Show #183: The Braves Sweep the Cards and Take First Place
The sweep of the Cards, Mike Minor’s troubles and looking at the line up.
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May 15th, 2012 at 9:27 pm
J. J. Hoover would be the first pitcher to make short work of the Braves all night.
May 15th, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Kimbrel hitting 99mph tonight. Nice.
May 15th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
Sigh… Craig … please get the last out.
May 15th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
Woo hoo! Out 3! Hello, First Place, haven’t I seen you somewhere before?
May 15th, 2012 at 10:28 pm
You know why I like Fredi? Cause he didn’t take crap from Hanley Ramirez. Illogical, I know.
Also, remember last year everytime J-Hey was hitting 2nd he floundered? He just does not succeed in that spot. He presses and doesn’t have awesome 12 pitch at bats ending in doubles.
May 15th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
Add Cueto to the list of starting pitchers who were having a good stretch and then ran into the Braves:
Santana (4/17)
Dickey (4/18, ended his quality starts steak)
Cahill (4/20)
Correia (4/29)
Halladay (5/2)
Lynn (5/13)
Cueyo (5/15)
May 15th, 2012 at 11:24 pm
#131, awesome post.
May 16th, 2012 at 3:45 am
@130
Jason Heyward struggled just in general last year. It didn’t matter where he hit.
May 16th, 2012 at 6:22 am
132, thanks. It really is amazing how well they’re doing against dominant pitching. Of course, there have been pitchers who have done the opposite (Capuano, Bedard, Samarjdiza, etc), but who wants to look at THAT list?!?!?
And in my original post, I obviously meant Cueto, not Cueyo.
May 16th, 2012 at 7:53 am
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/stephen-strasburg-hot-stuff-ointment-apparently-not-very-232204762.html
May 16th, 2012 at 8:32 am
#135 – Ha! Kilgore SO purposefully dropped the word, “jocularity” in that story.
May 16th, 2012 at 9:09 am
#135, that photo of Strasburg in the rain is one of the best baseball photos I’ve seen in ten years. Not a big fan of the guy, but that shot is just badass.
May 16th, 2012 at 10:55 am
I guess Mickey Hatcher is the fall guy in the whole Pujols hitting epidemic. I bet Mickey thought that job was going to be a lot easier.
May 16th, 2012 at 11:18 am
I accidentally clicked “see all” and can’t get page breaks back. Oh remember the days of 100s of comments and no page breaks?
May 16th, 2012 at 11:19 am
Haha! Just fixed itself! Very smart website ya got here.
May 16th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Looking ahead — what do we do if Minor has another bad start? Bring up JJ or Teheran? Start stretching out Medlen and make him a starter again?
May 16th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
#141, great question. Jair Francoise Jurrjens pitches for the G Braves tonight and Minor for The Braves. In 3 games at AAA JJ is 2-0 with a 2.05 ERA, but he’s still giving up too many hits. He gave up 8 hits to the Toledo Mudhens in his last start.
I would think Medlen stays in the ‘pen. He’s been arguably our most consistent reliever.
May 16th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
We’re about to find out what we’re made of. Courtesy of bravehomer at mlb.com:
2 vs. Marlins
3 @ Tampa Bay
4 @ Cincinnati
3 vs. Washington
3 vs. St. Louis
3 @ Washington
3 @ Miami
3 vs. Blue Jays
3 vs. Yankees
3 vs. Orioles
3 @ Yankees
3 @ Boston
3 vs. Arizona
3 vs. Washington
23 – home
19 – road
May 16th, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Has anyone tried checking Hammy’s claim that we never ever win the first game in a series at LA?
May 16th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Sitting in left field tonight AND Diaz is playing…I’ve died and gone to heaven. Thanks, what-I-can-only-assume-is-a Marlins left-handed pitcher!
May 16th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Sigh, okay, since it IS summertime, I’ll do it:
2011 first game @ Dodgers: April 18, loss 2 – 4 (lost 3 of 4 in series)
2010: June 3, won 4-3 (split series 2 and 2)
2009: August 6, lost 5-4 (won the other three games)
2008: July 7, lost 3-0 (lost 2 of 3)
2007: July 2, lost 8-2 (split series)
2006: April 3, won 11-10 (won 2 of 3)
2005: May 13, lost 7-4 (won 2 of 3)
2004: August 19, won 6 to 5 (split 2 and 2)
2003: May 12, won 11 – 4 (won 2 of 3)
2002: August 23, lost 4-3, (lost 2 of 3)
So 4-6 in the last 10 years,
but 1-4 in the last 5 years.
So, citing Cherry-picking Code #875,233,419, I give the claim a pass. Barely.
May 16th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Heyward is starting in CF. Bourn getting a day off.
May 16th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Don’t understand giving star players as many days off as Fredi likes, but whatever. It’s not like a day off from an 8 hour job. It’s 3 hours, in which a player has to run 90 feet from 3 to 10 times, and run and catch a half dozen fly balls or grounders. Plus warm ups, etc.
May 16th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
I guess the days off are because of squeeze week.
May 16th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
#145 Anne, if you scream “I love you Matt!” maybe he’ll tip his cap to you like he did to me two years ago. Have so much fun!