’s? Dude …
September 13th, 2010 at 1:48 pmHow is Miss favored by 13.5 over Vandy? I think the Rebs will win but that line…seems high.
September 13th, 2010 at 1:48 pmThere once was a fella named Stu
Who could only converse in haiku
Though the limerick is better
I guess the “V” on his sweater
Makes him smarter than Moises Alou
(Sorry – couldn’t think of a better ending.)
September 13th, 2010 at 1:54 pmOh. I should have known
that. In fact, I did know that.
Just did not realize.
I guess that may be cheating though. Is “realize” 2 syllables or 3? Guess it depends on where you are from…
September 13th, 2010 at 1:59 pmaccording to fangraphs, melky is the least valuable player in the major leauges.
September 13th, 2010 at 2:08 pmhttp://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=6&season=2010&month=0
There once was an OF named Melky
September 13th, 2010 at 2:12 pmWhose breasts were as big as a selkie
His glove is a stone,
To whiff he is prone
But he’s still not as fat as Tim Welke.
Yunesky Maya and his 7.20 ERA is exactly the type of pitcher we’ve made look like Greg Maddux lately.
We play the Nationals in 6 of our next 12 games. That would be a good thing for most teams, but the way we’ve played lately against bad teams (and bad pitchers) makes this extremely scary. We really need to sweep this series at home!
September 13th, 2010 at 2:17 pm@11
Limericks are a slippery slope–let’s go down head first!
Their defense just makes me shout
Their offense puts me into a pout
But time and again
In two thousand and ten
The Braves prove you can’t count them out!
Go Braves!
September 13th, 2010 at 2:27 pmDerrick Lowe against the Nats again??? WHY????????
September 13th, 2010 at 2:29 pmPennant-race baseball has that weird mixture of exhilaration & fear. Wish we weren’t one-out/one-up as we are, but these next few weeks could be quite the thrill ride.
Count me as happy to be playing Washington this week.
September 13th, 2010 at 2:50 pmBravesJournal I need
September 13th, 2010 at 3:12 pmsome help she just cried in the
middle of making out.
a pitcher who wears a braves hat
September 13th, 2010 at 3:15 pmsees a team that is coming to bat
somehow when he throws
bugs fly up his nose
he just knew he’d have trouble with nats
@19- Next time you should try when shes awake.
September 13th, 2010 at 3:19 pm@21: You’re horrible!
September 13th, 2010 at 3:21 pmIt was too obvious and my immaturity got the better of me!
September 13th, 2010 at 3:23 pm@19
Blower back up and put her in the tub. That will help you find the leak. Patch it and try again!
September 13th, 2010 at 3:24 pmSwing And A Miss
a pitcher recaptures his fun
September 13th, 2010 at 3:26 pmfrom times long ago when he won
he aims for the toes,
he grins, and he throws
and the batter is already dunn
Once again, Braves Journal surpasses all other baseball blogs in erudition and sophistication. (Sorry, I don’t do haikus, never could.)
September 13th, 2010 at 3:33 pmI don’t know what erudition means.
September 13th, 2010 at 3:38 pmI hadn’t a clue
September 13th, 2010 at 3:50 pmthat Bravesjournal.com had
such talented folks
The Legend hits hard and inflicts
September 13th, 2010 at 3:50 pmclose calls and dark singed fabrics
the boss sheds a tear
what a horrible year
and now he has ripped Capps to fix
Oh, wait, he was traded. Oops.
September 13th, 2010 at 3:51 pmWhat you gon’ do with all that junk?
All that junk inside your trunk?
I’ma get, get, get, get, you drunk,
Get you love drunk off my hump.
My hump, my hump, my hump, my hump, my hump,
My hump, my hump, my hump, my lovely little lumps
leave me alone, its relevant to Melky.
September 13th, 2010 at 4:14 pmIs this haiku trend
September 13th, 2010 at 4:17 pmbecause of something I said?
Billy sheds a tear
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September 13th, 2010 at 4:32 pmce
Melky sits!!!
Braves lineup: 1. Infante 2B, 2. Heyward RF, 3. Prado 3B, 4. McCann C, 5. Lee 1B, 6. McLouth CF, 7. Gonzalez SS, 8. Diaz LF, 9. Lowe P
September 13th, 2010 at 4:34 pmHey, anybody going to the Braves games in Flushing this weekend?
