Show #97: Top 9 Storylines from Braves Spring Training
Overreaction or reality? Checking in on Braves Spring Training.
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March 18th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Shhhhhhhh…with the in laws. Haven’t had time to watch yet. If it’s a con and James is involved I would go with him. Ultimate con man that Mr. ford.
March 18th, 2010 at 9:10 am
You might be surprised. I will save it for our super secret Lost message board that only you and I know about. What is the url again?
March 18th, 2010 at 9:10 am
im an idiot….Waltz is a Marlins announcer!
March 18th, 2010 at 9:14 am
great game…Hanson looked good…McClouth hung in there. Glaus and McCann are a force. Goodnight ABT.
March 18th, 2010 at 9:16 am
Hammy & Leah, they do recaps on http://www.pajiba.com and are saying this episode was bad…i disagree..loved it. Now, goodnight ABT!
March 18th, 2010 at 9:25 am
Good night Will as I drink my second cup of coffee. And Hammy, stop being such a perv on the Lost site or I won’t be able to participate…and I’ll tell Steve what you said about his ole lady.
March 18th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Will – I like the fact that McLouth not striking out (not getting any hits, mind you) now qualifies as “hanging in there.”
Anne – in referencing my 50% chance that Smoltz will pitch again. See Jeff Schultz’s latest. See, I’m a genius! http://tinyurl.com/yzwj6kb
March 18th, 2010 at 10:45 am
I remember the weeks of “hanging tough” we credited Francoeur with when he was making more contact, taking more pitches (randomly taking pitches, never seemed to have anything to do with whether a strike was coming or not). Generally ending in dribblers to the SS or fly outs to three steps in front of the outfielders. Strike out machine became a GIDP machine. Sort of burned me out on the hanging-in-there joy.
I hope we see alternate lead-offs continue through the rest of Spring. I think even Bobby Cox can learn if the lesson is emphatic enough. And Kelly Johnson/Jeff Francoeur surely, SURELY will give him pause about his famous patience, with all the potential of returning to the playoffs in the balance.
Not giving up on Nate, but something is way, way wrong. Another week or ten days of this and I’m thinking Minor League assignment to regain his stroke. I’m not buying the “just my timing” argument much longer. Trusting players (especially non-veterans) to have the best handle on their own struggles has never seemed smart to me. Even in regular life, outside eyes see what we can’t. Get some help, Natester. McCann’s dad or Chipper’s dad. Even, Lord help us, Terry Pendleton.
Let’s get this solved so we can enter the season with a solid game plan. C’mon, Bobby. Take charge.
March 18th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Morbid curiosity led me to the official Jeff Francoeur blog. He doesn’t write in it much, but man, when he does: “blah blah Atlanta blah blah in Atlanta blah blah to Atlanta Atlanta blah.” He’s not being obnoxious about it. It’s just very clear how much an Atlantan he still is. For the first time, I feel really sad, maybe even a little tragic, about it. It’s his own damn fault. But I doubt there’s ever been a player more loyal to a city & club than that guy. Even if that loyalty was built around some delusional dream of his own role in the city/ club.
I’m comforted by this: it’s much, much better that he fell on his face than moderately succeeded. He’d have never accepted a non-star role or non-star money. Offseason contract tension all over the place. His awkward, hyper quotes would be a part of our daily lives. He’d be giving advice to Heyward, McLouth, all the new kids – while their eyes rolling behind his back. The kind of guy that makes work a drag even when it’s baseball. Comparatively, Yunel’s antics are easier to absorb than that.
I give him props for smiling through the Mets trade. But I imagine it was an unbelievable blow to the guy. All those dreams. Traded to your rival team. In New York. And not even to the Yankees.
I guess I’m going soft. It’s temporary? I can’t wish him well while he’s in that city. But can I go on relishing his failure?
*waits five minutes for another press release of Francoeur quotes*
Probably so.
March 18th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Wilbur – I will see your Lost recap and raise you a http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20313460_20352243,00.html.
I am with you on WTF with all of the dissing on Lost this season. What do people want? To have Sawyer or Kate (or whoever does it for you) come out of the television and make out with you. I think the expectations for this season are beyond realistic. I am digging it.
The whole McLouth thing is putting a big damper on my outlook for the season. Such a pivotal role – such disastrous spring. Don’t trust our fearless skipper to make a bold move. Even if we keep Nate in for his D and move him down in the order, who leads off? (And Steve, don’t say Garret Anderson – it’s just as implausible this year as it was last year.) Maybe Melky, but what if the OF is Diaz, the Kid, and McWhiff? Is it Diaz? YuniEsco? Very troubling.
March 18th, 2010 at 11:52 am
Steve – you ARE a genius, but Smoltz should be broadcasting from his room at the rest home with Julio Franco. Retire, already. 50-1 = not long enough odds (for me).
March 18th, 2010 at 11:54 am
Going soft? Dude, you’ve been soft. Although I have to admit. I always want Jeff to do well at the plate but I always want the Mets to lose. We can’t all be sympathizers.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Am not soft.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Nate with a failed bunt/ strike out.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Hudson strikes out two in the 2nd inning, third out on a fly. 3 Grounders in the first. Nice.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Chipper goes yard. I’m calling it right now. I’m just not hitting submit until it happens.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
I swear that really happened. I swear it.
March 18th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Nate’s second K.
.033
Close to half his at-bats are strike outs.
March 18th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
How many at bats would it take for Nate to get back to .000?
March 18th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Ok…one tee tiny Lost comment. Where is Doc Jensen’s blog this week? I read his little mini blog but where is the real one? Slacker. Note to Sayid, help a sister out when she has a knife to her throat that’s being held by a crazy woman in desperate need of hair products. Also, I love the scene where Little House on the Prairie gets to James Ford and makes him revisit his lady friend. I start off watching an episode of that show thinking how corny it is and end up shedding real tears before it’s over.
I am aware of the fact that this comment will cause all you unlosties to think I’m a buffoon and…I’m ok with that.
March 18th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Hammy – whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold it right there. My hair-brained recommendation about lead off hitter last year was Kotchman (which I still stand behind). Not GA. C’mon, man – that’s insulting.
March 18th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Leah, Nate would have to go hitless over the next 1,969 bats to get back to .000
That would make him 1 for 2,001, which is a batting average of .00049975, which rounds down to .000
Any fewer at bats than that and he would maintain at least a .001
March 18th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Did anyone watch MLB network 30 in 30 on the Braves? Hazel Mae asked Jay Hey what type of player he is and Jason responded “a baseball player.”
Maybe McLouth is struggling because he is still adjusting the his new jersey number.
March 18th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Its all about the Murray State Racers right now people. I have them in my Sweet 16.
March 18th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Curt, I picked the Racers to win today, but then to lose to UTEP..ruh roh..