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 16th, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Mike Minor’s walk-up music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pFbfXZSseU
May 16th, 2012 at 8:09 pm
A 9 pitch at bat to Buehrle. yikes
May 16th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
This game is starting to look ugly.
May 16th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
JJ has given up 8 through 4 IP for Gwinnett. Yikes.
May 16th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
That double steal was kind of beautiful. Yeah, I know. It was the other guys.
May 16th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
I think we all saw this coming.
May 16th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Whatever, their uniforms still suck. So there’s that. At least our guys look badass.
May 16th, 2012 at 8:35 pm
The weather here is great…and that’s about the entirety of the great.
May 16th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
“it’s hard to put on a Bonifacio with a 6-1 deficit” – Chip Caray
It’s like salt on an open wound.
May 16th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
This may not be a great week with Shields and Price looming this weekend.
May 16th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
The heck is he doing going for 3rd down by 4 with no outs?
May 16th, 2012 at 10:02 pm
Great start Minor, ya bum.
I kid, I kid, Roger needs to figure out what wrong with him ASAP.
May 17th, 2012 at 11:31 am
Minor should have never taunted the baseball gods in his spring training remarks. Every ballplayer knows the gods always get the final say. Don’t talk the talk unless you can walk the walk.
May 17th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
From Talking Chop:
Minor in 2012 with bases empty: .226/.282/.339 … .621 OPS
Minor in 2012 with runners on: .422/..461/.766 … 1.226 OPS
May 17th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
#189, so it’s a confidence problem? What good is arrogance if it doesn’t give you confidence?? Boo. Chuck James, Jo Jo Reyes, Mike Minor … maybe Atlanta’s quest for a lefty starter should just end.
May 17th, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Runner on 3rd with 0 outs and we can’t get the run home. That’s a bad sign.
May 17th, 2012 at 8:25 pm
@191 – I think the only bad sign is the pitching at this point (Minor, JJ, a little Venters)
May 17th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Hard to argue with the lineup tonight.
May 17th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
As night follows day, the Braves follow a loss with an ass kicking.
May 17th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Beachy looks so freaking great!
May 17th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Chip Carey and Joe Simpson were just talking about Stanton as a guy to consider starting a franchise with and that Stanton, Heyward and Freeman were all taken in the same draft (2007).
Heyward has 9.5 career Wins Above Replacement per Baseball Reference.
Stanton has 7.6 WAR per B-R.
Heyward has 8.5 career WAR per FanGraphs.
Stanton has 8.1.
And that’s with a rather poor offense season from Heyward in 2011.
I think it’s because Heyward’s offensive issues were a little bit overblown (though they were real) and he is underrated defensively.
May 17th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Matt Chernoff @RealMattlanta: “Another outstanding effort from Brandon Beachy… #Braves”
May 17th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
#196, hard debate between two freak athletes. I give the edge to Stanton because he has more power and is more durable. Plus, Stanton’s improved a lot at the plate since he’s been in the league, no reason to think he won’t continue his improvement. He’s a better defensive outfielder than Heyward, too. I don’t think you could go wrong with either, but I would take Freddie over both.
May 17th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
I think they mentioned last night that Stanton got a scholarship offer from Pete Carroll to be either a DB or WR. That’s pretty impressive.
May 17th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Rev just said a bad word.