^it was funny, cuz you could see someone throw water on him as hes coming in, and then you see 2 or 3 guys put handfulls of dirt on his head in the pile. And then when hes walking off, you can just see it caked on his head.

5/18/2011 6:37:36 PM

my parents used to always wait outside the stadium with me to get autographs from players, got a ton that way, but Dale would never sign because he was worried about people selling them for money, but when I was about 10 he actually stopped and signed a card and glove for me. The parking attendant guy said he had never seen him stop before. One of my best childhood memories. Then I traded them for a hamburger a few years later.

5/18/2011 6:46:14 PM

So thats how it all started.

[Edited on May 18, 2011 at 7:25 PM. Reason : Fuck you Dale Murphy]

5/18/2011 7:24:41 PM

Never seen that before...bird into a woman's head!

5/18/2011 7:32:15 PM

ugggh I hate these late starts

5/18/2011 9:44:25 PM

teheran just found out that even on 3-2 counts, balls down the middle will end up 400 feet away in the bigs

5/18/2011 9:53:52 PM

Even on a 3-2 count?

There are MUCH worse hitter counts...

5/18/2011 10:40:20 PM

god dammit.

Kembrel can NEVER have a clean save... usually he still ends up striking out the side, but then you get nights like this...

5/19/2011 1:05:09 AM

Tough game to win for the Braves last night. Cross country trip with no day off throwing a rookie in his 2nd career start in a hitters park. Kimbrel has got to get his control issues worked out if he'd going to become an elite closer. Glad to see the Braves fight back to take the lead last night, but I question a couple of Fredi's moves.

Like in the top of the 5th, Braves got runners on 1st and 2nd, no outs and Teheran up to bunt. He bunts it too hard, runner out at 3rd. Prado then hits into his 4th double play in 3 games. Then what happens in the bottom of the 5th? George Sherrill starts the inning. If Fredi already knew he was going to take out Teheran, then why the hell did he let him try to bunt? Send a good bunter up there like Hudson or Hanson to get the job done or let Hinske hit and go for the big inning.

Teheran's location was a little off last night and he made a couple mistakes like giving up a two out hit to the pitcher that led to the 2nd D-back run, but overall he made progress and I'm looking forward to watching this guy in the future.



[Edited on May 19, 2011 at 8:30 AM. Reason : sd]

5/19/2011 8:28:36 AM

WTF is up with the Braves offense the past three games? Embarassing. I hope they win at least one game on this West Coast swing

5/21/2011 8:57:27 AM

yeah it's been pretty anemic for about two weeks now. Couple that with hudson's terrible start last night, a pretty awful road trip so far. we'll pick it up, but we had some prime opportunities recently to go up on the phillies and marlins. good thing we still have 70% of the season left to play. I'm positive we'll be right there in the end

5/21/2011 4:17:28 PM

Great win last night. Another bench player (Mather) wins another game for the Braves. Heyward looks like he'll be a lost cause this season due to his shoulder. Dude should just go ahead and have surgery instead of trying to play through pain and putting up 0-4s.

12 innings last night and the Braves only gave up 5 hits. Pretty remarkable. Hopefully they'll win the series today. Also the AP write-up on the game last night has more errors than David Ortiz trying to play first.

5/22/2011 7:50:40 AM

Double post.

I looked at Heywards stats so far in May and he is hitting .098 with a .350 OPS, not OBP, but OPS. One double, 3 singles, 2 SBs. He has more SBs than extra base hits. 15 strikeouts too. Obviously he is in pain and needs to go on the DL because he sure as hell is not helping the team.

5/22/2011 10:14:51 AM

Thank you, Mather. I was about to lose faith in this team.

5/22/2011 11:39:25 AM

When I caught BP last week Mather was freaking raking it to all fields. By far the most impressive... in BP.

5/22/2011 12:24:43 PM

Never like to see the Angels lose, but it's hard to complain much when the opponent has 18 hits. I am a bit uneasy about Chatwood, dude was rocky as fuck last week. Good luck.

5/22/2011 1:36:58 PM

Die in a motherfucking fire, Uggla

Watching this team is torture

5/22/2011 5:15:02 PM

Torii Hunter rules

5/22/2011 5:15:49 PM

5/22/2011 5:24:53 PM

Yay for being .500 again thanks Lowe and gang.

5/22/2011 6:16:01 PM

Team is slowly being wrecked by injuries. McLouth is likely going to the DL now. Heyward was finally placed on the DL. Moylan out forever. Chipper is probably 80% now. Beachy still on DL.

Need McCann or Uggla to start carrying the offense otherwise it'll be dog fight all year hanging around .500. This team is super boring to watch too. Never any hit and runs, SBs, nothing aggressive. Sucks dick. Most exciting thing is watching Venters make hitters look retarded.

5/23/2011 11:46:06 AM

With McLouth out, who will be our designated bunter?

5/23/2011 1:27:59 PM

Mather, Prado, and Hinske to form deadly OF. Pitchers request trades to AL teams.

