Show #200: Great Pitching and Little Offense Equals Huge Week for Braves
The strange 6 – 1 week. Is Mac back? Is Uggla back? The private ceremony for Chipper at Citi Field. And the end of Strasburg’s season.
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September 9th, 2012 at 11:45 pm
Congratulations on the 200th episode!
I’ve only been listening since 2010 but you guys are the only podcast i listen to. Keep up the great work guys!
September 9th, 2012 at 11:59 pm
Congrats on making it to 200, fellas! You guys are the best!
September 10th, 2012 at 5:29 am
Here’s to 200 more.
September 10th, 2012 at 8:44 am
Yeah, fellas — 200! Welcome to the Mendoza line!
September 10th, 2012 at 8:52 am
@1 – 4: Thanks everyone. The kind words are greatly appreciated.
September 10th, 2012 at 11:42 am
Congrats on show #200 guys! Thank you for making my dreaded Monday morning commute enjoyable! (If you knew my commute you would probably want to shoot me. It’s 10 miles of tractors and cotton fields and see tons of wildlife! Some are dead though) ha ha
I about had a wreck when Hammy said Frigatedoc this morning! Woo hoo!!
So Ham, I want to give YOU a shout out and tell you everything you said about cortisone shots is right on! Maybe you were a doctor in your previous life or you slept in a Holiday Inn Express? To answer your question about frequency of the shot….that can be debated and just about every doctor will give you a different answer. Some say 3 shots in a year and some say 3 shots in a lifetime. (if that gives you any idea on how crazy the debate is) Since the shot does the patient no good other than help inflammation and pain then why would you give it? But we are talking about an athlete here and of course in McCann’s situation you have to look at what it is doing to his shoulder. I think you said he has gotten 2 already this year? I will be very surprised if he (they allow) has another. They may leave it up to him (and he would probably do it). This is a situation like Strasberg in many ways. If they keep giving him the shots, it is only a matter of time till he swings the bat and his shoulder doesn’t stop and THAT would be ugly. McCann swings a HUGE bat. (Have you ever seen it? I think it may be the largest on the Braves) You already went over what happens to the joint that it gets injected into, the question is can it take another shot before the season is over? Who knows? Many factors goes into the decision. How long has he had this condition? I can’t remember when it was first brought up, but these things take time to form. Overuse is typically the culprit and with THAT being said, his days as a catcher could be numbered.
Unlike the Nats who somehow think that NEXT year is given that they make it to the post-season…go for it.
September 10th, 2012 at 11:56 am
@6 -Doc, thanks for the info. Great stuff.
September 10th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
way to go guys. congrats on #200, y’all do a great job!
September 10th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Congratulations on #200.
Steve, I completely agree that the RISP is a flukey thing. It’s essentially just chance. The *wrong* guys were coming to the plate with RISP (McCann, Uggla, Janish, etc.) or the hitters were hitting the ball right at people or just out of randomness a lot of the team’s outs came with RISP.
If you look at the stats in any given year, there is no correlation between leaving runners on base and having a good offense. Often times good offenses will have runner on and in scoring position quite often so they are going to fail more often than bad offensive clubs that rarely get runners on.
Also, having Kimbrel pitch in a non-save situation almost brought tears to my eyes. It was a beautiful thing.
September 10th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
200 Shows! Awesome. I remember the 100th like it was yesterday *wipes away tear*
September 10th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
@8, 9, 10: Thanks, guys. It’s very much appreciated.
September 10th, 2012 at 4:10 pm
This is how I feel about #200 . . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KALJy9fw2Q
September 10th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
2-hundred!!!!! How did that happen? Thanks guys for letting me ask all the stupid girl questions, making me the princess of the podcast (Ok…maybe I did that) and reconnecting me with my long lost second cousin once removed, Bubdylan.
Remember before the comments were divided into pages and we’d have to scroll down down down to get to the submit box? #thumbcramp
September 10th, 2012 at 6:50 pm
@13 – Leah, you ARE the princess of the podcast and never forget it.
September 10th, 2012 at 7:12 pm
#14 – but don’t tell Curt.
September 10th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
#15 – ha! Congrats on 200, fellas. Go Braves!!
September 10th, 2012 at 8:02 pm
#15 just shot strawberry smoothie out of my nose. Thanks for that.
September 10th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
Fredi has looked stellar in large part to Martin Prado. What would we have done without him?
September 10th, 2012 at 10:39 pm
I just threw my tiara across the room
September 10th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
Me too.
September 10th, 2012 at 10:44 pm
Suck
September 10th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
I missed most of this game. Did Minor need to be pulled?
September 10th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
It feels weird, but I kind of hate Venters. That throw to 3rd was so ill conceived.
September 10th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
B Mac coulda had the game of his career. He’s getting no help.
September 10th, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Monday. Poor Minor.
