5/2/15 Reds @ Braves 7:10 PM

[Dalyn]

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[Dalyn]

Nice start for Stults.

[NinersSBChamps]

FS1 national broadcast.

[bravesnumberone]

Jason Marquis is the terd that won't flush.

[Dalyn]

Marquis is one of those guys I never could like. Hope we knock him down a rat hole.

[Dalyn]

Stults looks good early.

[jpx7]

FS1 national broadcast.

Thanks.

[NinersSBChamps]

Thanks.

There is a button you can use too. :)

[jpx7]

There is a button you can use too. :)

Just trying to inflate my post-count.

[Julio3000]

I'm in the woods and Gameday has frozen. Any updates?

[Garmel]

Maybin with a walk. He'll be on the bench for a week for doing that.

[Garmel]

I'm in the woods and Gameday has frozen. Any updates?

Still 0-0.

[VirginiaBrave]

We see this out of Stults and this summer might be a lot more fun. Get things to where you feel your gonna have the pitching to win three of five every week, things start to look up.

[jpx7]

I'm in the woods and Gameday has frozen. Any updates?

Jason Marquis is still pitching in the major leagues.

[Dalyn]

Jason Marquis is still in the major leagues.

There. Better.

[NinersSBChamps]

Jason Marquis is no hitting us.

[bravesnumberone]

Stults looking like a competent No. 4 guy right now. Marquis with a no-hitter.

[Julio3000]

Jason Marquis is still pitching in the major leagues.

Nice.

[jpx7]

Maybin didn't back that play up very well ...

[bravesnumberone]

Horrible play out there.

[NinersSBChamps]

lol kJ

[Julio3000]

I seriously thought that ****er retired.

[Garmel]

KJ looked like Justin Upton in the field there.

[bravesnumberone]

Awesome.

[gcbraves]

Thanks.

Who are the announcers?

[NinersSBChamps]

Should be an error on Simmons.

[NinersSBChamps]

Who are the announcers?

I am wondering that too.

[jpx7]

Not Not not able to accomplish the absurd on that one, unfortunately.

[bravesnumberone]

Should be an error on Simmons.

Not serious are you? Bad 0-2 pitch, but a 3B with decent range cuts that off.

[jpx7]

Who are the announcers?

I am wondering that too.

Not sure; they sound like neutral parties, though.

[jpx7]

Pierzynski is not a great weapon to shut down the opposition's running game—it looked like he was a tossing a sweaty can of Ultra to second on that "attempt".

[bravesnumberone]

Unreal.

[Garmel]

Bull**** hits have given them 2 runs.

[NinersSBChamps]

Not serious are you? Bad 0-2 pitch, but a 3B with decent range cuts that off.

100 percent serious. Fair or not, Simmons should be held to higher standards. If his glove touches the ball he should make the play.

[bravesnumberone]

Bull**** hits have given them 2 runs.

And a godawful play by a pseudo leftfielder

[NinersSBChamps]

Bull**** hits have given them 2 runs.

I will took any hits. Bull **** or even leopard ****.

[bravesnumberone]

100 percent serious. Fair or not, Simmons should be held to higher standards. If his glove touches the ball he should make the play.

Not if it was someone else's play to make.

[bravesnumberone]

This game is pissing me off.

[NinersSBChamps]

Hey they finally hit the ball in the air and a Byrd catches it.

[AerchAngel]

We have issues when Jason Marquis, Mike Adams favorite player, LMAO, is owning us.

[NinersSBChamps]

Stults is on the verge of opening the floodgates for the Reds.

[AerchAngel]

For those who say we shouldn't fire Fredi. A trained monkey can coach this team and that is what Fredi is.

[jpx7]

Stults is on the verge of opening the floodgates for the Reds.

Gates: open.

[NinersSBChamps]

For those who say we shouldn't fire Fredi. A trained monkey can coach this team and that is what Fredi is.

So he should keep his job then?

[NinersSBChamps]

Gates: open.

Indeed.

[AerchAngel]

Gates: open.

it's okay, we Braves fans don't really care, we just care about the "A" on our cap regardless if we win or lose. We have an awesome manager and bunch of great players and we should not say anything bad about them.

[jpx7]

For those who say we shouldn't fire Fredi. A trained monkey can coach this team and that is what Fredi is.

So he should keep his job then?

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[AerchAngel]

So he should keep his job then?

According to so called diehard fans, yes. They say he is doing an awesome job even though my dog Maggie probably can outcoach him. You or I or anyone else on this board know more about baseball than him, but he is the coach, he has the "A" on his cap and we should support him no matter what and no matter how much he absolutely sucks.

[Garmel]

Maybin's going to ride the pine for a month for that.

[jpx7]

Maybin's going to ride the pine for a month for that.

What happened? I'd switched to Spurs/Clippers.

Edit: I see now that he homered. Maybin's sporting a pretty gaudy OPS for a guy hitting .195.

[NinersSBChamps]

What happened? I'd switched to Spurs/Clippers.

Hit a ball over the fence.

[Garmel]

What happened? I'd switched to Spurs/Clippers.

Two run blast. It's now 4-2.

