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Pat Dye Field => Plainsman Park => Topic started by: Kaos on November 01, 2011, 12:22:01 PM
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Derek Lowe traded by Atlanta Braves to Cleveland for a pack of bubble gum and six cans of sardines.
Braves also decline to pick up option on Nate McClouth, opening the door for the light-hitting, no-fielding ginger to return to his career as a stock boy at Target.
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I applaud both moves.
But as in the past, both of these guys will move on the new teams and become all stars again.
We have the worst luck in that regard.
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Great moves. New hitting coach, Greg Walker. Unload Dead Weight Lowe and the non-hitting McLouth. I would have no problem shipping Alex Gonzales to anyone as well. Time to go get another big bopper to go with Uggla and McCann. Hopefully Freeman won't have the sophomore jinx but I don't hink he will. Too pure a hitter. Heyward gets one more chance. Too much potential to give up on him now. See what a new season and a new hitting corch can do for him. If he sux by mid season, unload him. Excited about Borne leading off all season.
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Great moves. New hitting coach, Greg Walker. Unload Dead Weight Lowe and the non-hitting McLouth. I would have no problem shipping Alex Gonzales to anyone as well. Time to go get another big bopper to go with Uggla and McCann. Hopefully Freeman won't have the sophomore jinx but I don't hink he will. Too pure a hitter. Heyward gets one more chance. Too much potential to give up on him now. See what a new season and a new hitting corch can do for him. If he sux by mid season, unload him. Excited about Borne leading off all season.
Funny we picked up Walker as a hitting coach. Wasn't he the hitting coach for the White Sox. Didn't they SUX at hitting?
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Great moves. New hitting coach, Greg Walker. Unload Dead Weight Lowe and the non-hitting McLouth. I would have no problem shipping Alex Gonzales to anyone as well. Time to go get another big bopper to go with Uggla and McCann. Hopefully Freeman won't have the sophomore jinx but I don't hink he will. Too pure a hitter. Heyward gets one more chance. Too much potential to give up on him now. See what a new season and a new hitting corch can do for him. If he sux by mid season, unload him. Excited about Borne leading off all season.
sorry, to piss in your cheerios, but those guys will make the braves a third if not fourth place team in the NL East. the braves must clean house over the next two seasons...
mccann...i like the guy, but being a catcher just doesn't bode well for many more productive years...started in 2011.
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sorry, to piss in your cheerios, but those guys will make the braves a third if not fourth place team in the NL East. the braves must clean house over the next two seasons...
mccann...i like the guy, but being a catcher just doesn't bode well for many more productive years...started in 2011.
Pudge Rodriguez says hello. 30 year old Yadier Molina waves his World Series rings at you. McCann is one of the top catchers in the game. Yes, he got injured and production fell off the second half but so did everyone's on that team. What's the alternative to McCann..David Ross? Uggla had one of those freak situations where everything was out of kilter. Once he got it together, he carried that club and he's produced every single year. With Jason Wayward, I just can't totally give up just yet. It's close...but 6'5" 240 and freakishly good athlete is hard to turn your back on. He's the type of guy that will go elsewhere and hit 400 home runs.
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Hey, what's you guys opinion on Terry Pendleton? He ready for a manager position yet? Wasn't he the Braves hitting coach? Why did they get rid of him, or was he just part of Cox's staff, and the new skipper didn't keep him?
Post Dispatch did a short list of managerial candidates, and his name was on it, along with Jose Oquendo and Terry Francona.
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I think Francona would be a good fit in St. Louis. I honestly hoped the Cubs would go ahead and cut bait with Quade so they could go after him, but it is looking less and less likely at this point.
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I applaud both moves.
But as in the past, both of these guys will move on the new teams and become all stars again.
We have the worst luck in that regard.
Furcal agrees with you.
But Mike Hampton does not.
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Braves are running the table next year. Sweep the series! Whoo-hooo, I can't wait to see the roll off the record number of wins in one season. How we will lose is beyond me.
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Braves are running the table next year. Sweep the series! Whoo-hooo, I can't wait to see the roll off the record number of wins in one season. How we will lose is beyond me.
Whats all this we shit?
