The Braves offense is like a bad prom date
by ATLandUNC on Apr 28, 2009 3:10 PM EDT
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Getting to first base is easy, second base takes a little work, and third base takes a ton of patience. But after 3 hours of hard work, you rarely get to score.
What can be done to fix this continual Cox blocking that is being put on our ability to get some hot home plate action?
Tell them that they are pretty and listen to their feelings? Or perhaps get a new hitting coach and someone other than KJ hitting leadoff? Perhaps getting a wingman (power hitter) for Chipper would solve our problems.
Either way, I'm getting sick of the Braves' offense continually blue-balling their fans.
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I’m sure Terry Pendleton is a great guy, but it’s a little curious as to why so many of our hitters continually go outside the organizations for help.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
by beeniez on Apr 28, 2009 3:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
your saying our offense is being Cox blocked?
by bravesguy311 on Apr 28, 2009 3:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i would like to see no more bunts. nothing is a rally killer like seeing infante bunt over logan only to see them walk rake.
hindsight is 20-13 just like Ted William actual vision- ken tremendous
by heapofoatmeal on Apr 28, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m confused by this analogy.
One day three ducks were crossing the road going to get some soda, they weren't looking where they were going and a bus came along and hit them all and now they're handycapped and that's pretty much it. Handyquacks! And they didn't get their soda!!
by TradeAndruw on Apr 28, 2009 3:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Dont attempt to make sense of it
60% of the time, it works every time
by ATLandUNC on Apr 28, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They should just move in the fences of Turner Field to about 150 feet around, much like a little league softball stadium.
by drdonkeypunch on Apr 28, 2009 5:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We have won 3 out of our last 5
We’re kind of like a mediocre prom date, that puts out every now and then, but not all the time. We need a big night at home to keep some momentum going.
"The future is no place to place your better days." - Dave Matthews ~ RIP Roi
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Apr 28, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Time to start playing like sluts.
To Hell With Georgia!
by tgriffith3 on Apr 28, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
Oh, epic.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Apr 28, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Play like sluts Hilarious + 1. With all the work done to our rotation it will be really messed up if this season is flawed by the absence of a power hitting left fielder.
by That a boy on Apr 28, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
bad prom date = get drunk at a party later, telling this girl her boyfriend sucks and bopping the senioritis out of her
...catsports...
by bwellnjonesco on Apr 28, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
from what i understand senioritis is a swelling of the senior….insert joke here
Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?
by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST
by Swo12bv on Apr 28, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you're saying...
the Braves should tell Adam Dunn how much the Nationals suck and then bring him over to bang?
60% of the time, it works every time
by ATLandUNC on Apr 28, 2009 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
classic move… gettin the other guy (the nationals) to think you are friends with him.. then secretly steal his GF from him (i.e. trade him a gourp of shitty players)
works every time
Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?
by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST
by Swo12bv on Apr 28, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't Blame Terry
I don’t think Pendelton is the problem. Just spitballin, but when McCann gets healhty I’d like to see 1-9 go Shafer, Kotchman, Chipper, Mac, Esco, Frenchy, Kelly, Diaz.
I think Kotchman will hit anywhere in the lineup. He’s not been driving in a lot of runs or hitting homers, so why not let a guy with that high an OBP get on in front of Chipper? It just seems the lineup needs to be shuffled a bit.
by kalesi on Apr 28, 2009 11:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No thank you
I don’t want Casey Kotchman aka the slowest man on earth clogging up the bases in front of chipper & McCann. I want Esco in the 2 hole, someone who can bunt if needed, hit it to the right side or get on base and become a 2nd leadoff man. If Casey bats 2nd it would take a HR for him to score from 1st, with our offense like it is we need to limit the # of hits it will take to score since we don’t get many. Here is the lineup that I would love to see
1. Schafer
2. Escobar
3. Chipper
4. McCann
5. Francoeur
6. KJ
7. Diaz/Brandon Jones
8. Kotchman( i like him here because of his OBP to clear the pitcher)
by mauck98 on Apr 28, 2009 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's been said before, but it bears repeating:
I’d rather have the bases clogged than empty.