[bravesnumberone]

Nothing I dislike in baseball more than an umpire who can't hold a consistent strike zone. If we're going to bog the game down with replay, balls and strikes have to be a part of the discussion.

[bravesnumberone]

Stults back to the crap.

[WaitingFor2017]

Stults was garbage the last 2 innings, so why leave him in when the team is back in the game?

[Garmel]

Stults back to the crap.

Yeah, we all knew it was inevitable.

[jpx7]

Stults was garbage the last 2 innings, so why leave him in when the team is back in the game?

:FrediPuzzled:

[NinersSBChamps]

Damnit! AJ needs a hit.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Stults and EY are on the road to DFA'sville.

[bravesnumberone]

What exactly has Stults done to warrant him being out there for the 7th? Jesus Christ, man, almost every freaking night.

[jpx7]

What exactly has Stults done to warrant him being out there for the 7th? Jesus Christ, man, almost every freaking night.

Fredi's watching Spurs/Clippers on his phone; he can't be bothered to manage the staff.

[bravesnumberone]

So Fredi the matchup man leaves Stults in against the righty and Frazier hits a bomb. Cannot make this **** up.

[bravesnumberone]

Fredi's watching Spurs/Clippers on his phone; he can't be bothered to manage the staff.

I'll flip on over there for good, since he can't be bothered to manage a game.

[Julio3000]

Can we fo god stick Maybin in CF and EY on the bench? Criminy.

[jpx7]

Can we fo god stick Maybin in CF and EY on the bench? Criminy.

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[Garmel]

How do you let yourself get hit by a ball?

[jpx7]

Not Not needed to be a bit more decisive on the base-path there: either run, or jump, but don't freeze in panic.

[WaitingFor2017]

Both Maybin and EY are a career 4-12 against Cueto... who does Fredi go with?

Maybin is actually showing life his last couple of starts.

[Braves1976]

Fredi will teach Maybin for this, so sitting a week won't cool you off. OK, try sitting longer! :)

That said, very good game for Man-Ban tonight for Gwinnett, 6 innings and only two hits allowed. G-Braves winning 5-0 in the 7th.

[WaitingFor2017]

I think it's appropriate for some Mukaki power right now.

[CrimsonCowboy]

Well, at least the Braves may not have to face Chapman tonight.

[NinersSBChamps]

A baby cow allowed a home run?

[Garmel]

Another RBI for Maybin. Please let Maybin play tomorrow, Fredi.

[Braves1976]

Fredi: "Damn you Maybin!"

[Garmel]

EY sucks.

[bravesnumberone]

Well another crappy loss.

[NinersSBChamps]

I thought people said our pitching was going to be good?

[cajunrevenge]

So after 24 games we have scored 104 runs. Last year in the first 24 games we scored 90 runs. The 2014 team only scored 19 runs in the next 10 games so the 2015 team should open an even bigger lead on last years team. Here is a chart of the number of times we scored x amount of runs in a game for both years

2015 2014

0- 1 4
1- 2 4
2- 5 1
3- 3 2
4- 4 4
5- 5 2
6- 0 3
7- 0 2
8- 2 0
9- 0 1
10- 0 1
11- 0 0
12- 2 0


If we had this consistent offense last year we would have won a ton of games. 8 times in the first 24 games in 2014 we failed to score 2 runs. Thats 1/3rd of the games.

[NinersSBChamps]

Thanks for posting cajun. Now the pitching has gone to crap.

[57Brave]

I wonder why McDowell gets a free pass from posters

[Millwood1Hitter]

I wonder why McDowell gets a free pass from posters

Because up til this point, his body of work has proven to be a top 5 if not top 3 pitching coach in the game. Only concern through his tenure has Ben the alarming rate of injuries, but whether McDowell is directly responsible for that or not can't be proven. Some of it is bad luck.

But I must admit something is "off" this year. Granted the talent pool is less and younger, but still it's been a huge disappointment so far this year for our really one one supposed strength going into the year.

Some of it could be pressure of trying to perform and win on a bad team, but the McDowell reclamation specialities like Harang, Carpenter, Sheets are not doing well this year (Stults, Cahill, Johnson). It might be McDowells fault or our evaluation of those guys weren't spot on.

Nonetheless, Rogers body of work has shown otherwise, so we will see what he can do going forward with some of the higher upside arms that have yet to reach the majors.

[57Brave]

His body of work is Fredi's body of work -- not advocating either be fired but to my mind they are joined at the hip.

For the record the Braves BP has not been the same since Ventors went down. And the starting pitching has been hit and miss. Let's not miss the point that pitching coaches make most all the pitching decisions --

Word is Teheran threw too many #2 and #3 pitches against the Nats with a 9 run lead. A veteran catcher and the pitching coach from heaven and, that is what happened ?
Something doesn't add up

...

last year when Minor was struggling it ws reported he credited Ervin Santana for getting him straight

Minor
Jair Jurgens
Beachy
Medlen
Hanson

grounds for a class action law suit there

....

I don't doubt for a second these are things that happen in MLB - but adding them all up and coming up with Fredi is the problem is baffling ------ being kind