Show #184: Braves Remain in First and Take Series from Rays
A great series win in Tampa, the starting pitching, the record without Chipper and the trouble with EOF and Venters.
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May 23rd, 2012 at 10:53 pm
What’s that, Steve? You mean preventing the winning run is more important than making sure Kimbrel is available for a save?
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:27 pm
cmon curt, sometimes you just gotta tip ur hat
May 24th, 2012 at 12:00 am
Out-managed in the 9th by Dusty Baker. Made me physically ill.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:23 am
#100, don’t overlook the damage Fredi can do to our record if he starts making the same mistakes we saw all last year. He didn’t single-handedly cost us the game, but he didn’t put the team in the best situation to get the win- bad personnel moves. That’s really all NBA, MLB, or UEFA coaches/managers have to do. The good ones do it very effectively, the mediocre ones like Fredi are bound to mess up every once in a while. Not having Chipper, Mac, or Jason in the lineup on the same night is DUMB. We squandered a great start from Hanson last night.
May 24th, 2012 at 10:59 am
Bubdylan @103, well, if the Reds were in Atlanta in a tie game in the bottom of the 9th, I’m sure Baker also would have lost the game before he used Chapman in a non-save situation. It’s the way of the managerial world today: Worry about saves before wins.
Nate @104, I agree. We should kick and scream whenever a manager does dumb things. I don’t think he was the only reason or even the major reason the Braves lost. But he didn’t do his part in at least a few instances, which is all we can ask.
May 24th, 2012 at 11:24 am
We’ve seen whispers of how the Braves have changes since last season and that they aren’t using Kimbrel, Venters and O’Flaherty as much.
Well, what good is resting them if they aren’t going to be used when one run means losing the game?
May 24th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
@104 – It’s not like Jason has been any good the last month offensively. I doubt having him out of the lineup cost the Braves any runs. Maybe a night or two off and some time in the cage will get him back on track.
May 24th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Eric, I do think resting Heyward against Arroyo was odd, although I don’t have a huge problem with it. I would have preferred resting him against a lefty, though.
May 24th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
…a tough lefty, I should add, not just any lefty.
May 24th, 2012 at 6:21 pm
Tonight’s lineup is not filling me with confidence that we aren’t getting swept
May 24th, 2012 at 7:54 pm
110 I’m withya.
May 24th, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Martin Prado is ‘da bomb!
May 24th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy!!!!!
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! YES!!!
YEEEEEE HAAAWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 24th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
Always leave Delgado in 3 batters too long?
May 24th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Icky poo.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Is Cincy the new house of horrors for the Braves? I feel like they’ve won two games there in the last five years.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Stupid ballpark. 10 homers. Maybe 4 or 5 of them legit
May 24th, 2012 at 10:37 pm
Costas and Verducci discussing closer usage. Good stuff.
Verducci just said, “it’s not a criticism” that the way teams use closers, that it’s just the way the industry is. Why the heck isn’t a criticism? Someone needs to criticize reliever usage. That’s the only way it’s going to change.
The game is less entertaining when you are seeing a teams 4th or 5th best reliever with the game on the line in, say, the seventh inning when the other team’s best hitters are up.
May 25th, 2012 at 9:49 am
What a horror show of a series. Would have really liked to have been more at full strength. I hate the asterisk of three of our best bats on the bench at times.
That said, we still did give up 10 home runs.
Taking 2 of 3 from the Nats would certainly help.
May 25th, 2012 at 10:08 am
I’m no mathematician but I believe none of your predictions for this week will prove accurate.
May 25th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
The Braves Turn it All Around
The Braves Dominate with Bats and Starters
The Braves Continue to Roll
Amazing Comebacks Mark the Braves’ Week
The Braves Sweep the Cards and Take First Place
Braves Remain in First and Take Series from Rays
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I have to say, if they rebound against the Nats, I’ve got no complaints.
May 25th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
*will still complain daily
May 25th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
08:13 AM ET 05.25 | Where or when will Roy Owalt pitch this season — if anywhere? Two friends of [Oswalt] say they still believe his preference is to play in Texas, Atlanta or St. Louis. But since there’s no indication the Braves or Cardinals are interested, his challenge is likely to be trying to convince the Rangers to pay him the significant dollars he’s hoping for. … Oswalt has been linked to the Phillies and Red Sox. But both of those teams are right up against the luxury-tax threshold. So they’re highly unlikely to dangle the kind of dollars he’s looking for. Meanwhile, one executive who speaks frequently with the Orioles’ brass says: “Don’t discount [reports on] Baltimore going after Oswalt.
May 25th, 2012 at 7:52 pm
Curt, I think Rick Ankiel just moved ahead of Wes Helms.
May 25th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
The big innings. And the big innings with 2 outs. Killing us