Show #155: Another Impressive Week for the Braves
A 5-2 week. Chipper to the DL. Gonzo in the 2-hole. Kimbrel in extras. And Jeter’s 3,000th.
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July 15th, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Fair enough. It’s worth the wait
July 15th, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Leah I hope Martin is up to snuff and gives you a great show. Go Braves!
July 15th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
What has happened to Mathers? Where is he?
July 15th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Nice to have a laugher after being on the other end of one on Sunday. With Hanson and Jurrjens waiting in the wings, the ABT-predicted sweep is off to a great start (knock on wood)…
Now, I know that McClouth has 2 hits tonight, but bear with me here for a minute. How’s about we try to trade for Beltran? Perhaps Minor and Delgado — would you do that trade? Have McLouth play LF until Chipper comes back, and then send Schafer down to AAA and have Nate be the 4th OF with Martin in LF.
July 15th, 2011 at 9:54 pm
I loved seeing Freeman being angry with himself about grounding out — with an 8-run lead. He really hustled down the line to make it a close play.
July 15th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Braves up 11-1 going into the 8th inning…
Time for Venters.
July 15th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Can someone please tell Brian Jordan that Jonny Venters is NOT a rookie???
July 15th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
not to pick nits, but isn’t the 8th inning up by 10 the reason God invented Scott Proctor?
July 15th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
ham — Either Fredi is waiting for the 9th to bring in Proctor, or he’s warming him up for his DFA.
Meanwhile, Chip Caray just got done tweeting the following: “Dear Brian Jordan: Please, PLEASE continue to announce games with me so that I sound like the better announcer.”
July 15th, 2011 at 10:37 pm
Bravo, David!
July 15th, 2011 at 10:38 pm
David, he is saving Proctor for tomorrow nights game when the Braves have a 1 run lead in the 8th!
July 15th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
156, 158. 159, 161: hilarious stuff, people. Really nice.
Missy: Mather was released about a month ago.
July 15th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
#149 Thanks for noticing. Go Braves! Anne that homer was just for me.
July 15th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Nice win by the boys tonight.
July 15th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
And happy franchise 10,000th!
July 15th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
Steve…what was wrong with #157?!?!?!!
By the way…I’m sure that the Cubs and Giants fans appreciate being mentioned by the Braves’ announcers as being the only other two clubs with 10,000 franchise wins. BUT DID YOU KNOW — that the Dodgers and Cardinals have also posted 10,000 franchise wins? Don’t know how that got past the Fox Sport South fact-checkers.
July 15th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
David #154 – I don’t think the Braves should go after Beltran. He’s a free agent at the end of the season. I don’t think we should give up any players of substance for a half a season of a player. He’s also owed about 9MM for the remainder of the season. Just doesn’t seem to be a good way to spend that money.
On a related note, here are the official perks in Beltran’s current contract:
hotel suite on road, 15-person suite at home games, player to purchase post-season tickets, club agreed to lease ocular enhancer machine (device that throws numbered & multi-colored tennis balls at 150 mph)
July 15th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Steve #167 – Yeah you’re right, though I wouldn’t mind having a contributor like him in the lineup for the second half of the season.
And I know that 5 consecutive Word Series victories by the Mets, led by Cy Young-sharers Randall Delgado and Mike Minor each year, would really sting, but imagine the opportunity of seeing Carlos Beltran go 2-for-17 in an NLCS series in a Braves uniform in 2011!!
July 15th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
#166 – From DOB’s blog today about teams with 10k wins:
Baseball Reference also lists the Dodgers (10,176) and the Cardinals (10,154) with more than 10K wins, but some of those came in other leagues, such as the Federal League. MLB does not recognize those wins, and neither do the clubs themselves, when citing their overall franchise major-league records.
July 15th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Great comment tonight on DOB’s blog, “Larry Parrish must have worked a lot during the All Star break.”
July 16th, 2011 at 12:24 am
Amazing that tonights game was just the opposite of the last game before the break.
July 16th, 2011 at 1:40 am
Vizcaino to the ‘pen. I know the write-up on the ajc page said it wasn’t because they have plans for him in the ‘pen in the future, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in Atlanta later this year in that role. A guy who can come in and throw 98-100 in the 6th or 7th would be a HUGE asset. His innings are high, so that may keep it form happening. It looks like an opportunity for “improvement from within the organization”, which seems to be the new slogan.
Prado and Chipper makes us a different team. It doesn’t matter what their numbers for the year are, they are just those kind of players. Anyone who has played sports on any level knows every team has those guys or gals (go US women on Sunday) that make a team, and it just isn’t the same when they are hurt.
July 16th, 2011 at 1:51 am
Somebody on here had a link to an article about Vizcaino looking so good (better than Teheran), and it mentioned the possibility of him being added to the Atlanta ‘pen for the late season stretch.
July 16th, 2011 at 3:14 am
Did Martin point as his mom after his homer? Does she have a box?
July 16th, 2011 at 8:00 am
169 – oh, okay. I missed that from DOB’s blog. Thanks.