4/19 Cubs (Hill) @ Braves (Redman), 6:35, WGN & XM-184

98navigator · April 20, 2007

Hill coming back out?

Yes!

dew1679666265 · April 20, 2007

outside of half a dozen guys, this Braves team has turned into a total no-name ballclub. Who the heck are these guys?

Mostly youngsters and some career journeymen (Yates in this group). Their payroll has dropped drastically the past few years giving them the need to try to catch lightning in the bottle.

well clearly no one goes to their games anymore
The Braves have a pretty good team.

The rotation after Smoltz and Hudson is pretty weak. Offense and bullpen are nice, though.

CubColtPacer · April 20, 2007

outside of half a dozen guys, this Braves team has turned into a total no-name ballclub. Who the heck are these guys?

Mostly youngsters and some career journeymen (Yates in this group). Their payroll has dropped drastically the past few years giving them the need to try to catch lightning in the bottle.

well clearly no one goes to their games anymore

They haven't in many years. Braves fans became spoiled with success after 14 straight years of playoffs and basically quite showing up during the season. They just waited until the postseason.

didn't they also not sell out playoff games?

Sometimes, they didn't sell out even playoff games. It was pretty easy to get tickets for the Cubs/Braves playoff series a few years back, that was for sure.

dew1679666265 · April 20, 2007

outside of half a dozen guys, this Braves team has turned into a total no-name ballclub. Who the heck are these guys?

Mostly youngsters and some career journeymen (Yates in this group). Their payroll has dropped drastically the past few years giving them the need to try to catch lightning in the bottle.

well clearly no one goes to their games anymore

They haven't in many years. Braves fans became spoiled with success after 14 straight years of playoffs and basically quite showing up during the season. They just waited until the postseason.

didn't they also not sell out playoff games?

Not always, but they sold far more tickets in the postseason. The fanbase is still pretty sorry overall.

Flames24Rulz · April 20, 2007

Quick first out.

98navigator · April 20, 2007

Chris Woodward PH'ing for Yates

out to Ronny-- a soft floater

mfische5 · April 20, 2007

Good quick at bat...lets keep the pitches to a minimum

CubinNY · April 20, 2007

And Ramirez swings at another ball in the dirt. How many times have we seen that.....
If you're talking about Aramis, not that many

You must be joking. Aramis swings at just about every breaking ball on 2 strike counts, no matter what the location is.

http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=1002&position=3B&page=4&type=full

You can check BB% and BB/K if you would like too.

soccer10k · April 20, 2007

Two pitch outs are nice when the Cubs are pitching.

dew1679666265 · April 20, 2007

outside of half a dozen guys, this Braves team has turned into a total no-name ballclub. Who the heck are these guys?

Mostly youngsters and some career journeymen (Yates in this group). Their payroll has dropped drastically the past few years giving them the need to try to catch lightning in the bottle.

well clearly no one goes to their games anymore
The Braves have a pretty good team.

yep, but the payroll will go down if attendance is down

Payroll's dropped since Ted Turner sold the team. Their problem is they were bought by a company (Time-Warner) interested only in making a profit.

98navigator · April 20, 2007

LOL, that pitch got away

Brian · April 20, 2007

woah

Butterscup1679666578 · April 20, 2007

please be okay please be okay

Flames24Rulz · April 20, 2007

Uh, we don't need that.

soccer10k · April 20, 2007

Whoa.

inari · April 20, 2007

Nice pitch, Rich! :shock:

WolverineX40 · April 20, 2007

outside of half a dozen guys, this Braves team has turned into a total no-name ballclub. Who the heck are these guys?

Mostly youngsters and some career journeymen (Yates in this group). Their payroll has dropped drastically the past few years giving them the need to try to catch lightning in the bottle.

well clearly no one goes to their games anymore
The Braves have a pretty good team.

The rotation after Smoltz and Hudson is pretty weak. Offense and bullpen are nice, though.

Chuck James is very solid, a better pitcher then Horatio Ramirez. And Kyle Davis has a chance to be a very solid #4-5 pitcher in the majos. So, I would call the pitchers after Smoltz/Hudson "pretty weak", but I wouldn't call them a "strength" in 2007, either.