you guys do realize you are trying to move relatively "short" guys to 1st base...

it may not be that way anymore, but usually your tallest guys were your third basemen and your 1st basemen...which the braves have going right now for them (Chipper- 6'4, Troy- 6'5...all those other guys are
[Edited on April 8, 2010 at 11:16 AM. Reason : ya]

4/8/2010 11:16:02 AM

^ Are you serious? Yeah having a tall 1B might prevent an occasional overthrow and get an occasional out because he can stretch farther on a close play, but overall that does not mean shit if the guy playing first is hitting .125 and striking out 75% of the time. Plus Prado/Infante would have better range than Glaus who is like a sloth.





[Edited on April 8, 2010 at 11:38 AM. Reason : h]

4/8/2010 11:37:35 AM

im not implying that Glaus has to be the 1st baseman because of his height, im just saying isnt that how it typically goes? 1st basemen are usually the tallest....i saw glaus play the opening day, and i wasnt impressed also

4/8/2010 11:41:46 AM

You guys can chill out

Bobby won't take him out the lineup until the end of May, when he's still batting .180/.180/.180

4/8/2010 11:44:01 AM

^ sad, but true. At least this year's lineup is deep enough to hopefully hide his performance (assuming he continues to suck). Last year there was simply too many outs in the lineup especially early in the year (Schaeffer, Kelly Johnson, Franceour, etc).

Also did anyone see the bomb that Johnson hit last night. Watch him turn back into a productive player similar to Frenchy in NY.

4/8/2010 12:59:39 PM

^^ I don't know. If this indeed is Bobbys last year he might be quicker to pull the trigger.

4/8/2010 1:03:15 PM

Wow anti-clutch hitting tonight. Glaus has now had three ABs this with the bases loaded and less than two outs and he has produced two Ks and one DP. Bobby needs to move him down in the lineup and let Heyward have those RBI opportunities. Atleast Glaus got two hits tonight and did not strike out.

Also Chipper left with an injury - it begins

4/8/2010 11:29:38 PM

Wow. Just went through some of my old Braves stuff at my parents... Have a program that has the following sentence in it "now entering his first full season in his second stint as Braves manager, Bobby Cox.....".

4/9/2010 1:35:25 AM

Yea we get it. You're old as dirt.

4/9/2010 8:19:38 AM

^ ha ha

^^ Also I remember watching the Braves back in 88-90 as a kid and being like "why the fuck am I a fan of the Braves? Oh yeah Dale Murphy".

4/9/2010 8:27:14 AM

Why not move Hinske to 1B and put Glaus on the bench?

4/9/2010 8:58:08 AM

Because he's Eric Hinske.

Anyway, I don't think Glaus is great, but you can't make snap judgments after three games. He didn't play all last year pretty much, so it's going to take some actual major league action to get his timing back.

After a month you can certainly have that conversation.

4/9/2010 10:01:59 AM

So I guess ole Chipper hurt his oblique again and will likely miss the entire SF series. He seriously needs to start a yoga regime to help his flexibility. Three games into the season and he is already having muscle pulls?? WTF??

4/9/2010 10:26:22 AM

was a solid game last night hitting and fielding. sucks to let up two bombs though



[Edited on April 9, 2010 at 11:22 AM. Reason : fgh]

4/9/2010 11:09:42 AM

Quote :

"was a sold game last night hitting"

0-7 RISP, 10 LOB

4/9/2010 11:19:55 AM

k not soldi but they got had risp

i dont think a cubbie made it to 3rd?

4/9/2010 11:22:57 AM

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING

4/9/2010 11:24:45 AM

I hope you're typing on a phone

and getting runners on base and not scoring them is like getting a girl back to your place and not fucking her

Hardly cause for celebration

4/9/2010 11:25:22 AM

chipper's patented oblique strain... now the season has officially started

4/9/2010 11:26:03 AM

Quote :

" ^^ Also I remember watching the Braves back in 88-90 as a kid and being like "why the fuck am I a fan of the Braves? Oh yeah Dale Murphy". "

Haha yup. My first game ever was against the Mets in 85. Game lasted 22+ innings

4/9/2010 11:33:02 AM

Pendleton needs to preach a little plate patience. Game 2 there were about 80 swings at pitches that were helmet high. Game 3, it was hard to watch them swining at Marmol's slider that ended up nowhere near the zone.

4/9/2010 2:25:37 PM

^He made Heyward look stupid

^^I can't remember what year it was, maybe 89 or 90, but we went to a Braves v Reds game that went 17 innings. I'm almost certain we lost

[Edited on April 9, 2010 at 3:05 PM. Reason : :]

4/9/2010 3:03:11 PM

Quote :

"I hope you're typing on a phone"

lol yes i was. oops

4/9/2010 3:20:08 PM

Raise hell Bobby

4/9/2010 8:26:56 PM

Quote :

"bullshit. bullshit. that was fucking bullshit"

I'd like to see a list of the most extra innings played per team. The Braves have to be pretty high on that list.

