Umm, don't forget Mr sheets who has yet to give up a run. And we still have Teheran in the minors as a backup. I think we all know we weren't going to do shit with the rotation as it was. Sucks we lost delgado, but grienke would have cost a lot more and we have beachy and viscaino coming back next year. I like the trade, can't hurt having the league era leader on your team

7/23/2012 3:36:01 PM

^ I agree

7/23/2012 3:39:09 PM

Quote :

"@ryandempsterfdn: THERE IS NO TRADE dont know where this info came from!"

Quote :

"@carriemuskat: Dempster just walked into #Cubs clubhouse. He's still here"

7/23/2012 3:51:23 PM

WTF. ohhh sports media...

7/23/2012 3:59:46 PM

Fuck Ryan Dempster

7/23/2012 4:07:53 PM

Hell of an acquisition

7/23/2012 4:16:30 PM

He's Canadian? Fuck this socialist piece of shit. Party in the U.S.A.

7/23/2012 4:23:17 PM

@jimbowdenespnxm: Braves - Cubs deal doesn't get done until Ryan Dempster says it done.....10/5 rights a beautiful thing for the players.

7/23/2012 4:24:50 PM

Ryan Dempster 2012 Olympics smokeable cocaine product deworming agent Bud Selig Space Jam London 2012 Joe Paterno

7/23/2012 4:27:10 PM

it's done according to my fantasy team notes

7/23/2012 6:22:28 PM

Well I'm watching the Cub game right now and Dempster has his uniform on sitting in the dugout.

7/23/2012 7:05:36 PM

mike minor leagues at it again.


and i hate watching games on TV from Miami's new park. The dim lighting always makes it look like half the stadium lights are burned out.

7/23/2012 7:20:43 PM

That is some serious Miami Marlins shit.

7/23/2012 8:39:57 PM

^^ it definitely has a very Communist era Eastern Bloc look to it.

7/23/2012 8:44:25 PM

0-12 on Mondays this year

7/23/2012 9:52:41 PM

That was an freaking horrible call on the Heyward dp. Instant replay cannot get here fast enough. Atleast Minor looked decent tonight after a shaky first couple innings.

7/23/2012 10:37:28 PM

Quote :

"TUESDAY, 9:05am: Dempster has given preliminary indications that he'd accept a trade to the Braves, ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick reports (Twitter links). However, Dempster felt blindsided when news of the proposed deal leaked before the Cubs reached him."

This guy is a total Dwight Howard

7/24/2012 10:29:33 AM

LOL Dempster is a drama queen. Wish the Braves could have got Greinke since they gave up Delgado, but whatever. Frank Wren is pretty much the worst GM in history at making trades so I am sure Delgado will turn in to Pedro now. Dempster needs to accept this trade so he can make his next scheduled start for the Braves.

7/24/2012 11:46:05 AM

big news day. Chipper now on twitter!

7/24/2012 3:31:54 PM

Thank you baby Jesus the demp deal appears to be dead

7/24/2012 7:09:37 PM

hahahahaha, chip and joe are killing jose reyes right now for how he showboated after his homerun

7/24/2012 8:06:22 PM

That was Uggla's best hit in a month

[Edited on July 24, 2012 at 9:07 PM. Reason : Solid contact]

7/24/2012 9:07:36 PM

Quote :

"big news day. Chipper now on twitter!"

He's already got 40k+ followers too

7/24/2012 11:54:37 PM

on the season Hudson has 6 hits in 28 at bats. Janish has 5 hits in 31 at bats.

Andrelton Simmons....please hurry back!!!!

7/25/2012 12:11:34 AM

So Dempster wants to go to the Dodgers and now is planning on starting tonight for the Cubs? Fuck this guy. Dude is a head case and not what the Braves need. Go after Greinke who is a head case in his own right, but has at least said he'd like to pitch in Atlanta.

7/25/2012 7:11:51 AM

Just get Grienke already and sign him for five years. No one comes to games in Atlanta, Zack. You've got nothing to worry about.

7/25/2012 9:17:35 AM

Francisco 5 Constanza 7 Janish 6 Hanson 1

This might be the worst four consecutive batters ever assembled in a major league lineup

7/25/2012 11:32:37 AM

^ I see your Francisco, Costanza, Janish, and Hanson and raise you the entire Astros lineup minus Jose Altuve.

Greinke just makes a lot more sense for the Braves this season and long term. If they can get him, they'll probably have to choose between re-signing Greinke or Bourne, but Grienke would be a great fit to anchor the rotation with Hanson in the the next 4-5 years.