If that little reverse karma gods thing really works, then someone must really wish every year like a mf'er for the Oreo-les to win it all. ~poke poke~
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I think the Braves used to be snake bitten by players they let go but that's kind of all relative now with all the free agency and players moving all the time. The one guy that they rented for part of a season that I wish we still had is Mark Texiera. But, I doubt they could have afforded him anyway. Who are some in recent years that they've let go? Jeff Francour. Jarrod Saltiamachiasaltymachy--ahh. Kelly Johnson. Who was the SS we traded for Alex Gonzales? Smoltz. Glavine. Wes Helms.
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I think the Braves used to be snake bitten by players they let go but that's kind of all relative now with all the free agency and players moving all the time. The one guy that they rented for part of a season that I wish we still had is Mark Texiera. But, I doubt they could have afforded him anyway. Who are some in recent years that they've let go? Jeff Francour. Jarrod Saltiamachiasaltymachy--ahh. Kelly Johnson. Who was the SS we traded for Alex Gonzales? Smoltz. Glavine. Wes Helms.
Last time I checked Glavine and Smoltz had nowhere near the success in NY/Bahhstun that they had in ATL.
Francour - good grief. Sky was the limit for him. Once pitchers figured him out, it was over.
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Whats all this we shit?
If that little reverse karma gods thing really works, then someone must really wish every year like a mf'er for the Oreo-les to win it all. ~poke poke~
What I love the Braves more than any other sports team ever!
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Hey, what's you guys opinion on Terry Pendleton? He ready for a manager position yet? Wasn't he the Braves hitting coach? Why did they get rid of him, or was he just part of Cox's staff, and the new skipper didn't keep him?
Post Dispatch did a short list of managerial candidates, and his name was on it, along with Jose Oquendo and Terry Francona.
Pendleton was moved from hitting coach to first base coach. As far as I know, he is still on staff. I like Pendleton and thought he did a decent job at hitting coach. But I don't think he was great, at least not on the level the Braves need.
As far as manager? Maybe a good candidate for a small market team. I'm not sure about the Redbird job though.
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In regards to McCann. I wonder how he would do at 3rd base? He has the arm to make the throw.
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In regards to McCann. I wonder how he would do at 3rd base? He has the arm to make the throw.
Hmmm...interesting. And could Chipper play 1st and move Freeman to pitcher? Seriously, the McCann move intrigues me. Touches me in places I...
I mean, could work.
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Hmmm...interesting. And could Chipper play 1st and move Freeman to pitcher? Seriously, the McCann move intrigues me. Touches me in places I...
I mean, could work.
Well, my thought was 1st base before last season, but all indications say we need to keep Freeman now. Chipper won't make it 2 more years. If Scott Rolen's big ass can play 3rd, so can McCann.
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Well, my thought was 1st base before last season, but all indications say we need to keep Freeman now. Chipper won't make it 2 more years. If Scott Rolen's big ass can play 3rd, so can McCann.
Yep. Unless Freeman just loses it in his sophomore year, it looks like they have a bright future at first.
And my hope is that the new hitting coach will ask Jason Wayward not to stand in Valdosta when he bats.
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Yep. Unless Freeman just loses it in his sophomore year, it looks like they have a bright future at first.
And my hope is that the new hitting coach will ask Jason Wayward not to stand in Valdosta when he bats.
I don't have a problem with him standing in Valdosta, but only if it's because he was traded to a Valdosta team. Seriously, I tried to like him, especially after the start of his rookie campaign. But until he stops the most aggravating and awkward batting stance in baseball history, he's going to be average.
He moves way too much to ever be a consistent hitter. And I have to change the channel every time he steps into the batter box.
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You guys worry too much. The Bravos have this shit on lock down. No way they don't win the series next year.
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Braves vs O's in the World Series next year!
Carp vs Hudson in games 1, 4, and 7!
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Braves vs O's in the World Series next year!
Carp vs Hudson in games 1, 4, and 7!
You shut your dirty whor..............aww fuck it.
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sorry, to piss in your cheerios, but those guys will make the braves a third if not fourth place team in the NL East. the braves must clean house over the next two seasons...
mccann...i like the guy, but being a catcher just doesn't bode well for many more productive years...started in 2011.
