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Thoughts from Olney and everybody's favorite JM

Olney's chat: chris (orlando) Buster, Is Chipper's bad season from being in an offensive poor lineup or is it a sign that he's toward the end of his career?Thanks
Buster Olney (1:02 PM) Chris -- I don't think it's because of the lineup; Brian McCann and Yunel Escobar have hit around him and both guys have had excellent seasons. I wonder if it's all the dings and dents the guy plays with and through, and he's older. If you were to grade the moves the Braves have made in the last 10 months, they've done pretty damn well, but I wonder if that contract extension for Chipper might not pay off in a way that they expected. We'll see. Mookie (Great Neck) What are the odds that Jason Heyward will be Atlanta's starting right fielder at the start of the 2010 season?
Buster Olney (1:25 PM)
Mookie: My guess is that because Atlanta hasn't summoned Heyward for this September, this is a signal that he'll be a late May/early June call-up next year, after he slides out of the Super 2 arbitration class. Their handling of him is almost identical to that of Hanson last year, and this was Hanson's timetable... and (ugh) JM''s chat: Ian (Hoboken, NJ) Joe...who do you think is the best 3rd baseman of all time?
Joe Morgan (11:18 AM) Very, very difficult question. I can only speak of my era, since I've been watching the game, say from 1950 until now. I would probably have to go with Mike Schmidt as having the most talent. Defense, hitting the ball out of the park, running the bases. I'd probably have to say Mike Schmidt. But obviously, there have been a lot of good ones. Brooks Robinson, George Brett. There have been a lot of really good third basemen that I've seen play. ted (ny) will the braves sneak up and take the wild card?
Joe Morgan (11:29 AM) No. I say the Giants. The Braves, there is just something missing there. They have some good pitchers, but even the ones that are good are not dominant pitchers. Vasquez, strikes out a lot of guys, but he doesn't dominant the other team's offense. Jurrjens is a really good pitcher but he's still young and we don't know what he's going to do in September. Same for Hanson. Lowe, we know what he's about, but there's just something missing for me to say the Braves will leap frog two other teams.

alright, so Olney likes FW's moves, cool; and thinks Heyward is on the same clock as Hanson was. As long as Chipper doesn't complain, I am fine with that. As for JM- not even mentioning Chipper in a best 3B question. I know he probably won't win, but come on.... And saying we don't have dominant pitchers- you know what, there's nothing I can even say to that

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Joe Morgan had a entire, hugely popular, (much missed) website devoted to making fun of him and his ilk?

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti

by sddbaker on Sep 1, 2009 12:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

wow…the Braves pitchers are not dominating???

Just when I think JM cannot get any more stupid…

"Actually, Justin was right."
by bigjoe on May 15, 2009 9:04 AM PDT

by justincredubil02 on Sep 1, 2009 1:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

They arent

They all are around 9-11 wins for the season. They dont contain other offenses good enough for ours to win.

by drumzalicious on Sep 1, 2009 2:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haha

If Dunn walks 30 fewer times, he'll drive in 15 more runs. This is thanks to the scientifically proven formula: RBI = (this is nonsense) (I made it all up).

Here's a stat: Wins as manager: Dusty Baker, 1,162; Bill James, 0.

by TradeAndruw on Sep 1, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Touche’

"Actually, Justin was right."
by bigjoe on May 15, 2009 9:04 AM PDT

by justincredubil02 on Sep 1, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

By the way, I love how our ace changed his last name to Vasquez

because JM knows all right?

Yunel is the Queen of Hearts

by GoBravesNY on Sep 1, 2009 4:11 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I’m surprised he could name that many people in our rotation. But then he did just call a game recently.

If Dunn walks 30 fewer times, he'll drive in 15 more runs. This is thanks to the scientifically proven formula: RBI = (this is nonsense) (I made it all up).

Here's a stat: Wins as manager: Dusty Baker, 1,162; Bill James, 0.

by TradeAndruw on Sep 1, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Joe Morgan

affirmative action hire. Not because he’s black, because he’s a barely functioning retard.

I don’t think I need to address how ridiculous his answer/justifications are in that chat. We all can just collectively groan.

by Cracker! on Sep 1, 2009 4:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don’t really have a problem with him not putting Chipper in the list. Chipper is a surefire first ballot HOF and he’s been a fantastic player but I find it hard making a case for him as the premier guy at the positon. Remember it was only a question about no. 1 not a top 5 or anything

by McCann's the Man on Sep 1, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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