He's 28 now and does not really have that many innings on his arm. No reason he cannot be an solid #2 type guy for the next 4 years. He's making $13.5 MM this season and I'm sure he'll want money near the $18 MM range so that may be what is keeping the Braves from pursuing him as hard seeing that they'd have to give up more than Delgado to get him.




[Edited on July 25, 2012 at 11:51 AM. Reason : b]

7/25/2012 11:50:41 AM

is there any way to listen to afternoon games via online streaming?


are day games broadcast locally on the radio in Atlanta over their regular afternoon sports talk programming?

7/25/2012 1:14:04 PM

I seriously doubt it.

7/25/2012 1:16:18 PM

7 walks from Hanson in 5 IP?

7/25/2012 3:40:32 PM

^^^ do you have the MLB app?

7/25/2012 3:50:06 PM

is it something I have to pay for? I blow a lot of money but i'm cheap when it comes to useful things

7/25/2012 4:09:59 PM

It's very very worth it. For just the app and radio feeds (not TV, but you do get almost instant video highlights) its like a one time fee for the app, something like $8-12, but you get radio feeds to every game of every team, stat tracker, video highlights, etc. definitely worth it.

7/25/2012 4:12:13 PM

Worth it.

7/25/2012 4:14:19 PM

is it a yearly deal or one-time?

if yearly i may wait till next spring.

7/25/2012 4:14:41 PM

Yearly. Just do it man, that's like two drinks. Pennant race coming up, shit will be hectic once football starts, etc

7/25/2012 4:16:50 PM

If you're die hard its still worth it since its cheap, and the race will be played out until the final week. (probably)

7/25/2012 4:17:53 PM

if I get the app will that give me desktop audio as well? or are they separate?

7/25/2012 4:31:01 PM

Quote :

"Chipper Jones ?@RealCJ10 Mike b and jhey go yicketty! The roadrunner went mammo! And the Bravos have a winning road trip. My kind of day off, no action!!!"

7/25/2012 4:34:31 PM

^lol...maybe chip should have just stayed off the ole twitterverse

7/25/2012 4:39:29 PM

haha, I <3 Larry Wayne

7/25/2012 4:40:33 PM

Yeah Chipper probably should quit Twitter if that is representative of what he's going to be tweeting.

Hanson was awful yesterday, but worked out of jams and the bullpen did their job. Phillies are up next.

7/26/2012 8:05:43 AM

I happen to love the tweets from Chipper

Quote :

"Chipper Jones ?@RealCJ10 yicketty means homer! mammo means big bomb. roadrunner is francisco. any other questions?"

7/26/2012 8:14:16 AM

http://twitter.com/wtfchipper

7/26/2012 11:05:09 AM

I realize they typically spread shit out more in the second half of the season, but these off days every three days suck

7/26/2012 4:19:30 PM

Miguel Batista released by the Mets... signed by the Braves.





he's 53 years old. Satchel Paige gets up and lets him have a seat on the subway.

taking Medlen's relief role and move Medlin up to starting?

[Edited on July 27, 2012 at 2:33 PM. Reason : d]

7/27/2012 2:32:44 PM

464 yickettys for Chipper

[Edited on July 29, 2012 at 2:29 PM. Reason : T]

7/29/2012 2:28:21 PM

fucking natinals. permanent horseshoe lodged up their ass

7/29/2012 6:44:48 PM

Great weekend for the Braves. Sheets has been a God send. From the AJC this morning highlighting Uggla's slump. Holy crap some of these stats make Belliard look like a good hitter:

Quote :

" The Braves second baseman had a two-homer, five-RBI game on June 5 at Miami, and since then it’s been he’s been the worst hitter in baseball. Uggla has hit .110 (15-for-136) with two doubles, two homers, nine RBIs and 55 strikeouts in 42 games since then, and he’s gone hitless in 10 of his past 11 games, with at least three at-bats in each of those 10 0-for’s. He’s 0-for-21 with nine strikeouts in his past seven games. The home fans are getting restless – actually they’ve been that way for a while about Uggla – and it’s probably because they have seen Uggla at his worst. Uggla’s .209 overall average this season includes .181 (and a .297 slugging percentage) in 48 games at Turner Field, where he’s hit four homers and struck out 60 times in 155 at-bats. It gets worse. In his past 20 home games, Uggla has hit .063 (4-for-64) with one double, two RBIs, 12 walks, 30 strikeouts – yes, 30 strikeouts in 64 at-bats – and a .319 OPS (.078 slugging percentage). "

A .078 slugging percentage. How is that even possible for a MLB regular? Pitchers hit better than that.

7/30/2012 10:35:13 AM