Show #141: Winning Ways in Braves Opening Series
Looking back on the Nats series. McLouth bats second. And Good and Bad Signs in the first three games.
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April 5th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
I’ve been thinking that too Eric, just not comfortable enough to say it “out loud”
April 5th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
I think two solid starts from Minor and continued pitcher-like batting averages from McClouth could make JJ’s return become a showcase for interested teams. Question: which pitcher-hungry team has a spare centerfielder who can produce? Nate has made me skeptical of stats on bad teams.
April 5th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Hey, can I change my prediction for Kimbrel’s save total???
If he pitches like this all year, I’ll say 140 saves…..
April 5th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
I hope not – I want to see Venters and Kimbrel chatting in the ‘pen at the end of the game. I want Sherrill and Linebrink mop up the 8th/9th and not being terrified…because we’re up by 8. I want to see some blowouts.
April 5th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Ken – it is all Kimbrel from now on in the 9th.
Leah – you’re right about Bobby’s use of resting starters (particularly Mac). There would be myriad opportunities to bring him in to pinch hit and he never would. I like that Fredi did it.
Eric, that IS very comfortable. I’d like to see Minor and Beachy a few more times.
April 5th, 2011 at 7:46 pm
Steve, can you say I’m right again? You know…just for kicks. How excited are you for Sunday?
April 5th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
I always get nervous when DLowe is getting strike outs. I’d feel better if he’d stick with the groundouts.
April 5th, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Alex Gonzalez…not my favorite player
April 5th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Weird game…Uggla not great at base stealing but his defense was steller. Lowe struck out a ton. Heyward and McLouth almost replayed their collision from last year. Their ace beat our ace by 1 point. Good game. Oh, and Prado is a beast in left field.
April 5th, 2011 at 9:36 pm
Lumber company …. more like balsa company. Man, Gallardo is good. I did like Martin gunning down a runner though, and Uggla was heads up. Oh well … sometimes, the pitcher is just that good.
April 5th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
I want my 3 hours back. We didn’t even get past 1st base. And no I’m not tipping my cap to Gallardo.
Lowe did well and I’m not blaming anything on him but there was no reason to throw a junk pitch down the middle to the pitcher on an 0-2 count.
Horrible game
April 5th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Come on walker…you gotta tip your cap. Come on…you know you do.
April 5th, 2011 at 10:57 pm
No not really
April 6th, 2011 at 11:13 am
The Braves are going to win alot of games this year off of the other team’s bullpen.
April 6th, 2011 at 11:15 am
I would have liked to see the Braves try to work Gallardo a little harder, in other words. The guy Is a strikeout pitcher but only had 2 Ks in 9 innings. He did pitch well but the Braves helped him a little bit, I think.
April 6th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Hi DAP – I agree with you, but I’m not sure we’re right. There are those games when it looks like the team is just swinging at anything, not being patient, etc. But I bet there are other games when they are doing the same exact thing but getting hits instead of ground outs. All of which to say, I think it may be context and outcome more than anything. I also may not be making any sense.
April 6th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
I’d rather get beat by a Yovani Gallardo than by a Jamie Moyer.
April 6th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Kate – agreed. 100%. Tipping your cap to Jamie Moyer is downright painful. Last night, while certainly no fun offensively, had great moments of pitching, defense, tagging guys out. It was a pretty cool game short of the outcome.
April 6th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Gallardo was nasty.
I must say I feel uneasy about facing Lee this weekend. I hope we can get Timmy some runs. I hope we can get any starter some runs.
April 6th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
1) I really hope this Estrada guy sucks today.
2)And I will never drop this batting order issue. Jason Heyward is too dynamic of a hitter to be hitting 6th. It defies baseball logic. It was okay last year when he was a rookie but now either McLouth or Chipper has to move so he can hit 2nd or 3rd. I like Fredi so far but this bother me. Check the last three game logs. McLouth has come up in crucial situations where Jason should have been. Fredi is trying to hard. Hitting Jason second is what jump started our season last year. If Bobby leaves Jason 6th we win 75-80 games.
April 6th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
The Two Hole
The old-school book says to put a bat-control guy here. Not a great hitter, but someone who can move the lead-off hitter over for one of the next two hitters to drive in.
The Books says the #2 hitter comes to bat in situations about as important as the #3 hitter, but more often. That means the #2 hitter should be better than the #3 guy, and one of the best three hitters overall. And since he bats with the bases empty more often than the hitters behind him, he should be a high-OBP player. Doesn’t sound like someone who should be sacrificing, does it?
April 6th, 2011 at 8:32 pm
I’m no professional but we’re going to need some offense.
April 6th, 2011 at 8:49 pm
That was a no doubter.
April 6th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Ask and ye shall receive.
April 6th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Kinda glad Matt Young didn’t get on base. I’m not ready for Linebrink.