Show #179: The Braves Turn It All Around
The 5 game win streak. Chipper’s impact. Heyward’s emergence and the 4th outfielder spot.
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April 20th, 2012 at 6:32 pm
A shame neither Chipper or Heyward are hitting 2nd against a tough righty.
Bourn cf,
Prado lf,
Freeman 1b,
McCann c,
Uggla 2b,
Jones 3b,
Heyward rf,
Pastornicky ss,
Beachy p
April 20th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Is anybody elses picture of the game cut off on the left side? I can’t see the Braves runs or the inning.
April 20th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
My screen is fine but I’m listening to the AZ announcers brag on Freddie.
April 20th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
My screen is fine, too.
Bub, that sucks about your mysterious pain. Hope it’s been a better day.
It really has been a heady week for the Bravos. Haven’t felt this good about the team in a long time.
April 20th, 2012 at 10:48 pm
Prado not happy. Just said some swear words in Espanol.
April 20th, 2012 at 10:50 pm
#104 does anyone else feel like the last 10 games have been a fluke and fear the team will be like last year’s team again any day?
April 20th, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Leah, #106, I don’t expect the pitching to hold up this well, but I think the offense is legit. I thought that coming into the season, even with my poor hopes for the bullpen and starters.
April 20th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
*by starters, I mean rotation.
April 20th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
Bub, I’m afraid we’ve been listening to Curt too much.
April 20th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
The screen fixed itself after a few minutes. I’ll take it.
#106 Yes. Yes 1000 times.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
If you mean because Curt’s pessimistic, I have to claim originality for my own pessimism. It’s the first Spring I’ve ever entertained such dismal hopes for the Braves. I thought we’d get very bad years from Hanson, JJ, Pastornicky, Chipper, and the manager, possibly Prado and Hudson, too. Also thought a general funk and bad team chemistry would abound. I’ve been mostly wrong. Still expect the pitching to fade some, but the team’s got more potential than I gave them credit for.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Prado? You doubted…wha?
April 20th, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Another OPP field hit for Heyward. I wonder if anyone’s keeping track of our hitters going the other way. The new hitting coach seems like the real deal. The plate approaches are night and day from last year. Reminds me of the Red Sox when they put together their hitting philosophy a few years ago. The Rays, too.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Yeah, I doubt Prado every year. It can’t be helped.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Ho hum, 5 run lead off Cahill. Completely expected.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:12 pm
Beautiful Beautiful slide by Chipper
April 20th, 2012 at 11:13 pm
I prefer to look at it as idealism. I always believe things should be better, and spend a lot of time thinking of ways to make them so, or why they can’t be.
This week has been a lot of fun.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:13 pm
Are the D-Backs this bad? Loving the general awesomeness and I may be madly in love with Greg Walker.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:13 pm
This is how I dreamed the Braves offense would be.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
Look at Prado taking all these pitches with Cahill on the ropes. The stuff dreams are made of.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
#114 Dead to me.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
D backs are banged up, Leah. So, no. Definitely not this bad offensively.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:17 pm
Beat up already…that ain’t good. Neither is watching Prado hobble around home plate. In other news, hearing other organists play reminds me how much I like that Matthew guy.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Offense….yes. 7-0 braves. Heyward and freeman and Mcann are on fire.
Bub – I had a similar thing happen last summer. I was on a business trip and I had a terrible gut pain right around my kidney. I was so uncomfortable sitting in a plane, could barely walk. Went through a bunch of tests, including an ultrasound. They found nothing. It stopped and I thought I must have passed a kidney stone. But the test results said no, it was not a kidney stone. It came back once more and then just went away. The last doctor said it was probably infection in the lining of the small intestines. Can happen from food, from almost anything. It hasn’t happened at all since then.
April 20th, 2012 at 11:23 pm
Steve, Curt, did you guys see Anne’s tweet about ABT meeting up the night they retire Smoltz’s number? Not sure if we could get tickets but it’s a good thought. I was just curious since I didn’t see a reply and ya know…you guys are so good about responding to tweets.