Or maybe:
Hey, anybody
September 13th, 2010 at 4:35 pmgoing to the Braves games in
Flushing this weekend?
this nadal/djokovic match is going to be a good one
September 13th, 2010 at 4:47 pmImpressively naturalistic… maybe we should start calling you Bashobubba.
September 13th, 2010 at 5:08 pm37- Appropriate, because the Braves depart for the Narrow Road to the Deep North after this series. Well, New York, Philly, and Washington anyway.
If we don’t pitch and hit better, it’ll be the Narrow Road to the Deep Sh*t.
September 13th, 2010 at 5:24 pmI just asked Tim Kurkjian on the radio who he thinks the Braves will trade in the offseason for an OF. He said they can trade Hanson for a top-tier OF, or Jurrjens/Minor for a second-tier OF.
I never even thought of trading Hanson… but if trading him gets us three years of a top OF, I say do it.
September 13th, 2010 at 5:27 pmI’d be interested in his ideas of “top tier” and “second tier”. Who’s a “top tier” OF? Braun? Rasmus? Because I would think a young, cost controlled talent like Hanson would demand the same in regards to an OF.
Hanson for CarGo? I wouldn’t take much less,
September 13th, 2010 at 5:41 pmand given his splits I’d still think twice about it.
Melky had a positive UZR in CF last year. Did he really get that much fatter in the offseason? Is it a park thing?
September 13th, 2010 at 5:43 pmWell, I’d say since most fly balls in New Yankee Stadium land in the seats, his UZR would be impacted.
September 13th, 2010 at 5:46 pmHe seems more waddly this year.
September 13th, 2010 at 5:48 pmMelky looks less fat in that picture…
September 13th, 2010 at 5:51 pmserious question. Why is Heyward still hitting in the 2 hole? I know the 3 spot is reserved for Chipper even if he is hitting like a guy who should be in the 6th, 7th or 8th spot, but now that he is out, why keep the guy who has been on fire in a non-rbi spot?
September 13th, 2010 at 5:59 pm@45
because bobby cox is the manager and that’s the way it’s going to be.
on a personal note, i’m enjoying my first thomas creek beer out of greenville, sc. i’m having the vanilla cream ale and it’s surprisingly delicious. recommended.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:13 pmI agree. Heyward is drilling the ball, give him a chance to get use to his future. This McCann-Lee 1, 2 punch needs to add some punch to the 1, 2. Melky was thinner last year, and obivously his workout habits are Andruw-Jones like….so I can imagine what next year will bring.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:15 pmNice throw, McCann. Glad to see that he’s no longer catching guys trying to steal center field.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:15 pm47- The “McCann-Lee 1, 2 punch” is like following up your first shot by belting yourself in the ‘nads.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:17 pmLooks like a lot of good seats available, tonight.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:20 pm#45
September 13th, 2010 at 6:21 pmSplits up the righties & lefties at the top of the order, plus he’s a super-high OBP guy & FWIW, he has more speed on a team with very little. I’m fine with it.
I know the 3 spot is reserved for Chipper even if he is hitting like a guy who should be in the 6th, 7th or 8th spot, but now that he is out, why keep the guy who has been on fire in a non-rbi spot?
You honestly think there would be any noticeable production difference hitting Prado second and Hayward third?
Guess again. It would just make it easier for the other manager to ROOGY Infante-Prado and then LOOGY Heyward-McCann. It’s fine the way it is.
Edit – Or what ubbaba said.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:25 pmLowe’s getting the strikeouts tonight.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:29 pmSomething I thought the followers here might enjoy -
The First World War (explained as a pub fight)
http://www.theospark.net/2010/08/first-world-war-explained-as-pub-fight.html
September 13th, 2010 at 6:33 pmHey walks! I remember when we used to do this!
Edit: Wow an injection and an infusion. Joe is absolutely giddy the Nate’s hit a few balls hard.
Double Edit: The old double balk. Don’t see that much.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:35 pmTwo balks separated by one pitch? There’s something you don’t see every day.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:37 pmMatt Diaz: The Unmelky.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:42 pmNo, Heyward’s the Unmelky. Diaz is the non-Melky, which is still a big improvement. (McLouth is now the ex-Melky.)
September 13th, 2010 at 6:43 pmThe Marlins are trotting out Andrew Miller again against the Phils? I guess we’d better win to keep pace.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:44 pmI’ll take runs any way we can get them, especially in a playoff race, but that second balk looked a little petty to me. The guy might twitched or something.
Oh well. Guess he’ll have to learn to twitch some non-balk inducing way.
