GDT 4/28 @ BOS - Chacin the Dream

Mallex just isn't a very good base stealer. Being fast was enough in the minors, not so at the MLB level.

And it's funny how folks are complaining about Markakis making $11m this year.
 
Can't watch the game, Mallex just being too aggressive? Rule of thumb has always been don't try to steal third with a LHH at the plate. And, of course, Markakis follows with a hit that would have scored Smith.
 
Braves1976 said:
I disagree. You cannot manage that way every day in the regular season, starters need a shot to go at least 6 innings if pitching well.
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Under normal circumstances, I would agree with you. When you're on the negative roll we're on, I think you play it differently.
 
No need for Mallex to steal there. He probably scores on a base hit anyways.

These replays are becoming a joke tho.
 
Enscheff said:
Mallex just isn't a very good base stealer. Being fast was enough in the minors, not so at the MLB level.
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Wow, so we don't challenge when Mallex is clearly safe a few times and replay blows a call if not two today and Mallex is just not a good base stealer now. I am not buying that argument.
 
50PoundHead said:
Under normal circumstances, I would agree with you. When you're on the negative roll we're on, I think you play it differently.
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Problem is we've been on a negative roll with this type of managing pretty much every game. It's not working outside of a few games, then bullpen gets worn and you can't hold late leads for multiple games even if you have 'em.
 
It's game 7 of the World Series, if you're going to pull your starter that is cruising Fredi after 5, why not bring your closer in for the next 3?
 
Millwood1Hitter said:
It's game 7 of the World Series, if you're going to pull your starter that is cruising Fredi after 5, why not bring your closer in for the next 3?
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If we don't win periodically, this is going to constitute the biggest mail-in in the history of the game. I'm not a big Fredi guy, but the team has to see that he cares enough to try to win. If he doesn't care, why should they?
 
Mallex will learn that there's a lot more to stealing bases than being fast but he'll catch on. (I still think he was screwed on the call at second base.)
 
McAlpin: Freddie Freeman is 3-for-4. Over his last 14 games, Freeman is hitting .303, raising his average from .080 to .247 in the process. #Braves
 
Fredi even put in Flowers for 9th, he is desperate tonight.

If smart and wanting to win so bad you start him and not AJP so much...
 
bravesfanMatt said:
come on.. he is not a bad base stealer.. he is learning catchers and reading pitchers.. good grief..
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A good beast stealer with 80 speed should not even be close to being thrown out. He got a terrible jump when he got nailed at 3rd tonight. When he got caught in the attempt he cut is head open he was thrown out at 2nd by a few feet.

Learn pitchers? He is going to learn the moves of relievers he will be lucky to face more than a handful of times? No. He clearly needs work, and it's OK for a fan to say that.
 
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