4/9/2010 8:31:10 PM

Quote :

"is wagner supposed to be the closer? i hope not, i hate that dude."

fucking Billy Wagner..

4/9/2010 9:02:53 PM

no one will ever surpass bobby in ejections

4/10/2010 1:15:48 AM

8:10 start time fyi

4/11/2010 7:43:14 PM

Chip Caray just said, "Jason Heyward and the Bravos will get their freak on today."

Chip Caray has officially jumped the shark.

[Edited on April 11, 2010 at 8:07 PM. Reason : It was embarassing just to type that]

4/11/2010 8:07:14 PM

Triple post

This is the third game on FSN that has random commercials playing in the middle of the game

I'm talking like, "Here's the pitc--" BAM! VAN YORK HONDA COMMERCIAL

wtf

4/11/2010 8:25:22 PM

I have time warner cable why is world series poker on my Fox sports net channel and not the braves?

4/11/2010 9:35:11 PM

can't get it in raleigh on TWC i think, if you have directv maybe, i don't understand the blackout rules

4/11/2010 9:35:52 PM

i think it's because fox sports south =/= sports south

sometimes the bobcats games that are on sports south are on ch. 145 in raleigh on TWC, but i dont think they are doing that for the braves


http://atdhe.net/16807/watch-braves-vs-giants

[Edited on April 11, 2010 at 9:43 PM. Reason : link to stream]

4/11/2010 9:40:20 PM

This game is on FSC/FSN (ch. 51 in the Triad), not Sportsouth (ch. 67)

I don't think you get SS in Raleigh, but you should get FSC

Also, 2 run triple by DeRosa ugh

[Edited on April 11, 2010 at 9:43 PM. Reason : well single + error]

4/11/2010 9:42:57 PM

OK FUCK THIS

WAS THAT A HOMERUN OR DID MELKY CATCH IT

I DON'T KNOW

BECAUSE A GODDAMN TIME WARNER COMMERCIAL CAME ON RIGHT AS CARAY SAID "LONG FLY BALL, MELKY AT TH-"

CAPS LOCK

4/11/2010 9:44:55 PM

Well it sucks. I boycott TBS since they dropped the braves.

4/11/2010 9:45:22 PM

Cabrera caught it, he was at the wall, but didnt have to rob the HR or anything


only get FSN, which i confirm has poker on right now, they call it FS Carolinas sometimes

[Edited on April 11, 2010 at 9:46 PM. Reason : ]

4/11/2010 9:45:46 PM

My on screen guide says "World Poker Tour: Season 8"

There is, however, a fairly decent game of baseball being played on the screen

4/11/2010 9:47:13 PM

[Edited on April 11, 2010 at 9:53 PM. Reason : smaller]

4/11/2010 9:50:17 PM

Lincecum is running shit

And dweedle is getting signed up for some (more) gay porn email newsletters

[Edited on April 11, 2010 at 9:55 PM. Reason : ]

4/11/2010 9:55:13 PM

yea that email address is the one i use for random stuff anyway, have at it


dude in red shirt's posture is inhuman

[Edited on April 11, 2010 at 9:56 PM. Reason : ]

4/11/2010 9:56:25 PM

So Greensboro is in the Braves territory, right? And Raleigh is in Nats/O's...

4/11/2010 9:56:35 PM

Also Reds territory!

Go Reds!

[Edited on April 11, 2010 at 10:01 PM. Reason : W-S/Gboro is Braves + Nats + Os + Reds]

4/11/2010 9:58:15 PM

great outfield play Diaz



heyward with an opposite field HR ... but too bad he had nobody on and they just make it 6-3 giants with 2 outs left

[Edited on April 11, 2010 at 10:33 PM. Reason : ]

4/11/2010 10:22:57 PM

Diaz, you are a fucking joke

4/11/2010 10:34:36 PM

Oh well 3-3 now while the Phillies continue to roll against the fucking easiest schedule possible to start a season. Braves should have won on Friday though so really they could be 4-2. Need Chipper to get back in the lineup. SD is next and the Braves need to win this series against a bad team.




[Edited on April 12, 2010 at 9:58 AM. Reason : f]

4/12/2010 9:58:10 AM

Didn't realize they have 2 of their first 3 series against the Nats......... I guess it could be worse they could have started with 2 of their first 3 against the Mets

4/12/2010 10:31:28 AM

Quote :

"W-S/Gboro is Braves + Nats + Os + Reds"

So is Charlotte

I thought it strange at first too, but then I realized it made sense when I began seeing people around town decked out in Bronson Arroyo and Nick Markakis jerseys

4/12/2010 10:42:31 AM

^^ They also played the Astros who might be worse than the Nats this year. Seriously who the hell made this schedule? Load up the defending NL champs with the weakest opposition in the league - that makes for great early season baseball

4/12/2010 5:42:28 PM

Still can't believe they made you guys play a night game, fly 3000 miles across the country and play a day game the next day

Thats just brutal

4/12/2010 5:52:21 PM