June 13, 2011

Show #151: The Braves Rattle Off 6 Straight

A 6 -0 week. Chipper and Heyward. Schafer or McLouth? Uggla gets some hits.

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103 Responses to “Show #151: The Braves Rattle Off 6 Straight”

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  1. 1
    Nate Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 8:18 am

    Good show, guys. We need J-Hey back. Especially if Freddie is hurt.

  2. 2
    DAP Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 10:28 am

    hey guys, nice show. i agree with you guys on chipper. he was the right guy to deliver the message, and he did it in the right way. he complimented heyward, he didnt slam him.

    im surprised there isnt a bit more optimism though. 10 games over .500 with the entire starting OF on the DL, plus the other lineup issues that havent gone our way…that impressive. you mentioned the phillies were playing well…but they are playing the cubs, who are just as bad as the astros!!!

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    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 11:08 am

    Chipper was angry that ESPN (I think) added a headline to his comments of “Chipper calls out Heyward”. He said that was not the tone of his comments. He was just making statements about how much the team needed Heyward.

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    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 11:54 am

    Tell the “Heyward Hater” that Jason has not just “played in spurts”. The season is only six months long (seven if you count the seven games in Oct.). Jason basically lost June to injury.

    2010 AB/BA/OBP/SLG/OPS/HR/RBI/R/BB
    Apr 75/.240/.360/.520/.880/6/19/10/13
    May 86/.337/.453/.628/1.081/4/19/19/16

    Jun 94/.181/.287/.245/.532/1/7/12/13

    Jul 59/.356/.457/.458/.915/0/5/12/9
    Aug 97/.299/.400/.536/.936/5/14/16
    Sep 97/.278/.421/.381/.802/2/7/8/22
    Oct 12/.25/.357/.417/.774/0/1/2/2/2

    IMHO, that looks like pretty good stats before and after June… especially for a rookie.

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    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 11:58 am

    Changed my long term confidence

    Fair, but right on the chalk

    If this translates to “we play well against teams we SHOULD beat instead of playing down to them”, then fair. As to how we WILL play for the rest of the year in general, “fowl-ish”… :)

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    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    Should McLouth replace Schafer in C

    FOUL!

    However, McLouth should replace Henske so he can go back to the bench. Henske was exposed to the league as being vunerable to a good breaking ball pitcher… not something you want opponets to know about your best hitter. With the pitching staff we have, defense is much more important than what we are getting in offense between Henske and McLouth. Maybe putting Nate back in the 8th hole ahead of Schafer/Uggla/Chipper/McCann, etc. will get us some runs later in games and allow the pitcher to bunt more…

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    DAP Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    yeah, bad news about prado being DLed, but good news is that schafer will still have some time to continue getting starts in the OF, even when mclouth comes back. until mclouth, heyward, and prado are all healthy and back, i think schafer should get regular playing time to give him a chance to see what he’s got.

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    Leah Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    Great show! The Chipper comments about Heyward were blown way outta proportion. Heyward is mature enough to realize that. I think Uggla’s back! Of course I thought he’d return in FL and I was way wrong. Jim Powell was saying Freeman could have ripped the callus off the base of his hand where the bat rubs it. I guess sometimes a blood blister can developed. All hear say folks…go Braves!

  9. 9
    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    15 teams per league

    Fair-ish

    I HATE the inequities of interleague play. If it is a balanced schedule, I would be ok with it.

  10. 10
    Eric Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    I like the spark Shafer’s been providing at the top of the line-up. I don’t think it’s reflected in his numbers, and I wouldn’t be surprised at all if McLouth is the 4th outfielder when the Braves are at full strength.

  11. 11
    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    6 Sorry that should have ready “best pinch hitter”…

  12. 12
    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    OBTW – Uggla had hit second in the first game of the Angles series (May 20)…

  13. 13
    Steve Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 4:42 pm

    Heyward starting for Gwinnett tonight.

  14. 14
    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    Looking at Uggla’s performance in Florida, I bet he was pressing there… *you always want to do well against your old team, especially when they decided not to keep you. That on top of his “struggles” probably didn’t bode well for him. Maybe after that, when he got to Houston, him relaxing a little combined with getting better pitches to hit with Chipper and McCann hitting behind him translated into a better performance.

    Just a thought…

  15. 15
    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    Freddie looks like he has gotten himself uncomfortable at the plate again… (dang that massive home run shot)

  16. 16
    Steve Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 9:04 pm

    All these runners left on base feels like the start of one of “those” games.

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    Steve Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 9:12 pm

    M in M, #4: I can’t argue with the numbers you’ve posted. The only point I was making (just speaking for me here) is that Heyward was putting up some of the best numbers in baseball at the start of the year in 2010 and then the thumb injury came and he fell off – compared to the unbelievable start. It was not a criticism. Just stating that we got robbed of the “true” Heyward b/c of the injuries. And, despite his good numbers overall, there were weeks that he’d just disappear (again, presumably, because of his injuries).

  18. 18
    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 9:58 pm

    17 I understand that. He definitely ‘disappeared’ with the injury, but it looks to me like he played a little better after the injury (instead of disappearing for two years like Schafer…).

  19. 19
    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Steve – Can “HH” become Curt’s new nickname? ;)

  20. 20
    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    Well, if they come back in this one, I guess I will just miss it. I have had about all of this one I want to endure.

    “Tough to sweep a four game series…”

  21. 21
    Jo-Bu Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    It’s Monday. Last week was a good week now it’s time for a bad week. That’s the way the Braves seem to roll.

  22. 22
    Mark in Memphis Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    Nothing like batting around in an inning…

  23. 23
    Danny Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    Alright, I am now more open to trading Lowe! I must admit, however, that I am now sceptical of anyone’s great numbers continuing after coming to the Braves. I would trade Lowe for another Hinske and another Moylan. Also I now must recall my blind support for Kimbrel. If Venters had 22 straight saves, that would be pretty cool.

  24. 24
    Jo-Bu Says:
    June 13th, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    Well, at least Schafer took away the shut out and gave the Braves even more reason to keep him over McLouth with those three ribs.

  25. 25
    Steve Says:
    June 14th, 2011 at 9:44 am

    #24 – And it was just a nice, smooth swing that knocked the ball out of the park. I say that hoping that it doesn’t get him all home run hungry again.

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