Escobar is a ground ball machine. Putting anyone in front of him is asking for another GIDP. Your lineup maximizes Vidros and minimizes run scoring by having emptier bases in front of players who slug.
by mburris1 on Apr 29, 2009 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bears repeating
60% of the time, it works every time
by ATLandUNC on Apr 29, 2009 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha, hilarious! But yes, I think it’s time. I think Logan is ready.
To Hell With Georgia!
by tgriffith3 on Apr 29, 2009 1:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This Logan bit is hilarious. Even my mom called him Logan the other night.
"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
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by cbwilk on Apr 29, 2009 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, I’ll admit, this got a lol from me.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Apr 29, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha ha ha; me too – in the middle of a conference call. Sweet.
yeah the other 96 is that I am too good for everyone else.
by Lizziebeth on Apr 29, 2009 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disagree. Kotchman is the best hitter in the lineup right now. He has something like 4 RBI through 20 games, but he’s getting on base at a high clip. He walks and he hits. Get him on base in front Mac and Chipper. I don’t care how slow he is.
He sure isn’t a #8 hitter. He’s too valuable to stick down at the bottom of the order, IMO.
Regardless, Schafer needs the opportunity to be tested at the top of the lineup. The secret to Braves success (and what we have not done the past two years) is get guys on base in front of our consistent hitters. Both Chipper and Tex hit well last year, but two out doubles don’t much help us.
by kalesi on Apr 29, 2009 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great post
LMAO
"The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw."
by WienerDog on Apr 29, 2009 8:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I guarantee you, the Braves offense is much better than my senior prom date.
4/24/09 NEVER FORGET THE SWAGGA IS BACK BABY
President, CEO, and chairman of the Brandon Jones fan club
by bigjoe on Apr 29, 2009 10:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lol, I feel like there’s a story behind this I need to hear. I’d share mine, but it’s probably not as funny.
by Smoltz's Beard on Apr 29, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mine bailed on me a week before the prom after I already bought tickets and rented my tux because, and I quote, “I had a dream that we’d get into a car accident”
4/24/09 NEVER FORGET THE SWAGGA IS BACK BABY
President, CEO, and chairman of the Brandon Jones fan club
by bigjoe on Apr 29, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
can’t really argue with that.
"Ohhhh Shit."-Bobby Cox, 3/28/09
by 10-4 on Apr 29, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
She saved your life! That was nice of her.
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
by mvandonsel on Apr 29, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really
Now that they cheated Death, its gonna track them down and kill them in totally ridiculous ways.
"Ohhhh Shit."-Bobby Cox, 3/28/09
by 10-4 on Apr 29, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True, and they will have to visit Tony Todd in a creepy mortuary, and he will have to explain that death has a plan and that they have interrupted that plan.
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
by mvandonsel on Apr 29, 2009 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And then will Tony Todd take me and my staff hostage and threaten to kill my daughter before making me read a statement to my country…before he gets blown up?
4/24/09 NEVER FORGET THE SWAGGA IS BACK BABY
President, CEO, and chairman of the Brandon Jones fan club
by bigjoe on Apr 29, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
24???
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
by mvandonsel on Apr 29, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dur
4/24/09 NEVER FORGET THE SWAGGA IS BACK BABY
President, CEO, and chairman of the Brandon Jones fan club
by bigjoe on Apr 29, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, I don’t watch it.
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
by mvandonsel on Apr 29, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Final Destination 5
Prom Night From Hell
60% of the time, it works every time
by ATLandUNC on Apr 29, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, we need Final Destination 4 to come out first!
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
by mvandonsel on Apr 29, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If there is a Pujols we won’t see one.
"Ohhhh Shit."-Bobby Cox, 3/28/09
by 10-4 on Apr 29, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mine left after the prom to go on a trip with another guy, so yeah, went to the after party alone….
"Ohhhh Shit."-Bobby Cox, 3/28/09
by 10-4 on Apr 29, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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