what dies first: Derrek Lee's disc or Glaus's knees?
― GM, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
aaaaaagh, I don't know about this Derrek Lee business. On the other hand, Glaus looks 90 years old out there.
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Atlanta lost All-Star third baseman Chipper Jones for the season with a knee injury on Aug. 10. First baseman Troy Glaus, a former third baseman, could be moved back to third if Lee is acquired.
Also, Bruce Levine of ESPNchicago.com needs to wake the fuck up.
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
from that dispatch:"Lee, who is presently dealing with a bulging disc on his lower left side, received an epidural on Monday to relieve the pain and will not be ready to play again until Thursday.
Braves top scout Jim Fregosi watched Lee hit four home runs during a series in St. Louis over the weekend. Fregosi reported back to general manager Frank Wren that Lee was swinging the bat as well as he has all season, according to a source. "
Neyer comments:
"The key passage here: Lee was swinging the bat well.
"It's hard to swing the bat well with a bulging disc. Impossible, maybe. Add the fact that before last weekend's homer-fest, Lee was sporting a .246/.332/.383 batting line for the season, and you have to wonder if he's really any sort of upgrade over what the Braves already have."
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 17:30 (fourteen years ago) link
lol, these fuckin' guys
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Thursday, 19 August 2010 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i hope Lee sinks the Braves!
― Bee OK, Thursday, 19 August 2010 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
o rly, well then I hope you liveblog the Giants' descent to 4th place.
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Thursday, 19 August 2010 02:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm just think if Lee was going to move than he should have went to the Angels.
the Giants will probably end up in fourth either way, i'm upset about this last week for sure.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 19 August 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm i
sorry about my live blogging, just have to vent while watching the game. it does make me feel better however.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 19 August 2010 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
wheeee, last-at-bat win #22
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Friday, 20 August 2010 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
so remember when we were making fun of Infante's all-star selection?
0_o
― sanskrit, Friday, 27 August 2010 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Apparently he just needed to move to the NL -- .317/.358/.427 in three years as a Brave.
The Cubs obtained and dealt him (along with Will Ohman... for JOSE ASCIANO) during the '07 offseason.
― Andy K, Friday, 27 August 2010 14:13 (fourteen years ago) link
These guys are (mostly) fun to watch.
Hanson + Jurrjens + Prado + Raw Dog + Heyward = $2.155M salary total. ^_^
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Friday, 27 August 2010 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
So you'd really better win the WS in the next couple of years huh?
(yeah, us too :/)
― Mark C, Friday, 27 August 2010 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I have absolutely no idea if this team will be worth a crap next year, so a WS needs to happen now!
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Friday, 27 August 2010 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Joe Simpson just passed this tidbit along -- somebody asked Wagner why he was retiring since he was pitching so well, just as strong as ever, velocity's still up there blah blah blah. Wagner said "Brett Favre's fucked it up for all of us."
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Saturday, 28 August 2010 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link
ha hah ah ahahaa
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 28 August 2010 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
btw Infante's still not a deserving All-Star
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 August 2010 19:16 (fourteen years ago) link
ha, conrad just hit a fly ball to left field and it was obv a fly out off his bat but you could hear some isolated screams from the crowd right after contact
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 29 August 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy shit! I turned this off in disgust in the 7th and just now read the recap.
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Monday, 30 August 2010 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Good old LOLlie P.
― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 01:45 (fourteen years ago) link
MIAMI — Chipper Jones was thrown out of Saturday’s game by home-plate umpire Doug Eddings in the first inning after saying something from the bench that the ump didn’t appreciate.What’s unusual about this, of course, is that Jones is on the disabled list, recovering from knee surgery. The third baseman has been in uniform on the bench during games the past week.Coincidentally, during a 2005 game at Florida, Eddings ejected three Braves including pitcher Mike Hampton, who was also on the DL. Eddings got into a heated argument with Braves catcher Johnny Estrada that night and tossed Estrada, Hampton and manager Bobby Cox.
What’s unusual about this, of course, is that Jones is on the disabled list, recovering from knee surgery. The third baseman has been in uniform on the bench during games the past week.
Coincidentally, during a 2005 game at Florida, Eddings ejected three Braves including pitcher Mike Hampton, who was also on the DL. Eddings got into a heated argument with Braves catcher Johnny Estrada that night and tossed Estrada, Hampton and manager Bobby Cox.
http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z212/T-dogggg/Reactions/th_chipper.gif
― Andy K, Sunday, 5 September 2010 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
that was mike hampton's greatest contribution to the braves
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 5 September 2010 03:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Simpson was really letting Eddings have it tonight, just short of calling him a corrupt sack of shit (in that pleasant Joe Simpson way of his).
Great game from Jurrjens.
― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Sunday, 5 September 2010 04:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow @ Simpson! He is really feeling his Malt-o-Meal this weekend. Before the first inning was done he'd already called the Marlins front office "classless and low" and called out Hanley Ramirez for being an attention whore.
― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Sunday, 5 September 2010 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link
;_;
― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 01:07 (fourteen years ago) link
via Neyer:
http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/6618/jason-heywards-chase-for-400
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 04:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Aaaagh these fuckin' guys!!!!!! Shit!
― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
really takin' the gas pipe, eh?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 September 2010 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Jurrjens has sore knee; Brandon Beachy to make start in MLB debut
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 September 2010 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
go Beachy go
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Braves fans presuming they had the WC locked up but considering there are 5 more games against Philly alone, they may not see October.
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't presume my presumption -- I've been prepared for no-playoffs for three weeks.
― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
nice deefense by the putative ROY on that 5th-inning fly
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 03:31 (fourteen years ago) link
what was McCann doin on that sac fly?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 01:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't even want these guys to stumble into the playoffs at this point -- watching them get pantsed and stuffed into their own locker in the first round would be embarrassing.
― If you want me to "get there," pay attention to my angina (WmC), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
They still have to face Philly too right?
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, last series of the season.
― If you want me to "get there," pay attention to my angina (WmC), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Prado RIP
― Andy K, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
― If you want me to "get there," pay attention to my angina (WmC), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
yowch
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Neyer yesterday:
"The Braves have two more games against the Marlins, who aren't playing for anything and won't be using Hanley Ramirez. Then they've got three against the Phillies, who really can't do anything else except get somebody hurt.
Meanwhile, the Giants and the Padres have to try to kill each other this weekend.
As much as anything, this is why the Braves are a great bet for the wild card."
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Meanwhile, the Giants and the Padres have to try to kill each other this weekend.― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:24 AM (4 hours ago)
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:24 AM (4 hours ago)
Not necessarily. The way the Padres have been playing over the last month, they may drop out of contention before they land in SF.
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
At this point, I sincerely hope SF and SD both make it in. I'm tired of this gang of toothless asthmatics. Better luck next year.
― In "Bob" There Is No East or West (WmC), Saturday, 2 October 2010 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Braves kicking ass today. Basically if the Padres lose today the Braves are in.
― funky house skeptic (polyphonic), Sunday, 3 October 2010 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link
look again
― Bee OK, Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
it's 7-8 but the Phillies only have three outs left
― Bee OK, Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't believe this game ended up so close!
― funky house skeptic (polyphonic), Monday, 4 October 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
gonna be tough w/out Prado
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 4 October 2010 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link