Halladay pitches tomorrow, doubt he'll go on three days rest

7/7/2011 5:26:46 PM

Its two innings max

Pitchers routinely start the ASG with that much rest or less, otherwise you're cutting out 60% of the talent pool

7/7/2011 5:30:13 PM

I would expect Roy would start. I was just shocked that 3 of 4 nationally known sports writers would pick JJ over him.

7/7/2011 5:43:15 PM

If JJ is not the starter, then it is some straight up bullshit. He is one of only three pitchers to win 12 games with a sub 2 ERA before the all star break in something like the last 25 years. The other two being Greg Maddux and Randy Johnson. Dude deserves the start.

This weekend is going to be tough for the Braves - Halladay, Lee, Hamels. The Braves counter with Beachy, Hanson, Lowe. Sucks that the Braves face the Phils top three in a row. I'll be happy with one win in this series.

7/8/2011 7:26:19 AM

yay i get to watch these games in the comfort of my own home! We just need to keep putting the ball in play and get a solid 5-6 from Beachy tonight.

7/8/2011 8:26:16 AM

Damn rain

7/8/2011 7:46:12 PM

835 kick off time

7/8/2011 8:05:34 PM

I am fucking pumped about this series

It's September in July

7/8/2011 8:07:08 PM

tarp on

7/8/2011 8:38:05 PM

http://bit.ly/qVgKH6

7/8/2011 8:40:47 PM

[Edited on July 8, 2011 at 8:40 PM. Reason : ]

7/8/2011 8:40:47 PM

game on!

7/8/2011 9:01:23 PM

so prado played 3rd tonight for gwinette.. Wonder if that means Chipper gets surgery when Prado gets back to atl?

7/8/2011 9:39:16 PM

As soon as Prado gets back Chipper will get his knee scoped and miss around 3-4 weeks would be my guess.

7/8/2011 9:42:10 PM

I, too, bitch about injuries to a guy like Prado (Reyes, Wright, Davis, Santana.... Prado -- same caliber).

/bitterness

[Edited on July 8, 2011 at 10:59 PM. Reason : Davis]

7/8/2011 10:59:01 PM

Who's bitching?

7/9/2011 10:21:10 AM

Chipper to the DL, knee surgery this afternoon

7/9/2011 12:40:07 PM

They haven't lost this year in games that I have attended. At the airport now, about to catch a brown-eye flight to Philly to dish out some luck and feed the Phillies some humble pie.

7/9/2011 1:48:23 PM

chipper proving to Jason Heyward that he's got balls...playing w/ a bum knee waiting for prado to get healthy before he goes on DL

7/9/2011 3:31:24 PM

Jair's reaction to that cliff lee HR was priceless

7/9/2011 4:55:29 PM

Quote :

"nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

7/9/2011 4:58:14 PM

Good managing Fredi, Hinske never would have scored on that

[Edited on July 9, 2011 at 7:18 PM. Reason : D]

7/9/2011 7:13:33 PM

MVP

7/9/2011 7:16:37 PM

I (yes, me) am 13-0 this year... time to head home to ATL... going to have to do it without me tomorrow

7/9/2011 7:50:03 PM

Uggla getting a nice boost to his average with his 1-5 today

7/9/2011 7:53:29 PM

^^^ McCann

7/9/2011 9:03:47 PM

Ryan Howard is fucking garbage

7/10/2011 2:02:49 PM

would have liked to have gotten at least 2, but can't complain about getting 1 of 3 in Philly

7/10/2011 3:47:03 PM

7/10/2011 4:18:23 PM

Guess they were ready to start their all star break early and forgot they had a game today....

7/10/2011 5:38:52 PM

Sucks the Braves could not get the W on Friday, but at least they got one out of the series. Today's game was a guaranteed loss - Hamels vs Lowe

Honestly if the season ended today and the Braves made the playoffs, I'd hope that Fredi would leave Lowe in the pen or off the roster all together. He sucks huge right now. Maybe he'll find his sinker again like he did in the 2nd half last year.




[Edited on July 10, 2011 at 9:51 PM. Reason : jk]

7/10/2011 9:50:14 PM

I fell asleep in the second innin and woke up in the 8th and was like wtf is this shit.

7/10/2011 10:19:27 PM

Quote :

"Teheran is 9-1 with a 1.79 ERA in 15 starts for Triple-A Gwinnett."

Wow. This is with him having to make spots starts for the Braves (in which he got rocked). Pretty damn impressive. It'll be interesting to see the Braves give him more of a steady look later in the season if Lowe continues to suck or if someone like Hanson or JJ need more rest.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Medlen can return later this season and come back strong like a lot of Tommy John pitchers seem to do. That would get Lowe out of the rotation quickly unless Fredi made the mistake of dropping Beachy to the pen.

Man look at this future starting rotation assuming the Braves can afford JJ long term:

1. JJ
2. Hanson
3. Medlen
4. Beachy
5. Teheran

Plus you've got Vizcaino lighting it up too. Need to develop some young hitters to go with Heyward and Freeman though.

7/11/2011 8:18:36 AM

Kimbrell was added to the All Star team last night.

7/11/2011 10:17:14 AM

he was already on it 3 days ago

7/11/2011 11:48:46 AM

Not possible...he only was added because Matt Cain pitched last night which made him ineligible for the all star game.

7/11/2011 12:26:50 PM

i just wanted to believe it. i just looked back and saw i was wrong. just dont understand how he could be a late vote in with that recored

7/11/2011 3:07:06 PM

Because Ryan Vogelsong >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Craig Kembrel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tommy Hanson

7/11/2011 3:36:41 PM

Per the AJC, Medlen's elbow is staying sore and they are shutting him down from throwing until Sept. Looks like we won't see him again until next spring at best. Sucks. Could have been a valuable piece down the stretch.

7/14/2011 8:12:58 AM

Remember Chuck James? He pitched last night in the AAA all-star game. I recognized him while seeing the highlights from the game on Sportscenter. Apparently he's in the Twins org. now...

7/14/2011 9:17:59 PM

According to a recent harris poll, the braves are the 3rd most popular team in MLB, behind only the Yankees and Bo-Sox.

http://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-braves/braves-third-in-mlb-1016919.html

Since 2003, the braves have consistently been in the top 3, and were the most popular for a good part of the 90's.

7/15/2011 10:07:39 AM

is that supposed to be surprising?

7/15/2011 10:29:10 AM

considering how atlanta has fallen off in the past 5 or 6 years, and it has been a decade since the bulk of the 90s heyday, i would say yes.

7/15/2011 10:38:24 AM

There's no way the Braves are ahead of the Cubs

7/15/2011 10:57:28 AM

They're the only real team to cheer for the in the Southeast. Minus Florida & TB but those teams don't have any tradition, so you probably didn't grow up watching them.

7/15/2011 10:59:07 AM

Prado's back

7/15/2011 11:41:34 AM

^^. Exactly, that and TBS means there are a LOT of people that love the Braves that have nothing to do with Atlanta. Cubs were somewhat similar with WGN but they were in a market already saturated with baseball (Midwest, the north in general).

7/15/2011 1:13:44 PM

Quote :

"There's no way the Braves are ahead of the Cubs"

Cubs have fallen on some hard times.

7/15/2011 1:15:37 PM

^
Nah, been down in the dumps for over a century. Still one of the most popular and relevant franchises in baseball, definitely have a bigger fanbase than Atlanta.

7/15/2011 1:32:21 PM

Quote :

"This is our country"

7/15/2011 1:37:41 PM