Also Hudson is apparently hurt too and Minor will start in his place for at least one start. WTF? Atlanta Braves shit.

5/23/2011 1:31:26 PM

Every May that I can remember over the last 20 years has been a disaster for the Braves

Usually I say, whatever, Bobby'll figure it out

Who knows now

5/23/2011 1:57:10 PM

McLouth officially on the DL

Jordan Schafer (wtf) called up

5/23/2011 10:23:02 PM

I think they also called up Wilton Ramirez (I think that is his name) to take Heyward's spot. What a fucking depleted bench we have now. Outside of Ross and Conrad, you've got Diory, Schafer, Ramirez, and Brandon Hicks. Wow. Between those last four, you'd be lucky to get a combined .650 OPS.

They have got to be working on a trade to fill Heyward's spot. Dude is done this year IMO. Maybe they'll get Ankiel again

5/24/2011 12:37:23 PM

Jordan Schafer starting in center tonight

His numbers at Gwinnett this year: 186 PA .256/.309/.323, 1 HR, 2:1 SO:BB

We suck again

5/24/2011 5:21:48 PM

maybe he got a quick roid booster on the bus ride..

J. Schafer cf
M. Prado lf
C. Jones 3b
B. McCann c
E. Hinske rf
A. Gonzalez ss
F. Freeman 1b
B. Conrad 2b
J. Jurrjens p

looks great

5/24/2011 5:26:56 PM

^ Giving Uggla two days off in a row (off day on Monday)? Seriously? Yeah he is hitting .200, but fuck we need our best players out there considering that we're missing two regulars. Fredi credibility watch?




[Edited on May 24, 2011 at 5:42 PM. Reason : df]

5/24/2011 5:41:55 PM

Yeah, I'm wondering if Uggla is nursing an injury. It might explain his numbers dropping off so badly.

Lots of weird stuff in that lineup, though. Why is Schafer batting lead-off? Put Prado there at let Schafer bunt him over, just like McLouth has been doing for weeks. And why bat Gonzalez ahead of Freeman?

[Edited on May 24, 2011 at 5:58 PM. Reason : I guess it's a carry over from McLouth #1, Prado #2 like in LA, which didn't make sense either]

5/24/2011 5:56:42 PM

Morton is kicking ass this year. Leading the majors in grounders. Apparently he adopted Halladay's delivery this past off season and added a two seamer.

5/24/2011 6:21:17 PM

i've never really understood how a MLB pitcher doesn't throw a 2-seamer..

5/24/2011 6:31:41 PM

I was actually thinking that too...

5/24/2011 7:08:46 PM

Jar Jar is kicking ass and taking names. 6-1 woo!

5/24/2011 9:43:16 PM

Nice game for JJ last night. Braves needed a night where the bullpen could take it easy and still get a win. I'm glad we're playing the Pirates right now and not the Phillies. Braves have a relatively easier stretch of games coming up with Pitt, Reds, SD, and Mets so hopefully they can make it through this next couple of weeks and get back McLouth and Beachy and Hudson back to 100%.

I guess Uggla sitting was simply to give him more rest. The Braves are off on Thursday too so he'll get three days off this week. Braves need his power in the lineup badly.

5/25/2011 10:48:34 AM

Here is the sequence to almost any dan uggla at-bat:

1st pitch - called strike, swinging strike, or foul
2nd pitch - called strike, swinging strike, or foul
3rd pitch - maybe a ball or two
4th/5th pitch - strike out or ground ball hit right at someone

I loved our acquisition of him, but this is god damn frustrating. He needs to just chill the fuck out

5/25/2011 1:52:58 PM

Braves signed Julio Lugo to a minor league contract the other day. Uggla knows the heat is on now!!

5/25/2011 1:53:59 PM

all charges dropped against Lowe.

5/27/2011 8:52:56 AM

I really could've used his lawyer a few months ago

5/27/2011 9:48:48 AM

McCann with the FUUUUCK on national tv.

5/27/2011 10:29:57 PM

15 men got on base........and we scored 1 run? this team is a joke offensively

5/27/2011 11:27:07 PM

Found a WSB broadcast on youtube from when the Braves clinched in 91

Thought this was pretty funny

5/28/2011 7:11:41 PM

Chipper drives in the winning run with a single in the 12th

[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 11:20 PM. Reason : Braves Win]

5/28/2011 11:19:42 PM

with a little help from the worst umpire crew in baseball

5/28/2011 11:30:28 PM

Neither of the calls at second base resulted in a run, shithead.

5/28/2011 11:43:02 PM

Kimbrel is the Brandon Irons of 9th innings... never ever goes easy

5/29/2011 10:33:02 PM

kid just k'd bruce with 99mph heat though...

5/29/2011 10:35:03 PM

hahahaha, how the hell did votto not end up at 3rd on that hit?

wow

5/29/2011 10:37:36 PM

Prado is so damn awesome. Keep going back and forth on him or McCann as most valuable position player.

5/29/2011 10:42:11 PM

5/30/2011 12:10:39 AM