Kawakami Makes 007 Look Bad As Braves Fall To Fish

crummy loss, “icky” feelings for sure

Let’s do better with RISP please.
The whole mood and outcome of the game may have been different if we had taken advantage of the 2 men on base in the first inning.

Sure, the Braves were rather pitiful tonight. But what really bothers me, is Chavez. Why is he still pitching? Those eighth inning runs killed the Braves. Had it not been for them, the game would’ve been won 4-3, Braves win. But, I guess what goes around comes around. This drops us to third….I really hope we take the next two.

plz

We are going to have to change the lineup on a weekly basis.

Suggested lineup for tomorrow:

Cabrera LF
McLouth CF
Prado 3B
Heyward RF
Hinske 1B
Infante SS
McCann C
Conrad 2B
Pitcher

Check out the minor league recap tonight. Why are our scouts so fucking brilliant?

Soft-tossing lefty spells trouble.
 
Thankfully we have some gum pitching tomorrow night.

what do you guys think of mclouth in the 2-spot, behind prado? mclouth didn’t hit 1 or 8 in pittsburgh, and he did pretty well with some protection. it seems like he doesn’t feel comfortable in the 1 or 8 spot, but he’s been hitting some doubles lately without protection in the 8 spot. i think mclouth could become the old mclouth anywhere besides the 1 or 8 spot, and with that uppercut swing of his, we won’t have to worry about double plays when prado is on first.

7IP 5H 1R 12K 0BB

Not only gave away a win, but the team looked so fresh and rested today. Hope the boys can take the next two.

Tough loss. We’ve got to start winning a few of these division games. I’m extremely confused by Bobby leaving Chavez in for so long. I can see trying to get him through a second inning, but you must have someone up and throwing in case he gets into trouble. Jesse is not used to going more than an inning on a regular basis; it’s not that hard to see that he might become less effective. Yet no one was even throwing until 2 runners were on base.

And then to have Martinez as the guy who finally comes in to back him up? That’s just weird. We had an off day yesterday, and at least a few of the more reliable guys should have been well rested. We could have won that game in the late innings.

Also, I’ll ask again— why the heck is Christhian Martinez in the big leagues? Sheesh.

Games like tonight are the reason why when you look up a pitchers stat, they should include pitcher’s run support. It should be right next to ERA. Plus, they need to add a stat for when a pitcher has ND due to bullpen collapse. KK can not be blamed for this loss but he will be.

“Chipper Jones had all sorts of problems at the plate tonight. He grounded into a double play to kill a rally in the first inning. He grounded into a force out with a runner on second in the third, and he lined out weakly with the bases loaded for the final out in the seventh inning. They he grounded out again for the second out in the ninth inning. All told, he left eight men on base while going 0-for-5. I love the guy, but why is he still batting third?” – Gondee

“I’m extremely confused by Bobby leaving Chavez in for so long. I can see trying to get him through a second inning, but you must have someone up and throwing in case he gets into trouble. Jesse is not used to going more than an inning on a regular basis; it’s not that hard to see that he might become less effective. Yet no one was even throwing until 2 runners were on base.” – Pacgnosis

This whole place is just filled with armchair managers and second guessers! I’m outraged! Outraged, I tell ya!

The team had played nine games in consecutive days (Sunday was the 10th in a row) before the Pirates series finale.

Baseball is a grind. That day off may not show up in our play today, but it will later this week and further on in the season.

It feels like Bobby rested the order on Sunday, and the bullpen today. Going into the eighth inning, we were in both these games.

Execution didn’t play out and we lost both, but we got our entire team an extra day of rest. If that pays off in the final two games of this series and we can go back home with two away series victories, we’ll be sitting awfully pretty.

Now is not the time to push the panic button.

-C

Chip leads off… Still has a great OBP and if he’s not trying to drive the ball out, he can shoot the ball to all parts of the field.
Chip
Prado
Heyward
Glaus
Mac
Hinske
Escobar
McLouth

if escobar can’t turn it around, plug infante into the 7 hole OR leadoff and drop chip into the 6/7 hole. I honestly dont think chip has enough pop to hit 3rd anymore. I’ve witnessed more than a few long hit fly balls that die 30 ft from
the warning track that look liked he tagged pretty well.

And a bottle of scotch.

Why do these clowns play us so tough year after year? They allways seem to hand us our ass, then lay down and die for whatever dogshit team they play next. At least the phils and mets have fans and owners that spend money. The marlins just throw out 11 year old kids that they will dump as soon as there salary costs more then McDonalds value meal. But there they our year after year, giving us hell to the delight of there fan(s). They are like a zit inside your nose.

Bobby is not going to move Chipper out of the 3 hole until Chipper mans up and tells Bobby that it’s time for him to pass the torch to Heyward and step aside. The thing is, even though Chipper has said he’s up for this, I don’t think he will actually stand up and say “we need to make a change” to Bobby.

Know what this number is? 2-0-2-0-2-3-0-4-2.
It’s the run support Kawakami has gotten in each of his starts this year.

How many more times do we have to watch Yunel jog to first base on a ground ball?

That play last night, the defender bobbled the ball and Esco would have been safe if he had been running.

Lack of hustle (by him or anyone else) infuriates me.

For every good outing, there are 2 bad ones.

Despite the Fishies win, I still pity the “Fish Stripes” blog. Even in a loss, we can easily post 200+ comments in our open thread. “Fish Stripes” only had 30 comments.—and they won. The Braves need to win, if only to make the Fish Stripe people comment more!

Cheer the heck up everybody.

On Chipper hitting 10 Home Runs this season

I officially dread it when Ken K takes the mound. Maybe he gets better as the summer progresses, but his stuff isn’t as crisp as it was last year.

The good news, I think a W for him will be right around the corner, but 1-9 isn’t going to look all that hot, either.

LOL

LETS GO BRAVES! BEAT THE FISH GET BACK TO 2ND!

The sky is still blue, and it’s still above our heads.
 
The Marlins are NOT the Pirates or Astros. This is a team that can play. I look for a better result with the Big Red One tonight, followed by Mr. Clean tomorrow.
 
If not, heads will roll.

I agree with the analysis except for the line above. Chipper hit that ball hard to third.