Are you drunk or retarded?
We dumped those two so we could pick up Pujols.
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Are you drunk or retarded?
We dumped those two so we could pick up Pujols.
I thought he was going to the Cubs?
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I thought he was going to the Cubs?
I told you, we're going after little Buddah now.
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Bourn
Prado
Uggla
Pujols
McCann
Freeman
Jones
Gonzales
Pitcher
I can live with that.....
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I can live with that.....
You don't want to pick up Rollins and Fielder just because you can?
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You don't want to pick up Rollins and Fielder just because you can?
I didn't want to announce anything until they got further along in negotiations. Since Fielder is such a head case, we're trying to package Howard with Rollins in exchange for Brooks Conrad and a minor league player to be named later. The sticking point is Philly wants a 3rd round pick in the 2015 draft.
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I didn't want to announce anything until they got further along in negotiations. Since Fielder is such a head case, we're trying to package Howard with Rollins in exchange for Brooks Conrad and a minor league player to be named later. The sticking point is Philly wants a 3rd round pick in the 2015 draft.
With such crack negotiation skills, I'm shocked you didn't get a used rosin bag for Lowe along with spit out sun flower seeds.
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With such crack negotiation skills, I'm shocked you didn't get a used rosin bag for Lowe along with spit out sun flower seeds.
Are you suggesting we didn't?
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You don't want to pick up Rollins and Fielder just because you can?
:meme:
I am reading that my O's are going to go after CJ Wilson and Fielder hard. Praying this happens. More so Wilson than Fielder, but if we are going to buy hitting, then I want someone like Fielder.
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Are you suggesting we didn't?
I hate arguing with lawyer types.
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:meme:
I am reading that my O's are going to go after CJ Wilson and Fielder hard. Praying this happens. More so Wilson than Fielder, but if we are going to buy hitting, then I want someone like Fielder.
CJ didn't pitch that bad in the series.
5.2 IP in game 1, 3 ER, 6BB, 4H, 4K
5.1 IP in game 5, 1 ER, 5BB, 4H, 3K
1.1 IP in game 7, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0H, 2 K
I've heard a lot of Rangers fans blasting him, and sure, the walks were high, but those numbers aren't terrible.
If Cards lose Pujols, they could afford to go after Fielder, and maybe shore up the middle infield.
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CJ didn't pitch that bad in the series.
5.2 IP in game 1, 3 ER, 6BB, 4H, 4K
5.1 IP in game 5, 1 ER, 5BB, 4H, 3K
1.1 IP in game 7, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0H, 2 K
I've heard a lot of Rangers fans blasting him, and sure, the walks were high, but those numbers aren't terrible.
If Cards lose Pujols, they could afford to go after Fielder, and maybe shore up the middle infield.
Why are you crushing my dreams? Do you hate me that much?
Actually I have thought Wilson's numbers were good for the entire year and they weren't that bad last year either. We need pitchers, at least two that are better than sub-par.
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Wilson had top of the rotation stuff. Rangers fans just want to make him to the the scape goat, I guess. Only question I have for the series is why Neftali Feliz didn't come back in for the bottom of the 10th in game 6. Facing the 7-8-9 hitters in the lineup.
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I think Francona would be a good fit in St. Louis. I honestly hoped the Cubs would go ahead and cut bait with Quade so they could go after him, but it is looking less and less likely at this point.
You may get your wish
http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7182270/chicago-cubs-release-manager-mike-quade
Mike Quade out as Cubs manager
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So Jeff Francour is going to St. Louis?
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You may get your wish
http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7182270/chicago-cubs-release-manager-mike-quade
This on the heels of the
BEST GAME EVER PLAYED
may just bee too much for this old ticker...
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Any chance that Bobby Cox will come out of retirement to spend a little time on the north side?
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Any chance that Bobby Cox will come out of retirement to spend a little time on the north side?
LaRussa as 3rd base coach and Torre on the First Base side.
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Cox??? You'd never see a sacrifice bunt again as long as you live. But you would see the man thumb-dig for gold every time the camera was on him.