Braves Quote For The Day
by gondeee on Feb 21, 2010 2:50 PM EST
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PrintFrom the latest DOB blog post:
Dave Ross caught at least nine pitchers during batting practice Saturday on the first day of pitchers-and-catchers workouts, before the full squad workouts get underway Tuesday. The veteran catcher liked what he saw.
"I'm excited," Ross said. "I was just joking with Roger [McDowell, pitching coach], I was like, you and Bobby are going to look down [to the bullpen] and go, ‘Who you wanna bring in?' ‘I don't know, pick one.'"
Yeah, it's gonna be a good pen, let's just hope that they don't overuse it and wear it out by the end of the season. By the way, the beat writers, O'Brien and Bowman, are doing a bang-up job of covering the team with their blogs early this spring.
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O’Brien and Bowman, are doing a bang-up job of covering the team with their blogs early this spring.
Totally agree, I love the coverage.
Maybe Bobby should take Ross’s advice and just randomly select a reliever from the pen in non-save or high leverage hold situations. They really need to let Moylan, Chavez, and Proctor chew up innings so Wags and Saito stay fresh and effective.
Get ready to laugh out loud
(BTW I can’t stand DOB)…
This is from DOBs blog here (it’s in the comments section)
nyyankeefanforever
February 20th, 2010
4:49 am
As a hardcore lifelong Yankee fan, I’m here to tell you Damon is done like dinner, and I’m getting fed up with all the ill-informed Yankee bandwagon jumpers whining and crying here and elsewhere about our Damon/Matsui geezer dump.
Braves and Tigers fans, read my lips. Bottom line: The Bombers jettisoned a cripple (Matsui) and an overrated paycheck player who throws like a girl (Damon) and traded in their bloated paychecks for a healthy young speedy All-Star stud with a bigger bat than either of them who’s all upside (Granderson), a #2 hitter whose 2009 on-base percentage was only topped by the NL and AL MVPs (Johnson) and a #4 starting pitcher who came in 4th in NL Cy Young voting last year (Vazquez), along with some very helpful support players that give Joe G and Cash lineup options and roster flexibility down the stretch.
The myth that Damon is still any kind of speedster is pure fiction perpetuated by casual fans, out of town writers who didn’t watch him play every day and Boras the Liar, his agent. Gardner had to cover left center all season for him. He only had 12 steals all last season — just two more than Melky who batted at the bottom of the order — and his infamous two-bag theft in the Series was the result of a double error; first a bad throw from the catcher and then the pitcher’s failure to cover third with the shift on. (His replacement Grandy had 30 HRS and 20 SBs in a less than friendly hitter’s park last year, btw.)
Without the sweet right-field porch in the new Yankee Stadium and Arod and Tex protecting them in the batting order, neither Johnny Spoiled Rotten nor Hideki are going to see another season in MLB after this one, let alone another post-season. And their replacements will slot into their lineup spots just fine.
For even more Yankee fun and pre-season baseball hilarity, check out the hilarious musical comedy vid "Joe’s Job – The Ballad of Terry Francona" at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvVZQnELQ9s
It’s a must-see for Yankee and Red Suks fans alike, as well as anyone sle who wants to see what a first-class MLB smack rivalry looks and sounds like!
by nathan rothschild on Feb 22, 2010 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
I can’t say that I disagree with anything in that post.
"My team of nine guys who hit like Albert Pujols and never ever bunt just beat your team with one Shane Victorino 472 to 3."
by justincredubil02 on Feb 22, 2010 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
So the Tigers swapped...
Granderson for Damon in the lineup. Smart.
by Mr. Sanchez on Feb 22, 2010 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
Very, very smart. I may have to rethink my position of Cashman now. It seems that he has gotten away from the “bring in the big-name at all costs” strategy and has gone with the more sound develop and trade strategy.
"My team of nine guys who hit like Albert Pujols and never ever bunt just beat your team with one Shane Victorino 472 to 3."
by justincredubil02 on Feb 22, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
And with their money...
that could be deadly as they can still spend to fill gaps on guys like Mauer, Pujols, Sabathia, Kendry Morales, etc when the time comes.
But seriously, can we make a trade with the Tigers again? If Schafer has a studly season for Gwinnett, I wonder what they’d give us for McLouth?
by Mr. Sanchez on Feb 22, 2010 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
don't get DOB's hopes up.
he’s gone, Dave… let it go.
by nathan rothschild on Feb 22, 2010 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
I was thinking more of...
McLouth and Jojo Reyes for Scott Sizemore, Rayni Guichardo, and Hernan Perez.
‘Who you wanna bring in?’ ‘I don’t know, pick one.’
It’s probably a good thing that Ross was joking with McDowell, and not with Cox. Otherwise, it might have gone like this:
Ross: Who you wanna bring in? I don’t know, pick ONE.