September 10th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Wow, doesn’t take much to feel like we’re never gonna win again.
September 11th, 2012 at 7:45 am
Hang in there. Gonna have games like that. Or innings like that. Bigger issue is that once again, we can’t get a big hit when we need it.
September 11th, 2012 at 8:17 am
23 — Venters gets, and probably deserves, a lot of the blame, but there’s plenty of it to go around in the game. When your offense gets 10 hits and only scores once, that doesn’t leave your bullpen much room at all. Not to mention getting thrown out on the basepaths what, 4 times? 5?
September 11th, 2012 at 9:42 am
You can’t walk a guy trying to give you an out. the Braves have one of the best defensive teams in MLB, barring last night. You have to let those guys make plays behind you. and Durbin didn’t help. did he walk 2 or 3 guys? gotta shake it off.
September 11th, 2012 at 11:59 am
@28 – I agree. How about the inning before where Bourn came up with bases loaded and two outs and didn’t get a hit. The whole complexion of the game changes there with a single.
That said, I’m done with Venters. I don’t think he should be on that type of roster that happens in October for certain teams.
September 11th, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Lyle Overbay gets a start a First tonight. Hrmmmphh.
September 11th, 2012 at 6:11 pm
#31 – WHAT!? hrmmmphh indeed.
September 11th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Here’s a little treat for you all…
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/09/watch-the-avett-brothers-on-jimmy-kimmel-live.html
September 11th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Looks like our offense is gone again.
September 11th, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Who is Overbay anyway? Seriously, never heard of the guy.
September 11th, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Take notes Braves. That’s how you score with RISP.
September 11th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Turns out I’m not checking the Nats score any more
September 11th, 2012 at 10:49 pm
@37 – No kidding. All that 5.5 momentum is looooong gone. 7.5 games back and the sense that we’ll never win another game is a bad combo.
What a crap series this has been.
September 12th, 2012 at 9:32 am
Post-season tix go on sale in…30 minutes. Who’s sucked in? (Go Braves)
September 12th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
200 shows… wow… dont you have anything better to do?
congrats Steve, Hamilton, Curt…you bring lots of amusement our way.
United Airlines blows, just sayin. They make Delta look like heroes. 2 hour delay. Worst punk attitude by 50 year old guy at counter. “OK” he says in I dont care deal with it tone of voice. So I just ate a Big Mac. First time in ages. Its the best food in this part of Ohare. There was no… NO … food in the United Biz lounge. And you pay for drinks?
Oh yeah, and anudder thing, what is up with losing to marginal teams. Always happens at the wrong time.
I like Chicago tho.
September 12th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
What does the “1″ mean by the Braves’ name on the ESPN scoreboard mean? Is that what the sabremetrics folks call a “run”?
September 12th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Sorry, that was a little too “mean”.
September 12th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Now it says “2″. I am really confused.
September 12th, 2012 at 9:40 pm
It’s corrected itself, because their’s says 3 now.
September 12th, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Now it says “4″ and I’ve turned the channel.
September 12th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
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September 12th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
The good news is that we could call ourselves the “Big Inning Braves”. The bad news is that it refers to our pitchers.
September 12th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Freddi! U r a idiot! Why leave him in with the bases loaded? He has been pitching out of trouble all night! Fail!!!
September 12th, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Classic Bobby-style of management tonight. What the hell is Fredi thinking tonight???
September 12th, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Can’t wait to hear that the Braves just “ran into a hot team.” The newest way to “tip the cap.” Hey Braves, you just went 7-1. You’re a hot team too.
September 12th, 2012 at 10:55 pm
*studies for three hours*
*checks scoreboard*
*opens textbook again*
September 12th, 2012 at 11:33 pm
The good news is that unlike last year, the Cardinals suck just as much as we do. So we still have a comfortable lead heading into the unpredictable one game playoff.
The bad news. Those damn Phillies are still in this.
September 12th, 2012 at 11:41 pm
Please Cardinals don’t let the Phillies catch you.
Cole Hamels in a one game playoff. Ahhhhh
September 13th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Is anyone else very ready for a night off?
September 14th, 2012 at 8:20 am
*flys on plane for 14 hours*
*checks scoreboard*
*enters coma*
September 14th, 2012 at 8:26 am
#55 is great.
September 14th, 2012 at 10:47 am
@54 – Yes. Last night was great to have a no-loss guarantee. What a torturous run this team puts us through at time.
To brazenly show my confidence in the team, I bought tix for the one-game WC playoff last night. This one move is going to deliver the 2 of 3 for the Braves this weekend.
September 14th, 2012 at 5:05 pm
This is hilarious and sad. Poor Mets.
