Archive for May, 2009
Joke of a game thread: May 31, Braves at D-Backs
Time for a contest. I’m looking for a joke. The beginning of this joke must be:
“What’s the difference between Jeff Francoeur and ________?” The blank may be filled by a person, place, thing, concept — whatever.
Read the rest of this entry »It’s not even June yet game thread: May 27, Braves at Giants
I may be able to stay up for this one, but probably not.
Kris Medlen
Little guy out of a junior college who has done nothing but get people out in the minor leagues, but didn’t so much in his first major league start. Medlen was primarily an infielder as an amateur, a shortstop/closer; the Braves decided that he was better situated as a pitcher, even though he’s listed at 5-10 and is actually probably a couple of inches short of that. In the low minors, he was a dominant reliever, with a 0.41 ERA in Danville in 2006 and a 1.53 ERA on three levels in 2007. (Those ERAs are distorted, as nearly half the runs he allowed were scored “unearned”, but he was very good.)
Read the rest of this entry »I am at work today game thread: May 25, Braves at Giants
I’d much rather that the afternoon game be the last one of the series is all. I hope the plane got in easily last night.
Read the rest of this entry »Oscillating game thread: May 23, Jays at Braves
The Braves are now a game over .500, so you can be pretty sure we’re gonna lose this one.
Read the rest of this entry »Bored yet? game thread: May 22, Blue Jays at Braves
Distracting from epic majesty of interleague play, the third part of my epic series, “Even expansion teams have better outfields than this crap”.
Read the rest of this entry »Enter the Medlennium game thread: May 21, Rockies at Braves
If the kid doesn’t at least throw seven shutout innings, it will be a catastrophe!
It’s not that hard to find an outfielder, II: More expansion teams who had better outfields than the 2009 Braves.
Read the rest of this entry »Diory Hernandez
An interesting player. Hernandez can hit, for average at any rate, and his walk rate has been decent through his career. It took him a while to get going; for the first four years of his career, he looked like organizational fodder, hitting in the low to mid .200s. But in his third try at Myrtle Beach, something clicked, and in seventeen games he hit .313, earning a promotion to Mississippi. There, he continued to rake, hitting singles and for the first time showing a little power with seven homers. Last year, he started in Mississippi and then moved up, hitting .287 between the two levels, with seven homers again. He played well in spring training with the big club, though there really wasn’t a place for him once it became clear Martin Prado wouldn’t be traded. So he went to AAA, where he has pretty much beaten the International League to a pulp, hitting .355/.427/.464. He hasn’t hit a homer yet, but has twelve doubles, so will fit right in to this nineteenth century offense we have going.
Read the rest of this entry »It’s just not that hard to find an outfielder game thread: May 20, Rockies at Braves
How bad are the Braves outfielders? They’re so bad, that they’re worse than any expansion team’s outfield. It’s not particularly close.
Read the rest of this entry »Relaxed game thread: May 19, Rockies at Braves
Today’s game thread video is dedicated to Jason Marquis’ mustache!
