Brews @ Braves: It's Chuck James Beeyach
by gondeee on Aug 1, 2008 6:30 PM EDT
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PrintMilwaukee Brewers at Atlanta Braves, Aug 1, 2008 7:35 PM EDT
I'm mildly excited to see Chuck James back in the big leagues and ready to make a start for Atlanta. Chuck had arguably one of his best starts against the Brew-Crew last year when he beat them 2-to-1 while recording a season-high eight strikeouts. (If you are faint of heart you will not want to look at the lineup for that game.) It would be nice to get James going in the right direction again as it seems like we will need all the warm bodies in the rotation we can get just to make it through the rest of the season.
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3 game series vs Brewers @ Turner Field
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Milwaukee Brewers Friday, Aug 1, 2008, 7:35 PM EDT Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 85.
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Holy Schnikees!
That’s great news about Corky.
I just had a great nap. Plan to walk to Five Guys to get a burger, come back and watch the game. Might be celebrating awhile now that Corky’s gone.
Man, it’s been a very loooooooooooooong week. Go Braves!
Tom Hallion!
I love this ump more than any ump in the history of baseball.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Oh heck...
he don’t worry about that stuff. Pitching is like installing windows. You don’t think about it, you just git er done.
Watching the "backstage" crap is a waste.
I dislike Skip as much as anyone else, but Pujols damn it, I just do not care.
Chuck James has more HRs given up than games started.
That’s not good when you’re a starting pitcher.
It feels like
That Mike Cameron always homers against us, no matter who he’s playing for.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Is it just me
Or does Chuck James hang every pitch he throws?
Pretty easy to hit against a guy with 2 pitches that he consistently throws at the belt and higher.
I leave for a few minutes
Back with my food, and damn, down 6 runs. Is Chuck still in the game? hahaha
Looks like I’ll be watching the 2 new Naruto episodes early tonight.
Where you at
Sparhawk? Curious to know where Five Guys are spreading out to nowadays.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Livan Hernandez is available
An inning-eater, decent hitting pitcher, a veteran. BUT, he’s having a disappointing year, clearly degrading with each passing season, his WHIP is going up, innings are going down, SOs going down, ERA is rising. . .
http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernali01.shtml
But the question is, at his current state, is he still a better alternative to the run parades that some of our current pitchers are giving up on a nightly basis?
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
I think he'd be worth a try
I mean come on, we picked up Julian Tavarez. The Braves should go after Livan if they can get him cheap.
He's a World Series MVP!
He’s a winner! He has a ring! He’s a vet!
Do we have enough pitching depth? If not, then, yeah grab him. But he’s probably not going to be better than anyone we already have.
Believe me
My opinion of him isn’t that much higher than that, either. Besides, Eric Gregg was the NLCS MVP that year.
But along with the idea of keeping certain prospects in the minors to “season,” and keep their confidence high, I don’t think it would hurt much to extend a branch to the old guy. At this point, it’s not a matter of being better or worse than what we have, it’s more about actually being able to pitch at all without being on the DL.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
Yeah, wasn't trying to imply that you thought he'd be better
It just amuses me that that’s probably what some people still think about him.
If they plan on sending Charlie and/or Chuckie down and Mike Hampton’s season ends then, yeah, he’s a nice warm body who can throw the ball.
A warm body that can finish 5 inning?
Maybe, but I would like to think there is a guy that isn’t old and fat that can get some innings. We are done with this year anyway, why sign him over calling someone up?
I know watching Chuck James throw BP fastballs down the middle is brutal. You have to ask yourself, is it better to figure out what we have now as opposed to trying to win an extra game or two, which is the max that Livan could possibly help us?
That's an under statement
I can’t count how many times the Braves have left runners in scoring position. I’d be willing to bet that’s its the most in the league.
I am not willing to go that far.
However, we do have a .315 OBP with the bases loaded in all situations, which is good for 17th in the major leagues this year.
The good news? The Mets are last with a whopping .237 OBP.
It is beyond my patience level to dig around for bases loaded, 2-out stats, if someone else wants to, go for it.
Yay Baseball-Reference
I don’t have the patience to look up 2 out stats either, but I’ll just expand on the bases loaded in general.
We’re 4% worse than the league average when we have the bases loaded (96 sOPS) and 11% worse than what our team production is with the bases loaded (89 tOPS). This is over 115 AB (not including today).
Here’s Jeff Francoeur’s bases loaded stats this year in 23 AB:
.130/.130/.174
7 SO, 4 GIDP
I think that’s why it feels like we fail so much with the bases loaded.
So what does everyone think about Griffey patrolling center again?
And how many games do you think it’ll take for him to get injured?
i lasted until the stretch. thank GOD i missed ring of fire, because i probably would have gotten kicked out with all the young children around me.
i was sitting RIGHT behind the foul pole in left. david riske threw water in the window of the kia driving around the warning track. it was funny. some guy legit pushed a 5 year old out of the way for a BP ball thrown up from the crowd. it was funny. royce ring refused to throw any balls in the crowd, probably cuz he’s a douche, and sucks at baseball.
maybe chuck james should just retire now, and maybe get a job in construction. yechhhhh
Following the Braves...one long hard drink at a time.
I wanted to come and join this comment-fest last night, but TC wouldn’t load for me – I kept getting an error message. Might have been my laptop, but I’m wondering if it was the site. Anyone else have problems?
Of course, looking at the end result, maybe it was a blessing. 9-0? Cripes.
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