Cox: Ok, Moylan.
by EricGreggWasPaidOff on Feb 21, 2010 3:27 PM EST reply actions
This is an awesome name.
Fuck the ’97 NLCS.
by get swoll yunel on Feb 21, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
I still hold a grudge against Eric Gregg, Livan Hernandez and Jim Leyland to this day…
by EricGreggWasPaidOff on Feb 21, 2010 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
Don't blame them,
Blame MLB for allowing crappy umps to work playoff series.
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
by Jacob Peterson on Feb 21, 2010 4:56 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t blame Livan. You can’t blame a pitcher for going with what he’s being given.
But yeah, I’m glad Eric Gregg is dead and I hope his fat ass is burning.
I wrote a novel, it's about baseball, you should buy it: https://www.createspace.com/3407939
www.dropoutproductions.com
harsh
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
But honest.
I wrote a novel, it's about baseball, you should buy it: https://www.createspace.com/3407939
www.dropoutproductions.com
well i suppose you have that going for you
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
Hope Bill Hohn joins him in Hell real soon.
Here are Pujols's stats: 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000. That's right. He is batting a thousand, with a thousand OBP (naturally), and every hit has been a home run, and thus his OPS is a perfect 5.000.
perspective
you’re not taking this shit too seriously at all.
jesus, you need an intervention or something, ’cause right now your harsh words about a dead man, whether justified or not, make you look like an asshole.
by apoxonbothyourhouses on Feb 22, 2010 2:36 AM EST up reply actions
Sorry, but thats a bit much. I know you aren’t a religulous person but wishing eternal torment on someone is pretty offensive.
My response to all the offended is that if you say you didn’t feel the same way while the game was happening you’re lying. I’m just honest enough to say I still feel the same way. Just cause the guy is dead doesn’t mean he wasn’t an incompetent jackass.
I wrote a novel, it's about baseball, you should buy it: https://www.createspace.com/3407939
www.dropoutproductions.com
Wow...
you really do need to get laid. Here’s to a promising spring trip buddy.
by Mr. Sanchez on Feb 22, 2010 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah right. If you see a girl at ST her boyfriend is usually the length of an outstretched arm away.
And my stance on this has never changed and is never likely to change. Screw that guy.
I wrote a novel, it's about baseball, you should buy it: https://www.createspace.com/3407939
www.dropoutproductions.com
"Is he better than me?"...
and there are places down there other than spring training complexes man. How about hitting up the Applebees with Jay Hey, or many of the fine adult establishments. A friend found this great cinder block strip club in Orlando (and by great I mean easily the worst in the world).
No I don’t wish death on anyone for a baseball game. He was a jackass, really? I don’t know anything about EG so can’t comment on that.
The braves have had SO MANY heart crushing playoff losses that it’s mostly a blur now, that I try to block out. Like the 1996 World Series for instance, never happened as far as i’m concerned.
fixed.
let’s just hope that they don’t overuse it and wear it out by the end of the season. June.
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
Takashi Saito’s arm might literally fall off in June if Bobby uses him every night like he did Pe-Mo’s last season.
Omar Minaya is my hero!
by Scott Coleman on Feb 21, 2010 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
6- innings max
With this bullpen there is no reason to leave any starter in longer than 6 innings this year.
Unless of course, the starter is still fresh and pitching effectively.
by get swoll yunel on Feb 21, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
Indeed. I really hope that our starters routinely pitch 7 innings this season. Of course, were that to happen – Bobby would just use Saito/Wagner every single game, leaving the rest of the arms in the pen to atrophy.
by EricGreggWasPaidOff on Feb 21, 2010 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
With this starting rotation, and this bullpen’s injury history, there’s no reason to pull a starter unless he’s laboring or over a pitch count or something. Although I would be cautious with Hanson and Jurrjens, the other starters should be fine with the innings. I’m much more worried about the bullpen staying fresh than the starters.
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
by Jacob Peterson on Feb 21, 2010 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
Medlen replaces Saito?
Bobby has to assume that he’s going to run Saito into the ground by the break right? So who do we think is going to take over the 8th inning?
by freekhalidelamin on Feb 22, 2010 1:42 AM EST reply actions
ESPN Spring Training
Anyone know when they are doing the coverage on the bravos, They are doing coverage on all teams(doing the marlins now).
was looking for that too
Didnt see one online.
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
This Thusday. It is on ESPN’s Spring Training page.
"My team of nine guys who hit like Albert Pujols and never ever bunt just beat your team with one Shane Victorino 472 to 3."
by justincredubil02 on Feb 22, 2010 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
Mike and Mike is doing it today
If you dont watch the show, you should be able to listen to it after the fact here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/story?id=4936797
"If I have asthma, they won't let me scuba. And if I can’t scuba, then what’s this all been about?? What am I working toward??"
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