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/20182247/nationals-braves-have-more-wins-at-citi-field-in-2nd-half-than-the-mets
September 14th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
@58
I heard that the only team in the NL East w/o a winning record at Citi Field is the Mets…
September 14th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
Hey Curt, what do you think we can get for Medlen?
September 14th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Babe Ruth?
September 14th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
It’s a shame Meds can’t get the win for this one. He went bananas on the Nationals lineup.
September 14th, 2012 at 10:10 pm
@61
NICE!
September 14th, 2012 at 10:10 pm
So who was Craig pissed at? Ten pitches, ten strikes, three strikeouts… WOW!
September 14th, 2012 at 10:20 pm
And Medlen’s streak continues!
September 14th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
It wasn’t pretty, but I’ll take it.
September 14th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
That was a double play ball, wow! Needed win, but again zero clutch hitting.
September 14th, 2012 at 10:49 pm
So, you think maybe Pastor can play second, slot Prado into third and trade Uggla in the off-season?
September 14th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
@67
Sorry, have to disagree on being a double-play ball… he had to come in too far to get it… would have had to throw behind himself w/o enough time to double up Pastor… if nothing else, the kid isn’t exactly slow…
Putting the ball in play puts pressure on the defense and they didn’t make the play… beats a pop-up… a strikeout… FC to pitcher, first or third…
September 14th, 2012 at 11:50 pm
I pulled up the box score and was like YEAH, WALK OFF HIT!
Not so much. I’ll take it of course, but sheesh. Looks like Medlen did great again. That story is just ridiculous. I beat the start-Meds drum as hard as anyone, but I never figured he’d dominate.
September 15th, 2012 at 9:37 am
@69 – I agree, they wouldn’t have pulled off the dp. Gotta catch the ball, apply the tag and then turn your body the other direction to throw to first.
I’m not saying it was some great, clutch hit, but every win is nothing short of huge at this point.
September 15th, 2012 at 9:41 am
Unfortunately, I have zero faith that the winning continues today. Despite the fact that it’s the only righty we face, I can’t believe Hanson doesn’t get lit up by the Nats lineup. They’re just too good and he’s just too mediocre.
September 15th, 2012 at 9:43 am
In other news:
A big congratulations to our blogger Shaun who just welcomed a new baby boy into the family!
September 15th, 2012 at 9:52 am
So, through a family connection I will be serving as the on field stage manager for today’s game on big Fox. I’ll share details on the show tomorrow night but, for the most part, I know that I signal the umpire that he can say, “play ball” at the start of the game and then position myself in the camera well at the end of the Braves dugout and report news to the production truck throughout the game. Stuff like, “they’re calling to the bullpen,” or “Overbay is picking up a bat to pinch hit.” Stuff like that. Pretty damned excited. Tweeting and posting during the game is probably frowned upon so I’ll have a full report tomorrow.
September 15th, 2012 at 10:13 am
Steve! That is freakin awesome! It’s too bad we’re gonna lose so bad you won’t be able to pick your head up off the ground. Still, seriously cool!
September 15th, 2012 at 11:46 am
@Steve
Wow thats interesting. I didn’t even know a position like that even existed. Good luck.
And congrats to Shaun.
September 15th, 2012 at 11:53 am
@68
Maybe package him w/ Tehran to the Twins for Span (CF when we can’t sign Bourn) and Willingham (LF to replace Prado)?
Not an original idea by me, but kind’a sounded pretty good…
September 15th, 2012 at 11:55 am
@74
Very kewl!
September 15th, 2012 at 11:57 am
@72
His only hope is that the shadows on the field due to the start time work for him…
September 15th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Just learned I have to grab Kris Medlen and Ross Detweiler for in-game interviews. 3rd inning.
September 15th, 2012 at 2:45 pm
I just walked past Bobby under the stadium.
September 15th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Am I the only one who thinks Medlen should be the starter for the 1 game playoff or should it be the vet Hudson? I trust Medlen more.
September 15th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
Well, forget this game.
September 15th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
At least I got my afternoon back. Sigh. Have fun, Steve.
September 15th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Hanson. Remember when Hanson was the guy we wanted brought up in his rookie season and some guy named Medlen was like his little sidekick?
September 15th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
I like this first base umpire. He gets it.
September 15th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
nice walk ug
September 15th, 2012 at 7:03 pm
nice walk gramps
September 15th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
yaaaaay
September 15th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
So happy for The Braves right now. Was with you in spirit while I wrote a paper on Bertolt Brecht’s “Baal” with a Saturday midnight deadline. What kind of MONSTER has a Saturday midnight deadline for a paper?? My prof. GO BRAVES!!!!
September 16th, 2012 at 8:40 am
Steve’s a rock star. That is all.
September 16th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
If OH says something about Geo’s 20 win one more time, I am going to drive to Atlanta and SLAP HIM!
September 16th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
I love that I’m typing this. The Braves are about to sweep the Nationals.