Such is life in MLB.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:45 pmNot cool man.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:46 pmSorry, Mr. Maya, but we really need to beat you tonight.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:46 pmI didn’t know the injury to Strasburg was TRAGIC. Thanks, Chip.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:49 pm“Stinko-de-mayo”
Another Chip-tastic Classic
September 13th, 2010 at 6:52 pmso, to prove that he’s worthy to start over melky, all diaz has to do now is throw 5 players out at the plate and hit 6 consecutive home runs.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:52 pmDon’t throw at Morgan. We don’t need that.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:52 pm@54, loved it!
September 13th, 2010 at 6:55 pm#65 – Probably wouldn’t hurt to get his OBP above .300 either.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:55 pmDerek Lowe probably knows karate. Just a hunch.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:56 pmZOMG, runs.
September 13th, 2010 at 6:58 pmMan, another well hit ball from Nate.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:03 pmMcLouth is really creaming the ball these days.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:03 pm@68
September 13th, 2010 at 7:07 pmafter his earlier triple, diaz’s ops since coming back from injury is approaching .900. i dont think he needs to do anything other than what he’s been doing the last 47 games.
Keep throwing it there.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:09 pmIs it too early to say that Nate is back?!
September 13th, 2010 at 7:12 pm#73 – He had a strong July. July was a while ago.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:13 pmlatest on the phillies home page says they are going to re-align their pitchers so that we’ll have to face oswalt, hammels, and halladay.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:16 pmOmar Autosingle carries on.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:20 pmI say bring on Oswalt, Hammels, and Halladay.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:23 pmThat would have been a triple if Melky were out there.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:28 pmAnother reason not to let Minor have a day off there, imo.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:29 pmI know its the Nationals, but Lowe is dealing tonight!
September 13th, 2010 at 7:31 pmSorry, if this has been brought up before, but I haven’t watched in the past couple of weeks. Nate’s stance is different right? Looks like he may have a better view of the ball and is standing up straighter.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:36 pmLowe = current staff ace?
September 13th, 2010 at 7:38 pmWhere has this Lowe been the last 1 1/2 years?
September 13th, 2010 at 7:40 pmWho are you and what have you done with Derek Lowe?
September 13th, 2010 at 7:42 pmLet’s keep it up. The Phils are blasting the Marlins.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:43 pmDo we have the lowest September attendance for a contending team? This crowd is embarassing.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:46 pmThat whistle in the crowd is driving me nuts.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:49 pmDerrick Lowe has replaced Tim Hudson as the ace of the staff. Way to step up Lowe.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:51 pmWe only have 5 hits tonight against this guy!
September 13th, 2010 at 7:54 pm@88: Well, Derek Lowe was on the mound, after all.
September 13th, 2010 at 7:54 pmDamn..how many people are at the game? 10, 12 maybe. Wow ATL.
.400 OBP for J-Hey
September 13th, 2010 at 7:55 pmSeriously, that whistle makes me want to scrape the roof of my mouth open.
September 13th, 2010 at 8:03 pmApparently the attendance is lousy in Colorado, too. MNF?
September 13th, 2010 at 8:06 pm@91
And four runs and the lead.
sheesh!
September 13th, 2010 at 8:12 pmLowe going 8 innings. We must be in bizarro world.
September 13th, 2010 at 8:15 pmDo the Braves have a 9-inning complete game at all this year? Good grief….
September 13th, 2010 at 8:19 pm98- Lowe was at 105 pitches; the CG means less than having him ready for his next start against the Phillies.
September 13th, 2010 at 8:20 pm@98
Seriously? We are winning a game. This hasn’t been a common thing of late.
September 13th, 2010 at 8:21 pmLowe-one run last 14 innings. Rest helped
September 13th, 2010 at 8:22 pmA thing of beauty. Shame it won’t get us into first place, but we’ll gain a game on either the Pads or Rockies tonight.
Oh, and attendance is given as 18,647.
September 13th, 2010 at 8:24 pm@101, maybe he was tired.
September 13th, 2010 at 8:25 pm@103.
September 13th, 2010 at 8:29 pmThat is what Lowe said. Playing Nats & Pirates may help. He was hitting corners all evening
Recapped.
September 13th, 2010 at 8:30 pmRE: McLouth
The SportSouth guys were talking up a timing mechanism that Chipper suggested. He’s bringing his hands slightly back to start his swing. Apparently keeps him on the ball better.
September 13th, 2010 at 8:30 pm